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Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:00 pm
Posts: 2277
Location: Suffolk, United Kingdom
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Ahh, it's so good to have these forums back! 
In the weeks since the demise of the former EpiComms, I've finished painting my Epic Imperial Guard army, took them to Call to Arms (finished 2nd from bottom - fulfilling my primary objective of not finishing last! ? ), and was absolutely gob-smacked when they were one of the 3 nominated for Best Army ?
Attached is a picture of them lined up on the board (a bit grainy as I took it on my moby phone). ?I was very pleased with how they looked on the board! ?I will post pictures of the finished painted army, at the moment I'm a bit busy with work and with helping my fiancee move out of her house.
I also have an-update on my fiance's son playing wargames - he's painted another Cadian & half, and today I gave him his first game of 40k. ?He used 3 squads of Storm Troopers, I used my two Colossian Armoured Fist Squads (which need painting!), we played a Cleanse mission which was a draw. ?It was great fun, I look forward to our next game!
Finally, I thought I'd review my 'Big Paint' objectives and draw this thread to something approaching a conclusion. ?When I started, my aim was to paint 1,500 points of Fire Storm Chapter Space Marines for 40k, plus finish my 3,000 point Guard army. ?I set out with the intention of not buying any more miniatures until I'd finished these (HA! ? ), and my aim was to get it all done by the end of June.
Did I stick to my aims? ?Well, not really. ?I finished the Guard army, but that's it! ?
I kept getting distracted by little projects, like finishing Epic Iron Hands for Full Scale Assault in March, and then working on an Inquisition army for the Medusa V campaign. ?Which I STILL haven't finished, and am about to be distracted from AGAIN by expanding the Colssian Inducted Guard Armoured Fist squads to a full army for 40k... ?
So my Space Marines languish in a semi-painted state (I WILL finish them... I just don't know when), and I've started yet MORE projects.
But at the end of the day, I now have two painted Epic armies (Iron Hands Marines & Imperial Guard), and I've converted & painted lots of models. ?So it's been fun! ?My projects will be ongoing:
Next - Epic Orks (normal, Speed Freeks & OGBM!) & 40k Colossian Imperial Guard (7 Tanks!)...
Then - Epic Fire Storm Marines and 40k Lost and the Damned (featuring nearly 200 minitures - I must be MAD!)
Then, after that (assuming I ever finish these, ha!) I want to do Iron Warriors, AMTL, Genestealer Cult, 'Nids and expand my Guard army to 5,000 points. ?And for 40k I might FINALLY finish a Fire Storm Marine army (waiting for rumoured Drop Pod models).
Of course this is not counting the MULTPILE terrain projects for 40k & Epic I'll be doing if we decide to go ahead with wargaming holidays from the b&b in France. ?Oh, and I nearly forgot the 4 BFG fleets I want to finish/make...
I might as well retire now and live out my life as an army making/painting hermit... go on, you know you've al thought of doing the same!
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Yep all my Crew Served Weapons got well painted (?) Crews (see my pics on 6mm Modeling thread !) 
