Gearing up for AoS and Da Boyz GT

"You may execute me here today but you will not stop..the Blood Pact. The vilest war hosts have combined in a fetid alliance, Goretide Bloodbound and the Plauge Father's festering horde. They march on the realms, intent on destroying the realmgates and denying Sigmar his glorious Stormhost. They have defiled entire realms and their armies swell to unimaginable numbers. Nothing will stop them. You...will all die."

-Bajan, Azyrian heretic

                It's been quite some time since my last post but rest assured the signal goes on. With the change of Fantasy to Age of Sigmar I have been busy reading warscrolls and painting up my army. Got some Nurgle war hounds done recently. I'm ordering some round bases for the whole army so I just painted the bases in the meantime. 

   

And here's a blood monkey from a Gorebeast chariot I've been working on. 

     Outside of AoS I've been prepping my army for Da Boyz GT. I'm choosing to take Astra Militarum only because one army per list seems encouraged in the Highlander format. My initial reactions to highlander were varied. I liked the idea of it but was not thrilled with how rigid the 0-1 restriction was, especially playing an army that relied on repetition of units. Scratching my head about how I was going to make them work in Highlander, I realized that they still are able to spam troops and vehicles. The horde list cometh. My currently drafted list has me at 78 infantry models, 5 vehicles, 1 fortification, and 1 flyer. I've been to a few grand tournaments but never with a fully painted army with a display board. That's my goal for Da Boyz and lucky for me most of the infantry models are painted and only a few vehicles remain. I have a feeling this blog is about to get requisitioned by the Guard...