(blows dust off)
Well...as I foretold only a year and a half ago, I lost interest in 40K in a big way. 8th edition just...became more and more obnoxious and I stopped playing. Why play a game when you realize you're not having any fun doing it?
Sadly this left me with two very large 40K armies and several tables worth of terrain...and nothing to do with them.
I reverted back to my 2nd edition projects, having revamped the blog and started a co-op gaming campaign against Tyranids. Man...2nd edition is way more exciting then I remember. I know I had nostalgia for it because of the smaller armies and Jes Goodwin minis, but it produces a far more enjoyable experience thus far.
To this extent, I started reading around in my Chaos Codex (best book they ever released, I think) and stumbled into the Chaos Cultist army list. Lo and behold, Chaos Beastmen. I had purchased a dozen of these from the Blackstone Fortress game and hadn't put paint to them because 40K was disappointing me so badly. Now, I had an excuse. Sorry for the crap picture, but Chaos Beastmen are here - equipped with actual weapons since they could do that in 2nd edition.
I don't know that I'll populate this thread with too much more in the way of miniatures - unless 2nd lights a small fire for me to add some models - maybe a tiny Inquisitional party?
A picture from our first 2nd edition game in a long time:
Our campaign thus far centers around Eldar Pirates teaming up with Dark Angels to get the word out on a Tyranid Hive Fleet attack...we barely won game 1, and brutally lost game 2.