The Grand Army of Shame

(Hey, they're not cardboard proxies! You ought to be pleased!)

A few weeks ago I drove down to Jacksonville, Florida, to participate in a day of gaming and 40k nerdery (that is a word!).  The week that proceeded it was a flurry of model building, basing and priming.  I didn't actually get any more models to a finished state, but at least it wasn't a Grey Tide swamping the enemy there!


While I didn't get to face off against +Christopher Bergeron and his heretical followers of Horus, it was fun to watch one mixed 30k/40k game and participate in a 40k team game.  Any chance to move models, drink beer and eat good food can't be passed up!  Even though it was 6 hours of driving for 8 hours of 40k, it was worth it in the end to force me to build a lot of the units I had been amassing bits for.

Must....Build...More....Marines!!

You see, that is the biggest lesson I learned from this -
 
    You can't be afraid to build your army while waiting to perfect a paint scheme, or to design the perfect magnetized/pinned weapon plan.  Just jump in an build what you want (or need) right now, and worry about finding parts for your next seven projects LATER!

(Yes, I was hoarding an incredible amount of Mk6 parts for when I would decide what to build... fool!)

Anyway, are you wondering why I call it the Grand Army of Shame?  Well, once I saw the beautifully painted armies of my opponents paired off against my primed horde, it was nothing short of SHAMEFUL!  Needless to say I have my priorities straight for the next month.... PAINT!