New Paints up for Advanced Order with GW. Dark Angels are in the Starter Set?

The new Citadel Paint Range is up for preorder on the GW Website.  If you want to check it out go here.  Just looking through the new range briefly let me say it is a bit overwhelming.  The sheer number of Blues in the "layer" category is nearing the ridiculous.  From a first glance it looks like a few of my favorite paints may be gone.  Necron Abyss, the very dark blue in the Foundation range, seems to be gone.  I use this as the base for my GK force swords, and free hand painting that uses Space as a background, so I will either be stocking up or finishing that army and free hand projects soon! On the upside there is finally a good batch of pinks and hopefully some yellows that will provide good coverage.  It may sound silly to some of you but the resurgence of Pink and viable Yellows has me hoping that GW will be making Emperors Children and 1k Sons good again!

Anyone notice the guys on the cover of the new paint set?  Looks like the rumors about Dark Angels being in the starter set are true, now just to hope the rumors about Chaos being the other side are true as well...

Ard Boyz, the End of an Era.

According to the reliable rumor mongers over on Dakka GW has officially canceled Ard Boyz.  The two main guys at GW in North America who were in charge of organizing the events are now gone and the tournament many of us loved, and a few trolls hated, is not coming back this year or ever according to GW.  Good bye to Ed Spettigue who worked at GW N.A. for something like 20 years, you and Ard Boyz will be missed.

This doesn't bode well for 6th edition in my mind but GW hadn't been paying any real attention to Ard Boyz in several years.  From the continuing decline of good final round prize support to the terribly written missions; I wish I could say this was a surprise.

New Poll: The Problem with 40k

So here is the basic premise, the poll is on the right hand side.  Do you think the real problem with 40k isn't that GK are Over Powered but that the other codices are under powered because they are poorly written?

Yes, No, Other?  If you select other I, and I am sure anyone else reading this, would like to hear your thoughts as to what the other may be.

Boo Hoo Grey Knights! Boo Hoo! Get over it.

No, seriously stop.

  It all started with a ridiculous thread on DakkaDakka.  "GK Are the most OP book GW has put out in a decade"  in which we were all trolled for 50 pages without a Mod stepping in to seal it off like the cancerous tumor it was. (Please note, I did contribute to the thread then gave up, then came back, and finally gave up again).  It has since (de)evolved into an idiotic theory, also proposed on Dakka in the BAO thread, that to mitigate the preeminence and number of GK players at events that during the first round of major tournaments all Grey Knight players should be paired against one another.  I play Grey Knights as my current tournament army, those of you who know me or follow the blog know that. You also know that I have no problem beating Grey Knights with any of my other armies.  I have served up tablings and harsh beat downs to GK players with: Salamanders, Imperial Guard, and Space Wolves.  So why does everyone, I know it isn't everyone just a vocal minority, seem to hate the GK codex so much that they want to go to unprecedented heights to mitigate it's power?  Honestly,who cares but I will explore it anyway.  I think it is time for 40k players to step up and stop the internet rage against a single book that really isn't that OP.  More after the break.

I Finished! Now We're Off to the BAO.

Well I managed to finish the models I need for the couple lists I am taking with me to the BAO.  I will probably decide on a list on the car ride up.  If you didn't see the other post there is a quick run down after the break plus some pics and a short discussion on what I am expecting from my trip to the Bay Area Open this year.