By Khaine, we shall drive back the children of Commorragh!

Right then, got my Fire Prism and Warp Spiders built. Almost finished some funky conversion work with my Warp Spiders, which I will post pics for when I get them done.

Also had a 1250pt game vs Jim's Dark Eldar - Space Elf fight! The scenario was C&C (4 objectives) with a Spearhead Deployment.

Some points of interest:

- Warp Spiders are amazing. Their kill tally was 5 Warp Beasts + Beast master, 5 Dark Eldar Warriors and a Raider. The ability to deep strike, fire, then teleport out of harm's way gave me an edge that helped the rest of my force pull the game back after an initial bad start. Very tempted by a second squad of these.

- Eldrad is broken. Seriously. 3 Psychic powers per turn took out a raider and kept my banshees alive for longer than they deserved when i (stupidly) threw them into combat with a squad of 10 wyches. He then spent the rest of the game dooming the wyches, guiding my fire prism and rerolling his 3+ inv save with fortune!

- Pathfinders are good... when they have cover. Due to some of my area terrain still sitting at Lex's place, i had to make do with careful positioning behind a ruined Stompa. They still managed to take out a lone Dark Eldar Warrior that was threatening to claim an objective, and managed to claim one for me, so they fulfilled their role.

- Fire Prisms are nice, cheap, manouverable firepower. Bs4 blast/large blast makes for a reliable swiss army knife. The only drawback is that it's a 12/12/10 fire magnet. Holo-Fields force the enemy to roll 2 damage dice and pick the lowest, but I felt that 35pts was too much. Suprisingly it survived until the end of the game! A 60" range glass hammer that should stay hidden until the time is right.

- Second Dire Avengers squad were a good choice. My opponent spent the first two turns throwing everything at them to stop me getting into cover and camping the objectives, which meant the rest of my army went relatively unscatched. They shot down an Archon and kept the wyches occupied long enough. I was terribly unlucky with my dice rolls with these guys and, in hindsight, should have cast fortune on them with Eldrad.

The game ended after 6 turns and the end result was 1 objective to me and none to the Dark Eldar - a Victory! This was a great game that (I think) both players really enjoyed. I learned a lot from my mistakes when facing an army that has manouverability equal to or greater than my own - damn those fast open topped skimmer transports!

Next month's purchases? Probably a second squad of warp spiders and an expansion to the banshees. They need more attacks and a few ablative wounds to survive the rigours of the front lines.

Feugan be praised!

Decided to keep the helmets on after all. The Dire Avenger experiment didn't turn out too well with white as a primary colour - they looked way too much like guardians. So, im going to mix them in with the squad im currently working on which have full helmets. It's an aspect warrior thing.

Still wrestling with the female farseer model. I think I need a full saturday to really get the robe sorted out, and probably a magnifying glass. The extra parts from the Dire Avengers I got last week will prove useful in this endeavour.

Second Wave Serpent is still only base coated.

Almost finished my Fire Dragons!

Rangers are finished, and have been for some time!

Warp Spiders are built now. Fire Prism is still in the box, unfortunately.

So, another deadline missed. I feel i'm being slowed down and, sometimes, put-off by the prospect of having to paint white. My Wave Serpent took me a good few hours an evening for a whole fornight, because one mistake meant an hour of fixing. It still isn't perfect. For a single miniature it's fine because you feel the motivation to commit the sheet amount of time and effort to the job. For an entire army, it's another kettle o' elves. I think I need to develop some kind of mass-paint strategy to catch up. My first plan will be to paint the additional members of the first Dire Avenger squad along with the new squad, along with the Wave Serpent along with the Fire Prism Chassis. Do the blue. Do the white. Rinse, repeat.

Perhaps this month's deadline will yield something miraculous!