Baneblade 'Sister of Silence' - Complete

Rolling from the Forge with a fresh coat of paint comes the Sister of Silence. A Baneblade from the Macragge 3rd Airborne defence force. Her power and might ensuring that the defenders of the 3rd Airborne's airfields never fail in their mission.

Sister of Silence - WIP#2

 Further progress has been made on my Baneblade!
If only large area washes didn't take 40,000 years to dry it might be going a bit faster!!!

'Sister of Silence' of the Macragge 3rd Airborne

Sorry for not posting in a while, much has been going on in my life which has dragged me away from the hobby. Not least breaking my ankle wakeboarding, because you know; I am just that sensible!
I have  made the most of it though and used my pot to display my allegiance to Ultramar!

They offered me a blue cast.....like I was going to pass up the opportunity!

Anyway, back to the point of this post!! My brilliant friends Matt and Emma bought me a Baneblade for my birthday, so of course this got my hobby juices flowing and re-ignited my desire to start my Ultramar Defence Auxilia forces.

2012 Charity Tournament at Hull Angels - Planning Part 2

Well as stated in my last post I have entered in to the Hulls Angels Charity Tournament on the 15th of September this year.
I got to play testing the list from my previous post this weekend against Snorri and found that I got completely mangled. I
 knew it was going to be an up hill battle as Snorri's Praetorian Imperial Guard army is immense (and every time I see if I am even more jealous that before =P) and the addition of two new beautiful fliers has just made it even stronger. What I didn't think was that it was going to be like running in to a giant blender....but ooh dear it was.

2012 Charity Tournament at Hull Angels - Planning

I have entered in to the Hulls Angels Charity Tournament again this year which is on the 15th of September. This year it is being held to raise money for the Radiotherapy ward at Castle Hill, a great cause that I am happy to contribute towards. You never know, I may even win the raffle again!!

I of course entered with my Marines. I did consider entering my Necrons for it, but I didn't want to rush them that much. This will be the first 6th Edition tournament I have taken part in, so that should be interesting to say the least!!

And so it begins.....

I have had an image, a dream if you will, of what I want my Ultramarine army to be and how I want it to play for some time, almost since I started collecting them.

And at last that idea is coming together and I am on my way to completing my Ultramarines (for now).

6th Edition and Allies

Well I have been pondering the potential for Allies over the last few days just to see what I can have along side my Ultramarines.

For me allies don't provide a method of filling potential gaps in a forces strengths, although this may end up being a side result I admit, but rather they provide a chance to make truly fluff filled armies that look nice, fit well and are fun to play with regardless of anything else.

The main ones I can see being a nice combo for my Marines are: