Battle for Salvation Prep - Go

Let's hope none of the BFS judges are like THAT one ... after one go you'd be all NO SIR, I HAVE NO RULES ISSUES, NO THAT'S FINE.

Going to tournaments is good ... gets you warmed up; gets your models painted; fun to meet people; fun to socialize; fun to talk about your own next event; etc.

I'll be wearing my NOVA Open Staff shirt one of the days I'm there; not sure which yet, rawr.  The rest of the days will be my casual norm - Lucky brand graphic T's, lucky brand jeans.

Yeah, TMI, whatevs.

Last night I finished painting THIRTY guardsmen and other types of models.
Here are my now painted list amendments / thematics ...
Grey Knight Brother Captain, 2 guard infantry squads painted in urban camo and full helmets themed up as Inquisitorial Stormtroopers (they're lasgun armed guardsmen), with an Al'Rahem platoon command squad modeled/painted up as a stormtrooper command.  Instead of 2 Catachan bodyguards for Straken's 2 bodyguards, I built up 2 grey knight "initiates" as the bodyguards, down-armored a little and built off the SG and DC kits with blood iconography filed off or removed.  These guys ostensibly attended the engagement with the BC to get some combat experience.

I built up an inquisitorial model to act as the Astropath, and am using a pair of "chicks" as my reg standard and medic, the reg standard being a bretonnian sorceress keyed into the jungle theme and a "witch doctor" chick as the medic ... makes sense to me that Straken (who is a badass) would have jungle babe types with him, and more importantly - would have a harem.

No worries, if anyone actually has a problem with models that are still wysiwyg and clearly representative, I've got back-up plain jane straight Catachan painted models ready to go - 2 catachan bodyguards, a catachan medic, and a catachan reg standard.

Never come unprepared.

The astro choice was both b/c I didn't want to "gay it up" too much with a Tarot inquis, and b/c it was easy to shoehorn in an actual Inquisitor as the astro ... just makes sense (to me at least).

Happy enough with the way things look, but I still have to finish painting the 3 new Chimera additions.

The list I'm going with is one of the two referenced earlier in the week ...

Col. Iron Hand Straken + 2 Meltagun Veterans + Regimental Standard + Medic, with Carapace Armor, + 2 Bodyguards, + Astropath, + Chimera w/ Hull Heavy Flamer - 345 points

Grey Knight Brother Captain w/ Nemesis Force Weapon, Storm Bolter, Terminator Armor, Psychic Hood - 81 points

Al'Rahem + 2 Guardsmen w/ Laspistol & Close Combat Weapon + 2 Guardsmen w/ Meltaguns, + Chimera w/ Hull Heavy Flamer - 175 points
Guard Infantry Squad w/ Meltagun, + Chimera w/ Hull Heavy Flamer - 115 points
Guard Infantry Squad w/ Meltagun, + Chimera w/ Hull Heavy Flamer - 115 points

Veteran Squad w/ Shotguns, 3 Meltaguns, + Chimera w/ Hull Heavy Flamer - 155 points
Veteran Squad w/ Shotguns, 3 Meltaguns, + Chimera w/ Hull Heavy Flamer - 155 points
Veteran Squad w/ Shotguns, 3 Meltaguns, + Chimera w/ Hull Heavy Flamer - 155 points
Veteran Squad w/ Shotguns, 3 Meltaguns, + Chimera w/ Hull Heavy Flamer - 155 points
Veteran Squad w/ Shotguns, 3 Meltaguns, + Chimera w/ Hull Heavy Flamer - 155 points

Vendetta Gunship - 130 points
Vendetta Gunship - 130 points
Vendetta Gunship - 130 points

As an aside, I need to figure out how to get hold of the offspring of this: http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/demotivational-posters-girass.jpg

I've got a fresh bottle of Maker's 46, I've got my army (more or less), I've got the time off / yatta yatta, and I'm supposed to play Fritz on Friday night.  Should be a good weekend ... not really attached to doing well or anything; had my fair share of time in the tourney spotlight, happy to just meet some cool people and have a great time.