40k Hobby Weekend - Dan Does Militarum Tempestus

For the 40k Hobby Weekend, I really wanted to take part and a Digital Ticket was the way to do that given that I have used up all my holiday from work for the year!  The tough bit was choosing what Start Collecting box to go for.  My main 40k army is Adeptus Mechanicus.  Adding to that would be great, but the problem is that I have the contents of the Skitarii Start Collecting box several times over in my unpainted pile so there was no point buying another one.  I’ve wanted to create my own Space Marines chapter for a while, but I am loathe to buy any until I see how the Primaris takeover shakes down. If ‘little’ marines are phased out then I don’t want to waste time starting with them, and at the time of signing up, there wasn’t a Primaris Start Collecting available (there is now though).

The army that grabbed me the most is the Daemons of Slaanesh.  The problem there is that I don’t see how I could paint even a single miniature in a weekend, let alone a box of them.  They are just so beautiful, I couldn’t bring myself to speed paint them, and I really don’t need another long term project.

So I have surprised myself by going for Militarum Tempestus.  Imperial Guard are probably the faction I have least liked historically, they were way too ‘normal’ for my sci-fi tastes.  However…figures with rebreathers and gas masks really do something to me (I’m not sure what, but it is strangely compelling!).  The prospect of getting a Kill Team up and running of elite Guard troops was an interesting prospect, and so the decision was made.

I am determined not to put any paint on the models until the weekend itself (I really want to see what I can do in one weekend) hence I am prattling on here to stop me from fiddling with them!