Games Workshop is pushing their "New Year, New Army" marketing campaign to start off 2022, but what does that mean for Tsaragrad?
To cut to the chase: no, I won't be starting a new army... per se.
Instead, I will be using this opportunity to refocus my efforts on Da Ironbullz in order to get a full table-ready force painted up this year!
All told, Da Ironbullz have grown to a whopping 5,114 points when tallying up all of the projects and units I have currently in progress (many of which haven't yet been featured on this blog). Yet just a fraction of that (<10%) is painted & based; this must be fixed!
Thus, I'm kicking off the new year on this blog by working towards a ~500-point Combat Patrol force comprised of units I've already built and partially painted for Da Ironbullz,shown below:
(You might notice I've already gotten a head start on basecoating many of these models, as I mentioned in my last post)
Or, if you prefer, here's the Combat Patrol force as an army list:
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| Patrol Detachment: Orks |
| 497 Points; 28 Power Level |
| 3 Command Points |
| Goffs Clan Kultur |
+----------------------------+
HQ: Warboss [Warlord] - 90 points
Wargear: Headwoppa's Killchoppa (Relic), Kombi-Skorcha, 2x Slugga
Upgrades: Brutal but Kunnin (warlord trait)
Troops: Ork Boyz - 95 points
Boss Nob with Big Choppa & Choppa
9x Ork Boyz with Choppas & Sluggas
Elites: Meganobz - 200 points
Boss Meganob with dual Killsaws
Meganob with dual Killsaws
Meganob with Power Klaw & Kombi-Rokkit
2x Meganobs with Power Klaw & Kustom Shoota
Elites: Nobz - 112 points
Boss Nob with Power Klaw & Choppa
Nob with Power Klaw & Choppa
2x Nobs with Big Choppa & Choppa
Nob with dual Choppas
I'm looking forward to taking this opportunity to reorient my hobby goals. Over the last ~year, I've been prioritizing building units in order to play in casual tournaments with not-embarassingly-unoptimized lists. However, as I've discussed before, the goal of this project from the beginning was to be a hobby project first and foremost. Going forward, this means I'll be prioritizing units and conversions I'm especially excited about, even if they aren't the most competitive on the tabletop!