I don’t think it's controversial to say that Warhammer 40k is not in the best of places as a game. Terrible rules, terrible game balance and very high prices all combine to make this, the 9 th edition of the game, a really sub par experience, for me at least. Since this is the 9 th edition of the game, there are plenty of previous versions to pick from. All you need is a few old rule books, and some like minded friends to play with. In 1987 Games Workshop released its first edition, Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader, or Rogue Trader for short. The game itself is remarkably similar, in the core game rules if nothing else, to the game we have now. Where it differs is essentially in the scale. Rogue Trader was designed as a Skirmish RPG, and the scale and rules reflect this. While it has its flaws; poorly written and organised rules being most notable (the rules for movement are found in 3 different places), and the less said about the vehicle rules as written, the better, it is ess...
I've made quite a lot of progress so far with the Tyranid army rescue. after about 6 hours of painting, I've got the red down, which makes up the fleshy parts of Hive Fleet behemoth, and painted the carapace armour black as the basecoat. The GW painting guide says to go to Sotek green next, and i'm looking forward to it. these miniatures have been a pleasure to paint so far. Adding the units to Battlescribe, a truly awesome tool for any player of 40k, the total points of the army so far came to about 800 points (including a hive tyrant which is not pictured). The tyrant guard are 1 mini short, and I only have the one Ravener, although it is a gorgeous metal mini. This is enough to play a few small games, but 40k tends to be about the larger games and a mere 800 points will not suffice. So I set about finding some deals that didn't look too bad on eBay. It didn't take too long for me to find something, and after a last minute snipe, I acquired what looked like a barg...