Beardly There

Confessions of a Grammarian

I have a horrible confession to make: I just misspelled “whose.” It wasn’t a typo. I had to go back and change it from “who’s.” And a couple weeks ago, I used “their” instead of “there” in a note to Mackenzie. She and Alex still haven’t stopped making fun of me for it.

Given that both kerfuffles happened around 7:30 AM, I think we can conclude that my grammar circuits don’t warm up until about 9:00.

Hanging his head in shame,

Seth

A Precariously-Balanced Breakfast

Cookies count as breakfast if they have oatmeal in them, right?

Left-justified,

Seth

When Breeders Become Greeders…

…and competitions judge on appearance and not health.

Slowly and sadly shaking his head,

—Seth

The Knight is Young

My Knights have been a bit stagnant lately, but I’ve been thinking carefully about what to add next. My current force is:

Brother-Captain Stern (usually fielded as a Grand Master or Mordrak)

Castellan Crowe (usually fielded as a Brotherhood Champion)

5 Terminators
1 w/ psycannon and sword
1 w/ demon hammer
3 w/ halberds, including Justicar

10-man Strike Squad
2 w/ psycannons
2 w/ demon hammers
6 w/ standard gear, including 2 Justicars

5 Purifiers
1 w/ demon hammer
2 w/ falchions
2 w/ halberds, including Justicar

Nemesis Dreadknight, aka Clarence the Bronze Behemoth
heavy incinerator
greatsword
teleporter

Stormraven Gunship, aka Lenore
twin-linked multi-melta
twin-linked plasma cannon 

Also, Darren has been gracious enough to loan me a Razorback pretty much permanently. With that and both HQs in the field, I sit at about 1500 points. However, I’d like to have some flexibility in list-building so I can adapt to different armies and keep opponents guessing. Also, I would kit my squads slightly differently now that I have more games under my belt and I’m more familiar with my codex.

First of all, I didn’t think I’d want to mastercraft Justicars’ weapons way back when I built my squads. I thought it would be safer to keep special gear away from the Justicar, who has a chance of dying to Perils. Now, though, I see how important it is to reliably land hits with the one demon hammer in each squad. In the future, I’ll be giving the Justicars hammers and, assuming I have a spare few points, making them mastercrafted.

Second, the halberds on my Terminators are great, but they’re not always what I want. When I’m up against Orks, for example, they’re pretty much useless, though they’re great against plenty of other armies (such as other Marines chapters). I think my next couple Terminator Squads will have swords and falchions, so I have some options when putting a list together.

My next planned purchase is two Terminator Squads a Purgation Squad with psycannons. I’m getting the Purgators because I need more ranged firepower. Why not a Psyfledread, you ask? Because everyone and their mom is foaming at the mouth about how “100% mandatory” they are, and for irrational reasons that makes me hate them. Though if Darren insists on fielding two Las-Predators against me every game, I might be forced to field a psyflenought or two. We’ll see how it goes. =)

Eyeing his next acquisition,

Seth

Now THAT’s How It’s Done.

Prepare to witness the majesty of the animal kingdom.

Note the tail, which flutters like a flag caught in a hurricane. Note the UFOs that resemble a shotgun blast. Note the dainty “fweeeep!” that punctuates the proclamation. And note the bewildered screams of the children. Their voices pulse with raw, Old Testament fear. They will preach this mighty work on the playground, that the heathens may realize the feebleness of their fluffs and square themselves with a higher power.

Doffing his hat respectfully,

Seth