Hello Everybody!
I am the Battle Bunnies worst guarded secret - it's new Fifth member! So I have been asked to write an intro of myself and discuss my contributions to the future of the blog and my history in the hobby!
I have played Games Workshop on and off for many years. Drake and Kaelo introduced me to the hobby when we were very young and the stories have always been a massive draw for me as I thoroughly enjoy fiction.
My past projects include a Warhammer 40,000 Dark Angels army - my first ever army and a big Necron army which I still own! I loved the fluff and design aesthetic from the first codex, although I am not such a big fan of the more recent fluff (WTF is a C'Tan shard!! Was much cooler having Gods rocking around the board!). I also started an Eldar Craftworld but I have no idea where they are now lol.
So what about future projects? Well, of course, I will be taking on the Dark Angels (of which, I already own a large force just waiting to be started).
I will also be taking on the Word Bearers, mainly the Horus Heresy era red marines (although I have also taken over the grey ones too). I am going to start with the Dark Angels and get a sizeable force complete, using the Rite of War from book 6 when it comes. Then I shall wait for the extended fluff, whenever that may drop, and continue with Word Bearers.
My favourite legion is the Dark Angels and my favourite Primarch is the Lion - I think this is mainly due to the darkness and mystery that has always been there in the history. Very cool legion and I can't wait to see the direction the novels go and where Forge World takes the legion design. I have a feeling the Lion is going to be a complete boss!
I am really looking forward to digging in to the novels and reading the stories surrounding the Legions (as I have said; I love the history!). I am also looking forward to playing out those stories for our readers enjoyment! I am hoping that working with the Battle Bunnies I can improve my painting skills and I can't wait to share the whole experience with you all.
Stay tuned 😊
Castiel Druas
Welcome good sir!! I am so psyched to have you here :)
ReplyDeleteCastiel. Welcome to Battle Bunnies. So good to have you back after all these years. The Horus Heresy and Great Crusade is a much better setting than the 41st millenium. Looking forward to you getting to Descent of Angels!
ReplyDeleteA very warm welcome from me :D great having you in the camp. Exciting times ahead, cant wait to see your Dark Angels when they come to light!!
ReplyDeleteBath robes for the win! Circles within circles...
ReplyDeleteI am sure that I read somewhere that only Cypher wore robes pre-heresy? I will look into it...
DeleteOfficial images etc show some robeage. I think there were quite a few which did, Luther too if I recall.
DeleteDark Angels and Word Bearers? Sound fanatical! I like it.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing your armies and hopefully having some fluff discussions. ;)
Once I have read the books I'm sure I will have plenty of fluff discussions around both legions the more controversial the better!! :-)
DeleteI'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the Knights of caliban. Not really seen many 30k DA armies yet so I guess you pretty much have free reign at the moment.
ReplyDeleteAnd you haven't read the HH novels yet!? You don't know what you're missing!! :-)
Yeah haven't started on the hh yet can't wait to get started with both painting and reading the books!! :-)
DeleteYou need to check out the two DA HH books, some Shortstories (you can get them as e-shorts for cheap @ BL site), Unremembered Empire aswell as probably the Unforgiven - while this is a 40k books, it should be pretty interesting for you :)
DeleteNot that i wish to rain on any ones parade but I've read all HH so far and I have to say that the first DA book is the worst of the series!! Or is that just my opinion?!
DeleteMy least favourite was Mechanicum...too many long words lol
DeleteHaha- true but a very good book! Given how much I liked it I felt that Cybernetica was a let down!! Whereas Descent of Angels is just rubbish!!
DeleteHm, i liked both Cybernetica and the first DA book^^ maybe most ppl disliked the first book 'cause it is mostly about Caliban pre-Legion?
DeleteIve got nothing against the DA and I really wanted to know about them and Caliban pre legion, but I just thought it was really badly written! My copy has two Chapters 7 as well!!
DeleteRegarding Cybernetica maybe my disappointment is that it wasn't the story I was thinking it would be!!
well, Cybernetica was probably bad avertised, that's true
Deleteand it's a while since i read the DA novel tbh, i just remember that the end was a little bit mäh^^ but the pre-legion stuff was pretty cool ^_^
The pre-legion stuff and the history of the chapter and certain roles such as Cypher was good but its the overall story that was a bit meh!!
DeleteAnd yeah I think Cybernetica was definitely some false advertising!! But thats just my opinion!!
Looking forward to seeing your Dark Angels Legion! I can't wait until we get some more info on them.
ReplyDeleteWelcome! I'm looking forward to see some more of your content.
ReplyDeleteWelcome son of Caliban! This blog was lacking some dark armoured guys, good to see more of them! ;^)
ReplyDeleteWelcome =)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see some Dark Angels action (well, althought I'm no longer such a big fan of them after reading the latest books >.<)!
Will you go the metallic red or flat red route for the Word Bearers?