So, as you can see, the Land Raider arrived. She's a bit knocked around and worse for wear, but she's beautiful. The funny thing is that I have three Land Raiders already: a Mk2, a Crusader, and a scratch built one that emulates a Mk1 from before Mk2s were a thing. I rarely ever field them, but I find it well within the personality of my Chapter to have found a Mk1 and brought it back to life. Besides, Apocalypse exists for the guy like me who has four Land Raiders. :)
So whoever assembled her in the first place put the lascannons on upside down. They both broke off, one with a longer stalk than the other. That means that, now that I have put them back on correctly, one is a little farther out than the other. Nobody is going to notice unless they look really closely, but it will always bug me. I was also reminded why JB Weld is annoying as hell. But, thanks to some masking tape, they were held in place long enough to properly set. I even managed to get them on so they can still swivel around. Good for me! Now my big question is do I strip it or just prime as it is? It's been too cold lately to spray paint so I think I may end up stripping it because I can't really do much else.On a different note, I played a 1000 point game with a friend on New Year's Day. He hasn't played in forever. I haven't played in the new edition. The game took forever and we both screwed up rules, but we both had fun, even if it took far, FAR longer than it should have. Most things are basically the same, but so many things have been changed just enough the I'm not sure how they work. Our new goal is to start playing 500 point games, each one focusing on a different part of the rules so we can (re)learn them properly. The first one will be in a few days and will focus on movement rules. The next ones should be shooting, assault, and vehicles and then any specific things we're having trouble with. Hopefully, in a few months, we will be able to play a 1500 point game in an evening. And no better time than the present.
Here's to new entries in the new year!
