A different kind of acceleration

I strongly believe that each and every geek has some sort of gaming that isn't console, handheld or computer-based. I used to dabble in Dungeons & Dragons while I was high school and my first year of college. My second year and so far in my third, I've participated in a little bit more than just that. I've played several campaigns in the realm called World of Darkness. It's similar to D&D, but the rules are a bit more strict. It's more serious than D&D, which on some levels makes it a little bit more attractive. Alas, though, these two wonderful tabletop games are not the purpose of this post.

Where I'd like to draw your attention to, only because it has recently fascinated me, is the realm of Warhammer. Specifically, the Warhammer Fantasy section of Warhammer. And by recently fascinated, I mean I've started to really get into it over the past two months or so. The game runs a little bit like this: You choose your race, you buy models of that race to represent your army on a battlefield, and you fight against another army based on a couple pieces of paper and some(times a lot) of d6.

The army I have chosen is the Beasts of Chaos. As their name suggests, they're an army of beastmen and various nasty creatures. As far as I can tell, they're kind of a difficult race to get a first grasp of and to win consistently with. This is due to their lack of everything but melee options. Because I only recently obtained some of my own models, I have been proxying with models from various other armies that my friends have graciously let me borrow for games. Now, don't get me wrong. The Beasts do have *some* magic. However, I have not had very good luck with it. I can't decide if my army is just not suited for magic or Manfred (the first model I received, and the General for my army) just really does not like magic. He has tried to be all magical twice. The first time he exploded on the field, and the second time most of his spells just kinda fizzled.

Anyway, I went to the local hobby store by my house to buy myself some glue to start putting these guys together. I started with my Bestigors since they're metal and take almost no time to put together. Right now, the primer is drying, and I'll soon be able to paint them. Don't know what kind of palette I'll use on them, but I'm sure it'll look awesome...eventually. I'd take some in progress photos, but I don't really have the lighting for it (or for painting them in the first place). If I can get some decent lighting, I'll take a picture of them primered and various stages in their painting progress.