My Top 5 Black Library Novels

5) Flight of the Eiesnstein; It is by no means the best Horus Heresy novel but I felt it did a much better job then the "Horus" ark books in actually detailing the horror of chaos and the feelings and emotions of the Imperial Loyalists

4) Battle for the Fang; Did a much better job of fleshing out the Space Wolves then any of the Bill King/Lee Lightner and the disappointing Prospero Burns. It felt so much more like the brother of A Thousand Sons I wonder if this wasnt meant to be a placeholder in case Dan Abnett didnt recover quickly enough to get the book to the editing table

3) Malus Darkblade; Ok im cheating and selecting the omnibus but really its a great series. It is really what Warhammer and Black Library should be about, a interesting and conflicted character with a proper motivation and feelings. Sure there are some ridiculous elements and moments not to mention poor editing but you can overlook it because it just delivers the fun and intrigue of an utterly irredeemable character set in one of the harshest races.

2) For the Emperor; The start of the Ciaphas Cain string of novels which really expose the over dramatisation of the setting of 40K and take the time to sit back and have a laugh at the every aspect of the grimdark future. Ciaphas Cain leaves the door open for you to decide if he is actually as cowardly or scheming as he claims or if he is actually just very self deprecating and uses the humour as a coping mechanism which straight off the bat helps you relate and feel a connection to the universe you normally cant due to everyone having such an extreme mindset with insane goals set in the truly insane 41st millennium. The omnibus is a good buy but the jokes can begin to fall flat if you try and smash through them back to back. I found at the end of an omnibus I would be fatigued by the writing style and if I came back in a few weeks it felt fresh and LOLOLOL worthy again

1) Eisenhorn; Ok im cheating again but its my blog so shut up. Anyway there is something about a first person writing style that usually makes me over sell a book but I think Im on the money when I say this is possibly the best series that Black Library has produced. The main character grows and faces horrifying challenges and where Ciaphas Cain points and laughs, Eisenhorn drags you into actually experiencing the difficulty of being an Inquisitor and how soul crushing it is to live within this universe. There are so many layers and with the continuation in the Ravenor series and the new Ravenor vs Eisenhorn is probably a great time to jump in and read up if you havent already



THE WORST; Ok im sure there are worse books but the one that really shit me the most was the tie in book for the starter set ASSAULT ON BLACK REACH. I mean Sicarius is such a tool. Really there is no bigger tosser in the galaxy then this guy. Everything he does is rage inducing and stupid.

I understand that this is meant to be a bit pulpy to get people into the game but it honestly felt like it was written by someone who was vaguely aware Space Marines were the good guys and has a predilection for writing dick head characters. He is close to one of the best characters in the Space Marine codex and rather then show the hubris and grandeur and sheer brilliance of one of the youngest and best known Captains EVER they make him a complete window licker and apparently ran with this in the Uriel Ventris novels not to mention Fall of Damnos.

If you read this and didnt burn it immediately you have made a bad choice and should feel bad. Also you may have a subnormal IQ so.... get that checked I guess.

Iron deficiency!

Heeeeyyyy mates!

I have finally got off my lazy arse and stripped a bunch of the iron warriors down and rebasecoated. So good new everyone!

heres some pictures;

Very bland at the moment but the plan is to use yellow and green washes to give them an oily feel around the joints just to add some different colour to the angry band and a bit of character.

The main things left to build are my chosen and pin the contemptor as well as the Land Raider (thanks Josh!)


So anyway my Huron counts as is actually Warsmith Telchines who im planning on having a profound interest in chemical warfare as his namesakes did before they will killed by the Gods. I will have a small backstory for him eventually but it is shaping my force significantly as ive been eyeing off some plague marines counts as to be the chem weapon experts. Interesting to see where I end up with that

Anyway C&C is welcomed and appreciated so lay in like there is no tomorrow