Time for some Grillin'

Well, the Buccaneer has come in.  Like these affore-pictured boxes, they seem to offer so much.

If this blog were in 3-D, then that spear would be in your face, poking away.  If you try to run, then that slit-eyed 'jack will just fling that sweet net at you to knock you down.  For 4 whole points, this is just a package of awesome...

Until you take a look at the back.

What happened here?  Did they not size the boiler to the chassis?  Did the sculptor fall asleep at the table and just send it in unfinished?  So it will be an exercise in finishing in a way that looks natural. 

So, what grillin' be goin' down?  Well, for those that like etymology, the term buccaneer is derived from the term bucane, a method of grilling meat, mostly manatee, on a wooden frame. 

Avast! Yar! and other Pirated nautical Greetings!

As of September 10, 2012; it is official.  I have gone pirate.  My mark is there at the bottom of the Talion Charter, and there's no going back...at least for six months (and the occasional Masters tournament).

Thanks to Coleman, I got a real jump start into my new faction.

Warcasters

• Phineas Shae
• Fiona the Black

Solos

• Bosun Grogspar
• First Mate Hawk
• Doc Killingsworth
• Bloody Bradigan
• Dougal McNaille

Throw in a min unit of Press Gangers (with a couple of "pirate" minis to take it to full) and a Mariner heavy 'jack, and that's where I started.

I have picked up Dirty Meg, Lord Rockbottom, a full unit of Sea Dogs with one rifleman, and a Freebooter.  Mr. Walls and a Buccaneer are on their way, which will leave me a few points shy of 50. 

Where am I going from there?  Well, next is to get the Merc heavy 'jack kit.  I'll make Rocinante from that.  With the Nomad and Mule bits, I'll add those to a Mariner and Freebooter chassis to get one of each of those.

I'll probably put together a fairly large High Born Covenant force.  Mostly so I can go Merc to tourneys. 

This is where we raise anchor, me boys.  There's a wide world of plunder and glory that's waiting for the taking.