The Greatest Possible Good

"I've come to the conclusion, that Tau dress in a series of socks. Just one sock over another, over another." -Adam Forsyth

One of the bedrocks of my gaming hobby has always been the Tau. They are the reason I even play Warhammer 40k, and therefore the reason I play Warhammer, or Lord of the Rings. In a way the Tau 'allowed' me to play Warhammer, because once I was a gaming refugee, a Battletech player wandering listless and lost when FASA ate it's own business gun. I was unprepared to accept the more 'gothic' elements of Games Workshop's armies, but then the Tau gave me a path I could follow. With all their technology, and slick rifles, combined arms tactics. I didn't care that they were aliens, because that didn't mean anything to me yet.

The Tau just somehow made an old Battletech player feel more at home



It just feels somewhat...tough being a Tau player nowadays.

There's no way around it. I love the Tau, I really do, but they are just showing their age in some of the worst ways. While everything that all the other armies get to go through sounds exciting (Except for the Necrons and Sister players out there, I know you feel the same pain) it just leaves a Tau player feeling a bit left in the dust for now.

I mean, am I the only left that has to pay for Grenades?

And my Tau have been shelfed for a long-time. The most exciting thing I do with them is a campaign with friend in Milwaukee: the KLF: Kroot Liberation front. But he is out there, and I am out here. So what could I do without that last trigger to spur my Tau along? Because now my attention is well subsumed in my mighty Imperial Guard (Which I'll put on here another time.)

So the answer came in an odd way: put them on the shelf. In a nice glass case. On display somewhere like...a game store!

So, until the day comes when I can devote the time and energy my beloved little high-tech, hooved aliens deserve, you can see them at Niagara Hobby, right near the Galleria Mall. (Look for the giant caboose)

Here's a little taste:



I doubt anyone would even know they were aliens without this old boy around.




Never let anyone tell you gray is a bad color to paint



An interesting result of this has been, that taking away the gaming aspect of my old army, is it spurred on the desire to get more done, slowly and surely. I figured that the thing that army will need more than anything else is a crisis suit or more! (All built and painted suits never survived the move from Milwaukee to Niagara Falls. Had to the give them away to make space.

So, the lesson, if there is one I suppose is: when you can't find something to do to enjoy an army, do something you've never done with it before.

And also, when learning to blog, start with something simple.

Seems we caught a case of the Irish Flu....

So it has been awhile since one we got a post up, and two since some serious hobby progress happened. lol well friends there is a reason for this it is St. Patrick's month and I am seriously involved with a Girl from South Buffalo. So with that I figured I would do a little cultural piece about South Buffalo. So that way one you can understand a bit about the culture we Bisons are surrounded by and two when i die suddenly of kidney failure you understand why.

South Buffalo has one of the highest concentrations of Irish-Americans west of the Hudson outside of Chicago, and San Fransisco. With that it is everything Irish American you could imagine. Everyone is related to a Cop or a Fire fighter, it is a blue collar community. If you want a true taste of the culture hit up one of the Bars. honestly if you want good food you are going to the same places.

what is awesome is that this time of year you have Irish bands playing almost every night live. On top of that no community in buffalo is as involved or proud to say they are from Buffalo like the South Buffalo natives.  I was all set to leave Buffalo before I met Katie and she brought me into this community. Now I am trying to find a way to get back and get done with the Marines as soon as possible.

So here is a run down if you come to Buffalo of places you need to go:

These three Pizza Shops:

Imperial Pizza!

Imperial Pizza-my Favorite
Wise Guys
Abbott Pizza

For Wings you need to try the following:
Doc Sullivan's- Katie's Favorite also a great bar
Charlie O'Brien's - My Favorite also a bar
Abbott Pizza

Good Bars/Restaurants:
Charlie O'Brien's
The Blackthorn
Doc Sullivan's
The Swannie House


As far as local attractions:
If the weather's nice check out Cazenovia Park, first week in September is Irish fest which is a great time. in the winter Caz is also a pretty good looking winter scene.

The Irish Center usually has something going on anything from comedy shows, to live bands, Irish dancers, and to top it all off it has a bar in it!

Plus another fun thing to do and it is cheap for the summer months is hit up a Buffalo Bisons game then head down to either Docs or the Blackthorn and enjoy some cold ones.

 With that said I have enjoyed my Shamrock run in sleet and hurricane winds, I am gonna enjoy my two St. Patrick day Parades, and I am gonna drink so much beer and eat so much corn beef that even a Dwarf would feel ashamed.

So I will see you guys next Month with Some finished Blood Angels, Some NEW Grey Knights, a new logo, and hopefully gearing up for our first official event!

And stay tuned Hoff will be posting an article up shortly!

Erin Go Braugh , Semper Fi, and Ave Imperator