When a List Hits Too Hard: Our Latest Army-Building Temptation
We love those hobby moments when a perfectly normal conversation suddenly turns into “okay, this is happening now”.
This time it started with Michał trying to tempt Dubry with a new unit idea. Not just in the usual “hey, you should get this” way, but with a full service offer: buy the models, and Michał would assemble them, paint them, and hand them back after the league was over. Honestly, that is a very dangerous level of hobby encouragement.
Dubry stayed strong. At least at first.
Then Michał dropped the image and the whole tone of the conversation changed immediately. The verdict was clear: this thing was absolutely juiced. One of those units or combinations that just grabs us by the brain and refuses to let go.
From there, resistance collapsed into enthusiasm. Michał was already deep in list-building mode, fully convinced that this was too good, too cool, and too fun not to pursue. You know the feeling: sometimes a unit is not just good on paper — it has that special energy that makes us want to build an entire list around it immediately.
And that is probably our favorite kind of army-building. Not the cold, calculated spreadsheet version, but the kind driven by pure hype. The kind where we look at something and instantly start thinking:
- how do we fit this in,
- what supports it best,
- and how quickly can we get it onto the table?
By the end of the evening, the plan had already advanced to the next stage: the printer was going to go brrrrr the next day.
There is something beautifully familiar about this whole sequence. First comes the suggestion. Then disbelief. Then admiration. Then list construction. Then the immediate logistical follow-up, because obviously now we need the thing in physical form as soon as possible.
Will Dubry eventually give in? We will see. But even before that, this was already a very relatable little snapshot of how armies sometimes get built in our group: not through long-term planning, but through one cursedly good idea landing at exactly the wrong — or right — moment.
Sometimes that is all it takes.
The real hobby lesson
A lot of our army-building starts here, in that dangerous space between “nah, thanks” and “okay, the printer starts tomorrow”. One cool unit, one inspiring visual, one bit of list tech that feels just spicy enough — and suddenly we are mentally 1500 points deep.
And honestly? We wouldn’t want it any other way.