Foreword

 

Although I love almost every aspect of 'the hobby', I've always been more of a painter and modeller at heart.  I think that this has mostly been down to circumstance really, for a large proportion of my time in the hobby, even when I was younger, there just wasn't really anyone to play games with, and more lately (both pre-Covid and as things start to open up again) a combination of factors including time and availability make it difficult to get regular games and attend events.

Some may have seen elements of the overall 'Return to Isstvan' project around the interwebs, started by some 30k stalwarts in the Midlands including Myles David, Pete Rees and Matt Swift in May 2020, the aim was to build a 1500pt Istvaan III themed army during lockdown and then for everyone to get together once restrictions lifted for some games of Centurion.

Although linking up for games is a bit problematic for me (I'm in the Highlands of Scotland), I got involved in things in early 2021, at Pete's invitation and jumped at the chance when Myles was looking for folks to write 'Tale of Four Gamers' style articles as they built and painted their armies. Myles has been kind enough to share my scrawlings on the Lil Legend Studio website, however due to waning interest in the segment, the decision has (understandably) been taken to put the blog on hiatus there. Nevertheless, I've enjoyed the process of writing about my return to Isstvan III, so I thought that I would try to continue to document the project as it progresses, hopefully towards completion.

You'll be able to read the existing blog posts below and my aim is to add more in time, so if it pleases, grab a cup of recaf, glass of sacra or tankard of mjöd and join me on a journey back to the planet of Isstvan III where the dream that was the Imperium of Mankind was sundered and the Age of Darkness began...