A brief update because I'm logged in

EV finished up the islands over the weekend, in plenty of time for our journey to the FLGS yesterday.  I'll take some pictures of them and do a more detailed post about them soonish.  I also picked up two new minis last night, Irusk and another WG Rocketeer.  The FLGS had restocked some stuff, but sadly still no Strakhov, so I'll probably have to get him through the mythical Warstore order.  They did have some mechanics though, which I may have to pick up.  EV and I have a Warmachine game scheduled for Friday, a 35 pointer.  Normally I'd be trying to get Irusk ready to go for then, but EV has already stated his intention to play an eStryker list, which will no doubt be full of "run across the table and engage in melee" type units.  While Irusk would seem to be a great choice to counter that, with his infantry buffs and all my guns, I kinda want to meet EV's charge head-on with pVlad and a DR retinue.  I have a few days to think about it and to look at pIrusk more closely.