Hi everyone! Hope you’re all staying safe out there in this unexpected and quite frankly crazy times. Finally the creation of our very own Instagram page (Go drop us a follow at instagram.com/alwaysstrikeslast) has encouraged me to stop being lazy, and start posting once again. If you have come from our Instagram page, thank you for stopping by to check us out, we really do appreciate it!

As we have never really formally introduced ourselves, the above picture is us! For reference, Alex is the long haired one on the right and I’m the messy haired one on the left. This picture was taken just over a year ago in April 2019, when we had just placed second place in one of the semi finals for the Games Workshop Schools League tournament. For those of you who have probably not heard of it, this is a tournament run by GW in which teams from different secondary schools around the country play Warhammer 40k (this last year it was Kill Team ), firstly in regional heats at local stores then a semi final and possibly final at Warhammer World in Nottingham. This was our last year competing, and despite playing well and qualifying second we missed out on the final due to some odd way the ruling of the teams worked. It was a shame to suffer this setback, but it was a great experience, and personally made me realise how much I enjoy the game in a competitive sense.

In terms of my personal hobby journey I have been playing/collecting/painting(ish) for about 5 or so years now I think, first gotten into 40k by Alex, and my wallet has unfortunately taken the brunt of my plastic crack addiction. I tend to suffer from ‘ivegotabigpileofgreyplastic’ syndrome which is not ideal, but hopefully with some encouragement and some inspiration from amazing people on Instagram, I can fuel my own motivation!

Thanks for reading, I hope to put up some more posts of past and present work soon, including a large Deathwatch project I am about to start…..

Stay safe,

-Jacob 🙂