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Baby steps forward. To be honest I did not expect all the small details like ropes and wires. So together with a big work load at the office and all small details that needed to be blocked out, this took some time :) .
But progress is being made every day, slowly but surely.
For a while now my lovely spouse have expressed that she is a little 30k curious.
Knowing some of the lore but nothing of the game we decided to start a small 30k force so that she could get a taste of what the game is about.
After looking at armies and art she feel in love with the esthetic of the Custodies. She still have no idea of how the legion performs or what the rules is like, but knowing her I know this will be an army she will enjoy playing, if she enjoys the game it self.
To start things of I built a small force of around 700-900 points with the core units.
Our plan is to play a couple of test games with this force and then she get to pick how she wants to continue.
I am super excited for this. It would be wonderful to have my Emilie enjoying this hobby, to go to events together and to turn this fantastic hobby in to a family enterprise ;) .
So right before my summer vacation I bought my self a summer present. I found 6 Thallax on eBay for cheap.
They missed a couple of bits here and there and had a very basic color scheme. A perfect rescue project.
And now they stand ready just in time for a game tomorrow. 2800p Mechanicum (Thallax heavy) VS Space Wolves.
Knight Banner Beta is Done :D . And that conclude my work on the grand master box. I have the terrain left to do, but I think that can wait.
I have also ordered my Reaver. Looking forward to get started on that one.
The second batch of knights is ready for washing.
I have also ordered a Reaver :D . Really looking forward to start working on that one!
The first knight banner is done. Looking forward to continue with the next banner now. Soon done with the Grand master box. Time to start to think about were to go next :D .
The first 3 knights is ready for washing. I Cant remember what the Knights house is called that I was basing the color scheme on, But I will try to find it again until they are finished.
So, this years AJAX event is over for this year. I meet new and old Heresy friends. I did see some incredible armies and had some great games.
This year I took my armored breakthrough list. A relatively small and elite army list. Something that would be easy to bring and easy to setup.
++ Spirit of Tallarn ++
3500pts
Traitor
Iron Warriors
Armored Breakthrough
+ HQ +
Master of Armour [225pts]
. Sicaran Battle Tank: Accelerator Autocannon, Armoured Ceramite, Lascannon Sponsons
+ Elites +
Contemptor-Mortis Dreadnought [185pts]: Extra Armour, Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon x 2
Terminator Squad, Legion [470pts]
. Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour
. Land Raider Phobos: Armoured Ceramite, Shrapnel Bolts
. Terminator Sergeant, Legion: Chainfist, Combi-Bolter
. Terminators, Legion: Chainfist, Combi-Bolter
. Terminators, Legion: Chainfist, Combi-Bolter
. Terminators, Legion: Chainfist, Combi-Bolter
. Terminators, Legion: Chainfist, Combi-Bolter
Terminator Squad, Legion [465pts]
. Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour
. Land Raider Phobos: Armoured Ceramite, Shrapnel Bolts
. Terminator Sergeant, Legion: Combi-Bolter, Power Fist
. Terminators, Legion: Plasma Blaster, Power Sword
. Terminators, Legion: Combi-Bolter, Lightning Claw
. Terminators, Legion: Chainfist, Combi-Bolter
. Terminators, Legion: Chainfist, Combi-Bolter
+ Troops +
Predator Strike Armoured Squadron, Legion , Compulsory [100pts]
. Predator Tank, Legion: Extra Armour, Heavy Bolter Sponsons, Predator Cannon, Shrapnel Bolts
Predator Strike Armoured Squadron, Legion , Compulsory [100pts]
. Predator Tank, Legion: Extra Armour, Heavy Bolter Sponsons, Predator Cannon, Shrapnel Bolts
Predator Strike Armoured Squadron, Legion , Compulsory [100pts]
. Predator Tank, Legion: Extra Armour, Heavy Bolter Sponsons, Predator Cannon, Shrapnel Bolts
+ Heavy Support +
Artillery Tank Squadron, Legion [155pts]
. Medusa, Legion: Medusa Siege Gun
Leviathan Siege Dreadnought Talon [325pts]
. Leviathan Siege Dreadnought: Armoured Ceramite, Grav-flux Bombard, Heavy Flamer, Heavy Flamer, Phosphex Discharger
. . Leviathan Siege Claw
Tyrant Siege Terminator Squad [885pts]:
Tyrant siege master
8x Tyrant Terminator, 3x Chainfist
. Spartan Assault Tank, Legion: Armoured Ceramite, Dozer Blade, Flare Shield, Quad Lascannon Sponsons x2, Twin-linked Heavy Bolter
+ Lords of War +
The Primarch Perturabo [490pts]: After Istvaan
Background:
The surface of Tallarn would forever be dead in the aftermath of the 4ths assault on the planet. Ten thousand years in the future the gore and mud world be transformed into a cracked dessert. Dust will once more be dust. The bones of victims, tyrants, heros and villains would form clouds in the sky, slowly covering the planet in a blanket of honor and shame.
The resolve and courage of the Tallarns will be spoken about for millennia. Beaten but not broken. Crushed but not ended. The 4th will always bear the defeat. A campaign without a point. A wasted opportunity and a darkness replacing what little humanity that was left.
That is what will be recorded but not what will be remembered.
Sons following a father. Brothers forever loyal to their purpose.
The millions lost on Tallarn was just a handful of souls lost for the warriors of iron. The 4th had for years feed the stars with there brothers. Given their life for the idea of an imperium. Unsong heros of a misguided crusade. Built upon lies and violence.
But yet this is not what would be remembered between brothers. The bonds between warriors fighting and the tactics drawn from hundreds of engagements. The elite tank crews that would leave the Tallarn surface would decent once more. Carrying the spirit of Tallarn with them. As the sand of the dead planet is ingrained in hull and armor. So is the creed of the crews. Brothers until death. Iron within, Iron without.
The concept behind the list was to bring something armored heavy but yet without spamming sicarans or predators. I wanted to include infantry in the list, both to be inline with my background but also to soften the list up a little. I don’t want to exclude my opponents units, like bolter marines and so on.
I believe that we have a responsibility every time we interact with someone els. And when we play games with toy soldiers one of those responsibilities is to do our best to make sure our opponents have a good time playing. One way is to try to bring a fair army.
This doesn’t mean to give up or to give a way the victory. It basically means to not be an asshole. So bring some units that is less points efficient than others just because you like them is better then spamming unbeatable WAAC armies. That is my opinion. This is a game, based around the randomized nature of dice. If you take that to seriously maybe you should find another hobby.
With all of that said it turned out my list worked much better then what I was expecting. By including two units of terminators in land raiders I was hoping to ease up the list a little. Land raiders by them self is hard to destroy but doesn’t hit that hard. Terminators is of a similar nature. But by including these units it added a dynamic to the list that seemed hard for some armies to handle.
I would never tribute my victory’s to my tactical genius…I have none ;) . But I was quite lucky in some occasion at the right time that turned the games in my favor.
The terminators worked as close combat support, mopp up crew and objective holders. By having these units in my list I gave all my other units breathing room to be as effective as possible. I had not expected that this combination would work as well as it did.
The list ended up winning 4 out of 5 games.
Two of the games was crushing victories, two was very tight nail biting games that could have gone in any direction and in the last game my ass was handed to me by turn 3.
I will not cover any of the games in any details but I meet some really nice people and had great opponents in every game.
Here follow some random pictures from the event :) . Lastly I want to thank everyone at the event for making the weekend great. And a big thank you to the organizers! I know how hard some of you have worked and I am truly grateful for all your work.
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I tried to take pictures of every army. I apologize if I have missed someone. If you where in the event and you don’t see your army represent, but you want to be represented, just send me a message and I will add you :) .
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The Warlords is done. Time to get started on the Knights!
First wash is on. They are far from done but they start to look like something :) .
Final step before the oil washing.
So that is all things assembled. The two sisters rising.
Next up will be fixing all the trims, clean up and transfers.
It have been a while since I did anything on my Titans. But after months of doing a lot of other fun things, it is time to finish these behemoths.
I have four weeks of vacation plus another four weeks of parental leave, starting from yesterday. I am officially committed to finish what I have for Adeptus Titanicus before work starts again!
The Swedish Horus Heresy event, AJAX 2 is around the corner. In three weeks I will be taking my armored breakthrough list to battle and it will be lead by no other than Perturabo.
In preparation for the event I took out my primarch to touch up his color scheme a bit.
This is the first model I painted for Horus Heresy and I feel like a lot have happened with my painting skills between then and now.
For some time now I have been considering to buy a new model of Perturabo and paint it to whatever standard I can pull off now.
But eventually I decided not to do that. I am a bit of nostalgic person. This model mark the beginning of my first steps with the my Iron Warriors and Horus Heresy. It might not be the best painted model in the world, the coat of paint is to thick, the face is messy, the model is poorly assembled, but it is my favorite in my whole collection.
With some oil wash and highlights I feel he looks good enough to take part of the event :) .
The roster is complete, for now :) . I like how they turned out. I was a little worried they would turn out to different to the rest of the kill team, but they fit right in.
A couple of work in progress pictures. Started to experiment with oil washes, I don’t think I’ll ever go back ^^ .
I seem to have lingered in the world of kill team. I want to add some elite choices to my necron war band for an upcoming game.
There we go. The five grey knights/knights errants is done.
I like how they turned out. Will be fun to try them out in kill team :) .
I had to pause my Argel Tal project meanwhile I was wanting for some paints I ordered to arrive.
I have since kill team was released wanted to start a grey knight team. But I could not come up with an angel I wanted to go with.
I feel the current grey knight range is a little old, nothing wrong with that, but it didn’t feel like it would make for an interesting kill team.
I love when you have a interesting story behind your force, a theme that captures what, why and how.
Kill team allows for very unique forces, I find it lets you explore small nuances within 40k in ways that would otherwise be difficult with a full blown army.
My grey knights arch’s back to the Horus Heresy. After Istvaan 3 and Horus culling of loyal elements within his own and other traitor legions marks the beginning of the Knights Errants. Lead by Nathaniel Grro and on the orders of Malcador the sigillite the Knights Errants is what later would form the core of the grey knights at the late hours of the Horus Heresy.
The Knights Errants was a hand picked few from both loyal and traitors legions. Individuals that would be considered the best of the best among the Astartes. Devoted to the imperium and the Emperor.
They were organized in small strike teams or sent off on independent missions individually, linking up with loyal legions fighting an unseen war against chaos. This was a war long before the horrors of the warp was fully known or before the extent of chaos had fully evolved.
My Grey Knight kill team is still part of this secret organization within there secret organization. Operating in much the same way as the Knights Errants of old. Dressed in the armor of the old and early heroes they fight the silent and unseen war against chaos. With relic weapons and the purest of minds they deploy deep within enemy lines and bring the wrath of the emperor to the enemy of man.
The most fun about this little project was to keep within the boundaries of Horus Heresy and the army list of the Knights Errants. Giving the team the correct gear for that timeline as well as equipped them according to the kill team army list.
This is why, for example, why they have Combi bolters instead of storm bolters.
Right now I will finish these five members but I have plans for five more and some terminators.
So, there comes a time for every word bearers collector when you come across the stories of Argel Tal. For me this was in the book Betrayer some years ago. I came to love that character like most others.
For me he is a driving force in why I started with word bearers in the first place.
I thought it was time to envision him so I could put him the battle field.
