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            Damn this wretched place.  Damn the orkish hoards.  Damn it all.

            We came here a full 2 months ago to the distress call from the High Lord Militant of the sector.  By the time we got here the planet wall all but taken.  All sorts of races have been drawn here by the fighting.  Even those bastard marines of chaos have made their way here.

            Upon arrival into the system we were immediately engaged by a fleet of orks sitting just outside our jump point.  We lost half a company in the battle.  Bless their souls and may the Emperor watch over them.

            When we were finally in orbit we began our decent straight into the heart of the conflict around Hive Hesperus.  The orks were making a quick advance on the hive defenses, which proved less than satisfactory for the job.  One of our thunderhawks went down after dropping its cargo, crushing a rhino and it’s payload in the process.  Too many brothers died merely getting to the planet.  The green skins would pay dearly.

            The attack was swift and brutal.  We had them caught off guard and unbalanced them.  The ensuing slaughter was our payback for all of our fallen brothers.  By the end of the battle, the drop site was pooling with ork blood.  I still can’t get over that they bleed red.

            After the attack we regrouped and began preparing for the next assault.  The local PDF and Imperial guard regiments made contact at once to find out how they could help.  Their hope rekindled upon our arrival.

            From a series of victories came a series of hard fought defeats as the orks numbers proved overwhelming in some sectors.  We tried to redeploy to the areas but they were already over run.  Pushed back into the hive we knew the only choice we had was to wait.

            The urban battle soon thereafter was intense.  Buildings became fortresses, and in each dozens threw down their lives.  We lost many brothers during the fighting, though each took his toll on the advancing hoard.  Suddenly the orks halted their advance and dug in.  It had become a figurative trench war.  The street was a no mans land in a matter of hours. 

            We took to the sewers and began making lightning raids from behind their lines, crashing in from below them only to dive back down a few minutes later.  Many took our lead and began springing surprise attacks on the ork supply lines, which turned out to be more reinforcements for their line.  It was working though, as the orks began to succumb and their numbers dwindled.  At this weakness we launched a final repulsive attack, pushing them back past the hive walls.

            After the push came the storms.  The orks withdrew their forces to hiding northwest of the hive.  We took shelter within the hive and began rebuilding and planning our defense.

            Now we wait.  Damn the waiting.  It makes me uneasy and restless.  But with our losses we have no other choice.  When the storms reside and die away, we will be ready for them.  By my honor as one of the Emperors chosen warriors we will give them hell and take their lives for those they have extinguished here.  It’s only a matter of time.

 

                                                                                                -Brother Marine Mathius

                                                                                                  3^rd Armageddon War

So the revamp/rebuild begins!

It started with a simple change in the color scheme on a random model I decided to paint one day.  And continues through the re-trim/re-detailing of some models.  And will continue through to new tactical squads and a freshly painted army. 

And the best part, I plan on finishing them.  You all get to watch me go from a few models to an army of them. 

The size of the army is still undetermined.  I know I want two full tactical squads.  It's always been the staple of my play style and they are the core of a marine army's strength.  I'm thinking of going for 750 right now.  Possibly bumping that up to 1000+ as I see where I'm at further on down the road.  I'm not shooting for a lot here.  I just want a playable and well painted, most of all, finished army. 

The color scheme is worked out.  An army list should be on the way soon.

For now, some teaser pictures:

A HISTORY

The Humble Beginnings. 

The First


The First Sergeant


The First Captain


The First Bitzmash


The Veteran Sergeant


The Ork Hunter Kristopher (The second Bitzmash)


The Tank


The Last Color Scheme

Excellent. I will follow this one closely. The history part was a great touch!

I like primer gray Marines. They look tough. Like they don't give a crap about all those shiny Ultramarine doo-dads.

I like your bitzmash. They show some very good ideas.

Beautiful job on the new lads, 1000 points should look rock solid.

- Salvage

Migs - Thanks ^_^ I thought it'd be cool to show a bit of a progression in skill.  "The First" was actually my first ever model ^_^.  That was around 97-98?...god i'm gettin old....

Hubcap - Tough is what I strive for ^_-

SJ - Bitzmashes have always been fun for me.  Plus I get to use up all those cool bitz i have no use for otherwise >.>

Boss - I'm really hoping they do ^_^.  We'll see how this goes...

Excellent Aaron. I like the clean symbols and the way the marines still look rock hard.

Very nice work

So, I'm finally getting a solid 1k army list worked out over in the Army Lists section.  And I decided it was time to go scrounging through my extra stuff/boxes and see what I could find. 

Well it was well worth the scrounge... >.>



2 Rhinos
1 Dread
and a good grip of marines. 

The dread isn't on the army list but I'll definitely be giving him a paint up further down the road.  For now though, It's all about those beautiful marines...

"beautiful marines" LOL!

The plastic dread was the most fun I've had building & painting a model. That said, my first 1k of DA had a vindicator and two Rhinos, and the Dread only came later.

Posted By Mannahnin on 10/01/2007 7:18 PM
The plastic dread was the most fun I've had building & painting a model. That said, my first 1k of DA had a vindicator and two Rhinos, and the Dread only came later.

I was just happy to have a dread that didn't weigh my case down by 5 pounds >.>....


Well I finally finished working up my 1k list. 

<table width="200" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="" summary=""> <tbody> <tr> <td>HQ
Master Commander
</td> <td align="right">95</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Elites
Veteran Squad (5)
Razorback
</td> <td align="right">183</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Troops
Tactical Squad (6)
Razorback
</td> <td align="right">203</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tactical Squad (6)
Razorback
</td> <td align="right">208</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Heavy Support
Predator Annihilator
</td> <td align="right">153</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vindicator
</td> <td align="right">158
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

I'm pretty happy with how it all came out.  Looks strong and has some really formidable firepower in there. 

I've also gone through and picked out all the pieces from the big pile o' marines I have in that picture that I'll be able to use.  And here's what we're looking at:

On Hand: Stuff that needs to be built and painted

Emperors Champion - Possibly able to convert into my commander

7 Bolter Marines

1 Plasmagun Marine

Ready to rock: Stuff that is in near tabletop ready condition

Powerfist Marine - for the vet squad
1 Bolter Marine - For a tactical squad
1 Lascannon Marine - For tactical squad
1 Predator Annihilator - for Annihilating

Need: Stuff I need...duh.

2 Veterans with CCW & BP
1 Veteran Sergeant with Power Weapon
1 Veteran with Power weapon
1 Plasmacannon Marine
1 Plasmagun Marine
3 Razorbacks - I have two Rhinos, neither of which are even completely modeled.  I am going to see if i can snag the razorback turret bits to try and save money.
Vindicator - this will probably be the last thing I snag, as well..it's not out yet >.>...


I'm actually a lot close to having all the pieces than I originally thought I was.  I'm only 10 models short of having the entire army in hand.  And if you count having those 2 rhinos, I'm really only 8 models short.  unfortunately 2 of those are tank models x.x...so this really won't be as super cheap as I would have liked...

I plan on re-detailing the current lascannon marine with the white trim and getting his grey more in line with the new marines.  He'll be next on the chopping block.  After him you'll probably see some WIP build shots of the marines I have on hand. 

Oh and if anyone has any Emp champ conversion pictures I'd really appreciate them ^_^;

More soon.

That's a lot of tanks in 1000 pts! Good luck getting everytging your need together.

Re-worked Lascannon Dude.



Next up...
Assembly of ze marines.

DON'T STOP!1!1!

Trust me, I'm not. 

::eyes the superglue on this thumb:: stupid glue..... >.>

Slow assembly progress.  Spending tons of time shaving off mold lines.  Only three assembled.  The rest here still need to be shaved down.

Nice to see these guys re-born aaron. And I love that you still caryr the DPC gif in your sig. Ah, the memories. My victory over Scarab is still my greatest painting achievement.

Thanks broon ^_^;, what was your old dakka name? 

As for the marines:


7 Marines - 6 bolters and 1 plasmagun in this bunch.  Mold lines shaved.  Modeled, primed, and based.  Ready for paint.  Probably going to hit the store for some new paint since mine is well..dead.

Now, as for my Captain.  Here is what we're working with:



More as more is finished...>.>

Well, I've got my captain modeled up.  Not sure if he's finished quite yet.  But I just wanted to get something worked out with him.  What do you think?

I didn't like what was going on with the 'captain'.  So I decided that he would be a veteran instead.  And as such the following changes have been made:

"OMFG WHERE'D MY HEAD GO!?!"



"Phew!  There it is!  Damn, I'm a better model now!!"

Very nice work, but don't forget chapter 1, verse 4 from Index Astartes:

"Drill out ye bolter!" so spoke the Emperor, and the barrel was drilleth and it was good.

Still lots to finish. First run on highlighting the armor is finished though. Some touch up will be needed I'm sure though. Next up, the white trim and detailing.

C&C welcome

Oh and thanks to Yak for his red tutorial ^_-

Oh Captain, my Captain!
He looks real inspireing. To bad my marines are lost somewhere in the warp. Maybe I do a chaos counter part of him the same pose someday in the future.

<table width="100%" height="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> Need help. I hate the sword right now and I'm having painters block. Suggestions?




White and gems are finished though ^_^. <!-- google_ad_section_end --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#f6f6f6" align="left" colspan="3" class="windowbg2"> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Vet is finished!!!

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