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I've been grinding out kroot in much the same way... it is still satisfying to complete goals and to have finished models, but when you are painting for hours on hours and don't get to see a completed model for a week, it can take the wind out of your sails a bit. you can probably get away with doing all the base coating and large brush drybrushing in a 25x assembly line, but maybe you can break the detail work loads to a unit by unit basis so you can get the happy feelin that is completing a unit more often.

Now that these rumors are coming out, and knowing that right about when you hit the 1500 mark you'll have a new codex in your lap, doesn't that make it that much easier? hehe

Oh and if it makes you feel any better, i should be done with my 700 tonight.

When it comes to the more unique characters, officers, sergeants I agree and will probably pull them out of the assembly line and work on them individually or in a small group, but for the main troops, at this point I have already painted so many I think I am going to just crank through the 20+ I have in one big batch

From the rumours, it sounds like all of my work will not go to waste and will fit in with the new codex... which is GREAT!

Good job on getting done with the 700!!!

I have been getting lazy with using the light tent, but here is the current WIP for the HQ Commander, Captain Scarvos:





I really like how his armor and fatigues turned out, but I definitely need to put more time into his face and "accessories"

Quick Update... more WIP on HQ Command and Veterans


HQ Command Unit... soon to be obsolete with new Codex.


Veteran Squad, also soon to be obsolete.


Bonus Pic... new photo of squad from last batch of renegades

THAT IS SO COOL ALL THE ARMIES!!!

Keep it up look great love them !!

Nothing is obsolete in Apocalypse

Hey that's some pretty nice work.

Finished the 700 and got a pic taken before i passed out last night. Its another blurry out of focus pic, I couldnt really take the time to get it any better...



I tried to tie the kroot into the tau by painting their shoulder guards white and giving them red warpaint. The hounds I went for more of a yellow color, hope it looks cool. here is my 700 list

shas'o plasma rifle, missile pod, positional relay, iridium armor plates, stimulant injectors, hard-wired multi-tracker, hard-wired drone controller, 2x shield drones

crisis suit twin linked fusion blasters, targeting array

crisis suit twin linked fusion blasters, targeting array

crisis suit twin linked fusion blasters, targeting array

6x fire warriors
devilfish smart missile system, multi-tracker, targeting array, disruption pod

16x kroot
10x kroot hounds

Here is my 700 as posted earlier in the thread.

It's coming together really well guys, keep up the good work!!

Well, it was a rough three weeks and my army arrive late (only scoring 3 points for the paint, since I finished a day late).. but here it is:



(probably too many models for one pic)

HQ Command Squad, JO w/ Plasma Pistol, Vet w/ Banner, 3x Flamers
Platoon Command Squad, JO, 4x Flamers
2 Platoon Squads, each with 1x AC, 1x Plasma Gun
1 Armoured Fist Squad, 1x AC, 1x Plasma Gun, Chimera w/ ML and HB
1 Hardened Veteran Squad, 3x Meltaguns, 2x Shotguns
1 Leman Russ w/ HB

For a total of 47 models.. ugh.

Now for a pic of me experimenting with my Game Board:

Just because its late and I am feeling silly... more practive shots:





I softened everything up way to much, but again I am tired and feeling silly.

But they look great Blue!

Looks really good.

Cool, when are the battle reports going up?

Sorry no battle reports yet, but super quick update that I will expand on later:

Week 6 Painting:

Shep: 5 points
Nash: 5 points
AbsoluteBlue: 3 points

Week 6 Battle:

Shep v Absolute Blue: The Tau once again destroyed the Chaos Renegades in a Seize Ground mission. Shep 3 points, Absolute Blue 1 point.

Kevin Nash v. Absolute Blue: While the Renegades were able to do some significant damage to the SoB vehicles, they couldn't stop the charge, and in an annihilation game, using 4th Ed IG rules, I gave up way too many KP, losing the game. Kevin Nash 3 points, Absolute Blue 1.

Kevin Nash v. Shep: I wasn't around for this battle but I heard it was a tough fight for the SoBs against the elusive Tau in a Seize Ground mission, where the SoBs forced a draw: Kevin Nash 2 points, Shep 2 points.

Total Points through Week 6

AbsoluteBlue: 14 points
Shep: 20 points
Kevin Nash: 20 points

So I am off to a rough start, but I will be using the new Codex rules, going forward.. which will hopefully give me a fighting chance

Nice to see these armies progress steadily, allthoguh I'm a Tau player myself I'm very impressed byt the Renegade Guard models in this thread.

Keep it up the three of you!

On to week 9 progress:

So the group decided that I should focus on the "new IG codex" and work towards using those rules going forward. As such, I had to bring my Veteran Squad up to 10 members. I also decided to add another Leman Russ. I haven't decided on the last part of my 1000 point list yet, but I sense an artillery piece.


As a mini reward to myself, not sure why I deserve a reward but gave myself one anyways... and after being greatly inspired by a fun game of Apocalypse with Shep, Somnicide, GitSmack, and wolflordkejl, I built one of my super-heavies, a Malcador:

Cool, can you tell the others to up date soon.

I spy with my little eye, something that begins with the letter "H"...



Bam, my forgeworld order arrived today and here is my first Hydra!

As a result of this new arrival... the Week 9 List might be only one Leman Russ, but add two Hydras. Thinking of the meta-game here, long-range anti-light vehicle platforms might be a better choice than another battle cannon. 1) I need to stop the immolators before they get too close and 2) This might be a good way to shut down a devilfish.

Damn wish the exchange rates were not so bad,boy do I had money.

@Deff Dread Red - In that regard, I am fortunate... the exchange rates are still relatively good, considering it's roughly 1.5:1 now, as opposed to it being 2:1 less than a year ago.

Well just to give you an idea of how bad the exchange rate is the standard conversion kit(for turning normal guardsmen into renegades)is R131 and thats without shipping.

Week 9 Work in Progress:

Built and painted a 3rd Chimera.. updated paint jobs with more weathering...



Repainted Leman Russ:

Nice work. This seems like a great way to build up an army.

@Lost Hobbit - It definitely is. I will say that for big model count armies, it is very aggresive. To think that if I was doing Space Marines or Chaos Space Marines, I would probably already have 1750 points worth of painted models. However, I really wanted to get the renegades built and painted and this is working out really well.

Deadline time. We just hit 1k points.



My next batch will be easy. But then getting to 1500 is going to be a nightmare. Adding the second big kroot unit and filling out the fire warriors will be a lot of models to paint. Plus I'm getting REALLY distracted now that my main army is getting a new codex.

batrep between tau and sisters at 1k is up...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/236864.page#671267

Wife left the camera at the in-laws, so I am stuck with the Camera Phone for this shot I will take a better one once we pick the camera back up...

So here is my 1000 points



Added 2 Hydras, A Chimera, 5 Veterans, and the Commissar is back in the mix.

Here is a week 12 Preview pic... introducing the EXECUTIONER! (Work in progress)



Maybe not the most effective, but a beast none the less!