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Your Knights look amazing. I'm jealous!

The Volkite-armed troopers also look good so far. Can't wait to see them painted up!

I like how aside from the color of their material the Volkite soldiers look like they're supposed to have those weapons. Well done.

Cheers!

The Volkites do the job, though they are sadly not as detailed or nicely done as those found on the Veletaris set. However, I am quite pleased with how well they turned out, an old-timey type of uniform with a classic beret paired with a clunky, but futuristic weapon.

I really want to paint, but the weather right now is horrendously disagreeable, to such a degree that I've been puking out my guts every few hours and hardly getting any sleep. Right now I am an outright crotchety and vicious witch.

Instead I've been looking at getting another (what is wrong with me..) Imperial Knight, either a Knight Crusader or the Cerastus-Acheron, though I'm not that keen on getting a full resin Forge World knight, it scares me.

 BrookM wrote:
Cheers!

The Volkites do the job, though they are sadly not as detailed or nicely done as those found on the Veletaris set. However, I am quite pleased with how well they turned out, an old-timey type of uniform with a classic beret paired with a clunky, but futuristic weapon.

I really want to paint, but the weather right now is horrendously disagreeable, to such a degree that I've been puking out my guts every few hours and hardly getting any sleep. Right now I am an outright crotchety and vicious witch.

Instead I've been looking at getting another (what is wrong with me..) Imperial Knight, either a Knight Crusader or the Cerastus-Acheron, though I'm not that keen on getting a full resin Forge World knight, it scares me.

Jesus, hope that weather dissipates with a quickness - vomit-inducing weather patterns are no-good.

As for the knight, I'm roughly in the same boat as well, been looking to expand on the single one I bought when they came out...and with the new codex I'll be required to get that too. I think I'm going for a Warden.

The Warden is an excellent choice, even if you're going for an Errant or Paladin build. The extra parts, including two carapace mounted weapon systems makes the extra bucks spent on it well worth it IMHO.

 BrookM wrote:
The Warden is an excellent choice, even if you're going for an Errant or Paladin build. The extra parts, including two carapace mounted weapon systems makes the extra bucks spent on it well worth it IMHO.

Aside from a great love of all things Titan this is a great point too, I was disappointed with the initial release but with the new chassis and such out now...my wallet is begging me to stop, lol.

Do you have a unit size in mind for your knights? 3,5,7,9? 30? I rarely do games above 2k with my group so I can't justify more than three right now.

 Frankenberry wrote:
Do you have a unit size in mind for your knights? 3,5,7,9? 30? I rarely do games above 2k with my group so I can't justify more than three right now.

I think I am personally going to call it quits at four models, which is both a personal cap and because well.. People around here see a Knight, most of them immediately either bust out Unbound gak or field nasty alpha-strike lists that I never see the second turn happen. So far, this army has been more of a collectors thing than an actual fighting army.

Once I'm done with the Knight Warden (sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooowly getting there! ) I'm going to look into getting a Cerastus-Acheron, because I do like the look of the suit, plus it has some grrrreat anti-everything assets, not to mention a secondary weapon system, unlike the Castigator, making it a 1000% more attractive in my eyes. The current plan is to field them as a 1.750 / 1.800 pts army:

Questoris Knights - House DuChess

Seneschal - 50
Knight Warden - Occular Augmentics, Stormspear rockets - 425

Scion-Preceptor - 25
Castigator-Acheron - Occular Augmentics - 425

Scion-Martial - 0
Knight Paladin - Occular Augmentics, Icarus autocannons - 420

Scion-Arbalester - 25
Knight Errant - Occular Augmentics, Thunderstrike gauntlet, Stormspear rockets - 430

Total: 1800 (for 1750 pts I'd remove all the Occular Augmentics and the Thunderstrike gauntlet)

Though I suppose there is room for another Knight Paladin as a standard troops choice, so I could field a 2.250 pts formation.

Bah, that's lame. I play with friends at one of their houses so I generally don't get list tailoring cheese. Although I do give them fair warning when I'm going to bring a knight as most of them don't have a whole lot to deal with it.

As for the list you're going for it looks good to me. Sadly, I'm not a fan of the FW knights - something about the legs that puts me off - and I've had nothing but trouble with FW stuff I've ordered in the past.

A group shot of the completed Knights of House DuChess will be required once you're done, of course.

Been a while since I last posted some actual progress instead of walls of pathetic mewling. I've picked up the brush again and started the wrapping up of the second Veletaris squad:



One Prime and Veletarii, alongside their mistress, ready for the fight. The other eight are nearly done, so hopefully those will join the rest around the end of the week. When I get around to it I will also provide the squad with a nuncio-vox, because the ability to deep-strike without scatter is quite enjoyable, especially when your warlord has a displacer matrix.

 Frankenberry wrote:
A group shot of the completed Knights of House DuChess will be required once you're done, of course.

This will of course happen. Once I'm done with the Veletarii I will move onto the Warden, which has been staring at me long enough now in its partially assembled state that I've gotten a few ideas on how to go about wrapping that sucker up.

Another day, another two done.



Slowly getting thar.

And the squad is now done, for the time being. I am going to revisit them at a later point, there are some oodles here and there that nag at me, like my inability to get tiny, steady lines on the rims of the aviators.

Next up, something a bit easier to hold onto, my second Executioner still needs some work done.

They look great - quite an effective combination of parts, and painted in a pretty realistic way. They could almost be moderns at a glance if not for the red berets!

I'm not sure why, but I'm getting a 'Colonial Marines' sort of feel from them - not a bad thing by any stretch - definitely awesome progress.

Thanks chaps and yes, I also got a USCM vibe from them when I first started out, I even tried to recreate the Colonial Marine camo pattern, but that got too fiddly, so instead I went with a more boring and utilitarian pattern.

However, I do have a pair of shotgun toting girls that I keep around for fun, special Zone Mortalis scenarios:



Because, all together now: "I like to keep this handy, for close encounters."

The girl on the left, Jane Doe, even has a small shoulder-mounted lamp pack, just like those jarheads in space and chances are she'll be my character of choice for the upcoming Halloween event.

Awesome stuff - found my way here by way of the Statuesque minis thread, really impressed and inspired so far

 BrookM wrote:
Thanks chaps and yes, I also got a USCM vibe from them when I first started out, I even tried to recreate the Colonial Marine camo pattern, but that got too fiddly, so instead I went with a more boring and utilitarian pattern.

However, I do have a pair of shotgun toting girls that I keep around for fun, special Zone Mortalis scenarios:



Because, all together now: "I like to keep this handy, for close encounters."

The girl on the left, Jane Doe, even has a small shoulder-mounted lamp pack, just like those jarheads in space and chances are she'll be my character of choice for the upcoming Halloween event.

Hey, sometimes the easier/simplest path is the best, as is evident in how good your squad looks.

And I'm loving those mini's and their great USMC in SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE feel. Also, in reply to your quote: GAME OVER MAN! GAME OVER!

Coming along nicely! Any chance of a group shot of your army so far?

Righto.

Here's the mostly painted elite of the fleet, I still need to do the Flamer Auxilia, which is proving to be a real PITA.



Here's the auxiliaries of the Auxilia, with most of the command squad and the lasrifle section still woefully undone:



Finally, the Knights, with the Warden slowly nearing completion, once that thing is done I'll focus on getting both carapace-mounted weapon systems done along with the pilot of the Errant:

Your collection of both models and books is awe-inspiring.

 BrookM wrote:
Righto.

Here's the mostly painted elite of the fleet, I still need to do the Flamer Auxilia, which is proving to be a real PITA.



Here's the auxiliaries of the Auxilia, with most of the command squad and the lasrifle section still woefully undone:



Finally, the Knights, with the Warden slowly nearing completion, once that thing is done I'll focus on getting both carapace-mounted weapon systems done along with the pilot of the Errant:

Awesome thanks for that man. Are the auxilia auxiliaries militia? Its really cool seeing your army come together, its helping to inspire me to push forward with my project which is up now in P&M Blogs. Feel free to drop by it should be your cup of tea.

I thought about including Imperial Militia, but decided against it, they'll count as a regular lasrifle section, same with my second squad of Veletaris, they may not look like the FW models, but they pack the same gun and thus, are the same thing.

Also, I'm going to revisit the Imperial Militia army list once FW gets around to releasing a FAQ for it.

 BrookM wrote:
I thought about including Imperial Militia, but decided against it, they'll count as a regular lasrifle section, same with my second squad of Veletaris, they may not look like the FW models, but they pack the same gun and thus, are the same thing.

Also, I'm going to revisit the Imperial Militia army list once FW gets around to releasing a FAQ for it.

Cool, I'm looking forward to trying out a militia list, I love the flexibility it allows. Anything in particular you wanted to be FAQed?

Missing point costs to begin with, plus several unit entries are a mess.

@BrookM: You wouldn't happen to be ex-military would you? I only ask given how you talk about the composition of your forces, it strikes me as very "I've done this before and I can't not call it this'.

If not? Well, then, carry on.

Never served, never will, I'm a filthy pacifist who supports the troops in other ways and prefers fictional violence over real violence.

Back to work I went, hence the lack of progress.

Well, last week I had a week off, spent it doing this and that, including a pair of games.

First up was 1000 pts of Zone Mortalis against Tau, which I lost 2-1, but was enjoyable nonetheless and left us wanting more. Here's a few pics of the day:













Second game was 2000 pts of regular 40k, pitting 2000 pts of Knights again against the Tau, which I won with 16-4. Sadly no pictures, but by the end of the game we were both close to wiped the feth out.

I am preparing to get cracking again, though I'll be ordering one or two things from FW first, including a House Terryn upgrade kit. I did find me a noble for my second Paladin, for when I want to bring my army up to the full 2500 pts for next year:



This will be the future Scion-Martial Josephine DuChess, second youngest in the family. She has a knack for fighting in space and other void-like conditions, but also a deadly fear of dying there, hence the survival gear she wears at all times when encased in "Void Reaper"

Also decided on the noble who will be piloting the future Acheron I want to use:



Ah yes, high and mighty, look at that arrogance! I'm thinking the base of her Acheron will also feature a few charred skeletons.

Picked up another Warden yesterday, though it'll become a Paladin soon enough, I just needed the extra Icarus and Stormspear pods.

The most annoying part (for me at least) of the Knight is now done thankfully, reposing the leg!



Right now I'm searching like mad through my bits boxes for leftover parts from a fantasy building I bought years and years ago, there should still be four Sigmar-themed statues left, somewhere. The idea is if one of the family is a semi-closeted follower of the proto-Cult Imperialis, then another one would be a none too subtle atheist who sees it as a sacred task to topple all religious systems and the bulwarks they hide behind. The general idea is to have this one standing in the remains of something religious, with a toppled statue or two cast down as well.

Awesome sounding games, I've always wanted to play on a Zone Mortalis board - sadly I don't know anywhere that has one, leaving it to me and my 'crew' to purchase a set. Ugh.

As for the Acheron pilot I dig it, seems different than the rest too, breaking up the refined aristocracy sort of feel for more of a hardened veteran who doesn't have time for that noble stuff. Or I'm wrong, lol.

As for the knight construction I'm impressed you messed with how the legs sit. I couldn't summon the courage to mess with mine because of all the required cutting and such.

Awesome looking stuff, Brook. Is that your ZM board and game room? It looks almost like a store. Looking forward to the next Knight - how many more do you have planned? And any plans to add in a Dreamforge Leviathan to the clan?

 Frankenberry wrote:
Awesome sounding games, I've always wanted to play on a Zone Mortalis board - sadly I don't know anywhere that has one, leaving it to me and my 'crew' to purchase a set. Ugh.

As for the Acheron pilot I dig it, seems different than the rest too, breaking up the refined aristocracy sort of feel for more of a hardened veteran who doesn't have time for that noble stuff. Or I'm wrong, lol.

As for the knight construction I'm impressed you messed with how the legs sit. I couldn't summon the courage to mess with mine because of all the required cutting and such.

It's still quite a sweat for me and it's nowhere near as exciting as I thought it would be, but at least it looks nothing like the other two in my range.

But with the repose done the hardest part is over, now I just need to find the time to prime the skeleton and start work on that, dressing it up from there once I get my hands on a House Terryn upgrade kit from Forge World.



And here's a close up of the latest noble to join the family, lovely, crisp detail, excellent cast with only one pesky vent (inside the fold of her coat), other than that, well worth the asking price.

 Azazelx wrote:
Awesome looking stuff, Brook. Is that your ZM board and game room? It looks almost like a store. Looking forward to the next Knight - how many more do you have planned? And any plans to add in a Dreamforge Leviathan to the clan?

I wish it was mine, my FLGS has one, he originally bought it as an excellent window display, but we're allowed to take it out every now and then for a game or two of ZM.

The current plans are to get a Knight-Acheron at the end of this month or failing that, to get it around the end of the year, so I have all the models I need for my planned 2500 pts army that I'm hoping to bring to the UK some time next year. It's also a nice finish line for when I want to play regular 40k with them, allowing me to field the excellent Exalted Court formation. I'll lose out on Objective Secured, but every model will be a character with all the usual benefits and the warlord will be a proper monster.

The Leviathan will be undergoing some minor conversions and more importantly, a repaint, as it's shoddy paintjob is quite showing. The plan is though to use it as a Knight-Castigator for the really big games, where I have the points to use a rather poorly designed, but still awesome pattern of Knight.