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Greetings Dakka! A group of my friends play huge (as in 30,000 per side) apocalypse games semi-annually. I've played in two of these so far, and seeing my puny collection next to 4 full companies of Ultramarines has left me feeling well, puny. So I decided that I'm going to make a whole army of friggin' Rambos! There aren't any that participate in these Apocalypse games, and more importantly there aren't many that I've seen in my local area. The Catachans have a lot of interesting formations as well, so I think I will contribute a lot to the group. Without further ado, I present: The Wish List.

Formations:

Commissariat Formation

Catachan Ambush Patrol
PCS
3 IS
Veterans

Catachan Ambush Patrol
PCS
2 IS
2 HWS
Veterans
4 Chimeras

Traitor's Bane

Baneblade Company
3 Baneblades, all command tanks

Hellhound Formation
3 Hellhounds

Valkyrie Formation
3 Valkyries with multiple rocket pods

The Rest: (that doesn't really fit into formations)
Company Command Squad
2 Basilisks
3 Scout Sentinels
Vendetta
4 Leman Russes (Punisher, Vanquisher, Executioner, Demolisher)

I think it is going to make a list of around 7000 points or so, but this thread is going to be more about painting the army than tactics and things. I currently have everything in "The Rest" section, a Hellhammer (waiting for sponsons to make Traitor's Bane), a Baneblade, a Hellhound, 4 Chimeras and all of the infantry models. Painting is another story... most of the vehicles that I have are done, but the vast majority of the infantry (50 guardsmen, a command squad and 2 heavy weapon squads) came in only yesterday! So needless to say, I have some work to do. All of this text is surely boring by now, but pictures soon to follow!


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I ran out of glue before I ran out of steam tonight. Not much to look at, but this and three heavy weapon teams need some combination of glue and/or paint. I forgot to mention, this is going to be a desert themed Catachan army. Tomorrow I will put pictures up of some my more complete vehicles. Several of them are getting some remodeling done to go with the new Catachan look.

A lot of this army is being remodeled from my existing guard, so here are what is mostly done so far:

Some Tanks:









And more importantly, here are the first of the infantry:





The bases on these are from a while ago, but I plan to add some tall yellow grass to some of them. There is quite a bit more to be done with the infantry as well as the tanks.

I've assembled another 30 guardsmen or so, but I don't think I'll post a picture of the big grey blob. I have begun to resalvage a Leman Russ that I got in a trade. A problem I ran into is that I don't have any actual sponsons to go on it, and of course a Leman Russ is only as good as its sponsons. I took a little inspiration from the fluff of Colonel Death Strike and his salvaged Hellhammer. So here is my idea with spare parts from a Vendetta:



The idea behind these is that they are a close quarters version of the normal sponsons better suited to fighting in rough terrain, and being outmaneuvered by faster vehicles (I play against a lot of dark eldar and recently against eldar). Obviously in game terms I can't pivot them 180 degrees, but they look to be about right in terms of the same place as normal ones.

A couple things that I would like feedback on are:

1) Is this even remotely a good idea?

2) Do the multimeltas look convincing?

I like the look of the multi melta conversions. I would add some cables going from the back of the weapon system to inside the tank.

I thought the back needed something, but couldn't put my finger on it. That is indeed a good idea. Thanks for the reply!

It looks like a gangster army to me

 Lone Cat wrote:
It looks like a gangster army to me

Thanks! There's a lot more to come.

I mentioned that I was making the named Hellhammer, "Traitor's Bane." I did not mention who would be commanding it!



You thought cover was your ally...

You merely adopted cover. I was born in it, moulded by it....

Awesome scene in a great movie. As for your thread, good work so far. If there is one thing the world needs, it's more Catachans.

Great to see another Catachan army! Keep up the good work, especially love the Bane conversion, im impressed!

 ghastli wrote:

 Lone Cat wrote:
It looks like a gangster army to me

Thanks! There's a lot more to come.

I mentioned that I was making the named Hellhammer, "Traitor's Bane." I did not mention who would be commanding it!



You thought cover was your ally...

That is truly awesome!

This is a well done looking army! Keep up the great work