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Hi fellas! I've recently started collecting a small Flesh Tearers force and thought I'd document my process on here. Updates will be slow but regular, so make sure you hop on for what will be a bumpy and bloody fun ride! See what I did there...

And without further ado, I offer my latest work, a WiP conversion of a Furioso dreadnought with a PROPER close-combat weapon! I generally dislike the normal Furioso chassis and love the skull motifs of the Death Company one so I have used that with the view of removing all the specific iconography later on as well as 'Flesh Tearering' it up a bit. Anyhow, enjoy:







Hope you enjoy and any C&C or general comments are welcome, more to come in the very near future...

Oh, and don't worry: there will be LOTS of blood effect!

That's a cool idea for a saw blade.

Aye, that's very cool and imaginative.

Thanks, it's just a cog from a random thing that I found lying around (actually have no idea what it was!) and I immediately thought dreadnought killy saw... At first I thought it was a little too big, but then I realised which setting this was in...

Mounting it in the gauntlet was fun too, but required lots of tough sawing and filing. Want to see if I can do something similar for the right arm for a double ccw combo, but still thinking of a concept for that.

More to come soon!

Well, I got some more work done on the dread over the weekend, mainly just filling in the crosses on the chassis and shin armour. I also made a custom magna-grapple. Cookie for anyone who guesses what that red bit is!





Also, snapped some (blurry and really bad...) pics of what I currently have built for the army, minus some Sternguard:





I'll try to get some better focus shots as these were just taken with my iPad...

Anyways, more to come soon guys so stay tuned!

Is that red bit part of a felt tip pen?

No... Not quite! The harpoon bit should give it away a bit... This will be a real test of peoples' childhood!

Ah, the harpoon is part of it! Didn't realise that! In that case, I'm guessing it's off some kind of toy, but I'll be damned if I know what...although for some reason, it does seem strangely familliar...

You'll 'brick' yourself when you find out... Sorry, couldn't help it!

With 'brick' as a hint, it should be a lego or knock off, but it more reminds me of the missile launchers (spring loaded) that were on some transformer toys.

Damn, too obvoius himt! You're right, it is a Lego bit that I butchered to serve my ends... In true Flesh Tearers style! Hopefully it will fit a bit better once it is all painted up.

Anyway, more updates to come later today!

As the master of the Flesh Tearers Seth's time will surely arrive in not too much time.

RIGHT?!?!?!

That chainzweihander man, that thing is awesome.

Thanks for the kind words aldo! Seth will be coming, yes. When I can find a reasonably priced model that is! In the mean time I will have to make do with other killy characters.

Will this do?! A kit bashed Chaplain/Astorath counts-as to lead the Death Company:







Hope you enjoy! Termi librarian to follow shortly...

Ooooh, two handed chainaxe, will do.

...

For now.

Do you have any close ups of the terminator with the combi plasma? I can't see him too well, is he carrying a power maul?

Hehe, I'd like to see you say that to his face!

That termi is actually my Librarian conversion from Karlaen of Deathstorm. His weapon is just the thunder hammer with the head cut off as I'm still deciding what suitably Flesh Tearery weapon to fit to it. Thinking of some ugly looking mace or maybe something more cutty... Anyway, here are some pics:







Hope you like, and any suggestions for a brutal weapon are most welcome!

Another quick thought: I was also playing with the idea of adding back banners to both or one, would be interesting to see what other people think? Don't know whether to go the complete 'must be practical for killing everything' attitude with the army, or a more arrogant and ostentious army that takes every opportunity to show off... Something to ponder at least as I build the army!

Chainmaul? or maybe a flail?

Flesh Tearers don't seem like the usual "bright cohorts and polished armours" chapter and backbanner may get in the way when killing, on the other hand having that bit of "we are still the Angels of Death and the Chosen of the Emperor" on a few select troops may work too, to show that while they are one of the most savage chapters they still hold their honour.

I knew right away that was a Lego bit. Aquanaughts had a bunch of Harpoons and I think that was my first full Lego collection as a kid. It's a good way to turn the MagnaGrapple into an appropriately devastating harpoon grapple.

Have you looked at the Deathwing Knight weapon heads for your Terminator? Maces, flails, some very fun bits in there. I'd say the flail more than the mace. Something about a big blunt instrument doesn't scream Flesh Tearer to me. Alternatively, what about a Chain-Glaive similar to the Sevatar model in Forge World. THAT screams Flesh Tearer however I'd say to add more shaft to what you have as well.

@ aldo - hhmmm, liking the idea of a 'morning star' type weapon or a flail combo with some deadly chains and brutal lumps of metal... Sounds very suitable indeed thinking about it!

I agree with their flagrance, I was also going to give them a grimy paint scheme to show how indifferent they are towards ceremony. However, the idea of carrying a back banner is like a Centurion wearing a crest and becoming a massive target for enemies: it can be seen from a long way away and is a way of saying "come at me!" so he can slaughter everyone! It also says that he's so good at fighting the back banner is insignificant to him... Dunno, i'll try both and pop up some pics.

@ SharkoutofWata - good ol' Aquanauts, got so many old harpoon bits! I was thinking of making one when I suddenly thought of these. I still think i'll do a bit to it to make it look less gimmicky and more killy though...

The Deathwing Knight 'Flail of the Unforgiven' is the look I'm going for, but I want to try making my own version (not very soon mind you as I've got to build the rest of the army...) and I agree with you on the mace vs flail. Sevatar's weapon is SO cool, I want it! I think I want a sort of Force Maul for the Librarian though as lowering opposition down to Initiative 1 is under-estimated when taking termis imho. Defo want to include something like that though, thinking of giving chain lances to my bikers as well! So many cool weapon options for the Flesh Tearers!




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Snapped a few pics of the characters with back banners white-tacked on, and it would be good to hear what people have to say. I'm completely flummoxed atm to be honest, as I think both have their merits!





"And now for something, completely different!"

Also, my distraction: an originally bright blue ocarina that I have been asked to make look old/enchanted for a play prop... just need to employ some old tricks o' the trade like the old coffee staining to make it look a bit older. All details are exaggerated as this is a stage not movie prop so don't judge the stark contrasts!



Sorry for the off topic posting! Hopefully I'll be able to show you a test colour scheme tomorrow...

Well, long time no posting! Sorry for the lack of updates, had quite a few shows this week so had little time for hobby stuff. Hopefully that will change... I also played my first game with these guys today, and I must say I loved the way they play! More on this later as I'm writing up a batrep.

Anyway, I thought I'd show you where I'm at and what I've been up to, so here's a complete shot of the army so far. I'm so sorry it's still blurry, I just can't seem to get my camera to get decent shots sometimes!



You may notice an unfinished guy at the back but he'll be done soon. So what have I been doing?

Finished up another termi, this time with a bit more character as he smashes up a necron!







I also 'finished' the sergeant. And yes, that is a horribly ugly mold line that I somehow missed... Also going to change his weapon into something more suitable than a boring ol' sword...



And another Death Company, loosely based off the vet on the cover of the codex



So that's it for now, more to come later as I am in the process of painting up the chappy/Astorath as well as writing the batrep.

Quick question though to all you guys and gals, how do you put pictures into threads? I use the provided dakka gallery but always feel my photos come out worse than otherwise seen beforehand...

Any comments in general on anything are welcome as is C&C.

Cheers!

Here's a few quick WiPs of painting on my custom Astorath, and so far it's been great fun! Should be finished soon!





Hope you enjoy, and more coming soon!

He's loking great! Love the gold mask!

Thanks! It's been a really fun model to paint and experiment the colour scheme on. I went for more gold and general bling to make him stand out a bit more on the battlefield but also applied heavy washes to keep the dingy battle-worn feel that I'm going for with the whole army.

Really liking how he's coming out and the red is actually a lot easier (and more fun!) to paint than I expected. It has taken me hours though, so at this rate it'll be years before I finish a reasonable army! Hopefully I can find a more efficient method...

I've taken this as an opportunity to experiment with different techniques, namely blending on the gem stones. Still got a bit more to do and some mistakes I've noticed that need patching.


Written batrep will be coming later too, so be sure to look out for that!

Part one of the narrative batrep is here, so with any further delay:

On Sunday I managed to get in my first battle with my new Flesh Tearers army which performed very well against a tournament Chaos army my opposition brought along. Here's a written record of that cataclysmic first outing...

The armies were 750pts each and as follows:

Flesh Tearers
High Chaplain Carnarvon (Astorath)
Terminator Librarian w/ combi-plasma + Force Maul, Mastery Level 2 (Sanguinary Discipline: Fear of Darkness, Shield of Sanguinius, Quickening)
5 Death Company w/ Power Fist
5 Terminators w/ Heavy Flamer (with Librarian in Deep Strike)
Frurioso Dreadnought w/ Frag cannon and heavy flamer

Chaos
Dark Apostle (with Possessed in Rhino)
5 Thousand Sons marines
3 Obliterators with Mark of Nurgle (one in Deep Strike, all separate units)
5 Chaos Possessed w/ Rhino
10 Cultists w/ close combat weapons

"Remember the Primarch, for we exist only through his grace and love. Honour the Emperor, for it is His wisdom that must guide us and vengeance that we deliver."
— Chaplain Rostalf of the Flesh Tearers 3rd Company

The cloud cover cleared from the shattered Imperial City, revealing the foul forces of the Heretics arrayed upon the shattered hill against their thin lines. Carnarvon struggled to rein in his pack of Death Company as they felt the deep urge to reek excessive bloodshed upon these abominations. In truth, the High Chaplain himself felt the same. Glancing to his right, Carnarvon saw the imposing silhouette of Ancient Salaeus, a Furioso Dreadnought who had harvested more lives in his extensive lifetime than many other Flesh Tearers could claim. A dull feeling flitted across the surface of the human part that still remained of his mind. It was not fear. But it was not far off. He just hoped this small force could hold out long enough for Epistolary Teranor and his squad of veterans to teleport down from orbit in their Tactical Dreadnought armour. Then the fun could really begin.

A curt signal through his Vox link signalled it was time for the fun and games, but the Chaplain and his hunting pack were already off the mark. The Chaos forces visibly reeled from this pure aggression as they desperately tried to react to the situation at hand. Fools, no-one takes the initiative from the Flesh Tearers.

Turn 1

With the bloodlust up, the strike did what every true Flesh Tearer force ever does: charged headlong at the enemy. As Carnarvon and the Death Company fired their Jump-packs, he looked down to see the Dreadnought trundling forward to get into the relative confines of a shattered building, saw-blade starting to whir viciously in his mighty fist. Foregoing the tactic that lesser armies used of shooting, the Astartes kept up their relentless advance.

The enemy forces responded in typical heretical style, choosing to shoot desperately at the encroaching fiends. The Thousand Sons unleashed a deadly hail of their bewitched bolt rounds, indiscriminately piercing the power armour. But the Death Company do not die easily. The minor insignificance of being shot seemed not to bother them as they all shrugged of the rounds. But then one of the Chaos Obliterators levelled one of their stolen weapons at the Dreadnought sheltering in the ruins and, whether through extreme precision or pure luck, the super-energised beam passed straight through the ancient armour, hitting power supplies and engine points and resulting in a cataclysmic explosion. Ancient Salaeus was no more.

For what must have been the first time in the past century, the Flesh Tearers were themselves charged. The cowardly cultists and treacherous Thousand Sons charged Carnavon and his Death Company! What folly! Carnarvon smiled as he heard a feeble voice calling out a dull challenge accompanied by a small, weak frame of human flesh shambling toward him. Leaving his squad to do what they did best, he readily accepted. The Death Company lived up to their name, slaughtering every Cultist to a man, and only losing one brother in the process. The challenge could only end one way.

Turn 2

There was an absent whoosh as the gates of reality opened, spilling forth a deadly payload of black and red clad terminators behind the enemy lines. Epistolary Teranor quickly set about utilising his links to the warp, flooding Carnarvon with new felt power as his blood pulse was slowly quickened. The powers also inhabited the minds of one of the Obliterators in an attempt to shatter his mind and send him fleeing. However, he stuck firm. The Veterans then kindly demonstrated why the Flesh Tearers usually abstained from shooting, managing to only minorly wound one of the Obliterators despite their vast collective firepower.

This time the Death Company turned their Chain blades to the Thousand Sons. Truly they lived up to their name, slaughtering them all and killing their sorcerer leader before the issued challenge could be completed. No-one charges Death Company.

The forces of Chaos were quick to react, although the Possessed were forced to disembark their transport as their foul bodies mutated too much to fit inside. Using what can only be described as heretical trickery, the Chaos Rhino moved to intercept the Death Company. Elsewhere, the two Obliterators opened fire on the newly arrived Terminators, killing three with their extensive weaponry. Carnarvon could hear the cry of rage bellow across the battlefield. He knew what was in store for those Obliterators...

The rest later! Trust me, it gets exciting...

Part two is here!

Turn 3

The blood was up, hackles raised. The Death Company were bloodied and looking for more. Prowling round the tainted Rhino that had attempted to block them from the Possessed, Carnarvon and his Hounds eyed up their next prey and prepared to charge. Meanwhile, the Librarian let murder flood his mind. Feeding off his hatred, he directly channelled the power of the Warp into his body, vastly augmenting his already considerable strength. Before all sense was lost to Rage, the psyker filled one of the Obliterator's mind with pure terror, again attempting to make him flee. Again, the Chaos filth stood firm. Fool.

Lining up their target, the Death Company fired up their jump-packs and slammed into the unsuspecting Possessed, sending them sprawling but failing to kill any. Before the creatures knew what was happening, they were being butchered by finely crafted chainswords, felling the Dark Apostle in the process. But Chaos doesn't go down without a fight, and soon Carnarvon found himself with only one brother at his side, a Power Fist already buzzing excitedly. With an agility only associated with an Astartes who shares a mind with rage, the lone figure swung his mighty fist through the last of the Possessed, crumpling the Champion on the backlash. Carnarvon stood impassive as his challenger collapsed before him.

Epistolary Teranor fared not as well. The rage-induced psykic power that was coursing through him clouded his perfect training, and he failed to hit the cumbersome Obliterator. The Warp-spawned filth did not have the same difficulty. Swinging a mash of fused flesh and weaponry, he killed the Terminator sergeant in one fell swoop. The situation was starting to look fragile.


The forces of Chaos knew they had to capitalise on this situation, and sent down a third Obliterator. Fortunately the Chaos technologies were clearly badly calibrated, for the Obliterator found that he had been teleported far from the action. The remaining two, however, opened fire on the encroaching Death Company with tainted autocannons. The hail of fire was immense, felling a Marine and causing Carnarvon to snarl in pain as his armour was rent. But the Chaplain lived on, quickly forgetting the pain as he let it fuel his anger. The two Obliterators turned their attention back to the Terminators and the Librarian. With a howl that pierced reality, they charged towards the Ceramite clad giants. One, however, had positioned himself on the second floor of a building previously in the battle, and failed to find a way down into the melee below. Epistolary Teranor still had the powers of the Warp flooding his senses, but this time he was able to control it. With a strength more akin to that of a Dreadnought, the crazed psyker smashed his Force maul into the Chaos before him, smiting down the Heretic with one mighty blow. Even the powers of Nurgle could do nothing to stop this absolute death.

Turn 4

With the blood of an Obliterator still fresh on his weapon, Librarian Teranor called his last remaining Terminator escort and ascended the building to where the Obliterator had been waiting. Carnarvon moved towards the other Obliterator, blood on his mind. For what would be the final time, the Epistolary focussed his powers and increased the High Chaplain's already formidable might with a mere thought. The dust and smoked kicked up by battle clouded his view, but Carnarvon knew there was a traitor within his reach. With frenzy fuelled thoughts, he charged on, into the abyss... and came upon his tainted foe. The Terminators had a much easier charge and easily reached their quarry. Against the might of a Space Marine Librarian and a veteran in Tactical Dreadnought Armour, the Obliterator stood little chance and subsequently fell. Carnarvon swiftly followed suit, chain-axe mulching through flesh and steel like a lascutter through parchment... Thus the field had been cleared with the exception of a Rhino, who's driver had clearly gone mad as it drove off in a random direction...

Carnarvon stood and surveyed the battle as Teranor approached.
"A decisive victory, Brother Chaplain" came the sonorous voice.
"Aye, it shall be remembered. But I fear the cost was too high."
"The sector has been secured, and we shan't see the taint of Chaos as strong in the area again with the death of that accursed Apostle. Let the dead be honoured, Brother, don't try to take away their glory. You above all else should understand the intricacies of death..."

All in all a great battle! A very assault based army that really gets in ya face and causes a lot of pressure. That's when your opponent starts making silly decisions, so I'll be adding more fast units to pile on even more pressure!

Weaknesses for the army? Small, divided, can be picked off piecemeal if left out in the open for too long. Things I've learnt are: utilise cover when advancing deadly close-combat units; manoeuvre to ensure the assault with the Death Company as rerolling everything on the charge is too good!

My unit of the match has to be the Death Company with Astorath. They managed to get through 10 Cultists, 5 Thousand Sons, 5 Possessed with Dark Apostle, an Obliterator. Pretty good eh? Seeing as the Terminators only killed 2 Obliterators... in total!

Had another battle yesterday so that one should be coming soon. What do people think of the format? I was thinking of trying a more succinct approach for the next one with turn analysis, instead of a narrative. Any suggestions?

Once again, thanks for reading!

Done some painting on Carnarvon, so I'll be showing pics of that later!

Well, it's been a long time since last update, but fear not, a large update is coming later today! Just need to take pictures...

As some may have seen, I've finished painting up the Astorath conversion and, when thinking of the colour for the Dreadnought arm, had an idea to theme my army more. So, I have decided to build the Flesh Tearers' Initial Crusade after the Horus Heresy, with Amit at the head and the first few Death Company units being formed. They this needed a suitable enemy to face, and who better than the World Eaters!









This does however mean that the Chaplain is no longer Carnarvon, so does anyone know who played the role of High Chaplain/Warden of the Lost for the initial Flesh Tearers? If not I'll just make one up...

Thanks for checking in after so long, but be sure to come back later for some Dreadnought goodness!