Not yet, but soon.

Got these mad lads to do first, and then it’s off to Basing Town, as other than the Jetbikes, that’s everyone that has a base being based around the same time. For consistency.

Think I need some extra lights for the cabinets too.

Working on SA after i did my army shoot for my AL

I have now finished basic assembly of all my Space Wolves:

Praetor + Command Squad (7 with jump packs)
Speaker of the Dead
2 Apothecaries (1 on a jetbike)
6 Deathsworn + Land Raider
2 Contemptors
10 Grey Stalkers + Rhino
5 Recon Marines
5 Recon Marines
4 Jetbikes
1 Deredeo
7 Support Marines with lascannon + Rhino
2 Vindicators

I still need to add some details, but they will soon be ready for priming. I'm thinking of adding a couple of Land Speeders; I have found a rather cool conversion of the old plastic Land Speeder, which I think I could copy. I'd just need to find the kit.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Not yet, but soon.

Got these mad lads to do first, and then it’s off to Basing Town, as other than the Jetbikes, that’s everyone that has a base being based around the same time. For consistency.

Think I need some extra lights for the cabinets too.

How many Dreadnoughts is that now? Can you even take that many in a list?

11 in total.

And yes I can. It comes to 2,595 points and a loss of all your friends and self respect, apparently.

Gonna add two more Fighty Contemptors at some point, round it out to 3,000 for when I fancy wrecking the last vestiges of a stranger’s faith in humanity

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
11 in total.

And yes I can. It comes to 2,595 points and a loss of all your friends and self respect,apparently.

Gonna add two more Fighty Contemptors at some point, round it out to 3,000 for when I fancy wrecking the last vestiges of a stranger’s faith in humanity

Underlined: only outside of tournaments. In tournaments all is fair that is within the rules.

Btw, why not use some deredeos? 2 fit in quite well in 405 pts if i am not mistaken and are not nearly as perfectly balanced as the contemptor

I’ve got two!

List is in the thread currently just below this one. Seven Contemptors, 2 Leviathans and 2 Deredeo.

So you are saying that you still miss atleast 2 deredeos.

Honestly didn’t initially think of another brace of Deredeo.

Hmmm. Could squeak in a second Anvilus one, and a fisty Contemptor.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Honestly didn’t initially think of another brace of Deredeo.

Hmmm. Could squeak in a second Anvilus one, and a fisty Contemptor.

it's a bit of a catch, though the "correct" thing to do would not be considering deredeos at all an go for the contemptors even harder.

But Deredeo pack some solid firepower, and with their native Helical Targetting Array will allow me to swat flyers with relative ease

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
But Deredeo pack some solid firepower, and with their native Helical Targetting Array will allow me to swat flyers with relative ease

Which would tactically be accurate but sadly A: Count yourself lucky if you ever see a flyer B: Firepower that the contemptor has is still better especially the Melta. But if inevitably maybee ... eventually... GW finally realises that HH 2.0 could need a second balance pass (Contemptors a hike in points, artillery and tanks need buffs, certain elite units need nerfs and or buffs and Antigrav unit type needs a second look. Oh and the whole SA and Militia lists basically need a rework.) chances are better with a more spread army.

Anyway, finished Alpha legion army sans my alpharius. Will probably get another predator and sicaraian aswell maybee another 1-2 contemptors.

Sans Alpharius?

Sans Alpharius?

Don’t talk rot. He’s right there. Look. And there. And there. And there. And there. And there.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Sans Alpharius?

Sans Alpharius?

Don’t talk rot. He’s right there. Look. And there. And there. And there. And there. And there.

my friend. you are paranoid and should meet a therapist.

Actually i know a good one, Mr. O. Megon.

Fnarr

First Deredeo now well underway. Few splodges here and there, but being the first I’ll come back to the metallics tomorrow evening, see how I like it then,

First big boy complete. Really enjoyed painting this one, even if it took me a good bit longer than I anticipated. Overall the detail on the sarcophagus really lifts it out of just being a big blob of black, even though there’s a really conservative amount of red on it.

Will do the second one next, I think.

I worked quite some time on my Solar Aux models now.
Gotta admit. Beautifull but an absolute pain in the ass in some ways.

Any tips for others?

Not Online!!! wrote:
Gotta admit. Beautifull but an absolute pain in the ass in some ways.

In which ways?

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Any tips for others?

Snord wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:
Gotta admit. Beautifull but an absolute pain in the ass in some ways.

In which ways?

From me blog:

Not Online!!! wrote:



Anyway, a bit of a review of the solar auxilia.



The good. The models are amazing. They look great.

The bad, yeah.


what gw doesn't tell you is that the sepearate for some reason shoulder armor has to slot in into a very small notch that is created oout of the two piece chest. For reference:

The main body without the chestplate, yea the small bit that is indentented above the arm space. yeah in there you have to fit the shoulder pad.

Also the body is slightly poseable BUUUT, there's cableing kinda forcing you to fix the torso on the legs.

Basically, be carefull with applying the glue, be aware of torso having an actual correct position on the leg bits.
And work on the shoulderpads when you are awake and have good lighting.

Also really fragile guns, NVM the bayonetts. Basically Amazing models amazing content per sprue, but considering that there are quite the ammount of pitfalls like the shoulderpads, like the 3 point fixed guns on the sprue. AND you will see that there is severe plastic shortage because the arms are not fully flat but rather hollow, which leads to the inclination of requiring more glue which then inevitably will drip into the notch which then will make it annoying to see which in turn feths with the shooulderpad.. Yeah... Also considering it's one of the few decent options for the Solar aux armies to be fielded AND is required... and is worth 5.5 pts... you do the maths. Oh and ignore the buildplan for the pouches on the back...fix the torso first then add the pouches.,

Oh blimey. Like the Epic Rhino exhausts, and with my limited to non-existent knowledge of injection moulding? Perhaps a case of Could overruling Should.

Also, finished the first Big Boy.

Added a group shot.

Very nice Mad Doc.

Cheers man

Won’t be long until I’m tackling my tanks.

Not Online!!! wrote:

Also really fragile guns, NVM the bayonetts. Basically Amazing models amazing content per sprue, but considering that there are quite the ammount of pitfalls like the shoulderpads, like the 3 point fixed guns on the sprue. AND you will see that there is severe plastic shortage because the arms are not fully flat but rather hollow, which leads to the inclination of requiring more glue which then inevitably will drip into the notch which then will make it annoying to see which in turn feths with the shooulderpad.. Yeah... Also considering it's one of the few decent options for the Solar aux armies to be fielded AND is required... and is worth 5.5 pts... you do the maths. Oh and ignore the buildplan for the pouches on the back...fix the torso first then add the pouches.,

Hmm. I find HH models sometimes need some test fitting and playing about before you get the glue out. The tolerances tend to be rather fine. It’s as if GW are de facto gatekeeping HH by making the models more difficult to work with. The new Mk III Marines don’t have assembly issues as such, but a lot of fine rivet detail that is easily ruined.

Another day, another Dreadnought. The second Deredeo and penultimate Dread in my collection as it stands.

Really chuffed with the missile tips here. Bit of care and hand steadying, and I’ve got them nicely picked out without splodging onto the…erm…panel bit wot they sticks oot from.

Tomorrow I’ve my weekly appointment, but I should get the washes done over my lunch break, ready for at least the first red.

Once he’s done? Just one Leviathan with three weapons to go. Might do a tank next, or the 10 man Assault Squad. Or I’ll pull my finger out and finally do a character or two.

It’s almost time.

Time to make in-roads into the tank pool. I’ve put the heating on, as I need to bring the flat up a couple of degrees before spraying.

Kicking off with a pair of Predators. I should have the final Leviathan painted over my lunch break, and so expect to be able to get some colours down on the Predators tonight. Maybe the other two sprayed up as well.

Going with a simple black undercoat though, as I’m not at all convinced the speed paint method will suit the flat surfaces. But the tanks overall shouldn’t take me terribly long at all. Whip round the metallics, do the reds, then tactical washes to add some interest. Reckon even the larger ones should only take me a couple of days each, and the equivalent of a Rhino Chassis a day.

I know I’m probably being a crashing bore, but I really am chuffed with my productivity this year. I’ll soon enough have several thousand points of Heresy all painted, so I’ll feel a bit more justified in getting more.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I know I’m probably being a crashing bore, but I really am chuffed with my productivity this year. I’ll soon enough have several thousand points of Heresy all painted, so I’ll feel a bit more justified in getting more.

Honestly, it's actually really great to see.
I stalled out a bit with my own 1st Legion painting as I tried a couple of methods of black and couldn't land on one I was happy with. So seeing you just going full ham on it has been really heartening in regards to my own lack of painting.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It’s almost time.I know I’m probably being a crashing bore, but I really am chuffed with my productivity this year. I’ll soon enough have several thousand points of Heresy all painted, so I’ll feel a bit more justified in getting more.

Not at all. I think everyone is inspired by your drive to get stuff painted. I think when it comes to tanks you need solid, consistent colour. I would prime the vehicles black then apply 2 thin, even coats of black.

Speaking of which?

All Dreads done, bar basing. Once I’ve done the Assault Marines (probably adding a second box first though) I intend to blitz all the bases at once.

Just cracked open my first Solar Auxilia box for the Heresy and built the Lord-Marshal!

 Kanluwen wrote:
Just cracked open my first Solar Auxilia box for the Heresy and built the Lord-Marshal!

That's exactly what i did when my box turned up yesterday!
Plastic solar aux. what a time to be alive.

Auxilia High Fives!

And here's what I'm calling a finished day on:

A Marshal, Line Command Section, and a sweet as heck ambushing Sentinel.

I have serious FOMO about all of you building your SA. But I’m going to try and limit my SA acquisitions to a couple of Malcadors and maybe a box of infantry. I simply can’t add any more to my pile of unpainted HH stuff.

 Snord wrote:
I have serious FOMO about all of you building your SA. But I’m going to try and limit my SA acquisitions to a couple of Malcadors and maybe a box of infantry. I simply can’t add any more to my pile of unpainted HH stuff.

You can live vicariously through mine, if you want.

The Sentinels are what drew me in. I'm a sucker for bipedal combat vehicles. Planning on getting enough of the Hermes to have a Flying V to accompany each of my Aethons.

Random question. But does anyone have a lead on stl files for Deimos Predator turrets, compatible with the plastic weapons?

Yeah i've seen at least 1 on Cults3d. Don't remember if it was free or paid, but it shouldn't be too hard to find.

Hmm.

Anyways, pay day tomorrow so time to plan purchases.

I definitely want a second box of MkVI Assault Marines. Not only do I think 2 are going to cut it on the field, but having built my Jetbikes I now have some Volkite Serpentas on hand. Not a massive increase in firepower in the grand scheme of things. But four of them might just be enough to start whittling down hordier enemies before it’s Good Kicking O’Clock.

And I think maybe another brace of Contemptors. I don’t have any dedicated HTH ones, and I can fit two in to round off my Fury of the Ancients options.

Also and not related to this game? Fourth and for now final box of LI Astartes Infantry, as I can make use of pretty much the entire contents.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Random question. But does anyone have a lead on stl files for Deimos Predator turrets, compatible with the plastic weapons?

You want to find a man called Bum Fluff

A spotty little Herbert proudly stroking a frankly laughable moustache?

My second box arrived today! Started getting tucked into the infantry. Yegads, there's a lot of mismatched arm pairings in the instructions.

Ordered the MkVI Assault Marines, and a fourth box of infantry for LI.

Baby malcador.

The single entry to uphold Solar Auxilia in the field.

Solar Aux battle group arrived but I also got my MkV marines and Tau Tetras at the same time, and I still haven't put the finishing touches on my MkIV Assault Squad.

Parted out my first batch of models to prime early next week for Death Guard. A Librarian, 10 Tacticals, 5 Recon and 3 Boxnauts (because I think they'll be quick to paint for a lot of points and give me a morale boost)

1/3rd done. Don't know what to do with the sentinels.

Metallics done. Tidy up and washes next. Then the red.

Might do the other two hulls in metallics first though.

Doing a test bronze for the Agathonian Cohort.




What I have built so far.

What do you think about the sentinel?
Easy to out together or just a pain?

Both?

You can build it "as is", matching the instructions for the legs. Or you can slice off the locking pins and go crazy. The top mounted weapons are nicely pressure fitted so don't need to glue or magnetzie, the rocket pods can be magnetized or left pressure fitted. I like the HK missiles so just stuck them in, glue and all.

The one suggestion I'll make is that as you go to build the legs, make sure you take it slow. You can build the upper leg & knee first then you can build the shin & foot in one go. On my second one, I built the upper leg & knee first and then dry-fitted the shin and feet to get the pose you see on the Sentinel nearest. Used a 20mm square base as the "rubble" it's perched upon.

On the regular infantry sprue at the bottom of the top half there is one shoulder piece labeled 40, I think it is mislabeled but that isn't the issue.

This one shoulder piece is slightly rotated compared to the rest (it's not symmetrical), and I don't see any reference to it in the instructions. The instructions only call out parts 6 and 7. Just trying to figure out where it goes.

Weird issues like this aside, I'm quite impressed with the kit. The mold lines are mostly well hidden and the ones that aren't are extremely minor.

Not Online!!! wrote:
1/3rd done. Don't know what to do with the sentinels.

Send them to me!

The gun barrels on the SA troops look exceptionally fragile. That kind of thing bothers me, as they would be a nightmare to repair.


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 Kanluwen wrote:

What I have built so far.

Looks cool - especially the pair of Sentinels. A pity the Militia can’t use them.

 Snord wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:
1/3rd done. Don't know what to do with the sentinels.

Send them to me!

The gun barrels on the SA troops look exceptionally fragile. That kind of thing bothers me, as they would be a nightmare to repair.

what are you offering me for the lot of em?

Also the guns are surprisingly sturdy.... its the bajonetts that will make you suffer.

Also made a cohort flag bearer.

Not Online!!! wrote:

what are you offering me for the lot of em?

How many do you have?

I have pre-ordered a couple of Malcadors for my Militia. I wish I could find a use for a Dracosan.

 Snord wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:

what are you offering me for the lot of em?

How many do you have?

I have pre-ordered a couple of Malcadors for my Militia. I wish I could find a use for a Dracosan.

3. Not entirely sure if i build them or sell / trade them out to for a decent price or go the 18" armorbane variant.

Dracosans are not entirely bad if you just stick to the gravis lascannon and slap an Stubber on top and use them as mobile walls with lascannons, which is something that SA lacks (lascannons) But generally the fact that it is cheaper to field 2 x 10 rifle sections in auroxes with Stubbers and HK missiles despite you not beeing able to take advantage of the group discount of the rifle section members does paint a telling picture.
(assuming barebones dracosan and 20 man rifle section with a vox we are talking about 175 + 115. If you go instead of 2 x rifle sections with vox for 130 pts (65 for a squad) and go luxury armed aurox with searchlight, stubber and HK for 55 pts you get away with 60 pts less or iow a whole other rifle section, if you skip HK's and stubbers you get a 3rd squad with aurox.)

Personally, if the Dracosan with the demolisher were 175 it would be allright and even a great transport at 125 with a gravis lascannon for a 20 man block. (or if there'd be a version that would get the assault vehicle trait for Axe veletarii).
As it stands tho Aurox all the way.

One Dracosan is probably okay as a distraction carnifex, everyone fears two things:
Big models
Transports

So you know they will shoot Dracosan first, every time.

I'll probably kitbash my other one into an Ash Wastes crawler.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
One Dracosan is probably okay as a distraction carnifex, everyone fears two things:
Big models
Transports

So you know they will shoot Dracosan first, every time.

I'll probably kitbash my other one into an Ash Wastes crawler.

I don't know anyone that takes the malcador chassis without everything that makes the malcador deadly serious.
And i also don't know anyone that fears the contents that could be realistically in a dracosan either.

A malcador with vanquisher cannon and Autocannons, that is a distraction carnifex.
A dracosan is a mobile piece of terrain and nothing more i reckon i will have to force enemies to shoot mine by hiding aurox filled with veletarii leman russes behind them. Otoh it's a solid AV 13 wall.

In the final stages of airbrush prep and thankfully I remembered to add the chimney extensions I wanted on the push-fit AOBR boxnauts.



Printed elements need a round of sanding and then we're done.

'How many rockets?"

Lord_blackfang:"yes"

Anyways building solar aux infantry, and giving them pointy bits.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
In the final stages of airbrush prep and thankfully I remembered to add the chimney extensions I wanted on the push-fit AOBR boxnauts.

Maybe you’ve explained it already, but why Castra-Ferrum Dreads instead of Contemptors? Is it specifically for the multiple missile launchers, or for the aesthetics?

It seems strange that iconic models like these have been consigned to the nether world of ‘legacy’ units in HH.

Got the Predators finished.

Tomorrow I’ll get some if not all metallics down on the Laser Vindicator. Wednesday I’ve got the other Casual Wraith over to do more filming for our YouTube channel. So either just a wee bit more on the Vindicator, or I’ll get started assembling the assault marines.

 Snord wrote:
Maybe you’ve explained it already, but why Castra-Ferrum Dreads instead of Contemptors? Is it specifically for the multiple missile launchers, or for the aesthetics?

It seems strange that iconic models like these have been consigned to the nether world of ‘legacy’ units in HH.

I adore them and I've had these 3 push-fits on the pile of shame since 2008 and not done anything with them and they're obviously well on their way to being squatted in 40k while in HH they have the best rules they've ever had. After this I have at least another half dozen multi-part boxnauts of all variations to put in other legions and then I'll probably start printing them.

Haven't updated in a while but I've now got some more characters and some tanks:



Tanks still need their pintel options done and Curze isn't finished but quite chuffed with how they all look so far

Next up on the plate: Raptors and a Leviathan

 mrhappyface wrote:
Haven't updated in a while but I've now got some more characters and some tanks:

Tanks still need their pintel options done and Curze isn't finished but quite chuffed with how they all look so far

I like the Vindies. What pintle weapon will they have?

 Snord wrote:
I like the Vindies. What pintle weapon will they have?

Gonna magnetise/pin everything but I think they'll be running bare for the most part

Textured the bases, another round of PVA sealing tonight, undercoat next morning, start painting in the afternoon.

As it’s nearly Easter, here’s a wee treat of frankly dubious standing as an actual treat.

Behold. Everything I’ve painted this year, up to today. In a display cabinet. And plenty more to come.

They look excellent and definitely put me to shame as haven’t painted anything for the 1st for months.
Through have purchased a few kits

Actually not done anything for my small VI combat force either but got the excuse I did move house.

Planning on spending Good Friday on building and painting

Put together 35 Solar Auxilia legs today. After the first Line Command Squad and Rifle Section, I realized it's way more efficient and better for figuring out posing and the like to do legs->pouches->torsos+rifles->attach both together.

Also?

A little bit more work on a Marshal for the Solar Auxilia.

 Shark in Exile wrote:
They look excellent and definitely put me to shame as haven’t painted anything for the 1st for months.
Through have purchased a few kits

Actually not done anything for my small VI combat force either but got the excuse I did move house.

Planning on spending Good Friday on building and painting

All just super simple paint jobs, done neatly. I’ve never previously been much of a painter, yet doing a bit every day this year, and now look where I’m up to.

Should have all my Heresy stuff done by the end of April!

So turns out my new compressor has big issues overheating and I didn't get as much done as I wanted. But I do have a dozen dudes with a nice creamy zenithal.

More work on the Marshal.

I finally completed the Dark Angels infantry I've been working on for a while now.

 Kothra wrote:
I finally completed the Dark Angels infantry I've been working on for a while now.

These look rather nice, but the photos are a little unclear. I’d like to see better images.

I can never seem to get great pictures on my phone (and it's supposed to be a pretty decent one) but I'll see what I can do.

Take a sheet of paper and line your models up in front of it. That'll make a huge difference as many phone photos like to try to find something to focus on.

And yes, I'm aware of the hypocrisy considering my photos. But I'm doing WIP shots as I go. Final photos will be much nicer, I promise!

Yeah I have a cheapo lightbox so I pulled that out. Maybe I shouldn't be using auto mode on my camera though, since the white background ended up different in every picture.





I did put a satin varnish on everything, and while I generally like it I guess it doesn't look great directly under bright lights.

Also as a bonus here's a Contemptor I painted back in 2022. The assault squad and characters are pretty much the first things I've painted since around that time. I also finally finished a MkVI tactical squad that I for the most part painted shortly after the dreadnought.

i built my first plastic Malcador.

Great model... but peak GW cheapness with the secondary armament...
Also whoever designed that turret.... I know the Malcador turret is a thing that will be annoying as hell to translate into plastic. But there surely was a way to do so better.

Went to the FLGS to pick up my many preorders. We spent 20 minutes looking for everything in the back rooms and only after we were done gathering my 400€ pile did the cashier inform me the POS isn't working... so... yea.

Did they try kicking it?

On a Legions Imperialis tangent at the moment. But once that’s done and I’m back to 28mm?

Think I want to paint my Assault Squad. And the two characters. That’ll leave my display cabinet with only two shelves of Stuff not painted. Which is super cool.

Sadly hitting a wall trying to puzzle out lore and the like on the Solar Auxilia. Can't find a specific group that holds my attention like Cadians have for Guard.

Any tips? Loyalists, preferably not the Calth goobers.

I think that might be kinda the point of them?

As Mere Smelly Hoomans, fighting alongside the Legions of near-as-dammit Demi-Gods? The cohorts of the Solar Auxilia were, despite their indisputable prowess and bravery, pretty unsung?

 Kanluwen wrote:
Sadly hitting a wall trying to puzzle out lore and the like on the Solar Auxilia. Can't find a specific group that holds my attention like Cadians have for Guard.

Any tips? Loyalists, preferably not the Calth goobers.

Maybe try a more loose approach. I'm over doing detailed lore for my armies, I just do a vague elevator pitch of theme and tone. Try throwing together a few concepts you enjoy and don't worry about filling in the blanks?

My Militia concept might be, and I'm adlibbing here, an end of the world cult saw space marines fight, so they looted a military museum and joined in and the Death Guard took them in as useful idiots. Don't care exactly when or where in the galaxy any of this happened. Maybe it was a swamp world and they paint frogs on their flags. Done.

It's more that I just can't find enough information to be really led in for a specific bit.

That's because they firstly didn't exist prior to Book 4: Conquest and since then haven't got loads of background because they play third fiddle to the Legions and Mechanicum during the Heresy.
They don't have a "bit" because until HH2 they didn't have the Cohorts rules either. You played them as mass infantry and that was it.

The Solar Auxilia are essentially a regiment of the Imperial Army that grew far beyond its original scope because it proved to be an excellent fighting force to supplement the Legions and Mechanicum. They were good for hazardous environments which tended to crop up a lot and being baseline humans meant that recruitment was extremely simple.
If you want to do some proper Narrative work then Militia is your better choice.

 Gert wrote:
That's because they firstly didn't exist prior to Book 4: Conquest and since then haven't got loads of background because they play third fiddle to the Legions and Mechanicum during the Heresy.
They don't have a "bit" because until HH2 they didn't have the Cohorts rules either. You played them as mass infantry and that was it.

The Solar Auxilia are essentially a regiment of the Imperial Army that grew far beyond its original scope because it proved to be an excellent fighting force to supplement the Legions and Mechanicum. They were good for hazardous environments which tended to crop up a lot and being baseline humans meant that recruitment was extremely simple.
If you want to do some proper Narrative work then Militia is your better choice.

This.

Though there are legion hangers on that share heraldry.


Anyways, built my second Malcador.

Yeah, I was looking for info to avoid having to do narrative work.

I have a messenger bag full of notebooks that detail my Guard, Skitarii, Cities of Sigmar, and Lumineth armies. Dramatis personae, campaign honours, orders of battle, colour schemes, etc.

I didn't want to have to go down that route for Solar Auxilia.

There's the Agathon Cohorts you could look into.

They were well respected during the Crusade and led by Ireton MaSade only to be eclipsed by the rise of the Astartes.

He led a bloody coup on Agathon after its ruling nobility tried to declare for Horus and raised thousands of troops to fight in the Emperor's name.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Sadly hitting a wall trying to puzzle out lore and the like on the Solar Auxilia. Can't find a specific group that holds my attention like Cadians have for Guard.

Any tips? Loyalists, preferably not the Calth goobers.

How about them being the personal forces of a Rogue Trader?
Like some kind of boarding party/away team with the best gear available - kit them all with volkite weaponry as some sort of throwback to a more sophisticated time enabled by the personal wealth and connections established across the galaxy over more than a lifetime of trading and only trackable by the trader himself by examining the recipts.
The kind of trader that wants to do formal dress procedures and ceremonial paperwork.

 Gert wrote:
There's the Agathon Cohorts you could look into.

They were well respected during the Crusade and led by Ireton MaSade only to be eclipsed by the rise of the Astartes.

He led a bloody coup on Agathon after its ruling nobility tried to declare for Horus and raised thousands of troops to fight in the Emperor's name.

Lord Marshal's Own were the ones I have been, effectively, "building" my forces as. I'd hoped to find more info on them but man, it's difficult.

One campaign book is all they got I'm afraid and their role in that was largely "Die for the Emperor".

That was my fear. Welp, time for a new notebook...

To be fair, the new Beta-Garmon book has put SA into a bigger focus so that might be a good place to look.

Apparently it's only focused on the Legiones Auxilia.

I finished building my Space Wolves jump-packing Command Squad. I gave them an unmaximised selection of weapons, including a couple of volkite chargers, just because it looks more interesting. They have the FW heads, which I think makes them look like an elite bodyguard.

Looking at my pile of potential, I have 10 Cataphractii Terminators and 6 spare Combi guns from the MkIV kit.

I am thinking of doing 2 Squads of 5.

First squad, 3 combi-meltas and chainfists, Heavy Flamer and Power Fist and Sergeant with Power Fist Combi Bolter, and Grenade Harness.

Second squad, 3 with Combi Flamer and Lightning Claw, Heavy Flamer and Lightning Claw, Sergeant with twin Lightning Claws, and Grenade Harness.

Not sure of they'd do well in the game, but I think they'd look awesome. Plus I have 10 'sensible' Cataphractii already, so can mix these in with them as the squad seem very versatile in who can have what armaments.

Any thoughts?

 stonehorse wrote:
Any thoughts?

I have a similar mixture of gear on my SoH Termies. If you're not worried about the book-keeping, or maximising combat effectiveness, then do it. It sounds as though it will look great.

I finally built the other Rhino that's been sitting around and to my surprise the bottom plate went on without much fiddling at all.

I suppose it's possible I just somehow never managed to line up the others I had properly but it was always a chore to get them to fit with a lot of time spent trimming the tabs to get things to fit.

Also built the Dracosan and Sentinel from the Auxilia box. Definitely thinking of grabbing another box or two if they're still around by the time I get to that. It seems like the Astartes battle group box is still hanging around in places so not impossible.

Accidentally posted this in the wrong thread earlier.

I’ve built, erm…8, I think, Rhino chassis based tanks, and only had the reported issue with one.

The baseplate is absolutely a snug fit. As in “wondering if we even need to bother gluing” snug. But not having to trim anything down.

Legs to bases for a whoppin' 60 Solar Auxilia.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’ve built, erm…8, I think, Rhino chassis based tanks, and only had the reported issue with one.

The baseplate is absolutely a snug fit. As in “wondering if we even need to bother gluing” snug. But not having to trim anything down.

It's weird - with at least one of the Deimos Rhinos I've built, I was shaving down the baseplate and cursing at it for ages, while with a couple of others it seemed to fit together with minimal fuss. One of life's mysteries.

I just built one of the old Rhinos recently. I'd forgotten how much filling and sanding they need.

 Snord wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’ve built, erm…8, I think, Rhino chassis based tanks, and only had the reported issue with one.

The baseplate is absolutely a snug fit. As in “wondering if we even need to bother gluing” snug. But not having to trim anything down.

It's weird - with at least one of the Deimos Rhinos I've built, I was shaving down the baseplate and cursing at it for ages, while with a couple of others it seemed to fit together with minimal fuss. One of life's mysteries.

I just built one of the old Rhinos recently. I'd forgotten how much filling and sanding they need.

Same. But maybe the mold of the Deimos has worn in or something and the tolerances are slightly different on newly run sprues for it?

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I'm putting together a Malcador right now. Not planning on play Auxilia but it's such a cool looking tank and it is allowable for the legions in the legacy units pdf.

It could be the sort of tolerances where even a very slight overfill of the injected plastic will cause problems. If the overall design is “the dimensions of the tab exactly match its socket” then even a fraction of a mm of excess plastic on each? And it’s gonna be a problem, because that excess is going to be on all sides of the slot and the tab.

Example? On a larger scale, say 1m x 1m? if the slot and tab each have an excess of 1mm? That’s 1mm per side - or 4mm each, 8mm in total. Going from snug to “it doesn’t bloody fit”.

 ScarletRose wrote:
I'm putting together a Malcador right now. Not planning on play Auxilia but it's such a cool looking tank and it is allowable for the legions in the legacy units pdf.

I pre-ordered 2 Malcadors, but they didn't turn up I rarely have any issues with GW's online store, but so far they haven't been able to find my order

On a happier note, I managed to snag the new FW Apothecaries (the best resin HH models so far, IMO), and they are on their way.

 Snord wrote:

 ScarletRose wrote:
I'm putting together a Malcador right now. Not planning on play Auxilia but it's such a cool looking tank and it is allowable for the legions in the legacy units pdf.

I pre-ordered 2 Malcadors, but they didn't turn up I rarely have any issues with GW's online store, but so far they haven't been able to find my order

On a happier note, I managed to snag the new FW Apothecaries (the best resin HH models so far, IMO), and they are on their way.

I have three. I shall burry you under my thread(s)

Nearly done painting my Epic models. Think I’m going to flip back to 28mm next.

I’m thinking either Sicaran or Kratos.

So I finally got to pick up my x2 Solar battle groups at the LGS.

And printing is well under way for a couple of these bad boys

 Kanluwen wrote:
Legs to bases for a whoppin' 60 Solar Auxilia.

And today is adding torsos!

I appreciate, 100% the assembly line nature of these models. It's like they were built for it.

i built J Squad. Yes axe wielding maniacs.

I've spent the better part of this and last weekend making repairs and painting 30 Marines for my Iron Hands and Sons of Horus.

20 Mk5s for the Hands and I was about ready to lose my mind with all the studs.

Yeah I hate painting studs. It's a real pain to paint them neatly. I have 10 MkVs awaiting assembly but I'll probably build this Malcador first.

 Gert wrote:
20 Mk5s for the Hands and I was about ready to lose my mind with all the studs.

That’s one reason I replaced all the pauldrons on my SW with ‘un-studded’ versions.

Someone really needs to come up with a good stencil set for painting studs and helmet / hazard stripes. I bet such a thing would sell well

WIP Caster of Runes. He uses a lot of bits from Wolf Lord Krom, but I put him in Mk III armour to emphasise his archaic nature. The psychic hood seemed to fit quite well with the armour - especially as there doesn't seem to be a specific 30k version of it. There are still a few gaps to fill, and he needs an impressive base to get some height (he’s a bit shorter than my Speaker of the Dead).

Still working on my fandex/Schizm on Mars campaign book.

Nearly finished.

Also working on the Mechanicum Tactica for original HH - they are a lot more effort than i initially thought!

Finished off this chunky lad today.

From nothing painted at the end of last year, I’ve got through all my Legions Imperialis, plus 7 Contemptors, 2 Deredeo, 2 Leviathans, 4 Predators, 1 Laser Vindicator, 120 (count ‘em!) MkVI Marines, 1 Sicaran Venator and 1 Kratos done.

Still to come? 1 Sicaran (receiving its base coat tonight), 2 Spartans, 1 Cerberus, 6 Jetbikes, 3 Rhinos, 1 Landraider Proteus, 20 Assault Marines and 2 Characters.

Haven't done any painting for a while as my airbrush crapped out on me and I've been dithering about getting another one.


However I did spend some time tonight bumming around in 3d Builder bashing some power mauls together (excuse the pun). Got kinda fun once I got into the swing of the splitting and merging. Still got some work to do making ones with hands and the ridged and flanged mauls need to be redone as they're kinda... bad. But they were my initial practice pieces and the spiked/knobbled versions are the ones I want to use, so all in all not a bad effort I think.

They look like evil traffic lights...

I have just finished expanding my HH Grey Stalkers unit from 10 to 15. They have lost their Rhino, and will now be accompanied by the Caster of Runes and an Apothecary.

Having now built over 2000 points of Heresy-era Space Wolves using WH40k bits, I wonder if I should have used less bits on them and made them looks less individualised and more uniform. Also - some of the WH40k SW heads are a bit lame (I didn't want any duplicates, so I had to use some of the less optimal heads). Anyway, it's too late to do anything about it now - time to start priming.

It's been a long time coming, my first painted unit. Excuse the crackle paint, it's still crackling.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
It's been a long time coming, my first painted unit. Excuse the crackle paint, it's still crackling.

And worth the wait too Very smooth and clean finish for such light colours.

Cheers, all the labour for that is front loaded in a 3 stage warm white zenithal undercoat, all I did with the brush is a coat of varnish and a wash mixed from Nuln, Agrax and Mortarion Grime.

Mostly done. Top coat of red and it’s battle ready. At some point I’ll revisit all my tanks at once to do their lenses, to prevent needlessly wasted paint doing them one at a time.

EDIT. Battle Ready.

Next up, the Assault Squad I think.

Looking good, hopefully it doesn't follow the all to often fate of newly painted models... that is to under perform and die/explode in this case to a stiff breeze.

Oh they’ll be newly painted when I get my first game in, as I’ve not played in probably five, maybe six years.

But now on to the Assault Squad.

Volkite Serpentas from the Jetbikes, Power Swords from the Command Sprue.

Finally started working on some HH armies, I'll be building a BA and a DG army for HH2.0.. using LI models

The BA shall be more or less a carbon copy of my 28mm 40K army I've been collecting/building, plus some stuff. DGs shall be an exact mirror match to the BA forces.

LI kits are actually great for building two identical HH armies, as there is always two copies of everything in each box. Should get several thousand points worth of stuff done in very little time..

Only thing which I am not looking forward to is cleaning up the infantry.. Removing all that flash and the tabs under the feet, aargh.. what a chore

Grinding out the SWAT (special warcrimes and toxins) squad



Just the bases to do now, and then a Cataphractii Librarian is up.

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Oh they’ll be newly painted when I get my first game in, as I’ve not played in probably five, maybe six years.

Got a match lined up? Don't forget about the Hexagrammaton rules! They're easy to forget about while mid-game, but can really make a difference.

But now on to the Assault Squad.

You're really churning through your not insignificant collection. It's really quite fantastic to see.

lord_blackfang wrote:Grinding out the SWAT (special warcrimes and toxins) squad.

These are great. While I must admit I'm quite partial to a clean Deathguard scheme, I have to ask, will you be dirtying them up at all?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Grinding out the SWAT (special warcrimes and toxins) squad

Just the bases to do now, and then a Cataphractii Librarian is up.

I’m really liking these. I think a mid-brown shade would work for the bases (ie nothing too dark). And maybe a bit of rust streaking to break up all the white armour?

Building Vetinarii squads and looking at my sealed Solar Auxilia boxes. I do find building the base hull of the Malcador/Dracosian quite zen, like building old SM rhinso.

 Snrub wrote:

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Oh they’ll be newly painted when I get my first game in, as I’ve not played in probably five, maybe six years.

Got a match lined up? Don't forget about the Hexagrammaton rules! They're easy to forget about while mid-game, but can really make a difference.

But now on to the Assault Squad.

You're really churning through your not insignificant collection. It's really quite fantastic to see.

lord_blackfang wrote:Grinding out the SWAT (special warcrimes and toxins) squad.

These are great. While I must admit I'm quite partial to a clean Deathguard scheme, I have to ask, will you be dirtying them up at all?

No game lined up just yet, but I do need to be extracting digit from orifice on that count.

Also, as I’m getting the Assault Squad done, I’m starting to think just how horrific it would be to have a rocket propelled super human powering into you, lead by a shield the size of a child.