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Looking good.

I love how the heads change the whole character of New Cadians, great stuff.

MeatShield wrote:Looking good.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:I love how the heads change the whole character of New Cadians, great stuff.

Many thanks.






more antitank.

So you should be, thankfully I’ve not seen them in my sleep… so far

Those big guns are really cool, though I’m not sure I’d like to be sitting in that seat. The recoil would be worrying even with the attenuators!

 gobert wrote:
So you should be, thankfully I’ve not seen them in my sleep… so far

Those big guns are really cool, though I’m not sure I’d like to be sitting in that seat. The recoil would be worrying even with the attenuators!

That is a question i also had. My current theory is, that the shell ejection, will inevitably kill the gunner and the replacement gunner is put in place. Afterall shells are expensive, 30k / 40k humans are not.

More Artillery. More shells. Atleast 1 gun per Squad on the field ! Call me Müller.

Thanks for the WIP artillery shots. I've been meaning to start mine but there aren't many pictures out there.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Thanks for the WIP artillery shots. I've been meaning to start mine but there aren't many pictures out there.

No worries, the arty kit is actually a pleasure.
And 2/3 options also look good. The exception being the dual wannabee americanised nebelwerfer.

Shells are expensive and the false emperor won’t protect you! Not sure how that shell he’s carrying will get in the breach loader, so the gunner is probably safe! . Still freaked out by those masks!

 gobert wrote:
Shells are expensive and the false emperor won’t protect you! Not sure how that shell he’s carrying will get in the breach loader, so the gunner is probably safe! . Still freaked out by those masks!

Booo!


Except clearly not as well manifactured and the "people" behind these seem to not conform to human bodies either.


But i got to admit, creepy smiley gunner scares me aswell. So i put him right in my new showcase next to my bed

"we interupt the mandatory saturation of shells, with breakthrough news! Happy riders. Well mostly happy."



Also some sneaky git infiltrated and watched them before i even put them in my blog. Which literally 2 minutes and getting a coffee from my machine means someone stalked them....

And some more Cav.

Awesome updates mate, I really like the Rough Riders. The GS work reminds me of the helms of the old Chaos Warriors.

I like the Rough Riders.

Olthannon wrote:Awesome updates mate, I really like the Rough Riders. The GS work reminds me of the helms of the old Chaos Warriors.

Many thanks!

MeatShield wrote:I like the Rough Riders.

They are a marvelous kits.


Anyways:
"The beatings will continue until morale improves! that is until the medics intervene!"


And more medics.

7 Mainline infantry squads.
7 Discipline officers.
7 Medicae

I just realised, that my whole gameplan is basically german shocktroop doctrine of WW1 combined with infantry tank doctrine of WW1 britain and france...

MILD CONCERN.

Anyways, Sentinels with either AC / or ML.

and more arty , shells for the shell god.




next up, crew and 30 more grenadiers to finish up my infantry.

Nice progress !

Could you elaborate on the gameplan vs doctrine concern ? I thought that both the german side shock trooper thing, and the FR/UK tank doctrine both worked reasonably well for a WWI theater ?

True, the allied did keep the same doctrine for the first years of WW2, which was kind of an issue ^^.

 KernelTerror wrote:
Nice progress !

Could you elaborate on the gameplan vs doctrine concern ? I thought that both the german side shock trooper thing, and the FR/UK tank doctrine both worked reasonably well for a WWI theater ?

True, the allied did keep the same doctrine for the first years of WW2, which was kind of an issue ^^.

Because sadly in HH / 30k gw decided to nerf artillery into the ground hence the whole shock aspect kinda dies before it does. Also a single Malcador hardly survives 1-2 turns at 3k standard games, or even 2k or 1 k

But again, this army is for fun moreso than for more compettve play, so it's fine. I merely observed that i gravitated torwards those strategies, and i rekon between fire concentration, and surpression strategies i may actually win the occaisional round. The only mild concern i have is that the enemy i will face most often is a salamanders and NL player and militia already is kinda bad but against those two forces in particular if designed according to how they were... well... let's just say i will need some really amazing dice throws

Ahaha I see thanks for the explanation. All I can add is that as an EC player, it is important to look good even in defeat, and your army certainly will look good !

has been a while: Anyways on with the show.




the last artillery, until i inevitably decide to expand into MORE




Backfield security squad including 2 sniperrifles, boltgun for champion and Vox done.

The green masked grey horde is growing ever bigger. Love the rough riders and the Arty

 gobert wrote:
The green masked grey horde is growing ever bigger. Love the rough riders and the Arty

Many thanks

And another 5 only 15 more to go

Still love your work.

 MeatShield wrote:
Still love your work.

Many thanks man.
Was busy with masters thesis and working.



But here another 5 grenadiers to make the second unit 20 man strong.

And another Gren squad complete now.

only 5 remaining. Then back to painting.


Also, for some that are interested in how i plan and do project forces, well here's what i start with:

Faction choice. Dark Mechanicum for 30k as allies to my forces. In this case, of all my forces, i want this to be the most corrupted one. The centerpiece will be dictating my looks, and in this case i want to go the way of the decimator, which will get repainted and based.

Then, check what i've got, cue decimator.

Check what i need. Since this is predominantly supposed to be an allied detachement i need an HQ and a Troop choice. However, maybee i feel the urge to field more daemonengines and expand the army into a fully fledged monstrosity.

Check what i can substitute sice we are going an highly customisable way here with dark mech: f.e. the castellax is merely the most common castelan type robot of the ad mech in 30k, therefore the less sophisticated 40k Castelan is a perfectly fine substitute with some work.
Could i however use the venomcrawler? Then i start making size comparison pictures and compare them to what i find online. F.e. Can i technically substitute an HQ an arch magos, with a lord discordant? etc etc. What about kataphon breachers into myrmidax units?





So i make some pictures and then start searching. Plan out a first list.

HQ
This case, Arch magos, Myrmidax, 155-200 pts

Troops.
Castelan, 95 probably modified with a darkfire cannon or MM. 115

Myrmidon secutors 3 with double plasma so 150 + 60 = 210 pts. / another castelan.

Decimator. 275 pts

So the last grenadiers built.




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Anyways, for those that may be interested here is how i plan and start a project propperly.

As seen above i checked some hights.

Today i nailed down the look of the core units i want to field. The look i want is the sketch of the hooded head with a decimator type face.



i checked base sizes, as it turns out Scyllax guardian bots come with 40 mm bases, the HQ options / baby magi come with 50 mm bases. This is the most important step base sizes and size aswell as unit coherency are the most important things if you field a basically fully converted force.

So back to the list. Since this is an allied list it's 1 HQ (mandatory), 2 Elites, 4 troops (1 mandatory), 1 Fast attack, 1 Heavy support.

Since the whole force is supposed to mimick the decimator face look, i either A need to find a way to create such a face or B, find a kit perferentially multipurpose that has bits in it that i can use to get such a face.
So, honestly, there's only one model that serves well as an arch magos, and that comes with a 50mm base to boot.


Now, in the sketch you see me write down Nighthaunt, because there's one face that especially seems to work.

The one center front resepctivly the one directly above it.
That would leave me with 10 night haunt bodies.

Now what do i do with them: Answer, Scyllax guardian automata. Not only can they carry Rotor cannons, and just like autocannons rotocannons are a personal favourite. No, they are also automatons profiting directly from a baby sitter, very good at protecting my arch magos and providing firesupport.
So how do i mechanise them?
Rust stalkers and Flayed ones. Both are kits that fit the eery esthethique and can be used to give them legs. Especially the flayed ones kit will be very usefull with it's damaged pieces.





Not only grants this for the kitbasher some more bases but also, Hands, blades, and more guns with which we may convert the Arch magos, but also use the little magi included in the castellan kit, which will be the mandatory troop slot to create an auxilia and some servo servants.

Special weapons come from the HH special weapon kit.

Questions?

Looking forward to seeing you throw some paint at the masked guard. Will their masks be possessed glowing monstrosities or sacks a la scarecrow?

This dark mechanicum list sounds awesome, the Scyllax from the nighthaunts/flayed/stalkers sound particularly cool.

 gobert wrote:
Looking forward to seeing you throw some paint at the masked guard. Will their masks be possessed glowing monstrosities or sacks a la scarecrow?

The same as i have already done, so metal, rust and glowing eyes.

This dark mechanicum list sounds awesome, the Scyllax from the nighthaunts/flayed/stalkers sound particularly cool.

Many thanks, it's merely to show how i churn out decent sized projects from start to finish. And also because dark mech is fun and most importantly all hail the rotor cannon.
Also hardly the first to use the bladegheists for dark mech scyllax. Probably the first though that hands them rotor cannons and proofs that one can come darn close to peak dakka.

However since Yriel yellow has dried up, i can't start painting the 70 infantry 6 artillery and 3 sentinels to finish up my militia. (until a plastic malcador shows up that will be the whole army.) ( I create my Beige with snakebite leather thined down with a lot of water and a dot or two of yriel yellow.)
So i bulk ordered all the models required and paint.

I also did some digging as to colour shemes, generaly dark mech is either grimy dark red, or black robes, which... OOF.. WHAT HAVE I DONE.

Black like white painted to a decent standard means S U F F E R I N G...and i am one of the clowns that solely handpaints even vast quantities as this blog has demonstrated.
Come to think of it, i guess i must have started to like painting. Anyways, finished Masks and priming done. Soon there will be piles upon piles for my Militia.

But then i will have to actually learn how to paint black... oh no...

Well, more progress on that front.

Primed zenithaly the "servo mechs", and leadbelchered the decimator.