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From my recent experiences, Contemptors have the potential to be MASSIVE fire magnets, and with their shielding invuln save can shrug off a lot of shots. I personally would go with the seekers, but that might have something to do with mine being one of the stars in my current 30k list (others are the previously mentioned Contemptor, who last game took about 15 lascannon shots to go down, and a 5 man heavy support squad with missiles)

Painted vexhilla bearer looks fantastic.

Nice conversion from the chaplain to vigulator.

EDC

Thanks guys!

@Zergsmaher: I used to play a lot back in 5th/6th, towards the end of the latter my gaming group sort of disintegrated as people moved away or lost interest in the game. But from now on it looks like I should be able to get a game in most weeks, and as we're planning an escalation type thing, hopefully I can keep pace on the painting front.

@Brushcommando: Yep, that's what I was going for the in pose. Either calling his squadmates forward into an assault, or standing with the Vexilla a lot and saying 'this is where we are, come and get us!'... naturally, he died in the first volley yesterday!

Sounds like a couple of votes for the Contemptor there! I can definitely see the logic in him being tough to put down in a smaller game. In the 3k one yesterday he didn't get a shot off thanks to being swooped on by several Venoms full of Trueborn with Blasters, but given that he was the only vehicle on our side at that point (the only others at the start were 3 Sydonian Dragoons who got into melee and then bought it fairly quickly) that's hardly surprising. Perhaps a new coat of paint will grant him a little more luck.

Well, whether it's him or the Termies, painting isn't going to happen until this next Tactical Demi-squad is finished up, so if you want to see TDA, you've got a few days to convince me!

Update!

Raven Guard Sergeant with Lightning Claw:







Personally I am really pleased with how this guy worked out. The inspiration for the markings on the armour came from looking at the FW Raven Guard stuff, their Contemptor has some very cool, almost tribal markings on it, which after a quick bit of research looked to be inspired by traditional Maori art. Another google for some inspiration, and I applied it to this mini. I'll have to check the fluff to see if the presence of these markings mean anything in particular (as in, do they denote veterans of a particular campaign, Marines specifically from Terra or Deliverance ect), but simply on an aesthetic level I think they help him stand out a bit. Not every RG will have these, but I'll try it out on a few more now.

And to finish off for now, some assembly.

Termie Claws. He was pencilled in as an Iron Hand, but I'm now wondering if he ought to be a Raven given the claws?



Couple more Marines, one with a bolter and chain-bayonet and one with a knife and bolter:





That's a wrap for now! Might have some more later on. On an unrelated note, it's nearly Christmas, WH Smiths (a UK bookseller/newsagent) has the X-wing core set on buy one get one half price, family members have been alerted, mistakes might be about to get made... depends on if I can get a pair of the original sets really, as while the FA designs are cool, I think they'd look a little odd alongside the existing ships, so I'll be sticking to the OT for now if I do get them. No plans to go massive, just a couple of starters then adding the odd ship here and there as the mood takes me.

Cheers for reading, any thoughts welcome!

Loving the reposes on the BaC guys, especially the contemptor. Definitely giving me some ideas for my own build outs.

Cheers! I look forward to erm... borrowing your ideas for conversion in return!

That Veteran Sergeant looks great, I love the frills!!!! He looks so hardcore brother, making me want to pick up a Betrayal at Cath set.

You should definitely get a set. It's fantastic value and the minis are great! The tiles are nice too, even if you don't play the game itself, they are handy for Zone Mortalis or Kill Team 40k.

Final update for the day, the Iron Hands Praetor is done!








Pretty happy with him on the whole, something's a little off on the face and the black has a lot more depth to it than the pics are showing, but all in all I think he looks the part!

Up next, a few more Tacticals, and then it's off to work on the Dread...

Ta for looking, any thoughts welcome as ever!

They are shaping up really well. Really like the lightning claw Raven Guard and that Terminator with his claws probably should be a Raven Guard.....

Para you really are doing BaC serious justice. Your take on the figs if top kahunna and definitely my favourite renditions that I've seen thus far. Your praetor is fething awesome. Replacing that gammy chainfist (never a fan of that weapon even on the spacehulk terms) with a power sword was the way to go. Great great job so far.

Not having the Heresy set yet to see how the individual bits fit together, and also in the camp that thinks the chainfist is underwhelming, is that powersword conversion a pretty simple one, Paradigm?

It's all coming along quite nicely.

That IH praetor looks amazing! Real nice work

Ah man, that Prateor looks so much better with that sword! Great little kitbashes like that are making your stuff stand out a great deal. I'm also digging the Māori influnce, being from NZ and all
Also - suppose I find a BaC set falling into my hands - how hard would it be to throw a helmet on that termie praetor? And how was that arm switch?

Thanks everyone! This feedback is what keeps me motivated to to keel on ploughing through the set!

Regarding the Praetor conversion, the arm was a case of cutting off the Chainfist arm at the shoulder prior to assembly, sticking the front and back halves together, and then taking the sword arm from the Termie sprue and cutting that down to size until it fit in under the shoulder pad and tassles. There was a fair bit of trial and error involved, but anyone with a pair of clippers and some moderate conversion skills should be able to pull it off easily enough. I've seen a similar conversion done but cutting the arm at the elbow instead, that may or may not be any easier.

As for the head, the attachment is hidden between the front and back halves of the body, so the only issue would be making sure the head you replace it with fits between those. A helmeted head probably isn't likely to, but any bare ones that don't have ridiculous (read: Space Wolf) hair should work. There are some spare Caraphractii heads on the sprue, those would probably fit as well.

Aye, have done a head swap myself. As Para says I think you would struggle to fit a helmeted head in there...you may be able to fit one of the other Terminator helmeted heads from the Calth set but it may take a bit more work.

You should have the set painted by Friday Para.

Perhaps a tad optimistic! There's still over a dozen minis to build, and I'm running out of poses! The plan is to have the second Tactical Squad, the Dread and maybe the Termies done by Friday, that way I have some options for the game.

Are you finding that the three colour schemes are making painting a bit easier and less dull than if you were just doing the one?

Definitely. No way I'd have got through this many minis this fast if they were all the same. It also helps that they vary a lot in complexity/time required. so while I'd need to sit down and focus for a couple of hours to do a Salamander, I can stick an episode of TV or a podcast or something on and have an Iron Hand painted by the time it's finished.

The fact the minis are really nice helps too!

Was up in Seoul today at my flgs. Had a wee look at the BaC box. Bit of a bruiser init?!!!! Apparently has been selling really well over here. Didn't pick one up though. Was possibly the cheapest trip there yet. 4 pots of paint, a brush and a single figure!!

Yeah, it's a big box and packed with good stuff! The tiles and counters are all good quality as well.

We all know that one figure will end up looking better my whole BaC box!

Lol. Not so sure. What you've turned out thus far is top banana. I just got a lonely cairn wrath. Cheap as chips so I was happy picked up a couple of the new sized shade bottles love the new size but the fething things don't fit in my paint drawers. First world problems eh?!!!

Cairn Wraith looks like an awesome mini. Any plans for converting it? There's been some great AdMech conversions over the years based on that mini.

Another quick thought on a list for Friday, this one loses out on a little firepower but manages to get in both the Termies and the Dread.

Praetor
Dread
10-man Tactical Squad with extra CCW and a LC Sarge
Termies

Thoughts? This one is possibly the most effective, and gets a bit more anti-infantry firepower which at 750 is probably more important than anti-tank (which the Dread and Termies can do in a pinch if I run up against some armour).

You've been knocking these models out in such great speed that I can hardly keep up. If GW had done this set a few years ago then I would have possibly jumped back into 40/30K.

The mix of loyalists you have is great, a real feel for the dropsite massacre.

 Januine wrote:
picked up a couple of the new sized shade bottles love the new size but the fething things don't fit in my paint drawers. First world problems eh?!!!

They do not fit (at least if you want to close the lid) in the Citadel project box either.

@Para: Are you using them for 30k or 40k? I am loath to pick up the FW books at £70 odd a pop but need to if I want the 30K lists.

At the moment, I'm building them for 30k, though I may end up using them with a 40k army now and then as well.

You don't need the big books if you can get the Crusade Army List book, which has just the rules and costs about the same as a regular codex (well, plus Forge World shipping). They're currently being reprinted, though, so won't be back until some time next year in all likelihood. Happy to answer any questions you have on Legion lists in the mean time, though. if you're looking for guidelines for unit setups or whatever.

I really like the 'high five' RG sgt, very dynamic pose like he's about to slap a sucka with his LC.

Was the weapon swap on the praetor easy?

EDC

Easy enough, I outlined the process above. Short version, lots of trial and error.

Very nice, and I'd like to see a contemptor too

 Paradigm wrote:
Cairn Wraith looks like an awesome mini. Any plans for converting it? There's been some great AdMech conversions over the years based on that mini.

Yeah that's the plan. Want to make a nice tall archmagos with him, looming over the others. Krautscientist did a fantastic admech conv with the wraith a whiles back named 'Legion' I think. Inspired me to picj one up. Feth knowss when I'll get around to it