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This army is beautiful

By the gods that LR is stunning. Truly wonderful.

Amazing work on the Land Raider.

The Raptors are top notch too, I'll be shamelessly stealing some of your ideas for my KDK Raptors when I get around to them!

EDC

It seems I never got around to uploading the Flesh Hounds I just mentioned. To make up for it, here's a trio of Daemonic Fast Attack goodness:







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Swish! I wish I'd bought more than two boxes. Like four wouldn't have been enough. I hope GW makes them to order again sometime.









Grr! Love the 1990s Flesh Hounds. It's not all vintage stuff in this update, though...









Cock-a-doodle-doo! I'm coming for your side armour, tough guy!

That's some fantastic looking work Linds.... wow. Nicely done.

Nice work

This is a stunning looking army.

Bringing in some fire support! My current 1K list is these guys, a Land Raider full of Possessed, a Cultist squad with a Daemonologist, and a Juggerlord. He's waiting for another day of good light for his Dakka debut!

So far I've had ok results. Dealt with a compact rival Chaos army's infantry assault by holding up in a firebase then charging forward with three Daemonic units. Seekers punched way above their weight, which is just as well as Juggerlord killed a whole Cultist (and wounded himself in his Blind Rage) before getting ID'd by a Chainfist :(

Anyway. Bring on the pics:

The Autocannon squad looks great. I really like the lacquered look you've given their armour as well.

Very nice work! Not too overdone as some CSM units, and has an excellent shiny look. Been keepin' it clean out there i see...

Those Havocs are gorgeous!

Now I want to do a Word Bearers army...

Those look fantastic!

Everyone's right; those Havocs are great. I join in the admiration of the lacquered effect!

Well, that was quite a battle I just had! A Land Raider full of Possessed, the new Havocs above, and ten Cultists joined by a Sorcerer and Juggerlord faced off against a Tau gunline. Two Hammerheads, two Broadsides, a Melta Crisis Commander, two Fire Warrior teams, a Pathfinder team, and a lone DSing dual flamed Crisis suit. And two Piranha, one with a burst cannon, one with Melta. Things did not look good! I hugged the right corner, deploying where no Broadsides could see me. Then Kroot infiltrators set up to my left! I didn't steal first turn, and as the Broadsides floated out to take their first shots, I joked that I might surrender if the LR pops on the first turn.

They missed! All I lost on the first turn was the Havoc champion. Eh, no problem, his comrades will avenge him; three dead Kroot. The Land Raider advances and starts blasting at a Hammerhead, the Possessed jumping out - the Juggerlord leaving the Cultists to high-five them - and promptly pouncing on a lurking Piranha and ripped it apart. First blood! Some Flamers were Summoned, but manifested too far away to troll the Kroot. Sorcerer already got a nosebleed. Ah well.

The dakka Piranha moved forwards and added it's firepower to that of the Kroot; another Havoc down, and his comrades panic and jump down from their vantage points. The Possessed thought they were safe hiding in a building from a Tau gunline, before noticing that half of their number had grown red dots on their foreheads. Seven hit the dust. The Raider took a bit of damage from the Hammerheads, but gave back and forced one to Jink. The Havocs rallied and returned fire on the Piranha, also forcing it to evade. The Flamers floated towards the Kroot and sent three survivors running, evolving a more robust consititution as they ran, and a pack of Flesh Hounds manifested to join their supernatural fellows (with no Perils!). The surviving Possessed leapt out of cover and followed their General into the jaws of the enemy. They took the overwatch in their stride and slaughtered some Fire Warriors with impunity.

Of course, now that they were in the face of the Tau army they attracted every gun that couldn't pop a Land Raider (it didn't). Fine! The overkill was immense, and one unit that had committed to fire on them didn't even get to shoot. They'd earned three KP and awarded three in return, but this was less about bookkeeping as it was about taking the initiative. Only other shooting was the Flamer Crisis Suit torching a Flesh Hound and the Piranha taking out a Havoc. This time their return aim was true and the skimmer exploded in mid air. The Flamers finished off the rallied Kroot and a Hammerhead again had to Jink to survive. The Flesh Hounds pounced on their attacker to little effect other than tarpitting him (or was he tarpitting them?) and the Sorcerer resisted the temptations whispered to him by malevolent forces. He might actually survive a battle today!

Markerlights shone on the Land Raider, but it's armour held. It's opponents could make no such claim, as a Hammerhead fell! The Flamers moved into position for an attack next turn. The Cultists stayed hidden behind their wall, a headless body of a Possessed by every window in front of them. No Kill Points For anyone this turn, even when a Flesh Hound got kicked to death and forced an Instability test.

Final turn, and the Tau took no chances. The real threats were clear. Their Commander moved forwards to bring his Melta into play, without luck. Marker Lit Pulse fire left a lone Flamer on one wound. A Rail Cannon round hit true at the perfect angle to cause a fuel detonation... and came out the other side without causing harm. Good old Daemonic! The lone Flamer took full advantage of the rule that his Template projected vertically as high as you like, and killed the entire Pathfinder team. The Cultists and Land Raider surged forwards, blasting away at the exposed Commander, but failed to get past his Shield Drones. As the game ended, I'd managed a meaty seven kill points to the Tau's three. Boom!

To celebrate, here's some more Havocs:









People have been commenting on their simplicity and lacquered finish. I envision my Chapter of Word Bearers as having a significant number of brethren who devote themselves to martial discipline, destroying corpse-botherer opposition to enable the Dark Apostles to perform their duties. The lacquered effect is a pleasant byproduct of using Humbrol satin varnish - it resists skin oils well, it conserves pearlesence of metallic paints, it solves the problem of different shades having different reflective properties, and it is tough enough that foam figure trays don't scrape paint off my resins and metals. It separates and takes some stirring to prepare, but it can be wiped off a tough brush without using solvents.

Now. Local GW is moving to 750pt games this month. Possessed jumping out of a Land Raider and using their surprising threat range have worked well in 1K, but I know that's not going to cut the mustard with a quarter of my budget gone. I'm thinking...

Chaos Daemons CAD. Herald of Tzeentch with Endless Grimoire (knows all Change powers) and Locus of Creation (double Horror splits), with a unit of Pinkies with a Blastard Standard and a unit of Brimstones. That's at least four WC a turn, with access to D if a Land Raider or worse should pop up.

Word Bearers Allies. Lv 3 Sorcerer of Nurgle with Palanquin, Familiar, and Scripts of Erebus. Dark Vengeance Cultists. Havocs with three Autocannon. That's light armour dealt with without having to overkill with WC3 D, a little insurance against poor Warp rolls, and a couple of Malefic spells with little risk of headexplodey.

Plan is to advance with a horde that just grows and grows, summoning Flesh Hounds early on and then Flamers with precision to strike at key targets. Maybe get myself an Exalted one. Bring along a Bloodthirster, just in case of Possession. Horrors' standard gives insurance against Warp Storm backfiring on my Sorcerer. I know I could shuffle things around to get an extra Autocannon, but I think it'd make the Havocs a high priority target. Two throwaway bolter guys makes harassing fire less tempting than when it's almost guaranteed to reduce the unit's firepower.

Gonna have to make the Sorcerer, a Herald, and some more Flamers. If the Warp Storm gives me a unit, think I'll aim for Plaguebearers?

Awesome . Love the freehand in the wings of the Heldrake.

EDC

Sounds like a great battle!

Looking great as always. That flame effect on the shoulder pads is awesome, well done.

Oh man, the gloriousness knows no bounds! How do you manage to churn out so many top quality units in such small increments of time? What is your batch painting magic trick?


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Oh man, the gloriousness knows no bounds! How do you manage to churn out so many top quality units in such small increments of time? What is your batch painting magic trick?

Well, I tend to batch paint in fives, and I'm volunteering in a charity shop where I can paint behind the till. The red is 80% drybrushing and ink, and the metal is pure silver with inks, so much of the model takes little time.

Also my photography is dependent on the weather, so there's often a bunch of stuff that's been finished and waiting for a lightly overcast day with a bright white sky and low winds. The Heldrake was finished at Christmas! I've just photographed a few more finished projects and I'll get the snaps ready to upload when I'm killing time on the train

These models are really inspirational! Thank you

Havocs are looking great Lindsay

Who remembers this Lord? Always loved that gun arm. This might be a bit of a miscast - his facial detail took a fair bit of brushwork to get right, and he still is angry or happy depending on where you view him from. Classic silhouette, though.









I really like the heatstain on the whole Melta gun barrel. I might have to redo some of my existing minis with this effect.

Light wasn't perfect on the day of shooting, but only one of the pics seems to have suffered after retouching.

Alas poor Yorik... I ripped off his head and crapped down his neck!

Stumbled across your blog Lindsay and have to say "wow"! Your wordbearers are wonderful, I imagine opponents hate shooting your army as it is a thing of beauty. Subscribed!

You're right, he really does look like he's got kind of a wicked smile in that second photo. I don't know if it's a miscast, but either way, I like what you've done with the paint job.

Just finished going through all the posts here, and I love your work. Especially the various power weapons and stuff that you made look white-hot. Makes me consider redoing the one on my WB Aspiring Champion. any chance of a tutorial on how you painted those?

Also you make me wish I'd saved the metal WB shoulderpads for just champion models, rather than giving each marine in the squad one, since they're no longer available.

Huh. So they are. I'd better carefully ration out the few I have remaining in my bits box. Hopefully we'll get a new CSM set with various Legion pads, since Deathwatch have shown this is easily do-able and very popular. Less of this 'five models, ten pads' kit system, GW - especially with Chaos, who clearly want variety.

I shall endeavour to blog a power weapon at some point, though. In the meantime, here's the latest recruit - the Juggerlord whose debut kill tally was a lone Cultist:











One of my first CSM characters, this. Originally made him around the Millennium - took a fine saw to a lead Juggernaut, and Arbaal the Undefeated's axe, and gave them to a Berzerker.

He originally had a Combi-Melta, but this is a bad choice for him these days, so that got snipped. I sculpted some detail onto the plain rod that formed the handle before. Also, his '90s backpack got replaced - first with a RT one, then as I took apart a Sigmarhammer Khorne Lord for his giant Flesh Hound, I realised the cape fitted the motion of the mini perfectly. So, I sculpted a backpack vent in one of the tears of the cape, and here we go!

Great Juggerlord lindsay40k.

Quite the conversion.

I understand how you feel when the rules change and make some models less attractive. Most of mine go back to Rogue Trader...but sometimes the rules change again and the weapon/model comes back into favour.

Cheers,

CB

It's been a while since my last update! But weather has finally provided decent photography light. So, here's Gudoza and his crew - ready to take out any armour. His gunners are inclined to take careful aim for weak points, but Gudoza prefers to burn a hole in a vehicle's hull just large enough for a melta bomb to be thrown through.









I'm really enjoying painting heat stain. There may be more in coming updates...

They look really great linds. Love the way the silver and red work together. Nice work on the shoulder pads too.