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So thats it - 2 years of kitbashing painting and colourful langauge when thing wouldn't go right. - The whole army in one gathering

Yeah I'd like to say it's done but we all know its not

As it stands the force is just shy 120(ish) points of 6000 which is too tempting not to get closer too, I've had a reshuffle of the roster and I can bring that total up to 5,997 points by moving some of snipers and autcannon teams around to form 4 new command squads for the platoon leaders.

The three catachan leaders will get a sniper, meltagun and an autocannon team and the cadian leader will get two plasma guns and a missile launcher. I had enough bits in my spares box to make the remaining melta gun troopers for the catachan squads but still digging for the cadian guys, I will update when everything is built.

In other news my 3d printer has been hard at work printing the torso of the Warboss responsible for the misery on the planet Pharous:



The feet are on the go at the moment with the power Klaw, gun and head to follow, next to a standard guardsman this guy is huge! a proper warboss sized Ork.

I've only got a basic printer but the detail in this thing is immense - definetely going to be a show piece!

Until next time

That's pretty cool, congratulations. Now on to the next 5000

 Pyroalchi wrote:
That's pretty cool, congratulations. Now on to the next 5000

I swear my wallet winced at that

However the next 1000 has nearly been reached with the completetion of a command squad for each platoon commander now.

Having felt reminiscent of the old Guard structure and hoping it reappears in the next codex I managed to find enough bits in my spares box to rearrange the army to include an extra fully loaded sniper special weapon squad, 3 command squads loaded with a sniper rifle, meltagun, and an autocannon team and 1 squad with a missile launcher and 2 plasma guns.

What I loose in a heavy weapons and special weapons squads I gain in mixed squads hitting on 3+ rather than 4+, and going on previous experience when the autocannons hit home it can really surprise your opponent.

I've also managed to base these squads so techincally they are all done!









So there was a little lie there, the autocannons aren't based!

I have also updated the Company Commander, Whilst still armed with a tuskblade I decided to swap out the original sword for one out of the Escher weapons upgrade pack - it just looks better.



So the overall total now is 5950 points, I've no plans to add to the army at present but if the new guard codex drops something interesting the I cannot be held accountable for my actions

Of course I've got other projects in the background: a sizeable Necron army, SOB Kil Team and a small (500pt) Inquistor army, Oh and also looking at a mobile rouge space marine force
But for now I'm going to conentrate on basing the guard over the 6 weeks holiday and building a Revell Routemaster bus

Until Next time

Well done on the milestone, sir, recently ‘finished’ a Guard infantry force myself so well done you!

Commanding officer looks very swagger, I like his choice in blade.

Very good looking army. Is it finished though? I count just one flyer and only one superheavy.

Besides, we all know that there's a new codex waiting to drop, giving you a lot more options and inspiration 😉

Ragsta wrote:Well done on the milestone, sir, recently ‘finished’ a Guard infantry force myself so well done you!

Commanding officer looks very swagger, I like his choice in blade.

Thank you sir

DoctorDanny wrote:Very good looking army. Is it finished though? I count just one flyer and only one superheavy.

Besides, we all know that there's a new codex waiting to drop, giving you a lot more options and inspiration 😉

Certainly looking forward to it! I want my platoons back! also I agree another flyer wouldnt hurt

A 2am wake up this morning saw a surge to get some more basing done, pretty much all the Catachan Infantry squads are based now making things feel a little more complete.

All my squads have kit bashed models in, mostly this is done using the Sgt,Spec weapon, and hvy weapon team but some of the standard guardsmen have the odd addition or head/leg swap
The different skin tones were both on purpose and accidental - I've said before that I buy a fair chunk of models from ebay and these are usually already painted, rather than strip it all down and repaint it I just paint on my uniform colour scheme and do a touch up or two where needed which gives me a good variation of skin tones.

















There's still 30 more Cadians to do before the 'core' infantry are fully based but considering I did 80 models in 4 hours (inc teabreaks!) I'm sure they will follow up soon.

I've been going through the fluff for the army and I now have a solid story arc for how I want to carry things forward, this is going to include more models to build

All I'll say is that some SOB will feature as well as some additional units that were rescued from a scouting mission into the Ork held Northern Territory, and an unwelcome but friendly visitor from offworld.

Will have to start this after basing everything of course!

I may need to start a new thread......

Until next time

Congratulations on reaching your milestone lordbickerstaff.

Cheers,

CB

Congrats, great army shot. Epic achievement in just 2 years. For me at least the army composition is spot on as well. I'll be interested to see how long it takes you to base them all and what method you use.

Captain Brown wrote:Congratulations on reaching your milestone lordbickerstaff.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you

PaddyMick wrote:Congrats, great army shot. Epic achievement in just 2 years. For me at least the army composition is spot on as well. I'll be interested to see how long it takes you to base them all and what method you use.

Cheers I tried to keep everything as organised as possible - referenced my old 3rd Ed codex for Army structuring.

Basing is actualy coming along really quickly, I'm keeping it very very simple - slap on a coat of Gorrila wood glue with a wet brush and then dip the model in a tub of Geek Gaming Scenics Base ready range, Give it a tap and clean the base rim up and it's pretty much done.

I've mostly been using Taiga Hillside mix but will be swapping to Patchy Plains for the Snipers,Veterans, and scions.

I did say I had all the Catachan elements based in my last post but I lied! I left my classic metal squad out as it was in the same box as the cadians so first up it's some retro metal



The three squads from the Cadian Contingent:







So yes I can now say all the standard infantry are finished, that's 4 platoons made up of 3 10 man squads and a 5 man command section - 140 individuals in total

I also got the Techpriest and my kitbash Yarrick done too, You can see the difference between the flock types here: the techpriest has the Taiga Hillside mix and yarrick has the darker Patchy Plains



The Veteran squads are next up.

Until Next Time

Veteran squads are all done as are the Scion squads:

I have three Vet Squads, each with a different role in mind.

Squad A is a more all rounder objective based squad armed with 3x plasma guns and a missile launcher

Squad B is Long range elimination armed with 3x Sniper rifles and an autocannon

Squad C are the close range shotgun sisters, 2 x flamers 1 x Heavy Flamer and a demo charge ( I only had 8th ed codex at the time and demo charges were still a thing) every other sister has a Shotgun. This squad also has a priestess to accompany it to give it that extra boost in combat.







I covered the scions in an earlier post so wont revisit their loadout but will share the basey goodness!







Going to push to get the Special and Heavy weapons done next

Nice stormtroopers. I love how the sergeant in the last photo has a phone in his chainsword

I'd like to point you towards the wargames atlantic spacenam figures that are realeasing any day now. I think you'll love them.

https://wargamesatlantic.com/products/spacenam

Question: where's the sergeant's head in the first photo from? I don't recognise it and I like it.

 DoctorDanny wrote:
Nice stormtroopers. I love how the sergeant in the last photo has a phone in his chainsword

I'd like to point you towards the wargames atlantic spacenam figures that are realeasing any day now. I think you'll love them.

https://wargamesatlantic.com/products/spacenam

Question: where's the sergeant's head in the first photo from? I don't recognise it and I like it.

Thanks for the link going to check it out now

The head is from the guy with the harpoon gun in the Orlock Gang set, a litle bit of knife work and sanding got it to fit nicely.

Your Guardsmen and women are coming along nicely, looking forward to seeing more

 Guardling wrote:
Your Guardsmen and women are coming along nicely, looking forward to seeing more

Thank you

A couple of smaller squads this time.

One of the big draws to Catachan for me in 3rd edition was the snipers, I collected the standard three and supplemented the rest with other metal models like Larkin from the ghosts set and Scope from the last chancers.

I've managed to obtain the 3 catachans again but I'm still on the lookout for the others ( thats a lie I just havent looked ) and all the plastic versions I have are built and incorporated into comm squads or the spec weapon squads below:


first up are a mix of catachan/scion/cadian kits, I was a little worried about them looking too Cadian but once painted up they look the part



The second squad features the clasic metal boys, I really like the detail in the older metal model



All the support troopers are just standard models with bits from the Hvy weapons team to add detail

All the talk about last chancers has got me thinking about building a new platoon kitbashed to represent a bunch of criminals pressed into service - ooh and they'll need a commissar too!

Until next time

So far I've resisted the penal legion idea - ok I've got the last chanchers on my ebay watch list but thats it

Anyway time for some legends!

Rough riders were always something I wanted but never got round to buying back in 3rd edition (pocket money budget) and after the chapter approved creature feature with rules for xeno mounts I wanted them even more!

22 years later and the idea is now a reality. I've managed to kitbash two squads of five Riders, the first one is a xeno mounted squad using some AOS Saurus knights for the mounts, Mechanicus ironstrider lance for the spear, and standard catachan infantry for the riders. I cut the inside of the riders legs so they would fit the mounts better, the poses aren't great but they pass the 2ft inspection.

The Sgt is armed with a power sword and plasma pistol, his mount is a solid black beast and stands out from the squad of green xenos.











Not content with these (and having seen a conversion somewhere) I got my hands on a squad of Atalan jackels and the old style Metal heavy weapons teams and created a second squad of Bike mounted riders. I found that the pose of the metal legs fitted pretty well on the Jackals bikes leaving the top of the body for easy conversion, the handlebar arm is a special weapon arm sanded down at the joint to fit the line of the handlebar.

Starting with the Sgt again, armed with power maul (it snapped off whilst taking the picture) It seemed quite fitting to give him the wheelie bike.











The bikes haven't got a lance but I did buy some Skitari Taser Goads which still need to be painted and attachedto the bikes to represent the Lances.

There's not much left to base now only some sentinels and heavy weapons teams - I've covered the weapons teams recently when I built them but will included a based post for continuity.

Until next time

Basing of the current army is complete!

Over the weekend 7 Sentinels, 6 Mortar teams and 3 Autocannon teams all got the treatment and I can official say the army is done (for now)

First up a Pure Catachan Sentinel:



Autocannons:





Lascannons:




Heavy weapons teams armed with Mortars:




With Autocannons:



I don't think I'll ever stop loving Autocannons!

Well unless the new codex drops them, then I'll be very upset

Of course the army isn't finished! As much as I say it is the next part of their story Arc will bring in 8 more models which are just drying after a basecoat and I'm sure the new codex will cause a reshuffle of the army and the purchasing of new models.

I'll update things here as and when the new models are finished but until then I'll be starting a new thread for the other forces of Pharous in due course.

Until Next Time

I must say the basing efforts are looking really nice in these shots - I intend to pick up some of Geek Gaming’s stuff at some point.

So satisfying seeing completed platooons eh!

 Ragsta wrote:
I must say the basing efforts are looking really nice in these shots - I intend to pick up some of Geek Gaming’s stuff at some point.

So satisfying seeing completed platooons eh!

It really is an easy to use basing method, just glue and dip and it's done! The composition of materiels used gives it a really good look too.

Some survivors have been pulled from the ruins of industry in the Ork held territory, although these guys look like they can hold their own if they need to.
Kitbashed with bits from catachan,sisters of battle and using the main parts from a gang of Cawdor Redemptionists 4 Ministorum preists have joined the army:









Battle weary but still full of fight these men of faith join the search for more survivors before the Orks can regain their strength

Until Next time

More Survivours have emerged from the wreckage of industry, this time in the bulky shape of a trio of Ogryns.

Although not my first 3d printed file for the army, these are the first true 'squad' that I've printed and painted ready for the tabletop.
The files are from the creator Station Forge on My Mini Factory and the prints came out flawless first time around, all painted up and based they are ready for action:









I'm going to (try) and wait for the new codex to drop before I add more minatures to the guard.
I also need to finish painting two other figures that are related to the army before I start my forces on Pharous thread (yes I've named it) and I'll need to start that before I start my 3rd army!

I'll drop a small taster of army number Three:



£22 from ebay, it needs a bit of repair and repaint plus some modification but I couldn't resist a bargin!

Until next time

I believe it's time to introdruce the original rulers of the planet into this thread.

The Ra' Fos Necron Dynasty had been on the planet for Millenia before the exploration ship from Catachan arrived. The world was very different during those times with a much bigger land mass to live on and under the leadership of Hapu Tekt the Dynasty was well known for their architectural skill with the Lighthouse of Sostratus being the jewel of the kingdom.
It was during the great sleep that Pharous became a battleground for warp entities, this only ending after a jehgenesh flooded the planet awakening several Canoptek Spyders who were able to create a blackstone beacon warding off further attention from the Warp.
Mellenia passed, the arrival of human life was barely registered. It was the arrival of the Orks that awoke the dynasty, with the greenskins Rok destroying immense parts of the tomb and wiping out the majority of the dynasty in the process and destroying parts of the beacon, allowing warp energies from the newly formed great rift to isolate the planet.
However the Necrons are awake now and they have a score to settle....

So thats a little backstory to the Necron Army I'm currently building, as you can tell it fits into the narrative of the guard as will all the forces I build in the future based on Pharous.
The force is building up with the kits included in the Imperium Magazine as well as bits I've purchased from a friend (mostly warriors)
It should come in at around 2000 points when finished and the plan is to have no vehicles in the army!

The paint job is simple one: an undercoat with an Orange rattle can then a zenithal coat with a dark blue/grey can. The model then gets a Nuln oil wash and a drybrush all over with Runelord brass, if its a character it will get a second drybrush with Retributor Armour just to bring out it's regal-ness. tho finish I use Elysian Green for the eyes and weapons.
I feel the paint job leans towards the theme that the dynasty has risen from a decimated tomb subject to radiation and heat from the Orks Rok crashing into them and forcing vast parts of the tomb into the Mantle of the planet.

enough talk:

Necron Overlord Hapu Tekt



Until Next time

It's been a quiet few months army wise for me, mainly due to work and finding more motivation in 3D printing and painting the figures I've made from that.

Also I've been pouring over the new codex and indulging in armchair modelling, creating new army lists and structures - more on that later.
For now I'd like to introduce you to the royal court of Hapu Tekt:

Royal Warden


Technomancer


With the Imperium Magazine winding up next month I'll give the necrons a final burst to get bits finished and then tot up the full points cost for them, I may have to get more models (no bad thing
but I would like to have it reach 2000pts.

The guard are having a remodel at the moment so will update them when theres something final to show

Until next time

More Necrons have risen from the depths:

Firstly a pair of murder buckets, I mean Cryptothralls, to help the Technomancer with his deeds



followed closely by a small group of even more murderous animations. The Flayed ones live up to their name with some freshly skinned Ork hide draped around them



Moving on to some bigger units we have the canopteks responsible for the tomb maintenance (whats left of it) A Spyder and Reanimator




Finally the bulk of the army, the expendable masses

Scarab Swarms:


There are 12 in total for the army but these for shall suffice for representation

Warrior Squads:




Again these are only a couple from the full amount, it's an even split of 20 with reapers and 20 with flayers for the moment

I still need to take shots of the Skorpekh destroyers and deathmarks to finish documenting the army as it stands, I've three more units left still to assemble and paint and then I can plan how to bring the points up to the magic 2000!
regarding the paint job - I realise it looks a bit dull and crumbly however, this dynasties circirmstances of awakening involved a lot of geothermal radiation, tectonic destruction, and sheer destructive mass so I feel the dullness of the armour and the random Orange patches represent this enviroment well.


The guard army is still ongoing, some conversion and new units are being created and repainted. what I really need is the weather to get better so I can get some undercoat done!

Until Next Time

I like the scheme - simple with weathering works really well on Necrons!

 Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:
I like the scheme - simple with weathering works really well on Necrons!

Thank you. I quite agree, I've found keeping it simple yields great results

It's a mix of long range firepower and up close brutality for this update.

Kicking off with the firepower; a squad of 5 deathmarks ready for a bit of sniper fun



In any army I love snipers and these boys are no different, there's a good possibilty i'll be upping the squad to the full ten so I can keep an elites choice but the temptation to have two squads of five may see the flayed ones being dropped.

Next up we have something that likes to get a bit closer to the enemy in the form of some Skorpekh destroyers:



this is actually a squad of four - I just couldn't fit the final one in the shot.

Thats it for completed Necron models so far, I've still got 3 wraiths to do aswell as a squad of five Lychguard/Triarch Praetorians and the aforementioned squad of five deathmarks or Immortals.

choices choices choices!

The guard upgrades are in progress at the moment, a few more troops are being built and the tanks are getting a shuffle with some upgrades taking place and and new tank joining the ranks.
I'm also restructuring the army particularly towards the force organisation structure and looking at a swapable 500pt portion depending on the units I need

until next time

I've been focusing on bringing order to the guard after the new codex dropped, a decent chunk of my units now have now been made homeless :(

The army has also been structured to fit in with detachment sizes (something I didn't bother with before).
It's now formed of the main force in a Brigade (3,805 points), a small lightly armed Patrol (540 Pts). an Artillery based spearhead (570 Pts) and last but certainly not least the Shadowsword (490 Pts)
All together it's 5,405 total, less than I had before but not too disimilar to the previous list.

Some units have had a change with promotions and demotions made where needed

starting with the scions, both five man squads have been combined into a ten man with one of the Sgt's becoming a metlagunner and the Prime becoming a standard Tempestor and overal squad leader.



All units in the cadian platoon have gained vox casters with the master of Ordanance retraining as a master vox operator



All three veteran squads have been split into a three squad Catachan patrol platoon with some retraining as flamer troopers





The veterans were the only models that needed extra parts to be bought for them everything else was either a simple repaint or came out of my bits box.

The last picture for this post is one of my favorite tanks, something I wanted since 2000 when I bought the Imperial Armour book:

The Stygies VIII Vanquisher



managed to get the turret on Ebay and as with all my tanks I've got it cause it's cool!

Thats everything for now - I'm currently working on fnishing the rough rider weapon swaps so they can stand in as Attilans, theres also a new tank being built and another flyer on the way.

Until Next time

So before the announcement of 10th edition i had updated my biker rough riders to fit in with the attilan rough rider datasheet with the dino riders to follow afterwards.

the bikes are completed so I thought I'd share them with you all:

First up the Sergeant with power sabre:



Goad Lance:



standard riders with hunting lances:





Essentially incompatible weapons have been removed and replaced with laspistols as this was the easiest option and required the least chopping up. The goad lance biker has had a new arm (power sword from the catachan HQ kit) and painted with red rather than blue to represent a different type of weapon, I found the power sword arm with it's power pack ties into it the weapon type.
To represent a power sabre I've used an admech transonic blade - this is a theme throughout the squad as all the lances are taser goads afain from the admech range.

My thought now are to leave the army until 10th ed drops and my 5 month old codex becomes obselete

when the new data cards arrive I'll decide wether to keep the dino riders or not, or maybe 3d print some new ones that look better than my conversions

I've got two small inqustor forces I'd like to get stuck into in the meantime so i've got plenty to do whilst I wait for 10th!

until next time

Finishing off My Hydra tank today - waiting for the tracks to dry off as I was an idiot and forgot to spray and weather the track on the sprues so I'm laboriously doing it on the model :(

I did however do the gunner area seperate so I can show these bits off now!





the story behind the tank is that a trio of prisioners (hence the orange trousers) commandeered it to escape the Orks, saving the commander and his strike group in the progress. In exchange for their freedom they now fight alongside the defence force with four barrels of high calliber death.

another crewmember that I've 3d printed to stand on the platform at the end.



Once things are dry I'll finish off assembly and add a few bits of gubbins to make the tank looked lived in.

Until next time

Mate,

Congrats an an epic milestone for an incredible army - can't believe you cranked them out in such a short time frame too!

love the extra love the hydra is getting with the story and the display UI and the tank girl. Speaking of 3d printing though - where's the rest of that warboss you teased??

Necrons looking good too. The rust effects are really nice, particularly on the spyder.

Keep it up!

 tzurk wrote:
Mate,

Congrats an an epic milestone for an incredible army - can't believe you cranked them out in such a short time frame too!

love the extra love the hydra is getting with the story and the display UI and the tank girl. Speaking of 3d printing though - where's the rest of that warboss you teased??

Necrons looking good too. The rust effects are really nice, particularly on the spyder.

Keep it up!

Hey Thank you very much

there's always something to do for the armies at the moment, I'm glad the necrons are well recieved the paint job is very simple but conveys the narrative well.

I had completely forgotten about the Ork Warboss! He's all finished and ready to stomp sum umiez!



This was my first big multipart print and it came out great, the file is from Dark Gods on Myminifactory and also has a bike mounted option in a different file.

https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-big-boss-klaw-dark-gods-eternal-181088


Until next time