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Thank you very much Gobert and youwashock.

I know I'm in the minority here but I actually love the stupid double track, it's part of 40k's ridiculous charm. If these had more reasonable wheels or at least a front set of tires I know they just wouldn't make me giggle inside the way they do now.

Good catch on noting the missing second Taurox, it was intentional. I do have a small amount of headcannon for this army (of which is getting fleshed out and added to since I'm using them in a crusade campaign). They are the 313th Deltic Crows. The short of it is that each squad has their own Taurox (or Murderbox as they call them) and during a mission the entire 2nd Talon (their name for a squad) along with their Murderbox, went missing, presumed KIA but no trace of them were ever found.

I figured it would be fun to have little things like this scattered in the army for fun even if they are pointless.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Sorry for a bit off a photo explosion on this one.

Eagerly awaits photo explosion... disappointed by more of a photo "pop"...

Good job on the magnetisation, and the weapon storage system is a great idea - I'll have to remember that for my Battlewagon whenever I get around to it...

The only other disappointment - the lack of drilled barrels .

Ignoring my pendantism though, a lovely - and importantly - finished, trio.

My apologies Arakasi, I'm usually so slow to have updates ready that one or two photos is all I can ever muster. Nine photos in one post is more or less unheard of on my part.

It was mentioned before about the drilled barrels, I agree it would have been a nice touch to make the force look better. As stated earlier though since this was an army to try and work on my speed-painting abilities (I'm a glacial painter at the best of times) drilling the barrels was a step I skipped to save time.

I have one more post ready to go for tomorrow then the much anticipated army shot will be next.

Here's the last transport for the force, a Valkyrie. I flip-flopped on whether this was going to be added to the army at any point since GW made them such an iconic model for a Scion force yet did nothing rules-wise to incentivize them. With PA that all changed and we then got some strats that help the Valkyrie actually feel like part of the scion faction. As with my Taurox Primes I magnetized all the weapon options. I didn't like the idea of figuring out the door gunners along with my transportation ideas so I opted to scratch that, glue the side doors shut and instead modify and mount the heavy bolters under the wings. I ended up really liking the silhouette this had and I'm fairly proud of the results. All the weapons store inside the Valkyrie when not in use as the back ramp can open giving me tons of space. I hope you guys like it.

Nice work on the canopy!

That is a good idea for the Heavy Bolters. I also glued my plastic Valkyrie does shut after making magnetically held side door gunners on my resin ones.

Cheers,

CB

Luftwaffe yellow and grey never looked so good as it does on that bird! Great job!

Thank you very much youwashock, Captain Brown and theCrowe!

The canopy was quite the experiment using metallics and contrast paint. It didn't quite turn out as I envisioned but now I know what to to better if I decide to do another canopy in this style.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:My apologies Arakasi

Apologies unnecessary

Inevitable_Faith wrote:It was mentioned before about the drilled barrels, I agree it would have been a nice touch to make the force look better. As stated earlier though since this was an army to try and work on my speed-painting abilities (I'm a glacial painter at the best of times) drilling the barrels was a step I skipped to save time.

I know glacial painting all too well. If you don't mind me asking - how long does it take you to drill barrels? It's a step I always make sure to do, and not one I equate with taking an onerous amount of time - although that may just be an indication of how slow I am at everything else...

Valkyrie looks great too .

Arguably not a long time Arakasi, especially after considering the time I spent drilling for magnets on the vehicles. Part of it is that I am very much a painter over builder/converter so for me the fun is with a brush in my hand over anything else. Once I had theory-crafted a paint scheme I wanted to try these got built ASAP then primed for painting shortly after. By the time I would even consider the barrels I was already long in to the painting. You are right thoug, it is a negligible time investment in the grand scheme of things.

Ha! It didn't even occur to me you probably spent more time drilling the holes for the magnets . You could still dot them with some black...

Anyway... this wasn't meant to be an inquisition. Enough of me derailing your thread - I won't prod on this topic anymore.

Nice job on your Scions, particularly the vehicles!

I need to finish my Taurox one day...

No worries Arakasi it's a valid critique and that's one of the main reasons I have the PLog is so I can get comments and critiques that help me to become a better hobbyist in general. Comments and critiques are always much appreciated. Thank you so much Aku-chan! I would very much love to see your Taurox when you finish it so get cracking!

Ok on to the main event; the army shots! I don't have a nice photo box big enough for the whole force so you guys and gals are getting my kitchen table of which long-time friends of this thread will be quite familiar. In 9th this force as I run it comes to around 1250 points with spare models for substitutions or additions. This was the perfect number I feel for a starter/training army to play at points levels to help understand the different scales of 40k battles without intimidating them with a full 2000 point army. It also offers enough models to build and have options in a crusade army. Sorry for the harsh light flare from one of the photos, I kept it in there and didn't retake it cause I felt it was kind of cool like the Emperor shone his light upon my beleaguered Scions. I'm also quite happy that with this force done I was finally able to fill the third display case I have, looks much better now without that sad empty case next to the others in my opinion. You'll also note some models in here that I haven't showcased individually yet, they're auxiliary units that I'll do some close shots of in the coming days. I won't be doing it right away but long-term plans will be to eventually add an Imperial Knight to my collection that will often be assisting these guys, it'll be a great way to help them reach closer to 2000 points without having to paint a million more scions.

So without further ado I present to you: The 55th Deltic Crows!

Ooooooh...nice set-up. Army looks very good all together. Congrats!

Great looking force, been a pleasure seeing it come together Building up for my own small mechanized T3 force (GSC) so inspirational as well

Awesome all together .

Thank you very much guys for the comments Glad it's all come together.

@Boss Salvage: Oh man I keep ogling GSC every time I see them because they look like such a fun force to play with such a wide variety of models to have fun painting. Due to the varied nature of their model types and mutation levels you can really go wild with colour schemes and styling. Sadly I just can't justify getting in to another army right now. T3 armies is really all I know too, Aeldari, Drukhari, Scions, SoB. All T3. I'd really love to one day build a much more Elite army to play with but right now GW just doesn't have much on offer I'm really excited about on that front just yet. Would very much love to see your GSC work coming together when you start that up btw.

Great work finishing these boys up! Nice fluff on the absence of the 2nd murderbox too, it’s fun to have little bits like that in an army. I love how you’ve thought about stowage for all of your weapon options on the Valkyrie too, ready for deployment on any battlefield!

Very nice army shot. Lovely bunch of gents, ready to enforce the Emperor’s will.

Your cases seem so empty. Everything with enough space to be properly displayed and seen, not just crammed on a shelf with everyone else base-to-base just to fit. Unnatural. You need more minis!

Thank you gobert and Nevelon! After playing Drukhari for so long the concept of facilitating transport has become a bit of an obsession of mine. That was certainly one of the prime goals with this force; to have them be efficient and easy to transport with very little chance of breakages.

You are completely right Nevelon, the cases are a bit empty. Slowly they are getting filled up and hopefully sometime by 2145 I should have all three satisfactorily full. Maybe by 2074 if we manage to get a few more lockdowns where I can focus on painting

Ok on to some of the auxiliary additions to the force. Today we have some Ogryns bodyguards. For my gaming purposes I seldom dished out the points to get the unit of three, I would just buy the single bodyguard elite and he can sit in the backfield camping an objective while my more mobile Scion force pushed up. A fine investment in points I enjoyed but now playing crusade it seems the bodyguards PL is wayyyyyyy out of whack with reality. The specific guarding rules he has also don't work well in 9th sadly since LoS has changed drastically (for the better in my opinion but that has left the bodyguard rule feeling awkward and antiquated). I've built all three weapons so I could have a WYSIWYG bodyguard in my lists and it was also just good fun to have the variety to paint. Hope you guys like them.

Great looking army!

Just wow!

The color scheme is really cool.
I like how neat the color is on the Tauroxies (Tauroxes? Taur... Taurox times many) and on the Valkyerie. The weathering ties everything up so nicely.
The army shots are looking good. It's a force to be proud of.

Kudos on magnetizing the weapon options. It's something I really dislike doing (mostly because of the mess I always manage to do with super glue).
Clever trick on storing the spare weapons and parts inside the vehicles.

Also, I'm really jealous of your display cabinets!

Thank you very much Kid_Kyoto and Ezki! I believe the plural of Taurox is Taurox? I honestly don't know, I've always just cheated and when I needed to mention them in plural I use the full name Taurox Primes.

I'm glad I took the time to magnetize everything and the storage is certainly a major bonus. I really dislike magnetizing as part of the hobby, I find it tedious, I'm just a painter at heart but the added value it gives to your army as a gaming tool is undeniable.

Cabinets are from Ikea Ezki, I think they were like 70$ canadian a piece? About 50$ USD.

This is my officer of the fleet made from a basic guardsman body, a bit of green stuff and the Scion greatcoat. I wasn't originally going to have one in this force but after PA came out and I saw the strat that, in my opinion, makes them useable I decided I needed one. I was experimenting with a more "painted" style with his coat, not sure if that description really makes sense though to be honest. The results don't hold up well on close inspection but from tabletop distance the coat actually stands out nicely, I definitely learned a lot about how I would later attempt this style with other models.

Some of you may remember a while back I had posted the conversion work I did on my Callidus assassin. Well she did finally get painted for this force.

The last model to showcase for this army is the Callidus assassin. She's been instrumental in my matches, bleeding CP from my opponent whilst successfully taking down Grey Knight Librarians, Necron Overlords, Wolf Lords, Harlequin Death Jesters, and most recently a Lord of Contagion. I hope you guys like her, as always comments and critiques are welcome.

I also want to thank everyone who stopped by and especially those who commented on this force as it was showcased, it means a lot to me that people took the time to check my stuff out. I don't have any plans to add to this force in the near future, likely an Imperial Knight down the road. Once again, thank you all so much.

I currently have SoB on the painting table and will be working on them for a little bit, will post updates soon on progress there. Was going to work hard on SoB to get a crusade force going but with the announcement of the new Drukhari codex coming out I will split the workload a bit and get some Drukhari painted up as well in anticipation for that.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Would very much love to see your GSC work coming together when you start that up btw.

Thanks! The debate right now is when the best time to buy the first four goliaths is and what Black Friday sales I'm passing on to afford them

Inevitable_Faith wrote:The last model to showcase for this army is the Callidus assassin.

And she's looking dead gorgeous in that white

Fleet Officer is quite cool. Love the white Callidus. Beef boys look good, too. These last minis add a lot of personality to the force.

Thank you Boss Salvage and youwashock.

Switching gears here on to SoB. Been working on the Arco-Flagellants first and here's a small WiP pic of the first one. I originally didn't care for Flagellants at first as I think the Repentia are much nicer in both lore and model but once I started painting the three Flagellants that come in the box I really started to love them. The models are so well sculpted and have a ton of little details and features on them. Coupled with the variety of materials and textures it makes for a very much model to paint. All three are nearing completion and I'll post them up soon. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving yesterday and is cashing in hard on those Black Friday sales, safely of course.

Another small wip update, got the other two Flagellants to roughly the same stage as the first one. Still a ways to go but I'm seeing the finish line.