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Coming along nicely. Really like the girl hurling the demo charge... Great posing

I like the look of this so far.

I assembled some Raging Heroes models recently (Jailbirds). I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds them fiddly.

Okay, so for another thread ("A Tale of Thirty-Three Gamers", seriously subscribe to it, loads of great stuff in there with the occasional thing from me! ) I pledged that I would paint a lot of minis this month. Sadly, due to an increased workload and me being a big old girly-man, not a lot of that has happened. I did get my Voidborn Hoplites primed and roughly blockpainted, but stumbled on how to best proceed with the smaller details like the belts, rifles and whatnot, so I decided to use another model as a test piece to see how it would all turn out, shown below:



Strategos Alicia Beauchamp, adopted daughter of the Rogue Trader, a soon to (hopefully) be reliable source of orbital strikes and handy ballistic skill buffs thanks to her Cognis-signum. More or less done, aside from the base and some minor details that require tidying up. An odd model for sure, from the Raging Heroes' KST range. Comes with both a fur-trimmed cloak and something akin to a fur-trimmed scarf or the like? Not too sure in all honesty. However, she looks suitably commanding enough for the command section.

I've also decided to do a "slight" rewrite of the list, seeing as I've got a feeling my Dracosan will not arrive in time for me to get it together and painted for April, so instead of potentially having a squad slog around on foot, I've decided to put the knife in and do the following: drop the second Lasrifle Section, their Dracosan dedicated transport, the attached Auxilia flamer section and one of the medics, giving me a whopping 420 pts to play around with.

And play I shall, instead I'll take along a pair of Leman Russ Exterminators (they're both fast for one turn and they can outflank, yes!) and an Enginseer Auxilia with 3 servo arm equipped servitors, who will hitch a ride in the Stormlord and keep it in one piece throughout the game, because I really need those Battlesmith rolls on a 2+!

Anyway, tomorrow I'm hoping to at the very least get some of my Voidborn Hoplites done, in particular the command section.

And another test model (almost) done, the Troop Master this time around:



Still need to work on the yellow and add in a few black slashes, as is something of a requirement on at least one chainsword in your army. Quite happy with how she turned out so far, the rest of the squad will more or less be the same as her, minus the sniper-baiting helmet and extra golden bling on the armour.

In other news though, need to rework the army list even more, after I heard yesterday that the Baneblade kit is no longer available to stores and is now a direct only item, so alas, I'll have to drop the Stormlord, as 20% off at the store is something that isn't matched elsewhere without twisting my arm for shipping.

No relation to Bianca? She looks good, and if she's a hero it can still count. (Hell, that's what I did!) Let me know and I'll add her in as your monthly tally.

Man, that Troop Master model is awesome.

Speaking of which, I have a wonder about something; I've recently gotten some of the Stormcast Eternals (I know, totally on topic with what you've got going, right?)and as the lore says they're all heroes reborn via Sigmar yadda yadda yadda, I've thought - that would include some of the female persuasion surely?

My question is, how would you go about representing this? I've considered different heads, entirely different models (although I can't seem to find a decently plate-armored, mass-produced female sculpt that fits in line with the Stomcast), or some other angle I haven't considered?

Damn that Troop Master is cool looking.

EDC

I read somewhere on Dakka that within the fluf it essentially says that the Eternals contain warriors of both genders as well as Elves (Aelfar?) Dwarves and other races. I get the feeling that the armour is supposed to almost be like animated suits with the souls inside, so not armour as we'd recognise it. Hence no characters with their helmets off, but faces on the armour itself.

Azazelx wrote:No relation to Bianca? She looks good, and if she's a hero it can still count. (Hell, that's what I did!) Let me know and I'll add her in as your monthly tally.

I'll be making a more formal post of the tally once I've got a few more models done. I'd rather have a sizeable update instead of having it come in by the drips and drops.

Frankenberry wrote:Man, that Troop Master model is awesome.

Speaking of which, I have a wonder about something; I've recently gotten some of the Stormcast Eternals (I know, totally on topic with what you've got going, right?)and as the lore says they're all heroes reborn via Sigmar yadda yadda yadda, I've thought - that would include some of the female persuasion surely?

My question is, how would you go about representing this? I've considered different heads, entirely different models (although I can't seem to find a decently plate-armored, mass-produced female sculpt that fits in line with the Stomcast), or some other angle I haven't considered?

If I remember correctly the fluff already addressed this and chooses to simply state that what's inside the armour could be anything, as long as it was suitably heroic and brave in their previous life. I can't remember the exact source, but not every one of the Stormcast are male, or even human, as there were also Dwarves and even Orcs who were chosen for this.

If wanting to go for a more total conversion, dunno in all honesty. The models have quite male physique styled armour that shows off those pecs. You could always do a headswap, or if brave enough, do a wee bit of resculpting on the torso, just don't go all 80's Italian Shemale with a thirst for Vengeance on it.

evildrcheese wrote:Damn that Troop Master is cool looking.

EDC

Cheers!

I gak you not I went and researched my question right after posting it and found the same info. Apologies!

Haha, quite alright!

As for, "Gee BrookM, do you ever do anything aside from posting <REDACTED> in the DCM forums these days?"

I got a bit annoyed with those Raging Heroes models, so I decided to "reward" myself with a few tanks instead. Mind, I didn't get any new ones, but instead I decided it was high time to get them done, especially now that they're needed in April!



Both Executioners, aside from sealing in the decals, are done now. So that's one Assault Squadron ready for war. The Exterminator still needs some things done (searchlight, vision blocks and cable), but other than that, almost there. This is the third vehicle of the Strike Squadron, so hopefully tomorrow.. one down, two more to go!

After that, ugh, back to those Raging Heroes models for sure. Just nineteen more to go. Nineteen.

In between working on my Solar Auxilia tanks, organizing foam trays for the trip and looking into a good bag to carry it all in, I've also decided to stick together a pile of Jailbird bits I had been looking at for a while now, turning it into a little kitbash with the addition of some other parts for the sake of coolness and making it look more real? Dunno. Flexible belt is from Zinge Industries, the head is from Statuesque Miniatures and the backpack is a few thin strips of plasticard for the ALICE frame, along with a pair of backpacks from the Warlord WWII US Infantry and the Wargames Factory survivor sprue.

Annoyingly enough, after thoroughly scrubbing and cleaning the resin bits, first in lukewarm water with a drop of detergent, then hot water with a drop of it, the parts are STILL GREASY.





Also, the girl is more leg than anything else. Due to a severe case of legs akimbo she's set on a 32mm base, because regular bases are too small for her.

As a final touch I may try and see about creating something of a strap to go over her shoulder, keeping the weapon better secured, as unlike my Harker wannabe, she's not as beefy.

Not dead yet, just been very busy with work and being quite sick.

Anyway, my Victoria Lamb order came in last week, a squad of female Tannenberg with plasma rifles and a pair of drummer girls. Only ordered one of those, but as they say, score! One of the girls will become the standard bearer for the command squad, the other may well become the first model of a not-Mordian themed Lasrifle section, where she'll act as the section banner bearer.

The girls were all, except for one, built as is, the plasma rifles counting as a variant of the volkite charger. Two girls also got armoured torsos instead of the regular dress uniform ones, these will go into the command squad somewhere down the line.

A quick crappy photo as proof of life.



Also on my desk are three unpainted Kataphron battle servitors, a long overdue Christmas present that had at long last reached me. I'll be using these as Mechanicum Myrmidon Destructors, seeing as I'm not that fond of the actual models, plus they don't come with a unified loadout, making WYSIWYG a bit of a hassle with some people. But that's for another day and another opponent, though I am tempted to use them in a Zone Mortalis setting now.

With four weeks and five days to go, I'm hoping to feel a whole lot better this Sunday and get back to work, as I still need to finish..
- 2x Leman Russ Exterminator
- 1x Leman Russ Vanilla
- 3x Tactical Command Squad models (two veterans and the drummer)
- 1x Quad mortar (artillery piece + 2x crew)
- 19x Lasrifle Section
- 1x Tank Commander (magnetized model for Leman Russ vanilla)

Okay, time for another update, it's been too long, shame!



First off, nearly done with these three. Just need to do the decals on two of them and pick up a new bottle of Vallejo something light blue when I get the chance in a week or two. Also need to wrap up the tank commander and banner for the Vanquisher. With them done, I'll only have four more models to work on:

- Dracosan armoured transport
- Malcador Infernus
- Malcador with battlecannon

And a tank commander for the Malcador vanilla:



Yeah, I with my birthday coming up I decided to spend in advance and ended up revising the list yet again, to include my sudden fetish for the Malcador hull:

ONSLAUGHT FORCE ORGANISATION CHART - 2500 pts

HQ
Lord Marshal - Archeotech pistol, master-crafted Paragon Blade, digital lasers, displacer matrix, artificer armour, grav-wave generator, psi-jammer

Tank Commander

Tank Commander

ELITES
Household Retinue - power weapon, shroud bombs
Dracosan armoured transport - auxiliary drive

Auxilia Medicae detachment (3)

TROOPS
Veletaris Storm Section
Dracosan armoured transport - auxiliary drive

FAST ATTACK
Auxilia Leman Russ Strike Squadron (2) - Exterminators w. heavy bolters and dozer blades

Auxilia Leman Russ Strike Squadron (1) - Vanquisher w. heavy bolter

HEAVY SUPPORT
Auxilia Leman Russ Assault Squadron (2) - Executioners w. multi-lasers

Malcador - Demolisher cannon, siege armour

Malcador Infernus - Chemical munitions

Cyclops - Atomantic imploder

Total: 2500

cant wait to see what you do with the malacors, lovely models.

Great stuff! I look forward to seeing what you do with the Malcadors. Mine is still in unassembled pieces in a box, along with most of the rest of my FW stuff.

Will the commander be painted as wearing skintights, or "cheeks out" as the promo model?

 Azazelx wrote:
Will the commander be painted as wearing skintights, or "cheeks out" as the promo model?

Skin tight for sure, I'm not that lonely just yet.

We'll see how the Malcadors go, I've heard a lot about their track assemblies and just how much of a pain in the arse they can be. Their assemblies won't be too involved or different, I just need to magnetize the sponson mounts of both models and the trailer of the Infernus. Maybe magnetize the forward mount of the vanilla as well so I can swap between the Demolisher cannon and autocannon.

Okay, the order came in yesterday. Not going to bore people with a stage by stage unboxing and whatnot, here's the nitty-gritty of it all:

- Box was pretty banged up and quite ill-fitting for three large bags of resin.
- Every kit was after a quick inspection complete with no parts missing or damaged.
- Both the Dracosan and Malcador have been cleaned.
- The Dracosan has been fully assembled and is awaiting priming.
- The Malcador is partially assembled, but will probably be done by the end of today, should my patience hold up when assembling that second set of tracks.
- The Malcador Infernus still needs to be cleaned, then get dry-fitted an awful lot as I look into how to best magnetize the fuel bowser to the tank.

All in all though, I feel that I am on schedule and have good hopes to at the very least have one of these three done before my trip to the UK.

Now then, pictures of "Mother", the Dracosan armoured transport:





- The twin-linked lascannon will be left off until the model is fully painted.
- The extra fuel tank is from the vanilla Malcador kit.
- The tank commander is Jaheda Kano from Raging Heroes. Had to amputate her legs below the knees to get her to fit into the cupola. She's not glued in place, I may stick a small magnet under her so I can swap commanders in the future.
- Before priming I still need to do some gap filling on the left side of the hull. Despite the kit not being bent out of shape, it was a bit of a bother to get it all to go together nicely.

Naming conventions.
The second Dracosan is called "Mother", as a homage to the first prototype tank, going alongside "Ironclad", my other Dracosan. The Malcador will be called "Dauntless" because I still have a few of those decals somewhere plus with the demolisher cannon in the hull, it will become quite the miniature Baneblade for sure. The Infernus will be dubbed "Fireball", which isn't the most original of names, but fitting I suppose.

While we're at it, an updated picture of the Russ squadrons:



Did decals for the three Strike squadron tanks, plus I found a new dropper of Vallejo sky blue for the vision blocks, so in a next update (whenever), I'll be able to boast about having painted up their cupola vision blocks as well.


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Managed to get the Infernus scrubbed down, it's drying now, so I decided to power on through the Malcador build:



Thankfully not visible from this angle, but both sides had the tracks not completely meeting up for some bloody annoying reason, luckily for both sides it's on the bottom, so less obvious.

I couldn't get the sponson guns magnetized, so instead I pinned the autocannon barrels in place, an acceptable alternative for transporting the model.

Sponsons, demolisher cannon and crew member will all be glued into place once the model is completely painted up. The engine covers will be glued in place once the rubber bands can safely be removed. I thought about doing an exposed engine deck, but decided against it in the end.

Next up.. Fireball!

I really lucked out with the Dracosan and the Malcador, as they were quite the joys to stick together. The Infernus on the other hand.. there's always a kit in the bunch that's quite miscast or at the very least doesn't go together as planned.

It took me longer than expected sadly, but I finally got the bastard together, aside from the hatches for the commander cupola. The trailer has been magnetized. It's sadly not a strong bond, so moving the vehicle will quite quickly break the bond, but as long as it remains stationary it will stick together, which is good enough for me.

I also magnetized the two sponson mounted weapons, so I can swap when needed, plus it's a perfect way of transporting them without the fear of something breaking.



The commander is the Forge World limited titan princeps, so yeah, collectors may be a bit upset about me snipping the legs off a mini they would gladly sell for millions on ebay.

And here's the three of them together:



This Sunday I'm hoping, weather permitting, to get them all primed black and then primed grey, leaving me with just the tedious job of picking out all those details.

Awesome thread, convinced me to purchase 25 of Vics Arcadians and RHs Hilda for the sake of diversity in my 40k era Guard. Subbing!

Cheers, always good to hear that my faffing about inspires other people to put some money into the accounts of other companies.

I spent most of today priming the big three, first in chaos black, then with several layers of Mechanicum grey. Quite tedious and time consuming, but thankfully the weather was most cooperative and agreeable for a change.



Tomorrow I'll be making a start on the real tedium of these three, painting parts like tracks, exhausts and all that.

looking good.

Assembly looks effective, and good to see them coming along!

Excellent progress. Always a bonus when all the building and priming is out the way and the real painting can begin!

EDC

Yay spray time!! Always a treat when the weather behaves itself for a change!! Love that Dracosan - really want to get one at some point and convert it AdMechy

 Januine wrote:
Yay spray time!! Always a treat when the weather behaves itself for a change!! Love that Dracosan - really want to get one at some point and convert it AdMechy

I'd love to see your take on the Dracosan, while I may be a mute, I find your take on non-red Adeptus Mechanicum/s most inspiring and awesome to say the least.



Time for an update on where I am with the new toys then. Right now I'm working on the Infernus, which I probably shouldn't have assembled due to some hard to reach places right now, but oh well, learn something new every day. It's still quite fun to work on, despite using a limited colour palette (not because I must, but because I can, plus I want to keep it mostly uniform across the board) for the pipes and cables. I'm saving the fuel bowser for last, which may or may not end up being a bit more colourful than the tank itself.

Meanwhile, both the vanilla Malcador and the Dracosan are, aside from minor tidying up (which never seems to end!), done for the time being. I still want to lightly drybrush their hulls with Terminatus stone, but that will have to wait until I'm back from my trip. Ditto on the decals, I will not be adding those until all the painting is done.



Once I'm done with the Infernus I'll jump right on to the tank commanders for all vehicles and after that, Salute?

Very nice so far! Glad to see the kits weren't that bad.

Didn't get the Malcador Infernus done on time, despite having two weeks of vacation now. On Saturday my brother got me Factorio as an extra birthday present and we've played the hell out of it in coop these last few days, as it is quite rare that we both get the same days off. Especially with him now lost to Dark Souls 3.

However, I will be bringing my brushes along because I know my host has an extensive collection of Citadel paints at his disposal, so I can always finish it there on location, plus work on the various tank commanders for these vehicles.

Hopefully by the time that I return from the UK I'll have those three done (minus decals of course), plus bring home some new goodies from both Salute and Warhammer World.

Excited!

Okay, game face time, it's been too long since the last update!

Since the last update I spent a week in the UK visiting friends and going to both Salute and Warhammer World, having an all round good time with a few games in between as well.

A general rundown of my visits to both Salute and Warhammer World can be found here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/688289.page

My 2500 pts army did well enough against my opponent, so much so that I did end up feeling a bit bad about taking such a vehicle heavy list against an opponent who due to some really bad rolls couldn't do much against most of my list.

Aside from a game of 40k we also played Bolt Action (500 pts of his Germans against my US Infantry), intro games of Malifaux (they also got me a starter, so I'll be playing that around here as well if I can find interested parties) and a demo session of X-Wing.

Anyway, home again with a pile of things I need to do:
- Finish the Dracosan, Malcador and Infernus (detailing, drybrushing and decals)
- Paint up a third squad of Veletaris with volkite weaponry
- Wrap up Knight Paladin #2
- Paint up a squad of Veletaris with power axes



I also picked up both the Imperial Space Marine anniversary mini and the Imperial Knights: Renegade boxed set, so once I get more plastic glue I know what I'll be doing.

Picked up plastic glue yesterday, so I could continue my descent into TFG territories:



Knight Crusader "Relentless" and Knight Paladin "Equus Astra" for the family, bringing the army total up to 2730 points, with some room for Mechanicum allies (Magos with jetpack and machinator array, Enginseers as troop choices, hue hue hue).

Next Sunday I'm going to be facing off against my regular opponent the Tau player again, should be fun, I'm tempted to bring along the Knights, something he doesn't object to, actively encourages even!

+ + +

HQ
Knight Warden + Seneschal (480 pts)

ELITES
Knight Crusader + Preceptor (510 pts)

TROOPS
Knight Paladin + Scion-Martial (430 pts)
Knight Paladin + Scion-Martial (430 pts)
Knight Paladin + Scion-Martial (430 pts)

HEAVY SUPPORT
Knight Errant + Scion-Arbalester (450 pts)

Only model unused as of right now the is Dreamforge Crusader, which may either become a Cerastus Knight-Castigator + Aucteller (415 pts) or whenever the rules for it are officially released (plus a cheaper, more local source of alternate weapon arms), a Knight Porphyrion + Scion-Arbalester (460 pts).