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 evildrcheese wrote:
That's a great idea!

EDC

Thanks EDC,

Some army shots:







So what I discovered when I was placing the models out I had to get down to six Troop selections. So you see two Platoons of four squads, Command Section and additional Heavy Weapon Squads over on the left. The three Veteran Squads, Storm Troopers, Ratskin Snipers [Ratlings], and Ogryns with two Company Command Squads are in the center. Another large platoon with three squads (no Heavy Weapons in these), Special Weapon Squad and additional Conscript Squad led by a Priest on the right. Throughout are some Commissars, Priests, Primus Psykers, Adeptus Mechanicus Squad, etc (you can have some fun and try to spot them). Behind the three Platoons, Veterans and Elites are the vehicles (two Leman Russ and a Demolisher, Griffon Artillery squadron, Hellhounds and assorted artillery), Sentinels and the spare Basilisk turrets (fills my Heavy Support using squadrons, and two thirds of my Fast Attack). Due to the shift from four Platoons to three I ended up with a bunch of extra Sergeants, Officers, and lots of Special Weapons. Therefore one of my next painting campaigns will be some extra regular BPIs to flesh out the extra squads.

Pulling out of storage, placing on a yoga mat, taking the photos and packing up again took about an hour and fifteen minutes. :eek: Also had to battle the cat for supremacy of the table...as Nelson feels that the yoga mat is his special rest spot and the plastic Cadian models are his personal flick toys (He also has a taste for Sentinel aerials and Hydra Autocannon barrels). :(

The long painting war continues...

CB

That's a hell of a lot of firepower right there. Me likes.

Looks to be a good start for a guard army. Little light though, need more cannon fodder valiant guardsmen and rolling deathtraps armored support.

You can never have too many. Remember, you job is to have more guys then the other guy has bullets.

How many points you up to?

That's quite the collection dude. Great work on getting all that painted to a wonderful standard.

Thanks guys.

As to points value I have no idea, too many of the vehicles have the little extras added or can swap weapons.

Some closer shots.






Three more Heavy Weapons Teams and some more Guardsmen have been added since this shot.

The long painting war continues...

CB

So much awesomeness and hard work is put into this force. It's a real treat to get to see such a large painted force on display like this, thanks CB.

This is awesome and inspiring. Lots of work and care was put in here. Ever had a chance to field it all at once?

Awesome army shots. And I can sympathise regarding the cat, just just loving attacking minis.

I can't see how the guard struggled against it though, surely you just issued an order to Bring It Down.

EDC

Impressive force

Thanks everyone.

Beginning to look forward to 8th although I admit I am little nervous that Guard Sergeants will lose those lovely Bolters again. :(

I really should finish my plastic Valkyrie at some point and call it a day...but then there are a few more models that could be painted.

Cheers,

CB

Keep painting Captain. I too am optimistic for 8th, i'Lloyd keep my fingers crossed that your sergeants can keep their bolters!

EDC

wow. that's alot of tanks

Thanks evildrcheese and STG. Just spent the last few weeks repairing images blocked by Photobucket, was worse of the original which was entirely hosted through Photobucket. Any way, this PLOG is repaired and you should be able to enjoy all the photo additions once again.

The long painting war continues...

CB

So impressive!

Inspirational work here Captain Brown!

Thanks Kid_Kyoto and Iron_Fist,

Next I do have to work on the plastic Valkyrie for these guys. I was going to do some more conscripts (to take me from 35 to 40), but they seem far to unpopular with other players right now.

The long painting war continues,

CB

Excellent work!

Sweet army CB. I love the look and different feel of all your armies. The sisters are great, the Elysians are gorgeous, but the 8th hits a soft spot inside of me as the 8th was one of the first real 40k armies I build back in RT era.

Great job of transfering all of your pics from PB to imagur and keeping the records of all your hard work alive and accessible to us.

The army shots are so inspiring makes me want to grab some guard and paint, great stuff.

Really appreciate the effort of the picture reboot bud.

This army is just awesome ...

Thank you amazingturtles, FabricatorGeneralMike, Camkierhi, and Private Benjamin.

So as I have had to pack up everything that was not painted in preparation for a move I have not been able to paint, but I have been able to get some battles in. So I figured I would show my army in action.

A smaller battle (50 Force Points) between my Necromundian Guard and some Imperial Fist Space Marines.

From these pre-battle photos you can see that I was doing a hammer and anvil deployment with Conscripts and Guard squads holding the centre with a couple of Hellhounds and a Chimera with a small Ogryn squad on my right flank. One small squad of Stormtroopers was in reserve. Had an Officer, Astropath, Commissar for Characters to back up my troopers. Imperial Fist player had a Dreadnought, Rhino with a Tactical Squad embarked, Devastator Squad and Captain in Terminator Armor. In reserve he had an Assault Squad.








Six objectives set across the board and a good amount of terrain.

Cheers,

CB

Classy looking armies, I like the banana yellow Fists with their RT models!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Classy looking armies, I like the banana yellow Fists with their RT models!

I was wondering is the glow off of that super bright yellow gave a -1 to hit penalty.

Always nice to see two painted armies face off.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Classy looking armies, I like the banana yellow Fists with their RT models!

Thanks Kid_Kyoto.

Nevelon wrote:I was wondering is the glow off of that super bright yellow gave a -1 to hit penalty.

Always nice to see two painted armies face off.

Thank Nevelon, you need to see his Veterans where everyone is wearing a tabard.

Battle to the battle...

With the updates to the Commissar rules placing him close to the Conscripts was likely not the best choice, but testing out the new FAQs in game play is always a good thing.


Whereas placing an Officer close to a Heavy Weapons squad is just a no-brainer.


I had the first turn so my tanks advanced, as did the Conscripts. My fire reduced the Rhino to scrap and the Marines bailed out without loss.


I was hoping the Conscripts would be too tempting a target for the Marines and let my Hellhounds advance undamaged.


It did not work quite as I intended, as instead of Advancing the Imperial Fists just opened up with long range fire and damaged both Hellhounds, and killed a few Guardsmen and some Conscripts. But the fire was spread across multiple units and they all survived or in the Case of the Conscripts lost a few more models to a failed test.


It was like he wanted me to keep moving into range...and as an army with more models I obliged.


More to come,

CB

Wow, man... that is a labor of love, and so motivating! I love the table, too... great harmony to your terrain and army. Kudos.

 MacPhail wrote:
Wow, man... that is a labor of love, and so motivating! I love the table, too... great harmony to your terrain and army. Kudos.

Thank you MacPhail,

So on their second turn the Imperial Fist Assault Marines landed on my left flank, where a lone squad had been sitting in cover holding an objective.


The Dreadnought surged forward and destroyed one of my Hellhounds.


With a tactical squad grabbing the objective.


The Marine Assault Squad did not succeed in their charge which meant on my turn my Storm Troopers came down to support my infantry squad.


Now the Imperial Guard counter attack. My second Hellhound and Ogryn carrying Chimera rolled forward.


I would like to think the Marine's were worried, but based on their armor saves they went through the turn untouched in the centre.


More to come.

Cheers,

CB

Now was the Guard counter attack. In the centre troops moved forward to bring the largest amount of firepower into range.


Starting on my left flank, the combined fire of my entrenched troops and the Storm Troopers laid waste to the Marine Assault Squad. Hotshot lasguns from the Storm Troopers were simply amazing and made up for the Missile Launcher missing.


In the centre the Dreadnought fell and the Tactical Squad backing it up got considerably smaller.


Although it was more than just lasguns as Lascanon's added their fire to the maelstrom. And still some Marines survived the withering fire.


My right flank forces continued to close in, the hammer to meet my troops in the centre.


More to come.

Cheers,

CB

Looking good.



On another note, I dunno if you are aware of it, but Mad Robot produces some nice, slightly tweaked, knock-offs of the old Guard, right down to the zip up flak jackets and Ryza Pattern lasgun.



https://madrobotminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9_19&products_id=309



And I wish I could find some of these early plastic Imperial Guard minis.



http://quaestioprima.blogspot.com/2011/05/rogue-trader-oh-how-you-are-missed.html



Once again, outstanding work!

 oldravenman3025 wrote:

Looking good.

On another note, I dunno if you are aware of it, but Mad Robot produces some nice, slightly tweaked, knock-offs of the old Guard, right down to the zip up flak jackets and Ryza Pattern lasgun.

https://madrobotminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9_19&products_id=309

And I wish I could find some of these early plastic Imperial Guard minis.

http://quaestioprima.blogspot.com/2011/05/rogue-trader-oh-how-you-are-missed.html

Once again, outstanding work!

Thanks oldravenman3025,

Interesting links you found there. I actually sold my original plastic Guardsmen to a fellow in Sweden a very long time ago...right after the metal Guardsmen showed up. In fact I have sold four guard armies since then. With the effectiveness of Conscripts severely reduced I will likely just roll them into my Infantry Squads...with the elimination of the shoulder pads they resemble the older uniforms a lot...other than the Lasguns and helmets.

Back to the battle.

So the Imperial Fists returned fire and stayed in cover for their turn. Their fire killed a large number of Conscripts, but that was about it. The Devastator Squad focused on the closing Hellhound and Chimera and did some damage to the tanks, but they kept rolling on (although the Hellhound was pretty close to destruction).

My turn started with me advancing what was left of the Conscripts, who while melting away were still a large target.


I wanted to draw out some Marines to try and charge me and leave the objective in the centre. So I did not run straight at him.


My fire was less than satisfactory with not a single Marine being taken out.

Then on the Imperial Fist turn, something completely unexpected happened. First the Devastator Squad left the crater they had been occupying for several turns (I later learned that the objective card my opponent drew was the reason for this unexpected scamper).


Then his Captain Advanced and eventually charged single handed into the Guard line.

He did not suffer a scratch on the way in.

He slew a couple of Conscripts and that was it.


More to come.

Cheers,

CB