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Thirded, love your work mate!

Destroyers and nightbringer

I set up a little dockside invasion demo of EA for a local scale modeling event while the rest of the club brought historics like BA and TY. Not a proper game but more of an exhibition table where the visitors could come chat and try out a few moves. Good discussions were had about how the scale of the games would be reflected on the other tables, like how the small BA platoon-level rifleman skirmish would occupy just a small spot on the Epic table where companies surge forwards as artillery and aircraft duel over the titans as the whole countryside burns.

Now my hobby room is up and running? Think is time I tackled my LI Backlog.

Not only am I keen to have it all painted, and add loads more infantry (I’ve four boxes ready to go), but I find Epic Scale stuff really good for getting back into a painting rhythm.

No Epic model ever takes all that long to paint, because there’s really not much to be painted. So the on again off again painter can see rapid results, which is always pleasing unto Nuggan.

Will make a start on my lunch break tomorrow. Get the sprues broken down for painting, the Missile Support and Contemptors assembled. Maybe get the bases sprayed as well. Reckon if I use a pre-cut sheet of baking parchment I can get them all done at the same time.

Sherrypie, if this forum didnt have a swear filter, there would be a whole bunch of expletives followed by "incredible!"

Absolutely astounding, proper Hobby Goals stuff there. Hopefully it got the reception it deserved.

 Pacific wrote:
Sherrypie, if this forum didnt have a swear filter, there would be a whole bunch of expletives followed by "incredible!"

Absolutely astounding, proper Hobby Goals stuff there. Hopefully it got the reception it deserved.

Oh you

Mostly it was just chatting with people, it's interesting how similar but different various sides of modelling hobbies tend to be. Quite a few people who build dioramas and scale model kits just haven't ever really though about the whole concept of people actually playing with their toys, so that was fun.

Have made a start on getting my models back in their display cabinets. Which has put something of a rocket up me when it comes to getting my further LI Infantry painted.

Shouldn’t take too long, with the breaking up and undercoating of the Sprues being typically the longest act.

Once all done, I’ll sort the display cabinet. Then get the new tanks all painted up. Also need to find the Perspex shelves, so I’m making the best use of the vertical space. Essential when displaying Epic Scale models, I trust you’ll agree.

Going through the new book last night. And I noticed that Legion Tactical Detachments can now have one Medicae per 4 bases in the Detachment.

Gonna make use of that for my new infantry. Certainly given the Command Stand crops up relatively rarely, I should have spare Medicae for that.

Or I’ll just paint one of the Bolter dudes white and call it a day!

I am continuing my project to create a Titan Legio expeditionary force for which a playable subset exists any edition of Epic. The main missing pieces are some aircraft and light tanks (probably Leman Russes and some of those 30k-era Mechanicum tanks). I just finished the Warmaster and one of the Warlords.

Looking good, sigkill. I like that alternative head your Warmaster is sporting, the chain-beard is fun

Great looking force!

 Sherrypie wrote:
Looking good, sigkill. I like that alternative head your Warmaster is sporting, the chain-beard is fun

Yes, I was nervous about that one as I am not very good at conversions, but I felt a Titan named after a medieval king (Canute the Great, 40k-ized as Knudum Maximus) ought to have a long beard (and I imagine the chain links are trophies built from the melted-down remnants of fallen enemies).

It is made with jewelry chain that I marinated in sprue goo and superglue. Seems both stiff and tough.

Makes me want to add some Titans to my collection.

Got a lot to paint between now and then though.


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And a casual browse of the web store shows all the resin weapon packs as sold out online.

Thinking I will indulge in a Warlord, and give it a good magnetising.


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Rules wise though? I’m gravitating toward Vulcan Mega Bolters. Those guys do everything!

The array is 20 shots, 5+ with -1, Shieldbane and Light AT.


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Oh, and a random aside?

I don’t suppose some brave, noble soul out there in Internet Land has made custom army building cards, in the 2nd Ed Space Marine stylee?

If not, now I’ve got a proper computer again, I may have a stab at it.

I’m thinking more the Detachment Card style, but with multiples to reflect the modern unit size options. Would have the FOC icon probably top left, simple images of the tanks, with the number of those images/silhouettes representing the unit size, with the points cost at the bottom.

So for example? I’d need to create four such cards for the Scorpius. One each for 2, 4, and 8 strong Detachments.

Rear, rather than individual unit break points I think I’d just have a simple reference to the Liber Strategia page number.

If I don’t completely bugger it up, would be happy to release them into the wild. Shouldn’t be an IP issue, as other than points cost they contain no rules info. Just an old school army building visual aid.

Regarding weapon packs, Battle Bling has 3D-printed proxies for pretty all of the out-of-production resin bits. My gatling cannons are the ones they made. They are also where I got the head for my Warmaster, for that matter.

And that’s the new book and two of each Marine Super Heavies ordered.

Saturnine stuff will wait until I’ve seen the rules. Currently no idea how they might fit into an army, or what they bring to the table.

Played a couple of E:A GT scenarios today, 5k and 3k. Ground down some Nids with my Selen II tankers. Highlights included: killing a Hive Tyrant with a random Valkyrie rocket in the eye, driving a 21 unit strong synapse swarm to the ground with a Baneblade company charge and beating a subsequently charging Hierophant back with the same company for good measure.