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That's a company!

Just need to paint them.

Spesh as end of May and June I get significant bonuses in my pay packet, so will be in a position to buy MOAR.

Reckon more Predators, maybe get that other Heavy Weapon set, too. And assuming they’re out, a brace of Cerebus. And more Leviathans as the one I’ve got is hella lonely.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Muzzle and Power Pack. Both tiny, spesh when you’ve hands like a strangler.

Getting the arms lined up isn’t too bad. Spesh when I’ve assembled 90 MkVI so far. No. Wait. It’s more than that. I think that’s 110 now?

3 x 20 Tactical
1 x 10 Missile Launcher
1 x 10 Volkite Caliver
1 x 10 Autocannon
1 x 10 Lascannon
1 x 10 Volkite Culverin

Yeah. 110 built, 30 to go.

All of next week off too, and I’m aiming to blitz the painting of the Tactical Squads.

remind me, what legion are you playing?

IF or IW?

Dark Angels.

The original and still the best.


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Right. It’s gone midday. Time to tip out of bed and make more Marines.

Meltaguns this time I think.


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Also also?

If anyone was all clever and magnetised their Contemptor(s)? I couldn’t be arse, so have lots and lots and lots of spare weapons.

Let me know if you’re interested. Many bargains, much cheapness. Do you a special deal yes? Same for my spare Predator Weapons.

5 Meeeeeltaguuuuuuns

5 more to go of course, then it’ll be “where’s your girly…well….anything”

So let's try to sneak in an update between bans

The rotor squad got shoulder pads with White Scars Heavy Support markings


I broke up my tart Command Squad and put in custom waist spacers to boost them up by 2mm. Fit a lot better with Mk6 now.



And then there's the Voice of Thunder



More authentic Forgeworld models next time!

Cerberus and Venator up for pre-order next week. Which in terms of plastic previews leaves us with just the Vindicator to go.

I've been hammering through my Shattered Legions but took a break to paint some Vostroyans for my Solar Aux. Though I've had to slow down a bit and paint some LotR stuff to prevent burning out.

Past the wash phase for my first squad of Justaerin. I'm not much for kitbashing, so they're pretty simple as I don't have the patience to put on a bunch of rivets, spikes or bonding studs. And getting a hold of CSM top knots on the cheap is kind of a pain. But I think they look okay. And will look much better once I tat them up with transfers.

I’ve been slowly finishing my SoH Recon squad. I got insecure about the long gun barrels so they are all supported by bits of terrain.

…and painting some weird Heresy-themed terrain. I repurposed the crypts from the old Garden of Mor kit as war-damaged tombs, perhaps of heroes of the Great Crusade. Not sure if it works, but they don’t look too out of place.

Not getting any Blender work done today, but I figure I might as well throw another tray of Rapiers on the Saturn so at least it's not idling.



EDIT: Gosh, I checked on a whim and apparently I'm saving 160€ today.

I'm currently working on building a 20 man tactical squad of my 170 total marines(mixed between tacticals, heavy weapons, and special weapon squads). I still have the Betrayal at Calth box, enough to do 20 Alpha Legion Head Hunters, 2 Alpha Legion Contemptors, and a Spartan to get together. This will add to my 10 Lernaean Terminators, 10 lightning claw Terminators, 3 praetors, Armillus Dynat, and 2 other Contemptors. I also have Alpharius, a Vigilator, 2 Apothecaries, and 2 Recon squads coming.......I have a problem

4 rifle sections, 3 SMG' sections, artillery crew, and another command tercio squad to switch in and out. Ontop of some minor additional volkite command tercio member and another medicae.

Also, 2 more landraiders and a scorpious demand paint.




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 Snord wrote:
I’ve been slowly finishing my SoH Recon squad. I got insecure about the long gun barrels so they are all supported by bits of terrain.

These, are awesome.

Testing things for a Revenant Legion kill team, changing the plate on a handful of Primaris bodies I had lying about to older marks. Meaningful work, quaranteed

Currently working on my Siege of Terra Emperors Children Spartan.

10 Meltaguns done. And that’s been it for my holiday period. Guess I needed more unwinding than I expected!

Next up is my 6th Contemptor, then maybe the 7th, whilst I ponder what I want to do with my last 20 MkVI Marines. On hand I’ve the remaining Special Weapons, and 10 Heavy Bolters.

I am tempted to hold off and get the Hot Heavy Weapons. I reckon a squad of 10 Heavy Flamers can make a pretty mess, and maybe split the last 10 into Plasma Cannon and Multi-Melta. Main reason being I’m not entirely convinced Plasmaguns are really tasty in Heresy. The shift in AP, but retaining Gets Hot! Means they’ve significant downside without the upside of being reliably deadly. Plasma Cannons however? Every time I don’t Gets Hot!, I stand to score multiple hits. And their range is appealing.

Hmmm. Pondering, a-pondering, a-pondering I go!

Some progress on the Revenant Legion, though much work remains.

Rhino Proteus done!

Because sometimes, you just want to be silly, and maybe call significant parts of your opponent’s army big smelly poo faces from as far away as possible.

Nice.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Rhino Proteus done!

I really like that. And the lines are really sharp and crisp (except for some unevenness around the inner side of the tracks). Looks better than struggling with the plastic Rhino's bottom plate...

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
10 Meltaguns done. And that’s been it for my holiday period. Guess I needed more unwinding than I expected!

Next up is my 6th Contemptor, then maybe the 7th, whilst I ponder what I want to do with my last 20 MkVI Marines. On hand I’ve the remaining Special Weapons, and 10 Heavy Bolters.

I am tempted to hold off and get the Hot Heavy Weapons. I reckon a squad of 10 Heavy Flamers can make a pretty mess, and maybe split the last 10 into Plasma Cannon and Multi-Melta. Main reason being I’m not entirely convinced Plasmaguns are really tasty in Heresy. The shift in AP, but retaining Gets Hot! Means they’ve significant downside without the upside of being reliably deadly. Plasma Cannons however? Every time I don’t Gets Hot!, I stand to score multiple hits. And their range is appealing.

Hmmm. Pondering, a-pondering, a-pondering I go!

I'd say plasma guns are worth it. Pop them into a rhino, jump out and rapid fire a dread of any variety. Best way I've found to lay one of those suckers low. And also plasma guns look so iconically scifi!

I’m just not a fan of the risk/reward. I get why they dropped the AP, but to do so and retain Gets Hot! just doesn’t tickle my fancy.

Still a 50/50 chance with Breaching. Plasma Cannons look cool but it's a rare situation where a unit will be very effective. Flamers are fun though. I recently used a Solar Aux Companion Squad with 10 flamers who roasted about 3x of their points value across the game.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’m just not a fan of the risk/reward. I get why they dropped the AP, but to do so and retain Gets Hot! just doesn’t tickle my fancy.

As one Dark Angel commander to another, I really need to impress upon you the sheer fething nuttiness of our plasma repeaters!
Range: 12", S:6, Ap:4 Assault 3, twin-linked, gets hot, breaching 4+
In a word, they're brutal.


I'm currently running a footslogging support squad of 5 guys with repeaters and they're really pulling their weight. So far i've had them pull down 4 out 5 Iron Hands terminators in a round of overwatch. Utterly murdered 2 alpha legion tactical squads and stripped 5 of 6 wounds off a contemptor. They've pulled their points back every game i've used them, and that's just with a 5 man unit! 170pts to dish out that much firepower is a fething bargain if you ask me.
A unit of 10 in a rhino will do terrible, terrible things to what ever you point them at. So far from my own experiences with them, they only get 1, maybe 2 good rounds of shooting before they get wiped off the board, so Artificer Armour is mandatory on the Sgt so he can tank as many hits as possible and I'd also highly recommend an apothecary to tag along with them, as once your opponent realises what they're capable of, they'll cop a lot of heat. So might not last the whole game, but they'll leave their mark for sure.

Twin-linked really takes the chancy element out of gets hot, and an apothecary can mitigate that even more. And when you're throwing out 3 shots per gun, you don't even have to fish for the breaching. They're a certainty.
Their major downside is their 12" range. If you play on even a semi open board, they'll suffer. But if you play even a moderately terrain heavy board or on a ZM board, they'll shine like a bald head in a bowling ball polisher. Hence why I'd really suggest giving them a rhino to tool around in.

Those are better, but require conversion work I cannot be arsed with right now.

Currently trying to decide how to arm my 7th Contemptor. It’s the last to go for now, but not The Last.

Dude, if you've got the plasma guns their just throw em on and call it a day. No conversion work required. Unless of course you want too have them unique and fancy, which I totally understand.

I’d want Fancy Dan. Might see if I can find a STL then bother, browbeat, berate and badger my mate into printing me 10. Maybe 20. For the Lols.

I might be able to aid you in that. I'll send you a PM, rather then risk attracting the gaze of those who's gaze need not be attracted.