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Very cool! Love the black on the tanks.

With my epic scale pile nearly done, I’m starting to plan my Heresy stuff. Think I may aim for a unit a week.

That is a beautiful looking army Not-Online! How many points is that total?

I have been working on a War Hounds Crusade-era army (so restricting myself in terms of army composition, nothing beyond MKIII, no Tartaros. Inductii etc.) This is the first 750pt force:



I am playing in an escalation league up to 2000pts, with 250pt steps up each time. Next units are some Saturnine Terminators (have done my research and these were apparently common early on in the Crusade, then fell out of use until before the Heresy), support squad and a Despoiler squad in a Termite. Also a Medusa, which I am keeping as a surprise as one person in the group hates pie-plate templates
One thing we have had to do is suspend the normal force org rules up until 1500pts, as otherwise it stops you playing with a mixed composition of unit types without paying an unreasonable character tax.

Well that's gorgeous. Is it a pre-primarch legion?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Well that's gorgeous. Is it a pre-primarch legion?

Warhounds are pre-Angron World Eaters.

 Pacific wrote:
That is a beautiful looking army Not-Online! How many points is that total?

Gimme a sec, i have the list somewhere:

And.. after adding up the two detachment of HH 2.o it turns out 3’596pts.

Secondly, what an awesome army!




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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Very cool! Love the black on the tanks.

With my epic scale pile nearly done, I’m starting to plan my Heresy stuff. Think I may aim for a unit a week.

Well, this will be it for some time for my HH adventure, i will now enter Estalia, gentlemen!

 Pacific wrote:
I have been working on a War Hounds Crusade-era army (so restricting myself in terms of army composition, nothing beyond MKIII, no Tartaros. Inductii etc.) This is the first 750pt force:

That is a really good looking army. I love the colours, the crisp painting, and the way it all ties together visually - it looks like a 'proper' army. Great stuff...

Many thanks for the kind comments guys.

I have taken a few more close-ups, some natural light today so can see a bit more of the metallic blue.

Some more bolter bodies for the Iron Hands of Order Septim, Clan Vurgaan.

Currently building the skitarii pilgryms from my first battleforce box. After how complex the HQ and all other Mechanicum infantry and automata kits are to build, the pilgryms are simple and intuitive to assemble. More poses would have been nice for sure, but assembly is a breeze, unlike the rest of the mechanicum kits. Maybe because they are a new design, not one converted from a resin version?

Probably. Resin is capable of much more wrap-around detail than plastic, undercuts in particular. So a faithful translation to plastic tends to involve a loooot of parts.

Don't have to make any sacrifices when designing plastic from the ground up. Can just not use anything that would require undercuts.

I am personally glad they stayed faithful in the updates, as much as possible. The old look was classic for a reason.

I'm very happy with the plastics across the board, but I didn't own any HH resins that I would need them to match. Slight exception for vehicles with big seams down the middle of flat panels to accommodate multiple builds.

We do need some of the more exotic basic squads updated.

Those guys with the cloaks and Nemesis Botlers for instance. I’ve a box of 5 resin ones, but would still buy plastic versions.

We just got Breachers which is exactly one such exotic basic squad that has been requested for years, so odds are good.

 Ashiraya wrote:
So a faithful translation to plastic tends to involve a loooot of parts.

Funny thing is the Ursurax and Thallax aren't direct faithful translations. The resins and plastics do have noticeable differences when you have both.

Yeah, same with the Solar Auxilia. They lost the cool undersuit texture they used to have, and their backpack conveyor belt (or whatever it is) was simplified.

FIVE MORE BOLTER BODIES. GIVE IT UP FOR FIVE MORE BOLTER BODIES.

My Breachers are out for delivery

Soon they shall join the pile!

 Ashiraya wrote:
and their backpack conveyor belt (or whatever it is) was simplified.

IIRC, it's the drive train belt/chain for the servo-motor armature that aids base-line humans in moving the suit.

Any tips for assembling the Breachers?

Ideally, I want the shields as a sub-assembly for separate painting. Did others do just the shield, the shield and the hand, or the whole right arm as a sub-assembly to that end?

Mine were printed, but the struggle is the same.

I'd recommend leaving off just the shield, otherwise you will have to track which shield goes with which body as there are specific arm pairs.

Gorgon Hammerbearer

Medusan Immortals

Working on some OG resin Tartaros to restore them to glory. Will post pictures once I am done but they really surprised me. They come across as a bit taller than the plastics which replaced them, which really hammers home how well Terminator proportions have aged compared to power armour of similar vintage. These guys will fit in just fine with 30k models released today, 14 years later.

Ive also just started working on some Tartaros too for my Space Wolves and keep looking at the Fellblade and a second Kratos I got for Christmas?

I ordered a land raider from GW and got two. SCORE. Expect to see a Carrier now as well as the Explorator I'd planned!

I'm building a replacement squad of new Cataphractii, with some Ultramarines-themed bits. They go together well - they are far superior to the previous kit. The smaller hands also make it easier to source additional weapons - in this case, power swords from the WH40k Victrix models.

Finally managed to get over my hump on the new Cataphractii Terminators (only took two months to get over the weapon options and the fact that I could not build one big unit...), and managed to get them painted up...





Breachers next!

Started to work on an Alpha Legion Sicaran Punisher as part of a friends army.
Undercoated grey then 2 base coats of a Halfords Metallic Blue car spray. Long way to go and won’t be finished for a couple of months due to painting time but happy with colour

Terminator Warmonger.