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One campaign book is all they got I'm afraid and their role in that was largely "Die for the Emperor".

That was my fear. Welp, time for a new notebook...

To be fair, the new Beta-Garmon book has put SA into a bigger focus so that might be a good place to look.

Apparently it's only focused on the Legiones Auxilia.

I finished building my Space Wolves jump-packing Command Squad. I gave them an unmaximised selection of weapons, including a couple of volkite chargers, just because it looks more interesting. They have the FW heads, which I think makes them look like an elite bodyguard.

Looking at my pile of potential, I have 10 Cataphractii Terminators and 6 spare Combi guns from the MkIV kit.

I am thinking of doing 2 Squads of 5.

First squad, 3 combi-meltas and chainfists, Heavy Flamer and Power Fist and Sergeant with Power Fist Combi Bolter, and Grenade Harness.

Second squad, 3 with Combi Flamer and Lightning Claw, Heavy Flamer and Lightning Claw, Sergeant with twin Lightning Claws, and Grenade Harness.

Not sure of they'd do well in the game, but I think they'd look awesome. Plus I have 10 'sensible' Cataphractii already, so can mix these in with them as the squad seem very versatile in who can have what armaments.

Any thoughts?

 stonehorse wrote:
Any thoughts?

I have a similar mixture of gear on my SoH Termies. If you're not worried about the book-keeping, or maximising combat effectiveness, then do it. It sounds as though it will look great.

I finally built the other Rhino that's been sitting around and to my surprise the bottom plate went on without much fiddling at all.

I suppose it's possible I just somehow never managed to line up the others I had properly but it was always a chore to get them to fit with a lot of time spent trimming the tabs to get things to fit.

Also built the Dracosan and Sentinel from the Auxilia box. Definitely thinking of grabbing another box or two if they're still around by the time I get to that. It seems like the Astartes battle group box is still hanging around in places so not impossible.

Accidentally posted this in the wrong thread earlier.

I’ve built, erm…8, I think, Rhino chassis based tanks, and only had the reported issue with one.

The baseplate is absolutely a snug fit. As in “wondering if we even need to bother gluing” snug. But not having to trim anything down.

Legs to bases for a whoppin' 60 Solar Auxilia.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’ve built, erm…8, I think, Rhino chassis based tanks, and only had the reported issue with one.

The baseplate is absolutely a snug fit. As in “wondering if we even need to bother gluing” snug. But not having to trim anything down.

It's weird - with at least one of the Deimos Rhinos I've built, I was shaving down the baseplate and cursing at it for ages, while with a couple of others it seemed to fit together with minimal fuss. One of life's mysteries.

I just built one of the old Rhinos recently. I'd forgotten how much filling and sanding they need.

 Snord wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’ve built, erm…8, I think, Rhino chassis based tanks, and only had the reported issue with one.

The baseplate is absolutely a snug fit. As in “wondering if we even need to bother gluing” snug. But not having to trim anything down.

It's weird - with at least one of the Deimos Rhinos I've built, I was shaving down the baseplate and cursing at it for ages, while with a couple of others it seemed to fit together with minimal fuss. One of life's mysteries.

I just built one of the old Rhinos recently. I'd forgotten how much filling and sanding they need.

Same. But maybe the mold of the Deimos has worn in or something and the tolerances are slightly different on newly run sprues for it?

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I'm putting together a Malcador right now. Not planning on play Auxilia but it's such a cool looking tank and it is allowable for the legions in the legacy units pdf.

It could be the sort of tolerances where even a very slight overfill of the injected plastic will cause problems. If the overall design is “the dimensions of the tab exactly match its socket” then even a fraction of a mm of excess plastic on each? And it’s gonna be a problem, because that excess is going to be on all sides of the slot and the tab.

Example? On a larger scale, say 1m x 1m? if the slot and tab each have an excess of 1mm? That’s 1mm per side - or 4mm each, 8mm in total. Going from snug to “it doesn’t bloody fit”.

 ScarletRose wrote:
I'm putting together a Malcador right now. Not planning on play Auxilia but it's such a cool looking tank and it is allowable for the legions in the legacy units pdf.

I pre-ordered 2 Malcadors, but they didn't turn up I rarely have any issues with GW's online store, but so far they haven't been able to find my order

On a happier note, I managed to snag the new FW Apothecaries (the best resin HH models so far, IMO), and they are on their way.

 Snord wrote:

 ScarletRose wrote:
I'm putting together a Malcador right now. Not planning on play Auxilia but it's such a cool looking tank and it is allowable for the legions in the legacy units pdf.

I pre-ordered 2 Malcadors, but they didn't turn up I rarely have any issues with GW's online store, but so far they haven't been able to find my order

On a happier note, I managed to snag the new FW Apothecaries (the best resin HH models so far, IMO), and they are on their way.

I have three. I shall burry you under my thread(s)

Nearly done painting my Epic models. Think I’m going to flip back to 28mm next.

I’m thinking either Sicaran or Kratos.

So I finally got to pick up my x2 Solar battle groups at the LGS.

And printing is well under way for a couple of these bad boys

 Kanluwen wrote:
Legs to bases for a whoppin' 60 Solar Auxilia.

And today is adding torsos!

I appreciate, 100% the assembly line nature of these models. It's like they were built for it.

i built J Squad. Yes axe wielding maniacs.

I've spent the better part of this and last weekend making repairs and painting 30 Marines for my Iron Hands and Sons of Horus.

20 Mk5s for the Hands and I was about ready to lose my mind with all the studs.

Yeah I hate painting studs. It's a real pain to paint them neatly. I have 10 MkVs awaiting assembly but I'll probably build this Malcador first.

 Gert wrote:
20 Mk5s for the Hands and I was about ready to lose my mind with all the studs.

That’s one reason I replaced all the pauldrons on my SW with ‘un-studded’ versions.

Someone really needs to come up with a good stencil set for painting studs and helmet / hazard stripes. I bet such a thing would sell well

WIP Caster of Runes. He uses a lot of bits from Wolf Lord Krom, but I put him in Mk III armour to emphasise his archaic nature. The psychic hood seemed to fit quite well with the armour - especially as there doesn't seem to be a specific 30k version of it. There are still a few gaps to fill, and he needs an impressive base to get some height (he’s a bit shorter than my Speaker of the Dead).

Still working on my fandex/Schizm on Mars campaign book.

Nearly finished.

Also working on the Mechanicum Tactica for original HH - they are a lot more effort than i initially thought!

Finished off this chunky lad today.

From nothing painted at the end of last year, I’ve got through all my Legions Imperialis, plus 7 Contemptors, 2 Deredeo, 2 Leviathans, 4 Predators, 1 Laser Vindicator, 120 (count ‘em!) MkVI Marines, 1 Sicaran Venator and 1 Kratos done.

Still to come? 1 Sicaran (receiving its base coat tonight), 2 Spartans, 1 Cerberus, 6 Jetbikes, 3 Rhinos, 1 Landraider Proteus, 20 Assault Marines and 2 Characters.

Haven't done any painting for a while as my airbrush crapped out on me and I've been dithering about getting another one.


However I did spend some time tonight bumming around in 3d Builder bashing some power mauls together (excuse the pun). Got kinda fun once I got into the swing of the splitting and merging. Still got some work to do making ones with hands and the ridged and flanged mauls need to be redone as they're kinda... bad. But they were my initial practice pieces and the spiked/knobbled versions are the ones I want to use, so all in all not a bad effort I think.

They look like evil traffic lights...

I have just finished expanding my HH Grey Stalkers unit from 10 to 15. They have lost their Rhino, and will now be accompanied by the Caster of Runes and an Apothecary.

Having now built over 2000 points of Heresy-era Space Wolves using WH40k bits, I wonder if I should have used less bits on them and made them looks less individualised and more uniform. Also - some of the WH40k SW heads are a bit lame (I didn't want any duplicates, so I had to use some of the less optimal heads). Anyway, it's too late to do anything about it now - time to start priming.

It's been a long time coming, my first painted unit. Excuse the crackle paint, it's still crackling.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
It's been a long time coming, my first painted unit. Excuse the crackle paint, it's still crackling.

And worth the wait too Very smooth and clean finish for such light colours.