30k Wordbearers jump troops

As there was no way I was going to be able to resist not having a legion on both sides in the HH era, I wanted to make sure my legions played differently. The salamanders are ground pounders, advancing slowly with flamers and meltas. My Wordbearers are going to be close combat troops with daemons as allies!

To that end, one of my troops choices will be this twenty strong jump pack unit.

I know, I know, the jump packs aren't the 30k ones...... But as I could get this unit together by scavenging from Wark's bits (yet again!) and using a few troops from the betrayal at Calth set as opposed to paying £140 at FW, I was decided. The way I see it, these are the first tester jump packs the Wordbearers were trialling. The armour is all mark IV or mark VI, so meets the HH criteria :)

Loads of inscriptions as usual for these religious loons.

Now the two compulsory troop choices are done, it's onto the fun stuff next!

Lunchtime Tinkerings

I've tried to kick myself back into gear at home in the evenings to get my Horus Heresy stuff done (hmmm probably should do some blog posts about that as well) but I've also tasked myself with being a bit more productive at lunchtimes once again.

With that in mind I am going to try and bring Dystopian Wars to the table again in 2016. Not naval warfare this time as I'm not sure that it really caught our attention that much. However I've always had a hankering for a game with lots of iddie biddie tanks and the land based DW stuff is just the sort of thing that flicks my switch!

My Kingdom of Britannia land stuff sits at home all put together, based and undercoated and I fully intend to get some serious batch painting done, after a chunk of the HH stuff, to get a sizable force table ready. My lunchtime aim is to get the Prussian Empire forces, which I seem to have a lot of, to the same point so I can do the KoB and move straight on to the PE. These things aren't complicated builds and the Spartan castings are usual top-notch so they don't take long to prep.

 I painted up some smaller landing craft a couple of years back and I'd picked this one up cheap as I do have the hope of doing a beachhead game at some point.

Some clanky fun!

Some even bigger clanky fun! The dreaded Metzer! The robot bases need texturing but then they'll be ready for a spray.

Two of the six Zeppelins that I find myself owning. The others are a bit smaller but a nice start to my airbourne floatilla.

Still to do?

Mobile airbase (Huge monster!)
Loads of tanks of various sizes
Some more robots
and some planes.

It might be a good idea for me to cost out the points for both the Kob and PE as I suspect the plucky Brits might well be outnumbered and....hey..I need an excuse to buy them some more air support!
;-)

I brought some 6mm buildings a while back and the scenery maker in me is screaming to start that. I've got all sorts of ideas about nice contoured pieces with little lane and hedgerows. Can't wait.

But i must wait.

Until I've finished a big chunk of my Heresy painting.

Too many toys and not enough time to play with them!

TTFN

Painted scenery...... Yes, really!

It appears that sometimes scenery can be painted by me!

Herewith please find the wargames shop. I knew I had to get this as the thought of playing a wargame and on the table of that wargame is little people playing a wargame and on the table of their wargame is a model shop with even littler people playing a wargame and....... I think you get the picture :)

Shop space downstairs

Gaming space upstairs

Recognise any of the posters?

A happy coincidence was the fact that I could use this for one of the special bonus rounds in the painting challenge that I am a part of......

http://analogue-hobbies-theme-rounds.blogspot.ca/2016/01/defensive-terrain-from-jamiem-terrain.html?m=1

Legio Vulcanum - The Big Build continues

It's been a busy old couple of days as I dive back in to the hobby. Life has generally been getting in the way for a couple of years but now I'm back.

And I'm bringing a whole new army with me!

Say hello to the Dark Mechanicum elements of the Legio Vulcanum who hailed originally from Stygies VIII. Why Dark Mechanicum? Well because my soul belongs to Khorne silly!

Above are the first 15 models. At the front the Sicarian Rustwalkers and at the rear a squad of Skitarri Vanguard.

I've worked out a 2000 point list and I've targeted 400-500 points a month to be painted. The above is 435 so a good start. 

It's a weird army in that there are no HQ choices for the Skitarri so I fully expect to be giving up Slay the Warlord on a regular basis; on the other hand we have some very unique weapons and skills so I expect quite the learning curve.

Bit of a challenge to paint these as I first need to undercoat them which means venturing outside. Bit breezy for ye olde spray cans... Still it wouldn't be fun otherwise. Right?

Back soon!

Stygies VIII

You hear the rumours.

As a child of Stygies Eight you are bombarded with the stories handed down through the generations.

Stories of the turning of the Legio Vulcanum.

Of the Dark Mechanicum.

Of Horus.

Of Heresy.

Of Traitors.

Do you look up at the stars at night and dream that those traitorous sons of Stygies all burned?

That they died screaming into nothingness in the Eye of Terror?

Is that how you sleep at night?

Then prepare to be disappointed.

We did not die.

We did not burn.

We were cleansed by the Eye.

Our God showed us our true destiny.

It is time for us to claim our destiny.

It is time for us to repay you for your dreams.

Your worlds will burn.

Your armies will perish.

Your sons will join us.

We are the Legio Vulcanum.

We are returning.

And your Galaxy will run red with rivers of blood.

Our vengeance will be absolute.

Our reign of terror has begun.

Kneel before our God!

Kneel before the Skull-Taker!

Kneel before Khorne!

TTCombat

Urn recently pointed me in the direction of TTCombat scenery. Very nice collection of scenery available on their website or Ebay.

Reasonably priced, pretty and easy to put together. The perfect MDF kits. Needless to say....money got spent. These kits go together really well and the scale of them is pretty impressive given the price.

Given that their range is a good size already and that it is still growing means that this company is one to watch!

Lovely little Ambulance complete with a gurney. I'm going to leave the top of the rear section loose for interaction purposes. It even comes with some cut acrylic for the flashing lights on top!

Very characterful boarded up property. Great for nefarious deeds!!

One of my favorite pieces is the petrol station which is simple but with some lovely little details that really add to it. Its even got handles on the pump. I opted to leave the pump section and forecourt roof unglued as they fit easily into the inside of the building for storage.

HQ for the police. This has nice detailing on the walls and the front columns are a nice touch.

One very cool comic shop complete with a couple of tables and comic racks. Also a bizarre design on the roof. Alien landing pad? :-)

Oh yes this is going to be done out in Col. Saunders colours!

This kit, whilst being a bit trickier to build, is absolutely corking! Also it is incredible value for money given its size.

Finally just a couple of roof top pieces. Simple but great for adding that extra something to the urban scenery.

Now to paint the frigging things. Umm. Painting mojo has proven elusive over the last six months.

Must. Try. Harder.

TTFN

30k (post heresy) Wordbearers

I have officially started my Wordbearers! Ever since the classic RTB01 "beaky" boxed set was released in the mid eighties I've really liked that mark of armour (Mark VI). Not much chance of getting plenty of them together (GW scatters parts around other boxed sets) until a lucky chance allowed me to get these together:

What was the lucky chance? A box of discarded, badly painted figures from my brother that used to belong to his brother-in-law

Looking through the many marines I realised that there were a lot of Mark VI legs and so with some body swaps, they use of the betrayal at Calth boxed set for arms, guns and the iconic studded shoulder pad, I had my unit of 20!

Red armour all round to show they are from just after the Isstvan V drop site massacre.

Next up was some support, from the betrayal at Calth set again - plasma gunners:

And an auto cannon support team. I've never liked the heavy bolter as a weapon, so I swapped them by adding barrels from heavy stubbers:

Loads of decals on these boys for religious iconography

Last up, two contemptor dreadnoughts to give more support. Head swap on one as they've changed the head to look like a daemon, weapon chop and swap to get double assault cannons on one and a torso twist in the other and here they are:

Onwards and upwards to get these into being a playable force on the tabletop!