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  • W.A.Rorie

    XIVth Legion build

    By W.A.Rorie

    So am I back from Indiana. I have to head back to move In-Laws into a Retirement Center, in a few weeks. And of course everything goes sideways at work moment I get back. So hobby time has been non existence. Silver Lining is LGS not get Saturnine until Monday, so I can get everything I need to do first i.e. my XIXth Legion and Exorcists  Call to Arms Vows, that I have not started. And won't have time this weekend.   I did start on building one of My XIVth Legion Commanders, not sure w
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  • GSCUprising

    Jagieŀŀo inspects their prizes

    By GSCUprising

    The Resistance have finally captured the war machines they believe they require to make their stand.   Brutus, the Malcador, reliable, dependable the spine of their battleline. She will not fail them. She will hold the line, her battlecannon roaring, her sponsons blazing as she paves the way for the Resistance's advance. The Iron Duke, his twin Earthshaker cannons blasting holes in the enemy's fortifications. He guards those retreating and the wounded behind his massive blast shield
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  • zulu.tango

    Wrapping Wreckas

    By zulu.tango

    Hit the throttle on the Wreckas last week. I've been painting pretty slowly this year all things considered, decided to change that with this project. Finished up free-hand on a few items, got the squigs painted up, did the bases and oil washes last week resulting in a final project I'm pretty happy with!    I dug out some of the leftover terrain bits I had from the sector imperialis/Chalnath terrain. I put a fine terrain paste around those bits and then put in some sand to act as larg
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  • Bouargh

    Square Pants Bob

    By Bouargh

    Hi Folks,   Today’s blog entry is a little bit specific as it deals with something different from my usual inputs: instead of reporting hobbying progress, I will talk about a trail I did for a new technique (à la TITH – i.e. something that is not new in general but new for me).     The technique is often reported on purpose of adding details and create battle damages or war-torn marks on miniatures. But beyond painting damages, the sponge might be used on purpose of
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2024 - Year in Review - Ky'Vash Recon Cadre

2024 - YEAR IN REVIEW KY'VASH RECON CADRE   A whole lot of Tau.   So, my first Call to Arms was productive! Pictured here are all the Tau I painted in 2024, all but the pathfinders and sniper teams being painted during CtA 2024. That's 1,550 points, and 63 models, including the first tanks I've painted since returning to the hobby in 2020. I'm quite happy with them. While most of these models have shown up on the B&C either elsewhere in my blog or on the CtA, I'

Shadows in the Void 2025 Kill Team - Quæstors Assemble!

I'll be using the Legionary Kill Team (gasp!) to represent my very loyal Fire Claws Adeptus Astartes kill team. There are three main reasons for this: No Primaris. It's not that I'm against Primaris. It's just that I'm representing a kill team from the Chapter prior to the introduction of Primaris. Librarians. The Fire Claws are known for having a large and influential Librarium and I want to include a battle-psyker in my kill team. Daemon weapons. The Fire Claws collect and,

Brother Tyler

Brother Tyler

Chapter Cult and Influence on the local Imperial Faith

The One and the Nine Notes on the Chapter Cult and its influence on the local Imperial Faith Opening Thoughts While I do love to read sourcebook lore and do occasional deep dives on stuff that interests me, I started building my chapter more than 15 years ago with little knowledge of the universe beyond what was in the Assault on Black Reach Booklets, and even as my knowledge expanded, the rule of cool was my primary rule and GW was offering wicked cool kits with great looking bi

Arikel

Arikel in Lore/Background

Lore breaks

Disclaimer: This is where I will attempt to rectify/explain how & why my faction, the Golden Kingdom, can exist in the 40K universe while breaking parts of established lore. I want my faction to both fit into the universe, while also bringing in my beliefs. As I stated before, I don’t mind if everyone else considers these changes too radical to be anything more than fannon, but I would like to try & make it make some sense in the greater 40K universe. As always, feedback & criticisms

Kaede45

Kaede45 in Lore

Astartes of Ordo Celestia

Astartes within Ordo Celestia are typically renegades who have accepted Christ as their savior, however there are Eden-born “Astartes” as well. While the Golden Kingdom has no gene seed or access to such, it is a miracle that they can even produce Astartes & by all accounts, they cannot, but the warriors they have are comparable to the Space Marine legions of the Imperium. At first glance, they are visually indistinguishable from Astartes, save for their lack of cybernetics, but if one were

Kaede45

Kaede45 in Military

The Aetherium

(Disclaimer: This bit of lore will contradict pre-established lore. Thoughts are still welcome.)   The Aetherium (also referred to as the Aether, Paradiso, Heaven, etc.) is a plane that exists above the material plane & separate from the Immaterium. It is a dimension ruled over by the one true God that is both connected & separate from the other planes. Unlike the Warp, which influences & is influenced by the psychic activity of mortals, the Aether is unchanging & unaff

Kaede45

Kaede45 in Lore

Digressing about Aeldarii Corsairs...

Hi Folks,   My Curiosity/Interest/Call-it-like-you-want has been activated some weeks ago when Valrak's runoured that the Eldar Corsairs could have a kind of extended release of new units forming a new xenos' faction. Incredulity was my first feeling. Indeed, my references, or at least what comes to my mind when Corsairs are mentionned, is the army list published in FW Imperial armour book vol.11: The Doom of Myrmeara.   Since that time, the Drukhari evolved in such a pr

Bouargh

Bouargh in Aeldarii

Important figures

This is a list of important characters I have made backstories for. This list will be updated frequently.   Father Abraham: Formerly known as captain Abram of the Grey Knights, Abraham is the founder of Ordo Celestia & serves as one of its elders.   Mother Sara: Formerly known as Sarai of the Sisters of Silence, Sara is the wife of Abraham & mother of his son, the first Prophet of Eden. She serves as one of the elders of Ordo Celestia & leads the Sisterhood of Chr

Kaede45

Kaede45 in History

The Golden Star

The Golden Star is a bizarre phenomenon that has eluded explanation. It acts as a sun in the star system, orbited by Eden & 8 other planets. The entire star system appears to be set up in the exact same manner as the Sol system, leading many to wonder what the nature of the system is. According to records kept by the Aeldari, the star was not always a golden color, but only became that way after Eden was conquered by the human pilgrims who would form the Golden Kingdom. It is said that the r

Relationships with other factions

Imperium of Man: Most conflicts with the Imperium come from the Imperial Cult as the two religions conflict with each other. Regardless, Ordo Celestia does offer aid to imperial forces quite often.   Aeldari: The Golden Kingdom sees the Craftworld Aeldari as haughty & pompous. However they are still willing to work with them as necessary.   Dark Eldar: The Golden Kingdom has offered to seek a cure for the Dark Eldar’s need to inflict suffering on others, though this often

Kaede45

Kaede45 in Diplomacy

The Relictors are dead! Long live the Fire Claws!

Since I'm working on a kill team for the Knives in the Shadows 2025 challenge (you can enter the challenge here, and since that challenge requires me to provide some background, I felt it appropriate to discuss the reasoning behind my (poor?) choices.   If you examine my pledge in that challenge, you'll see that I committed myself to a kill team from the Fire Claws Chapter. Most of you will probably recognize that name, and many of you may know that it is the original (?) n

Brother Tyler

Brother Tyler

Volkme its Volkus

With the dust finally having settled on the holiday season I've been able to get back to the painting table with a bit more regularity. My first project of '25 is finishing up my last project of '24, the new terrain set for kill-zone volkus. I assembled and primed the terrain towards the end of October, and picked at it for a month or so before stepping away from my paint table for nearly 2 months. Part of the hiatus was due to the holidays, part due to my annual complete replay of the game Hade

Ordo Celestia

Ordo Celestia is equal parts military order & religious institution, acting as the ruling body of the Golden Kingdom. Though Eden has always had a militia & leadership, only recently have these become reformed into this new Ordo. Founded by Father Abraham (formerly the Grey Knight, captain Abram), Ordo Celestia is an organized military force devoted to the defense of Eden & all worlds controlled by the Golden Kingdom, as well as being the primary forces deployed to conquer ot

Kaede45

Kaede45 in Military

Eden, the Promised Land

Name: Eden Segmentum: None Sector: None (varies) Subsector: None System: Golden Star system Population: Billions Affiliation: Scions of the Golden Kingdom Class: Feral/Death/Daemon World (at least as far as the Imperium is concerned) Tithe grade: Experima (according to the Imperium) The world of Eden has a long & storied history. It is said to have existed since the dawn of time & over its existence it has been conquered & reconquered

Kaede45

Kaede45 in History

"By my heart I spurn thee..."

Well another weekend has come and gone and well I got more done on my Exorcists.      I really need to get cracking on my 12 Months of Hobby Vow, but work has been disagreeing with my hobby time....along with waiting on bases to arrive (expected this week) so hopefully I can crank out the 6 Death Watch kill team members and do an easy scheme on the Necrons.    

W.A.Rorie

W.A.Rorie

A bit of backstory

Though called the “Scions of the Golden Kingdom” the Imperium refers to them as “the most Heathenous Cult.” According to Imperial records, they are renegades, mostly human, who are enemies & traitors to the Imperium of Man. They not only deny the divinity of the god Emperor, but they also proclaim him to be a deceiver & a hypocrite. Not much is known about them & any records that even mention them or any members associated with them at all are to be purged. This includes encounters &

Kaede45

Kaede45 in History

By my will I deny thee......

So I finally started working on my Exorcists Angel of Death Kill Team as part of my Knives in the Shadows vow,     Previously on my Exorcists I used Rub and Buff metallic paint/ wax buff.  This time the models are being primed Army Painter Matte Black then sprayed with Plate Mail Metal.  Once dried a mixture of Speedpaint 2.0 Medium and Carmine Dragon 1:2 mixture applying to the armor.      the color seemsto be a shade darker which is fine. Should be faste

W.A.Rorie

W.A.Rorie

Wrapping up 2024 and looking forward.

It's been a while since I did a blog post, in fact I haven't posted since completing my Call to arms vow back in the summer. I'd like to say I had a great excuse for not posting, but it was mainly just being distracted by other things such as playing Space  Marine II. I have still managed to carry on building and painting a fair few models in this time and having a free time over the Christmas holidays I've gotten quite a bit more finished.    2024 Completed:     Fo

drakheart

drakheart in Progress

What if HH Mechanicum units stepped into Indomitus era? - Part 3

Hi Folks,   A third fantasy for the "What-if HH minis were introduced in the 40K SKitarii setting" game series. Thsi time with the Axiarch, a Secutarii leader that will probably prove to be of little to no use in most 40k era game setting.       It is still a Marshal but with some extra buff, it looks like more to a SM Captain in Terminator armour, so set him tentatively at 95 pts, as the SM Captain...   What do you think of this USO (Unidentif

Bouargh

Bouargh in House Rules

"To the void I cast thy blackened soul..." Liber Exorcismus

New Year is upon us and I am surprised I am having a desire to work on my Exorcists Chapter.  I have entered the "Knives in the Shadows" Kill Team build event, with Angels of Death Team, which runs March 1st, 2025 to May 31st, 2025     I do have a Phobos Strike Team to build....actually 2 but I do have a 5 Infiltrators     and 5 Reivers   so I need build need 5 incursors and I will have 15 models to chose from for my Phobos Strike Force Kill Team and a

W.A.Rorie

W.A.Rorie

2025 is upon us, Happy New Year.

I hope everyone is having a safe and Happy New Year!   Time for the annual, "What do I have planned for the hobby,"  as I previous posted (here), one of the big plans was to return to @Grotsmasha's  12 Months of Hobby XXXX (2025 here).  As promised I have my January 2025 vow submitted.  I have a bunch of Kill Teams to build and paint and well a lot of armies.     Kill Teams   Angels of Death- Deathwatch and Exorcists are currently WIP Phobos Strike

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