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These are full of character. The Mark 5 helmet works so well for Flesh Eaters and the Iron Guard heraldry really brings the armour's colours together. I love the inclusion of the Silver Star on one of the Marines, I was going to make one of my kill team guys a returning Marines Mendicant member with something like that in his personal heraldry. That guardsmen conversion is classic.

Last Stand of the 212th Genswick Rifes Regiment +++++++++++ Order of Battle The 212th Genswick Rifles were a light infantry regiment believed to be over 200,000 strong prior to arrival in the Heliopolis sector. Low on Chimeras, armored assets, or other vehicles in general, the regiment by tradition preferred heavy use of horses bred on their home system; this included the majority of ranking officers and support staff spread throughout the regiment. Beyond the scout and shock cavalry companies, logistics companies, and single artillery battalion (only a small portion of the regiment as a whole) the vast majority of regimental manpower included high numbers of (expendable) trencher-infantry and engineers equipped to create fortified trench-lines across a wide stretch of warfront. Examples of 212th Genswick Rifles in field equipment, including guardsman-portable barrier-shields. Battalion/Company designation unspecified. Flamer weapons were widely distributed across the line companies, along with some rarer armaments such as the plasma pistol, here wielded by the platoon sergeant. +++++++++ The Imperium is a vast place, and communication is never a sure thing. Transmissions are not fool-proof and often intercepted, garbled, jammed, or disrupted. And that is even before the potential for mistakes to be made or a simple misunderstanding to occur. The 212th Genswick Rifles were never supposed to fight on the side of the Partisans. Dispatched early in the war to Ceto, backwater planet just outside the Myrean League, in transit the planetary governor (and rest of the League) declared for the False Primach. Completely oblivious to this fact, the Rifles reported to the aforementioned governor as previously ordered and took up their place in the defensive trenchworks, fortifying themselves for several months before reassignment to the Neris system. Later requisitioned by the Iron Guard (who in an ironic twist of fate had also fallen in line with the Partisan cause by this point), the Genswick Rifles were present during the ultimate destruction of the chapter’s 7th Company on the mud-flats of northern Saphrax VII at the hands of the Flesh Eaters. ++++++++++ Partisan pic-captures of the stalwart Iron Guard bolstering the line against the ravenous forces of the Flesh Eaters. No members of the remnant Iron Guard 7th company were known to survive the attack, nor the entirety of the 212th regiment. ++++++++++ +…and another thing! We haven’t gotten a decent [multiple expletives deleted from record] meal in weeks! Its been over a month since the cooks ran out of horse bones to add into the gruel. Emperor dammit what I would give for a decent cup of corpse-starch stew right now, it hasn’t tasted right since Clef lost his nose to gangrene, [deleted] betting they expect us to rot here in this spot, I would trade my coat for a chance to finally move from this emperor [deleted= see “uncomfortable to sit down on”] dung-heap [record deleted pertaining to regimental officers] I swear if sarge tells us we are staying here for another week in this rotten trench I am going to [record deleted pertaining to regimental officers and their mothers]... ...oh hi sarge, what's the news? [deleted] dammit we can’t move trenches now, we just got this one all cozy and perfect, we don’t want to go anywhere, honest [record deleted] never seen a space marine before [deleted] no way they would eat us, bet we would taste like [+record ends] [remainder of transcript lost pertaining to the vox-records of the 212th Genswick Rifles, last reported on Imperial records as having been sent to bolster the line against the oncoming Partisan advance]+

+++ Some Things Are Best Let Forgotten +++ Next up... the Iron Guard. "Whilst the chapter's gunmetal armour suits its dour heritage, it is often surprising to outsiders that battle-brothers also adorn their armour with colourful heraldry and markings. This tradition harks back to the chapter's now-destroyed homeworld and the ritualistic adoption of neophytes into one of the historic clans." [tactical armor identification notes concerning the Partisan Chapters of the War of the False Primarch] These three were a mini project, my attempt to make the faux-Iron Warriors scheme more palatable to me. I enjoyed the tidbit of lore where the Iron Guard most loyal to the Primarch repainted the chestplate/helmet of their armor a deep red/rust-orange, and did that for a few of these guys. Also wanted to include plenty hints of heraldry dotted on their pauldron-shield and kneepad. Iron Guard conduct an early morning assault on a desert outpost- Perimeter secured, the Iron Guard ensure security is locked down under the desert sun. The other main piece to the Iron Guard project were their mortal auxiliaries! 'What came of the actions on Gurro VII was a great moral victory for the humane and noble, but with it almost every reason to call the Imperium 'home' has disappeared. Now, brothers, we are but an iron ring made of wood.' [//First Castellan Vaszoly Soos 'The Ironclad', Equerry of the Huscarls and Master of War+]

You find joy in the hunt, Jade Talon. We revel in the carnage. My small Flesh Eater warband have been designated as members of the 11th Company by the blue blood-drop on their pauldrons- ...and as members of the 26th squad on their right kneepads: It was also fun to include some Jaws of Doom on the beakie marines

+++ Some Things Are Best Let Forgotten +++ I have been super inspired by the works of folks out on the internet recently when it comes to the War of the False Primarch, and want to show off a few small projects I have been working on and finally feel comfortable enough sharing here. Starting with the Flesh Eaters! “They vilify us for our methods, yet nobody questions the results. We are the chosen Scions of Sanguinius, tempered weapons of the Emperor Himself. Our enemies quail with fear even before we draw first blood. They will soon know it is a fear well-founded! Let them fear the Angels of Death. Let them fear what is left of their short future. Let them pray for death. Brothers, we will answer those prayers.” [//Scaraban, Voivode of the Flesh Eaters Second Company+]

What, you thought I'd forgotten? I Want To Know

Priming by hand didn't work out. Tried doing thin coats of it but it ended up looking patchy and thick in some parts. I assembled another 5 old Khorne Berserkers to serve as spray priming guinea pigs. After getting in touch with K0rdhal on Instagram I got his paint scheme for the armour but I was missing some of the paints in my collection. To replace Waagh Green I tried mixing Luprecal Green with Wraithbone and I think it's close. I did a quick and dirty test on some failed spray primed test models to see how it works.

The weather messed up my priming, I had to start over. Priming by hand using Wraithbone.

Yeah, they look great when cleaned up even if it's a bit of a fiddly mess. I have some photos of the other two before priming and you can see the amount of work that went into them. It's my first time doing something like this and I learned that Milliput is really difficult to work with, but a lot easier to sand or carve after drying. I ran out of clean Mark III bits as I was converting these and I resorted to making one of the armoured plates out of sprue by adding a tiny rim to a flat piece.

All looking awesome – Plague Marines bits work brilliantly back-converted into Imperial armour, don't they? If it helps stir the imaginative pot, the latest article confirms the Wormwood Sons deploying to defend Calydon, within the Myrean League.

Small update before priming. Here's a picture of the customized arsenal so far: The Plague Marine bolters have been modified to bring them in line with their Imperial counterparts. I replaced the muzzle on the top left one with some leftover parts from a Primaris bolt rifle I destroyed to create the hands for the gunner's Adhratic beam weapon (top right). The heavy bolt pistol on the bottom left was modified with the addition of a charging handle as the original design was missing one. The plasma pistol above it was built out of a Horus Heresy plasma rifle that was slightly shortened and a Primaris plasma incinerator muzzle. My favourite build of this whole batch was the axe mace which was created by splicing pieces of a Solar Auxilia power axe with an Age of Sigmar Blightking weapon.

I haven't touched this project in a while as a work injury and other things got in the way, but I picked up this project again last month and I will be finishing them on time. Three models in Mark III plate and two models in Errant/Aquila armour will be ready for priming soon. I will update as soon as I put the finishing touches on the unique weapons I'm building for the project. I made an axe-mace out of a Solar Auxilia power axe and an Age of Sigmar Putrid Blightking warpick as a power weapon or chainsword replacement on the Zealot.

All looking rather lovely (and apologies for the slight thread necromancy!) Just thought I'd note that these figures would be great to finish up for the Hidden Armies challenge event if you're still feeling enthused :)

Cool! Wormwood Sons are one of those forces with great lore but relatively few actual models to show for it – looking forward to your take.

I will be finishing my patchwork Wormwood Sons squad for Kill Team. The idea I have in mind is a reformed unit made out of members from squads that suffered casualties including one returning Marines Mendicant operative.

Very cool – looking forward to seeing these develop.

Working a sketch of what I want to do, which you can find here. The main | initial praxis would be : -3 Jetbikers, probably a mix of the stock kit, bare heads, and Dark Reaper bits. -a Corsair Baron (Ra'tar, termed *Umbra Mortalis* by Mon-Keigh) -perhaps the Ordo Pacificus Inquisitor who chartered the Black Riders -OR a Felarch on bike styled similarly to the other Jetbikers. After that, who knows?

If you've been interested in the project, but haven't been sure how to get started, the painting challenges are a great way in. All the details are in the picture below, and there's more info on the blog here: I Want To Know

List of updates, in reverse order: 181224 – The Myrean League Shieldworlds 101224 – Third War for Coldforge 111124 – Hidden Armies – PAINTING CHALLENGE EVENT running 'til 21st December 081124 – Quarantine: Chapters of the Annulus Umbra 061124 – Eikonography +EDIT+ Decided this is as good a place as any to record updates on the blog.

Managed to put in a tiny bit of work. Cleaned up the Adrathic Destructor gunner and the Mark 3 armoured zealot. The gunner will be fully de-Primarisized after I trim his gorget and sort out the ball joints on his greaves with some milliput. The other models will be touched up with more milliput and will have their fleshy Plague Marine cabling replaced with 1mm Zinge Industries wrapped wire. The breastplate on the Mark 3 zealot will be smoothed over and covered in scale mail. I decided to keep his spiky greave while getting rid of the spikes on his thigh because I thought it added to the boarding specialist look I'm going for with him. The arrow on his helmet will be cleaned up with some of the mold lines later. I wrote a general plan for the project so far. The idea is to have a kill team compatible with both editions of Kill Team and have a force that counts as the classic Tactical kill team and the contents of the Strike Force Justian box in terms of crunch. Some stuff will be count-as like the Halo Blade doubling as a Power Fist or a Power Sword when agreed upon with other players. Some of the stuff in the kill team will be purely cosmetic like the slug gun, Auger Array and the Techmarine Aspirant idea. Wormwood Sons kill team roster: Veteran Sergeant - Companion of the Black Wurm [Tactical Marine Sergeant/Strike Force Captain] Panoply: void hardened Mark 3 Plate, Plasma Pistol and Halo Blade Zealot - Deputy squad leader, recently transferred boarder [Tactical Marine Warrior/Strike Force Assault Intercessor] Panoply: void hardened Mark 3 plate, piezoelectric adamantium scale mail, bolter, chainsword and Mk3 Kadath pattern slug gun Gunner - Special Weapon Marksman, Companion of the Black Wurm [Tactical Marine Gunner/Strike Force Eliminator] Panoply: Mark 7 Plate, Relic Adrathic Destructor, bolt pistol Grenadier - Demolitions Expert [Tactical Marine Warrior/Strike Force Grenadier] Panoply: Mark 3 Plate, piezoelectric adamantium scale mail, Phobos pattern bolter, bolt pistol, a belt of krak and frag grenades Heavy Gunner - Heavy Weapon Specialist [Tactical Marine Heavy Gunner/Strike Force Heavy Intercessor] Panoply: up-armoured Mark 7 Plate, heavy bolter, bolt pistol Tech Specialist - Techmarine Aspirant (Kadath or Coldforge markings, not yet decided), Auspex operator [Tactical Marine Warrior/Strike Force Intercessor] Panoply: Mark 7 Plate, bolter, bolt pistol, Auspex, Auger Array

Here is a shot of both squad members in the pre-assembly phase held together with blu tack. I've decided to give them different power plants and left some of the damage on the more ornamental non-ceramite parts of the armour to represent a squad that's been rapidly rearmed between engagements. I will be sculpting robes and scalemail armour to cover some of the casting errors present on the Dark Imperium Plague Marines. The Sergeant's Mark III helm looks too much like some of the Orthodox Imperium forces featured in this project so I will be transplanting the respirator from one of the Death Guard heads in place of its faceplate. I'm also not too fond of the "chrome dome" look of the plain Mark III helm so I will be transplating one of the optical sensors from one of these four spare heads. I still haven't decided which one to pick but I'm leaning towards the third option.

I'm back with a small progress update. Some stuff got in the way of working on my models, but I finally got around to doing some work today. I finished gap filling after carving away all the nurgle nonsense on the two Plague Marine models I had and started work on a third model. Started work on the grenadier and demolitions expert of the squad. His stick grenade hand will be swapped for a suitable hand carrying a more conventional Space Marine grenade once I source a right hand carrying a grenade. Unfortunately all the frag and krak grenades in my bits box are left hands. I also carefully carved out the extra armour plate hanging off his belt as I found the incredibly long groin armour of the Plague Marine a bit silly. A single plate was removed and the rest will be attached later so it doesn't hang all the way to his ankles.

Flesh Eaters predator Escam (Latin for flesh)