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Hagga: The Starhawk left the Razor’s hangar with a careful blast of manoeuvring thrusters and nothing more. The journey to intercept the freighter would be almost an hour slower, but it would render them near enough invisible to the loyalists’ augurs, just another piece of floating orbital debris. Once they reached the bulk hauler, it should be a simple enough matter to put Ressokov aboard, along with everything he needed to wrest control from the automated systems when the time was right. But for now…? Waiting. Useless. Impotent. Hagga hated transit. Nothing to do but think about all the things that might go wrong. They'd lost contact with the Wasp almost a day earlier, barely after it hit atmo. Cyrandras had told them about the crash shortly afterward. Who knew whether the Mantid, or the mortal scout Tarh, had survived? Best to assume not. Plan for the worst. It wouldn't change their current targets; the bastion, and the docks - Varne's Arvus was somewhere in the black a short way ahead of them. But if the Astropaths survived, that would mean the Corsairs would have less time to complete their raid and get the hell out of the Ithyca system. Maybe much less time. If there were any other ships in the area - that patrolling Lunar-class, for example - they might be on the Razor’s heels very quickly. Eska lay quietly, chewing on a bone she'd got from… somewhere? Ukalegon and Mourn stood silently. The former Lamenter seemed at ease, but that tail of his swished and twitched with what appeared to be ill humours. Was he watching Kraggan? Maybe. The mad techpriest either didn't see or didn't care. Ressokov also seemed wrapped in his own thoughts, perhaps of vengeance or retribution. All the occupants, forced together in the confines of the troop bay, but seemingly alone in their own worlds.

There are some work-arounds. Now squads are pretty much fixed, you can represent them however you want. You see that 5-man tactical squad with a missile launcher? As far as your opponent is concerned, that is now a 5-man Intercessor squad with auxiliary grenade launcher. Not everything can be proxied but there is certainly no need to shelve your Firstborn stuff, particularly if you like the models and would struggle to paint a new army.

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I think I'll go with gold! Thanks. Yellow for the regular squad members (as a role designation) and green for the sergeant, yeah. I sure hope that the yellow will look right. I quite liked how it looked as a tertiary colour on the shield Captain from the previous page - this has given me a confidence boost to try it out on larger surfaces. Here's a small update. I think I managed to get most of the armour and leather done. The idea for the backpacks is to keep the 'base' of the pack purple to match the armour and paint the top part/thrusters black. While it's probably not apparent from the photos (the output is quite similar), I'm looking for ways to make the painting process more enjoyable. I think for regular troops, I'll settle on relying on drybrushing for base of the highlights. However, with only a week left, I'm a bit concerned (and pessimistic!) about getting them done by the month's end for the 12 Months of Hobby vow.

Victory. Victory is the colour. EDIT: With the splash landing out of the way, gentlemen we will move on. @A.T. go ahead and assume you have moved to Harville and begin your work there/continue with any narrative you think appropriate. @FabiusV4lcoran and @Xin Ceithan I will PM you both to discuss matters in due course. @Lord_Ikka Go ahead and rendezvous with Tyro, Cain and the two warp breaches in waiting. @Trokair and @Iron Father Ferrum go ahead and narratively conduct your extraction from the river. Assume the town is map south, and the side you want is map north. Be advised Mithra is amphibious and will be fine, but Tarh and the Co-Pilot will not. @Lysimachus, @Necronaut, @Machine God, @Mojake, @BadgersinHills begin your narratives for preparing to launch, board and capture the freighter in that order. We will narratively tie everything together in due course.

White with a red sunburst I would think given recent events.

The Wasp: With a herculean effort, the Mantid hauls on the stick, the mechanism buking and buckling in his hands, fit to tear free from the console, and the ratchets, clamps and guide-rods it is bolted, bolstered and buttressed to. The airframe, in its death throes, fights his genhanced body with almost wicked recalcitrance. It is the power of gravity, combined centripetal augmentation, which is proving so difficult to defeat. The Co-pilot begins to flag. She does not have the Lyman's Ear, not the gyroscopic stabilisers in her armoured suit. Barzani has no magboots. The Co-pilot goes slack, as the blood drains from her head, and she finally slumps unconscious, covered in her friend's oily-slick, red, guts. Her arms flap about helplessly even as Barzani's feet begin to shift. Sparks fly as the vessel lurches, the Administratum building filling the forward view - horrifyingly exposed now it has been shorn open. Without his faceplate, Obadiah's eyes would be stung by cinders, debris, grit. They patter off his casque and visor, grim-faced on the outside as the flesh contorted into efforts of will and concentration within. His muscles are fighting a whirlwind. His feet are not secure, until he slides into the fixtures of a crash harness, and, legs splayed, he finds the first bit of purchase. His lips move in mantras, not of prayer, but hypnogogic training. He does not see the pitching building which will be his tombstone, he sees only the small cherub perched atop the altimeter, and her matched twin hovering on the horizon bubble. Deeply, his mind flees from the pain, processing fear as only an Astartes can. His whole body tingles with kill-urge, shame at failure, hatred he is to be robbed of his great chance. Barzani ceases existing. His body is afire. His eyes narrow in the deadly battle haze the Mantis Warriors are whispered to suffer, but they do not succumb. Neither does he. Time slows. Every edge sharpens to painful light, to a dull throb of pulse, and there is a twitch in the gauges he's been holding steady with all his might. They begin to move. They begin to respond to his will, and with an internal scream which would drown the astropathic choir he has come to destroy, his body heaves the aircraft slowly into level flight, and even more, with a spine screaming at him to stop - even that which could take an impact to kill several normal men - he disobeys, and manages to line up the nose on the Tower of Echoes. It is not certain. It is not a given thing he will make it, but with a grim satisfaction, he sees the river rear up at him, the Wasp plunges to her deep and final grave, and with a shudder which would ring the halls of a Titan war machine, Obi is hurled from his feet, cast into the roof of the aircraft as it's belly thunders into a curtain wall at a skipper-angle, and ploughs into the river with a drenching thunder of displaced water and silt as the bullet-vessel nosedives into the bottom. Yet the peril is not finished. He is safe, but his comrades may drown. He must call once more upon his genewrought body, for the landing is finished, but the mission is only just begun.

Your stuff looks great, I'll be following this thread. I love how you started with the red primer as the basecoat with the vehicles, it makes the camo paint job look more authentic. Really inspiring stuff, I really should work on my Kriegers as soon as my hand heals.

Really bummed about the rest of the firstborn going to legends. I have so many great memories of playing my tactical, devs and razors. I dont have the time to build and paint any more so I guess if I ever get to game again I'm SOL. The fact that centurions are sticking around is amazing. I have a box in wrapping still on my shelf, and I built three when they came out. From 5th through 9th I never once saw one on a table other than mine. No way GW made money on that kit. Can't understand the ATV going, isnt it basically new? I liked it a lot more than the attack bike.

Looking good!

Toughness Tests Tarh - T:41 – 10 = 31, d100: 52, Fail 3DoF Mithra - T:35 – 10 = 25, d100: 27, Fail, 1DoF And we are out for the count.

The knee rims are my least favorite part of MkX armor. Scrape those down and it looks much better to me. Personally, I also prefer it without the gorget, but that part doesn't bother me as much as the rims. I am happy that more armor marks are being incorporated into the Intercessors kit though.

This is true, in particular the Blood Claws. Their style of amour removes some of the plates and knee rims, looks smoother and much better than regular MKX. Should have made it the standard MKX look. Particularly with the MKVII style faceplate.

Surely no one actually really thinks the old attack bike was worse than the ATV?! The attack bike was basically a standard space marine bike, a design that was well received, with a heavy weapon sidecar added on. Inspired by a WW2 motorbike/sidecar combo. Hardly anything wrong with it, a design lineage that came from the original RT bikes. Meanwhile the ATV is an absolute mess of a design with no similarity to the Outrider bikes it goes with, or any other marine vehicle. Maybe the intent was something like the warthog in Halo, but the end result was a Mario Kart reject. The outrider bikes look like an update of the previous marine bike, should have done the same with the attack bike. Maybe they will with the rumoured upcoming multi-part outriders.

I liked him, but I miss the powerfist on the chaplain. I hope he gets it as an option when he comes out as a multi-part kit.

Yes, you are. Ravenwing units have the Dark Angels faction/Chapter keyword while Suboden has the White Scars faction/Chapter keyword and The Unforgiven army rule states "You cannot include units from more than one Chapter in your army." [EDIT - I forget this is also part of the C:SM Army Rules as "Space Marine Chapters"] Basically all the named Epic Heroes and special units have rules that say you can't mix-and-match units with different faction/Chapter keywords, but you can mix-and-match any single faction/Chapter keyword with Adeptus Astartes units that do not have the second faction/Chapter keyword on their unit sheet. Either of the first two units can be in an army with the Outrides, but they can't be in an army with each other.

Really like this guy, other than the smoke. I DESPISE this trend of adding smoke / explosions / fire etc to models. Particularly in a way that is integral to a model. Make it an alternate piece for those that like it, by all means. But don’t lumber me with some cartoony looking static effect which breaks the immersion, please.

Custodian Guard and Shield Captain

I was planning to vow him for april in the 12MoH and just wanted to get his base done... But an afternoon later and here he is, a kitbashed phobos lieutenant Also earlier this week I finished a retro space marine scout sergeant (minus base and transfers)

knocked out a heavy bolter company hero earlier this week. And here he is with the company hero sergeant

"Horus Heresy 3.0 failed" is internet created protest/fight the power/hate on whatever thing that some people can't stop trying on every single thing that comes up. Not just against GW but you name it. It's really stale, old, been done before. Get views on YouTube, etc. Are there problems, sure. Could we figure out some good fixes in 15 mins? Yes. "Should GW do better? Maybe, but there way the cycles work push them for time and resources and that's how the suits want it. Work around instead of simply complaining like many j see here at the B&C. I'm not putting down your valid concerns here. I'm talking about the doomsayers I saw on YouTube. I myself need to get deeper into the rules and really see for myself. Sorry if I came off as hostile. When I look at where 40k is now I just dont see a game I want to play. Horus Heresy has much more that I want in a game.

"I stood looking down at the body of my last foe, of the marine who had once been of the Consul Opsequiari, our own police force, whose special duty was to maintain discipline, and a thought occurred to me: this man had once been a loyal marine, like myself. He had undergone the same training as I had, had sworn to serve the Emperor. And yet he had betrayed humanity. How could this be? "How could a true Marine become forsworn? It seemed unlikely that he would suddenly turn his back on the pattern of a lifetime and pact with the Darkness. What had the unspeakable horrors that plague the warp had to offer him? "Wealth? We have no use for the baubles that other men covet; we already have the finest of everything that a man could wish for. Sensual gratification? We are taught its transitory nature, and have seen how our kin of the third Legion have fallen. Power? We know true power, which is the will of the Emperor. Who among us could equal his sacrifice? "No - as I stood over this body I came to understand. He had deviated not in one leap but in small steps, in increments. "First, he had come to place trust in his Warmaster. An easy step, for was not Horus the champion of the Emperor? "Then he would come to follow him. Who would not? A soldier follows his commander." "Then he had come to believe Horus divine. An easy mistake. Was not the Great Heretic one of the Primarchs, gifted with god-like powers second only to the Emperor himself? "Thus did he stray from the path of truth, till eventually he lost both his life and soul. It is a way that is open to anyone, one small mistake leading to another until at last the Great Error is reached. - Extract from the personal accounts of Captain Jalosa of the Imperial Fists 4th Company, following their victory over retreating Sons of Horus at the Battle of Morox, in the 4th year of the Scouring. A Consul Opsequiari (Field Police) of the Sons of Horus Legion. In the game, he is a 'counts as' Overseer. He was made from a Chaos Marine Berserker, with some bits from the Heresy kits and Archie's Forge helmet. Finally, I added a little GS chainmail. In the same way that the Chaplains of the Word Bearers had been perverted away from their original purpose into something much darker, I liked the idea of Marines who had a purpose of maintaining order and discipline, perhaps amongst the new Inductii and other human soldiers, effectively becoming some sort of Commissar. Armed with a power mace, in the event that someone doesn't follow orders; he will not repeat himself twice! The red helmet with yellow hazard stripe concept is a reference to the very old Field Police marines in Rogue Trader 40k, which the current releases have worked back into the background as the Consuls. When I have more marines completed I eventually plan to have a 'human rabble' force of infantry, which the Overseer can lead. Desperately escaping Terra, the surviving Sons of Horus would use any and all means to survive and to achieve that aim, and they have long since passed the point of protecting the humanity that they once professed to serve. * The story text is an extract from the Bill King short story Deathwing, very well done and a nerd cookie for anyone who recognised it (and has read this far!)

"Centurion Mephannos.. he wasn't one of us, not one of the gangers of the down dark and dirty in Cthonia.. he was a true Luna Wolf. He was a leftover of something different, when our armour was white and shining. Never turned down a challenge, no matter who it was against, the nod to an opponent as he drew his blade. O' course, not that it mattered to the man he was fighting; usually he would be staring at his guts or have his head rolling on the ground a few moments later..." - Extract from war diaries of Brother Nebhannon, prior to the Sons of Horus assault on Beta Garmon. For my first Sons of Horus character I wanted to make him as characterful as possible. Although the Legion, by the point of their defeat on Terra, was broken in body and spirit, perhaps a few of the 'old guard' remained. Not just a gangster that wanted to roll in the mud and scratch and scrape to survive, but one who remembered some of the loftier days of the Luna Wolves and when that Legion was the Crusade's shining example. He had followed his Commander's and Primarch's orders (as surely most soldiers would have done), and although perhaps realising too late that he was on the wrong side of history, nevertheless still fights for the lives and honour of his Legion and brothers. Now during the retreat from Terra and the Scouring, while Horus lies dead, that is all that remains. For the miniature I used a Chaos Marine base with Chaos iconography removed. The drawing sword is from the 30k melee weapons kit, and the Wolf pelt is from an old Space Wolf cloak with green stuff added. This was added purposefully to help tie in with the Roman-esque aspect of the Legion (along with his 'Centurion' title) and to give him a more noble aspect. The head, you might recognise as a well-known actor (again, ties in with the Roman theme) which was from a 3D print.

Thanks @Cactus ! Yes I now just need someone to have done a 3D print of Eric Idle or Robbie Coltrane's head (Although without giving anything away, I might have something along similar lines coming!) Another completed Veteran. Once again he is a mix of 40k Chaos, Horus Heresy and Archie's Forge bits, I added some greenstuff chainmail to the armour also. For painting, I am adding a few bits of black and gold to denote the veteran status, as well as some Cthonian gang runes.

A Hive City burned. Ash clouded the air, cinders falling from the untold megatonnes of dust and debris that the conflict had blown into the air. A silhouetted figure walked amongst the ruins, helmet scanning left to right. Suddenly, emerging from the haze, a Rhino transport rumbled into view, skidding to a halt just in front of the marine, who raised his weapon in challenge. "Hold fire!" the intercomm on the marine crackled into life. "Sons of Horus.. or at least we were" "I couldn't fire if I wanted to.. " the heavily armoured figure replied, "ran out of ammunition two days ago. But I've found I get less trouble while I'm still holding this", as he gestured to his Multi-Melta. "If you tire of walking, we could give you a lift, brother?" the driver of the Rhino asked. "Where are you headed? Your objective?" The marine asked. A pause.. "We don't know. But you are welcome to join us." The large marine shrugged in response, and the Rhino side-doors opened. No sooner had he stepped on board than the vehicle engine revved into life, moving off to disappear into the ash-laden fog. A Heavy Weapon support trooper for the Veteran Squad. Once again he is made from a Chaos Marine base, with some 30k bits (backpack and head are from the new MKII kit with top-knot added). The shoulder pads are from God-knows where, they were metal and I think an old forumware Thunder Warriors kit, while the Multi Melta is from an old Night Lord army I made more than 20 years ago (never throw away your bits! :) ) Many thanks for the comment @MoriyaSchism, I agree I don't think it would suit all Legions but the new Chaos kits are really good for late Heresy and Scouring era. Scraping off details is certainly a lot easier than adding them! :)

The World Eater had forced open the Rhino door, inhuman strength bending back ceramite. His mouth frothing and eyes utterly berserk, he had long since lost track of who was friend or foe. As his head lunged into the cab, Jubbal had placed his shotgun in-between those champing bronze-capped teeth and pulled the trigger. "I like to keep this, for close encounters" he said as he pulled back the re-load action on the weapon. The squad's vehicle carried on at speed, bouncing across the scorched earth and away from the palace walls. Another Sons of Horus Veteran. This one is a real mix of bits, with custom head and shoulder pads (the latter had small railway rivets added). The shotgun and ammo belt is from a Goliath shotgun (old Necromunda) which has sat in my bits box for 20 years! Don't ever get rid of your bits :) A friend of mine said it reminded him of Hicks from Aliens, so hence the background. A Sons of Horus Reaver. The Forge World miniatures I thought were quite plain (and expensive for what they are) so I looked at alternatives. On the grounds that these guys almost sound like proto-Berserkers (you can imagine them going that way eventually) I used the 40k Berserker box as a base. I removed all of the Chaos and Khorne markings (that took a *lot* of time, these guy have a lot of bling!) and once again added some Archie's Forge head and shoulder pad. There are a few Cthonian gang markings on his axe and also a few extra spikes here and there, to try and match the artwork we have of a Reaver in the HH books. Finally, a photo showing the lovely artwork from the Jon Hodgson sci-fi book, which I am using for all of these photos. A few more Veterans next, as I've almost finished that squad, but then the first character I've been working on. Any thoughts greatly appreciated!

Termite WIPs Got asked to take a few snaps of the build whilst the B&C was offline, so here we are: Bags and parts: Dryfits: Paint WIPs

Termite Next post will (eventually) be about the build. I had a request to take some WIPs whilst the B&C was offline and will be uploading those in due course.

Lol stop. If you defend the attack bike then Centurions must be the most beautiful models in your eyes? It looked ridiculous, and it was an ugly model from the day it launched to the day it was retired. Remember the teeny, tiny, little legs of the Marine in the side cart? This must be one of the finest examples of the Primaris derangement syndrome. Defending a truly horrible model against a merely ugly model, because it happens to be... nostalgic? I don't like the ATV, I don't even own one, but there's no question that it looks better than the attack bike. To clarify, my above comment is intended to be funny, not offensive (and yes, it is funny to see people wax lyrical about the Attack Bike of all things). Getting back to the rumours, I wonder if the new Speeder really is intended to replace the ATV. I fully agree that it would be more suitable for that role. If they go down this path then I hope they also release jet bikes that resemble the one used by the White Scars character.