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Vow complete, photos taken and uploaded! Just in time, I must say. Here's the new model next to my old metal Emperor's Champion. Talk about scale creep... I gotta say, subjectively I feel it's one of the best models I've painted. It for sure was the most complex and fun and pushed me to try new things out (e.g. the reflections on the armour). If you're interested, more angles and close-ups are in my gallery.

Recently, I did an interview with Graham McNeill, and I think this excerpt fits well here. For me, it’s always interesting to read – or, in this case, to ask directly – what authors themselves would like to write about. GM: Too many to list! Obviously, I’d love to continue the Uriel Ventris series and develop more Iron Warriors books. I also want to delve into more Chaos and Xenos stories too, and if there were a new Big Series to really sink my teeth into, then that’d be great too – you know, an Age of Apostasy/Scouring kind of thing. I’ve always wanted to tell the story of The Battle for Macragge, as it has everything you want for a powerful and dramatic story. From the fantasy side, I stand more than ready to write a book on the Siege of Carroburg, as well as pen stories set in the Great War Against Chaos. Some really juicy stuff there that would be awesome to see brought to life. ... And hopefully the powers that be at Black Library will set me loose on more Uriel Ventris, Honsou, et al stories. So, yeah, busy, busy, busy… You can find the full interview here (though it’s in Ukrainian, so you’ll need to use a translator): https://uageek.space/interviu-z-gremom-maknillom/

I've completed another Death Guard Legionnaire for my Plodding Along vow,

There is no chance for me to finish the remaining 6 skits, so I will call it partially done for Feb and I will continue in March

Well despite jetlag hitting me harder than I anticipated, I did get a couple of completions done - Moritat and Boreworms.

Unironically in the same vein as the other article claiming he is editing scripts day and night; AI generated slop articles skimmed from meme-reddits. Afaik he is currently busy with Highlander. Unless the News comes from GW, Amazon, Warhammer Jesus Henry Cavill himself, or reputable actual news sources (and maybe Valrak) it is most likely Bait.

Thanks @The Pounder and @BadgersinHills. And BadgerinHills, your protestations seem quite suspect, as they are exactly what one would expect a hill dwelling badger hive mind to say. I had originally meant to finish these last month (they've sat with the capes does since at least the new year), but got distracted by my knight kitbash. Here's my second squad of tormentors - squad leader has the whip not because I thinks it the best choice (though it was when I built the squad, which was pre-eratta bumping the S on the power sword) but because I don't like to build cookie cutter squads. And with my other tormentor squad: Seeing the two side by side, I'm really happy with the how the cloaks turned out. The main purpose of the symbols on the back of the cloaks being different colours is squad differentiation, and I wasn't sure that would be distinct enough with the slannpat. So I'm really happy that it seems to the 4 colour camo pattern, with 1 colour as base common across both squads, 2 for the slanneshi "blotches" and the 4th for the symbol (which for the other squad would be a blotch colour) seems to have worked well. Does mean that I can only do one more squad this way before I need to come up with a different slaanpat pattern, but it seems unlikely I would want more than 3 squads, so I'm fine with that. I have also mostly built 2 5-man squads of infractors - I just need to do the greenstuffing for the cloaks. As that's quite the chore, I think that will wait until I need a break from painting.

Had a productive day and finished my infernus marine. He's from the 3rd company of my void cuirassiers. With him done, I also kind of complete my plodding along vow of finishing 1+ kill teams this year. Might as well push it to 2+ kill teams now ! Using already finished models plucked from different squads, here's my take on strike force Variel :

Needing a palette cleanser after working on commission models for two weeks straight, I decided to do a TDA Imperial Fist Captain, courtesy of Combat Patrol finally hitting Oz,

Yeah so ive still been slowly working on these over the past 2 years the cerastus turned out pretty nice. I used a taro shield, which was great. Ive started using enamel streaking grimes and mud effects, which has been very interesting. Mostly using turps to clean it off, which has the effect of not stripping the paint underneath, but instead just kinda making it ripple a bit? idk, it just becomes a bit more textured. Obvs also i've been trying to use transfers more The above photos were taken on my phone, which doesnt have a very good camera, but the colours are probs a lot more true to life than the ones I took on my partner's phone, even if those photos did turn out a bit better. I also made a pilot for the cerastus. Haven't quite thought up of a name yet. https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:4opniyyaxdpbekg7kqdxyrqs/bafkreiecg4muawjd4m4d7sq2em32qfutjyaujyanekol7u5doq5jmzurhe@jpeg/ I also ended up making this armiger using all the space rocket pods I'd amassed. and also i put leaves on the base later But yeah, it's turned out to be a pretty good force. Me n my partner joined a local games group and i've been running knights along with some of the solar auxilia as breachers. I still want to keep on slowly working on them, maybe add another big knight at some point. It's a pity that i'm not particularly interested in the dominus chasis (aesthetically i just dont like it as much), but I'll think of other stuff to put in here. I'm less driven by getting models for playing games, as much as I just like making and painting them.

Whew let’s not come down to wire again…. Retributors done! February vow done!

Calling the bloodletters done although think I'm going to have to put weights in the bases as several are not the most stable with the way they are leaning - lesson learned for next time to check how the models will be fit on the base. Might come back to these after I've finished up all my daemons to fiddle with the shadows and highlights. Happy with them overall but so much more that could be done to pick out details that no one will ever see from 3 feet away.... I'll need to take better pictures another day. This was a bit more of a last-minute scramble to finish than I had anticipated as there was some unplanned stuff that my parents needed help with.

I have completed my February pledge! Great work ya'all! Keep it coming. Moravec, Legionaries Aspiring Champion, The Unchained, Warpborn Warband

February vow done- 30 Hearthkyn warriors. Next month will probably be more Votann...

Managed to get them done. Here they are in a vanity shot with their boss

Azrael is sort of done... I ended up knocking the banner on the room and rolling over it with my chair :(... So I am waiting for a new backpack to sort it. So for now he is complete.

Finished My Thunderwolf Cavalry. Had to wait for a resign printed hand and axe from my brother as the kiddos decided to play wack a wolf and lost the original.... Hope it counts as they are not yet based as I intend on doing the army at the same time.

Ok, lets see how we do with more adventurous targets. For March I'm looking at: 1 - 4 Blackstone Fortress adversaries (Zoat, Ambull, Comissar & Ogryn) I decided they needed a respray in grey so didn't manage to progress them in Feb 2 - 13 bits of BSF terrain 3 - 5 MK2 HH Blood Angel Tacticals 4 - The 7 members of the Primaris 'Heroes' kill team, plus the random 8th duplicate & Captain Centos. 5 - 3 LI Malcador Infernus

I did not think I would finish them in time, but one full squad of the new Skitarii done. The initial four, which I finished a while back, but wanted to try for the full squad. I decided after assembly to get rid of the helmet spikes, too much chance of injury or them breaking down the line. The entire squad.

February Vow (1 Biker SGT, 1 Heavy Intercessor SGT) complete.

Right, I haven't posted here in a long time. My Heresy journey started technically with the 'Badab War' books, since they got me back in to (then 4th or 5th ed. ?) WH40k after a long hiatus, as I initially played from 1989 to 1995 and then life happened. Anyhow, those beautiful Forgeworld books got me back into the game ... but hey, an edition change stole the excitement, as the Codex Space MArines uesd with the Badab books was now no longer valid. I guess one can see where this is going, but bear with me. HH 1st ed. was a blast, even with some trivial rule hickups and irregularities, and I played first edition for the entirety of its lifespan, with two Legions and one Militia & Cults list. HH 2nd hit, and it took a good while to get used to it, but eventually I managed. Notably, the circle of friends interested in the game had already start to shrink by this time. Two years into second edition, I sold all my armies (for various reasons) and started to collect two (to start with) new projects, Taghmata and Sisters of Silence. One year later, and boom, HH 3.0 and then ... 1.) None of the projects I started would be a valid army anymore in this edition, Mechanicum having lost most of the equipment and unigue appeal as well as undergoing drastic rule changes to Thallax which were meant to be a good chunk of my army. Sisters of Silence were reduced to one (1) unit and HQ. You know what James ? Go and bonk a hole in a wall. 2.) Rules that were once simple got overcomplicated to an absurd amount where the game now feels more like a piece of abstract modern art nobody asked for but without any art actually being in it. Army list selection is only enjoyable for people without a job, a life, a family or the mentally challenged. It's simply grievous and completely unecessary. The writing and composition of unit entries is just ... abyssmal. I cannot fathom how these products ever cleared quality control and were allowed to go to print. 3.) No one, repeat absolutely no one (as in not a single person) from my previous gaming group (in my previous country) plays HH anymore, nor has any form of interest of picking up the game again. I recently migrated halfways across the world and would theoretically be more than willing to start a new army if I would be able to find people still enjoying either first or second edition, but there's none to be found (and woohoo behold, there's no 3rd ed. players either in that regard). HH 3.0 effectively killed the game. Thanks James, I guess.

The infernus marine is done. As for the bladeguards they'll have to wait until this week-end or will be ported over to march

Thank you all for leaving a comment. And please do accept my apologies for going dark for almost two weeks. Life has its ups and downs and my active engagement with the forum sometimes takes a hit. @Firedrake Cordova and @gaurdian31 I'll be sticking to the gold, thanks. I'll make the final call regarding the blade after I get all other things done. I'm also still figuring out whether I want to attempt an OSL from the lantern; but I think I'll probably do that. I returned to painting some three days ago. I managed to do some progress. Here's a list of things I consider finished: - the Emperor's Champion, including new additions: the swords hilt and backpack (minus the potential OSL), - the Ork's skin, leather bits, shoulder pads, - the stones. Things that are on the to-do list: - the Ork's face, - the power klaw, - minor metallic bits (boots, studs, etc.) - base. Here's a current WIP/progress photo: And some close-ups: Ork's epic chest, wound and attempt at blood splatters: Freehand on the seals: Hilt, botched fingers (again) and tubing on the helmet: Things to note: I really should buy a large painting handle. Painting the model without one is quite annoying since I found myself damaging the paintwork even though I'm trying to be careful and even though I varnished the most exposed bits of the model. One other thing to note is that I decided to use a different hue of red for the crusader seals and hilt (warmer tones, orangey highlights) than I did for the tabard (colder/more neutral, with highlights achieved by mixing red and white). I'm not sure it was smart but I don't regret that decision. I'm not sure, however, if you'll see that in the photos. Funny how camera auto settings work! I take these 'quick WIP photos' in basically identical conditions but they turn out differently. These photos turned out very contrasty - I think they are very visually appealing (more than usual) but aren't a very good for discussing colour nuances. Maybe it's the apparently small differences in the angle of the lamp.

Well... just in the nick of kind of time 3x Predators (these were technically Last Minute) 1x Repulsor 1x Repulsor Executioner 1x Impulsor 3x Allarus Custodians 10x Custodian Guard 1x Krios Tank lol no 1x Lord Discordant (Stubborn, Overtime)

Part of my vow is done. The tanks are close. I'll revow in March.

Here are the final photos of my off-topic thingy: And here's the new mini next to my original metal EC: More photos in the gallery:

Glad that wasn’t possible if true. Amazon ownership would be the kiss of death.

++ The Shadow Crusade ++ Desperate to neuter the threat of the XIIIth Legion to his rebellion, Horus Lupercal sent two of his brothers - Lorgar Aurelian, golden lord of the XVIIth, and Angron, broken master of the XIIth - to ravage the realm of Ultramar. This "Shadow Crusade", as it later came to be known, cut a path of devastation and ruin across the Five Hundred Worlds. So vile were the atrocities committed by the two Legions that the Empyrean became a roiling tempest, cutting the beleaguered sector off from the wider Imperium - and with it, the Ultramarines from the wider war... - Excerpt from The Perfidies of the Warmaster, by [redacted], M32. ++ Lorgar Aurelian, Primarch of the XVIIth Legion, "Word Bearers" ++ ++ Angron, "The Red Angel", Primarch of the XIIth Legion, "World Eaters" ++ ++ Masters of the Shadow Crusade ++ ++ Postscriptum ++ Last year, I built myself a custom version of Lorgar Aurelian out of a spare Stormcast Eternals miniature - and this year I felt compelled to also have a go at recreating Angron, this time using one of the Age of Sigmar Khorne heroes! I'm really happy with how both of them turned out, so I figured I'd post them here for you guys to see them as well. Hope you enjoy! Also, here's a little glamour shot I took of Angron on the diorama base I put together for Lorgar (of which I have no proper pictures yet - which I will have to rectify at some point!):

I've got some time for me today so here's one last vow for february, a second infernus marine If I finish him quickly enough I may also work on two bladeguard veterans :

Today in the hobby I made my kitbashed Minotaurs Captain for a doubles list. Came out exactly as I hoped.

I, Combat_Vet, embark on the 12 Months of Hobby Challenge, and for the month of February pledge to complete 1 Bike SGT and 1 Heavy Intercessor SGT of the Marines Malevolent by month's end. I'm not really sure about the Kill Team Campaign, but I have my Commander ready for paint ...

It’s not the same at all because previously that single HQ unlocked elite, troop, fast attack and heavy support slots all in one go. Plus many of those units could take dedicated transports so didn’t need entire detachments just to take a land raider or something similar. The new system divides a lot of stuff that could previously have been found in one category into multiple ones. Previously you could’ve taken a HQ, command squad, a squad of legion terminators (generally including legion specific ones), veteran squad, rapier battery and a dread as well as given those infantry units dedicated transports and your wouldn’t have had to step outside your HQ and Elite slots. Now you’d need: Crusade Primary detachment Retinue Detachment Heavy Support detachment shock Assault detachment Armoured fist detachment Army Vanguard detachment Tactical Support detachment And what’s more, there’s no pay off for this extra complexity and HQ tax unless you count the headache of trying to organise it all into a list.

I finished base-coating Moravec, Chaos Marine Aspiring Champion. Next step is to add oil washes.

Inspired by the leaked crucible of champions rules (even though, once again, I don't play at all) I decided to tweak my Gravis captain from Dark Imperium and make it my 9th company captain, equiped with an inferno gauntlet : Rules wise, he's a Champion of the chapter with a gravis specialism, armed with an inferno pistol, a power fist and a master crafted power weapon : He got a new pauldron trim colour to match his new company :

Two more projects done! Krieg Artillery Team This model was an exercise in edge highlighting and judicious use of Agrax Earthshade. I used the same Space Wolves colours for the gun and the coats, so it was fun to use the wash and shading on the dudes themselves to delineate the difference between the two materials. And a Bloat Drone Whew! Look at how awesome that "face" on the Bloat Drone turned out! Isn't he just hideous?! Feels good to get some bigger models under the belt this year. Got a whooooole lot of infantry in the queue.... Basecoated with AP Wild Green and zenithal'd with Vallejo Bile Green (which is the secret sauce for all my Nurgle models)

Yeah, I say let's let Apocalypse be a thing, and go back to the pick-up standard being 1500 points, instead of the main game being Apoc-lite.

I, ParaDigm, embark on the 12 Months of Hobby Challenge, and for the month of March pledge to complete 1 Bjorn the Fell Handed and 1 Murder Fang by month's end*. We will see how things go but may add in a pack of Wilven if there is time!

The tiny man is fully healed and so I am back on with hobbying Version 2 of my proxy Ragnar, Lord Calen Belmont of the Ardent Swords 2nd Company, Master of the Knights Errant, Master of the Watch. The moment GW revealed the Execrator I knew I had to use it to make this guy. The only problem was finding a suitably dynamic cape. I mulled over re-using Mephiston's cape from the previous version but I've decided that I'll keep it as-is and use it as a Battle Leader. I nearly settled on Castellan Crowe's cape but couldn't find it at any bits sellers. I then stubbled across Suboden Khan's cape for sale and took a chance on it after looking at the 3D view on GW's site. I had also wanted to use a Sword Brethren style shoulder pad topper but couldn't get my hands on one. Overall it's turning out pretty well. Parts used: Black Templar Execrator body Black Templar Sword Brethren shoulder pads Dark Angels Inner Circle Companion arms White Scars Suboden Khan's cape Leviathan Terminator Captain's head Lion El'Jonson's sword Random Primaris backpack

Proud to finally present to you a dude and its tank :)

A sale to Amazon would just be so so bad. I imagine Amazon speculate about buying anyone they deal with, but GW needs to stay out of US hands, IMHO. It's a distinctly British IP and manufacturer.

March Vow done! Canoness Commander Helia Parnia, Order of the Parthenon, Reclaimatiom Fleet Khymara Sub sector

Finished some more members of my Night Lord Kill Team plus the anniversary beaky marine. I still have to think up some background and names for these guys. The team is made up from a mix of Nemesis Claw, Legionary and Loyalist member rules (so for example features a Grenadier and a vox-caster guy that the Chaos faction does not have). Here they are: Beaky Marine: Grenadier: I gave him a whole belt full of grenades Shrivetalon (in love to go up close and personal with flensing tools) And a normal chainsword warrior who apparently like to hear himself talk and will try to talk the enemy to death (I call him the "Philosopher")

I put a few more thoughts into my upcoming Night Lords Knight project, and thought the corpse of a dead Ultramarine hero chained to the carapace would make a great decoration for the knight (after I really liked the marines chained to the tank). So I went online to look for cheap models I could use- no way I spend 30+Euro on a model I was going to butcher anyways. I found a German games store who is selling surplus Leviathan terminator captains for 9 Euro per model. I bought two, since the price is a steal. One of the terminator captains will be butchered and chained to the knight. And one of the models has now joined my Night Lords warband. They are pirates- they had ambushed a Ultramarine frigate in the past, slaughtered everyone and stole all the armor, ammunition and supplies they could get. I went completely over the top, I just felt in the mood to create a really crazy model. I removed the purity seals and most of the Imperial iconography, added flayed skin (since I have now stocked up on green stuff) and gave him a cool helmet and heavy weapons (including a missile launcher) from my bits box. I would like to introduce Kruelak the Heavy- he has taken the terminator plate of the Ultramarine captain for himself. Kruelak is heavily into heavy weapons and is leading my Obliterators to glory (I have already painted 2 since I got one of the past combat patrol boxes that had the Obliterators in it). There is a rumor he has recently infected himself with the Obliterator virus and might be turning into one soonish. With him leading the Obliterators, he even is a legal model I could use in games. He had the honor of slaying the navigator of the frigate the warband conquered (the sad slave refused to submit to the Night Lords), so Kruelak now proudly displays the skull of the late navigator as a warning on top of his missile launcher. I just thought this model deserved one of the truly special skulls from the GW skull set.

And finished off the sprint of Custodes with two squads of Custodian Guard and one of Allarus Terminators. I should finally finish the 3 predator destructors tomorrow as well, just finished edge highlighting so battle damage, pigments, and OSL will wrap them up. Then... Huron and friends! And other stuff probably because ADHD.

I also started on building some of my new models for the Alpha Legion. I finally got a replacement set of arms for my last terminator. Next , I was very kindly gifted a rare Alpha Legion warpsmith by a member of my club. I've attached an image of the original STL for comparison but I wanted a more traditional look. I especially wanted the warpsmith shoulder pad with the cog teeth trim. Thankfully I raided my bits box and after scraping off an unneeded arrow, I was able to find a suitable fit. I also used a GW plasma pistol from my bits box (annexe). I love all the extra AL emblems on this model. I'm so excited to paint it. I've even decided which decal I will use. Single head hydra then a mechanicus cog on top for a border. Finally, for an upcoming 750 point game, I began assembling my Leviathan Dreadnought. Let's see how that vehicle list likes d6 melta lance and anti vehicle 2+ grav flux bombards. I'm going to go with using the same diamond scale pattern I used in the venom crawler for the outer chassis if the leviathan, I think.

Little more progress on the Immortals.

I, Madao, continue the 12 Months of Hobby Challenge and for the month of March pledge to complete 6 skitarii (unfinished in Feb), 2 marshalls and 1 stiltboy.

TITH the weather was finally beautiful after a few weeks of rain over France. I jumped on the occasion to prime 26 models!

I am a little bit confused as to what people were expecting tbh. Knights have a definite aesthetic, and this looks exactly like a knight between an Armiger and a Questoris, which is what the rumour was. I dig it, I especially like the second faceplate.