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Got back in to painting mini's recently, and wanted to share the first little project i've done. Primaris are big models! It was quite fun, trying lots of things. Decided not to weather, maybe later!

Hi all, I haven't played in an age and list-building was never my strong suit, so I'd really appreciate a bit of help with my Fist-list. I should mention: Unit choices are decided in part based on what I enjoy the look of and what I think I'd enjoy painting - I don't need this to be top-tier, but I'd like to be able to do a pickup game without being utterly destroyed, and your comments would be much appreciated! This being said, there's nothing I'm absolutely wedded to, other than really wanting to include the termie squad in cataphractii and the Consul Champion and Banner bearer from the command squad. I've got the majority of the models in this list already, but I'm absolutely not opposed to getting more plastic, as both my bank account and bits box can attest. Zone Mortalis, 1500 points - HQ [460pts] - Legion Champion (Consul) [110pts]: Artificer Armour , Bolt Pistol, Melta Bombs, Power Sword Praetor, Legion [350pts]: Artificer Armour, Digital Lasers, Grenade Harness, Iron Halo, Paragon Blade, Plasma Pistol Command Squad, Legion [150pts]: Melta BombsSpace Marine Chosen: Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Combat Shield, Power Fist Space Marine Chosen: Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Combat Shield, Power Fist Standard Bearer: Bolt Pistol, Power Weapon - Elites [240pts] - Apothecarion Detachment [50pts] . Apothecary: Augury Scanner, Chainsword/Combat Blade, Power Armor Contemptor Dreadnought Talon [190pts] . Contemptor Dreadnought, Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon, Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon - Troops [640pts] - Tactical Squad [155pts]: 9x Tactical Space Marines . Additional Wargear: Additional Chainswords/Combat Blades, Bolters, Vexilla . Tactical Sergeant: Bolter, Chainsword/Combat Blade Terminator Squad [255pts] - Cataphractii Armour . Terminator Sergeant: Pair of Lightning Claws . Terminator: Pair of Lightning Claws . Terminator: Pair of Lightning Claws . Terminator: Pair of Lightning Claws . Terminator: Chainfist, Heavy Flamer Veteran Tactical Squad [230pts] - Veteran Tactics: Marksmen . Veteran Sergeant: Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Power Fist . Veteran Space Marine W/ Special Weapon: Bolt Pistol, Chainsword, Heavy Bolter and Suspensor Web . Veteran Space Marine W/ Special Weapon: Bolt Pistol, Chainsword, Plasma gun . Veteran Space Marine: Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Vexilla, Power Sword . 6 Veteran Space Marines: Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Chainsword - Heavy Support [160pts]- Heavy Support Squad [160pts]: . 5 Autocannons Rite of War: Pride of the Legion The plan is to grind the opponent down with the HSS and the Marksmen Vets, try to position the Tacticals to pull of a rapid-fire Fury of the Legion with that lovely BS5, and let the Termies and Command Squad handle counter-assaults. Apothecary will slot into the Command Squad to give them a bit of resilience, and the dread goes hunting for either other walkers or smallish infantry blobs, where the Kheres or the DCCW can really hurt. I'm positive there's holes in that plan large enough to drive a Land Raider through, so I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Imperial Fist: 1500 PotL; Zone Mortalis Assault Cadre i'm pretty new to list building and im not so stressed about it being competitive. i just want a strike team with as much potential for triumph whilst staring into the abyss' great maw, as being a forlorn hope just a breath away from oblivion and no route back to a once noble and forgiving creed they once strove to champion. now they choose the life of the void reaver, lords of the darkness. an in your face, blood and honour, fury and spite, win at all costs kind of character to the army. with a theme leaning towards the knights templar/hospitalers kind of style. warrior monks shrouded in the darkness of their secret lore and wisom of the past. So here it is: Alexis Polux - 165 Sigismund - 230 Chaplain - 135 AA, refractor field, Melta Bombs, Solarite power gauntlet. Goes with Sigi and Templars to provide a bit more shouting and zealotry in CC. Legion Apothecary - 70 AA, Augury scanner, Power sword. Goes with templar squad to help with all those sore throats the chaplain will be encouraging and to keep the lads hydrated. Legion Terminator Squad - 285 5 man squad sergeant with TH/SS & grenade harness (because everyone wants to have a top boy smashing around as an example of how to party), 3x SS, 3x chain fist, 1 power axe and a heavy flamer. Pollux's entourage of solid blokes to weather a storm in the void and hand out a good old bashing in return. the chap with the heavy flamer is the designated driver, an all-round gentleman and chief who is there to mop up the mess, burn any evidence and light up the way for the charge when the boys have had one too many... Templar Brethren - 280 6 chaps with combat shields + nuncio vox (to amplify shouting and maybe play some tunes on the ride in to get pumped) champion with combat shield and solarite gauntlet. These chaps are zealot fury, the broken soul of an arcadian dream. knowing only ruin and damnation behind them the only choice left is to forge on into the darkness, blade in hand, beer behind combat shield, headphones in; ready to kick it! Leviathan Siege dreadnought - 325 Armoured Ceramite, Grav-Flux bombard, claw, phosphex charger, heavy flamers. The big bruiser, the great grand daddy of old school roughing ups, the undisputed armqrestling champion of the cadre and all round party animal. when he's not clapping suckers who step on his business he's playing beer pong with the lads with that grav-flux ping pong CANNON! 1500 points. Please let me know if there are glaring errors. not sure if pollux and sigi are allowed in the same list, likewise not sure if the list is legal with just templars and termies as troops. it might be a bit cheesey (or terrible) but i really like the idea of it. have the templar unit deploying on the field with sigi, chappy and apothecary, im hoping the unit will behave as is befitting of "lads on tour" and wreck face. the termies will deepstrike with pollux using void commander rule and utilising the nuncio vox of templars if possible/required. the leviathan will hopefully amble around like a confused bull in an ikea shop and chomp and stomp to it's heart content. apologies for some of the more colourful descriptions, i've just watched guardians of the galaxy again and love the soundtrack, i've been imagining boarding torpedoes being launched to the tune of 'hooked on a feeling' and a little bit of jovial party vibes in the pod before all carnage breaks out and drinks are spilled on impact... anyway... i've opted for flamers & phosphex where possible to utilise the shred rule for zone mortalis (and i dont see range being an issue in the confines of a space vessel when you can box off denial areas with phosphex raging and flamers in your face) theres something for anti-armour with everyone; chainfists & pollux in termies, meltabombs and solarites in templars, and the levi should speak for himself. i'm aware its a low body count and high costing small units but i think in Zone Mortalis it's not such an issue...? that and i think the idea of some absolute heros and chieftains forming a rapid strike unit is a cool idea. I'm tempted to go for a darker, templar style colour scheme, lots of black and metal. alternatively i'm flirting with the idea of collecting models and units i like and having a shattered legions/blackshield display and i'm quite tempted to play this list with IF legion rules (for characters) but have my own dark and mysterious paint scheme and fluff... just my thoughts. and comments and criticisms are welcomed.

Greetings all, So decided to try and do a plog here. Of all my hobbies 40K has the biggest and longest hold on my interest. Been playing since '97 and sunk almost as much money as the value of my house into it. With the Konor Campaign getting me back into the painting mood in a large way I'd like to keep a little of this momentum and see about completing the herculean task of painting all my models to table standard. Course this won't happen, as in time new projects will be added and going back to add detail, but to get close would be a feat. Since my collection extents to most armies I figured it would be best to place the thread here since I want to have the project centralized. I'm going to also try and get back into writing. It's been a long time since I spun a yarn and like to get creative on all fronts. If I can keep this up I'm hoping to update this thread on at least a weekly bases with WIP, completed projects, fiction and maybe some battle reports. I'll also try and keep a general list of what I plan to work on in the next three months. Quarterly Project List: Finish primaris force to table standard or better Work on vow for Xenos event. Complete at least one more IG tank As a start I'm going to do a few posts of the work done for the Konor campaign as well as group pictures of the forces I used fighting the forces of Chaos. First up is the Imperial force used during week four and my first time using Primaris Marines. Week 4 (100 PL force) Captain Phelian (Ultramarines) Librarian Marcelo Tito (Crimson Fists) Brother Kleopas (Ultramarines Redepemtor Dread) Squad Xandros (Ultramarines, Incessors squad) Squad Rhouben (Ultramarines, Incessors squad) Squad Stelios (Blood Ravens, Tactical squad) Squad Ormr (Mantis Warriors, Helbalster squad) Thunderbolt Baneblade I'll post up more as I get the space marine units named.