MithrilForge Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Part of me wants to switch to Tyranids because of their simplicity in assembly, and paint scheme.. but its too late for regrets now. I do not want to hear that!,it'd be a shame if you stopped now , your stuff is great (yes, i admit the lvl your going for requires a time investment) "Patience young one" (best obi-wan voice). On a positive for skit's...they don't have half as many in the model count stakes as Nid's do !!! in the long run you are saving time ...sort of Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascanius Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'm currently just waiting for my next payday to pick up a Guilliman Blue glaze for eyes, plasma coils, et cetera, and that ought to be the last thing I need to consider my Skitarii "finished". I'll post some photographs here when they're done if I can get my phone to behave and take some decent pictures. I don't have any unit markings or forge world symbols. They haven't (yet?) produced an Agripinaa transfer sheet, and my freehand skills are non-existent. I could get some decal paper from somewhere and print my own, but I'm not overly sanguine about my very cheap printer's capabilities as far as that goes. I'm not sure what the next step is. Obviously, I can't ignore the new possibilities for adding to my extremely basic Sons of Medusa collection, which consists of just the models from an Assault on Black Reach box which I had kicking around untouched from when it was current. Some of the new assault marines would add to the tacticals from that box. On the other hand, I really like the Sicarian Ruststalker models, and if I went in that direction I wouldn't have to buy any extra paints (having largely exhausted my greens between the Sons of Medusa and the orks in that box). Either option seems like a good candidate for practicing painting before gluing the models entirely together, which is something I really wish I had done with the Skitarii for several different reasons. The Sicarians are only A$8 more than the assault marines for the same number of models. I'm not playing 40K at the moment nor likely to have the chance anytime soon, so the tabletop use of the figures isn't really relevant. My Skitarii are already done up as five Rangers with an Alpha and five Vanguard without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Today I redicovered the technological marvel known as earplugs for my communication device so I can honour the Omnissiah by listening to hymns while going somewhere. Some of those hymn inspire so much ZEAL that I need to actively stop myself to not charge the next heretical looking person I see :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Today I further contemplated whether I will carry on with BA/ Marines or start Ad Mech in full. It's a daily struggle. I still cannot decide. I think once the new Vanilla codex is out and the fate of Marines is revealed I'll know for sure. Until then my Cult Codex and cards are in the mail :D Edit for further thought: if I was playing Iron Hands I'd just do a combined force, and I still could for sure, but even as a successor with the fluff tied together it just feels a stretch to combine the two factions, even if it would be rather effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Today I further contemplated whether I will carry on with BA/ Marines or start Ad Mech in full. It's a daily struggle. I still cannot decide. I think once the new Vanilla codex is out and the fate of Marines is revealed I'll know for sure. Until then my Cult Codex and cards are in the mail I feel ya bro. I kinda have the same struggle, but more related to DA or possibly SM. However, while I am thinking, I will be working on AdMech. Maybe I will grow to like them more in due time. Right now they kinda feel... incomplete. Yeah, I think that is the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordo Machinum Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Tyranids...? Space Marines...? Heh! A Skitarius craves not these things... In the great gears of the Mechanicus machine – the machine that makes war in the name of indomitable progress and majesty reclaimed – the fighting constructs of the Omnissiah become greater than their parts. We, the Fabricators of the Omnissiah, must strive to become greater still. I experience similar frustrations as I am not free of the frailties of the flesh. Snipping bitz without proper precision, endlessly cleaning mold lines with damaging fervor... wondering what in the Great Cog was I calculating. Such moments of doubt lead me to delay the construction of my Macroclade and Cult Brotherhood by acquiring more of them until the time is somehow right to begin. Other model constructs may be easier to assemble and to paint. Yet, these are Adeptus Mechanicus. ADEPTUS MECHANICUS. They are as big a part of the grim dark future of the Warhammer 40,000 hobby as any other image. They are more than just an army of warriors, they really are the atmosphere of the universe all others move about in. They are the cogs that keep everything moving, supplying hive worlds with power and the ability to survive, equipping guardsmen with weapons to defend the Emperor's worlds, even protecting and preserving the space marines with the blessed genetic inheritance from their Primarchs. We are the mechadendrite web that touches all base matter. We are conduits of His infinite energy that binds the galaxy together... If you find your heart failing in your endeavours... the Adeptus Mechanicus has an augment for that! We are the cogs that move, being turned ourselves by each other, never stopping... all in accordance with the Omnissiah's Great Plan. R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 @ Rashbold - Great speech, but I for one do not really care for the AdMech directly. My main focus are Imperial Knight, which are in this sub-forum, and me digging into AdMech is simply because these forces work pretty well together and allows a good knightly conversions. Having said that, I feel like jumping through hoops all the time. Using 3 books and not counting FW and making an army out of three detachments because every book is so incomplete and it is taking its toll of my patience. I dislike dabbling multi-detachment armies because the cherry-picking can quickly come to an end when any given update and it does not feel like a complete army. Oh and do not get me started on my national meta and their view on multi-detachment armies and anything that wasn't released prior to 6ed. All I want is an army that works well alone and just as well with Knights, that can be used in a single detachment so that it actually feels like an army and that can adopt the knightly aesthetic that I so adore. Right now, it is Admech although with some compromises. My secret hope is that DA will bring me the salvation I seek though. And no, I feel no shame in admitting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordo Machinum Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 @ Rashbold - Great speech, but I for one do not really care for the AdMech directly. R: Thanks. Wait... what? The Horror! My main focus are Imperial Knight, which are in this sub-forum, and me digging into AdMech is simply because these forces work pretty well together and allows a good knightly conversions. R: I can understand. I myself considered Imperial Knights before going the way of the cog. Fewer models I thought. More pieces, but fewer models. And there is the satisfaction of using other small groups of different army models as allies. Having said that, I feel like jumping through hoops all the time. Using 3 books and not counting FW and making an army out of three detachments because every book is so incomplete and it is taking its toll of my patience. I dislike dabbling multi-detachment armies because the cherry-picking can quickly come to an end when any given update and it does not feel like a complete army. R: I've been looking at the books as one big book, including C:IK. I've even considered gluing them together cover-to-cover. Sure, it feels like there's something missing but I figure every army suffers from that. Oh and do not get me started on my national meta and their view on multi-detachment armies and anything that wasn't released prior to 6ed. R: I wouldn't dream of it. All I want is an army that works well alone and just as well with Knights, that can be used in a single detachment so that it actually feels like an army and that can adopt the knightly aesthetic that I so adore. Right now, it is Admech although with some compromises. My secret hope is that DA will bring me the salvation I seek though. And no, I feel no shame in admitting that. R: I plan to use the individual codex standard FOC attachments as my primary base. The detachments I'll reserve for smaller games or just for testing out the individual units to hone my skills. I haven't had much experience playing (read as not-at-all lately). As for the DA, they've been my guilty sin for quite a while. I was one of the noobs trying to collect enough robed models to make an entire army out of them - but my loyalty faltered. Some of them became 'dark mechanicus' but without a rule set they were played-as-space-marine/admech wannabees. Some of my surviving space marine models will eventually arise as a loyal to Adeptus Mechanicus faction (or robot marines). We all have our parts to play in the Great Machine. R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 @ Rashbold - Talking about faith going to your head :D Anyway, we will see. Right now I am in a difficult state anyway where I am drifting in between worlds trying to find my place in the 40k-verse. Krauthammer 40k isn't making it easier for me either. Maybe the two Skit+Cult games I will have this week will convince me otherwise, but right now I am almost hoping for DA to be the solution. Damn, this all sounds so tragic :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Dawnstar Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I headed into my local GW today with the intent of getting a little painting done but ended up playing an impromptu game against Tau instead. My force was a fair bit different from what I'm hoping to run in the future (My Kataphrons are still a work in progress so I had to run the Cohort Cybernetica alongside my Skitarii) but things honestly went far better than I expected. The Kastelans proceeded to cross the battlefield shrugging off just about everything and managed to take out the Commander with his escort and a Riptide, their only casualty coming at the end of turn four because I completely forgot to restore a wound in the shooting phase prior with the Tech Priest. Ended up winning a solid 13-1 in the Scouring. The best moment of the game was the Hammerhead proceeding to immobilise itself on turn one with a shot reflected back off the Kastelans. It's just wonderful to see your opponent's face fall when they suddenly realise that they're turning their anti-tank weapons on themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I think that the Reflection component of the Kastelan's invul save is being underestimated, atm. It's not a cornerstone strategy, but the fact that it's there will be missed by many opponents, to their detriment! Back on topic, I'm not sure whether to start my Kastelans or Kataphrons, yet. Clipping sprues is becoming my least favorite part of the hobby, with these arthritic old hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshall Egregorius Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Today my plan is to continue painting my Onager, and add indent tags to my current force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorthaur Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Part of me wants to switch to Tyranids because of their simplicity in assembly, and paint scheme.. but its too late for regrets now. I do not want to hear that!,it'd be a shame if you stopped now , your stuff is great (yes, i admit the lvl your going for requires a time investment) "Patience young one" (best obi-wan voice). On a positive for skit's...they don't have half as many in the model count stakes as Nid's do !!! in the long run you are saving time ...sort of Mithril One of the toughest things about 40k is that there is basically nothing I dislike, all of the factions appeal to me in some way or another. It makes it hard to stick with anything, I must have started up over half the armies in 40k. At least this time I am finishing things, and will finish what I have lined up no matter what more work to do on the sicarians today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 One of the toughest things about 40k is that there is basically nothing I dislike, all of the factions appeal to me in some way or another. It makes it hard to stick with anything, I must have started up over half the armies in 40k. At least this time I am finishing things, and will finish what I have lined up no matter what more work to do on the sicarians today. yeah i did that years ago,made several armies in "Grey" and never seemed to finish (the only army i ever truly finished was a necron army for a tournament...at the time my girlfriend(now wife) thought i was cheating on her cause i was saying i gotta go home now to finish painting models for a deadline kinda funny thinking back on it now though .) And this army i intend to finish Completely too ! @brightstar -interested to know how were you kastelans equipped ?? Cheers Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scurvydog Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 The Kastellan shield is not reliable at all but can be fun. Had a game where a razorback with twin linked assault cannon shot at my bots, 1 shot bounced of and scored a rending result on the razorback itself, getting an immobilize result, to the great dismay of my opponent. In turn 4 it got lucky however and scored 2 rends and 2 regular wounds on a bot, and with my usual poor dice rolling I lost 3 saves which outright killed a bot. I find the 3+ save to be the worst part of the bot, possibly next to the 3 BS, but the save can be helped, by using datasmiths as a shield, by keeping at least an equal amount of bots for the majority toughness rule, the datasmith becomes insanely tough to wound with a 2+ save and always FNP regardless of active protocol. For this reason I am considering to run with 2 smiths even outside of a cohort formation, they bring a LOT of added toughness for their points, decent firepower at close range and decent at melee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Got all the leadbelcher and orange on my Vow 3. Black and red layers next. Then details, wash, highlight, base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Today - working on vanguard now, had black leggings but decided to try a bone/white to match the cloak,kinda reminds me of Swedish 1618 troops for some reason...or a bit of "The Order 1886"...anyways test model.. he is very WiP... Cheers, Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascanius Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Looks really good, mithril. The combination of pale cloak and leggings does look nice. I could post one of my nearly-finished Agripinaa Skitarii but I really don't want to post any of them without the glowy bits finished. Maybe this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nziv Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 put a real dent in painting six Ursarax for my August deadline vow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 What models did you use for Ursarax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Amarel Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I think the white Vanguard looks really good. After so many Marines (of various types), I've found the Skitarii and Admech really fun and relatively quick to paint (probably due to the lack the of edge highlighting :)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PraetorDragoon Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Finished my Sicarian infiltrators Hidden Content https://praetordragoon.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/sicarian-infiltrators/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Great stuff PraetorDragoon! The freehand for the cogs/stripes came out really well. In other news, got all my Kataphrons clipped out and ready for assembly. Note to anyone that has these and hasn't messed with them yet; apparently the sprues are actually unique! I was looking at the instructions trying to find "Part 1, 2 and 3" and I couldn't find them. Turns out I had the wrong sprue! Don't think I've ever seen that in a GW kit before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anselneo Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Progress on vow 2 is a little slow since I wanted to complete my skitarri (which was too far along for ETL but not complete) before i focussed on the cult mechanicum. Just finished the last of skitarri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Great job on these models! Just a bit of curiosity, though; where are the bases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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