Frater Cornelius Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 So, after running around like a headless chicken, I have decided that I will return to the Guard on top of my Sisters (they are basically one army). Got enough of Marines, I tell ya. What I need is Empire in space. Steampunk holy religious warriors fighting for the Emperor, Humanity and other holy things. This is on menu: KARL FRANZ in Punisher (because Pask is for :cuss. since my KF is detachable from Deathclaw, I will stick him in the Punisher when I play 40k) 2x Leman Russ with interchangeable loadouts 2x Wyvern 2x Basilisk Vulture/Vendetta (I will be using the Vulture model in both cases) The BANEBLADE with interchangeable loadout Yarrick Supports characters (mostly Priests) 20 Vets with their Chimeras 30 Guardsmen with various loadouts PCS with their Chimera My Knight with interchangeable loadout I own most of the things above, they just need their looks adjusted to add that Renaissance steampunk feel mixed with a boat-load of Ecclesiarchal iconography and various holy things. They will be a holy order, which was created after the Age of Apostasy by merging some of the remaining Frateris Templar (before their disbandment) and a Knight House (long story, got the fluff almost done), operating from a Cardinal World. Full on heavy metal siege warfare. Remember, Lawful Good does not mean Lawful Nice ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrik_Ironfist Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 You'll be using Pask's rules for Karl Franz, I assume. Overall it sounds great, I think this will be really cool, and I'd like to see what you do, and how you do it, because steampunk is pretty cool. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4131826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Yeah, he will be using Pask's ruleset obviously. It will be a more shiny Leman Russ with Karl Franz (the same one sitting on Deathclaw) peeking up top, swinging his Hammer and vomiting S5 at everything that looks at him funny. I know how I will do the infantry. I will mostly be using fantasy dudesmen and their weapons (modified Handgunners are regular dudes, with increased rank they will get progressively shiny). What I am not sure about is how to make the vehicles Empire style steampunk. That will be a challenge. Being Ecclesiarchal, they obviously need progressively larger chappels being built on top of them as well.:D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4131840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 When do we get to see the models? ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Well, I will need to test some lists and see if they hold up and I still need an image wizard for that intro pic :D But should be too long, considering that the basic infantry is all but done and only requires some fine tuning. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 The idea of this army has me imagining this song as its theme tune. Looking forward to seeing how these guys go, Victoria Minis might be a good source of bitz, though I'm not sure of who would supply specifically renaissance steampunk bitz. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Definitely a tune that would play when the nobility would meet :D As a matter of fact, the army itself also has a defacto theme song. I can hear that song play ever time the Yarrick blob charges, when the tanks fire their bombardment or the soldiers let out a holy fusillade. Epic! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Definitely a tune that would play when the nobility would meet As a matter of fact, the army itself also has a defacto theme song. I can hear that song play ever time the Yarrick blob charges, when the tanks fire their bombardment or the soldiers let out a holy fusillade. Epic! Ooooh, well chosen! :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Gott mit uns! Or, rather, Emperor Imperator mit uns! Edit: This song makes me want to invade my neighbors with muskets and cannons Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrik_Ironfist Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Both songs are great additions to the soundtrack. The only songs on mine are Wagner's Ride of the Valkyires and Blood on the Risers. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I hum Ride of the Valkyries whenever I'm bringing aircraft on, as part of my mess-with-my-opponent strategy. (I have a regular player who plays Tyranids, and are games are a meta-game in themselves. I'll see him deploy his army, then deploy mine and he'll sigh as he notes I brought absolutely no tanks this time, then I'll sigh when I see everything's a Monstrous Creature.) One time I took two Vendettas and two Vultures as the answer to his triple Flyrant list, and it was highly amusing to see them potter round shooting Conscripts until the aircraft evicted them from the skies. ^_^ His subsequent list included a lot more fliers, mine was all Leman Russes. Blood on the Roses is awesome, by the way! I never knew the name of the song and I've heard a few variations. Always cool to find the old classic behind a song. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 But I think we can all agree that no song is as fitting for the Guard as the original Battlefield theme ;) I mean, after all these years, I still get goosebumps when I hear that songs and imagine an armoured gunline thundering forwards and crushing heretics as they go. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 But I think we can all agree that no song is as fitting for the Guard as the original Battlefield theme I mean, after all these years, I still get goosebumps when I hear that songs and imagine an armoured gunline thundering forwards and crushing heretics as they go. Very fitting, especially for a more WWII-oriented force! I do personally love this song, it suits the feel of tanks and artillery crushing everything in a battle for an entire world, which is the stuff the Guard is made of. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 This topic has only just started and is already going off topic :P Let's keep it for Immer's new project ;) I'm sure he's hard at work on the models as we speak so he can show us soon... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Well, I am still not sure how to do Renaissance Gothic cathedral tanks :D I decided to use the Empire Cannons as my HWT. Tonight I will work on rebasing the Empire Handgunners I have, the future infantry dudesmen. I will be getting my Baneblade box tomorrow but it will remain closed until the steampunk cathedral issue has been resolved :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Traitor! Oh wait, Armies of the Imperium. You may proceed . . . Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Traitor! Oh wait, Armies of the Imperium. You may proceed . . . Well, the Guard and myself do have some history. I have been playing them quite a bit at the end of 6ed :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311610-coming-back-to-the-guard/#findComment-4132860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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