Advanced Infiltration: Heralds of Extinction

[Xenith]

I was actually really impressed with the performance of the land speeders in this game and the firepower it brings for the points . I'd previously used one with a mm, but I think that makes it too expensive, and has to get too close, bring a fragile platform. The dual culverin was decent output, and I think I'd like to try dual grav out as well. More crucially, it's a cheap FA slot for Leviathal. 

[Xenith]

Sneaky Photo Time! These are the Alphas that I painted in 2022. With the exception of the contemptor painted for a tournament in February, everything else was done since June when the AoD box came out. A large portion remain unbased, but they take effort...there's lots more to come for 2023! 

 

 

Obligatory apologist style HH book cover shot. 

 

[Xenith]

I've got another game against the same BA player tonight, 2000pts and he's bringing a new predator - hopefully he's taken on board my comments about getting the spartan and terms into the game faster, but let's see his list! I'll probably run similar to my previous list, maybe with my new deredeo?

 

I got this guy back in like...2018 and I was scared to make him, or didn't have the time - now with a good gaming group, I've found new motivstion and am gettig better at pulling my finger out and getting things made.

 

I magnetised him to swap between autos and the hellfire, which I think is amazing in this edition. 

 

[Xenith]

I managed to get a game with and against @Excessus's Alpha Legion this month, and seeing Effrit in action have really fired me up to get mine done, so progress:

 

I was going to go with a flat black scheme, but had always wanted to try and black highlighted with metals scheme, to see how it looked. I thought that my other alphas were all metallic, and this army was about pushing my boundaries so I went for it.

 

Models are sprayed chaos black, drybrushed corvus black, then sequentially edge-drybrushed iron warriors then iron hands steel, with a final edge highlight of iron hands steel. The blue bits were painted ironbreaker then glazed with my akhelian mix. So far I have 8 Effrit ready to go, and I really want to make 2 more and add an apothecary to make them scary as hell on the table. 

 

[Pearson73]

That's a really nice scheme. Great work on the screens too.

[Xenith]

Thanks! I wanted to try something new also, I'd been doing a little OSL with the eye lenses, but wanted to keep pushing to do better, the screens seemed a good subtle place to try.

[Galron]

Really nice work. Your thread has me looking again at AL. Let us know how the Effrit work out. I havent seen their use and I want to like them.

[Xenith]

It was seeing them in action that made me pull my finger out and get some paint on them! 

 

The combo of infiltrate, scout, shroud bombs and lies and obfuscation was a major pain in @Jolemai's side, I think he has PTSD from facing them. The shotguns are awesome, with breaching 6+ shred, youre almost guaranteed some AP2, and they're no slouches in combat either: On the charge they hit at I5 with 4A, AP3, breaching 5+. It's bonkers. They'll even do a number on terminators. The 2W means you get even more milage with an apothecary. I'd basically take these guys all the time over banestrike headhunters. 

[Xenith]

I'm trying to come up with a half decent an fun 3k list, feedback in the army list section would be appreciated!

 

 

[Xenith]

More models for the heresy meatgrinder:

 

 

Let's just say that the unit leader is looking desperately for his missing part. 

[Cactus]

I often start reading the latest posts without properly paying attention to the thread title. As a result I thought to myself 'cool Blood Angels bro, hope he finds his helmet' and did an honest-to-God double-take on my way out!

I adore the concept of Alpha Legion wearing false colours and that damaged paint expresses it perfectly.

[Xenith]

 Thanks you! Glad you like them :D

[Xenith]

I managed to find the sergeants head and get it painted, squads done bas the basing, decals and some details. 

 

Edited March 20, 2023 by Xenith

[Xenith]

I've had another idea for a tricksy AL army, the ones in the army list section arent seeing any feedback, so posting here.

 

3K Leviathal - 3033pts

HQ - 340pts

Delegatus, nemesis, Mobius Configuration

Vigilator - nemesis, dagger, infiltrate

Cataphractii Librarian - telepathy, force axe, power maul, psychic hood

 

Elites

Contemptor Talon 2x with melta and fist with grav gun

10 Effrit - daggers

5 Fulmentarus

3 Rapiers - Grav

 

Troops

Tac squad - arty, dagger

Tac squad - arty, dagger, 9x chain bayonets

5 Recons - augury, nemesis 

 

FA

5 Headhunters - 4x cmelta, multimelta

10 seekers - augury

 

HS

10 HSS Lascannons, augury

 

Allied Detachment Blood Angels - Recon Company

Delegatus - jump pack, nemesis, thunder hammer

10 Assault squad - 2 axes, serge with fist

5 Recon Squad bolters

Scorpius

 

Basically an army that can net a bonus 3VP from it's own objectives, and has a recon company in there to allow rerolls to go first, hopefully allowing me the alpha strike. 

 

There may be a lot of points invested in the allies, but I wanted to fit a scorpius in there somewhere. The rest of them will jump forwards towards an opposing objective. There's 2 line units in my mobius and a deadly scorpius, so hopefully that'll give the opponent some hard choices - kill the line and give mobius, or let them score. The weak link there is maybe the scorpius as it will be hiding, however an unmolested scorpius all game is probably netting me more than 1vp it would if it died. 

 

The vigilator will go with the seekers or the effrit and roam about, the libby with the fulmentarus to keep them from being charged and stopping key units from reacting. AL Delegatus will hide with the AL recons or in a tactical squad and stay out of sight. I'd have loved to get a couple of apocs in there, but then i have to drop something key from the elites. Rapiers help with vehicles and drop large dangerous terrain pie plates all over the shop to trigger dangerous terrain. 

 

Headhunters do their thing and try to pop a character or high value target in T1, while the effrit hover around the 12" mark and try to thin out 3+ saves, or whatever they feel like. If they do have to charge, that's 41 attacks, maybe 20 hits, or 30 if concussed, for 7 or 10 dead tacs at I5. 

 

The list is currently 33 pts over, so I'm looking at dropping a model or two, maybe a lascannon and a seeker. Thoughts?

[Xenith]

I've managed to get a couple of games in with my Alphas recently, and those reports are in my blog:

 

 

I've also got round to working on my FW dread, it's a beauty:

 

 

It's a little bit more advanced than this at the moment, however I think I might have my final method for application of the Akhelian decided - a controlled thin glaze of pure akhelian - that's what this is - no messing round with dilution or mixing with contrast or lahmian mediums, and painted in one direction less smearing and brushstrokes than you get with the diluted pigment. 

[Xenith]

Progress on the Contemptor...

 

 

Still needs the green glazes doing, as well as a base, but I'm pretty happy so far. 

[Pearson73]

Awesome work on the fiery lenses!

[Xenith]

Been a while since an update, but I managed to get my Alphas based and done for the Saturday Singles Narrative games at Warhammer Fest

 

3K of based Alphas ready to go. 

 

On parade after my first game.

 

I'm pretty happy with what I'd managed to achieve, getting about 1000pts of Alphas painted in the month before the event, and getting all 3000 based in the week before. 

 

The list I took was:

3k points Leviathal.

 

Delegatus - nemesis, Moebius.

Vigilator - nemesis, dagger

Cataphractii Librarian - telepathy, force axe, power maul

 

Contemptor Talon - 1x Las/fist, 1x Melta/grav/fist

3x grav rapiers

5x Fulmentarus - 5 fists

10x Effrit - Daggers

 

2x10 tacticals - arty

5x Recons - nemesis, augury

 

10 Seekers - arty, augury

5 headhunters - arty, 4x cmelta, MM

3 Jetbikes - multimeltas, arty, power fist

 

10  HSS - Lascannons, augury, vex

Leviathan - melta lance, phosphex, volkite nips. 

 

Overall the army did some work, even if some parts didnt - I won my first game [Onslaught] against Emperor's Children 11-0, the first time I've managed to get an onslaught objective, we called it after T3 as I was too far ahead in the killing, and won the second game against custodes 21-0 in the mission with continuous scoring and player placed objectives [dominion?]. I'll add some pics from the reports later. 

 

 

 

[Xenith]

Just had a game with Alpharius and 2 infiltrating Leviathans that probably won me the game. More details tomorrow when I'm not so tired! 

 

My list was

 

3k alpha legion, no rite.

Alpharius

Primus Medicae, thunder hammer, combi volkite

10 Fire Drakes, 5 hammers, 2 chainfists, 3 fists, in spartan

contemptor, melta and grav in fist

2x10 tacticals, arty armour

1x5 recons, nemesis

Leviathan talon: 1 with 2x storm cannons, volkite nips, phosphex; 1 with melta lance, volkite, phosphex, claw. 

Sicaran punisher with HB sponsons and pintle HB. 

 

Against the Dark Angels

Legion herald - something of keys

10 broken claw in spartan

2x10 tacs

10 multimelta HSS in rhino

10 lascannon HSS

Kratos reaction fire with main weapon decurion (locus?)

Typhon

 

 

[madlibrarian]

This is a great topic bud. How do you paint your lenses please?

[Xenith]

Messily  I should do a tutorial maybe. Basically it's a basecoat of mephiston red all around the eye lens, into the recesses and the surrounding area (where you'd put the chunky highlight on the armour below the eye), followed by increasingly smaller zones of:

 

wild rider red; pro-acryl Orange paint (or fire dragon bright) just in the lens itself, hen do a highlight of this on the face below the lens, then white at the very front of the lens, and at the raised edge of the helm below the lens.

 

Pics would be much better! 

[Xenith]

I've finally written up the second battle report from my games at WHFest this year, this time it was AL vs the Custodes, with triple caladius!

 

 

[Xenith]

Got a 4k game tonight against either fists or Custodes, probably the Custodes, so might have to break out the phosphex. I don't think I actually shared my Cerberus here, so here you go - love that tank! 

 

Edited August 23, 2023 by Xenith

[Xenith]

Brief battle report and action shots from that Apoc Game in my blog here:

 

 

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

On 3/20/2023 at 9:01 AM, Xenith said:

I managed to find the sergeants head and get it painted, squads done bas the basing, decals and some details. 

 

I love those combi-weapons! Great job!