Campaign: Assault on Lutum

[WarriorFish]

Single troopers was for Regiments, Campaigns are single units - even if some units are single model ;) Sounds like you have a Kasrkin vow though?

[Larkyn]

Here's what I've got:

 

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/911/5leVFA.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/903/jkaJ7k.jpg

 

With my current timetable, I might be able to get the basecoated squad done by next week. Not sure about the unassembled one. 2016 hasn't started off too well.

[WarriorFish]

Your WIP has been registered Larkyn :tu: There's over half the month left I'm sure you can pull a couple of stops out and complete in time :)

[The Acid Dog]

Posted this up in TITHI, but I figured I'd post it up here to share with a more specific audience. This is the end result of my December 12-January 16 vow for another group, with the Valkyrie I painted for this campaign included for effect.

[WarriorFish]

Love the tank camo, you should be populating a nice WIP with these images :)

 

We're over half way through the first phase now so this is the downhill part - get your vows complete by the end of the month! Some more progress shots would be nice too ;) However that's still a fair amount of time should anyone fancy joining in now for a smaller vow. If not there's always the second phase which will start immediately after the first ends :D

[elmo]

As you command... :)

progress shots:

The next couple of weeks are going to be very busy....

[RADU LYKAN]

the commissar asks for wip pics? the guardsmen deliver :)

 

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/hhf3_zpsqm97hawy.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/hhleft1_zpsmwqnwaui.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/hhr1_zps27qvckjg.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/dozerblade3_zps6qpimpez.jpg

[WarriorFish]

I think the plough looks really good, the model is very nice indeed and to think it isn't even done yet :tu:

[nismogrendel]

I, Nismogrendel, hereby pledge the support of the forces of the Foxhound Scratch Company under the command of LtCol Volontir rear echelonry, to the reclamation of Lutum in the name of the Emperor. The contribution of two Armoured Sentinels at 80 points will do their duty no matter the cost.

Regiment Name: Foxhound Scratch Company

Regiment Commander's Name: LtCol Volontir rear echelonry

Regiment Commander Description: LtCol rear echelonry began his career with the Planetary Defence Force on Finreht in the Agripinaa sector. Shortly after achieving the rank of Sergeant, his squad was assigned to look into reports of missing persons at a local mining settlement. Arriving and finding the settlement deserted, rear echelonry's squad began to search the town. While investigating the mine, the squad found the cause of the disappearances - Genestealers. The squad was assaulted and decimated, rear echelonry, separated from his squad with no supplies and no ammunition, somehow managed to sneak out of the tunnels and flee back to his post. Knowing that the situation was dire, rear echelonry contacted the Inquisition. The next day an Inquisitor arrived with a small retinue of Stormtroopers. rear echelonry led the fireteam through the mines and helped purge the Tyranid infestation. After the battle, the Inquisitor offered Sgt rear echelonry a position in a newly formed unit - the Foxhound Scratch Company, which rear echelonry proudly accepted.

rear echelonry prefers a small agile force. For the Lutum campaign, he assembled a two man Armoured Sentinel squadron. These walkers would be his eyes and ears. Able to scout ahead, but also able to engage the enemy if needed.

Regiment Overview: The Foxhound Scratch Company is the unofficial name of a small band of veteran soldiers and tankers assembled by various Inquisitors. When an inquisitor comes across a soldier with desirable talents or intelligence, that inqusitor has the option to draft them into Foxhound. The target is approached, the offer is made, and if accepted the correct bureaucratic strings are pulled. They are quietly reassigned to the Foxhound Company and they disappear from the rosters of the Astra Militarum. This pool of soldiers provides the manpower for the Inquisition's clandestine operations. Inquisitors have also been known to recruit their personal bodyguards from the Foxhound regiment. Soldiers have been drafted from every known regiment, with the majority coming from the Cadian and Catachan armies.

The unit is well equipped. The regiment colors are red, black and grey. The combat uniform consists of red, black, and grey tiger striped fatigues, black flak armor and black boots. The weapons are brightly polished metal, however some soldiers preferring to paint their gun casings black.

Primed/assembled pics:

Time to clean off the hobby table and get back to the airbrush :)

[WarriorFish]

Great to see nismo, welcome aboard with a good vow :D The entrants list has the Foxhound Scratch Company added There are two weeks left for this phase of the Campaign, so make them count! Each completed vow adds to the chance of victory!

For related news Father Boeka has already got his first taste of the table, I've written up a small batrep with a few pictures

[nismogrendel]

Airbrush work is done, rest will be with a regular brush.

Todo:

Make two bases

Paint guns

Paint Sentinels

[our_baz]

As requested by the health and well being officers ahem Commissariat here a status on my pledge Life Guard PCS WIP

 

Regiment Background:

 

Observed Strategic Tendencies:

 

Inclination towards close quarter combat, with specialisation in urban warfare and bunker clearance. Units equipped with higher than average number of flamer and melta weaponary to suit close quarter conflict. Regiment also incorporates greater percentage of abhuman squads within regimental structure, to act as a spear tip for frontal assaults.
Secondary tendancies included Psykic supremacy tactics multiple battle psykers and squads employed to overwhelm opponents. Senior Commanders suround themselves with numerours high level psykers to best direct the regiments might.

 

 

Colonel Leukas Prins

 

Some commanders ask their attends for the latest supply manifests, troop training rosters or deployment scheduales. None of this interests Leukas, he can be more often than not at his desk with a glass of strong liquor in one hand and tarot cards spread across the desk. It is not to say that he is an incompetent leader more a superstitious one. You generally dont stay as a company Colonel for 20 years if your incompetent. No, questions of tactics, deployment resources and not dealt with via the judgement of rational mind, but rather through the winds of fate through his cards guided in his decisions by his adjunct Psyker.
However fate is fickle mistress.....

 

[WarriorFish]

Good stuff baz! Let's see all vows finished on time there's not long left now... we're on the downhill part!

[nismogrendel]

Made a bit of progress. Washed the whole thing with nuln oil, painted a bunch of spots black to go over with leadbelcher/gold/etc. Gotta step it up this week to finish these two.

Not sure if I will paint up the little scopes piece that goes on the roof. I kind of like the flat tops.

[WarriorFish]

Indeed, eleven days remaining - but who said seizing a landing zone on Lutum would be easy? I think you're well on the way to finishing, the trick is to work with the aim to finish early :)

[elmo]

The grunts are done

Started on the Chimeras and should have made some decent progress for the photo booth on the weekend.

I plan to be all done with time to spare before the deadline - the 711th will be parading with the rest of The Emperors finest at the end of phase 1.

[Brother Argent]

Okay so I am finally decided on what I am painting, with ten days to go.  And boy am I setting myself a lofty goal:

 

Rough Rider Squad (x5)

Power Weapon

Melta Bombs

 

This comes to 70 points...

 

No to dig out some bits and convert these guys somehow...

[WarriorFish]

Good, all you have to do is not fail the Campaign, Emperor or commissariat... Couldn't be simpler!

[P3AKHOUR]

I, P3AKHOUR, hereby pledge the forces of The 189^th Tebessan Expeditionary Force, under Colonel Faizal Danek to the reclamation of Lutum in the name of the Emperor. The contribution of one Tauros Venator of the XXVII Qom Aksar Artillery Company (Forward Recon Section) at 75 points will do their duty no matter the cost.

Regiment Name
The 189^th Tebessan Expeditionary Force

Regiment Commander's Name
Colonel Faizal Danek

Regiment Commander Description
The young Faizal Danek attended the Imperial Military College in Nusrata, graduating as an officer with the Tebessan PDF. He was placed in command of a mining outpost garrison in the twilight band which had regularly fallen under attack by Allayl raiders from the night side of the tidally-locked planet. Finding the outpost woefully under-manned, and realising his forces may not be able to repel the next raid, Danek ventured out into the Allayl tribal lands with a local missionary named Father Marcos as his guide and interpreter. After gaining the trust of the Allayl elders, Danek began to trade small quantities of pilfered goods with them, in exchange for furs and other items only obtainable by the skilled Allayl hunters.
When Tebessa’s Imperial tithe grade was raised, Danek was quickly inducted into the officer cadre and placed in charge of the newly-formed XIV Tebessan Armoured Company. His command experience coupled with a gift for maintaining heavy mining machinery making him the most qualified officer on Tebessa to command the 189^th Expeditionary Force’s freshly acquired tanks.
In the 20 years since the formation of the 189^th, Danek and his heavily customised Leman Russ Punisher Emissary have led the Expeditionary Force in hundreds of engagements across many worlds. Throughout his military career, Danek has kept his old friend and confidant, Father Marcos close at hand, together they have been instrumental in the recruitment of thousands of Allayl tribesmen into the ranks of the 189^th.
Regiment Type/Method of War
Being an expeditionary force from a relatively peaceful backwater world, the 189^th have never been engaged in combat on their home planet. The nature of the army emphasises long range, self-sufficiency and mobility. The vanguard of the 189^th is the XIV Armoured Company, which employs Leman Russ MBT’s, mechanised heavy infantry and sentinel reconnaissance walkers. In larger engagements, the XIV is supported by self-propelled artillery from the XXVII Qom Aksar Artillery Company and air support from the Imperial Navy 46th Strategic Air Command. Every soldier and vehicle in the regiment must be able to carry their own rations, ammunition and equipment, often for days at a time over harsh terrain. The infantry carry lightweight Accatran pattern lasguns and special weapons, whilst the tanks are characteristically loaded up with spare parts and supplies. Hailing form a desert world, the 189^th are often deployed to harsh-dry climates where their desert warfare skills are an invaluable asset to any commander.

[nismogrendel]

Got a lot of work done last few days, I think I am 50% there. I'm trying the sponge/leadbelcher weathing technique for the first time. My first sentinel is on the left, current pledge is on the right. I have only weathered the toe/foot so far. I like the way it is coming along. I might add more leadbelcher dabs later, not sure if it is noticeable enough yet.

[The Acid Dog]

I was delayed longer than I'd hoped, but it's of no consequence, because...

My vow is complete.

[Brother Argent]

So I doubt I will get these guys done (or even started with painting) before the end of phase one but at least I can get these guys done with my commitment for phase 2.

[P3AKHOUR]

My pledge:

 

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/317754-campaign-assault-on-lutum/?p=4281347
 

Mobile anti-armour assets en-route to your AO, ETA 7 days.  Apologies for the low resolution visual feed.  A warp storm is playing havok with our comms.

[WarriorFish]

Almost a last minute vow there P3AK but still over a week which should be plenty of time The WIP is just to register the start so the picture doesn't need to be great. Well done to you too Brazen for an excellent completion - two Vendettas finished off very nicely indeed and if you're interested that of course puts you in the lead for Lord Commander!

Brother SP, your models will be expected to be completed in phase 2... ;)

[elmo]

Squad #112, 897th Infantry Company, 711th CCAB reporting for action

2 Chimeras at about 80% with detailing and weathering still to do...