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[Dosjetka]

Dosjetka: *grumble grumble changing lists already grumble grumble* Okay, got it down. 2500 points though? That's quite a lot... hope you do stick with this.

But yeah, it should be alright. Even if I have to pull a few all-nighters to get things painted, then so be it! And there quite a few units that are quite points-heavy so that helps as well. :)

[Spinsanity]

Got it, 404.

Hope you don't mind the vague points. I can come up with a more specific army list if required, but since I'll end up magnetizing most of it anyway I figured there wasn't really a point...

[Dosjetka]

No point in points? What heresy is this?

 

:teehee:

[Warsmith Uveron]

No point in points? What heresy is this?

The Best Kind!

Oh and my WIP thread is now active... trying to pick paint schemes, next after that will be a logo.

[Jonny Roxtar]

Made a start on the list. The Inquisition part anyway.

 

Ordo Xenos Inquisitor (Psyker ML 1)

(Bolt Pistol and Force Weapon and Digital Weapons)....60

 

Warband

4 Acolytes(Carapace hotshot Lasguns) 52

2 Crusaders                          30

2 Death cult assassins               30

Weaponsmith                          35

Priest                               25

Psyker                               10

 

Valkyrie

(Lascannon hellstrikes HBolter Sponsons  155

 

Unit total                           397

 

 

The plan for this little lot involves a lot of "counts as" models Since the GW inquisitorial range is pretty woeful at best

The Acolytes with Hotshots are all Scion models the Death cult assassins will be Dark Eldar witches most likely with the blank helms

The Weaponsmith will be a tech priest. The Priest will be a chaos cultist and the Psyker is from the Genestealer cultists in DW Overkill

 

Death Watch part of the List will need a bit more thought but i hope to have it sorted out tomorrow.

 

The eventual plan for this seemingly modest little warband will be a bit of a Monster involving at the last count around 7  Codices and a combined force of Skitarii , Mechanicum the Inquisition, Assassins , the death watch and a couple of Knights with support from the Planetary Arbite Swat teams ( aka Scions )

 

Its going to be Biblical.

[Soldier of Dorn]

Dosjetka: If you say so. Just remember, if you fail to complete your army, you will not only suffer the shame of failure, but worse: my merciless teasing. ;)

 

Player 404: Well, as Dos implied, there is a point to points (this isn't Age of Sigmar, after all :P,) but since you seem to have a pretty clear outline of what you're going to do, I'll let it pass.

 

Uveron: Good luck with figuring out your color scheme! I glanced at the thread earlier really quickly, but didn't really have time to look to closely. I'll make sure to take a more in-depth look later. :)

 

deusmex: Looks like a good start, with some pretty cool modeling ideas! Can't wait to see what the rest of the list looks like! :tu:

[Lord Commander Eidolon]

Shame I missed out! Too busy painting to notice this thread!! I might try and run something in tandem, as it'd be great to actually get a playable force together...

[GhostMalone]

So I've got the 15 Kakophoni here now I just need to buy bitz for the apothecaries and save up for the 2 resin monster dreads.

 

I am also extending the list by 1000 points for a in case of painting inspiration

[Pyroclast91]

Not gonna lie I'm more than a little excited to see your emperors children Leviathans Kurama. It's probably my favorite model atm and I can't wait to see your take on it. Will they be getting the leopard print treatment as well?

[Soldier of Dorn]

Lord Commander Eidolon: Sent you a PM.

 

Kurama: Exciting! Looking forward to it. Adding points to your list? I would expect nothing less from you!

[lionofjudah]

Lol- Kurama is king of having 6k of stuff built and primed, waiting in the wings just for events like this;)

 

I'm super stoked and have been looking at my bits box in glee!!

[Brother Argent]

Well I have started the assembly side of things and, being the ambitious chap that I am, am already planning "stretch goals".  That is to say things I am going to paint in the unlikely event that I complete everything early.  I am also already tweaking the list a little, more along the lines of a model here, wargear there.  Shouldn't change much in the grand scheme of things.

[Pyroclast91]

Ive been planning and scheming as to how I'm going to turn the cataphractii squad I very hastily assembled into proper veterans of the XVIIIth.

 

upload foto

 

The biggest issue with my assembly is I put the shoulder pads on thinking for some reason they gave me an extra set. Just put the top layer on and apparently forgot how to use plastic glue that day. Idk if I was drinking or what but those pads aren't coming off in one piece. So anyways all that said any ideas? I was thinking of either A. sculpting the second layer or B. Sculpting drake hides around the backs and shoulders to bulk them out.

 

Note the obvious choice of put the other layer you thought we're extras on top isn't available it's a long story like I said not sure what was happening that day.

[GhostMalone]

Guys guys guys come on i have :cuss prepared but it wasn't 3rd Legion.

 

I've got that many half projects going that it's not funny.

 

 

Now real question outriders or jetbikes

[Dosjetka]

Outriders. Too many jetbikes.

 

And Pyroclast, go with drake skin. :tu:

[Rangaman]

Skyslayers all the way Kurama, EC love jet bikes and you can never go wrong with massed, mobile heavy weapons

 

Edit: You could even go as far as to model the jetbike weapons as Blastmasters or a heavier equivalent and count them as Volkite or Melta etc

[Pyroclast91]

@Kurama I second the motion for outriders.

 

@Dosjetka that was kinda the way I was leaning I suppose a salamanders army really can't have too much of the stuff :)

[Soldier of Dorn]

lionofjudah: Indeed he is!

 

Brother SP: That's great!!! Always nice to have a few contingency plans in place for possible eventualities of early completion!!! :tu:

 

Pyroclast91: That's unfortunate about the shoulder pads. :( Still, it looks fine, and adding drakeskin, as Dos says, would look awesome.

 

Kurama: Come on, man. You know what you want to do. Outriders or jetbikes? Pah! A silly question! You know you'll have to do Outriders and jetbikes! :P (but seriously, if you have to choose one, go with the Outriders. You don't see enough of those lovely models, which is a complete and utter shame.)

 

Now, I'm sad to say that unfortunately due to circumstances beyond his control, Mephiston Bread will not be able to participate in the Tale. This opens up a spot in the 18, and though I've contacted Lord Commander Eidolon about joining in, he hasn't gotten back to me. So, for now, we have one open slot again!

 

++UPDATED TO THIS POINT++

[GhostMalone]

Fine both and I already thought of sonic Weapons got some Kakophoni cannons

[Soldier of Dorn]

Kurama: Good man! Look forward to it all! :tu:

 

Lord Commander Eidolon has gotten back to me and is willing to take Mephiston Bread's place, so that fills out the 18. That being said, if you're still interested in participating, just give me a shout! I want anyone who wants to participate to be able to, and worst case scenario I'll drop out myself and add any necessary slots to enable people to join in! :)

 

++UPDATED TO THIS POINT++

[SW1]

Selecting models I have and like to make up a =][= force. The SW's will be saved for next ETL (where I aim to break the 5 figure points barrier next year). So I may end up doing some prep of tem during this challenge but I won't be applying paint!

 

Currently chopping up Ogryn bodies to reassemble them so I get a bit more variation. To them. GWS wants me to stick with legs A to body A, legs B to body B and so on.

 

Currently working on One each of the correct pairs and then A+B, A+C, B+A, B+C, C+A and C+B. Once the bodies/legs are sorted it's time to test fit the 8 sets of fancy armour from the Ogryn/Bulgryn kit to them and select the best 8 out of 9. If this works I have my first 500 points worked out. Want them to look different from my regular Guard ones while sharing basing and possibly bask story with them.

 

I've also got 10 Priests that were modelled last year but bever got past the primer stage (some haven't even been primered yet). So that's another 550 points as they all have Evisorators!!! ;) :p

 

The other 450 points to hit the minimum 1,5000 points will be made up of Inquisitors. Once I've been thought my bitz boxes for likely Inquisitor parts I'll know how they're being armed. I've got several Grey Knight PA kits and TDA kits to pilfer bits from. :p

[SW1]

Just looking at the new DW kits and I'm likely to be getting the PA and TDA kits so I'll be able to plunder bits for even more =][= goodness. :p

[Lord Commander Eidolon]

Great to be on board, given I am more of painter than a gamer -- mainly because I have no Army, I've been pondering lists this evening and almost have something ready to go.

 

I am just wondering, is it possible to include my scratchbuilt/converted from toys Stormbird project? It is still very WIP with only very small parts of the internal bay/cockpit partially done. I put it on hiatus to get the ETL stuff done, so the project would need kickstarting again, plus the inclusion of the big bird allows the Army to be appropriately themed..... If not, I can just re-hash the list.

[NovemberIX]

I'm a little dissapointed to miss out this year, but even then I'd be short on time and models so I'll watch with interest as a new class of 18 take the challenge! BTW Kurama, outriders, all the way!

[Spinsanity]

Now real question outriders or jetbikes

Seriously? Nothing screams EC more than giant, flying Ds...