Imperial Militia!

[Hyaenidae]

So, who out there has been working on some Militia, or are planning to? Got anything cool (minis, stories, ideas) to share or show off? I know I can't be the only one who read those rules and came up with a half-dozen ideas, lol.

Just to be fair, though y'all have seen him before, here's the start of mine. Unification era Mercenaries, partly stylized after the French Foreign Legion and the 101st Airborne Division; 3rd Bjaha Sur Caballeros. I'll be mainly be a infantry-heavy army, but entirely Airmobile, loaded up in converted Corvus Dropships (Counts-as Arvus Lighters), with a small allied detachment of Imperial Heralds Destroyer Cadres loaded up in a Cestus or two. Because nothing says Unification like Hive-cities turned into pyres.

Well, your turn, y'all. What'cha got?

[Memento Of Prospero]

I have quite a few 40k skitarii I plan converting/using for a Survivors of the Dark age / Cyber Augmented Militia down the road, to use as Medusan Auxiliaries. The Medusan Clans have always had a form of cyber augmented tech-guard Prior to Ferrus reuniting with the Emperor, and I suspect they would have maintained the tradition during the Crusade and beyond.

 

The fact that they can take Proteus landraiders will tie into my already existing force (5 proteus strong) quite nicely I think.

Those who fail the trials of the Astartes may serve yet! The flesh is weak, but lobotomized human-robots endure! 

[Hyaenidae]

Advanced Warfare, 30k-ified, lol. I love it. I'd love to see your take on a cyber-ogryn. :D

[Memento Of Prospero]

Advanced Warfare, 30k-ified, lol. I love it. I'd love to see your take on a cyber-ogryn.

Indeed! The more I think about it, the more I want some Gorgon Heavy Transporters - They seem fittingly named to fight alongside the Iron Tenth ;)

I've also been thinking about the Cyber-Ogryns concept, I don't think I can pass up on that opportunity. I am thinking about either working with the Plastic Bullgryn models, as I really dig the riot shield. But at the same time, the Charonite models are well augmented, they just need more bionics to make them truly mechanical.

Worse case I can scrap some castellax-like robots from spare parts into the mix as well ;)

On your end, you'll be using grenadiers as your bread and butter unit for that air support theme?

[Hyaenidae]

Pretty much across the board, yeah. As a nod to the Foreign Legion, though, I'll have one squad of Pioneers (scouts) armed with carbines and clearing axes. (Edit: and leather aprons, of course)

The only other forces will be a flight of Thunderbolts of the Iron Locust Wing, a sub-contractor of the Bjaha Sur and a member of the Familia.

[Iron Hands Fanatic]

I have quite a few 40k skitarii I plan converting/using for a Survivors of the Dark age / Cyber Augmented Militia down the road, to use as Medusan Auxiliaries. The Medusan Clans have always had a form of cyber augmented tech-guard Prior to Ferrus reuniting with the Emperor, and I suspect they would have maintained the tradition during the Crusade and beyond.

The fact that they can take Proteus landraiders will tie into my already existing force (5 proteus strong) quite nicely I think.

Those who fail the trials of the Astartes may serve yet! The flesh is weak, but lobotomized human-robots endure!

That's exactly the idea I've been working with for representing the Iron Hands' Chainveil Auxilia, I've experimented with a number of army lists on Battlescribe, but my favorite so far is using Survivors of a Dark Age & Cyber-Augmented too, based around two Phalanxes each consisting of:

1 x Platoon Command Squad mounted in a Land Raider Proteus

2 x Grenadier Squads mounted in Rhinos

1 x Leman Russ Squad

1 x Malcador Battle Tank (the pair taken as a single LoW)

Then stick the force commander in the back field with an enginseer unit outfitted for long range, plus a rapier battery with the last heavy slot alongside a pair of fire support teams, and stick the remaining 3 elites with heavy bolter ogryns as H-grade combat servitors

Armoured Infantry, Tanks, Fire Support and massive combat servitors - seems adequately Iron Hands

[Memento Of Prospero]

Pretty much across the board, yeah. As a nod to the Foreign Legion, though, I'll have one squad of Pioneers (scouts) armed with carbines and clearing axes. (Edit: and leather aprons, of course)

The only other forces will be a flight of Thunderbolts of the Iron Locust Wing, a sub-contractor of the Bjaha Sur and a member of the Familia.

Nice! I love those fatty flyers, they have that retro feel and are just huge. If the game goes awry, they make great projectiles.

I have quite a few 40k skitarii I plan converting/using for a Survivors of the Dark age / Cyber Augmented Militia down the road, to use as Medusan Auxiliaries. The Medusan Clans have always had a form of cyber augmented tech-guard Prior to Ferrus reuniting with the Emperor, and I suspect they would have maintained the tradition during the Crusade and beyond.

The fact that they can take Proteus landraiders will tie into my already existing force (5 proteus strong) quite nicely I think.

Those who fail the trials of the Astartes may serve yet! The flesh is weak, but lobotomized human-robots endure!

That's exactly the idea I've been working with for representing the Iron Hands' Chainveil Auxilia, I've experimented with a number of army lists on Battlescribe, but my favorite so far is using Survivors of a Dark Age & Cyber-Augmented too, based around two Phalanxes each consisting of:

1 x Platoon Command Squad mounted in a Land Raider Proteus

2 x Grenadier Squads mounted in Rhinos

1 x Leman Russ Squad

1 x Malcador Battle Tank (the pair taken as a single LoW)

Then stick the force commander in the back field with an enginseer unit outfitted for long range, plus a rapier battery with the last heavy slot, and stick the remaining 3 elites with heavy bolter ogryns as H-grade combat servitors

Armoured Infantry, Tanks, Fire Support and massive combat servitors - seems adequately Iron Hands

I may or may not have had some inspiration from and undisclosed source on this forum ;)

I might not have as much of a mechanized force as my current Iron Hands force (Everything is in a a moving AV14 bunker!) and try to have a bit more backbone with the Militia. Backfield artillery and lots of bodies to grab mid battlefield objectives once the Iron Hands break through with the armour. I found that if the Momentum of my Tank charge alts, I can't hold objectives with so few marines in the mix. This is were the Militia will shine I hope.

[Iron Hands Fanatic]

Yeah I get what you mean - as someone who hasn't really ever done much of the gaming side of the hobby, my lists are only ever about theme - if I ever get my X^th Legion force off the ground, I'm sure it'll be horribly noncompetitive

 

Although they basically have next to no background, I've always envisaged the Xth Legion's auxilia as having 3 primary components:

* Chainveil Auxilia: heavily armed & armoured mechanised infantry, with more than their fair share of tanks - used by the Iron Hands to act as force multipliers on the field to engage secondary targets (represented by the two Phalanxes in the list above)

* Battle-Servitor Cohorts: fire-supports, artillery and defensive operations - they hold the ground taken by the Legionaries (the rapier battery & fire teams would both be converted to look like servitor units, and I'd take those two extra Enginseer in the unit to represent their 'handlers' - alternatively the rapier could be swapped out for artillery)

* Medusan Clanguard: now I'll admit these are entirely of my own devising, and have no precedent in the lore, but I like the idea of native Medusans being a more aggressive, mobile counterpart to the Chainveil - less heavily armoured, but more competent melee-wise. They're probably also the hardest to fit in the list, so I might consider an allied detachment with the Warrior Elite & Feral Warriors provenances, with a pair of Grenadier squads with bolters in Arvus Landers.

 

All purely hypothetical of course :P

[Idomeneus]

I've got some guys to support my IX Legion (or possibly some IX Legion to support my militia), the Hydaspes IV Dragoons. They run as a Grenadier list with Survivors of a Dark Age and Warrior Elite for a tasty 3+ save and S5 Laslocks. Need to obtain some rhinos to give them some mobility.

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag20/Idomeneus13/90048524-739C-4512-AF15-ADF7589E97D5_zpsabinquem.jpg

[Soldier of Dorn]

Thinking about picking up some of the new Genestealer Cults chaps tomorrow as a bit of a birthday present for myself and start on kitbashing a small Militia army. If I do, they'll be kitted out as a dedicated entrenchment force: e-tools, shotguns and flamers for clearing the trenches, et cetera. Just an idea though.

 

Probably would be using the Alchem-jackers provenance to represent the fact they're not going to fall back, under any circumstances, and possibly Survivors of the Dark Age for added 'ardniness. Core of the list would be a few Grenadier squads with shotguns supported by a couple of ordnance guns, and then expand from there. Perhaps not the best list possible, but it'd be cool just to see.

[Memento Of Prospero]

Yeah I get what you mean - as someone who hasn't really ever done much of the gaming side of the hobby, my lists are only ever about theme - if I ever get my X^th Legion force off the ground, I'm sure it'll be horribly noncompetitive

 

Although they basically have next to no background, I've always envisaged the Xth Legion's auxilia as having 3 primary components:

* Chainveil Auxilia: heavily armed & armoured mechanised infantry, with more than their fair share of tanks - used by the Iron Hands to act as force multipliers on the field to engage secondary targets (represented by the two Phalanxes in the list above)

* Battle-Servitor Cohorts: fire-supports, artillery and defensive operations - they hold the ground taken by the Legionaries (the rapier battery & fire teams would both be converted to look like servitor units, and I'd take those two extra Enginseer in the unit to represent their 'handlers' - alternatively the rapier could be swapped out for artillery)

* Medusan Clanguard: now I'll admit these are entirely of my own devising, and have no precedent in the lore, but I like the idea of native Medusans being a more aggressive, mobile counterpart to the Chainveil - less heavily armoured, but more competent melee-wise. They're probably also the hardest to fit in the list, so I might consider an allied detachment with the Warrior Elite & Feral Warriors provenances, with a pair of Grenadier squads with bolters in Arvus Landers.

 

All purely hypothetical of course :P

I definitely hear you on that! I build for a nice fluffy force, and the power games think our RoW sucks and that proteus are garbage. Heresy I say!

 

I just dont see the added benefit of a secondary mechanized force, since I havr enough Iron Hands to field 15k. So in those silly apocalypse games I play every other month with the guys, I need a bit more flexibility and that's where these Milita come in.

 

I like your idea though as it continues the blitzkrieg theme the X legion is known for and lets them keep up with the boys in metallic black!

Thinking about picking up some of the new Genestealer Cults chaps tomorrow as a bit of a birthday present for myself and start on kitbashing a small Militia army. If I do, they'll be kitted out as a dedicated entrenchment force: e-tools, shotguns and flamers for clearing the trenches, et cetera. Just an idea though.

 

Probably would be using the Alchem-jackers provenance to represent the fact they're not going to fall back, under any circumstances, and possibly Survivors of the Dark Age for added 'ardniness. Core of the list would be a few Grenadier squads with shotguns supported by a couple of ordnance guns, and then expand from there. Perhaps not the best list possible, but it'd be cool just to see.

Genestealer cult screams Genehanced or abhuman to me, the models are wicked for that!

[Hyaenidae]

I had imagined fitting them with shotguns and Elysian heads with respirators. Taa daa, old-school void marines. That'd make for a super-sweet Sol Liberation asteroid belt void army.

Edit: Spelling and clarification.

[Dagoth Ur]

I have at least two plans in the pipeline when it comes to Militia: Panslavic Post-human Sellswords and an army of Alpha Legion operatives (I am looking at you, Genestealer Cultists!). The first one owes its existence largely to Hyaenidae, since his fluff and the helmet-design of the Bjaha Sur actually inspired me to sketch something up. I want to go for a more heavy, industrial look, so I'll be using the Solar Auxilia Flamer units, Scion arms and Hyaenidae-Pattern Respirator Helmets.

At the moment I am still collecting bitz and bobs, but the sketch with the main aesthetic is already finished. It's just pencil over plain white paper. I slapped a sepia filter over it, 'cuz retro aesthetics n'stuff.

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp194/hodoalmir/002_zps4sjpc18c.jpg

Remembrancer Liram's interpretation of the Last Panpacific War.

Depicted is Reaver-Lord Ivan The Ruinwalker Atenović.

The piece bears the title "Dawn of Unity".

I don't want to clutter this thread with my fluff, so if y'all are interested, take a peak at my new Unification Era thread(Most shameless self-plug of the century) http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/326334-a-war-forgotten-a-tale-of-unification/

Main focus will be the Panpacific War with some unrelated stories to expand background and characters.

Hope you folks like it

[Hyaenidae]

I have at least two plans in the pipeline when it comes to Militia: Panslavic Post-human Sellswords and an army of Alpha Legion operatives (I am looking at you, Genestealer Cultists!). The first one owes its existence largely to Hyaenidae, since his fluff and the helmet-design of the Bjaha Sur actually inspired me to sketch something up. I want to go for a more heavy, industrial look, so I'll be using the Solar Auxilia Flamer units, Scion arms and Hyaenidae-Pattern Respirator Helmets.

At the moment I am still collecting bitz and bobs, but the sketch with the main aesthetic is already finished. It's just pencil over plain white paper. I slapped a sepia filter over it, 'cuz retro aesthetics n'stuff.

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp194/hodoalmir/002_zps4sjpc18c.jpg

Remembrancer Liram's interpretation of the Last Panpacific War.

Depicted is Reaver-Lord Ivan The Ruinwalker Atenović.

The piece bears the title "Dawn of Unity".

I don't want to clutter this thread with my fluff, so if y'all are interested, take a peak at my new Unification Era thread(Most shameless self-plug of the century) http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/326334-a-war-forgotten-a-tale-of-unification/

Main focus will be the Panpacific War with some unrelated stories to expand background and characters.

Hope you folks like it

Brother, you are always welcome to life-contract with La Familia. Besides, 4th Bjaha Sur Ruinwalkers sounds amazing. (outta likes, please accept an IOU).

[Atia]

I'll be using Victoria Minis Arcadians for my Ultramar PDF. 2nd edition style ftw!

[helterskelter]

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/323866-brotherhood-of-sundered-stone/?do=findComment&comment=4483881

 

Someone in thread mentioned this may interest you, and as you've returned i'll share it with thee.

The plan for "militia" is contained loosely within

[Tyrannicide]

I'll bite. Here's a mockup of my Guard unit from a while back.

These guys were on ice until you brought the Caballeros back from the dead bro. I'm starting to feel the itch again, thanks to you.

[Hyaenidae]

 

These guys were on ice until you brought the Caballeros back from the dead bro. I'm starting to feel the itch again, thanks to you.

http://img.pandawhale.com/109015-jack-sparrow-youre-welcome-gif-NnFa.gif

[Memento Of Prospero]

I'll be using Victoria Minis Arcadians for my Ultramar PDF. 2nd edition style ftw!

Victoria sure has upped their game, those models are so damn smecksy.

[KBA]

Some of mine:

 

http://s32.postimg.org/72veu5ubp/image.jpg

 

http://s27.postimg.org/zb31lz4rn/image.jpg

 

Of all the stuff I never paint, these would have me most excited to :)

[Hyaenidae]

Of all the stuff I never paint, these would have me most excited to

Doooo Ittttttt.

[Soldier of Dorn]

[Work in progress]

[unknown soldier, 170th Trans-Solar Imperial Engineers]

+++

Well, Hyaenidae, you've converted another to the ways of the Imperial Army of the Great Crusade . Wasn't certain if I was going to do a Solar Aux or Imperial Militia army before, but this topic inspired me enough to pick up a box of the new Genestealer Cultists and fool around with them to see what I could do. This guy still needs a lot of work - things like grenades, ammo, probably an e-tool all need to be added - but I like how he's coming along. My biggest concern is that he looks a bit weedy, but that'll present a nice contrast to the big, bulky post-humans most people will be fielding on the battlefields of the 31st millennium.

[KBA]

Nice work on the cultist conversion. Some of the most effective conversions are the simplest :)

 

Gotta love those 'anything goes' rules that fit pretty well any weapons into militia lists. So much flavor.

[Hyaenidae]

If someone out there has the chops, I have a modeling challenge for ya; How about a Lunar marine? Pre-XVI Legion slaughter, of course, lol.

 

[Marshal Rohr]

Worst. Spacesuit. Ever.