jonjacob Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 that is a fantastically fantastic idea. I will get some bits in to try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Please post up pics of what you've got. We'd love to see it all. jonjacob 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjacob Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 (edited) So i'm going to take an impression of the Victrix Honour guard face piece, this is my only option at the moment as all the bits i do want are out of stock. I did look for Shadow Captain Solaq sprew on ebay, or even the metal honour guard but opted out.My plan is to use a MK7 Helmet and modify the mouth and make a strap like the one found a champion face guard, then apply the cleaned up mold impression.I intend to use 50/50 mix of green stuff and magic sculpt to make the piece, photo's to follow once work begins.Now Honour guard are somewhat least to be desired in codex form. So i ask; do i make honour guard a persudo vanguard unit or captain in gaming terms? I'm not keen on the idea bolters and power axes, and making stand in's opens more options up.Captains can be power sword and storm shield and look like their primaris brethren. Vanguard could be done in a similar manner with 5 guys clocking in a 100ptsBoth can take Victrix key word, love to hear some feedback on the idea or even if you can sell the axe and bolter setup. Edited March 4, 2019 by jonjacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttoVonAwesome Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 anybody got a tutorial on kit bashing invictarii suzarain helmets. I want to kit bash an honour guard Get a box of sanguirnary guard, a bunch of melee weapons, jump packs and you can work with the winged pauldrons for the suzerains helms ,too some of the winged chalice iconography they bring. can be used. Remove BA iconography from legs and bodies and you have unique suzerains from your veterans. It is a really cheap box for all the bits you get. I did one better took the tallest suzerain models, the giant axes from the red scorpion honour guard, bolters from the regular honour guard and the winged helmet from the command squad captain. Insanely expensive build but I essentially made the two throne guards from that iconic artwork from the codex. Worth every penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjacob Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Got any pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttoVonAwesome Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Working on it. Camera is pretty trash but i'm hoping to start showing my victrix guard soon as i have ton of conversions going including mk8 sternguard and vanguard. All new olmarines from japan heroes and deathwatch kits with decades of bits added and sculpted detail. The project is my pride and joy, I'm posting from a playstation so that's a bit of a hurdle as well but I could prolly get some my wip potato cam pics uploaded pretty quick. jonjacob and UnkyHamHam 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjacob Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) Thinking of adding a vindicare to support my Victrix now. The stratagems for the assassins character kills could certainly aid adept of codex and high cost stratagems such as first strike. Edited March 8, 2019 by jonjacob BLACK BLΠFLY 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 A Vindicare is excellent for any competitive or semi competitive play. Does eat a CP one way or another but could be very worth it. My only issue is unless you build a troops heavy list with lots of CPs then you're clashing with the Victrix Guard Strategums you will definitely need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjacob Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Ok so bits arrived and i really enjoyed making these. Next step is the helmet, Tamiel, Prot, Brother Lunkhead and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadEdric Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Had a game yesterday, My Ultramarines vs. my friend's Orks. I used a small Victrix detachment to bolster two battalions, Basiacally: Tigurius Sgt Telion 3 scout squads, 8 man snipers w/ML, 5 man w/ bolters, and 5 man pistol/ccw. Captain Lt. 3 10 man tac squads with a mix of weapons. 10 man Intercessor 2 Jump captains, one with combi-melt/relic blade (he was a warden), other with stormbolter/Burning Blade. 2 10 man vanguard jump vets, one favoring lightning claws, the other powerfists Company Ancient w/ the banner. The VV, ancient and jump captains were Victrix. While the entire detachment was gone by battles end, they did pretty good, the lightning claw vets met a charge of 40 boys. Using "Strike first, for Ultramar!" allowed them to carve out 19 boys, sadly not enough to drop them down under 20. 3 actually survived and whittled then boys down so that their captain and a portion of my shooting eliminated the threat. when it came time to roll for morale, I rolled 6 twice and the three remaining vets left the board. On the other side of the board my 5 bolter scouts bravely blocked the path of the Gorkanaugt and Dragsta Boss, allowing the powerfist vets to get the jump on them. They were able to bring the Gorkanaught down to 2 wounds! The Gorkanaught tried to kill their captain (the relic blade one), but inv saves allowed him to survive on one wound. The next round I played my last 3 cps for SFfU! on them, got one point back and played Fight like Demigods as well, this allowed them to kill the Gorkanaught, which then promtly blew up, whittling a few off the VV and removing the last wound from the captain. After killing the Dragsta Boss and Mekboy, there were only 3 left. An angry warp head got off a lucky smite and killed all three. I really like how these guys play, giving my Ultramarines a stronger assault punch. While they all did die, they held my two flanks long enough for the rest of the guns to take care of most of the Ork army. Game ended about 18/14, Ultramarines getting a victory. Some notes. I never got to use banner, the Ancient was placed in the center where I expected the Orks to push, but the VV were called to the flanks. Intercessors are pretty durable in cover, and actually no slouch in assault if they need to be. While scoring points is good, do not end up with all your characters out front, while Ork shooting is poor, they still can put out a lot of shots. BLACK BLΠFLY 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 Sounds like a fun game. Great report. I too am finding the attrition high on the assault specialists of the Victrix Guard but they really can make a hole where needed. I suspect if you got one more kill on that Ork Mob you might have had an even more decisive result? (That a morale based thing for Orks?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadEdric Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) Sounds like a fun game. Great report. I too am finding the attrition high on the assault specialists of the Victrix Guard but they really can make a hole where needed. I suspect if you got one more kill on that Ork Mob you might have had an even more decisive result? (That a morale based thing for Orks?) Orks gain +1 attack if the unit has 20 or more orks in it. That make 4 attacks each, 5 if they have Warpath on them. Whittle them to 19 and I would have faced 57 attacks, not 84. Edited March 19, 2019 by MadEdric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Is all the Vitrix stuff in Vigilus ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadEdric Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Is all the Vitrix stuff in Vigilus ? Yes, the first book. Pay one cp for the detachment. Another to make a character a warden (gives him the Victrix warlord trait). You gain 2 stratagems to use on them and 2 relics. BLACK BLΠFLY 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjacob Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Making up several green stuff impressions of face plate, the output will need to be joined together once hardened, then i will need to clean up and mount it to the head. Not long and i'll modify the helmet to take those wings, I might go as far as making a master of the head i make once it all cleaned up. I think i need to adorn the plastic honour guard with some extra stuff. i'll make some custom purity seals, maybe some ultramarine logos and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joukernaut Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Go for it! I’m looking forward to see the end resuls, especially the result if the greenstuff mold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 I'd like to see the end results actually. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjacob Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) Small update Not sure if this will work but i have other idea running through my head Edited March 22, 2019 by jonjacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Got in a campaign game yesterday versus Tyranids - was a patrol mission. I had a Primaris Captain (pp & pf) and two five man Intercessor squads. You could only bring one HQ and troops... this was supposed to be casual/narrative... two people show up with tooled Daemon Princes and a naked CSM squad... another guy had a Leman Russ tank commander. I ask the event organizer again if I can use Vigilus seeing the cheese which ignites a long group discussion. End result is the guys with princes were sufficiently shamed to switch them out and I got to use the Vigilus detachment. I was able to quell the xenos invasion and earned enough PL to afford Vitrix Guard next time. jonjacob 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjacob Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) My fingers hurt. Green stuff and resin for the eyes and big clean up of details and fill up gaps. Once done I'll drop this in some silicone blu-stuff to make another copy. Edited March 25, 2019 by jonjacob BLACK BLΠFLY and librisrouge 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Black and white 40K pics look quite cool actually. I'm interested to see the final results for both of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 I beat the Tyranids... next will prolly be some flithy hertiks. Feels great to break out my Ultras again . Captain Idaho and Prot 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjacob Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Well i much as i wanted to use the old honour guard, seem the Victrix version fits well. Now more decoration. Going to free hand some ultramarine symbols, skulls, purity seals and some other bits. Though? Criticisms? librisrouge 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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