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[WAR]

Siege of Terra books are so good. 

[TheArtilleryman]

5 hours ago, calgar101 said:

I was having a hobby sort out and looking for the bits to finish off my unbuilt HH marines. Took a while to find the sprees and I discovered 10 more unbuilt Cataphractii Terminators, 20 mk4 marines, 60 mk3 marines and 15 Custodes. 

Definitely need help 

 

Jeez where did you find those? Back of the sofa? Behind the fridge? In the jeans you wore last week?

 

Hey, if it’s all too much and you need “help” with all those MKIIIs, you know where to find me 

[calgar101]

On 6/17/2024 at 10:53 PM, TheArtilleryman said:

Jeez where did you find those? Back of the sofa? Behind the fridge? In the jeans you wore last week?

 

Hey, if it’s all too much and you need “help” with all those MKIIIs, you know where to find me 

All my stuff was sorted into one room, I spent almost 2 years in hospital recovering from a brain injury so my collection was tidied/organised in my absence. Something I should have done a long time ago 

Here is a picture of it all, out of shot on the right is a 6 drawer tower with some unbuilt stuff (maybe 200-300 marines) and another drawer with some other unbuilt stuff and 2 ebay purchases, small UM and small SW force.

I have a large backlog to build/paint and due to my current health, I can't really work so I have quite a bit of free time to sort through bit a few personal challenges to over come.

I have been collecting 40k since I was 8 and I am now 32, it was from around age 18 though my purchasing started to go a bit wild. A few years ago I had to remove myself from Facebook trade groups as I kept buying other people's unfinished projects and adding to my pile.

 

Sorry for the long post, hope this gives some context 

 

Edit: and this is after I sold a chunk of stuff; 4 companies or so of Marines, several vehicles including half a dozen land raiders. 3 warhounds, 3 FW Knights and 4 GW knights.

In 2010 I ordered 40 battle force boxes from Dark Sphere, there is a picture on my profile here some where.

 

 

Edited June 19 by calgar101
Removed picture with my personal details on it, oops!

[WAR]

Hope you are feeling better!

 

yeah the backlogs very massive after a bit. I have a shelves of unbuilt stuff, cabinets full of unpainted models and that’s just at my house at my parents I have company plus of Marines over 100 pewter sisters and a bunch of Primaris stuff. 
 

 

[calgar101]

It has been and will be a long road but I will get there, thanks. 

Yeah it's so easy to build up the reserves! Sounds like you have a good collection too. At least we have enough to keep us out of mischief. 

[TheArtilleryman]

3 hours ago, calgar101 said:

All my stuff was sorted into one room, I spent almost 2 years in hospital recovering from a brain injury so my collection was tidied/organised in my absence. Something I should have done a long time ago 

Here is a picture of it all, out of shot on the right is a 6 drawer tower with some unbuilt stuff (maybe 200-300 marines) and another drawer with some other unbuilt stuff and 2 ebay purchases, small UM and small SW force.

I have a large backlog to build/paint and due to my current health, I can't really work so I have quite a bit of free time to sort through bit a few personal challenges to over come.

I have been collecting 40k since I was 8 and I am now 32, it was from around age 18 though my purchasing started to go a bit wild. A few years ago I had to remove myself from Facebook trade groups as I kept buying other people's unfinished projects and adding to my pile.

 

Sorry for the long post, hope this gives some context 

 

Edit: and this is after I sold a chunk of stuff; 4 companies or so of Marines, several vehicles including half a dozen land raiders. 3 warhounds, 3 FW Knights and 4 GW knights.

In 2010 I ordered 40 battle force boxes from Dark Sphere, there is a picture on my profile here some where.

 

That is lot of boxes! One can only imagine the treasure that lies within.

 

Sorry to hear about your injury but really glad you’re on the mend.

[calgar101]

Thanks, getting there slowly. The non working thing is more frustrating but hey ho that's life.

There is a fair amount of treasure but also some plain old repetition of boring line units.

 

Back to Heresy, I was thinking of using my Mk3 to make Breacher/Phalanx Warder units and some Heavy weapon squads backed by some dreadnoughts.

The majority of mk4 to be Blood Angels plus Cataphractii Terminators. 

Lastly the White Scars would be a mix of mk3 and mk4 troops, some Jetbikes because it's White Scar and Land Speeder Javelins as support.

That's my rough plan, using up my backlog and when it comes possible, adding some units I like.

 

The overall idea is forces based on the Siege of Terra, scratch forces created in the dying moments to buy Terra more time, denial companies so to speak but outside of the Palace. I want to reflect the nature of each legion too but with some twists; the Blood Angels being terminator heavy for example instead of lots of jump troops, although I will get 1 assault squad for them.

 

[WAR]

I love the idea of your forces and I am jealous of this WS model. 

 

 

I bought that last Legiones Astartes Battle Group So I could make Mk III breachers, add the Proteus Land Raider to my Pride of the Legion Terminator army, and the Deredeo well yeah I have it. 

 

 

[calgar101]

Thank you very much, as I said, the Siege of Terra series is heavily influencing my army idea. Read it several times now.

It is a great model, perfectly visualise what a Land Speeder should be in my opinion. Hopefully it gets the plastic treatment. I have worked with resin models before but I hate it.

Oh that sounds like a good force, good mix of heavy infantry and armour. 

[WAR]

I have like 6 "companies" planned

[calgar101]

Just 6? 

 

My unrealistic goal is to have each and every legion done as in 250k UM, etc etc plus the Ten Thousand Custodes.

 

Realistically Siege of Terra loyalists, UM, a Shattered Legion force with some loyalists from other Traitor legions, each Primarch, some Mechanicum, Sisters of Silence and Solar Auxilia and then some Anabasis strike force... so yeah not much

[WAR]

I am not doing full companies. It is  more of the Terrans were deployed on a mission removed from their companies. 

[calgar101]

Ah okay, I get that. Got to get rid of those pesky Terrans some how

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

On 6/17/2024 at 4:48 PM, calgar101 said:

I was having a hobby sort out and looking for the bits to finish off my unbuilt HH marines. Took a while to find the sprees and I discovered 10 more unbuilt Cataphractii Terminators, 20 mk4 marines, 60 mk3 marines and 15 Custodes. 

Definitely need help 

 

Oh I'm eager to help you. A lot...

[calgar101]

Thank you.

[calgar101]

Nothing too exciting but I put together 60 Mk3 legs, I remember why I stopped building them, those years ago. The all in one mk4 legs far quicker to do 

Over the years I have tried a few different systems of building units, to work out the most efficient and least boring. I do it on stages now, one 'section' at a time. By the end of this weekend I should have all the bodies done and all mould lines completely tidied up (pretty good so far on those). 

My aim is by the end of next week to have 60 Mk3 Marines built and zenithal primed.

 

Hope you are all hobbying well.

 

[Cadmus Tyro]

Finally finished off my MKiv Castra Ferrum: 

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you like him! 
 

Cadmus

[calgar101]

That looks great @Cadmus Tyro Love the black and that is free hand right? You can't beat the 'rifleman' load out either!

[WAR]

Autocannon conversion came out super nice! Looks amazing! 

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

My Apothecaries finally getting their helmets!

 

Edited June 29 by Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf

[LameBeard]

I couldn’t see some of the recons I built as World Eaters, so I’ve made up a couple more and decided the squad will be Word Bearers.

The World Eaters will still get the Vigilator.  iPhone always makes the colours brighter - they are Khorne Red in reality, not Mephiston!

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

More fellas! A pair of guys with two handed chainswords. I always wanted some of those, but nowadays without 3D printing is a bit complicated to me get some.

Maybe it put a two handed chainaxe in the mk3 guy, to be more like my Inductii and use that one in a mk4 miniature. Afterall, isn't glue and make the change is very easy.

 

[Torbenos]

19 hours ago, LameBeard said:

I couldn’t see some of the recons I built as World Eaters, so I’ve made up a couple more and decided the squad will be Word Bearers.

The World Eaters will still get the Vigilator.  iPhone always makes the colours brighter - they are Khorne Red in reality, not Mephiston!

 

Looking great, always nice to see more Word Bearers too. What's your method for the cloaks? Just sculped sheets or something else?

 

23 hours ago, Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf said:

My Apothecaries finally getting their helmets!

 

 

I like the pose on the last guy in particular, has a very duealist look to it.

 

 

I continue working on my veterans, put together the Sergeant today. Unsure if I ought to add more little doodadz to him or if he's good now.

 

 

[LameBeard]

46 minutes ago, Torbenos said:

Looking great, always nice to see more Word Bearers too. What's your method for the cloaks? Just sculped sheets or something else?

 

 

Thanks - the cloak is paper towel soaked in watery modge-podge, then a tissue similarly soaked. See 

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[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

On 6/30/2024 at 4:55 PM, Torbenos said:

 

Looking great, always nice to see more Word Bearers too. What's your method for the cloaks? Just sculped sheets or something else?

 

 

I like the pose on the last guy in particular, has a very duealist look to it.

 

 

I continue working on my veterans, put together the Sergeant today. Unsure if I ought to add more little doodadz to him or if he's good now.

 

 

 

Thanks a lot. It was quite unintentional, because in that moment it was the only power weapon arm I had spare!

I like your Vet and that mix of pieces. I need to get some similar bolters...

 

The last guy I transformed is a Fafmir Rann, as Praetor/Consul for my SoH's Breachers. I love that miniature and I was eager to have one. Finally! Simple changes, just head,shoulder pads,shield  and one short power sword instead one of the power axes. Not sure to put an icon over the back pack or not...