Wormwoods' Blood Angel Successor Project - The Sin Eaters

[Wormwoods]

1 hour ago, Xenith said:

That cloak is amazing, really blanchitsu-like! Lovely army coming together nice, though you're fighting a lot of nids. Any good upgrade rolls to note?

Thanks! Well, I roll for upgrades about as well as I do for everything else on the tabletop, but I have managed to get a few upgrades on my Chaplains. One has an extra attack, the Terminator Chaplain has the extra Feel No Pain. Is it helping? Not particularly, but it's fine. 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Agreed, the cape looks great with the checkerboard hem

 

Sounds like you're having a good time with these games, even if they're not always going your way  

[Wormwoods]

ANCIENT BRENNUS - SIN EATERS 3rd COMPANY

3rd Company Ancient Brennus, bearing the Company Relic: The Sanguis Aquilae.

 

An honour earned in the earliest days of the Chapter, the original source of the Sanguis Aquilae has been lost even to the long memories of the Sin Eaters. What is known, however, is that it was some display of valour and dedication by the 3rd Company that led to the granting of the boon, an artifact forged on Terra itself during the Great Crusade. The icon itself contains a small, but powerful fiend generator, rendering it nearly impervious to harm, though without extending this protective shield to the Immortal that carries it into battle. Many times has the icon fallen with its holder, only to be taken up again, and held high. 

 

Immortal Brennus was chosen to hold the Sanguis Aquilae due to his inclusion within the 3rd Company during his first life.

 

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I am CRAWLING my way through this Command Squad. Two models down, three to go! The ancient took me longer than most, and I'm still cross about the cloak. I wasn't able to get the damn thing together the way I wanted in the assemblies stage, and I had to fix it after painting with some rapidly re-painted greenstuff. Cloaks! They look great! Terrible to actually assemble!

 

I'll be working my way through the remaining members of the Command Squad, then working to hit that final 2,000 points I need for the end of the Crusade. Probably another 5-man jump squad, and... Something else! We'll see!

[YannTheMad]

OOOh I love that one!

The model composition/color scheme is really inspired and striking on your ancient.

Tbh, I don't usually like capes, but it looks really good.

The staining look really good too.

[Firedrake Cordova]

They came out great - I really like the gold on the standard, and how the paper scrolls came out  

Edited April 28, 2024 by Firedrake Cordova

[Pearson73]

Wow! That Ancient is briliant! I love the choice of helmet, something just right about the faceless/featureless warrior, bearing the relics of the chapter.

[Torbenos]

I will echo that others have said in that the Ancient looks great. The cloaks really give something to your scheme, adding in an extra bit of accent colour. The gold is also striking. Hope we'll see another battle report soon too!

[Wormwoods]

IMMORTAL GALAN - SIN EATERS 3rd COMPANY

Immortal Galan, of the Bolt, attached to the 3rd Company and armed with a Custom Heavy Bolter.

 

The captain of each Sin Eaters Company is joined by a small, personally-chosen warriors from the 1st Company to serve as bodyguards and personal retinue. These warriors, chosen from a single unit (Immortals of the Blade, the Plate, or the Bolt) or a mix from several provide veteran support to the battleline company alongside the Captain, though this is not the most vital role they play. Immortals are strange beings, unique even among the most long-lived of transhuman clades within the Imperium due to the nature of their longevity. Such beings have... Difficulties socialising with, or even truly understand their still mortal brothers. While rarely admitted, one reason for an Immortal granted command of a battleline Company to bring fellow Immortals with him is for simple companionship, to have peers he can relate to. 

 

Some of the finest equipment produced by the Chapter Armory is deployed within the bodyguard units of Company Captains.

 

Both the heavy bolter and power armour brought to battle by the Immortal Galan, shown above, are of the highest quality produced within the Chapter, or by their allies within the Mechanicus. Individually machined and adjusted for the needs of the wielder, they are as much marks of office as weapons of war. Galan is shown here wearing a suit of up-armoured Tacticus plate, with elements of Gravis plate (such as the reinforced and up-powered joints in the legs) supporting additional armoured panels along the side expected to face the foe. A similar upgrade has been applied to the heavy bolter, alongside reworked internals and high-powered ammunition loads. 

 

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Not gonna lie, I love this sculpt. It's why I didn't really mess with it at all. the mixed plate and fashionable asymmetry really works for me, and I continue to really like the bare heads they've been doing lately. 

 

We're rapidly approaching the end of this unit, which has been a bit of a bottleneck for my painting. It's a box with 5 character models, basically, which is always going to take longer than doing 5 regular infantry, but it still feels like I've been slacking. Ah well. Home stretch, and I'm doing the last two at once, so should be done over the weekend! 

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Really nicely done!

 

The only nit-pick I can think of is that the bolts in the magazine don't really stand out from the magazine itself, colour-wise.

[Wormwoods]

38 minutes ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Really nicely done!

 

The only nit-pick I can think of is that the bolts in the magazine don't really stand out from the magazine itself, colour-wise.

Not wrong. Always a bit tricky with paired metallics, the wash tends to make them fade into each other. I'm going to do a cleanup on the checkmarks, will probably touch up the bolts, too.

[Firedrake Cordova]

I was wondering whether a glaze of something "brassish" over the top might help - something like Aggaros Dunes?

[Terminatorinhell]

I always love seeing updates in this thread. 

[Wormwoods]

COMPANY COMMAND - SIN EATERS 3rd COMPANY

3rd Company Command, the personal guard & retinue of Captain Cominius.

 

Immortal Vance, of the bolt.

 

Immortal Jernau, of the Blade.

 

Together, Captain Cominius and his retinue contain well over 1,000 years of battlefield experience, and many dozens of deaths and rebirths.

 

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Well, wasn't that a bit of a death-march? I had fun with all of these models, and am quite happy with the final result - my continued inability to take a decent photograph aside - but for a multitude of reasons these 5 lads took far, far too long to finish. Between assembly issues with the ancient to me forgetting to prime the backpacks, heads, and shoulders before-hand, as I like to do, I spent far longer than needed on these, mostly because the whole process left me feeling a bit worn down. 

 

Also, is it me or does the Company Champion seem kinda short for a Primaris model? What is it about the bladeguard-likes that seems so squat? Must be the spread-legged pose. 

 

Speeding up the end of the Sin Eaters crusade (Don't worry, it's not the end of them, just the end of them being my primary Crusade army for a while) should have lit a fire under my arse, but it kind of did the opposite. Oh well. They're done now, and I have some 150 points worth of Sin Eaters left to paint to hit my 2,000 minimum for the end of the Crusade. After that, I can focus in on my T'au again, which will be a welcome change of pace. 

 

Stay tuned to read about this squad getting killed by three lictors at once, a rupture cannon, or 500 points worth of gaunts, respectively. 

[Firedrake Cordova]

They look great, all together.  I'd never noticed it with the Company Champion, but now you mention it, they do look a little smaller, and it's not something that's obvious on the product page on GW's site. 

 

1 hour ago, Wormwoods said:

Stay tuned to read about this squad getting killed by three lictors at once, a rupture cannon, or 500 points worth of gaunts, respectively. 

Sadly, this is always they way.  At least they're not getting clobbered by a mob of grots!  

Edited May 7, 2024 by Firedrake Cordova

[Wormwoods]

11 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

I'd never noticed it with the Company Champion, but now you mention it, they do look a little smaller, and it's not something that's obvious on the product page on GW's site.

Same with the Bladeguard! It's very odd. I think it's mostly an illusion caused by the posing  the more spread legs, and heavier shoulder guards on the 'up-armored Tacticus' models. Maybe I'll do some investigating, compare the heights next time they're all out of the carry case.

[Wormwoods]

TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE 4th TYRANIC WAR

Guns can be close combat weapons, right?.

 

GAME 10 - SCREAMING INTO THE VOID, AGAIN

Nearing the end, now. After discussion with the Crusade Group, we're ready to be done Marines v Nids. A themed Crusade to break in 10th was fun, and I certainly had a good time, but some of the players are getting a bit tired of the same matchups. So! We've decided to end this at 11 games, with game 10 played at 1,750 points, and another go at he very first mission we played, against the same players we did that against!

 

Sadly for those genestealers, the cover didn't help much.

 

That meant round 2 against Mike's Hive Basilisk, with an extra 1,250 points on either side! For me, that meant more infantry, and more dreads. For Mike, that mostly meant three hive tyrants and two of those plane-bomber nids! Gnarly. I opened strong on this one, if somewhat... Over aggressive. Rushing into the middle of the map with the help of a Crusade Blessing (remember, I've not been using The Only Correct Marine Agenda, so I'm pretty behind on XP) that gave 3 units Scout. I then proceeded to open up on the two models not hidden behind cover with my entire army, killing most of a squad of genestealers and one plane (I refuse to look up what those are called).

 

That one. Well, the other one, this one lasted till the final turn, and killed my poor Techmarine with a bomb. Again.

 

The rest of the battle progressed from there. It was a strong start for me, but I think Mike would have been able to overcome it if he hadn't suffered from some terrible charge rolls on 2/3 of his deep strikers, including one of his tyrants, which kept it and his lictors out of combat for a full turn, and me free to keep shooting. Headtaker cleaned off a broodlord, the intercessors and terminators clashed with the remaining genestealers, and Captain Cominius and his new command squad failed to do anything with their guns the entire game. To be fair, they only had some up-toughness-ed tyrants to shoot at, and not even Str 5 within 12 can help with that. 

 

The flamers actually got to shoot before being massacred this time! One even managed to survive the whole battle!

 

In the end, the remaining members of the command squad limped over a pair of dead tyrants (that they hadn't really done much to deal with, the layabouts) to send the call, and with that the last act of the Crusade for the Sin Eaters before a climactic last stand we have coming for the finale. Turns out Screaming into the Void is the only Leviathan mission I'm actually good at! It foes well with my instincts to run up the board, blasting, even if it means getting nids in the face. 

 

Now I just need to finish up my 2,000 points! Thanks to @Grotsmasha and @Bryan Blaire I was able to confirm that my planned Assault Terminator kitbash is viable, and I've started the assembly. All I need now is to get some extra shoulders printed in the new size, and we're good to go! Wish me luck getting that all together in time for the final game. 

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

It's good to hear that your poor luck with the dice has been handed to your opponent for once!  

[Wormwoods]

 

IMMORTALS OF THE PLATE - SIN EATERS 1st COMPANY

Immortals of the Plate, in Heraldic 'Indomitus' Terminator armour.

 

A distinction must be made between the personal heraldry of a Sin Eater and the standard heraldic imagery shared by all members of the chapter. The chapter badge - worn on the opposite pauldron for those brothers in Terminator plate, regardless of the inclusion or absence of the Crux Terminatus - is standard for the vast majority of marine chapters. Other designs, however, appears often on the armour of brothers across the various battleline companies of the Sin Eaters. The white cross, pale blood drops in single or triplicate, and of course the checkerboard design in black and white all universal markings, applied to the taste of the marine himself, or the agreement of his unit. 

 

Immortals Breche and Clayton, in taloned plate.

 

Immortals Boerman and Thrax, in taloned plate.

 

Personal heraldry is pulled from a theoretically boundless, but in practice merely more extensive set of colours and designs, with the majority of shields marked in a distinctive shade of red, yellow, or grey-blue, with designs in black or white. Chosen to represent some aspect of personality or personal achievement, it is not uncommon for Immortals to make adjustments to their personal heraldry when resurrected, small changes marked their passage into a new life. Common designs include crowns, towers, swords, and arrows, along with the ubiquitous blood drop. 

 

Immortal Samel, in taloned plate.

 

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I cannot begin to explain just why I found painting lightning claws so very unpleasant. Something about the shape, the hidden angles, and the fact that I had to paint 10 at once left me very, very unhappy, but now? Now I'm happy. The end result looks just fine, even with the slightly wonky posing that comes from sticking them to the stanced-up Leviathan terminator bodies. The shoulders are also a little smaller, as I wasn't able to get them re-printed in time, but they look fine. They're still cuss-huge marine pauldrons, after all. 

 

The first unit finished for the army, and the last.

 

And, with that, I've hit my 2,000 points. A little over, actually, but I can field 2,000 points for the final game of the Crusade by dropping my foot chaplain (Headtaker has been eating his dinner a bit anyway), which is... In two days! Good grief. My roster now reads as follows:

 

CHARACTERS
NAME			UNIT			RANK		POINTS	CRUSADE POINTS
Captain Cominius			Captain			Battle-Hardened		80	2
Reclusiarch Hanuman			Terminator Chaplain			Battle-Hardened		75	2
Chaplain Vradekar			Chaplain			Blooded		60	1
Chaplain Morgrain			Jump Chaplain			Blooded		75	1
Lieutenant Monash			Lieutenant			Blooded		65	1
Lexicanum Silus			Librarian			Battle-Ready		65	0
Primus Medicae Malcos			Apothecary			Blooded		50	1
Techmarine Stahl			Techmarine			Battle-Hardened		55	2
Headtaker			Judiciar			Blooded		70	1
INFANTRY
NAME			UNIT			RANK		POINTS	CRUSADE POINTS
Squad Adra			Intercessor Squad (10)			Battle-Hardened		160	2
Squad Curie			Intercessor Squad (5)			Blooded		80	1
Squad Bohr			Infernus Squad (5)			Blooded		80	1
Squad Drake			Jump Intercessors (5)			Battle-Hardened		80	2
Immortals of the Boltgun			Sternguard Veterans (5)			Battle-Hardened		90	2
Immortals of the Blade			Bladeguard Veterans (3)			Battle-Hardened		90	1
Immortals of the Plate			Terminator Squad (5)			Battle-Hardened		175	1
Immortals of the Plate			Assault Terminator Squad (5)			Battle-Ready		185	0
3rd Company Command			Company Heroes			Blooded		95	1
VEHICLES & WALKERS
NAME			UNIT			RANK		POINTS	CRUSADE POINTS
Fallen Ennius			Ballistus Dreadnought			Battle-Hardened		140	2
Fallen Martos			Ballistus Dreadnought			Blooded		140	0
Las-Talon Servo-Turret 01			Firestrike Servo-Turret			Blooded		75	0
Las-Talon Servo-Turret 02			Firestrike Servo-Turret			Blooded		75	0
								TOTALS
								2060	22

 

[Wormwoods]

A FINAL TRANSMISSION FROM THE 4th TYRANIC WAR

 

Endgame.

 

Game 11 - Last Stand

 

The Space Marines did not do well in the Crusade. We pretty consistently managed to clutch one out of every three games played, occasionally none at all. So fall the dice. As such, when the time came to close out the campaign, our quasi games-master Andrew drew up a flashy and fun last stand for the surviving marines, their only goal to survive until the end of turn 5 against an endlessly refreshing trio of tyranid hordes, slain monsters returning at the start of the next turn. Both sides had access to some artillery/drop pods based on held points, but in the end it all came down to waves on waves of chittering bodies and snarling monstrosities crashing against the drained and dying astartes lines.

 

We almost managed it, too. The final marine died on turn 5, some 7-8,000 points of dead tyranids later. 

 

Initial setup. Note the small contingent of Salamanders serving as a speedbump.

 

I'm happy to say that we got some hits in, even my fresh Terminators getting some kills in before being entirely swarmed and ground down. As always, the dreads and turrets put work in, killing certain monsters multiple times. Heath's Blooded Unicorns and James' Dark Angels - briefly joined by their Primarch, oof - held the flanks, with our shared lines only really collapsing on turn 4. 

 

Nothing like some ruined tanks to make a photograph pop!

 

Kieran's abomination on the left there is a scratch-converted Scythed Hierodule! It ate people!

 

This was only ever going to end one way.

 

So! 11 games over several months, a fine way to get started in 10th. It was needed, to, as outside of the Crusade I've been able to play a grand total of 1 other game of 40K this year. Playing it as Marines v Nids was fun enough, but did start to grind after a while, and I'm eager to both play and play against something new for our next Crusade, now scheduled to begin later this year. 

 

I'm not done with the Sin Eaters, though they will be taking a bit of a break. I have Tau to paint, after all, for the Xenos Stronghold, and a whole Chaos fleet in the works for the local BFG community! Both of these will be covered over in my blog, though I'm sure I'll pop a few things in here before too long. Maybe a retrospective on the games we played, and the armies my fellow Crusaders put together. We'll see. 

 

Ave Imperetor.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Lordy that's a lot of huge bugs.  Sounds like a great end to a fun campaign - though I can understand you now wanting to face something less... chitinous. 

[Wormwoods]

7 hours ago, Dr_Ruminahui said:

Lordy that's a lot of huge bugs. 

We got a whole lot of models painted over the course of the Crusade. Nid-side we had at least two of every big monster other than Carnifex, include two of those ridiculous Norn things. 3 Tyrants, all within one of the three armies, too. 

 

A change is as good as a holiday, though. I'm looking forward to a Marines Mirror Match in the next few weeks while I work on Tau for the Call to Arms.

[Crusader Reborn]

Love these guys, detailing and heraldry is busy but works well.

Some them have an almost flesh tearers reversed color scheme, which are the chosen colours of my own chapter. Great effort on these. 

[Wormwoods]

Hey, so did you all know that it's possible to play games of Warhammer 40K that aren't part of a Crusade? Wild. 

 

Last weekend those of us in the now ended Crusade Group - we need a name, some kind of pun - with a little time to spare put a little game day together! Andrew's Tau (the terror of our previous, 9th ed Crusade) and Mike's alarmingly growing Necrons (for our NEXT Crusade, and the current Call to Arms) each had a scuffle with the Sin Eaters, with a third match of the day called for time. It was a fun time, and my first ever attempt to use those dumb card things that are apparently important to modern non-narrative 40K. 

 

About to finally do something in a game. Bravo to them!

 

The games went well. Andrew's Tau took me apart, though not without getting a few of those suits kicked apart by Terminators and my laser turrets. In the end, I just didn't have enough of an answer for all those suits, which happens, I bought a pretty mixed bag of models to the day.

 

I actually managed to carve out a victory on points against Mike's Necrons, despite getting a bit mauled. Victory came on turn one, I think, when I lucked into first turn and managed to punish a greedy infiltrator placement with a charge that kept the whole 20-warriors-and-two-characters from doing anything turn one, while also blowing up one of his War of the Worlds Tripods. 

 

Yolo.

 

Turns out leaving combat within range of a bunch of battlesuit guns hurts. Oh well, got the Stormsurge. 

 

Librarians are so dramatic.

 

It was, all-in-all, a fun day! Still not sure what my next Sin Eaters addition will be, though for the moment I'm pretty focused on my Tau for the Call to Arms. I'm posting most of those over on my blog , which will also soon be hosting some more tiny spaceships! Sorry BFG, I had to paint a bunch of camo before going back to drybrushing bone over brown for evil void boats. 

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Good to see the Sin Eaters recycling those overgrown tin cans for the good of the galaxy