— Recreating A Vision — A Dark Angels 30k adventure.

[GhostMalone]

Just now, Firedrake Cordova said:

38C?  I'm kinda surprised the paint didn't dry on the brush before it got to the model ...

 

airbrush thinner with the aircon on meant very very quick drying times 

[GhostMalone]

 

Last Minute addition to swap out for the Sone Mortalis games on Sunday.

 

 

i can’t wait to actually spend some time working on the interior of the capes of all the units and adding Power sword effects to all the terranic great swords.

 

Next week I’ll begin the start of the Decal Process and hope to god it doesn’t take a hundred years

[GhostMalone]

 

 

Today was the final day of the Campaign; I’ll try compress some images and give a Summary; I have a lot of images to edit and go through the notes. 
 

but all in all was a great day with some pretty awesome humans!

[GhostMalone]

Smoke and dust clouds drift through the ruined outskirts of the city, as countless space marines lay where they fell. The city walls are in ruins, and the gate collapsed. But the traitors have been bloodied! The last minute arrival of a Dark Angels relief force on the flank managed to plug a damaged section of wall and chase down the first World Eaters to breach the city walls. Meanwhile, on the far flank loyalist forces sallied out of the defences and silenced the traitor artillery, too late as it creates a second gap in the wall.

Just as it looks like the city will hold, a war horn blares, as the Warhound Victoris Rex marches towards the city gates, blasts from its turbo laser toppling the gatehouse spire. The second shot scores a direct hit on the loyalist Stormhammer the Iron Duke, which was attempting to block the gates using the own bulk to reinforce the defences. As the turbo laser penetrates the Iron Dukes reactor, the tank explodes in a catastrophic blast, collapsing the gatehouse and completing the destruction of the walls of Jagel Prime.

With the walls reduced to a pile of rubble, the city is left wide open. But the assault has bled the traitors hard. Only time will tell if the traitors have the numbers left the press their advantage, or if the destruction of the cities defences is little more than a pyrrhic victory…

 

 

 

 

The Outcome from Day 2 of the Campaign had the Loyalists falling back after the Valiant Charge of the Dark Angels failed to stop the advance.

 

 

Table Top ready and down to hold their own.

 

 

After carving through A squad of Tacticals my Praetor and Deathwing companions were counter charged by The Nightlords deathstar; Praetor Herald Chaplain and command squad deep striking and hammer of Wrath reducing my companions down to two models, yet after being locked in combat and some amazing dice rolls on my part finishing them all and destroying the VIIIth Legion Contemptor.

 

Achieving a phyrric victory in the least.

 

 

upon the commencement of of day two the First attempted to plug the only breach at the time in the wall and destroy the advancing Luna Wolves after we staved off the Night Lords advance.

 

 

But between the loss of our super Heavy assets defending the wall and fresh deployments of an Alpha Legion Falchion and the Warhound the gate collapsed and the far end of the wall was breached.

 

the Malitia on the wall held for as long as they could but alas the traitors advanced.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 10, 2024 by GhostMalone

[GhostMalone]

 

the final Turn lead to the Collapse of the Gateway as the Last World Eater Praetor landed on the Battlements and started carving away at the Humans defending the gate.

 

 

the Imperial Fists trying to hold off the Emperors Children on the other side of the field.

 

 

aerial support from reserves bringing their firepower to the fray.

 

 

all in all was an amazing day of Laughs and dice and hopefully can get some more games in.

 

if anything it’s convinced me to continue with this project even if I don’t get to play much.

 

so coming into the holiday period I will recoup and recover before continuing with the project, allowing me some time to plan out some more pieces.

 

definitely need some more heavy hitting units for these bigger games and truly wish To bring on some more Super Heavy Assets (wink wink nudge nudge).

[Firedrake Cordova]

That is quite some board setup!  

 

I imagine a lot of fun was had by all  

[GhostMalone]

33 minutes ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

That is quite some board setup!  

 

I imagine a lot of fun was had by all  

believe me it was, I’m hoping to get a few more games in over the Holiday period and have been invited to continue with this Heresy Group.

 

meanwhile 

 

 

my final week away with work and after such a great event the motivation to start adding the final details is commencing.

 

Decals and Details people… it’s all in the decals and details.

[Brother Christopher]

I always find it awkward to post comments in threads like these that I happened to stumble upon online. Because 'stunning work' or 'an amazing army' or 'great models' seems to be very superficial and doesn't do justice to the amount of work and visible dedication. You have an amazing project and I'll make sure to visit this thread. And needles to say, the photos from the game are quite epic in scale!

[GhostMalone]

14 hours ago, Brother Christopher said:

I always find it awkward to post comments in threads like these that I happened to stumble upon online. Because 'stunning work' or 'an amazing army' or 'great models' seems to be very superficial and doesn't do justice to the amount of work and visible dedication. You have an amazing project and I'll make sure to visit this thread. And needles to say, the photos from the game are quite epic in scale!

thanks man, look I completely agree with the sentiment. Trying to connect with people in the community is one of the harder things of this project, where once it was solely interacting with people on the B&C now there’s heaps of other platforms and it’s hard not just to lurk or leave a like.

 

in person I can ramble on for ages about the lore and history and passion and everything that goes into this but the reality is translating it to text is more exhausting.

 

But I ramble yet again, Ultimately as each stage of the project is reached I see even more that needs to be done.

 

 

And as a bit more of a treat some more photos from the event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Until next update everyone be safe enjoy your holidays and next time I’ll get around to the squad photos.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Those are some rather nice photos ... they really do make it look rather atmospheric.  

 

Is it me, or does the Knight look like it's "looking in the box" with the building the the dislodged roof?

 

3 hours ago, GhostMalone said:

it’s hard not just to lurk or leave a like.

Yeah, it's the "curse of the like button" - whilst it makes it really easy to show basic support (like), it increases the relative interaction cost for fuller interaction (typing anything takes exponentially longer than a single click, especially on a mobile device).  

Edited December 11, 2024 by Firedrake Cordova

[GhostMalone]

So the Castigator Knight Lancer  was the first unit to breach the walls; and the funny bit of this story was upon breaching and seeing the bunker. Its Operator decided to attack the Bunker which happened to contain the Loyalist Campaign commanders HQ hidden as an objective.

 

before anything could happen the Dark Angels had just entered play and between 10 Lascannons and some Land Raider support alongside the Malitia rapiers we managed to blow it up.

 

this in turn caused it to blow a bigger hole in the wall which allowed the deep striking reserved World eaters Rampagers to come in and launch themselves into the bunker, with them pressing on our Campaign leader I disembarked the knights Cenobium and used my tanks to plug the wall.

 

only to fail the Charge of 5 inches by rolling snake eyes.

 

it really was a thematic game and was amazing to have as my first main foray back into the hobby.

 

 

[GhostMalone]

Holy Crap do decals make a difference to everything; I am so happy we’re going the extra mile now I have the time.

 

 

 

 

 

still a lot to do but this is starting to feel more like an army that’s in universe then a rush job.

 

will be of course working on better photos as the lighting is way to warm in this motel room but here you go.

[Firedrake Cordova]

They look great  

[GhostMalone]

 

So after a few relaxing days I decided to make a start on my next Consul; The Herald.

 

the banner is currently just a place holder whilst I await my Mk3 plastic command kit, I also have a 4K game coming up on Monday so I’ll hopefully have some pics and a run through for each turn.

 

spent my day priming the Spartans and terminators and getting everything prepped for the eventual next batch of army painting.

 

I also have a Reaver Titan inbound and some Armigers for the Knight Household.

 

currently in negotiations with acquiring a nemesis warbringer titan and hoping that I can convince the wife to allow me to purchase a second reaver. That way I’ll have 5K of super heavies as a Titan legio (if she agrees I will not be purchasing any extra units for the rest of 2025, and I’ll have to paint everything in the collection in the meantime)

 

all in all it’s been a productive day and I’m looking forward to progressing more with this and getting my Instagram set up properly and finish all the final details on the army and have it display ready.

[Firedrake Cordova]

If your acquisitions go to plan, that's going to look really impressive on the tabletop  

[GhostMalone]

 

Behold Progress… these files are too damn big so follow up posts with the other sides

 

still detailing to go and metallics, just not sure if I should add a few more decals or if it’s fine as it is.

[GhostMalone]

 

I have all the equipment finally to start oil washing and weathering once I finally gloss coat the entire army and decal it up.

[Firedrake Cordova]

The mural looks great

[GhostMalone]

So after a 7.5 hour game at 5k points each.

 

i have decided to definitely have a break from playing Dark Angels, I’ll still be working on the army etc but until I get better at the game and being more competitive I can’t justify loosing my mind to so many rules and mechanics that don’t seem to synergise yet.

 

i in no way am upset with the game or rules it’s just a lot of cross referencing and checking and I’m like maybe I pick a simpler legion to get my foundations down pat.

 

So incoming photo bombs and a multiple post post due to upload constraints.

 

 

5k points of Dark Angels 

 

 

5k points of Templars (yes I hate imperial fists so much now)

 

 

Our Battlefield which we had all the luck with our Mission and Deployment.

 

 

Tide of Carnage in a Hammer and Anvil deployment, I won the roll off and thought to give my opponent the first turn so I could plan my deployment, little did I realise I was stitched up immediately due to my reliance on Transports and the terrain layout.

[GhostMalone]

 

nice easy deployment plenty of space for the fists…

 

 

Cramped minimal deployment for silly man who decided armour was the right investment.

 

 

[GhostMalone]

 

and then it began….

 

 

i even decided to try my old Dice hoping for some luck

 

 

 

but by the end of turn 1 my rhinos were popping my Despoilers disembarking and my jaw was on the floor from the worse rolls of my life…. Little did I know just how bad this was going to get.

[GhostMalone]

 

the fists occupying their deployment zone

 

 

disembarking to try finish the Sicarian… my biggest mistake.

 

 

the knights Cenobium preparing to do the funny Terranic sword Shenanigans.

 

 

crashing straight into the Templars

Edited December 30, 2024 by GhostMalone

[GhostMalone]

 

I fell for the trap…

 

 

this was the fundamental flaw in my plan…

 

 

deep striking terminator squads…

 

 

to be continued…

[GhostMalone]

So continuing on after holiday end of year festivities….

 

 

deep striking terminators came in from reserves and took out my deployment zones.

 

 

after loosing my Companions and Corswain my Land Raider line held the middle zone ensuring contested points.

 

 

My Despoilers doing all they can to survive before being assaulted from both sides.

 

 

The Leviathan scattered from reserves and got Intercepted and Exploded 

 

 

Which Ended with me wiping out a majority of the fists but due to loosing Corswain and contesting all 3 zones loosing the game.

 

 

So what did I learn? Don’t over extend and commit early on, fists are :cuss:ing cancer and that I’m ready to start another side project for fun.

 

Also welcome 2025 and do we have some projects and plans in the works.

 

currently trying to get interest in rebuilding a heresy community in Adelaide South Australia and getting new people started in 30k.

 

returning back to the hobby and getting back into my old club has been a bit challenging but there is progress.

 

 

hopefully we have more content to come featuring new armies and more time to build better worded posts.

 

building a Discord Instagram and working on Family and projects I feel I may have bit off more then I can handle but I try not to do things in half.

 

till next time.

[GhostMalone]

New Year New WIP; 

 

 

6 man Legion Outrider Squad with Plasma Repeaters.

 

decided that with a lot of activity in regards to my local wargaming Initiative it is time to build another 1000 points and get them painted and ready for the tabletop.

 

with this in mind the collection still has thousands of points to work on and I’m starting on some death guard for the Initative aswell.

 

So far we have 9 people for the campaign so I have to spitball and work on some ideas and locations (and acquire the terrain).

 

so that’s it for now, hopefully  I’ll be able to more updates and more painting sooner rather then later.

 

until then…

 

Edited January 4 by GhostMalone