Heresy Transmissions (HH Word Bearer plog)

[W.A.Rorie]

Wow. Love the characters

[PeteySödes]

Those characters look great! Second on that chaplain looking really nice as is.

[Endtransmission]

Thanks all! Progress is slowly being made on the characters, but I'm not quite yet finished with three of them yet. Task for 2025 is to finally crack the miniature photography... with the coloured background it all comes out very yellow and dark; with a white background it comes out ... weird. I like the images in the background so I guess I need to just look at lighting that better (and maybe finding one that's not quite so yellow!)

In the mean time, I did manage to finish a few more elements to the force. A small Plasma support squad

 

and the initial 5 Gal Vorbak from ebay as GW were out of stock. The next 5 are a combination of 3d printed and the two plastic Greater Possessed

 

I also managed to knock out a jump chaplain to go with the assault squad when I get around to building them. One more character needs finishing to pay the character tax, then we should be all good for a small force to expand from! I might go back and add some extra shading to the metallics as it doesn't look like there is any in the photos (there really is! :/ )

[Endtransmission]

Looks like I have a small starter force already, which is a surprise! I guess for 1000pt games the tacticals would be shrunk a bit and the terminators dropped. It won't be able to be properly Word Bearers until I finish that second HQ choice. I think priority here is a second Chaplain for hanging around with one of the tactical squads, which would bring it nearly up to the 1500pt mark with enough points left to add chainswords to one of the tactical squads.

 

XVII: Word Bearers - Unnamed list - [1309Pts]

 

## HQ [145Pts]
Centurion [145Pts]: Warlord, (Chaplain) Master craft one weapon to represent a Crozius Arcanum, Chaplain, Unswerving Devotion
• 1x Chaplain [110Pts]: Frag Grenades, Krak Grenades, Refractor Field, Power Weapon (Power Maul), Warpfire Pistol, Artificer Armour, Warhawk Jump Pack

 

## Elites [487Pts]
Gal Vorbak Squad [290Pts]: Frag Grenades, Krak Grenades, Power Armour
• 4x Dark Brethren [55Pts]: Boltspitter, Tainted Talons
• 1x Dark Brethren w/ Melee Options [70Pts]: Boltspitter, Power Fist

 

Terminator Tartaros Squad [197Pts]: Tartaros Terminator Armour
• 1x Tartaros Sergeant [2Pts]: Power Weapon (Power Sword), Volkite Charger
• 3x Tartaros [35Pts]: Power Fist, Combi-Bolter
• 1x Tartaros w/Heavy Weapon [40Pts]: Reaper Autocannon, Power Weapon (Power Sword)

 

## Troops [677Pts]
Tactical Squad [245Pts]: Frag Grenades, Krak Grenades, Power Armour
• 1x Legion Tactical Sergeant [15Pts]: Bolter, Bolt Pistol, Power Fist, Power Armour
• 16x Legionary [10Pts]: Bolt Pistol, Bolter
• 1x Legionary w/ Options [20Pts]: Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Augury Scanner
• 1x Legionary w/ Options [20Pts]: Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Legion Vexilla
• 1x Legionary w/ Options [20Pts]: Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Nuncio-Vox

 

Tactical Squad [245Pts]: Frag Grenades, Krak Grenades, Power Armour
• 1x Legion Tactical Sergeant [15Pts]: Bolter, Bolt Pistol, Power Fist, Power Armour
• 16x Legionary [10Pts]: Bolt Pistol, Bolter
• 1x Legionary w/ Options [20Pts]: Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Augury Scanner
• 1x Legionary w/ Options [20Pts]: Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Legion Vexilla
• 1x Legionary w/ Options [20Pts]: Bolt Pistol, Bolter, Nuncio-Vox

 

Tactical Support Squad [187Pts]: Frag Grenades, Krak Grenades, Power Armour, Warpfire Blaster
• 1x Legion Tactical Support Sergeant: Bolt Pistol, Power Armour
• 5x Legionary [12Pts]: Bolt Pistol

 

 

[Grotsmasha]

4 hours ago, Endtransmission said:

Task for 2025 is to finally crack the miniature photography... with the coloured background it all comes out very yellow and dark; with a white background it comes out ... weird.

 

A little trick I've been shown (for coloured backgrounds, I use one of GW's cardboard mats), is to have a small square of white paper in one of the corners of the photo (mine is blutac'd to the top of my board). This will help with balancing, as there's a point of white reference in the pic, and then you do any corrections, then crop it out.

[Firedrake Cordova]

You can also get white balance cards which are neutral grey, or colour reference boards (e.g. Greytag-Macbeth) which have a variety of colours as well as white- and black points.

 

If your device has a manual white balance option, it's generally easier to use that than it is to correct it in software later.

[Endtransmission]

Good call on the white card/spot test card, thanks! 

 

Yesterday we made the pilgrimage to Warhammer World to visit the museum and go resin shopping. The museum is well worth a visit, even if the Heresy section does seem to be missing nearly all the resin units and characters. The store was equally empty in the Heresy section. The resin part of the store has shrunk to a tiny corner as things like Old World and Necromunda expand their footprint and, much like the website.. was mostly empty, so I came away with nothing off my shopping list. Not even the Ww exclusive models as they were all oos too :/

 

Ah well. Money saved and all that. Still, I did dig out my Legions Imperialis box and started to paint that up instead when I got home. 

 

Edited January 23 by Endtransmission

[ZeroWolf]

Still tempted by LI, you've made a good start there it seems  Guess the stock issues are even affecting the main shop now 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Shame you weren't able to get any of the exclusive models  (I'll admit, I haven't a clue what they are) I wonder how much the stock shortages are costing GW in lost sale.

 

The Legions Imperialis models look great, especially given they're so tiny. The bases came out nicely, too.  

[Endtransmission]

I had sort of assumed that the website was oos because they were holding stock for the hq shop... But no. Which makes me wonder how much of the range is going plastic and is stuck in the factory work. I think yesterday they lost out on about £400 so the bank are happy :D

 

I was sorting of dreading the LI figures as my eyes aren't so great at detail any more. Turns out contrast paints are king for these! 

[Endtransmission]

Things are slowly starting to fall into place again with time, so expect a few things to get finished over the weekend!

First things first, there has been a bit of progress on the Legions Imperialis squads. We now have three finished sets for the Word Bearers. Plasma, Missile launchers and jumpy-bois. Getting these in focus in one go is... tricksy, so I'll try again over the weekend, I just wanted to get them out and about. Contrast is definitely king on the main body colour. We shall see what Dark Mechanicus are like when I Get around to their box. Some of the bits to stick on are insanely small and fiddly! 

 

I also signed up for the Kill Team challenge earlier, so I need to work out some options for building a Nemesis Claw team... without being able to buy the Nemesis Claw box as, you guessed it... it's out of stock! *Face/palm*. Not having much luck here with things I want to pay GW for!

The intention is to create a small Word Bearer team that entered the warp after Istvaan V, hunting for some fleeing Raven Guard, and somehow pop out 10,000 years later wondering what the heck is going on and why there is all this rare power armour all over the place. This means that the figures can do duty in 30k, 40k or Kill Team; depending on the flavour of the day. Where there are things like chain glaives or fighting claws that are not particularly Word Bearer-ish... getting lost in the warp for 10,000 years (or 2 months as far as they are concerned) has had some... effects on them.

[ZeroWolf]

Sounds like a neat idea for a kill team  excellent work on the little bodies of the LI stuff by the way.

[Rusted Boltgun]

Love those tiny plasma!