=] Call to Arms 2025 - IMPERIUM STRONGHOLD [=

[Dr_Ruminahui]

48 HOURS LEFT TO SUBMIT COMPLETED VOWS!

[Razurok]

Hey folks, unfortunately I committed more than I was capable of accomplishing :( Here is my progress so far for my pledge of 20x death riders, 10x Krieg engineers and 20x Krieg infantry. 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

24 HOURS LEFT TO SUBMIT COMPLETED VOWS!

[The Pounder]

I’ve managed to finish my vows!!

 

Here’s the proof:

 

Krieg Lord Solar Leontus 
 

A Call to Arms Finished Vows 

 

Thanks for running this event @Dr_Ruminahui! 

Really helped motivate me over the last few months.

 

 

Edited September 15 by Firedrake Cordova

[Razurok]

Got all my guys painted! 
10x Krieg engineers + 2x remote mines

20x Krieg infantry

[Razurok]

And 20x Krieg Death Riders

@Dr_Ruminahui Thank you for organizing this event! I haven’t painted a 40k army in over 5 years so this was the perfect way to motivate me and get me back in the hobby.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

CALL TO ARMS 2025 IS NOW OVER!

(or at least the painting and submitting portion)

 

ANY VOW COMPLETIONS POSTED AFTER THIS POINT WILL NOT BE COUNTED AS COMPLETED.

 

That said, please continue posting in the Stronghold and sharing pictures of your models.  I will post further tomorrow after I record the final week of the event.

 

THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Reporting Page updated - please review to ensure your entry is correct (subfaction, link, models vowed, point value, entry into Master of the Forge).  If you completed your vows, please double check to confirm that I have correctly noted such - and IF I HAVE MISSED A COMPLETION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

 

My next steps are to double check my math, do the number crunching, and determine (through a vote among the forum "staff") the contestants for Imperium Stronghold Artificer badge.  To facilitate that, please post your best picture of your favorite painted model or unit that you did for the Imperium Stronghold in this Call to Arms - it will make my job much easier. 

 

Additionally, if you have a Master of the Forge entry, please post your best picture of it as well.

 

Finally, if you haven't done so already, please post a "group shot" of all your completed models, whether or not you managed to complete your vow.

[Razurok]

20 hours ago, Dr_Ruminahui said:

Reporting Page updated - please review to ensure your entry is correct (subfaction, link, models vowed, point value, entry into Master of the Forge).  If you completed your vows, please double check to confirm that I have correctly noted such - and IF I HAVE MISSED A COMPLETION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

 

My next steps are to double check my math, do the number crunching, and determine (through a vote among the forum "staff") the contestants for Imperium Stronghold Artificer badge.  To facilitate that, please post your best picture of your favorite painted model or unit that you did for the Imperium Stronghold in this Call to Arms - it will make my job much easier. 

 

Additionally, if you have a Master of the Forge entry, please post your best picture of it as well.

 

Finally, if you haven't done so already, please post a "group shot" of all your completed models, whether or not you managed to complete your vow.

This was my favourite model I painted, I especially like the hoofs and the serial number on the horse with the red coloured bits. It’s not the best job as there are some details that look a bit messy, but overall I’m happy how it turned out. 

[Lord_Ikka]

Group pic

 

Best mini

Edited September 19 by Lord_Ikka

[Dr. Clock]

My stronghold pick is this bloke:

 

 

Such a great callback to the old missionaries without being a pure retread... The Sanctifiers kit was just a tonne of fun.

 

Also here's my event summary photo:

 

"Deep in the Ghoul Stars, as nobility of the Deepvoid Corsairs command their Ulthwé allies, thrallbeasts and Galberkin mercenaries to cleanse a Maiden World of Inquisitor Dartorian's motley crusaders, The Bound Prince Krungkor and his vassal Weaselbound rend the ethereal veil to revel in the slaughter of all."

 

 

Thanks for a great event, all!

 

Cheers,

 

The Good Doctor.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I'm setting a deadline of the end of the day Friday for extra pictures, as I intend to put together the candidates for voting next weekend.  So, in order to give your models the best chance in the voting, please post the best picture you can of your favorite model (if you haven't already - if you have, thank you) by the end of the week.  Note, if you don't provide new pictures, you are still in the running - I'll just be making my decisions based on the photos already posted, but that may prevent me from selecting models/units whose pictures doesn't focus on that particular model or unit.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thank you to everyone who provided me with additional photos - they were all much appreciated.

 

I have now set up polls with all my semi-finalistis in the Admin/Mods subforum for them to vote on to determine the top 3 to run off for Stronghold Artificer.  That process should be done next weekend, at which point I will put up polls in the WIP subforum for general membership voting.   I will obviously post links here when that happens.

 

Good luck to the many talented artists whose models are in the running.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

VOTING FOR STRONGHOLD ARTIFICER IS NOW LIVE!

 

Please go to the follow links to choose your favourite entry for each of the Strongholds:

 

ASTARTES / IMPERIUM / CHAOS / XENOS / HERESY

 

Voting closes on October 15, 2025 at midnight Pacific Coast time.  Happy voting!

 

I have unpinned the Stronghold threads now that voting has commenced to avoid clogging up the WIP forum pinned topics.

Edited October 6 by Dr_Ruminahui

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Voting for Stronghold Artificer is now complete - congratulations @The Pounder for your wonderfully done Krieg Artillery.  Thank you to everyone for participating, and all the wonderful entries - though there can only be one top finisher, there were many others that were equally deserving.

 

You can see the final results of each of the Stronghold votes here:  Astartes / Imperium / Chaos / Xenos / Heresy

 

The final rounds of voting are now underway - please go to these links to choose your favourite entries for:

 

Master Artificer

 

Master of the Forge

 

Voting closes on October 23 at midnight, Pacific Coast time, after which the final results of Call to Arms will be announced.

Edited October 16 by Dr_Ruminahui

[Dr_Ruminahui]

 

 

 

Call to Arms 2025 Imperium Stronghold Summary

 

First of all, thank you to the newcomers and returning members who participated in the 2025 Call to Arms, whether or not you completed your Vows, you have all made the event the success it has been. Between the five Strongholds, we all painted 3,028 points of MODELS, which is an OUTSTANDING result by any metric.

 

Second, I apologize for my delay in posting the final summaries - I had started to them fairly promptly, belatedly realized that I didn't have all the badges I needed, and by the time I did my life had gotten incredibly busy and stressful.  So I'm sorry for all those who have been waiting.

 

Third, thank you all to those who extended their thanks and appreciation through out the event.  I know I'm not very good at responding or acknowledging such, tending to brush it aside and focus on the matters at hand.  Anyway, I wanted to let you know that it is appreciated, so thank you and you're welcome.

 

Fourth, a big thank you to @Grotsmasha, for all the fantastic art used in the announcement posts and badges, his advice on things like point costs for models, and all of his past work creating the rules and framework for the event with the first and previous Call to Arms.

 

So, how did the Imperium Forums and Stronghold perform throughout the Event?

 

Total Points Vowed:  214.5

Total Points Completed: 198.5

Completion Ratio (Points):  92.54%

Number of Participants: 7

Number of Participants who completed all vows: 6

Completion Ratio (Participants): 85.71%

Despite being hived off from Astartes this year and having the lowest number of participants of any faction, the Imperium Stronghold was able to punch over its weight and achieved the highest points completion ratio of all the Strongholds.

 

Astra Millitarum - Participants vs Completed: 3/2 (66.67%), Pledged: 126 pts vs Completed: 110 pts  - 87.30% Completion

It says something about the overall Stronghold completion level when the sub faction in the Stronghold with the lowest completion percentage still beats out all the other Stronghold completion percentages.  Despite their one failed vow, they were still successful in completing the most points for the Stronghold, earning the Astra Millitarum participants the right to the Champion of the Horde Badge.

 

Imperial Knights - Participants vs Completed: 1/1 (100%), Pledged: 6 pts vs Completed: 6 pts  -  100% Completion

The smallest vowed points for any of the Imperium sub factions with participants, it somewhat humorously (to me) contained no actual knights.  That said, the 100% completion rate earns its 1 participant the right to wear the Champion of the Call Badge.

 

Imperium of Mankind - Participants vs Completed: 2/2 (100%), Pledged: 37.5 pts vs Completed: 37.5 pts  -  100% Completion

With an eclectic combination of models, both participants of this faction competed their vows and earned the right to bare the Champions of the Call Badge.

 

Death Watch - Participants vs Completed: 1/1 (100%), Pledged: 45 pts vs Completed: 45 pts  -  100% Completion

This year's one Death Watch participant decided to paint his models for the Imperial Stronghold this year (this was the one sub faction that could contribute to 2 different strongholds, the other being Astartes), and managing to complete his 2 vows earned himself the right to the Imperium Champion of the Call Badge.

 

 

As with most Events, there are of course Badges for Individual Achievements within the Stronghold,

 

Starting with those who did not Complete their Vows, the Servitor Badge, these Participants are honour-bound to bear this Badge until years end.

 

@GSCUprising

 

For Completing 1-9pts within the Call to Arms, the Completed Badge,

 

@Karhedron

 

For Completing 10-24pts within the Call to Arms, the Veteran Badge,

 

@Dr. Clock

@Lord_Ikka

 

For Completing 25-44pts within the Call to Arms, the Sergeant Badge,

 

@The Pounder

 

For Completing 45-74pts within the Call to Arms, the Captain Badge,

 

@Antarius

@Razurok

 

For Completing 75-99pts within the Call to Arms, the General Badge,

 

 

For completing +100pts within the Call to Arms, the Theatre Commander Badge,

 

 

 

Congratulations to @Razurok for Completing 71 pts worth of models, which was the most points in the Imperium Stronghold, and claiming the title of Imperium Champion.  

 

 

Additionally, the top 3 voted entries on the Stronghold Artificer Poll are entitled to wear the Stronghold Artificer Badges.

 

Congratulations to @Dr. Clock and @Razurok for their fantastic entries, earning themselves the Artificer Badge.

 

Additionally, having won the Imperium Artificer pole,  @The Pounder is entitled to wear the extra spiffy gold bordered version.

 

Dr.Clock's Preacher:

Spoiler

 

Razurok's Death Rider

Spoiler

 

The Pounder's Artillery

Spoiler

 

 

Please check out the Call to Arms 2025 Summary Thread for the final event announcements and comparisons between the Strongholds. 

 

Thank you again to everyone for participating, whether it be through your vows, completions, comments or votes.

 

 

Edited yesterday at 01:31 AM by Dr_Ruminahui

[GSCUprising]

Beep-boop - will comply, guv.

[Dr. Clock]

Hekkins yes!

 

Congrats to all, and especially @The Pounder and @Razurok... and thanks for the votes! My badges cup, ye overfloweth.

 

Cheers,

 

The Good Doctor.

Edited 18 hours ago by Dr. Clock

[Dr_Ruminahui]

You've definitely unlocked the secret technique to get all the badges - compete in all the strongholds! 

Edited 15 hours ago by Dr_Ruminahui

[Dr. Clock]

32 minutes ago, Dr_Ruminahui said:

compete in all the strongholds!

And I'll do it again!

 

Next year I'll be sure to assign at least one Heresy mini to that stronghold for the pure badge greed of it all - my 'xeno-thallax' could have technically been '30k Imperial Fists' I guess, but I did want that Warrior badge more than the fifth 'complete'.

 

Cheers,

 

The Good Doctor.