=] Call to Arms 2025 - CHAOS STRONGHOLD [=

[Dr_Ruminahui]

 

The Call to Arms 2025

CHAOS STRONGHOLD

 

Time to bust out those brushes and paints and stand ready to represent your Forum/s of choice and aid them on the path to claim Victory!!!!

 

 

What is The Call to Arms, I hear you ask?

 

The Call to Arms is a multi-forum event designed to  encourage us all to start a new army, or bolster our current forces.

 

The Forums of the B&C are divided up into five Strongholds;

 

The Astartes Stronghold

• Adeptus Astartes
• Black Templars
• Blood Angels
• Dark Angels
• Space Wolves
• Ultramarines
• Grey Knights
• Deathwatch (note, Deathwatch models can be vowed either in the Astartes or Imperium Strongholds)

 

The Imperium Stronghold

• Adepta Sororitas
• Adeptus Mechanicus
• Astra Militarum
• Imperial Knights
• Talons of the Emperor
• The Imperium of Mankind
• Deathwatch (note, Deathwatch models can be vowed either in the Astartes or Imperium Strongholds)

 

The Chaos Stronghold

• Chaos Daemons
• Chaos Knights
• Heretic Astartes
• Death Guard
• Emperor's Children
• Thousand Sons
• World Eaters
• The Realm of Chaos

 

The Xenos Stronghold

• Aeldari
• Drukhari
• Genestealer Cults
• Leagues of Votann
• Necrons
• Orks
• T'au Empire
• Tyranids

 

The Heresy Stronghold

• Age of Darkness
• Epic Scaled Heresy Games

 

These five Strongholds will act as the hub for each of the five main Factions, and will for the 3 Month duration of the Call to Arms, run independently of the four other Strongholds. Each Stronghold may have different targets and goals, and even their own mini/complementary events, all with unique badges and achievements, but at the end of the 3 months, the five Strongholds will face off, and overall winners will be declared.

 

Dates

 

Start Date: 15th JUNE 2025

End Date: 15th SEPTEMBER 2025

(Timezone will be GMT -8 [so, North American Pacific Coast time], please make local adjustments for time)

 

 

 

So, how is it all going to work?

 

1.   As each of the Strongholds are acting (initially) as their own Events, you may choose to focus within a single Stronghold, or participate in all five Strongholds, and any complementary/mini-events that you would like to. Your Vows will be treated independently in each Stronghold, meaning a Failed Vow in one Stronghold will NOT effect Vows in the other Strongholds.

 

2.  Models pledged to a Stronghold must come from the army books associated with those Forums covered by each Stronghold. The exceptions to this are Titans and models not associated with a given faction (such as Necromunda models and terrain), these models / units may be pledged to any Stronghold.

 

3.  You may join in any of the Events at any time within the 3 Month time-frame of The Call to Arms

 

4.  For each Stronghold, you have a MAXIMUM of 3 Vows, you must finish your active vow before pledging to a second or third vow.

 

5.  In addition to the three Vows, any model in the 10pt Category or higher will fit into the "Job's a Big'un" Vow, and will run separate from the 3 Vow limit and have the entirety of the 3 months to be completed. 

 

6.  Once recorded, Vows may not be altered, however special considerations may be made upon request.

 

7.  There is no minimum pledge, you may vow 1 model, or your entire collection, but beware, failing your last active vow will invalidate any completed vows you may have already submitted.

 

 

 

How do I join in?

 

Each model has a point value based upon its size, and the comparative amount of effort and time it takes to paint said model, listed below are are the points-per-model, more specific lists can be found in each Forums Rally Point thread, but I've added some generic examples below,

 

1pt   Infantry

2pts   Cavalry/Bikers

3pts   Heavy Weapons Teams / Walkers (Dreadnaughts, Sentinels)

4pts   Skimmers / Light Vehicles (Landspeeders, ATV, Armigers)

5pts   Small Tanks (Leman Russ, Rhino Variants)

6pts   Large Tanks (Rogal Dorn, Sicaran, Land Raider)

8pts   Superheavies (Baneblades etc) 

10pts  Imperial Knight etc

 

Characters

5pts   Leader/Character models

10pts Primarchs

 

Note: Characters with Retinue, I.E. Saint Celestine.  The Leader model is worth 5pts, the other models are pointed as to their type - for example, Saint Celestine and her bodyguard would be 7 points - 5 for the Saint (leader), 1 each for her 2 seraphim buddies.

 

40K Scale Titans

20pts Warhound Titan 

30pts Reaver Titan 

40pts  Warbringer Titan

50pts Warlord Titan

 

Terrain

1pt    3 Munitorum Barrels, 4 Munitorum Crates, Zone Mortalis/Gallowdark Column, Octarius Ramshackle Bridges

2pts   Aegis Defence Line Section, Aegis Defence Platform, Galvanic Servo-haulers, Thermic Plasma Conduit Section, Imperialis Ruins Wall Section, Zone Mortalis/Gallowdark Wall, Octarius Scrap Heap/Barricade

3pts   Fronteris Vox Antenna, Fronteris Auspex Shrine, Thermo-exchanger Shrine, Octarius Oil Rig, Necromunda Fuel Tanks

4pts   Munitorum Container, Mechanicus Transterranic Gantry, Galvanic Servo-crane, Big'ead Bossbunka, Skull Alter, Noctilith Crown, Octarius Ramshackle Walls

5pts   Tidewall Droneport, Tidewall Shieldline, Feculant Gnarlmaw, Miasmic Malignifier

6pts   Fronteris Landing Pad, Mechanicus Forgeshrine, Mechanicus Galvanic Magnavent

8pts   Fronteris Hab Bunker, Manufactorum Administratus,

10pts Zone Mortalis Gang Stronghold

 

Note: Custom/Scratchbuilt terrain- use this list as a guide as to how many points tour terrain is worth, but please make sure to mention your terrain is custom when Vowing.

 

 

You may vow ANY MODEL that is covered by THIS STRONGHOLD, but you must allocate your points to only one SUBFACTION.  These Subfactions are the ones listed under the various Strongholds above, and are the various B&C forums/subforums, with 2 exceptions:

   a) Deathwatch is a valid Subfaction for both the Astartes and Imperium Strongholds, despite not having a dedicated forum/subforum; and

   b) in the HERESY STRONGHOLD, the Subfactions are "Emperor" and "Warmaster", not the 2 B&C forums listed above.

NOTE: Your chosen Subfaction doesn't have to correspond to your vowed models, although it typically does.

 

Please make your vows in this thread in the following format;

 

"I, {insert username}, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint {insert units/models} for {xxx pts} for the Glory of the {Subfaction name} and the {Stronghold name} Stronghold on or before 15th September 2025, or bear the badge of failure until year's end."

 

For example:

 

"I, Dr Ruminahui, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint 6 possessed, a Master of Possession, Lucius the Eternal and a Necromunda Fuel Tanks for 19 pts for the Glory of the Emperor's Children and the Chaos Stronghold on or before September 15th, or bear the badge of failure until year's end."

 

The post that contains your Vow must include starting pictures that contain all the models from the Vow.

Starting models may be in any of the following conditions;

• In the box
• On the Sprue
• Assembled
• Single Colour Primed
• Sub-assemblies primed in different colours will be acceptable, I.E. chassis in Leadbelcher, with armour plates in secondary colour.

Additionally, you may pledge models you have not yet received I.E. Warhammer: Imperium Subscription, just make sure a image is edited in to your Vow post once you've received the models, and make a post indicating that you have done so.

 

Your Vow is considered complete when you declare it so, and post completed pictures of all models contained within the Vow. Although "Complete" is to your own standard, we would like you to aim for GW's "Battle Ready", with the miniatures based. If basing is something you don't do, or won't be doing within the Event's timeline, please return the bases to flat black or brown as this will greatly enhance the Completed presentation.

 

Required Completion Pictures: Please include 1 image with a complete shot of the entire Vow, I also encourage everyone to include additional images for each squad/unit in the vow,. 

 

Once you have made your vow, pop this badge of Participation into your Signature,

 

 

 

Will there be any awards?

 

Yes!!  There will be Badges and Achievements within the Astartes Stronghold.  Note, all badges/ranks/achievements are a different thing and entirely separate from the ranks and achievements tracked by the forum software.
 

Event Failed: Spawn 

10 points:  Chosen 
25 points  Aspiring Champion 
45 points:  Champion
75 points:   Lord
100+ points:  Warmaster

 
Artificer - Top 1, 2, or 3 best painted models from each Forum, chosen by the forum Moderators, Administrators and Librarians. 
Princeps - Awarded to all completed 40K scale Titans 
Chaos Champion - Awarded to the Frater who individually paints the most points worth of models in the Chaos Stronghold

Champions of the Horde - The Subfaction for each Stronghold with the highest overall points worth of models

Champion of the Call - The Subfaction for each Stronghold that has the Highest Participation vs. Completion Percentage.

 

 

As to the overall competition between the Strongholds, there will also be Badges awarded for the following;

 

Masters of the Horde - The Stronghold that completes the highest overall points worth of models.

Masters of the Call - The Stronghold that has the Highest Participation vs. Completion Percentage.

Master Artificer - Voted best painted Model, chosen from the 5 Stronghold Artificers.

 

In addition to the Badges and Achievements above, there will be additional Awards for the following 4 categories. At this stage there are no physical prizes like last year, but that *MAY* change by the end of the Event.

Favourite Young Blood - This category is for Participants who have been building and/or painting models for less than 12 months. Anyone wishing to participate as A Young Blood will need to specifically declare that are are doing so when making their Vows. At the conclusion of the Event all Young Blood Entries will be placed into a Poll for the B&C at large to vote on and pick a Favourite. The voting criteria for this category is not about picking the best painted model, but the model that inexplicably pulls a smile on your face, one that makes you think, damn that's cool.. 

Master of the Forge - Best Conversion or Kit-bash. Anyone wishing to participate for the Master of the Forge Badge and Prize will need to specifically declare that they are doing so when they vow the model.

 

Stronghold Artificer - Awarded to five Participants, one from each Stronghold for the Best Painted Model in from the Stronghold, chosen by the Frater via Poll.

 

Grand Marshal - Individual with the Most Points of Models Painted across all Strongholds

 

 

That's it, you've done it, you've made it to the end!!!

 

 

If you have any questions or queries, contact me,  @Dr_Ruminahui and I'll be more than happy to help you out.

 

 

F.A.Q.s

 

Q- If I have models with different coloured heads or shoulder pads, can they be primed different colours IE. Black templars or Eldar Guardians?

A- Yes, this is acceptable.

 

Q- I want to paint Traitor Guard, is there a way to pledge them to Chaos?

A- Yes, for the purposes of Traitor Guard, the Astra Militarum units may be pledged to Chaos. The Realm of Chaos is the most appropriate forum.

 

Q- Are 3D prints allowed?

A- Yes, as long as they are board appropriate, 3D prints can be pledged to the Call to Arms. Use the points associated with the unit they represent.

 

 

THIS THREAD WILL REMAIN LOCKED UNTIL JUNE 15, 2025, AT WHICH TIME VOWS MAY COMMENCE

Edited May 29 by Dr_Ruminahui

[Dr_Ruminahui]

PARTICIPANTS

 

Chaos Demons - Pledged: pnts / Completed: pnts / Secured: pnts / % Completed

Participants:

 

Scion - Vow 1: 20 pnts - Incomplete

 

1x Kytan demon engine
1x Lord of change

 

nusphigor - Vow 1: 48 pnts - Incomplete

1x daemon prince

15x cultists

5x flamers of tzeentch

7x pink horrors

16x blue horrors

 

Chaos Knights - Pledged: pnts / Completed: pnts / Secured: pnts / % Completed

Participants:

 

Agnostic Doggo - Vow 1: 66 pnts - Incomplete

 

14x Wardogs
1x Tyrant

 

Boc - Vow 1: 85 pnts - Incomplete

 

1x Knight lancer
1x Knight despoiler
1x Knight abhorrent class (type TBA)
4x Wardogs
18x Noise marines
10x Tormentors/infractors
6x Flawless blades
1x Lord exultant

 

Heretic Astartes - Pledged: pnts / Completed: pnts / Secured: pnts / % Completed

Participants:

 

Cryptix - Vow 1: 32 pnts - Incomplete

 

1x Master of Possession
22x Possessed
1x Sorcerer in Terminator armor

 

gaurdian31  -  Vow 1: 15 pnts - Incomplete

 

1x Chaos terminator lord
1x Master of executions
1x Warpsmith

 

WBRBloom - Vow 1: 42 pnts - Incomplete

 

13x Heretic Astartes 
2x Havocs
1x Daemon Prince
1x Chaos Predator 
1x Obliterator 
1x Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour
1x Chaos Lord
1x Chaos Sorcerer

 

Death Guard - Pledged: pnts / Completed: pnts / Secured: pnts / % Completed

Participants:

 

 

Emperor's Children - Pledged: pnts / Completed: pnts / Secured: pnts / % Completed

Participants:

 

Dr_Ruminahui  -  Vow 1: 36 pnts - Incomplete

 

10x Infractors
6x Noise Marines 
2x Lord Exaulted
1x Lord Kakaphony
1x Rhino

 

Thousand Sons - Pledged: pnts / Completed: pnts / Secured: pnts / % Completed

Participants:

 

Norman Paperman  -  Vow 1: 28 pnts - Incomplete

 

1x Plagueburst Crawler
5x Blightlord Terminators
1x Lord of Poxes
2x Sekhetar Robots
5x Scarab Occult Terminators
1x Exalted Sorceror

 

World Eaters - Pledged: pnts / Completed: pnts / Secured: pnts / % Completed

Participants:

 

Dr. Clock  -  Vow 1: 17 pnts - Incomplete

1x 'Skarbrand'

1x 'Slaughterbound'

1x'Bloodcrusher'

 

Realm of Chaos - Pledged: pnts / Completed: pnts / Secured: pnts / % Completed

Participants:

 

Sitnam  -  Vow 1: 16 pnts - Incomplete

 

1x scout sentinel
1x chimera
1x doomhammer

 

Tallarn Commander  -  Vow 1: 10 pnts - Incomplete

 

2x Predator Annihilators

Edited Monday at 04:54 AM by Dr_Ruminahui

[Dr_Ruminahui]

* ALL STRONGHOLDS ARE NOW OPEN, YOU CAN NOW MAKE YOUR VOWS *

 

Happy painting!  Be sure to cheer on your fellow stronghold participants!

As a reminder, all vows must be completed by September 15th.

Edited June 15 by Dr_Ruminahui

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I might as well kick this off -

 

"I, Dr_Ruminahui, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint:

10x Infractors (10 pnts)

6x Noise Marines (6 pnts)

2x Lord Exaulted (10 pnts)

1x Lord Kakaphony ( 5 pnts)

1x Rhino (5 pnts)

for 36points for the Glory of the Emperor's Children and the Chaos Stronghold on or before 15th September 2025, or bear the badge of failure until year's end."

 

[Agnostic Doggo]

Time to risk that mark of shame!
"I, Agnostic Doggo, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint
14 Wardogs (56 pnts)
and One Tyrant Knight (10 pnts)
for 66 pts for the Glory of the Knights of the 8 pointed Table and the Chaos Stronghold on or before 15th September 2025, or bear the badge of failure until year's end."
 

Spoiler

More shots of in progress spraying available but figured this is enough for Pledge

 

[Scion]

Yippie! Let's go for it again! And I promise I will give some more updates this year around @Dr_Ruminahui

Although I got a early question? I really want to paint my Kaitan ravager and a lord of change as a first start off vow to get into the paint flow. How do I process the points? to both World eater and chaos daemon subfactions or something else? 

Thanks,
Scion

[Norman Paperman]

Here we go! 

 

I, Norman Paperman, heed the call to arms and pledge to paint:

1x Plagueburst Crawler (4p)

5x Blightlord Terminators (5p)

1x Lord of Poxes (5p)

2x Sekhetar Robots (4p)

5x Scarab Occult Terminators (5p)

1x Exalted Sorcerer (5p)

 

Twenty-eight (28) points for the glory of the Thousand Sons and the Chaos Stronghold before the 15th of September, or bear the badge of failure until the year's end. 

 

 

 

Sorcerer sprue. (Current vow only includes one)

 

Edited June 16 by Norman Paperman
Added sorc sprue

[Dr_Ruminahui]

6 hours ago, Scion said:

Although I got a early question? I really want to paint my Kaitan ravager and a lord of change as a first start off vow to get into the paint flow. How do I process the points? to both World eater and chaos daemon subfactions or something else? 

 

You can vow whatever you want that belongs in the Chaos Stronghold - so knight, demons, marines, traitor guard, cult legions, necromunda figures, terrain, etc.  Then chose whatever subfaction you feel is the centre of gravity of the models you are painting or of your participation in the hobby as a whole.  So, that could be World Eaters, Demons or whichever chaos subfaction you think fits best - we don't divide points nor vows between subfactions (so, all your vows in a given stronghold are for the same subfaction).

Edited June 15 by Dr_Ruminahui

[Dr_Ruminahui]

3 hours ago, Norman Paperman said:

(I forgot to put the sorceror sprue in the pic)

 

Just edit your post with a new photo to include it, or to include it as a seperate photo, or cut it from your vow - all vows need to have a starting picture of each vowed model.

[Scion]

"I, Scion, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint a kytan daemon engine of khorne and a Lord of change for 20 points for the Glory of the Chaos Daemons and the Chaos Stronghold on or before 15th September 2025, or bear the badge of failure until year's end."

Edited June 15 by Scion

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thanks Scion, though that's 20 points as each of those models is worth 10 points.

[Tallarn Commander]

"I, Tallarn Commander, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint 2 Chaos Predator Annihilators for 10 points for the Glory of the Realm of Chaos and the Chaos Stronghold on or before 15th September 2025, or bear the badge of failure until year's end."

 

 

Pair of Predators

 

[Boc]

I, Boc, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint one Knight Lancer, one Knight Despoiler, one Knight Abhorrent (not sure yet what I'm building it as), 4 war dogs, 18 noise Marines, 10 infractors/tormentors, 6 flawless blades, and one Lord Exultant for 85 points for the Glory of the Realm of Chaos and the Chaos Knights on or before 15th September 2025, or bear the badge of failure until year's end.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 15 by Boc

[Dr_Ruminahui]

1 hour ago, Boc said:

[...] for the Glory of the Realm of Chaos and the Chaos Knights  [...]

 

That's quite the vow, Boc - I look forward to many bloody skulls bases in the future. 

 

Is your subfaction of choice Realm of Chaos or Chaos Knights?  I assume you meant Chaos Stronghold rather than Realm of Chaos (aka chaos mortals), but thought I would check.  Anyway, I have you in knights for now - let me know if I should move it.

Edited June 15 by Dr_Ruminahui

[Boc]

1 hour ago, Dr_Ruminahui said:

Is your subfaction of choice Realm of Chaos or Chaos Knights?  I assume you meant Chaos Stronghold rather than Realm of Chaos

Chaos Knights, i blame a bad copy paste from @Tallarn Commander's vow haha

[sitnam]

"I, sitnam, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint one counts as Scout Sentinel, one counts as  Chimera, and one Doomhammer for 16 points for the glory of the Realm of Chaos and the Chaos Stronghold on or before 15th September 2025, or bear the badge of failure until year's end."

 

Spoiler

 

[Cryptix]

"I, Cryptix, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint one Master of Possession, 22 Possessed, and a Sorcerer in Terminator Armor for 32 points for the glory of the Heretic Astartes and the Chaos Stronghold on or before 15th September 2025, or bear the badge of failure until year's end."

using the event to kickstart off my new word bearers army, goal is to get another army that can get dual use in 30k and 40k after my Dusk Raiders drifted away from that ideal by a bit. There was supposed to be a helbrute in the Vow as well but we started a crusade and I needed it in my initial roster so it got painted early 

[gaurdian31]

I plan on getting me pledge pictures in tomorrow, it'll be a Chaos Terminator Lord, Master of Executions and Warpsmith to start.

 

"I, gaurdian31, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint: Chaos Terminator Lord, Master of Executions and Warpsmith  for 15 points for the Glory of the Word Bearers and the Chaos Stronghold on or before 15th September 2025, or bear the badge of failure until year's end."

 

Spoiler

 

Time to start using up all my reactions!

Edited June 17 by gaurdian31
Added picture of vow and updated the vow for Word Bearers

[WBRBloom]

"I, WBRBloom, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint:

 

8x Heretic Astartes (bolters) (8 points)

 

5x Heretic Astartes (Bolter and Chainswords) (5 points)

 

2x Chaos Space Marines Havocs (old metal miniatures) (2 points)

 

1x Daemon Prince of Chaos Undivided (old metal miniature) ( 5 points)

 

1x Chaos Predator (5 points)

 

1x Obliterator (2 points)

 

1x Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour (5 points)

 

1x Chaos Lord with Mark of Nurgle (5 points)

 

1x Chaos Sorcerer with Mark of Nurgle (5 points)

 

for 42 points for the Glory of the Black Legion, Chaos Undivided and the Chaos Stronghold on or before 15th September 2025, or bear the badge of failure until year's end."

 

 

Edited June 17 by WBRBloom
Formatting and counting.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

@WBRBloom - the obliterator is 2 points (not 3), so your vow is 42 points and I've recorded it as such.

[WBRBloom]

9 hours ago, Dr_Ruminahui said:

@WBRBloom - the obliterator is 2 points (not 3), so your vow is 42 points and I've recorded it as such.

 

Thank you @Dr_Ruminahui, amended!

[gaurdian31]

Alright, got my before picture added!

[gaurdian31]

I also fixed my vow (I copied @Dr_Ruminahui) and changed it to Word Bearers (Heretic Astartes). My apologies for the confusion as I thought I had changed it when I added the characters I was vowing. Also sorry for the double post, I wanted to make sure it was seen.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

4 hours ago, gaurdian31 said:

I also fixed my vow (I copied @Dr_Ruminahui) and changed it to Word Bearers (Heretic Astartes). My apologies for the confusion as I thought I had changed it when I added the characters I was vowing. Also sorry for the double post, I wanted to make sure it was seen.

 

Thanks for letting me know.  Fixed on the participants page.

[sitnam]

So I scanned the rules and I couldn't find it, do we want to be posting our WIP posts/blog updates to these Stronghold threads? We did before in the past CtA's