=] Call to Arms 2025 - CHAOS STRONGHOLD [=

[WBRBloom]

A little bit of progress this weekend, having finished this guy. Not my best work, but now that I've put him together he seems ok:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 4 by WBRBloom
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[sitnam]

@Dr_Ruminahui I believe you might of missed my third vow on the reporting page. Four rough riders (if you can call them that) and a sentinel

[Dr_Ruminahui]

@sitnam - I had, and its now added.  Sorry about that - think its the first vow I've missed in the event.

 

@WBRBloom, I think you did a good job - any faults with the model are with its very dated sculpt, not the paint job.

Edited August 4 by Dr_Ruminahui

[WBRBloom]

Thanks @Dr_Ruminahui, he is dated. And the fact that I got him used, and I could not disassemble much of the model (some parts did came off when I stripped the paint off of him, but not all), did not help either. 

 

But hey-ho, I got a lord in terminator armour to field now :D 

[Antarius]

"I, Antarius, heed the Call to Arms and pledge to paint 40 Plaguebearers, 3 Beasts of Nurgle, 4 Heralds and a Daemon Prince for a total of 71 points, for the Glory of Father Nurgle (and his Daemons) and the Chaos Stronghold on or before 15th September 2025, or bear the badge of failure until year's end."

(I couldn't find Beasts of Nurgle in the list, but I assume they're two points each)

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Beasts of Nurgle were were either 2 or 5 points last year (in one vow they got 2 points, in another 5 - to me, the 5 definitely seems in error), so 2 seems fine.  That said, they do seem pretty big - are they box dread or sentinel sized?  If so, we could make them 3 each.

Edited Tuesday at 05:09 PM by Dr_Ruminahui

[Antarius]

14 minutes ago, Dr_Ruminahui said:

Beasts of Nurgle were were either 2 or 5 points last year (in one vow they got 2 points, in another 5 - to me, the 5 definitely seems in error), so 2 seems fine.  That said, they do seem pretty big - are they box dread or sentinel sized?  If so, we could make them 3 each.

I'd say they are about Dread size, maybe a bit shorter and bulkier, but probably the same mass - the bases are 60mm bases if that's any help in evaluating them.

[Cryptix]

Ha, it's been a while . Between vacations and and 30k drama, been away for a bit, but I've been working away. I'm almost done with my chaos vow - the 20 possessed and master of Possession all have the actual minis painted, and I've started the basing, starting with the character The two extra possessed I'm waiting on some paints for, but all in all hoping to wrap up this vow by Friday.

[Boc]

On 6/15/2025 at 4:22 PM, Boc said:

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.

So this is awkward

 

Apparently noise marines are sprue sets of 3 and not 2... so I've only got 12 of them now that I've got them assembled

 

[sitnam]

@Cryptix Is that an Angels Resplendent transfer or free hand? Very neat either way. The MoP is a great kit ash, and your lava base came out great.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

@Antarius - after seeing a comparison photo, I think the Beasts are properly 3 points each.  I've amended the points list accordingly, and will point your vow appropriately when I update the summary post.

 

@Boc - I've messaged you about possible solutions to your noise shortage.

 

@Cryptix - your guys are looking great.  Very malevolent.

[Boc]

Appreciate the flexibility there, I'll sub in 2x Lord Kakaphonists for the NMs

[Cryptix]

On 8/5/2025 at 10:20 PM, sitnam said:

@Cryptix Is that an Angels Resplendent transfer or free hand? Very neat either way. The MoP is a great kit ash, and your lava base came out great.

Huh, so it is. I didn't realize the decals were from a Canon chapter, I just used them because I thought they looked cool and angel theming felt like it fit the word bearers. Since these guys are also doubling as a heresy army I'll just chalk it up to the post heresy administratum mistaking it for an old terran symbol for use on a space marine chapter . Although looking at their history on lexicanum, there is some bitter irony there...

 

In the meantime, got the rest of the standard possessed based! Got something special in mind for the last two, but almost done.

[Boc]

Infractors, tormentors, and lord Exultant finished

 

[sitnam]

@Cryptix Those possessed look great with their bases. I definitely recommend looking into the Fehervari works including the Angels Resplendent, some of the best 40k writing

 

@Boc Fantastic job, the white and purple scheme really works

[Antarius]

Very nice Emperor’s Children and Word Bearers, guys. Death to the false emperor!

 

I am happy to report that my Nurgle vow is coming along nicely and I hope to finish it this week. Also hoping for a great and productive week for all my fellow evildoers - this is the last week before we’re entering the home stretch, so let’s keep up the good (evil) work and may your brushes bristle with undying hatred!

[WBRBloom]

A little bit of progress and some equipment upgrade. Finished the wizard and I'm halfway there with the predator, but I also got a tripod and used it with the photbox.

 

There is a learning curve here, which I will need to master:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[gaurdian31]

Lovely work everyone! Not finished yet, but I did get the red and silver done on my MoE and Warpsmith. Just some touch up and detailing to go:

 

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