=] Call to Arms 2025 - HERESY STRONGHOLD [=

[Dwango]

Lucius is picked. 

 

 

[Mandragola]

Group shot of my completed vow, which looks a bit odd but there you go. 
 

[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.

Edited September 22 by Dr_Ruminahui

[richmarine]

I couldn’t choose. So I let the wife pick. Though I really like green mohawk guy. 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

7 hours ago, richmarine said:

I couldn’t choose. So I let the wife pick. Though I really like green mohawk guy. 

 

Not surprised - pretty much everything you did (and you painted a lot) is fantastic.  So, not a bad choice among them, though I was leaning towards the Iron Father myself - I love what I can see of his face, though your photo doesn't show that particularly well.

[richmarine]

He’s hard to photograph. So much detail.

Edited September 30 by Firedrake Cordova
Fixed formatting

[Lautrec the Embraced]

Impressive works throughout the forums, very inspiring. 

 

The favourite unit of mine this year is definitely the 10-man Terminator squad so I'm posting some more pics of them:

 

quite pleased with their looks, all that hassle with filling off aquilas and cruxes was worth it. If i had to pick favourite models here it'd be the claw men (though a close second is the chainaxe or hammer bearer - I'm not proficient in freehanding bat wings but his shield looks better than I expected)

Edited September 26 by Lautrec the Embraced

[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 @richmarine for your wonderfully done Salamanders assault squad!  Voting was incredibly tight, edging out @Lautrec the Embraced's equally fantastic NightLords Terminators by one vote - a finish that is, ironically, highly appropriate for how the horus heresy ended.  Thank you to everyone for participating, and all the wonderful entries - though those were the top 2 finishers, 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 Heresy 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 Heresy Forum and Stronghold perform throughout the Event?

 

Total Points Vowed:  1413

Total Points Completed: 837

Completion Ratio (Points):  59.24%

Number of Participants: 18

Number of Participants who completed all vows: 11

Completion Ratio (Participants): 61.11%

This was clearly the Stronghold of aiming high - unfortunately, though, many flew too close to the sun.

 

The Emperor - Participants vs Completed: 13/8 (61.50%), Pledged: 778 pts vs Completed:  588 pts  -  69.23% Completion

@SgtSharp once again is the master of massive vow, vowing and completing an almost incomprehensible 410 points - over half of both the vowed and completed the points for the Emperor's Forces. This, and the efforts of the other Loyalist participants, allowed her to triumph over the Legions of the Warmaster and has has earned her both the Champions of the Horde and Champions of the Call badges for her signatures.

 

The Warmaster - Participants vs Completed: 5/3 (60%) Pledged: 635 pts vs Completed:  249 pts  -  39.21% Completion

The Legions of the Warmaster vowed very competitively with their Loyalist brothers, but unfortunately were unable to complete their largest vow while the Emperor's forces did.  Despite a valiant showing otherwise, this lead to them being unable to catch up to the Emperor's lead in vowed points and having almost 3 times as many participants.

 

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.

 

@GodEmperorOfMankind

@Iron Father Ferrum

@lokkorex

@Lord Marshal

@Shard of Magnus

@Trokair

@W.A.Rorie

 

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

 

@Blissful Brushes

@SvenIronhand

 

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

 

@librisrouge

@time_of_flight

 

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

 

@Cryptix

@Mandragola

 

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

 

@Deus_Ex_Machina

@Lautrec the Embraced

@richmarine

 

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

 

For Completing +100pts within the Call to Arms, the Legion Master Badge,

 

@Dwango

@SgtSharp

 

Congratulations to @SgtSharp for Completing 410pts worth of models, which was the most points in the Heresy Stronghold, and claiming the title of Heresy Champion.  This beats her showing last year as Heresy Champion by 24 points.

 

 

 

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

 

Congratulations to @Lautrec the Embraced and @time_of_flight for their fantastic entries, earning themselves the Artificer Badge.

 

And @richmarine, for his winning the Heresy Artificer vote gets to wear an extra-spiffy gold bordered version.

 

richmarine's Salamanders assault squad:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lautrec the Embraced's Night Lords terminator squad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

time_of_flight's Dark Angels saturnine terminators

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 18 hours ago by Dr_Ruminahui

[SgtSharp]

Thank you @Dr_Ruminahui, its her though, Also I'm going bigger next year, if there is a Call to arms next year.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Sorry, @SgtSharp!  I'll go correct that here and in the central announcement.  And hopefully, between Grotsmasha and myself, we'll be able to keep this tradition going.

Edited 17 hours ago by Dr_Ruminahui