More progress for November: Four Blood Slaughterer of Khorne. The models are custom sculpts by a very talented modeller on the Tactical Commands forum. A nightmare to assemble but incredibly nice once they are all together. The Tactical Commands World Eater list actually has them as a unique unit. Otherwise they can proxy for Defiler in the regular Black Legion list.
Another small step forward: The Khorne objective market is completed. The models are old Bloodletter, a Hirst Art skull and some chain.
The water effect in the cauldron has finally dried so here is the finished product. These were done in October so they don’t count for this month…
More Chaos goodness (or badness) for the October ToEG quota: A unit of Khorne bikers including character. The models are custom sculpts by a very talented hobbyist at the Tactical Commands forum. Incredibly nice work! The character is a minor conversion of mine. I will add decal icons to all the Chaos character models once the whole force is done (similar to my Orks).
I am short a few Leman Russ tanks (inbound from Ebay) but work has started on the other Iron Cult vehicles. They are bashed together from whatever leftover imperial parts I had in my bitz box.
The first armoured artillery squadron are fairly straightforward Basilisks. I had to add some fuel tanks and Green Stuff items to the older models to “bulk” them to the new size (I only had two of the newer types left).
The second squadron uses spare Basilisk chassis but mounts siege mortars. I had those left over from the Ork Gargant kit and they somehow fit.
Finally I have two Hydra anti-air tanks. I have a bunch of Rhino hulls without tracks so I made wheels by cutting Ork plastic guns into two with a scroll saw. Add some Ork AA guns and an old Whirlwind launcher.
Once the weather is dry again these will get sprayed and then painted.
My first achievement for the October ToEG challenge is completed. Three undivided cultist covens with fire support upgrade each. My undivided Black Legion contingent are Iron Warriors so the Lost and the Damned I tried to go with the “iron” theme. And so the Iron Cults where born. The idea is to cover the lesser sub-humanoid tribes that populate the Iron Warrior worlds. They provide the manual labour for the factories and have to make due with whatever scrap equipment they can scavenge off the Iron Warriors. The models are DRM Ketzali and the paint scheme is inspired by the Starwars Jawa’s who have similar rust scavenger look. I colour-coded their staff icons in the same colours used for the Iron Warrior retinues (red, purple. green). The fire support upgrades are more Ketzali models with old Ork guns painted up to look like rusted piles of junk. Not real conversion work as I mainly just wanted to try out the rust look on a larger formation. I think it works ok. Future vehicles will be kitbashed versions of Imperial Guard “surplus” in the same rusty scheme.
A bigger purchase on Ebay yielded some spare Whirlwinds and Land Raiders so I painted them up quickly. They have to fit in with the old Salamander army so the options on the paintjob were limited. This balanced out the odd numbers for both formations and brings me to 3 full squadrons each.
While waiting for the final wash to dry on the LatD models I painted up my last Imperial Guard infantry company. Nothing fancy as I had to match the colour scheme of the rest of the army. I have updated the Epic IG page already. This completes my Epic IG army with no other IG models to be found (unpainted) in the hobby room (well, except those that are assigned to the as yet completely unpainted Adeptus Mechanicus army but that’s a different project…).
I have already made plenty of progress on the LatD for ToEG. Finished three undivided cults with fire support as well as some Khorne Biker. Pics will follow once the wash is dry.
With the September goal achieved, it is time to turn to October. I am going to try and paint the remaining Khorne war engines and at least one of the remaining infantry formations (Nurgle, Tzeentch or Undivided/Ketzali). I did a few test bases for these.
Nurgle Mutants
Nothing fancy and the photo isn’t the best. I am used the same colours as the Khorne Mutants but with green loin cloth and Plaguebearers mixed in.
Tzeentch Cultists
As stated previously, I am trying to give the impression of a recently corrupted imperial regiment so the models are a lot more uniform that the random Slaneesh Cultists. The paint scheme is similar to the Tzeentch Thousand Sons Marines (and the Chaos Marine “advisors” on some of the bases are of course an exact match for the TS models).
Undivided/Ketzali
My Black Legion undivided force are Iron Warrios so I am trying to match the undivided Lost and the Damned theme to them. The idea is to go with a scavenger look similar to the Jawas in Star Wars. The vehicles will be imperial issue but heavily weathered and rusty. Sort of like the cultists are lesser beings on the Iron Warrior worlds who have to make due with scrap metal scavenged from the Iron Warrior factories. I made two test models with slightly different robes. Vermin Brown vs Bestial Brown (both get a Devlan Mud wash afterwards). I am partial to the slightly reddish Vermin Brown as it contrasts a bit better with the base. Any comments?
I also took some work in progress shots of the four faction trays (missing the Iron Warrior tray as I haven’t done anything on the Ketzali yet). You can see bigger versions by clicking on the image.
With a generous 45 minutes to spare before midnight, here is the summary for my September ToEG painting:
Khorne Contingent:
9 Daemonic Assault Engines of Khorne (675 points)
Not shown are three finished Cauldron’s of Blood as I used Water Effects in their cauldron (looking like blood) and it isn’t fully hardened yet.
4 Daemonic Support Engines of Khorne (300 points)
4 Cannons of Khorne (200 points)
Three full Khorne Mutant Covens, each consisting of 6 Mutants (with leader) and 6 Big Mutants (960 points).
A few assorted extra units to augment my Khorne World Eater force: 2 Terminators (150 points), 2 Flesh Hounds (40 points) and 2 Berzerker (75 points).
Nurgle Contigent:
Mortarion – Primarch of the Death Guard (50 points, the Great Unclean One in the photo was painted previously)
Nurgle Altar (150 points)
2 Nurgle Spawn (50 points)
4 Havocs and their Rhinos (170 points)
Slaneesh Contigent:
Two full Cultist Coven with 12 Cultists, Demagogue and Champion each (450 points)
I also added 4 Obliterators to my Iron Warrior force (300 points)
All told this comes to 3520 points for September. That not only achieves the 500 points ToEG objective but pushed my Lost and the Damned army a big step forward. I have added updated photos (larger version) to the Black Legion page where appropriate and will add a Lost and the Damned page once I have a few more models for it.
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