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Some pictures of this weekends battles. Orks vs nids. The orks ended up a good snack for the nids

That looks awesome

...poor boyz, though ^^


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Finished my proxy Hierophant:

I…I…..I’s only gone and run out of Legions Imperialis to paint!

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I…I…..I’s only gone and run out of Legions Imperialis to paint!

Then you either need more, or you need to start prepping something for Epic

28mm collection is up next. Aiming for 20 Marines every four days.

Very nice Gitdakka, I see you have used the Troublemaker Games mini stomper things there, they look good. I'm sorry that they ended up being used as an aperitif!

Beautiful colours on the Hierophant there Albertorius, it really pops. Love the Dreadnought being about to be eaten, very cool.

Group shot in their newly assembled home, The Display Cabinet.

This has been a mostly productive week!


In addition to the Hierophant proxy, I've been painting some more bugs (swarmlords, canifexes, a load of Lictors and a zoanthrope), plus some bits and bobs of Orks and Space Marines that I needed for Refight 4: The Sulphur River, that I'm gonna host this weeke3nd to teach some new players:





(all of the orks and marines save for the Weirdboyz towers are old plastics, and they still look great IMHO)

Bought a second cabinet.

Not only is the first one full (not with fully painted, yet), but they’re now 20% off.

Monster monster monster!

Nice tyranids. looking good.

Thank you!

I hosted two games of Epic 40k last weekend to teach the game for two new players. The first game was the Refight 1: Gogard's Last Stand, which we played on this board (4x4):



Gogard's player rolled a 1 for the shields, and it kind of went downhill for the Gargant from there ^^. Korpse Grinda deployed in the middle of the lower wooded area and tried to advance from there towards the objectives...



...but the Marine player advanced decisively and managed to pincer the Gargant and pour fire on it while the big war engine tried (quite ineffectually) to remove the devastators from the middle ruins



Unabated, Korpse Grinda tried first to assault the ruins and then to move on towards the objective, but the dice were not with them this weekend and it ended up being fired upon by all sides, and eventually imploded amidst raging fires.



The second game was Refight 4: The Sulphur River, which had a bunch of new rules to learn.

The first turn the marines dashed wildly towards both bridges (later on, the Marines player told us that he thought he was going to get victory points for every turn his forces had control over them, instead of victory conditions being checked at the end of the game)



The two ork hordes advanced steadily (the footsloggers as fast as their (little or big) legs let them, while the speek freaks paced themselves a bit




Second turn went very badly for the Marine detachment on the upper bridge, as their assault elements were utterly shot to bits by the overwhelming numbers of the orks when they tried to assault them (the kunning ork warboss had managed to move a stompa very near the mouth of the bridge, so it was able to limit the marines advance heavily from there), while the orks advancing towards the southern were pummeled mercilessly by the Whirlwinds (MVP of the game, right there)



The momentum of both armies was stalled by their respective losses, and each of them tried to capitalize on their original advances... the footslogger orks advanced towards the bridge trying to assault the battered marines, which retreated... but then the Whilrwinds took the chance to rain all the missiles on the charging orks, massacring an astounding amount of them.



Meanwhile, on the southern bridge the marines firstheld their ground and finally assaulted the bridge to throw off the shellshocked remains of the ork warband



At the end of the battle, the marines strongly held the southern bridge but didn't manage to hold back the Warboss on the Stompa from holding the northern one, so the game ended in a tie

Happy new year, everybody. I've been super busy with no time for proper hobbying (except for buying new stuff, I think my pile of unassembled Legions Solar Aux is mysteriously growing every week...), but I did once again organise more Titanicus goodness at the club. This year started with a bang, as our annual-ish AT mega-battle expanded into a two-day narrative event. I wrote custom missions so that we could first play three rounds of 1v1 games on Saturday where the winning side could dictate environmental conditions for the following round as well as earn some neat bonii for Sunday's all-in brawl.

-- War for the Angel's Grave 3.-4.2.2024 --

An ancient repository of knowledge, a forbidden and sealed esoteric weapon best forgotten or a relic of the broken dream now irrepairably lost? No-one knew precisely what the arcology known as the Angel's Grave held within its confines, but when Warmaster Horus decreed it to be taken, neither did his lackeys question the wisdom of such orders. Under the capricious auspices of the dark gods, god-machines marched into their dropships and hurtled through the blazing voids of the war-stricken galaxy with murder in their hearts...

The traitors slam down on the unsuspecting planet in the dark of night and spread out. From the barely habited outskirts, legios Krytos, Omina and Mortis plunge deep into the planet's infrastructure as the surprised loyalists scramble to face the threat. Legios Solaria, Astorum and Magna jump to hold the line and manage to stem the initial tide despite Krytos wreaking havoc on their communication towers. As the loyalist line refuses to crumble, their reserves in space enter the system and carve a bloody swathe through the traitors' fleet. As burning ships, scrap and satellites fall down on the planet in a rain of fire, the loyalist legios sally forth in a counter-attack to drive the traitors back. This seems to work, securing the defenders a decisive advantage in planetside artillery assets, until for the sudden and totally unforeseen betrayal by the Screaming Skulls! Who'd have thought those guys weren't on our side, absolutely shameful. With this stab in the back, both sides are forced to accept that this conflict will go on for a while and stock up on supplies from the available storages and techno-magi. With reserves from legio Favilla stepping onto the field to plug the hole left by Magna's treachery, the loyalists once more secure the continuing support of the Mechanicum and converge on the final showdown.




Four traitor commanders square against three loyalists with some 30 titans and 20 knights stalking the field. Ultramarines and Death Guard models are there to represent area control over various important objectives on the table as well as the critical supply depots no side can wage war without.










Astorum's supreme loyalist command leaves the supply depot lightly guarded, focusing their knightly allies on the right flank.



Traitors, acutely aware of their tenuous grasp on the planet, guard theirs keenly with the newly arrived Tiger Eyes' deployment.




As the fight begins, deafening roar of war-horns fills the centre as Favilla pushes forwards. Fallen knights are vaporised before their volcano cannons, swatted aside like gnats as more worthy foes approach from Krytos' lines.





On all flanks, forces advance into the fire.




In the middle, Excidium Ultimum and Deus Victrix hear the siren song of the Thunderdome. Two god-machines enter, who will leave?





Fighting intensifies on the flanks, as Mortis reaches one of the habitats in force and knights swarm towards Omina's positions.



Sensing an opportunity, one of Omina's Warhounds sneaks to threaten the loyalist supplies as Krytos' devastating volleys savage the Astorum Warmaster guarding them.




Despite losing its fist to Deus Victrix' fire, Excidium Ultimum saws the upstart God-Breaker in half and casts its broken form down in ruin, almost decapitating Ibn Faruq below with its mass. Glory is fleeting, however, as unabated firepower from most of the Tiger Eyes' battleline causes the injured Warmaster to crash down from its throne all the same.




On the left flank, Solaria's brazen charge cuts deep into the lighter Mortis engines as a column of Ultramarines follows in their wake to wipe out the Death Guard attempting to seize the habitat. Yet with their supplies under threat, it is all nearly futile.




Fighting to salvage the situation, Delictor Profectuum ploughs through Krytos' fire and the wrecked corpses of their comrades towards the supply depot with all systems burning. Perhaps they could have made it, if not for the relentless shelling of Quake munitions raining on them, causing the ground under their buckling legs to undulate like tortured jelly with each booming shot. Valiantly, if desperately, later reserve Cerastoi rush to try and relieve the Ultramarines at any price.



The traitors are similarly pressed, now, with Mortis crumbling before Solaria's advance. Favilla's heavy guns blow out one of Fureans' Warlords nearby and seal the deal as the remaining traitorous knights are slaughtered to the last.



Triumphantly, Krytos' sole remaining Warlord Braccus Rex sidesteps the futile knight charge and guns down the immobilised Delictor Profectuum, trumpeting its ownership of the loyalists' supply depot.

With fires burning all over the broken and mangled countryside, it is eventually clear to the loyalist side that their tactical situation is untenable. While the traitors are trapped and caught stranded in the bigger picture, unable to hold the planet and will soon all be hunted down, on this day they have by the barest of margins bought enough time for their techno-magi to complete their dark purpose at the Angel's Grave itself. For the Warmaster, they cry in the all-consuming ritual flames!

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A very slight Traitor victory after six rounds, 225 to 168 points (with one good turn able to swing 50+ points)! Loyalists killed more and took ground more aggressively, but with their supply lines left basically undefended by the supreme command's strategic blunder, they were unable to capitalise on this advantage, scoring no control points for the whole game after the first round. Not that the traitors had much more luck on that front, with loyalists having more men and machines on most strategic zones after the first third of the game, but that early lead let them coast pretty far. That element certainly brought a good dynamic to the match, with everyone involved until the end and multiple possible game-changing maneuvers hanging at singular dice rolls. If Delictor Profectuum hadn't been slowed down by Quake shell and immobilised ½" too far from the supplies, for example, it could have gone very much the other way. Still loving all of that.

Thanks for reading and happy wargaming!

Fantastic battle shots. Love the combined arms and those ultras mingling with titans give a good sense of scale. Reminds me of the early Titanicus White Dwarf photos

That looks incredible Sherrypie! What a battle. It must have been a joy to take part in.

As Zedmeister says, very much like early Epic, with the Titans and then infantry scuttling between their feet as they smash each other to bits - just awesome.

Cheers zed and Paz. Classic White Dwarf imagery is living rent-free in my brains, it'll only get more like that over the years when I eventually learn to get more and more oomph out of my photography

(first time outing new equipment this game, some questionable fumbling with the settings can be observed)

Bit of work in progress, heavy support detachment & transports for the XIV



Rhino transports, rear hatch recognition markings as a visual reminder of who rides in them, base colours, shade and initial layering done, still needs highlighting adding though would be happy enough to deploy as they are



two thirds of the infantry, the remaining stick of them needs the brass trim and dark grey weapons casings doing



close up, print lines showing on the lovely little Mk III armour suited bods. the bone colour is washed sepia, nothing yet highlighted though, and to be honest not much is going to be done, perhaps some of the more obvious bits of armour may get the base bone added back, touch up here and there and a slightly lighter green to the shoulder pads and a bit of lighter steel colouring on the weapons.

Brass is VMC "Brass" and a lot lighter than the usual Balthasar Gold, wash & bronze trim I use for larger models, however pleased with how it turned out

First of my Alpha Legion in Epic scale. Start off with Xiphons and Fire Raptors



Need to work on even more Epic flying bases rather than those AI hex bases...

they look stunning

So this is a thing we did this weekend-

Infantry on both sides started mostly buttoned up inside the transports but came out to play later-

Zedmeister - that metallic blue is incredible! What a lovely finish.

Aphyon - that looks cool, did you say before you use the Apoc 40k rules?

we just used straight up index era 8th ed 40K rules. halved ranges.


My concealed wraithguard were very annoying to the guard player needing +1 to hit.

I also had to dedicate most of my first turn firepower into deleting the reaver titan. that thing hurts, but nothing finishing up with a bunch of pulsars cant deal with.

Game this weekend vs my friends sisters of battles. In the end it was down to one failed activation by a formation of repentias and the gargant forcing a win with one blast marker short of being broken.

It was a great fight.

Laser destroyer rapiers are done

Kitbash print of a Hierodule.

I'm going for the old school style when Hierodules fell somewhere between Warhounds and Reavers, rather than the modern Hierodules which are tiny little fellas. I do plan on using some modern Hierodules as "Assault Spawns".

The goal was to have something that would fit on an 80mm base (same as Warhound) and looks like it could stomp a Warhound and threaten a Reaver... maybe I made it too small though. It doesn't quite fit on the 80mm base but also is maybe not bulky enough next to the Warhound?

I'll let Dakka decide...

Amazing! I would say that is definitely threatening to a Warhound, and that for sure a Reaver wouldn't be able to ignore that thing trying to chew on it's leg!

That looks great - well done indeed!

The bio titan looks nice on the flat 80mm.



I photoshopped some pics of my marine and aux flyers I got painted into screenshots from the show masters of the air.

Those photoshops look cool! Makes me wish someone would port 40k aircraft into a flight simulator like DCS or IL2, haha.

I found the standard modern Hierophant model too spindly and was going for something more akin to the old Epic 40k model, so beefed up all the limbs and modified the torso so the head wasn't scraping on the ground like the modern Hierophant (what's the point in being huge if your head/guns end up close to the ground? ). I'm tempted to go 10% larger on the biotitan (the biggest my printer can handle without breaking it into smaller pieces) and swap to a 100mm base. This is back when Hierodules were 325pts (compared to Warhounds at 200pts and Reavers at 390pts) so it should feel like it can take on those Imperial Titans.

I do need to figure out a way of modelling "Razor Claws", as that was half the fun of the Hierodules back in the day, taking on enemy Titans in close combat.

Those look amazing Crablezworth! Reminds me that I must start watching that show..

I've finished off some Kratos tanks - have 'accessorised' them with helmet spikes and corpses scattered liberally. These extra bits courtesy of Vanguard Miniatures.

 Pacific wrote:
Those look amazing Crablezworth! Reminds me that I must start watching that show..

I've finished off some Kratos tanks - have 'accessorised' them with helmet spikes and corpses scattered liberally. These extra bits courtesy of Vanguard Miniatures.

I started working on a bunch of tank commanders for Vanguard Miniatures a while back. Sadly enough they got rejected because they wouldn't fit through the canopy.



Ironically enough no one ever asked that same question when it comes to regular Space Marines.