thousand sons - new mini's

More units for the TOEG 2012 project.

“Do not ask which creature screams in the night. Do not question who waits for you in the shadow. It is my cry that wakes you in the night, and my body that crouches in the shadow. I am Tzeentch and you are the puppet that dances to my tune...” - The Book of Tzeentch

Doomwing squadron
Warphound titan
4 deciever's
1 Thousand son retinue - rubric marines (see below)

The Rubric of Ahriman was the name given to an immensely powerful ritual spell cast by a cabal of sorcerers from amongst the Thousand Sons Traitor Legion who were led by the Chaos Sorcerer Ahriman not long after the Legion fled from their homeworld of Prospero to the Planet of the Sorcerers during the Horus Heresy. The spell transformed the vast majority of the Chaos Space Marines of the Legion into mindless, undead spectres whose souls are trapped within their ancient suits of Power Armour.

Thousand Son reinforcements

TOEG 2012 - May progress

This months offering icludes a chaos defiler, 4 stands of lesser demons ad a squad of disk riders.

Chaos Defiler

A Defiler is a potent Daemon Engine mounted on 6 piston-driven limbs that serves in the armies of the Chaos Space Marines. The Defilers were created after the Horus Heresy on the orders of Abaddon the Despoiler to supplement the forces of the Traitor Legions, whose remaining Chaos Dreadnoughts were no longer the reliable heavy support units they had once been before their transformation into the insane cybernetic servants of the Ruinous Powers.

The origins of the Chaotic war machines called Defilers are shrouded in mystery. No one truly knows how they came into existence, but there are tantalising clues and forgotten fragments of ancient texts of Chaotic history that indicate how such abominations came into being in the material realm. Standing on six powerfu, piston-driven limbs, the Defiler's body supports a daemonic turret armed with an array of deadly weaponry, ranging from Reaper Autocannons to racks of high explosive missiles. A Defiler's most potent ranged armament is a Battle Cannon mounted in the turret, which is capable of blowing apart vehicles and destroying enemy squads with a single blast. Those enemies fortunate enough to survive this barrage of shells must face the fury of the Defiler at close quarters. With two massive claws to grab and crush the enemy and whirring blades or whip-like flails to rip them to bloody shreds, the Defiler charges into the enemy's lines and smashes aside all opposition to the Dark Gods as its mechanical growls echo over the dying and wounded.

TOEG 2012 - progress so far.

TOEG 2012 has been underway for almost 1 month - here is my progress so far.

THOUSAND SONS RETINUE [330]
Cabal of Sorcerers, 5 Thousand Sons, 3 Rhino

ARMOURED COMPANY [200]
4 Chaos Predator

ARMOURED COMPANY [200]
4 Chaos Predator

SILVER TOWERS [325]
4 Silver Towers
Total so far 1055. Well ahead of thr 500 goal but this month was easy with all the vehicles. Next month probably trickier.

Chaos armour

Small Update to the growing band. 4 chaos predators and a warp palace scratch build.

Tzeentch Warp Palace

The dreaded Warp Palaces of Tzeentch resemble huge baroque fortresses or bastions mounted upon a colossal hovering disk. Fluctuating sparks of Warp energy flare out from the turrets and crenellations and the air crackles with the aura of magical energy. In this manner it resembles the more commomly encountered Silver Towers of Tzeentch, but does, in fact, dwarf even these feared engines of Chaos.

The Warp Palaces are constructed in a manner far beyond the comprehension of even the most learned of the Adeptus Mechanicus Tech-Priests. These floating monstrosities are known to appear above the battlefields of the 41st millennium drawing upon a raw power that is unimaginable to other machines and daemon engines.

Occasionlly the Warp Palace will sit motionless in the midst of its enemies, strafing ground targets with its various destructive forms of attack. At other times it will simply disappear with a sonic boom and a cascade of lightning bolts only to reappear again at the opposite flank of the battlefield in the blink of an eye. However, the Warp Palace is not just a nightmare union of metal and ferocious firepower. At the core of each Warp Palace lies the essence of a Changer of Ways - a Greater Daemon of Tzeentch.

(taken from citadel journal 16)

Silver tower

Scratch built silver tower - concept attempt.

TOEG - 2012

Work so far

CSM, Rhino's and Silver Towers

TOEG 2012 - space egyptians

From TacComms forum, my commitment to paint 500pts of troops every month for 6 months.

Story so far

Testing paint scheme

Floating towers of Doom scratch build with GW silver tower for scale

The army - the challenge

Work in progress

More Orky goodness

Recent completed model - epic scal ork landa. Thought i would try a yellow sceme instead of red.

A distraction

It has been a while since I completed a model - the following distracted me from the ongoing Ork project.

IG army - a group shot

Army so far, couple more units to go but more or less complete. This force is based upon the Steel Legion tournament list but can be adapted for other E:A forces in the future.

love tanks!

SHT (shadowsword)

The Shadowsword is a super-heavy main battle tank used by the Imperial Guard to hunt enemy Titans. It was designed using the same technology and chassis as the Baneblade tank except that it is armed with a Volcano Cannon. Much of the tank is taken up with the internal capacitors required to fire this potent weapon and it is also equipped with advanced logic engines and targeting systems to make each shot count. Each shot is sufficiently powerful to shear off a Titan's arm or leg, but requires a good deal of time to recharge.

The following model is a ForgeWorld resin model.

Size comparison shot, old 1990's era (Left) current GW metal (middle) and FW resin (Right).

more dakka

The beginings of an epic scale ork horde...more gunz needed

Baneblade - Epic SHT

The Baneblade Super Heavy Tank is the primary super-heavy tank of the Imperial Guard, and one of the largest and oldest armored fighting vehicles in Imperial service. The tank is a venerated STC design, with ten people needed to fully crew one.

It is also one of the oldest STC designs in existence.
Massively armed, the standard Baneblade complement includes a turret-mounted Mega Battle Cannon with a coaxial Autocannon, three twin-linked Heavy Bolters (one sponson-mounted on either side, and one turret mounted on the front hull slope), two turret mounted Lascannons on either side, directly above the side sponsons, and lastly, a fixed-forward hull-mounted Demolisher Cannon. This totals eleven weapon barrels of various sizes and roles, giving full coverage in all arcs.

update

First up second edition Warlord Titan.

Marauder Bombers

Capitol Imperialis

A Capitol Imperialis is a tracked Super-Heavy Vehicle often used as a mobile command base for Imperial Guard regiments. Though heavily armoured and protected by Void Shields, its sheer size and slow speeds limits the vehicle to defensive operations.

Dakka Dakka

Still testing orky colour schemes - this not bad i think.

I still am not sure about a 3k army yet, but it will be fun to build up and paint.

Colonel-Commissar Otter

My commissar has a big tank and a big flag (thanks to a certain mammalian for the flag design). All Imperial guard armies need a commissar to ensure loyalty, dedication and accurate fire. The "Bonestorm Brigade" is pictured above.

Commissar is the term used to designate a political officer in the Regiments of the Imperial Guard. Commissars are tasked with the duty to maintain the morale of the troops during their massive campaigns, often in the face of staggering casualties. The Commissar is empowered to use any means necessary to ensure the loyalty and moral purity of his or her charges, and is regarded with a mixture of fear and admiration by regular Guardsmen.

I think a commissar has more authority with a big tank than without one!

3000 point Codex Marine force

This weeks game was pretty good fun - amazing that I actually won! The force used is listed below but all credit must go to the dice gods for good rolls all night.

Codex Astartes (Epic UK v010409)
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TACTICAL DETACHMENT [400]
6 Tacticals, Transport, Supreme Commander

TACTICAL DETACHMENT [375]
6 Tacticals, Transport, Hunter

DEVASTATOR DETACHMENT [325]
4 Devastators, Transport, Hunter

TERMINATOR DETACHMENT [350]
4 Terminators

BIKE DETACHMENT [200]
5 Attack Bike

SCOUT DETACHMENT [150]
4 Scouts, Transport

VINDICATORS [250]
4 Vindicators

WHIRLWINDS [300]
4 Whirlwinds

WARHOUND PACK [500]
2 Warhounds

THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS [150]
2 Fighters

Super heavy tank company

The Stormlord - The Stormlord is a super-heavy tank and variant of the Baneblade super-heavy main battle tank used by the forces of the Imperium, particularly the Imperial Guard. It is equipped with a Vulcan Mega-Bolter and a twin-linked Heavy Bolter. It can also have 2 or 4 Heavy Flamers and Lascannons added to its complement of arms. The Stormlord excels in its role as an infantry support vehicle, as it is able to hold up to forty men and it's armament means that is is easily capable of ripping through infantry and light vehicles. Much like the Baneblade, the Adeptus Mechanicus record the Stormlord's service number and track its accomplishments in the Emperor's service.

The Super Heavy Tank variants are complete - a great addition to the army. I think it is worth considering basing the tank and apc's. At the Cambridge Skirmish event a couple of months ago, 1 or the competitors had based his IG vehicles - looked very good!