Apocalypse Soon!

We're planning an Apocalypse game in August, and I'll be fighting with rather than against the Imperium for once.

In fact... It's the first time ever.

Something went awry along the way, and I've only ever collected evil armies... So this truly a first, despite having been playing dice games with little toy soldiers for over 17 years.

Aaaaanyway....

As part of that oncoming conflict, I'm mustering 2500 points to join the good fight (I'll never get used to the way that sounds...)

Here's the story so far... I hope to retake this photo a good many times, with hopefully more done each time. As of now, many models are half done, many are just stand-ins for proper models, and one is even er... a base.

It will get better I promise!

By the way... 2500 points buys quite a bit of Guard it seems.





yes, my blanket is pink.

Chaos Progress List

My first ever 40k collection!

And still not all done. sigh. Think I need to go lie down now :/



HQ
Daemon Prince ------------- done
Daemon Prince ------------- 95%
Daemon Prince
Chaos Lord -----------------done
Chaos Lord on Steed
Abaddon --------------------WIP - 80%
Greater Daemon ------------ WIP 70%

Troops
16 Noisemarines ------------ done
40 Chaos Marines ----------- 10 done
2 Chaos Rhinos -------------- done
10 Beserkers ------------------ WIP 20%

Fast Attack
6 Chaos Bikes

Elites
5 Chosen -------------------- done
6 Possessed ----------------- done
Chaos Dreadnought --------- done
5 Terminators

Heavy Support
Defiler------------------------done
Defiler ----------------------- WIP - 80%
Chaos Predator --------------- done
3 Obliterators ---------------- done
Land Raider ------------------ 95%

Apocalypse Assets
Brass Scorpion ---------------- WIP - 60%
Subjugator Titan --------------WIP - 30%

Ork Progress List

Ok erm this is the scary one.

HQ
Ork Warboss on foot ------------- done
Ork Warboss on foot
Ork Warboss on bike -------------done
Shokk Attack Gun Mek -----------done
Kustom Force Field Mek

Troops
150 Ork Boyz --------------------- 80 done
30 'ard Boyz ---------------------- WIP - 5%
10 Grots + Runtherd -------------- done
3 Trukks -------------------------- done

Elites
20 Nobz --------------------------- 8 done
10 Burnas

Fast Attack
20 Stormboyz
9 Deff Koptas ---------------------- 4 done
16 Warbikes ----------------------- 4 done
2 Wartrakks ------------------------WIP 5%
1 Warbuggy --------------------------done

Heavy Support
Looted Wagon --------------------- done
3 Battlewagons -------------------- 2 done
16 Lootas -------------------------- WIP - 40%
Big Gun Battery ------------------- WIP - 10%
2 Deff Dreads --------------------- 1 done
6 Killa Kans

Apocalypse Assets
Gargantuan Squiggoth ------------ Done
Stompa
Flakka Trukk ------------ WIP - 75%

Imperial Guard Progress List

Okayyy. Since this blog is really something to motivate me to get stuff finished, here's an exhaustive list of Imperial Guard models I own and have yet to do.

As some of you know, I own 3 Warhammer Fantasy armies and 3 Warhammer 40k armies.

To curb my somewhat... wanton purchasing habits with regards to toy soldiers, this is a limit I will religiously stick to. The only way I will collect a new force, is if an existing force gets sold. Since each of my collections has reached massive, or in the case of 40k, Apocalyptic(tm) proportions, this is very unlikely to happen.

Repeat to self: very unlikely to happen. *twitch*

Here's the list of models for my very smallest (points) 40k force, the Imperial Guard:

HQ
Company command squad ---------- WIP - 80%
Commisar Yarrick
Ministorum Priest -------------------done
Techpriest Enginseer + servitors ----- WIP - 10%

Troops
Platoon command squad ------------ done
Platoon command squad
80 Guardsmen --------------------- 40 done
10 Veterans ------------------------ WIP - 90%
10 Penal Legion -------------------- done
2 Chimeras ------------------------- done

Elites
5 Ogryns --------------------------- WIP - 90%
5 Psyker Battle Squad ---------------- done

Fast Attack
1 Vendetta Gunship----------------- done
2 Scout Sentinels ------------------- done
1 Armoured Sentinel --------------- done
1 Hellhound ------------------------ done
6 Rough Riders --------------------- WIP - 10%

Heavy Support
4 Leman Russ Tanks --------------- 3 done
1 Leman Russ Demolisher---------- 30% done
1 Deathstrike Missile/Basilisk ------ done
1 Manticore ------------------------ done

Apocalypse Assets
1 Shadowsword -------------------- done
1 Marauder Destroyer
1 Bombard ---------------------- 15% done
1 Leviathan-------------------------acquiring parts

A quick tally puts the figure at 4500 points... Not too bad I guess.

What's less impressive is the fact that this is also not very painted... But that will change (goddammit).

This will be a 'living' list BTW, so I fully intend to add further stuff (and hopefully move stuff to the master 'done' pile), so check back to this post for updates!

And now for something completely different.

I have to say, ork models are heck of a lot of fun to paint.

You can do them as simple as you like, or detail the hell of them, which suits me just fine.

I started out doing the models as quickly as I could, since I wanted to get in games with them as soon as possible.

Before long though, I found myself dotting every rivet, perfecting every hazard line... The hours stretched away into the distance, but really, I was enjoying every minute of the painting experience.

What gives?

There's something innately fun to paint about these guys. I suppose it's all in the exaggeration and chunky details that set them apart.

As I write this I'm keenly aware that I'm resting my feet against boxes containing hundreds of the damn things... But more so than any other army in my collection, I think I'm most likely to finish this lot.

Weird huh?

These mechs were made for walkin'

Sentinels!

Easily half the reason to play Guard. Clompy chikken-legged goodness!

Star Wars ripoff? Sure. Still cool? Oh my yes.

When you set these on the table, you have to make clomp! clomp! clomp! noises...

This here's the armoured version... Or rather my version of the armoured version. The roof was er... missing (curse you previous owner!) so I had to fashion one out of... card of all things.

It was all I had on me at the time, and since I figured the roof'd take no strain, I went ahead and sealed it up.

Also, Sentinels didn't come with plastic big guns back in the day, so this one's a trimmed-down heavy weapon team lascannon.

I abhor composite (metal + plastic) models like the plague, since they have a tendency to be unbalanced and fall over a lot. Hard to look cool when you're face down on the table... So I put together this one.

Also the lightweight gun on it meant I could use a smaller magnet to 'tiap' it on. Bonus!

A few good men

Here come the poor bloody infantry.

Now in a world where even bionic supermen in suits made from the same material as tank armour struggle to survive, there's just one word to describe men who wear camo pyjamas to war.

Forced.

Not so my brave men of the Imperium, oh no.

These guys want to fight, and are armed for the task.

My little planet's a decent one you see - Hyperion IV is a mining world, and the rich ore seams mean ample raw material to actually kit my men in armour (armoured pyjamas but still!)

I used Sentinel heads to sculpt and cast up these new heads, and after much fumbling around with very noxious chemicals (shortening my life by years, no doubt) I had about 150 of the little things.

Here's the first squad:





And because the missile launcher guys are inexplicably shy in the picture above, here they are again:



And the man with a plan, the gent who pays the rent, the old fart who plays the part:



Just a few tweaks to bring across the man the Colonel really is. I made him older for starters, adding some nice long whiskers. Also added a lanyard and some more bling to his uniform.

Think about the kind of guy we've got here. He's just come back from campaign fighting aliens on some godforsaken corner of the crappy universe, come home for tea and medals... and finds Chaos people are in his house, eating his snacks and watching his TV.

I dunno how you'd be in that position, but I'd be pissed.