Lots of Additions

End of the month update!

As usual college is sucking up a lot of my time. Yet I still need time to relax and do something for me. That is where 40K comes in. As I have stated previously I have been trying to sell my Eldar army as I realized I would never get to it and it deserved to go to a good home. Yet I have over half of it still, and might just dump it all on eBay to get whatever I can for it. Also I have found a wonderful subreddit called r/miniswap and you can find some surprisingly good deals there. It is how I found myself getting additions to the armies I already have. But onto the progress of the armies!

Angels of Vengeance

I thought I was done. I thought I couldn't get any more marines for this army. I thought there wasn't a deal I could see myself accepting that would do that. I was wrong! In going on r/miniswap I found a lot of good deals. Sometimes it was for my Eldar, and other times it was for a trade. Well in doing this whole process I went through some boxes I haven't gone through in years and found a bunch of models I didn't need. In a trade for them I got

• 1 Tactical Squad (Dark Vengeance). All I had to add was 3 Space Marines and a plasma gun Marine and it was full.
• 1 Company Master (Dark Vengeance). He was missing his head so I made him a new one with my bitz box. Gives him a nice distinction to his counterpart.
• 1 Librarian (Dark Vengeance). I am going to have to paint him differently, or try to have him be a twin. Maybe pull off that "Little Horus" joke if possible.
• 1 Limited Edition Powerfist Sergeant. This guy is a web exclusive from 2008. Liked him, wanted him, and bought him. Not sure where I'll put him, but I'll figure that out later.
• 1 Devastator Squad Barden. I thought I was just going to do a 10 man Devastator Squad last post. Then I realized there are not bolter guys in there, just the sergeant. Thinking about it I just when "fuck it" and decided the army should have some Grav weapons in it since there are none yet. Thus Grav-cannon Devastator Squad Barden was born!

I still need to paint everything, yet outside of the Devastators everything is assembled and ready to be painted.

Deathwing

Surprisingly this army also got additions to it. Some were on order and had arrived later this month, others were just surprises. Much like the 2 five man Scout Squads I was able to cobble together from my bitz box from all of what was left over from my trade for painting my friends army. He had a couple of Land Speeder Storms and never filled them with the scouts riding inside. So I punched them out and put them together. They look a little weird, but with the proper placement of some bitz, plastic tube, and balsa wood they look decent enough.

• 3 Ravenwing Bikes w/ Plasma Gun (Dark Vengeance) 
• 2 Scout Teams (Five man) w/ Heavy Bolter
• 1 Forge World Dark Angles Venerable Dreadnought
• 1 Forge World MKIV Venerable Dreadnought

I am still chipping away at the painting that is needed to be done here with this army. Still lots to paint here. Yet until I get more primer I am stuck just finishing painting the models in the army that do not have bone colored armor. I'll fix that hopefully before the end of March.

Imperial Guard

So I found a deal that was too good to pass up. A lot of 100+ Guardsmen for a very good price. I didn't think I wanted more guardsmen. I guess I was wrong. Anyways they and a few other deals were bought. I filled out the bitz upgrades already and hopefully will soon be moving forward with this army after the Deathwing. Some reorganization of my Platoon Squads happened, but otherwise it was just a new model here, and a new model there, and now I have another finished squad. The changes and additions are as follows.

Additions/Reorganization:

• Company Command Squad (Alpha) replace regular Guardsmen w/ Medipack Guardsmen
• Company Command Squad (Beta) Replace current Commander model with new Commander model (Metal Cadian Commander). Add Guardsmen w/ Medipack, kit bashed Master of Fleet, and metal Voxcaster as Master of Ordnance.
• Platoon Command Squad (Alpha & Beta) 2 Guardsmen 1 w/ Heavy Flamer
• 2 new Platoon Squads (Alpha & Beta) w/ Sergeant w/ Melta Bombs, Flamer and Autocannon.
• Platoon Command Squad (Charlie). Officer and 4 Guardsmen w/ Plasma Rifles.
• 5 Platoon Squads (Charlie) Sergeant w/ Melta Bombs, & Plasma Gun.
• 1 Special Weapons Squad w/ 3 Demo Charges
• 3 Special Weapons Squad w/ Sniper Rifles
• 1 Conscripts Squad w/ 20 Guardsmen

As you can see I added a lot of Guardsmen to the army. I have no idea how long this is going to take to paint. All I know is that if I stick to the plan I have now they might not be all that detailed, but they will be tabletop ready and good to go soon. Everything bitz wise needed to make these squads function has been ordered and if it is not here yet it will be soon.

Everything Else

So as you can see I have my work cut out for me. Yet if I alternate painting things to what I'd like to paint or painting something different this way I don't get burned out. I am now deciding on what is next to buy from KR Multicase as they are amazing. I have more storage for my Deathwing than I know what to do with! I over estimated so I'll have to figure something out. I also got a GW Project box to help store my supplies and it is working better than I thought it would. I now just need to get to work on these models and hopefully with no new additions I'll be having a completely painted army (or two!) by the end of the year. Again. I hope.

Hobby Progress Update!

A long overdue update!

College and life have been sucking up a lot of my time. Yet still I have found time here and there to move forward with my armies progress. Be it by an inch or a mile. Still I have the luxury this semester of extra income and the ability to schedule about 8 hours one day to dedicate to 40K and my hobby progress. The progress for my armies is as follows.

Angels of Vengeance

I have finally gone back and painted the additions I needed to since the 7th Edition codex for Dark Angels has been released. Due to the massive bitz dump I got from painting my friends Raven Guard I was able to kit out a few select Company Masters and squads.

Company Master Dominus was without a Storm Shield. I had him with the old 3+ Invulnerable save piece of wargear before, yet since that is no longer in the codex he needed on. This also ends up being cheaper so it really is just a win-win.

Company Master Mandeus had a bit of a problem with his Monster Slayer of Caliban. It broke! So I ended up having to rummage my bitz box for a replacement. Lucky for me with the reorganization of my army I had a few power weapons to spare. This is still an axe, yet now it is much more fitting (cooler looking conversion) than his previous weapon.

Command Squads Medic and Pastor needed to get the latest WYSIWYG additions to them painted. To each squad I added/ changed their makeup to have a Banner Bearer w/ Storm Shield, Apothecary w/ Plasma Pistol, Company Champion, and 2 more Veterans that have Power Swords, Storm Shields, Plasma Pistols, and Melta Bombs. These Command Squads are now equipped to handle a lot of threats!

New Additions!

Company Master Ryedoc, which is the new Veteran Legion Marine from Forge World at the end of 2015. Nothing extra added to him.

Dreadnought Tetricus will be joining the Honored Ancients of the Chapter. A venerable dreadnought (without the rules I just like the model) will fill out and make 6 total dreadnoughts for this chapter. He will be armed with a TL Lascannon as I currently have 4 equipped with Assault Cannons and 1 with a Multi-Melta.

Devastator Squad Corbulo will also be joining the chapter. A 10 man squad armed with 4 Plasma Cannons! With this editions effectiveness of plasma and AP2 weaponry, plus a new way to create firebases via fortifications, this squad will be seeing some action.

Scouts! I was tired of having 2 all metal scout teams with sniper rifles and NOT having them all match. A quick search on eBay and I found a cheap sale of exactly what I was looking for. They have since already arrived, and been based, painted, and varnished.

Deathwing

I have begun painting my infantry. This is a slow process and will require a lot of patience. Yet since I have a day scheduled off to do this I am looking forward to getting the foot sloggers out of the way and into painting other models that better strike my interest.

I have recently redone how I want my armies to be formed. I feel that since I have now bought enough other units the only thing I will be adding to my Deathwing will be more terminators. Be them Knights or otherwise. Now I just need another can of Army Painter Skeleton Bone Primer and I'll be good to go.

New Additions!

KR Multicase storage! Only requiring 3 cases I will be able to store all of this army and then some! I love KR Multicase and I look forward to the cases arriving so that I can better store my Deathwing. I even bought cases anticipating future additions of this army that I have yet to buy.

Forge World Dark Angels Venerable Dreadnought! I have loved this model since I first saw it and I knew I had to have one in an army of mine somehow. Well I found a way, and with a MK IV Dreadnought Close Combat arm. The weapon he will be equipped with will be an Assault Cannon.

Forge World MK IV Venerable Dreadnought! Seeing as how my new storage options allowed for 2 more Dreadnoughts I figured "why not?". I really like this model and with the MK IV Dreadnought Close Combat Arm I feel it will be a nice addition to this army while also looking great on the table top.

Other new things!

I've developed more spreadsheets that help to track my army "To Do List" progress. After the new KR cases came in and I moved things into them I noticed a few things that were incomplete in the Angels of Vengeance army that needed to get done. I want to focus on getting on army done at a time, so I've been burning through those things I missed as quickly as I could.

With the Deathwing there is not much more to do yet get to painting and build the new dreadnoughts and the couple of Contemptors I still have awaiting assembly.

With my Nurgle that is an afterthought until after I get my Imperial Guard to where I like it.

With the Imperial Guard I don't know how much is left to do, yet I got some wire so that the infantry's flame throwers could be attached to their backs via magnet. The conversion attempt I did prior did not work out the way I had hoped so now I have to fix it.

As for the Eldar I am selling them. They have sat in boxes for ~10 years and I just don't see myself getting around to doing them any time soon. So I figured I'd rather sell them to whoever wants them.