Hobby-wise, August has been a truly productive month.
Since the last thread started, I've been extremely productive. I
finished building practically every remaining Space Marine model that I
own, and I had quite a fair pile of of models to work on. All of my
Space Marines are in "graded" squads, with squad-specific helmets, legs,
(Tactical) torsos, and (Assault) arms. This way, just glancing at the
shape allows me to know who goes where.
As a result of very careful Bitz selection, I have the ability to field
an all-Beakie force of Commander, 2 Tacticals, 2 Assault, and 1
Devastator squad.
1 Commander
3 Command Squad
I'll probably build another with Captain Stern's sword. I also built a
cheapo Commander for when I play shooty Marines. He leads an
Apothecary, and will take a couple Plasma Cannons. I think this is a
good combination that will take the nonsense out of fielding Plasma
Cannons.
11 Tacticals
15 Assault Marines
5 Devastators
These guys are mundane. I've been good about using up my pouch Bitz on
the Tacticals & Devs, and modeling Frag on the Assault Marines.
3 Assault Veterans with Lightning Claws.
The Lightning Claws were all converted from the 40k2 Termies. The metal
Lightning Claws look *much* better than the new plastics and Veteran
set. I cut the forearms at the elbow joint with a razor saw, and
hollowed out the interface. Each arm was pinned into a cut-down plastic
upper arm & elbow using liberal amounts of SGT to produce an extremely
strong, gapless joint. The extra weight, along with the obligatory
penny in the base, makes them super-stable. Of course, the Beakies are
wearing the RT-era "Mk.1" Claws.
1 Assault Veterans w/ Power Sword
Based on Feedback, I built a Beakie Assault Marine with a Power Weapon.
He's got the Termie Commander sword, and it looks awesome.
10 Terminators
As I tore their arms off, I no longer have a Termie Assault Squad, so I
was forced to deal with (and basically re-arm) all of my Termies.
Fortunately, I had a *LOT* of spare Termie bits, and they were "enough"
to give me a Commander w/ Lightning Claws, Veteran w/ SB&PW, 2 Assault
Cannons PF, 2 Cyclones w/ SB&PF, and 5 SB&PF. If I want to field my
Land Raiders, I can field them as 2 squads of 5. Ultimately, I'll want
to trade them for plastic, to match style with the rest of the army but
this won't happen any time soon.
1 OOP Grey Knight Terminator
This last Goodwin-sculpted GK Terminator bumps my OOP GK Termies to 6
models. They can ride in the Land Raider Crusader as Assault
Terminators w/ Lighting Claws.
5 Deathwatch Marines
These are all wearing Mk.8 "Errant" armour, with the armored belly
cables. As I have so many Mk.6 Beakies, Mk.8 doesn't mesh well with my
army. I was tempted to trade them off as unusable, but then remembered
I had a big pile of Deathwatch shoulderpads sitting unused. So these
will be dedicated as the first squad of Marine Allies taken by my
Inquisitional WH or DH forces. They should look really good painted in
Silver & Black (Go Raiders!!!).
3 Sisters w/ Bolters
3 Sisters w/ Assault Weapons
Switching gears, these are the last of my unbuilt Sisters. I have a
trade in the works for few more Sisters. While this wasn't the original
plan, my WH forces are getting quite good-sized: Superior, 5 Elites w/
MM, 2 squads of 10 Sisters w/ HF&F, 5 Retributors w/ HB. My
"Inquisitional" storage case is practically full, so this makes a good
stopping point. Tho I do admit to wanting a full-conversion Penitent
Engine when I get more time.
1 OOP Wood Elf Forest Dragon.
This is WiP for WFB7, and will go into my Dogs of War army as Asarnil's
mount, in lieu of the plastic Talisman dragon that he normally rides.
As I've mentioned, I really love how huge the Forest Dragon and
especially his arms are. Tho his legs seem a bit puny. So far, I've
got the tail to torso done, with his little legs & feet. Everything is
solidly pinned up, so he's going to be a very sturdy model. I need to
replace his WFB5 40mm base with a WFB7 50mm base before can I go much
further with him.
I've not yet decided on his rider. I'd very much like to convert up a
female Knight, but I'm already using Bertha as the basis for my
Paymistress / Warrior Priest. I will likely use Asarnil proper as his
rider.
As I said, I've been quite busy over the past few weeks, having built
(or rebuilt) 50 models. Granted that they need a lot of painting work,
but still, it's solid progress.
What are the rest of you lot up to?
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--- John Hwang "JohnHwang...@cs.com.no.com"
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