Koth-Indola Highway - Cut and Run

"Orders are not interpreted, Naaman; they are followed. Remember that." -Ravenwing Sergeant Aquila

(taken from The Purging of Kadillus by Gav Thorpe)

The 2nd chapter of The Purging of Kadillus is The Tale of Naaman, Cut and Run. This chapter focuses on Scout Squad Naaman and Ravenwing Squad Aquila patroling the Koth-Indola highway looking for Ork squads lingering behind the main Ork force battling in Kadillus Harbor. Master Belial had given specific orders to patrol a set area but Naaman has a hunch that a much larger force of Orks has made planet fall somewhere further to the east than their orders permit them to investigate. Much of the chapter involves personality conflicts between Aquila and Naaman, but also highlights how the 2nd Company and 10th Company coordinate their actions within the Dark Angels.

The chapter has two main periods of action. A small skirmish at the beginning, and then a larger skirmish based on the Storm of Vengeance scenario - Cut and Run. The original forces are vastly different than those in the book so the Ork army lists are going to look a bit different if you never read the novel.

Army Lists

Veteran Sergeant Naaman with Stasis Grenade (Dark Angels) (65 points)

Scout Squad Naaman Scout Squad (up to 150 points)

Ravenwing Bike Squad Aquila (up to 235 points)

Total: 450 points

Nazdreg Urdgrub with Mega Armor, Kustom Force Field, Power Klaw with built in Scorcha, and Snazzgun with More Dakka, Shootier, and Blastas (Bad Moon Orks) (175 points)

Painboy Lurksnag with Flash Gitz Mob (up to 350 points)

Battlewagon (up to 175 points)

Total: 700 points.

Mekaniak Grodmek with Shoota (Orks) (45 points)

Ork Boyz Mob in Trukk (up to 140 points)

Ork Boyz Mob in Trukk (up to 140 points)

Kommando Mob (up to 125 points)

Total: 450 points

It should be noted that as I was putting together this list I could see Nazdreg's forces mounting in cost between the various scenarios. In an effort to reel them in I modified both this scenario and The Battle of Barrak Gorge to cap Nazdreg at 1000 points. More modifications may happen as I continue to sort out the army lists.

The Battle of Barrak Gorge

THIS POST HAS BEEN MODIFIED 2/29/12

"Count only the dead of the enemy and pay no heed to the fears that whisper. Every ork you kill is one less that will fall upon your homes and families. Share the rage of the Dark Angels and slay these loathsome creatures. Sanctorius via mortis majorus. Kill without relent and taste the sweetness of victory!" -Chaplain Boreas

(taken from The Purging of Kadillus by Gav Thorpe)

In The Purging of Kadillus the Battle of Barrak Gorge can be separated into two substantial engagements that feature a very small faction of Dark Angels Space Marines, roughly 200 Imperial Guardsmen, and approximately 500 Ork infantry supported by bikes and light vehicles. It is probably the most dramatic battle of the whole book. These forces will be represented by these armies.

Army Lists

Interrogator-Chaplain Boreas, Company Chaplain - Dark Angels Space Marines (125 points)

1 Assault Squad (up to 300 points)

1 Ravenwing Support Squad (up to 100 points)

Total: 525 points.

Colonel Grautz - Piscina Free Militia Imperial Guard

1 Command Squad

1-2 Infantry Platoons

The historical forces had no vehicular support and there is no mention of Special Weapons. Only Heavy Weapons Squads (all varieties) were present at Barrak Gorge.

Total: 1000 points.

Warlord Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub - Bad Moon Orks

(Mega Armor, Kustom Force Field, Power Klaw with built in Burna, and Snazzgun with More Dakka, Shootier, and Blastas) (175 points)

Painboy Lurksnag with Flash Gitz Mob (up to 350 points)

1 Goff Ork Ard Boyz Mob (up to 175 points)

Total: 700 points

Mekaniak Badmek - Orks (up to 85 points)

1 Gretchin Mob (up to 65 points)

1 Warbiker Squadron (up to 300 points)

1 Warbuggy Squadron (up to 150 points)

Total: 600 points

Mekaniak Grodmek with Shoota (45 points)

Ork Boyz Mob (up to 115 points)

Ork Boyz Mob (up to 115 points)

Kommando Mob (up to 125 points)

Total: 400 points

These are just sample army lists to show how the event is going to be roughly structured. I realize that I'm behind the ball on posting this information. More army lists coming soon.

First Khador Warjack

Hey all, switching gears here for a bit... quite a few months ago I bought the Warmachine box set to try and branch out from 40k. I filed and partially assembled the models to ready them for priming and then they sat because of other projects and time constraints, but yesterday had some time after work and decided to give one ago. Painted this warjack in about 5 hours and fairly happy with it. Using GW paint still and have been told i should really switch to P3 to paint this guys for a more vibrant color, but not sure i want to invest in more paints as i currently have so so much citidel. Also, tried to follow the paint schema as close to 'default' as possible, but don't really like the gold on the stock models, so thought i would try the tin bits color... not sure i am really happy with this either, so may do some more minor adjustments soon... Anyhow, i have no other 40k projects in my near future, so might actually get this box set done in the next couple months and actually try and learn how to play this game! ;)

(Last) Storm of Vengeance squads complete..

Whoa.. really been a while and definitely a slow start to 2012. 2011 saw us up to 53 posts (almost but obviously not 1 a week). We had talked about doing something special for our 50th post, but it came and went without all the glory we'd discussed... maybe this year! I've got two more squads done for the Storm Of Vengeance campaign at adepticon this year. First up is Ravenwing Squad 7 (its actually '6' in the book, but i'd already painted 7, so kept it, and the squad is actually only 1 landspeeder). The landspeeder is piloted by Brother Methaniel and is noted in the PoK chapter, Tales of Boreas (Battle at Barrak Gorge)




Next up is 4th tactical squad (painted as 6th here) lead by Brother Sergeant Lemael, noted in the chapter Tales of Boreas, Dark Cathedral.



and thats it as far as models i am going to build for this campaign. This brings me up to 1175 points exactly. Need to figure 2 other lists for a Combat Patrol and a Killzone tournaments i signed up for, will most likely just be re-using these SoV models, since i will be flying out and will probably be shipping this guys ahead of time.
Thats it for now folks! hopefully our campaign leader, Nick will be posting some SoV progress soon... ;)
Cheers,
Brose

Storm Of Vengeance, Devastator Squad Heman

Hey all, this squad got done alot earlier than expected cause work has been a bit slow this week, so was able to squeeze in a bit more time than I normally could. I also felt as if my highlights are fairly decent on these guys as they were brand new right off the sprue where as my other Dark Angel figures have been recycled several times. I also used instamold again to make a shoulder icon (and save some $$$$)

This stuff is truly amazing and so fast!!! I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to do simple model upgrades.. it does get a bit harder the more complex molds you try to make, but trial and error i feel is a good thing.
So without further ado, here we go...

Here is Brother Sergeant Heman (not to be confused with He Man!) and a lowly unnamed Heavy Bolter squadmate...


more (unnamed) Heavy Weapon Specialists...


and finally, here is the rest of the Battle Brothers.


Next up, a LandSpeeder and just ordered another tactical squad and then I am calling it all good. That will bring my point level to 1165 exactly, which i am calling good and hope will be enough!
Any of you other Storm Of Vengeance attendies have blogs where you've showcased you DA's for this event? Would love to see em!
Cheers,
Brose

Preparing for Storm of Vengeance at Adepticon Assault Squad Zaltys

Personally, i would ask to get transferred out of Squad Zaltys, just cause i can't stand that name ;)
anyhow, next up, Assault Squad Zaltys






really really overcast today, so sorry bout the slightly bad pictures!
In the next week or so I plan to have Devastator Squad Heman complete. 2 Heavy Bolters and 2 Plasma Cannons, a complete 10 man squad.
Thats it for today!

Trudging My Way to Adepticon

The next 4 months are going to be a very busy time. I need to build something in the range of 8 gaming tables for my Battle for Piscina IV event at Adepticon and I signed up for several events to participate in as well. One of the events I'm preparing for is the "Its How You Use It" Warhammer Fantasy Battle tournament. I chose to bring 1000 points of Tomb Kings because in a pinch I already have that many points painted. However, ideally I'd like to replace most or all of the models I have already painted. Most of my Tomb Kings were painted in the days when the Undead were all in one book and their was no differentiation between Tomb Kings and Vampire Counts. Then, somewhere around 1998 the decision was made to split the two factions. I diligently repainted my bases a sandy tone and pledged allegiance to the court of Khemri. I still have all of my random vampires, zombies, and ghouls with their uniform Goblin Green bases packed away, shunned, and forgotten but the Tomb Kings still get some love from time to time. A year ago I decided to add/drybrush a few more models and repaint their hideous shields painted around 1995 when I was about as adept at free hand painting as a 5 year old. Personally, I'm not much for drybrushing models. The technique has its place and its my roots but like 8 years ago I tried my hand at painting a skeleton meticulously - not just drybrushing it. That model has sat unfinished in foam carrying cases for the better part of the last decade waiting to be fully risen into the world. Over the last week I experimented with shield painting, redid his spear shaft, and based him with a higher contrast landscape. I'm really happy with the end result.

Above is a Skeleton Warrior most likely painted around 1995. He was painted with Brown Wash over a Skull White Primer basecoat and then dry brushed Bubonic Brown, Bleached Bone, and highlighted around the eyes with Skull White mixed with Bleached Bone. His base was changed to a Bestial Brown top with dry brushing of Vomit Brown and Bleached Bone, and the edge was painted with several coats of Vomit Brown. That was my "desert look". The shield was repainted last year to try and emulate the how I envisioned the shields on the cover of the original Tomb Kings book if there wasn't the ever present orange haze.

This is the meticulously highlighted Skeleton Warrior I started painting like 8 years ago. Similar to the original skeleton he began with Brown Ink over a Skull White Primer base coat. The model was then painted Bleached Bone in successive thin layers to build up a solid coat while leaving the Brown Ink in the recesses. Highlights of Bleached Bone mixed with Skull White, and then pure Skull White were put on again in successive thin layers. The spear shaft is Red Gore with the texture highlighted with Blood Red. Its fairly subtle. The gold accents began as a base coat of Tin Bitz and then was highlighted with Shining Gold and then Shining Gold mixed with Mithril Silver. The shield face itself began as a solid coat of Bleached Bone. Then the edges of the metal, the bottom edge, and the gouges got thin washes of Devlan Mud. Thin watery streaks of Bleached Bone were used to blend the Devlan Mud into the base tone. Then Skull White was painted on in thin watery streaks building up a solid tone and blending the darker lower area of the shield into the brighter top half of the shield. It was a lot of work the first time out but now I think it'll go really fast in the future. Finally hieroglyphics were added using Chaos Black at the very end. The base is Scorched Brown with dry brushed highlights of Shadow Grey, Iyanden Dark Sun, and Bleached Bone. The edge is Scorched Brown.

This adds one more model to my total model count for the year. Also, this week I received a Necrosphynx/War Sphinx in the mail. I still haven't committed to which it will be. The points are roughly the same. Anyone have any feelings on one vs the other?