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First complete portion of the contingent – a Land Raider company.
The bases all needed a little tocuh-up with pure black, but that accomplished I’m very pleased with the outcome!
The next Battle Company is underway.
With the Ultramarines well in hand, it’s time to get this Heresy underway! The OPFOR: who else but the first and most ancient enemy of the Ultramarines: the Word Bearers, the great traitors of Legio XVII, Damnatio Memoriae in Perpetua. First test-case for the Word Bearers is quite satisfactory, although the eight-pointed star is a bit beyond me at this scale, I think. I may overpaint it with something similar like the “sulphur” symbol on the front glacis plate – easier to paint and yet still “chaos-y” in flavor.
If I were anywhere near where you are, I’d do an Eldar or Tau army, just for giggles. But I am NOT going to do two WH40k armies.
No way.
Besides, 6mm quar come first.
(Although 6mm Angry Marines…. You could do a titan with a landraider launcher….)
We get slapped around, but we have a good time!
I’ve been thinking of the next step here, filling out my Horus Heresy milieu with Imperial Army forces, which are always good for running on the guns of the enemy in big battles. And ooo boy, check out this new O8 release:
If that isn’t a beautiful Imperial Basilisk, I don’t know what is. And how about a Manticore?
And I’m warming up to the idea of a BMP-3 as a Chimera:
Hmm. Don’t know why that link to Commissar Dan and his Basilisk Fluffy fell down, went boom. His story is here, in any case: http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Commissar_Dan
And we also have Commissar John F*klaw…..
Not only can we do Space Marines in 3mm, we can do the whole alternative canon.
We get slapped around, but we have a good time!
Progress! Oh my, yes. The first Battle Company is complete, along with some support units taking shape.
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That’s a Battle Company (front to back, a Tactical Detachment, an Assault Detachment, and a Devastator Detachment), led by a command retinue, including the Princeps Comitatorum or “Company Captain” (Left), the Custos Rotulorum or “Chaplain” (Center), and the Custos Medicae or “Medic” (Right). To the right, a Land Raider company awaits three detachments of Veterans, who are next on the block.
And as promised, these are the Land Speeders, underway. I’m basing them in flights of two, to give them a slightly bulkier effect on the table.
Not a perfect proxy, but close enough.
Still Marching for Macragge, here, as they say!
A few close-ups, for fun and profit.
Princeps Comitatorum, Custos Rotulorum, and Custos Medicae.
Tactical Detachment, close-up. Standard Marine troops of the line, looking very disciplined.
Assault Detachment, with their storm bolters at the ready, red helmets denoting their readiness to get rough with the enemies of Mankind.
Devastator Detachment, denoted by green helmets and shoulderpads, with noticeably heavier weapons, ready to blow the hell out of something big.
And support units not seen elsewhere yet (I think). Predator, Vindicator and Whirlwind.
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