Thanks to Sotirios and his Sons of Horus, I was inspired to steer my Salamanders into a 'new' army without causing too much damage to what I'd done so far.

As it stands my Salamanders were all successfully painted 3-colour - which comprised of shaded Knarloc green, metallics and bases. Sotirios's Sons use a similar colour which lead me to research the multitude of armour colours the collected visions has. They range from grey to turquoise!

I tried a couple of mixes, first something akin to a very pale sea green. I did a whole marine in this before decising it was far too bright for my linking, so tried a different mix which I've not settled upon.

Knarloc Green : Adeptus Battlegrey : Dheneb Stone/Bleached Bone @ 1:1:1

Here's the first sergeant, a little Rogue Trader I acquired from Iacton:

Dear god,your repainting them again?!?!?!?! :blink: Well at least they are all ready and build so you can dive straight into painting them!First sarge is looking good,i think i would prefer him just a tad greener but the colour is very close to what i imagine them.So good job mate,even though you are a traitor scum,and hope to see more updates soon! ;)



Cheers!

I can't go to an event with an 'old' army :)

I won't be repainting them all - stealing a few tactical marines, a squad of scouts and the pods. Nothing else in my proposed lists are available from my Salamanders.

I am adding:

2 squads of Terminators
Ezekyle Abaddon
Falkus Kibre
Sheed Ranko
Vindicator
Predator
Storm

...and some demons, which I am working on now as part of my club's A Tale of.

I have built 3 Justaerin, awaiting some more dreadnought pads, reaper and cyclone to complete the squad.
The Vindicator and Predator were previously built.

Pics or it didnt happen. :lol:

Patience :)

I have to work with a phone camera and usually at night, so it's not always convenient to get pictures done.

I wonder if we can take Brass Scorpions in ally allowance...

Preliminary list ideas, using Warmaster 1.3:

World Eaters
Dusk Raiders
Salamanders
Sons of Horus
am i missing any of the colors this army has been painted? :P

There was a brief Word Bearer (2 tactical marines) stint.

Do note most marines have only been painted once or twice. My Dusk Raiders haven't been defiled (bar the chaplain) and as mentioned above I'm only nicking a few marines for the Sons :)

The Hellblade, while always being white, has seen a few number plate changes :D

Here's a WIP of the Justaerin sergeant:



and a tactical marine

As leaked in the contest thread, my WIP dready:)

Loving that crest on the termi's backpack top. What's it from?

May add a similar feature to my model of Revus.

I like the pose on the Justarian sergeant.

I got some heads from MicroArts -
http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main...&products_id=53

I used the plumes on the back of Termies and my assault squad sergeant:
http://fulgrim.com/minis/sally/ass_serg02.jpg

Some side-stepping.

I've found a way to sneak some Admech into my daemons and thus my Sons :)

Guess who!




and.. oh my... robotic daemons?

Now this I like!
Very cool conversions. Cybernetic daemons is such a cool concept in my opinion.
The hooded figure looks awfully familiar but I can't remember a name... :D
Keep it up.

I'm still working on a story for the daemons. I reconstructed the leg to have the extra joint but obviously need to fiddle with the foot next.

However, the idea behind the soul forge is one of rewarding daemons with constructs to possess, not constructs built in a form that fits the daemons. Heck, surely daemons can change form anyway?

So, the daemonic smiths of the forge are building humanoid constructs to reward (and recruit) daemons into their service, filling the vital roles that Soul Grinders and Obliterators omit.

The basic daemons will only have small hints of this, with increasing constucts through the higher ranks.

Why is a neutral force building its own army? Well, that is another story ;)

Daemon + Engine = Daemon Engine! Genius! :lol:

I assume the Admech bloke is the Fabricator General one?

There's 2 similar pieces in Collected Visions - I assumed both were the same guy at first but the differences are enough to make them unique.

I don't really want it to be the fabricator general, at least for my daemons, but if TF release him in the campaign pack, i t may shift my loyalties :P

For now, he'll be a fallen Magos Cybernetica or such, working with the Forge of Souls.

Love the robo-daemons... very 1990s Doom!

those deamons shouldnt work! but they do realy realy well :D
sorry for this but I may have to try that, I think it could work for soming that has been bothering me for a little while ;)

Back on track with this contingent.

Dherkarst saw some love for the competition:

Cybernetic demons FTW! :)

Hehe, I'll have to do some Doom-inspired models.

Did anyone notice my ABC warrior? :(

I have something very special lined up for the Red Angel too.

By some strange twist of fate I've signed up as Sons of Horus for AOTE!

Now, I really need to build my lists!

I'm playing 2v2 Vanguard next week to test out my first list:

Vanguard
Objectives. Tie = kill points. All non-vehicle = scoring.
No MC
No 2+ Saves
No AV14
1 model/unit with AV12+, except dedicated transports not limited

0-1 HQ
1-3 ELITE
[112] 7 Blood Letters
0-4 TROOP
[113] 6 Scouts, Powerfist
[235] 10 Tactical squad, meltagun, powerfist, rhino.
0-4 FAST
[315] 6 Vanguard squad, Kalus Ekaddon, jump packs, Thunder hammer (vet)
0-1 HEAVY
[225] The Red Angel

~1000~

Small list? Very!

The Red Angel is immense. I'm surprised he's not MC class, but that would make him even nastier against vehicles.

Ekadddon is a combat beast, so combined with some Vanguard, this is a fast, hard-hitting unit that should combat most enemies, especially if supporting the angel.

The Blood Letters are a nice distraction for the Vanguard (1/3 the points!) that should hopefully scare opponents into targeting them. If not, they kill even better than the Vanguard.

Tactical and scout squad really just for mobility of taking objectives.

I may swap out some points for a Storm.

I have the above mostly built, so they just need painting. Ekaddon hasn't been started, the Angel is underway. This is my first objective after tonight (I have some Daemons to finish up and Tron to watch!).

What is the Red Angel exactly?

There are two PH references for the Red Angel.

One is from the artbooks and it is a forcibly possessed Blood Angel. The Daemonic possession causes the host to appear wreathed in flames.

The other reference is from the novels. As Lion El Jonson is called the Lion and Leman Russ is called the Wolf, so Angron is called the Red Angel.

Gettiing back on track. We have 3 weeks til the event, 1 week of which I'm in Brighton enjoying the rain. So that gives me 2 weeks to paint my army! Erk. I've been busy with some Daemons and a panting competition but am ready to concentrate fully on the Sons now.

My lists have changed again, thanks to playtesting.

Vanguard is looking as follows:
Librarian, jump pack 125
8 Blood Letters 128
8 Blood Letters 128
Dread, drop pod, locator beacon 150
10 Tactical squad, power fist, meltagun, plasma cannon 205
5 Vanguard, Kalus Ekaddon, Jump Packs, 1 Thunder Hammer 255
~991

I have all these models. Most are built - a few more blood letters, a hammer arm and Ekaddon need building.
Paint jobs are about half way - all have some paint on, just not all finished.

Heavy Assault:

HQ Ezekiel Abaddon 240
HEAVY Kaban Machine 280
ELITE 6 Assault Terminators, Reed Shanko 270
TROOP 10 Justaerin Terminators, 2 CF, 2 MM 485
ELITE 10 Blood letters 160
ELITE 10 Blood letters 160
ELITE 3 Blood Crushers 120
TROOP 10 Tactical marines. Powerfist, melta gun, multimelta, teleport homer 215
HEAVY Daemon prince, Khorne, iron hide 125
HEAVY Soul Grinder, Phlegm 160
HEAVY Soul Grinder, Phlegm 160
~2375

This needs some tweaking due to what models I have. I'm short of blood letters by about 3, so may drop those to 8 strong. I don't have a second Soul Grinder yet. My kaban machine needs a body and I only have 4 Terminators built, but do have enough models for the Justaerin. May have to drop Sheed for Ahriman as I have the model done and nearly painted.

Planetstrike... needs to be drawn mostly from these 2 lists. I can throw in more daemon troops, a tac squad, most vehicles from my model pool, but I can't really chose anything I haven't begun building.

Abaddon is built! He just needs a belt and I'll get some WIP pics up.

Have been busy on holiday and winning a painting competition :)

A break from the norm...



Some works in progress:

Looking awesome! I like the sly use of an RT mini in with the Tac squad, he looks better in terms of scale than some of that era.

Interesting choice with the daemons - I guess these guys have got to the point now where they are firmly down the dark path. Reminds me of that Mitchell & Webb sketch where they're acting as Nazis and the one turns to the other and says "I mean look - an eagle holding a skull on our hats. Have you ever wondered whether we are actually the bad guys?" ^_^

Great stuff so far anyway, keep it up!