Swan-of-War Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Here's my casual-play list for 40K at 1850 - a Skitarii Maniple with Cybernetic Cohort formation. The Tech Priest is my Warlord. I've two units of Vanguard painted, kept their Alphas with the standard radium carbine to keep them cheap. They really look solid as mid-field units, especially with their Assault 3 rifles. The Rangers I'm unsure on - figure they're best for holding the backfield and camping in terrain. Their standard galvanic rifles look okay but have been reading mostly meh' reviews on the transuranic arquebus'. The range is fantastic and I guess they could be useful to pick out special weapon / sergeants from the opposing backfield campers? May switch one of the squads for another small squad of Vanguard. The Infiltrators I like, not sure if I'll outflank or infiltrate with them, will have to depend on terrain. I do have the models for another five or maybe some Rust Stalkers. Onagers are awesome, both aesthetically and in firepower. They're my primary reach weapons with their Neutron Lasers. Was thinking of combining them into a single unit of two to get the increased invulnerable save, but that sacrifices their ability to shoot at two different targets. The Icarus Array is pure murder to fliers and skimmers, the latter of which is present in my meta so I'd like to keep it. Last is the Cohort Cybernetica, my midfield F You squad. Combined with the Tech Priest and the formation's ability to split fire I plan on raining down phospherous death on the meager enemies of the Imperium. I maxed out on the Phospher Blasters so that they're consistently effective with all their weapons at 36" range. The incendine combusters are tempting though as I like the idea of 4-8 torrent flame templates blazing out, not to mention the wall of death. Modelwise, I don't like the standard Edward Phospherhands look so I did a minor conversion of two barrels on one gun-hand (twin-linked) and kept the other one a standard hand. I prefer the look (like a Khador Destroyer) and who wouldn't want a beefy robot hand to choke a mofo' out? Skitarii Maniple 1070 10 Vanguard 2 x Plasma Calivers 170 Radium Carbines, Omnispex 10 Vanguard 2 x Arc Rifles 140 Radium Carbines, Omnispex 5 Rangers 2 x Transuranic Arquebus 125 Galvanic Rifles, Omnispex 5 Rangers Galvanic Rifles 65 5 Infiltrators Flechette Blasters, Taser Goads 205 Omniscient Mask 1 Onager Dunecrawler Neutron Laser, Cognis Heavy Stubber 120 Cognis Heavy Stubber 1 Onager Dunecrawler Neutron Laser, Cognis Heavy Stubber 120 Cognis Heavy Stubber 1 Onager Dunecrawler Icarus Array 125 Cohort Cybernetica 775 1 Tech-Priest Dominus Volkite Blaster, Macrostubber 135 Autocaduceus of Arkhan Land 1 Kastelan Robot Maniple Twl Heavy Phospher Blasters 320 Carapace Mounted Phospher Blaster 1 Kastelan Robot Maniple Twl Heavy Phospher Blasters 320 Carapace Mounted Phospher Blaster 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Pics or gtfo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Not super familiar with that army, but seems light on models. Is that really enough models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 I've only painted a bit, going for the Maschinen-Krieger theme (Japanese comic) as seen in the background. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 I like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Love it! Finding a list that I could use M.K. models as a counts-as force has always been on my hobby "to do" list. I think your version is stellar. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 8 minutes ago, PourSpelur said: Love it! Finding a list that I could use M.K. models as a counts-as force has always been on my hobby "to do" list. I think your version is stellar. Thanks! I was throwing the idea around of using them as crisis suits as I think they kinda look like Tau. However, I couldn't really find a larger Ghost Keel or Riptide stand in that would work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Updated picture of the Kastelans 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted March 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Guten, Gleiben, Glauben, Globin: Cohort Cybernetica close to deployment. Next up, some Rangers and then two more Onagers. Then, fight! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted March 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 WIP shot of my Onager Dunecrawlers and some Rangers I finished up. I didn't enjoy painting the rangers as much as the vanguard, don't know why. They'll be good for the new Armageddon game coming out soon though. I also bought some Bolt Action decals that had nice, clean numbers and put them on my Kastelans at the left shoulder and lower right leg. Any suggestions for warhead colors on the Icarus Array? Once these are finished, I should have 1,500 points painted! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2017 Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 Love the painted monitor screens on the Kastelans. A very nice effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PourSpelur Posted March 29, 2017 Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 Looking fantastic! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 I like your bases. Tell me more about them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted March 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 Sure thing - they're made by Chubby Collectibles out of Olympia. Found them through Ebay and was actually able to pick them up in person at the last OOP Buy and Swap meet up here in Seattle. Cool people to deal with (Aaron and Andre), they even did a "short pour" of some of the larger pieces so that I could use them on my big Dunecrawler bases. I need to get some more for my display board. Quality is great, I bought an army's worth and only found one or two tiny bubbles that were easily hidden when painted. No air-pocket holes either and minimal flash. These are the Rock bases, although there's a lot of craters in the larger pieces so it looks like a warzone with lots of heavy shelling. They also do Rubble, Alien, Wasteland, Lava and Industrial. Two thumbs up Chubby Collectibles E-Bay Store 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted April 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 Hey all - I've been getting enough painting in for an update: finished a squad of Rust Stalkers and five more Vanguard w/ a single Arc Rifle. I also added Alphas to my larger Vanguard squads (one with taser goad, one with arc maul). These larger pics really show how bad I am at assembly - I found some waterslides from the Bolt Action German Tanks set that I used for numbers, pretty close to what I was looking for and I'm happy with them. Added markings to the Onagers and Kastelans. There's a few subtle warning signs on the Onagers from the Skitarii decal set (if you look hard enough). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted May 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Gettin' my Belisarius Cawl on. unfortunately, the lighting washed out most of his detail 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Looking amazing Swan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted May 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Thanks Romans! I've been finding that painting on sprue has some assembly challenges (e.g. gaps) of its own. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 6 hours ago, Swan-of-War said: Thanks Romans! I've been finding that painting on sprue has some assembly challenges (e.g. gaps) of its own. I've come to think that partial assembly is really the happy medium. Get chunks big enough to easily work with, but separated enough that you can still get to everything. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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InfestedKerrigan Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Looks good. Can you greenstuff the gaps from sprue painting and blend it at all? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted May 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Yeah, I'm not sure. I do have some liquid green stuff but I've never really used it. Should have a go at the hood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 The hood can pass as a threaded seem I think. It's the armor pieces on other models that jump outmore so to me. With BC, if you can smooth it over, seeingas how he's such a large model, I'd look into it. I'd try it with the shoulders on the other guys before potentially [big bad swear word]ing BC up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted June 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Here's some shots of my Ma.K Mechanicum 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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