1st & 2nd Company Plans

 Okay with the new box coming at the weekend I've got my 1st and 2nd Company boxes out, and I've got plans now.

2nd Company 

I need 3 more bikes to get to give me 3 squads of 6.

Mid term

Buy one more Nephilm kit and build it as the bomber.

Long term plans.

There are a couple of thing here.

Buy 2 more Vengeance speeders and 2 more storm speeders.

Research how to convert the Land Speeders into the ATV and then buy enough bits to convert the 6 I have and learn how to swarm the enemy with 9 buggies. Also need to find the Astartes codex...

 1st Company

I have 3 Tartarus Terminators that I need 2 more to get a relic squad together, there's 5 more Cataphractii plate Terminators here that I can get together and the Deathwing Assault box on its way for an actual 100 Terminators in my 1st Company.

Further Ahead.

When the codex drops I'm thinking of getting the new Asmodi and over time a couple of boxes of the robed guys with a plan to convert one into, yet another, Primaris Ezekiel, the spares will either make the squad up to 5 or go into the Blade Guard Knight squad.

2nd Company Box & Plans

 These plans are both short, medium and long term.

Okay current strength of none legend things.

Chaplain on Bike

Sammeal on Jet Bike

ATV 1, ATV 2 and Ridge Runner

Bike Squad 7 A & B 

Bike Squad 8 A & B

Bike Squad 9 A 

Land Speeder Storm Speeder

Land Speeder Vengeance 

Nephilm Jet Fighter

Nephilm Jet Fighter

Storm Talon

Storm Talon

Storm Raven.

Plans for this part.

Short term

3 bikes to make those up to 18 and 3 squads of 6.

Mid term

Buy one more Nephilm kit and build it as the bomber.

Long term plans.

There are a couple of thing here.

Buy 2 more Vengeance speeders and 2 more storm speeders.

Research how to convert the Land Speeders into the ATV and then into buy enough bits to convert the 6 I have and learn how to swarm the enemy with 9 buggies. Also need to find the Astartes codex...

First Born, Legends

Talon Master, I don't think I can do anything with this as it's the Forge World Tempest Speeder. Which makes it even more annoying not less that it's harder to convert.

6 Land Speeders, already discussed up there👆

Last up are the 6 Bike Squads with 8 bikes and an attack bike each.

Tomorrow I'm planning on getting the 1st company box back out and double checking what's what in that box as I have a box with 5 catphractii terminators and with 15 more on the way I almost certain I'm now, sorry, soon to be at 100 Terminators plus the Blade Guard Veterans.

Captain And ATV

This week was pretty much the first day since I primed these sprues that the weather has been good enough to actually get in the shed and get spraying again. 

I got the 15 jump assault Astartes based black as well as the ATV and the jump captain. 

The captain was made yesterday and I was supposed to start painting it today but I was more focused on finding the 2nd Company box and my mood was off as I starting work late and it put me off doing pretty much anything other than finding the box, it didn't help that I've managed to lose the robe of the captain.

So next weekend I'm working until 6pm, the shop I've ordered from is open late so I'm going to Preston from work to pick up Deathwing Assault, the Venitor and Leviathan dread. Looks like I'm getting take out 2 Saturdays on the run.

Fingers crossed I'm able to get the stuff primed and base coated on Sunday and I'm able to paint Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Now and next

 Finished the Outriders, can't find their box but finished the current squad and will look through stuff in my bedroom to find this box as the Outriders and ATV that's up next need a home.

I'll look for that box on Saturday and start the ATV as well

The Jump Pack Captain will also get started on Saturday the plan for this one is to go with green highlights and a green kilt. 

Latest 2nd Company Squad

I'd built these the other day but just hadn't been able to get myself to put some paint on them until yesterday. I'd hoped to get them sprayed but it had been either too cold or too wet to get in the shed and I've been hooked on Assassin's Creed Valhalla. 

 Yesterday was a mix of cooking and painting, I got a prime coat and a base cost on the 3 bikes, I've got highlights and details to paint which I'm hoping to get finished on Friday as I've got a late start.

I spent a good 3 hours cooking this. 

Deathwing Assault Box

 Okay order is firmly placed with my local shop, cash is in the bank, just waiting on the price to come out so I can pay the shop. Now it's fingers crossed the scalpers don't buy it out...

Hatchett Combat Patrol

 Just submitted a subscription to the latest Hatchett Warhammer 40,000 part work, Combat Patrol, I'm planning on keeping the Space marine, Gene stealer cult and Guard patrols and as I've gone all in on the primium subscription I at least don't need to buy a Brutalis dread for the Björn version and the Rogal Dorn as well as the Brood leaders.

The chaos marines and Ork sides have already been claimed by my mate in Japan and I'm offering my mates any of the others.

New Year New Drive

 Okay yes I've had my usual Christmas slow down and a serious drive issue in November and December. 

To kick the 2024 painting off I started with priming most of the spear head box, I left the outriders out of this as I'm hoping that assembly before priming will reduce that panel gap issue these have. The captain, ATV and jump pack marines are all primed, fingers crossed it's not too cold on Saturday to spray as I'm hoping to build the bikes Friday and get some black on them Saturday.

The dread has had a couple of extra panels added and the catphracti terminators arrived and some shoulder pads for the arms which I haven't got a photo of yet 

Plans For 2024

It was November when I started this.

So step 1 - check how far off target for this year I am. The blue sky targets look set to be hit at least...

Step 2 - post a list to blogger about what is planned for next year. 

Step 3 - baseline the dread force. 

Done 

Not sure on the maths here but I'm about 100 in the photo with a leviathan unbuilt and the 8 eldar dreads still stashed.

Rough plan for 2024

Ordered the Christmas marine box plan A is go and pay for this Friday, anything over cash wise gets spent on brass Scorpion and a base brush. This box is being given to my daughters to hold onto until Christmas. 

Make an effort on the Blood Angels Dreadnought army. Issue with this is waiting for the Balistus dread to get a release and finding money and enough Death Company dread kits to finish this off. 

Get back into the Björn Time Line Project the Chaos side.

 After getting the the dreads out I did end up with an additional plan to turn a Brutalis Dread into a Björn The Fell Handed, so that's 2 to 3 months money on the 3 dreads I need 

The base line photos will help me work out what is what

See what the next 40k series from Hatchette is and if my friend in Japan wants it so I know if I'm getting one or 2 subscriptions so I don't miss out this time.

The Lion's Blades

Deathwing Assault box fingers crossed I can get my paws on one of those 

Paint the strike force box for the Lion's Blades, 

The Deathwing Assault box,if I can get one, with Beliel and the next set of Deathwing Knights when they get released as well. The Asmodeus and a couple of boxes of those Risen are on the menu, need a plastic leviathan and would like to get a Deredo at some point.

Edit 28/01/24.

Need another box of bikes to get 3 squads of 6/ 18 bikes in total. 

Get another Nephilm kit and build it as the bomber

Blood Angels Dreadnought Army

Get a start on this one

Necromunda. 

Still need to do Sharp's Tank, but I'm not sure there's anything else to do here, as well as at least 1 Turous for the Enforcers. Possibly the genestealer cult army could be folded into this 

Harlequins 

Nothing planned, those minis I bought last year still need painting, but the baseline photo will give me an idea of what can be replaced.

Plan to base line this army on Friday 

Blue Sky/ loaded 

The Rad Armigure and the big Knight, which will give me 5 Armigures as it's one per kit from how I read the details and one of the big knights.

After sorting out the 2nd Company Box today (28th of Jan) I changed some goals ; buy a couple of Storm Speeders and a couple of Vengeance Speeders, and find out how to and get the bits to convert the Land Speeders to ATVs and swarm the enemy with 9 of the things.

Okay I've not got the capacity for a year's review I'm just drained.