Revised Monthly Vow

 Spent most of yesterday going through the Dreadnought boxes and base lined the collection.

As I was checking this I went over the targets for this year and seeing that with only the Land Raider Proteus that I've ignored all year to get those blue sky targets built so found the box and primed it and gave it a black base coat 

So with a day off on Saturday plan A is a bit of shopping first thing then see if I can find a rerun of stream and put that on and start building the tank .

Monthly Vow 12th of November To The 12th of December 2023

 I missed the target as I didn't make a start on the Brutalis Dreads I instead got my first company out for a photo.

Plans for this month is to get the 2 Brutalis Dreadnoughts done and at least one of the Contemptor dreads or one of the chaos Bjórns. I have a dentist appointment tomorrow lunchtime so can dig both boxes and check what's what. As this is up to the 12th of December this will be the last monthly vow post of this year with a review post around the 12th of December and a plan post around the 31st.

Review Time

First up was the new Terminator Chaplain from the 10th ed refreshed Terminators.

Next up was the box set of the new Terminators that I put the old Deathwing Knights chest plates on. There was a bit of work involved to get them to fit, you have to file a bit of the old body and some of the waist to get them to fit and there's a couple of gaps around the waist that need to be filled or hidden with the arm positions if you want to do this with your own space wolves, blood Angels or Dark Angels.

I'm happy with how these came out, but I still think the original ones I did are better.

And lastly there's the full first company 

This is a life time goal achievement a full first company.

1st Company

While waiting for the post man this morning I got the 1st Company box out to get the base line/ lost adjuster proof photo as well as pack the Chaplain and new Deathwing Knights away

I still prefer my first lot of these. 

I also decided to get some scale creep photos while I had everything out. The orginal captain needed something to stand on to give him a level playing field. 

This is one of the orginal metal Terminators next to the new multi part kit. I definitely prefer the new guys. 

 And lastly the old metal Librarian next to the new plastic guy. 

Deathwing Knights

 I actually finished these off last week I've just had a bit of mental block when it comes to posting.

As you can see those old Terminator bodies look okay with on the new scale terminators. If you got in close you'd see the gaps but with the arms on it's not even noticeable.

I matched up the shields and shoulders on this and end up using the necron compound metallic for the maces.

I'm looking forward to getting the new Deathwing Knights minis when the dark angel codex drops next year.

Also put a soft order in my my local 3rd party store for the Astartes Christmas box, the one with the assault Intercessors bike and ATV, I just need to count what's in my coin jar tomorrow to firm that one up. I can also only get to bank on Friday to get the money in and I have a delivery coming on Friday that I have to wait in for.

Updates

 

Yesterday I was working on the Chaplain and the hybrid Deathwing Knights 

The Chaplain had a base coat of black templar contrast and a high light of corax black 

The face and chest had an ushabati bone base coat, a sepia wash then a light layer of screaming skull with a high light of palid wytch flesh.

The gold was a liberator hold base, reikland flesh wash liberator gold highlight and an edge highlight of the stormhost silver. 

The hybrid Deathwing Knights had a coat of ushabati bone yesterday then today I started with a Crimson wash on the robes, I'd managed to get coat 3 on before I left for work.

I'd forgotten about the shield and shoulder Angels so I got the wings washed with 2 coats of agrax earthshade and the shield swords done. Plan A for tomorrow is when home get a corax black coat on the Angels and the swords on the shoulder pads started.

Then it's shopping for the roast dinner I'm doing, finish the Chaplain while doing cooking.

With the plan to finish the Deathwing Knights off on Tuesday.

I'll get an updated 1st Company photo when this is finished. 

An Idea For A Small Game

Based on the above image I've had an idea for a small co-op campaign of Necromunda.

Starting of with a small group of miners/pdf (orlock) families going to find out why after a visit to the purple boobies bar the family member has requested a transfer or just moved to a remote location.

You start off with the 2nd in command level character and 2 gangers.

First game is a shoot out in the purple boobies bar, against mostly human hybrids and an aboration boss as the head bouncer (the club have just said it's an ogryn)

Second game would be a street abush, the families are trying to get to the enforces station with the evidence that something ain't right in the purple boobies bar. Gangers as players character fighting Orlocks and some pdf troopers. This ends outside the local enforces block House with them coming out.

3rd game would be families and Enforcers at the city gate.

1 lot of enforces are driving to the Arbites fort with the evidence, 2nd lot are driving with the families to remote location. Again the genestealer Cult attack. 

A couple of games of with mad max type action, whistle blowers have few ridge runners, the Orlock Quad bikes and whatever future vehicle Enforcers get for Necromunda against Cult jackles, ridge runners with the rock grinders as a boss type vehicle.

At the cult hq the Enforcers and families have to shoot their way into the maternity unit and find a 2nd gen hybrid as head midwife.

Last game is them all falling back to the cars and waiting for Arbites support facing a decent sized gang of cultist backed up with aborations and hybrids. Survivors find evidence that the main enclave is deeper in the mountains, last game is Enforcers, Arbites and families going in to purge with flamers and whatever they've scavenged from the dead cultists.

Doesn't have to be on Necromunda. 

It's still only rough and I'd need to build an entire genestealer Cult for it but I like the idea.

Or this could just be the justification I've been looking for to build a genestealer Cult army.

The Big Ques.

 

Big plan that's been on pause while I waited for the new Terminators to be released. I dug the Dark Angels Deathwing Knights bits I'd had spare for a while now and in hope that they'd fit on the new Terminator kits when it was released.

There does need to be a bit of filing on the mid riff part to get it to fit as there's a gap on the Deathwing Knights / old version Terminator bodies and the new back piece but you can get a fit that looks good.

There's also the new version Chaplain in Terminator Armour in this lot as well.

The new version of the kit are nice to build, new mini means all details are fresh and no mold lines that my old eyes can make out.