2014 reinforcements. 7th Mordian Iron Guard

The 7th Mordian Iron Guard are in 905 Div with the Palladian Guard; General Commandant Welbahn like to keep formations with similar temperaments together, he believes that it gives better cohesion than mixing up different cultures.

A rifle squad in front of their Chimera.  A large portion of the Mordian 7th are recruited from a penal institution for criminal pyromaniacs.  Mordia has a problem with fire starters in the Hives on the dark side.  some of those who are caught end up in penal institutions and when the tithe is due, the prison system is one of the first places looked at for recruits.

This does not mean that Mordian Regiments favour flamers.  Far from it, these man are now professional soldiers.  The only set fires in public buildings when they're on R&R.

And I hope you know who painted these guys, if you don't, put down your device right now and step away from the internet.  Oh and those funky chimera are available here.

2014 reinforcements. Death Riders.

Death Rider Platoon (Platoon ?!?!  They're Cavalry FFS - this is Troop, three Troops to a Squadron)

Command Squad.  These fellows were all painted by the Vanus Temple.  PCS and three squads.

And slightly more detail of one of the squads.  These guys are Divisional Recce for 902 Div. Ooh - ha.

2014's reinforcements. 2nd Corbanian Infantry Regiment

These fellows are from the 2nd Corbanain Infantry Regiment.  Corbania's 2nd Regiment is a Cadian searchlight pattern infantry regiment*, unlike their 1st Regiment, which is a specialised urban assault regiment.  These  two units plus supporting detachments form 17 Korps 904 Div.

A close up of one of the Platoon Command Squads.  Rifle platoons of four squads.  This det has two rifle platoons an anti tank squad (three las cannon) fire support squad (two AC and one HB) and a seven man Storm Trooper squad.

A Rifle Platoon.  All painted by Raven's Nest Painting.

* Like the Cadian 266 Infantry Regt in IA4.

2014's reinforcements. DKK 262 Line Regt

Here they are all together.  Two rifle platoons of six squads plus command squad and a support platoon of nine auto cannon, nine laser cannon and attached field artillery - three trench mortars and three quad launchers.

Representative Platoon command section. These fellows were all done by Possum Painting, who are now doing websites, rather than minis.

Quad Launchers.  'coz you have to if you have a DKK army.  It's in the rules.  Like giving them vaguely Germanic monikers and calling your tanks panzers and so on.

The whole bunch of them again, just because.  The epitome of utter dedication and self sacrifice. In blue trench coats, moved around by quasi derelict relic space ships. No reprieve, no going home.  Tough gig. Their names are entered on a ceremonial record ("The Honoured Dead") the day they leave.  Dead men walking indeed.

Slightly more detail on the rifle squads.  The beauty of using official DKK lists is their stubbornity and BS4.

There'll be a post every day for the next 6 days, at about 11ish.  Like this post, it's all figures that have been on Devos IV this year (with one exception, but they arrived on Christmas Eve eve and therefore count as 2014 reinforcements), but re-shot to show them off a bit.

2014 Progress - The Grand Round Up.

OK,  So this is a years progress ploughing into the plastic crack mountain.  The rules were no expenditure unless it was to finish off a part of one of the projects, ie two predators to complete the Black Templars was allowable and entirely within the rules.

Violations include two knights, because how was I to know that GW'd release giant killer robots (?!). And an Elysian Army, which was a speculative punt on ebay that I didn't think would win.

All that aside, the list is now split into two parts, one of which will disappear next year.  I think that once again, an undertaking not to start new project-ettes will be the way to go next year.  There's still loadsa work on the second part of this list that still needs doing.

I just hope that the progress made this year meets with Col Scipio's approval (?)

Without further ado, then.  Done :

DKK Infantry - Done
DKK Fd Arty (in a box)  Done
DKK Cavalry (in a bigger box) Done
Void Dragons - Done
Half a dozen Inquisitorial Warbands (all done, all delivered)
Corbanian 2nd Regt - Done
Two Imperial Knights.  Done
Additional Officers (Imperial - sent away) Done 
Devos IV "Fen Guard" unit Done.  Delivers soon. 
Small AT AT command vehicle (needs rebuilding and Vostroyan paint scheme)Smashed again ! Needs rebuilding.  Rebuilt a second time. Done
T-Hawk.  Just needs paint. Now WIP but no progress for ages. Gonna call this done. 
A Whole load of Black Templars cobbled together and sent for painting. Done
Additional Heavy Weapons - need paint Mortars, Las Cannons and Carriage guns done.  
DKK Engr Chimera - needs assembly (needs Chimera !  hahahahha)  Assembled.  Painted.  Done. 

Not Done yet:


DKK Salamanders - need finishing off. Slow extra steps taken + more !
Valhallans (need paint) Done !  Need a major basing event, though. Based. 
3rd Thunderer Conversion.  (Then all three would be ready for paint) No Progress Two under and base coated.
Additional Officers (Not Imperial - just a pile of parts at the mo') Now assembled.  I've started painting them.
"Word Bearers" er, um, tbc. 
Leviathan Mortis' - need construction, conversion and paint. No Progress
DKK Grenadiers (lost children of another army....you guessed it, in a box.) No Progress but new legs bought for conversions.
Full Size ATAT fleet (need assembly, conversion and painting) No Progress
DKK Hydrae (Always keep six spare Chimerae kits waiting; need assembly and painting) Admiral Drax popped by and assembled two of them for me.  He's gonna build the other four as well !
Thunderbolts - Jeager Gruppe 52 decals purchased. Karitas popped by and assembled one and has taken the other away to assemble.
Clone wars Vendetta conversions  Vendetta Kits purchased.  Fans needed for engines. 
World Eaters Land Raider
Meridian Infantry
TGG Kickstarter girls
And then a trawl of what's left in the boxes. -
Other KS stuff that's due to arrive

So then, that's it for 2014.  Let's see how much more I can get done next year.  So for the first week of next year, I'll put up some of this year's reinforcements - nothing I've not put up before, but who doesn't like pictures of iggies ?

The end of times.

In case you'd n'er seen it, Wobbly model syndrome is a 40K web comic.  Sometimes inspired, sometimes oblique or obscure, but always entertaining.

It's here: Wobblymodelsyndrome

Anyway, the author is pulling the plug, quitting whilst he is still ahead, as it were.

With so many of us quitting 40K for FoW, Starwars and 30K, it really does look like the end of times.

Oh well. it's only a hobby.

Update for 07 Mar 15.  Now Polish Minatures is folding up as well.

Bloodcoat bodyguards

So, these fellows are supposed to be some sort of elite within the Devos IV PDF's 99th Infantry Regt.  Hence the power fist and bolt pistol guy leading two long-las and camelioline sharpshooters.

I think these boys have come out slightly better than the officers but are still not quite up to scratch.  I do enjoy the overall effect these guys have, but things like the paint discipline fail where their arms meet the cloak lining is somewhat vexing.  Now, I may have made a rod for my own back choosing the comparatively bright blue, but nonetheless, should have been able to spot and fix that before packing the whole lot away.

Now I've pointed it out, you see it every time, don't you ? tsk.

I like this, he does look suitably sinister.

And the camo on the cloaks worked OK as well.

That's quite possibly it until the annual round up, thanks for watching...