The Legion musters

So not long now until my friends and I head up to warhammer world for our apocalypse battle and I have been working on getting things completed (probably not working hard enough) but I am trying to get everything done in time.
I have just completed sorting out the terror marines and my tactical squad (baring a vexila) and figured I should share some pictures of the massing warriors.

 So there is a solid core of infantry to accompany the assault marines in to battle, I now have 50 rank and file marines ready for battle, half a company ready to bring ruin to whomever they decide to hunt.

War is coming and We come for you!

Castellax WIP

Following on from yesterday's post where I teased the first view of part of the castellax I have been working hard progressing the model and it is now getting close to completion.

So there we go, a bit more cabling to connect the power plant to the darkfire cannon and some armour plating on the arms with bolters or flamers attached but it should really be finished in reasonably short order.
I have also now received delivery of the air brush paints I had run out of so i am now positioned to get back to work on the tech thralls so the big guys are going to take something of a back seat for the time being. On the plus side it looks like I am going to have the whole weekend to work on models so assuming everything goes to plan I should be able to not only complete another 10 tech thralls but also make some progress on the remaining night lords for the army.

Archmagos

Following on from getting the abeyant tabletop ready I have now gotten the archmagos himself in to the same condition and here he is...

  

So there he is aboard the mighty abeyant but I have set him up so he can easily be fielded away from this arcane device and here are some shots of him seperate from the standard mode of transportation.

 

 And finally I am working on a Castellax as I believe i may have mentioned in a previous post, here is a very WIP shot of the mighty robot, I am trying out a metallic red, I have some concerns it is a bit too pink but i really like the idea of the armour panels on a massive war machine remaining metallic despite being coloured in memory of mars.
Under more natural lighting I do not think it looks quite that garishly pink but I may have to reconsider the armour plates depending on how it looks when it is a bit further along.

Abeyant

So continuing from yesterday's post I have been making more progress on the archmagos, while he is still a little way from completion I definitely feel he is moving in the right direction.
As I have mentioned before I adore this model as I feel there are so many wonderful little touches on it, I love the inscribred text and the plentiful array of skulls. I still need to pick out all of the controls in a bit more detail as well as polishing off the archmagos himself and adding all of the additional pieces just to round out the model but I think it is definitely starting to look the part.

 

So that's the dais of the abeyant which I think is looking good, tyhe central disc is magnetised so it can be removed allowing the archmagos to be used on foot when he abeyant is undergoing repair work. I still have to sort out the additional tendrils for movement as well as the four cyber-occularis but since I am not currently planning on utilising the occularis for the time being I am happy to leave them off the build.

And now here are a couple of shots of the abeyant along side the tech thralls I have already completed to give a currently complete mechanicum army. Still a long way to go with another 20 tech thralls, a couple of castellax, three thallax, three myrmidon destroyers and a Thanatar to be added to the force in the coming weeks assuming all goes according to plan.

Lord of Mars

I have been making progress with the tech thralls having now completed 20 of them, I had intended to continue working on them but then found out I was out of one of the airbrush paints I have been using.
I have placed an order for some replacement stock but while I wait for that to arrive I decided to get started on the archmagos prime for the mechanicum. I have to admit now i have really started to study the model as I have started to paint it I am spotting more and more beautiful little touches of art in the model, the walking cane for the archmagos, the various additional set's of hands manipulating devices and such like. Forge world really do make some of the most amazingly detailed models which it is a pleasure to work with even if on occassion I definitely feel I am not skilled enough to do them justice.

 So just a few shots of some of the pieces of the model but hopefully it gives an idea of the beauty of the model and the intentions I have for the painting of the model, This will definitely serve as an excellent centrepiece for the army until such a time as the Thanatar is completed which will completely over shadow this guy. Eventually my plan is to complete the baic mechanicum army list and then expand them with one of the new Imperial Knight Warden's because they look awesome and you have to love something with a power fist that big but I am convinced this guy is always going to have to special place in my heart, you cannot help but feel for a guy with that many tendrils and arms.

Terror Rising

So I have been doing some more work on my models working towards completing my army for the upcoming apocalypse battle and so far I have completed the first of the terror marines and I have to say I love the helmets forge world have produced for them.
Here are some photo's so you can make your own assessment

These were all taken with my new phone, it seems to have a much higher resolution camera than the digital camera I own and I think they show off the models pretty effectively.

Forging Alliances

I may not have posted for a while but I have been working on more models. The main thing though is now that I am adding some allies to the Night Lords with the intention of them expanding gradually in to a army in their own right.
I have opted for a Mechanicum force since I have been in love with the forge world models for this army since they started releasing them and there is a steady stream of new wonders emerging from the moulds of forge world which make me drool - on top of that the Mechanicum look to have a ton of firepower to cover the holes in the night lords force, they have the cheap infantry which the night lords are really missing and with the new Praevian consul option I am able to include some of these models straight in to the army without having to worry about ally formations or anything like that.

I originally planned to get the tech thralls from forge world but then GW went and started releasing Skitarii models and I have to say this is one of the few occassions that I feel GW have outdone forge world, the Skitarii Vanguards/Rangers in my opinion are perfect for use as tech thralls and have the benefit of being somewhat cheaper as well so I have grabbed a couple of boxes and gotten to work.

 

So here are the first pictures of the first few tech thralls for my army, I am intending to eventually get additional models for the army to allow me to field them as either 30k mechanicum forces or as 40k skitarii giving me more of a crossover and better flexibility in what I opt to field against my regular opposition.

Once I have these done I then have some more new toys to be working on, I picked up an Archmagos, 2 castellax with darkfire cannons, 3 thallax (one with a photon thruster), 3 myrmidon destroyers and a Thanatar seige automata which when they are combined with 40 tech thralls will give me an excellent starter mechanicum army or some very useful allies for the Night Lords.

A lot more to be coming in the next few weeks not in the least as I am working hard to get my army completed for the apocalypse battle my gaming group is staging in June, i have something in the region of 75 models to get sorted out in under 70 days so if I even get close there will be a lot of updates to cover all of these expansions to my army.