Legion Imperialis: Sons of Horus Assault Marines

 

This week got some more work done on completing building Legion Imperialis army ready for my first tournament on the 10th of February. I left most of my completed models back at work so did not have them to take some photos. But will do an update on my army progress so far early next week.

But models did have with me are my first 2 stands of Assault Marines for the Sons of Horus. They do have 4 stands of Tactical Marines and 2 Rhinos painted as well. 

I am planning on these to be a small attachment joining my Solar Auxilia.

Keeping to the techniques shown by Mediocre Hobbies went with a light grey undercoat , then a layer on contrast terradon turqoise, black shoulder pads and weapons picked out with contrast black legion, then metals picked out with Sir Two Coats. Stuck to pre- painted bases. Boosh job done. 

Horus Heresy Las Vegas Open Reveal

 

At the Las Vegas Open we have so seen releases up coming releases for 40k , AoS and now we get our turn and its a huge tank killing tank, 

THE CERBERUS!

Ok so its another tank using the multi use Spartan kit, But what not to love HUGE TANK KILLING GUNS and the usual choice of sponsons. I will be honest I was really hoping for some new infantry and I really hope that they are round the corner. But I have secretly wanted a Cerberus for a long time but was never willing to go through the pain of working the kit from Forge World. 

As seen the studio have stayed with the standard Sons of Horus paint scheme, I do hope on the community page that we get to see some other Chapters colour schemes. 

Who else is going to be adding this bad boy to their army?

Horus Heresy: MkVI and MkIII Tactical Squads completed.

 Also completed this week are my first two Tactical squads a Mk III and a MK VI from the new starter set.

Horus Heresy: Sons of Horus Army List First Draft

 

Received an email today from the events team that they are holding another Heresy event in November and its two dayer 3000 points. So have the time booked off with her indoors, so thought was time to draft out my first army list 

HQ	POINTS
Abaddon	250
5 Justaerin Terminators	275
Multi-Melta	25
Cataphractii Praetor	135
Magna Combi-weapon	10
Paragon Blade	15
	710

I have an idea that i saw on Instareddwer for an Abbandon conversion but I do love his stats as a leader for the army.

TROOPS	POINTS
Tactical Squad	100
Nuncio Vox	10
Power Sword	10
Plasma Pistol	10
Rhino	35
Dozer blade	5
Tactical Squad	100
Nuncio Vox, Vexilla	20
Chain Bayoney	20
Power Sword Plasm	20
Tactical Squad	100
Nuncio Vox, Vex	20
Bayonet	10
Power Hammer	10
Flamer	2
Tactical Support Squad	145
Rotor Cannons	50
Vox, Vex	20
	687

Troops are built from the starter box with some rotor cannons added as some support. one unit in a rhino to rush forward to take an hold an objective.

ELITES	POINTS
10 Cataphractii	325
Two Lightning Claws	100
Spartan	350
Contemptor Dread	175
Gravis AutoCAnnon	10
	960

The Elites are coming in at nearly a third of points. I do think that the Spartan is expensive for what it can do but there is a need for some heavy weapons in the army. But the spartan could be the first item to be dropped from the army if points are tight.

HEAVY	POINTS
Heavy Support	100
Vox, Vex	20
Heavy Support	100
Missile Launcher	25
Vox, Vex	20
Kratos	300
Sponson Volk	15
Hull F,R,L Volk	5
Leviathan	270
Siege Drill	5
	860

Heavy choices are what I have from the box set, the Kratos and the Leviathan I picked up at the weekend.

The army at the moment is 217 points over so I am prob going to trim out the Spartan to start off with and an in some more troops, But have a test game coming up in a months time so I can see how I want my army to play. At the moment my idea is to engage the opponent over the objectives.

Next post up this week will be showing the progress made on the army so far. 

Anyone else heading to the event?

Horus Heresy: Sons of Horus Tactical Squad WIP 2

I had hoped to get these almost finished over the weeked, but time ran away from me. But lunch time today I got the squad almost done. just need to add transfers and complete some detail pieces and the bases and the frist squad is complete. 

Next on the build list is a 10 Man Tactical Suppoort Marines all armed with rotorcannons, just cos they look cool. 

That will leave me with 20 marines left to build. Not sure which way I am going to go with these at the current time. But to get some inspiration I am going to watch the 2 Horus Heresy battle reports on Warhammer TV.

Whats on your painting table?

 

Horus Heresy: The First Steps

 With my much needed holiday over, it was back to good ol'Blighty from Greece, my extra wait to open up my Heresy Age of Darkness box set was not wasted. I did plenty of research reading other blogs and watching the community creators You Tube videos. In my head I had thought I had decided what my first steps were going to be, that was until I started opening all my pre-orders. I must admit the sheer amount of plastic in the box set I found intimidating. Normally with a new starter set there are 2 sides, bish bash bosh and the forces are assembled and you are gaming. Now with Age of Darkness things are not quite so simple....

Thankfully Andy a good friend of mine has picked up a starter set and has decided on Blood Angels as his force, so this made my decision making a little more easier. Reading through the rulebook it is very clear that you need a good amount of line troops to be able to take and hold objectives.

As I already have a painted Tactical squad of 10 with a Rhino. I decided that my first unit would be another Tactical squad and the Praetor with the axe. This would at least give me a legal starting point to the army and give me a little more time to decide on the rest of my list. 

So as you can see in the picture the first squad and praetor are built and ready for undercoating. I am aiming to have this squad completed this week. 

What progress have you made with your box set? and have you yet decided on your army list?

Horus Heresy: Sons of Horus Legion

 

The Horus Heresy Hype train is at full speed on the Warhammer Community page, I have been following the updates daily hoping that my Legion would be next. Finally yesterday the true and only Legion had their day in the sun. Yes the Sons of Horus finally got their Legion update.

To see the full article click on this link

The XVI legion like to get up close and personal like their World Eater brothers, but unlike those blood frothing lunatics do not suffer the red mist.

With Merciless Fighters this is leaning me towards building a fast close combat focused army. With the new box set not being far away I am going to make the Terminator squad geared up for close combat and all those MkVI marines are getting those lovely chainblade attachments.

The Death Dealers advanced reaction seems a little odd to me. It reads fine all the way through and is seemingly a way to get an extra round of shooting with a unit. It is just the last sentence that seems odd to me that the models removed as casualties still get to shoot. I guess once I play through with it a couple of times it will make more sense.

With the wife away at football tomorrow this is going to give me the chance to complete my Terminators and first squad of marines.

I have spent so much time reading blogs and watching You Tube videos this week on unboxings and play throughs I am so stoked for this release. Hopefully it is on pre-order before I go on holiday fngers crossed.

With my soul given to the Sons of Horus what legion are you picking? Drop a comment below 

Horus Heresy: Sons of Horus Justaerin Terminators

 

With the Horus Heresy on the horizon thought it was time to have a look through my plastic and resin pile and work my way through some of my back log. I found a box of Justaerin Terminators and weapons pack. So thought start my Sons of Horus force with the 'Point of the Spear'. Once the temp drops today I will get the undercoat on and then start work on the armour. I am looking forward to the deep red shoulder pads depicted in the book and the FW webpage. 

Warhammer The Horus Heresy Cinematic Trailer

 This cinematic trailer was released 2 weeks ago at Adepticon 22, this has pretty much been a daily watch for me. This has made my mind up on the two, that's right two factions for Horus Heresy. The simple matter of two factions is so that I always have an opposing force for any player that does not have one when they come to play.

Faction One: Imperial Fists

Faction Two: Sons of Horus

More to follow as I start my test models