THE KHOLSTRUM CAMPAIGN.
An Anargo Sector Project Modelling Blog.

"Having failed to breakthrough the heavily fortified line of fortress worlds of the Castellan sub-sector with his probing attacks, Warlord Morzkraga swiftly launched an assault on the weaker fortress worlds of the Vinaca Chain that guarded the approaches to the neighbouring Madron sector. The three fortress worlds of Paulinn, Grun and Kholstrum that guarded the flank between the Madron and Anargo sectors were the target of this Ork assault. The speed at which Warlord Morzkraga changed the focus of his attack from Anargo to Madron left the Imperium reeling and the worlds of Paulinn and Grun fell quickly to the Ork advance. The loss of these two fortress planets isolated the Kholstrum system from the rest of the Madron sector, fearing that the loss of Kholstrum would isolate the two sectors from each other the Departmento Munitorum authorised the creation of a Imperial Navy Battlegroup and the raising of three Imperial Guard Army Group's to reinforce Kholstrum and to take back the worlds of Paulinn and Grun."

- Excerpt from "In Defence of the Anargo Sector: The Kholstrum Campaign" - Commissar General Ardaven Nox.


Welcome to my very first modelling project blog, for those of you not aware this project was inspired by the awesome although recently quiet Anargo Sector Project. A fan based project to recreate an Imperial Sector in detail. Since I've struggled to get any of my armies painted they'll be making a showing in the Tale of 40k Painters thread over on Warseer, hopefully that'll encourage me to paint not one, not two but all three of my Epic armies complete.

So first up we have an Ork Warband, it's going to represent one of the many Blood Axe Warbands under the command of Warlord Morzkraga, I intend for there to be a lot of scratch built vehicles in this army, I bought a load of old skull face battlewagons off ebay and i'm going to attempt to convert them into something less comical... that's the plan anyway. At the moment I have a rough idea of an army list but nothing concrete, hopefully it'll be around 3000pts when I'm done.

Secondly I have the Imperial Guard, this army is going to represent the “The Gloriousâ€Â

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Good start Haarken

I will follow this thread with interest.

Also, thanks for the link to the Angargo project. I will look through it during the week

Cheers....  

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I look forward to seeing some Anargo Sector Guard. I followed the Project for some time and a few of the developments have fueled my own Guard plans.

@Frogbear & Arklite. Thanks for the replies guys, it's really great to see that you're familiar with the Anargo Sector Project, for the last few years it has been the only thing that's kept me in this hobby. Well that and the pursuit of tiny little models.  

Regards, Haarken

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THE KHOLSTRUM CAMPAIGN.
An Anargo Sector Project Modelling Blog.

"They fell upon the Orks with all the ferocity that the Orks themselves display, not a single one of them holding anything back, unlike the Orks however they were methodical and disciplined, every action seemed calculated and efficient, their slaughter filled me with awe and terror in equal amounts, they were merciless killers devoid of any emotion. They call themselves the Maledictors, their leader a Captain Silvanus told me in the aftermath that it meant that they bore the Emperor's curses to the enemy. After all I saw of them I believe him.  I led my men in their wake, but there was little for us to do but mop up after them. The God-Emperor had certainly cursed the wretched Orks that day."

- Excerpt from "The Glorious 63rd: War in the Madron Sector" -  Captain Pietr Molder

Welcome back to my Anargo Sector Project Modelling Blog, since I'm taking part in the Warseer Tale of 40k Painters I've resisted the urge to just crack on and paint as many units as possible, it kind of seems counter intuitive but I'm hoping that by sticking to the tale I'll be able to keep updating regularly.

Ok on to the actual pictures, I started off with a Tactical Detachment led by a Captain, thankfully Marine detachments are pretty small, six stands and three vehicles wasn't all that taxing on my time and I managed to get these done fairly quickly. Overall I'm pretty happy with the standard, they are gaming standard but I think the look fairly good, I'm not sure if I will but I may go back and lighten them up a bit in the future as they do look a little dark. Anyway here are the pictures of Captain Silvanus and Squads 1 to 3 of the 3rd Company of the Maledictors Adeptus Astartes.





Next month's painting will be a Devastator Detachment and a pair of Dreadnoughts.

Haarken

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THE KHOLSTRUM CAMPAIGN.
An Anargo Sector Project Modelling Blog.

"The Ork assault on the Madron Sector initiated a massive response from the Imperium, all across the Esquiline Quadrant armies were raised, trained and inducted into the Imperial Guard, thirty million men and women were organised into three Imperial Guard Army Groups the fleets of the Imperial Navy activated reserve vessels and began convoying troops and materiel towards the war zone, the Maledictors chapter of the Adeptus Astartes provided three of their battle companies and many supporting units, the Forgeworlds of Anargo and Madron sent forth their ancient Titans, their Knight Cohorts and their Legions of Skitarri to the fortress worlds. The addition of the proud and ancient Titan Legions to the Imperial battle line proved to be a brilliant stroke, the sight alone of the massive war engines bolstered the Imperial morale but at the Battle of the Scoured Plain the titans of Legio Nemesis accounted for thirteen Ork gargants for the temporary loss of two Warhound titans."
- Excerpt from "In Defence of the Anargo Sector: The Kholstrum Campaign" - Commissar General Ardaven Nox

Ok up next we have the might of the Legio Nemesis, the warlord titan "Prenuncius Victrix". I tried to take my time on this one and well I hope it shows, there are a few spots I think I could improve on but overall I'm pretty happy with how this came out in the end. I have two more Warlords and hopefully a Warhound should be winging it's way to me soon so we may well see more of Titans in this colour scheme, but this isn't a Titan Legion force so it's on to the guard.






Next month's painting is an Imperial Guard infantry company which I may upgrade to a Mechanised Infantry Company later down the line, I must admit I'm not entirely looking forward to all those infantry again.

Haarken.

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THE KHOLSTRUM CAMPAIGN.
An Anargo Sector Project Modelling Blog.

"Only a fool would mistake the Orks for an unintelligent race, their blood thirsty martial culture ensures that only the strongest and the cunning survive, the weak and the stupid are quickly weeded out by the most brutal means of natural selection. Their society may be crude and bloodthirsty but they are one of the most dangerous and sophisticated species that the Imperium must face." - Inquisitor Nathaniel Holtzen, Ordo Xenos

Finally we have the Ork contingent, as the least favourite of my armies I wasn't sure if I'd manage to get these done but well here we are, just need to add their transports and this formation will be complete. So next month's painting will be 8 battlewagons to go with this formation.





Plus here's a teaser of next month's Ork contribution:



Haarken.

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The Maledictor marines look great, especially the skulls across the doors and shoulders.

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