Hi all,
so it's that time again - I've just abandoned my latest project, and am looking for an answer - and I might have found just the right solution for a non-sticker like myself. But first, a bit of history.
In the beginning, I just painted any Epic model I felt like - no tourneys or even games hereabouts, so no need for an army.
Then cam Epicomms (or rather, I arrived here). following the Landa (green is good...), I started my Eldar diary. it went well, until I realised the Landa was beckoning. I couldn't stick to just painting Eldar! So the diary folded.
I turned to the Orks, and rumours of an all-Gargant army prompted a great gargant hunt in my ork storage depot, unearthing 6 of the beasties (no.7, the Mekboy G, has been de/promoted to SupaStompa). Huzzah and all that... until the release date for the Gargants slipped to 2007.
I diligently completed the Gargant I was working on (barring the base; pics will follow). I'd polled the audience on colours for Deffsta, so he'll be painted too. But otherwise - time for a new army. A third army.
IG?
Space Marines?
Siege troops?
Anyone of these would be doomed to halt after a few models. I checked out my complete Imperial models, and discovered a total of 2 Rhinos and a handful of Titans (no, they're too badly painted to show - repaint is scheduled). If you add the Squats to the pile, there's a single Land Train with a solitary wagon. Ho-humm, not much to build on.
Then came Warmaster Nice, and lo and behold, he delighted viewers with his pic of an Ordinatus conversion, a splendid job that. I AM an enginseer, after all, so why not Ad Mech army? Well:
1 - no rules yet
2 - one Ordinauts, several Titans, nil Scutarii (troops)
3 - I'd still end up stopping after a handful of models.
Then came Athmos' offer of to buy IG stuff - yum! - and Jimbo's pics of Land Raiders with Deathstrike heads on them.... a whirlwind of likes and dislikes. The brainwave condensed from this lot, and here it is - my Third army (and that's what it will be called -
An IMPERIAL army
This means I can always switch armies when I'm fed up, and still remain 'on-topic'! (and my promise to paint Deffsta means I can honourably do something different quite honourably too).
So - what will be in the third army?
1 - Centurio (unnamed) Scutarii Legion, based on IG vehicles and troops, with a minor difference - these will be the Squatarii I'd mentioned elsewhere - Squat troops, bikes, batteries too - except for the exoarmour types, who will become Space Marine support terminators.
2 - Ares Guard space marines - I'd given their history ages ago, one of my first posts. Their time is coming at last.
3 - Legio Fornax, mt new Titan Legio, in support of the IG/SM components.
4 - Centurio Purgatio - Ordinatus army, comprising heavy warmachines - I'll currently use these as superheavy IG tanks, until the rules come out. First pair - Ordinatus Cyclops 1 and Ordinatus Cyclops 2 - no prizes for guessing what these models will look like!
This lot will be led by Knight-Centurion Excelsior... remember the airfields of the Imperium thread? (hint, hint)
5 - House Reynald, Knight squadrons in support - no rules yet - will see; netepic?
6 - Imperial Navy Support Squadron 92 of the 284th Air Armada - Thunderbolts.
7 - Inquisitor (unnamed), type to be determined - units will include Inquisitor, transport Landraider, stormtroopers on Chimeras or Rhinos - a weird lot these, just in for the fun of it. Supporting them, an anachronism, a largish vehicle - my CENSORED BY ORDER OF INQ.
Where to begin? well, I've got one tank ready - a Leman Russ equivalent - this was the paint test model, and a lucky one too - it made it with flying colours (sorry!) - first scheme accepted! I'm now testing the scheme on a weird Manticore, and on Ordinatus Cyclops 1. But I'm a bit excited about Excelsior, and may jump the gun with him. Re colours again - barring the odd vehicle, all models will include a common theme, and the toned-down military colours camouflage camp have more or less won the day; although there WILL be exceptions, a common theme will link the lot.
Whew - that's it. Now fingers crossed and hope it works.
Even though I will never play them all I love to read warrgame rules and see what they have eaten. Then I can steal the best bitz for my own creations... 
) on board a CI..... time to design a large inquisition emblem, I think!
