Greetings all,
Inspired by all the excellent work on this forum, I'm going to once again try and get some epic armies finished.
I've started a number of armies over the years but nothing has made it to a complete stage. The end result is usually frustration and the WIP figs taking a bath in simple green. I've also moved a lot over the last few years which my hobby finds a major distraction, so over the next 2-3 yrs (before the next move) I'm hoping to complete some epic armies to around the 3-5K points.
The first army I'm going to commit to is a Raven Guard SM force for the simple fact that I have had the figures the longest, they deserve to finnally be painted, and it is also a simple paint scheme that I should be able to finish relatively quickly.
I've looked at the RG list that Neal Hunt is working on and will be using that as a guide but I will be completeing additional units such as some supporting armour so I can play them as a standard list with a heavy Speeder/assault/scout focus when the need arrises.
So after a digging through the moving boxes and establishing a painting station in the garage I've assembled the following as a start point:
I have a lot of SM stuff but for this army I think I'll stick to old stuff that was released either SM/TL or Epic40k era. I've gotten CAL to get me some other goodies whilst he's overseas so I'll probably do an additional marine army once this is complete (See I start positive)
I started with a couple of test figures to get the black/grey/wash mix right. The first couple, a pair of speeders, went into the paint stripper but I was happy with these
As of tonight I've now completed
Dev Det, minus transports
Assault Det
Commando Det (for these guys I'm using tac marines dispersed 3 to a base), these guys are going to get TL LC razorbacks for rides but I just need to finish the extra equipment on the vehicles.
2 old thunderbricks (these can help out as additional Thawks, or will act as Caestus in a RG army. Speaking of which does anyone have any of these they what to sell/offload/trade? I could do with a few more for the RG lists.
Over the next few days I'm hoping to complete the tactical det, the commando's transports and make a start on some speeders/drop pods.
Comments, suggestions & critics welcome.
Cheers
to break things up.
