Emperor's Children Cataphractii Terminators and Landraider

With the impending arrival of baby number 2 for me, there has been less and less time for hobbies. Still, I've managed to finish up 5 Cataphractii Terminators and a Landraider for my 30k Emperor's Children. Next up is the 5 Palatine Blades and Eidolon. From there, I can't decide if I want to paint my Caestus Assault Ram, or sell it and get a Storm Eagle instead. I'm currently leaning towards the Storm Eagle since it's less points and opens up an all important heavy slot for me.

Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought and Contemptor Dreadnought

Fulgrim, Primarch of the Emperor's Children

Just finished Fulgrim for my 30k Emperor's Children army. Things are moving along nicely. I've also managed to complete a Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought and Contemptor Dreadnought. I'll try and get pics of those up soon. Next up is either going to be Lord Command Eidolon, 5 Palatine Blades, or my Landraider.

Hobby Update: Adepticon Space Marines are Ready to Roll

Thank the maker I'm finally done painting this army! I knew in January when I decided that I was going to build and paint an entire Space Marine Battle Company for Adepticon, that it would be pretty tough to pull off. Hell, I even added in the extra task of creating a display board. Even though I died a little inside from the incessant grind of batch painting, I think I still managed to achieve a quality product that should score well in the painting category. I know that those extra points can be a huge boost to your score. It was my painting score at DieCon this year that pushed me to 2nd place overall. Hopefully, it will be just as helpful for me at Adepticon.

Emperor's Children Rhinos/Razorbacks

Things are progressing smoothly on the Adepticon painting front. I just put the last bit of work into the Rhinos/Razorbacks. These bad boys turned out fantastic. They don't have the sponge work/weathering that my drop pods have but I chalk that up to the drop pods having to do an orbital insertion.

Two of the Razorback turrets are magnetized to run either lascannons or assault cannons.

And two of the Razorbacks can also be run as Rhinos. I totally forgot to add the stormbolters to the Rhinos in the back of this picture. Rest assured they do exist and magnetize next to the hatch just like the Rhino in the middle front. From here I move on to the 11 Scouts.

Hobby Update: Bikes, Adepticon Practice, and 30K

The bikes are done. Well, the bikes I need for my Battle Company are done. I just couldn't bring myself to finish the last 4 Ravenwing Command Squad bikers. At least they are base coated and ready to be washed when I get back around to finishing them.

As you can tell from the first pic, I've already moved on to the 7 Rhino/Razorbacks that make up the next portion of my Battle Company. After getting the Betrayal at Calth box set for Christmas, I decided to make my Space Marines army into Pre-Heresy Emperor's Children. That way I can use it for both systems. Luckily a lot of the Dark Angles iconography is similar to the Emperor's Children theme. I figure if I keep the colors consistent then the armies mixture of models will still mesh well. The rest of the month will be spent working on these vehicles and the last 5 man unit of Scouts I need for the 10th Company portion of my Gladius.

 I got in 2 practice games this weekend against Bill Keys and his Tau. Forgetting that I had hit and run nearly cost me the first game. I couldn't get any shots into his Stormsurges because he kept assaulting me. By the end I still managed to eek out the win with only 2 Vehicles left on the board. Had it gone to turn 6 I would have gotten tabled. The second game he was not so lucky. I dick punched him hard this game and he conceded by turn 4. The Adepticon missions are odd. They are similar to Warmachine in that there's a large area that you have to contest or hold to gain cumulative points over the coarse of the game. Fortunately for armies like Battle Company which are almost 100% Objective Secured, this plays to their advantage. Looking forward to more practice with the army this Thursday.