Well, Zeller, Another Friend (yet to sign up), and I all started new armies, Zellers being Biel-Tan Eldar, our other friend is Tau, while mine is an Armoured Battlegroup. We recently got a shipment from Bitkingdom (recomended, nice people to buy from) and I thought starting a blog might help us get things finished in a reasonable ammount of time. My brother may join once I talk to him about, my brother being Cappin_Ahab.
SauceyPersonally, my army is going to be an Armoured Battlegroup (and eventually a regular Imperial Guard Army). The main tanks will be from the 2nd Tank Company "Saucy Second", while the Infantry and Support tanks will be from yet to be named Companies.
I've been working on names for all of my Tank Commanders and have come up with the following so far:
13th Armoured Regiment2nd Tank Company “Saucy Second”Tank Company00
Captain Evan, Company Commander
Leman Russ Vanquisher “Jean’s Wrath”
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Commissar Stephen
Leman Russ Vanquisher “Jordan”
11
Lieutenant Spike, Squadron Commander
Leman Russ Battle Tank “Alice”
12
Senior Sergeant Bruce, Squadron 2-I-C
Leman Russ Battle Tank “Cindi”
13
Sergeant
Leman Russ Battle Tank “”
21
Lieutenant Blake, Squadron Commander
Leman Russ Conqueror “Asp”
22
Senior Sergeant Alan, Squadron 2-I-C
Leman Russ Exterminator “”
23
Sergeant
Leman Russ Conqueror “”
31
Lieutenant Robert, Squadron Commander
Leman Russ Battle Tank “Julia”
32
Senior Sergeant Gean, Squadron 2-I-C
Leman Russ Battle Tank “Noble”
33
Sergeant Riley
Leman Russ Executioner “Flashlight”
Siege RegimentLeman Russ Demolisher
Artillery RegimentBasilisk
Basilisk
Basilisk
Armoured Fist RegimentArmoured Fist Squadron Command
Armoured Fist Squad
Armoured Fist Squad
Armoured Fist Squad
Armoured Fist Squad
So far, I have 12 Leman Russes, 3 Basilisks (soon), and 20 Guardsmen (soon)
Goals- Build my 10 Leman Russ Tanks
- Build my 3 Basilisks (best Christmas Present this year, courtesy of Cappin_Ahab)
- Complete my Variant Turret Guns and Hull/Sponson Weapons
-- 2 Vanquishers
-- 5 Battle Cannons (Done)
-- 2 Conquerers
-- 1 Exterminator (Done)
-- 1 Executioner
-- Hull/Sponson Heavy Bolters (done on the Exterminator Chassis)
-- Hull/Sponson Lascannons
- Paint the afore mentioned tanks
- Assemble/Paint my Infantry
- Aquire 25 more Infantry
- Aquire Chimeras for said Infantry
- Play with said models when done (and before!)
Well, now for some eye candy! (I know it's what you're all looking for anyways)
The most sprue I've seen in one place (personally):
10 Leman Russes
Built Leman Russes (ignore the scheme on both, I bought them from Zeller, and the Demolisher has been stripped for the most part, which is why it looks pretty crazy)
My new Battle Cannon Design (based on the Ryza Pattern from FW)
New Heavy Bolter Design, my own idea, trying to keep the longer look of the Battle Cannon going.
I've decided on the Plasma Storm Pattern from the old Tank Chamo Scheme guide on GW, I figured the Orange would tie in to the Penal Legion theme nicely:
What's anyones opinion on the Company Marking? To odd to put on a camo tank? They are much cleaner now, I just can't seem to get a better picture.
Let me know what you think, I love comments/criticism.