With Astro-Toronto a little more than a month and a half away, there's still LOADS to do, so I figured I'd help stay motivated leading up to it if I kept posting pictures and such of my efforts. Since the army I'm using for Astro uses an existing army (my Templars), a portion of my army is already built, but there's still much more to do! With the arrival of my Storm Eagle last week, it put me into full swing. I'll start off by listing the army list and posting the things that I have to do, along with a couple of pictures I have that I'm working on and so forth.
Firstly, my army list:
My army that I'm taking this year is my ever trusted Black Templars. Though rarely they win me tournaments (as in, never have...I got best General once which was great
never an overall though), with some out dated rules, they are still by far my the most fun for an army that I have for me to play. My idea behind the army was some sort of vanguard army to one of the main Templar Crusades, and focused initially on very fast units, bikes, jump packs, speeders, that sort of thing, then the Storm Eagle was released, so I found my focus point. Using that as the center piece for the army, I formed the rest around it. Troops were the hard part as I didn't want many tanks within the list, so I opted for drop pods which tactically leave me at a bit of a disadvantage with the lack of troop mobility, but such is life and I'll deal with it.
Astro, for those who don't know, uses a different scenario for each table. Some hamper certain army builds while assisting with others, so no matter what list you build, there are tables that can royally beslubber you over, so it's often best just to build something that's fun instead of trying to power build. Also, after the first game, it seems that the organizers purposely try and mess with some armies once in a while, sticking people who have power lists on tables that might hamper them sorta thing.
Anyways, here's my list:
HQ:
Emperor's Champion - Accept All Challenges
Marshal - Terminator Armour, Adamantine Mantle, Storm Shield, Thunder Hammer
Elites:
Assault Terminators (7) - Furious Charge
Troops:
Crusader Squad - 6 Initiates, 1 Neophyte - Powerfist, Melta, Frags, Drop Pod
Crusader Squad - 7 Initiates - Power Weapon, Melta, Frags, Drop Pod
Fast Attack:
Storm Eagle - Twin Linked Multi-Melta, Extra Armour
2 Landspeeder Typhoons
2 Landspeeder Typhoons
Total: 1498
My thought behind it was the rapid deployment of the termies with the Storm Eagle opening things up up close, and the 4 speeders providing cover fire. The pods are in normal reserves to come in once the fighting has gotten underway. All the transports have the capacity to hold the unit that was intended plus both HQ should the need arise for a little bit of tactical flexibility (eg. Storm Eagle with 7 termies, marshal and EC flying in, all 3 units splitting to assault multiple targets).
What Needs to Be Done:
Storm Eagle - build, filled and painted/based
Marshal - build, filled and painted/based
EC - painted/based
2 termies - Updated, 1 based
1 Landspeeder - painted/based
2 initiates - painted/based
While the infantry is mostly done, there are a couple of bigger items that need to be finished...
Pictures of Progress:
Yesterday -
Storm Eagle
Today -
Storm Eagle
Marshal