The recent news of a Plague Zombie infestation has led the legendary incendiary himself, Klovis the Redeemer to the outskirts of Dust Falls, where he is gathering his forces in preparation to put the whole area to the torch for crimes against the Emperor. For not only are the Plague Zombies a menace that must be destroyed, anywhere so foul as to attract them in the first place will likely need a good purging!
The Redeemer and Malakev are always in the forefront of the action! These models have been gathering dust for years, it was really nice to bring them out of retirement, clean them up and bring them up to date! Similarly, the rest of the models below had been sitting in bags in the Closet of Doom for years. Originally the following models were all part of my buddy Dave's Redemptionists, and were all a bit worse for wear having been just sort of tumbled together in a ziploc bag. I broke them all off their old bases and gave 'em a dip in Simple Green to take them down to bare metal.
As these models were all used to great effect against me over the years, I knew right away that I wanted to recreate his paint scheme as an homage to absent companions. His leader with a meltagun was feared above all others back in the day. He also ran a variant of Arch-redemptor Kyrinov in special scenarios.
You can't go wrong with a couple death cultists! In the new version of the game the group is using the Cawdor gang rules for now - I'm running them as the two champions of the gang, armed with stiletto knives/swords and throwing knives, and Dodge.
A couple of the more fervent followers, bearing holy icons (that in-game have no particular effect).
A trio of close combat lunatics, these three used to rove in a pack and gang up on anyone unfortunate enough to be cornered by them.
The last three models provide a bit of mid-tier shooting, with a pair of shotguns and an autogun. I realized at the end that there's a woeful lack of flame weaponry here, just the single exterminator pack and the Redeemer's holy eviscerator. I'll have to trawl the web for a couple additional models to address that concern!
All in all a fun project modernizing an old group of models, albeit a somewhat bittersweet one. It was good to reminisce about old times with Dave while I was trying to recreate his paint scheme on his old gang, and it feels like a good way to honor his memory. Miss ya, buddy.
On a lighter note, you can't have a post about the Klovis without humming along to the Battle Hymn of the Redeemer!