Grave Wardens

In way of a break of all things Napoleonic, I squeezed in some Grave Wardens for my ever growing Death Guard.

The right pauldron is bare in anticipation of the new transfer sheet having destroyer symbols, but the sergeant is good to go.

I've another five to do, but will probably do something else after completing the next batch of Russians...

Marshal Durak Rask, Siegemaster of the Death Guard Legion II

As part of my on-going re-basing programme came the turn of the (not so) good marshall. So it seemed only right to give him a bit of a touch-up:

Some deal on my Moritat:

Twenty-First Velites and Catulan Reavers

Here's the reason I fell a little behind on my next batch of cuirassiers, the other half of the Sons of Horus scout squad:

And the final five members of the reaver squad:

All on new sized bases!

Twenty First Velites - Heklion Faustus revisited

White hair - how did I miss that he had white hair!

Twenty First Velites - Heklion Faustus

'Velites!' Fautus cried out so as to be heard above the thunderous battle. At the summit of the stairs, the hair fled from his face in streaks of white as the wind tugged at it, and his eyes flashed sapphire-blue in the reflected flare of the distant lightening. It was easy to follow men like Faustus, and Faustus knew the importance of never being afraid to demonstrate that. He raised his drawn gladius. Come the assault, he would sheath it again, but for now it served  solid purpose in cementing his image and invigorating his men. 'We blood them now!'

Mortarion

The title says it all!

Mostly Medieval - More news on the Perry HYW Plastics

Hot off the press from the Twins: '...first shots of the Men at Arms for the English Army( Agincourt to Orleans) frame back from Renedra.'

Another batch of revolting peasants from me this week, as well as a random Death Guard Apothecary!

Twenty First Velites - Jet Bikes WIP

Whilst Nick Kyme's narrative in Rebirth only mentions to a thirty strong unit of scouts under Centurion Heklion Faustus, it seems apt that his light company would also include jetbikes and speeders.

So here is a WIP of a small unit of the jet bikes:

Once these are finished, it'll be back to painting the scouts...

Daemonology

So another new short from Black Library. The bumpf says, 

THE STORY

Chagrined by his defeat at the hands of Jaghatai Khan, Mortarion abandons the pursuit of the White Scars and instead leads the Death Guard in a spiteful, punitive rampage across the systems of the Prosperine empire. World after world has fallen to this horrific onslaught, and yet the insular and secretive primarch seems preoccupied by some other, unspoken goal. Finally, on Terathalion, the truth of Mortarion’s sinister heritage will be exposed, and the future of the XIV Legion will be written...

READ IT BECAUSE

The Death Guard have already embraced treachery, but this story follows their Primarch as he continues upon the road that will eventually doom his Legion to a plague-wracked damnation.

Although by definition 'short', this piece serves to fill in some of the gaps between Mortarion's appearances in Scars and Vengeful Spirit, as well as providing some more tantalising glimpses of the Emperor's long term plan for mankind - or perhaps his manipulation of his primarchs for the greater good. Wheels within wheels.

Garviel Loken

Despite finishing of the other half of the Forge World diorama late last year, the captain of the 10th company of the Sons of Horus has been hanging around awaiting some love. So here he finally is:

And the finished diorama:

Twenty First Velites: Heklion Faustus

Every once and a while you read something that just has to be turned into a gaming unit. I had just this experience whilst reading Rebirth, the new 40K era Salamanders novel by Nick Kyme.

The enemy commander is a warlord of the Black Legion and sometime Luna Wolf. There's a lovely little piece that describes him leading his men in action in support of the assault of the 'Emperor's Palace' featured in Horus Rising.

During this action, Heklion Faustus is centurion of the Twenty-First Velites, a scout company of the Luna Wolves. The brief prologue provides enough detail on Fautus and his thirty strong force to have spurred me to recreate them in the early stages of the HH. So they will eventually be in Sons of Horus livery.

First up is the centurion himself, a kit-bash who can serve either as a Vigilator or commander of the recon section. I have chosen an unusual pose for vigilator/recon commander, but Nick's text provided my inspiration, and I am aiming to catch the moment as he draws his galdius,

'Velites!' Fautus cried out so as to be heard above the thunderous battle. At the summit of the stairs, the hair fled from his face in streaks of white as the wind tugged at it, and his eyes flashed sapphire-blue in the reflected flare of the distant lightening. It was easy to follow men like Faustus, and Faustus knew the importance of never being afraid to demonstrate that. He raised his drawn gladius. Come the assault, he would sheath it again, but for now it served  solid purpose in cementing his image and invigorating his men. 'We blood them now!'

The base model is obviously the Legion Champion with the arms coming from the Mk III command set, and the head and cloak from the Mk IV command set. The Mk III vembraces are a little chunky for a recon trooper, but he is a centurion after all! There is still some cleaning up to do before he's ready for undercoating and then there's the rest of the section to assemble. Watch this space ;-)

Death Guard Sergeant

By special request, some close-up on the new sergeant:

And off for undercoating once it's stopped raining!

Back to the Death Guard

Yet another twenty marine tactical blob. This time with some DG heads and torsos thrown in, as well as the odd IH head, and yes, the sergeant has a scythe!

Calas Typhon

It's been a while since my last post, largely because of two things: firstly, lots of preparation work that was not worthy of posting, and secondly, due to the demands of having a new horse!

Anyway, here is the First Captain of the XIV Legion in all his err glory:

Horus Heresy Weekender Photos

Just that!