Imperial Guard Courier

4 months

2009-10-11T20:52:00.000-07:00

Well, it's been almost 4 months since I last posted here, and I'll be honest. I've grown detacted from the 40k hobby- I can no longer bring myself to want to play a game.

However, this doesn't mean I have completely abandoned 40k. I started reading the novels and looking at Specialist Games with a keener eye. I mean, I play Necromunda and BFG, but when I was at the Toronto Battle Bunker, I found myself wanting to play Battlefleet Gothic with some of the new kids.

So, I plan on posting more often and slowly working on my Necromunda gang and BFG fleets.

Games Day Canada

2009-06-20T15:02:00.000-07:00

I must say I was kinda disappointed at Games Day, however I did get to meet Dan Abnett(who rocks both in person and as a writer), see some really nice Club boards*, and get some Forgeworld Goodies.

The downside is that the FW store didn't have my Cadian Resperator Heads(I asked for them via Email) and there were no open gaming tables. So Graeme and I hoofed it over to the GW Battle Bunker on Yonge and played a game there.

Coming Soon: Lord Commissar, Cadian Forward Recon Troops and The Formation of the 970's.

IAN IS HAPPY

2009-05-01T12:13:00.000-07:00

I GOT THE NEW CODEX!!!

WOOOOOOT!!!!!!

*TRANSMISSION TERMINATED BY ORDER OF THE IMPERIAL COMMISSARIAT*

Well, I failed

2009-04-23T11:07:00.000-07:00

I can give you a list of reasons why I was unable to do what I wanted, but I'm just going to blame the Imperial Navy.

I've been working on my Battlefleet Gothic navy for month of April, in an effort to get it done for an upcoming BFG/Apocolypse battle in May. The problem is I haven't any clue what to basecoat my ships. I was going to do Cygnar blue with gold highlights, but since the ships are the older Heresy-era they looked like Tzeentch. I want them to look like the ships may be old, the crews hard-pressed to prove their loyalty, but Emperor-damn them, we are His Divine Imperial Navy. Any suggestions.

The Month of April

2009-03-24T17:49:00.000-07:00

is fast approaching and I plan to shift into overdrive for the May 2nd release of the new Imperial Guard codex. I hope to be able to paint at least 1 squad per week, perhaps more.

Oh, and I will be attending Games Day Canada this year, with the 293rd Cadian, and Major Lionus 'Helljumper' Hawkins in his FULL Glory.

Edit: My Command HQ Valkyrie(from ForgeWorld) now has a flying base YAY!!

The Tale of Major Lionus Hawkins, MC, MrC, HI

2009-03-03T18:18:00.000-08:00

Name: Hawkins, Lionus
Rank: Major
D-O-B: 960.M41
Place of Birth: Kasyr Lutien, Cadia

Born on Cadia, Lionus is the typical product of that Fortress World.

He, like all Cadians, was able to fieldstrip a lasgun by the age of 5, and conduct gorilla warfare by 10. Upon entering the WhiteShield Corps, Hawkins was appointed as adjunet to the Commissar-Colonel in charge.

By age 16, he was already a Corp. in the Internal Guard, assinged to staff of the legendary Inquisitor Helena Tiber, Ordo Hereticus.

When Inquisitor Tiber was killed in 984.M41, Hawkins was transferred as the Liason officer of the 75th Armageddon Steel Legion, where he served 4 tours. It was during these four tours, that Hawkins came to the attention of the Dark Angels of the Adeptus Astartes.

Because of his association of the late Tiber(who had knowledge of The Fallen), the Dark Angels soon began to track Hawkins. They wanted to know what he knew. Seven times he was captured, taken back to The Rock and interrogate before he somehow managed to escape each time, much to the chargin of the Dark Angel Interrogator-Chaplains.

Following this, Hawkins returend to Cadia, spend sometime teaching at the Military Academy and on the Military Council. In 999.M41, Hawkins was assigned as the Third-In-Command of the recently rotated-home 293rd Cadian Mechanised Infantry Regiment(Drop).

Shortly afterwards, the entire senior staff was involved in an training accident that result in their deaths as well as those for 175 Departmento Munitorium Adepts. Hawkins was promoted to Major and given command of the 293rd.

Five More Days

2009-03-02T20:46:00.000-08:00

Until my Shadowsword arrives at THD....drool.

Now, normally, a Drop Troop Company wouldn't have access to any type of heavier equipment, but because the 293rd started as a Chimera-equipped Regiment, they retain their Leman Russ' and Armored Support tanks. How do they get them to the planet you ask?

simple: The Eagle-class Armored Tank Transport, a heavily modified Valkyrie.

My plans for the Eagle

1)Take a plastic Valkyrie
2)Cut away the Troop bay and add two pairs of Vehicle Clamps
3)Paint same color scheme as Valkyrie

More Army Photos

2009-02-24T20:12:00.000-08:00

All of my infantry in their foam

My ForgeWorld Valkyrie AAC, which will become my Command HQ transport when the new Codex comes out.

My Vulture, which is configured to hunt down tanks and Independent Characters; twin-linked Lascannons and 2 triple-racks of Hunter-Killer Missiles.

Army Background

2009-02-23T21:17:00.000-08:00

The 293rd is a drop-capable mechanised infantry regiment founded in the latter half of the 39th millenium.

In their two-thousand year history, the 293rd went from being a Chimera-borne force to an Valkyrie-equipped Regiment in the span of ten years.

956.M41, Segmentum Obscuras
The Planet of Sextus Prime

An uprising among the miners, normally a trival matter for the local Arbites, has forced a Crusade Warmaster to commit some of his forces. Sextus Prime is a Hive World located spinward of the Draconis Subsector, some 165 light-years past the Gothic Sector, it provides men and material of the Crusade currently being waged in that subsector. The 293rd is part of a force the Warmaster sends to quell the uprising.

Landing on the planet, the 293rd's command staff discovers that the entire planet, except for the 55% water mass that covers the entire eastern hemisphere, is covered in shattered hab-blocks, ruined manifactorium and other shelled and ruined buildings. The regiments Chimera IFV's are useless in the close and rubble-filled terrain, and so are left onboard the Transports used to bring them here.

963.M41

The Troop Transports used to bring the 293rd to Sextus Prime, which is now embroiled in bitter street-fighting attempting to break through to the Arbites Fortress; are sent back to the Crusade Fleet. The Regiments Heavy Armor support is still embarked on the transports.

966.M41, Crusade Fleet orbiting Sextus Prime

The 293rd, along with the 107th Catachan, 9th Arcanium, and 808th Fen Guard, rotate offworld and are replaced by fresh regiments. The 293rd discover the 'misplacement' of their heavy armor, and are shocked to discover nearly a full wing of Valkyrie Airborne Assault Carriers in their stead.

986.M41, Belix Secundus

The 293rd, due to return home to Cadia for R&R, are diverted to the minor forgeworld of Belix Secundus to respond to an invasion by Traitor Guard Regiments. The 293rd conducts lighting attacks on several key installations, but several units are caught in the massive shipyards above Belix. The fighting is bloody and close, but in the end, the 293rd kills all the traitor guard and rescue several Adeptus Mechanicus Magos. In graditude, the ForgeFathers of Belix give several dozen suits of Shipbuilder armor, modified for war, to the 293rd.

[These will 'count as' Ogryn, and will be my second unit. I plan on use Rackham AT-43 Red Blok Spetsnatz kolossus
http://www.rackham.fr/images/stories/AT-43/RB/RBTA01__01.jpg]
[The Ripper Guns are huge rivet guns used to rivet the massive steel plate used in the construction of intersteller starships, and the CCW's are adamantine chainblades use to 'cut' the plates in the correct shape before riveting]

Army Photos

2009-02-23T09:57:00.000-08:00

The Command HQ, Colonel Ackerman braving leading his troops into battle.

Commissar Gant

Commissar Weiss, "The Stalker"

Lt. Gates, Fox Company

Sgt. "Mutt", after the death of Sgt. Foster, the troopers of Fox Company, Delta Squad adopted this Cyber-Mastiff as their new sergeant.

Lance Corp. Webber, seen here holding the recovered Bolter he acquired during the Siege of Sextus Prime.

Spectral Apparitions

2009-02-21T10:29:00.001-08:00

Throughout the History of the Imperium of Man, there are accounts of ghost-like units that have appeared at the height of a Great Battle to turn the tide in favour of the Imperium.

My Cadians, whenever they take to the field of battle, will sometimes see a unit of Adepta Sororitas Seraphim attack their enemies. Any attempt to communicate with them will fail, but troopers have sworn that the Sisters sing hymn's and that their voices are haunting.

I've had a unit of Seraphim laying on my work table ever since the new Sisters were released, awaiting the time when I started a Sisters force. However, the models are too pretty to just let go to waste, so next week when I bring my army cases home, I'm going to make them Jade Green with JadeGreen/SkullWhite hightlights....VOILA! Spectral Sisters of Battle Seraphim(say that ten times fast)

With the release of the new Imperial Guard Codex

2009-02-20T19:52:00.000-08:00

I have decided to revamp my current Cadian army. Add new units, and start using mini's I have built but never used because in the current rules; THEY SUCK.

Right now, on the TO-DO list is

expand my Hardened Veterans to include a Vox-caster and some special weapons(probably either Melta-guns or Grenade Launchers.
get 6 Ogryns, using convereted Blood Bowl Ogres.
Ratling Snipers....the new models are DROOOL!!!
fill out the two Infantry Platoons I currently have, and add a third Platoon.
More Sentinels
More Commissars
Tank Company HEHE
Finished doing the details on my BaneBlade
Assemble and paint my soon-to-be-acquired ShadowSword(or whatever)
additional Advisors(Master of the Fleet, Master of Ordanance)
Write up the Index Militant: 293rd Cadian Mechanised Infantry Regiement(Drop)

So that is the plan, I'm going to get two of my friends to pester me over the coming months to get me off my lazy butt and actually do work. Until Monday, when I'll post photos and some fluff.