The
run up to Christmas has been ... err EPIC, in so many ways. I've been
buying and selling, painting and stripping, basing and re-basing.
Eventually I find myself with four large armies. Two are old ones (my Space Marines and Orks) that have been re-vamped and modernised, whereas two are completely new.
My Space Marine army required the most amount of work on my part. Initially, I was going to sell the army in favour of painting up a smaller, but nicer, Ultramarine army. In the end I looked upon my Imperial Fists, realising that it wasn't the models I didn't like, but the bases. Indeed, I actually thought it would be hard to recreate an army which had models painted to my Imperial Fists' standard. I therefore sat down and worked on:
- Re-basing the infantry. This required adding more sand, painting it white and covering the whole base in snow flock.
- I based all the tanks in the same way as the infantry.
- I added a further two Thunderhawks (giving my army five if it so requires!).
- I added six more Predator Annihilators (giving me two formations).
- I added another Hunter (taking my total up to five).
- I added another two detachments of Scouts (giving me three detachments).
- I added another detachment of Terminators (giving me three detachments).
- I added another detachment of Devastators (giving me three detachments).
- I painted three new objectives.
So as you can see, quite a lot of stuff has been achieved. The only issue is that the new 'armour' (not the infantry) looks a lot brighter than the old. This puzzled my tiny brain for quite some time I can tell you; it was only when I cast my mind back, to when I painted my original Space Marines, that I realised I was using Games Workshop's 'Purity Seal' to varnish the models. I sprayed my original three Thunderhawks with it and, afterwards, the final yellow coat was dulled. Naturally I wasn't impressed; since then I have switched my varnish to 'Winsor and Newton all purpose Matt Varnish' which, though expensive, is brilliant. So the up-shot is that some of the models, even though painted with the same paints, look a little different. But never mind; below you can see the whole force in it's 'yellowness':
Terminator Detachment 350pts
4x Land Raiders 300pts
1x Captain 50pts
Total 700pts
Tactical Detachment 300pts
1x Supreme Commander 100pts
1x Hunter 75pts
3x Rhinos 0pts
Total 475pts
Whirlwind Detachment 300pts
1x Hunter 75pts
Total 375pts
Devastator Detachment 250pts
2x Dreadnoughts – (both armed with an Assault Cannon and a Power First) 100pts
Total 350pts
Devastator Detachment 250pts
2x Dreadnoughts – (both armed with an Assault Cannon and a
Power First) 100pts
Total 350pts
Devastator Detachment 250pts
1x Dreadnought – (armed with an Assault Cannon and a Power
First) 50pts
1x Dreadnought – (armed with an Lascannon Cannon and a
Missile Launcher) 50pts
Total 350pts
Landing Craft 350pts
Predator Detachment 225pts
1x Hunter 75pts
4x Predator annihilator
upgrades 50pts
Total 350pts
Predator Detachment 225pts
1x Hunter 75pts
4x Predator annihilator upgrades 50pts
Total 350pts
Strike Cruiser 200pts
1x Upgrade to a Battle Barge 150pts
Total 350pts
Terminator Detachment 350pts
Terminator Detachment 350pts
Tactical Detachment 300pts
1x Razorback – (lascannon) 25pts
3x Rhinos 0pts
Total 325pts
Tactical Detachment 300pts
1x Razorback – (lascannon) 25pts
3x Rhinos 0pts
Total 325pts
Tactical Detachment 300pts
1x Razorback – (lascannon) 25pts
3x Rhinos 0pts
Total 325pts
Vindicator Detachment 250pts
1x Hunter 75pts
Total 325pts
Warhound Class Scout Titan 275pts
Warhound Class Scout Titan 275pts
Bike Detachment 200pts
1x Captain 50pts
Total 250pts
Landspeeder Detachment – (5 normal Landspeeders) 200pts
Landspeeder Detachment – (5 normal Landspeeders) 200pts
Landspeeder Detachment – (1 normal Landspeeder and 4 Tornados) 200pts
Strike Cruiser 200pts
Thunderhawk Gunship 200pts
Thunderhawk Gunship 200pts
Thunderhawk Gunship 200pts
Thunderhawk Gunship 200pts
Thunderhawk Gunship 200pts
Assault Detachment 175pts
Assault Detachment 175pts
Scout Detachment 150pts
1x Razorback – (lascannon) 25pts
3x Rhinos 0pts
Total 175pts
Scout Detachment 150pts
1x Razorback – (lascannon) 25pts
3x Rhinos 0pts
Total 175pts
Scout Detachment 150pts
1x Razorback – (lascannon) 25pts
3x Rhinos 0pts
Total 175pts
Thunderbolt Formation 150pts
Thunderbolt Formation 150pts
Objectives
Drop Pods
Additional Stands
Grand Tournament 9,775pts
Activations 35
I can honestly say that, after this latest Imperial Fist upgrade (of which there have been three), I can think of no other war engine, vehicle or stand of infantry I wish to add to my army. Therefore I do believe that this army, is now, completed.
Toodle Pip!
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