The Damned Progress Pt 8

The final work in progress for now until I can do some more painting and photography.

Another top kit delivered from this Kickstarter is the artillery pieces, equivalent to the 40K ordnance kits.

Each frame allow for the building of either the artillery piece shown or a quad launcher type weapon. The crew come from the same sprue as the heavy weapons so the arms are a mixture of both ordnance and heavy weapon compatible.

Additionally, the kit comes with 'clean', non-spiky shields so they are suitable for all of the Death Fields factions if one is after an option for those units. I may divert one to the Bulldogs models I have ready in the wings.

The Damned Progress Pt 7

 

The Brutes.

An absolutely brilliant box set.

Leaning heavily (purely in my own opinion) on the heretic Siege of Vraks Ogryns from Forgeworld.

I've opted for three distinct types. Ripper Guns, shield and close combat weapon and two handed weapons.

Each Brute squad is led by a model constructed using the Brute parts from the Command frame.

I still have some more to build with each squad consisting of at least five models by the end.

The Damned Progress Pt 6

 The Beastmen.

What sort of The Damned or even 40K The Lost And The Damned wouldn't contain Beastmen?

I'll have to work on the photos but I won't be in contact with the models for a couple of weeks whilst I'm away working.

There are a fair few options with this modular set. I've built the six from one frame using the double handed weapons with the other three having the pistol and combat weapon option. The frame comes with a riot shield option for the left arm that can be combined with a right handed sword or axe. Unfortunately, there isn't an option for right handed pistols although the riot shield could be converted for right arm use.

This frame is the best option for pistols and swords if a gamer wants to have standard humans kitted out with them.

The Damned Progress Pt 5

 The Beast Handlers.

These, at present, have no 40K style Lost and the Damned equivalent but we'll have to see how they pan out for Death Fields Arena.

Again, nice models. Four beasts and four handlers per frame. Again, these are nice and modular and if one was after variety, the gads will easily fit any other Damned model and, likely, any other Death Fields model should other teams be able to use beasts in their roster.

The Damned Progress Pt 4

As previously mentioned, I was looking at creating a Senior Officer/ Army leader type model using the Command frame.

In the end, and to prove the modularity across all of the frames, I have given the Commander a tasty axe from the Beastmen frame. I also opted to use the add on face grill to the helmet, a part I haven't used on any other leader so far.

Additionally, I have included two of the Psykers/ Sorcerers also available from the Command frame. One has the book where the other one has had what I think is optional flames glued onto the upraised hand.

The Damned Progress Pt 3

I'll focus more on troops once I have some more painted although I have completed the first twenty strong squad for The Damned infantry.

For now, here's a small grouping of the squad leader plus the comms operator built using the parts from the Command sprue.

What I am a big fan of though is the heavy weapons. Each frame provides three tripods so three full teams can be built although with a different weapon mount on each. Of note, the crew frame has one seated, one kneeling and two standing crew members. Dependent on how gamers want to construct the teams, there could be an issue with not enough of the seated gunner being present.

As noted previously, I have built these 'incorrectly'. The single leg should be to the rear and this allows the actual gunner to be seated rather than squatting down as I have them. Future painted builds will have been constructed correctly.

The Damned Progress Pt 2

Next up, a Command Squad plus the first of the Heavy Infantry based on the Blood Pact.

I may have ended up with a few too many Command frames but that gives me more options to use those models as squad leaders rather than as a Command team.

Based on Imperial Guard we have the Standard Bearer, Medic, Senior Officer, Comlink/ Voxcaster and a veteran with plasmagun.

To make the Officer stand out, his armour has been painted with Nazdreg Yellow for a gold effect. 

I have been experimenting with the frame, including creating an overall Army Commander but there are some limitations with a lack of chunky close combat weapons or pistols. The Beastman sprue does offer some axes and MAC10 style pistols.

The finalised first squad of Blood Pact shown below.  I do like the weapons but lost patience with the power cables so have left them off.

I've started a second squad but they are constructed with just the lower face mask/ unhelmeted head variant on the frame. As a reminder, there aren't enough heads to make all the squad the same unless you combine multiple sprues.