More Generically Heretical Infantry

Must give them a name. 'Generically Heretical' is a bit vague.

That's now twenty of these in total with some heavy weapons to follow. After that, time to build some Command for them. I have Brutes available but I'm still leaning towards keeping them for The Damned.

They should be able to have beast handler re-enforcements though.

Back to the painting table before I build more though.










 

More of The Damned Hit The Front Line

Another twenty complete. Once I'm back home again and have time, I'll muster up everything that has been painted for a nice group photo.

 

Ventrillian Noble Reinforcements

As the Armageddon Battalion box included Cadian infantry, I've added another squad to my Ventrillian Nobles. This should keep me away from a Vostroyan MTO. If I could resist those models twenty years ago, I can resist them now.

Pistolier heads give me enough craziness for my Imperial Guard for now. Plus, there is a new Victoria Lamb dress uniform Kickstarter coming up.

 

More of The Damned

As I continue to make my way through the massive amount of plastic I received via the Kickstarter, one 20 strong squad of The Damned and ten more generic heretic troopers have been built and are on the paint schedule.

Once I'm back home, I can start looking at a army muster for what I have so far. There are at least 40 of The Damned along with Command and some of the heavy weapon troopers to be lined up.

As for transport, the Mauler receives a release window from 29 May. I'll likely be holding off for a while due to the need to put the Armageddon Battalion box together.
 

More Commissar Goodness

It's not just The Damned you know.

I bought the Commissar Graves box as part of the Armageddon launch.

The Vehicle has been built along with the crew but they are yet to be painted.

First up, the on foot Graves. very imposing with the Bolt Pistol and Powerfist. She even comes with a tactical ruin hero base.

Ever seen the meme 'Drive me closer so I can hit them with my Power Sword'? See it given plastic life as Graves does some vehicle riding. Why it's not the Bolt Pistol for attacking from a vehicle I don't know but it is suitable inspiring.

I've also found time to catch up with a Warhammer+ model. The Inquisitor is still tucked away somewhere so that could be a building project for next week.

Next? More of The Damned.
 

Yarrick Returns

As my Imperial Guard starts receiving a bit of a revamp courtesy of the latest releases, first off the presses is the new version of Commissar Yarrick.

And I like it. 

Commissar Graves and her transport have been built and the painting process for her and her escorts has begun with more to follow. 

Also in early stages are my yet to be undercoated new squad of Ventrillian Nobles plus the rest of the new Astra Militarum battalion including the two armoured cars.

Oh, and more of The Damned.







 

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.

The Damned Progress Pt 1

 I've been away for a couple of weeks enjoying some relaxing travelling but this upcoming series of posts are the progress I achieved before setting off.

First up, five of the ten Outriders or whatever The Damned call their cavalry. Nice models with my only reservation being the scale of the mounts. Not necessarily 'heroic 28mm' scale but I'm more than happy with the result.

I'll work up more photos for a final army shoot at some point but there is still some construction and painting to take place.

I Do Still Buy GW Products

 

As I am still catching up after a near two year enforced break from being able to seriously progress with hobbying, there are a fair few models in the backlog.

Apart from The Damned, one of my priorities was introducing the jump pack Captain to my Howling Griffons.

Love the model and I enjoyed reacquainting myself with the quartered paint scheme. There are two squads of jump pack Intercessors to link up with him as well.

The Damned Alternate Builds Pt 2

As part of my freebie frames, I opted for the Death Fields upgrade sprue. This gives me alternate heads and weapons to bash with Damned infantry. 

As a result, Space Damned Prussians or something.  These are painted with Leviadon Blue and  so far, there's another thirteen to go.

 

The Damned Alternate Builds Pt 1

I might, just might, have gone in too big with this Kickstarter. The 15 box pledge along with all the freebies has given me a lot of plastic.

As such, not all of the models will be built the same. I have plenty of scope to play around and go a little bit freestyle.

The first of my alternate builds are a plain old vaguely heretical warband. These use the helmeted heads rather than the hooded, mask heads.

The colour scheme is basic using the Contrast Gharak's Sewer for the uniforms and Ratling Grime for the armoured parts.

 

The Damned Beast Handlers

I'm not sure there's a 40K equivalent unless the Vraks Lost And The Damned list had beast handlers but we'll see how these pan out in Death Fields.

There are four beasts per sprue along with the handlers.

I've tried a couples of schemes and have tried to avoid red so far.

My favourite is the Contrast Akhelian Green skin with Dark Angels for the plate parts.