Battle at the Bridge

Nothing fancy in terms of battle report or anything.  We decided for the 3-way fight, the Adeptus Astrates would attempt to hold the bridge against the two competing xenos of Tyranids and Necrons. I remembered to take photos at the beginning and very end.  We got to play on an awesome table, that I would love to plan for a large game of Horus Heresy.

Most of the Novamarines setup to hold the Bridge

Novamarine Redemptor Dreadnought

The Redemptor Indomitus

Back over the Labor Day weekend (30 May), my brother and I were hanging out discussing the upcoming day we planned to spend at Warhammer World playing a game of Warhammer 40k between my Novamarines and his Tyranids.   I had originally planned to use the Fire Raptor as part of the army, but he encouraged me to pick up the Redemptor instead and crank it out.

It truly marks the last of the Novamarine Primaris models I intend to paint.  At this point I have most the Primaris units, save the Reavers.  In addition, I am not particularly interested in pickup games of 40k at present and neither is a large part of my community.  They have focused on Konflict '47 and possibly Team Yankee.

Primaris Captain

Captain of the Novamarines Fourth Company

I have finished my Primaris Novamarine army.  I kitbashed a Primaris Captain with plasma pistol and power fist.  I finished him about a week ago.  It was a good way to finish out the army.

He wears marks of the XIII Legion and holds a title relating back to the Legion.  The Captain of the Fourth Company of the Novamarines Chapter remains a Suzerain to the Tetrarch of Iax, Ultramar and bears the XIII Legion command marking on the left shoulder pad.  The position now holds new meaning since the Indomitus Crusade is underway.

The remaining piece of the army will be a relic Legion Raptor, which continues to serve the Novamarines Chapter.

Fire Raptor!

Fire Raptor Under Construction

I have decided to shift my approach on the last 500 points for my Novamarines army.  Instead of pursuing an Imperial Knight, I am going to include a Relic Fire Raptor from the Ultramarines Legion 10th Company!

In addition, I am going to drop the Aggressors and Gravis Captain at 2,000 pts and bring back the Hellblasters as well as a converted Primaris Captain with Power Fist.

Front

Side

Primaris Still in Work + Frigate

Another progress update on my hobby activities.

Not quiet done.

I am almost done with the 9 Primaris Novamarines.  I still need to blue highlight the back six and then dust them all with the rust dust on their bases. Barring the addition of a Primaris Captain or losing one of them to the Warhammer store painting competition, I this will finish up my Novamarines project (I think).

Under Construction

I forget whether I have mentioned this previously, but I am pursuing a more competitive ready Age of Sigmar list and thus need to add 2 Frigates, 10 Arkanauts, and 3 Endrinriggers to my collection.  I already had the second Frigate.  My current plan is to pick up a Battleforce box to get everything else, plus a third Gunhauler.

Primaris and some Heresy

In Work Novamarines

A some painting during the past week and a weekend game of Horus Heresy

I have been steadily painting up nine more Primaris Novamarines for my 1,500 pt list.  I made need to add one more, to contribute to a recently opened store's collection of painted Marine models - we will see.

The Novamarine project is nearing its end with this last sprint.  There is the possibility of adding a Primaris Captain (vice the Captain in Gravis Armor), but I do not intend to add a unit of Reavers or a Dreadnaught.  The next 40k proper project is actually likely to be a Knight Paladin.  This will bring my current 40k efforts largely to a close.

I have been musing about a Ultramarines 1st Company around Marnus Calagar - but that is a distant project that will first ride on the backs of something like Cataphactii or Tartoros Terminators for my 30k Ultramarines.

Repulsor Complete

Repulsor in profile

  I finished up my Repulsor this weekend.  I am not super happy with it, but large flat surfaces are a challenge to paint well with a brush.  I did not feel confident with painting it with an airbrush yet as it has many straight lines.  I probably could have taken more time with the transition highlights and thinned the lines a bit.  I think at the distance of a the table top, it will look good along side the rest of my Novamarine Primaris detachment.

Repuslor In-Work

In-Work Repulsor

This past week, I worked on painting the Repulsor tank.  I think I have completed basing the vehicle and thus have gotten most of the colors onto the hull.  I took the photo before doing a significant amount of washing the whole thing with null-oil.  Unlike the rest of the army thus far, I primed it mostly white.  The large blue strip was primed with using masking over the white.  If I did it again, prime the line first, then tape over it and then prime the rest of the model.  Lesson learned.

Primaris Librarian and Apothecary

More Primaris

This past Sunday, I finished up my Primaris Novamarine Librarian, Apothecary, and two additional Intercessors for Squad I.  I still have a Repulsor tank to paint up and will be picking up five more Intercessors soon (tm).  My brother has asked me to try to have the 2,000 points completed by the Christmas holiday, which seems like it is in reach.

The biggest hurdle will be that I am also trying to build out 1,000 points of Age of Sigmar, which weighs in at 30 minis, including an airship.

Another angle

Mixed Hobbying

This weekend I was at a hotel all weekend preparing for a medical donation on Tuesday.  Over the weekend, I finished most of the detail on the Primaris Librarian, Apothecary, and 2 Intercessors.  I also began basing units for my Age of Sigmar.

More Novamarines

Tempest Eye forces in work

Repulsor Built

I have made a little progress in assembly and basecoating of the Repulsor and Apothecary acquired two weekends past.  Slow steady progress.  BattleFoam ordered as well.  Small update.

Aggressors Painted, Heresy Played

Aggressors 

After basically taking two weeks off from painting, I got back to it this past weekend.  I finished up the three Aggressors I had been painting.  The surge of activity gave me the motivation to pick up a Primaris Apothecary and the Repulsor for my Novamarines.  This will give me plenty of varied work to do over the coming evenings.

I also got in a few small games using my Horus Heresy minis this weekend.  The first game was Ultramarines vs Sons of Horus using 7th edition Warhammer 40k rules.  The second game was World Eaters vs Salamanders using 8th edition rules.  I preferred how the second game played overall, my Butchers did not seem entirely inadequate and Tactical Astartes were solid.  I think my local group of Heresy will lean on 8th as it seems to make the variety of equipment more interesting.

Dark Imperium - Novamarines Force

Seventy-one (71) days since the release of the Dark Imperium starter box for Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition, I have finished painting the included Primaris Space Marines in the colors of the Novamarines.

Core of my Novamarines Army

I have enjoyed painting them and still have a few units ahead of me.  As I have discussed before, I am going to add Aggressors, a Repuslor, a Librarian, an Apothecary, and as many as seven (7) additional Primaris to this collection before adding an Imperial Knight to complete the 2,000 pt army.

In Work

I may end up adding a second unit of Interceptors (with Plasma weapons), another unit of Hellblasters (with the heavy Plasma weapons), and bulk out a unit of Intercessors to 10-man.

Close-ups follow.

Hellblasters - 4th Company Novamarines

5 Novamarine Hellblasters

Last week I finished up the five Hellblaster Primaris Marines and one of the Lieutenants out of the new Dark Imperium Warhammer 40,000 Starter Box.

I have been enjoying painting up the Novamarine force.  It is different enough from my Ultrmarines as to include a few challenges, but is obviously still very familiar territory for me hobby-wise.

Same Novamarines, different angle

Battles out of the Box

On Sunday, my brother and I played two games of eighth edition Warhammer 40,000 using just the miniatures in the Dark Imperium core box.   To keep things simple, we played Open War (the big what you have/want).

Our first game was Annihilation, in which we setup 24 inches apart, with the goal to have the last models on the table.   The game was very much about getting a handle on the rules for the game and two forces.  My brother forgot that Nurgle Resiliency was an army-wide benefit for him for the first two turns, in which I did significant damage to the bulk of his army.

For the second game, we played Hold at All Cost.  I dropped two of my units to be the smaller force attempting to hold the center of the table.  My lack of heavy firepower resulted in my army being destroyed by the top of turn 5.  A few lucky rolls in there and I may have been able to pull off a victory, but to no avail.

M42 - Novamarines

On 17 June, the eighth edition of Warhammer 40,000 was released.  Alongside the release are new "bigger and better" Space Marines - Primaris Space Marines.  The starter box set for the game is an outstanding deal for anyone interested in either the Primaris or new Deathguard models and it includes the big Rulebook.

Instead of painting the Primaris as 3rd Company Ultramrines to fight alongside my existing 3rd Company, I decided to pursue a new Space Marine army.  I will likely add a small detachment of 3rd company Primaris in the future.  The difference gives me a a different scheme to paint.  However, at the same time, I wanted a direct connection back to the Ultramarines, and specifically, my 106th Company of Legion XIII.

In this case, my head cannon is the Novamarines 4th Company trace back their first members to the 106th Company of Legion Ultramarines.  The 4th Company returned to Ultramar and took up the defense of the sub-sectors its forebears defended in the Heresy and fought bravely on the despoiled garden world of Iax.

I will also be attempting to print my own transfers for chapter symbols, hopefully with great effect.

In Process of highlighting