Post a Comment On: Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

[Image] Horus for hope! XVI Legion marines, the Sons of Horus My second entry to the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge built on the theme from my first entry - namely, more Epic Space Marines. These 6mm troops are from the XVIth Legion, the "Sons of Horus".  Being Horus's own lads and all, these fellows played a pretty central role in the fighting in the Horus Heresy, and are among my favourite "bad guys" of that "period" (among many - let's face it, the traitor Legions were a lot cooler than the cube-headed loyalists - before they turned into Chaos dorks).

[Image] A "talon" of dreadnoughts - equipped with an assortment of heavy weapons As with my first entry, this one includes a selection of figures scored on Ebay and some models which are not available commercially.
[Image] Legion tactical marines with their Rhino APCs There are two 20-man tactical squads and a pair of 10-man heavy weapon squads in this submission.  Also three Contemptor-class dreadnoughts, four Rhino APCs, and two Land Raiders.
[Image] Forward for the Warmaster! [Image] Land Raider, ready to roll While painting the yellow on the Imperial Fists took a bit a figuring out, I've already painted quite a few Sons of Horus in 28mm, so painting these fellows goes really, really fast - there are number of other troops and tanks not included here because they were painted prior to the start of the Challenge this year - I'll put a group photo later on in the New Year.


[Image] Heavy weapon marines - missile launchers and heavy bolters There is still a LOT of Epic 30k stuff sitting in the painting queue, but we have the basics in place for a game of Epic 30k sometime in the New Year with the Fawcett Avenue Conscripts - I will be looking forward to that!
[Image] An old-school, original version, plastic Space Marine Land Raider - fun models to paint With 60 infantry, six vehicles and the three dreadnoughts (which I will suggest be counted, in this scale, as artillery pieces, points-wise) this submission scored me another 45 points, so I'm on my way toward my goal of 1,000 points for the Challenge, and off to a decent start on two of my side duels - one for sci-fi, and the other for 30k. 

Up next: even MORE Epic 30k - hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and has a great New Year!