Reading for inspiration.

While the Eldar clamor for more of my attention, I've picked up the WartyK short story anthology "Let The Galaxy Burn" which I put down for a few years, so I could read some longer Warhammer fiction. I've read a couple of interesting IG based stories that are getting me thinking about my org chart for the 57th and what interesting variations I can put into my army. I'm currently reading the story of a "Chem Dog's" tank crew, which seem a bit like a Penal Legion, but just a couple incidents away from getting explosive collars attached to them. Thanks to them I'm trying to come up with a good name for my penal legions. So far I've got either the "Irredeemables" or "The Lost Souls".

The "Svarog" Pattern Armored Sentinels

Here at the pictures of the nearly finished Svarog Sentinels. I call them Svarog Pattern because it's a name from Russian mythology and these are Russian made toys I converted. A Svarog is a fire spirit that lives in a blacksmith's forge, as far as I recall, so I thought it would be an appropriate name.

Here's one next to a standard Sentinel for scale.

Full squad, still need some more detail work, gloss coat, decals, then flat coat.

They do present a bigger target, which is a disadvantage, but my purpose for using them would be to draw fire.

I magnetized the weapons so they can use the "Auto-Cannon" they came with or a Plasma gun. I would only use these in a home game or treat them like any Forge World model and ask if my opponent would be ok with my using them.

All in all it's been a fun conversion project, and if I can't use them for WartyK there's always "No Limits" I could play.

http://wargamesunlimited.net/nolimits/mechanics.html

My Eldar Warhost has it's own blog

It is here:
http://raidersofalaitoc.blogspot.com/

It's still a bit bare, but I'm striving to get it populated.

I've been sitting on a bunch of nearly finished units for my space elves, but I was holding off until the new Codex came out so I wounldn't be friustrated at finishing a unit that was not there any more. However, it seems that most of the old units are still there, they justwork a bit differently.

At least Grav Sleds still allow the Defenders; Heavy Weapons to keep up.

When I say I need to prime...

I REALLY need to prime some stuff. Here are some shots of some of the stuff coming off the assmebly line.

A Kryotech Demoslisher turret I magnetized.

The Praetorian Rough Riders

2 Squads of Praetorian infantry

Wargames Factory bases, colonial heads & Pith helmets, Shock Trooper Bodies and Victoria Miniatures' arms. Don't think these will fly at a GW Tournament.

And a new mini for one of the character's future development in my Pathfinder campaign.

Now I just wish the humitiy would drop a bit so I can get the primer to work right.

Brief History:

The 57^th Praetorian Regulars where mustered from the Hive City of Port Elizabeth for a campaign against several Xeno threats against Agricultural/Industrial worlds of the Transvaal Subsector. The regiment is lead by Lord Welstraed who has managed to survive no less than 35 battles in which he became personally involved against alien soldiers. During the 15-year campaign the 57^th was brought down to half strength and the remnants of other heavily damaged regiments were folded in. Lord Welstraed used his influence to keep the regiment’s standard and name, though it was changed to the Irregulars to match the motley nature of the troop composition.  The 57^th, while the majority of the troops are from Pretoria, does have elements of Mordian Iron Guard, Catachan, Talarian and even a troop of Penal Legionaries as well as a motor pool of vehicles maintained, scavenged and, ahem, acquired from the various battlefields across the Transvaal Campaign. The most interesting armor the 57^th came into possession of are several Hydras and Manticores made from the Hyphestus pattern, which uses a Leman Russ chassis over the chimera. This particular template fell out of favor due to the fact the Adminastratum would rather use Leman Russ chassis for Leman Russ tanks, not “Infantry Support” vehicles. In the same haul, err, libration of material that brought them the Hyphestus pattern vehicles they also found a squad of older Svarog pattern armored Sentinels, which are bigger and bulkier, but function the same as a standard walker of the same class.

Another tank ready to prime.

Boy do I have a lot to prime.
Here is what I'm calling my "rescue" tank. bought of eBay, it was apparently built by a novice to model building, it was covered in model glue overflow. Nice and shiny, I buffed and filed down some of the worst spots and put a dozer blade on it. I also magnetized the turret so I can make this another "Hyphestus" pattern Hydra,

Here's the plasma breathing bad boy after I cleaned him up.

2 Tanks now in my magnetized squad.

Detail shot to show the magnets.