Kilian's BATTLEGROUP ARMAGEDDON

More death korps

2009-08-27T22:26:00.001-07:00

Take a look...comments and feedback welcome!

Krieg Absolution Battalion

2009-08-27T09:54:00.001-07:00

Gorgon Assault Transport

2009-08-27T09:34:00.000-07:00

Well, here it is! My Gorgon all ready and done from forge world. In reality, its been done for about a whole year...but hey, whose counting, right? comments and criticisms welcome.

Elysians and ebay.

2009-08-27T09:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of my Elysians, which are actually being auctioned out really cheap on ebay for whom it may concern. Hope you like!

Catachans and Specialists

2009-08-26T10:30:00.000-07:00

Here we go...Catachans! Well, actually theyre susposed to be the Mortant 7th "Headhunters". Let me know what yall think! Also pictured are some classic oop storm troopers and ogryns. Comments and criticisms welcome.

Laudatus Praetoria!

2009-08-25T17:01:00.000-07:00

As promised, here are the rest of my current praetorians. Pictured above is the entirety of my praetorian collection. Soon another platoon and heavy weapons squad will be joining, as well as I finish up the last few models of my current collection. The needed a lot of work since I first bought them way back when, but it really shows what a paint brush and a little elbow grease will do for restoring old models! Hope you enjoy!

Comments and criticism welcome, as always.

More Praetorians Arrive In-Theater

2009-08-14T12:01:00.000-07:00

The men of the Praetorian 324th arrive on Armageddon to bolster the beleagred Imperial forces!

I decided to do a photodump of all my praetorians so far. Not pictured here is...well..the REST of my praetorians. Most notably my Standard bearer, who I am particularly proud of. These will come later, but they have been completed and even gotten touched up since my unfortunate varnishing accident. This is just to wet your whistle while I'm away on vacation and can't take more pics.

Note the plash of blood on one of the pith helmets!

Of super heavies and penal legions...

2009-08-12T11:46:00.000-07:00

Well, Here's a bit for the frontlines! Above is my completed Malcador Defender tank. I wanted one 'cause it looked cool, and I put it in the Death Korps of Krieg Absolution Battalion, which was mention in Codex: Armageddon. Its simple: Codex grey drybrushed over black, with drybrushed fortress grey stripes.

Also above is the infamous 13th Penal LEgion, which also took part in the Third War for Armageddon. I have more available, and bought a second boxed set of the dirty little penal legionnaires to test out an urban camo scheme, which I will include later. The catachans are the old classic models, and I'm going to stick with their scheme...I really like it.

As always, feedback is encouraged, drop me a line with comments, ideas, anything you think of the Third War for Armageddon!

2009-08-11T19:29:00.000-07:00

Long time no post!
Well, after a brief (OK long) interlude, got a lot of major projects. Just about all of them are repainting my existing miniatures and bringing them all "up to date". My steel legion, as promised, have grown...alot. And need to be stripped and painted in most cases. Yes...all 70 of them. Yuck. But I have high hopes, and am thinking of an alternate color scheme from that odd powder blue/grey. thinking of just goin traditional with them, with the tan coats.

Another upcoming one is my death korps. They are getting a HUGE overhaul, and so far they look friggin' great. went with the traditional krieg color forge world uses. Shadow grey. Highlighted with mixes of shadow grey and bleached bone, and it looks good. The armor is boltgun metal with HEAVY black ink. Great subdued look, looks like steel, but very dull and blends in with the rest perfectly. when their done you can be sure I'll have them posted. I got my praetorians all done, having to do minor touchups on the red after my varnish made them look...erm...weathered? fluffy? powdered? not sure how to describe it. But soon enough you will get to see them all...I promise! Next week ill take the pictures, as well as a surprise treat for you. I promise...youll like it. Big hint: higgins boat.

2008-07-07T16:36:00.000-07:00

I've had these guys sitting around or years, and decided that, instead of collecting dust, I should finish up the army and get it on the table. These pictures are here to wet your appetite a bit to the brittish themed guardsmen.

The tunics are terracotta, over black with blood red highlights. The trousers are ortress grey with liberally applied skull white. Pith helmets are bestial brown with a drybrush of bleached bone, and a VERY LIGHT drybrush of skull white. Please post any comments, as usual, including critiques and thoughts on a praetorian army. Enjoy!

Battlefleet Tempestus

2008-04-29T10:59:00.000-07:00

I recently got into battlefleet gothic. I decided that an Imperial Navy Fleet would go well with my imperial guard, so I gave it a shot. Turns out I really liked it: the rules, the book, everything. Very well done, in my opinion, and a very enjoyable game.

As a result of this, I decided to go "all out" and buy my fleet and the rulebook. So, to start off, I have an appocalypse class battleship, an Emperor class battleship, 6 cruisers (gothic class), and 3 falchion escorts. Now, once again, I'm new to the game, so I'm gonna have to play a few games to get used to the system. So far, I have one other prospective opponent who will be playing Chaos, one who will be playing Eldar, and one who will be playing Tau. However, I will point out that I'm not too impressed with the Tau ships, but the Eldar...wow. They look like they can be murder, especially against my lance-toting Appocalypse class battleship. I hate holofields.

As a result of my "newbieness", I need some advice. If any of you who are reading this are admirals seeking to aid a fellow commander, please do so. General tactics, advanced tactics, or even fleet-specific tactics, are more than welcome. Please feel free to post here and help out.

-Ave Imperator,

Kilian

The Legions of Armageddon Have Mustered!

2008-03-24T19:10:00.000-07:00

Armageddon is a world blighted by thousands of years of pollution, ashe wastes beyond the horizons, and hive cities where people live on top of each other like rats. Worste of all, it is cursed with the attentions of the orks in their innumerable tide. Site of large scale arms production and manufacturing for the Imperium of Man, can the Imperials hang on to this blighted world, or will the massive ork Waaaagggghhhh! Overtake the war-wracked planet?

OK, now...this campaign happened over...well, about eight years ago. I got involved in the hobby and participated in this war at the same time, so it is very dear to me. Also, I just like the ideas, fluff, ect of the war and the planet/system. Yarrick is a bad ass. That being said, the war ended with ork warlord Ghazkul Mag Uruk Thraka (or however you spell it) being driven off the planet, but there is still fighting...and plenty of it to go around. All of my IG that I've collected, although almost subcontiously, have been IG involved with the campaign. Funny huh? But anyways, I thought I would take this time to share my Steel Legion miniatures with you.

My idea for all my IG dudes is to have them be a small Imperial Crusade sent to aid in the war, and in its "aftermath" continue fighting within the sector. Neat idea? I sure hope so! It is not complete, of course, without some sweet Steel Legion platoon or two. I got more on the way (buying them back after selling them years ago...now that they don't sell them in the GW store anymore, that looks even more like a dumb move by the hour) so they will number in the sixty or seventies. Lucky me! But, I took a departure from the tan uniforms that they normally sport. I did a light blueish grey, because I can and also because it will probably blend in better with the wastes, cities, and maybe even the equatorial jungles.

How to paint them:

Codex grey coat over black. After even coat, Fortress grey highlights. Did not know at the time that this would yield a slightly blueish color...but hey, it looks good. who am i to argue with the success of a color scheme? The helmest and fatigue pants are catachan green over dark angels green, while the ammo pouches and other accessories are snakebite leather over bestial brown. Metal in chainmail over boltgun metal.

Goggles: Scab red. After this, blood red for an even, rich coat of paint. In one corner, a sliver of blazing orange. The other, opposite corner a sliver of scab red again. Then, two small white dots for the reflection/light playing off the goggles. That turned out great. I intended for it to look like the GI orange/red tinted goggles they use today, and it worked quite well.

That's it for my Steel Legion! Hope you enjoyed this and as always, more to come soon.

2008-03-19T18:20:00.000-07:00

OK.

Death Korps. You know them. You love them. I royally screwed them up.

I have a decent DKoK army going now, and this is one of my ongoing "renovation" projects, as many of my models are crappy, and as my skills improve, some models are left behind. These guys I'm repainting in a brown camo sceme, but here is what they looked like a long time ago. As you can see...unacceptable. This particular renovation project is of great importance, because, quite simply, these are really expensive, and worth a good paint job.

I've started repainting them, and due to the thin drybrushing I used before, not much of the detail was obscured. They still have a lot of potential.

Now, my Centaur assualt carrier, it's paint is stating. I will repaint the crew and all, but I like its grey camo. I have a malcador tank with the same sceme, and it too looks good. I'm hoping that these guys will look as good as my vostroyans on the tabletop, and am expanding these death korps to better aid them on the battlefield. Please post suggestions on what to add to my army. I currently have:

command squad

2 minimum strength infantry platoons

5 man grenadier squad in a centaur

a thudd gun with crew

a malcador tank

Earthaker field gun

This doesn't include the multitude of various tanks I have that I can throw in, but they are only leman russ and leman russ demolisher variants. None of those great exterminators or vanquishers...yet.

2008-03-19T18:10:00.000-07:00

OK, so here are some of my best models completed as yet. Jerran Kell and Ursarkar Creed. I normally don't like cadians, as everybody plays them and they could have done a better job in designing the models. However, these two baddies are awesome, and really good on the table. Also, they are some of my best paint jobs. I've used them in battle, and lemme tell ya, Kell kicked some space marine ass.

Imperial Guard Frontlines

2008-03-19T17:45:00.000-07:00

Hello all,

Kilian here. I've been an avid 40ker since...a long time. trust me. I just had my first army completed at the end of the 3rd war for Armageddon. That was approx 8 years ago. since then, my skills, tactics, ect have improved, and I absolutely LOVE the Imperial Guard. I hope all you other Imperial Guard enthusiasts enjoy this, and input is always welcom. I buy new stuff regularly, trying to create new armies for the Guard and expanding existing ones.