The Blessed Lady Rises, On Wings Of Fire

Well, wings of skin and bone, but shush, the propaganda's important. I didn't update yesterday as there wasn't really anything to say and I spent the time playing Fortnite with my son. Today, however, not only did I finish the army leader, Katrina De'Arque, but I had a look for the army list, realised I'd lost it, and rewrote it so now I know what's left to add to the whole thing to complete it as a 2,000 point army.

But first!

She was an Inquisitor, once, and now she's much, much more...

She's been gifted wings, and hooves, and armour proof against all but the most powerful weapons

The whole army as it stands is something in the region of 1,500 points or so, but isn't quite legal as the assault squads need Chimeras to drive around in. And when you add those in you get to about 1,750 points, so to round it out I'm going to add a Leman Russ and a unit of "Big Mutants" - essentially close combat Ogryns, except one has a flamer. I might use Ogryns - if I can find any that are less than £35 a pop the old Forgeworld renegade ones would be perfect really. The current plastic Chaos Ogryn from the Kill Team: Blooded set would also be quite good for the purpose as well, and a hell of a lot cheaper to get hold of, too!

Next up on the painting block - not quite sure. Part of me wants to get stuck into my latest Imperial Guard force, the Paradisan LXIX Infantry (based on late 19th century Prussians), but I do have those Royalist Quar and a lot of other stuff to choose from in the pile of opportunity. So I'll have to have a rummage and see what strikes my fancy.

 EDIT:

After I finished this post I went and added the names to all the squad leaders in the army:

The Karaboudjani Imperial Guard regiments' command ranks are: Sub-Commander (lieutenants), Commander (captains), Over-Commander (majors), Senior Over-Commander (lieutenant colonels), High Commander (colonels). The XV Kataphraktoi commander is currently Over-Commander Räder, who was the CO of the regiment's White Battalion originally. He never bothered to give himself a field promotion after the deaths of the higher command staff, because he and the bulk of the rest of the force considers Katrina De'Arque to be, in essence, the regimental High Commander.

Anyway the only other named figure in the army is "Tank-Killer" Tomlan, a rocket launcher operator who was the first of my heavy weapons troopers to actually destroy a tank in a game - if the kill markings I painted on his shoulder armour are correct he has been responsible for destroying a Leman Russ, a Falcon, and no fewer than three Vypers. He may have other kills to his name, but those are the ones I recorded back in the day!

Painting Points: 
Today: 1
This Week: 3
2024: 159 (300!!)