The Kataphraktoi March Again

Well, I ended up not going to Siege of Tarris for family reasons, but I did manage to use today to paint the last few human troopers for my Karaboudjani XV Kataphraktoi Lost and the Damned army:

Autocannon heavy weapon team - unlike the original Kataphraktoi heavy weapons, this has been camouflaged rather than remaining in a polished bare metal like the lasrifles

Chaos star markings on the shoulder armour of the gunner, but not on the number two

Specialists - vox-operator, meltagunner, sergeant, and sniper

Note the winged skull that survives on the water bottle of the meltagunner

Troopers - the one on the far left is a heavy bolter team number two, while the one next to him wears a classic Rogue Trader Imperial Army helmet in the original 1980s scheme for an Imperial Army Tactical Squad trooper

A variety of uniform elements unified by the leather webbing and reflec-coated armour

Then I went and put the remnants of the XV Kataphraktoi Regiment on parade:

Front to back: Regimental Command staff with Regimental Standard, Colonel in the centre front with plumed headgear; three assault "platoons"; five infantry "platoons". Note the missile launcher tube at rear right in its original bare metal

The survivors and replacements of the XV Regiment number a paltry 88, which is not even enough for a single infantry company at full strength (three platoons of 35 plus a command element that includes a mortar squad and anti-tank squad for a total of 122 personnel before any additional attached staff such as psykers) but they have nowhere else to go and nothing to lose

So now all that remains for this little force - apart from acquiring and painting the various armoured vehicles the list requires - is the "command and advisory" staff...

Geryon Chalcid, Word Bearer commander and life ward of the ex-Inquisitor (seen with wings directly behind Chalcid) whose personal army the XV have become, and two other Astartes who advise and provide stiffening to the renegades. Also some mysterious cloaked Marine in black armour...

I'm not convinced about the Word Bearer - my original idea was to paint him up in the original white and blue and then absolutely soak him in blood effects, but I think now I either make all three Word Bearers or I repaint the second Word Bearer as another, different, Legionnaire - I'm just not sure which one. Alpha Legion might be a good shout, or possibly a Night Lord? I shall ruminate on this while I paint the semi-demonic ex-Inquisitor and Cypher.

Painting Points:
Today: 12
This Week: 40
2024: 155 (297)