+++E Tenebrae Lux+++

[Captain Semper]

E TENEBRAE LUX

THE DARK ANGELS PAINTING CHALLENGE

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THE CHALLENGE

Ultramarines: the epitome of courage and honor. The upholders of the legacy of Guilliman. Cultured yet lethal. Noble yet ruthless. But how do you measure up against the First Legion, the Honored, the Sons of Lion? Are you the monumental warriors you have everybody believe or just a sidekick of the Angels of Darkness? Bring forward your best, Scions of Guilliman and answer the call. Or turn away to cower in your marble halls, acknowledging defeat and shame eternal.

+++BROTHERS! WAR CALLS YOU. WILL YOU ANSWER?+++

Welcome to E TENEBRAE LUX, the Dark Angels Painting Challenge. This Challenge aims to cultivate faction loyalty and tighten the relations of members of the various forums while getting miniatures painted at the same time. E TENEBRAE LUX is structured quite differently compared to the LPC that many of you might be familiar with. It is designed to play down the inherent disadvantage of low vow-count (that some forums seem to suffer from), evening out as much as possible the chance of victory for all. It also allows for the development of strategies such as to who’s going to paint what, under the coordination of moderators or other active members of your sub-forum. Even a last minute hero might tip the balance!!!

THE RULES

1. ELIGIBLE FORUMS: This challenge involves all the sub-forums that are associated with a Codex officially released by GW. See eligible forums in the “Important Stuff” section below.

2. VOWS: Each participant MUST declare the sub-forum (and hence the Codex to be used) in his/her vow. That’s how his/her allegiance will be defined. You cannot pledge for the Blood Angels sub-forum for example and use Codex: Space Wolves units as your vow. One has to make a choice. This is different from the LPC where people can paint whatever they like and pledge it for whichever forum they like. Here it’s about faction loyalty! So make your choice and support your preferred faction to the bitter end!

3. LEGAL ENTRIES: Each vow should be a legal unit from the chosen Codex. It can be upgraded with any legal upgrades but WYSIWYG is required. An exception is made for dedicated transports that can be entered individually as if they were standalone entries in any Codex. Furthermore Special Characters that are used as squad upgrades can also be entered individually and are worth the “upgrade” points. If in doubt of whether your vow is legal or not, feel free to raise the question (publicly or through PMs) and you will receive the ruling of the Inner Circle before you commit.

4. THE TWIST: EXPANDING THE VOWS: Here is the twist: once the vow is complete, a new vow with additional units can be added but they should also be legal entries from chosen Codex as described above. This new vow must be clearly made according to the same format of the original vow. It should be stressed that the participant is liable for all the vows he makes. Failing one is failing all. So think carefully before stepping-up your commitment, if you fail on the second or subsequent vows all is lost!

5. THE WINNER: The sub-forum with the most points (as per relevant Codex) in the end of the event wins. As simple as that. Those that complete their vows successfully will get an amazing banner declaring their success in the Dark Angels Challenge while those that vowed for the winning forum will get the “Dark Angels Challenge Champions” banner that can wear with pride until the end of their days! Those that fail will be branded with the banner of shame until the year-end!

IMPORTANT STUFF

Timing of the event:

E TENEBRAE LUX opening: May 15th
Vow submission period: May 15th until June 15th at 22:00 GMT
E TENEBRAE LUX ending: August 15 at 22:00 GMT.

The format of the vow should be:

“I [insert name here] answer the challenge of the Unforgiven and vow to complete [insert unit name here] from Codex: [insert Codex name here] of total value [insert point value here] on or before August 15. Success will bring eternal glory to [insert Chapter/Legion/Warband] and failure will doom me to bear the sign of damnation until the year-end”

Eligible Forums:

• Black Templars – Codex: Black Templars
• Blood Angels – Codex: Blood Angels
• Dark Angels – Codex: Dark Angels
• Index Astartes – Codex: Space Marines
• Liber Astartes – Codex: Space Marines
• Space Wolves – Codex: Space Wolves
• Ultramarines – Codex: Space Marines
• ALL Chaos sub-forums – Codex: Chaos Space Marines OR Codex: Chaos Daemons
• Ordos Inquisition – Codex: Grey Knights OR SoBs PDF.
• Adeptus Mechanichus – IMPERIAL TITANS ONLY! (more on that in the Forgeworld section below)

Forgeworld: Forgeworld entries are legal provided it is clearly stated that the unit can be used in the chosen Codex in the 40k context. They worth the points as depicted in the relevant Forgeworld publication. The only exception here is Imperial Titans. For people that want to have a go with Imperial Titans they can legitimately do so if the vow is pledged for Adeptus Mechanicus. That’s the only non-Codex entries that are legal in this Challenge and the only vows that can be pledged on behalf of the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Only two pictures are required – one in the beginning (minis unpainted or primed or in very early stages of painting) and one for the finished vow. You are of course welcome to post as many pictures as you like in your WIP thread – but just two (one at the start and one at the finish) will suffice!

This thread is the “Chapter House” for this event. All vows of this sub-forum should be posted in this very thread in order to be valid. This is also the place to declare vow completions and/or vow renewals. Finally posting your WIP thread links in your vow post will be tremendously helpful! This is a big event guys, so making life easier for me, will help avoid confusion and backs ‘n forths…

You can also use this thread to gauge the progress of your forum (I’ll update often) and compare it with other forums in their respective threads. It will also be a good place to talk to each other as how to go about it, and organize your forum effort.

I am Captain Semper and the Inner Circle has given me command of this event. I’ll be glad to answer any questions as we go along and I will keep track of all forums’ efforts. So I’m the person you need to talk to for anything regarding the procedures of this competition but Moderators still have full control of the Meltas, Flamers and Blades of Reason. And they will gladly use all of them given half a chance...

May the best forum win!

Dark Angels Painting Challenge/Ultramarines sub-forum First Vows

Backsplash	Landraider Crusader	260	COMPLETE
Chaplain Silkor	a Librarian in Terminator Armour, a 6 man Terminator Squad and a 5 man Terminator Assault Squad	565	COMPLETE
Greatcrusade08	2 ten man 'scout' units and 4 five man scout units + Cassius + Lysander+ 2 drop pods	1,095	Incomplete
Jaigo	Ironclad dreadnought w. h.fllamer, Lysander, Calgar, Landraider redeemer (with multi melta), 2x Vindicators with siege shields, 1 dakka Predator, 5x Vanguard Vets (5 JP's, 5 SS. Sgt PF, 4* LC), 6x Vanguard Vets (6 JP's, 5 PW's, sgt 1 PF)	1,790	COMPLETE
Cptn. Palladorus	one Tactical Squad with plasma gun and heavy bolter, one Whirlwind, and one Predator Annihilator with lascannon	430	Incomplete
Crimson Templar	Storm Talon with Missiles (I have not decided between the two but the points are the same),5xHonour guard w two relic blades (only taking the points for 4 since the standard bearer is done), Razorback (TL Lascannon, extra-armour and Pintle storm bolter), Marneus Calgar in both armour variants	950	Incomplete
Ramell	a ten-man Tactical Squad with a Plasma Gun and a Power Sword	169	Incomplete
roooooot	Terminator Assault Squad, Chaplain, Landspeeder Typhoon, Vindicator, Librarian, Marneus Calgar (Armor of Antilochus)	885	COMPLETE
ShinyRhino	one 5-man Scout Squad with heavy weapon, led by Sergeant Telion	135	COMPLETE
Toxichobbit	one 10 man Tactical Squad (plasma gun, multi-melta and combi-plasma for the Sergeant), one Techmarine (upgraded with thunder hammer), one Librarian (Upgraded to Epistolary) and one 5 man Assualt Squad (flamer and thunder hammer and melta bombs for the Sergeant)	565	COMPLETE
Ultrarich	one Techmarine with full servo harness and Captain Sicarius, Contemptor with heavy conversion beamer and close combat arm with fist mounted bolter	535	COMPLETE

Dark Angels Painting Challenge/Ultramarines sub-forum Second Vows

Jaigo	Storm Talon w/missiles and rhino	190	COMPLETE
roooooot	an Honor Guard squad bearing the chapter banner, with the company champion wielding a relic blade	190	COMPLETE
Ultrarich	Telion	50	COMPLETE

[greatcrusade08]

ok so heres the issue i have.

im an ultramarines player to the bone, my newest (and only ultras releated) project is a counts as army.

its a full blooded tenth company army that uses the SOB dex for tabletop rules, all minis are painted in ultras colours and include ultramarines characters like cassius.

 

which subforum will that place me under, are we going purely by 'used' codexes, or by fluff/painted minis

[Captain Semper]

Hmmm... a difficult one. You want to enter for UM right? Are your models sororitas or scouts? I'm sure we'll find a workable solution here.

[greatcrusade08]

Hmmm... a difficult one. You want to enter for UM right? Are your models sororitas or scouts? I'm sure we'll find a workable solution here.

 

they are modified scouts, everything is ultramarines, the only detractor is that im using a foreign dex

 

my test mini for the army

http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww87/greatcrusade08/004-19.jpg

[Captain Semper]

Amazing mini btw!!!!

 

 

OK, will it be too much of an issue to "invoice" them in UM points? What would the problem be? different unit sizes?

 

Think about it. You paint SM scouts, you assign costs of SM scouts... Clean and elegant. Possibly values in the Sororitas codex could be more to your benefit (not even sure this is the case out the top of my head) but will it worth the mix-up? I propose you pretend they are UM scouts. They look the part and then some! ;)

 

If you think this is irreconsible PM me and we'll think of something else!

[Jaigo]

Ah drats, recently finished Tellion, Cassius and a chapter standard bearer!

 

But I do have a new project I like to enter, I am making an ironclad dreadnought, but there is a twist.

 

Is it valid to enter a second hand model?

I have the photo of how i got it, and made one today of after cleaning it, (love nailpolish remover), to show the friend I bought it from the proces of making it from furioso to ironclad.

[Aqui]

Ah drats, recently finished Tellion, Cassius and a chapter standard bearer!

 

But I do have a new project I like to enter, I am making an ironclad dreadnought, but there is a twist.

 

Is it valid to enter a second hand model?

I have the photo of how i got it, and made one today of after cleaning it, (love nailpolish remover), to show the friend I bought it from the proces of making it from furioso to ironclad.

 

Whilst Captain Semper has the final say in this, I can't see why not. It might be a Second Hand model, but the fact that you've striped it back to an "original" state should have no bearing (if anything, it's an additional hurdle that you've had to deal with!)

 

Good luck everyone! ;)

[Captain Semper]

Aquilanus is right. Second hand is fine provided you have stripped the paint and start over. Get the pics in and you're good to go!

[greatcrusade08]

Amazing mini btw!!!!

 

 

OK, will it be too much of an issue to "invoice" them in UM points? What would the problem be? different unit sizes?

 

Think about it. You paint SM scouts, you assign costs of SM scouts... Clean and elegant. Possibly values in the Sororitas codex could be more to your benefit (not even sure this is the case out the top of my head) but will it worth the mix-up? I propose you pretend they are UM scouts. They look the part and then some! :D

 

its doable, although scouts cant have meltaguns and flamers, i think thats the only sticking point atm

edit: if you chaps are happy to 'bosh' the illegal FOC then im happy too (by that i mean use a ten man scout squad with dual flamers at +5pts each etc)

 

“I Greatcrusade08, master of recruits/uber scout meister, captain of the tenth and all round bad-ass... answer the challenge of the Unforgiven and vow to complete 2 ten man 'scout' units and 4 five man scout units, 2 drop pods, lysander and cassius from Codex: space marines of total value 1095 points on or before August 15. Success will bring eternal glory to the Ultramarines, greatest of the emperors sons, and failure will doom me to bear the sign of damnation until the year-end”

 

i reserve the right to add more vows as the challenge progresses

 

my WIP thread

[Captain Semper]

The first post is updated with a table in the bottom. This table includes the vows of your sub-forum. Right now only Greatcrusade08 has taken a stand! Will he be alone defending the legacy of the 13 Legion? Are the noble warriors of Ultramar going to let him on his own? Are your marble palaces so comfy that you will not venture out? (actually I suspect they are ;))

 

Anyway, similar tables exist in all suborums participating in the E TENEBRAE LUX so we can monitor each others progress.

[roooooot]

I have the Sgt in a terminator squad already painted as a test, but the rest are just primed. S'alright to enter that? I have an additional IC I'm attaching to the squad I can use to make up the difference in unpainted models.

[Captain Semper]

Sure go ahead. Do the IC as well -the more minis the better!

 

Make a proper vow though, and declare the points too! :)

[ShinyRhino]

I ShinyRhino answer the challenge of the Unforgiven and vow to complete one 5-man Scout Squad with heavy weapon, led by Sergeant Telion from Codex: Space Marines of total value 135 points on or before August 15. Success will bring eternal glory to the Ultramarines and failure will doom me to bear the sign of damnation until the year-end.

[roooooot]

I roooooot answer the challenge of the Unforgiven and vow to complete Terminator Assault Squad Masavo (200 pts - 40 for pre-painted Sgt = 160) attached to Ultramarines Chaplain Exomnius (135pts), along with a 2nd Company Landspeeder Typhoon (90pts), Vindicator Xenos Thirst from the Armory (120pts), whilst Librarius artificers construct new armor for Librarian Wiktor (custom conversion, 115pts), Marneus Calgar has donned the Armor of Antilochus and is wading into the fray of battle (265pts) from Codex: Space Marines of total value 885 points on or before August 15. Success will bring eternal glory to the Ultramarines Chapter and I shall know no fear in the face of failure.

 

 

EDITED (again!)!

[Captain Semper]

That's great guys, nice to see some UM vows coming along!

 

Just a point of order roooooot, I think you should subtract the points from the painted mini from your total. Just to keep this even for everybody. Amend the points cost and I'll update the table. :)

 

Sorry for not being clear about it earlier... ;)

[Ramell]

I, Ramell of the Ultramarines Third Company, answer the challenge of the Unforgiven and vow to complete Squad Aurelius. Squad Aurelius is a ten-man Tactical Squad with a Plasma Gun and a Power Sword, from Codex: Space Marines, at a cost of 169 points, including deduction for the Plasma Gunner due to near-completion. The squad will be completed on or before August 15. Success will bring eternal glory to the XIII Legion, and failure will bring shame to the Ultramarines and myself, and doom me to bear the sign of damnation until the year-end.

 

Courage and Honour!

 

 

I'll make a WIP thread for my new Ultramarines army some time over the weekend, which will include the pledged squad. I'll edit this post to link to it.

 

Additionally, I have a question. I know that points from already completed models should be taken from the vow total. But does this apply to in-progress models (one is perhaps 75% painted, th)?

If so, I'll edit my vow with an appropriate points reduction.

[Captain Semper]

Well, I'd say yes... We can go to the level of deducting percentage of total value of the mini but if we are talking 75% I say it should be excluded. It's fair play... Good to see vows building up here guys, c'mon - you're UMs! Courage and Honour - remeber? :D

[Ramell]

Alright, updated my vow. It's the Plasma Gunner that's nearly done, so it's a 26pts deduction (16 for a Tactical Marine, 10 for the Plasma Gun).

[BackSplash]

“I Backsplash answer the challenge of the Unforgiven and vow to complete Landraider Crusader from Codex: Space Marines of total value 260pts on or before August 15. Success will bring eternal glory to Ultramarines Chapter and failure will doom me to bear the sign of damnation until the year-end”

[BackSplash]

Here is my Landraider at the begininng hopefully I finish it by the deadline. Wish me luck brothers.

Courage and Honor!

http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p556/mikeszokola/101_1018.jpg

[Captain Semper]

Good luck BackSplash - It sure looks daunting at this stage! Better you than me mate :)

[greatcrusade08]

I would like to add some things to my vow if thats possible.

2 drop pods @ 35 points each = 70

counts as lysander @ 200

 

thats 270 points total, ill post pics in my WIP thread

[Captain Semper]

Done it! Could you edit your vow as well - just to make sure we agree on the points total.

 

You are a true Champion of Ultramar GC08 - Courage and Honour mate! ;)

 

btw you know you can post new vows once the old ones are finished? You don't HAVE to commit everything now...

[greatcrusade08]

btw you know you can post new vows once the old ones are finished? You don't HAVE to commit everything now...

 

yeah i have a second wave planned too... ;)

ive been reguarly updating my WIP thread, ive got all 80 resin bases painted and flocked ready for use

[Captain Semper]

Yeah, seen them - scary!!!! ;)