Lord_Ikka

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I'm feeling ok about my progress on the Word Bearers, so I'm going to add on to my vow and try to finish up all of my CtA stuff this month. I, Lord_Ikka, vow to paint for the month of August the following: 1 Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour, 1 Master of Executions, 1 Warpsmith

Very nice. Love the theme, well done!

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It's the official GW merch store, yes (GW has direct links to it on their websites). Licensed to sell everything that you see there. As for the quality, no idea, never bought anything from them.

Well, been a busy couple of weeks, so I haven't updated in a while. I managed to finish off painting my Knight Destrier in time for my painting comp (didn't place, but didn't expect to given the high level of competition we have there) and finally figured out how to do Ironkin Beserks. First up, Destrier of House Romlas- I'm pretty happy with him, fits in well with my other Knights and wasn't too much of a pain to put together or paint. As for the Votann, I had originally had some issues with figuring out what to do with Beserks. Since my Votann are all Ironkin, I didn't want to have a bunch of half-nekked biological Kin running around as my melee beatstick. I waffled back and forth, looking at various other companies before coming back to GW and deciding to use the Necromunda Ironhead Squats. The Squats aren't quite as heavily armored as most of the other available options, so I think they work out decently as the Beserks have less armor than Hearthkyn. The Squats have a different set of weapons than the regular Votann as well, so I think they will translate well for Beserk squads. So far, I'll be ordering the following- One box Ironhead Squad Prospectors (8 models) 2 boxes Charter Masters/Drill Master (another 8 "regular" models and 4 each "exo-armor" and techmite models) 1 box Squat weapon upgrades 1 Claim Jumper character (Berehk count-as) This will turn into a total of 20 beserks, or four 5man squads, as each pair of the exo-armor Drillmasters/techmites will form the mole launcher model of each squad of beserks. I've plotted out what weapons I should have and it should turn out ok as far as every member having a melee weapon and then either an empty/utility hand or possibly one or two pistols. Going to try to give them mainly utility hands as the beserks themselves only have the mole launcher as a ranged weapon and I like having stuff match as much as possible. The Claim Jumper model will be the base for a Berehk count-as, and I think he'll work pretty well- the only real conversion I'm going to be doing is possibly changing out the back of his pickaxe for different weapon, using another Votann bit to make it more polearm-like rather than a straight mining tool. Anyway, that's all I have planned at the moment, but I'll be working on my CtA vow of CSM with 22 models vowed to get done this month and then a few characters to finish off in September. I'll try to update when I get the Votann in/made, but the CSM will be updated in their own blog when finished.

Classic black, in deference to all the ink that has been spilled in leu of blood.

Goonhammer/Tabletop Battles just released their reviews of all the new Necromunda stuff. Should have quite a bit of info in there.

I, Lord_Ikka, vow to paint for the month of August the following Word Bearers (also the first part of my second Plodding Along vow): 5 Legionaries, 5 Havocs, 5 Chosen, 5 Terminators, and 2 Obliterators.

I like what I see so far, but until I can get my hands on some books I'll reserve any judgement. I don't necessarily think simplifying or condensing rules is a bad thing, especially for a game like Necro where rules were spread over a ton of books. Cutting out Dramatis Personae seems slightly odd, but they are going to have updated rules for them in an online form and they even said that there will be characters without models who will get rules, which is a pretty big differential from something like 40k where if the model is out of production the rules go to Legends. Call me, and the group of Necro players I know, cautiously optimistic.

July Finished Beginning of the month added- None (Leadweight -> 189, models -> 156 ) Painted - 1 Knight Destrier, Azrael, Belial, 3 Eradicators, 12 Inner Circle Companions, 4 non-board appropriate models End of the month added - 12 non-board appropriate models Total Leadweight 189 - 41 + 12 -> 160 Total Models 156 - 22 + 12 -> 146 Not bad...? Got the Destrier, my Belial count-as, and all of my Astartes vow done for the CtA, so all I have left before September 15th is 25 Word Bearers. That should be doable, I think. I also have roughly 14 Battletech models that are ready to paint and should be fairly quick, so will rack up some non-board appropriate models to bring down all of my pile (new rulebook coming out so I just had to get another new BT unit or two). I'll also be getting around 20 Beserks (converted Ironhead Squads) and maybe another hearthguard squad or two, so the pile will go up but I plan on using the Votann as painting breaks from my CSM project. My overall goal is to get all my CSM painted by the end of the year, so that will be 94 models to go through and I don't want to burn out so I'll be rotating Votann in after every 30 or so CSM.

Chapter Master Morrigar in ceremonial robes 1st Captain Jovan Chovacs in relic terminator armor Inner Circle Companions "They came to us then, guarding the Lord of Angels. Clad in armor of ancient make, quartered in our own colors and those of far more distant ancestors. They wielded tall viridian swords of terrible mien, bolts and plasma weapons of makes unknown in these times. Hessian sack-cloth clothed them, the robes of the penitent, the martyr, the damned. They are the Risen, the Redeemed Ones of the Lion, the past come to the present."

July vow now fully finished - Belial count-as, Azrael, 3 Eradicators, 12 Inner Circle Companions

Astartes vow finished - Azrael, 3 Eradicators, 12 Inner Circle Companions

Heresy vow finished - 1 Marduk Sedras