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I think the only disappointing thing about this release is that our only actual new "squad" is a 3 base unit. Other than that it's a vehicle and a single base mortar unit we're unlikely to move around much. Something like the jump pack kin are sorely missed in this release, I think. Other than that, I'm all hype.

Kahl Complete! I will say this guy was very frustrating. I started painting him a long time ago with brushes that were at the end of their life, and he ended up just looking like a mess, while not being fun to paint. After getting new brushes and coming back to him, the cleanup now was still a nightmare. The paint got super thick on him and some details were hard to restore. Eventually I got to the point where I needed to just make him "good enough" and just accept that the next kahl will be better. Next up, hammer berserks, to finish the combat patrol!

Thank you everyone for the replies! It really helps me keep going! As for assembly and painting: assembly I thought was pretty easy, except for removing the mold lines around the mag disks. That was pretty frustrating. Painting wise, base coating with them fully assembled was the real nightmare. Like you said, those nooks and crannies really make it hard to get a brush into some places, especially behind the back two mag disc chassis. Future me will definitely leave those to sub-assembly next time. Other than that, the models are quite busy and figuring out what needed to be what color for maximum readability was a bit frustrating, and mentally draining. Once I got to the layering step, however, that all went away and I felt I made great progress. My last qualm is with the fact that they all broke off of their bases. I didn't want to be handling the bikes themselves, but them on the bases the way I wanted would make painting the bases difficult if I did them after the mini like I did l with the champion and the warriors. So for them I had to complete their base first, then glue them on, then do the layering. You live and you learn! The bases are also mostly Duncan Rhodes mars base tutorial on YouTube. I just changed karak stone to the rust dry brush paint and did a final light wash of reikland flesh shade.

You started that thing back when I first started the hobby at all! And now it's finished! Good job. It looks fantastic. You should be proud of yourself.

The promised pioneers! I don't think these are the best pictures I could have taken of them, but they are done!

Finished the warrior squad! Next up, pioneers!

All the minis Im working on right now are past the point of being able to vow them for this, so I guess I'm passing this year.

So, I've managed to come up with a little bit of fluff for these guys! My Kyn are part of the Solstician League, and will specifically be the Solstician Crusaders branch of the league. The Solstician League is a religious league that believes as the bodies and minds of dead Kyn go back to the ancestor cores, the soul returns to the Supermassive Black Hole at the center of the galaxy. This belief is instilled into them by the Votann at "birth", and whether it is because the Votann believes it is true due to decay, or if it strategically lying to them to have them fulfill their purpose better, only it knows. Their armor represents their beliefs in the power of the suns through the bright yellow in the hard plates, and the power of the Void in the black/purple in their soft armor. So. As we know, the Solstices mark both the longest day of the year, and the shortest, signifying the rising and waning power of the sun. The Solstician League locates itself deep in the galactic core, where the most suns are located, orbiting the central supermassive black hole, which they revere as the source of the entire galaxy, and their heaven. All things in the galaxy are there because of it, and the work they put into harvesting, extracting, and mining the resources in the galaxy is a gift given to them by the black hole. It is their duty, and their duty alone to excavate the innermost reaches of the core, and to protect it from would be invaders. Invaders such as the perpetually pesky Orks that seem to permeate the region. Many planets in the area are tidally locked to their sun, causing the same side to always be daytime, and thus a living hell, and the other side to be always night, and completely frozen over. However, between these two extremes is a narrow band on each planet with temperatures the Orks can thrive in. So they do. Once settled, they dig elaborate cave systems for "Makin' mor Boyz to krump da little folk." And therein lyes the Duty of the Solstician Crusaders. To rid the inner core of the Orkish Ring Colonies delaying the "Good Work" the Black Hole has gifted them. The specific conflict will be taking place on a high iron content planet, very similar to mars. The Orks grown on this planet likewise have high iron concentration and will have iron oxidized skin as well. The Solsticians refer to them as Ironskins. Anyways, that's what I've come up with. Let me know what you think!

I've been a big ol' slacker. But progress is progress. I decided I wanted to try and finish my half squad of warriors from earlier, and so did the magna rail rifle guy. Pics of him, as well as the squad ATM.

A kahl can only lead hearthkyn warriors and einhyr hearthguard, so you cannot have him lead berserks. You can put him in a sagg with the berserks, due to carry capacity, but he won't be leading them and thus won't give deepstrike.

Not based on his work, but I did make one of those

Hello again fellow Kyn! So, I ended up moving at the beginning of the month, so all of my time has been consumed with packing, moving, unpacking, and getting everything re-set up. My only army I am taking out of boxes right now is my Votann, and I have them set up on my desk now waiting to get some paint on them. I bought some new brushes, as the ones I were using were frustrating me to no end. However, I must continue to toil (as toil earns). I am also trying to refine the process of making a convincing Martian looking base for my guys. I last left off doing the base coating for my Hernkyn Pioneers, and I tell you what, I agree with everyone else on these forums that painting them is a PitA. I will 100% be doing them in sub-assemblies when I do my next third of the army. In case I didn't mention earlier in the thread, I'm building this army 1/3 at a time. I.E., I'm collecting and painting 1/3 of the total allowable datasheets at a time before going onto purchasing and painting the next third. I'm hoping to have 2/3 of a complete army by the time we get our next wave. Seeing as we were not in the next roadmap, I SHOULD have penty of time to get this done, as long as I keep the toil going. One of the frustrations I've been experiencing as well as been the new Nuln Oil. Luckily, (and luck has), my cousin got me some black panel liner that I am very much looking forward to testing out on some guys!

Fluff is definitely in the works. I know I want them to be right at the center of the Galaxy where the most stars are, so they can harness the vast energies most efficiently. As for a conflict to have, that's still up in the air.