The next project.......

With the Hjaltland LI and the Eagle Knights finished, not counting the extra troops or units that I'm going to be adding, it is time to.look at the next project. I have several projects that need doing, the Hrossey Yeomanry, the Stone Dragons and Dark Guardians, along side the rest of the Inquisitorial forces but i have decided that the next project, that will form the bulk of the summer painting project will be the Dagr Ormr and their supporting Hildasey PDF.

So what will this project consist of? Well, the Dagr Ormr already have a number of units painted up, although this firms only about a quarter of the force. The rest will have to be painted up, a total of about XX figures. The other half of the force, the Hildasey PDF only have a couple of test models part painted, so they will need to be finished of along side the XX models that form the rest of the force. 

The box of models to paint

There are currently 4 holes in the force, four very Taurox shaped holes that is. I have been waiting for Anvil Industries to release there Taipan APC, which looks a lot better than the GW Taurox and will fit nicely with my Dagr Ormr models. They were hinted at being released before last Christmas, but there doesn't seem to be any sign of them, not even a rumour, which is a little disappointing. I will continue to paint the the force anyway and just not worry about them for now. 

So what does the force actually look like, well, it looks something like this:

Militarum Tempestus force

2x Tempestus Primes

2x Command squads

3x 10 man Scion Squads, all with 2x special weapons

3x 9 man Scion Squads, all with 2x special weapons

4x Taurox or similar, when i get them

Astra Militarum force

1x\2x company commander

2x vet squads with shotguns

5x\6x heavy weapons Squads​

1x\2x platoon commander (?)

The Militarum Tempestus force is set in stone, as that's all the models i have, and I'm not going to buy any more! The Astra Militarum force is less set and i plan to have some flexibility in it as well. With the current list i will field 5 or 6 heavy weapons squads depending upon how many vets squads or platoon Commanders i take. Less vets, means more heavy weapons, although it also means less protection. I intend to paint up at least two 3 man units of each heavy weapon type, so 6 bases of missile launchers, mortars, heavy bolters and lascannons. Not autocannons though, as they are all in the Hjaltland LI. The two vet squads will have shotguns and be used solely for close protection of the heavy weapons, nothing else, that's the job of the Scions.

Hopefully this will form a nice little force. It may not be the most competitive but it's fluffy and hopefully fun to play. I'll get some initial shots of all the units up here soon, give you all an idea of what i have to paint!