Age of Unification - part 3

After a bit of rearranging, I can field this list for a Unification Wars game (using Age of Sigmar rules) with the models I have already completed. There are more things I'd like to do for this force but it's really satisfying to see them as a unified whole already!

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Allegiance: Seraphon

- Grand Strategy:

- Triumphs:

Leaders

The Rust King (110)

Saurus Scar-Veteran on Cold One

- General

- Artefact: Vial of Manticore Venom (Universal Artefact)

Tragek Hierigos (125)

Saurus Sunblood

Atrak Hexcowl (130)

Skink Starpriest

Tyloc Greften Haug and The Sentinel (270)

Skink Oracle on Troglodon

Battleline

The Flying Hogfish (105)

10 x Saurus Warriors

- Spears

The Skinny-men (75)

10 x Skinks

- Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs

Anomaly Protocol Patrol 8 (75)

10 x Skinks

- Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs

Anomaly Protocol Patrol 7 (75)

10 x Skinks

- Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs

The Slipgibbets (75)

10 x Skinks

- Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs

Units

The Rustmen (150)

3 x Kroxigor

Behemoths

The Vulture (250)

Bastiladon with Solar Engine

The Sumpcrawler (250)

Bastiladon with Solar Engine

The Stranger (265)

Stegadon

Total: 1955 / 2000

Reinforced Units: 0 / 4

Allies: 0 / 400

Wounds: 120

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The Dragon-forged of Ursh, "unaltered" techno-barbarian warriors, their gene-enhanced elites and their crudely repaired Dark Age of Technology war engines.

The Flying Hogfish

Anomaly Protocol, Patrol 8

The Rust King and his lieutenants; Atrak Hexcowl, Gamma-Delta-Mu-10, and Tragek Hierigos.

Anomaly Protocol, Patrol 5 - The Skinny-men

Anomaly Protocol, Patrol 7

Rustmen: The Dragon and Old Boilerplate

The Sumpcrawler

The Vulture

Tyloc Greften Haug and The Sentinel

Age of Unification - part 2

Gene-enhanced Cohort 75-Phi, nicknamed The Flying Hogfish - a unit raised by the techno-barbarian warlords of Ursh, here in the deserts of the north-western border, on the edge of the Terrawatt Clans territory, with their itinerant psionic witch.

Tragek Hierigos, leader with an adrathic pistol and axe

Atrak Hexcowl, a perfectly safe Psionic Witch. Not dangerous at all...

Blunk

Ongot

Prass

Moland

Jominy

Stamper

I plan to use the Seraphon Battletome to represent the gene-enhanced techno-barbarians soldiers (Saurus Warriors and Temple Guard), "normal" humans (Skinks with Bolt-spitters), Psionic Witches (Skink Starpriests), battle automata (Kroxigors) and a selection of crude salvaged vehicles and war machines (Seraphon dinosaurs!). 

I'm going to give all the models for this double-duty; as they will fit in with my Tor Megiddo warbands style so they can feature in our ongoing campaigns set there, and all the models I've made for Tor Megiddo can potentially see action in the Unification Wars too. I'll get some group shots of units and support vehicles soon.

Age of Unification - part 1

During the Age of Strife the great nations of Terra descended into anarchy, cut off from their growing galactic empire by unrelenting warp storms the planet began to consume itself as tyrants and warlords vied for control for dwindling resources and war scarred landmasses. At the beginning of the War of Unification the man who would come to be known as the Emperor revealed himself with legions of genetically modified Thunder Warriors and Custodes as he sought to conquer Terra and unite her in fresh conquest. 

However he did not find himself unopposed, each of the great nations having amassed weapons and war gear from the Dark Age of Technology and armies of gene-modified soldiers of their own. Some sought to employ dark warp magics to hold onto their territories whilst others resorted to chemical warfare to keep the enemy at bay, elsewhere hordes of Techno-barbarians sought to take advantage of a planet constantly at war with itself to forge their own empires.

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I'm dabbling in the Unification Wars project ( https://www.kitbashed.co.uk/unification-wars ) - the idea of using Age of Sigmar rules to represent this mysterious period of Warhammer 40k history appeals a lot. The freedom to represent units as "proxy" units for AoS Warscrolls offers a lot of scope - for example; Stormcast rules for Thunder Warriors, Orruks and Seraphon rules for Techno-Barbarians, Skaven rules for Dark Age of Technology weapons, etc.

I have a plan to use the Seraphon Battletome to represent the gene-enhanced techno-barbarians soldiers (Saurus Warriors and Temple Guard), "normal" humans (Skinks), Psionic Witches (Skink Starpriests), battle automata (Kroxigors) and a selection of crude salvaged vehicles and war machines (Seraphon dinosaurs!). I picked Ursh almost at random, but looking into it this snippet definitely appeals:

Ruled over by the tyrant Kalagann, Ursh employed powerful psionic witches in its armies and used their might to unleash dangerous warp powers on its enemies.

I'm going to give all the models for this double-duty; as they will fit in with my Tor Megiddo warbands style so they can feature in our ongoing campaigns set there, and all the models I've made for Tor Megiddo can potentially see action in the Unification Wars too.

The first new warband is the Flying Hogfish:

Tragek Hierigos, gang leader with plasma pistol and axe
Warcry Untamed Beasts leader with Goliath forearms/hands/weapons, Adeptus Mechanicus Tech-Priest Manipulus head, Goliath and Ork armour, greenstuff furs and fabric.

Blunk

Spanner and stub pistol, spines and furs.

Ongot

Bolter and power axe, spines and furs

Atrak Hexcowl, Psionic Witch

Delaque with kairic acolyte head and right hand, horned animal skull on back, furs

Prass

Bolter, spines and furs

This group are already undercoated and zenithal primed - so painting has kinda started.

Machine Cult Pilgrims of Tor Megiddo, part 3, The Rustguard

The Rustguard are a company of unpleasant mercenaries, paid to protect the Machine Cult Pilgrims as they search the rust-wastes of Tor Megiddo for lost gods. The Pilgrims don't know it but they are a band of cutthroats and extremely untrustworthy, they will probably betray the Pilgrims at the first opportunity.

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This was a really quick project - the models were assembled a few years ago as the Skinnymen, my Van Saar gang that I built and painted (and played a campaign with) before GW released Necromunda in 2017 and updated all the gangs in new plastic. They are made from Genestealer Cukts bodies with Tempestus Scion arms.

I have repurposed them for Tor Megiddo, by replacing the Space Wolf heads I used with heads from Adeptus Mechanicus Vanguard, Necromunda Cawdor and a Tempestus Scion. 

I resprayed them Mechanicus Standard Grey, drybrushed them all over with Ushabti Bone and washed them with Nuln Oil. Then I picked out a few areas for brighter colours and knocked the bright colours down again with weathering and rust.

Leader Johryck Fel

Plasma Gun Kreal Dox

Medic Ghaskin Nin

Grenade Launcher Eldrac Po

Comms Pyke Nu

Hotshot Lasgun Sheif Par

Hotshot Lasguns: Arnalt Ix, Judh Rhy and Foyle La

ArtistsEmpire on Twitter just did a paint-over of one of my Rustguard photos!