The full breakdown and roundup for my completed Rogue Trader Fire Hawks army as part of the 2022 Old World Army Challenge
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Friday, 1 July 2022
Fire Hawks. OWAC June
'Some have called us the Damned because of the strength of our swords, but we stand in the Emperors Light and can do no wrong'
Lieutenant-Commander Thrace at the Desolation of Eden IV
Somehow I have made it to the final month and completed my First Old World Army Challenge!
The full breakdown for June on the OWAC blog is here
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Fire Hawks. OWAC May
The Annals of the 9th Squad mark them as the last to leave the Fire Hawks first homeworld of Cousteau XI and thus lead the honour guard that is stationed on the planets memorial shrine.
March to the Stars. An account of the Fire Hawks.
Veteran Tactical squad
Marines with terminator Honours
Tactical Squad and Rhino Transport
The full breakdown of May on the OWAC blog is here
Saturday, 30 April 2022
Fire Hawks. OWAC April
We walk from ash into the Night
We are the Bearers of His Light
We are the Fire amongst the Stars
Zhoros Endures
Fire Hawks, 2nd Company Memorial Prayer.
The Canticles of Zhoros
Aprils contribution ended up being quite a last minute rush and a couple of very late night painting sessions to reach the finish line with barely a minute spare to upload.
Tactical Squad
Deredeo Support Dreadnought
Rhino Transport
The full breakdown of April on the OWAC blog is here
Saturday, 2 April 2022
Fire Hawks. OWAC March
The Hammer had fallen, Dreadnought drop pods smashing into the beleaguered Mantis Warrior defences.
The Munitions depot had been a strong point and the defenders had dug in well, but it was not enough and as the pods burst open with a falling panels and hails of twin-linked Bolter fire the air was filled still further with the screams of incoming jump packs.
Within the command complex the Mantis Warriors prepared for the their last stand as casualty reports and sector losses poured in. Captain Azteem and his surviving command squad faced the blast door in grim preparation for the end, their fingers set against the triggers they would never press.
Light filled the room and from it stepped Squad Kempler, the teleporter light fading to be replaced by the Fire Hawks bright armour and fire of storm bolter and heavy flamer.
Captain Azteem was the last to fall, small comfort as his cold weapon fell from his hand and hit the floor moments before the blast doors gave way before them.
Chapter Vs Legion. Anonymous memoirs of the Badab War
March saw some planned changes on what I was painting, partly due to losing time to other painting projects (mainly Doctor Who!) and also ill-health but made it in time and also took the plunge and settled on adding the Chapter badge freehand
Two more Dreadnoughts and tech-support
Fire Hawks Terminators in relic Exo-Armour/ Mk1 Terminator / Saturnine Pattern
Completed March elements
Fire Hawks so far...
The full breakdown of February on the OWAC blog is here
Doctor Who. The Krotons 1
Another Doctor Who story and another planned set with another questionable monster I have developed a soft spot for!
The Krotons were also revived and featured in a Sixth Doctor story with Big Finish
With the Doctor and companions the same as for the Dominators set, the character list will be a little shorter, just the Krotons and some humans for the Gonds.
The Krotons are meant to be a crystal based life form that encountered a human servo robot and mimicked its shape
Servo Robot
Kroton
As with the Quarks, there is a miniature available from Black Tree but I have found one I can 3D print. Designed for 5" scale, they shrink down well
Krotons
Four Krotons, a full Dynatrope Ship crew.
Kroton next to Second Doctor (WIP still!)
Really happy how these have come out, A sight build tweak in that I have attached the weapons to the body rather than at the end of a claw to maximise durability as these will be playing pieces.
Assembling the Gonds, the settlement will be a relatively easy build, some interesting angled buildings I can put together from Card and PVA+paper to get the texture.
Gond Settlement
The Gonds themselves have quite generic 1960's future style and I have looked at online character designs to see if that is a possibility as I haven't found any miniatures that would match up enough. I am leaning toward the Eldritch Foundry
Designed using Heroforge
Designed using Eldritch Foundry
Monday, 28 February 2022
Fire Hawks. OWAC February
The Mantis Warriors had halted their retreat and dug in around a munitions depot. In desperation they had abandoned movement and flexibility that played to their Chapters skills in exchange for safety and a chance to survive.They had chosen well, It’s wall were thick and has been built to endure fire from without or an explosion from within. It would need more firepower than the Fire Hawks that harried them carried.
But the Fire Hawks were not alone and as their forward units encircled the position, armoured drop pods were already burning their way down from low orbit deployment. A hammer was needed to break the Mantis Legion and Warden Tyrak would be that bright strike and lay open the way.
Chapter Vs Legion. Anonymous memoirs of the Badab War
February started as a short month, but with various commitments I knew that I had even less time for painting so it ended up a quite a mismash but ended up enough.
Techmarine.
Settled on a scheme with mainly red and metal with one chapter armour section. I might go back at some point and add some more detail like hazard stripes etc.
Bombots
Land speeder
The first of my Dreadnought horde
Completed elements for February
Completed Fire Hawks so far...
The full breakdown of February on the OWAC blog is here
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