First Tournament/Display Army (DE 1850)

[Bugs_n_Orks]

Edit: As it appears that most of the tournaments in my area are at the 2000 point level I've found a different list that I've been enjoying

So after being involved in 40k for 12-15 years as a casual hobbiest I've decided that this is the year I'll put together an entire tournament army. Up until this point I've collected and converted/painted purely at whim based on what I think are cool looking models (I own models from every army except WH), so this much focused effort is going to be a new thing for my, more than slightly ADD, brain. With that in mind I've come up with a list that I think is both reasonably competitive and has a good variety of models so I don't get bored/lose focus by having to build and paint 60 of the same guy. I'm a big fan of the hobby as a whole so I'm going to be making a pretty involved display base/diorama as well. Since this is the first time I'm trying this I'm giving myself 6 months to get it done (Oct is the first event I'd like to attend) with a tenative schedule of 2 months to convert and assemble everything and 4 months to paint it. So before I get even further ahead of myself here's the list I'm using (subject to modification as I keep playtesting it).

Edit: I guess I'll add a little legend to indicate the status of each of the squads.
Red = Have the model but haven't started
Yellow = Under construction
Green = Assembled and ready to paint
Blue = Painting in progress
Purple = Unit Complete!!!

Lady Malys
Baron Sathonyx
4 trueborn, 4 blasters, venom w/splinter cannon
4 trueborn, 4 blasters, venom w/splinter cannon
5 warriors, blaster, venom w/splinter cannon, grisly trophies
5 warriors, blaster, venom w/splinter cannon, grisly trophies
5 warriors, blaster, venom w/splinter cannon, grisly trophies
8 Wyches, haywire grenades, Hekatrix w/power weapon,raider w/shock prow, torment launcher
8 Wyches, haywire grenades, Hekatrix w/power weapon,raider w/shock prow, torment launcher
5 beastmasters,10 khymera,6 razorwing flocks
Ravager , flicker field
Ravager , flicker field
Razorwing , flicker field
(plus the 3 objective counters that most tournaments require, and of course the display base)

Total: 1998

I currently have all of the models, unassembled and unconverted, for everything besides the trueborn venoms (well I've ordered new ones). The base models for my conversions will be:

Lady Malys: Complete scratch build using components from almost every new DE kit

Baron Sathonyx: Scratch build based on a Helion (Duh!!) using components from almost every new DE kit

Trueborn: Warriors with corsair cloaks. Not the most original idea but it suitably sets them apart and looks pretty good.

Warriors: Nothing fancy here.

Venoms: I went and bought 3 vypers so I'll be converting those into venoms for my warriors and have ordered 2 of the new ones for the trueborn.

Wyches: Dark Elf witch elves with pistols/grenades/etc. added.

Raiders: Old Raiders (because I already have 9 of them) with extras added from the new kits. Might splurge on the new ones depending on how my budget is looking after I buy the rest

Beastmasters: Helions with added bits from the other new kits
Khymera: Dark Elf Cold Ones with some minor remodelling
Razorwing Flocks: Old metal Ripper Swarms. Will be adding fly-like wings and legs to make them look like death bugs swarms.

Razorwing: This is gonna be a pretty extensive scratch build based on the new raider/ravager and fire prism with lots of bits coming from a variety of different ranges (thank you ebay). This will probably be the most fun/frustrating part.

Ravagers: Old ravager with extras added. Again I might pick up a couple new one depending on the $$ situation.


So that's the basic plan so far. I'll be adding posts with pictures of units as I work on them. If anyone has any suggestions/comments/words of encouragement I'd love to hear them.

Thanks for reading.

[sithjack]

Sounds good, I'm looking forward to seeing this come about. Can't wait to see the Razorwings.

[Bugs_n_Orks]

Ok so time for the first update, since the real models are coming out soon I better hurry up and post my venom pics:

Venom 1
and
Venom 2

It took a couple hours of fiddleing to get the splinter cannons to look right but I think the end result was worth it.

[Bugs_n_Orks]

And here they are after a bit more work to add some extra details

venom 1
Venom 1 closeup(the gunner isn't normally floating away from his seat like that)
and
venom 2obviously the crew have yet to be added


And then some Blaster Trueborn pics

Squad leader yelling "Hey shoot that thing!!!"
and the first trueborn squad

And finally some Beastmaster and Beast pics (yes I know they're not part of this army but like I said I'm a bit ADD when it comes to this kind of thing), the beastmasters all either have a whip or some kind of a prod for driving the beasts forward.

BM 1 (my favorite looks waaay cooler in person) side view
BM2
BM 3 with side view (probably my second favorite)
BM 4
and BM 5 (currently my least favorite )

And then Khymera and Razor-wings/swarms not that there was any real conversion here aside from trimming the saddles down to look more like just armor and taking the reins off.

[Lani Guy]

Lot on your plate there sir! GET WORKING