Is this the sixth or seventh time I've re-started this blog. Fifteen years ago I had a blog here where I had set
myself the mission to collect and paint an army of Warhammer 40k miniatures. I
must admit that the hobby became little more than buying metal miniatures on
ebay with very little painting being done. I'm now selling off models that have little chance of ever being painted.
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My first Warhammer love had been the Imperial Guard but I couldn't make a decision about their tanks. I hated the boxy Leman Russ and the Chimera is only a little better. I had previously tried making guard tanks based on the Rhino but only managed to make a couple of mangled models, but the release of the Rogan Dorn now gives me a good looking tank.
So, my plan is to concentrate my meagre painting efforts on finishing off what could pass as an Astra Militarum army consisting of my Tallarn models and new tanks and sentinels. The following seems a reasonable 2000 point army:
- Cadian Castellan (armed with plasma pistol and power weapon) 45pts
3 Platoon Command Squad (officer with bolter; gunner with vox castor; 3 plasma gunners) 3 x 60pts
8 Infantry Squads (Sargent with power weapon and plasma pistol; 8 lasgunners; 1 plasma gunner) 8 x 60pts
3 Heavy Weapon Squads (Mortars) 3 x 60pts
2 Rogan Dorn Tanks 2 x 260pts
5 Scout Sentinels (with autocannons) 5 x 60pts
5 Armoured Sentinels (with autocannons) 5 x 70pts
Total 1995 points
Doesn't a 67 year old man have anything better
to do? Probably but the country is going mad following Brexit and the world is
coming to an end with global warming. I need a diversion.
