Inventory

Current models I have to hand:

Captain Al'Rahem x2 (= Cadian Castellan)

Tallarn Officer x4

Sargeant (plasma pistol) x8

Sargeant (chainsword) x10

Trooper 1 x13

Trooper 2 x 9

Trooper 3 x 18

Trooper 4 x 13

Trooper 5 x 15

Trooper 6 x 7

Trooper 7 x 8

Trooper 8 x 17

Tallarn with Grenade Launcher x12

Tallarn with Meltagun x25

Tallarn with Plasmagun x11

Tallarn Missile Launcher Team x21

Tallarn Auto Cannon Team x10

Tallarn Heavy Bolter Team x9

Tallarn Lascannon Team x3

Tallarn Mortar Team x5

Tallarn Rough Rider x10

Looking at the previously proposed list, I am short of 6x Plasmagunners; and 4 Mortar Teams. I have 3 metal Cadians with vox castors.  I don't have any tanks or sentinels.  

Blog Aim

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.