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Forgeworld Kataigida Arch Magos Prime

I hadn’t yet painted an HQ choice for my Horus Heresy Mechanicum Taghmata army and I needed one for the doubles tournament. I’ve always been a fan of the Myrmidon models so I thought one would make the perfect base to build on. I then just needed to convert it to make it look suitably imposing and different from the normal models in the unit. I’m really pleased with the end result which stands out well. 

Terrax Pattern Termite Assault Drill

Last week I finished my Termite, ready for the Horus Heresy Doubles Tournament at Warhammer World. I’ve loved this model from the moment I saw it and picked it up earlier this year. It was a pleasure to build and I enjoyed every moment of painting it. I played with the textured technical paints for the first time and used a lot of weathering powder to try and give it a well-used appearance.

Tech-Priest Dominus from Forgeworld Kataigida

Tech-Priest Enginseer from Forgeworld Kataigida

Mechanicum Indentured Knight Magaera - Astrapis

It has taken five months worth of my spare time, but I have finally finished my Knight Magaera! I bought this as the Lord of War for my Horus Heresy Mechanicum Taghmata army at Christmas. I’m now taking it to the 40K Doubles Tournament at Warhammer World next month - it was a perfect excuse to get me to finish it.

It was a mammoth project compared to any miniatures I have ever painted before and there were times when it seemed like it would never end. It was magical when it all started coming together though and I really enjoyed trying out some new techniques. I’m more pleased with it then I expected I would be.

Warhammer World Success!

As a Christmas present to myself, I bought a Forgeworld Questoris Knight Magaera. I’d been longing after one of these for a very long time. My plan is to have it as the Lord of War and centrepiece for my Horus Heresy Mechanicum Taghmata army. All my friends with HH armies had Primarchs while I was languishing behind, so I had to up the power level.

Horus Heresy Doubles Tournament  Game 1 - Mechanicum & Raven Guard Vs. Death Guard & Iron Warriors

This game was great! We really hit it off from the start and had a lot of fun; so much fun we only completed four turns....whoops!

The Iron Warriors player started with nothing on the board and we agreed we wanted a surprise when it turned up. The Death Guard began completely in vehicles. 

The game started out to our advantage, scoring quite a few points early on. There were not a lot of significant casualties, but objectives were being captured. We got into combat early on, with Garro and a unit of Death Shroud charging my Domitar (after shooting three wounds off it). Unfortunately Garro managed to take off the last wound before the Domitar could make a mess of the Death Shroud.

The Iron Warriors appeared in the form of two Storm Ravens carrying a Veteran Tactical Squad and a Command Squad. This made an awesome scene as, with the Fire Raptor on the table too, we had all three flyers dog-fighting.

The most devastating moment of the game was when, after Garro and the Death Shroud had parted ways, my Thallax unit shot at and charged Garro (after getting him down to a single wound). Garro caused two wounds in combat before being cut down. Unfortunately Garro passed his leadership, returning on one wound. This resulted in the Thallax losing the the combat, failing their leadership and being cut down - providing Garro with roughly seven mission points through tactical objectives! 

The Iron Warriors entered the fight on our last turn, killing swathes of Raven Guard in close combat, but not being effective enough to score many points.

The game ended with both teams scoring 14 points!