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The release of Shadowspear for Warhammer 40,000 sparked something a little unexpected. I've been toying around with the idea of a Red Scorpions army since Kill Team dropped, and even started assembling a small team with the aid of Warhammer 40,000: Conquest. Shadowspear changed all of that.

The Vanguard force are absolutely stunning models! I've loved the Phobos pattern of Mk. X Power Armour since I first saw the Reiver kit, they're a phenomenally good looking kit in my opinion, and the sillouhet of the armour is instantly recognisable on the field. The Vanguard capitalise on that, with almost everything having a basis on the Phobos variant.

This is an Achilles Ridgerunner. The Genestealer Cultists are ingenious when it comes to repurposing civilian and industrial equipment for their Uprising. The Ridgerunner is a survey vehicle which has been recommissioned by the Primus for the cause.

And here's the next five Acolytes. These will form up a squad of ten with my other as in games, and have already proven themselves to be devastating if allowed unchecked in enemy lines. The combination of ten hand flamers (10D6 auto-hits!) and the high-strength, Mortal Wound dealing rock drills let's these guys wreak havoc on tanks and high wound characters.

A second Kelermorph appears!

I'd decided upon release of the Kelermorph that I was definitely going to add it to my uprising, and working with my first I immediately knew I would be converting a second. This is him.

It's a fairly simple conversion, just swapping in a couple of Acolyte arms and an Acolyte head. This guy is also fast becoming a star of my force, along with his brother.

The first and second generation offspring following the Genestealer's Kiss emerge as a more obvious hybrid of Human and Xenoform. These grow up to be the Cult's Acolytes, and these are the first five of mine.

A little bit later than planned...

Over the Christmas period, one of my gaming groups got a little excited about LOTR again. I now own a substantial amount of Corsairs of Umbar again, and this is the beginning of that army hitting the table.

The Kelermorph

Ghyrson Starn, Hero of thr Vigilant xenocult.

This guy is a bloody gorgeous model. Bought in the new Starn's Disciples box set for Kill Team, he's packaged alongside some Acolyte Hybrids and a little bit of terrain. And I love him!

And having done so, I got a bit of painting rattled out in January. Above are my Sepulchural Guard, the warband I'll probabaly use more than any other in games, until a Kharadron band appears at least.