Betrayal at Calth: Emperor's Children paint test

Today was a painting day: I've finally had time to paint a couple of test models for my pre-heresy Emperor's Children

Inspired from the illustration in the first Horus Heresy book, Betrayal, I wanted to get a metallic purple armor instead of the standard opaque version from Forge World

I'm not 100% sold on the steel helmet: I'll probably go with a metallic purple helmet with a golden mask

What do you guys think?

#quick-update: Betrayal at Calth Veteran Tactical Squads wip

Hi guys,
just a quick update to show the work so far on the tactical side of things

The 20 Emperor's Children marines are almost done, just the heads and backpacks are missing at the moment, along with a couple of options for the two Sergeants

I've replaced most of the standard torsos with the Forge World ones and used a bounce of old metal shoulder pads that I've bought long ago. This, and the fact that the 10 good guys are going to get Blood Angels shoulder pads, have give me access to the whole 12 studded pads of the set so I was able to use a studded pad for every marine with a studded leg

Speaking of the good guys, you can see them in the background awaiting for heads, pads and backpacks

All the models are based with only some minor detailing work left to do on the base themselves

If all goes according to plans, I will paint a test model for the EC this weekend :)

Betrayal at Calth: Cataphractii Terminators magnetized

Hi guys,
it was an hell of a job but I assembled and magnetised the 5 Cataphractii Terminators and all their weapon options:

This kit is awesome, many options full of details. The only problem is that it comes with only 5 pairs of shoulder pads

In the end, after many failed attempts, I pinned the shoulder pads to the arms:

As I was already working on Terminators I've cleaned up Captain Aethon and glued a couple of bits. The main body is keep together only by blue tack as I want to paint it in sub-assemblies (the same goes for the Terminators heads)

And now is time to move to the, ehm..., 30 Tactical Marines ^^;

Betrayal at Calth comptemptor assembled -ish

Hi there!
playing around with the comptemptor, it's pose and the base

I've cut out and repositioned the left left to make it look a bit more dynamic

The cast quality is good and I've found very few mould lines. It will need a bit of gap filling on the legs to hide the join lines

Next up? Probably the Terminators ;)

The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth

Hi guys!
Just opened my box :D

Have fun :)

Under the Tide

Just a couple of pics of the details on the under side of the Tidewall Rampart:

Rampart WIP

More pics of the Tidewall Rampart: assembly is nearly complete!

It's a sweet kit to build, you can put it together almost in any way you want, it's a no-brainer really

In the end you are left with a bunch of spare bits ...

... in addition to the one you can use to close one end if the shield lines

Incoming Tide....

Hi there guys, I just got my Tau Tidewall Rampart!

This thing is massive O_O

Here are some pics of it :)


The box is.. BIG. Here is it along a box of the new Fire Warriors:

And it's packed with sprues too!

This two  sprues make up the 4 drones complements of the Ramparts. From a brief look I think you can make only 2 of each variants

The rules are printed on the back of the assembly instructions

The energy shields! 19cm of blue love!

And the remaining pieces of the shield lines in two sprues

This kit is made in China so.. nasty mold lines!

The twin linked Railgun! All 15 cm of it O_o

The main "round sections" (you get three of each sprues )

The round central piece is just a little smaller than a Riptide base

Command consoles for the Drone port

Walls and bases? Who known! They come in three  sprues too

And the last sprue: the turret for the Railgun...

... which is almost as tall as a Riptide!

And now let's assemble this beast!