New Horus Heresy edition

A long time ago, in June 2018, I published an Armies on Parade post about my Sons of Horus.

With almost 150 miniatures I thought this project was over, but I was wrong! A project is probably never over-over, it is on hold until a new possible update comes through.

Last year I got a Falchion Super Heavy Tank as a present, but it has been sitting on my storage since then, together with Maloghurst the Twisted. With the revamped edition of Horus Heresy and the lovely new miniatures, I got onboard the hype train for the Heresy once again, and that gave me the boost to start the project again!

I have decided to purchase the basic box and will be painting the following:

• Praetor with Power Axe
• Contemptor Dreadnought
• 10 MKVI Legion Tactical Marines
• Spartan Assault Tank

I know, my Army does not need any of those, but:

• I wanted to paint at least one new Praetor
• I already have three Contemptors, but the new one has new weapon combinations...
• I do not have many beakies so I wanted at least one tactical squad
• lastly, I already own a Spartan but I would like to have another one to be able to field two in a full Terminator Army.

Therefore, please expect some Sons of Horus appearing in the blog in the next few months.

After these, I am looking forward to the new Leviathan Dreadnought as well as the Kratos, but first I want to finish this batch...

As for my goal of painting all miniatures I own that I started in 2008, I am happy to report that before this purchase, only 4 miniatures were pending (2 from Lord of the Rings, 1 Chaos Champion on horse and 1 Sumothay 54mm). Therefore, the timing is quite good, I am not really done with all, but close enough.

Ravener

And here is the first Elite unit I have for the Tyranids Army, a Ravener. Painted with same technique in roughly 45 minutes.

I always like the Tyranids that can go underground and that I somehow feel they fit nicely with other units that can lurk, like the Lictor or Genestealers.

In fact, I plan to use this figure as a a Lictor until I get one. I also plan eventually to get a Trigon or some other bigger crawler, but that's for the future.

The Hive Tyrant is mostly done as well so as soon as I am ready, I will share an Army picture with the whole Horde!

Painted in 2022

Tyranid Warriors

Here is the only Tyranid Warriors unit I plan to ever use in the army, as they are very expensive and not that effective.

Painted with same scheme and in roughly 2 hours. 

Painted in 2022

Termagaunts

Second unit of my Tyranid Army: 10 Termagaunts

These are painted int the same manner as before and they are just here to occupy some lonely objective and stay there mostly hidden for the whole battle.

I painted them in roughly 3-4 hours including bases, which is quite fast.

Painted in 2022