After Action Report: Discordia at Promethium Tank

The second event I attended while on holiday in England was Discordia Part 1 organised by @fifty_painting in London. The narrative was set during the last day of the Siege of Terra when time and space begin to unravel. I brought a list that relied heavily on Destroyers led by Dominion Zephon and two more Moritats to represent the High Host of the Blood Angels. I just about managed to finish my army the night before leaving!

Pict 1614: Blood Angels Destroyers

Pict 1615: Horus Heresy Blood Angels Army for Discordia

Pict 1616: Horus Heresy Blood Angels Army for Discordia

Pict 1617: Horus Heresy Blood Angels Army for Discordia

Pict 1618: Horus Heresy Blood Angels Army for Discordia

Again, first up have to be some pictures of the army I brought along to the event. Seeing the army finished up like this is alwas such good feeling!

Pict 1619: Blood Angels Assault Destroyers and Moritat

One big squad I wanted to play are these Assault Destroyers and the Moritat with Volkite Serpentas and a Jumppack, that I had built back in August 2023. They did quite well once they were in combat, but usually they got shot to pieces before getting there. Nevertheless I love the unit and I look forward to trying them out in the upcoming edition!

Pict 1620: Angel's Tears with Grenade Launchers

The last missing piece to really make my Destroyer army into the Blood Angels High Host were these Angel's Tears. I love the sculpts and the way the steel contrasts with the gold, especially on the helmets. They really did a number on some militia squads during my games but failed to do much against anything with power armour. Still, I'm super happy to have them done and would like to get some more!

Pict 1621: Blood Angels Rapier Destroyers (WIP)

Originally I had written a list that included these Laser Destroyer Rapiers. But they did not move past the basecoating stage of the painting process. I plan to finish them next – hopefully before the next edition drops and I will inevitably be distracted by shiny new things.

Pict 1622: My Rhino's ramming attack ending an opposing Contemptor Dreadnought

I replaced the Rapiers with five Melta armed Tactical Support Marines in a Rhino. While they did a bit of work, they should go back to target practive (or I should use other dice...). They were part of one of the best moments during the whole weekend when the emty Rhino had nothing better to do and rammed into @jpeg_minis's Contemptor Dreadnought. Of course this initially resulted in no wounds, but the Contemptor decided to go for the Death or Glory reaction but failed the 50/50 roll to imobilise or destroy the Rhino and subsequently was removed as a casualty! That Rhino certainly pulled its weight that game!

Pict 1623: Primus Medicae by DivergingRealm, favourite army prize

I did not win any games over the course of the weekend, which I found quite fitting for the narrative – we were simply trying to buy Sanguinius some time against Horus and did not care for any other objective! My army was, however, voted by the other players as 'the one you would most like to take home with you'! The prize is this beautiful Primus Medicae sculpted by DivergingRealm and printed by Gator 3D Printing, who provided prize support for the event. I plan to paint the Marine on the base as a Veteran and gave him one of the Blood Angels Mk IV helmets from ForgeWorld. Again, I'm really looking forward to painting this one!

After Action Report: A Sector Ablaze at Warhammer World

My last post is from about a month ago and quite a bit has happened since! I played a Heresy tournament in mid June and then set off on a two week vacation to England. There I played in the A Sector Ablaze Legions Imperialis narrative event at Warhammer World and the Discordia Horus Heresy narrative event in London the weekend after that. Before the journey I finished quite a few miniatures to take with me and play at these events.

With this post I want to look back at the Legions Imperialis event in Nottingham and the last few miniatures I painted to round out the army I played at the event. Next week, I will then have a look at the bigger Blood Angels.

Pict 1604: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Elite Infantry

Pict 1605: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Army for A Sector Ablaze

Pict 1606: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Army for A Sector Ablaze

Pict 1607: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Army for A Sector Ablaze

First up, these are the miniatures I brought to the event. I played four different army lists with them depending on the mission: one 1,5k list geared towards defending, on 1,5k list geared towards attacking, and two allrounder lists – one at 2k and one at 3k. Really happy to see the collection I managed to paint here! But of course, seeing a lot of different lists at the event, I want to paint (at least!) the rest of the stuff, I have already primed. First and foremost the Scimitar Jetbikes and one Reaver Titan, but I'd love to do all the Drop Pods and maybe do a narrative scenario around a drop assault...

Pict 1608: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Terminators, Veteran Tacticals Marines and Tarantulas

These miniatures here were the ones I painted to finish out these lists: Four more Tarantulas, four stands of Terminators and two stands of Tacticals. The latter are once again built using some special weapon Marines and painted with the gold helmets to style them as Veterans.

Pict 1609: Legions Imperialis Forward Operating Bases

Pict 1610: Legions Imperialis Forward Operating Bases

Pict 1611: Legions Imperialis Forward Operating Bases

The event pack also called for two Forward Operating bases that would have to have to be on 40mm bases instead of the usual 32mm. Painting them up was surprisingly fast – they have about as many miniatures on them as a normal stand of infantry. But there is more space between them which makes painting easier.

Pict 1612: Legions Imperialis Forward Operating Bases and Trophy from Warhammer World

During lunch on the first day you could put your markes in a display case in the gaming hall and all the players got to vote for their favourite one. I was very happy at the end of the weekend to find out that my Markers got the most votes and I received a shiny glass trophy for them! I was also voted the most sporting player – an award I was even more honoured by!

Pict 1613: Legions Imperialis Objective Markers

Lastly, while I was at it, I also painted these generic Objective markes to use in games of Legions Imperialis. I had them with me at Warhammer World, but they were not used in the Missions we played. Still, I'm happy to have them and use them in games from now on.