Monthly Vox: 7 (November, 2021)

Hey hey hey! Yes, I know it's late but I've been distracted by Halo Infinite and stupid Uni assignments*.

This month has seen some decent growth for my hobby portfolio, mostly in the form of my newly acquired Necron force, courtesy of Imperium Magazine. 

Modelling and Painting

Necrons (WIP)

I'm feeling lazy so I'm just gonna lump all the Necrons in here together. They're not all completely finished and need basing but, until I order in some more Armageddon Dust, they'll do. All in all I have about 600 points of Necrons and I intend to run them as Nihilakh Dynasty. After all, they are the most blinged-out of the Necrons. Perhaps they're in the Gannach System seeking ancient artefacts and treasures. I honestly don't know. 

My Necron force is as follows:

• Overlord w/ Voidscythe + Resurrection Orb
• Royal Warden
• 10x Necron Warrior (Gauss Flayer)
• Canoptek Plasmacyte
• 3x Skorpekh Destroyer
• 4x Canoptek Scarab Swarm

It's not much but it'll make a fun slow-grow side project. Necrons are pretty quick to paint. I painted all of this in about 8 hours on and off. Pretty happy with it. Pics below:

Marshal Reinhardt, Phobos Armour

I received a Phobos Librarian in one of the recent issues of Imperium Magazine. Naturally, as a Black Templar player and collector, I wouldn't be caught dead running a filthy witch as part of my marine force. As such, a quick and cheeky conversion gave Marshal Reinhardt yet another loadout option for his armoury. 

Primaris Company Veterans

Seeing my complete lack of cheap and durable units for holding backfield objectives and slapping into table quarters to score 'Engage On All Fronts', I deemed it necessary to bash together some Company Veterans. These guys are great because of their small unit size, needing only two models. This keeps them cheap and perfect backfield objective-sitters and action-bitches. 

I chose to build two identical units of two veterans, with the sergeants running Power Axes and their comrades running Power Swords. This keeps them cheap while still giving them punch. Each of the units are also fully-equipped with storm shields to help them weather small arms fire and give them a bit more longevity to complete actions and hold quarters, even more-so if I give one of them the Icon of Heinmann** or Crux Obsidian. Each of these 2-man units costs 

Master of the Forge, Wernher (WIP)

This chap is a hard WIP. I just got too excited to share him. Not totally WYSIWYG since he's wearing Gravis but I just couldn't resist using Iron Father Feirros, along with a few small Templar bits, as the basis of Wernher, my 'Master of the Forge' Primaris Techmarine. He's also my first real attempt at painting marine armour that isn't just black. My Mephiston Red paint also decided to completely solidify into a brick so I had to mix a lot to get the right tones of red but it gave him plenty of gradients and tones. While he definitely isn't finished, I'm super happy with how he's looking so far. 

Closing Statement

Another quiet month, lads. As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, the blog has had to take a minor backseat due to work and Uni stuff but I've been steadily chugging away at some of the larger posts crawling their way down the pipeline. I'm happy to see that, despite my lack of regular content, the blog is still pulling a surprising amount of page views so thank you all for that, sincerely. 

Anyway, until the next Monthly Vox, I hope you all have good Christmas, or whatever holiday you may celebrate. 

Until next time!

Cheers,

Ryan

*Okay, mostly Halo but shhh...

**Probably not, it's way more valuable on a big squad of Bladeguard Veterans. Source: Trust me, bro.