Guided by her visions of a Holy mission given to her by the Celestians, Sister Gaille assembled The Flock, her Warband of loyal followers, and led them on a holy pilgrimage east toward the Abyss. Gaille’s unwavering dedication was rewarded with nothing less than Apotheosis. Together with the surviving, most fanatical members of her Flock, she now leads an army of Celestial Warriors in service to her new Gods.
Seductress is finished. Actually she was finished a week ago - it just took me this long to post her up here.
I’ve also been writing some background for the army and it’s heroes, the first of which is above. It’s been a fun process and helps add alot of character to the project, even if nobody will care about my “fan-fic” more than me.
For now though, I’m partway through my next unit - Succubi.
I initially planned to paint this unit in three batches - the Sister plus two test Succubi, followed by another 9x and finally, whatever I needed to finish filling out the regiment base. However it turns out that the initial 12x models was all I could fit on the multibase anyway. So these got done a bit early!
With the Succubi done, here’s how the army is looking at 1600pts;
That’s a just Warlock, Despoiler, Horsemen, Molochs and a Lower Abyssal Regiment to go. The Despoiler needs more work but after that, it’s really just the Horsemen unit that I’m missing models for.
I was waiting to see if the Horsemen get new sculpts with the Fracture book, but it’s not looking that way. So instead, I’m sticking with the Hellequin sculpts. I already have 3x and am getting more printed. But I’m reliant on a friend to get that done and unfortunately, it’s a slow process.
In any case, it’s nice to see how far the army has come, and how close it is to completion!
While unbelievers are blessed with a cleansing death by fire, those faithful who fail to live up to the Celestians expectations are offered a less holy end. Drakamok takes great delight in enacting these executions - an duty he was unjustly denied in his previous life as an Ogre Palace Guard.
I finished painting this Drakamok about 3 weeks ago. I was initially planning to do the Lower Abyssals instead, but I was getting tired of painting rank and file. The Despoiler was a nice change of pace!
Since then I’ve been a bit distracted with other projects and life in general. But with Stage 4 of the slow grow underway it’s time to finish things up!
For the next week or two I’m FINALLY working on some genuine killing power, in the form of Molochs. Also in the que is the Warlock and Lower Abyssals Regiment. I still don’t have what I need for a Horseman Regiment though, so maybe another Moloch Regiment instead? I at least have enough models for those!
Finally, there’s one more unit I’d like to get done - Abyssal Guard! I’ve no idea what their rules are yet, but I figured it won’t hurt to make a start on some suitable models for them…
This week I’ve been mostly working on the Molochs, with some solid progress made. It’s mainly just the basing to finish, so with some luck, they might be done by the end of the weekend.
My first Regiment of Abyssal Guard, made from Basilian Men-at-arms with a mix of arms & weapons from the Goblin and Lower Abyssal sprues… and some sculpted cloaks for good measure! In other words, these are 100% Mantic minis.
I was worried the Men-at-arms sculpts wouldn’t look intimidating enough for the elite Abyssal Guard. But I’m pleased to discover I was wrong. I’m definitely looking forward to getting some paint on these!
The aim, as usual, is to make army easy to pack and transport. But I’m really not sure how well it’ll work for the Molochs. The models are metal so the Regiment as whole is quite weighty. I’m half tempted to proxy an entirely new unit from the Ogre plastics, but we’ll see how these guys go for now.
Pillars are an option, but I don’t really have the materials for it and I’m not entirely convinced I could make it look “natural” with a pillar on each corner or some such.
Maybe walls or something else? I guess I haven’t gotten the right inspiration yet!
I’m trying to decide how to do the cloaks. My favourite is the one on the left (with pink at the base). I don’t think I’ll go with the centre (all black) but I’m wondering if it’s worth making the unit a mix of both the left and right ones?
Basilea, Goblin and Abyssal. These ones in particular have an Abyssal shield arm, but there’s a bunch with Abyssal weapon arms too.
I think I’m going with a mix of both, possibly favouring the left a little. It keeps the unit looking less uniform, which works well given they’ve all got a mix of different weapons!
Good luck with the fresh troops, including your headstart on the Guard 
