From GregB: Space Marine Terminators

Tartaros Pattern Terminator armour for the VI Legion.

Some more efforts for my Vylka Fenryka in GW Horus Heresy setting. This is a small unit of Space Marines wearing "Tartaros Pattern" variants of the feared "Terminator" power armour. The figures are multi-part plastic kits from GW, and they are painted in the grey of the VI Legion Astrates - the "Space Wolves".

Terminator marines with combi-bolters and power fists.

In the terrible universe of the far future, there are things that even regular Space Marines apparently struggle with - and so enter the Terminators, elite heavier-than-heavy infantry of the grim far future. Thanks to the extra augmentation afforded by this sort of power armour, the Space Marines can carry even bigger and scarier weapons into combat.

Lots of power augmentation to be able to fire that sort of weapon with just one hand...

One such weapon is the utterly bonkers "Reaper Autocannon" - the whole thing is bat-sh*t nuts, and I have to say I love the look - so utterly menacing and impractical.  Imagine clearing out various fields of fire with that thing!

Reaper autocannon anyone?

Just look at that bonkers thing...it's one of my favourite bits of 30k silliness!

Most of the marines in this unit carry "combi-bolters". The "bolter" is the standard space marine combat weapon - and at some point they determined that, as one does, that the best way to improve one gun is to just tie two of that gun together. Thus we get the "combi-bolter" - entertaining.

View of the Sergeant's fancy shoulder plates and volkite charger.

The officer has slightly more ornate armour plates, a deadly sword and an energy carbine that looks like a sidearm in relation to his huge armoured frame.

Ready for service with The Rout.

These models will teleport on to the table and deliver timely fire support and strategic face-punching (courtesy of all those "power fists") for the forces of The Rout at some point in the future when we can finally get together for a game.

Thanks for reading - stay safe, and happy painting.

Adamc1776: USS United States and Wreckage

The USS United States the final ship from my US Navy box.  The United Stats awas the ship whos building was directly overseen by Joshua Humphreys in Phladelphia.   She was active durring the Quasi-War serving as flagship for John Barry.

She did further good service durring the Barbary Wars but her great moment of glory was during the War of 1812 when she defeated the Macedonian in a single ship action. This exploit along with a similar victory by the USS Constitution rocked the Royal navy to its core.  The USS United States was blockaded for the rest the war but her crew helped turn the tide on the great lakes. 

The United States has this intersting poop deck feture that doesn't apear on the other two ships of the same type (President and Constitution) at first I thought this must be some creativity on the part of Warlord...

but an early drawing does show such a feature.

The figure head seems to be two woman or angles and I really wish I had an alturnative option to use.  

The sturn looks sharp though the window details didn't full show up.  I'm out of ships for now but hope to have some more to paint soon

I've used some of my leftover bits and pieces to make some wreckage markers to indicate wreaked ships.