Road to Temenos: the Prophet

 

The latest Necromunda campaign revolves around a mysterious prophet that comes out of the desert to lead a massive pilgrimage from Hive Primus to Temenos, gathering an army of millions that clashes with house Helmwar and Cawdor traditionalists along the way. Given that he has no model as of yet I went with the closest thing, the old confessor Kyrinov from sisters of battle, and after painting him in the glorious colours of the Redemption, he is ready to spread the good word in the ash wastes.

The offical artwork

The model is so characterful that I only made a slight conversion adding a torch to the top of his mace 

Road to Temenos: The Waters of Soronus

 

And so it happened that a great Prophet arose in Necromunda to rally the faithful in a massive pilgrimage to the most holy hive of Temenos. The Redeemer heeded the call of the Emperor, and after witnessing this holy man's miracles decided to join the forces of the crusade to his cause, leaving the witless nobles of the Spire to their incessant bickering.

Our first target was the holy relic stored in the temple of waters of Saint Soronus, a blessed church on the path to Temenos defended by the junkie eschers

The first shots of the vixens landed on the ranks of the faithful, who protected by His holy grace escaped all damage 

It was time for retaliation, and the guns of the Pulpitek spoke in anger shaking the decadent crew of their ash crawler

In a drug induced haze the harridans charged our lines, exposing their sinful bodies to the bullets of the faithful, who lost no time in delivering the Emperor's judgement at gunpoint

Seeing that the sinners were faltering under our righteous onslaught, the Redeemer descended among us to deliver punishment first hand with the Sword of Persecution

Our allies from house Ko'iron proved also a valuable assent in that most sacred of struggles, chastising the vicious viragos with bolter and flamer

In a stroke of bad luck one of the templars was felled by a panicked mining laser shot

But the Master of Mankind had decreced that we would be triumphant that day, and with holy eviscerators was the enemy leader brought low, a fit punishment for her unspeakable, degenerate acts

With their flank in tatters we marched into the foe, singing psalms and anthems to His glory as we poured fire on the sinful ranks

Filled with faith the sororitas novices charged into the foe, being granted the mercy of martyrdom under their corrupt blades

Unshaken by such losses the crusaders rushed their position, dispatching a fallen champion 

By then their crawler had been immobilized by the Pulpitek, and Klovis led an irrepressible charge that smashed into its armoured flanks 

fora all their zeal the blows of the templars didn't manage to penetrate the thick layers of adamantium and plasteel that encased that conveyor of sin, but their anthems and imprecations sure put the Emperor's fear in the crew!

And praise be with the loss of their last fighter the eschers finally lost heart and quit the field

Leaving the church of Saint Soronus in the hands of the one true faith!

Siege of badajoz

 

Starting a small napoleonic mini-campaign about Wellington's invasion of Spain in 1812, to kick the frenchies out. First scenario is the siege of Badajoz, a fortress well defended by the imperials under Armand Philippon

First weeks of the siege are spent digging the approaches to the fortress

And soon the first parallel is opened

The french concentrate their cannon on the british troops causing some loss

But soon the mines reach the walls

And open several breaches

The redcoats open yet another parallel and pour a lively fire on Badajoz

The first assault on the bastion is repulsed however

But then the french surprisingly retreat inside the city

Yet another breach is opened by cannonfire

And then the brits launch an all out assault on the unmanned bastions

Lightly defended by some cannon crews, the ramparts are conquered

A french attempt to retake them fails

And the fortress is taken by the brits in the last turn of the siege

Adeptus Arbites, Judge Dredd cut

 

The adeptus arbites have always been an integral part of the 40k universe, and after seeing their new models last year I knew they were too nice to pass up. Promptly I got a squad of them plus some extra bikes. Given that I'm a Judge Dredd fan, I painted them in his iconic red-black-green scheme, like their predecessors from the 90s.

I'll mostly play them as venators in Necromunda, but they might as well show up in a 40k game 

Judge Dredd Dread is the proctor in charge of the squad, accompanied by his trusty cyberhound K-9

Then we have the ubiquitous arbites armed with shotgun, a weapon that much like a lawgiver can fire several specialized rounds to deal with any situation

I love how all models come with a daystick to quell riots, and some handcuffs and keys here and there

Bolters are some of the best weapons in necromunda, but sadly the box came without them. I had then to convert the models with weapons taken from the custodian guard, a fitting imperial gun to impose the Law on the restless rabble of the hives

One of the models came with a sniper rifle, a weapon that albeit not too powerful looks awesome

And last but not least an arbites equipped with suppression shield and powermaul

Our next campaign will take us to the ash wastes, so these cops needed some bikes to patrol the lawless deserts outside Hive Primus. Enter scout bikes, which are armoured enough to look like the lawmasters from Judge Dredd and fit nicely with the rest of the gang