Re-Muster the Militia – Part 3

A mixed week progress wise! Guess which one of us has now got the fear before the event (yes it’s the one who has nine tanks to paint still)!! This week we’ve all been discussing our envoy models and how we’re going to convert them up too. Tom So now that I have built allContinue reading “Re-Muster the Militia – Part 3”

Re-Muster the Militia – Part 2

Having rushed out the gate last week, this week was slower in terms of our hobby. Even so, progress is progress – here is what we did last week! Tom I had a busy couple of days at work this week so unfortunately I haven’t got as much hobby done as I would have liked.Continue reading “Re-Muster the Militia – Part 2”

Re-Muster the Militia!

Next month the three of us are attending the Horus Heresy event “A Mortal’s Duty”. This is round two of a Cults & Militia and Solar Auxilia only event. Tom and Jamie attended the first one last year and we are excited that the three of us will be there this time! The core ofContinue reading “Re-Muster the Militia!”

463rd Orta, Byzant Janizars – Part 4

Throughout the madness of the Unification Wars, the techno-barbarian states on Terra used all manner of vehicles to wage war in ever more horrific ways. Most of these were deemed too unstable or dangerous to enter service in the Imperium and so things like the Ursh nightmare-crawlers, the panther heavy tank of the Yndonesic BlocContinue reading “463rd Orta, Byzant Janizars – Part 4”

463rd Orta, Byzant Janizars – Part 3

With the first week of my project to finish the Byzant Janizars over, I have re-based a number of units and updated the paint scheme on my lascannon support squad. If you want to catch up on what I have written previously about my 30k cults & militia army based on the Byzant Janizars, seeContinue reading “463rd Orta, Byzant Janizars – Part 3”

Project February: Finishing the Byzant Janizars

I recently decided that 2021 would be the year of finishing projects and working through the unbuilt and unpainted resin and plastic on my hobby desk. First up is the Byzant Janizars, an Old One Hundred force that is mentioned in the early black library Horus Heresy books. There is very little fluff to goContinue reading “Project February: Finishing the Byzant Janizars”

Dok’s Shop – Militia Land Speeders

Developed by Arkan Land primarily for the Legiones Astartes, land speeders were also used by the fledgling Imperial Army. Expensive and difficult to maintain, they were reserved for the more prestigious outfits who had the contacts to field them in large numbers. One such force was the Byzant Janizars. When the Byzant Dominate was absorbedContinue reading “Dok’s Shop – Militia Land Speeders”

Dicing with Death – the Swamps of Voggo

We played a couple of games using some of our new jungle terrain. It blocks line of sight really well and we are working on a lot more pieces to create a really dense board. The jungle pieces mix nicely with the rest of our terrain which is really handy for mixing and matching andContinue reading “Dicing with Death – the Swamps of Voggo”

463rd Orta, Byzant Janizars – Part 2

The 463rd Orta fought under Varvarus in the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet by the side of the Luna Wolves. When the Emperor’s Children split off to form their own fleet the 463rd Orta were dispatched with them to provide auxiliary support. Creze Hakan-Sje is the Corbaci, or commander, of the 463rd Orta. Whilst anyone can nowContinue reading “463rd Orta, Byzant Janizars – Part 2”

463rd Orta, Byzant Janizars – Part 1

‘The Byzant Dominate was a small empire in pre-unification Terra situated next to the Achaemenid Empire, on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Dust Bowl. Despite being a small empire, it had a formidable army, and waged several successful wars throughout its long existence. These wars won the Byzant Dominate prisoners, young children offered toContinue reading “463rd Orta, Byzant Janizars – Part 1”