Expansion of the Traitors





The traitorous Renegades are expanding. I finally got myself some normal heads and lasguns. Ever since I've been expanding my troops. Renegade Militia are coming along nicely. Even if Cultists are now the same price... I want to play Traitor guard! Damn it!





So far the additional forces features 30 Militia. A command squad. 3 Enforcers. 3 Renegade Commanders, and a model that will work as either a Renegade Commander or enforcer, dependent on need.





The militia look good. Anvil Industries did a great job with the sculpts. And the normal heads for these models will allow the previous ones I've painted to stand out as veterans (well, Marauders). As you can see, one thing I learned from my last venture is to not glue the gun arms down until after painting is completed. I'm hoping that this will allow me to get better detail on the chest plate.

My converted command squad and leaders with various load outs. Converted using Officer heads, and more full heads. I'm hoping this gives them a veteran feel. I plan on my Marauders having gladiator helmets, with my special weapon gunners having those same heads.





As you can see, my 3 commanders have plasma pistol/power sword, bolt pistol/power sword, and bolt pistol power axe load outs. My potential commander/enforcer has a plasma pistol/power axe load out. My Command squad has a Banner, Command Vox, and Plasma gun. I kinda also did a medic, even though there is no rules. Mostly cause rule of cool.





I'm not 100% happy with my banner. It feels too small. Perhaps I'll find a bit more appealing to me in the future. I'm still debating what to have on this banner. I don't want an icon of chaos. I was thinking of doing a historical look. I mean, I like to think of my army as slaaneshi. Obsessed with perfection. A bit of sex involved, but mostly perfection. The idea that comes to mind is a Prussian flag. But I'm concerned it'll look too loyalist. Would love some ideas.





My enforcers. Sexy and strong. I love the models, though the swords feel a bit flimsy. That may be because of the source I got them from though. One sword needs to be straightened. But that will be easy. Gotta love working with resin...

I also got the opportunity to play my first game. Took part in a Apocalypse game in southern, New Jersey. I learned a lot. Here you see me climbing up along side the thousand sons player. Everyone played 1k points. The Virus Bombs happened every turn and really hurt my MSU list. I think half my guys were gone to the bombs before the Fascists... I mean Imperials brought their reinforcements in. If I had to do it again, I'd probably go with a unit of 30 and 2 units of 20 just to keep the casualties down. But my ogryns did great, if shot to hell the after they killed their first opponent. I really need more hammers... But I want to make sure I have my Militia painted before really diving deep into the "fun" models like Russes and Ogryns. Otherwise, I may never paint them.







