Squaduary 2018: Vanguard Veterans complete

This week, I managed to complete my final squad of White Scars for Squaduary 2018. 

I already had a squad of Vanguard Veterans with Jump Packs, three armed with a pair of Lightning Claws and two with a Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield. I decided that my new unit would be armed with dual Chainswords. I like this option in 8th edition, as it gives each Vanguard Veteran 4 attacks, great for going through massed infantry. I had to have a dig around in my bitz box to find enough Chainswords to arm the unit. 

I armed the other two Veterans with Lightning Claws to give me a full unit of 5 armed with a pair of Lightning Claws each. 

Squaduary 2018- Scout Squad Completed

Today I have another of my Squaduary 2018 pledges completed, the Scout Squad. 

I decided to add another Scout squad to my White Scars army for an upcoming tournament. Scouts make a great screening unit in 8th edition, allowing you to carve out a nice region to block enemy deep strikers thanks to their infiltrating abilities. 

Squaduary 2018- Assault Squad Completed

This last weekend I managed to get my first squad for Squaduary 2018 completed, my Assault Squad. 

I needed to add a bunch of Assault Marines with Plasma Pistols to my White Scars army for an upcoming tournament. I managed to get 7 of these Marines painted up to join my force. 

It's weird to be fielding Plasma Pistols once more. The lack of Gets Hot (unless you overcharge) is great, meaning the unit can put out a lot of high strength firepower with little risk. These seven Marines will be split between three Assault Squads. 

Squaduary 2018: Week 1- White Scars assembled and undercoated

Today I have a hobby update on my Squaduary progress in the first week. 

I had pledged to get several units of my White Scars painted up, needed for a tournament at the end of the month. The units I want to complete are a squad of Vanguard Veterans, Assault Marines and a Scout squad. 

The models have been built and undercoated. I also managed to get the base layers of the armour and their highlights completed at the weekend.

Squaduary 2018- White Scars

It's that time of year again! Rory from Stepping Between Games is running his Squaduary hobby event once more this year, and once more, I am joining in.

This year, I am going to pledge a number of units for my White Scars. As you may have seen from yesterday's battle report, I am changing up my White Scars army a little for 8th edition. I have purchased a number of new squads and want to try and get them painted up.

This serves as double motivation, as I have a tournament at the end of the month and want to try and get the units completed for that. I plan to try and paint up a unit of Scouts, a unit of Vanguard Veterans and a unit of Assault Marines. Not only that, I have a few characters and a new Thunderfire Cannon to try and complete as well before the end of the month! Who needs sleep anyway?

I hope you follow along with my progress, as well as the progress of all the other great bloggers taking part in the event.

Squaduary Week 4- Deathwatch Veterans complete!

Today marks the end of Squaduary, the month long painting challenge to get a squad completely painted in February. 

The event was run by Rory over at Stepping Between Games, and was a great way to get my Deathwatch Veterans complete and to see the hobby progress that other bloggers and gamers were making too!

Squaduary Week 3- Painting complete

This week I have finished the third week of Squaduary, completing the painting on my Deathwatch Veterans. 

Squaduary is a month-long Hobby challenge to get a squad painted up over the month. The event is being run by Rory at Stepping Between Games. 

This week, real life has got in the way, so I only got the painting finished yesterday evening. I am quite happy with how the squad has turned out. There were a few errors In noticed when taking the photos, so will try and correct them this week. 

Squaduary Week 2- Block painting and Washes complete

Week 2 of Squaduary is now up and my Deathwatch Veterans are coming along nicely. 

In the last week, I have got most of the colours and washing done on the models. 

Squaduary Week 1- Veterans built!

The first week of Squaduary is complete and my Deathwatch Veterans have been built. 

I decided that I wanted to do a few little conversions/kit bashing for the squad. First up, we have some simple ones that mix the Deathwatch Veteran kit and Space Marine Tactical Squad. I have a Veteran Sergeant with an Auspex. 

Squaduary- Deathwatch Veterans plan

Squaduary is a month long painting challenge, initiated by Rory from Stepping Between Games. The challenge is to paint a squad of Infantry for your army, with some guidelines to help you get them completed on time. Other bloggers will be contributing to the event and sharing the photos of their progress and the progress of others over the course of the month to encourage one another along.

As I had a squad to complete for my Deathwatch army and am always keen to engage with other bloggers, I decided to throw my hat into the ring.

My plan is to complete a squad of 10 Veterans in the month, a task that should be easily achievable given my recent run of painting form (I may even throw in their transport vehicle too if I have time).

The first week is focused on assembly of the models. I plan to have 10 Veterans; two with Shotguns, two with Combi-meltas, one with a Meltagun and 5 with Bolters. I have decided that my army need a bit more anti-tank punch, so have decided to add some Melta fury to the army.

Not content there, I am planning to convert one of the Shotgun marines to carry a Storm Shield. Since the Shotgun is modelled to be held in both hands, this will require a wee bit of work to get the look I am looking for (I have been inspired by the 30K breacher squads that wield their Bolters and a Shield at the same time).

Assembling 10 models with some minor conversions in a week is a pretty straightforward ask, so hopefully I'll have some time at the weekend to get it all done.

Tune in on the 7th for photos of my progress, and be sure to check out and support all those taking part in the event.