Behold, a legal army!

The last three members of the D Company Command Squad, the piper and two bodyguards, which means...



HQ and two Troops! Huzzah! Legal army! Fiiiiinally.

When we last saw our intrepid heroes...

Wow it's been a while... hobby time went the way of the dinosaur for the past few months for the usual stack of RL reasons I won't bore you with, but the time is come to move forwards with the Yukoni!

After spending some time with the new Codex (I've decided it makes me happy after all. The only thing they could've added to make me happier would be Imperial Armour-style immobile artillery like Thudd Guns, but I'll live) I've done some jiggery-pokery with the Yukoni. The new TO&E states that each infantry platoon consists of four infantry sections, a fire support section and a command section, plus attached Commissar. Each company consists of four infantry platoons plus a support platoon (heavy weapons, snipers, etc). To that end, I've almagamated a squad from what was Green platoon into Red Platoon to put me closer to having half of the core of my army almost done.

Oh, yeah, I also made a new list. You can view the first level, 1250 points, at the right. Once I get a chance to take some decent pictures in this weird light that isn't rain that we get a few weeks of in Vancouver summer I'll add 'em to the list. For the completed units.

To sum up the list, it's half an infantry company (ie, two full platoons), plus two platoon-level attached Mortar Sections, a squad from the Veteran Auxillia (I need to come up with a better name) and a Colossus. AP3 and no cover saves? Yes, please!

My only real gripe with the new book is that shotguns are now the sole province of Veteran Squads and I had previously been giving them out like candy to Sergeants and members of Command Squads. Alas. Inspiration struck, and my Veteran Squad will consist of seven Yukoni with shotguns, two Highlanders with flamers and one Highlander with a heavy flamer. Toast 'em and blast 'em! By stripping out members of Green Platoon's Command Squad, I now have exactly enough LP+CCW-armed Sergeants and Command Squad members for Red Platoon.

Lest your eyes glaze over in a fit of TL:DR and you think I reactived myself merely to present you with a wall of text, I have pictures! Admittedly, not much is new but they're pictures nonetheless.


A shot of the whole army so far, representing the reorganization. Red Platoon takes up the bulk of this picture. The only things left to do for them are: make a meltagunner for the Command Squad, finish the Fire Support Squad, and repaint the shoulder badges on the formerly Green Platoon squad.



The Veteran Squad. It's a bit of a rag-tag mix right now, but eventually I'll make two squads, one Yukoni and one Highlander.



And two of Red Platoon's Fire Support teams. I actually did stuff on these guys last night, partially assembling the loaders and gunners.





Until next time!

To the everlasting glory of the infantry.

Roger Young, etc, etc. I painted things!


Green/C is finished.



Here's the work in progress Commissar for Green/Command.



Some more Highlanders in progress. Four riflemen and a flamer.



I amalgamated all the War Orphans into one basic platoon.


And the lascannon that's going into the Command Squad.

Sculpting tools taste like metal...

...which about explains my method for keeping my sculpting tools from sticking to the GS. And no, I didn't do that when I was still using a scalpel.


I did things! Come and see.


First up, the first five Rough Riders are ready for paint. Huzzah!

The group:


And an angle showing off the newer three:




Muskie has been whining at me through at least four different means of communication to try and get a game, because he has apparently gotten tired of not losing horribly. Thus, I made up a 1250 point army list that I think I can complete with what I have at hand and in a relatively short time frame.

With that in mind, here is the first squad in Blue Platoon. The front five are done save their bedrolls, and the rear five are bitz box rescues who need their guns and bedrolls.

Internet points if you can spot the origin of the Sergeant's arm.




Speaking of bitz box diving, here's a brace of tanks I'm restoring. The Basilisk was "painted", though I am hesitant to dignify it with that term, and was festooned with Orky glyphs and trophies. Those have come off, leaving the tank itself in better condition than I was expecting. I like the look of it without the gun shield, so I may leave it off.


The Leman Russ isn't really a restoration, I guess. It's been in there for literally years, missing only a hull mount and some paint. I'm missing the proper bits for the mount, as you can no doubt discern, so I have to think of a way to disguise it. I'm thinking sandbags...




Here's a WIP and slightly blurry Highlander. He'll be the second of the Ladies from the Warp.



The Drop Trooper, with headgear and hand. I'm pretty pleased with the hand, given that it was my first attempt ever.



And for something completely different...

Aye, gie em wind!

You know you're a tough guy when you don't need a helmet.




That's the Sergeant of Red/C, the whole of whom can be seen here:



I want to finish 'em off as quickly as possible so I can get to Red/Command. I've got a few of them done or almost done, in violation of my one-squad-at-a-time rule, and I think they're awesome and want to show them. But rules is rules!


Speaking of adhering strictly to my self-imposed rules, here is the Highlander. I like him so much, especially his tam o'shanter, I think I'm going to replace one of the platoons with him and his ilk, just for fun. Also, reading Brave Battalion isn't helping. There's just something so compelling about a mob of soldiers rushing across no man's land, through mud and barbed wire, dressed in kilts with a piper urging them on. You can keep your hyper-modern special forces, I'll take the Ladies from Hell any day!