The 15th part of the Warhammer 40,000 Imperium Battle Report Series.
In this episode, the deranged Flayed Ones of the Necrons make their debut as they try to get between a Canoptek Plasmacyte and the Assault Intercessors of the Blood Ravens!
Who will prevail in this battle between the sinister Necrons and the noble warriors of the Imperium of Mankind.
I have been trying to write this for a couple of weeks now and I haven’t been entirely sure how to get the right tone.
But I wanted to summarise my thoughts on the now competed Warhammer Adventures series, Warped Galaxies and Realm Quest.
I have purchased all of the volumes as ePubs and some for my nephews physically, as well as purchasing them as audio books from Audible.
To be honest I was sceptical, I thought they might be Warhammer adjacent, and perhaps a bit daft.
But to my surprise, they were very much within the universes with little compromise, for example in Attack of the Necrons, we see a character utterly disintegrated by a Necron Gauss weapon.
We see Nurglings tear apart a Forge World and spread disease and pestilence, the despair caused by an army of Nighthaunt, the warpstone crazed behaviour of Skaven.
All the things that make Warhammer, well Warhammer are right here, including the grimdark.
In fact the only area I would really criticise as being out of step with the franchises, so that in the AoS books, they refer to Sigmar as simply a King, rather than as the God-King, but I suppose this was done to appease American parents, who will ban books at the drop of a hat.
The characters are all interesting, the 40K ones are ok, although I found Zelia a little too naive for the universe, but her companions are much closer to their archetypes.
The AoS characters are also good, but it does feel like there are perhaps a few too many and some of them get lost and ignored quite a lot.
The audio books are excellently narrated, David Tennent fits the books so well and does a great Grot voice.
Billie Piper is also a great narrator for the AoS books and her Skaven voice is wonderful, her replacement Helen McAlpine is also good, but doesn’t seem as approachable I guess is the right word as Billie Piper.
In conclusion I really would recommend this book for your kids, and you know what, if you want to paint and have something on in the background, these are perfect and easy to follow along with.
I hope more will come in time.
What I Am Modelling
I spent the bulk of the week working on the Chaos Space Marines that came with Imperium Premium Pack 1.
So that’s a squad of 10 Chaos Space Marines, 2 Greater Possessed and a Sorcerer to lead them.
I finished the Chaos Space Marine Squad first.
Followed by the Sorcerer.
And finally the Greater Possessed.
I then started work on the Noctolith Crown which is also going to be used in the Battle Report that these guys will see service in.
I also painted the Flayed Ones for my Necrons
After that I painted up a Technomancer for the Necrons.
I then finished up the Munitorium Armoured Container from Imperium.
I am now working on a Charnel Throne for my Flesh-Eater Courts.
So what’s on the plan for next week then?
T’au Parhfinders x 10
Khorne Blood Warriors x 10
Snottlings Blood Bowl Team
Mortis Engine
Orruk Brutes x 6
Ork Kommandos Team x 12
Corpse Grinder Cult x 15
Ultramarines Intercessor Squad x 5
Blood Bowl Referees x 2
T’au Crisis Suit Team x 3
What I Am Reading
I failed to pickup any books this week.
What Tabletop Games Am I Playing
I played Horus Heresy tonight against Anthony, we just payed a very causal kill everything Mission and I won 6-5.
What Video Games Am I Playing
I finished playing Assassins Creed last night and the final video will go online tonight, in the meantime here is the penultimate video!
The much delayed 10th part of the Warhammer 40,000 Imperium Battle Report Series.
In this episode, we a trio of Assault Intercessors attempt to prevent two squads of Necron Warriors reaching their objective! Who will prevail in this battle between the sinister Necrons and the noble warriors of the Imperium of Mankind.
I started streaming again on a regular basis from Monday, it was rather fun.
I painted a unit of Necron Warriors and did some work on the Caestus Assaukt Ram.
The plan is that Mondays will be my painting night and Thursdays will be video games.
But this week I will be streaming on Wednesday as the mother-in-law is taking me out for dinner!
What I Am Modelling
Decided to try and knock out the Endless Spells and get them done.
First up was the Purple Sun of Shyish and the Malevolent Maelstrom.
The Chronomantic Cogs followed next.
And then the suffocating Gravetide.
Finally the last three spells all got finished together, those being the Geminids of Uhl-Gysh, Ravenak’s Gbashing Jaws and the Aethervoid Pendulum.
I got the Flesh Hounds and thier big bow Karanak out of the way next. Had Karanak and half the Flesh Hounds since they were released, and got the second half of the Flesh Hounds with Mortal Realms.
After that I then got the Droidekas done for the Confederacy of Independent Systems Droid army.
And General Grievous followed shortly afterwards.
I also painted the barriers for Star Wars Legion as well.
I then started work on a Caestus Assaukt Ram for my Death Guard Heresy Army, which I finished tonight.
I also painted up a unit of Necron Warriors on Stream on Monday, got them all painted fine and they will be joining my ever growing legion of the ancient scythe of the Sautekh Dynasty.
So what’s coming up next week then?
Legio Custodes Vertus Praetors x 3 & Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike
Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii Rangers x 10
Ork Flash Gitz x 5
Adeptus Mechanicus Sicarian Ruststalkers x 5
T’au Empire Pathfinders x 10
Death Korps of Krieg Kill Team x 10
Blades of Khorne Blood Warriors x 10
Orruk Megaboss
Space Wolves Primaris Battle Leader x 2, Primaris Librarian & Primaris Aggressors x 3
Necron Flayed Ones x 5
What I Am Reading
Now quite finished Warhawk, but I am getting there with it.
I also made a concept video for a new show I am planing on running.
The feedback on it is encouraging so a pilot is going out this coming Sunday.
What Am I Spending
I did grab a couple of cables to allow me to plug my headset into my PC.
It’s quite far away from my seat, so I needed a long extension.
Lindsay has been quietly seething when I am in the room and watching YouTube when she is working, so I am under orders to now use headphones during the day.
I grabbed a few bits from Element Games including a Noctilith Crown.