Syra casts blog Necromancy...

It was moderately effective. Been a while hasn't it! Let's get straight to business.

Hey all, today I'm doing a little retrospective on how my army got to where it is. I honestly don't think I chose to become an operative of the Alpha Legion. I was chosen. Here's how I became a heretic...

Alpha Legion holding down the fort with a barrage of posts!

Hey all, I've made some inroads on the quad mortars. 12 barrels of hell after the jump...

Alpha Vorbak Complete!

I'm happy to say I've finally managed to complete my Alpha Legion Gal Vorbak. Alpha Vorbak, if you will.

Two more to complete the pack! (WIP)

The stare of heresy

Isn't he handsome! More pics after the jump...

Another serrated son joins the dark brotherhood!

He's got more eyes than I'm entirely comfortable with...

Finally I've had a few moments to paint... and boy, did I paint! Two solid days of trying to remember what end of the brush to hold and how to get back into the old familiar routine.

Minor progress is still progress...

I have painted the grand total of one model in the last couple of months due to my frantic work schedule. But hey, that makes 2 gal vorbak! 

Moritat - set to kill, ready to die

I've finished my moritat model! 

What kind of self respecting operative doesn't have a Hydra tattoo?

As the model was coming together I was enjoying making him so much his backstory pretty much wrote itself:

Post Weekender Projects

I was hoping to have a lengthy discussion about my hobby projects but work has been rather manic since the Weekender and I've not even had the time to take a breath and debrief. A battle report will surely follow. All in good time.

As I've barely managed to hobby this month I will tease you with my next project and this year's plans, I can say only this: There will be shields, bikes, Children, death from the skies and a Primarch. Here's a WIP:

The XXth Legion.

The reason we started this blog was to get a heresy army painted up over 6 months. The idea was to paint up 1500 points, and it turned out to be harder than expected to get done. Better late than never, and I was surprisingly only a couple of weeks later than expected in hitting my goal! 

Vigilator Alpha HQ

Hey guys, a quick post today to let you know I'm a closer! I mean, I've finished painting my HH weekender army, and the last model to be completed was my Vigilator. Progress below:

The Master of Signals!

Who is a deep-cover cell operative meant to call when they need a noisy exfiltration? None other than the famous harbinger of orbital annihilation and master of signals that calls himself Alpharius.

Happy New Year Battle Brothers!

And what a thing to kick off the year with. I should have made this my New Year's resolution - 3 days of holidays left and a hell of a challenge set out. Paint a Sicaran. See how that went below. 

Alpha Whirly Scorps ready for war!

Man I love Christmas time. Forget the turkey and the cranberry sauce. No fat men in red suits or babies in mangers for me please! I didn't even get any presents. Nope, I love this time of year because I get so much time off to unwind and paint! 

Alpha Rhino complete!

Short and sweet post today - I painted my Deimos Rhino. I have to say it started as a struggle (filling all the holes in the tracks and exhaust pipes with metal paint is a chore) but turned into a real joy with the detailing/stenciling and highlights.

The Risen Dead, to War once more!

Much like Buteo I'm just getting on with the painting. Ah such freedom the lack of being shackled to a commitment brings… and it’s still a long road to the Heresy Weekender in February. Here's what I've done in the meantime…

Syra's commitment catch ups!

The Alphas rockin' it up in da club...

Picture heavy post incoming today... One hell of a heavy commitment accomplished!

Syra's August progress

Hey guys a quick post to update today!

August was a wash for me, between professional exams and a well deserved holiday I've had little time to hobby unfortunately. Here's what I've done:

FloorHammer 30k Battle Report (PART 2)

Battle Report: The Traitors Reveal Themselves! (Part 2)

This is the second part - Read Part 1 Here!

If you thought the battle was bloody so far - at this point in the story things get really ugly and a whole lot starts to die...

Turn 3 - Grimdark

The trap is sprung

Syra's Month #1 Complete and Month #2 Committments

It has been a great month for hobbying all around, starting with the brilliant FW open day in Nottingham and carrying on with a lot of fun (and occasionally grueling) times spent making my first Forge World resin army.

Not to mention the excellent battle that the three of us had with our fledgling legions (the second part of the battle report is coming soon)!

FloorHammer 30k Battle Report (PART 1)

Battle Report: The Traitors Reveal Themselves!

Hey everybody, today is a special battle report because it's probably the only occasion for a long (long) while that all three of us would be in the same place.

I worked my ass off to have a fully assembled army ready to go for this one and I'll be showing off some pics of those models in a progress post soon.

So without any further ado, and apologies in advance for the over-saturated and fairly poor iPhone photography, let's get into it!