22nd Vostroyan Royal Rifle Regiment: April 2014

Vostroyan First Born

The Vostroyans are one of the oldest Imperial Guard regiments, able to trace their regimental histories back to the Horus Heresy. The Vostroyans have a tradition that the firstborn son of every household will serve in the Vostroyan regiments, hence the name of the Regiments. Vostroyan soldiers and officers retain a very archaic appearance on the real world century Russian Cossacks. Firstborn use long and very ornate rifles, usually with wooden stocks. Officers bear lasguns integrated with axes. Thus, the Vostroyans are probably the regiment most evocative of the "retor-tech" background of Warhamer 40,000.

Vostroya is a world in the Halo Zone beyond the Eye of Terror, which swore allegiance to Mars during the Age of Strife. It is now ruled by a committee of Techtriarchs, a mix of Mechanicus Magos and more traditional Imperial planetary government. During the Horus Heresy, Vostroya refused to provide regiments to the Emperor, preferring instead to reserve the population in the manufactorium blanketing the world. After the Heresy came to an end the Vostroyans agreed to supply every first born son to service with the Imperial Guard.

According to Vostroya's Offering of the First Born, the eldest son of every family must enlist in the Regiments. There are no exceptions to this law, which applies even to the Techtriarchs and the most noble families. For most Vostroyans, it is an honour to join the Firstborn, as great importance is attached to the payment of the debt owed to the Emperor millennia ago.
Unlike other Imperial Guard regiments that are raised en-masse, the Firstborn get a steady flow of new recruits from their homeworld. As a result, the Firstborn regiments have existed unbroken since they were first created. This is not always easy to organize, but ensures that Vostroyan regiments maintain their highest potential, as well as ensuring there's a core of veteran warriors. One consequence of this method is that the Firstborn are considered a brotherhood of warriors and are proud to train the recruits according to their own exacting standards. Few Imperial Guard regiments have a stronger brotherly bond than the Vostroyans.
The Firstborn are trained in very difficult conditions among the ruined industrial areas of their homeworld.

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Happy Easter!

While I can't take credit for this model I find it the most appropriate image to wish you all a Happy Easter!

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Spectre

A new modern Skirmish game coming soon on kickstarter.The game features modern special forces and african military and militia as the opposing forces.http://www.spectreminiatures.com/

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Krieg 138th Gunheads: A New Beginning!

Krieg 138th Gunheads: A New Beginning!: A New Beginning. This is a new blog about my Death Korps of Krieg army. I began the army in early 2010 and it has been growing fast. I de...

Monday, April 14, 2014

Check your 6!

For all of you Aeronautica fans like me out there, check out this wiki site I found. I hope to get some rumble going and we can all pitch in some fun stuff for the wiki site. I'll be adding this link to my blog on the right -->

40k Scale Aeronautica
http://aerowiki.wikidot.com/start

Sunday, April 13, 2014

My weekend update!

So first before I forget, I was hoping to get some peoples opinions. The shop has been a little blah with 40k recently and I am hoping to spice it up a bit in the community. What do you guys suggest, have you done something in your store or country? Please comment and let me know guys.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Mars Attacks!

So its not worth a whole new post so i just updated my last one. I was able to get a little work done tonight. Almost completed my Mechanicum robot thingy and did some remodelling of some terrain projects i have had in the works for a few years lol. All in all I have a lot on my table right now.

Just seconds before I took this picture, a giant yeti stormed my kitchen and smashed them out of my hand. I watched in horror as both my kitchen and my Thallax exploded in chunks. Of course this is all because I have butter fingers and 4 months in a cast is showing. I was able to put them back together as you can see and they dont look too bad for humpty dumpty syndrome.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Work, Work & Work time to move to a new project.

A friend's Hellblade

Some of my 30k Stuff

Needed air support for my Mechanicum

And now.......Time to get to work on Task Force Scion

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

New Forgeworld Open Day Pics

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

The New Guard or Astra Militarum

While I have been a guard player for over a decade and LOVE it. I do have to ask the question why is it that Games Workshop can't ever finish what they started. My example the hydra, while its a great new kit and more accessible than the Forgeworld model, GW decided to make it a duel kit; the other kit being the Wyvern. Ok cool so another artillery piece but GW hasn't even made models for any of the other pieces like the colossus and griffon or medusa. They simply changed the name of the FW model Bombard to colossus and expect us to shell out $300+ for a single heavy arty choice, or buy other FW models. Which is fine until you have the whole anti FW crowd. UGH! Anyway cool new guard stuff but please GW finish what you started instead of adding new stuff we have to scratch build for another two editions.