22nd Vostroyan Royal Rifle Regiment: November 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, November 23, 2014

Barcelona!

Just doing my traveling ritual and checking out the local GW stores whenever I leave the US. This is one in Barcelona Spain.Bunch of nice guys, didn't speak a word of English but they seemed to be impressed by the pics we have from Mind Games.

I have no clue why the Spanish Riptides are white.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Solar Auxilia Pt6

So I have to say, I have built almost all the kits that Forgeworld makes, but the new Dracosian Transport is one where we see the future. FW in the past has made models with incredible art and detail, sadly lots of those parts are never seen whent he model is finished. They also have made the detail so good that it weakens the models sturcture but in this new transport model they made it purely for a gamer. Which is good and bad, it comes with very few pieces, including the track already glued on which is new to their Malcador chassis models.

Also I have been asked how I do the Solar Auxilia paint scheme or if I would do a tutorial. I may put together a video but int he meantime here you guys go.

1. AIRBRUSH DAWNSTONE

2. HIGHLIGHT ADMINISTRATUM GREY

3. TOP HIGHLIGHT WITH ULTHUAN GREY

4. CHIPS MARKS USING CHARADEN GRANITE

5. STIPPLED WITH RANDOM PATCHS OF AGRAX EARTHSHADE HEAVILY THINNED WITH LAHMIAN

MEDIUM

6. WASH WITH RAW UMBA OIL WASH

7. BLUE STRIPES AS FOLLOWS –

8. BASECOAT MACRAGGE BLUE

9. BLEND IN KANTOR BLUE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ARMOUR PLATES

10. BLEND UPWARDS WITH RUSS GREY

11. BLEND IN FENRIS GREY TO THE TOP OF THE ARMOUR PLATES

12. WASH WHOLE PLATE WITH DRAKENHOF NIGHTSHADE

13. LINE HIGHLIGHT WITH FENRIS GREY

14. WASH WITH CARRABOURG CRIMSON

15. CHIP BACK USING TANK BASE COLOURS