I painted up the remaining Goliath Gangers bringing up my gang to 8 models. I originally built the Goliaths as the sample gang as portrayed in the box. I also the built the Eschers as the sample gang. It was mainly just to get myself acquainted with how the minis went together.
After playing some games I have realized that when playing a campaign, since you start with 1000credits to build the gang you probably aren't going to have 10 Goliaths, especially not 10 as they are shown on the box. The wargear is just too expensive.
I've built several gangs for campaigns so far and none of the gangs has had a model count larger than 7. I figure having the 8 models built and painted below will be fine, at least for a little while.
When expanding this Goliath gang I intend to build Juves out of Catachan models and also add Bounty Hunters and other Hangers on eventually.
In fact, there is a hint in some of the pictures below as to who the next addition to this gang will be.
Without further ado, the pictures:
The whole gang!
I'm quite pleased with how they turned out and its quite a burden that has been lifted. I am building this gang not just for a campaign but for the annual D-Company Big Game this coming weekend.
We will have some great Necromunda tables set up and Necromunda will play a big role in the Campaign of this year's Big Game. I intend to play a lot of Necromunda this weekend and I will have plenty of pics and hopefully battle reports when its done.
I really needed to get these guys done and now that they are done I can focus on finishing some Ogryns for a commission I am working on. After they are done I have a bunch of terrain and some Sisters of Battle to do.
I will keep this blog updated this week as we get closer to the big game.
And I also got a little something in the mail from Forgeworld:
The Horus Heresy Age of Darkness 30k rulebook!
Finally Forgeworld's amazing Horus Heresy project is completely Forgeworld's and they don't have to worry about the whims of the Games Workshop Design Studio.
The biggest problem with the way Forgeworld had to support the 30k ruleset was not having full control of the core rules. The Horus Heresy ruleset was always an expansion of whatever the current 40k ruleset was. When 6th moved to 7th Forgeworld had to scramble and redo rules and make erratas and try and figure out how the new changes effected everything in the Heresy.
Now there is no need to adapt to someone else's design concepts. Its hugely freeing.
This book is essentially 7th edition 40k but with some significant tweaks.
Here are the most important changes:
- There are a total of 4 force organization charts that can be used by someone building a 30k army.
- There are no formations.
- There are new Warlord trait charts and Psychic powers.
- The allies chart is 30k specific with different levels of allies than 40k had.
- The fortifications list and rules are updated.
- Multibombing is back! Everyone in a squad can use their grenades (or meltabombs) as long as everyone uses the same grenade type.
- Some Combi-weapons aren't one shot.
- The list of superheavys available to 30k armys have been updated and now only refer to units that Forgeworld has printed 30k rules for.
I am very excited to have this book and so are my 30k friends! It has reinvigorated us to play some 30k and once the Big Game is over I am sure we will get right back into 30k.
Anyways, next time you will see some Orgyns and a Bounty Hunter!
Until then..
They look awesome Jay! I can't wait to bang heads at big game again. No worries on that gang size. I just got my gang up to 8 members, of course being Necromunda, I will only have 5 available for my next game. I think it's a rare thing to actually have everybody healthy for a game. I would love to get a look at that book sometime.
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