W40K: Ultramarines Tigurius & Librarian

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I can now say that my Space Marine Ultramarines are COMPLETE.  Last week I had decided that I was going to change this army from 1750 points to 1500 points.  What I did was take out 1 Sternguard squad and swapped it with a Dreadnought (we'll be saving the Sternguard for a Crimson Fists Chapter).

When I finished the Dreadnought the other day, all that was left to complete was Chief Librarian Tigurius and a Librarian.  The Ultramarines are my all Drop Pod assault themed army and I wanted to run 2 Librarians with this theme.

This morning I started to paint Tigurius and the Librarian and just a few minutes ago I was able to complete them.  I actually still have the banner to complete for Tigurius.  What I did was magnetize the banner with a very tiny magnet.  I wanted to do this for two reasons.  One, I can paint the banner separately and spend some more time on it.  Two, I did not want the banner to break off in battle or while in transit.  If I am going to paint a nice banner, I do not want it to get ruined.

I am hoping next week to possible do an Apocalypse battle for the first time.  I do not own any Super-Heavies so I never really tried Apocalypse, but now I want to be able to combine my different Space Marine armies for a larger game.  I think we are going to be trying 4500 points a side.  1500 points from of these Chapters.  Ultramarines/Salamanders/Imperial Fists vs. Dark Angels/Dark Angels/Black Templars.  Yes I know two Dark Angel armies.  Well my Blood Angels are not done yet and my son and I each have our own Dark Angels army.  I'll let you all know how that game turns out next week.

Anyways, here are the pictures of the 2 Librarians for the Ultramarines.

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Painting Points: 4

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W40K: Ultramarines Drop Pod's 4/5

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[sarcasm on] After having so much fun painting the insides of Drop Pods 1-3 [sarcasm off] I decided to take the easy way out and glue the doors shut on Drop Pods 4 and 5.  Some players say I cannot shoot the Storm Bolters if the doors are closed, oh well, this is not a tournament army, but a friendly army.  I play for fun and most of my friends will allow me to still shoot.

With the modification to my list, all that is left to paint are my 2 Characters.  Tigurius and a Librarian.  I cannot believe it, a year and a half later and my Ultramarines are almost done.

Anyways, here are pictures of Drop Pods 4 and 5.

Ultramarines Drop Pod 4

Ultramarines Drop Pod 5

Painting Points: 20

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W40K: Ultramarines Dreadnought

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Back to our regular scheduled programming of finishing the Ultramarines, for now.

Early this morning I mentioned a possibility of modifying my Ultramarines from a 1750 point list down to a 1500 point list.  Well I decided to go that route.  In place of a second Sternguard Veteran squad with a Drop Pod, I swapped out that squad for a Dreadnought with Drop Pod.  I've always wanted to see how a Dread plays in a Drop Pod, so now is my chance.

I still had one more Dreadnought left over from the AOBR box set, and he was already assembled and sand glued to the base.  So during lunch I basecoated the model and finished him up.

So now that still leaves me with a Sternguard Veteran squad already assembled, what to do? what to do?  "Why, doesn't Kantor's special rule make all Sternguard units in your army a 'scoring unit', why I think he does".  So I went through my boxes to see what I have left for the Space Marines.

I have the above mentioned Sternguard squad, a Tactical squad from AOBR, a Scout squad with snipers and a Chaplain.  All I need to do is add Pedro Kantor a couple of Rhino's, a Vindicator and I'll have a decent 1000 point Crimson Fists army to play around with.  I'll probably run Pedro and the Chaplain with an 8 man Sternguard Squad and use them as my assault squad.  With +1 attack from Pedro and the ability to re-roll misses on the first turn of a charging assault from the Chaplain, this will give my Sternguard Squad 4 attacks on the charge that I can re-roll.  Not to shabby for a 1000 point list.

Well, here are a few pictures of the Dreadnought......

Ultramarines Dreadnought

Ultramarines Dreadnought

Ultramarines Dreadnought

Ultramarines Dreadnought

Painting Points: 5

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W40K: Ultramarines Sternguard Veteran Squad 1

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On Friday I mentioned this weekend will be modeling and gaming.  So far so good.  I was able to finish my first Sternguard Veteran Squad for the Ultramarines.  I was not able to start on the second unit yet as I got distracted with another project (post coming later today).

I first put together this Sternguard unit before Games Workshop released there metal models.  Since all my Troop Squads for this army are using the AOBR Space Marines, I thought using the regular Space Marines for he Sternguard's will work ok.  I modified the Combi-flamer's and Combi-melta's for this unit just with some of my existing bitz.  I could not see myself spending $9 for a single weapon.  This is just a "friendly game" army for me, so for my friends my weapon's will work just alright.

One more unit, 2 more Drop Pods and 2 Characters to go.........

Ultramarines Sternguard Unit 1

Painting Points: 10

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W40K: Ultramarines Drop Pod 3

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Drop Pod 3 is complete for the Ultramarines.  Just 2 more to go for my Sternguard Squads.

I'm going to try my 1750 point list in a play test game tonight.  Hopefully I'll enjoy playing them a little more now that I decided to run Tigurius as my HQ.

Ultramarines Drop Pod 3

Painting Points: 10

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W40K: Ultramarines Drop Pod 2

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Drop Pod 2 same as 1.  Well Drop Pod 2 is now completed for the Ultramarines.  Nothing any different over Drop Pod 1 except now that I only have 3 more to go.

Work has really picked up this week on a personal note, so not to much time for painting this week.  I think this weekend though I'll take a time out from the Ultramarines and do some work on my Imperial Guard.  I have a Leman Russ Battle Tank, a Lascannon HW Team and possibly another Vet Squad that I wouldn't mind starting on.  The Vet Squad I need to double check if I have all the models needed.  I also have a few other Space Marine models lying around that I may work on for my son's Salamander's.  We'll see what kind of mood I'm in come Saturday.

Ultramarines Drop Pod 2

Painting Points: 10

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W40K: Ultramarines Drop Pod 1

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Drop Pod 1 for Tactical Squad 1 is now complete.  Too bad all 5 of my Drop Pod's are already assembled/basecoated.  A valuable lesson if you have not already assembled/painted one.  Paint the inside separate from the rest of the Drop Pod.

I had purchased/assembled/basecoated my 5 Drop Pods almost two years ago (when they first came out).  Yes, I was suppose to finish my Ultramarine army while living in Chicago, but never did get to them.  I had thought painting the insides would not be a problem, "it's just boltgun", but what a pain.  Lesson learned for whenever I have to build another.

Just 4 more Drop Pod's to go.

Ultramarines Drop Pod 1

Ultramarines Drop Pod 1

Painting Points: 10

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W40K: Ultramarines Tactical Squad 3

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Yes I know, I finished another Space Marine Tactical Squad before finishing a unit for my Tyranids.  I could not resist.  I am thinking of play-testing my 1750 point Ultramarine list Friday night, so the more I have painted, the better it is for me (personal preference to try and play with all painted miniatures).

To my defense, I did manage to assemble the 2 Zoanthropes and get the basing material applied.  I am just waiting for that to dry and then they can be primed.  They are still on schedule.  Then this weekend I can pick up my second Trygon and call the Tyranids complete.

Back to the Marines.  3 Squads are now done.  I still have 2 Vet Squads and 5 Drop Pods to paint and my 2 HQ choices.

I may be needing another army to start and paint soon......  The Blood Angels are looking better and better...  but there is still Tau.....  or help my son with his Eldar.....  so many choices.

Ultramarines Tactical Squad 3

Ultramarines Tactical Squad 3

Painting Points: 10

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W40K: Ultramarines Tactical Squad 2

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I know I really should be finishing my Tyranids this week, but last night I decided to start on my second Tactical Squad for the Ultramarines army.

Probably tonight I'll take a break from the Ultramarines and start to assemble the last 2 Zoanthropes, then on Thursday I'll prime them and have them done by the weekend.

Anyways below are two pictures from Ultramarines Tactical Squad 2.

Ultramarines Tactical Squad 2

Ultramarines Tactical Squad 2 Sgt.

Painting Points: 10

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W40K: Ultramarines Tactical Squad 1

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The nice thing about Mother's Day is that when the wife is playing board games with the kids, I can get away and paint some models.

As I mentioned earlier this morning, I painted 5 Tactical Marines yesterday to see if finishing the Ultramarines would be of interest to me or would they become like the Orks.

I did enjoy painting Marines (not really sure why, maybe because they paint up fast and I dont get bored being on a single color for a long time) so I continued this morning painting the second half of Squad 1.

My Ultramrines, like my Tyranids and Orks will just be a 1750 point army for me.  I may decide to add a fourth Tactical unit so I can play 2000 poiints, but for now it is 3 Tactical Squads in Drop Pods, 2 Sternguard Veterans in Drop Pods, 1 Librarian and Chief Librarian Tigurius.  52 models and 5 Drop Pods.  Probably not real competitive, but it is a change in play style for me.

One other nice option about this army is, I can also use them as "allies" for my son's Salamander army.  Vulkan He'stan is calling for help "send in the reinforcements" and then you have 3 Ultramarine Tactical squads arriving via Drop Pods with the units equipped with Flamers and Multimelta's to take advantage of Vulkan's abilities.

Here is Tactical Squad 1:

Ultramarines Tactical Squad 1

Ultramarines Tactical Squad 1 Sgt.

Ultramarines Tactical Squad 1 Sgt.

Painting Points: 10

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