Wednesday 25 November 2015

Word Bearers - The Chapter of the Graven Star

Howdy Guys and Girls :)

Sadly, not that much progress from me this week - I worked a bit on my daemons, but nothing spectacular. The good news is that my Forgeworld order arrived - with upgrade parts for my BaC models!




Looking at Forgeworld's awesome Word Bearers transfer sheet, I had to decide which chapter to choose for my line troopers - no worries, I plan to paint all of FW's special characters, so this doesn't restrict my choice.

My favourites were:
- The Unspeaking:
Already pretty chaotic at Calth, an army made for their upcoming Gal Vorbak Rite of War. They also used alot of Ashen Circle and Destroyers, were prominent at Calth and managed to escape.
- The Serrated Sun:
Who couldn't love them? Argel Tal was awesome, and their icon is pretty cool too - sadly they got devastated at Istvaan, which makes them unusable for the later part of the Heresy .... *sighs* - Sorry ADB :<
- The Graven Star:
Void Battles, Boarding Specialists, lots of tanks - I love that! On top of that: It's the chapter of M'kar ... who doesn't want to field him (or better, who doesn't want to see him die - again, and again!).

With the help of my fellow Bunnies and fraters from B&C (thanks everyone who helped me with this!), I chose the Graven Star as my chapter - it really fits with what I want - Zone Mortalis and tanks! So, let's take a deeper look at them ...


Chapter of the Graven Star 



The Chapter of the Graven Star is recorded as operating in strength at the Betrayal at Calth, and it was noted that his chapter had made a speciality of boarding actions and gunship-carried assaults, which may have been a tactical expediency of Lorgar's battle plan. 



Of all the chapters of the Word Bearers Legion, the Graven Star was known to field the highest number of armoured units. Aggressive use of these had led the chapter to many victories in the Great Crusade, for which it also acquired a reputation for ruthless efficiency on the attack, and bloody-minded stubborness in defence.  


They were known to have largely retreated from the planet's surface during the final hours of the war, and would go on to further infamy in the Shadow Crusade ...

Things to come


Last but not least, I want to give you a little look at things to come - the Architects of the Heresy have arrived - and so has Samus ...




regards,
Lady Atia



21 comments:

  1. Good choice on chapter - there should be more void/boarding action games played. Once my ship hull board is done we should all do a mini campaign set inside (and outside) a ship.

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    1. Thanks King Fluff ^_^

      Currently planning on my own ship board too, based on FW's Phall board :)

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    2. This sounds like an interesting idea, I look forward to seeing on an additional post on both your ideas!

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  2. Can't wait to see this completed.
    I'm doing my 40k word bearers as a mix of different chapters.

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  3. Like King Fluff says good choice. Although mixing void battles with mechanised warfare seems a bit on the opposite ends of the scale. Poor Samus he looks so small and weak (maybe even cute) in that state, look forward to seeing your progress here as I don't I have seen one built up yet.

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    1. Well, I guess they had just alot of heavy tanks, flyers and dreadclaws/boarding rams - ideal for both sieges and boarding actions ^,^

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  4. Funnily enough, I've just started my own Graven Star chapter of Word Bearers. I've even built a Hol Beloth model and ordered the Eightfold Lance!

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    1. Awesome! Oh, and a Falchion is on my shopping list (just not sure if I'll use him for Ultramarines or Word Bearers)

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  5. Well tanks, assault troops and cute Deamons are right up your street, maybe GW wrote them fo you?

    Looking forward to the next update!

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    1. Hehe, well, we know that atleast FW takes a look at bolter&chainsword threads ... :>

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  6. Great choice Atia, one which I would have made if I was in your shoes. Do you know much about / have a list of their characters?

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    1. Hol Beloth and Maloq Kartho (the future M'kar) - I hope both get models via FW (as M'kar would fit for the second Shadow Crusade/Underground-war book)

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  7. Question for any of the bunnies: would the betrayal at calth set look good with the games workshop ultramarines upgrade set? That's the one I have easy access too if I were going to buy more of. I am mostly asking in regards to the shoulder pads. To ornate and different or just right to bling up some basic troops?

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    1. I think it would be fine to bling up some veterans or a character with the upgrade bits. I have.

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    2. What about like regular marines with the shoulder pads? Too much for that era?

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    3. Some parts should work, just try to avoid the Mark VII ones if you want to stay true :P

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    4. K great. Thanks.
      Still trying to figure out how to make a good mixed legion tactical squad.

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  8. Nice post Atia very interesting! I have always fancied doing some Word Bearers. I like the idea of them having traitor imperial army as cultists and using the FW upgrade kits but I'd just like to see FW do a chaos word bearer upgrade kit for them for after calth :)

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    1. Oh yeah, I guess I'll add some cultists too in the future - althought I may wait 'till the second Shadow Crusade book (whenever it will hit) and the supposed underground war army list for that :)

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  9. Hi can someone tell me what book these images are from

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