Saturday 7 May 2016

Sons of Horus First Company Update 13

Hello all!

Today has been a full day of painting! I started around 3pm and put the finishing touches on my Spartan at around 11:25pm! The good news is that I now have a fully painted Spartan for my Justaerin to ride around in!




This tank will go to war quite regularly for my Sons of Horus! It's large transport capacity ideal for 10 man squads of terminators. Plus the extra 5 spaces mean Abaddon and Horus can tag along as well!


I have found it best to load the Spartan up with all the additional extras, flare sheild and such. You don't want this tank to be shot up before it manages to drop off its deadly payload. It may cost a lot of points but if it dies quickly then it is a colossal waste of points!! The one time I didn't load it up it was blown up turn 1 and Abaddon and 10 Justaerin were shot to pieces, costing me any chance of putting up a good fight. 


My main tactic with the Spartan is to simply drive it straight towards the opponents army and drop its contents into combat! I always try to aim it towards the location where there is the most to kill, so as to not waste the combat ability of what's inside!


Whilst waiting for the variuos washes to dry on the Spartan I started work on the 5th tank for the First Company, the Sicaran Venator. I managed to lay down the first coat of reds. Hopefully I will complete it over the coming week.


Tomorrow is another full day of painting as I will be helping Kaelo with his Raven Gaurd for the legion in a day attempt! Keep your eyes on the blog for updates throughout the day.

Any one else make use of Spartans on a regular basis and have any other thoughts on load out, transport contents or tactics?

Darien

10 comments:

  1. love the look of it!!
    I'll eventually be getting one to transport Vulkan and a squad of Firedrakes!!

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    1. Thanks! Sounds like an awesome plan!

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    2. As you said it's the best delivery system around!!

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  2. Very cool. Did you paint the internals too?

    Also with all the tanks you are doing, have you considered a Mastodon?

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    1. I did not paint the internals! I'm too lazy to do them! Going to get a Mastodon as soon as it lands! :D

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  4. I play the IV'th legion and I almost always run one as transport for my termies. From what I've found is that I only need the flare shield and ceramite, unpgrade-wise, but if you also attach a character with the battlesmith rule to the unit inside, for me it's a preator, to fix any damage it takes rushing forward. Anything short of a nob squad decked out with power-claws, a primarch, or D shots should have trouble taking it out before it gets close enough to cause havoc. Again just my experience with my meta

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    1. Sounds good Gagrit! Great points, I always worry that I will drive over something and immobilise myself!

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  5. That Spartan look very menacing. I suspect it will be the bane of the other bunnies!

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