A fiery reckoning

After the midway game we retake the campaign in the deeps of hive Secundus, where erstwhile allies turn into foes in a gang fight between eschers and redemptionists

Both gangs deployed well out of sight or hugging cover

And the battle began with a general redemptionist advance while two rifle armed crusaders took up overwatching fire on top of the ruins

The first eschers showed up from cover and a shootout erupted with casualties on both sides

Lasbolts and solid shot crisscrossed the industrial ruins, while redeptionists rushed from cover to cover

Getting into the optimal range to fry the opposition to a crisp 

Burning the enemy leader and routing easily the band of amazons

British 6 pounder gun

 

A british 6 pound antitank gun paintrd for my dad's bolt action army

The daughter of lord Helmawr

 Leaving behind the barren wastes of the Exclusion zone holy Klovis led us into the benighted depths of Secundus, venturing into the alien tainted ruins of that Emperor's forsaken hive

In his pilgrimage to the Underhells the Redeemer chanced upon Haera, the exiled daughter of Gerontius Helmawr, making common cause with her against the vile aliens and corrupt denizens of the ruined city

The wayward noble had heard of an ancient weapon of rare power lying on the mutant infected levels of the hive, enlisting the help of the crusade and the abhorrent eschers...

..for a two pronged assault on an heretic hideout

With guns blazing and the Emperor's name on our lips we stormed into that den of sin and iniquity, cleansing some repugnant zombies with the zeal of the Redemption

Dazzled, the twisted abominations struggled to repel our assault

Aided on the far side by the scantily clad vixens who for one did the Emperor's work

But the true foe soon showed its face, as the first genestealer abomination came scuttling from the shadows and falling on our temporal allies with great slaughter

But the alien monstrosities had come too late, as with the holy flame of our exterminators we had already opened a path for Haera to her prize

Brave Klovis protected the rearguard to gain time for the spireborn, fending off chitinous claws and xenos fury with the Sword of Persecution

Gaining enough time for the daughter of Helmawr to get into an ancient suit of armour

And for holy flame to engulf the alien abominations

Genestealers

 

Hive Secundus suffered a bad case of genestealer cult that caused it to be destroyed from orbit, so in games set on this desolate place some purestrain genestealers are a must. These are a a loan from one of my friend, made up of a mix of space hulk and battle for Macragge minis painted in the classic purple and blue of times gone by

Sthenian rig Haera

 

The Secundus campaign is of course all about the player's gangs, but the special midway scenario will feature Lady Haera's journey to recover a powerful hunting rig from the depths of the hive. Because of that I painted her latest miniature, a resin piece from Forgeworld done in opulent gold to show her status as heiress of Necromunda.

First time shading bone with seraphim sepia and I like the warm and light tone that it produces, so I'll go with this wash from now on instead of the darker vallejo

Captain, that's Necromunda's ass

Gave a bit of glow to the two projectors mounted on top following my usual plasma recipe

Race to Secundus

 

Listen and pay heed, for now I shall relate the tale of Klovis the Redeemer and his pilgrimage to the forbidden pit of hive Secundus, where the traitorous spawn of the corrupt Helmawr had fled after the glorious triumph of the Redemption on the blessed ground of hive Temenos

Aboard the Pulpitek w crossed the Dust Wall and ventured into the desolate wasteland of the exclusion zone, spotting in the horizon a ragged band of viperous vixens unrepentant in their heresies

Unwilling to leave such affront to the eyes of the Emperor alive the Redeemer steered us towards them, opening fire on their stolen rhino and felling the hysteric virago heading such carnival of sin 

The blasphemous eschers then dared fire upon us in return, but by the holy hand of the Emperor were all their shots turned aside and not a single of them landed on the Pulpitek

Taking this providence as a true sign of Him, blessed Klovis jumped from the tank and charged into the midst of the repugnant heretics, promptly joined by the rest of the zealous brethren  

And by fire and sword were the she devils punished, being cast down upon the sand of Necromunda as by the hand of the holy Emperor himself

Retreating the viperous sinners back to their dens of sin and iniquity

Kurt Helborg

My reiksguard knights needed someone to lead them into battle, amd who better than their grand master Kurt Helborg

Armed with the Solland runefand and clad in a finely crafted suit of armour, Helborg is also reiksmarshal of the Empire, the chosen general of Karl Franz to led his armies to war

While the 4th ed model has his own charm I went for the more spectacular 7th miniature, a dashing figure heading the Reiksguard's charge

Despite all the detail painting was pretty easy

And I even took the time to paint two spare swordsmen to join my Altdorf warband