19th Scansin Lancers - Almost there

Lt. Carey leads the troopers of 1st team G Troop on the exercise field.  Visibly noticeable is the lack of training that the 19th Scansin was able to perform with their mounts while traveling to the theater of war. Although the 19th spent more than the required time training for "Infantry Operations" a mere fraction of their allocated riding time was able to be carried out.  This due largely to the Imperial navy being unwilling to convert a portion of the troop deck to a training area for horses.

So these guys are getting closer to being done. There a few minor details that need to be painted and of the most obvious, the bases..  I'm hoping to have these knocked out by the end of the week and then it's back to the Avenger for a bit before I start on the 7th Scansin's heavy weapons.

Sgt. Ellwood  With his Chainsword at the ready repeating his Lieutenant's order to "Charge". 

19th Mynvody Re-Org (change to my army background fluff)

So I've been thinking 'bout this for a long time, and it's always bothered me a bit that the 19th Mynvody come from...  well Mynvody.  I'd like to trim up my fluff and I'm finding hard to write background on "x" different planets all located in or around the same sub-sector.  That being the case, I'm going to hold onto the planet of Mynvody, but remove all reference to them producing Guard Regiments.

That said, the 19th Mynvody are going to be re-flagged as the 19th Scansin. :) It not only makes it easier for me and my background fluff but also because I was never a big fan of the Green Uniforms.  Along with the change of homeworlds, I'm also changing the Troop designation from Echo Troop to Golf or G Troop.  First  up is going to a Lieutenant, with no name as of  yet, in game terms he's going to fill the slot of Sergeant, but we'll see how that develops.

As you can see I've changed their uniform colors, but retained the white and yellow trimming.  The rest of the troop will get the same treatment shortly, and I hope to have them done within a fortnight.

So above you can see a Trooper of  "G Troop, 19th Scansin Lancers".  I've also picked up a few pistols and chainswords from Curios Constructs and will be adding these over the course of the week. The problem I now have that the Curios Constructs is set to release the following heads.  (Link to Original Post)

After seeing these I'm sorely tempted to replace my Rough Rider Heads....  

Painting update.

Summer vacation was spent along coastline of the Adriatic Sea, and thankfully we had 2 days of bad weather so I was able to get a bit of painting done. Above you can see the 19th Mynvody getting a bit of attention.  I've added a few bits for Curious Constructs to give them a bit a more detail.  Additionally I started and finished the following, models (also ordered of Curios Constructs)

Didn't get any decent WIP photos, but there's really not much to see.  Black, Dark Brown, and  dry brushed with desert brown.

And here's an action shot troopers from the 7th Scansin getting into position.

End of Q3 Report

Well seeing that we're 9 months in, I suppose I should a little update.  (Zzzzz's post over at Devos IV) reminded me that this post was in my Drafts, along with a "Final Report" for December.  So for those of you who missed it, here's the original post 2014-hobby-resolutions.   Below is my self evaluated mid-term report.

1. Blog Regularly.
Up until August I would have said yes.  But a couple of projects at work just ran wild and I ended up doing quite a bit of work from home.  Of course the spare time that I had after that was spent with family, and summer vacation.  Here's to last quarter and hopefully a few more posts.

2. Game Regularly.
Naja, can't say that I've done much here.  I've only just picked up the rules for 7th, and prior to that I was able to get in 2 games of 6th this year.  It's more than last year, but still not what I was hoping for.

3. Finish the following Models:
Ha, more time for painting...  Up till now I've had quite a bit of time, just never together.  I was painting at all the odd times of the day and week, wherever I could squeeze in 30minutes or so. The last few weeks though I haven't touched a thing.

  - 7th Scansin:
      - Hvy Weps  - I actually wanted to base these this last weekend.
      - 2nd Squad  - Still in bits....

  - 19th Mynvody
      -  I did manage a bit over summer vacation. (more on that in an upcoming post)

  - BG 82:
      - Arial Support - I've actually done a bit of work here, as can be seen by the posts.
         Avenger Strike Fighter
      - Warhound  - Haven't touched her.

4. Use the Painting Chart to track my painting progress.
With the little bit of painting I've done, this was pretty easy to keep up on.

5. Finish and post up my collected Fluff and Background information    
If you follow my blog, you've seen my ToE Series. So I would say I'm doing pretty good here.  There's still quite a few more posts that need to go up in the series, covering everything from the Battle Group itself, the theater of operations, and of course a Merchant Trader who supports them along way.