199th Valhallan Light Regiment "Blizzard Force"

Regiments Designation: 199th Valhallan Light Regiment "Blizzard Force"
Homeworld: Valhalla
Background: The 199th is an experienced regiment that has seen action on different fronts. Specializing in deep arctic combat the regiment is mostly light infantry. The regiments most famous action was the notorious Hunt for the Red Orktoba incident. A volunteer force of about company strength from the regiment was given the task of hunting down a notorious Boo'ma Class submersible that was threatening several hive cities with massive vortex type weapons. This company of brave Ice Warriors was sent into the deep arctic to find and destroy this crafty ork force. The showdown finally came to head, as the 199th's commander; Colonel Stukov leading the company found the sub and called in Imperial Navy back up along with Stormtrooper support to assault the ork ship right as it was preparing for another attack. The battle was fierce but the imperial forces were able to take out Cap’n Raam'ius and its dreaded ship in the onslaught that ensued. Many brave Valhallans gave their lives to defend the imperial cities. Colonel Stukov was among the few survivors of the battle, he returned to the regiment a hero of Valhalla, and began the long road of rebuilding the 199th to its former glory.

Colonel Stukov and command squad.


Regimental Advisors of the 199th


Command Squad Chimera Transport


Troopers on the Hunt.


Valhallan Pattern Heavy Sentinels for Heavy Support.


The Hunt for the Red Orktoba.


Sentinel Crewmen


Commissars of the 199th


Leman Russ "Mortis"


Macharius Super Heavy "Ironclad"

Games Day Baltimore 2010

Gamesday has come and gone! It was a blast once again! Not only did we have a lot of fun running our club events, I also loaded up on some FW goodies that I hope to employ with my imperial guard forces in the near future! The Club wasn't lucky enough to win any awards this year, but our events were non stop action from the time the doors opened till we closed down at the end of the day.....

So...where did those Valhallans end up at you ask. Well HERE they are! the final cut of the Hunt for the Red Orktoba, with the Orktoba and its masses of orks! Check out the finished event, and now I am the proud owner of a fully painted Valhallan army. Another army finished, it feels great!







Another honor for the club we discovered was that our award winning Firewarrior armor and our banner from last year made the Gamesday Program flyer this year.



Meanwhile I was asked to join the staff of our Aeronautica Imperialis event. Chaos vs Imperial air forces dueled for dominance of the skies. I can say that the imperial forces were successful in disabling the Chaos Landcarrier in the event, giving the Imperial Navy the win for the day!







A good time was had by all! I'll leave all the games day news to those other blogs that specialize in that field...for me it was all about getting in some games and getting people interested in the games we play. 1 imperial guard army down...next on the platter....Grey Knights I think....

Enjoy! =)

Baltimore Games Day 2010: The Hunt for the Red Orktoba!

This year the Ineptus Astartes asked me to paint up a 2K Valhallan Guard army for our main 40K event "The Hunt for the Red Orktoba". Well I am not a known speed painter and I only had 2 and a half months to crank out a pure infantry army. After much snarking and growling at the local battle bunker(it's true ask them!), I present my fully painted Valhallan Ice Warrior force. The force is based on the guard army of the cover of Planetstrike which featured a Valhallan army facing down an Eldar invasion. I really liked the cream colored scheme, and have attempted to copy it to my army. The army comes close to 140 models, and I was also able to talk two of my friends into loaning me the Imperial Naval support for the army.....Well here it is...finished and ready to roll out....


The Colonel and his command squad along with some Bodyguards...



1st Platoon....



2nd Platoon and Stormtrooper Support....



Sentinel Support, Valhallan Pattern with Long Barreled Lascannons


Heavy Support Gunship....


 The Red Barron flies in support of the hunt....

Alright....My Job is done....time to enjoy Gamesday! See you there....I'll post pics later! Enjoy! =)

Games Day 2010 Project (Part 10)

Well this will be the last update of this project. Gamesday is less then a week away, and all is ready. I made some last minute changes to the list, like taking out the banner and swapping it for some bodyguards. We ran the event a few times and found that the company banner was not that useful after all for this game. I also dragooned a few friends to provide my army with some imperial navy support. As you might have seen before, the Valk Gunship from one of my friends will make an appearance, along with a very special Thunderbolt variant. The tally list is complete, and in my next update I will feature the complete army as it will be seen at Gamesday!


The final piece...Assault weapons!


The Colonel and his Bodyguards, purple sashes for the Praetorian Guard.


Coming to a battlefield near you....The Red Barron!

Enjoy! =)

Base Coating Models with Snow

Base coating anything is always the final touch in the process of painting models. It also adds another dimension of good looking to any model. Many people avoid basing because they think it's too time consuming, but it really doesn't take that long if your willing to do it....from simple backyard dirt to snow to urban wrecks, basing is one of those things that really makes any model stand out. This time I am going to offer my tutorial on basing SNOW. Snow is rare among basing simply because most models look good on dirt or broken rock terrain instead. There are some model lines like Valhallan Ice Warriors that scream being based in snow, it's a natural environment for this IG Army. My recent project this summer with my Valhallan army has allowed me to try basing in snow....Let us begin!

1. Let us begin with some basic materials your going to need....the First of course is Snow basing. This bottle should be enough....



Along with the snow you will need a few more items that will help you keep the snow in place....Water, White PVA Glue, and White Paint.....



2. Now of course we are going to need some willing guardsmen who want to join the snow patrol. Make sure that everything is painted finally before beginning this basing project.



3. Once your done painting the model, paint the base itself White, and proceed to Seal your model if you wish, this will give your base a nice basic white color.



4. Once your models are base painted white and sealed your ready to start the snow process.



5. Mix the Water + White PVA Glue + White Paint to coat your base for the snow. While the mix doesn't have to be muddy, it shouldn't be watery either, a nice consistency of watered down paint should be perfect.



6. Coat your models base with the above mix, the white mix with the white painted base will help keep everything looking bright white.



7. Finally dip your model in a container of snow base and leave for a few minutes to get as much basing material as it can take. The glue mix will mix with the snow, and since its white once it dries it will still have a great white snow look to the base.



8. Once it drys the snow will be glued down real well, and you should be able to clean up the excess and paint the rim of the base if you want, or keep it black as is your choice. Repeat as often as you need with any size base and soon you will have a great looking snow force!



Enjoy! =)

Games Day 2010 Project (Part 9)

STORMTROOPERS! Yes in this update we leave behind the Valhallan Guard to report on another aspect of the project I am working on. I felt that the army needed a fun heavy hitting unit besides vets and the like, and also to give the force a nice Imperial feel. My Stormtroopers are part of my Grey Knights force, which is why the bases are different, but they also fit perfectly into an imperial force of guard. In addition to the troop units I built for the Grey Knights, I brought in some extra assault weapons and sergeants to make the units usable in both IG and GKs. In addition to the forces being used in this event, I painted 2 additional Stormies with Grenade Launchers in case we feel like making changes to the force, or future use in my GKs army. Let me know what you think....



Melta Squad is dropping in formation.....



Plasmagun Squad ready to lay down some rapid fire death....

The two odd men out for now....Maybe one day they will get their own squad....

Enjoy! =)

Games Day 2010 Project (Part 8)

In this update Wave 2 is officially FINISHED! Yes! It took me a little while longer then expected to post the update but I have been busting out all these guys and then taking a day to base them, not to mention shining off all of the needed Stormtroopers in one shot(Next update!). Actually the painting part of this wave took only 2 weeks worth of time, which was super quick for me, since I'm a self admitted slow painter. With this wave finished I have broken the century mark for models finished in this army, not many of my other projects can claim that many models. I never knew I could crank out IG so fast....Still I have one more wave to go and then we are complete....Back to work now...Until then!


Autocannon fire support present!


More Infantry! Send in the next wave!


Now we're talking....Lascannon heavy support! FIRE!


Wave 2 is done! WOO HOO!!

Enjoy! =)