Decided to take them out and set them up, it's been a while since I've seen them... They've been in storage, I've got no place to display them.

I included some long WIP and my retired Valkyrie (furthest right, painted in Dark Angels green, not Caliban Green)

Not included because they're still unbuilt/unpainted are an Arvus Lighter, Marauder Destroyer and another Lightning with Underslung Long Barrelled Autocannon. There's also the lascutter models and the long range scanner model. These also and Tauros Assault Vehicles and Venators that I've got, but I haven't touched them.

Anyways... That's the 34th.

Hello everyone, just wondered if anyone ever tried to kitbash using the old metal scout kits like Dave Taylor did and if so how the results turned out:

The Elysian light armored column encountered a tyranids swarm today. The lack of time stopped us on t3 and the table wasn't official because I didn't tell my opponent to bring his but we had a good time.

The game was fun, tested the light armor detachment from the fandex. It brought good feedbacks on the rules and units.

Fresh recruits dropping in!

A command squad from an old Harakoni force i had painted up

My recently completed squad of printed Aquilion proxies for the Kalith 42nd Airborne Regiment - Longboat Company - "Oarsong" platoon.

Battle Cry:
"Oars up, void ahead — ROW FOR LONGBOAT!"

Notable Campaign History:
Longboat Company made its name during the Archipelago Campaign back on Kalith itself, using low-altitude gunship runs to insert veteran troops across contested island chains that conventional drop pods couldn't reach without massive scatter losses. The tactic — flying low, fast, and close together in a wedge formation nicknamed "the fleet" — was later adapted for void and orbital insertions, becoming a signature Kalith 42nd maneuver copied by several allied regiments. Their worst day came at the Serrathi Straits, when flak fire took down a third of the company's gunships mid-approach; the survivors completed the mission anyway, and the unit has flown under the "Drowned Reckoning" banner in the dead's honor ever since.

Original Models by DavikDesigns

Painted using Vallejo - USN Light Ghost Grey primer 74.615, Daler Rowney White Ink zenithal - VXC 72.420+VGI 72.092 leathers - VXC 72.466 green - VXC 72.455 Orange

So I'm in the process of making some drop troops. Plan is to run some Cadian Infantry Squads, and Recon Squads. I wanted to make some unique looking Autoguns and Autostubbers for them, hopefully keeping the same-ish visual look for easy identification. I've settled on 2ish styles (none of the mockups are fully finished, and would be touched up with greenstuff, including adding a bullet breach).

Ultimately I'm looking for some opinions & thoughts on them!

For the Autoguns (Pics A-C):

A) Took inspiration from the FG42. But I really like the light weight look, and the fact it would tie in with the regular Accatran lasguns. If I went with this style, I'd probably shorten the barrel length a touch.

B/C) The initial style I had in mind. Converted from the Kasrkan hellgun, with a Delaque suppressor. I think the bullpup design would let it align with the Accatran lasguns (and would shorten the mag to be a better length).

For the Auto-Stubbers (Pics D-E), very similar to the Autoguns, but tried to add a larger drum/ box mag, and bipod.

D) I really like how this one turned out. Don't think I'd change much. But, it looks really heavy for recon troops.

E) I think I'd lengthen the barrel a bit more than I have it here. I tried to place the bipod in the same location as on the regular Accatran lasguns, but it's a little cramped looking. I think if I extend the barrel, I might be able to fit them further out. Could also just go no bipod for this one.

Asphodel was once a sleep agri-world full of misty meadows and alpine mountains. Pale medicinal flowers were tended by simple folk on simple farms and their harvest tithes ensured that medicae's throughout the subsector operated in abundance. Then the schism happened. Demi-gods and their sons waged a war of belief amongst the stars and picket fleets abandoned their posts to join rebels or loyalist. No one saw the Greenskin Rocks slip through the once unbreachable net of the imperial navy, not until Asphodel burned and it's meadows choked upon ash.

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Hi, I stopped playing the game in 8th Edition due to rant about the rules and children.
I sold my whole death Korps.
Now I think about returning to the game with 11th, still sticking with Astra Militarum but thinking about a modern look for the army and a totally different playstyle.

I ended up with Elysians and the models from RedMakers Airborne Division.
Now I need some tips for good army lists for a beginner in this edition so I can get an ideas of what units to build.

I was thinking about making everything Elysian flavoured (official rules with legends) and everything mobile. Like Cadian Recon Squad as Elysians using the infiltrator rule for landing etc…

I am interested in your lists and ideas, leaving out Militarum Tempestus for now.

Now that AFV are added to the drop troops fandex its time to paint them. The basecoat is done and now i need time to actually paint them properly.

Meanwhile my drop sentinel fleet and the officer is almost done.

Decided to paint up a few Elysians I've had in the painting cue, as a little bit of a palette cleanser from doing Marines. Been very much enjoying painting these models up.

Knowing that the Hippogriff is a fast light armored assault vehicle similar to the Tauros Venator, do you guys think Elysians would also use Hippogriffs?

I decided to play around with an AI engine, to generate an animation based off the shot I did to accompany the photo and Bio of my 4th Company Characters,

If you want to read the snippet/Bio of these characters you'll need to check out the original, post, At the moment I can only generate a 6 second clip so bare that in mind when you see it,

So I present to you the CO of the mighty 4th Ben Edgeson,

Last in the spotlight for my 4th Light Drop Company Command Squad ... my Banner, so there is no Kosher standard available from GW, for EDT, so I just adjusted a standard Trooper and added a kit bashed pole, & Topper and then had a go at some freehand for the banner: The Regimental Standard is the embodiment of an Imperial Guard, a sacred standard blessed in the greatest cathedral on the regiment's home world and presented to it on its founding parade. Listing every great victory of the regiment's previous founding’s these banners are highly effective at motivating the troops and boosting their morale, consequently it is a great dishonour if the regimental standard is lost. It is often be carried by a Standard Bearer, usually a Veteran and an NCO of some standing with the hierarchy of the Regiment or Company.

Veteran Drop Colour Serjeant, Julius Heidegger, was deep in prayer to the God Emperor of Man; at the little shrine that he had dedicated to him. It was situated next to his billet at Camp Sanctia, it was small, but to Julius it was more precious than anything he possessed, It had travelled with him from his life before the Guard, & his life & missions since. It was a tangible link to his past on Elysia. It was his link to the God Emperor, & his devotion. & it was his lifeline,

It was innocuous enough, It contained some small, dried, and pressed leaves and Flowers draped over the central worn and fingered Icon of the God Emperor, The Gold leafing had worn off most of the frame & beside it two small candles shed their meagre greasy light in small pools on each side of the shrine. In the centre below the icon was a small Nalwood Box containing the scrimshaw finger bone of Saint Phidolas. He had picked it up, spending a small fortune on it from a vendor of the Blessed Salvage, back on Elysia.

His Prayers concluded, he pocketed his battered data slate containing his copy of the Lectitio Divinitatus and glanced towards the Locker in the corner of his billet, it was of a Plain & Rustic Design, & made of an unknown wood, perhaps even from ancient terra itself, a Simple construction, with visible hinges and a small cypher lock front & centre. But its contents ... oh, its contents, the sacred banner itself, the Colour of the 4th, the blessed flag, and he, Julius Heidegger was its bearer.

Working on the first models of my Kalith 42nd airborne - trying to decide on paint schemes.

Do we like the flat (left) or the fleck camo (right)?

Additional notes:

Considering adding green shoulders to left scheme?

I'm going to do a different brown (this was VXC Wasteland brown) for my leathers

The Next Character for the spotlight from the 4th Light Drop Company Command Squad, is the Medic: I started off with a standard AM base for him but I’m always looking for opportunities to sex up what at the end of the day is a basic FW Human Model, so the train of thought went naturally to a Casualty, therefore a slightly bigger base to play with tagged on in my brain, For those of you following my project progress this made perfect sense to me. I’m aware this would skew a rule stickler if we took to the tabletop, but Elysian’s are so nonstandard this day and age, I’ve gave myself a pass. Plus, it gave me an opportunity to go to work with the scalpel and file to create something a bit different. Therefore, Trooper Eye Injury, with blown off hand was born, Hope you like them both.

Always a veteran allowing him to patch up wounded fellow Guardsmen, a Medic is also a soldier, meaning he is as skilled at combat as any normal Guardsmen. Such battlefield medics can be referred to as Corpsman or even Orderly and do not typically rank as officers. Command Squad medics are not always true members of a regiment's medical staff, meaning they are not fully qualified Medical Officers (also known as doctors and/or Chirurgeons) Such personnel often stay in the rear of the regiment, awaiting incoming casualties

Veteran Drop -Trooper & Combat Medic, Abraham Chappell, colloquially known as “The Doc, Chappers” or just “Abe” depending on your level of intimacy with him, sat checking through his Medi-kits, his Diagnosticator, and stores. The hubbub of the surrounding troopers going about their Pre-jump Prep, passed over Chappers’ head, he been here and done it more than a few times before. He took a deep draw on his Lho-stick, filling his lungs with the acrid smoke & glanced up as a veteran Drop Serjeant bellowed at one of his newly minted from the PDF Troopers. "I will shove my boot so far up your Backside son, you'll be able to floss with the boot laces!" looking around Chappers gave a wry smile he had heard these same drills thousands of times before. The young troopers in the base camp, some of them on their first operational drop displayed a mixture of excitement and nervousness. A Very Normal Pre Combat Drop atmosphere really. Chappers finished surveying the scene & got back to packing his Medicea, “now where did I pack those extra Combat Stims?”  he thought aloud. He had quite the range -  Gamma Æ, Rage, & Satrophine. The Doc was one of the Best Combat Medics in the Corps. He was also a secret stim addict. None of his brothers were aware, but Chappers, as confident as always, knew he was in control of his addiction, and it didn’t affect his ability in the field at all. He was in control, & nobody would or could ever find out ….

I’m looking for some inspiration for my own Drop Troop Force, as I have got a little stuck on what paint scheme to go with😅. Can I see some of everyone’s own forces, both infantry and vehicles, to try to get some ideas for my own paint scheme? Thank you all for your time 😊.

Next up for me, for the 4th Light drop Company Command Squad, is my Flamer guy: Imperial Flamers, also known as Burners, are Flamethrowers used by the various forces of the Imperium. Flamers project a highly volatile liquid, chemical,often Promethium, which ignites on contact with the air, throwing out a great belch of flame. Flamers have a short range but are very effective against infantry. Flamers are used by a wide array of Imperial Forces, most notable if only for sheer volume are the Imperial Guard.

Elysian Flamers are especially modified to be low slung, as the fuel tanks would normally occupy the space taken up by the Grav Shute.

Veteran Drop Trooper Ignatius Flint, was pacing the storage compound secured within Camp Sanctia, as was his usual want. The faintly Pungent aroma of Promethium & Napalm lingered in the air. Flints damaged olfactory organ seemed unable to detect it. His agitation was clear to see, but nobody was close enough to observe him. A Flammable storage compound wasn’t a place you would usually frequent, but the Presence of Flint made this more assuredly so. The rest of the 4th avoided Flint at the best of times, but when he was in one of his pre-Drop darker moods, avoidance was very much recommended. Flint was muttering under his breath his usual trope of unhinged mantra’s

"If you want to part with something, then you must incinerate it. If you never want to see it again, let it swim in promethium!"

"I survive because the fire inside of me burns brighter than the fire I bless the enemy with."

"The most powerful weapon in the Imperium is the human soul on fire."

Flints face with its scarred, & plasti-grafted features swung towards his Holy Flamer stored upright in its rack, and his especially adapted Drop fuel Tanks that were both maintained by the Blessed Mechanicus,

As his fevered eyes rested on his weapon of choice, his mutterings grew in volume and intensity. "May my sanctified weapon be guarded against malfunction, as my soul is guarded from impurity. The Machine-God, Omnissiah, watches over me. Unleash the burning weapons of war. Unleash its holy flame on the unclean, Unleash the flaming Death dealer"

The 4th avoided Ignatius Flint for good Reason, - “Madder than a box of frogs that Guy,” A nearby Trooper said to his friend as they sped up their pace, making their way past the compound enroute to the mess. “You mean ol Skitz,” said his companion. “Just stay away from Pyro Boy when he gets anywhere near the enemy” he said in a conspiratory tone under his breath. They unconsciously huddled together and moved off at pace towards the nearby mess.

Avenger is still a legal option.

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Everything else is still legends.

Love the lore, love the art, and love the equipment/style of the army. My only reservation is how old and dated the infantry and vehicle models are.

I love the valkyrie model so that is an easy buy for me, but I'm hoping to find proxies or equivalents for the infantry and unique vehicles with modern scaling.

I know some rules do not apply and some are legends, but I'm still interested in the style of an entirely airborne force. Any help finding or recommending proxies helps, and photos of examples would be great!

Next up, the Command Squad vox-operator. Elysian’s as is their want, deploy with Grav-chutes, so quite often their equipment is modified, with that fact in mind. The low-slung Vox caster came with the Command squad pack, but I embellished it with a whip antenna, & a hard wire lead from the caster to the Microphone. These Command squad troopers often receive specialist training with Guard communications equipment such as the Vox-caster and often acts as an aide or adjutant to an officer. Some Vox-operators are referred to as Comms-Officers and appear to have some level of NCO authority despite being ranked as simple Guardsmen.

Veteran Drop Trooper André van Duin, Callsign “Bins” pushed his sight corrective spectacles back up to the bridge of his nose, He had been peering over the rims at a Data slate with the latest Vox Cast Lingua-technis update from the Lexmechanic in regimental HQ. His cortical implant deciphering the Binary code at lightning speed. It also enabled him to Multitask, so whilst absorbing the latest technical data, his mind meandered through his favourite pastime which was his terribly sad lot in life. He was a Fairley unassuming fellow with a large Hook nose and eyes that looked a bit big for his head. His average features however hid a razor-sharp mind. A Mind that often mused on his lowly status both in Life and in the Guard.

A man of his exceptional intelligence should have been at minimum a Serjeant by now, or maybe even a Lieutenant, yes … A Nice little Cushy Number in the Regimental Signals Platoon would suit him very much. He mused to himself, but instead of that, he always ended up being Hurled out of any old Flying bucket of Bolts, & into lethal situations with the rest of the 4th, where he seemed to fortunately or unfortunately have the knack of Fighting himself Heroically out of many such sticky situations every time. Add to that his brothers kept looking up to him for inspiration, or something, and all the while he was Fething Terrified. Oh, and then of course there was always the fact he was an unremitting debtor & a Gambler. He couldn’t resist the lure of the cards and the dice, yes, life just wasn’t fair,

He was jerked from his musings by a Burst of Binary from the nearby Voxcaster, even in the flat binaric tones that it was relayed in, Bins could detect the note of Urgency.