The Forge of Mars

My Crimson Fists

2009-03-20T13:36:00.005-04:00

I figured it was about time to display some actual hobby material since that is one of the main intentions of this blog. I am currently working on a 2000pt Crimson Fists force. I've always liked the background of the Crimson Fists. From the destruction of their Fortress Monastery at the hands of the orks, to their epic struggle to rebuild their chapter from the ashes.

There were a few things I wanted to portray in my army. First off, according to the fluff, the Crimson fists were left with as many veterans as normal marines after their monastery fell. I made sure that I had as many veterans as I did normal troops. Since they are a rebuilding chapter, they currently have a lot of scouts to start rebuilding the ranks of the brother marines. I made sure I had at least 1 scout squad to show this. Another one of the Crimson Fists story that I liked was the one about the Declates Crusade. In this crusade, the Crimson Fists teamed up with their brothers the Black Templars to face the orks. To show signs of unity, the two chapters exchanged iconography. The Templars painted their left fist red, while the Fists painted templar crosses on their armor. I've tried to do this in a few place to show veterans of that campaign.

Here are some pictures of what I currently have done with the exception of my Master of the Forge, Venerable Dreadnought, and Assault Terminators. Pictures of those will follow shortly as I get pictures of them taken.

Scouts with sniper rifles:

Sternguard:

Tactical Squad 1:

Tactical Squad 2:

Max Minis Post Apocalyptic Guns

2009-03-12T11:56:00.003-04:00

While browsing the new today, I stumbled upon an upcoming release from Max Minis. They have been releasing some cool things lately that work great in the 40k universe, and today it looks like the Orks are getting some love. These are very obviously some new stand ins for ork shootas. For those of you wanting to take those 30 man shootas mobs, now you can have even more variety in your shootas.

Max Minis

Imperial Guard Command Pictures

2009-03-08T11:07:00.008-04:00

Today has been a good day for the Imperial Guard. First all the Apoc Data Sheets and now some nicely painted pictures of some of their new commands coming out with the Codex.

Cadian Command Squad

Catachan Command Squad

Imperial Guard Lord Commisar

Ratling Sniper Squad

New Apocalypse Data Sheets.

2009-03-08T10:30:00.007-04:00

In the never ending search for knowledge we have new apocalypse data sheets from GW.
Included are the much anticipated Baneblade variants that got released this past week. The Dark Eldar finally get some attention, although after looking at the sheet it wasn't much attention. They are rounded out by a sheet for Tau, Space Marines, Eldar, Chaos, Necrons and Orks. They have also included rules for the Empereror Class Titan. This thing is every bit the walking monstrosity, but actually not as mean as the lore would have you believe of course. Alas, still no Sisters of Battle sheet spotted. Check them out here.

Chaos Doomsday Device
Dark Eldar Karnival of Pain
Eldar Shadow Walker Formation
Emperor Class Titan
Necron Shroudweaver War Cell
Ork Evil Eye Stompa
Space Marine Lucifier Strike Force
Tau Long Range Infiltration Unit
Banehammer
Banesword
Shadowsword
Stormlord
Stormsword
Doomhammer

The Quest For Knowledge Begins.

2009-03-05T00:02:00.003-05:00

And so begins the launch of The Forge Of Mars. This site will be dedicated mostly to Warhammer 40k, but will occassionally branch off into other Games Workshop games. Expect content to start rolling in once we get the hang of the site and get it looking the way we want. This means the appearance will probably change several times over the next week or so, so bear with us in the meantime.