Conor Caulfield
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Conor Caulfield
@cptcorallis.bsky.social
http://GeekErrant.co.uk for Personal writing on Games/Movies/TV/Tabletop/Comics not being yelled into the Void
Writes the News at Bellular News
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Belfast NI
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And then there were four! Full detachment of Horus Heresy Militia Leman Russ now ready and finalised with transfers.
Had a lot of fun here working on unit markings, building a pseudo-command tank and generally adding texture to some very old, flat, models.

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November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What's fun is as of four years ago, we have a very good idea of how they *could* make something better than that Vect, based on the Lord of Gluttony model from the Hedonites of Slaanesh. Same vibes, different execution.

Just need to wait for the Dark Eldar's turn to bat for model range refreshes.
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I had been purposefully trying not to learn about Pluribus before watching, but I'm thrilled to see it's from *this* Vince Gilligan.

Deeply unsettling sci-fi and a perfect lead performance, with some great cinematography.
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
What's especially odd about this one is that these models are being released as part of a book that is *explicitly* about the actions of the new Chaos character for TOW.

Her name is Frydaal the Chainmaker.

So it's not even like there's a faction-wide mandate not to have options.
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Managed to find a treat for my last Leman Russ of my Imperial Militia detachment. One of the original Sprue layouts with all the free space and even more fiddly track designs.

The difference between this and the ones just released for Heresy is staggering.

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October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
And now with transfers! Mostly used the classic vehicle set, but also managed to find my old Baneblade transfers and there's some great names on there to use.
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Been rescuing retro Leman Russ designs from eBay and trying to fix them up for my Militia, and realising the 2nd edition Guard codex has a guide for using them gives me a perfect excuse to make use of these old transfers too - for the retro feel.

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October 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Picked up a bunch of second hand Iron Hands rhinos that had been primed and then just lightly dry brushed - so tested retrofitting them to my Fists' colours without repainting everything.
Broadly happy, so now I just need to build a bunch of stowage for the roofs.

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October 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Proof of concept for my Imperialis Militia Cavalry now ready, returning from a rat horse to a normal horse!

I don't know if I can justify converting too many of these, especially in the numbers that Heresy can justify, but this one was satisfying to finish off.

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October 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Games Workshop have spent time in the last few years reframing their work as part of four or five different hobbies you can enjoy - but they've always left off the secret final aspect the community brings to the table: Complaining.
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The only appropriate response I think
September 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Weekend project, applying the tools learned from the Praetor to the Saturnine Dreadnought - and I think it's come along well!

Lorewise, Ancient Burkhard is the core the Beta Garmon Survivors have gathered around, so him stepping on a statue of Horus felt apt.

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September 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Finished off my Heavy Ordnance Batteries for my Horus Heresy Militia - very fun trying to work out how to reflect the colour scheme for the infantry across the big guns. (And I love the sculpted cast steel texture on those blast shields)

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September 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Proof of concept for my Horus Heresy Militia field guns and artillery crew - trying to find little ways to make different elements of the army unified like uparmoured helmets for sergeants and goggles for gunners is pretty fun

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September 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Weekend Horus Heresy project, painting up my Saturnine Praetor - focussed on trying to improve my weathering as the idea is they're stranded in the Beta Garmon sector, harrying traitors as their gear gets more wrecked and resources run low.

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September 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Second Battle Mode is the key phrase here - it's a patent on the system where you can either engage in a player input-led battle directly, or have your "sub character/pokemon" engage in fights without your input at all.
September 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Galvanised by new rules, my Horus Heresy Militia now have a finished Grenadier Command and Force Commander.

The latter of which is a decade old conversion pressed back into service, alongside some more recent kitbashes.

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August 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reworked my Heresy Militia list under the new rules - only loss is the Navigator, but otherwise 194 models hits just under 3000pts across combined arms of tanks, artillery, mass infantry, elite infantry and horses.
And most of it is built and painted!
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August 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
That is a *hell* of a starting point, past me
August 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Been building up my Saturnine box, and the build quality of these sculpts is kind of great. Super posable joints, all in service of making really neat poses.

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August 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Been working on some more tests for trooper builds and schemes for Imperialis Militia for 30k (that can double up for 40k)

I think this Rogue Trader inspired Imperial Army scheme has legs, it's shocking how much the yellow and red heraldry really make it pop.

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July 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Finally finished up my second full unit of Imperial Militia - another 60 brings us up to 125 across two troops and a HQ choice, which is a tad absurd.

With this core, should hopefully be ready for whatever the Militia list looks like in Horus Heresy 3.0.

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June 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The point isn't wrong, Hulst isn't talking about fun games.

Because this quote is taken from the investor fireside chat, he's not talking to players. And that's just how listed companies work and have always worked. Here's Activision in their heyday in 2001 with the same thing.
June 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Finally finished the trio of Chimera for my Kasrkin squads!
Was fun digging through for some old transfers to match the squads, and salvaging some eBay won vehicles back into a serviceable state.

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June 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Been building up my Lord Solar proxy for my Tanith in Lord Executor Gaunt - think I've worked out a way to get the height to match the sword without just building a tower for the group.

Now just need an androgynous head for Merity Chass and we're good to go.

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May 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM