Epic Warhammer 40,000 holds a special place in my heart. The models are fantastic and the scale allows you to play truly "epic" battles.
With the new release of Adeptus Titanicus from Games Workshop, I decided I need to dust off some of my old models and paint a few things up. The new edition uses a different scale and currently only has Imperial forces (loyal and traitor), but I figure I can use my old models and make some adjustments to use Orks and Eldar as well. I will probably just use the rules as written and substitute some appropriate Ork (or Eldar) models for the battle.
First up in this project were a few Stompas that could serve as knights in Adeptus Titanicus. These can also just be used as themselves in my existing Ork army that I can use for Epic 40k, LaserStorm, Future War Commander, Horizon Wars, or any other game I decided to use them with.
I put together another Kings of War game using my Epic 40k models. This time, I took my Kingdom of Men (Space Marines) and faced them off against a Goblin army (Orcs/Chaos) composed of only trolls.
Both armies were 750 points so I played on a 2' x 2' board. I changed all measurements to centimeters.
Kingdom of Men - 750 Points
Standard Bearer on Horse 65 points
Standard Bearer on Horse 65 points
Charioteers Regiment 115 points
Charioteers Regiment 115 points
Knight Regiment 195 points
Knight Regiment 195 points
I thought I would try something a little different for another game of Kings of War for my 6 x 6 Game Challenge. For this game, I pulled out some of my Epic 40K models and put together a couple of armies; Kingdoms of Men (Space Marines) and Orcs (Orcs).
I scaled down the normal table size to a 3' x 2' table and worked up some 800 point armies. I didn't spend a lot of time on building the armies as I was just checking to see how the game would work in this scale.
Kings of War is pretty abstract so I thought this might let me make use of my collection of Epic 40K models.
The Kingdoms of Men got lucky early and routed the Fight Wagon Regiment after doing some damage via shooting. Once the orcs reached melee range, things started to go down hill for the Kingdom of Men. Though in the end, the Orcs couldn't do enough damage and the Kingdom ended up winning the battle.
It was a fun game and fits well on a small board. I think I will be playing more games in this scale with my Epic 40k models. I have several factions and will be able to try out a variety of lists .
There isn't any hidden info in KoW so it works well as a solo game.
Here are some pictures of some of my 6mm models on the table in battle.
Most of the terrain is scratch build by me, but there is a ruin that is GW Epic ruined building sprue. The fancy detailed terrain pieces are resin models from Micropanzer Wargames Studio.
All the models are Games Workshop with the exception of a few modifications to some of the Space Marine Vehicles. The Predators and Razor Backs have been modified from basic Rhinos with the addition of turrets and sponsons from Epic Army Minis via Shapeways.
