New Drekport Corps - Part 3

"Kraevahn's Survivors", 163rd Grenadiers

The New Drekport Corps, given their remote location at the fringes of Imperial space, seldom had the chance to fight alongside Schola Progenium-trained Tempestus Scions. For this reason, they maintained a grenadier corp, recruited from veterans of the regular infantry platoons and trained in the use of carapace armour and hot-shot las-weaponry. These grenadier platoons were at the forefront of the system defense when the Malfactus Rift opened. The 163rd, under the command of Captain Kraevahn and at the time at full strength, were sent to Beloch with orders to protect the planet's hives and their factoria.

As they withstood dozens of Renegade and Xenos raids, the 163rd became excellent city fighters, able to survive and prevail in the tangled urban war zones of Beloch. Even when warp rifts opened on the planet itself disgorging tides of daemons, the 163rd kept fighting to ensure the evacuation of crucial assets from Beloch's main spaceport. The nightmarish siege saw the 163rd ground down by wave after wave of daemons, Captain Kraevahn and his Command Squad along with a depleted squad led by Corporal Transk the only members of the platoon to board the last cargo ship leaving Beloch.

Ever since, Kraevahn's Survivors have kept operating as higly specialised fire teams, fighting either on their own or reinforcing the "Hot Heads" of the 5th Irregulars. These hardened veterans have carried out countless raids on every planet in the New Drekport system, denying resources to renegades and xenos alike, and learning all the wily tricks the Administratum does not print in the Imperial Primer.

I've painted Kraevahn's Survivors to match the 5th Irregulars, thus with Black Templar highlighted Eshin Grey for the armour, Talassar Blue highlighted Alaitoc Blue for the fatigue and Goregrunta fur highlighted with Balor Brown for the leather. This time, however, I started from a 3-stages zenithal highlight: flat black, grey at a 45º angle and white at a 90º angle. I based the weapons with Leadbelcher and then washed them twice, first with Nuln Oil and then with Agrax Earthshade. Cables and grenades were picked up in green and red.

Captain Kraevahn (Tempestor)

Private Valbek (Tempestus Scions Comms)

Gunner Lensk (Tempestus Scions Gunner with Grenade Launcher)

Gunner Pajk (Tempestus Scions Gunner with Hot-shot Volley Gun)

Gunner Rausch (Tempestus Scions Gunner with Plasma Gun)

Doc Tyborc (Tempestus Scions Trooper with Medi-kit)

Colour Sergeant Keist (Tempestus Scions Trooper with Platoon Banner)

Corporal Transk (Tempestus Scions Trooper with Scion Blade)

Troopers Voorsch and Dovorr (Tempestus Scions Troopers with Frag Grenade)

The urban camo pattern on Transk's, Voorsch's and Dovorr's cloack is what I'm happiest about. I basecoated them Celestra Grey, washed Nuln Oil, hedge highlighted Ulthuan Grey and then stippled patches of Abaddon Black. Using a smaller brush I then stippled White Scar on top of the black patches once they were dry.