It’s finally happened, I’ve officially reached the 500 point milestone with the Flesh Eaters, and it’s only taken me a year and a half to get this far! I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to share some group photos.

So what’s in this 500 point ‘Patrol’ list?

• Chaplain with plasma pistol and crozius arcanum , Brother Uriah Grimm
• Lieutenant with heavy bolt pistol and master crafted power sword (and drum), Brother Nikko
• 6 Assault Intercessors, Squad Levers
• 5 Infiltrators, Squad Caro
• Deimos Predator Destructor, ‘Sanguis’

Also pictured in the image above is Ancient Harlon. There weren’t quite enough points spare to fit him into the Patrol, but he will be included in future larger games.

There is of course the small matter of all the points values changing in a few weeks as 10th edition Warhammer 40,000 is released, so this force may not be quite 500 points by then. But I’m sure it won’t be drastically different…

Long time readers will know that this army is themed around Apologist’s ‘War of the False Primarch’ community project. This little-known piece of Imperial history takes place in the 34th Millennium, and is described in very few official sources.

The War of the False Primarch was a dark and bloody episode of the Imperium’s history, now largely lost to myth and purged from all records, that plunged the Segmentum Pacificus into anarchy from 780.M33 to 860.M33. The conflict was finally ended when the High Lords of Terra convened the Pentarchy of Blood and tasked five loyal Chapters to destroy eleven others that had been declared Traitoris Perdita for their actions during the war.

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The Flesh Eaters are members of the so-called ‘Pentarchy of Blood’, those chapters who enacted the will of the High Lords of Terra on the wayward Partisan chapters. The patronage of the High Lords means that they are equipped with a mixture of the latest technology the 34th millenium has to offer, plus the best of what’s left in the vaults from the Heresy. I’ve tried to give this force a retro ‘Rogue Trader’ and ‘2nd edition’ Warhammer 40,000 vibe, and I hope that comes across in the model design and paint schemes.

The army in its current form represents Task Force Grimm as it appeared during the during the so-called “Sorrowful Years”, the period during the War of the False Primarch that saw mainly retrenchment and small scale skirmishes between Orthodox and Partisan forces. Uriah Grimm spent this time leading his forces in small-scale raids into Partisan border worlds, looking for any clues to the whereabouts of the False Primarch.

So where do the Flesh Eaters go from here? Well we have the Space Marine half of the Leviathan box just over the horizon, plus plans for some more, larger vehicles. So plenty more to come back for!

That’s all for today, I hope you’ve enjoyed this summary of the project so far. If you’d like to read more about my Flesh Eaters then you can read all posts tagged with Flesh Eaters. As ever, thanks very much for reading, and please don’t forget you can also follow my work on social media at Twitter, Mastodon and Instagram.