The Engineers advanced in a crouched line through the shattered avenue, their greatcoats grey with dust and soot, gas masks reflecting the burn of fires in dead windows above. Around them the city screamed. Autoguns chattered from upper stories, heavy bolters thumped somewhere to the rear, and shells fell with the dull, collapsing sound of buildings giving up their last strength. At their centre trundled the demolition drone, a squat tracked machine chewing through the rubble, its auspex antennae twitching as it tasted the poisoned ground ahead.
They halted at the suspected minefield where the street dipped into a cratered intersection. One Engineer knelt, probing with a bayonet while another fed data into the drone’s control unit, his gloved hands steady despite the tremor of nearby impacts. The drone rolled forward obediently, a telltale click echoed, then anothe. Pressure mines, linked and cunningly buried, waiting for the careless or the brave.
The assault surged past them regardless. Infantry sprinted across side streets, tanks ground rubble into powder as they fired point-blank into hab-blocks, and overhead a Valkyrie screamed low, disgorging Grenadiers into the smoke.
Shrapnel pattered against the Engineers’ armour like rain, and one man fell without a sound, punched through by a round meant for no one in particular. No one broke formation; another stepped into his place, because the mine had to be cleared.
With a final signal, the Engineer at the controls triggered the drone. The explosion was sharp and contained, the ground buckling as the hidden charges were consumed in a controlled fury. Dust washed over the unit, and when it settled the street was torn open but safe. Without ceremony, the Engineers advanced once more into the fire, making a path so others might die further ahead.
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An end of year post, things have been a little quiet around here, mainly due to personal, not hobby, related reasons.
In the gulf of time between Christmas and New Year though, I found motivation and time to hobby again, picking up this unit which has been half painted for quite some time.
When the Death Korps of Krieg got their army second wave miniatures, during the Guards 10th Edition Codex roll out, Fraser bought the box and sent it over for me to add to his Krieg army I'm SLOWLY working on for him...le sigh...
I built the Engineers as they were my favourite unit, primed them, basecoated them and then...life got in the way.
So here they are after a couple of hours of highlighting and basing:
All five members are finished, based to match the urban war bases of the previous troops I've finished for his army.
Here's the Sergeant and Flamer:
The Shotgun Engineers:
The Drone Controller and Demolition Drone (affectionate nicknamed the "Roomba" by us):
They have a wealth of details, as most modern GW kits do, and I went in and added even. Ore accessories to them in the form of grenades and pouches...Just because I thought they didn't look like they had enough equipment on them.
If Fraser ever thinks of adding a Chimera to this unit, I've several ideas of how to model it and equipment and storage to add to it.
Finally, I pulled the Commissar (my favourite model FW ever made for this range) and the converted Master of Ordnance to put alongside the unit to keep track of the basing too they match:
And with that, the last models I've painted in 2025 are posted.
Hopefully 2026 will be a better year, with more stability going forwards. I am hoping to get another swathes of troopers for this army finished soon as they need highlighting and bases to be finished, so I may make that the first priority in 2026 before other projects.
Until next time, have nice day...
