Epic Armageddon Project

I have recently had a renewed interest in a classic GW game called Epic. It’s currently supported by the online community after GW decided to pull the plug on supporting their specialist games line. It’s more properly known as NetEpic Armageddon these days.

Funnily enough my interest was rekindled by the Squat race being added back into the rulebook fluff in the 2 most recent editions of Warhammer 40K. I had some old models from second edition in my display case and thought how cool it would be to have an actual list back in Warhammer with all the awesome warmachines that they had available in Epic. I thought it was a long shot if this were to ever occur in 40K, but then I was thinking that it would be fairly easy to get back into Epic and I could run a Squat army in that game.

I did some research online and found that the rulebook is currently free as a .pdf, which is nice because I wanted to avoid have to spend $50.00 on any books (here’s looking at you hard-bound codecies)..... There is also a living army list (it receives updates based on playtest data) that covers a wide variety of Epic scale armies. Some lists are clearly listed as Tournament Ready to Experimental. Although my primary interest was in running a Squat army I was also eyeing some future project armies like Necrons and Dark Elder, “but GW never made those armies!” I can hear you say. That’s correct, but there are other industrious hobbyists out there that have. Keep in mind, GW defends it’s IP seriously. I personally feel it is to their detriment in some situations, but it’s their ‘right’ and some would say ‘obligation’ to do this. Exodus Wars makes Edenite models that make convincing Necron infantry. You can get “death bot” or “space pharaoh” models off of Shapeways for their vehicles. You could event design your own if you are good at 3D modeling. Onslaught Miniatures makes Stygian minis that make convincing Dark Eldar units in Epic. If you would prefer a classic line of Epic minis there is also plenty being listed on Ebay for cheap to average prices.

So in summary, NetEpic Armageddon is:

• Relatively cheap to play. My 2000 points of Squats cost my around 120.00 USD
• Supported by a dedicated group of people on the Tactical Command forum
• Grimdark in theme and designed well rules-wise
• Super easy to paint up

I will be posting my works in progress and would eventually like to see if my community is interested in eventually doing an Epic League/Campaign.

Assembly of my brotherhood warriors

My 40K Squat Warrior paint scheme was transitioned to Epic