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After mosly finishing my Eldar and Cadian 40k armies I wanted to do something a little different, and the Elysian Drop troopers has always had some attraction for me.

In addition I will also be able to use my aircraft from my Cadian army with my Elysians too.

Due to Elysians being a Forgeworld only army and me being a cheapskate I have almost entirely procured my army from third party sources. If this offends you then feel free to go elsewhere, but otherwise keep reading.

I have purchased my models from a variety of third party entities, some of better quality than others. There are plenty of resources out there with much more info on how to obtain these third party models so I will not be covering it here.

Now I am not a particularly speedy modeller, and I do not have a great deal of hobby time so this is a long term project. I am hoping that Forgeworld will release updated Elysian rules before my army is ready to use as I am not a big fan of the index rules.

So far I have assembled a large number of Elysians

- about 40 infantry of various types
- 4 Tauros Assault vehicle
- 1 Tauros Venator
- 9 Sniper teams
- 9 Heavy bolter teams
- 8 Mortar teams
- 6 Drop Sentinels
- 6 Tarantulas
- 6 Cyclops

Plus a few flyers from my Cadian army

- 3 Vendettas
- 2 Valkyries
- 1 Arvus
- 2 Vultures

But I still have quite a bit to go, and once I have finished assembling I will start painting which will take even longer.

Still to go are a lot more infantry as I am wanting to run a brigade. Also I have some sky talons and a Thunderbolt, and some more Tauros's of both types.

Still deciding on the paint scheme, but am leaning towards the standard tan and green.

I'll get some progress pictures up with my next post, but here is a couple of a Tauros to get things started.


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