I have received my order from Vanguard miniatures to start my Paramar air cav drop regiment / Elysian drop regiment.
I ordered enough for 10 drop companies. 1 command company, 2 mortar companies, 14 heavy weapons sprues, 5 drop sentinel squadrons, 10 sky talons, 1 storm trooper company, 1 space ship and the ground crew and pilots packs. I also got the new eloi infantry, a tempest and a zephyr pack.
I have used up all my reserve strip bases, and just placed an order for another 150 in case I get more stuff.
When John gets more of the proxies for Valkyries and Vultures and Talos/ Talos Venator, I will be buying them in decent quantities, in a future order plus some more bases. some stuff for BFG. I will enbdeavour to get some lightnings (from another company), some of hs marauder prioxies.
The I will have to wait for him to make the grey ghost ghillie suit minis, and then the sabres. At that time I will get 6 conqueror proxies, 3 chimera proxies and some allied guard. It will take a lot of time, but the regiment will finally be built, perhaps in a year or so.
I have attached photos of the start of the collection.
OMG what have I done to myself I will have no spare time for gaming.
I plan to paint them in a roughly Tan/Brown/Dark Brown camoflauge with dark dirt bases with light tundra grass and dark peet on the bases. I hope they will look good when finished. I just have to work out a way of differentiating between the drop companies.