So thanks to My friends , I have finally decided to start on my IG. The first models he showed me were enough that i decided to trade for them and start working towards my next squad. They are currently a mix of Catachan bodies , arms, and legs with glade guard cloaks and Faces. I like the look alot but have had some issues with the arms. Alot of people i have showed them to say the arms look to big, so im gonna post 3 pictures and see what you guys think. Alot of the look from the cadian spur doesnt look promising since cadians are too heavy for my taste ( and since everyone plays them). Overall im trying to keep them as close as i can from the fluff and books along with the artwork for them.

That was back in August 2010. It is now 2011 and my itch to play guard is back. Having left my 1500 points at home , ive decided to start my small budding IG army down here and it has to theme with the one back home hence Tanith / Phantine / Padrus !

Here is what tanith are suppose to look like:


This is DAVE TAYLORS work that i have used as inspiriation for my own:




This is MY OWN work as down below

Only got 4 done (out of like 80?) but its a start. Special Characters are as followed:

Major Rawne (Beret)
Feygor (mohawk)
Mkoll (Grenade)
Crid (Female)

Looking great, can't wait to see more

thinning out the GS cloaks would make them look ace

Capitansolstice wrote:thinning out the GS cloaks would make them look ace

they have been redone since with better GS cloaks. Those were my first attempts at them. They didnt turn out so well. Unfortunatly im off at uni so i cant get to them right now :(

Oh

This should go in P&M Blogs, showcase is for finished models.

Looks good for a first GS job, though!

Platuan4th wrote:This should go in P&M Blogs, showcase is for finished models.

Looks good for a first GS job, though!

Weird, i thought it was in there when i first posted it back in the summer I have no idea how it got here

.moved to P & M blogs.

..looking very good indeed ! Those cloaks are great.

Some work ive done on my Inquistors,

First one is a attempt at Adrastia from DOW II: Retribution (overall not too happy with it, but i ran out of time this summer to work on her)



Second one is of Inquistor Urmarus from our our DH group.



Inquistor Umarus was a interesting character to build for many reasons. First off, he was a combination of ideas presented by myself and the GM on a different type of Inquistor. We decided that he would be a Xeno Hybris Radical. This idea of a inquistor interested in and encouraging his retuine to find and use xeno artifacts presented alot of modeling opportunitys. It also presented a change from the norm for how some of the models would be built. I wanted the model to look imperial and demanding but yet have some less gothic features. Finally in the end, I took parts from many kits and came out with a rough design. Well not completely satisfied with the result, I feel that for the moment, it'll have to do till i can come back to reevaulate it. Once that has happened, I hope to get some pictures up for all to see.

For Gameplay purposes, I will be fielding him, as well as the other members DH characters as a Company command squad for my tanith in certain games. I figure a Inquistor leading IG into battle is a 40k image and am excited for the chances to play him on the table

cool

It looks like you could use some work on your greenstuff cloak technique. Try making the cloak an even thickness and smooth before wrapping it around the model to avoid blobbiness.

Well i got the 1st of 2 packages in the mail today. One was from maxmini and the second from chapterhouse for my Tanith and Phantine Troopers. Today i have to show you the Chapterhouse order of 6 female heads for my tanith. Im not sold on whom will be whom yet but i do think im gonna have my Criid, Branda, and Jess soon enough for the troopers i do have with me while im off at Uni.

The Pictures:




and a view of the spur:



overall im very impressed with CH and their work! The flash was clean and the molding was bar none very clean! Once i get some free time im gonna break open my IG battleforce i have laying here and see how they work out. Hopefully part two of this post with the Maximini stuff will be arriving soon!

I going by the theory that only a headswap is needed to make female guard and the extra...."looks" required of the female figure when added on to combat armour and someone in top physical shape wouldnt be much of a difference. However one of my buddies whom plays DKoK says that he feels it will look wrong. I showed him this source that i felt summed it up, however he remains unconvienced:

quoted from another source:

I have a fellow IG player in my area who made female IG. I gave him this pic as a reference for females in modern militaries;

Breasts (which was a massive concern of his....fetishes.....) are truly not a concern, as noted. Seriously the body armour issued to us totally covers all the assets, the same effect happens to fatigues, but it's artistic license if you want your female IG to have a slimmer looking waist

Found some more of my models from the stuff i did over the summer, I hadnt realized these pictures werent up here yet. Overall im not too happy with these and they were stripped and completely redone. Since i cant get to them at the moment (there at my parents house, im off at uni) these are all i have to show but the main work was redone and all the characters and GS completely changed around

Please note in the group shot you can see the redone models for Mkoll and Rawne. Those two were stripped in simple green and redone again! Im my own worst critic when it comes to getting this army right. As the pictures show, i never got the hang of GS'ing berets. may have to try again over winter break. The hooded WE heads, used intinally were rejected after fan critisms of them looking too "elfish" so they have been removed and natural GS used to make hoods.

I do believe the only model i didnt change around was the blind shotgun sergeant. I just like the way he looked too much

they look cool, especially the las pistol sgt.

Capitansolstice wrote:they look cool, especially the las pistol sgt.

thats kinda funny you say that. Overall he was suppose to be a marbo or a sgt depending upon how i modeled him and what i would decide upon later in my list. I wanted him to be a mkvenner or a mkoll stand in if no other models would "work"

However the cloak and the beret i hated so much that i scrapped the model. The arms are still the same but when i last left him, he was getting a make over with a flagalant warband head and a GS coak covering his body. Ran out of summer to work on that project.

the arm was done because i needed a left arm but only had right arms. i started by taking the catachan command spur arm that is pointing and cuting off the hand. I then flipped the arm over so instead of being a right arm it was a left arm and remodeled the las pistol arm on to there. To cover the very obvious glare in human anatomy i covered most of that arm with a cloak hoping it would cover the damage.

In the next few days i hope to break open the battleforce i have laying here and start on some new additions to my force i have with me. Its only 500 points + Inquistor count as for Lord commie but it's playable and i'll be able to model some more tanith using the maximini and CH bits.

Capitansolstice, I appericate the feed back and the being a part of the P&M blog, Its really kept me motivated!

Sounds good, cant wait to see the battleforce swampy
something that I have noticed that could improve your models, is the fragments of mold lines and vents that are present. If you clean them up the models will look tons more professional.
for greenstuff, maybe using this tut. will help: [url] http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2542
[/url] http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?75772-GS-flowing-cloaks

Very nice start to your army, I like the look of your cloaks to cause god knows.. I suck with green stuff, unless it can be smokd.. wait, I didn't say that..

Update for the Phantine Side of things:



Forgeworld Elysian models in the resin. Im planning on eventually running enough of these guys for a small task for of Phantine Skyborne Troopers. Orginally i wanted to replace the helemets to look like this:



and i could do it too by using the pilot heads from the valks, except for the fact that i would need to buy:

A. More Valks for my skyborne and the helemts.
B. Replace said helemts with cadian heads to give the pilots heads.
C. I would only get enough pilot heads for 1 squad at most or 2 if i used the gunners heads too.

So i emailed Dan Abnett and asked for how to get them right for a true Phantine Skyborne trooper. Its true, Mr. Abnett does repsond to his own mail and VERY fast. I got this with in 24 hours.

Hello

I think they look very much like WW2 aircrew crossed with paratroopers, with the jump-packs being "jet pack" type units about the size and shape (and appearance) of
an un-deployed parachute.

Any help?

Dan

This lead to rethink the whole modern design and start looking back into new ideas. I decided the Elysians would be the way to go in the end. Not only to distants themselfs from the tanith but to stand out on the table as one of my FAVORITE regiments in 40k. To finish off this update im still working on how to do the jump pack. while i would want my troopers to have them, im still undersure of how to model them. Ideas would be welcome as always




My personal Favorite and "Me" in 40k so to speak Lt. Jonus "SwampyTurtle" Remaus (sometimes misspelled Remanus). The Remaus Family is of Phantine. The brother Litilus is my Tech priest model and my character from Dark Heresy. Most of the family was killed during the conquest of Phantine by the Blood pact but currently only Jonus and Litilus are the known survivors of the family. Mother Ophilia and Father Byrus have both been found dead at the hands of the enemy. The misfortune and stories of the Remaus family are some i hope to tell both through fan fiction and my own battles. Litilus is unaware his brother is alive having only heard that a man from phantine named Jonus is working for a inquistor =I= as his personal retuine.....

This is looking really cool so far man!

IdentifyZero wrote:This is looking really cool so far man!

Thanks! hopefully when I get a few more funds cleared up from bills and other parts of life (see: rent, food , ect) i'll have some left over to get another squad or two. My hope is to be able to run them next to the Tanith as a platoon / Vet teams one day. During the summer i ran them as vets. Got me a quick solid objective against a drop pod list that i could post up the battle report should anyone be interested.

I would smooth out the capes I can see your finger prints. just my idea wear latex gloves and get vasline. But I love the idea keep it up !

Really cool Tanith. Can't wait to see them all painted!

ghostmaker wrote:I would smooth out the capes I can see your finger prints. just my idea wear latex gloves and get vasline. But I love the idea keep it up !

they have been redone since with better GS cloaks. Those were my first attempts at them. They didnt turn out so well. Unfortunatly im off at uni so i cant get to them right now :(

end wrote:Really cool Tanith. Can't wait to see them all painted!

Thanks End! I hope to get some paint on them this winter break

swampyturtle wrote:

IdentifyZero wrote:This is looking really cool so far man!

Thanks! hopefully when I get a few more funds cleared up from bills and other parts of life (see: rent, food , ect) i'll have some left over to get another squad or two. My hope is to be able to run them next to the Tanith as a platoon / Vet teams one day. During the summer i ran them as vets. Got me a quick solid objective against a drop pod list that i could post up the battle report should anyone be interested.

Post it up man, I'll take a look. ^.^

Awesome, some Tanith are always welcome!

IdentifyZero wrote:

swampyturtle wrote:

IdentifyZero wrote:This is looking really cool so far man!

Thanks! hopefully when I get a few more funds cleared up from bills and other parts of life (see: rent, food , ect) i'll have some left over to get another squad or two. My hope is to be able to run them next to the Tanith as a platoon / Vet teams one day. During the summer i ran them as vets. Got me a quick solid objective against a drop pod list that i could post up the battle report should anyone be interested.

Post it up man, I'll take a look. ^.^

Done and Done:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/407217.page

These pictures are from July 2010 but are only meant to show the stuff i cant get to at the moment. Since these pictures have been taken, i bought enough models to bring it up to the full 2000+

All of it was for 40$$ When we put it together, it was 1500 points with min. upgrades. Very Nice start if i do say so myself

Most of the models are still in the conditions they were in when i took the pictures of them back when. A few squads have been bathed in simple green and the tanks have been cleaned up.


Custom built bunker my friend made for me:




Upper shot:



front shot:

Looks like a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.

Needs updates!

IdentifyZero wrote:Needs updates!

Im afriad i dont have much to comment on. So instead , i'll tantalize you with whats to come

i recently went for 3rd party products and chose this model to be my female commie; I torn on rather or not i'll replace the pistol with a GW bolt pistol and add a few GW bits so its enough to legally play in tournaments / RT / whatever. (excuse the promo pics, i just ordered my own yesterday so i dont have it yet )






On other fronts, my order to maximini seems to have been lost to the warp (Aka the US postal service, whom claim my address didnt exist , lazy ). Anyway to make a long story short, that mess was cleared up and the order has been sent out again (From Poland mind you!) so im hoping it'll get here sometime this week since i ordered back in September. Originally this was gonna be a 2 part post with the Chapter house models of the female heads i posted above. Once i got it all together i was gonna break it all open with the battleforce and get building in one big P&M mega update. Exams and papers have made that unlikely to happen now.

Instead its looking as if this christmas may roll around before i get to do the mega update and so only small pieces of what to come are being shown now. Im hoping as the models come in and the bitz i'll have more for you all.

Also: Shameless Self promotion here; If you all could check out my Tau P&M, my FLGS is starting a campagin next semester and its looking as if my cadre is gonna help spread the greater good. Any feedback would be appericated

Part 2 Of my post orders finally comes today

So i got alittle present in the mail today All the way from maximini in poland came a few last things to be added before i break open my battleforce!

The order consisted of:

5x Feral heads that i thought would go excellent on tanith
10x Beret heads for my Tanith scouts
5x "Iron Pattern" Jump packs

Thats where i ran into a problem. the jump packs were way too large for my phantine. They look monsterious on guard in general and wouldnt work at all. Im probably gonna try to recoup my losses by selling / trading for jump packs that would work better (or cadian snipers )





The Jump packs Im gonna sell (if you want them PM me and we'll talk)




These images are after they have been cleaned up and washed. The models are very well done and the detail is bar none



Top it off: The battleforce (Lets do this )

PM'd

So i got the final piece of the puzzle today in the mail From Warforge i bought this : Disciplinary Officer Viktoria Skivlana to use as my female commisar attached to my phantine / Tanith. As soon as i got the package i couldnt help but open it and get it assembled. I still need to clean her up and wash her off to clean the resin but i wanted to get these pics for size and any one else thinking of getting one

Truth be told, she is one fragile i nearly broke her a dozen times just cleaning her off and getting the leg assembled to the body. handle with EXTERME care. However the scuplt is bar none the best female ive seen and the detail is beautiful! I would highly recommand!

Top Down shot



Size Comparison




Pre assembly:

Nice update man.

I ordered the same model a few weeks ago when it became re-stocked, she's a pretty good scultp for a Commisar. I also got the Raging Heroes chick for my Company Commander.

I totally feel you on the school stuff, that's going to start hitting me hard to.


RE: Your idea in my thread about a unit of Tanith.

What do you think of doing a figure swap in the future when we're both working more on our armies. I could make you a hostile environment dude with the elysian equipment that my dudes use and you could do up one of your guys and we could both paint them and swap. Sort of like a couple of officers serving in a different regiment to gain some experience, seconded if you will. ^.^

They would make good bodyguard models or even sergeants, we could figure something out, maybe give some ties to our respective units in our lore!

Let me know what you think of this.

IdentifyZero wrote:Nice update man.

I ordered the same model a few weeks ago when it became re-stocked, she's a pretty good scultp for a Commisar. I also got the Raging Heroes chick for my Company Commander.

I totally feel you on the school stuff, that's going to start hitting me hard to.


RE: Your idea in my thread about a unit of Tanith.

What do you think of doing a figure swap in the future when we're both working more on our armies. I could make you a hostile environment dude with the elysian equipment that my dudes use and you could do up one of your guys and we could both paint them and swap. Sort of like a couple of officers serving in a different regiment to gain some experience, seconded if you will. ^.^

They would make good bodyguard models or even sergeants, we could figure something out, maybe give some ties to our respective units in our lore!

Let me know what you think of this.

Im down for it, I'd need access to my paints (which i'd have to grab over winter break) but overall yeah im certainly down for sending you a Tanith advisor. I like the idea of using them as bodyguards / gaining new tatics with another regiment. Maybe write some fluff to for them on their battles and such with the regiment their seconded too. i'd like to keep this idea rolling and get the details done eventually.

I just finished washing her and cleaning her off actually. You never know with resin so i just decided before i pant her i'd give her a wash. No harm, No foul right?

Looking good! as a ghost fan I'd love to see some more!Subscribed!

swampyturtle wrote:

IdentifyZero wrote:Nice update man.

I ordered the same model a few weeks ago when it became re-stocked, she's a pretty good scultp for a Commisar. I also got the Raging Heroes chick for my Company Commander.

I totally feel you on the school stuff, that's going to start hitting me hard to.


RE: Your idea in my thread about a unit of Tanith.

What do you think of doing a figure swap in the future when we're both working more on our armies. I could make you a hostile environment dude with the elysian equipment that my dudes use and you could do up one of your guys and we could both paint them and swap. Sort of like a couple of officers serving in a different regiment to gain some experience, seconded if you will. ^.^

They would make good bodyguard models or even sergeants, we could figure something out, maybe give some ties to our respective units in our lore!

Let me know what you think of this.

Im down for it, I'd need access to my paints (which i'd have to grab over winter break) but overall yeah im certainly down for sending you a Tanith advisor. I like the idea of using them as bodyguards / gaining new tatics with another regiment. Maybe write some fluff to for them on their battles and such with the regiment their seconded too. i'd like to keep this idea rolling and get the details done eventually.

I just finished washing her and cleaning her off actually. You never know with resin so i just decided before i pant her i'd give her a wash. No harm, No foul right?

Bodyguard/Advisors are perfect. I like this idea, gives two units across the Imperium (RL World) some ties.

dark6spectre wrote:Looking good! as a ghost fan I'd love to see some more!Subscribed!

Thanks! and I hope to get more done soon. Im trying to sell off my maxmini jump packs for some extra cash for 1 last item i need (Green stuff for caps, all my supply is at home and im at college)

IdentifyZero wrote:Bodyguard/Advisors are perfect. I like this idea, gives two units across the Imperium (RL World) some ties.

Yeah However, im torn between a Tanith trooper or a Phantine Skyborne Specialist (might fit in with your fluff better) I'll have to rummage through my bitz box and see what i have.

any preference?

swampyturtle wrote:

dark6spectre wrote:Looking good! as a ghost fan I'd love to see some more!Subscribed!

Thanks! and I hope to get more done soon. Im trying to sell off my maxmini jump packs for some extra cash for 1 last item i need (Green stuff for caps, all my supply is at home and im at college)

IdentifyZero wrote:Bodyguard/Advisors are perfect. I like this idea, gives two units across the Imperium (RL World) some ties.

Yeah However, im torn between a Tanith trooper or a Phantine Skyborne Specialist (might fit in with your fluff better) I'll have to rummage through my bitz box and see what i have.

any preference?

That's a tough thing to decide, you should probably surprise me when we do it. The guy will definitely be my Captains bodyguard in the command squad.

swampyturtle wrote:So i got the final piece of the puzzle today in the mail From Warforge i bought this : Disciplinary Officer Viktoria Skivlana to use as my female commisar attached to my phantine / Tanith. As soon as i got the package i couldnt help but open it and get it assembled. I still need to clean her up and wash her off to clean the resin but i wanted to get these pics for size and any one else thinking of getting one

...

Wow, those two go together about as well as oil and water. You have a realistic looking bad-ass and then a silly pin-up model who dressed up as a "soldier" for a photo shoot. I don't mind silly totally unrealistic looking armies, but the mix of real and unreal is just a bad idea imho.

well I think its fine

well there is no accounting for taste. :p

When I think Tanith, I don't think "cheesy photo shoot that would fit right in in Cosmo magazine." But that's just me. The one with taste.

Joe Mama wrote:well there is no accounting for taste. :p

When I think Tanith, I don't think "cheesy photo shoot that would fit right in in Cosmo magazine." But that's just me. The one with taste.

You know, i agree with you but the model itself is just for fun. Yes she doesnt fit in with the theme and i understand that. Still i found her to be the most commissar looking character without being too OTT

She'll probably only see action if im running the Phantine in kill team or something like that , or my =I= guard list i have with me here at college (away from most of my tanith at the moment).

I ask that you dont let take my taste into account here. Sure, the model isnt keeping with the fluff but ive worked hard to keep this as close to fluff as possible.

DC assassin Dorian and The female model side by side was only for scale reference and anyone else interested in the size. You dont have to paint her as a "Silly pin-up" and actually some paint jobs ive seen have had her very stricking as a female commissarit.

Man, this whole game is all about fun, so do whatever is fun for you. For me, while I think she looks cool, it would bug me putting her next to my badass tanith looking guys (who I am using as DCAs, which means i guess she'd have to be an Inquisitor in my GK army for there even to be a chance of her being included). But that's my issue. you are right though, the right paint job would make her fit a bit better.

She's one of the best commissar models available.

40k is about over the top and often silly things in a grim setting.

I don't know why anyone would have an issue with it, aside from just wanting to nitpick.

Here's my first true "new" update.

So today i broke open my battleforce and started to create some of the mini's with the chapterhouse and maxmini heads. This is the first time since summer ive worked with GS so im rusty. Hopefully you all like the new models

The prebox opening:


EDIT: all pictures moved down to next post

Your gs skills are much better, Like the heads!

My friend, I wish I could do greenstuff like you do. My skills with greenstuff extend so far as using it to holding stuff together.


I like the beret head guy the most, he reminds me of some SAS sniper or green beret idk lol

FIrst "squad" done and a few characters created.

This is the start to the battleforces minis. I went back to the previously posted minis and redid their cloaks cause i wasnt happy (damn my OCD when it comes to wanting to make these tanith models "prefect", [in your opioion is it possible to get the look "prefect" or is prefect only what we strive for? discuss! lol ] ) Im still not happy with the cloaks and im running out of GS from trying to get them "prefect" so im being conservative now.

First up Platoons Serg. Tona Criid





next up are the other two that have had there cloaks redone:



as well as two new additions:




Yes im not happy with him nor the other new female. I cant explain it but im not



Also, the Female commissar update with her GW approved Bolt pistol:




This is a shameless steal from Ultimate 40k's idea for his own Female Commissar seen here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/at2/2011/10/25/c2d2b506bd0c953e7820b615ec29979d_42372.jpg

IMHO You still have a bit unnatural and thick cloaks, Criid looks exactly like her art lol

I love the stealthy look, keep up the good work

Capitansolstice wrote:IMHO You still have a bit unnatural and thick cloaks, Criid looks exactly like her art lol

Criid turned out really well, i agree.

What about the cloaks seems off to you? I mean yes they werent the best. I even agree i probably could have done more on them. They are actually very thin and not that thick. I do agree about the unnatural comment though. theres even a few finger prints i should have worked to get out. Im gonna get back to them after the holidays. I appericate your feedback Capitansolstice. it helps keeps the work i do up to par.

Aboucher wrote:I love the stealthy look, keep up the good work

Thank You, Im working hard to keep the Tanith looking "right" and stealthy

I think what I would do would to get a sculpting tool, or piece of wire, and wet the GS
make it nice and thin and drape it over the shoulders, pulling the corners to the front of the neck
then I would think about where the natural stress points were and crease it there, and give it more wrinkles. Then add a hood and sleeves ect.
The only reason that it looks a bit off is that it isnt wrinkled in the right spots (I think)
I shouldn't be talking because I cant sculpt gs at all!


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Also their cloaks should fall straight down because of gravity, and unless they show movement, or their hair is blown then their cloaks should be stiff-ish

honestly i think this is the only realistic looking head out of this bunch, it is very characteristic and i love the detail

Looking really good, loving the improvements to your GS technique.

Very nice improvement on your cloakwork. Can't wait to see how this turns out.

I bought the maxmini commando heads also. They are WAY out of scale for Cadian bodies. I think you have the right idea to elevate the head a little bit. I tried to do that but it still looks off. If you want an additional full box of commando heads let me know and I will sell them to you VERY cheap.

Looking Good!

nice sculpting dude!

Your cloaks are definitely getting better, keep it up! I hate that lingerie model "commissar" mini from the bottom of my black lil' canker of a heart but I like everything else so far, the feral heads suit Tanith guardsmen perfectly.

More, please?

Sorry Ive been gone. With the family and spending as much time as i can with them before i have to head back to uni.

Capitansolstice wrote:I think what I would do would to get a sculpting tool, or piece of wire, and wet the GS
make it nice and thin and drape it over the shoulders, pulling the corners to the front of the neck
then I would think about where the natural stress points were and crease it there, and give it more wrinkles. Then add a hood and sleeves ect.
The only reason that it looks a bit off is that it isnt wrinkled in the right spots (I think)
I shouldn't be talking because I cant sculpt gs at all!


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Also their cloaks should fall straight down because of gravity, and unless they show movement, or their hair is blown then their cloaks should be stiff-ish

I got some sculpting tools as well as wetting the GS. IVe been working on trying to get the natural creases and the wrinkles right. Hoods and sleeves are another issue
I never though about gravity and the movement they've moving and how that would effect the cloak. Good idea

Rogue Wolves wrote:
honestly i think this is the only realistic looking head out of this bunch, it is very characteristic and i love the detail

he's probably one of my favorites, his cloak isnt the best but he does have a good "tanith" look to him. Not sure if i'll keep his cloak yet.

IdentifyZero wrote:Looking really good, loving the improvements to your GS technique.

Thank you my friend Im excited about your work and i cant wait to see the airborne!

Foxtale wrote:Very nice improvement on your cloakwork. Can't wait to see how this turns out.

Thank you, Im away from alot of the force due to uni but with winter break just around the corner im hoping i'll be able to grab a few and get some work done. Stay tuned

Centurionpainting wrote:I bought the maxmini commando heads also. They are WAY out of scale for Cadian bodies. I think you have the right idea to elevate the head a little bit. I tried to do that but it still looks off.

Your right, the scale of the heads does feel off. What i did was i bulked the cloaks around the head and made it look as if the cloak was covering alot of the scale to make the head seem more in tune with the model and the body. The heads are a pain in the though. im thinking these berets will be my scouts / vets. Not sure if i'd buy them again.

ironhandstraken wrote:Looking Good!

Thank You!

dark6spectre wrote:nice sculpting dude!

Thank You, Stay tuned alot more is coming down the pipe

A Kvlt Ghost wrote:Your cloaks are definitely getting better, keep it up! I hate that lingerie model "commissar" mini from the bottom of my black lil' canker of a heart but I like everything else so far, the feral heads suit Tanith guardsmen perfectly.

Thank You, Im working to make these tanith models to a VERY VERY high scale. I want them to be my best possible work and i'll accept nothing less. As for the female commie, some love her, some hate her. Thats all personal taste.

Your right though, those feral heads suit tanith guardsmen perfectly! i might need to order more

IdentifyZero wrote:More, please?

Well im with the family right now on thanksgiving break but i do have a project coming down the tube that im excited to get started on related to 40k gaming. i'll have more updates on it once its started (or done, which ever comes first ) Till then

New projects are always exciting! Hope you have a great weekend with the family man.

As far as commissars go, I think Skivlana is at least a lot better in terms of pin-up versus realism than the old GW female commissar

That is a nice lookin' Inquisitor.

So this thanksgiving day weekend, after the turkey had been eatten and the family had all left, i set about gathering supplies to start on a new mini project. Deciding that a tool case wouldnt do for my tanith i searched the internet for a cheaper case and came back to dakka only to find this thread that i had seen over the summer but never bookmarked:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/362407.page

In it, it described how to build a 19$ Plano Carrying case capable of carrying "about 180 standard size figures in it's 3 levels. "

I got mine to hold 180 but wanting to proceed carefully i only cut out 83 holes before i took the pictures. Due to not having my 40k models on me i was unsure of the size and if the models would fit in them. I was skeptical if it would work but see for yourself. It fits and it fits prefectly. Next time im at wal mart im getting another 2 or 3

I wanted my tanith to have a protective case because there my favorite army and i want to keep my hard work safe. The Tanith (as well as the Padrus and Phantine) are my special project right now. For the Tau, Ive decided that until im done with the tanith they can keep their tool box


The work station



The trays Before:



The trays after:





Final pictures:




Final Thoughts

Right, so my final thoughts on the matter.

1) The method of making the holes by the copper tubing and twisting till it popped out doesnt work well and takes HOURS! My grandpa (a engineer for 20+ years) suggested a new method. So what you do is Take the copper tubes and place them where you want the hole to go. Turn the foam upside down and take a hammer to the area around where the copper tube is. The foam will come out in a natural circle each time with very little effort. It literally took me a hour using the method in the post above and 30 mins for my second tray using my grandpa's method.

2) dispite the look of the holes seeming too small for your standard models , THEY DO INDEED FIT! It might not look that way but it is. Its a beautiful sight really

3) Following the tutorial provides does a great deal of justice to making the case but alot of it is trial and error. It took me 2 hours to make my first one. I believe i could crank another out in an hour for my next one. The work does get repetivie so have some music, TV, ect going on to distract you.

4) Its a very easy project and i highly recommand it to anyone looking for a good case for your models that you want to protect

nice!

I think they look pretty frikkin cool just chillin in their case. Seems like a battlefield, It'd make a nice piece of terrain if it was deserty, and they were stalking through it. I do like the green stuff here, really completes the look.

First Codex and all the work done by Mad Larkin mk2

Editing and revisions done by Swampy Turtle.

As a tanith p&M i figured this would be a excellent place to show off the work that Mad Larkin mk2 has done for us whom play Tanith.

Awesome work! I just finished Blood Pact, can't wait to see more!

More news on the Phantine Skyborne skide of things

Thanks to a trade between Thecupcakecowboy and I , i now got some more Elysians -> Phantine troopers to play around with. He was really easy to work with and even sent me a few extras bits to build an additional 5 troopers! Im very greatful to him for that. I would highly recommand trading with him if you ever get the chance.


The Unvieling of the new models:





The Parts that will become the newly commissioned Lt. Cupcake

Fluff incoming!





At Home in there new case:

swampyturtle wrote:Thanks to a trade between Thecupcakecowboy and I , i now got some more Elysians -> Phantine troopers to play around with. He was really easy to work with and even sent me a few extras bits to build an additional 5 troopers! Im very greatful to him for that. I would highly recommand trading with him if you ever get the chance.

I'm doing some commission painting for him and he sent me a free squad of Krieg - definitely a great guy (also sent me some Paypal money he said he got from selling models on Dakka, so thanks!).

Looking forward to seeing more from this log, Gaunt's Ghosts are fantastic books and you're off to a good start. Looking forward to seeing more!

Happy holidays and merry christmas to everyone.

Well my updates have been small due to exams and finals then a flight home to see my family. However on this christmas eve, instead of just some more shots of my tanith army, i leave you with my first fully painted models for your review:

Two Tanith Snipers; Merrt and Rilke

Those look completely awesome! I commend you!

So This post is my many many thanks to the following peoples: wonkobaggins , North101 , InquisitorMack

Thanks to these dakka members i was able to complete my custom Storm trooper squad. The models are cadians with valk pilots heads. Im torn between using them as Phantine Skyborne vets (already covered by Elysian FW models) or just =I= Stormies support. Its still a toss up but in the end i might just use them as Phantine Skyborne too :p

swampyturtle wrote:

Spoiler:

Those mold lines...

minor update but some notes of whats to come.....

Im now back at Uni and im starting again on my tanith. While i was away on break i managed to get a case and set up the main force in their new home (minus the valk) and set about stripping a few more models to be prepared for GS work and getting there cloaks. As for the other models. once i get back and with fresh supplies of glue and GS i hope to finish up my battleforce and get it on the table ready to go! Keep checking back, alot of updates are gonna be incoming

First up is the pictures of the main sections of the army in their case

Sigh,

This morning i woke up to a disaster. On my living room near my modeling table lay all my supplies, broken models, and to top it off a broken and heavy picture frame that my grandmother had given me. Ive spent most of the evening cleaning it up and the downstairs is looking better.

However, there were battle scars. The GW box that held my battleforce took a direct hit from the falling picture frame (AP1 hit ) and pretty much went straight through the box. So far i think ive recovered alot of the pieces to the battle force but the spures are pretty broken so im hoping im not missing anything. The pictures dont show it well but the cut is direct and is two seperate pieces now. I just balanced it enough to get it looking like it use to.





This semester has been really tough and my time to model for 40k has gotten none existant. Im hoping to get some more work done eventually but im not sure that'll be. Till then, post and say hello, whats new in your world and keep checking back. Hopefully i'll get a update in soon.

I'm sorry to hear about the accident, gotta be horrible!
Do you know how it happened?
My modelling has been put on hold too, as My had decided it wanted to be friends with the hobby knife. Didn't end well...

Disjointed Entity wrote:I'm sorry to hear about the accident, gotta be horrible!
Do you know how it happened?
My modelling has been put on hold too, as My had decided it wanted to be friends with the hobby knife. Didn't end well...

It wasnt fun to clean up, or come downstairs in the morning to find it all laying there everywhere.

I suspect gravity was the key culprit in this instance but im not 100% sure. It had been there only 48 hours

I think your missing a pronoun there Disjointed Entity but im sorry; anything that decides to be friends with a hobby knife isnt gonna end well

Thats a pretty rugged box to survive a direct B-52 strike.

Good stuff! I like the Phantine that you did with the pilot heads. Really looks like the sketch art of the Phantine from earlier in the blog. Your greenstuff skill is improving greatly. I will be watching.

Nowlan wrote:Thats a pretty rugged box to survive a direct B-52 strike.

YB-52 Strike LoL Im suprised you knew what type of plane it was . Most of the people ive shown it to just say "so its a big plane, whatever"

Rabid Ferret wrote:Good stuff! I like the Phantine that you did with the pilot heads. Really looks like the sketch art of the Phantine from earlier in the blog. Your greenstuff skill is improving greatly. I will be watching.

Thanks Rabid Ferret Im trying to get better with my greenstuff work and alot of the hold up so far is school and papers. Im hoping to have a real update soon. As for the Phantine, Ive had the idea for a while now, but the ideas and the cost of collecting all the pilots heads put me off. It was thanks to Dakka that i was able to get them made. The community feeling is really alive here.

Haha, how did I leave out the word 'hand'? It turns out my brain types faster than my hands can.

swampyturtle wrote:

Nowlan wrote:Thats a pretty rugged box to survive a direct B-52 strike.

YB-52 Strike LoL Im suprised you knew what type of plane it was . Most of the people ive shown it to just say "so its a big plane, whatever"

I knew the cockpit looked different from the standard model, but the airframe is unmistakably a 52.
The B-52's longevity never ceases to amaze me. The only original parts on planes still in service is the airframe itself, everything else has been replaced and upgraded. Most planes are older than the flight crews that fly them. It may not happen often, but every once and a while someone designs an aircraft that's so close to perfect it's damn hard to replace.
The air force and army might not be flying them anymore, but there are still tons of UH-1 Hueys in service out there. I love the sound of those big fat rotor blades...

Nowlan wrote:

swampyturtle wrote:

Nowlan wrote:Thats a pretty rugged box to survive a direct B-52 strike.

YB-52 Strike LoL Im suprised you knew what type of plane it was . Most of the people ive shown it to just say "so its a big plane, whatever"

I knew the cockpit looked different from the standard model, but the airframe is unmistakably a 52.
The B-52's longevity never ceases to amaze me. The only original parts on planes still in service is the airframe itself, everything else has been replaced and upgraded. Most planes are older than the flight crews that fly them. It may not happen often, but every once and a while someone designs an aircraft that's so close to perfect it's damn hard to replace.
The air force and army might not be flying them anymore, but there are still tons of UH-1 Hueys in service out there. I love the sound of those big fat rotor blades...

@ Nowlan:

The B-52 is one of my all time favorite aircraft, ranking right up there with the Mc Donald Dogulas F-4 Phantom and A-6 Intruder. Vietname era aircraft are my forte but i can do WWII - > to Modern fairly well and be right 95% of the time. In my room alone i got 4 differnt pictures of aircraft and helicopters. My friend wants to give me his demovtivational poster with a M1A1 tank on it but i still havent gone to pick it up


What i have planned for later on:

(Gaint Disclaimer: I am no way shape or form a anime person but i felt the design is what counted not the show [How-ever good it is ] in itself)

I was watching the show the other night and i noticed how the cloak and the design was very spot on for a Tanith sniper. Taking note of the picture, i noticed how the cloak seems to sit naturally on her body which i could add to my own GS work (as noted by Capitansolstice ) when i get back to it. For those in the know, the show is Full Metal Alchimist. Since i do have a few more female heads left, im gonna try my best to make a Lt. Hawkeye as close to the picture as I can. For this project im hoping to get as close as possible to the picture, minus sleeves, no matter which way i look at it shes probably gonna have sleeves. Anyway I think this is what i need to get me back into modeling, something small that i can take at stages and not look at the whole box of models waiting to be assembled here at my desk

We'll see how it turns out.

So dakka i return and have nothing to show for it I swear i will get back to the female sniper one day

but i come with a question for the community:

Since im off at uni, and a good portion of my 2000+ IG is back home, ive been working within my constrants and playing (When i get the chance) 750 point games. My list looks roughly like this:

1 LC (Counts as Inquistor)
1 CCS
Marbo (Death cult assassin counts as)
1 Platoon of 20 with Heavy weapons x1 +2 Commies (1 commie, 1 counts as "Inquistor")
1 Vet squad
Scout Sentinal with lascannon

Its a Theme'd list and Ive been using my characters that can be found all over this forum. What i do is 1 of 2 things when i have the points.

I ethier call the Inquistor as a counts as Company commander and the 4 other members are his / her henchman or just run him / her alone and count as as LC. Lately, with the release of the space wolves Cyberwolf ive been looking at it and seeing a chance for a unit ive never used before :the bodyguard for the CCS.

The old RT Gyrinx models are really cool for familiars but the ability to find them is not something i want to take the time to do and track one down. Instead, looking at the new space wolves wolfs, i see potenetial to use the cyberwolf as a familiar for my Inquistor leading her / his Detachment of IG troopers.

I had two inquistors im using at the moment, Adrasita from DOW:II retribution (own conversion) and a DH character my group came up with: Inquistor Umarus. Im not sure which one will be getting the Familiar but i think i could make ether of them work within the fluff.

Fluff wise, i'd like to have it be a cyber wolf that was gentically modified to be less aggressive and have a loyality complex towards its master (my inquistor be it Umarus or Adrasita). To represent the BS of the bodyguard i was thinking something along the lines of Yarrack with a eye that shots las / vile. The reduced weapon skill would be covered by the loyality to protect its master (Not a attack wolf) and the other modfications to its stats lines could be gentitic tampering with the wolves DNA.

Ive talked with some friends about it. Some say they think its a cool idea, others disapprove stating it wouldnt fit. I'd like to see what the community thinks about it.

Hmmm. I think that it is a cool idea!

Hey SwampyTurtle, nice box and army, sorry about the airstrike.

As a big fan of the 'Ghosts, I gotta ask you to add an augmetic jaw to Merrt. Even just painting the lower part of his face in a metallic would do it. Cool idea for the Phantine, I'll keep checking in to see what you do with the Verghastites

Scambone wrote:Hey SwampyTurtle, nice box and army, sorry about the airstrike.

As a big fan of the 'Ghosts, I gotta ask you to add an augmetic jaw to Merrt. Even just painting the lower part of his face in a metallic would do it. Cool idea for the Phantine, I'll keep checking in to see what you do with the Verghastites

The jaw honestly is probably one of those slip ups that i just missed when i was painting him. When i have time again, i'll go back over and redo him with the jaw looking more metalic.

Thank you on the compliment for the Phantine

For the Verghastites im not sure excatly what i'll do but i do have a few ideas. we'll have to see

Now for a true update

This was from 2011

Inquistor Umarus was a interesting character to build for many reasons. First off, he was a combination of ideas presented by myself and the GM on a different type of Inquistor. We decided that he would be a Xeno Hybris Radical. This idea of a inquistor interested in and encouraging his retuine to find and use xeno artifacts presented alot of modeling opportunitys. It also presented a change from the norm for how some of the models would be built. I wanted the model to look imperial and demanding but yet have some less gothic features. Finally in the end, I took parts from many kits and came out with a rough design. Well not completely satisfied with the result, I feel that for the moment, it'll have to do till i can come back to reevaulate it. Once that has happened, I hope to get some pictures up for all to see.

For Gameplay purposes, I will be fielding him, as well as the other members DH characters as a Company command squad for my tanith in certain games. I figure a Inquistor leading IG into battle is a 40k image and am excited for the chances to play him on the table

Over the course of two days, my buddy KatoSniper and I have rebuilt my Inq Urmarus into his new look and with Kato's skills painted him up into his new look. We were unable to get any washes on him due to time constrants but we hope that he'll be washed ASAP. Im VERY impressed by the work Kato did and highly recommand his air cav guard to any one looking for more IG goodness

Kato's Air Cav Guard P&M: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/415697.page

Hey Dakka,

Im now back from Spring break so i thought i'd showed you all some screens from my work over break while i was home.


First up is my Inquistor seen above. This hopefully will be a better screen shot of him then the prevous one.


Second up is Adrastia from DOW II. Im more pleased with this base model but it doesnt feel right yet. Still looking but getting closer. The sword broke off in the drive


Third off the squad of redone tanith. Having been soaked in simple green i didnt have much time to do much besides re cloak them. While home i noticed the difference between my cloaks done here at uni and the cloaks at home. Upon further inspection i believe it has to do with the water tables and how the water is there. I did it first in plan simple water from the tap and got bad results. then i tried it from filters water and got better (seen above ) results. compared to the results i get here however, it appears that not all water (or green stuff) is created equal. That means before i leave uni here i need to get my battleforce box cloaked and done to avoid those results. we shall see what happens.

Nice work on the redone capes, and Adrastia. I think that in you take some time to paint them well, You'll have some amazing models.

Heya mate.

You have some nice models and some very nice ideas.

I would like to see you paint some stuff soon.

I have some advise on the greenstuff area, because it can be quite a bitch.

Here are the tools I use:


First off you of course need your greenstuff, next you should have some water.
I have found that it is ideal to have a vet foam part. The ones you receive with the metal miniatures are ideal.
There shouldn't be more water in the container than the foam holds.

Next up is a good hobby knife, and some metal modelling tools.

Now this is what you want. These silicon tipped tools are called colour/clay shapers and are so good.
They come in five different shapes and from size zero and up.
They will help to make the cloaks smoother and give you greater control.

Good luck, and keep practising.

Your army looks awesome so far! Very characteristic and different look.
I like the realistic camouflage color scheme too.
PS: that commander is hot

Great work, always wanted to add cloaks and hoods but don't trust my GS skill.

@ kato sniper: Thanks man, I hope so too. I dont think im ever gonna be happy with Adrastia. Gonna keep at it though!

@ Gerner: Thanks mate! I intend to get paint and stuff at a later date. I found that if i take it one step at a time i get more work done than if i only do a few minis at a time. The Green stuff has been the trickest part because i dont have alot of money right now so im using what i can. I know i need to get some clay shapers but the prices keep putting me off, Maybe one day.

@dicewar: Thank you! P.S. What commander? The female commissar or Adrastia?

@ two spartan: GS is tricky and im not even that good at it yet. I keep hoping one day i'll be better but school and work say otherwise


Heres some shots to show this project isnt dead. Ive taken alot of time off from posting updates so i could make one major update instead of many spammy small updates. The first picture is the squads now all done with some sprue basing that i intend to prime and make into urban rubble (my tanith are around the time of "The Saint" on Heredor) so the city fighting look fits. rocks and dirt will be added in later for the urban look as well as broken chainswords, shovels, bits and ect. I really wanted a Stalingrad feel to the bases that they're crawling over a broken landscape making their way stealthly towards the enemy. I havent had a chance to GS anything yet but i hope i'll get to soon





Image 2 is my small squad of Phantine skyborne soliders (from "Guns of Tanith") that have joined up as vets or Stormies depending on the list to assist the Tanith. This squad is a melta squad and will find a home amongst my other Phantine models (FW elyisans)




Image 3 is my converted Phantine pattern drop sentinal. I used FW's Drop sentinal as a inspiration and tried to follow it as closly as i could with the bits i had. Alot of time and effort went into the magnets and all weapons + bits can be added or removed at will. The boosters on the back are larger than the FW model but IMHO add alittle more feel to the model (A heavy metal walker falling from the sky is gonna need big boosters) not the small ones FW uses




Since then, ive gotten some primer and finished all my squads. This part of my project (the battleforce) is coming to a close but theres still alot of work to be done. Stay Tuned, Leave feedback and say hello

I'm loving the updates dude, makes me sad I sold all my fliers cause I could have kept building my guard to! Keep up the good work, this is one of the best forces I've seen thus far.

Nice work. Consider me subscribed

@ IDZ, thanks man! Im trying hard to make it the best i can

@Scrazza. Thank you Its always nice to have followers

Today is 4.27.12, a Year ago today a gaint F4 tornado came through my town here at Uni and killed 44 people (most of them students). I'd like it if people could take a moment to remember the lifes lost. If you want to help , i'd like people to use the Below picture on their P&M or avatar just for today to help remember. the feelings here are weird. While no one i knew was lost, many of my friends lost good friends and the town still hasnt recovered.

For myself, the tornado was coming straight for my apartment when by the grace of God, it turn and started heading N-NE of my apartment. Literally at the last moment.

Also, Im gonna be changing the name of my P&M to the name "Ghost Maker: A Tanith 1st and only blog with allies" but i still do like Ghost Division. Opioions are welcome

T-Town, Never down! Rolltide!

Not sure how I haven't seen this thread yet! I like what you have going on here!

It's fun to watch the progress from first attempts at GS to getting a handle on it. (probably why people like looking at my thread, I mean my first attmeps were laughable!

I like your cloaks! They are not easy.

I do have to say, if you made the breasts on your Adrastia a bit smaller, it might look better. And the hat is a bit off center, but it looks good!

Cant see the pic mate

Capitansolstice wrote:Cant see the pic mate

well it might not have related to war gaming but it was important to me

picture from earlier

Nice job so far it makes me feel bad I've been neglecting my own army and project board. Anyways keep up the good work!!

swampyturtle wrote:

Capitansolstice wrote:Cant see the pic mate

well it might not have related to war gaming but it was important to me

picture from earlier

Glad you were ok though man.

I really like these minis, but I'm not too sure about the pose on the sentinel.

@ RSJake : Thank you, the cloaks werent easy and its taken a lot of time and trial and error to get it right. I see what you mean about adrastia, i'll fix her up ASAP

@ Kato Sniper: Your army is looks swell! Keep up the hard work with your P&M too

@IdentifyZero : Thanks man, Tornados arent easy to live through and the aftermath was a living hell

@killykavekommando : Thanks, I think the pose on the Sentinel will be better explained once i get a piece for it to be leaning around on the base.


5/ 16/12 UPDATE:


First time ive picked up a brush in ages. I was scared that i would have a repeat of my Tau army (shudder ) but i felt alot more comfortable about it this time and started working on my Mkoll (Marbo) figure. He'll eventually get a Green stuff cloak but i wanted to show off my painting.

Major Update!

Having gotten back to Uni and found some packages i got to work before summer semester started up. Heres what ive gotten done.

First i bought a few of theses (20$ for 50 off E-bay) :




They even came with a free bag of flock!



Then i got some work done on my Tanith and Verghast soliders:



Also for Inq Adrastia i got her a pet (counts as body guard for a IG company command squad)



But that was before i left. Lets see the new Supply drop

First we got the package supplied to me by RSJake
He sent me a Nuke-a-cola bottle and a small sprue of steampunk weapons. Still working on getting the steampunk weapons off the sprue but the cola bottle has found a home with my Female Commissar Amberly Rhodes attached to the Tanith 1st and only:



Second on my supply drop was some Forgeworld grav chutes found again on ebay:



These were added onto my Vets squad for my Phantine Troopers. Seen here is Lt. Jonus Remaus (having since been promoted) with his new grave chute:



Then the Rest of the Tanith army section and the Inq Detachment D-44 assigned to Inq Adrastia and Inq Urmarus working on unknown assignments in the segmentum Pacficus





Thanks for Checking in

Swampy! That bottle is looking great! LOL

I like those grav chutes!

That wolf looks cool too!

Nice! Lots of resin!

@RS Jake

Thank you, I thought long about where i wanted the bottle to go and i think i chose correctly

@CptnSoliace

Took me a while to work through all the resin but it was worth it!


Got some work done on the tanith a week or so ago. Just havent had time to post pics up to the P&M. I found a new way to do my GS that will allow for less finger prints from now on as well as thinner look to them. Tell me if you all think the cloaks look better with this new method. Once people give me their opioions i'll start my way through filing 100+ models and adding the cloaks


Sergeant Ceglan "Ceg" Varl.


Random Tanith


Now, A project ive had on the board for a while. Last Semester i said i wanted to make a female Verghast sniper using the Anime full metal alchamist as a reference for the shot seen here:



Using that shot as best i could i started in on the model and before too long have come up with something close to the angle of what i was wanting to achieve. Tell me what you think?



Feedback and suggestions would be welcome as always

Love the new bases and updates. That LT looks like a straight up BAMF!

Try to hop on gchat more often so we can chat.

IdentifyZero wrote:Love the new bases and updates. That LT looks like a straight up BAMF!

Try to hop on gchat more often so we can chat.

Hey IDZ,

Thanks bro. Lt. Remaus is one of my favorite characthers there is and i am hoping to get his squad painted up to beyond table top standards some day.

I will but schools been busy.


On the 40k side of things ive stopped for 2 reasons:

1) school is hard as hell when your doing 16 weeks worth of class in 4 weeks
2) 6th ed is right around the corner and i dont want to see too many changes in my army FOC right before a new edition. I am excited that by the time i head home to my LFGS at home 6th ed will be out and i'll be able to try it out with my buddies. (Schools NOT FLGS is kinda meh)

today i leave you with this picture i mocked up of my "powered bayonet" lasgunner tanith holding his ground against a tau fire warrior in a mexican standoff:

(both are holding grenades with the tanith grenade being RsJake steam punk clips cut down as grenades. Captions welcome, and i'd like to see what people add for their own captions.

"I got yer 'Greata Good' right here pal!"

swampyturtle wrote:

IdentifyZero wrote:Love the new bases and updates. That LT looks like a straight up BAMF!

Try to hop on gchat more often so we can chat.

Hey IDZ,

Thanks bro. Lt. Remaus is one of my favorite characthers there is and i am hoping to get his squad painted up to beyond table top standards some day.

I will but schools been busy.


On the 40k side of things ive stopped for 2 reasons:

1) school is hard as hell when your doing 16 weeks worth of class in 4 weeks
2) 6th ed is right around the corner and i dont want to see too many changes in my army FOC right before a new edition. I am excited that by the time i head home to my LFGS at home 6th ed will be out and i'll be able to try it out with my buddies. (Schools NOT FLGS is kinda meh)

today i leave you with this picture i mocked up of my "powered bayonet" lasgunner tanith holding his ground against a tau fire warrior in a mexican standoff:

(both are holding grenades with the tanith grenade being RsJake steam punk clips cut down as grenades. Captions welcome, and i'd like to see what people add for their own captions.

DIE XENOS DIE!!! Love that dude, he looks like a badass australian or something

Hey Jake and IDZ, Thanks for entering the caption contest. I got a few good chuckles out of those

Today was my first game of 6th ed against Kato Sniper. We were playing Kill team with 2 vets and WYSIWYG rules. Having seen 6th ed rules in use i can tell im gonna like this edition alot. Im already ready to play another game

Our table looked like this:



Turn 1:

Kato moves his squad up onto the box and moves his snipers out to cover the alley.



The Sarge in his squad bellows out a challenge to one of my models with the scout special rule and charges into CQB. Round 1 sees them fail to do any damage to each other. The other squad moves up and shoots but misses

Turn 1 (me)

My squad on the right moves up and assaults the sarge in combat knocking her out and gets their ally out of combat. The Tanith on the right move to right gently and open fire into the squad across from them killing the 3 flamers.

Turn 2

Grenades. His troopers move onto the top of the building and start throwing grenades onto my squad on the right. 7 models die as they are taken out by sharpnel and then assault by the remaining members of the squad that had rushed to add their comrade. During this time. Kato stills the center objective. The snipers fire but fail to kill anyone



Turn 2 (me)

The tanith move to the right again and postion themselves to assist their allies. Firing at the squad now holding the objective but failing to do any damage they decided to keep moving and firing. meanwhile the other squad is assaulted by Kato. 1 guy dies out right and the remaining 2 stay locked into combat.

Turn 3

Kato shoots into my Tanith squad killing 3 guys and gals. the assaults and grenades he throws kill 2 more tanith and a final demo charge kills my squad down to the last 5 guys. On the right flank, he breaks the morale of one of my models and we tie combat with the other combat. the two remaining survivors go towards my tanith as my model flees 9' off the table.

Turn 3 (me)

My tanith shoot into his 2 survivors killing them off and then the remaining 3 shots go into the gun squad holding the objective. My other squads lone survivor holds off and defeats his assassliant. He consolidates 1'

Turn 4

Kato moves his guns into place and shotguns my squad to death killing all my remaining tanith except Major Rawne. The other squads lone survivor is killed off by sniper fire as he crosses the board.

Turn 4 (me)

Rawne makes a dash into CQB against the squad and dies a glorious death taking no one with him.....






Game goes to Kato

VP:

Kato 5
Me 2



Table at the end:

Time for some pics!!!

First up we got the squads done by Kato Sniper for me. First up is his work on his Katon 101st Airborne that have been attached to my Tanith in the sabbat world crusade:







If you like what you see here, you should check out kato Sniper Katon 101st Airborne and his paint scheme going on here

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/415697.page

Happy 4th of July ya'll

where have i been all summer you ask? let me show you This is just the beginning. Much more of my painted models to come (I was bored alot this summer including guest work by Kato Sniper and another of my friend's work.

Here are the first screens:

Verghast trooper, 2 tanith and another Verghast



Other members of the squad



Scout trooper (my favorite done so far)



The man himself

Looking very good, keep it up bro.

More of my Painted models from over the summer:

The company command squad lead by Col. Corbec, Larkin, Doc, a tanith plasma gunner, and Milo





Major Rawne Himself (completely redone from earlier)



Phantine Valk



With FW pilot heads

Now for the leaders and heros of Detachment D-44:

Senior Lt Jonus Remaus:

Fluff wrote:Tech Priest Litilus Remaus contuines in his chanting, He feels himself drifting off among the stars. Somewhere there is a cult preaching the salvation of the emperor. On another world there is a a young boy reaching out to his father as he is cut down by blood pact troopers. On another world, brave defenders of the imperial guard stand and fight against the horrors of the galaxy. Their faces are covered in dirt but the look is the same, defiance, determination, resolve. Again another world and among them men...in black and Khaki uniforms....suddenly litlus was interested, his brothers unit of the Phantine skyborne had worn black and Khaki uniforms! Litilus gasped to himself, could this be the world where they were now? Could this be the only family he had left alive here in this emperor granted vision, he tried to save himself to the spot, to figre out where he was, to root his mind here among his brother and the men they were fighting. Yet it was not to be, suddenly Litilus felt himself falling and then came out of the trance onboard the crusier once again losing his brother to the galaxy

Lt. "Cupcake" or "Cowboy" (should he earn it)



Inq Umarus:

fluff wrote:Litilus began walking towards the stern of the ship where the engines were housed. Litilus passed by the inquisitor’s room as it slid open, the Inquisitor standing there. “Hello Tech-Priest,” the inquisitor greeted “I’d like to talk to you for a moment” he said gesturing for him to enter his room. The inquisitors room was magnificent in comparison to the barracks Litilus would be sharing with the other men. Inquisitor Umarus sat in a chair behind his desk and gestured for Litilus to sit opposite, him doing so. “I’m sorry about Phantine. The Blood Pact wasn’t my concern, but now I will do what I can to protect Phantine and the rest of the sector from further attacks.” Umarus paused “Kind of a lucky, I was only on planet to recruit you, and I was there because your brother recommended you.” Litilus stared at Umarus shocked at what he had just said the inquisitor obviously aware of this, “Your brothers fine, his squad has served under me many times, still does on occasion, I saw him a couple months ago when he suggested you for my retinue. He’s still serving with the skybourne when needed”

More shots of "scald squad"

Wow, these guys look really cool.

Is it possible to see a complete picture of all of your Tanith models? That would be pretty cool.

 Scout Sniper J. wrote:
Wow, these guys look really cool.

Is it possible to see a complete picture of all of your Tanith models? That would be pretty cool.

Thanks Scout Sniper

I cant get a picture of all my tanith models up cause a lot of them are still at my parents house. What i do have with me is on the paint table right now. Keep checking back. Theres more to come. Im also gonna start maybe updating this blog with my Tau stuff too once they are all stripped. I got a brand new paint scheme im itching to try out.

Just finished this the other night:


I'll try to get a updated shot with everything ive painted here so far soon.

So, having burned myself out on 40k for the moment, i decided i'd take the plunge into something new.

Im aiming start to my new Warma/hordes Menoth army. Im aiming for 50 points when all is said and done. To avoid 2 blogs im folding it all into one.

After a long and bloody campagin, the Vets of Ventra Majoris have gotten reinforments. I will showing my attempts to move up from 1000 points to 1500. New reinforcements from Phantine will be including flyers and new Tanith joining the unit. Also included will be units that i havent brought with me from my parents house (I have 2 full cases of IG). At times i will post pictures of my Menoth from warmahordes and Tau if people are interested.

The reinforcements:


The Kato 101st Airborne troopers (Along with Tech priest Litilus Remaus):


Tanith Company commander squad:


Tanith 2nd Platoon command squad:

It Begins and this isnt even all of it! (Still missing 1 order)

Lt Clarke of the inquisition detachment D-44 attached to inquisitor Umarus

 swampyturtle wrote:
Lt Clarke of the inquisition detachment D-44 attached to inquisitor Umarus

This guy looks pretty cool man. GOing to do more death korps?

hey, IDZ

the DKOK was a one time thing im afraid.


Since starting my new Star wars RPG group ive decided to make characters out of 40k bits like i did for DH.

Here is Kael our mando / Jedi friend

 swampyturtle wrote:
hey, IDZ

the DKOK was a one time thing im afraid.


Since starting my new Star wars RPG group ive decided to make characters out of 40k bits like i did for DH.

Here is Kael our mando / Jedi friend

Where's the new updates Bro!!!!! I have been waiting since you showed me your cute little trooper. No warmachines or anything? x.x

The menoth are coming. Ive been home on spring break and spending time with the family.

In the mean time ive painted this at my buddies house for my D-44 IG

Just a teaser update. I've gotten a lot done with my painting but im not yet ready to show it all off. In the mean time I got the dakka dakka world wide campaign badge onto my drop sentinel. Enjoy

 swampyturtle wrote:
Just a teaser update. I've gotten a lot done with my painting but im not yet ready to show it all off. In the mean time I got the dakka dakka world wide campaign badge onto my drop sentinel. Enjoy

Very nice updates brother.

You've come a very long way with these models.

Thanks IDZ, Ive tried my hand at different techniques and I think ive found one that works for me. I'll stop by your dust P&M soon.

Alot of good conversion work going on man, im impressed! Keep up the good work.

Thanks Urbanevil!!!

Hey everyone, im unsure if i should keep up with this P&M since it seems like very few people read it. Should i start a new one or would you all like to see me continue here?

Decided to have a little fun and start a new project for myself. Ive begun to named and list out my 3 guard regiments along with their support. Once done i also to have one done up for my Tau found here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/406971.page (Give it a look )

Most of my updates have been going here lately: http://behindthelinesgaming.blogspot.com/ (Give it a look if you liked too )

Hey everyone

I found my tanith were able to go by fairly quickly when i painted them because i enjoyed the army and the lore behind them.

My Tau are taking forever because the scheme is simple but for some reason im not feeling it. Im not sure why but thats how im feeling. Its like a drag to do it.

My menoth have me interested but again the scheme is a drag to do. Plus i needed more colors. It seems like the only interest i had was in doing my IG so im stripping my valks (again again) and going to repaint them to a scheme i like better. I'll finish the Tau and Menoth someday.

Any help or inspiration ?

No comments? Wow tough crowd


Here is my assassin ive been working on for my Inq forces. What do you all think?