Hey guys. Third P&M blog I have going. They will be a quick easy scheme that I can get lots of progress done and make lots of updates! My Ultramarine blog takes forever because it takes forever to paint them and the GK have a similar story. That's why Archer Company of the Urban Regiment (a scheme I made of DOW: Dark Crusade) will be my latest project. I've ordered a Battleforce and i'll build and paint them up and we'll see what happens from there. Anyway, here are pictures of the Acher Company test model. (From an older battleforce my brother got a while ago, painted over a marine. I have taken a few lesser painted marines from that and plan to do a few more tests prior to the arrival of the battleforce.)

The battleforce (being internationally delivered) will take "up to 45 days" to arrive D: so thats a shame, but I have about 10 test models and a heavy bolter team test to get done before it arrives, so hopefully they can keep you guys entertained until then
Tell me what you guys think of the scheme, didnt take long to do at all and I think it looks quite nice
Updates on the way!
LDP

====++++UPDATED FLUFF++++==== (4/07/2013)
Archer Company are one of the most organised groups of guardsmen on Domitian. Domitian was an accommodation planet, containing massive cities filled with people, urban environments consumed almost the entire surface of the planet. It initially had a small planetary defence force, however, Domitian was besieged by a colossal fleet of Orks. The PDF signalled for reinforcements, and the emperor replied in all his might by sending millions of additional guardsmen to the planet. The orks resistance gradually became futile as they were all but wiped off the face of the planet. All remained well for a while, however the ork attack had sparked additional interests from 'foreign' parties. Merely months later, reports of hellish purple blue contortions of fire were made to the Main Urban Regiment HQ, and it eventually became obvious that Demons had arrived on Domitian. The Urban Regiment, specifically Archer Company repelled the attackers from Domitians primary hive city, Titus, for weeks. However, they gradually lost contact with other Companies and collectives of guardsmen dispersed around the planet. Once again, Domitian signalled for aid. No report. No reply. The imperium had abandoned Domitian.

Archer Company, being the main force left in Domitian, issued a planetwide distress signal informing all Imperial Forces of any design to make their way to Titus to form a gigantic bastion and savehaven for any civilians who had survived the two onslaughts on the planet. Over the following months, Archer Company and the remnants of the Planetary Defence Force welcomed thousands of survivors from attacks in different areas of the planet. Most were militarised, arriving via valkyrie, or in small battered convoys or Chimeras and other such war machines. Some simply arrived in massive collectives of foot soldiers, broken from the months of destruction they bore witness to as they made their way to Titus. In time, it had become clear that although millions had perished, large elements of the Urban Reigment still remained. Titus was a full militarised area, with hundreds of thousands of guardsmen patrolling it's borders. Despite the large numbers, they felt miniscule in comparison to the countless millions that once inhabited the planet. Every year the Urban Regiment would send out distress signals and seek aid from the imperium. It had been seven years since they were abandoned. Luckily for them, Domitian was self sustainable from within, with large food storages and production facilities and mines to gain minerals and metals to construct a makeshift manufactorum. Despite the self sustainability of Titus, The UR couldn't keep up with demands and every year they grew less and less capable of maintaining capable defences.

To this day the Urban Regiment keep their brittle, dim spark alive by fighting daily to keep hold of Titus, one of the greatest displays of Imperial heroism, that had tragically gone unnoticed by the imperium. The men of Titus, Archer Company and the Urban Regiment had become grizzled, experienced and hardened by battle. Outside of Titus, multiple enemies had established strongholds in other areas of the planet. The Orks to the West, Chaos to the North, Demons to the East and Gruesome masses of Tyranids inhabiting the rest. Countless assaults would be made on all sides of Titus from all sorts of enemies. The Urban Regiment had to be extremely careful to reacquire as much of their supplies from the dead as possible from their battles, as supplies were limited. Most remaining companies of the Urban Regiment had few remaining members from the original PDF or wave of reinforcements but many were conscripts and boys that grew into the force. Archer company however had a large quantity of guardsmen serving from 'the drop' all those many years ago. Although it had decreased in size over the years, Archer Company still had thousands of seasoned, battle hardened veterans prepared to fight for glory, Titus and their lives.

The uniforms and attire of the Urban Regiment were maintained as much as was possible. Many uniforms were completely intact. The soldiers had become used to fighting in dangerous close quarters against terrible foes and had mastered the art of street fighting, hit and run and ambushes.

The Urban Regiment had repelled hundreds if not thousands of assaults on their noble city, and to this day continue to defend their last glimmer of hope for saviour in the future. Every man, woman and child in Titus has some contribution to the war effort, and the men of Archer Company and the Urban Regiment refuse to surrender, refuse to embrace defeat and will go unnoticed despite being one the most heroic selections of guardsmen in the entire Imperium.



Blimey that was fun. I'll write some more fluff when I get the time. That was all written off the top of my head, but I hope y'all enjoyed anyway

LDP

This isn't like the Tau army is it?

Proto: Nah because these guys are MUUUUCH easier to do. The Tau guy took hours upon hours and these guys take like 30 minutes!

Anyways, finished up this signaller in no time at all. Can't wait for the battleforce to get here!

LDP

Scheme looks good, its dark but the skin and base lighten it up.

Really like the red in the camo =)

Nice job!

The camo is great. Dark and gritty. All that's missing is a little bit of weathering.

The bases are cool too. Subtle, yet detailed

@Two Spartan thanks man, that's what I was trying to achieve. I wanted it dark but not so dark that it doesn't look good.

@Zambro. Pleased we share the same ideaologies man! Do you have any advice on how I should go in terms of weathering? Keep in mind I want these guys painted fast and look dull and subtle!

Maybe a bit of light drybrushing on and around the feet / ankles. A light drybrush of brown, followed by even lighter grey might work, seeing as your base is grey.

Ok thanks mate
Ill try some things on the test model

the camo on the fatigues are painted very nicely!

Hey guys!! 1000 POSTS! YIPEE!
Just an update on the next test model im working on.

I've almost finished the HB turret
These things really take no time at all!
Also what do you guys think of this weathering around the legs, just a bit of muck, it looks quite good I think.
Tell me what you guys think!

LDP

I like. Looks gritty muddy dusty =)

Very good

Okay! Lots to report
I was negociating with the store I purchased the IG battleforce from because there were a few problems, but I'm expecting the Battleforce to arrive in between 13 and 21 days, so I hope you're all looking forward to that as much as I am! Anyways, back at the station, I finished the heavy weapon team and have prepared myself for a project to do this weekend (and highly likely next weekend because i think ill run out of supplies). The bottom shelf of my display cabinet im going to glue the half of the modular hill to and base it the same way the IG has. This section of the the case will be dedicated to Urban Regiment! (and may even expand if need be ;P) So look forward to the juicy stuff coming!

LDP

Pics below
PS Ive started to crop my pictures so they look better and have a more dominant focus on the model.
Enjoy!

Looking good.

I'm waiting for a delivery too. I hope it doesn't take 21 days, i cant wait that long

IG now?

ME likey.

Nice Scheme.
Great camo effect!

SUBBED!

Good to have you along as always, Pooo

Hi LDP,
I'm loving your blog man! Very cool! I like the urbain theme too! Subbed,

HAZZER.

It's a nice, subtle scheme. I like it.

@HAZZER Thanks alot matey, i'll check your blog out!
@Veteran Sergeant That was the aim, and it's easy to paint too!
UPDATE TIME!
I have achieved alot since I last checked in. The battleforce arrived last week, I went to the new Auckland GW with Prototype and Knightley, where we painted and did our GMS's (Knightleys models are FANTASTIC by the way, the pictures, even though theyre great dont do the models justice). I purchased the Lord Commissar model on Friday and he has been completed as i'm at the bach and have a lot of free time to get things done. I bought the Command Squad and the commissar with me and have lots of juicy pics for everyone! I also purchased a blue glaze and have tried it on some parts and my first impression is that it is alot like a wash, but more exploration is to be done. Sorry some pics have flash and some are pretty bad, bach doesn't have the best picture taking facilities, but i'll see what outside is like tomorrow. Enough blab, onto the pics! Enjoy! The meltagunner is next.

LDP

Looking great man! I love what you did with the commisar. oh and I just had a thought for the glaze, try it over a white basecoat.

Loving the marine! Very cool!

Hey Hey! Actually got a bunch of pictures taken at the desk so the pics are much better. Since I last checked in I finished the standard bearer and melta gunner. Cant wait to finish em!

Pics Below
LDP

Looking good

I really like theat power effect on the sword!!

i love that grey knight/spacemarine/inquisitor guy!!
the over the top scripting makes him an interesting model to look at

Hey guys
So i've decided to revisit my urban regiment IG and I purchased some custom torsos and helmets from pig iron productions to make stormtroopers, and from the first model I think they look pretty cool,
I should end up having 10 of these guys, but in the meantime tell me what you think of how they look!

LDP

A very nice conversion mate! Works really well nd far better than the GW versions!

Thanks hazzer good to hear from you again mate
I was sort of inspired by DKOK, might have to get some of then someday

hey, some nice looking guard you've got there I;m definitely a fan of the pig iron heads and a great looking urban colour scheme.

Been a while since I've seen you on Dakka, summer must be nearing its end

@OneManNoodles thanks alot man, I like how they came out when the model was painted, I had my doubts during assemble but they're actually quite good
@Knightley Good to be back! Starting to migrate back to the nerdcave for sure hahaha

====++++UPDATED FLUFF++++==== (4/07/2013)
Archer Company are one of the most organised groups of guardsmen on Domitian. Domitian was an accommodation planet, containing massive cities filled with people, urban environments consumed almost the entire surface of the planet. It initially had a small planetary defence force, however, Domitian was besieged by a colossal fleet of Orks. The PDF signalled for reinforcements, and the emperor replied in all his might by sending millions of additional guardsmen to the planet. The orks resistance gradually became futile as they were all but wiped off the face of the planet. All remained well for a while, however the ork attack had sparked additional interests from 'foreign' parties. Merely months later, reports of hellish purple blue contortions of fire were made to the Main Urban Regiment HQ, and it eventually became obvious that Demons had arrived on Domitian. The Urban Regiment, specifically Archer Company repelled the attackers from Domitians primary hive city, Titus, for weeks. However, they gradually lost contact with other Companies and collectives of guardsmen dispersed around the planet. Once again, Domitian signalled for aid. No report. No reply. The imperium had abandoned Domitian.

Archer Company, being the main force left in Domitian, issued a planetwide distress signal informing all Imperial Forces of any design to make their way to Titus to form a gigantic bastion and savehaven for any civilians who had survived the two onslaughts on the planet. Over the following months, Archer Company and the remnants of the Planetary Defence Force welcomed thousands of survivors from attacks in different areas of the planet. Most were militarised, arriving via valkyrie, or in small battered convoys or Chimeras and other such war machines. Some simply arrived in massive collectives of foot soldiers, broken from the months of destruction they bore witness to as they made their way to Titus. In time, it had become clear that although millions had perished, large elements of the Urban Reigment still remained. Titus was a full militarised area, with hundreds of thousands of guardsmen patrolling it's borders. Despite the large numbers, they felt miniscule in comparison to the countless millions that once inhabited the planet. Every year the Urban Regiment would send out distress signals and seek aid from the imperium. It had been seven years since they were abandoned. Luckily for them, Domitian was self sustainable from within, with large food storages and production facilities and mines to gain minerals and metals to construct a makeshift manufactorum. Despite the self sustainability of Titus, The UR couldn't keep up with demands and every year they grew less and less capable of maintaining capable defences.

To this day the Urban Regiment keep their brittle, dim spark alive by fighting daily to keep hold of Titus, one of the greatest displays of Imperial heroism, that had tragically gone unnoticed by the imperium. The men of Titus, Archer Company and the Urban Regiment had become grizzled, experienced and hardened by battle. Outside of Titus, multiple enemies had established strongholds in other areas of the planet. The Orks to the West, Chaos to the North, Demons to the East and Gruesome masses of Tyranids inhabiting the rest. Countless assaults would be made on all sides of Titus from all sorts of enemies. The Urban Regiment had to be extremely careful to reacquire as much of their supplies from the dead as possible from their battles, as supplies were limited. Most remaining companies of the Urban Regiment had few remaining members from the original PDF or wave of reinforcements but many were conscripts and boys that grew into the force. Archer company however had a large quantity of guardsmen serving from 'the drop' all those many years ago. Although it had decreased in size over the years, Archer Company still had thousands of seasoned, battle hardened veterans prepared to fight for glory, Titus and their lives.

The uniforms and attire of the Urban Regiment were maintained as much as was possible. Many uniforms were completely intact. The soldiers had become used to fighting in dangerous close quarters against terrible foes and had mastered the art of street fighting, hit and run and ambushes.

The Urban Regiment had repelled hundreds if not thousands of assaults on their noble city, and to this day continue to defend their last glimmer of hope for saviour in the future. Every man, woman and child in Titus has some contribution to the war effort, and the men of Archer Company and the Urban Regiment refuse to surrender, refuse to embrace defeat and will go unnoticed despite being one the most heroic selections of guardsmen in the entire Imperium.



Blimey that was fun. I'll write some more fluff when I get the time. That was all written off the top of my head, but I hope y'all enjoyed anyway

Yoyo! Sticking to the theme of my fluff about the grizzled hardened lads I did up this medic today, first time trying to paint a tattoo. Tell me what you think about the combo of bits etc, more on the way!

LDP

Commander is down! Tell me what you think y'all!!
Here he is

I really like the color choice of your guardsman, the muted red and green look good on the grey.

Thanks scitech! But one minor thing the camo pattern is muted red and dark grey

I guess I need to get my eyes checked.

The Camo is looking mint man, did you have any references to work off of?

Like everyone else I like the camo! Fluff sounds good too.

@Knightley no reference no. I mean in a way I was inspired a little by the urban camo scheme in Combat Arms but that's quite different to my scheme
@sparkywtf Cheers man. I'll try write some betterly structured stuff next time hahaha. Got some battle stories in progress

Some nice painting here LDP, just one minor quibble for me; you haven't drilled the barrels of the guns out (sorry it's my pet hate!).

That said overall the finished paint jobs are very good and the bases while plain fit your theme well. Regarding the bases a bit more detail here could really finish the models nicely. I have sand bases on my IG and found that some light brown tufts (for dried scrub grass/plants) really helped make the models look finished. So its worth considering with your theme something similar with some random bricks to finish your models.

Notprop yeah I tried dead grass on one of the guys, it does make the composition more interesting but it takes away from the boggy cityscape effect im trying to create with the simpler style :\

Anyways update time! Was up at the bach these last couple of days and got a whole bunch of work done there (seems to up my production being there). So yeah in four days I painted four models and this entire Leman Russ.
I've finished the platoon command squad now and did the commander of the company command squad aswell
Tell me what you guys think PLEEEEEEEASE!!!

Cheers all,
LDP

Very nice! is there any chance of more shots of the guys with the powerfist and eye patch?

More pictures, as requested K-DAWGGGG

May I ask what bit the powerfist\bionic arm is based off of? That looks badass!

Believe it or not its just the normal powerfist but from the catachan command squad box. Normally it has a bare part of the arm at the top but I put the shoulder pad from the leman russ tank commander on it to complete the arm

Awesome, love the use of the sniper cloak arm and the powerfist, hats off for great thinking!

Haha, shot Knightley!

NEW UPDATE! WAHOOOO
Kasrkin have been my favourite models for an age, YEARS literally. But their metalness had always put me off. But with some newly gathered miniatures experience added to the fact that I now have a guard army, I scooped em up! The 10 man squad, the 2 special weapon troopers and a metal commissar whose book arm I swapped out for a different one which I think looks pretty nice.
Sorry the pics are so bad, i'm not sure why that is, they looked nice when I took them. I may have to retake some later, but here's what I've got
Tell me what you think of the scheme!

Hey guys.
I finished off the Commissar today. Quite pleased with how the red turned out but I feel there's something missing, but I don't know.
Also did another Kasrkin squad member, the plasma gunner is up next.
Please tell me what you think guys, I haven't received much feedback recently and i'm losing motivation to keep posting up here.
PICS BELOWWWWWWW

LDP

Love this scheme and all the subtle yet clever conversions littered throughout this blog.

Urban guard are few and far between I find, and Im certainly going to borrowing more than one of your ideas in here!

Shot firebat! Yeah in IG and just general military terms I think urban schemes are often the coolest, and I still get a grubby rundown feel from them which I like.
Cheers for the feedback!

It's the shoulder pad on the commissar, its got this spare area which isn't being used, I would look at putting something there.

Liking the way the scheme is going though

I freehanded an insignia on it and it was clean and all but I didn't feel like it really added to the composition so I painted over it, but I may try adding something again later.

Plasma gunner is finished!

Really enjoying the Commissar with Cigar and the Commander really has character which is rather rare for Cadians.

Ahaha I know what you mean about cadians lacking character! Thats why im trying to develop such a thick storyline wherein theyre battle hardened and grizzled because what better way is there to develop character

Every little thing to make each model represent an individual rather than a nameless cog in the machine will help with that.

Label me a fan! I like your paint scheems and overall work! Well done

@Nowlan ye I think i'll put like kill markings and stuff on some of them

@Trondheim Cheers man, glad to have you on board

If you run out of ideas on how to make each character unique, try looking through photo archives of US Marines in Vietnam. They stuck all kinds of stuff to their helmets and flak jackets.

Yo yo! Kasrkin are still underway but the updates are a little repetitive so I figured i'd spice it up and show some 3rd company ultramarine allies ive been working on! (note the bases are the same)

LDP

That banner is next level! I had to look twice it is that good.

Top work mate!

Arrggh! Mold lines on the tank's plasma barrel! To quote Darth Vader- "NOOOOOooooooooo!!!" Don'cha hate that? What do you do though? File it off and re-paint or hope nobody notices. Normally I go with 'hope nobody notices'. Some jerk like me always does. I'm de-flashing my old school IG right now and it is such a chore. That old 80's plastic is really hard to file down.

I really like the conversions and the paint jobs. Clean, simple, great poses and full of character. The shading is great and you've really captured the grim, dark future thing. Love it. I'll be watching this thread.

@Knightley Haha cheers wasnt expecting a response like that. It was my first try at NMM realistically and I suppose it was alright
@MCG Yeeeeeeeeea i'm getting rid on my mold lines now to the best of my ability on my models but I don't think that one is as visible in real life. Either that or it slipped right by me ):<

Took me a while, but I finished the Kasrkin squad! Next up, Chimera

Cheers guys, would appreciate some feedback,

LDP

PS Sorry if photos are bad it was raining outside today so I couldn't get pics where I normally do

Great work. The urban camo looks really good, and the colour scheme is unified without being monotone. Ultras are also looking good.

cheers Paradigm! That's what I was trying to go for and hopefully it is turning out ok

Beautiful Guard, I've been trying to do something like this with snow guard and snow Hawk Lords

Expect a revival of this blog soon. My painters block is over and i've advance ordered 6 tempestus scion boxes or whatever theyre called. Very excited to make an elite ally force out of them
Stay tuned!

Nice! Those dudes look awesome...looking forward to seeing whats new with you and the brush
Cheers
BB

And.... He's back! That dreaded painters block *shakes fist in the air*

Looking forward to what you do with the new minis

Attempted my first ever OSL job today, a very basic one on the kasrkin plasma gun in anticipation for the arrival of the new kits, also based this sentinel which i'll be adding to the force

LDP

I cant offer you any advice on the OSL (only tried it once), but it looks good. Subtle and effective.

Looks very good. The OSL is nice and understated, not too in-your-face. It's also very neat, and looks natural.

Good to see you back in action, and looking forward to what you do with the Scions.

Hey hey! In my excitement to recieve my scions, i've been painting more IG stuff go get back into my IG zone! So I built up and painted this chimera and painted my sentinel. Also a better pic of OSL plasma man

LDP

Nice work. Dig the models alot. Tidy scheme too.
BB

Nice work on the Sent and Chimera, very neat and clean. Like the neat freehand, too.

Hey guys!
They've finally arrived! 6 Scion boxes, a chimera, the new codex, regimental advisors, a commissar and of course the web exclusive SM!
Started assembly, and constructed a hq set and a normal one, painting starts very soon! Keen as to do these guys up

LDP

PS or all those who loathed my refusal to drill gun barrels, I've had a change of heart ;P

Lovely colour scheme, I really like the darkness of it.
What colour are you thinking of painting your Scions?

Very cool stuff keep up the work !

Great stuff one comment the Space Marines power weapon while excellent would have been even better with a contrasting colour.

My first thought: 'oh look, LDP has another Space Marine Captain. They're literally giving them away now!'

Posing on the scions looks nice, and seems to make the most of the kits. Looking forward to this.

Woohoo! So pleased with the result of my first Temptestus Scion mini, painted him entirely on and off from ~9:30-3:30, and I love the kit! It was really fun, very proud of the outcome, tell me what you think guys!

LDP

@HoeJarris This colour my friend

Very nice. I like the colors chosen for him I was thinking the same scheme for mine. Glad it looks great !

Really like the glow on the plasma.

The use of catachan bodies with cadians is really well done, I like the powerfist officer looking over the handout/map. That's a really really cool model!

Very very nice! The red lenses and wrist panel look brilliant, which colours did you use for them?

I started with a mix of Khorne red and black, gradually brightning up to pure mechrite red, then blood red, then a 50/50 mix of blazing orange and blood red, then pure blazing orange, and just a white dot in the opposite corner

Awesome stuff, that scheme is great, and the use of the 'screens' on the wrist armour is a great idea. The mix of neatness and weathering is also very nice.

Hey hey! Another scion down today, yesterday was spent in the city for record store day so sorry I got no painting done, but I did scoop up a bunch of tanks for a very good price! So yes, here's what I have:
PS Sorry it was raining today so I could get my normal photos outside taken.
PPS In advance for all the dog hairs in the shots!

Next up is the Sergeant!

LDP

I see you've taken my advice regarding painting grey also that's quite the swag cache of new items, plent of armor to crush your enemies beneath.

New guy looks great, and what a haul.

That's a fair few tanks there. New guy looks cool.

Cool army, love the veteran look you are giving them, will be following.

Yo yo! kitbashed and converted together a bunch of vets to form a sort of suicide shoot-assault squad to wittle down then hold up a unit ingame
Here's what I have so far

LDP

Those looks damn cool, the posing on the first guy is great. That's shaping up to be one badass squad.

Ooooooh these a very awesome ! The posing is great, very dynamic

They look awesome, but why the plasma gun? If building a shoot then assault squad, it seems a melta or flamer would serve you better.

I’ve not read their rules, so don’t know the details or if there is something odd going on, but would have picked a assault weapon for a shotgun squad.

I’m also a little curious what the second guy has on his back. He’s already got a shotgun out, so what’s peaking over his shoulder?

Sorry, I sort of falsely advertised a little. I've built a squad of lasgun vets already with plasmas and a missile team, and the other 2 are the only ones in my suicide squad so far (waiting on more shotguns you see), probably should have specified that
the other gun hes toting is just a lasgun incase i want to switch things up

Vets and scions look great, LDP! Love the drab paint scheme.

Looking good the new scion kit has so many bits in it. Are the other shotguns going to be different? Otherwise the whole squad may look a little samey. Only personal opinion. Looking forward to seeing more

Young Logan

 Young_Logan wrote:
Looking good the new scion kit has so many bits in it. Are the other shotguns going to be different? Otherwise the whole squad may look a little samey. Only personal opinion. Looking forward to seeing more

Young Logan

How compatible are they with SM scout shotguns? The guns look the same-ish from this side of the computer. I’m pretty sure the SM scout bike kit has some holstered shotguns that could be strapped onto a backpack, even if the arms/hands don’t work.

This whole blog is fantastic!

The paint scheme really brings your Vets and Stormtroopers to life. Really nice conversion for the vets.

Do the Cadian legs work well with the Scion torsos, or is there some modelling magic going on?

@Moltar cheers mate!

@young_logan yea i went to the store yesterday planning to buy scout bikes and normal scouts for both legs and shotguns. They only had bikes though hence why i've only built 2 so far D: correct me if im wrong but the normal scouts kit has shotguns in it right?

@Nevelon yea ive got the scout bikes and am planning to use scout arms

@Medium of Death thanks a bunch man! Im afraid the scion torso and guard legs combo is rather annoying...the leg connection point is flat whereas the torso is concave...i put some putty into the recess then had to superglue the joint if that helps

LDP

Where did you get the shotgun?

Yeah the regular scouts have shotguns that are held by both hands, best of luck shame you couldn't get any then

Young Logan

Done! My Valkyrie is done, base still needs to be painted but the gunship itself is done.

Also included is a light box test

LDP

Nice clean look on both models, and the Valk looks like an authentic military machine with such neat lines.

That valkyrie is really nice. Love the grey that you've got going on.

Thanks for the info about the torso's and legs. Do you think regular Cadian arms will fit across the Scion torso? It looks like it might work, but having not had the mini's in front of me it's hard to tell.

That's a tricky one...I've put a few cadian arms on scion torsos and its just hard because the torso armour protrudes around the joint and makes it difficult to fit in shoulder pads from guard kits because they cant be snug. In some instances I just put a little putty in behind and then superglued so you should be fine for the most part but i dont think it's been designed to be compatible

Ah well, I'll tell you how I get on with it. Ordered some Cadians and Scions to try it out after being inspired here. LDP pattern veterans are on the way!

Best of luck to you! LDP pattern... I like it, has a nice ring

Heyo!
Finished the Scion Sgt today. Relatively please with the result, fits in with the others done so far. I also mastered what I feel to be the right amount of subtlety on my OSL on his lenses. (its extreeeeeeeemely subtle, I've provided a close up so you can see).
Tell me what you think!

LDP

Well! I couldn't wait. Just finished the Veteran Sgt aswell. Immediately took pics and slapped them up here because I want to see what you guys think! I'm really stoked with how he came out.
Here are the pics,

LDP

That is a very beautiful model! I really like these last two models you painted. Really well done, can't wait to see more.

Looks good. It might be nice to have the powerfist picked out a bit. Not sure how that would work, but I think it deserves a little more then the stock paint job.

Nice clean work LDP. I agree with Paradigm on the Valk- quite authentic looking.

Looks really good. Confirms that the bits really do work together well aesthetically and the paintjob only strengthens that. Nailed it.

Those legs are converted to that pose, right?

Last two are looking awesome, those kits maybe aren't compatible but you've certainly made it work.

@Sageheart, cheers man More to come!

@Nevelon yeeeeeeeeeeeaah I dunno, the side profile is ok, though it does look quite dull in the image. I think in person it's okay, not really sure how to spice it up and keep it in the scheme

@Elnibbus thanks bud, glad you think so! Hopefully the tanks and stuff will look the same

@Medium of Death They are indeed converted, it was pretty straight forward though, just a chop of some normal legs and kneely legs

@Paradigm thanks so much man! Feedback means a ton

Nice guard you got going on here!

i really like the camoscheme

keep it up!

I'm really digging the neutral color palette in this army. I'd love to see a pic of them all together on a Cities of Death board!

Damn those look good. I really like the new "not Stormtrooper" kits. Good amount of bitz for kitbashing as well in those boxes. I'm thinking of just doing headswaps with the Dreamforge Eisenkern guys for mine. I bashed one together in my gallery, its a blurry pic but it gets the effect across, came out looking similar to your vets with the Pig Iron heads actually.

Keep up the awesome work!!

love seeing a well done guard army, some really nice work on the conversions etc. super cool.
STG

I am really digging your Guardsmen, the painting is top notch. Lovely cleen lines and the the cmmo is subtle but effective superb.

Your vet Sgt is awesome, great pose !