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Imagine my surprise when I arrived home from tutoring to find a large brown box on my place at the table.

My father told me to open it up. I complied. And to my joy, found a codex and two IG battleforces.
My father and are splitting the battleforces, and sharing the codex.





We also found a nice present, of Mike and Ike's. My mother enjoyed them.

Thanks to miniwargaming.com, and to dakkadakka, I will begin updating with progress of both my work and my father's work.

Cool can't wait to see your work.

Ultrafool wrote:Cool can't wait to see your work.

It might take a while, as we need to pick up some good plastic glue, as well as the right paints.

But, you should (hopefully) be happy with work we do.

As for the stuff my dad does, I will outline them in different colors.

Aww its so sweet to be able to hobby together with your parents :x

LunaHound wrote:Aww its so sweet to be able to hobby together with your parents :x

Thank you. My dad and I plan on spending at least a night a week to model together, and when we've painted and assembled them, we'll face off and see who wins.

The funniest part, in my opinion, is the Mike & Ikes sitting on the top.

But yeah. I'll be watching this space. Don't let me down GES I'll have to start getting my stuff in shape to start painting/assembling.

Kanluwen wrote:The funniest part, in my opinion, is the Mike & Ikes sitting on the top.

But yeah. I'll be watching this space. Don't let me down GES I'll have to start getting my stuff in shape to start painting/assembling.

Yeah, we're gonna use the candy bag as our color scheme. We're gonna have Mike Company and Ike Company.

I hope that's a joke, because otherwise it terrifies me.

The left over wrappers = Company Banner

Kanluwen wrote:I hope that's a joke, because otherwise it terrifies me.

It is.

LunaHound wrote:The left over wrappers = Company Banner

I actually like that idea.


"Blue Berry Raiders! CHARGE!!!"

Very small update, but an update none the less. Clipped out the figures and pieces from the Sentinel and Command Squad sprues, and finished reading the Codex.

Still won't be able to glue any of them together till we pick up some good glues.

Can't wait to see some guardsmen up and ready.

My dad and I have decided on colors.

Now, his color scheme is that of an urban based army, using lots of greys, blacks, and some blues to disguise his units.

My color scheme will be grey, white, and blue as an accent.

He hasn't come up with a back story for his Guard, but I have done some work for mine.

The Chairo 667th Scout Regiment was raised on the planetoid of Jericho's Reach, an agri and artic world.

Eight Terran months of the year, the planet is bathed in ice and snow, due to an erratic orbit around it's planet and sun.
During the other four months of the year, the ice and snow melt and flood large swathes of land, making for fertile farming areas, allowing the occupants to meet their tithes.

During the winter months, the vast majority citizens flee to large cities built underground, close to the plantoid's core to absorb heat. It is during these months that their PDF and Imperial Guard regiments are trained.


Tommorow he'll be picking up glue, and possibly paints.

Make sure he gets a good brushed on plastic cement
like testor or tamiya. I think its the #1 overlooked but most important item to plastic kits.

Your dad sounds really cool. i tried to get my wife and kids involved, but no takers!
and remember have fun! the rest will fall into place.

The Bits Bin Part One: The top section holds all my misc bits, while the bottom holds my Command Squad bits.



Bits Bin Part Two: Top section is my heavy weapon squads, bottom is my Sentinel.



A partially completed Scout Squad and a pratially completed Infantry squad.



Some terrain I'm working on.

I have assembled the bodies of my Infantry commander, my medic, and my vox caster for the command squad.

More pics to come.


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My infantry commander. I haven't decided his loadout yet, though I'm leaning towards bolt pistol and chainsword.



The vox caster.



The pic is fuzzy, but it's my medic.

Lookin' good so far.

nIce start!

I got started on the leg and cock pit sub assemblies of the sentinel today, and have made my first heavy weapon squad, equiped with a Heavy bolter.

Very nice, whe painting sentinels paint the pilot and cockpit before gluing, something i learnt the hard way

Young_Logan wrote:Very nice, whe painting sentinels paint the pilot and cockpit before gluing, something i learnt the hard way

Yeah i kinda expected that to happen., LOL.

Serious Question:

I've glued my pilot to his command chair, but i haven't added the walls to the cockpit yet.

Should I leave it that way for when I paint?

You might still be able to pull the pilot out of the cockpit , did you try giving it a little tug?

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:

Young_Logan wrote:Very nice, when painting Sentinels paint the pilot and cockpit before gluing, something i learned the hard way

Yeah i kinda expected that to happen., LOL.

Serious Question:

I've glued my pilot to his command chair, but I haven't added the walls to the cockpit yet.

Should I leave it that way for when I paint?

Are you doing the cockpit as an Armageddon style or Cadian style?

If doing the first--don't worry about it. You won't see the pilot anyways. I just skip adding the pilots in on Armageddon styled fully enclosed ones.

If the second, you won't have to worry that much either. Not much gets obscured that you can't reach with a brush, just paint the pilot AFTER the rest of the cockpit.

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:

LunaHound wrote:Aww its so sweet to be able to hobby together with your parents :x

Thank you. My dad and I plan on spending at least a night a week to model together, and when we've painted and assembled them, we'll face off and see who wins.

My father and I did the same thing when I was younger. We played a few games then he decided to move on to other things(he has a habit of that). I ended up with a fully painted 3000+ point Catachan army that way.

The vox caster and commander.

I tried to position the commander in a way that makes it look like he's surveying the battlefield, same as the vox caster, hence the way the las gun is set.
I also used a regular sergeant's head and chainsword from the infantry squads for the commander, as I like the way they look then the other heads on the sprue.



The medic. I used the commander arm with a swagger stick, but clipped off the stick portions, so it looks like he's examining a syringe or possibly balling his fist.

With the lasgun swung up high like that and the hand down low it looks kind of...awkward.

Woot ges has the same tool box as me.

Kanluwen wrote:With the lasgun swung up high like that and the hand down low it looks kind of...awkward.

How so?

Well, if you have an analogue for a lasgun, try doing that same pose.

You're going to cradle the gun from below, even with a sling. You wouldn't be holding onto the top.

And the vox-operator's hand that goes over where the vox-link is just doesn't look...'right' where it is. I can't really explain it, but the finger placement just looks off.

But still. 'Rightness' or not, they're coming along nicely. Don't mind my silly critiques

Kanluwen wrote:Well, if you have an analogue for a lasgun, try doing that same pose.

I have, and I understand the critiscm for that pose. because of it. however, I'll try and rationlize it. he prolly just shucked it over his shoulder a second ago, and therefore hasn't moved his hand down yet.

Kanluwen wrote:You're going to cradle the gun from below, even with a sling. You wouldn't be holding onto the top.

Good point. However, my conversion skills are still pretty crappy, so i didn't want to try and model the hand lower, so I left it as is.

Kanluwen wrote:And the vox-operator's hand that goes over where the vox-link is just doesn't look...'right' where it is. I can't really explain it, but the finger placement just looks off.

I like to think it looks like he's flippin an enemy the bird.

Kanluwen wrote:But still. 'Rightness' or not, they're coming along nicely. Don't mind my silly critiques

Thank you. Nice to have encouragement. I will also try and make them look "right" from now on, just for you.

A small update.

I have completed the banner bearer, and am happy with the work for now, though I might replace or shorten the right arm, as it looks a bit long in comparison to the left arm.
Also, completed a sergeant conversion for my first infantry squad.

I have taken the sentinel pilot head with a bandana and mohawk and the dislocated arm, and I think the pose says

"It's just a flesh wound!"

My dad hasn't gotten a chance to get his models started yet, though he plans on doing so when the wheather gets nice and warm out.

@sonofruss: Yup. Real men use tool boxes, not army cases.

I was also looking at the sentinel bits, and noticed the armor piece with an aquila on it. I like the way it looks, almost like a shield, and am thinking of glueing it on my commanders arm, just to give him a little somethin etra.

Thoughts on that?