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Hi guys.

Ive decided to have a fun project to run alongside getting my tournament guard army ready for the april throne of skulls.

Basicly I have 2 forgeworld Baneblades that are in a bit of a state. One is wisemans Baneblade its about 7 years old and is quite heavily beat up. It has had 2 paint jobs since I got it and is in need of some love and affection.

The second is a mars pattern Baneblade. This one was got second hand and is in even worse shape than the first one. I have no idea how old it is and I dont have the unique forgeworld ID number for it which is a shame.


I fished the wiseman one out a little while ago and I have taken some pictures of it in its current state so you can see what I am going to be working with. I will paint strip it after I have set up this thread and updated my tournament guard thread which has been neglected a bit as Ive been quite ill.


So here you go.












Thats it for now I will put more pics up when I have stripped it in a little while. I hope you all enjoy the process of getting these 2 awsome models back to working order.

Awesome, long time since I saw one of forgeworlds baneblades. GW's are everywhere these days (nothing bad in that).

Your right I myself have a pair of the plastic ones, one in a chaos army and one in my marine army.

But the plastic ones just dont compare to the forge world ones in detail or stature not in my opinion.

I have given the main body of the first Baneblade its first coat of stripper here are the pictures. I will not that this currently looks in real bad shape. This is normal for the paint stripping process I use. The first coat has totally removed the top layer of paint and most of the second layer. There is still a gak load of the first undercoat left on the model but this should nearly all come off with the next strip. Also there has been heavy damage to the model in terms of parts falling off like the drums and demolisher cannon. This again is normal the paint stripper tends to weaken the bond in the superglue but this is not a problem in fact I want the track systems to fall off as they are hard to strip while on the model.

So still lots to do before the model is even ready to repair let alone paint.











More to come maybe tonight I will strip it again when I get home as I have to go out in a little while.

Great start, always a fan of recommissioning these old veterans, did the same with a lightening strike fighter not too long ago.

I'll be checking out your other thread too, got to love a bit of guard.

Glad to see some one who feels the same. I will give it a second strip after tea and post the pics up maybe a couple of hours from now.

And yeah cant have to much guard.


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Right here are the pictures after the main hull has had its second strip. Most of the paint is gone now what is left is so thin that once reprimed you wouldnt know it was there. I still need to go over some of the small holes and corners with a scalpal to get the gunk out then its ready for repairs to begin and of course I need to do the guns and everything that broke off the hull. I will start them wednesday night.











On a more anoying note I could not dislodge the track systems which made cleaning the model much harder.
It would seem I built it a bit to well and as you can see some more parts have broken off some small bits like pipes are terminal and will have to be rebuilt with greenstuff and other materials.

I have just stripped all the other parts will post pics in a little while so its nearly time to start repairs.

Great Idea! I've put my own guard army on hold for the moment as it had just all got too much so doing a marine army as a break. I'm amazed how well it is cleaning up actually! I really though the paint stripper might do stuff to the resin.
Very true that you can never have too many guard particularly tanks I'm running at 7 super heavies at the moment!

The paint stripper I use will do plastic resin and metal with no effect at all on the material. It costs quite a lot thought. Its called removeALL 220 if you want to search for it. You can get it in the UK and America. My guard army runs at about 25 000 points ive only got the 2 baineblades but I have about 40 tanks and a gak tone of infantry. Working on refurbing the entire lot.

If you check out my other guard thread you will see most of the models in there have been through the refurbishment Im getting quite good at it.

Now doing the pics so watch this space.


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Ok here is a pair of pics of the parts that wernt on or fell off the hull.

I am no starting the rebuilding part of the project.





Getting there

Right its rebuilt had some little bits added and some cleaning up its ready to be resprayed now. Here are the pics.













What do you guys think?

That is one hell of a tank! And it's looking good- I look forward to seeing it fully recomissioned and back in service.

Out of interest, how big is it compared to a 'normal' tank?

Ill take a picture for you give me a few minutes.

Thanks! That would be awesome.

here you go. Next to a land raider a leman russ and a necron pylon. Note the colour of the leman russ is how this tank will be done check my other thread out here to see better pics of the colour. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/316909.page





Hope it helps you get an idea.

Thanks! That's quite a beast of a machine, isn't it!

Yes its a shame that since the "cheaper" plastic baneblade came out you dont very often see this model anymore.

You just had to take a picture on what looks like a nice comfy bed didn't you? It's early, I'm tired and don't want to be awake. Yargh.

On topic however, I think it's gonna look great once painted up. Have fun with it.

Looking mate. Out of interest are you using Badab Black for washing on these models? If so then perhaps you should check this out as a sub, help to save some cash.

http://www.youtube.com/user/OrcPainterNerd#p/u/4/ePk5WqmdKlo

Yes that would be my bed

The only parts of the models that get washed are the tracks and guns all silver bits basicly which int a huge amount. They then mostly get a was of devlan mud over that to give them and aged look. You cant really tell in the pictures.

So yes the paint is expensive but I dont use that much. What I could do with is a pot of gryponesepia? that size as my entire marine army is washed that colour to form its base colour. If they do one of them I would love to try and get one to test.

I don't think they do Sepia. I've seen the marines though they've been a little neglected of late haven't they? I'm still reading through the blog a little each day. Loved the mud effect from the thunderfire tracks, I'm thinking of trying it out my self as I'm constructing a small Doom Legion force whic obviously I can't battle damage very well as they are already all metal.

Back on to washes you may want to check out AwesomePaintJob's wash recipes on youtube. The video will give you the basics to make gallons of washes for probably the cost of ten pots.

I will check them out. Yes marines have been ignored as Im in guard mode. I will do soem more of them aftter this is all done. Got lots of marine stuff to do. Glad people still look at the thread.

How much of a pain are those resin tracks? Mine drove me insane....er! Nice work so far, looking forward to seeing some paint...

They are a massive pain gak just like all forge world models. They are hardly perfectly built on that tank but they ae ok.

Right folks its primed ready for me to start painting tomorrow.

Here are some pics.

Dont worry about the m16 in the backround thats just my airsoft gun Im taking bits off it ready for it to get a nice new steal body.










Comments please

looking good! Subscribing.

Have you considered putting something else over those mesh... things over the exhaust vents in the rear?

Looks intimidating! I like it!

P.S. My hubby and step-son would go nuts over that airsoft gun you've got.

Looking good! Have you undercoated it in Chaos Black or is it a metallic spray? can't quite tell from the pics.

I dont want to cover the engine bits up as thats how its ment to be. I did think about giving it like some camo cloaks or something but dint want to cover it up.

I figured there would be some one else on here that did airsoft or knew some one that did.

The model is just black atm the light in my rooms gak so I have to use the flash to get a decent image but it makes an all black model look shiney.


Will start painting the main hull section tomorrow.

Ive started painting the big nasty tanks hull. Ive done what is basiclt the base colour for the armour take a look.









Hope you like it so far. Keep in mind still the very early stages.

Looking good so far. If I was you I'd get some RL tank decals from tamiya or similar. Give the bad boy even more character when its done.

It will be getting id numbers ect on it when I get past the basic metal work and things.