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did he lose hos hand 0.0

and you cant eat my soul!! its mine!

i named it derek!!

Edward089 wrote:ok first off, models are insane, just really awesome, love the paint jobs, secondly, i might have missed it but what is the backstory for your army? or is it just for fun

Thanks for the kindness. I am writing up some fluff for it very slowly but the jist of it is that there was a renegade guard army that was swept up in a crusade and has slowly been replacing it's loses through PoWs and turncoats on invaded planets.

devilkin wrote:Can't wait to see how it pans out. I've been wanting to make a tunderfire cannon in that artilliery gun carriage style like the 18 pounder you have there.

A friend of mine has been thinking about doing the same but it's a shame it's metal. The FW Thudd gun looks a lot better.

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Lol I was having problems editing my post so it deleted the txt.... I was saying how the person in that picture of the mechanized mortar-carrier M113 was hanging the round wrong, and was likely to lose a hand.

Fair enough lol

ghosty wrote:did he lose hos hand 0.0

and you cant eat my soul!! its mine!

i named it derek!!

I would guess he did. And a little more. And you can keep your Derek!

UPDATE!!

Not a very sizeable one as I've been running from one project to another. I'm not one to stick to something and stay there.


Here be a sergeant for one of my squads. He's still WiP as the weathering isn't complete.


Plasma gunner. Still WiP.


Decided to do something with my horde of metal guardsmen. I had to smother them in paint stripper and use my multi-tool's buffer to remove the layers of paint that was encrusted on it. Still WiP


Started to weather the Quad.


Thought I'd take a better picture of the Chimera. Still WiP.


Also started to weather my Heretic Pattern Leman Russ.


Factory coated an old Chimera


Found this and I'm planning on turning it into a Griffon Mortar AFV


Also found this and broke down into tears. Managed to take away some of the crap but need to drown it in paint strip. Going to pick up a 1/72 AS90 as the turret works so well on the Russ chassis


This is a Chimera Half-Track project I started last night. Still WiP lol

I have also played around with the new Leman Russ kit. It's awful. It's slightly smaller than the old Russ and just feels cheap. It didn't even come with a tank accessory sprue. I'm never going to buy one of them. The Hellhound is slightly better but I only want it for the hull and turret. Gonna change the cannon using a predator one and use the old chimera tracks. They're just not very good kits at all.

Still loving this army. The sergeant particularly. That flagellant head is just the thing.

fantastic work! usually i dont go for such mad kitbashing, But that said i love your walkers, and your attention to detail in conversions and paint work is really top notch

Would love to check out WiP of the walkers, might try my hand at one

BoW- John

That walker russ is awesome ! now my guard really got to bring these trader scum to justice in the name of the emperor , before they get more cool stuff to bring to bare .

looking great!

I'm loving your horde of steel fury. It looks incredible so far.

I'm very very very looking forward to the halftrack, I love those things and I've wanted to make one for ages.

I guess it will be something like an Sd.Kfz 251? Or an M3? Methinks the Sd.Kfz will look a lot better with the chimera top half.

Looking forward to whatever you've got in store, you're inspiring me, I've got out the crazy mess of my paintstation again, maybe I'll be putting some stuff up soon

sA

tinfoil wrote:Still loving this army. The sergeant particularly. That flagellant head is just the thing.

Thanks. The head is a bastard to paint. I still have to do the metal on the mask.

BEASTSOFWAR wrote:fantastic work! usually i dont go for such mad kitbashing, But that said i love your walkers, and your attention to detail in conversions and paint work is really top notch

Many thanks. Like I said earlier in the blog, I cannot take full credit for the walking Russ. I ordered that from eBay pre-built from a gentleman from Canada. It's the only thing I have that I haven't made. It's a pain in the ass as I can't seem to do it any justice.

slann wrote:That walker russ is awesome ! now my guard really got to bring these trader scum to justice in the name of the emperor , before they get more cool stuff to bring to bare .

Ha ha, if it spurs you on to greatness then I suppose that's a good thing. I do have more up my sleeve so I'm hoping you'll pull something bigger and better out

person person wrote:looking great!

Thank you, P. Person.

smiling Assassin wrote:I'm loving your horde of steel fury. It looks incredible so far.

I'm very very very looking forward to the halftrack, I love those things and I've wanted to make one for ages.

I guess it will be something like an Sd.Kfz 251? Or an M3? Methinks the Sd.Kfz will look a lot better with the chimera top half.

Looking forward to whatever you've got in store, you're inspiring me, I've got out the crazy mess of my paintstation again, maybe I'll be putting some stuff up soon

sA

Horde of steel fury, lol. I think that's apt! Thanks! Yeah, usingthe SdKfz 251 as my inspiration but it's not going to be a direct copy as that's been done. I want this to be a 40k half-track.

As soon as you get some stuff to show, give me a PM and let me know. I'll look forward to see what you have

And as for crazy paint stations, check out my one!



Such is the life of a student...

This project just keeps getting better and better! I like all of the vehicle ideas that you have. I ahven't even started on that portion of my army yet.

Still loving every little thing I see on here!

You, my friend, have inspired me to do the same for my CSM and future Daemons and traitor guardsmen.

THE BLACK DAWN!

Your army is sick. I really love the idea of traitor guard. True freedom fighters for humanity.


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PS you computer desk looks a lot like mine when I get into painting mode.

Wait a sec., wheres the paint palette?

nemissary wrote:This project just keeps getting better and better! I like all of the vehicle ideas that you have. I ahven't even started on that portion of my army yet.

This is because you seem to be more organised than me

ShadowAngel159 wrote:Still loving every little thing I see on here!

You, my friend, have inspired me to do the same for my CSM and future Daemons and traitor guardsmen.

THE BLACK DAWN!

Do it. DO IT!!

smart_alex wrote:Your army is sick. I really love the idea of traitor guard. True freedom fighters for humanity.

PS you computer desk looks a lot like mine when I get into painting mode.

Thanking you muchly. I'm glad I'm not the only one who paints in squallor.

person person wrote:Wait a sec., wheres the paint palette?

I do have one, kindly donated to me by my girlfriend. But I have lost it so I use the underside of 25mm bases as I have plenty to spare.

Unfortunately I won't be getting much done over the next few days as I have to go look after some bastard horses then I have work over the weekend. Next week I have plenty of time so expect something more then.

Looking forward to that then!

I saw posted on some forum or another a WHFB Hellcannon, with a suggestion that it could be mounted on a chimera (with extensive conversion) as a Colossus or Griffon.

Might be a little too chaosy for your build tho!

Love the work.

person person wrote:Looking forward to that then!

Damned straight

darkkt wrote:I saw posted on some forum or another a WHFB Hellcannon, with a suggestion that it could be mounted on a chimera (with extensive conversion) as a Colossus or Griffon.

Might be a little too chaosy for your build tho!

Love the work.

Thanks for the tip, I had a look on eBay for one but decided against it. I have plans on using the bottom half of the stumpy baneblade barrel as my mortar.

UPDATE!!

Like I said before, I couldn't get much done over the last week as I have been working at both a livery yard and with my job at the library. I do have some pictures to treat you with but sadly they are all WiPs.


Gangsta Lean!


I'm making use of my box of metal guardsmen I have. Have to gs gasmasks onto them


Using this as part of my Enforcer squad. I just love the model so much!


This is to be my Standard Bearer in my command squad. Just waiting on the banner to turn up. Still unsure as to what colour to do the drum


A mortar team. The only thing completed on this is the spotter. The rest is still being painted. The wire will be trimmed and glued after painting. Just placed it on here to gauge effect


A missile launcher loader I've started to repaint


Yes, I know he's missing a foot but I left it at my girlfriend's house.


This is the closest thing I've done in the last week that comes close to being finished. He needs some tidying up and some weathering.


MY EYES!! THEY BURN!!!!! This is the old Rhino I've started making into a Griffon. As you can see I have started to base it Panzergrau but done very little else

I've decided that my main lists will come from the Seige of the Vraks rules and after some careful browsing I thought it would be awesome to have a squad of Alpha Legion amoung my rank and file. I knew I had some Space Marine and Chaos Space Marine bits so I went on a hunt in my bitz-pit to find enough for five marines. And this is what I ended up finding...



...a whole heap of Marines! The motherload! These were given to me many years ago by a friend who moved country so I just need to strip them and repaint them. I found it amusing that I managed to find more Marines in my bitz box than what most people have in their entire army

And last night, I started to paint one.


Still very WiP. I have only done a base of Midnight Blue and a top layer of Regal Blue. Still not done any green washing yet.

Speaking of washing I have to put some on in a minute.

ChaosBubbles, my apparent phantom of a friend who keeps forgetting to check his Dakka, has decided he doesn't want his Rhinos and Land Raider. He's offered me the Land Raider but I'm trying to convince him to use his Rhinos are Chimera or Griffons. I'm still trying to decide what to do with my spare Land Raider, leave alone what to do with another one!!

Ahem... you can send them to me... too poor to buy one with two children...

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Ahem... you can send them to me... too poor to buy one with two children...

I think I'll pass on this obviously very generous suggestion

I also forgot to mention that I am looking into starting a renegade psyker squad (with an additional advisor in my HQ). I need ideas as I don't think I will be using any of the minis available.

I have started something very brave, though. I have started a custom sculpt for a psyker. I have very limited experience with greenstuff so this is pretty much me jumping in the deep end. I have made a basic wireframe out of paperclips for this. The general idea behind this mini is that it is a small boy with a metal plate fused to his mouth. He is bald and in tattered clothing. In his left hand will be the one thing that stops him from completely going insane; his teddy. In his right hand will be a ball of electrical charge building up.

Infiltraitor, great work this is an ace blog.

I really like that plasma gunner and the mortar team is fantastic, great use of the large base to make a scenic diorama!

The armour is also looking very impressive and I like your quad launchers alot, what did you use for the armour shield?

Wow the pysker idea sounds cool.Can't wait to see him.

I have really enjoyed reading this blog. Loving the paint schemes on the tanks, and that several of the troopers are holding mp40s. Soon you will be able to unleash the Traitor Guard Blitzkrieg!

But the tanks will be getting lots of camo netting right? I don't know why but in my mind it seems to fit.

Great stuff, for traitor guard I can't imagine a better idea than grungy and weatherworn and you've got that down pat. Wonderful imagination and some fine painting skills.

Keep the updates coming.

This progress looks like fun. The marines are gonna be a great addition to these guys.

sA

Gundam-Mecha wrote:Infiltraitor, great work this is an ace blog.

I really like that plasma gunner and the mortar team is fantastic, great use of the large base to make a scenic diorama!

The armour is also looking very impressive and I like your quad launchers alot, what did you use for the armour shield?

Many thanks, GM. I've just about finished the mortar team this afternoon and I'm about to upload the pic. As for the quad shield, it's from a PaK-40 model I demolished.

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Wow the pysker idea sounds cool.Can't wait to see him.

Thanking you. I'm slowly working my way with him. GS takes flippin' ages to dry.

Oshunai wrote:I have really enjoyed reading this blog. Loving the paint schemes on the tanks, and that several of the troopers are holding mp40s. Soon you will be able to unleash the Traitor Guard Blitzkrieg!

But the tanks will be getting lots of camo netting right? I don't know why but in my mind it seems to fit.

Thank you for the kind words. I am planning on adding some camo netting soon. Many of the tanks are still waiting for their mud coat and I need to pick up some gauze.

Natorum wrote:Great stuff, for traitor guard I can't imagine a better idea than grungy and weatherworn and you've got that down pat. Wonderful imagination and some fine painting skills.

Keep the updates coming.

Sir, you are giving me the vapours

smiling Assassin wrote:This progress looks like fun. The marines are gonna be a great addition to these guys.

sA

Many thanks sA. The Marines are something new to me and that first dude I'm doing is stressing me out lol! It's like teaching myself how to paint again.

tiny UPDATE!!!


Just this minute done this. I need to do the OSL disorder to the chap on the right and then it's hopefully done


Psyker legs. GS is there just to support the legs. Ain't it amazing!

Kool.

Nice to see some more heretics & renegades out there ("traitor" is so M39, don't you think ?).

I've used a lot of flagellants for other things before the new codex came out. I might get some more to make up some h&r psykers.

Oooh a Traitor treadhead! Don't see many of those, methinks because there are just too many cool Loyalist vehicles. Also . . . walker-style LRBT? Forgive my ignorance, but is that custom rules or is it really in the codex? Also I sympathize with your tendency to skip between projects, I do the same thing. Love the quad-cannon, very reminiscent of some WWII AA guns, but then that was your intent right?

Does this look good for a psyker?

http://armorcast.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=116_101&products_id=843

Zzzzzz wrote:Kool.

Nice to see some more heretics & renegades out there ("traitor" is so M39, don't you think ?).

I've used a lot of flagellants for other things before the new codex came out. I might get some more to make up some h&are psykers.

I'm gonna pick up a flagellant from a bits site and see what I can do.

styles1005 wrote:Oooh a Traitor treadhead! Don't see many of those, methinks because there are just too many cool Loyalist vehicles. Also . . . walker-style LRBT? Forgive my ignorance, but is that custom rules or is it really in the codex? Also I sympathize with your tendency to skip between projects, I do the same thing. Love the quad-cannon, very reminiscent of some WWII AA guns, but then that was your intent right?

For the sake of rules, I use the walking Russ as just a plain old Russ with a dozerblade to help in rough terrain. I've had no objections thus far.

And yes, was my intent to make it into a Flakveirling for 40k.

person person wrote:Does this look good for a psyker?

http://armorcast.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=116_101&products_id=843

I love the model but not keen on it for my army. I might pick that up for my girlfriend, she loves painting clothing. I'm more after a gritty and insane psyker squad. The kind that s*1ts lightbulbs.

breakin' out the marines, eh? good touch to this army.

I don't think the powers of the Warp have diminished from these pawns of the Dark Gods yet. Can't wait to here about how they do in battle!

Lookin good I like the new editions , I am doing the flagellant thing myself for the psykers just seems easier but I do know of a model for you my friend for your little creepy kid psyker idea here it is ...
http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/pack.php?pack=1364

they have a whole line of little ones you can use
http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/range.php?range_id=62