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Still digging, Weets. I'm doing a large re-org/purge, which means everything is in little plastic baggies, in bins and boxes.

While I'm digging, any other things on your wishlist?

Well I'm always interested in squats. I basically collect everything from the 80s but there's no need to go crazy, Imperial guard is whats getting painted at the mo. After them I was thinking of getting the traitor chaos marines out again.

Thanks for asking! The market for 80s minis is so overinflated at the mo - maybe its in a stock market bubble!

2nd ed had IG Jump squads with jet packs and bikers! Pretty much copy SM list, but normal soldiers in the lesser armor of the IG

Page needs a picture, first layer done, mix of pale grey, black, blue and umber.




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Don't worry I'll take that mold line off the top of the bolt pistol...


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Number 1 has a cut down space crusade power sword, number 3 has a shaved miltia falcion sword and Number 4 has a shaved down 2nd ed space marine chainsword.

Great stuff got a Rogue Trader Biker and Jetbiker Commissar for myself a while back. Incidentally I have plenty of the old style Bolt Pistols. PM me if you fancy a trade. May have some other RT bits I don't have much use for as well.

The Assault Squad is looking good.

Other stuff to look out for for a RT 40k 1.5-era Imperial Guard army are: Medics on Bikes (Vincent Black Shadow!), Jetbikes - both the 1st and 2nd variants, Ogryns made of the Bob Olley "Ogryn Sergeant" and regular Jes Goodwin/Olley Ogres (which was one of the drives behind the start of my own Ogre Collection). Old-skool Rhinos, Thudd Guns, Rapiers, Mole Mortars, Penal Legion, Whiteshields, Commissar training squads....

I think I have a vincent black shadow sans rider somewhere.

I have been resisting the urge to pick up some of the RT Imperial Guard, you have just made that task more difficult!

Great thread, will be keeping an eye on it, well done.

Hi inspector #264 thanks for stopping by.

Resistance is futile, the borg used to say.

Hey thanks for the offer Llamahead. Another dakkite has already stepped up on the boltpistols. The offer is appreciated.


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Oh and I see also thankyou vallhalla for the offer of 2nd edition sentinels but I'm sticking with the egg shaped ones for asthetix. Save it for another decade, by then it will be worth a mint in its packaging.

 weetyskemian44 wrote:
Hi inspector #264 thanks for stopping by.

Resistance is futile, the borg used to say.

Many thanks for the welcome, and on your other point....

I kinda ordered an old RT guardsman.

No probs, weets. Just thought I'd offer. I can't get rid of the one I painted, but this one will find a good home one day.


EDIT: I can't bear to get rid of it, is what I mean.

Surely you cant have just one, Inspector...

No worries valhalla thanks for the kind offer. I could say yes but that would be cheeky as I wouldn't be using it for this army.

 Valhalla130 wrote:
No probs, weets. Just thought I'd offer. I can't get rid of the one I painted, but this one will find a good home one day.


EDIT: I can't bear to get rid of it, is what I mean.

If Weety doesn't want/need it, I know someone who might be interested...

 weetyskemian44 wrote:
Surely you cant have just one, Inspector...

I fear you may be right, he is looking rather lonely standing here on his own....

If the illustrations in the old rule books are to be believed you need several thousand. Its a marketing gimmick but I like it.

I'm dawdling on the painting I know. Bit busy with fee-bay at the mo.

You could well be right, some of the old art is packed full of them, but I did manage to find a pic to base my force size on:



Looking forward to seeing what you come up with once your dawdling is over with.

 Inspector #264 wrote:
You could well be right, some of the old art is packed full of them, but I did manage to find a pic to base my force size on:

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I'm halfway there!

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with once your dawdling is over with.

I love their giraffe skin pants! A bold fashion statement indeed.

Plastic guardsmen to the rescue. The old guard never had a model for a flamer so I stole this one from the beaky marine kit. I'm waiting for pistols to finish the others and I've got two more torso's in the post. I really am going to have a whole assault squad!. Now all I need is ten jetpacks...



Got some old orlocks for fun and conversions.



Imperial guard squad two is basically done, they are waiting on their helmet stripes, again.

A little sneak preview; WIP command squad. They are cleaner than the other guard, maybe I'll keep them that way. I imagine they consider themselves a cut above with their fancy gilded armour. Needs flag. I think I will carry on the black and yellow checkers on the flag.

Going to do a classic RT flag, or something new-ish?

Good question. I need to research! Whatever it is I want black and yellow on it.

They look really nice weety, I remember having some of those when they came out.

 weetyskemian44 wrote:
Good question. I need to research! Whatever it is I want black and yellow on it.

The red WD compendium had a section where you could photocopy a few banners and then paint them. Here is a link to mine as an example. Page 155 if that helps. They are specifically for the 5th Arcadian Regiment, F Company, but follow the same pattern as the ones flown by the 9th Necromundian.

Excellent I can see where the Scion models came from now!

I can never quite believe how nice you make those older models look. With your paint, weets, the easily stand up to any modern fig.

Girrafex, showing your age there! We were the great generation... or was it GenX.

Thanks for the link nevelon, I'll probably do some variation on that design.

Llamahead yes they do look just a bit sciony.

Thanks Valhalla.

Well heres the second squad, squad 1. Well they are the second squad I painted but they get a 1 on their badges... erm.

I have to hold my breath when I paint the stripes.

Outstanding work on these old RT models. You've really captured the look, feel and spirit of the era, but with a nice modern, weathered touch. Great stuff!

Thanks Azazelx, It was fun.

Squad 3 is next, The assault squad. And sentinels. I've got two more but with missing parts. I'll try and think of a way to replicate them. I only have one foot. Maybe I can press mold it.

Argh! I'm extremely jealous. I've got a bag full of those old plastic guys, but I just can't find the time.

The pedant in me demands that I point out that two of those guys with bolt pistols haven't bothered to take them out the holsters, but other than offending my OCD, they all look good.

Ah well I didn't have enough bolt pistols, and I figure no-one would notice if I stuck a barrel on the end, but looks like I'm rumbled!