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Inevitable_Faith wrote:That's awesome CB. Literally every day this force gets more and more awesome. Great work.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith.
Dysartes wrote:What've you used for the netting, Capitan?

And are you caught up to the "new work" stage, or are you still on the Warseer repost stage?

Dysartes,

I used gauze for the netting, just washed it in Brown Ink before adding it to the tank.

No, still catching up with my completed models.

The third of the Griffon Heavy Mortars as it looks like I did not bother to photograph the first two as they had already been photographed as Basilisks.






Like the first two the mortar bed slides out, I just only have two Basilisk platforms.

The long painting war continues...

CB

   
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Next up is a Forge World Hydra:








Toughest part of the build was straightening the barrels.

The long painting war continues...

CB

   
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Hydra looks amazing. Did you make this one modular too so it could be used as a wyvern?

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Wow Mate!

This army is beautiful and unique! The OOP Ogryns just look awesome!

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Stella NC

Sweet looking guard. I'm jealous

"Do not strike until you are ready to crush the enemy utterly, and then attack without mercy, destroy every vestige of resistance, leave no one to work against you."

-Tactica Imperium

 
   
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Inevitable_Faith wrote:Hydra looks amazing. Did you make this one modular too so it could be used as a wyvern?

Thanks Inevitable_Faith, I did not make it modular as it is a ForgeWorld version and it is not open topped. The turret is not glued in for easy transport and I guess I could convert some Wyvern parts...however I have been using my Griffon Heavy Mortars as Wyvrns.
Hamilkah wrote:Wow Mate!

This army is beautiful and unique! The OOP Ogryns just look awesome!

Thanks Hamilkah.
Invicta wrote:Sweet looking guard. I'm jealous

Thank you Invicta.

Next up was a Auto Cannon turreted Chimera, extending the track armour:





Regimental number and skull motif matching the infantry shoulder pads. Also built an extra regular turret for those games where ForgeWorld is forbidden.

The long painting war continues...

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Ooh, that enclosed Hydra looks so much better than the new one. Great paintjob too

   
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Man I really like the forgeworld Hydra. Can I check though, what does the decal at the back of the Hydra stand for?

   
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CragHack wrote:Ooh, that enclosed Hydra looks so much better than the new one. Great paintjob too

Thanks CragHack.
kakita wrote:Man I really like the forgeworld Hydra. Can I check though, what does the decal at the back of the Hydra stand for?

Thanks kakita,
The triangle in a square is the symbol for Imperial Artillery.

More tanks, some more Chimeras.

Chimera #3





Chimera #5





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Mmm so many glorious tanks. They all look fantastic, but seeing 3 Griffins all together is real cool.

Love the Hydra with the closed top too, really nice work.

EDC
   
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 evildrcheese wrote:
Mmm so many glorious tanks. They all look fantastic, but seeing 3 Griffins all together is real cool.

Love the Hydra with the closed top too, really nice work.

EDC

Thanks EDC,

There will be more group pictures of the vehicles as I finished up various lots.

When I looked at Chimera #3 and #5 and then at the #1 I realized that there were no search lights on the first two. Since my Chimeras were all early version I had no search lights to match the Leman Russ. So instead I scratch built some and you can see them on the turrets.



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Your vehicles all look pretty amazing. Hydra and Griffins are awesome.
   
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Captain Brown wrote:

kakita wrote:Man I really like the forgeworld Hydra. Can I check though, what does the decal at the back of the Hydra stand for?

Thanks kakita,
The triangle in a square is the symbol for Imperial Artillery.


I actually meant the lightning bolt. Sorry if the qn sounds silly, I'm not very well versed in the fluff aspect of the hobby.

   
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Not a silly question at all, kakita - and Captain, feel free to correct me if I'm barking up the wrong tree here.

The white circle with a lightning bolt in it is one of the symbols often used as a campaign marker by the Imperium - the older transfer sheets included them, along with a couple of others. All the units would have that symbol painted onto them, in addition to their regimental colours or other insignia, as a way of telling units that are meant to be serving together.

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 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
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kakita wrote:I actually meant the lightning bolt. Sorry if the qn sounds silly, I'm not very well versed in the fluff aspect of the hobby.


Dysartes wrote:Not a silly question at all, kakita - and Captain, feel free to correct me if I'm barking up the wrong tree here.

The white circle with a lightning bolt in it is one of the symbols often used as a campaign marker by the Imperium - the older transfer sheets included them, along with a couple of others. All the units would have that symbol painted onto them, in addition to their regimental colours or other insignia, as a way of telling units that are meant to be serving together.

Thanks kakita and Dysartes,

Good question and a good answer. To be honest it could be a campaign marker or Imperial Armour symbol, or Steel Legion or an army marker...it is on all my vehicles. Although I guess the skull motif is pretty constant throughout my army and could be an army marker...but then other folks would say that is a general Imperial Guard symbol. Viewer's choice.

Alaricuk wrote:Your vehicles all look pretty amazing. Hydra and Griffins are awesome.

Thanks Alaricuk.

Next up was Chimera #2 (you can get a better look at the searchlights I converted).






The long painting war continues...

CB

   
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Then Chimera #4.






The long painting war continues...

CB

   
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So as a break from Chimeras I decided to kit-bash an old Hellhound with some old Rhino Mk I extra armour to account for the improved stats in the newer Codex.






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That rhino extra armour is pretty cool, I didn't realise it would be such a good fit...

...the genestealer cult project in my head keeps on getting more interesting...

   
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Thanks Aryllon,

Yes, they fit together as if they were designed that way.

After the quick divergence back to Chimera, this time #9 "Imperious".





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Next up was Chimera #10.






Only one more Chimera to go.

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They're looking nice and consistent in terms of quality, Captain - though I did just have to double-check 9 & 10 to make sure it wasn't the same hull with a different turret on top

Any plans to add a moniker to the scrollwork on the sides?

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 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
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 Dysartes wrote:
They're looking nice and consistent in terms of quality, Captain - though I did just have to double-check 9 & 10 to make sure it wasn't the same hull with a different turret on top

Any plans to add a moniker to the scrollwork on the sides?


Thanks Dysartes,

Each vehicle is unique in wear and scheme. Although some have a few more rust spots, grease stains, damage, sand build-up, paint chips, etc. #21 probably has the most.

No, the small scrollwork on the sides has been left as is.

As another break from tanks I did some more Adeptus Mechanicus to help maintain the vehicles.




The complete squad.


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Great looking tech priest and servitors, those are definitely models I see very little of and it's nice to see you got a great looking squad all put together.

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Nice work on the Chimeras, the scratch built search lights look great.

EDC
   
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Inevitable_Faith wrote:Great looking tech priest and servitors, those are definitely models I see very little of and it's nice to see you got a great looking squad all put together.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith, keeping with the Rogue Trader motif.
evildrcheese wrote:Nice work on the Chimeras, the scratch built search lights look great.
EDC

Thank you evildrcheese, I needed to do something as I did not have anywhere near enough searchlights...and the low turrets of these old Chimera models would have made getting the large new ones from a bits supplier look silly.

One more Chimera #12:





Then someone pointed out that almost all the ends of the smoke launchers looked like something off a demonette...so a did a very thick black wash to them all.



While I was at it I did some other small additions like setting up swappable secondary weapons (Flamer versus Heavy Bolter):



Flamer versus Heavy Bolter...it was a little tricky on already assembled and painted tanks. I basically had to build a back rest inside the tank for the magnet to sit properly.



Or a Heavy Stubber.


That kept my Tech Priest and his Servitors busy for a while.

The long painting war continues...

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So one more Forgeworld Hydra (I got these two from eBay and they were in pretty bad shape, bits broken off, barrels warped/snapped from someone trying to straighten them by force instead of hot water.) to finish, Hydra #2:






This picture shows the second Hydra without sand, dust, rust, etc. Seems I did not take a picture of this when completely finished one...oh well.

When you compare it to #1 you see what I mean:




Completing the second Hydra did lead to this photo of the Spider's Motor Pool:



What you shout: Only one Leman Russ!!!

Another couple are on their way, they just needed major overhauls and Track Guards...and Search Lights...etc.

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The motor pool looks real great. It's shocking that you have so few Leman Russ tanks but it's quite refreshing to see so many chimaera chassis all together.

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 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
The motor pool looks real great. It's shocking that you have so few Leman Russ tanks but it's quite refreshing to see so many chimaera chassis all together.


Thanks Inevitable_Faith, part of the delay was the fact so many of my tanks were so old they had the previous vehicle track sprues and no track armour. That is all going to the Leman Russ and Demolisher. Only two Chimera ended up with track guards and one is a command tank and the other appears to have scavenged it.

Now I have never really appreciated the Ratling Snipers, so for a Guard Regiment from Necromunda you have Ratskin Snipers instead.



And those little blighters give me three Elite Choices with the Storm Troopers, Ogryns and Ratskins coupled with five platoons and one Veteran Squad, 2 Command HQs and lots of vehicles.



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Now with a break from all those tanks...back to infantry, although this time Veterans. A little more leeway here in modeling them.




Veteran Squad with Melta Guns.



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I've never been a fan of the Ratling sniper models myself but those Ratskin models are a great play on words/fluff to sub in and I think it's an awesome alternative. The force looks awesome all together, really top notch. What are the basic guns your vets are carrying? Those don't look like lasguns at all, shotguns maybe? Are they even GW guns or are they converted? So many questions, but regardless I love them, they look awesome on those guardsmen.

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