http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net I'd love any feedback you've got.

Sigilite Main Battle Tank
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/SigiliteSizeComp.jpg[/IMG]

Praetorians:
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[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/DSCN0153.jpg[/IMG]

Balisterai:
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/IMGP1123-1.jpg[/IMG]

Melta-armed hypaspists:
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[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/IMGP1114.jpg[/IMG]

Techpriests:
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[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/IMGP1112.jpg[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/DSCN0073.jpg[/IMG]

Hypaspists:
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/DSCN0071.jpg[/IMG]
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What's the plan on your regular trooper's bases?

I love the Balisterai- very unusual looking guns! What do they do?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281217.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281217.page GMT
I mean if they were open minded.



Awesome stuff man, can you give more of an idea how they were made. I see bret men at arms, green stuff hoods?

I forget the name of the company but I recognize their hooded cyborgs.

And some forgeworld stuff.

What else?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281222.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281222.page GMT IMO, vs the taller guys ...

Otherwise - DAMN. Been continually impressed with your stuff, but totally sweet to see them all in a mass like that. I don't remember getting what the Balli standing with the tripod device are - some kind of heavy weapon? Mortar maybe (ground distortion device) or perhaps lascannon (power-spike inducer)?

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[quote]It may be the pics, but the Praetorians' skin looks too purple to me.[/quote]
Yeah, I stupidly used white instead of bleached bone and it looks too vibrant, doesn't it. I'm in two minds whether to go back and repaint the flesh, or simply paint over it as armour. Thoughts?

[quote=Boss Salvage]I don't remember getting what the Balli standing with the tripod device are - some kind of heavy weapon? Mortar maybe (ground distortion device) or perhaps lascannon (power-spike inducer)? [/quote]
[quote=Drake_Marcus]I love the Balisterai- very unusual looking guns! What do they do?[/quote]

To answer these questions, I'd like to read a poem.

*cough* *deep breath*

Boom boom [i]boom[/i] boom
Boom boom boom [i]boom[/i]
Boom boom [i]boom[/i] boom
Boom boom boom [i]boom[/i]...

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Unpainted as yet, but the Depressors (gunners) will operate these Bombard Mortars; hence the weird techy-thing. For the record, the loaders are Multipulators and the spotters are Omnivisors (all made-up names, but thought they were fun).

[quote=Drake_Marcus]What's the plan on your regular trooper's bases? [/quote]
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/DSCN0082.jpg[/IMG]
I'll be using these rolled shoulder resin bases throughout the army – they give the (fairly fragile) pieces some weight and protection.

[quote=Kid_Kyoto]Awesome stuff man, can you give more of an idea how they were made. I see bret men at arms, green stuff hoods? I forget the name of the company but I recognize their hooded cyborgs. And some forgeworld stuff. [/quote]
The hypaspists, balisterai and sagitarii are mainly men-at-arms with FW renegade bits and Greenstuff (GS) hoods, though there are heads from all over the shop; the Praetorians are MicroArt Studios Iron Brotherhood with FW arms and Phoenix club bionics; Marines are terminator bits and GS; the COGs are mainly FW renegade ogryns and plasticard for the chainaxes (though there's a squiggoth tail on the big one!); the Skulz set provided most of the techpriests, though a couple are Enginseer conversions, one is a Mordheim Possessed magister, one is a Necromunda scavvy and one is a FW Nurgle priest; and there're also various bits from smaller companies – the mortar tracks are from Ramshackle; there's a couple of Hasslefree models dotted here and there, too; the tanks are a mishmash of Predators and Chimeras and the big Sigilite is based on a Land Raider with Baneblade bits. In short, lots of junk from all over the place! Oh, and the angled shoulder pads are trimmed angled plasticard in three different widths (seemed a good idea at first... but too many drives you crazy!)

Bubbling under in the plasmaforges:
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/DSCN0088.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/DSCN0156.jpg[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/P1000660.jpg[/IMG]

...and if you'd like to browse piccies of the force at your leisure, please feel free to visit Braun VI:
[ur]http://s103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/[/url]

All to do in a month – Eep!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281273.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281273.page GMT
Cred on all the round rim bases, they really do look excellent on your minis.

Man, seeing all your stuff brings me back to my starry-eyed youth, with grandious dreams of making that AdMech army of conversions and doing whatever I wanted, screw the rules (obvious allusion to my signature of you on Warseer ). Then I burned out on 40k ... then returned to it, sold off my AdMech Skullz Sets () and went All Chaos All the Time. But now ... do I hear the call of Fernex again? My evil marines could use some cybernetic fodder / big guns ...

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Re: what to do with your praetorians skin, I say go for the repaint on those, the white instead of bleached bone kind of makes their skin resemble yoghurt haha, kidding.
Since you seem to answer requests for photos, can I see that tank hiding in the back behind the sigilite?

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Nice work on the tanks.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281338.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281338.page GMT LR/LR hybrid.

And I love the PP style bases. Gives the army a lot of character (which it has already).

Kudos.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281339.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281339.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281361.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281361.page GMT

The skin is looking a little "yogurty" which is a non-issue for your army and could even been explained as an unhealthy palour due to the dark labs then work in and the huge amount of cybernetics implanted in them. If you choose to go back and repaint (I don't think you need to) The just highlight a little normal fleshtone on them. They would be slightly healthier looking and still maintain an odd shade in the recesses. I think the purply look is pretty good.

Once again, your army is certainly a work of art!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281445.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281445.page GMT 40k so much.

awesome.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281456.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281456.page GMT

Man, those tanks are sweet. I like the reduced number of exposed rivets vs. the original Baneblade, making it look slightly higher-tech, and matching it well to the Land Raider bits. Good blend work there.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281559.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281559.page GMT
overall great job, keep it up and keep posting more pics]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281678.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/281678.page GMT Thanks for the comments. There are a few questions there, so I'll do my best to answer 'em – apologies in advance if I miss something!

Bastirous666, DaMaGe, The tanks are Lokis; Chimera-chassis based APCs:
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/P1000676.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/P1000660.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/P1000659.jpg[/IMG]
WIP detail:
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/DSCN0161.jpg[/IMG]

[quote=manowar2]I would like to know though what models those praetorian guys are?[/quote]
They're from Micro Arts Studio in Poland. I wrote a review of them not long ago, so you should be able to do a search for 'MicroArts' or 'Iron Brotherhood' with all my thoughts on these models.

[quote=nemissary]Once again, your army is certainly a work of art![/quote]


[quote=Savnock]I like the reduced number of exposed rivets vs. the original Baneblade, making it look slightly higher-tech, and matching it well to the Land Raider bits. Good blend work there.[/quote]
Thanks – wasn't sure anyone was going to notice that!

[b]Praetorian skin[/b]
Right, not much love for the armour idea, so I think I'll just bite the bullet and repaint 'em in the proper skintone. I've got another fourteen to do, so I can probably just batch paint them. In fact, I can do it at the same time I reskin these guys:
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/DCP_0851.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/ServitorCell.jpg[/IMG]
They're menials.

[b]More random shots[/b]:
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How do you paint your red? I've got some INQ models that might need painting by the end of May - including a tech priest - and I'd love to have a good recipe for red that doesn't include 1000 coats of red gore. Do you use the foundation red, by any chance?

- Salvage]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/283904.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/283904.page GMT How do you paint your red? [/quote]

With great ease! After a few different recipes (including a hundred coats of Red Gore – too slow; and using Mechrite Red – too pink!), I've got it down to a five-stage affair:

1) Prime matt black
2) Paint all red areas with Dark Flesh – this has great coverage.
3) Paint all the Dark Flesh with Scab Red
4) Use Red Gore to add first highlights, covering virtually all the area
5) Use touches of Blood Red on extreme highlights.

That will give you this:
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[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/SkulzEnginseerrear.jpg[/IMG]
Nice and quick and simple.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/283942.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/283942.page GMT

A general question, what's your metal there? Boltgun + black ink wash? I'm used to drybrushing metal, but as my drybrushes continue getting wrecked - and as this is 54mm! - I'd like to try the wash for real now. You dilute then add dish soap?

- Salvage]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/283951.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/283951.page GMT Seriously, great conversions
8o]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/284323.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/284323.page GMT
im glad to see someone taking advantage of the micro art servitor/techpriest looking resin guys. did you pick up any of the creepy little midget ones? i had thought that they would make cool weapon crews for some sort of mortar teams (although your motarized mortars are totally sick).

the big tank is awesome. i love how chunky it is. also a huge fan of the ogryn servitors, especially the one with the searchlight type faceplate. i think someone already made a bioshock reference, but ill make it again, its rad.

the only criticism i have is on the Loki tanks. I really dig the concept, but feel like the turets have too much of a 'neck' between them and the bodies. if they sat more flush on the top of the chassis i would love them.

im also curious what codex you are using when you field these guys, and which guys represent which units.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/284365.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/284365.page GMT [/quote]
As if by magic:
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/DSCN0052.jpg[/IMG]
Very WIP, but should give you an idea of how it works on the 54mm models. I would say that the Gary Morley sculpts don't have a great deal of recessing on the robes, so they tend to look a bit flat. I'm really tempted to try some elaborate decoration on 'em and make a virtue of it – perhaps square spirals all over it.

[quote=Boss_Salvage]A general question, what's your metal there? Boltgun + black ink wash? I'm used to drybrushing metal, but as my drybrushes continue getting wrecked - and as this is 54mm! - I'd like to try the wash for real now. You dilute then add dish soap?[/quote]
Ah, I suck at metals – just really need to knuckle down and try harder. If you want my advice (i.e. not what I actually do, but what I *should* do), start with a flat wash of boltgun metal over black, then add a dilute wash of 50:50 Chaos Black and Regal Blue; then highlight with boltgun, then sharp highlights with Chainmail.

Additionally, I've found that adding some brass to servoarm plates etc. really helps add some detail. Using Macharius Orange as the base (instead of black) will give you a rust effect, and using Jade Green and Beaten Copper/Dwarf Bronze will give you a verdigris effect.

[quote=Count Bonchula]this is one of my favorite armies thats been posted on dakka in a long time. i love how gritty it is.
the big tank is awesome. i love how chunky it is. also a huge fan of the ogryn servitors, especially the one with the searchlight type faceplate. i think someone already made a bioshock reference, but ill make it again, its rad. [/quote]
Thanks very much!

[quote=Count Bonchula]im glad to see someone taking advantage of the micro art servitor/techpriest looking resin guys. did you pick up any of the creepy little midget ones?[/quote]
Yep – they'll probably end up either as menials (basically fearless conscripts without guns) or simply wound markers. Fun little models!

[quote=Count Bonchula]the only criticism i have is on the Loki tanks. I really dig the concept, but feel like the turets have too much of a 'neck' between them and the bodies. if they sat more flush on the top of the chassis i would love them. [/quote]
Yeah, it is a little thick. I may go back and lower them, but it'll have to wait til after Dark Stars.

[quote=Count Bonchula]im also curious what codex you are using when you field these guys, and which guys represent which units.[/quote]
I started off using them as Witchhunters with Guard allies, but now use the Tempus Fugitives' [i]Codex: Cult Mechanicus[/i]. There's a free download here, and I really can't recommend it enough. It really captures the spirit of the Ad Mech while remaining simple and elegant:
[url]http://www.tempusfugitives.co.uk/index.php[/url]

If anyone would like to look at any of the pictures from the start of the project to now (and still updated!), please feel free to browse my photobucket account:
[url]http://s103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/[/url]]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/284397.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/284397.page GMT WIPs:

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Keep up the great work!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/285247.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/285247.page GMT
Can't wait to see some more.

HFN]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/285400.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/285400.page GMT [url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Army_Profiles]Army Profile[/url].

But that's just me.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Special:Add

edit: My favorite part about army profiles hosted on Dakka? Work doesn't
block them like they do imageshack and photobucket.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/285402.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/285402.page GMT [/quote]
Are the autoguns on the big guys really all from the Vrak FW renegades? I'd really like say 20 standard autoguns sans arms to convert cadians with, but have little idea where to get them from without shelling out enormous $$$ to FW ...

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'Fraid so. I went halves with a mate who's using the pistols etc for his genestealer cult, and defrayed the autoguns by selling on the excess special weapons and vox-bodies. It worked out to £2.00 for ten (+p&p) with some careful trading.

However, were I to do it again, I probably would simply buy the cool weapons packs from Hasslefree – great prices and service, and the guns fit right in. They even do Aliens-style pulse rifles.

As regards an army profile, I'm going to do one of those just as I finish 'em up for Dark Stars. My mate Graham's a keen photographer, and he'll do a much better job of shooting 'em than me.

If you'd like to read some background and follow the development of the army, please feel free to look at my log here:
[url]http://warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64306[/url]

There's a heck of a lot of background that'd be too time-consuming to repost here, but I'll try and work the good bits into the Dakka army profile when I come to make it.

+++Edit+++ Well, lookit that: I just got promoted to being a Sagitarius with a big f'in gun. Awesome!

Wait, there's no 'F' in gun... ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/285641.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/285641.page GMT Skitarii Assault Engines are heavily-armoured walking vehicles that mount some of the more unusual weaponry available to the Adeptus Mechanicus. The Centurion variant is equipped with a slaved multi-melta, but its primary armament is the conversion beamer, a broad-beam weapon that uses a wave-form emitter to rapidly convert energy to matter and vice versa.
[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/AssaultEnginefrontleft.jpg[/IMG]

Originally developed to harvest seams of ores and minerals, the rapid cycling of the military version quickly results in explosive results on anything in its area of effect. Short-ranged but extremely powerful, the conversion beamer is more effective the better-armoured the target, making it extremely useful against vehicles and heavily-armoured infantry.
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Assault Engines are fairly rare on Braun, but their great versatility and fearsome reputation means that they are deployed where possible.
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Nice fluffy bit on the conversion beamer, and props on combining GW, FW and AT-43

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[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/ArchmagosVeneratuscockpit.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/ArchmagosVeneratusfront.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/ArchmagosVeneratusleft.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/ArchmagosVeneratusmenials.jpg[/IMG]

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[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/ArchmagosVeneratusright.jpg[/IMG]

...and a scale picture:
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Personally I don't really like the girl on there, messes with the theme / dark future of the piece. She provides scale and is nifty in herself, but the school girl outfit and pigtails makes he a no-go for me.

And fluff ... 10,000 year old? Is that the dude holding the data-slate? I'd shoot for a little less than 10k, I don't think he'd a) go for a walk on the battlefield much at that point (apart from some BIG fielded battle engines) and b) be that recognizably human

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The Archmagos himself is indeed far too old to be doing anything so run-of-the-mill as actually fighting – he's in the holding tank at the back of the beast:
[img]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/Cpl_Saint/Braun%20VI%20Skitarii/ArchmagosVeneratusleft.jpg[/img]

The two on top are Magi mind-slaved by the Rite of Pure Thought to the will of the Archmagos...

[quote=Boss_Salvage]Personally I don't really like the girl on there, messes with the theme / dark future of the piece. She provides scale and is nifty in herself, but the school girl outfit and pigtails makes he a no-go for me. [/quote]

Fear ye not; once I've got some greenstuff on the model, she'll fit in a lot more.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/288613.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/210928/288613.page GMT [/quote]
*smacks forehead*

Duh! The ancient design of the tank / battle engine definitely threw me off that one

On the girl, very well then, I'll hold off until we see some GS

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