Some of you may remember that not so long ago I exposed some of my minions to you in a thread in the Painting and Modelling section (If not, go here: (Another) Traitor Guard Army)
I am attempting to redo my whole entire Traitor Guard army from it's previous red (and now clichéd) image to a more rustic and gritty appearance. My painting style is different from most as I like to do a more grungy effect on my minis. I want my army to be as realistic as possible and not birght and shiny. This has led to a number of my minis to be "down" voted on various sites but I like to delude myself into thinking that greatness is seldom appreciated in ones own time
Anyway, since this is an ongoing project I have opted to create a new thread in the Blog section so that you lucky people can keep track
I'll start with a work in progress I have going:
My three latest guardsmen
And now this tank. Finished it today and it's been made entirely from parts found in my bitsbox:
Gepard Pattern Leman Russ
Also added the finishing touches to this tank today, been doing bits of it for the last three weeks:
Leman Russ 'Zippo'
And a side shot of my other completed tank:
Hannut Destroyer
I will be adding some pictures of the vehicles I'm going to work on next very shortly.
Any and all comments (good or bad) will be greatly appreciated!
Looking at your other post, its great to see how your painting has improved in 3 months or so. The guard look great, some of the bare 'Catachan' arms look like they have been stuck on, but then they have, haven't they this is more a criticism of citadel, not you.
They tanks are looking nice too, id love to see a group shot of your army on the tabletop.
Oh and I like 'Zippo' the flamethrower tank how many people pick up on that reference ?
BOSS_PIMPALOTZ wrote:Am liking this very interesting blend of Citadel and Historical kitbashing
Many thanks. I use anything to make my army different and aesthetically pleasing.
StubbyGB wrote:Very nice work Infiltraitor.
Looking at your other post, its great to see how your painting has improved in 3 months or so. The guard look great, some of the bare 'Catachan' arms look like they have been stuck on, but then they have, haven't they this is more a criticism of citadel, not you.
They tanks are looking nice too, id love to see a group shot of your army on the tabletop.
Oh and I like 'Zippo' the flamethrower tank how many people pick up on that reference ?
Many thanks to you, as well. And yes, the Catachan arms are a pain when combining them with Cadian torsos. I will take the comment into consideration for when I make some more. I may be able to improve on it somehow.
I'm glad someone has gotten the 'Zippo' reference. You'd be the first to as well. Unfortunately, a certain game has convinced everybody that they're called 'Crocodiles' :(
person person wrote:Is your geopard patt. Leman supposed to be a Hydra? I love the side armour
I love how everything looks so old and makeshift too.
Almost looted.
Many thanks. And no, not a Hydra. It will use some custom rules which basically makes it a Quad-Heavy Stubber (Quad .50). I know the stubbers are more or less useless but that won't deter me. I plan on making some additional turrets for the tank from my spares so that I can at least field the chassis in tournaments.
Mr. Grey wrote:Looks like great stuff so far! I'm really liking the grittier approach to minis painting.
Many thanks. I've found the style is quite under-appreciated but it's slowly getting a following. I think I've even managed to convert a staff member at my local GW into using pigments now.
smiling Assassin wrote:Nice. Got any full shots of, say, your AV?
Thank you. But forgive my ignorance as I'm new to wargaming forums but was do you mean by AV? I will be happy to comply if only I knew what you meant
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Nice StuG. German WW2-era tanks make for some nice conversions. Tamiya, right?
Thank you but it isn't a StuG. It's a Post-War Kanonenjagdpanzer used by the Bundeswehr. It was introduced in the late 1960s. And it's a 1/35 revell kit. I do, however, want to get a StuG eventually but I'm still deciding whether to get a StuG III or IV.
As a teaser, I have taken some pictures of the vehicles I am going to redo next. Some of them are only half complete and have had sitting on the shelf for over a year now. I'm hoping this will help, as this blog progresses, viewers to see how (if any) the miniature has improved.
Panzer IV chassis with a Baneblade turret. Made this because I thought the turret had Panzer IV aspects to it. Plus I like tanks.
Heretic Pattern Leman Russ. Bought it off of a Canadian fellow. Only thing I have bought pre-made. I just fell in love with it.
Heavy Sentinel. Doubt I'll be able to field this in anything other than Apocolypse battles. Was fun to make anyway. I have another, anti-infantry one as well.
One of my plainest vehicles. A command rhino. Woo...
This isn't much of an update as I'm saving most of my painting for next week when I get together with ChaosBubbles for a weeklong painting session (with Monster, Nachos and Nazi Zombies to help).
I've spent the whole of yesterday and today going through all my bits and bashing together a few new troopers.
This next one is a Sergeant made from pure GW bits. I rarely do pure GW minis but I was in my local GW last Friday and spoke to a chap about what I'm doing and he wants to see my stuff. He thinks that it is good enough to be displayed so I have to really make at least a squad or two with GW bits only for that purpose.
I also have about fifteen headless troopers as I remembered this morning that I had ordered some West Wind Russian Gasmask heads that still hadn't arrived. I need to make space for them as they are godly.
JohnHwangDD wrote:If you're adding a StuG, go with a III - the IVs are too long. Plus, less chassis superstructure options to work with.
Many thanks for the advice. I shall pick up a StuG III within the next couple of weeks I think.
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I like the recent trooper you made there! Is that another tamiya head? It looks awesome.
Thank you. It's a West Wind head from the German Heads with Gasmasks blister. I love that head and I have a few more lying around but I don't want to over use them.
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I'll have to look those up! Know of any US retailers?
Unfortunately not, the company is still quite small in the UK and deals with a few local gaming stores. And it takes them about three weeks just to get them to your door. I'm still waiting on some Russian heads I ordered a month ago.
JohnHwangDD wrote:If you're adding a StuG, go with a III - the IVs are too long. Plus, less chassis superstructure options to work with.
I'm with John, the III will fit better with 40k sized tanks as they have a smaller chassis.
Thank you, that's now two for the StuG III.
I was naughty and painted the sergeant yesterday. I know I'm supposed to be waiting until next week but I was watching some movies and my hand just wanted to do something.
love the style you give the traitor guard, old gritty rusty hasnt had the emperors weapon shipment and upgrades so made use of its mechanic skills.. toobad im a loyalist otherwise id be inspired
captain.gordino wrote:I McLove your plog. This is delicious.
Many thanks Cpt.
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Yes, quite tasty. Especially that sergeant!
Thank you for the kind words.
physcosamatic wrote:love the style you give the traitor guard, old gritty rusty hasnt had the emperors weapon shipment and upgrades so made use of its mechanic skills.. toobad im a loyalist otherwise id be inspired
Thank you, but you can be inspired for your loyalist army. They don't have to be plain. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE PLAIN!!!
A little update for you, PaintFest 09 has started. I am spending the next week or so at ChaosBubbles place to pretty much build and finish our armies. Just waiting for the sun to reach it's apex so I can some pictures of yesterdays WiPs. For now, I'll just show you this picture of what we're up against:
I'm just waiting for ChaosBubbles to get out of bed, we were burning the midnight oil but because his sofa is about two feet shorter than me I would rather suffer mini-fatigue than cause my spine to turn into an S shape
Automatically Appended Next Post: Okay, I have some WiP shots from what I did yesterday.
Some Dark Art bases I've painted up
Traitor Guardsman with Scythe. Because it's cool.
Traitor Guardsman. Used a Dark Elf wristblade and, yes, that is a Vindicare Assassin head.
FW Renegade torso. Greenstuffed the chaos sigil away. Given him a Dark Elf sword. He's gonna be a Sergeant.
FW Renegade torso. Just a basic guardsman.
Err...this was an experiment. I'm not good with greenstuff as you can tell.
Another experiment using a chimera lasgun end.
Copied ChaosBubbles german head.
Found a whole bunch of Kasrkin the other day. Neat. De-Imperialised (cried so much while shaving off the eagles). He still needs finishing.
If I may say one thing, make sure that the colour scheme is coherent, that you paint in batches if possible. I'm not one to rant, because I often fall ill to painting individual soldiers of guard squads, not groups. However, you have a very varied and exciting look going on, and along with the bases, you need to make sure some elements are constant.
And I'd like to top that off with a round of Huzzah and Congratumalations, I'm a fan of the school of hard-knocks and gritty painting, and in 3 Months you're better than me. Bravo.
Oh, and that Drummer has exactly the right ammount of attitude to stick two fingers up to the Emperor. Nice.
Thank you everybody who has taken the time so far to leave comments. They've really helped spur me on!
smiling Assassin wrote:These guys are all looking fantastic.
If I may say one thing, make sure that the colour scheme is coherent, that you paint in batches if possible. I'm not one to rant, because I often fall ill to painting individual soldiers of guard squads, not groups. However, you have a very varied and exciting look going on, and along with the bases, you need to make sure some elements are constant.
And I'd like to top that off with a round of Huzzah and Congratumalations, I'm a fan of the school of hard-knocks and gritty painting, and in 3 Months you're better than me. Bravo.
Oh, and that Drummer has exactly the right ammount of attitude to stick two fingers up to the Emperor. Nice.
sA
First off, thank you. With my current time constraint I am going against the grain and painting in batches. I do prefer to paint individuals as to give them some character but taking 6-7 hours per guardsman is a little excessive. I managed to get 6 painted over the course of 9 hours yesterday.
I am also thrilled that you are a fan of the rustic look. It seems very hit and miss at the moment but I am trying to make itcatch on
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Looking great. I wish I had that sort of courage to cut up my minis, even though it is obviously worth it from what I see here!
Thank you. To tell you the truth most of the bits and pieces you see I've had for years and have been saving them "for something special". The other week I just said to myself "you fudging idiot, you haven't even done this army and yet you're thinking about something you want to do in a few years time". Anyway, breaking from the norm is quite fun as you can say to yourself that what you have built is from your imagination and not from something you've seen somewhere else. Very rewarding indeed and I wholeheartidly recommend. You, yourself, have the skills to let your imagination run riot so I urge you to at least give it a bash; even with just a test trooper
person person wrote:Bottom right, green tank: the granddaddy of all land raiders!
What's it's name again?
Septic is right, it's a British Mk1 Tank (Female). That belongs to my painting partner; ChaosBubbles. As do the two super-heavies you see.
UPDATE!
I'm sorry to say that I'm lacking in any photographic updates today. Weather was dire this morning so it was too dark to get any shots and then, as it was clearing up, I had to skidaddle off to the hospital for an appointment.
But, I have almost finished painting a Heavy Sentinel, a mortar team, infantry squad and a tank destroyer. I will have to get some snaps of them shortly. One thing I didn't count on was how many troopers I actually had to paint. I figured I only had enough bits to make 30 troopers at most but it turns out I have 80-100
nemissary wrote:I really like the indiviuality of each figure. This is definitely a project to watch as it progresses.
There is some great inspiration in this Blog. *steals ideas and runs away*
Thank you. I really wanted a rag-tag ramshakle image for my army. No two men are alike. It sort of gives them a feel that they just steal equipment from their enemies and have been out of supply for a while.
And if you steal any of my ideas, I'll break your legs
I have done a similar thing with the "rag-tag" idea. No two guardsmen will be the same. The only thing that will carry over is color scheme and painting style. I like that about your models too.
nemissary wrote:I have done a similar thing with the "rag-tag" idea. No two guardsmen will be the same. The only thing that will carry over is color scheme and painting style. I like that about your models too.
Thank you. It makes making and painting them quite fun. I hated making vanilla guard a few years back because it lacked variety.
UPDATE!!
Weather here has been awful and you would never believe it was the middle of cocking July. I need decent light to take my usual snaps but I have had to make do today of what little trickle of light we have. So, apologies for the sh1t picture quality.
I've painted quite a few guardsmen now which are nearly finished. They just need tidying up and glowing effects added.
I've also started on two of my armoured vehicles. First up is my command rhino and I am giving you a comparison of what it was (before I got bored of painting it) and how it looks as of this moment:
And this is a Chimera I've thrown together. It used to be red and had a Predator turret. I've changed it a bit now:
Both the Rhino and Chimera are still WiP as I haven't done any mud effects to them. The Rhino has blue on it because it used to belong to the Ultramarines.
And for those who haven't seen my thread about static defences I am making a Flakvierling out of the Planetstrike Quad-Autocannon:
And here's a scenic base I have started to build:
The weapon and crew will be seperate from the base, it's just something of a bit of fun for me to make. It's still drying as we speak but the moisture in the air is making that difficult. I'm popping down to GW Pompey tomorrow to do a little bit of painting so I am taking my Flakvierling with me to do.
I would feel sorry for one captured by Slaanesh guardsmen or marines,that Rhino would always be a'rockin!!!
Or perhaps if the machine spirit had a dirty mind he might like being owned by Slaanesh marines....oh sweet space monkeys of Pluto my mind wonder totally off there,what I miss?
Anywho,sorry if you mentioned it earlier but what will the list consist of or are these just for display purposes?
Deff Dread red Edition wrote:I am loving your rebel guard.I espically like that Anti-aircraft flak cannon thing you are building.Keep up the good work,post more soon.
Thank you and will do!
person person wrote:The rhino's machine spirit must be pissed. I'm suprised it hasen't blown itself up yet
I like to think that it's new life is a helluva lot better than being associated with Ultramarines. I also have a 'liberated' Land Raider for Apocolypse games. Fluff for that is that it was given to my army by a Chaos Marine force who wanted to insult the Ultras by going against the Emperor's decree about the usage of Landies.
Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Perhaps it's happy with it's new owners?
I would feel sorry for one captured by Slaanesh guardsmen or marines,that Rhino would always be a'rockin!!!
Or perhaps if the machine spirit had a dirty mind he might like being owned by Slaanesh marines....oh sweet space monkeys of Pluto my mind wonder totally off there,what I miss?
Anywho,sorry if you mentioned it earlier but what will the list consist of or are these just for display purposes?
Disturbing.
In regards to the list I am still reading through (and getting me head around) the new Guard 'dex but have been advised by GW gremlins to look at the Vraks list. I have a crap load of Guard stuff (we're talking probably 8,000 to 10,000 points worth dating back to '92) but a huge portion of that is unpainted or gathering dust. I'm going to be making some game lists next week after I've done some swotting so I may have some details on them soon. I also have plans for two Valks (V-22'd up), a Vulture, a walking Tiger I and a Karl Gerat ordinadus piece - leave alone the FW infantry I need (want).
At the moment I am concentrating on the aesthetics.
ShadowAngel159 wrote:whoah...... these guardsmen are awesome.
**steals, I mean BORROWS ideas for future CSM/Traitor guard army**
Ha ha, thanks. I guess it's a compliment to have people "borrow" ideas from you
I have basecoated the quad-autocannon and am waiting to weather it. I have found an old Chimera but I am lacking Chimera turrets. Anybody have any thoughts on alternatives??
Looking as sharp as ever. I like the red on the vehicles, its attractive and thematic. The weathering is also good enough, combined with the colour scheme, to make the chimera generic and multipurpose. It has a 'used' look about it, that fits with the utilitarian and weathered theme to the army.
Manstein wrote:I have to say, really excellent painting and conversions here. I wish I played more games against players with armies done as well as yours.
Yeah, I rarely get to see armies this nice at my FLGS. I rarely get to see traitor guard either.
I want to say, first off, thank you everybody who has taken the time not only to take a look but to leave a comment. It really does help motivate me to do more to my stuff and try that little bit harder to make them better.
smiling Assassin wrote:Looking as sharp as ever. I like the red on the vehicles, its attractive and thematic. The weathering is also good enough, combined with the colour scheme, to make the chimera generic and multipurpose. It has a 'used' look about it, that fits with the utilitarian and weathered theme to the army.
Stay safe.
sA
Thank you for the kind words. Although the primary colour of the Chimera does not match the others seen in this blog, it does fit the overall theme in my eyes and I'm glad to see it isn't lost on you
One of the things I noticed while looking at various Panzer divisions of the Wehrmacht in the late war was that hardly any of the tanks colour schemes matched. One might be panzergrau and not had a lick of paint since '39 while another would be dunkelgelb with olivgrun stripes. I wanted to have a sort of similar feel to my armour.
slann wrote:Love the weathering on the vehicles , this is a perfect tone for renegade guard .
Thanking you. I couldn't imagine renegade guard without extreme weathering lol!
Manstein wrote:I have to say, really excellent painting and conversions here. I wish I played more games against players with armies done as well as yours.
Thank you, I am touched. I've yet to play a single game with this particular army but Tuesday night is going to be it's trial run. Wish me luck!
person person wrote:Yeah, I rarely get to see armies this nice at my FLGS. I rarely get to see traitor guard either.
Aww shucks. You guys really now how to make someone feel loved
I do have some updates. Not very good ones as I stupidly took photographs in the waning light.
My quad-autocannon emplacement. Base-coated to tabletop quality. Just about to weather this bad boy up!
Basecoated this to just under tabletop quality. Just about to paint on some preliminary weathering then out will come the pigments! I also need a name for it as I haven't designated it anything. Any ideas as to what pattern tank this is?
I also have my nose deep in the Seige of the Vraks book trying to come up with a decent list for this. I also have found a Rhino in my bits box I'm thinking about using. Any ideas as to what I could use it as?
lots of cool tanks, as for your rhino dilema, I don't know.
Hmmm...Liberator Pattern Tank Destroyer. Has a nice ring to it. Sort of fits into the theme that my guard consider themselves oppressed and want to break free. I'm gonna use that!
And you're right, it does need some kind of camoflague on it - the barrel just looks a bit awkward on it's own. I don't have the confidence to do it just yet but I'll finish weathering it then go to bed. Then tomorrow morning I'll look for some tutorials on how people do it to Jagdpanthers or something. Cheers!
I think Liberator sounds good. It's also a bit ironic considering its a liberation to damnation for the souls of those it kills, but I think it's.. good enough
I think with a Jagdpanzer it's quite easy to fit in the long barrel because it's quite in comparison to the body. This looks more like a direct fire Hummel:
Hmmm. You aren't adverse to turning it into an indirect fire piece? Rip off the roof of the rhino, add a shield etc.
Flinty wrote:Nice tank destroyer. I would concur on the camo front, but then again it might not be as necessary for an urban based force.
On the naming front you could always go the easy way and go for the Ambush pattern, or the Sniper pattern
I dunno, it might work well in the narrow streets of cityfight. I am gonna use Liberator as the name as it just fits very well with the theme. These guys know they're renegades but they don't know the hand that guides them.
smiling Assassin wrote:I think Liberator sounds good. It's also a bit ironic considering its a liberation to damnation for the souls of those it kills, but I think it's.. good enough
I think with a Jagdpanzer it's quite easy to fit in the long barrel because it's quite in comparison to the body. This looks more like a direct fire Hummel:
Hmmm. You aren't adverse to turning it into an indirect fire piece? Rip off the roof of the rhino, add a shield etc.
sA
You have to tempt me with Hummel godliness after I've finished painting it. Fret not! I have plans for my artillery down the line. Gonna get some of those Vanaheim Pattern Basilisks and make them into Hummel-esq self-propelled pieces. Just have to leave the side armour off.
I have decided that with that spare Rhino I have found I am gonna turn it into a Griffon. I liked the idea of what they did to the old US M113:
And with my last Chimera I've decided to extend the chassis and turn it into a half-track Chimera. I've only just started both of these so I have no screenies. Yet. I just need names for the new variants. Answers on a postcard!
Astonishing work here, can't wait to see what comes next. By the way, it haunts my mind and I would be glad if you could answer this for me. The miniature with the real thin-looking gun. Is it possible that you have used a FG-42 forit and if so, whre did you get it from?
I can answer that: Yes, it is an FG-42. One of my favourite weapons of the war as the Fallschirmjaeger were my favourite troops as well. It's such a useless weapon that I love it - much like the M3! I got it in a 1/35 Tamiya Fallschirmjaeger box set which you can pick up from most model shops or somewhere like netmerchants.co.uk
Wonderful work, who could say no to such dirty, grimy and characterful heretics? (Not me anyway)
I rather like the anti-aircraft turret and the scenic base you're making for it. I'm pretty tempted to do something similar so can I ask what material you used for the base?
I'm also looking to making a battery of Bassies, perfect imagery for a cityfight.
However, what me and you need is some sort of IG medium field gun, below a Bassy. That would make for some epic conversions.
I'd like to convert something like this and I think it would be right up your street.
sA
Totally, Basilisks need to be in a cityfight. You can't have urban warfare without the occasional building collapsing around you
I did see not so long ago a guy made a wheeled Basilisk out of lego bits to good effect. We can always pic up static arty pieces from our lgs and see what we can do. I'll have to do some pondering on this one.
Mister Feral wrote:Wonderful work, who could say no to such dirty, grimy and characterful heretics? (Not me anyway)
I rather like the anti-aircraft turret and the scenic base you're making for it. I'm pretty tempted to do something similar so can I ask what material you used for the base?
Anyway, keep the good work up.
Unfortunately dirty heretics aren't the in thing at the moment. It seems to be shiney Marines :(
As for the quad, not sure what base you mean so I'll answer as best I can. The actual bottom of the quad is simply from an old 1/72 FlaK 88 cannon. The scenic base is made from some cheap quick drying filler layered up.
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
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.
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.
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 WiPlol
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.
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
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 .
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
tinyUPDATE!!!
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!
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?
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?
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.
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
ShadowAngel159 wrote: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!
Yeah, Marines will serve me well. I've never been a fan of Marines but after reading Vraks pt1 and pt2 and being given a free hand I'm enjoying the idea. Gonna put all the Marines on 40mm bases to make them stand out a bit more.
slann wrote: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
I'm so gonna use that freaky little girl as inspiration for my sculpt. Thanks for the picture!!
I've ordered some bits for other psykers, the empire militia has some awesome stuff to use. When the bits arrive I'll be able to piece together at least two more psykers quite easily.
Automatically Appended Next Post: A very amazingUPDATE!!
Prepare your bowels for the best update to date!!
WiP Russturm
WiP Griffon Mortar
I'm currently waiting for a few things to dry downstairs but for the moment I'll tantalise you with these. The Russturm is based on the old Panzerturms used by the Wehrmacht. Basically a tank turret emplacement. This is Vrak's codex legal. I am making a base for it as we speak and the front of it will be embedded in the ground so you won't see it but there will be access to the rear.
The mortar is something I knocked up (giggity?) for my Rhino>Griffon conversion. That's still being painted.
I will take some pictures of an Elysian sentinel I have finished painting a little later on alongside the Chimera Half-track I have jsut sprayed black. I ran out of badab black last night so painting sort of came to a standstill. Picked some up but now have to go out and sort out some car tax. Bloody governments!
For those wanting to see what else I have planned for the coming weeks, check out the August Goals thread which I keep updating as progress continues.
Ooh... I like your Griffon mortar more than the one I have been trying to put together... although that may be big enough to qualify as a Colossus!
I don't have any spare battlecannons to chop up for one though. So far I have been cutting up writing utensils for mortar tubes. I might post a pic of it in my dakka blog on here, if I get a chance. I want to see yours though, and how it matches up with the one I am doing (big thanks for the idea of using rhinos for mortar-carriers, ace stuff!).
ooh a griffin mortar conversion that's not 100% made from a basilisk model wooh
oh and the traitor with the resin base from the basing kit with a vindicare asassin head did you glue him oon the base strait with super glue or other glue or pin him then glue?? i got some and im unsure about putting them on my guard *incase they break alot and i am forced to make ingame battlefield repairs*
Great stuff. The individuality of your guys is making me lean towards running with the Acid Dogs (maybe even the chaos tainted regiment) and making each one unique as they seem to run with the whole scavenging thing too
person person wrote:Whoevers in the Russ turret is screwed if ANYTHING goes wrong.
lol, they're in a warzone so what could possibly go wrong?
And this is where they can run away too:
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Ooh... I like your Griffon mortar more than the one I have been trying to put together... although that may be big enough to qualify as a Colossus!
I don't have any spare battlecannons to chop up for one though. So far I have been cutting up writing utensils for mortar tubes. I might post a pic of it in my dakka blog on here, if I get a chance. I want to see yours though, and how it matches up with the one I am doing (big thanks for the idea of using rhinos for mortar-carriers, ace stuff!).
Yeah, I saw that you stole, I mean, borrowed my idea
I did try carving up some biros before I found my spare cannons, with sexy results.
physcosamatic wrote:ooh a griffin mortar conversion that's not 100% made from a basilisk model wooh
oh and the traitor with the resin base from the basing kit with a vindicare asassin head did you glue him oon the base strait with super glue or other glue or pin him then glue?? i got some and im unsure about putting them on my guard *incase they break alot and i am forced to make ingame battlefield repairs*
Yeah, was a bit tired of the old "use a basilisk kit" idea and seeing as though I have a few Rhinos to spare...
As for the base, I painted the mini and the base seperate from one another and simply glued him on using superglue. I did prep the base as you would anything resin i.e. soak in soapy water for three hours then dry off. I've dropped him once and he's still standing!
endtransmission wrote:Great stuff. The individuality of your guys is making me lean towards running with the Acid Dogs (maybe even the chaos tainted regiment) and making each one unique as they seem to run with the whole scavenging thing too
Is that the Savlar Chemdogs? 'cos they are flippin' sweet!
UPDATE!!
Not as crappy as the one before, thankfully. I do have some updates on my Chimera Half-Track but I shall post them in my P&M thread.
Last night I added ModelStrip to my vile Leman Russ I've had since I was about 10. I had accidently left a spatula I made from spare plasticard in the tub and this is what it looked like after spending two weeks in there:
The plastic film is the only thing intact. That brown mush is the innards of the card. Was a bugger picking that out of the tub. Lesson learned.
The stripper did managed to take off the majority of the Desert Yellow. I remember I had to do about ten coats of it as Foundation Paints weren't even little sperms at the time.
I liberated an AS-90 turret from ChaosBubbles. I love the profile of it.
An Elysian Sentinel my girlfriend got me for my birthday almost two years back. It came without rollbars (much to my chagrin) so I improvised. It's still being painted.
I stole this from another Dakkite (will credit them when I find the thread again). It has since been primed.
I've ordered some bits to make two more Psykers. We'll see how they go when they get here but they are not a priority. Also layered up my Russturm base a lot. Just gotta wait for that to dry.
I am going on a huge tank blitz on Monday and adding all the weathering effects as I hope to have all the base-coating done by Sunday night.
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:All the base coating done by Sunday night? Wow, that's ambitious. The AS-90 turret has an excellent profile to it, I concur.
lol it's hardly ambitious. It's the simplest bit off painting anyone can do. Slap on a factory coat onto a bunch of tanks. Each tank only takes about 35minutes to do. I'm having to do a lot of work on the turret, it was given to me in a state. Just waiting for the greenstuff to dry so I can spray it.
Makniakal wrote:Okay, I have to ask:
What parts did you use for that turret?
I know the havoc launchers, but I can't for the life of me figure out what's in the middle!
I love the Havoc launchers but had no use for them in my army until I rummaged through my bitz-pit and decided to make it into a turret. The central part is made from a bit from the Land Raider sponson where the lascannons attach too only it's been put on it's side and the hinge bits clipped off.
Blightdron wrote:This stuff is loving great! Keep it up mate!!
Cheers,
Jack.
Many thanks. No more updates til Monday night at least now. Gotta go to work (boo to working one day a week!!) and then repair my sisters flat on Sunday. But I'll be taking stuff with me to do during my breaks.
repairing...a flat?
hehe ^^
are foundation paints good btw? as ive never used or bought them... *gasp*
oh and finally i absolutely love this thread. ive looked at it like every day for a couple of weeks XD
ohh i was thinking of buying an elaysien (yes, i cant spell) sentinel, but im not sure i want one now if it wont have the uber cool bars. without the bars it looks kinda like a normal sentinel.
ghosty wrote:repairing...a flat?
hehe ^^
are foundation paints good btw? as ive never used or bought them... *gasp*
oh and finally i absolutely love this thread. ive looked at it like every day for a couple of weeks XD
ohh i was thinking of buying an elaysien (yes, i cant spell) sentinel, but im not sure i want one now if it wont have the uber cool bars. without the bars it looks kinda like a normal sentinel.
Ha ha, yeah. She's a party animal and thus must have party animal friends who destroy houses. And since I'm Mr. B&Q I've been dragged into fixing it.
Elysian sentinels are supposed to come with rollbars but my girlfriend ordered two of them for me and neither came with them. I only found out a few weeks ago when I finally decided to build them but by then it was too late to complain :(
Foundation paints are simply fantastic. One of things GW actually has done right. I use them as both base colours for reds, beiges, whites, etc and as a top coat colour for some gasmasks and for my flesh as Tallarn flesh is by far the most realistic flesh colour GW actually do.
physcosamatic wrote:dude please repair my room it looks like armagedon LOL
If you can pay for me to get up there and buy me pizza then you have a deal!
Disjointed Entity wrote:Beautiful work infilTRAITOR ! You're convincing me to start a renegade Blitzkrieg force!
Many thanks. Well, you better start one soon as I might just have to come round and stab you until you start a renegade force. That's how we traitorous types work
Work is now over, what a grind that was *sarcasm*. Getting stuff together to paint then I'm off again until tomorrow night but it'll be too late to take snaps.
also, small question: I'm going to buy some WW2 bits for my future IG guys. do I go for bits that fit 28mm minis or a different size (or ratio 1:35 or something else?)
FlammingGaunt wrote:How many alpha legion guys do you plan on having?
Initially I want to get a small squad of five together just so I can field them. When I have time later in the year I will expand on that.
Shelegelah wrote:I'm really interested in how this list is going to turn out... Exceedingly impressive painting and converting skills, some of the best I've seen.
Sorry if I missed this as I was reading through the thread, but do you have any ideas for what type of HQ your army will be fielding?
Also, have any fluff for this army yet? That's my favorite part about any army.
Fantastic job!
Thank you for the kind words and for looking. I am slowly piecing together my HQ around everything else. I've almost finished my Exhaulted Champion (leader) but as he is being entered into Figmentia 2009 I don't want to make him public just yet. I will post a pic of my HQ squad thus far after I've entered him.
As for the fluff, I have been writing it down when I get bored on the toilet so it should be ready soon.
ShadowAngel159 wrote:one word: WOW!!!!!!
I think that covers this entire amazing project
also, small question: I'm going to buy some WW2 bits for my future IG guys. do I go for bits that fit 28mm minis or a different size (or ratio 1:35 or something else?)
Thank you, also, for the kind words. Really helps me get a wiggle on and complete things. As for the bits, I like the West Wind Production 28mm heads you can buy. 1:35 infantry kits are perfect for weapons while 1:48 kits are perfect for equipment such as pouches and entrenching tools.
darkkt wrote:Consistently great work infilTRAITOR, l enjoy visiting this Blog immensly.
Ive just found a new love for havoc launchers...
Thanking you muchly, Dr. D. Yeah, I love those launchers and bought a bucket load. I couldn't find a place for them until now. I've almost finished painting the turret.
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:So how is the Griffon coming for you? I'm kinda stuck on mine.
Well, Griffon is coming along. I seem to be taking it slow with this one. It's almost base coated and I've somehow lost the mortar. It's on my floor somewhere but I'll be damned if I can find it. Here's a front view of what's there. I'm using the front hatch to house on of the crewmen (the spotter/commander). The loader/firing chump is standing in the rear. It's too small in there to hold two guardsmen leave alone a squad of Space Marines. I am struggling as to where to put the heavy bolter.
Bit late on the old update, I do apologise. Got a new car last week and because my girlfriend has gone up north for some work experience this week I am trying to do as much as I can to my army and do up the car at the same time. Got electricuted earlier as I neglected to disconnect the car battery while swapping the radios around
Anyhow, I have these works in progress to show you. I'm gonna be blitzing all of my baecoated armour tomorrow with pigments and, if I have time, mud. That's eight tanks!
I have had this for well over a year sitting on my shelf unpainted. Finally basecoated it yesterday. It's been based codex grey with a wash of ogryn flesh. Will be pigmentising it tomorrow (as well as giving it tracks).
Almost done basecoating the Exterminator.
The Russturm is coming along better than I had hoped. Pigmenting it tomorrow. Base looks a tad bright but don't worry, will be dulled in the weathering process
I was given this by ChaosBubbles last Friday. It's, err, missing some bits. So I'm trying to decide what to do with it.
My choices at the moment are to either buy the replacement bits off of BitsandKits and make it Alpha Legion or turn it into a Minotaur-style artillery piece:
Part of me is saying go for the cheap Land Raider, especially since it'd help when you expand the Alpha Legion later. On the other hand, I'd like to see you turn it into a Minotaur, just to see what the finished product looks like.
Of course, when in doubt, go with the bigger gun. On that basis, my vote goes to the Minotaur.
I don't see why painting a space marine tank needs to be boring. You can apply exactly the same weathering techniques as you do on your guard tanks. This would also help to provide visual coherence. Plus there's lots of fun you can have with chaos symbols and iconography.
The Lost Hobbit wrote:I don't see why painting a space marine tank needs to be boring. You can apply exactly the same weathering techniques as you do on your guard tanks. This would also help to provide visual coherence. Plus there's lots of fun you can have with chaos symbols and iconography.
I just find Space Marine tanks so plain and boring. If I'm not interested in what I'm painting I do it a bit half-arsed. Guard tanks are more interesting to paint and build.
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I need to find a way to cut free the top hatch so I can put a spotter there like yours on the Griffon. If only I hadn't glued down that hatch...
Great progress on the paintjobs though. So what kind of car did you pick up?
Mine was glued on as well, lol. I just ripped apart the tank and bashed it in with a screw driver. That'll learn it to mess with me.
I picked up a '98 Vaxhaull (Opel) Corsa. Scuffed to buggery so I'm pretty much stripping it back and repainting. Hubs are drying as we speak. For some reason the radio I picked up is cheaper than the Corsa standard I was gonna buy from the scrappy. Comes with USB, AUX, CD and SD slots. Lord knows why I need an SD slot while driving but I ain't not complaining yo.
On the Land Raider note, if you're up for messing around a bit theres a hell of a load of stuff that fits in the heavy bolter/assault cannon socket:
Razorback weapons
The large weapon mount from a Defiler
Planetstrike quad autocannons, lascannons and comm units. I don't recommend the comms unit though, it looks really daft.
And finally, the truly mad one...
A Thunderfire Cannon.
Just thought I'd throw that out there, figured it might inspire you in some way.
oh just a quick idea to throw at ya infiltraitor, you use alot of ww2 vechiels and stuff but would you reckon a guard army could use a huey for a valkrie? i was thinking about it before
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I've seen lots of conversions floating around the nets for valks based off either huey's, chinooks, or hinds. Hinds would be my personal preference.
Same here, I planned on using one as a Vendetta (Rocket Pods)
Anyway mate, sorry for not popping in, but this stuff is looking as sexy and awesome as ever. I really want a minotaur. Desperately, that thing is gorgeous.
and where can I find vehicle turrets? I"m gonna start buying some tank bodies online, but I wanna change them up a bit w/ some different weapons and stuff.
know anywhere I can buy them cheap?
and what kind of WW2 - current day tanks would be good to convert into IG or CSM tanks? please don't abbreviate the names cuz I'll have no idea what ur talking about then haha
Disjointed Entity wrote:You're 98 Vox now beats every single one of my families cars including the MG.
Not sure about that MGs are awesome. I had a Rover 214Si before this and that kicked! So the new MG ones must be the tits.
Dragonlover wrote:No worries.
On the Land Raider note, if you're up for messing around a bit theres a hell of a load of stuff that fits in the heavy bolter/assault cannon socket:
Razorback weapons
The large weapon mount from a Defiler
Planetstrike quad autocannons, lascannons and comm units. I don't recommend the comms unit though, it looks really daft.
And finally, the truly mad one...
A Thunderfire Cannon.
Just thought I'd throw that out there, figured it might inspire you in some way.
Dragonlover
I am gonna be picking up a Defiler kit soon-ish for my next big project and a lot of the bits will be left over. I may see what I can do with it on the other Land Raider. Thunderfire is a no-no for me; don't like it. Now a Thudd Gun, that would be awesome!
Disjointed Entity wrote:Do it
K.
Master Llyons wrote:I don't know if you already said this, but how did you make the gunner's seat and the shield on the Quad flak gun?
I have already said it, I'll kill you!!! It's from a 1:35 PaK40. I cut it in half and simply glued it in place.
And the gunner seat is just a Sentinel head cut and chopped to fit it.
physcosamatic wrote:oh just a quick idea to throw at ya infiltraitor, you use alot of ww2 vechiels and stuff but would you reckon a guard army could use a huey for a valkrie? i was thinking about it before
I do think a Huey could be used as long as it doesn't look too much like a Huey. I was going to make a Valkyrie from a Huey and Heinkel kit before they brought out the plastic Valk.
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I've seen lots of conversions floating around the nets for valks based off either huey's, chinooks, or hinds. Hinds would be my personal preference.
Yeah, seen a lot of that too. I'm personally gonna model mine after the V-22:
deadly chicken wrote:nice stuff there........ do you still need ideas for the PBS?
I'm having one of my OAP moments; what in the blue sunny hell is a PBS other than an annoying US TV channel?
davetaylor wrote:Minotaur, Minotaur, Minotaur!!!
That's it, I'm going to clown college!
Tabbie wrote:Really nice work. Like the metal chains alot. Great attention to the eyes, missed by so many people
Many thanks, stranger!
smiling Assassin wrote:What dave said
Anyway mate, sorry for not popping in, but this stuff is looking as sexy and awesome as ever. I really want a minotaur. Desperately, that thing is gorgeous.
sA
I am a tad disappointed you haven't poked your head around here that often
I like the idea of the Minotaur but I'm not keen on the art-deco styling of it.
ShadowAngel159 wrote:go minotaur. looks awesome.
and where can I find vehicle turrets? I"m gonna start buying some tank bodies online, but I wanna change them up a bit w/ some different weapons and stuff.
know anywhere I can buy them cheap?
and what kind of WW2 - current day tanks would be good to convert into IG or CSM tanks? please don't abbreviate the names cuz I'll have no idea what ur talking about then haha
Try somewhere like Bits and Kits in the UK. Or The Combat Company from Australia. Both favourites of mine and between them stock everything! And as for the tanks, go for something that isn't well-known. The French Char D-1 works well as do the US LVT. The Soviet T-28 is also awesome and I want one of them myself. I've also considered using Soviet T-26s as Sentinel proxies. Sorry for the abbreviations but that's what they're called Try Wikiing them to get a jist of the look.
I'm sorry everybody for lack of photographic updates. Been so busy with the car today but I have managed to get my tanks to a stage where all I need to do is mudify them and then varnish them then they're done. Will get snaps tomorrow. Russturm is completely done also.
In the meanwhile, feast your eyes on this puppy!
It's so bad but I love it. If you think it doesn't look good now, you should've seen it when I picked it up!!! Still not done yet
The gritty style that all your mini's have is amazing. Loving the WW2 tank chasis, gives your force a loveable rogue (vicious heretic?) feel. Like they all came together from around the Galaxy and just said "Lets kill things. We have kick-ass tanks, so why not?". Your traitor guard are clearly the best this guy with hardly any posts has ever seen.
Looking good mate, Really want to see some more models from you young man (patronising man awaaay)
, you're even turning me into a traitor... I fell so... dirty.
Colossal Donkey wrote:The gritty style that all your mini's have is amazing. Loving the WW2 tank chasis, gives your force a loveable rogue (vicious heretic?) feel. Like they all came together from around the Galaxy and just said "Lets kill things. We have kick-ass tanks, so why not?". Your traitor guard are clearly the best this guy with hardly any posts has ever seen.
I prefer 'vicious heretic'. Fits my modus operandi. I appreciate you taking the time to say such nice things about my bundle of joy. Hope to see you around more often!
All the pieces are falling into place! Yes, I'm set for ideas now. I'm waiting on bits to come so I can put together two more fellas over the weekend.
metallifan wrote:That's one wicked compact Russ variant you got parked in your driveway. Not really sure on the silver color scheme though
It has to make do as a staff car, I'm afraid. 'The man' doesn't want me to put anything deadly on it
Wolf wrote:Looking good mate, Really want to see some more models from you young man (patronising man awaaay)
, you're even turning me into a traitor... I fell so... dirty.
I'll let that fly Nah, being traitor is all about being free!!
metallifan wrote:I know right? Damned... Heretical... Non uniform... Coolness... NO! Bad! Excuse me while I flog myself
Pix!! Pix or it's a lie!!!!111
person person wrote:Thanks to Infiltraitor and some other people I'm actually starting CSM.
Pfft, finally!
deadly chicken wrote:I KNEW YOU COULD NOT RESIST OUR EVILNESS!
Everybody but him knew it
UPDATE!
I've done a little bit to my babies today. Been feeling quite tired so didn't get as much as I had hoped done. But here we go...
It's almost done. Forgot about the imperial eagles on the sponsons and had to take them off. Need to reapply varnish as it's gone silly buggers. Also need to finish the tracks and apply mud.
This Chimera again. Almost done now. Just need to apply mud.
Tracks for this are drying as we speak. I love how the colour of this has turned out. Did it slightly different from how I usually do my tanks. Still need to do final detailing on it.
Again, same tank.
One for FP. This baby is still a long way from being done.
Almost done this one. Again, need to finish tracks. Not bad for a 'reclaimed' Chimera.
This is pretty much done now. Chuffed with how it turned out in the end
Come on then, you smurfs! Charge THAT!
Not amazing but I thought I'd show the progress of this. It's sort of on the back burner at the mo.
You may have seen this in the P&M area. It's almost done! I'm still working on the shield and I am also waiting on some Light Dust pigments from my FLGS for the wheels. Tracks also need doing.
See above.
It's been a vehicle heavy week. I am going to focus on infantry again next week and get at least my HQ squad done alongside another heavy weapons team and an infantry squad.
About time I chimed in with a few nice words methinks. Nice gritty style, and I like what you've done with the tanks. Still, they're traitors so they'll have to be burninated .
Just a minor bit of criticism: the green chimera's barrel doens't look finished: nothing that says 'gun barrel' to me. But then again, that's just nitpicking
**insert evil insane chaos laugh here**
The Warp is strong in these ones. Let your hatred of the Imperium flow into the abyss of rage! UNLEASH HELL UPON THE FALSE EMPEROR AND HIS PATHETIC ARMIES!!!
CommissarKhaine wrote:About time I chimed in with a few nice words methinks. Nice gritty style, and I like what you've done with the tanks. Still, they're traitors so they'll have to be burninated .
Just a minor bit of criticism: the green chimera's barrel doens't look finished: nothing that says 'gun barrel' to me. But then again, that's just nitpicking
in conclusion: MOAR!!!!!
Thank you for tuning in! As for the barrel, I can explain it. I took my inspiration from the Soviet T-34 as I always felt the Chimera had a sort of T-34 style to it. This is also why it is green. It's used in games as an autocannon.
FrantzFanon wrote:This is such an awesome blog I will follow it!
Thank you. I'll look forward to hearing from you in the future.
ShadowAngel159 wrote:**insert evil insane chaos laugh here**
The Warp is strong in these ones. Let your hatred of the Imperium flow into the abyss of rage! UNLEASH HELL UPON THE FALSE EMPEROR AND HIS PATHETIC ARMIES!!!
LET THE BLACK DAWN COME FORTH!!!!!!!
Pfft, so melodramatic. Did you know that 8 out of 10 evil dark lords fail in the first year simply because they spend more time on their oratory skills than actually being evil? Food for thought, don't you think?
MeanGreenStompa wrote:That last one, the halftrack, now that's dead segsah!
Also liking that leman russ with the new turret.
Ha ha, thank you. I'm very proud of them so far!
I've run out of space on my tank shelf now. Gotta ponder on what to do now seeing as though I've discovered they don't float in mid-air...
I saw someone here on dakka who modelled his psyker battle squad as little kids. Very creepy.
Ghouls and flaggelants get used by a lot of people.
For my own traitor guard I was thinking something along the lines of released rogue psykers. A world in uprising, the renegades would probably release all psykers currently holed up in the dungeons awaiting pick-up from the black ships. Sadly, the only model so far I have found is the Mordheim Witch model.
all those vehicles are great and i love your guardsman cant wait to see what you do with marines, i have one question where is the bionic arm off the mini in your sig from
few more questions (ur helping me out big time so I'm gonna keep askin' 'em ha ha)
I still haven't bought my first batch of IG yet (lack of funds..... stupid car insurance and savings...), but I started thinking. What if I bought a box of fire warriors, then mixed them up w/ my guardsmen? give them a look like they've been killin' and lootin'. you think that could work? same w/ grey knights bits as looted armor for CSM.
also, I wanna use Tyranid limbs for mutations on CSM and/or IG. should I buy gaunts bits for good sized mutated limbs, or genesteelers? or another unit?
infilTRAITOR wrote:I just find Space Marine tanks so plain and boring. If I'm not interested in what I'm painting I do it a bit half-arsed. Guard tanks are more interesting to paint and build.
If you need preds you can use Russ's. Already has HB sponsons or convert into Las., Use Pred. turret if it fits, or convert turret, or buy FW 2x las turret for Russ. Thats what I'm planning on doing for my guys.
orchewer wrote:Your WIP stuff puts my completed work to shame.
Good stuff!
Consider me flattered! Thank you.
Darkwulf wrote:I saw someone here on dakka who modelled his psyker battle squad as little kids. Very creepy.
Ghouls and flaggelants get used by a lot of people.
For my own traitor guard I was thinking something along the lines of released rogue psykers. A world in uprising, the renegades would probably release all psykers currently holed up in the dungeons awaiting pick-up from the black ships. Sadly, the only model so far I have found is the Mordheim Witch model.
I've seen the same psyker squad. Very scary indeed. I want to use at least one child because of the one in Eisenhorn that takes down that Space Marine. That was just kick ass!
Released psykers on the loose is a good idea. Scourge the Heretic by Sandy Mitchell would be good inspiration for you if you haven't already read it.
deadly chicken wrote:im using blind bloodletters for mine. the ideas been plastered all over dakka. so much so i can't find the original creator to give credit to!
That's not a bad idea at all. I do like the bloodletter minis, I want to incorporate them somewhere along the line.
Zzzzzz wrote:Super.
Thanking you.
dangerousdan73 wrote:all those vehicles are great and i love your guardsman cant wait to see what you do with marines, i have one question where is the bionic arm off the mini in your sig from
Thank you. It's from the Cadian Command Squad.
Jimi Nemesis wrote:...and Dangerous Dan comes to dakka. Cadian Command squad I do believe
AWESOME work on EVERYTHING man, keep it up. I can't wait to try some of that mud workon my Chaos Rhinos.
Thank you also. Mud is just fantastic and I can't see why some people are so against it. It's the hardest yet funnest part of painting a vehicle I've found.
Oshunai wrote:Once again I return to this thread and see more wonderful models!
You have inspired me to start my own armoured car/half track now though. Thanks.
Thank you. I can't wait to see what you come up with!
ShadowAngel159 wrote:few more questions (ur helping me out big time so I'm gonna keep askin' 'em ha ha)
I still haven't bought my first batch of IG yet (lack of funds..... stupid car insurance and savings...), but I started thinking. What if I bought a box of fire warriors, then mixed them up w/ my guardsmen? give them a look like they've been killin' and lootin'. you think that could work? same w/ grey knights bits as looted armor for CSM.
also, I wanna use Tyranid limbs for mutations on CSM and/or IG. should I buy gaunts bits for good sized mutated limbs, or genesteelers? or another unit?
A few years ago I made a squad of guardsmen inspired by the Colonial Marines of Aliens fame. I mixed Firewarrior and IG bits to great effect. I loved how they turned out and I recommend it. You will need to greenstuff a lot of bits together but it does work.
Grey Knight bits mixed with CSM stuff would look good as well. Can't see why that won't work.
It depends on what kind of limbs you are after. Gaunt limbs are quite good for that sort of thing and with a little bit of work will look great. Genestealer limbs are amazing but aren't as varied as the gaunts. It all depends on what look you're after and I recommend looking at pictures of each and decide what kind of limbs you want. But it's an exciting idea!
slann wrote:Lookin good man , love the way the chimeras turned out and that half track is freggin sweet as well .
Thank you, bud. Still a way to go until they're done though.
person person wrote:If you need preds you can use Russ's. Already has HB sponsons or convert into Las., Use Pred. turret if it fits, or convert turret, or buy FW 2x las turret for Russ. Thats what I'm planning on doing for my guys.
This is true. I have bits from an old Executioner Russ kit I could probably bash together as a Predator eventually. Thanks for the idea.
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Well the space wolves used to get russes, so it makes sense that other SM chapters might get some too.
Again, true. I could simply have them as proxies for Preds if I give them the right gear. Just remove the front sponson and it's sorted! Kinda. Wait, that's not a good idea...
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:
Well the space wolves used to get russes, so it makes sense that other SM chapters might get some too.
Again, true. I could simply have them as proxies for Preds if I give them the right gear. Just remove the front sponson and it's sorted! Kinda. Wait, that's not a good idea...
If you magnetize the front sponsons, make a storm bolter 'sponson' for it. Problem sorted. I doubt many oppnonents would object to having it count as a pintle-mounted storm bolter.
infilTRAITOR wrote:I've seen the same psyker squad. Very scary indeed. I want to use at least one child because of the one in Eisenhorn that takes down that Space Marine. That was just kick ass!
I demand a link to the original squad! Giddy Meow!
infilTRAITOR wrote:I've seen the same psyker squad. Very scary indeed. I want to use at least one child because of the one in Eisenhorn that takes down that Space Marine. That was just kick ass!
I demand a link to the original squad! Giddy Meow!
CommissarKhaine wrote:If you magnetize the front sponsons, make a storm bolter 'sponson' for it. Problem sorted. I doubt many oppnonents would object to having it count as a pintle-mounted storm bolter.
I have been thinking of using a Chimera chassis and giving it sponsons and replacing the hull mounted bolter into a storm bolter.
physcosamatic wrote:hey id love to see some infantry, and do you have pics of the Colonial Marines??
Well you're in for a treat as I've got not one but two whole men to show you! Plus, no pics of the Marines as I bastardised them to make my latest guard.
Shadowbrand wrote:Zippo Tanks!!
Okay
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:We haven't had an update since page 5, what's the deal infilTRAITOR?
I know, I know, I am a hypocrite but your stuff is cooler...
Take some blood while you're at it, geez! I had to spend 10 hours driving to Berkshire and back on Friday and then there was work. And then I had a Barium X-Ray on Monday (not recommended) so today has been the only day I've had in the last week to do anything other than sweat and be angry.
Disjointed Entity wrote:
metallifan wrote:
infilTRAITOR wrote:I've seen the same psyker squad. Very scary indeed. I want to use at least one child because of the one in Eisenhorn that takes down that Space Marine. That was just kick ass!
I demand a link to the original squad! Giddy Meow!
I've found a CD of one my faviourite bands and I've been listening to it all day. Great inspiration for what I do, here's a taste:
Back down to business.
A renegade militiaman. Using a metal Tallarn I added greenstuff to the face to make a gasmask. It's still not done.
Command Rhino. All mudified up and ready to, well, command!
Chimera w/autocannon. Again, with added mud.
Griffon Mortar. Almost done!
Chimera w/Autocannon. To think this was covered in about twelve layers of paint once.
Leman Russ Vanquisher. Almost done, just need to weather the bolters.
Same again.
Lengfeld-Pattern Chimera. Almost done.
This next mini is my entry to Figmentia 2009. It's an online competition where you must create a character from scratch and build a custom base for it. Once done, a backstory is needed and then it can be entered. I've just added my entry so I can now reveal it to you all.
Behold my Exalted Champion!
And some fluff:
It is said, often by fools, that the Exalted Champion of this renegade war-host was once a bodyguard of 'The most august Regenz Ferdinant, Planetary Governor of Alamein' before the blighted worlds fall from the Emperor's Gaze. Alamein, a planet rich in promethium, was already the target of the Archenemy's subterfuge as key military officials had started a purge of personnel to ensure that when the dark revolution began no-one would be able to stop it.
For months Regenz Ferdinant was under the illusion that those being 'educated' within the ranks were worshipping the dark powers and took it upon himself to keep the local Ordos Hereticus Lord-Inquisitor updated in an effort to stave off exterminatus. To this end the governor placed responsibility of compiling these reports to a few key members of his government in the event of open revolt. His bodyguard was also given the responsibility to act on the governors behalf in the event of an evacuation of the Governor's Palace.
The revolt arrived and local authorities were powerless to put up even token resistance. The PDF, which was thought of as being cleansed, turned on the civilian population and massacred every Emperor-loving soul they could find. The planetary government was in complete disarray and it was at this moment the dark powers struck. During an emergency cabinet meeting, Regenz' bodyguard convulsed and butchered everybody within the room. The floor still slick with blood, he then made a report to the local Ordos claiming that all was under control and that the government had initiated an evacuation drill.
Years have since passed and as a sign of loyalty to his new deities, the former bodyguard has undergone surgery to fuse his weapons and armour to his flesh. As a sign of utmost fealty, his chosen cabal of elite warriors have done the same.
Now he musters the men for the defence of the Alamein system against the loyalist forces of the Imperium, clashing swords with the champions of the Ultramarines and the Shadow Templars while crushing the troopers of the Alamein Loyalist Remnant and Libertia Guard underfoot alike.
And as an extra treat, here's an Alamein Loyalist Remnant trooper I painted not so long ago.
Sanchez01 wrote:Hey man, I know this sounds dumb, but who is your military leader? I don't remember if I skimmed through it or asked on any of the other sites.
As I'm using the Renegade list from the Vraks books, the Exalted Champion is my leader. I've just finished him this afternoon. He has powers - political powers!
Ahh so that guy you just posted is him... good stuff man, I like the chain saw hand... got me thinking... We should each make a Bruce Campbell from Army of Darkness.
infilTRAITOR wrote:I've seen the same psyker squad. Very scary indeed. I want to use at least one child because of the one in Eisenhorn that takes down that Space Marine. That was just kick ass!
I demand a link to the original squad! Giddy Meow!
They don't really look like children. Just really angry bald squats. When I think Children I think more of those two creepy little girls from the Shinnin'
Sanchez01 wrote:Ahh so that guy you just posted is him... good stuff man, I like the chain saw hand... got me thinking... We should each make a Bruce Campbell from Army of Darkness.
You're not the first to make that comparison. If you're gonna make a champion, I say model it on pure-awesomecheese!
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Now I want to buy a vraks book....
Buy them. The lists are just incredible for both loyalists and traitors.
person person wrote:Awesome Exalted champ.
Many thanks, Double-P.
metallifan wrote:They don't really look like children. Just really angry bald squats. When I think Children I think more of those two creepy little girls from the Shinnin'
Still quite disturbing though.
I like to think of them as children, makes them more eerie.
Go some normal looking children, make them all have white hair and shining eyes... Think the Villiage, Children of the Corn or the Simpson's p155take 'The Bloodening"!
man that loyalist would make a good storm trooper, and the bastardised marines? do they still resemble anything because i got some tau bits and wouldnt mind muking around? but would like to see your way too =P
ShadowAngel159 wrote:children w/ some creepy heads and dark powers...... sounds like mine and my friend's sisters. HA! just kidding...... mostly
anyways, awesome tanks and infantry. lovin' the Exalted Champion. creepy coolness!
Thanks for the comments!
darkkt wrote:Go some normal looking children, make them all have white hair and shining eyes... Think the Villiage, Children of the Corn or the Simpson's p155take 'The Bloodening"!
"We know all your secrets." I only want one child in my psyker squad and it will look sort of normal. Still sculpting it!
person person wrote:I second that, or make the squad leader or whatever, like the kid in F.E.A.R.
Alma? She is freaky but not freaky enough for me. I have plans. GRAND PLANS!
physcosamatic wrote:man that loyalist would make a good storm trooper, and the bastardised marines? do they still resemble anything because i got some tau bits and wouldnt mind muking around? but would like to see your way too =P
Two years ago that loyalist was gonna be my main army and I spent about £100 on bits to make two squads. I had to paint this guy up as a reminder of that legacy. I'm using the old army in my fluff for my new army.
I managed to find two of the old squad left. Please remember that I made these about five or so years ago from bits. And take note that the weather today is amazing (i.e. raining) so the picture isn't that great:
And now for something completely different...
I'm sorry to say that I don't have anything in the way of an update but I can offer some eye candy and information. It's so dark here today I can hardly see. So, while waiting for these prison-style energy saving bulbs to warm up I took stock of what I had and, like a five year old, organised my troops and took pictures. Hurray!
This first batch is the stuff I have completed or more-or-less completed:
A- Quad-Stubber Leman Russ (Currently making another turret)
B- 'Hannut' Pattern Destroyer (Leman Russ Destroyer)
C- Leman Russ Vanquisher
D- Command Rhino
E- Griffon Mortar
F- Quad-Autocannon emplacement
G- Russturm (Battlecannon emplacement)
H- Chimera w/Autocannon and mechanised infantry
I- Heavy weapon teams (Currently 1x Mortar and 1x Sniper)
J- Infantry squad
K- 'Zippo' Pattern Leman Russ (Hellhound)
L- 'Lengfeld' Pattern Chimera and mechanised infantry
M- 'Elysian' Pattern Sentinel w/Heavy Bolter
N- HQ Squad
O- Chimera w/Autocannon and mechanised infantry
'Lengfeld' Chimera with infantry. I have kept this squad as a GW bits pure squad
HQ squad as it stands. Will be adding a psyker advisor. Will also get other guys so I can chop and change as I need to
The two converted Rhinos. Formerly of the Ultramarines chapter.
Some of the armour
This next batch of photos contains things which are still very much work in progress but I thought I'd share them anyway:
A- 2x Heavy Sentinels (1x Missiles, 1x Twin-linked heavy bolters)
B- Infantry squad
C- 'Gladiator' Heavy tank
D- Unknown heavy tank
E- 'Elysian' Pattern Sentinel w/multi-melta
F- Missile autoturret emplacement
G- 'Heretic' Pattern Leman Russ
H- Alpha Legion squad
I- Heavy weapon teams (1x Missile launcher, 1x Autocannon)
J- Leman Russ Destroyer
K- 'Liberator' Pattern Destroyer (Leman Russ Destroyer)
Alpha Legionairres. Still very WiP
Heavy weapon teams. Again very WiP
Some of the WiP armour
A box of guard bits I have to still work from. In here is enough to make another two squads along with another 2x mortars, 2x missile teams, 1x heavy stubber team, 2x Snipers and a lascannon team
Still to come!
Alongside all of the stuff I have to paint and build I already know what I'm going to get over the coming months to expand the army some more.
-Land Raiders
I have two Land Raiders waiting for stuff to be done to them. I am using one, possibly, as an Alpha Legion LR. The other I will be turning into a Minotaur style vehicle using Basilisk cannons and Defiler bits.
-Rhinos/Predators
ChaosBubbles is donating his old Space Marine vehicles to me. I'm yet to decide what to do with them.
-Space Marines
I have 50-ish Space Marines lying around. These will be made to be 'Loyalist looking' Alphas.
-Valkyries
Two Valkyries are planned and I will do them in the style of the V-22 Osprey.
-Vulture
A vulture is planned. I will buy some Valkyrie bits and shove them onto a helicopter kit or something then buy the weapons from Forge World.
-Hellblades
I have plans for two Hellblades
-Sentinels
I will be picking up another Elysian sentinel to complete a squadron. I will also be picking up three of these model kits to turn into 'Count As' Sentinels.
-Pysker Battle Squad
You already know I'm making this.
-Diciples
I've started to make some of these but I'm not ready to show them yet. They are similar to my Champion in appearence and will be taking heavy influence from the Strogg.
-FlaK 88 Emplacement
Already mentioned this but I haven't started making it yet. I have the bits for it, though. This will be something that can count either as an emplaced Basilisk or a Vanquisher emplacement. Whichever I choose on the day.
-Basilisk battery
Already mentioned this as well. I have some Basilisks in a box at my dads house and I will be picking them up in a few weeks. I intend to get some Vanaheim kits from Forge World as it will give the Basilisk a Hummel-like appearence
-Unnamed Terror Tank
This is my next big project after I've completed all that I have to hand. It's my little reward for doing so well. It will be a Tiger I tank but with legs. Always wanted to do it so I am.
-O.G.R. Squad
This is a squad that I'm very slowly building. I've almost completed one. It's what will be my Ogryn squad and they're essentially unmanned drones that take inspiration from these:
hrmm i think i got some ideas now thanks for finding them, and i must say thats one hell of a tank collection! i got my hands on the siege of vraks book and read the rules for the traitors the leadership rules are a bit odd? haha but thats my lack of enthusiasm for maths.. oh i do want to see the disciples but it sucks there not a troops choice
sweet stuff , I like what you have coming down the road even though my loyalists will have to utterly destroy them all , it will be one pretty ass fight though .
Loyal Imperial Guard i may be but now whilst i have been looking for another interesting army to start i've hit upon the realisation that any army can be made interesting.
I was in two minds about collecting IG again, but now i have made up my mind, i certainly am going to now, but instead of all the shiney uniforms everyone seems to have, with perfect paint schemes on tanks etc i'm going to "weather" them all. Just like you have done.
I think IG have the scope to do this, they are just a human army afterall unlike Spacial maroons who are a lot less flexible what with all that praying and Uniformity wibble.
Holy beejolies, that is quite impressive array of projects. I like seeing them all together like that... it really conveys that you have a theme going here.
physcosamatic wrote:hrmm i think i got some ideas now thanks for finding them, and i must say thats one hell of a tank collection! i got my hands on the siege of vraks book and read the rules for the traitors the leadership rules are a bit odd? haha but thats my lack of enthusiasm for maths.. oh i do want to see the disciples but it sucks there not a troops choice
Yeah, that's the only real negative thing about the Vraks rules is the random leadership they get. Other than that, it's just juicy and makes for some interesting games I think.
I know, eh! My ears have only just stopped bleeding from it
Jackarius wrote:If you don't use it, the chainsaw from the sentinel would make a cool robotic type arm for a special unit.
edit: oh i see you've already done it
Yeah, beat you to the punch. Sorry
slann wrote:sweet stuff , I like what you have coming down the road even though my loyalists will have to utterly destroy them all , it will be one pretty ass fight though .
You can at least try! If I can slay at least a single loyalist I can sleep easy at night.
Oshunai wrote:Still loving the tanks. The Gladiator is just great!
Thanks, will be trying to do something with it next month.
person person wrote:Wait, The basilsik pic. doesn't look right.
Technically if yo put paints on moving parts (gun barrel, loading chamber) the paint will chip off, right?
Good luck an your WIPs
Yeah, I don't like how it is painted but I love the shields.
gretar wrote:Awesome thread ...
Cheers, me dears!
ShadowAngel159 wrote:This has been bugging me for a long time now, but I never got around to asking.
What's the name of your traitor guard regiment?
I shall reveal it tomorrow. Simply put, I have no idea.
citadel_security wrote:Where do you get your bits or do you buy full kits only?
I usually go to either BitsandKits in the UK or TheCombatCompany in Oz. Both are great sites and between them have everything in stock.
Guard wrote:Fantastic thread mate.
Loyal Imperial Guard i may be but now whilst i have been looking for another interesting army to start i've hit upon the realisation that any army can be made interesting.
I was in two minds about collecting IG again, but now i have made up my mind, i certainly am going to now, but instead of all the shiney uniforms everyone seems to have, with perfect paint schemes on tanks etc i'm going to "weather" them all. Just like you have done.
I think IG have the scope to do this, they are just a human army afterall unlike Spacial maroons who are a lot less flexible what with all that praying and Uniformity wibble.
Thankyou for the inspiration!!
Fan-bloody-tastic! I'm overjoyed that it has helped you. Another blog that may be of some use, if you haven't already seen it, is smiling Assassin's IG one: Irkutsk 24th, Loyalist IG Log
It'll show you what a gritty and well painted loyalist army can look like.
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Holy beejolies, that is quite impressive array of projects. I like seeing them all together like that... it really conveys that you have a theme going here.
As you can tell, I skip from one thing to the next
Sanchez01 wrote:As do I... The Griffin is on of my favorite conversions you made.
Cheers, Mr. S!
endtransmission wrote:It's great to see them all laid out like that, cool stuff
Also. Nice pick with Mindless Faith. Now I need to go dig out my copy from wherever it's gone
Thanking you. And yeah, I can listen to them all day while painting. Trancend is a great track to paint to.
Mister Feral wrote:Excellent idea on labelling your group shots, I might just have to steal your idea.
I adore the way all your army is a mish-mash of ragged and varied bits and kits, yet it looks so cohesive with the limited colour palette.
Good times, and nice choice to add some Alpha Legionnaires too!
Thank you! I was worried that such an odd collection would end up looking stupid but I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it is coming together quite well. I think it's because of the overall style of them that makes them uniform in a weird sort of way.
I don't really have much of an update for you guys today. Over the next weekend I'm at work and I have a painting competition to get an entry ready for. I did, however, paint this base last night while watching the Mentalist:
The dudes are only placed on there and aren't yet painted properly but you get the idea. Also, I have to do some more to my car this week. Got to get some electrics fixed plus I'm painting it matt black. Wish me luck!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also forgot to add that I have plans for, come December time-ish, to make at least one squad of drop-troopers which were once known as the Alamein Angels. They will be using the Elysian trooper bodies with grav-chutes and possibly using converted necron heads.
Yeah, I've nicked some inspiration from him for this where he nicked his inspiration from Army of Two and they got their inspiration from The Flintstones. Everybody's a crook.
DAM id use your dozer blade cover for my hvy weps team but im using it on my lemus russ, briliant and works oh and im almost dun my test tau converted guy
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Nice! Congrats on the win! Doesn't winning swag totally kick a**?!
I can't play for nothing, apparently (Lost 2 tied 1 record with my guard so far) but as long as I keep winning stuff for my painting I'm happy!
Yeah, free stuff is always awesome. I won a box of Gretchins that I will be giving to my girlfriend as she loves Orks. I also won a collection of conversion bits that I hope I will be able to use in my army.
Update!
Not a huge update I'm sorry to say.
Just made this guy. Will be a Renegade Psyker.
This was given to me many moons ago by an old friend. Paintjob is not mine. About to strip it and greenstuff it and turn it Renegade!
Also found these chaps in one of my boxes. Will use them I think.
I am so tempted to order a Valkyrie and some Elysian droptroopers right now. I'm being good and resisting it as much as I can!!!!
Warzone ahhhhhhhh I had a few of them bouncing about as well eons ago it would now seem.
Infiltraitor have you ever thought of using Bretonnian Men at Arms as a basis for ome more trench warefare looking traitors.
They have struck me as what the Zoicans from Necropolis looked like as they were discribed as having coats that were the colour of mustard and gas masks etc etc.
slann wrote:Nice oldies but goodies , those trenchers will mix in fine with your troops .
Hopefully I can do them justice!
BOSS_PIMPALOTZ wrote:Warzone ahhhhhhhh I had a few of them bouncing about as well eons ago it would now seem.
Infiltraitor have you ever thought of using Bretonnian Men at Arms as a basis for ome more trench warefare looking traitors.
They have struck me as what the Zoicans from Necropolis looked like as they were discribed as having coats that were the colour of mustard and gas masks etc etc.
You just reminded me! I ordered some Men at Arms bits from Bits and Kits and they weren't delivered with the rest of the order. I'm gonna get on their case about that!! I guess that answers your question that I have thought about Men at Arms stuff
Yeah, I saw your Lieutenant chap on DA. They are sweet models, I had to use my one in my army. I may pick up some more from the collectors range at some point.
That guy with the garish paint job and high collar... could be a renegade planetary noble or something... I'm thinking like one of the House Lords from the Dan Abnett book "Necropolis". Who was the guy who unloaded his flechette pistol on an entire subway so that he could escape the artillery bombardment?
I really like armies of this type - cool conversions, a mix of figures of all sorts that work well together, pulled together with ingenuity rather than a ton of $. I like that they are not totally wacked out chaos types - more gritty bad guys.
Another thing about armies of this type is that they add to the 40K universe for me - its almost like a new army book coming out.
I think you've made a good call using smaller gun barrels on your tanks - I'd say you should keep it all one way or the other (Huge GW guns or realistic ones) - the mix is what usually looks strange. I do like the buried russ turret though.
A word on the 1/35 polish tankette - I just did one up to tow artillery. The tracks and running gear are a &^%$^%$! - tiny, fiddly,and composed of about a thousand pieces that don't go together very well (at least for me). There are alot of interesting bitz in the kit though, at least the version I got.
I think they're Warzone Imperial Trenchers. I'm hoping someone can confirm that.
Last update for the day as I have to go out now. Just put together this guy.
Quite chuffed with how he turned out
I love this model, it has such character in that pose, like he's just sneaking a peak round the pillar and taking a shot at someone up on a cliff or something. Are those Tau legs you used? I might steal that idea if they are .
Sweet jumping moses in a sweat suit, I go away for two weeks and I get mobbed! Sorry for the lack of updates, I've not really had time for 40k these last few weeks what with work, best-man duties, repainting my car and being a DIY bitch.
I think I scrub up well.
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:That guy with the garish paint job and high collar... could be a renegade planetary noble or something... I'm thinking like one of the House Lords from the Dan Abnett book "Necropolis". Who was the guy who unloaded his flechette pistol on an entire subway so that he could escape the artillery bombardment?
I can't remember his name but I know who you're on about. He's already pretty much painted as a Psyker now, no gaudy colours.
BOSS_PIMPALOTZ wrote:Indeed there are some damn good ideas you get from just looking at say a single minature or a sprue full of parts.
Man I love this hobby.
Damned straight.
person person wrote:SNIPERS ARE AWESOME
Poppin' heads like space melons.
kestral wrote:I really like armies of this type - cool conversions, a mix of figures of all sorts that work well together, pulled together with ingenuity rather than a ton of $. I like that they are not totally wacked out chaos types - more gritty bad guys.
Another thing about armies of this type is that they add to the 40K universe for me - its almost like a new army book coming out.
I think you've made a good call using smaller gun barrels on your tanks - I'd say you should keep it all one way or the other (Huge GW guns or realistic ones) - the mix is what usually looks strange. I do like the buried russ turret though.
A word on the 1/35 polish tankette - I just did one up to tow artillery. The tracks and running gear are a &^%$^%$! - tiny, fiddly,and composed of about a thousand pieces that don't go together very well (at least for me). There are alot of interesting bitz in the kit though, at least the version I got.
Keep up the good work!
Many thanks. I appreciate the feedback, especially on the barrels. As for the tankettes, I think I might order some of them elastic tracks . Cheers for the heads up!
ShadowAngel159 wrote:okay, I'm pretty sure someone already asked this but I'm too lazy to go back and check.
how do you do weathering on ur minis? any tutorials on it? just curious
I am trying to compile some step-by-step pictures of a tank I've painted already. Will attempt to do something with them shortly.
slann wrote:Can we have an update or Il steel your car .
No. You'll have to find my car first, it's black stealth ninja!!
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I finally read IA 5 and I now finally get what your army is based from..... very cool! Renegades have access to some unique stuff...
Yeah. I've read it a few times now just to make sure it wasn't something amazing I had made up in my head. It's one of the most flexible lists around I think.
ShadowAngel159 wrote:POST AN UPDATE OR I WILL BLOW UP UR CAR!!! lol
NEVAH!!!
Llamahead wrote:Some really nice stuff here I'm really enjoying the looted vehicles! Any chance of some advice about sealing the pigment powders?
I seal my stuff with Humbrol Spray Matt Varnish. It will react with some of the MiG fading pigments if you're using MiG stuff. I like the way it reacts as it looks like corrosion. Always best to test it on something you don't like. Brush on varnish will ruin the pigments as it just turns it into coloured oil.
slann wrote:Give an update befor you give Llama advice though . Fine I was to lazy to steel your car , but iam going to start to talk about you behind your back .
That's fine, most people do anyway.
lemon detective wrote: all i can say to this thread - "Wow"...
very good work! keep it up!
i just wish i could convert like some of your models... all i can do is orkish and crude human...
and Mauser style las-pistols, which i use more often than you'd think...
Cheers, me dears! I'm taking them all to my local GW next Tuesday and I just hope I get a fraction of appreciation from them as what I got from you
person person wrote:I WANT UPDATES!!!
SHUT UP OR I'LL EAT YOUR MULE!!
deadly chicken wrote:as do I......
AGH!! I'm gonna be eating well tonight!
get to the chopper! wrote:I love this model, it has such character in that pose, like he's just sneaking a peak round the pillar and taking a shot at someone up on a cliff or something. Are those Tau legs you used? I might steal that idea if they are .
Ah ha, thank you! That was what I was going for. I'm imagining him picking someone off in a tall building as it's an urban environment my guys are based in. Thought it better than the standard "FIRE AT THE HORIZON" pose.
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Yup, those look like firewarrior legs.
Yes. He's right you know.
I don't have any pictures, I'm sorry. Girlfriend has both of my cameras as she's sorting out the pictures from the wedding we went to last week. I need them back as I'm wanting to sell stuff on eBay and on here soon.
Bought myself my first Valkyrie yesterday. Then later found out the V-22 kit I had my eye on has been discontinued. Have called every model store in the county to no avail. Will be ordering up some Elysians when I next get paid.
And I'm still after 6-8 Necron heads. Even if you just have one lying around I want to buy/trade it from you!
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Slann might have extras.... if he doesn't try ebay. In the US there are multiple bitz sellers, but I don't know about the UK.
All the UK sites are sold out. An aussie one has some in stock, might order from there soon but they only have four. You raise a good point about Slann, will message 'im and ask where he lifts his ones from.
Yeah freggin necron heads are apain in the nuts to get , they don't have different heads and only come with enough for the warriors in the box there is no extra .
I lucked out when I found mine , but a cheap way might be to pick up poorly painted necrons and cut them up .
slann wrote:Yeah freggin necron heads are apain in the nuts to get , they don't have different heads and only come with enough for the warriors in the box there is no extra .
I lucked out when I found mine , but a cheap way might be to pick up poorly painted necrons and cut them up .
I'm gonna have to do that. Seen a few cheapies on eBay I may bastardise.
lemon detective wrote:your beard - i approve!
i would grow a beard, but it grows in tufts...
Err...thanks
Flinty wrote:So was it scary leaving the house without your rebreather?
Unbelievably so. Wasn't allowed to wear anything cool to the wedding
UPDATE!!
It's a laughable one, really. All I have are these, I do have some time to paint now so the ball should get rolling again soon.
Base for the sniper I painted almost two weeks ago
Valkyrie WiP. Waiting for my gf to go home and grab her blue wash so I can finish the windows.
Ahh the "duties" of real life... they always invade our modelling and gaming time!
My projects are going on hold now for a little bit as I'll be getting married myself next week! The In laws will also be with us for the next 10 days so my airbrush and compressor will get hidden away in a cupboard!
Great work as always though and I agree with Get to the Chopper that the sniper is a great figure with brilliant pose and character.
Agreed that nasty thing called,"life" gets in the way too often for my liking.As for the blog,coming along well I love it it's very original,can't wait to see more.
infilTRAITOR wrote:
Valkyrie WiP. Waiting for my gf to go home and grab her blue wash so I can finish the windows.
you. painted. the. windows. WHY?
infilTRAITOR wrote:
And I'm still after 6-8 Necron heads. Even if you just have one lying around I want to buy/trade it from you!
fellow traitor, you might be in luck! the heads are basically the only thing i don't use from the necron kit. drop me a pm if you are still interested.
Its a shame about the windows, but the rest of the detailing on the Valkyrie is really nice. If I could venture a recommendation though for the weathering. I saw one Valkyrie offering a while back where all the weathering was done from front to back re-creating a sort of slipstream effect. It looked rather neat (I didn't use it thought because I'm too lazy to weather ).
I think painting the windows isnt a bad I dea if you dont want to spend time painting the crew , also allows you to use those bits for other things , which in a traitor guard army can come in handy . also the windows tend to fog up over time on a lot of cases .
Gundam-Mecha wrote:Ahh the "duties" of real life... they always invade our modelling and gaming time!
My projects are going on hold now for a little bit as I'll be getting married myself next week! The In laws will also be with us for the next 10 days so my airbrush and compressor will get hidden away in a cupboard!
Great work as always though and I agree with Get to the Chopper that the sniper is a great figure with brilliant pose and character.
Real life duties can kiss my hairy behind now! You should say the same thing to your in-laws. Do it!
Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Agreed that nasty thing called,"life" gets in the way too often for my liking.As for the blog,coming along well I love it it's very original,can't wait to see more.
infilTRAITOR wrote:
And I'm still after 6-8 Necron heads. Even if you just have one lying around I want to buy/trade it from you!
fellow traitor, you might be in luck! the heads are basically the only thing i don't use from the necron kit. drop me a pm if you are still interested.
I painted the windows for a number of reasons, someone has touched on it in a later post so I shall answer it there. But I will whack you a PM shortly, just got some monitory issues to work out with the bank. Stealing my sh!t, they don't know who they're messin' with!
Oshunai wrote:To quote a certain Luke Skywalker: "But with the blast shield down I can't even see. How am I supposed to fight?"
Sorry couldn't resist. I still think it will look awesome when its done though (I'm guessing roughly the same colours as a Messerschmitt 109 right?)
Yep, the BF109 is to be my muse with this piece.
Flinty wrote:Its a shame about the windows, but the rest of the detailing on the Valkyrie is really nice. If I could venture a recommendation though for the weathering. I saw one Valkyrie offering a while back where all the weathering was done from front to back re-creating a sort of slipstream effect. It looked rather neat (I didn't use it thought because I'm too lazy to weather ).
I've not even started on the weathering yet All that you see is the basecoat.
slann wrote:I think painting the windows isnt a bad I dea if you dont want to spend time painting the crew , also allows you to use those bits for other things , which in a traitor guard army can come in handy . also the windows tend to fog up over time on a lot of cases .
There you go. I wanted the bits for my guardsmen. Plus, I like the idea of not being able to see the crew as it makes it a little more sinister.
Just painting the interior at the moment. More pictures to come!
Vitruvian XVII wrote:This is looking really good atm, very nice army and very inspirational. Well done!
Many thanks. When do we get to see some of your Renegades?
I'm off to a farmsted tonight where I hope to be able to finish basecoating the Valk. Ifeel mean for the lack of updates so here's something to tease you while I'm away tonight.
I think it's a Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag. It's one of them £1.99 kits that your auntie always thinks would make a good Christmas present. I can't remember when I got it but I've been wanting to destroy it for a long time.
Haha, Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag drivers Anyway These are looking great as usual, and the Valkyrie nose is looking good too, I hope we will be seeing some nose art on there at some point .
Wolf wrote:Haha, Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag drivers Anyway These are looking great as usual, and the Valkyrie nose is looking good too, I hope we will be seeing some nose art on there at some point .
infilTRAITOR wrote:When do we get to see some of your Renegades?
I might do a blog sometime soon, but they're kinda on the backburner atm as i got a nid army and an Imp. Fists blog here, check it out (shameless plug! links in my sig)
Wolf wrote:Haha, Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag drivers Anyway These are looking great as usual, and the Valkyrie nose is looking good too, I hope we will be seeing some nose art on there at some point .
No nose art. Sorry.
Vitruvian XVII wrote:Liking the simple objective! (i presume)
infilTRAITOR wrote:When do we get to see some of your Renegades?
I might do a blog sometime soon, but they're kinda on the backburner atm as i got a nid army and an Imp. Fists blog here, check it out (shameless plug! links in my sig)
Objective? I put two bases up there; one sniper and one valkyrie
I think what you meant to say was "I WILL do a blog sometime soon". If they're anything like your Fists, they'll be great.
Was rummaging through my bitz-corner and found out I have enough to make the following:
3x Lascannon teams
4x Mortar teams
2x Missile teams
2x Heavy bolter teams
2x Heavy stubber teams
2x Snipers
That's on top of what I have already (1x mortar, 1x autocannon, 2x missile launchers and 2x snipers). I've made one of the new mortar teams and done a base for a heavy bolter team. Also put together a lascannon with a shield (not GW standard).
I have my first proper game with these guys on Tuesday (I hope) at my local GW. Gotta get my paint on over this weekend. Will add pics on Sunday/Monday of minis and game pics on Tuesday/Wednesday.
Objective? I put two bases up there; one sniper and one valkyrie
I think what you meant to say was "I WILL do a blog sometime soon". If they're anything like your Fists, they'll be great.
D'oh, i was having a tupid moment , i also think i was half asleep .
Its a great base, but i cant help wondering why a jag would be in a battlefield, although i suppose, now that i think of it, its entirely plausible and feasible. You know what, just ignore that sentence altogether. Great base infilTRAITOR!!!!
another question for the Mighty Infiltrator, Master of the Renegades: I was planning on doing a Renegade-style Death Korps of Krieg group, and later on some Cadians, and a few Catachans.
anyways, I was looking on FW and saw a Krieg set that had a bunch of guardsmen to put into a Gorgon. you think that could work for my Krieg unit? DEATH KORPS OF KRIEG - INFANTRY SQUADS FOR GORGON <<<that's what the set is called if you don't know wat I'm talking about.>
ShadowAngel159 wrote:anyways, I was looking on FW and saw a Krieg set that had a bunch of guardsmen to put into a Gorgon. you think that could work for my Krieg unit? DEATH KORPS OF KRIEG - INFANTRY SQUADS FOR GORGON <<<that's what the set is called if you don't know wat I'm talking about.>
Llamahead wrote:Thanks a lot mate much apprciated!
I hope it helped!
Vitruvian XVII wrote:D'oh, i was having a tupid moment , i also think i was half asleep .
Its a great base, but i cant help wondering why a jag would be in a battlefield, although i suppose, now that i think of it, its entirely plausible and feasible. You know what, just ignore that sentence altogether. Great base infilTRAITOR!!!!
I just wanted a wrecked civilian vehicle on my base and I just happened to have one.
ShadowAngel159 wrote:lookin' great atm.
another question for the Mighty Infiltrator, Master of the Renegades: I was planning on doing a Renegade-style Death Korps of Krieg group, and later on some Cadians, and a few Catachans.
anyways, I was looking on FW and saw a Krieg set that had a bunch of guardsmen to put into a Gorgon. you think that could work for my Krieg unit? DEATH KORPS OF KRIEG - INFANTRY SQUADS FOR GORGON <<<that's what the set is called if you don't know wat I'm talking about.>
The hardest part of that would be to get rid of the imperial iconography as it's small and horrid on the FW minis. Other than that, should work.
darkkt wrote:yet again inFIL, you inspire. I think I shall play with some rust effects...
Do it! Doooooo it!
Zzzzzz wrote:It does look like an XJ 6
Which makes it sound like a Tau Battlesuit.
A T'au staff car perhaps?
Junkers wrote:Hi! Great work! I'm impressed with your army (I was reading all your post/blog this morning)
infilTRAITOR wrote:
Are you sure it's a Jaguar?
I think it's a MG B
You're right, you know. As soon as you showed me that picture I remembered the box this model came in. I've kept it loose in a carrier bag for about ten years now
firestorm wrote:Just read all the way through this thread, interesting army, suitably non-uniform as a renegade force should be!
The stand-out for me is the Aspiring Champion conversion, it's classic stuff. Well done!
Tenjewberrymud kind sir.
Disjointed Entity wrote:MOAR
NEVAH!!!!!
And here's some more...
UPDATE!! Sort of.
I had planned on having my first game with these guys Tuesday just gone until I actually sat down and tried to work out a list to use. It's all well and good oogling the Vraks rules but it's not until you get out that pen and paper and have to decipher each little bit of rule that you realise 'hang on, am I going to have enough for this?' It turned out that I didn't. So, in an effort to see what I actually need to do - instead of milling around on odd projects - I've decided to take some snaps of each squad/vehicle I want to include in my list so I can see the gaps and what needs tidying up. I'm hoping to get it all done by Tuesday but I very much doubt I will.
Headquarters
1x Exalted Champion - Plasma Pistol, Carapace Armour, Bionics and Master Crafted Weapon
4x Bodyguard - Carapace Armour, 3x Boltguns (No hellguns in Vraks list :( ), 1x Voxpack and 1x Flamer
Troops
Renegade Militia Platoon Command Squad
1x Champion - Bolt Pistol, Power Hammer and Carapace Armour
4x Renegades - 1x Voxpack and 1x Meltagun
Squad One
1x Veteran - Laspistol and Power Axe
9x Renegades - 1x Plasma Gun
Squad Two
1x Veteran - Laspistol and Power Sword
9x Renegades - 1x Flamer
Renegade Militia Mechanised Platoon Command Squad
4x Renegades - 1x Voxpack
0x Champion - Chaos Banner, Carapace Armour and Power Fist
Mechanised Militia Squad One
1x Veteran - Power Sword
9x Renegades - 1x Flamer
1x Chimera - Autocannon, Heavy Stubber, Heavy Flamer (Soon to add Track Guards)
Mechanised Militia Squad Two
1x Veteran - Boltpistol
9x Renegades - 1x Flamer
1x Chimera - Multilaser, Heavy Bolter and Track Guards
Mechanised Militia Squad Three
1x Veteran - Boltpistol and Power Sword
2x Renegades
Obviously now a bit thin on the ground. Need to make the rest of my guys up
Fast Attack
1x Hellhound - Heavy Bolter, RTM Dozer, Extra Armour
3x Sentinels - 2x Autocannons, 1x Lascannon, 1x Extra Armour
I need help with this one. Tore apart one of my beloved Heavy Sentinels to make a 3rd normal sentinel and now I can't seem to get it looking right.
Heavy Support
Heavy Weapons Platoon Command Squad
1x Champion - Boltpistol, Power Axe and Carapace Armour
1x Autocannon Team
1x Vox Renegade
1x Veteran - Sniper Rifle
Fire Support Squad
1x Autocannon
1x Heavy Bolter
1x Heavy Stubber
Anti-Armour Squad
2x Missile Launchers
1x Lascannon
Mortar Squad
3x Mortar
Griffon
1x Griffon - Track Guards
Leman Russ Vanquisher
Elites
Alpha Legion Squad
5x Chaos Space Marines - 1x Heavy Bolter, 1x Melta.
Disciples of Xaphan (Stormtroopers)
1x Champion - Bolter, Bionics
9x Disciples - 1x Grenade Launcher and 1x Meltagun
1x Valkyrie Transport
I have ordered the stuff from ForgeWorld for my Disciples. Just after Necron heads to make them.
And I have finished the Valkyrie Base!
Also, I would appreciate it if you would look at my gallery to vote and leave comments on individual pieces. I have noticed that someone has taken the liberty to down-vote a lot of my things so I must've annoyed someone somewhere. Also, it has come to my attention that someone has been passing off my work as their own on the internet. I only post my stuff onto here, Facebook and the Miniature Wargames Union forum. If you come across my stuff could you kindly let me know as I would like to read the feedback given elsewhere - and to embarrass the culprit.
infilTRAITOR wrote:
Also, I would appreciate it if you would look at my gallery to vote and leave comments on individual pieces. I have noticed that someone has taken the liberty to down-vote a lot of my things so I must've annoyed someone somewhere. Also, it has come to my attention that someone has been passing off my work as their own on the internet. I only post my stuff onto here, Facebook and the Miniature Wargames Union forum. If you come across my stuff could you kindly let me know as I would like to read the feedback given elsewhere - and to embarrass the culprit.
Many thanks for looking!
When you find that link and those stolen images, make them public here.
We Dakkites will unleash a nerdrage firestorm so terrifying even God will turn his face away in fear...
First off the Valkyrie base just looks totally awesome. As do all the finished models in the individual troop/vehicle entries. This being my favourite squad:
Second, it looks like you have alot of infantry/heavy weapon teams to finish, so best of luck with that.
I'll go check out/vote on your gallery in due course.
And lastly if I find the fiend who is masquerading your work as his own I will alert you..
When I saw your griffin my mind flashed to Xibit, yo dawg, I heard you like arms, so i put an arm on your arm so you can signal fire while you signal fire...
ps i know it two guys, but the angle looks like one
On a more posotive note some of those would look eally good for this army, And the squads shots are really pulling them all together, they look grrrrrreat ! It's a shame they're not Frosties
Anyway, the last update you did on the last page was pretty impressive infilTRAITOR. I'm looking forward to seeing your valk married to its base. I plan on buying one next month, if I am able, so the inspiration will be appreciated.
infilTRAITOR wrote:
Also, I would appreciate it if you would look at my gallery to vote and leave comments on individual pieces. I have noticed that someone has taken the liberty to down-vote a lot of my things so I must've annoyed someone somewhere. Also, it has come to my attention that someone has been passing off my work as their own on the internet. I only post my stuff onto here, Facebook and the Miniature Wargames Union forum. If you come across my stuff could you kindly let me know as I would like to read the feedback given elsewhere - and to embarrass the culprit.
Many thanks for looking!
When you find that link and those stolen images, make them public here.
We Dakkites will unleash a nerdrage firestorm so terrifying even God will turn his face away in fear...
Yeah, that's a good idea. Rock the boat!!!!
Oshunai wrote:First off the Valkyrie base just looks totally awesome. As do all the finished models in the individual troop/vehicle entries. This being my favourite squad:
Second, it looks like you have alot of infantry/heavy weapon teams to finish, so best of luck with that.
I'll go check out/vote on your gallery in due course.
And lastly if I find the fiend who is masquerading your work as his own I will alert you..
I forgot to put in the loader for the autocannon. Still got a lot to do with that squad. And yes, lots of teams to finish. Got to find the time soon as I start Uni a week Monday.
Tim the Biovore wrote:I like this thread a lot! Great Work!
Many thanks, Mr. B.
Sanchez01 wrote:When I saw your griffin my mind flashed to Xibit, yo dawg, I heard you like arms, so i put an arm on your arm so you can signal fire while you signal fire...
ps i know it two guys, but the angle looks like one
I lol'd and then decided that I must hurt you! I'm thinking of changing the arm of the gunner/loader.
get to the chopper! wrote:Love all the models, especially that chimera with the ork trukk bits on the front. Valk base looks great too.
I'm not such a huge fan of the commander on his giant built up base though, but then again I'm not a big fan of built up bases in any form.
Chimera with Ork Trukk bits?? Eh what?? Do you mean the half-track? And the base is like that as it was for a competition, which I won thank you very much I suppose it sorta makes you aware that he is the big cheese.
slann wrote:yeah you have to flesh out the infantry a bit to make the field-able .
Yep, gonna throw together a few more men tomorrow night to beef them up.
deadly chicken wrote:where did you get the rules for these builds from?
At first I thought I could design my army around the new Guard 'dex and then apply the Vraks rules directly to what I have built. Turns out that wasn't entirely possible as the structure is slightly different but enough to mean ripping off weapons. To sum up, the rules I'm using are the Vraks army list from Imperial Armour 5-7.
Disjointed Entity wrote:Had an idea, duno if you'l want to, but it would look really good if you did some Squad commanders moddled on these guys :
My 2 cents mate.
They would suit a Chaos Guard army quite well, I would imagine. But, you over-estimate my skill with greenstuff
gretar wrote:God i hate Slipknot...
So do I but I can listen to Sulphur.
Wolf wrote:Haha like wise, I really do hate them
On a more posotive note some of those would look eally good for this army, And the squads shots are really pulling them all together, they look grrrrrreat ! It's a shame they're not Frosties
Tenjewberrymud! The shots really do help as you can sort of visualise what you need to do a lot better.
Disjointed Entity wrote:How about, Let the moddler decied?
Or would you rather run it for him?
Hell, I wouldn't mind it if someone did that. Damned tiring trying to figure all this out...
Sanchez01 wrote:I vote we run it for him
...as long as it isn't Sanchez telling me what to do
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I second the above statement.
Anyway, the last update you did on the last page was pretty impressive infilTRAITOR. I'm looking forward to seeing your valk married to its base. I plan on buying one next month, if I am able, so the inspiration will be appreciated.
Again, TJBM. Valk should be coming together next week. Just finished the making a nose mounted multi-laser for it for a 360 arch of fire.
I bought some Space Hulk genestealers from Bits and Kits to give me something different to paint but I'm not sure if I've got the time now. Also, they still haven't shipped me a head I quite need even after chasing it up and reminding them to send it in my recent order. Typical.
I will also be selling some 40k stuff next week with some OOP stuff, old awful stuff and bits I'm never gonna use again. If anybody has any requests and might be interested in anything just send me a PM and I will have a look in my bits-corner and chuck it up. If I'm in a good mood I may even offer a Dakka discount
infilTRAITOR wrote:
Also, I would appreciate it if you would look at my gallery to vote and leave comments on individual pieces. I have noticed that someone has taken the liberty to down-vote a lot of my things so I must've annoyed someone somewhere. Also, it has come to my attention that someone has been passing off my work as their own on the internet. I only post my stuff onto here, Facebook and the Miniature Wargames Union forum. If you come across my stuff could you kindly let me know as I would like to read the feedback given elsewhere - and to embarrass the culprit.
Many thanks for looking!
Heh, been on that boat. Someone downvoted 5 or 6 of my images. Gotta love tantrum throwing kids with internet access. Dakka Mods should really make voting require a comment so that we can know when a more immature user is just having a fit of nerdrage.
Will keep an eye out for your stuff too. Again, happened to me as well (Only it was someone stealing pics OF ME, which is considerably more illegal and somewhat creepy) so finding out who's stealing your pics is carrying some good weight with me
And yea. Please, never, ever, no matter how great your GS skills are/become, model the likenesses of Slipknot. There're few things I hate in this world, but that band is very high on the small list that I have.
Anyway, great work. Really love how it's all turned out. I think you should try sculpting some GS onto the backs of the helmets on your old metal Cadians to look like German M35 Helmets
metallifan wrote:And yea. Please, never, ever, no matter how great your GS skills are/become, model the likenesses of Slipknot. There're few things I hate in this world, but that band is very high on the small list that I have.
Well, since you are taking requests, I'll throw out my oddball one that nobody has been able to fill: I need at least 2 of the old-style storm troopers with meltaguns, the kind that a lot of people use as inquisitional storm troopers.
Failing that, meltagun bits in general would be appreciated.
I had a whole bunch of alerts from this thread because some people have been spamming it. I had to do some deletes and stuff to tidy it up.
Spamming the forums is against the rules.
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The definition of spamming isn't hard and fast because one man's piece of spam may be another man's legitimate comment. However, repeating large chunks of text or pictures is nearly always spamming.
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metallifan wrote:Heh, been on that boat. Someone downvoted 5 or 6 of my images. Gotta love tantrum throwing kids with internet access. Dakka Mods should really make voting require a comment so that we can know when a more immature user is just having a fit of nerdrage.
Will keep an eye out for your stuff too. Again, happened to me as well (Only it was someone stealing pics OF ME, which is considerably more illegal and somewhat creepy) so finding out who's stealing your pics is carrying some good weight with me
And yea. Please, never, ever, no matter how great your GS skills are/become, model the likenesses of Slipknot. There're few things I hate in this world, but that band is very high on the small list that I have.
Anyway, great work. Really love how it's all turned out. I think you should try sculpting some GS onto the backs of the helmets on your old metal Cadians to look like German M35 Helmets
It doesn't upset me or anything I just don't believe I've done anything to attract any malicious attention on here. Always tried to help and make new friends. Oh well, I'll just have to cave in their skulls with pure thought!
To be fair, there are bits on Slipknots (numerous past and present) masks that are doable and would look good on a pure Chaos Guard force. And I'm gonna have a look at my metal Cadians later and see if I can't do some GS to it. STAHLHELM 4tW!
FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Well, since you are taking requests, I'll throw out my oddball one that nobody has been able to fill: I need at least 2 of the old-style storm troopers with meltaguns, the kind that a lot of people use as inquisitional storm troopers.
Failing that, meltagun bits in general would be appreciated.
I had loads of these guys a few years back. I traded them all in for an old Panzer kit and a stack of bits. I regret it now as I wouldn't mind them myself
As for meltaguns, I know I have a few. One is earmarked for my guys but I'm sure I have more. Even have sentinel multi-meltas from FW I'm never gonna use
get to the chopper! wrote:I don't mind slipknot as a band, but they would look crap as models. So cheesy.
Bits and pieces would work quite well but not a carbon copy.
person person wrote:One thing on the Valk. base.
The colour of the car goes great on the base, but I don't think It would look good on a car like that.
I know the MG Owners Club would probably pull out my innards and wrap them around a pole while they dance around it in only Y-Fronts but the car is supposed to be old, torn to shreds and rusted
Disjointed Entity wrote:That's fair infilTRAITOR.
Just thought they'd look quite good.
Great work though.
TJBM!
I have managed to liberate some Sentinel bits for my Lascannon one (Actual Sentinel Lascannon, Canopy Armour, etc). Ripped off the shin armour. Just need to spray the new bits and shove it on. Also didn't know the new Sentinel had plastic autocannons. Spent ages shaving off the eagles from the old metal ones.
ghosty wrote:sorry to ask, but why was it you had to demolish one of those awsome armoured sentinels of doom?
btw that sniper had an awsome ammo hopper on it.
whered it come from?
*is in love with infiltraitors bits box/pile/room*
Because I wanted a squadron of three sentinels. I had the bits to order up another Elysian sentinel but Forge World have now gone and changed it from a plastic upgrade kit to a full plastic and resin kit and thus added another £10 on to the cost. I'm not one who wants to pay £10 for something I already have so I opted to demolish one of my Heavies and use it as the squadron leader.
The box mag for the sniper is from a space marine storm bolter. I think the one found on the vehicle accessory sprue. Just shaved it into shape.
Infil, as per usual, your blog is an inspiration. I too have gaps in my vraks army. And all the others.
I'm going for 400 points in each army - that way our camapign can begin with the right combatants etc. It also means I now have a definate target for painting the little men and only have four or five vehicles to do.
So the remaining million or so points worth of grey plastic can wait - It's a load off my mind.
this is more a criticism of citadel, not you.
how many people pick up on that reference ?
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