Path of Devotion thread is about my Inquisitor and his ever growing Imperial Guard. I started off playing Warhammer with Imperial Guard back in 3rd Ed. Then when the Daemonhunters codex came out, I just had to have it. So from then on my ever growing Imperial Guard was tied in with my Inquisitor and a few Grey Knights.

I will start off with an old pic of my original Inquisitor. I actually made him in 2006 for the store's Medusa V campaign, the first time i actually spent time an made a model for my Inquisitor. Before then, the Inquisitor was just a Guardsmen model that was painted to stand out. So as you can see, this is a poorly made model, it was my first attempt, so I guess you could call it Inquisitor Sanchez 1.0.


I used that model for 2 years, up until Gamesday Baltimore in 2008, where I got the Space Marine Captain blister for buying my ticket. I loved the body pose so I chose to make it my new Inquisitor. And now I have this, my current Inquisitor Sanchez... I don't know if it would be 2.0 or 1.1... I kept the arms from the original Inquisitor and the paint scheme, but other then that, the body, the head, and the back are all new.


So lately I have been repainting my older models and painting my new ones... giving my Imperial Guard a complete make over. This Russ BT here used to have side sponsons, a hunter killer missile, smoke launcher, dozer blade, and some other modifications. In 3 hours I stripped her down, and gave her an new base coat. and in 5 hours time she was done. She used to looke like crap... heck she was 9 years old, I picked her up in 2000 and painted her with my childish bad paint job. Now she looks half descant. The reason I left the sponsons off was to cheapen the point cost of this model... As of late she has been more mobile, firing on the move and harassing the enemy forces quite well, but I never used the heavy bolters, and the hunter killer missile was never of use... So now she is lighter, cheaper, and packing the same punch... oh and I can use her in 500 point games now.



Now still speaking of dusting off old models, I have taken a load of my old Steel legion troops and have begun to paint them... Now back when I got them, in the heat of the 3rd Armageddon war, I was young and painted them horribly with green over coats, no primers, and large grain sand as a base... I have begun an overhauling project to breath life into these old guys. As you can see below, I have given them a more traditional look. With the help of the new washes from GW the look many time better then they originally did.



The only problem I have with my Steel Legion troops is that most of them, like all but 10 models and 5 or 6 heavy weapons teams are of the same two poses... The two below are the majority of my Steel Legion models. Sad I know... but I got like 30 of them plus like 5 heavy weapons teams for 30 bucks... that is a deal to good to pass up. But it is still a pain in the ass to paint and have.



Now the majority of my Imperial Guard now are the Newer Cadian Models... I have purchased enough of them to take over the majority of my forces over the years... here is just one of my Platoons.



I have been slowly doing minor conversions to my army to make it unique to me. I have done things like modify the lasgun to making a las carbine, and even a heavy lasgun, inspired by the modern SAW.




Now I know these next two guys are not unique, or special, but they are used my may army.

Those spikes are hella cool on his shoulder guard but Ido think the Russ is a tad too plain. weather it up, you know you want to

I'm liking the Steel Legion folk, got any you don't want to send my way??

Its plain yeah... but now it it is well worth the points

Here is more of the Steel Legion

Oh man, they are just drool worthy! Give them to me!!!

Looking at your guard, your painting skills have come on quite a lot even though you were good before!

Idk... let me fish up an old guard pic
ehh, the old ones look horrible

They are looking good. I like it when people take the time to make something their own; whether it's a simple lasgun conversion, or a full on kitbash... it makes them unique to you

Great job with the inquisitors too. From the photos version 1 doesn't look poorly made at all. He's a great combination of different kit pieces. I do like the DE shoulder pad that you've used; very sinister.

Very nice indeed, I love the simple dark green scheme. I also like the new and improved inquisitor, far more life in this one.

Ever thought of modelling some jokero digital weapon rings on his fingers? I always associated that with inquisitors.

Wow, really love the dark green its a very nice
guardy(new word ) look.

I do like the DE shoulder pad that you've used

You know your models not many people know that one.

Ever thought of modelling some jokero digital weapon rings on his fingers? I always associated that with inquisitors.

I might... I am trying to get enough bits to make the same inquisitor in a non-armored version.

Thanks guys on the complements.

Here is the other tank. I was unable to get doors for the side so I had to keep the side sponsons on. I was able to make the Commander have a cigar.

An old model Repainted

The ornamental skull/eagle thing on the lascanon is a nice touch.

Thanks man.

This is the 2nd of 3 mortar teams.

Nice looking stuff there. The inquisitor may be going rogue soon - look at all the spikes!

Lol, no plan on making him traitor... maybe a bit more brutal looking...

I have a bit of a problem... a little group on DA are having a contest for making some objectives... I have 2 thought out and made, still in the proses of being painted, but I have a problem making the 3rd. the one that looks like a mini hill is the third one, anyone got any ideas on what to do with it?

the other two are a wounded scout with information, and the other is a "dirty" rocket that had problem with it's wire-less launch, (darn imperial tech) and needs manual button push.

Here are the objectives finished and with some story to them.



The one on the far left is a "Dirty Missile" and has the following story for game purposes:

Inquisitor Sanchez ordered a missile strike with a chemical payload to be delivered to the enemy lines to contaminate the enemy troops and dampen their moral. Unfortunately the wireless system is not responding and is requiring a manual launch. The enemy forces will try to beat you to it and neutralize it so that it may not harm anyone with it's deadly payload, or might try to turn it on you.

The one on the far right is a wounded veteran, most likely a scout for the skirmishing force headed in. He has the following game story line:

One of our scouts is missing. He hold vital information to your war effort and must be found. We do not want the enemy to silence him, nor do we want then to interrogate him. Find the scout and return him for debriefing.

Now finally the last one, the one in the center. Don't let its plain look fool you. Under that dirt is something special. Something that could change the face of the battlefield. Here is its game story:

The people of the area buried a peace of tech that must be recovered. It is the key to success in this region for it is the key component to the defensive grid of the city. When the Xenos took the city the local loyalist stole this and hid it to make sure that Imperial Forces would not have to confront this grid and aid in their recapture of the land.

Haha love the mound of dirt objective ^_-. Great little story for each. I like this thinking when it comes to objectives ^_^.

Nice looking table top force. Some fun weapon conversions throughout.

Great objectives! They look nice and have a lot of character.

COOL!

i would stick a shovel in the dirt mound. Cool stuff though!

Enjoyed the little stories. Stuff like that can make a game 100x more memorable.

lol you couldn't think of something to put onto that last one!!! I guess you could class that as a win but it's a dirty win.

grey_death wrote:Haha love the mound of dirt objective ^_-. Great little story for each. I like this thinking when it comes to objectives ^_^.

Nice looking table top force. Some fun weapon conversions throughout.

Thanks man, I should get some more up soon, but I am just burnt out right now.

Metsuri wrote:Great objectives! They look nice and have a lot of character.

Thanks man, I had fun making them.

citadel_security wrote:COOL!

fire4effekt wrote:i would stick a shovel in the dirt mound. Cool stuff though!

I can't find any of mine for some reason... odd i know.

scarab wrote:Enjoyed the little stories. Stuff like that can make a game 100x more memorable.

Agreed, thanks man. I might do 2 more, but as you can see from the mound, i ran out of good bits, lol.

infilTRAITOR wrote:lol you couldn't think of something to put onto that last one!!! I guess you could class that as a win but it's a dirty win.

/sigh yeah... sad i know... but at least i still have my improvisation skills.

I was wondering: how did you modify your lasguns? I mean, I suck SO MUCH at converting that I can't tell from the pics, sorry. Your guys look really cool by the way!

Yeah man, here is a little thing showing how I did it:

Sanchez01 wrote:This is my little guide to make Graven Pattern Las Carbines. They have a cool little SMG look to them and I personally use them as "Count As" Shotguns for my vets.

First I take just your regular Lasgun arm off the spur. I use the ones with the Bayonet because the knife hilt will be used later on.


Now go ahead and cut off the end of the barrel along with the knife.


Now cut off the top thingy and the hand and emblems off the weapon.


A little off the end, cut off the end, then cut off part of the Lasgun to shorten the weapon.


You can then glue the end to the newly cut rifle.


Now cut off the hilt of the knife and glue it to the bottom of the weapon.


When it dries, clean it up and add to your model.

Like the wounded scout, makes for a great objective!

Oh I like that Heavy Bolter wall a great use for sprue bits! Can't help but think that a flagpole would look good on that hill!

Yeah I was seriously considering doing that, but my freehand is worse then a kindergartner with a fat crayon so I chose not to embarrass myself with an awful attempt of a flag.

But I am thinking of putting a skull on it, adding some tech looking stuff to make it a downed servo skull that holds info.

So what colours did you end up using in the end for the bricks?

Did a base of 1 blood red, 1 chaos black, 1 graveyard earth.... then I did a 1 blood red and 3 grave yard earth for the bricks... and finally a wash of Gryphonne Sepia.

Print the flag off the computer and then weather it? I'm not sure where to source the flag pictures through Wikipedia or historical websites possibly just type military banners into google and see what turns up!

Grrr, My printer is taunting me now... where is my sledge hammer...
These Space Wolves will be seeing little action in their future... As protest for GW dropping the Lemon Russ Exterminator (And causing me to have to repaint mine for my Guard army) I will not be collecting any new models for them. I will Continue to play them at their current 1000 point range along with my Inquisitor, but other then that, I am overly pissed over my Russ tank.

This is my current WIP, anyone got any advice on the bird?

Well for when I want to play Inquisition with Space Marine Allies, I can use my old Space Wolves... This is the finished Rune Priest for my Space Wolves army. He leads it along with a Venerable Dreadnought.



I have been told this is the old Njal Stormcaller model. Well the Original owner took off the staff in his arm and gave him a chain sword... So I took off the chain sword and gave him a power sword, I didn't have anything that could be a staff in hand so this was the best I could do.

This model was a pain in the ass to paint... 3 days of messing around with it and this is what I am going to leave it as...

So with the new codex I can use him as Njal Stormcaller... Don't have the new codex yet so I do not know what wargear has changed or stayed the same...


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These are my three tanks I use for my Guard Army.
Last game I played the two Russ BT's were paired together and the Russ Ext went solo. With no enemy armor these tanks put a nice dent in the enemy troops before being overrun by the massive ork wave... (I think all three were killed by the same power klaw)

I might be having a paint ball match with space wolves in a few days so I would like to see how they do vs them...
This match will be personal for that Russ Ext, who was just repainted to the Guard colors from the wolves colors... so for the match I might print up a flag saying "Was I not good enough?" as both a joke and to express my anger for them dropping the tank...


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This is the test scheme for my Inquisitorial Storm Troopers... let me know what you think...

Every model in this army is distinctive and charachterful. I do like some of just the humble guard.

Thanks man! Here is the 1st model done from my 2nd platoon... let me know what you all think

Had a fun game last night with these guys... 1500... I had one command squad, two platoons with three squads each and a heavy weapons squad, and two basilisks, two russ BT's, and a russ Ext.

my opponent had a sweet Tz lord, two 1k son's squads, two squads of K Bazerkers with rhinos, and an obliterater...

The Imperium won, barely... it all came down to a single role for that last Kill Point, and the roll off that counted vehicle squadrons as 1 kill point and not 1 per tank.
The end result came after turn 7. All he had left on the table was 1 1k son, his lord, and the obliteraters... giving me 5 kp's. I merged my infantry up at the begining so 30 guys was 1kp. I lost both squads of 30 men, 1 jr command squad and the 2 basilisks.. giving him 4 kp's... real close game... and whicked fun... rematch could be soon, and i should bring a camera for pics...

key note of the game... Smoke = best luck ever... I unleashed 3 russ tanks, 2 basilisks, and 3 autocannons into 2 rhinos with smoke... he saved every one but 1 and that 1 hit was an immobilized hit. grr...
and note #2... that table was just robbing both of us on dice rolls... the both of us made some real bad role. he rolled 3 2's for his 3 lasconnon shots in one turn... and that to be honest prevented him from taking the lead and winning... because of that i was able to thin out his bazerkers with 2 earthshakers rounds and set that squad up for a kp in his assault...

one thing that drove me insane was his total fearless army... man that made my mortars cry...

the game was a red vs blue game for the ann aroundel GW store... me = red, so red got a power station...

Now this guy has my troops fearing for their lives... as he knows my troops, knows my "Infantry charges his K Bazerkers just because" next game will be even more of a challenge.

Sanchez01 wrote:Thanks man! Here is the 1st model done from my 2nd platoon... let me know what you all think

Looks good, nicely painted, well posed. Great job .

Thanks man, I hope I can continue to impress.
Here are the latest painted, 4 more Steel Legionnaires, 2 of which are sergeants.

Very nicely painted (and based), but I'd have preferred to see a less GW-standard colour scheme personally. Maybe thats just me though.

Naw man, I'm with you there, GW schemes shoes a lack of imagination... for Guard that is,

And that the truth, I was really hating the previous colors I had them at, (Green) and well, I was not going to buy any more, and I am not going to sell then, So I went with GW colors to be safe, same for my catachan models... still basing them, but 4 are done (5 if you count iron hand)

Got a game planned for Wednesday. 1500, tell me what you like about it and what you would change about it.

So far this list as a w-l-d record of 1-1-0. The win was vs Chaos Space Marines, and the loss was vs Orks.

HQ
Command Platoon
-Regimental Standard
-Medic
-Vox Caster
-Power Weapon

TROOPS
Platoon 1
Command Squad
-Power Fist
Squad 1
-Grenade Launcher
-Vox Caster
Squad 2
-Flamer
-Vox Caster
Squad 3
-Grenade Launcher
-Vox Caster
Heavy Weapons Squad

Platoon 2
Command Squad
-Power Weapon
-Plasma Pistol
When I get a chance this will be replaced with a Power Fist model, but have not purchased one yet.
Squad 1
-Grenade Launcher
-Vox Caster
Squad 2
-Flamer
-Vox Caster
Squad 3
-Meltagun
-Vox Caster
Heavy Weapons Squad
-Autocannon (3x)

HEAVY SUPPORT
Ordnance Battery
-Basilisk (2x)

Leman Russ Squadron
-Battle Tank (2x)
--Lascannon (2x)
--Heavy Bolter Side Sponsons (2x)

Leman Russ Squadron
-Exterminator
--Lasconnon

Total Points = 1500

Well the Score of this list is now 9-3-3


Loss vs Orks (Annihilation, Dawn of War)
Win vs Choas (Annihilation, Spearhead)
Draw vs Space Wolves (Capture and Control, Pitched Battle)
Win vs Choas (Annihilation, Spearhead)
Win vs Black Templar (Annihilation, Dawn of War)
Draw vs Grey Knights (Annihilation, Spearhead)
Win vs Space Marines (Seize Ground, Spearhead)
Loss vs Grey Knights ( Annihilation, Spearhead)
Win vs Choas (Annihilation, Pitched Battle)
Draw vs Necrons (Seize Ground, Dawn of War)
Win vs Sister of Battle (Annihilation, Spearhead)
Win vs Chaos (Annihilation, Pitched Battle)
Loss vs Space Marines ( Annihilation, Dawn of War)
Win vs Space Marines (Capture and Control, Spearhead)
Win (With Grey Knights Ally) vs Tau (With Black Templar Ally) (Annihilation, Pitched Battle)

With the surprising success of this list above, I am going to advance this army to 2k to please both me and the chaos play (yes the one I keep destroying). I am going to add 2 Inquisitors (Well one reg. and one Lord) to the list, a bane wolf or what ever it is called and some grey knights... if others have any better ideas please speak now... Please feel free to call me a dumb butt or what ever and let me know why...

well for the inquisitors... I am going to do Inquisitor Sanchez (3.0)... Yes a 3rd one will be build as I am growing dissatisfied with my current model as my skills have greatly increased sense that was built.

as for the other one, well his name will be mentioned as after I build him

ps both will have the two mystics for the anti-deep strike

like the conversions overall solid work.

Some dang good work here!

Funny enough I'm going to be starting an Ordeo Xenos style Imperial Guard soon.

I really love those IST's the most though, I've always had a soft spot for those models, they are just really cool imho.

Thanks guys!

EzeKK hope your guardsmen come out the way you want them, that should be a fun army to make... what Xenos will be their Favorite?

Well I Picked out the model for the first inquisitor and I am going to have to mail order the second one... the first one will be my (Elite not HQ) Inquisitor... I will be doing some Conversions to it and would like some suggestions towards its weapons...

I'm sure I've posted in this thread recently. Anyway, the Sgt of 2nd Plat. is great! And those stormtroopers have turned out beautifully. I do love the older design.

Thanks man, yeah the older ones are great.

here are two more painted models

This is my new Inquisitor WIP, His name... well it will be given to you all later after he is finished...

Well this is all I have done to it so far... and all I can do until I go and pick up some green stuff... the Daemonhammer has been pinned to the body and so now I much make the joints smother and add some body to the fore arms.. also I have plans for a Vega (Street Fighter) style mask to be put on sense that hear he has is near impossible for a guy like me to take off. so here is the pick of the WIP



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The new Inquisitor Sanchez Model is still being shipped so I will not be able to start him for a few days

Anyone else think inquisitor Sanchez looks suspiciously like Richard Brandson?

Ha Ha Ha, Just because you said that I will make sure I paint his hair blond so that it looks even more like him

Got an update on the new Inquisitor, I got bored so I painted the lower half, still waiting on going to the store to pick up green stuff but I have ha pick of the full model as is... I need to green up the wrists, fore arms, and elbows... and also put that vega mask on him.

IT'S ME!!!! Only as loyal and filthy dirtchild!

You must have "ESPN" or something
Well here is the update on the golden boy over here




I just got my shipment in so Sanchez 3.0 will be starting as soon as I find the right bits.

So, Sigvald for an Inquisitor. Verrry interesting. Only noticed it today. But so, when you say Vega Mask, you mean you're not gonna keep his wonderful stare? It's just suuuch a fun malevolence to it, lol

Yeah, I got rid of his awesome stare. I am hoping that the mask gives a mysterious yet sinister look to him, here he is with a painted face mask, let me know what you think.

I might get rid of the hair. It just looks a bit to much like Sigvald still. Maybe add some "futuristic" items such as targeters etc...

I tried but that is way out of my league

I really enjoy this army. The models, color scheme, and photography all evoke 3rd edition to me. It feels really old school, and I love it. Interesting conversion work, especially Sigvald - haven't seen him used very often.

WHERE did you get that Inquisitor?

Brother SRM wrote:I really enjoy this army. The models, color scheme, and photography all evoke 3rd edition to me. It feels really old school, and I love it. Interesting conversion work, especially Sigvald - haven't seen him used very often.

Thank you man, 3rd ed was where i started, and I am glad it reminds you of that. I am curious why Sigvald is not used often, if not at all, and that is the main reason I chose the model, so I can't be accused of stealing an Idea...

metallifan wrote: WHERE did you get that Inquisitor?

My local GW store (WHF model for Warriors of Chaos)

Here is an Update on the Inquisitor. His arms are now on and green stuffed, I should be able to start painting or do more green stuffing tomorrow.

What have you named him in the end?

I CAN"T FIND MY FLIPPIN PAINT BRUSH!!!


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Never mind, after 3 days of looking for it, and finally posting it, I find it... and I KNOW some one moved it

It was me, sorry.

What is sad is I only have 3 brushes... one for bases, one for tanks, and one for the models (people). sad i know, but pretty good for one brush don't you think?

well here is the update so far, still missing 3 henchmen, i need to order them.

Ain't I dashing?

even more so now that I fixed a few things

Really like how your army's coming on.

But (and please don't hate me) I think that your new ][nquisitor's mask should be painted a different colour to the rest of the model. The gold/bronze colour is awesome, but I think it needs a little breaking up.

Anyway, well done again, and I particularly like your astropath!

Thank you man, what do you think about a silver mask? or should I go for a solid color?

I like the gold mask. It's very much how an Inquisitor would make himself look. Gold is divinity in the Imperium.

Ok, so Inquisitor Infilius



Stats: Inquisitor (Elite)
Wargear: Daemonhammer, Storm Shield, Gilmore of True Names, and Sacred Incense.

I have paid for this gear and he will be used with this gear. Now for depiction of this gear, you will see soon how I am going to do that.

*swoon*

He's un-freakin'-believable. Just got to finish making you.

Yeah, silver could work well. Perhaps with gold fillegree for decoration?

Reminds me of Fulgrim, the EC Primarch. Plus the Thunder Hammer/Daemon Hammer has an ironic value to it. Overall well done.

Thanks Billie joe
I am going to try it in a minute cadianxv

Here is one of the henchmen done... she can either be an acolyte or a mystic, depends on future models I buy. tried to go with a latina theme with her.

Ok, here is my WIP next to the "Latina."
I had some people tell me she does not look that Latin at all, so I put here next to this former sister, please don't yell at the crappy tattoo on her cheek, it was the best I could do.

Only problem I have with your slutty Sister is her kinda ripped abs. Course, I guess I just like my women soft, clearly unlike Games Workshop.

love the sigvald conversion into an inquisitor. Honestly great use of the model that I would have never thought of.

That Sigvald conversion has to be one of my favorite inquisitors I've seen. Makes me want to try my hand at it, too. Did you sculpt the forearms yourself, or use green stuff over some forearms that you snagged from another model?

I have bitches and hos! The Imperium does have it's upsides...

Lord Kaesar II wrote:Only problem I have with your slutty Sister is her kinda ripped abs. Course, I guess I just like my women soft, clearly unlike Games Workshop.

You know GW, and how many things are wrong with them

Empchild wrote:love the sigvald conversion into an inquisitor. Honestly great use of the model that I would have never thought of.

Thank you man, the main reason I went with it is because I have never seen anyone else use it, so I wanted to be different in my conversion.

Shane wrote:That Sigvald conversion has to be one of my favorite inquisitors I've seen. Makes me want to try my hand at it, too. Did you sculpt the forearms yourself, or use green stuff over some forearms that you snagged from another model?

I just green stuffed over a Dark Eldar forearm.

infilTRAITOR wrote:I have bitches and hos! The Imperium does have it's upsides...

Lol, just one, the white hair one, the latina is going in the other retinue

I think the Inquisitor looks great with the hair.

In fact, I think the mask works BECAUSE of the hair. It adds
personality to a faceless miniature.

Thanks man, I love that faceless aspect of him and I am glad you like him, I hope he preforms as good as he looks in a game.

Oh here is an update on the two Mystics, took it as a bit of a comical nature for my Deviant Art Account. Subtitles are: Who needs shore leave when work has the best view.

lolz

Nicely framed picture there Sanchez. Very funny.

And the Inquisitor is amazingly well done.

malfred wrote:I think the Inquisitor looks great with the hair.

In fact, I think the mask works BECAUSE of the hair. It adds
personality to a faceless miniature.

I second this.

Thanks guys... well I got my first commission gig, i think... He gave me a few models in exchange for me painting his slave girls. The sister will be almost the same and the other one will be done with a darker skin tone, hope all goes well..

Hey infilTRAITOR, I got my first Valk man, for 45 bucks off a friend, still with shrink wrap on the box... any advice on a good all around set up?

Man this thread is great..

The green guard look the business.

the grey knight looks cool.

And the Inquisitor looks fantastic.

You know.. I was wondering if you should make a massive daemon host... That would be cool

Shaman wrote:Man this thread is great..

The green guard look the business.

the grey knight looks cool.

And the Inquisitor looks fantastic.

Thanks man, working on that last platoon, so when they are done I will take a group shot of the 1500 list

HalloweenBomber wrote:You know.. I was wondering if you should make a massive daemon host... That would be cool

That would be crazy fun, but If I do that, I know just the models

Here is an update on Inquisitor Infilius

Started working on my Valkyrie. Going for a Vendetta setup. I had a Land Raider Crusader and it had these Lascannon Sponsons in the box, so I finally got a use for them, they are going under the wings.


I have worked on the Valkyrie since this picture so there is more done... All that is left is the landing gear and the under-wing sponsons.... And the paint job.




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Update on the Valkyrie Vendetta

That Vendetta is cool, the really bulky-looking lascannons seem far more menacing than the standard FW ones. Looks like it really means business!

I agree. That looks much better than the FW lascannons!

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I agree. That looks much better than the FW lascannons!

+1

Nice work.

Thanks guys, you all are too kind. Painting is going to be fun... I plan on doing her while I paint my Hell Hound.

Oh I got news for the army on the Apoc side of things... I just got back from a trade. 5 termies, a sergeant, and Captain for a storm lord tank seen below. That is the color I got it, and to be honest, I like it a lot. I put 2 of my Naval troops (Commander and a medic) next to the tank, showing the similarity to the two.

So I propose this to you all starting now and ending next friday.

1. Finish a platoon to match the Navy guys and leave the tank the way it is...

or

2. repaint the tank to my Guard colors.

I really dig the tank, for the most part. And I love your naval guys!

It'd be a shame to waste a paint job like that, but I have to ask - a naval tank? Not that there's no way it could make sense, it just isn't intuitive to me. I've seen the quality of your stuff, think of this not as nitpicking but more asking for your (sure to be impressively good) explanation.

Nice paint job

The US Marines are technically under the Department of the Navy. So the way I was hoping to explain it would be that the Naval forces/attached Tech Priests recovered and rebuilt/repaired it. I would assume that some high profile space ports would be under Naval Protection and not under the PDF.

Actually given the size of 40k ships I can imagine the Navy owning tanks to fight against boarding actions within the vessel! Also it could be something captured and put into service by the boarding parties. This reminded me of a great old bit of fluff about why crews weren't simply bolted into their vessels!

Llamahead wrote:Actually given the size of 40k ships I can imagine the Navy owning tanks to fight against boarding actions within the vessel! Also it could be something captured and put into service by the boarding parties. This reminded me of a great old bit of fluff about why crews weren't simply bolted into their vessels!

I don't think they'd use a tank on a ship, what with the risk of decompression if even a minute hole were put in the hull.

But the thing with IG Tanks that a lot of people seem to forget, is that they'll rarely be from the same regiment as the Infantry or Arty or...

etc...

So having a few Red SH Tanks makes perfect sense in terms of fluff, as "They're just from a different Super-Heavy Regiment" is a perfectly acceptable excuse not to repaint them.

Very True.

I never posted my Militant Roster on this site. And with the Inclusion of Inquisitor Infilius, and earlier my Naval Guard. I will have to make several adjustments to the roster.

The 13th is assumed to be 3 Infantry Battalions strong, each with 4 companies. A 4th company is comprised of support elements such as artillery companies, Tank Companies, and several rear line companies. The Inquisitor's flag ship (Imperial Light Mars-Class Battle Cruiser) should sport it's own guard, thus the red/white uniforms. Which are meant to represent the Graven Naval Uniforms. My idea for the naval forces are to reinforce locations such as space ports to ammo dumps, never in the front but are able to hold the ground and fight just as well as a veteran guard force. So this company would be an all vet list.

A storm lord to me is a very defensive tank. holding ground versus horde infantry and light assault vehicles. so i guess it can fit in the naval forces no problem.

Heh. You know, as a Marine myself I had always equated the Fleet Security forces to the USMC in my head. For some reason though, I never really made the leap to the Imperial Navy including armor and whatnot the way the USMC does. Go figure. Anyway, as I expected, good to read the explanation.

I'm thinking of doing a Naval Security attachment myself (guys in black carapace armor, ala Eisenhorn) for my guard army too. Neat to see that someone else has already come up with the idea.

Yeah, like the USMC but not as skilled.

here is another attempt at a light MG

Sanchez01 wrote:Yeah, like the USMC but not as skilled.

here is another attempt at a light MG

Love it. The handle is a very nice touch.

wow keep the tank those colours, it looks really sweet. the light machine gun probably could do with some filing, and i dont really see whats going on with the ammo hopper, but otherwise, it looks ace



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oh and your inquisitor looks ace! such an origonal idea

I have done some detail work to the LMG, The model is a tribute to my favorite class in Battlefield Bad Company 2, the medic.

the hopper is just a bad view... in an other angle you can see what i did a whole lot better...


MR. infilTRAITOR, and to everyone else. I have worked out a deal with a friend. To help him out i purchased his Chaos army. I am a choas noob to say the least with me being an Imperial Fan boy I know how to kill this list/army, but not use it. here is the pick of the army and any help/ advice will be appreciated. I will like to use this army to help get future friends into the game by letting them use this one while i grind gears with my Guard/Daemonhunters.




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The army came with the codex and the travel case.

In the army are 3 units of 10 1k sons, 3 rhinos, 2 units of 10 K. Bazerkers, Land Raider, dreadnought, vidicator, defiler, 5 man unit of possessed, a khorn icon holder, a Tz icon holder, a but load of heavy weapons and special weapons guys, and some more marines that look like bazerkers. 2 lords, one with wings, a Daemon Prince with wings (it's too funny how small they are), karn the betrayer and a makicor

Here are some more WIPs...

Remember Metallifan theres always the bit which are within the ship well away from the outer hull and anyway explosive decompression and later asphyxiation is one way of removing those pesky enemy boarders.....A Vacuum conversion/low gravity kit for tanks would be interesting. Magnetise the treads or something, Use a fission reactor for the engines (high tech planets can do this to the Russ......)All the vents would be sealed and removed except for a boarding lock door....May have to pursue this idea more later myself.

Well if this tank would be used on a ship I would assume they would use it as a mobile anti-assault boat turret. Using that Mega Bolter to fill incoming assault boats with holes.

Seeing as though many Imperial ships are freaking cities with engines I'm quite sure there's a place within the ship where a tank can be used 'safely'. The whole crap about armsmen only using shotguns when ships are kilometres long and ship armour is thicker than a land raider annoys me. If lasguns can barely go through human flesh what hope does it have against a sheet of tinfoil leave alone a space ships armoured hull. If they're that scared, use 9mm autoguns. MP5s use 9mm because one of the design specifications was that they didn't want bullets to go through people i.e. in a hostage situation.

Official GW fluff writers need to do their research before they publish some of the stuff they do. Don't even get me started on the caseless ammunition of the bolters...

Well GW fluff varies. I can list 3 different things for a Lasgun, and 2 for a bolter. Not to mention the laughable stats for the in-game use.

Lasgun A: (Grey Knights by Ben Counter) A laser energy beam that heats up the target... cooking the man inside the armor, or setting flesh afire with the extreme heat. To me this is a great weapon, give me one... I can cook a Marine my turning his armor into an Oven.

Lasgun B: (Harlequin by Ian Watson) The weapon only makes 2 noises, the click of the internal Mechanisms and the impact of the las bolt on the target... similar to the first one, but not as powerful vs armor.

Lasgun 3: (several other books, they do vary, but they have the same basic idea) a laser version of kinetic energy rifle... about the same potency as a modern day assualt rifle.

But as for the tank... It will be issued to the Naval Troops. Used as a defensive force to hold key locations.

Well Wednesday is my last day in Maryland. So it is time to pack up and get ready to move. So tomorrow, Saturday, I will be packing up all my Warhammer stuff and I will not be able to do anything until this summer some time.

I will continue this thread then.

Fantastic work, bro. I love the army and the inquisitor conversion is bad ass. Keep the pics coming!

Sanchez01 wrote:Well Wednesday is my last day in Maryland. So it is time to pack up and get ready to move. So tomorrow, Saturday, I will be packing up all my Warhammer stuff and I will not be able to do anything until this summer some time.

I will continue this thread then.

Good luck in whatever it is you'll be doing until then, Sanchez!

have a safe move. can't wait 'til you can get started up again.

Thanks guys, you all are more then kind.
If all goes as planned I should be near Killeen TX, but this summer.

Also I might have to start up another blog about my WHF army, Tomb Kings, as I get them from 1 regiment, 1 chariot, and 3 heroes to a much larger fighting force as I can now add 8 more regiments, a lord, 8 more chariots, and 24 more light horse men, not to mention what ever else I buy for them after i get to my location... thinking of casket of souls and a bone giant.

These are old photos of members of my army, I don't know why I never posted them here, I must have forget or I had them before I became a members. So these are guys from the past and not current WIPs or of the best quality.

i love how the new medic has realized he's used the last of the toilet paper! the SM with the wrench is subtle but cool. and the Baneblade is good looking. very clean.

That angry marine made my day. Loving your old stuff in general.

Good luck with the move and I look forward to seeing new stuff in the summer.

The colour scheme on the baneblade is subtle and very good. Great job.

Loving the work so far; the baneblade is awesome and indeed the medic made me ROFL when I read the comment about him using the last of the toilet paper...

Well I am back. I have finally set up shop and to break in the new place i painted two new (non-blog related) models... Tried a new painting style for the chaos marine, tried that cartoon-ish painting for him, and then painted the Tomb King's Queen my more traditional style.






let me know what you think about the chaos guy... should i paint the rest of them traitors this way?

Bud, your painting has come along quite nicely! These look quite tastilicious!

here is an update on the valk.

i spot AIR CAV, i love that heraldry. great blog too

best wishes

welcome back to a newer, brighter world, where GW has re-embraced the exterminator.

Qualude wrote:welcome back to a newer, brighter world, where GW has re-embraced the exterminator.

Yes, it is quite a pleasant surprise, i am gone for 6 months and so much has changed, i am digging the blood angels too.

physcosamatic wrote:i spot AIR CAV, i love that heraldry. great blog too

best wishes

oh yeah, but in time.

here are some more pics of the bird, she is coming along slowly

Well here is the Vendetta Gunship with her las cannons installed finally.

These are looking nice. Welcome back (even though I wasnt there back then )

Thanks man, it is good to be back

Really love the way your armies coming together and your army color is nice too. Keep it up I know i'll be keeping an eye on this thread to see how things come along.

That latest WIP is pretty moving.
Good stuff. great work!

Hopefully I can do it justice. I am going to need to go to the hobby store to pick a few things up to continue the project. I tossed the dog tags off, thinking they are too bulky, tore the man apart so that a better job of the green stuff can be done.

I am also thinking of giving the trooper a desert cammo scheme.

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You did it justice alright!
it so simple and perfect!

wow I love your figures! Subscribed!

Empchild, why is it offensive? Please don't get me wrong, not trying to pick a fight at all, but I see a homage and a pretty moving one at that.

To me it really conveys a feeling of respect and a reminder that wars are fought by people, who build relationships with each other, suffer together and support each other. And that the toughest thing to deal with (I would imagine, I am not a soldier so no disrespect intended to any vets) is losing those who have shared those struggles and support.

To me, it is moving because it reminds those of us fortunate enough never to have faced war (thanks to people like you and the service you give) that it is not ideologies or policies dying and suffering for us, but our friends and family.

Just my 2 cents, maybe the author never intended it to be that deep, but that is what I see. No offense meant to anyone, just curious as to what I am missing that it is offensive.

Majortom11, well it was meant to be that deep, and I do not understand why it was offensive. But because it was, I removed it from Dakka. I am here to share my love for the game and the modeling. So I do wish to extend my apologies.

To continue with this blog, I will be posting some more guardsmen soon, and maybe a hellhound in there too. I am also experimenting more with green stuff so if that model ever comes out halfway nice, i will post it too.

i love those home made guns and the way you base your HWT

That's a nice looking Valkyrie! Different to put together than their other kits I found...but that may be because I lost the instructions

Sageheart wrote:i love those home made guns and the way you base your HWT

thanks man, btw what hwt?

infilTRAITOR wrote:That's a nice looking Valkyrie! Different to put together than their other kits I found...but that may be because I lost the instructions

it was rather an odd kid, and i wish i was able to make a vendetta right out of the box, those were my only land raider lascannons i had... good thing it was an old crusader kit i got them from

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Sageheart wrote:i love those home made guns and the way you base your HWT

thanks man, btw what hwt?

Heavy Weapon Team.

Oh, lol. thx man

Well this is what I have been working on for the past week or so.
3 Steel Legion Sentinels for my 58th Steel Legion.
2 have Lascannons, and the last is with a Plasma Cannon.
The one on the far left is my newest one, got him with the battalion box last winter. the middle one is when the armored sentinel first came out, back in the past many years... don't remember the year... I think 02 or 03... I might have been in Germany when I got that or before that in 01... don't remember. The one on the far right is the first sentinel I ever got in 99-00 time frame. just put the spare bits from the new one on it and tried to make it enclosed.

These are still very WIP, just a basic paint job is done, codex grey and bleach bone... then washed with badab black (grey) and grephonne sepia (bone).

Psyched about the Dark Eldar release, I take it?

Lol, Yes, very much so... Dark Eldar is my 3rd largest army, I might make them my number 2, chaos is at 2250 roughly and Ig is at 5000 give or take a few upgrades.

Got really bored today and painted this model

Nice looking banshee there, any plans to expand the guard or is it other army time now

I am expanding my Guard ever so slowly. Just started a guardsmen with hunting las rifle and a candy bar