Going over the top. The camo has had a coat of dark sand and the webbing a coat of olive green. I'm going to try to avoid over painting the skin, although it may get a better highlight. Also added some slate and sand to the bases and given them a coat of a darker brown.

That's really cool. I think you'll get the results you are looking for pretty easily and definitely rip through that project.

Thanks SB, the first ten have had new kit issued, the rest need their bases finishing off . . .







I think for continuity the SGT should get a maroon beret.

Ok. I've been impressed w/ your modeling and your painting skills since i first came across your work, but this is over the top. The camo pattern you did on those BDU's is absolutely perfect from what I can see, everything else is just... well, awesome, and you did all that in 9 (or less) days?

Is that gauze mesh on the helmets? Madness!

You are a machine.

Thanks, they didn't take too long as I didn't have to re do any of the skin/hair/eyes; the webbing was just a couple of green washes over the old brown, letting the old highlights show through.

Wow i really like your vehicular mods. Specifically the scrap build details on all the units (and the battledmg looks very realistic).

Please continue to post!

You just made all of my Catachan paintjobs suck, thanks man!

And now for something completely different . . . .




It's made of plaster, and need lots of 40k'ing.

Very interested in seeing you 40k up that building!

My order from Anvil industry turned up, rather liking the casts, very little flash etc compared to some.

I got the Marine scale bionic arms, power armored legs (look fairly bionic from the back), some heads and also some IG scale bionic arms.

made these:

PIP BOARs for the Ammobunker http://s3.zetaboards.com/The_Ammobunker/topic/7520630/1/

Ooh that Anvil stuff looks great! When can we see the guardsman bionics in use? I have not seen them in action yet!

thanks for the link, I will be reading this guy over and over and over for a while, best group project ever!

The mud on your tank tracks is fantastic, how do you do that?

some great updates Ash.. the muddy tank and clean ad mek raider are excellent.. as is everything thing else as usual.. ;-)

The mud on these is all MIG pigments, straight out of the pot.
I think the Mech LR will get some mud at some stage, just finishing off these bits for Ammobunker IG then get back to those Marines . . .


Both radar variants together, just noticed one has no Imperial Eagle on the front . . .


WIP flatbeds, need some sort of tow bar/thing:

Man those are a great idea! I take it they will be towed by Digit's transports right?

They should 'hook up' to anything . . . hopefully. I've made up a basic tow bar/thing and will post pics tomorrow.


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Trailers are nearly done, ended up with a fairly basic tow bar. Can always be removed and replaced by something more elaborate.



Finished with these, didn't go OTT on the mud, just made them look a bit grubby . . .

Cool! Pallets are nice as well, must make some of them myself.

The pallets were made by Digits (creator of the BOAR and those rather cool track sections), I used them as a size template for the flatbeds.
He made them from balsa ( I just stained them with a thin wash), I must have a go at doing some as well.

Finally bought some thing from Pig Iron

Kolony rebel squad leaders; comes with some really neat basing detail cast into the sprue - what a genius idea
Also some Kolony rebel legs for my renegades. Rather pleased with this little purchase.

Decent haul. Pig Iron has some really cool stuff. I've see it around Dakka now and then, more recently than I had earlier. really like the different heads they make, have helped me a lot w/ my Cultists.

Stuck them together and slapped on some paint, decided to save the respirator heads they came with for some renegades. Had these rather nice resin heads that fit petty well.

Never seen many of the pigiron bodies in use, and they definatly look like some nice sculpts!

Me either, these guys I think are a new release.
I liked the torsos with all the MOLLE looking gear. Not yet sure what they'll get 'used as'. Two have what would pass for autoguns and the bloke in the middle a shotgun, so if I kit out the two autogun blokes with a chainsword apiece they could fit the 'bodyguard' slot in a HQ squad.

how are those chests scaled in comparison to guard chests?

They are a pretty good match scale wise, so would happily fit onto IG legs.

Looking a tad more 40k:

Can't zoom in for a closer look. What are those mesh crates / whatever they are made of?

Bit of a test piece for making HESCO Bastion. I made up a load of single units, which is why it looks a bit ragged, next plan is to do strips of half a dozen segments at a time.

that looks really cool! I think I need to try and make some of these!

Not finished off anything IG for a while, been having a bit of a 20mm sabbatical.
These blokes have been taunting me from the depth of my box of half done things . . .

Pig Iron bods, legs, arms; Anvil heads; IG helmets & CC weapons.




more to follow.

Those the new "near future" bodies?

I really love that modern realism to you Ig modelling and painst schemes. they are beautiful man!

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Those the new "near future" bodies?

Almost, they are the Kolony rebel squad leaders, torso body armour/molle kit and weapons look to be the same, so I'd guess they are totally compatible.

@ mayajid: Thanks a lot.

These are just about done with as well.

Early resolution for the New Year is to get my platoon of Chaos IG finished (only been four years so far).

These are the squads as they now stand:

I am staggered. Those are the likely the best Renegade / Chaos IG I've ever seen. Considering how many threads I follow / have seen of this type of force that's a significant statement. I've always been impressed w/ the work you do and the techniques you use, and this is one of the best yet. Or maybe I'm just a softie for Freedom Fighters standing against Imperial tyranny.

Really looking forward to seeing more of your Chaos IG when you have them to share.

Cheers matie, unless I come across a bargain lot on eBay I will probably just be doing the one platoon. I do have one of those FW evil Ogryn types and a few zombies (need more zombies) plus a few vehicles.

these latest IG look great, I think I'll have to get some pigiron bodies

Finally finished this off:



More pics in terrain thread

Your rust effects are consistently on par with or exceed the best I've ever seen, even in military diorama and model train displays. Always amazed w/ your work and always happy to see an update.

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Where did you get the wire mesh you used to make the HESCO barriers?

@ Skalk Bloodaxe: Thanks very much, I've not done much with 40k of late as I've been somewhat sidetracked into 20mm & 28mm modern stuff (I've added a link in sig), but this thing needed finishing off.

@Nowlan: It's called Wireform, found it in a local Art shop.

Thats one nice blog you got there...

This chap received a new drill bit

That is just beautiful.

Great basing too!

Cheers mate, there are some more pics :

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/210/351013.page

Yeah I found them already! It is mighty confusing you posting the same thing in different places!

Only two . . .

I've got one thread in the P&M blogs section, for any & all WIP projects, generally with a finished picture.
Then I have four threads in the showcase section for finished work. One for grunts, one for armour/vehicles, one for terrain pieces and a recent one for modern historical 20 & 28mm stuff. I suppose it could all have gone into one, but it would be impossible to find old stuff and trawling through would max out Photobucket account fairly quickly.

Great drill , did you find that in your BITS box...

I think it was a left over piece from a Ramshackle games mini.

These have been languishing half done in a box, awaiting some TLC:



And for some weird reason, even though I thought I'd talked myself out of it, I started to redo the uniforms on all my old metal IG . . .

In an effort to shake off the effects of waning IG mojo, I picked up a fairly forlorn looking Chimera from that well known auction site.



Not yet decided what to do with it, but was thinking about a knocked out terrain piece. Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated . . .


I have managed to re start my IG uniforms repaint by splitting them into smaller squad groups:



and the rest:

I like the terrain piece idea. A popped turret and the Chimera askew w/ the right side burrowed / buried into a muddy bank.

Noo not the IG armour repaint! I have done that twice now and it consumes weeks of my life!

Looking forward to seeing what you do with that beaten up chimera.

Awesome stuff I see, good work .

Wow, this stuff makes me feel quite inadequate. However, there is something I noticed:

Did you ever finish that crashed valkyrie?

Turn the old Chimera into a Hydra?

@ Commander Cain: Yes, the dreaded repaint, not too bad on the tank, the 80+ IG grunts in need of a new uniform, at the same time, may have been a step too far . . .
@ happygolucky: Thanks a lot.
@ JB: I do have a Hydra turret, on a terrain piece . . . I might have a look at that, thanks for the idea.
@ Smitty: I finished that some time ago, just had a rummage for the pics and they are in the Finished terrain thread (see sig). I might as well post them here as well:







Crew

Fugly tank has been put together. Thanks to Alex for the turret gun and mantlet.

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Does it make me old if I used to have a bunch of these? *sigh*

Thats quite the resurrection. The machine spirits will be pleased.

I like the improvised armor plates. It works well and looks very much like a field modifiaction done by the crew.

The whip antennas, stowage, and modified smoke launchers really add to it as well.
Loving it, can't wait to see it with paint.

I love the design on the "fugly" tank! looks like a fast and agile sout vehicle. but you still run it as a chimera right?

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I love the design on the "fugly" tank! looks like a fast and agile sout vehicle. but you still run it as a chimera right?

Yeah, just a bog-standard grunt taxi, with a DIY Autocannon turret. Should end up a bit like this one:

The parts you're using for the improvised armor, what are they from?

The square bits are from a model railway bridge kit.

..And a most-excellent use of them too! Very Impressive! I have a box of those and I never thought to use them like that!

I've stuck them on a few things now:











and still got some left!

Made a little base up for the supposedly knocked out Chimera, which scrubbed up well enough to maybe just be a working Chimera . . .

Finally got around to finishing this off:

Picked this up from eBay :



It came with a piece of broken turret that should make a nice terrain piece:



Also found a bit of modular wall in my bits box, thought it might make an interesting base:




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Been a while since I painted anything 28mm, picked up these: