Hey everyone! Cataclysmus Here, from Cataclysm Studios, and I am entering this blog for my first BFA project of 2011! (BFA means Big ummmm...FUN Army!) This will focus on a day-to-day assemblage of My home-grown Cadian pattern force that, in the end, will comprise of over 6000+ points! At the end of this project, I will be Sponsoring, and playing in a massive Apocalypse game of 25000 pts per side, at my FLGS, Phoenix Games. This game will include some really huge and impressive models, many of which have been painted by yours truly!
But enough of that. The date of the game is Feb 26th, so I have plenty to do until then.

Today, we start with the core of the force, a 2500+ pt company of infantry, the 3rd Tovarin Fusiliers! They are led by a fellow named Colonel Franz Cannonade. Some of you might notice his uncanny resemblance to a high-profile hero of the Imperium. but he insists there is no relation, and that all assumptions along that direction are, of course, (hrm) mistaken.

Here he is...

Allrighty, this force is going to be pretty big, and when finished, I'm going to put it up on ebay. So... one of the things I like to do are magnetic display boards. This one will be pretty massive, so I'm cutting it in to thirds. (24x48" mdf board). I'll need an additional board for the baneblades, so....
Here is the layout I did to make sure I have room for everything.

No Mortal could make a 6000+ army in less than 2 months!
I expect great things, and a lot of fun.
Suscribed

Ahh, that IS the rub. We shall see.
Now, for today's update. I have put sheet metal on the MDF boards, and they are currently pressed in my studio, allowing the epoxy to dry. While that is going on, the Schola Progenium has sent a watchdog to oversee the Formation of this, the Tovarin 3rd Fusiliers. (Perhaps they are suspicious about the strange resemblance he bears to a certain Castellan-General...)
Lord Commisar Cestus will accompany the force on any and all missions they should happen to be assigned.

He looks good, but the paint on his leg, and shirt (the white one) looks a bit thick
could just be the lighting/camera though
from memory there used to be an artical on GW on how to paint guard quickly, don't know wether its still there though!
you may need to pick the pace up a bit, we're almost half way through January!!


M.K

Good luck.
Good work so far, nothing brilliant but pretty solid work overall.

Yeah, for this army I'm going for a solid Tabletop Standard. I usually pull out the big guns on centerpieces and one-offs. I'm working on a high-end commission right now, as well, that is about 3 orders of magnitude better than these. This army will be a 3-stage highlight. Also, I'm still learning about my camera, so that should get better, as well.

This is very ambitious. Good luck completing that horde in 2 months! I can't wait to see the whole force together... and I really can't wait to see the battle report from that up coming game! 25000 point cap!

Ok, a couple of amendments on the points values in question: The total points per side will be 33k. (I play with psychos.) Also, I've ginned up the actual list for my IG, and that total is 6870. As I complete components, I'll keep a running total of points. So far, that total, with what I have posted, is 175. I think I have a bit left to do

Nothing left to do but paint like a fiend

Allright, everyone! Here is the latest update from CataclysmStudios on the Great Guard Project. The good Colonel has recruited his first soldier! Banner-Sergeant Helyon has the distinct privilege of being the ranking NCO in this Regiment, as well as the most intimidating Badass this side of Caliban. A standard has been freshly woven by the DDHWAV (Department of Doting Housewives of Avros Tova). The flaming sword of Saint Tovarr is proudly emblazoned upon the sacred Blue and White of the House Avros, along with various commendations and endorsements given by the Ruling Troika.
And now, with regimental standard in hand, Banner-Sergeant Helyon joins the Colonel and Lord Commisar while surveying the great mustering field at the heart of the Tovarin Capital City- Tularia Magnus.

I supose 175pts COULD beat 6000+ pts of models, as long as 160pts of that is a DEATHSTRIKE MISSILE LAUNCHER!

Keep up the work, you'll get there someday!
(lets hope the last SUNDAY of the month!)

M.K

Troops have finally started to arrive! A few PDF vets from the local Guard post have been sent to form Col. Cannonade's retinue. After being issued with a vox and meltaguns (to heat the Colonel's coffee, of course), they are ready to whip this company into shape. Recruiting efforts have started to bear fruit, as well. Lieutenant McMaim, straight from OCS, has arrived to take command of Blue Platoon, and promptly was assigned his own retinue. Seeing the command structure beginning to take shape, a squad of infantry was assigned, a quick observation platform erected, and weapons issued from stores.
Being a forge world, Avros Tovarr has a plentiful supply of vehicles, so the Colonel and this first platoon have been issued Chimeras.
This brings the total points of the force to: 740.
More tomorrow, hopefully!

I like the scheme.
Very nice use of strong colours.
Would like to see a lot more from this

Wow this will be good keep it up!

The troops are rolling in! Two more squads have joined out intrepid Colonel. The first platoon is almost complete!
For those keeping track, this puts the army at 1225 points. More tomorrow!

Let's hope the troops keep marching in. Looking good.

Looks awesome, keep it up!

Looking good so far. Hope you get it all finished!!!!

That's impressing, if you pull it off! I've been struggling to paint 1000p in a year...

Lord_J wrote:That's impressing, if you pull it off! I've been struggling to paint 1000p in a year...

I am a commission painter, if your interested

Anyways, the last Chimera chock full of troops rolled to muster today for Blue Platoon! Only the heavy element of this platoon remains, and then on to the next! Things are rolling along on schedule, but being fully stuck in, I can't see the end yet...

Well, enough whining, here are todays pics!

Annnnnnnd, here come the guns! Lascannon, to be precise. Todays harvest includes two squads of the buggers, to help take care of those pesky structure points my enemies are going to be throwing at me! The third squad experienced a miscommunication with Regimental HQ, and will be a day late. Only about an hour's worth of work left to finish the first platoon!!
As for the points, we are now up to: 1565

The first platoon is done! With the addition of the final squad of Lascannon teams, we have one badass platoon. Now, Lieutenant McMaul has arrived with his retinue to set up the logistics for Red Platoon. His standard is still being sewn by the Doting Wives, and will arrive later...

how many points worth do you have now?
Keep up the good work!

If I include the not-arrived-yet Standard bearer:1735.
A little foreshadowing: After the next platoon come the big guns!!

Lovely work.

Excellent work! Too bad all of this beautifully painted stuff is going to DIE IN A MASSIVE FIRE in our apoc game coming up. At least it will look awesome while it burns. Down with the false emperor!!!!!

Awesome, I cant wait to see more, good luck!

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I am. Do you have a link to more info on your commissions?

(@ Thatguy) Thanks for the request! PM sent.
(@ Tiumphus) ..Sigh.. So the hordes of chaos have come once again from the Sphincter of Terror for another spanking. We annihilated you last year, and we shall do so again!!
However, it behooves me to post a little side picture of what we, the forces of right, will be dealing with on the last weekend of February. This little baby was a project that Cataclysm Studios took part in last year for this fool. I think we might regret it...

More Troops! And, the last chimera... Just a reminder, after the game, this army will be going up on ebay! Once you see it in it's full glory, you'll see why!

Another day, another squad... A separate project, also due for the big game, has slowed me a bit. However, the train keeps rolling!

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The latest addition: one more squad of guardsmen! Also, the Doting Wives have finally come through with Red Platoon's standard! I'll be back tomorrow with another squad and a points total.
Also, because I am completely out of my gourd, I am spooling up another Blog for a project I have been working on concurrent to this one. Check out my 'Commission: WIP Thousand Sons Dio ' thread to see a much more detailed offering in the making!

This is a seriously ambitious project! Great standard so far, and some incredible pace too - will deffo be keeping an eye on this thread.

(I really like your little blurbs too!)

EDIT: Stupid word mix-ups. Shhh, it's been a long day.

Today, the final Line Squad from Red Platoon Marches in! Unfortunately, local provosts picked up a bunch of motor pool drivers for DWH (Driving while Heretical), so no further chimeras could be assigned in time for deployment. Lt. McMaul is none too pleased, but the Colonel simply told him to suck it up.
The points total is now...2135. Only 5600 points to go!

Nice to see some more mechanised guard.

Man, you have come a long way in a pretty short time. For such a massive undertaking your minis are looking great!

Keep up the great work

Mike

Looking great! You sure are churning out these models

I'm digging this any other plans??

Well, as far as plans are concerned... I have this IG Monster to churn out, play with, and sell. I am also working on my Thousand Sons Dio (see WIP blog). After this, aside from my normal commissions, I have a Tomb Kings army to do, and following that, A blood Angel's force, complete with stormravens! Also, I have a commission for an ork MegaNobs Army that will be painted to a Tournament Standard (Tier 2).
That's a quick summary of my next couple of months. Later today, I should have all the Heavy weapons teams for Red Platoon done and posted, and then on to Stormtroopers!

Damn boy! You are a machine!

Tiumphus wrote:Damn boy! You are a machine!

That's what she said.

Today's crop has arrived! A little chivvying from the Colonel has gotten the Department Munitorum to send the entire Heavy Weapons Contingent for Red Platoon. This completes the two line platoons for the company. Now, as a proud graduate of the Schola Progenium, Lord Commisar Cestus has ordered up some Big Toy Soldiers to play with! Though the Colonel doesn't really like the airs these glory boys put on, a concise conversation with the Lord Commisar's power fist showed him the light.
They are en route, and should start arriving in a couple of days!
Total Points count is now at: 2330.

The Schola Progenium has answered our intrepid Lord Commisar with the first squad of Storm Troopers! One more to go, and then....TANKS!!
The army total is now up to: 2320

Great. We demand more though.

Really great work and an incredible rate.

Pretty much the whole reason I subscribe to P+M threads is to see pictures of pretty armies and this is just that. Regularly.

Great work man.

Is this a progress blog or just and extended P+M showcase seeing as we are getting a massive update every day? I know that I could never paint up 10 stormtroopers in 1 day

Nice work as usual, I like the green power cables on the 'glory boys'.

Ah, I was waiting for someone to say something like that. Believe it or not, this is a progress blog. I haven't been putting in 'Before' pictures due to the sheer volume of stuff I will have posted by the time this thread is done, but, to silence the doubters, I will start doing that.
Also, I have 3 other commissions I am working on, right now. One is on my other blog, about the Thousand Sons diorama I am building. The others are pretty unremarkable, and won't really generate much interest, IMHO.
Part of the reason I am doing this is to advertise my painting biz, Cataclysm Studios, to prove that I actually CAN crank out models as fast as I claim to. It has always been one of my selling points, and I want to be able to point at this blog as proof.
But yes, I did actually paint these guys today.

You are going at quite a pace, do you you have a day job or do you just paint miniatures?
Great Blog!

Well in that case I salute you! I managed to paint 1 HW team and two troopers today so I am sure that, with plenty of determination I could achiever the same results.

Damn skippy. I barely painted a horse for a model today, and your doing this lot. Might have to get some marines and step my hobby up.

Thanks for the complements, everyone! These models are all my tabletop quality (Tier 1), which is basically a 3-stage wash and highlight. I might do a mini-WIP for the remaining squad tomorrow, with step-by-step descriptions of what I am doing. I have a couple of ways of cheating that might interest some of you.
The actual total time painting on these was 3 hrs, 2 min. (I keep close track of these things for my biz.)

Very nice work fast pace as well.

The last infantry have proudly marched onto the field! Lord Commissar Cestus looks on proudly as the remaining Storm Troopers snap to attention before the reviewing stand. He knows, that though their numbers are few, they are every bit as loyal as he is to the Emperor, and will keep this native rabble in check!
The Colonel, however, was not available for comment. Rather than stare at the smug face of Cestus, he is off, supervising the delivery of BIG GUNS, fresh from the manufactorum.
As a side note, you can find a mini-WIP of me painting these, here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/343246.page.

These guys look awesome, and the pace you're working at is incredible. I haven't been able to paint all of my guard in about a year and a half!

Looking forward to seeing the whole army. Keep up the good work, sir.

Loving the progress so far! Keep it up!

And, after much wheeling and dealing, Colonel Cannonade has delivered 3, count them, 3 Basilisks! Below are pics of what I started with, and what I ended up with.
Below those is the pre-picture of the next bit in this army...
As of now, the points total is: 3190

You've painted ALL this in about a month... I'm impressed, I hope to see some form of battle report when this army is unleashed!

This kind of progress makes me want to speed paint, dang it. Well done on your hard work, mate.

The battle for this (which, I am told, has been upped to 38k per side!) is going to be a featured Video Battle Report on the front page of BoLS. This will happen about a week or two after the actual game. I and the guys at Phoenix Games in Buford, Georgia will be sponsoring the event. There will be 76000 points on the board, all fully painted! I'll definitely post a link as soon as it's up.

Wow, love the hellhound conversion, any chance you'll tell us how you made the turret?

No Prob! I build this back in the days when the turret and bits for the hellhound were still made of Pewter. I didn't want to spend the money on a separate kit, and had an extra chimera handy, so I built the chimera, converted the turret with a bunch of little fuel tanks and a heavy flamer, filed off the lasgun mounts on the hull, and added a bunch of barrels to it. With an odd and end there, that's pretty much it.

And...Here is the finished Hellhound! Also, a pic of what's to come...

Heavy Artillery is swarming! Colonel Cannonade rubs his hands with glee and chuckles as a Manticore assumes the position. There are rumbles in the ether, now, that a Local Hero is coming to join the company for it's deployment!
As it stands, the total is: 3520.
A little more protection is on the way...

Looking Good Ant.

I'm a happy customer of Cataclysm Studios. He's done some pretty creative work for me in the past:



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Are my favorites.

Defenestratus wrote:Looking Good Ant.

I'm a happy customer of Cataclysm Studios. He's done some pretty creative work for me in the past:



and



Are my favorites.

Very anti Tau! Lol!

I hate the damn Tau! They deserve everything that happens to them.....everything BAD that is!

Man, you certainly are pumping them out! Though, one complaint: all your eyes you have painted so far are pretty large and goofy looking. Better no eyes at all then big silly eyes that detract from the model.

_Tim?

I like that paintscheme and your paintskills are pretty amazing too. I like this blog afterall and those artillery pieces are quite fantastic!

Keep on going!

Ahhhh. Back from the Super Bowl weekend, and the Machine is rolling without a hitch! The Tovarin 3rd Fusiliers are complete! With the Hydra taking its place on the line, ready to crawl all over those pesky fliers, Colonel Cannonade's Force is ready! However, all is not finished. The good colonel has been talking quite effectively with the Governor's command, and at his request, another local hero is coming to join the Taskforce! His reputation is known all over the world, and should he deem the mission worth his participation, he will be bringing a massive punch with him! More soon...

And he has arrived! Major Gideon Fracas, with his 60 ton box of death! He has at his command an entire company of Leman Russ Tanks, which will be arriving over the next couple of days.

I have to say this blog is a great read and put most of us to shame at the speed they are being produced. Really like that magnetic table. Must be satisfying seeing it filling up with each passing day.

It is. It will be sad to see it all go when it sells.

Out of interest (and I don't mind if you don't want to answer) how much do you charge for painting an army like this to this standard? You can PM me if you want or you might see it as advertising your services!?

Nice! Every time I look at Imperial Guard tanks, especially the Forge World stuff, I have a serious urge to collect an IG force...now that would certainly make my wallet hate me.

DO YOU HAVE A LIFE!?!
In all seriousness, this is quite impressive.

Actually, this is my full-time job. I am doing this as spec to sell on ebay, but I also have a couple commissions going. (Nowhere near this size, but there you are) I usually spend about 9-10 hours a day painting and doing biz.
And now!!!! Major Fracas has directed his first platoon onto the field!
This brings the total to: 4120 I think I'm seeing the downhill slope of this!
@Reaper-Man: PM Sent

Very Good, very good. It looks like my IG Meat shields are progressing nicely.

Its too bad that all those tanks are going to get blown up by the Equus Proditor

Not if you do your damn job.

Commisar Cestus is beside himself! When Major Fracas arrived, ALSO looking very similar to another hero of the Imperium, the good Commisar flipped his lid. Marching up to Fracas' Russ, he demanded to know why even his SCAR was almost a perfect duplicate of the aforementioned hero!
In response, the Major made a small gesture with his hand, and the second platoon of Leman Russes trundled onto the parade field.
The platoon command tank made a slight 'miscalculation' in its drive path, and 'accidentally' bumped against the good commisar, crushing his power fist!
As the commissar made preparations to 'Find Wanting' the tank commander, the second Leman Russ, following the first, also 'accidentally' bumped into the good commissar, smashing his bolt pistol!
Needless to say, the good commissar stormed off to the munitorum to file an official report, and to replace his armament. Time will tell when the showdown will come...

Boy you had better instill some gdamn discipline in the ranks of your minions. Your allies have foreseen many failed morale saves on account of fragile egos.

That being said, I need to see the overall army

I AM a bit worried about discipline. My whole army might be paralyzed with laughter when they see the ranks of fairy coneheads prancing across the field. Just make sure you point your pointies downrange, and brightlance those titans.

To everyone else, I apologise sincerely for the distraction my minion is causing on this thread. He is simply excited about the massive amount of pwning we will be doing at the Apoc game.

Tomorrow, the final Russes...

Well, everyone, I have come to the end of the Standard Codex part of my army. The points are now at 5380. There are only 3 models left to go...

You are a freakin' Baneblade. You ARE a freakin' Baneblade! Good gawd man well done!

"only three models left to paint", Yeah, probably just a commander or tw... Three Baneblades!!!

You have only just painted up my dream IG army that will take me 3 years to build, convert and paint I needs to get me some diposable income!

I was not surprised they were baneblades. I mean what else could they be! Really looking forward to seeing them finalised.

Wow.. Just wow. Kudos to you good sir.

I spy a Hydra Flak Tank. That's something you don't see often enough. I wish there were a way to make one that was easy and struck my fancy...
Sigh...
I'll have to make one the hard way. I just think the interceptor turret looks sorta silly.

Finally, after finishing up almost all of my other commissions due this weekend, I have finished the first 'Blade!

you are crazy my friend.. a good adding to the hammer of the emperor keep it up

Thanks for squeezing my two seer councils in ahead of your baneblades.

Boy you have 2.5 days to finish two baneblades and a whole aegis line

If you don't get it done, the emperor will be displeased - more so than he already is with you

And now.... DONE! In less than 6 weeks, 7k points!!! Just in time, too. My next post will be more details on the battle in which this force will be taking part, as well as the wrap-up of the little story. Also, following the game, I will be providing ebay links to where I am selling this mammajamma!

Well done, well done.

Well done sir! The Emperor may decide to spare your miserable soul in return for your service to him...

Fantastic effort and a seriously difficult goal achieved!

Here are a few pictures of the massive Apoc Game! I am happy to say that the Combined forces of the Imperium and Eldar kicked the nuts off of the Chaos Scum! Our video battle report will be up soon, and I will post a link!
Also, I am selling the IG in three blocks. Here are the links:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Beautiful-Table-Top-Quality-Imperial-Guard-Army-/220747382592?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336591bf40

http://cgi.ebay.com/Beautiful-Table-Top-Quality-Imperial-Guard-Army-/220747386999?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336591d077

http://cgi.ebay.com/Beautiful-Table-Top-Quality-Imperial-Guard-Army-/220747391470?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336591e1ee

And here are the Pics: