Awesome job.

This is some of the best IG work I've ever seen. I love the realism and the use of military modeling techniques. You should look into commissions if you are up to it.

Very cool armor A+ work

Wow, very cool looking. I like the almost WW2 effects on them.

Looks like they rolled straight out of WW2. In a good way.

Excellent jobs all round, very realistic.

Could I also ask, how difficult was the salamander kit to put together, in comparison to the mars alpha pattern kit?

Truly inspirational work.
I love the look of IG tanks and what I’ve just seen take first place!!!!
Keep up the good work….

They look awesome. I love how realistic the fabric looks. Top job.

Cheers guys, thanks for the feedback.
@ krionus, I've done a couple of the Salamander kits and had no problems. The open compartment is all one piece and just drops into the body of the tank.
(It's a Basilisk conversion kit). Only bit that I recall was fitting track guards, the Salamander part has some rivets on the sides that will need removing.
In comparison the Mars Alpha has more large components to glue, 2 x track sections, base armour plus front, top and rear resin pieces. So lots of elastic bands to hold it together whilst glue drying.










Here's some shots of my Hellhound:

WOW, Great Painting!

Love the fire bucket.

great work,i love the little details such as the fire bucket and i noticed you have colonel schaffer on one of the transports.

No Schaeffer, but this chap was from the same set:



Think he's called Grease Monkey

So awesome! Honestly these are among the best IG models I have ever seen!

Pretty amazing! Looks like some part of a museum diorama

Rather exceptional work. Love it.

and now I need to take a hammer to all my tanks

Wow, awesome realism achieved there. I bet their a sight to behold on the tabletop, and your grunts are exceptional too.

Its a great job on all aspects. Reminds me on some ww2 models we use to paint n modeling on 1:35 scale, awesome work mate!

Excellant work on all those tanks. Inspires me to spend more money on some armour.

Really good stuff. They have alot of character.

These look amazing. great job on the tanks. The crew's arevery characterfull

This army looks awesome! Great job, I love the vanquisher russ.

These are bloody awesome! I love em

How did you make the camo netting on the baneblade & valdor?

Awesome! I love the paintjob! I will be lifting your chimera conversion

Simply amazing! you should be very proud!

Beautiful work! Lots of nice touches!Among the many things that are cool, I really like the gun shields on the hatch weapons.

Thanks for all the feedback, I'm intending to start a WIP thread for the next tank, once i decide what to do . . .

In the mean time here's some other pics of Chimeras:

Awesome and awe-inspiring, absolutely wonderful tanks here.

How did you do the camo netting??

Woo Hoo - post #100

The camo netting is just pieces of medical gause, soaked in a mix of olive green paint, water and PVA. The paint colours the gause, the water makes it sag/hang with some weight and the PVA sets it hard. Once dry lightly dry brush with a light brown/sand tone - job done.

Great idea, will have to get me some of that... What do you use for the strips in the netting?

I've never seen IG tanks look so much like historical kits before. Fantastic job painting these, I really love all the stowage. Adds a nice touch of realism. I'd love to see some infantry given the same treatment

@ Ruglud : The strips are bits of tissue. I use three ply as for every cut you make, you get three pieces. Same technique to apply as the gause, just go with a lighter shade.

@ Brother SRM : It just so happens that I have a Grunts thread: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/351013.page
and another (just started) for terrain: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/351230.page

@ Ash 1 - Thanks fella. The simplest ideas are the best. Consider this stolen!

Looks great lovded the chimera in the terrain! Got any pics of infrantry??

I see you have finally come over from Warseer to show off your stuff. As always it looks great Ash!

@ Jordankeeps : Thanks for the feedback, I have some infantry in another showcase thread.

@ Capt. Tyco : I kept finding links to Dakka every-time I went rummaging though Google for pictures, then discovered the Gallery - some absolutely stunning work in there.

Stunning work matey, I'm seriously impressed. I would like to see a picture of the all in force on some terrain

Winning! Those tanks simply rule, filthy, gritty war machines, I love it! Seeing tanks like that always makes me want an IG mechanized force.

Impressive. I also like your attention to detail. For instance, your lat Chimera (the one with the FW armored skirts) featured MRE boxes with the crescent moon. I sure hope they were the spaghetti ones!


Tallarn Commander

Incredible work, realism and detail on your models. I love the fact that you made a immobilzed/wrecked tank for your tankboards! Thats a great idea.

@ Tallarn Commander : Glad you liked it, the side armour was made out of plastic card. Totally plagiarized from the FW version; the Chimera was an eBay rescue which once striped of paint revealed a ton of plastic cement, so covering it all up was the easiest option.

@ Element206 : The abandoned Chimera is an old Forge World terrain piece so no modelling skills on my part. It was a niice piece to paint and it's a shame they are phasing out the terrain stuff. Here's some other pic's:















Also made this to go with it.

Wow this stuff is amazing, you are a really talented painter. I really like the necrons and the IG hiding behind the tank, really well done.

I love it all!!!!!!!!!! Excellent work!

Fantastic work, really talented. The tanks are just amazing, they look so realistic. specially all the little odds n sods you have on them.

They are really nice! ;-)

This one was done when I was out of sand coloured paint, so no camo.












A Trojan:

Another compliment can't hurt: this paint work and modeling work is top notch, incredible efforts and amazing results.
The degree of weathering is perfect.

The vignette with the Necrons advancing around the tank had me getting nervous for that poor guy!.

Wow, your rust effect on the dozer blade is top notch, do you use weathering powders for this?

Still absolutley loving your camo netting, it adds such a great touch to the end products.

Holy crap, that is AWESOME painting

A+

Yeah, the rust on the dozer blade is just rust pigment, sfter i took these pictures i noticed that I'd completely missed the sides of the blade out.

This was the first Baneblade I did:

I can't believe you can make so much amazing stuff

Really awesome , all of your vehicles have loads of character i'd like to see you do a load of infantry in the same style, it'd be awesome.

'claw

@ blackclaw1 : There are a load of infantry in another thread http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/351013.page

@ SilverMK2 : Cheers, I'm glad you like them, most of this was done over the last four years, so it's all been fairly spaced out.

Here's some detail shots of this BB, it was done before I discovered Microscale decal fluids, so some of the decals look a bit cr@p.

Wow, wow, wow... Those close-ups are awesome. The detailing is some of the best I've seen. Reminds me of the photos in the Forge World Modelling Masterclass book.

SUPERB !!

Thanks Ruglud.
I've bought a copy of that book and it's excellent. just a shame I'd made two of these before it was published, I might have done a better job with the decals!
That said Phil Stutcinskas, the chap who did a lots of the models in the Masterclass book was quite an inspiration as I'd seen loads of his work in 1/35 scale military modelling magazines - blokes a genius with a paintbrush.

Here's the pictures of the second one (made Autumn '08), the colours are a little different as I had trouble sourcing the Tamiya TS spray cans I'd used on the first and had to settle for different shades.
I actually prefer the colours on the second BB hence using the same colours on the Destroyer and the Vanquisher





















I noticed after these pics were taken that I missed the purity seals on the back end, they have since been touched up.

Wow, your armor is pretty epic! I'm digging the realistic look on it. What's your secret?

Love the detail. Do you use these for games or are you doing these amazing tanks for display? if you are using them table top, what do you do to keep the fragile stuff from breaking?

Great color schemes and accessories... Really great job!

Pretty much everything is super glued down, however the sponsons can come off as do the stubbers. The crew are all pined but not glued so can be taken off; the hatches are hinged so will close.

Here's the detail shots:

Vert nice indeed - love the rusty orange panel.

Bits box rummage tank, will end up with a different crew figure (only basecoated)

Did ou enlarge the turrent on your Baneblade? If so, how was this done?

Yeah, both Baneblades have turrets that are approx 30% bigger, here's a WIP pic from the first. Just a size comparison shot next to the standard top piece.
I bought a couple of resin conversion kits from an eBay seller, who scratch built and then cast up a limited number back in 2008 :




Here's a pic from the second, pre paint:

Looks freaking badass, are there anymore for sale?

@ markoseugene: Not seen any for quite a while (couple of years). I've seen them in pictures of other conversions occasionally. It's a shame as I'd quite like to do a third but not without the larger turret, incidentally the bloke also did a very limited run of aluminium barrels, that he turned on a lathe, rather tasty.


Some close ups of the lumpy tank, I was going for a 'previusly knocked out Destroyer that had been refitted with a Demolisher cannon' feel:

I hate people like you. Literally I'm pulling away from the hobby, as it's too expensive to justify at the moment, and what do you do? You come along, like Migsula, Shockwave or Scarper before you, and drag me back kicking and screaming.

I hope you're satisfied.



In seriousness, these tanks are actually some of the nicest I've seen. Earlier in the thread someone said they had the kind of realism you'd expect to see from the dioramas you get at war museums, and I gotta hand it to said person, they were definitely right. The rust, the chips, the grime... It's so realistic. I love how each vehicle has a story to go with it. Your most recent tank, a rebuilt destroyer is just such an example. A tank hunter has been ruined, but in order for the vehicle to continue service, they retro fitted it with a demolisher cannon. Even the heavy bolter on top has that rough and ready feel to it, kinda bolted on to give the tank a bit of extra 'umph.'

I'm also pretty jealous you have some of those sweet sweet old school necrons. They look just so awesome.

ghosty wrote:I hate people like you. Literally I'm pulling away from the hobby, as it's too expensive to justify at the moment, and what do you do? You come along, like Migsula, Shockwave or Scarper before you, and drag me back kicking and screaming.

I hope you're satisfied.



In seriousness, these tanks are actually some of the nicest I've seen. Earlier in the thread someone said they had the kind of realism you'd expect to see from the dioramas you get at war museums, and I gotta hand it to said person, they were definitely right. The rust, the chips, the grime... It's so realistic. I love how each vehicle has a story to go with it. Your most recent tank, a rebuilt destroyer is just such an example. A tank hunter has been ruined, but in order for the vehicle to continue service, they retro fitted it with a demolisher cannon. Even the heavy bolter on top has that rough and ready feel to it, kinda bolted on to give the tank a bit of extra 'umph.'

I'm also pretty jealous you have some of those sweet sweet old school necrons. They look just so awesome.

I hate me too . . . I keep stopping, sometimes half a year or more will go by, to the point that I forget how I've done things.
Trouble is I generally have several things on the go so there is always something left undone and that's what gets me going again.
I'm forever trying to finish, however once I start finishing things off I end up starting something new . . .

The one thing I have managed (with regard to cost) is I don't buy from GW stores anymore, not even impulse buys.
Majority is through eBay, ugly, badly constructed and painted tanks can be broken down and stripped.
Doesn't matter if they have damage or need a Dremmel to take to bits, I've not paid more than £10 for a LR for the last three I've bought.
I also don't feel the need to rush (possibly apathy) I pick up bits randomly and stick them in the bits box.
The Mars Alpha hull piece used on the Thunderer sat in a box for the best part of a year before I dug it out.
The Demolisher cannon came attahed to a Leman Russ that I bought to get the metal tank crew and sand bag bit used on the Destroyer.



Thanks for the comments on the tanks, much appreciated.
There is a plan for for doing a number of 2' x 4' boards, for which I'm collecting terrain pieces (see other thread), got most of the materials (minus the blue/pink foam, just where the hell does it come from?).

Re the Necron, like the old Necrons, again eBay couple of quid a pop. Easiest paint scheme ever, dry brushed metallics over black, then weathered!

No amount of words can describe my opinion of these beauties.

You, sir, are a God.

That is good painting truley insperational. keep it up

Oppl wrote:No amount of words can describe my opinion of these beauties.

You, sir, are a God.

Of paint

I love your wonderful work, it is how I hope my many IG tanks will look some day after a lot of practice and a lot of time. Right now I'm working on my Beastmen, but The Guard have always been my true love, and you make them look as grimdark as they should!

Great job.

Very good!

Wow, those are some nice Guard models.

I'm sure I've seen some of this before. But where? Lol

Good to see some of the older ones again

Indeed! You are my most favouritist painter of tanks and vehicles EVER!!!!!!

Of course, the fact you painted my Arvus for me does sway me somewhat!!!! lol

Old Guard wrote:I'm sure I've seen some of this before. But where? Lol

Good to see some of the older ones again

Digits wrote:Indeed! You are my most favouritist painter of tanks and vehicles EVER!!!!!!

Of course, the fact you painted my Arvus for me does sway me somewhat!!!! lol

Hello Chaps, yes where would that be . . . . ?

Any other AB's over here? I originally popped over whilst hunting for that elusive OOP FW crashed Valk model, that you parted company with (still not finished!!)

Do like the idea of having somewhere to just post finished stuff, as well as a separate WIP thread

WOW that stuff is awesome love it all the camo netting and all the attitude of the characters here is great they jump off the screen at you

Put up the Arvi and the BOAR mate (seeing as I still haven't painted one!)

Digits wrote:Put up the Arvi and the BOAR mate (sseing as I still haven't painted one!)

Here's no 40:

Nice, Have you tried a chimera-russ conversion?

Capitansolstice wrote:Nice, Have you tried a chimera-russ conversion?

Nope, closest would be sticking a Chimera turret to a Rhino:









Something else that never quite got finished, needs more rust . . .

I love the dead body.

Incredible work! Do you even play with those? As careless as other players are (you know, the ones who put no effort into their models and they dont care if they clank their unpainted pewter figures right into your great paint work during close combat!) I wouldnt tempt it. The paint jobs are all realistic, the wear and grind looks fantastic! These are all showcase quality!

Element206 wrote:Incredible work! Do you even play with those? As careless as other players are (you know, the ones who put no effort into their models and they dont care if they clank their unpainted pewter figures right into your great paint work during close combat!) I wouldnt tempt it. The paint jobs are all realistic, the wear and grind looks fantastic! These are all showcase quality!

I agree

The gore on the tank is so awesome!!!

Element206 wrote:Incredible work! Do you even play with those? As careless as other players are (you know, the ones who put no effort into their models and they dont care if they clank their unpainted pewter figures right into your great paint work during close combat!) I wouldnt tempt it. The paint jobs are all realistic, the wear and grind looks fantastic! These are all showcase quality!

Thanks for the feedback.
I mainly paint and collect, occasionally have the odd game with my son.
The scenario you describe would definitely lead to potential sense off humour failure !


Found another pic of :

Finished BOAR:

*sniff* It's beautiful!

Mind if I pinch a picture for my thread?

There, there, you cut the cord, she's my baby now hahahaha

Ok my sleep deprived odd sense of humour aside; was a pleasure to paint. Very nice cast, with the option to be converted into just about anything.

I'll PM you some pics

Is that from digits drogans??

Capitansolstice wrote:Is that from digits drogans??

There's a picture of it there, see above posts for details . . .

:O this thread is made of win.

Very nice

GREAT TANKS MAN!!

But sadly they are too popular, so i cant view half of them....

The pics should reload 18th/19th Nov - in theory.

Nice stuff here!

Your weathering and chipping and rust is all absolutely top notch. How did you do that lumpy mud on the destroyer/demolisher?

Your stuff is insane

It all looks so f-ing real!

Not had anything to post in here for a while, thanks for all the comments, glad you like them.

The mud effect seems to change a bit each time, I either try something different or just forget what I did before. For most it's just sand, stuck on with PVA; then painted any earth tone brown, dry-brushed with a sand tone. General mud/dust is MIG pigments either fixed with thinners or H20.

Just about finished with a Medusa, so will post pics soon.


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very nice chipping!

Aerethan wrote:This is some of the best IG work I've ever seen. I love the realism and the use of military modeling techniques. You should look into commissions if you are up to it.

2nd.

Detail pics:

Pro! I love IG. Great job!

Awesome work dude; and I hear ya on taking breaks and it lasting forever only to get sucked in with the hope of "finishing". Problem is its usually during these peaks of hope is when you drop more cash on collecting more models to "finish" said projects :( thus keeping you stuck in the cycle.

lol in this picture of yours it looks like the Enginseer is going to strangle the guardsman:

Those Adepts Mechanicus are the best I've seen. The guard tanks are awesome intricately detailed without going over the top and into silly. My favourite detail is the maps around the baneblades turret. Intricate, brilliantly executed and best of all practical and believable.

NICE

Awesome weathering

Great job with tanks!!!
I like this realistic approach -very lively images )
Bravo!!!

lemme guess you like FW? cos i noticed a lot of thier models

Cheers for all the feedback chaps.
Not got any IG on the go at the mo, I have a couple of Chaos renegades to do, some zombies to finish alongside a group of Ad Mech. Also just dug out my old Grey Knights as I've always disliked the bases, so they will get a re-vamp.

Did you go for a WWII German look? Cause if you did. You've done well!

Very nice IG tanks, sadly many of the pictures had exceeded their bandwith limits but what I saw was just lovely and inspiring.

Yeah, those pictures should be back up by the 18/19th. That Photobucket always tends to take a dump towards the middle of each month . . .

Awesome work, specially love that converted/destroyed tank being used like a semi bunker

ash, please put your images on the gallery!! Theire broken again.....

MrMerlin wrote:ash, please put your images on the gallery!! Theire broken again.....

haha, not broken just maxed out, should be back up soon.

There are a few in the Gallery . . . I'll add some more.

Ash 1 wrote:Cheers for all the feedback chaps.
Not got any IG on the go at the mo, I have a couple of Chaos renegades to do, some zombies to finish alongside a group of Ad Mech. Also just dug out my old Grey Knights as I've always disliked the bases, so they will get a re-vamp.

Do you have a blog for them? I love chaos!

I'll put some pictures in the Finished Grunts thread.

Very impressive! I am stealing some tips for sure! The adeptus dkok squad is a very inventive modification.
I am making an engineer squad that can be penals or heretics. I hope they turn out half as well.




http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/403446.page

Cheers & feel free to help yourself.

The DKOK conversion I'm sure has been done before and couldn't be simpler, just chop off the top of the helmets and plonk on hoods made from GS.
The hardest part is actually making yourself attack a £35 set of minis with a pair of clippers!

This thread makes me want to go out and buy ig tanks. Amazing modeling and painting skills you have there.

The hardest part is actually making yourself attack a £35 set of minis with a pair of clippers!

Ha,I know what you mean, I picked up a troll outpost set of ghouls to use with IG as heretics. they are still sitting there uncut because I cant bring myself to cut up a gorgeous squad of zombies. I might use some GW ghouls instead, the faces are good for it besides being the right size all ready.

Again...WOW.

Had these sitting in a box looking fugly for a long time, chucked some spray paint at them and I think they are finally out of the 'to-do' box!

Looking good Ash, And If you don't mind, could you give me some comments on my work(Blog link is in my sig)

Jaw dropping goodness.

Excellent work! There isn't nearly enough good tank painters and modelers for my taste.
And not many 40k players do the realistic military scale model style.

Bla_Ze wrote:Excellent work! There isn't nearly enough good tank painters and modelers for my taste.
And not many 40k players do the realistic military scale model style.

Thanks for the kind comment; much appreciated.

Some close ups of the Sentinels:

You did an awesome job on those sentinels

Btw those necrons you had, are those older models? they look rather nice

Cheers

The Necrons are indeed the old metal ones, only got a handful:

Always love seeing well painted IG units.

I really like those sentinels, great painting!

Another one down, this is a stand in for an Atlas recovery vehicle:

Whoa, that atlas recovery vehicle looks great!

Love the way the positioning of the tank riders makes it look like they're having a conversation. That's a great touch.

Here are some detail from the 'Atlas' LAV-R

Wow, this is fantastic - I ordered one of these last week to use as a modified Chimera for my Ogryns - not too sure if I should leave the crane on though as not sure what it would practically be used for (lifting heavy ogryn equipment?). I love the little details that make sense on your work - like the spotlight on the crane and the camo netting. You continue to inspire sir!

Might like to try this variant, got more Ogryn head room:

http://www.netmerchants.co.uk/product.php/13002/usmc_lav_c2_light_armored_vehicle_command_control

I just started guard and after making my foot slogging list I am going to add some armour for a campaign that is coming up. I hope that when I paint my tanks it will look half as good as those. Also for the guards men are they all GW parts or did you get some from other miniature stores. Great work.

andtheyshallknownofear wrote:I just started guard and after making my foot slogging list I am going to add some armour for a campaign that is coming up. I hope that when I paint my tanks it will look half as good as those. Also for the guards men are they all GW parts or did you get some from other miniature stores. Great work.

Most of my IG are straight out of the box, there is one squad of Veterans that have some other parts (SM scout legs & some figs from another company). click on the IG Grunts thread link in my sig.

BB number 3 finished, better pictures to follow
















The crewman in the camo has been promoted from the Medusa, due to the cat chewing off the hatch, the hinge no longer works so it needs a body full time.

Amazing work as usual!

Amazing and so inspiring...

Ash please keep these updates coming, for it is your blog and the EDF blog that have inspired myself to return to my youth days and buy another Imperial Guard army...

Absolutely love this and your grunt thread...

TSD

You are inspiration to all of my Vostroyans!

Wow man, that Bane Blade is just pure awesomesauce! Kudos!

Best Guard I have ever seen!

stuffs great . awesome ! awesome stuff !!

These are truly beautiful, there are few words I can use to describe how amazing these look. Maybe I shall have to make some up, fantigarb? lolmazing?

Amazing paint job, inspired me to get more armour

wow superb work, love the arvus, looks great and great job on the BOAR

Thanks all for the great comments, much appreciated. Currently got five more of Digit's rather excellent BOARs on the go. WIP pics will be in my ongoing thread (see link in sig)

Finished these three . . .

those look fantastic! what are you going to use them for?

I always wanted to make random vehicles to throw on the table.

just to add some flavour . . .

Finished . . . Just the radar version to go.

nice

Will get a ladder at some time . . .

Another one in need of a ladder . . .

Again very impressive work here.

Thanks, your web site looks good. I've bookmarked it for later . .

Awesome about the bookmarking for later

As far as website looks go, I'm sure if you painted it, it would look alot better haha.

TSD

Always open to a bit of horse-trading . . .

I am loving this Imperial Guard page . The best I have seen !

Makes me really really hate mine. I dont think my painting skills will ever be as good.

Must take a lot of patience to paint all the find details that some of those Baneblades have got!

Those are so hardcore, Ash. You got the IG vibe down pat.

Gosh! This army looks very very nice! I love all of the conversions that help bring your creations to life. Keep up the good work mate!

@ AlfonsoTheTraitor: Thanks very much for the kind comment.

@ Ross74H : Nice of you to say so, but don't put your own painting down; I literally make most of it up as I go along. I do tend to do certain things in a sort of order, but that's just the personal preference I've acquired over time. I'm sure a lot of 'pro painters' would cringe!

@ Brushfire : Thank you kind Sir, I do like my IG . . .

@ Joshua Von Wolkestadt : Cheers; One of the main reasons that I like 40k is that there are so many areas to the hobby, from making to painting to playing or just collecting for the fun of it.
I enjoy all of it, be it hunting for parts, putting it all together then chucking paint at it; also those moments when I realise that I've not painted anything for half a year and get back into it.


Finished off these last two of Digit's BOARs (Command variants)

Kewl! You really are my favorite IG collector out there Ash, you amaze me every time!

good work

I am building 10 lemans and some chimeras right now and getting some nice inspiration

question what do you use for your camo nets?

thanks

15 shades of awesome.. Thanks for sharing.

Whilst I am not a fan of the alternate style of vehicle, the quality of the painting and modelling is simply fantastic!

Cheers for the comments (camo nets are medical gause)


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

Latest Chimera.

Awesome work!

Love it. Your attention to detail is spot on.

When weathering is done really well it is a balance of effect/color and not overdoing it. Every model here is a treat to look at, it's got that magic balance, and when that is in place each model exudes the environment, tells a little story. This is really cool stuff, thanks for posting awesome photos!

@ radioaktivemann & Nowlan: Cheers for the comments, I'm glad you like it.

@ Crypto: Thanks very much for the kind feedback, much appreciated.

Here's the last of the pics:









This is the first 40k thing I've done this year, I've caught the 20mm modern bug, specifically post colonial bush wars which has kept me quite occupied.

Everything you build and paint looks great! Always exciting to see this thread updated!

Outstanding work.

Subbed!

Mother of Tanks! Your building skills are insanely good. Where do you get the little bits of scaffolding and stuff from?

I frakkin' love the muted colors you use! Very military sci-fi.

~Tim?

Thanks for all the kind comments, much appreciated.


@ killykavekommando: The stuff on the turret is some etched brass 'bedspring' armour from a 1/72 scale T-34/85. It sort of fits this turret, so good to see it not go to waste.
The rest of that kit is here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/491112.page

Dude. This stuff is awesome.

Love your tanks. It great to see moar of them

Ash, what scale is that LAV-R? It looks pretty appropriate, and I have been thinking about getting some regular models, and 40K-ing them up to look like IG vics. Thanks in advance.

@ Styrofoam: Thanks. Not got any more 40k tanks to do at the moment, but I'm working on a small collection of old Soviet kit in 20mm (1/72). see sig.

@ Firehead: the LAV-R is a 1/35 scale kit, I think it was by Trumpeter. Scale wise, I think the mine plow works quite well.

Don't suppose I could get a side by side of the LAV to a Chimera? I'm wanting to use Strykers for counts-as chimeras, and I'm wanting to see the size difference. Granted, I think strykers are slightly smaller than LAVs. I'm concerned 1/48th would be too small, since 1/35th seems to be a little too big for an infantry carrier. Thanks.

I love checking out these models, great work! Could you give any advice on how you've done the chipping on the edges of the vehicles, is it a layer of silver and then brown/black over that?

I tend to do chipping by painting on some black/brown to represent the oxodised metal. A thin line of sand coloured paint around the bottom of the chip, a thin line of black around the top, to give the felling of some sort of depth & then a very faint amount of dark metallic across any sharp edges. Rust streaking to taste . . .

Beautiful work. I especially like the dark gun barrels, they look very authentic.

Okay thanks! I will have to give that a try