Question. Backpacks, Where did you get them? (the picture right above the last) Very nice paint job too.

There sure is a lot of awesome there! I love the sapper

Nice stuff there.

I particularly like the officer in the first, the guy kneeling with the goggles, the boonie hat, and the ghillie cloak at the end.

It's so hard to choose the best!

Wow, I like all. Did you paint them in a Multicam Camo Scheme? If so, you just got +15 Bad Assness!

Wow i love the personality in your models

Your models are beyond awesome! Please continue posting stuff

Thanks for all the feedback comments.

@ Broadside : Backpack are (L-R) Vox from Catachan Command sprue, Cadian pack from FW upgrade pack, Medics pack from Cadian Command sprue.

@ MadMaverick76 : Cheers, it was an attempt at a Multicam/MTP feel. Done about four squads with this pattern and so far each one has turned out slightly different.

Previous effort was a take on three colour desert, the pictures came out a bit muted :

some of the best guard ive seen in a long time.the camo is nice too.

Err.... FW stuff is kinda pricey. =/

Broadside wrote:Err.... FW stuff is kinda pricey. =/

That sums up the whole hobby!

You can often find individual components from 'bits' sellers on eBay. Saves buying the whole kit.

Wow looking very cool. Still basic cadian but all those extra tibits added on makes it quite characterful

That one custom commissar in the second to last photo on the right looks great! Did you GS his coat?

Those models look ace. Great job, theres a lot of individualty.

Pretty great job there! I really liked the whole feeling/painting/posing of the models.

@ MadMaverick : The coat is indeed GS. It was a first attempt at using it for something other than as a gap filler.



Get a better idea of what the colours should look like in this snap as I used a flash.

And i thought it couldn't get better than your tanks!
Holy cow, you have some impressive looking work!

@Ash 1 - Totally gorgeous IG here. Would love to see some WIP on these, especially the desert scheme. Any chance of putting a tutorial together?

loving the snipers, looks great what you did with the cloaks!

Thanks for all the kind comments, I've had a delve into my old photobucket and found some of my early IG,
some of these were done a long time ago but I redid the bases a couple of years ago to make them blend in a bit:





















All my Commissars:

As with your tanks, rather excellent work

I particularly like the round flame tank on the heavy flamer trooper.

Mmmm...gritty

Amazing models. By the way on the picture of all your commissars, the 2nd to left is it GW?

@ Double tech5 : He's an old Citadel Commissar, late '80's.



http://www.solegends.com/citcat911/c2039impguard-h.htm

(top row, far right)


This was the last unit I did:







I know the transports non Codex, but the IG had Speeders back in Rogue Trader so why not.














Comparison shot of different camo attempts. (L - R USAF Tiger stripes; DPM smock over OG lightweights ['1980's Brit]; Multicam) That was the idea anyway . . . .

Great work. lots of character in them

Oh I am so freakin' inspired right now. Love the speeder!
Want want want!

Noooooo not multicam; should have gone with MARPAT!

Either way great job, the fact that it's easily distinguishable as multicam is the amazing part. I really like how you value the low-profileness of IG fluff, whenever I see those flashy bright colored regiments I want to smash their models and hit them in the face for it.

DODcrazy wrote:Noooooo not multicam; should have gone with MARPAT!

Either way great job, the fact that it's easily distinguishable as multicam is the amazing part. I really like how you value the low-profileness of IG fluff, whenever I see those flashy bright colored regiments I want to smash their models and hit them in the face for it.

Damn, just nearly sprayed coffe over my keyboard! LMAO
Cheers for that mate.

I thought about having a go at MARPAT (desert version) on the previous IG platoons, went with the three colour pattern instead as it was a lot simpler.





Added a bit more green to the Multicam effort to try to make it look more like Brit MTP.






And just to really freak you out here's an old pic of some of my earliest IG - suffer!



These guys spent over a decade forgotten about in a storage unit - thinking about repainting them (got approx platoon of 40 blokes)

Really liking the models, they all seem to have quite a bit of character about them, nicely done.

Really digging the weathering on the Landspeeder storm conversion you did, looks awesome!

The Last Chancers look gritty and beautiful!

They look very...... Realistic!

Just finished this, used same colours as the speeder:

Looks like someone needs photobucket pro lol

Here's some Ad Mech types:

Very nice

I love the sapper and the speeder. The poses have so much character to them and its looks so real. You do some sick work man, makes me wana try my hand and some heavier conversions.

Your painting is really good but your posing is genius. I'm inspired.

Very nice work man, especially on the uniforms.

If your ever looking for another one, might try http://a-tacs.com/]A-Tac though I have no idea how will it will transfer over to minis.

Keep it up man

Cheers guys, all comments much appreciated.
@ Sckitzo: Thanks for the link that actually looks quite doable, I've got a few Inq 28/Necromunda figures to do and was thinking of giving them all different camo trousers, to try out some other patterns.
So will have a go, funnily enough it looks a bit like one of the stages I went through with the MTP blokes




Thiis is another pattern I wanted to have a go at:
Although I'm not sure if I can make it work in 28mm.
Got this slowly ongoing test group of 1:35 scale blokes who will end up in a small diorama as a 1970's Rhodesian Light Infantry stick.
Just a shame the FN's look a little undersized

Excellent stuff, makes me feel sad that I didn't put more effort into my own IG's.

Your right, those FN's are a bit off, strange. I look forward if you do the A-Tacs another non gaming community I belong to showed me that stuff and I love the look, just not sure on if I love them enough for 60 USD per pair of pants...

this stuff is great... very inspiring. please don't stop with the awesome!

Wow these armys look awsome! man well done Loving the land speeder

I love the landspeeder, additionally, your guardsmen are extremely dynamic. Love it.

Just found pics of my old school Stormtroopers:





Some preachers:



Counts as Ratlings:



An objective marker:

Dude your mini's are lookin' sweet. loving them.

so much friking awsome stuff. srsly, stop being so awsome your making everyones IG look bad! Love it all the speeder is awesome, the sniper with respirator and catachan arms is one of my favs. Keep up this good work!

This stuff looks so good I'm gona need to redo some of my own IG, so I'm not so embarrassed by them.

I really like the speeder and I may need to steal the conversion idea...

Some of the stuff in the OP makes me think of Gaunt's Ghosts...Its a good look. Although watch out with some of your posing. Theres some with guns just stuck to hands that, in real life, just wouldn't be able to hold it...it ruins a really well painted model.

i like your preachers!

These are really well painted, I love your camo and weathering.

Imperial Monkey wrote:Some of the stuff in the OP makes me think of Gaunt's Ghosts...Its a good look. Although watch out with some of your posing. Theres some with guns just stuck to hands that, in real life, just wouldn't be able to hold it...it ruins a really well painted model.

Bloke pointing pistol, magically holding lasgun in other hand without recourse to opposable thumb does spring to mind.
He's waiting for a grippy hand swap, ran out of bits.

Quite a few of the minis with lasguns in one hand are metal and came out of the blister that way; the one handed, butt on hip poses are FW bits.
I've copied the holding weapon by pistol grip pose on a couple of blokes with demo charges and a chap with a mine detector.
From personal experience I never had a problem holding a rifle by the grip one handed whilst carrying something in the other hand (firing and hitting something would have been a whole different story!)
If it's this guy in the middle, I totally agree with you:

great work. love the packs and your weathering, and poses for that matter.

Yeah, that was the guy I had in mind...

Couldn't help but chuckle at some of the derp faces in the first post.
Great job and all, just watch for silly facial expressions

Yup, those sculptors over at GW certainly like their South Park.
My favorite is this bloke with his Kirk Douglas like butt chin:

Very nice work here!

pssh you should know that the carying handle isn't' for actual use! or maybe that's just a stupid rule for the the us military... BTW is that guy on page one blowing a gum bubble? or am I just seeing Crap lol

A comment stated earlier that this was some of the best guard to surface in a long time. I agree and you sir are a painting genius.

Definately subscribed.

Cheers for all the feedback.

@ Sckitzo : The carrying handle serves no purpose other than to collect crud and provide another reason to be shouted at.
Although I've seen some great pictures from certain West African countries, to whom the UK Gov of the time sold a lot of FN FALs, all with what looked like carrying handle welded in the upright position.
Nice to see a sense of humour in the arms trade.

RE: bloke on left.



Yes, bubblegum popping sniper. The head is fom an Incursion APE grunt.

http://www.grindhousegames.com/products/hmg-ape#feature.

I used the bodies for a couple of Ad Mech Preatorians (still a tad WIP)

I love the variety of camo you've pulled off.

Ash 1 wrote:@ MadMaverick76 : Cheers, it was an attempt at a Multicam/MTP feel. Done about four squads with this pattern and so far each one has turned out slightly different.

Any chance you can tell us/come up with a short tutorial to make multucam, it looks sweet. Makes the cadians look much better.

And good painting & converting sir! Most outstanding!

This is great work I love the early IG stuff you've done it looks great but I must say IMO some of the troopers look a little suprised rather than angry or what not.

I love the sniper on the right(with the respirator) looks so bad ass. Your models make me want to start modeling again!

ll excellent examples of fine craftsmenship. You have got painting IG down.

all those models.. are ... AWESOME! Damn you man, now i want an IG army xD. Aaargh my wallet!

Your work is incredible; I really love the look of an army in the field, and your attention to detail is great!

Cheers for all the feedbak chaps, here's some shots of an Arvus lighter:

I LOVE the guy swinging his gun by the barrel. you've got a lot of good minis here, but that one just oozes character. he's like a lil' diorama all by himself.

top-notch weathering on the lighter, too. nice work

I love everything in this thread.

the color tones are great, and all the detailing and extra kit is superb.

Wow.. just wow.. really dig the first style of camo..

But this threat gives me so much inspiration for my own guard! (really like the mine detector..)

WoW.Very cool.Love the camo!Love every thing about it.

Thanks for the feedback, here's the two together. No '40' is mine and '22' was painted for a mate:

Ah yes, the humble little Arvus Lighter. Lovely looking models you've got there. Awesome paint job too!

How did you do the armour on that? It looks fantastic. I love the damage also. Explain please...

Imperial Monkey wrote:How did you do the armour on that? It looks fantastic. I love the damage also. Explain please...

Thanks for the comment
Arvus '22' was a repaint for a mate; firstly sanded lightly to remove any previous brush marks etc, strategic GS and plasticard, couple of coats of primer, couple of coats of base coat, dry brush ,oil wash, dry brush, oil wash, chipping details. . . . .

More detail on WIP thread (with pictures)

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/351655.page

You should be teaching man, really really impressed.

This.... is how an IG army should be

Loving the camo

fantastic camo man very realistic looking


Automatically Appended Next Post:
fantastic camo man very realistic looking

Fantastic army you have there! I love the chipping on the armor...

Thanks for all the encouraging comments; re the camo, I've had a go at a few different ones. Old metal IG were a sort of woodland pattern; then tried the second Gulf war US three colour desert pattern, when the plastic Cadians came out. Latest IG are an attempt at MTP (multicam) & Imperial navy crew are in a sort of USAF tigerstripe, that came out more like a blue version of French lizard.



Also tried a somewhat fadded/subdued Lizard pattern on my chaos grunts:

This is some damn fine stuff you got here.

Keep up the good work.

Just remembered these pix of the Vostroyan platoon I did when the metal minis first came out:

Comand squad with added Comissar


Platoon command


Squad 1


Squad 2


Special weapons- sniper




I like the way the flash reflected in the eyepieces of the top pic, nice and glowy.

Broadside wrote:Question. Backpacks, Where did you get them? (the picture right above the last) Very nice paint job too.

your delivery with this question was very Dwight-esk

Nice work. You chose very realistic colors for your IG, gives them an incredible look!

love the wounded man

Deleted for content.

Jubear, you are pushing your luck today for poor language choice my friend.

Here's some close ups:

these are beautiful

i feel ashamed that my fareldian are bright red !

templeorks wrote:This is great work I love the early IG stuff you've done it looks great but I must say IMO some of the troopers look a little suprised rather than angry or what not.

...which is good, considering that they have 1000 different looks of constipation off the sprue

Absolutely fantastic work man, best cadians I have seen in a loong time. I am also a collector of OOP IG, I just havent fit them into my army yet, now I am inspired!

Whilst I was rummaging through the old stuff I found pics of the Armoured fist platoon, little bit on the dark side but you get the idea:

The Command Chimera was still a bit WIP in these:

It is a nice mix of old and new. Thanks for sharing.

Just about done with these:

Hey your bandwith is exceeded

edited - thanks

your models are AMAZING!!

What I assume is Skitarii are sick.

Ooops, they are indeed an attempt at Skitarri. Fairly simple conversion, hardest part was making the first cut to the heads. The Sgt has the top of his origional helmet as a little detail in his base they go with these blokes who arn't quite finished;

Tech Marine:



Preatorians:

Some quality stuff here, love it all.

Another one for the finished pile:

Lovely stuff.

Looking good .

skitarri!!!!!!

First group from the box of Inq28/Ad Mech:

Beautiful work. This thread inspires me to dig up my old guard army and put some time in.

Holy Inquisitor Batman!
I'm of generation X, so I can't morally use the word "sick" in a good way, but if I wasn't, I'd say it!

damn dude i love your work

why dosen's mine look like that xD
really nice work

Cheers chaps, finished off the last of the Servitors ; here's all of them together:

These two were made to fill the Regimental advisors role;
I like the GW minis, but wanted to get away from the look of a mob of officers marauding around in their mess kit to a more modern JTAC feel.
First bloke was still WIP in this pic, added some detail to the smoke grenades and some weathering, etc.


Master of Ordinance:



Officer of the Fleet:



Another WIP shot showing the back:

Definitely some amazing stuff here.

I particularly like the adeptus mechanicus/inquisitor troops.

Next:

Those advisors are top notch!!!

Finished these two:





Spot the difference between the Matt Varnished and the forgot to varnish . . .

Just saw your terrain thread and then i saw this. You sir are AWESOME!

I want to see a photo of the whole army please!

Your paint work really has improved over the course of the thread. Great work.

Wow... This is quite simply one of my favorite painted armies. The veteran, functional look of the troopers, the wonderfully painted camouflage, and the subtle conversions that still make these troops look like disciplined Cadians while giving them individuality and the appearamce of having been fighting for a long time. Subbed, and can't wait to see more.

thats a nice inq model whats it made from?

I think I'm going to go and repaint all of the infantry I have ever made. God, you are brilliant. I want to see a Leman Russ, now.

Very nice work indeed. Truly inspirational. Keep up the good work, i will definitely be taking a look into your weathering techniques. The arvus lighter is brilliant.

@ Ramshackle_Curtis: Yes, the elusive group shot . . . on my to-do list . . .

@ blood_ravens_marine: Thanks very much. I liked the idea, from back in the Cityfight Codex, of lots of remnants of different units all regrouped as an Ad hoc force.

@ Rogue Wolves : The Inquisitor is a limited edition cast of a couple of dozen produced for The Ammobunker a couple of years ago.

@ killykavekommando: I know what that's like, I repainted all the body armour, helmets and webbing on my old Cadians and Catachan; then redid the bases on all my old metal IG.
All the tanks are in this thread:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/351008.page

Nice work all around!Your troopers make my Cadians pale in comparison .

Done the next group:

cool. good job ash

You are a machine! Stunning, as always.

Oh, my. Great stuff!

I think you can already guess what im saying as i ALWAYS say it here amazing work as always, and what models are those?

Hey man how did you make the heavy bolter's magazine? I'm putting together a Harker model (freakishly similar, its quite depressing in a way), and I was thinking of going Arnie and have him holding a really short belt of ammo and keep shouting dakkadakka all game, but decided on a crouching pose just like yours (sigh dammit I thought I was being smart). Point is how did you make your mag? I was thinking of making a cloth magazine for it instead of a box one, do you have any ideas as to how?

excellent details, looks great

Thanks guys, got three more groups of four to go:

@ Rogue Wolves:The three ornate blokes are from the origional 'forces of the Imperium' lot and the backpacks are part of them. Also got the two 'ugly-sister' servitors from that page along with; Astropath with staff; Navigator (what no third eye!); Assasin with combi weapon. I'm after the Tech priest.
http://www.solegends.com/citcat911/c2034impforces-h.htm

The chap with the punch dagger was from this set:
http://www.solegends.com/citle/citle2000/Skulz/skulzadeptus/skulzadeptus.htm

I've got three of the other's, not really liking the servitors or the Magus, but I do want to get the kid with the book.
Re punch dagger bloke that I did, I'm not sure about colour choices. He ended up with red armour whilst caught up in a batch painting session, so the cloak had to be a different colour. Problem I have is every time I look at him I expect Dorothy to land her house on him to get hold of his Ruby slippers . . . may have to redo. . .

@ motyak: The heavy bolters are from Space marine scout sets:





Automatically Appended Next Post:
Not sure my brain can take anymore red paint, my eye is starting to twitch. . . need to paint something in multicam . . . I have five blokes in power armour left so will finish them off.

I love the inclusion of all miniatures, old and new

Brilliant stuff! Face Detail is amazing!

that knife fist guy is nice thanks for sharing the links and im happy for your eye since it is making you paint multicam again! im ordering some of those paints i want to experiment with them

Nice work awesome detail

wow the speeder transport looks amazing!!!

Wish I had your paint palette!

Nice models you've got there. Keep up the good work

Not painted any grunts for a while, but have finished this for them to hide behind:

Those would make good Heavy Weapon or mortar pits.

thats one good looking peice of terrain, where did you get it from?

Got all the bits from eBay a couple of years ago for £30; set of defense line/wall sections. 2 x inside corners, 2 x outside corners, 3 x straights, odd looking emplacement and a shot-up bunker.

Other pictures are in my terrain thread:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/351230.page


You can get it from Micro Arts Studio:

http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/future-terrain-c-21_41.html

ahh i thought they where from there, they make some exelent terrain peices

I love it all. You have a very nice selection of Adeptus Mechanicus stuff. My favorite organization in the Imperium.

Not put anything in here for a while:

All your work has such character!
True eye candy!

All your squads have so much character, really excellent work

Matem would you please pm me the recipe for the metal work on the bunker / trench pieces? Want something similar for my bunker tops - ta!

That is waaay too much for US dollars though. Still, they are some top-shelf resin pieces tho.

dsteingass wrote:That is waaay too much for US dollars though. Still, they are some top-shelf resin pieces tho.

I got the bunker, dug out and the all the walls from an eBay seller for £35

Oh wow, good score!

It helped that the whole lot was listed just as 'Warhammer 40k terrain'. At the time I had never heard of Micro Arts . . .

Yeah, I like auctions where the seller didn't classify it so well, less chance of as many people seeing it

Im sure you're sick of hearing this but your work is amazing!!

AirborneAnto wrote:Im sure you're sick of hearing this but your work is amazing!!

It's a bloody outrage! How dare you!

Glad you like them.

Been asked to post some pics of my evil IG and thought here's as good as . . .























Most of the pictures are a bit flat, this is more accurate on the colours


A bit WIP

Those are really nice, does the command squad standard come with a brass pole? I am looking to buy one of those squads

Amazing! Makes me want to start renegade guard!

Capitansolstice wrote:Those are really nice, does the command squad standard come with a brass pole? I am looking to buy one of those squads

I'm not sure, I got them from eBay and they were already sprayed black. I do know this chap :



Has a resin pole and as it's somewhat top heavy tends to snap off! It is currently pin'd. I'd recommend brass rod.


Some tank crew:



Dead bloke comes with the assault weapons set:

Nice work as usual mate. I may need to borrow your colour scheme for these.

Wow, that is so impressive, I'm not sure what else to say. Wish my stuff looked that good.

Anybody else catch the Marcus Pheonix look-alike in the very first picture?

The autogun the Standard Bearer is holding is full of win! So is the weathering on the Rhino!

Aww, yes, they look great! the rhino is super1

That rhino is sweet!

Not IG, but about the same size and they are on GW bases:

Ash 1 wrote:Not IG, but about the same size and they are on GW bases:

those models would make great conversions, where did you find them?
great painting!

Squidmanlolz wrote:

Ash 1 wrote:Not IG, but about the same size and they are on GW bases:

Spoiler:

I'm glad that this great blog is still up! I've admired Ash 1's painting skills since page 1.

Wow! Three words...Talent, Time, Money!

i love your chaos stuff i think i may start a chaos force now

Been re painting the Brit infantry, but also finished with this:









Took a new pic of this:

Your stuffs always is amazing ! Can you post some pics of your modern war games and more of your modern figs as well ? Love tour Brits and your Rhodesian figs

Here's the Mk2 paintjob, more green, more squiggles. I think I went off a bit half cocked the first time as I've got used to trying Multicam and MTP is a lot greener, less sand tones. Next squad I'm going to try starting with a light green base instead.

















I recon these guys would be fairly easy to do leg swap conversions on . . .

loving the multi-cam on the OP, i gave this a try but i think i over complicated it as it didnt come out anywhere near as good as yours and didnt really look much like multi-cam. whats the secret?

Yeah dood, you are seriously a lunatic.
The camo is out of this world insane!

Very realistic looking! Could you maybe post a guide on making your multicam?

Cheers chaps, here's some bigger pics:

They look like they could walk right out of the pic!
Fantastic work!

Are you gonna make a tutorial?

killykavekommando wrote:Are you gonna make a tutorial?

If I get some more I'll try to do a step by step, but it'll be in my WIP thread. I think this section is just for finished things . . .

wow.

Love the paint job! They look like truly war torn soldiers, I would love to have that army.

Love the molle style pouches!Really i love everything!Nice job!

palehorse wrote:Love the molle style pouches!Really i love everything!Nice job!

They are the most accurately detailed minis I've yet seen, considering the scale. I can see me buying the rest of the set . . .

http://empressminiatures.com/userimages/procart33.htm


@ riverhawks32: thanks very much. Such nice minis were a pleasure to paint.

Been a Mojo free zone for quite a while, but managed to dig out the paints for first time this year to do a new tank commander and some 'counts as' veterans:

Insanely well done

Agreed! Who makes the Commando mini?

Tank Commander is a 1/48 scale 'Panzer Commander' by MIG productions. He's a bit lanky and tall, I cut him in half and sanded down the waist section prior to re-gluing and he's still a head taller than a standard IG. I just added a holstered pistol and the binos:



The veteran I found on eBay, I believe it's from the old Future Warriors range by Grenadier models. Added some pouches and backpacks:

Just finished off the last of my modular wall sections and took some pics with grunts;




The finished crew of my downed valk:

i just love the downed valk!

Cheers mate, there are other pics of the Valk in my Battlefield bits thread.

Great looking stuff !

I really like the land speeder a lot . Don't get me wrong they all look good !


Automatically Appended Next Post:

Ash 1 wrote:Here's the Mk2 paintjob, more green, more squiggles. I think I went off a bit half cocked the first time as I've got used to trying Multicam and MTP is a lot greener, less sand tones. Next squad I'm going to try starting with a light green base instead.

















I recon these guys would be fairly easy to do leg swap conversions on . . .

These are amazing ! What game system are you playing with these mini's ?

The modern British Infantry were picked up at the Salute exhibition a couple of years ago for the bargain price of £1 each. I just really liked the amount of detail on them, the pouches even have the ITW Nexus clips on them.

http://www.empressminiatures.com/userimages/procart34.htm

Size wise they could be used as IG:

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers.

Got these a few days ago from http://www.underfireminiatures.com/page5.htm Very nice detail, uniforms and webbing are spot on, only thing is they are 20mm!

These are the smallest little blokes I've tried to paint yet, not finished off the eyes yet (need smaller brush)

Rhodesian Light Infantry (stick 1)




Rhodesian Light Infantry (stick 2)




Rhodesian Light Infantry (stick 3)




Selous Scouts




Size comparison with IG grunt:

Ratlings stand ins? Hehe

I was gonna say Halflings ? some other strain off the human dna branch living in a corner of the galaxy somewhere?

Def T2!

this is without a doubt the best imperial guard models i have ever seen anywhere

Awesome Awesome stuff. Love the Skitarri.

Abhumans are now tolerated in the 6Ed rules! Completely legal.

And BTW..AWESOME WORK!

These are awesome!

I would tell you how amazing they looked... if only I could see them! You should really get round to uploading your images to Dakka so we don't have to deal with photobucket and it's bandwidth limitations.

They'll reappear in a few days, always do, it's like magic . . .

It's $25 for the whole year...well worth it IMHO.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
..Uploading to the Dakka Gallery is too slow and cumbersome for my tastes.

dsteingass wrote:
..Uploading to the Dakka Gallery is too slow and cumbersome for my tastes.

well maybie if you didnt update so much, it wouldnt be a problem

Not really infantry, but still IG . . . with guns

Its looking really great! Now I must admit I did pick up the valejo paints you said you used, but how the heck do you do those awsome paint chips?? Its incredibley realistic and makes it look so cool!

Mate, its easy. Either paint the dark colour first and then edge it with the light. Or paint the lighter colour and fill in over the top with the dark.

A good mix of new and old.

meow.

that I understand ash, its the perfect dark color you use is what I cant figure out. what color paint is it?

Sorry for tardy response . . .

Try Vallejo 'German camo. Black Brown'; or mix 1 part black and 3 parts burnt umber . . . 'ish

Part of an old metal platoon that had a fairly fugly camo; now with new kit.







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

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.

How did you make the gun for the guy on the left?

I love them all, they are full of character !

@ Rewdan: The shotgun is an original part of the model.

@ Seb: Thanks

Also done with these:

Camo is amazing!

do you have link for the Anvil stuff? I havent heard of them before

Here you go:

http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=common/home

They do some very nice conversion bits, inc a range of poseable bionics in sizes for IG, Marine & Terminator models - very nice.

Really, really liking those marines. Especially the rocket launcher dude with a back torso piece in the front. A neat conversion that will surely be ripped off many times!

That MTP is awesome. It must have taken you ages to do.

Great work, I really like the fatigue scheme on the pants

Appart from the leader of the third squad, these are done. . .

any chance of a run through of the MTP, colours and technique? It's rather good and I wouldn't mind a bash on my snipers.

The scavvy boss fits in perfectly.

 Hindenburg wrote:
The scavvy boss fits in perfectly.

Thanks, I'm rather pleased with him.

@ ids1984: I did a sort of step by step in my WIP thread, there are some pics here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/351655.page

I love ALL the guardsmen and I LOVE the renegades and Heretics. I always wanted to try out those FW conversion kits, but I could never find the time for it. Your paintjob looks fantastic on them.

Your renegades are some of the best that I've seen Look forward to seeing more of your stuff as you post it!!

@ Bonde & rustbucket: Thanks guys, much appreciated.

Finished the squad leader:




Also done this:

 Ash 1 wrote:

i like how the plasma gun marines are more "metal" than there brothers lol

I just about died laughing. Is the one guardman licking his lasgun?

conrfyrdman wrote:
I just about died laughing. Is the one guardman licking his lasgun?

Mmm . . . going to need a clue as to which one gave you the giggles?

Replaced the fat-boy's spindly little drill bit with something more in keeping . . .

This is ripped right out of my imagination while i was reading Gaunts Ghosts....
Truly fantastic!