--Background-- The soldiers of the Imperial Guard, the human face, stalwart backbone and unshakeable unmistakeable armoured forces of the Imperium of Man.
None demonstrate these traits more, than the men and women who herald from the barren, sunburnt, storm scarred Death world of Australis.
Founded during the time of the great expansion Australis was originally a penal world, however shortly after its founding the world was cut off from the imperium by a
series of violent warp storms and subsequently assumed lost. With the dissipation of the warp storms the world of Austalis has emerged a victorious thriving asset, the
violent nature of the planet has made the soldiers of Australis perfect candidates for special imperial forces, although they lack the mechanized units much favoured by
many Imperial Guard armies they make up for it with a grim determination and their toughened resolves.
--Content-- This is the begining of an ongoing project, for an imperial guard army themed after the fighting forces of the Australian Army, Navy, SASR and Airforce.
At present I am waiting on some new resin heads from Maximini though in the mean time I have begun collecting miniatures. I have also started my test painting
for the army schemes.
Never one to enjoy an empty post without soemkind of pic (though it does happen) here are some starter pics
Concept for theamry colours. (not paint colours, banners and cigarette "colours").
This banner features the badges of;
SASR "Who Dares Wins" badge.
Commandoes 1st recon.
1st Infantry
52nd Armored"Fear naughts"
The Rising sun
and other Australian flag features such as the Union Jack and the Southern Cross.
As well as the universal Imperial Guard Badge (centered over the Rising sun).
Transport.
The First of what will be Two Valkyries.
Yeah I realise I missed one of the pillars and it's still base coated I will fix that.
Ok so the paint scheme for the amry will be a desert colours through to arid camo, and light olive greens (standard troops).
CnC welcome.
Very good idea mate, if I had better painting and modeling skills, I would totally rip off your idea...
But, I don't, so...I won't!
Keep up the good work...although personally, I'd stick to only one or two actual images on the banner. I reckon that the rising sun under the eagle does enough...Damn, that looks really good though!
Awesome mate. This is a really great idea. Cant wait to see some aussie diggas takin on the 40k universe. Those heads your waiting on better be slant hats.
Andnon a modelling note are you going to be doing the light horse? Cause i always saw the roughriders in the guard codex as the light horse from that movie that im sure youve seen. They make everyone see the bloody thing in school at least once lol
Jihadnik wrote:Very good idea mate, if I had better painting and modeling skills, I would totally rip off your idea...
But, I don't, so...I won't!
Keep up the good work...although personally, I'd stick to only one or two actual images on the banner. I reckon that the rising sun under the eagle does enough...Damn, that looks really good though!
Yeah I had to have the Rising sun it would have been wrong to not put it in there dead center larger than life!
DRAGOONS wrote:Awesome mate. This is a really great idea. Cant wait to see some aussie diggas takin on the 40k universe. Those heads your waiting on better be slant hats.
Andnon a modelling note are you going to be doing the light horse? Cause i always saw the roughriders in the guard codex as the light horse from that movie that im sure youve seen. They make everyone see the bloody thing in school at least once lol
- Heads -
Yeah light horse are in for sure just looking for a decent horse model to use really not super happy with the GW ones, I may end up with some from a historical game or modelline.
Oh and yes I know the movies haha.
darkkt wrote:Hi mate - paint job is solid, nice weathering effects on the rivits etc, and I like the free-hand banner on the side.
I also like the windows - is that a gold tint?
Looking foward to seeing some troops.
Also - as an Aussie, I would totally support that flag to replace our current one (even given the Union Jack is still on it!)!
It's a custom gold made from badmoon yellow bolrgun metal and white then washed with a 50/50 devlan and black wash. then sprayed with black form a back 45 degree angle to shade it.
Heads will be a couple of weeks according to Maxmini, in the mean time I ahve started on a Storm trooper unit to go with the Valkyrie.
vent wrote:<insert bad yet obvious joke about Prison colony and the small Moon called Nova Zealand who is always beating Australis at Rugby>
^_^
Looking good! I reckon the heads need gas masks or something, maybe scifi goggles?
I actually thought of that moon idea but was gonna call it Tasnia with the only other habital planet in the same system as Novus Zealus
But I like the rivalry thing might add that in some how.
screw the motorbikes. the horse guys would be tops. i whole heartedly support darrkts movement to replace the aussie flag with santobell's one lol those heads are killer lol
thought for the day....commisar wearing thongs and stubbies lol
I'm thinking about using the forgeworld death corps rough riders as a base for the Aussie ones, the hores is a normal horse only wearing
face armor and the riders has usable legs for an easy conversion ontop of that they cost roughly the same as the normal roughriders which are crap.
but the light horse will be entering the army after the core units are done so I have soem time to get them organised and done right.
There is a Aussie wargaming company that did some light horse in 2009 and though they seem to be still in operation there sight is f-ed up and is showing no products.
From Wartimeminiatures.com.au (though the page is dodgy, I sent them an email asking abotu the mini's).
The troops will have custom torso's made having kit and packs on them either made from scratch via GS or a combination of existing packs and GS straps and belts so
that each soldier will be carrying his own patrol kit.
As far as arms go there will be a combination of standard Cadian arms and Catachan arms with GS short (rolled) sleaves, with the legs standard for the most part.
I have a medic somewhere who is leaning down handing a blood pack to a wounded trooper, I was thinking of shaving a grenade (the SM one with the ring pull on the top)
and have him handing the soldier a beer. Humor aside I was honestly thinking of this until I fell on the idea of doing Samson and his Donkey as the medic for the HQ.
Tell me what you think, I'm tryign to nail all the ideas down before I kit out fully on this army. Only terminators left on my Legion of the Damned and just need those resin kits to get here
from the UK, then it's on for young and old.
Oh and who said Kangaroo's? gah can you imagine it, bad... just bad .... no beers for you! (can't shake the image of an IG sniper poking out of the pouch Roo in a mid bound pose all armored
with IG banner flaying from a back harness...but not in a good way.
Next you'll be telling me to use giant Koala bears for Orgyns...... before you ask, No... Well hmm let me think about it.....still no.... hmmm... no can't see it happening sorry no Roo's or Koala's
unless it's a pet or on a flag. *wipes the sarcasm of his lip*
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Ashryu wrote:Oh wow this is awesome, I love how the fluff is like a 40k version of Australian history.
yeah it's a what if kinda thing a bit like "what if" Australia was formed during the 41st millennium type thing and how would it work/fight.
Mini update - SASR test
colour test for the SASR 1st Sabre group (Valkyrie with 8 Troopers)
he looks sandy which is just what I was going for CnC away.
Santobell wrote:Oh and who said Kangaroo's? gah can you imagine it, bad... just bad .... no beers for you! (can't shake the image of an IG sniper poking out of the pouch Roo in a mid bound pose all armored
with IG banner flaying from a back harness...but not in a good way.
Next you'll be telling me to use giant Koala bears for Orgyns...... before you ask, No... Well hmm let me think about it.....still no.... hmmm... no can't see it happening sorry no Roo's or Koala's
unless it's a pet or on a flag. *wipes the sarcasm of his lip*
Mate, I can go worse. How much more worse?
Your HQ unit is John Howard, Kevin Rudd or Julia Gillard.
"although they lack the mechanized units much favoured by many Imperial Guard armies" you say... any chance for a Warhammer variation on the Bushmaster PMV? It would be big enough to count as a Chimera, and it pretty much iconic for today's Australian Defense Force. Just a suggestion though, I am sure there's a lot of lighter hardware to be used as inspiration. There's a flatbed variant that would look great turned into an artillery or air defense platform, similar to World War II German Sd. Kfz. 7 with 2 cm Flakvierling mount.
Loving it! Got a good amount of humour (or will have i hope! ) as well as being a solid concept.
The flag is sweet, but i feel it could do without all the extra little symbols, perhaps save them just for their respective units/transports?
The heraldry on the Valk is top-notch, is that free-hand?
The ST looks sweet, love the subtle camo but imo the fatigues could do with being a bit darker or a different colour/tone/shade to the armour, just to split it up a bit!
Lol, IG in Roo pouches Seriously though, it sounds about as believable as Thunderwolf Cavalry (which is to say very, i like TWC and i demand Roo-riding Aussie IG! )
Another Aussie joining the fray. Great idea and I wholeheartedly am happy about you doing this.
Wait, I just realized, ANZAC day is soon!
Here is an idea, you could make some NZ allies.
Can't wait to see how this expands....
Another Aussie signing off....
M.K
Automatically Appended Next Post: Wait, here is an idea!
Call one of the drop troop squads the 'Drop Bears'
Well done! looking great dude, again i need to say Great idea with the Aussie love there! going to look excellent and have background that will make for such a characterful army and give some feeling when in battle! can't wait to see how this progresses.
BLACKHAND wrote:Hey Bro, Good start to the project, can't wait to see where you go with this.
Makes two of us, the plan was a rough one, I figured that the Dakka members would help me fill in the gaps and so far thumbs up to you all!
oh and BH I just got those dred shoulders so I can make the auto cannons for the legion dread as his primary weapon option.
I actually had these mini's in my hand about 4 days ago at a shop called Tactics, they are not too bad but costly and only coming in a blister of 8 (at least thast all they could get)
is a bit of a shame, that said they may be useful as a small unit such as vets. It's awesome that you even thought about the army mate thanks again.
Marcin Ciszewicz wrote:"although they lack the mechanized units much favoured by many Imperial Guard armies" you say... any chance for a Warhammer variation on the Bushmaster PMV? It would be big enough to count as a Chimera, and it pretty much iconic for today's Australian Defense Force. Just a suggestion though, I am sure there's a lot of lighter hardware to be used as inspiration. There's a flatbed variant that would look great turned into an artillery or air defense platform, similar to World War II German Sd. Kfz. 7 with 2 cm Flakvierling mount.
You mean this fella
We also now have these guys as well... the Hawkei
Allready on it these Okka style transports will make somekind of debute as Chimera likely only one for the command squad however. I have thought about having a artillary tank my only
issue is losing the strength via troops feel, I just don't want to go overboard with armored units certainly there will not be (at this point) a Baneblade (sigh I really want an excuse to buy one).
minimal armor maximum Flash lights!
Vitruvian XVII wrote:Loving it! Got a good amount of humour (or will have i hope! ) as well as being a solid concept.
The flag is sweet, but i feel it could do without all the extra little symbols, perhaps save them just for their respective units/transports?
The heraldry on the Valk is top-notch, is that free-hand?
The ST looks sweet, love the subtle camo but imo the fatigues could do with being a bit darker or a different colour/tone/shade to the armour, just to split it up a bit!
Lol, IG in Roo pouches Seriously though, it sounds about as believable as Thunderwolf Cavalry (which is to say very, i like TWC and i demand Roo-riding Aussie IG! )
Flag is based ont he Cadian gate banner
Yes the badging on the Valk is freehand (and also lop sided haha I have 6 flames on one side and 5 on the other I need to fix it.
I also need to redo the wording on it to be clearer on each side.
Camo is based on the actual SASR, but yes a little more tone on the fabric wouldn't go a stray.
As for Giant Roos for bounding sentinals hmm maybe make some kind of sentinal converion but not a living hopping critter.
I can not bring myself to model that, next thing I'll be making hoop snakes and drop bears.
Matt.Kingsley wrote:Another Aussie joining the fray. Great idea and I wholeheartedly am happy about you doing this.
Wait, I just realized, ANZAC day is soon!
Here is an idea, you could make some NZ allies.
Can't wait to see how this expands....
Another Aussie signing off....
M.K
Automatically Appended Next Post: Wait, here is an idea!
Call one of the drop troop squads the 'Drop Bears'
Death From Above
SPLAT!
It's not a bad idea at all having the squads named, I'll look into it. Thanks for the vote of confidence as well matey cheers.
nerdfest09 wrote:Well done! looking great dude, again i need to say Great idea with the Aussie love there! going to look excellent and have background that will make for such a characterful army and give some feeling when in battle! can't wait to see how this progresses.
Nerdfest09
They will be a joy to play, I'll be hanging on every dice roll every games, it shoudl be a very spirited encounter.
Miss Dee wrote:How about naming squads after animals IE: Squad Wombat.
I'm looking into the offical regamental names at the moment to see if this is actually done I know some units do have nick names so I'll see what I drum up.
I have finished the Sgt (minus his head which is just basic painted as it's going to get lopped off once the new heads get here) but my camera is out of battery so charging now
photo's tomorrow.
OMG! I LOVE THIS IDEA!
Just in time for ANZAC day too!
OH how I miss australia! Its wonderful foods and non-fatty cuisine that doesn's make you feel like throwing up people. Like here in America where it doesn't have wonderful food, and has fatty food etc.
Anyway I have always wanted to make an Australian themed guard regiment but I am too busy with my other current projects!
Well, if you'd ever want to make an expy of mechanized ADF, there are enough cheap M1A1 kits on the market to let you make a fitting Baneblade. For your current army though, a Bushmaster command vehicle and some light armored cars as Sentinels would probably suit you better - maybe some up-armored Desert Patrol Vehicles or Land Rover Wolf WMIK almost-technicals even.
Gah not sure what happened but the photos I took of the Sgt are almost all blurry so here is one of himnto quite finished (still some highlights and washing to do)
Just as a reminder he will not have that head I just hated seeing it white only.
- Musings - Bushmaster my preffered transport alternative is being elusive, it seems that only one campany is producing scale kits and is not ready for mass porduction
havign been swamped with orders. While another model company is in the proccess of making a 28mm kit but is not finished yet and wont be until may,
so I may have to either try and scratch build one or change my options here.
Orgyns... What could be used instead of them on the table top say armored IG troops maybe, I had an idea for an IG style terminator armor suit called a K.O.A.L.A
(the "Kaplan Offense And Lifter Armor", named after the engineer who rediscoved the stc). any thoughts? (this unit could be mounted in the Valk and named the drop bears).
my thoughts on this were,the armor is a converted penal enforcement suit, like crappy power armor used to keep the prisoners in check, and has been modded to suit a military role
over the years.
Not sure about spears and boomerangs, I'll look at options like that for characters once I get to that stage, at this point I'm trying to concetrate on the core of the army Troops, Fast
attack and Elites.
Please feel free to add to anythign I'msaying the more feedback the better, it helps with the creative proccess and helps me build a fun and exciting army.
Santobell, do not, ever, watch "Full Metal Panic Fumoffu" while making your Ogryn equivalents. The protagonist was using a suit of powered armor disguised as a toy bear costume, complete with appropriate noises. Take that for a KOALA. Now, kidding aside, your idea would not be too unfeasible, provided you'd differentiate it from Space Marine equipment. Maybe here an exposed cockpit and Appleseed-style controls wouldn't look out of place (the Dreadknight... say no to baby carriers). Sentinel parts, either as inspiration or conversion fodder, might be useful.
Indeed a happy ANZAC day though thats not really how it's supposed to be celebrated but meh.
Ok to define my term Power Armor, I do not mean Space marine I'm more leaning toward the Powered Lifter suits in the Movie Aliens as my base inspiration,
it's not the overly extra protection it's the power to lift, punch and hold heavy items and weapons I was more interested in(emulating the Orgyn), the issue still remains how to build the damn things.
As for not going in Valk's I was not aware of that, the rule book does state they can have a dedicated Chimera but nothing about restricting the transport option, are you referring to the Bulky rule which seems to be missing from my codex and my rule book? my understanding of that was, like with terminators they take up the space of two normal troops, though I'm probabky wrong.
Well it shoots down the idea I had if they can't be airlifted so thats that mvoe onto the next idea which I haven't thought of yet haha.
I need some ideas to shoot the army into the 41 millennium? something to take it from historical to Scifi.
Ok dilema 1. Only two companies are going to produce a Bushmaster PMV model in 1/72 and 1/35 scale both are not ready for the kit to be launched yet, one might be ready for July.
So I ummed and arghed (yes like a pirate) about it and desided I REEEEEEEAAAAALY wanted one so I chose (stupidly) to make my own...... from scratch, really from scratch as in 90% plastic card
with only a few bits here and there from kits. This kind of build is new to me I have never attempted anything like this before, though my airship came close it was 90% GW kit based so this was
an inverse of that experiance.
Oh and at one point during the build I was ready to just bin it I'll point that out in my pics below.
Yep this is where it nearly met the bin.
Guns
Base Painted
Yeah I have some bits coming to add to that blank area above the door and that round thing hanging off the back is a spare wheel housing.
Guns yay.
The front needs some more detail I'm working on what to add at the moment.
Some areas still need soem filing back it was hard to see the rough edges with all the marker pen lines on the edges of everything.
Scale pic.
All it all it's coming along well, I have some gap filling to do and a few extra details left to add (ladders and handles etc). Mostly added paint so I could see it, it's very ahrd to judge
a build like this while it's multi coloured and base grey/white.
Dilema 2 - Horses for the light horse, realy hard to find anything I like should I try and make some? how hard would that be? or should I go with an external companies horse and
mod them to fit in the GW ones are too static and have all the wrong legs/bridle/saddle/gear/stuff on them.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh and a quick question should I make some truescale Marines to be allied with these guys, Southern Cross Space Marines Chapter maybe?
No, it's the truck.......it's to high and it seems like a box near the wheel. well, the work that Santobell had do it's good, but there was some miss whit proportion
The Wheels are the largest I have on hand I may try and make some bigger ones, the wheel arches where tailored to the small wheel size.
Larger wheels would actually lower the truck by half an inch.
I did actually want it tall, it's not as wide or long as the Chimera so it's hieght keeps it in a similar overall mass. Unlike Tanks, which are traditional low to the ground.
Trucks like this rely on their hieght to clear obsticles in the path. I's a big 4x4 afterall.
Just for details an M1 Abrams Tank is 9.83m long, 3.65m wide and 2.88m tall
The Bushmaster is 7.58m long, 2.48m wide and 2.65m tall.
So not a massive difference in size between this transport truck and a super heavy real tank.
I think this is where I went wrong when doing the first measurements for the model I went with a real scale against a real world equiv big tank so in scale I was comparing this to a
Leman russ or Landraider (It's not quite Baneblade in size afterall). With size in mind this will probably be used to transport the Orgyns so the larger scale suits the troops who will fill it.
Or I can strap a battle cannon/punisher cannon on the roof turret and call it a Leman Russ which is actually more of a fun idea if you ask me.
Overall it did end up slightly taller than I had hoped (about as tall as a landraider). but most of that hieght has been gained from a lack of correct wheels which I hope to fix just trying to
work out the best way to tackle the problem, then I'll cut back the wheel arches and fit the large wheels and like I said above it will drop the hieght a fair whack overall.
Though looking at it further I like the idea of changing this to a non transport role (Leman Russ) or Orgyn transport, let me know what you think guys.
Yeah I guess since the scale of tanks in 40k is slightly off then when you create a properly scaled vehicle it seems to big...still better plasticard-fu than I am capable of
Ok so bad day today the youngest kid is sick (11 month old) so it's been hectic,on the flip side the heads and torso's have arrived and I have quickly snuck one together to test my paint shceme
for the rank and file Diggers (Troops).
Now this is base colours plus quick wash and I rushed it to see what the result was, the colours look great even on this early attempt and fora rank and file
they will look pretty neat I think.
I will also be mixing it up with some short sleaved troops as well.
-Orgryns-
I'm considering Orgryns as you all know now I came across an old war poster and I'm thinking about making them look like the cartoon Aussie on the top right of it
and here's the poster please let me know if you think Orgryns like that would be good or no ... cheers
CnC away
Oh and started to base coat the Bushmaster PMV but ran out of black paint so it's off to the shops tomorrow to get a refill.
Capt. Rex wrote:I like the idea for the Orgyns, but you gotta have one with a stubbie holder.
Though I'm still interested in who your HQ is going to be.
HQ is still up in the air at the moment though I'm thinking about doing some kind of conversion with this guy
Adding a command squad but keep them understated against the General
Miss Dee wrote:Are they going to have a stockpile of tinnies?
The Orgryns probably will have something like that on their bases. Scattered cans etc all I need to do is figure out how to get Orgryns in Shorts (I'm
thinking cast their forearms then GS shorts and long socks using the elbow as a knee join, Crocadile teeth strapped around their hat brims.
GS the grenades into beer cans, make them look roudy and drunk.
I also would love to do a Mad Max themed Penal unit as well but main uints first.
So many ideas for this army it's hard to filter it all into useful units etc.
But keep throwing ideas at me for the HQ I really can't pin one thing down that works for me yet.
Santobell wrote:
GS the grenades into beer cans, make them look roudy and drunk.
I also would love to do a Mad Max themed Penal unit as well but main uints first.
So many ideas for this army it's hard to filter it all into useful units etc.
1. In WWI they did make grenades out of cans (Gallipoli histroy 101).
2. Mad Max, yes, yes, yes. But cars or motorbikes?
Papaskittels wrote:hmmmm... idk if that guy would look sooooo goood.... hmmm
but the ogryn idea is win...
You can't see a Croc skull on his leg and a Kubra hat with teeth round the rim on his head while his base etch the words "Mr Dundee"on it?
Just kidding actually but I had thought of using him simply from the bionics point of view he's quite unique. A lot of the Ig commanders a quite static and I really wanted one that felt
like he wouldlead from the front instead of safely Voxing orders to the front lines.
Capt. Rex wrote:
Santobell wrote:
GS the grenades into beer cans, make them look roudy and drunk.
I also would love to do a Mad Max themed Penal unit as well but main uints first.
So many ideas for this army it's hard to filter it all into useful units etc.
1. In WWI they did make grenades out of cans (Gallipoli histroy 101).
2. Mad Max, yes, yes, yes. But cars or motorbikes?
1. yup I know they had a high failure rate but went off like a rocket when they worked well.
2. I was thinking of having a Sentinal detachment wander around with them and use car like vehicles (like the ELYSIAN TAUROS ASSAULT VEHICLE) (yes I copy pasted that sorry
bout the caps) instead of the actual sents.
Started painting the Bushmaster mainly becuase I hated seeing it sit there all white and grey.
Not dine yet but I thought I'd show the progress pics I still need to do more highlighting and detailing etc.
Yeah lots of touch ups still to do (mostly green needs a third coat) on it paint the wheels, highlights, more damage, some dusting for sand effects over the drybushed dirt alreay done etc etc etc.
Automatically Appended Next Post: My photos really suck, they are making my things look aweful haha.
Falkenhyn wrote:Great job mate but have you been thinking of makeing the lasguns in to aug steyr's?
Steyr's unfortunately are too small fomramodeling point of view, they look tiny on the models and it's extremely difficult to get the imperial guard arms and hands to match up anywhere
on the mini, which is a shame because that was an idea I ahd way back when this idea first popped into my head, I may look at converting some lasguns (somehow) for the vetran unit if I get to them with so much custom work to do all ready in this army, but ti would be awesome wouldn't it
MeatShield wrote:That is fantastic. Nothing better then getting your own scratch build table ready, but the best part is when some one adds to the 40k universe.
Yeah I'm pleased at how good it came out actually considering the total lack of tools (save a stanley knife and a metal ruler) shame the pics don't do it justice.
As far asadding to 40k well, I've wanted to do an Imperial Guard army for a long time but have always been concerned with how same-ish most are. Either being Cadian or Catachan in your common gaming circles, so having chosen IG I really wanted to make them my own, more than that I wanted whatever idea I used to be Fluff-wise believeable having to need a reason as why now
there were Aussie IG running about the Universe.
Which is where the warp storm idea came(more like pinched) from. Then all I need is enough Humor to be interesting without going overboard (looks back at the Kangaroo rough riders idea...
yeah overboard...) then tie it all together with the story I came up with and "bob's your uncle" we have an Aussie IG force ready to take on and likely get seriously mamed by just about every force in the knonw universe and some we haven't even heard of yet.
-Update-
Elites now locked in as; Ogryns "Drop Bears"
Dedicated Bushmaster (Chimera) Transport
SASR (Stormtroopers)
Troops now locked in as; 1st Platoon
1 platoon HQ 3 x Infantry Squads
1 x Special Weapon Team
1 x Heavy Weapon Team
Penal Unit "3rd Femantle Brigade"
Vetran Unit "1st Recon"
Fast attack lock in as; Light Horse (Rough Riders)
Valkyrie Gunship
Sentinal Squadron (three armored Sentinal's modeled after Mad Max buggies)
Heavy support is still up in the air as is HQ but getting a picture in my head of what I want now.
Really sorry about the photos I'm trying a new technique out,the issue was not the technique but my kids who have messed witht he camera settings
throwing my white balance completely out the door.
He is supposed to look like he is throwing his bolter away and about to try and riase his chainsword.
geez the photos are bad just completely washed out the detail on his face and everywhere.
sorry!
Started scratch building my Ogryns today then plan is to make a multi part set so I can cast it and then pose each one differently instead of making three separate models from GS and bits.
This gives me the freedom to add bits here and there, to give them some degree of individuality.
So far so good I thinkmy biggest issue will be the Ripper Gun.
Greens so far.
I have added to this since taking the photos he has hair now and a full sized head with expanded cheek bones to give him a bit more bulk.
Santobell wrote:Started painting the Bushmaster mainly becuase I hated seeing it sit there all white and grey.
Not dine yet but I thought I'd show the progress pics I still need to do more highlighting and detailing etc.
Yeah lots of touch ups still to do (mostly green needs a third coat) on it paint the wheels, highlights, more damage, some dusting for sand effects over the drybushed dirt alreay done etc etc etc.
Automatically Appended Next Post: My photos really suck, they are making my things look aweful haha.
Looking great dude! loving the custom work, the Ogryn has peaked my interest! I quite like the transport it feels only a touch 'off' but I'll wait until she's all done and have a squiz :-) but I really like the ideas the concept the paint job the conversions the heads and the torso's! keep it up, all in all, it's looking excellent!
Regnak wrote: Great stuff, loving the Aussie A-Team van!
Cheers Mate, Yeah it looks a bit like that dosn't it. I think once it's paired off with it's Ogryn Team it should all fit together nicely.
nerdfest09 wrote:Looking great dude! loving the custom work, the Ogryn has peaked my interest! I quite like the transport it feels only a touch 'off' but I'll wait until she's all done and have a squiz :-) but I really like the ideas the concept the paint job the conversions the heads and the torso's! keep it up, all in all, it's looking excellent!
I've Started adding Weathering to the transport, I will be going for a Dawn of War style heavy wearing on the ground vehicle, especially the Ogryn transport as they would probably treat it with a little
less respect than the commoon ImperialGuardsman.
Vitruvian XVII wrote:Nice Ogryn face!
Theres a thread in News & Rumours titled "Crazy New Press Moulding Product" about instant mould.
IfI get time I'll do a new head just for the bonehead mouth closed with a cigar in his hand like a big dumb Creed but we will see, the idea is to make a multi part/option kits that I can mold and
cast asmuch as I need to add diversity and uniqueness, maybe chuck a few around to some Dakka matey's as well, first things first I need ot make a chest and legs
Miss Dee wrote:Have you thought of using the warhammer ogers?
Yeah I did but I desided to go with home made Ogryns, so I can be really unique/ get to pose things just how I like without having to choose the kinda fits options.
Plus it's a challange, I keep giving myself harder and harder things to do with GS the better I'm getting and hopfully faster as well, that head took roughly 45minutes.
Yeah I saw that new Wheeled Chimera kit and I'm going to be picking one up for the wheels whihc will fix the "odd" look of the bushmaster.
I've been thinking about doing somthing with the autocannon like guns from the chaos Defiler kits I have one in bits, and using an exhaust off a
Ork battlewagon for the barrel.
I have finished the head and the two arms (minus some fitting gaps I will fill) and the first left hand for my ogryn kit and I have wired them together to get a feel for how he's
coming along.
I'm deliberately not showing you the back as it's not done prettymuch at all yet, the end result will be a big backpack and down his front will be ammo punches and a gas mask bag like in the pic above in the thread.
I'm making three heads this one which will become the bone head and have a bionic eye after casting and two with the Akubra hat, two left hands one to cup the end of the ripper gun and the other which is currently holding a missile but will eventually hold the beer can grenade.
A fair bit of cleaning up to do but overall he's coming together nicely.
The right shoulder is still unfished which is why it looks so rough sorry about that, you will barely see half of the fabric folds once the ammo packs are on which will really bulk him out as well.
If he is going to be holding a big beer can is going to have the ring pull in his teeth like he has mistaken it for a grenade and is throwing it at the enemy?
I was digging through my bitz box today and found the first ever Space Marine I ever painted.
What does it have to do with this?
Never try painting Australian flags onto shoulder pads. I can take a pic if you wanna see how bad it can get.
Capt. Rex wrote:I was digging through my bitz box today and found the first ever Space Marine I ever painted.
What does it have to do with this?
Never try painting Australian flags onto shoulder pads. I can take a pic if you wanna see how bad it can get.
Yeah to true, so if you had to have an Australian symbol for a marine shoulder what would you use? this is a loaded question as I am eagerly awaiting a set of Truescale kits from
our good friends at Chapterhouse (thanks guys) which will be Aussie themed to fit in as allies to this IG army.
Asylum_Inmate wrote:If he is going to be holding a big beer can is going to have the ring pull in his teeth like he has mistaken it for a grenade and is throwing it at the enemy?
There is a ring in his lip that I hope to convert into the ring pull on the can so yes.
I through him together and chucked on some paint so you could see him a little better.
AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE, OH, OH, OH, A couple funny ideas i had. Commander: kevin rudd with a sauce bottle in his hand. Marbo: steve irwin with a croc. Heavy weapons squad: tony abbott and julia gillard fighting over whos in charge.
I just ordered some guns from maxmini.eu (frikkin' AWESOME, btw) and they threw in a couple 'samples' of head sculpts, one of which was an Aussie head. I'm sold! The pictures don't really do it justice. Great idea throwing in 'samples'. I'm ordering some now and I hope they do some female heads someday. Normally on stuff like head sculpts I have to actually SEE a real one before I'll throw down cash for 'em.
Asylum_Inmate wrote:If he is going to be holding a big beer can is going to have the ring pull in his teeth like he has mistaken it for a grenade and is throwing it at the enemy?
There is a ring in his lip that I hope to convert into the ring pull on the can so yes.
I through him together and chucked on some paint so you could see him a little better.
But the real question is, Tooheys, XXXX or Jack Daniels? How would you paint a logo on a beer can?
mr-squigi wrote:AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE, OH, OH, OH,
A couple funny ideas i had.
Commander: kevin rudd with a sauce bottle in his hand.
Marbo: steve irwin with a croc.
Heavy weapons squad: tony abbott and julia gillard fighting over whos in charge.
Marbo isn't a bad idea, but not sold on the others, just a bit too... something... something very wrong
weetyskemian44 wrote:Is there room for any Kevin 'bloody' Wilson references.
"The Far Canal" tour....of duty (say it quickly people, the name of his 1989 tour).
DRAGOONS wrote:Lets keep out abysmal political situation out of this thread of aweaome ay. Lol. Oh and you misspelled aussie. Lol ;-)
Amen Brother! oh I mean "Too right MAYTE"!
Maxim C. Gatling wrote:I just ordered some guns from maxmini.eu (frikkin' AWESOME, btw) and they threw in a couple 'samples' of head sculpts, one of which was an Aussie head. I'm sold! The pictures don't really do it justice. Great idea throwing in 'samples'. I'm ordering some now and I hope they do some female heads someday. Normally on stuff like head sculpts I have to actually SEE a real one before I'll throw down cash for 'em.
Yeah they are pretty good I wish there was a little more variety in the face expresions but overall they are nice all grim and gruff, my big issue is the chests I have been using I'm about out of and Maxi have stopped doing the line.
Capt. Rex wrote:
Santobell wrote:
Asylum_Inmate wrote:If he is going to be holding a big beer can is going to have the ring pull in his teeth like he has mistaken it for a grenade and is throwing it at the enemy?
There is a ring in his lip that I hope to convert into the ring pull on the can so yes.
I through him together and chucked on some paint so you could see him a little better.
But the real question is, Tooheys, XXXX or Jack Daniels? How would you paint a logo on a beer can?
Hahaha, fantastic ogryns, so much character! Those Anzac heads look brilliant too In terms of the instantmold - it's a great product, and one hell of a lot quicker than press moulding with green stuff, with a similar level of detail. The same principles as using GS apply though - use some cooking oil or something or you'll never get your original back!
Scarper wrote:Hahaha, fantastic ogryns, so much character! Those Anzac heads look brilliant too In terms of the instantmold - it's a great product, and one hell of a lot quicker than press moulding with green stuff, with a similar level of detail. The same principles as using GS apply though - use some cooking oil or something or you'll never get your original back!
Great work, I'll be following this closely
Cheers for the Tip and comments matey!
I pretty sure I'm going to order some to quickly make weapon casts mostly, the re-useable-ness helps a lot as well.
Commissar Agro wrote:Damn this army is amazing! Lovely work on the ogryns. Any aussie based army is a win in my book!
Cheers bloke, it's sure to end up a nifty looking force I hope it does as well in game as it's going to do on the shelf.
Scrazza wrote:You're making some amazing progress, I am liking it so far. I love the ogryn sculpt. Subscribed.
He's my first full GS build so I'm pretty happy, though I can see a lot of mistakes and a lot of areas where I could have taken a bit more time and cleaned it up some more.
But I've learnt heaps on this build hopefully that will show on the next one and on and on.
I slapped some paint on him to see how he scrubs up in colour.
I was sure I'd seen some Aussie Light Horse models out there turned out I had these guys http://www.brigadegames.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=BG-WIEB85&Store_Code=BGAHSL. The Ogryn sculpt is pretty nifty. I'll look closer at the Max Mini heads. The bushmaster is looking pretty impressive. Oh and I have to second Steve Irwin Daemon Hunter (watch out for Screamers mind).
Scrazza wrote:Nice progress on the ogryn. Despite what you said about mistakes, and rushing, I still like the sculpt.
Thanks, there is a lot I find myself nit picking about the build but it really is a good step forward in my scuplting attemps.
Perkustin wrote:Streuth! That Aussies Ogryn's a Beaut!
Cheers matey, he's a bit bigger than I was originally going for but he'll make an excellent Bone head, once I get the actual Ogryns I'll cast some bits and make them all Aussie.
Llamahead wrote:I was sure I'd seen some Aussie Light Horse models out there turned out I had these guys http://www.brigadegames.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=BG-WIEB85&Store_Code=BGAHSL. The Ogryn sculpt is pretty nifty. I'll look closer at the Max Mini heads. The bushmaster is looking pretty impressive. Oh and I have to second Steve Irwin Daemon Hunter (watch out for Screamers mind).
I had a look at those from Brigade at a local hobby store, they are built to actual scale and are slightly too small for the GW mini to sit on unfortunately. I'm of twominds at the moment one get Empire Outriders which are known to fit with IG mini's or two use cold ones as I have them already... what do you think?
As for Steve the daemon hunter I could convert a bloodletter into a croc shape for this base.
Vitruvian XVII wrote:Looking nice, proportions seem a tad off though (unless thats intentional)
Llamahead wrote:Oh and I have to second Steve Irwin Daemon Hunter (watch out for Screamers mind).
Lol
Yea he has big feet haha, I will be fixing that once I get the actual Orgyns for the unit, so I can match the scale a little closer.
Ok so the big question I have for you guys is, Horses or Cold ones? why am I thinking cold ones??? well I have some thats a start but they are also kinda Kangaroo shaped (kinda I did say Kinda)
so I feel they fit in just as well, on top of that every IG army and his dog has horses so it would be a bit of a unique hint to them as well.
Model the cold ones as massive Goannas and it may work.
They acually look pretty similar, I know, I went on camp 2 weeks ago and some ate another groups' food!
That ogryn looks way better with paint on him, too!
I'm not sure which state you live in, but if you give that Ogryn a orange vest...he could be a council worker! Seriously, Hornsby Council Workers just sit around having lunch breaks all day.
steve irwin demon hunter: "Look at this magnificent demon I found hiding under a rock - oh boy he's pissed at me, but if I just grip the liddle darlin by the back of the neck and hold his tail he wont be able to get me"
Demon: "RELEASE ME YOU PATHETIC HUMAN, AAAAHHH WHY CANT I ESCAPE YOUR MANLY GRIP"
With regards to the Rough Riders; perhaps you could GS the Cold Ones a bit to change their appearance?
After all didn't Australia have giant lizards at one point?
They could've been natural predators on your regiment's homeworld, perhaps one of the reason why it got selected as a penal colony. Over time some were tamed and adapted as guard dogs and then ended up becoming riding mounts.
Capt. Rex wrote:I'm not sure which state you live in, but if you give that Ogryn a orange vest...he could be a council worker! Seriously, Hornsby Council Workers just sit around having lunch breaks all day.
OT: thats all aussie council workers, I'm down in wollongong and I don't think the coulncil workers here even know what work is.
back on topic, dirt bikes are a good idea, but finding some is a real pain in the
stormwell wrote:
With regards to the Rough Riders; perhaps you could GS the Cold Ones a bit to change their appearance?
After all didn't Australia have giant lizards at one point?
They could've been natural predators on your regiment's homeworld, perhaps one of the reason why it got selected as a penal colony. Over time some were tamed and adapted as guard dogs and then ended up becoming riding mounts.
Nice I really like the Rocket Launcher pose. I'd consider going with a mix of cold ones for sergeant or the heavy cavalry and horses for the light cav.
My plan with them is to addalot of battle damage, as there is so much more workable space on these
kits Vs the standard GW marine I should be able to make them look really battle beaten.
I'm also going for a more realistic paint scheme which I hope will tie themnicely to the rest of the army as well.
Vitruvian XVII wrote:Looks awesome, love the heavy battle damage.
Cheers matey, I still have a bit more work on him to go, mostly on his shoulders and tidy up his right knee a bit better (my 5 year old tried to paint it)
then I can finish off his highlights and seal the paint with a mat finish.
I wanted him to look beaten or barely maintained. His 4 buddies will all be carrying bolters and the captain will likely have a thunder hammer and stormsheild or somekind of
storm bolter power weapon combo.
The footsloggers could maybe do with a few more pouches are their wastes etc to bulk them out a bit more, but those torsos are a great, more practical, alternative to the Cadian ones. They still look a little too Cadian though to me, though that might be what your going for-seeing as so many regiments use their equiptment-, but you could have a go at reshaping the shoulder pads a bit to make them a little different and perhaps work on the lasguns a little to make them look a little less high-tec if your going for the early 20th centuary look? The marine's cool (is that plasma gun counting as a pistol...or do you just like big swords? ^^), but for his scale you might want to look for a larger base- he looks like he's trying to balance himself on it a little. Fine blog though, and its great seeing that marine standing heads over that guardsman like he's supposed to.
Ok I need an oppinion...again!
The army list I was going to use for this force was an allied onebut I recently picked up a copy of the Badab Wars Volume 1 and found the
Tyrants army list in there allowing a gritty combination of IG and SM units however no rough riders.
There is an SM unit in there which is essentially SM bikes which I could "counts/plays as" for my rough riders units but this would convey a 3+ save.
Now what I need an oppinion on is...
Would you as a player be happy with this if the unit was mounted on cold ones suggesting the hardened scales and agressive nature/strengths of the reptile are what give the higher
Weapon Skill, Toughness and Saving throw?
Very very cool dude, made me want to do a New Zealand themed army, then I remembered the state of the NZ army... 7 soldiers, only 2 of which are full time, 3 Mosin Nagant relics between them and an old Nissan Patrol, painted camo, "looks just like a Hummer eh Sarge..."
Fail
This threat is awesome. I don’t know if this has been said before (didn’t read the whole thread) but for your HQ you should Have a Crocodile Dundee counts as Straken conversion, that would be awesome. SUBSCRIBED. And yes @ the rough rider thing.
Yes for the Cold Ones / SM bikes stand in. I bet a Cold One maw can convey as much pain as a SM fist!
Great TS Marine too, I had overlooked that thread for far too long... I'm definitely not liking the TS backpacks Hits made, but the awesomeness of the rest of the model more than makes up for it!
Flying Pooo wrote:This threat is awesome. I don’t know if this has been said before (didn’t read the whole thread) but for your HQ you should Have a Crocodile Dundee counts as Straken conversion, that would be awesome.
SUBSCRIBED.
And yes @ the rough rider thing.
IIRC theres that slouch hat wearing Last Chancer, dunno if GW still sells it someplace. ???
I would be happy to play around with your rough riders as any unit you want! The best part is, by the time I have saved the money up to fly out there you should have your whole army completed!
All jokes aside.
If you make a beautiful rough rider unit any lover of the hobby is going to be happy to give you a chance to field them. If you play at a local shop you might find some one that wants to wine about it, but more often then not, you'll have more fun playing with some one a little more relaxed.
@ Everyone - Thanks for the feedback witht he cold ones, I'll be gettign all the bits together to build them next week, I'm keen to see how they turn out.
Question Name the Cold ones;
Crocs
Goanna (type of goanna...der)
Argus (type of goanna)
Spiny Tails (type of goanna)
Tata (small dino like lizard)
They look astounding, i think i may need to go and order a load of those kits. Hits did a great job and your posing is freaking sweet dude, especially the last one!
I like Argus (pl. Argi?) or how about just Monitors?
Capt. Rex wrote:They look great, but that last one... ... ...
Have you decided on a paint scheme for the Marines yet?
My first thought was to match the sandy look of the IG, but I am going to paint one in a charcole Grey to test that as well with the blue
on the left shoulder the chapter badge will be the astral claw star without the claws holding it.
Miss Dee wrote:How a bout Snappy?
Or Fluffy.... prancer and rudolf
Viktor von Domm wrote:no please let that beast rest... it is well past it´s sell by date time...
what about raptors? or failing that a more better fit to your above list:
Perentie? its as i just read the biggest monitor lizard on your island^^...
as for your marines...amazing... that powerfist alone...wow
Perentie or Varanus giganteus yeah they are huge 2.5 meters long (bout 8 1/2 feet) they have a poisonous bite (I think it's a bacteria thing) like most monitor lizards as well.
Been face to face with one of these about ten years ago.
The fist is a de-fingered lightning claw with the digits from the Dreadnaught CC arm attached.
The heavy flamer is also fromthe dreadnaught kits.
Vitruvian XVII wrote:They look astounding, i think i may need to go and order a load of those kits. Hits did a great job and your posing is freaking sweet dude, especially the last one!
I like Argus (pl. Argi?) or how about just Monitors?
Argi is also nice.
Yeah Hits, kits are fairly aweseome.
Arakasi wrote:Counts as Lugft Huron is already looking extremely promising!
He's turned out pretty good, the only real issue is Lugft has Termi armor and he does not but that's not so bad considering he's not armed like a normal termi.
Haonn wrote:Amazing, just amazing. how long did the last on take you to model?
He took about 15 minutes to build and pose the kits are not by me but by a gifted fello byt he name of "Hits the Spot"
Just brilliant you are! I love the work you've done and your conversions and paint job are top notch! the Aussie heads are awesome and look great on them :-) this is turning out to be one of my favorite army blogs i've seen! it's so different and close to my heart! please keep slogging away it Kokoda style dude!
Been face to face with one of these about ten years ago.
obviously you came out alive but how did this end? did the lizard just trod off?
I was in a Moke,and it was blocking a road,eventually it walked off but not before biting at the car and hissing alot.
This is a Moke
Vitruvian XVII wrote:Just googled those lizzies you mentioned! They're like the size of a dog!
What about Komodo? (On a side note, ive always wanted to see a load of soldiers riding massive komodo dragons TWC style!)
Komodo's are not a native beasty of Oz, although still a monitor lizard. I'm thinking about casting the rear legs of the cold ones and making the mounts a quadraped, maybe shorten them a bit.
Make them a bit more Monitor is look.
BLACKHAND wrote:I know that FW have already ninja'd the name but how bout Venators, means hunters in latin I think...
Yeah I like the name, I think the choice will come finally once I get the models in hand and they gain personality through conversion and painting.
nerdfest09 wrote:Just brilliant you are! I love the work you've done and your conversions and paint job are top notch! the Aussie heads are awesome and look great on them :-) this is turning out to be one of my favorite army blogs i've seen! it's so different and close to my heart! please keep slogging away it Kokoda style dude!
Nerdfest09
I aim to please, but seriously thanks matey it'sgood to hear I'm getting right and that it's hitting home with others not just myself and my overactive mind.
i´d go for the deserty scheme... looks more vernerable...and worn^^ as a millenia odl fighter´s gear would probably look...
the charcoal one looks a bit bland to me...
the car looks nice^^
as for the monitor lizzards... will you make longer necks too for them? that would look cool, the idea reminds me strongly of the star wars dewbacks....tho they of course missed the long necks...
Yeah I saw that oneas well, the dino is excellent and although that's a great female sculpt I'd probably not put her on the dino, well probably the head on a guard torso, to keep it
in theme she a bit too cowboy and not enough anzac basically.
I'm personally surprised your not going for a dark green. ddly enough I think Rugby colours would make a good fit for Marines. You know I'd be tempted to go for both having one as Urban camo and the other as Desert. I've always liked the idea of pragmatic marines who fight in Camo. You can justify mixed units in various camo due to the emergency situation which led to them attacking before their armour could be repainted.
Llamahead wrote:I'm personally surprised your not going for a dark green. ddly enough I think Rugby colours would make a good fit for Marines. You know I'd be tempted to go for both having one as Urban camo and the other as Desert. I've always liked the idea of pragmatic marines who fight in Camo. You can justify mixed units in various camo due to the emergency situation which led to them attacking before their armour could be repainted.
Green marines always feel too salamander or dark angel for me don't know why. From reading the Tyrant army fluff Huron secreted Marines from the astral claws into various units of the Imperial
guard, in an attempt to hide his chapters true numbers the colouring could simply match some other unit in use on the table similar to what you mentioned with the camo.
I was also thinking about painting them in scifi Camo (geometric shapes) that way it would simply be the camo they were using before all hell broke lose.
It all comes down to how I will use them either as centurians (the hidden marines) or as retaliators a group of marines not offically on the Astral Claws books.
Makes sense but given how unique the Astral Claws fluff is I'd avoid following it too closely modelling wise unless you're going for a traitor army. I'd definitely go for the camo though!
Added a weird urban camo to the charcole marine, not sur ehow I feel about it I'm thinking as easy as the charcole is to paint I'm probably going to go with the desert scheme or perhaps mix up
a pindan red and go with that (the orangy sand on the base is called pindan, it's a unique clay sand found in the north or Oz, commonely in the north west Pilbara and Kimberley region.
These are coming along really well Santobell. Makes me want to finish up my current projects quickly so I can dig into my own TS kits. Love the Huron build by-the-way!
do em all different colours mate. i love the idea of a small team of marines from an aussie inspired chapter with different colouring to reflect the different regions they were fighting in before they were reassigned to your army. lol
Gitsplitta wrote:Nice work Santobell.... really well done pose and the white is very effective.
I ended up with white for two reasons mostly;
I have never painted a white army of any kind before and I wanted them to stand out from the guardsmen, to boldly stand out.
The fluff I have settled on put this region under warp storm lockdown for a long time so to the people of the region the Space Marines
are as close to the emperor and his devine wonderfulness they may have ever been.
(as long as you only have 2 eyes 2 arms 1 heart etc.) so Beacon hence white.
White and stars also go well together.
Update - Huron no in technicolour.
Better Scale image
Shh it's not a Mantis Warrior Landspeeder on his base.... honest...
Great version of Huron in the White armor with just a little blue. Any plans to use any of the new FW transfer sheets or shoulder pads?
By the way, the white looks smooth and crisp, I think mainly due to how well you "blacklined" each section. Great work.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Great version of Huron in the White armor with just a little blue. Any plans to use any of the new FW transfer sheets or shoulder pads?
By the way, the white looks smooth and crisp, I think mainly due to how well you "blacklined" each section. Great work.
Hmmm No offence but Huron's hips are so narrow they are vaguely comical... Sorry.
I had the same problem with the FW maximus armour but it was correctable with some pouches/wargear. For your terminator however i cant proffer a decent solution.. I suppose if you are happy with it.
Calvinus wrote:Great version of Huron in the White armor with just a little blue. Any plans to use any of the new FW transfer sheets or shoulder pads?
By the way, the white looks smooth and crisp, I think mainly due to how well you "blacklined" each section. Great work.
Possibly, I do like them, only having 6 marines in the army allows me to be a bit more "time intensive" creative than on a normal marine army so I may do all the decals by hand
but I do need to pick up a new felt tip paint pen for outlining.
medabee wrote:"I is taller than you little marines" lolz i like the corsair, hmm there is a fire, we need to put more fire on it to burn the fire.
Then some more fire just in case that first fire wasn't fire enough!
Perkustin wrote:Love the white marine, brilliant!
Hmmm No offence but Huron's hips are so narrow they are vaguely comical... Sorry.
I had the same problem with the FW maximus armour but it was correctable with some pouches/wargear. For your terminator however i cant proffer a decent solution.. I suppose if you are happy with it.
Yep tiny hips, he works out.... I think I'm going to add armor plates to his hips to mimic the extra armor on the normal Terminator suits and perhaps some grenades etc, just to fill him out.
BLACKHAND wrote:Nice work bud, I like your white its a b*&ch to paint in my experience especially over the darker colours you had previously painted the marine
Go to your nearest hardware store and by a pack of airbrush tips for areosole cans and replace the GW tip with the fine mist one, it's not as good as having an air gun but it lets you do many coats without loasing detail, I also started with black as a base in both cases and moved to white so that the areas under his arms etc would stay darker by a few shades which helped me target areas to paint in shadow effects with washes after.
and after all thats done and before you add detail use an waterbased matt sealer for water colour art (the hang on your wall kind) it's about 12 bucks from craft shops in a spray can.
This helps set the white and blend the layers together into on very white base, these guys practically glow in the dark (you'd see that if it wasn't for my crappy camera work). Yet they
are not so one colour as to look un painted or under detailed.
............ What colour should I do his power fist fingers?
............ Should I add battle damage or leave them all mostly shiny and new?
............ Should I give him a banner pole or make a npc colours sgt out of a guardsman holding his personal heraldry? (be nothing in game just a bit of fluff)
Ssgt Carl wrote:
More Lugft huron is great but more cowbell would be awesome!
Great job on the white. I love the way you've chosen to shade it.
To your middle question, I have to say I always prefer the shiny new look over battle damage.
I think because of how I'm shading it I will keep them mostly clean and shiny new.
Bigger better hips, and a little more paint detail added to his face and armor.
To be honest it was a total gamble to make this guy in Terminator armor and I'm really happy he turned out the way he did, this army is really going to look unique and
fantastic on the table and shelf so keep that CnC coming, it's through your awesome comments that I learn and adapted what I'm doing.
@Asylum_Inmate - Yeah it fit really nicely which was weird considering the size of the fingers.
The new hip armor is made from two halves of the Rino/Landraider Radar dish. The little rectangular one
with the three ridges along it's back.
(the pics above are a before and after)
Automatically Appended Next Post: I forgot to post these pics with my last reply.
This is my Imperial Stormtrooper inspired Marine. (still need to clean him up).
The helmet yelled out stormtrooper, so I hacked it out of a AOBR marine reshaped it and there you go, "These are not the droids yuour looking for...move along".
Depends whether the bits are plastic or metal. If its plastic I cut a think goove into the back of each finger and insert some plasticard blades (more claw liek that way). if they are metal thats not so easy, I would mount them on the fist part if that's the case and go for a mopre standard lightning claw arrangement.
I doubt I am telling you anything you havent already figured out for yourself though, you are a much better modeller/converter than I am lol
Asylum_Inmate wrote:Depends whether the bits are plastic or metal. If its plastic I cut a think goove into the back of each finger and insert some plasticard blades (more claw liek that way). if they are metal thats not so easy, I would mount them on the fist part if that's the case and go for a mopre standard lightning claw arrangement.
I doubt I am telling you anything you havent already figured out for yourself though, you are a much better modeller/converter than I am lol
Good suggestion, I'm really at odds with how to tackle it really, itlooks great now I don't want to mess it up haha.
Mini Update - BushMaster Upgraded
The Bushmaster has had a roleupgrade to co-inside with the changing of the army list over to the Tyrant Legion, as such it will now be
asuming the role of Leman Russ Battle Tank and has been modded acordingly.
Upgrades to the wheel area include the addition of tank treads.
Battle Cannon can barrel can be removed to become a demolisher for Apoc Battles.
I was going to wait for replies to post thesepics but I'm just to happy with the results of a mental gamble.
Major Update - 11th Light Horse brigade -
Group Shot and yes I ended up going with horses, it just felt right.
Standard Bearer with rebreather.
Melta Gun with RB.
Flamer (poor horse is going to have singed ears).
Brigadier General with Powerfist.
There are ten in total, including wounded Vox officer, Relaxed Medical officer and more (it's a very characterful unit).
Now to clean them up a bit and get some paint on them.
The light brigade looks great! I remembered I have a movie lying around, it's about the australian light horse brigade in world war 1. Now I must see that movie again.
Zombie wcythe blades make wicked claws and you can trim them down to suit.... if you have a friend who is making a nurgle army, convince them to make plague zombie/victims and pilfer the scythes loving the ts marines and the anzac look of your rough riders.
I have been away for a whle, have you done the aussie footsloggers? Maybe do a sprinting trooper a la the movie gallipolli
medabee wrote:Ah poor horsey, I think you should add maybe a metal plate tot the back of the fire horse to protect it.
Nah he's a tuff horsey he can handle a little flame.
Scrazza wrote:The light brigade looks great! I remembered I have a movie lying around, it's about the australian light horse brigade in world war 1. Now I must see that movie again.
Linked a Youtube vid just above with a clip from that very film.
sennacherib wrote:Wow.. you are doing an amazing job. Very creative. awsome.
Thankyou muchly!
joshoftheforest wrote:SO cool!!
It's only a small army so I wanted it to look as inspired as possible and I think I'm really starting to get there. My only issue now is I have run out of heads so it's off to
Maxmini for some more next week and then back to the skave while I wait for the parts to arrive.
dantay_xv wrote:Zombie wcythe blades make wicked claws and you can trim them down to suit.... if you have a friend who is making a nurgle army, convince them to make plague zombie/victims and pilfer the scythes loving the ts marines and the anzac look of your rough riders.
I have been away for a whle, have you done the aussie footsloggers? Maybe do a sprinting trooper a la the movie gallipolli
Good tip on those Scythes I'll have a nose about my flgs see if anyone is nurgling up the place or runnign an undead army with spares.
I've done some but only painted a few and yeah there will be a couple of sprinting soldiers with bayonets out.
BLACKHAND wrote:Horse brigade looks great man, Think the choice of horse vs cold ones was the right way to go as well.
In the end so do I, the real trick was finding the right horses, like I said early in the blog I don't lik the GW ones and lucky for me one of my local stores (Tactics)
was having a sale on period war mini's and I was able to pickup 12 mounted American civil war cavalry, the guys were throw wayas but the horses are quite well
detailed and the right scale for IG (just) and not being a fantasy horse they have bundled gear on them like bags and ammo pouches etc.
So yeah in the end the choice though a gamble on those minis was the right one.
Gitsplitta wrote:Those look really great! neat idea too!
Thanks matey, oh hey Git I finihsed a second Matis Warrior for you as well can you message me your address so I can slip them in the post.. cheers mate.
SonofTerra wrote:May have been mentioned (didnt want to read all 7 pages, just look at awesome pics) but any Roo bars going on vehicles?
Or maybe a soldier going toading?
Roo bars is a yes I have some Chimera kits coming from Chapterhouse whcih have a nice big front bar instead of the normal dozer blade.
Viktor von Domm wrote:awsome scene!
It's a great film (old but good) all over you should check it out.
Mini update - colour test.
I'mtrying to make them look worn I hope it's working. horsey need a touch up..... haven't finished them yet.
Looking fantastic! love the choice of using horses! it does 'feel' right doesn't it! and the horse commander is my favorite his head is excellent I love those new heads on all of them! keep it up please!
Vitruvian XVII wrote:What do you dislike about the packs Yggs? I find them a refreshing change.
Sorry for the OT Santo...
I think it looks too "blocky", or "square"... I like the current ones actually, their curves looks nice... But that's personal taste, I guess!
Santobell wrote:Update - Marine Colours -
Help me choose please!
I'm sorry I arrived too late, but I liked the Sand colour very much!!! Especially with the awesome cracks! The Charcoal + Camo was pretty nice too, really unusual!
As for Huron, I liked the test version better, especially on the right arm : it really looked like the flamer was integrated into the armour, whereas now it's just as if he's carrying a satchel or something... Still awesome though, uh!
And your weathered white looks great too...
Viktor von Domm wrote:is it the light or did you aim for a more dry look? the lights on the servo skull are superb!
Yeah everything is lightly drybrushed with a mix of white and bone to give it a dryer dusty look.
nerdfest09 wrote:Looking fantastic! love the choice of using horses! it does 'feel' right doesn't it! and the horse commander is my favorite his head is excellent I love those new heads on all of them! keep it up please!
The heads are workign out perfect aren't they
Nerdfest09
Yggdrasil wrote:
Vitruvian XVII wrote:What do you dislike about the packs Yggs? I find them a refreshing change.
Sorry for the OT Santo...
I think it looks too "blocky", or "square"... I like the current ones actually, their curves looks nice... But that's personal taste, I guess!
Santobell wrote:Update - Marine Colours -
Help me choose please!
I'm sorry I arrived too late, but I liked the Sand colour very much!!! Especially with the awesome cracks! The Charcoal + Camo was pretty nice too, really unusual!
As for Huron, I liked the test version better, especially on the right arm : it really looked like the flamer was integrated into the armour, whereas now it's just as if he's carrying a satchel or something... Still awesome though, uh!
And your weathered white looks great too...
I'm still torn when it comes to the marine colour I have two painted in sand and three in white, the white is easy changed to sand and at this point I will probably go that way (I've been doing a lot of side by side comparisons with them), the sand not only fits with the rest of the army it's a fairly unique colour scheme for space marines. That said I realy like the bold white as well.
My main focus for the army at this point will be final assembly and painting of what I have now then transports.
I have to say I'm really enjoying this project and the feedback from you guys.
I'm glad the light horse brigade made an appearance. I'm a huge fan of roughriders.I assume that's what you'll be playing them as, though the lack on lances confuses me some Do you have something else in mind for them?
Yeah everything is lightly drybrushed with a mix of white and bone to give it a dryer dusty look
ok that makes sense!
The reason for the dusty look will be fully explored when I post what little fluff I have maganed to write up for these guys, but basically it's a pretty barren place
they come from and they are specialists in barren places so for the look I've gone spinifex (tyep of grass) desert so dusty and dirty.
Arakasi wrote:Tactics - that brings back memories! Not exactly close to you though (But then again, is anything?) Light horse brigade is looking really nice!
You know they moved into a dungeon? crazy...
Rawson wrote:I'm glad the light horse brigade made an appearance. I'm a huge fan of roughriders. I assume that's what you'll be playing them as, though the lack on lances confuses me some Do you have something else in mind for them?
Cheers,
Rawson
Sure do, It's not an IG list but a Badab Wars/Tryants Legion one. These guys are a "plays as" addition to the army and will take the place of the Iron Hunters squad in game.
(Normally a Bike mounted Assault squad).
Though if I end up expanding this list to the point of an Imperial Guard army I will certainly re-model the unit to support the roughriders entry in the common IG codex, giving them lances in the proccess.
To Clarify why I'm using the Badab Wars book 1 for this army; is to allow a unique take on imperial forces which have been cut off from the Imperium for a long time essentially developing
in parrallel to the "Normal" Imperial forces, that is allowing the combination (directly without allies) of Sapce Marine and Imperial Guard elements to the single army list.
On top of this the army constitution/requirments are smaller than a normal IG force, in that it only requires a single HQ and single Troop choice allthough these must be a particular unit for each
(Legion Auxilia Command & Legion Auxilia HQ and Troop respectfully). Which makes this a perfect list for a small 1500 point army while still giving enough flexability to convert and display/deploy a
variety of unit choices and play styles.
In my case I have.
HQ: Legion Auxilia Command (5man)
Elites: Army of the Southern Cross Retaliator Marines (Astral Claws) (5man)
Troops: Legion Auxilia (20 man top of 40)
Legion Armsmen (10 man)
Fast Attack: Light Horse Brigade (Iron Hunters) (10 man)
Heavy support: Vulture
Bushmatser Battle Tank. (Leman Russ BT)
Dedicated Transports: Rhino (need to fix this)
Chimera (need to buy this)
I'm going with the Astral Claws colours the metal and minior colour feels more realistic to me, now to help the blending of the unit to the army itself I have added some cowls to the marines
with GS, I may have already said this but I envision a marine army that is as much apart of the IG as onto itself and also in following with the base army the Astral Claws the army list repeatedly
mentions Huron's need to have a chapter of emense scale and so he would secret marines in his guard to hide his true numbers, now thats pretty evil so flipping that, my marines are acustomed to operations along side the men and women of the IG due to their long reliance on each other and their shared isolation.
Anyhoo, marines is metal and gold and blue.
I still have some drybrushing to do and some more washing/inking but you get the drift of the scheme. oh and this was just taken off my desk not with my light box so sorry about the crappy images.
Ok so been a day or so, really only painting has been happening I'm nearly done with the first 10 guard, moving slowly at this point for three reasons
1. Paintbrushes are about dead
2. Out of primer paint and matt finish
3. Preorderd this little guy and a few friends from forgeworld for the army
He's going to be my Ven Dread with two twin-linked autocannons. (or the actual contemptor pattern Dreadnaught for friendly games).
Scale shot
He scales well with the army as well being larger than the normal dreads.
and just to keep you interested here's some pics of the completed guys so far.
See how the TS Marine blends in well in the metal and cowl colour scheme?
Still some minor things to do like paint the straps under their chins and eyes etc.
and my Marine swap Mantis assault guy for Gitsplita
@ Git - I have only attached a temp membrane to the wing mounts so you can work your magic on him when he arrives (also why his left shoulder pad is missing)
The pack is a normal single engine jumppack the wings are made form 4 of the blood angel honor guard wings the feathers removed leaving only the frame,
a peice of 1mm plastic was roughly cut to fit the frame and glued into place then the same step was repeated only using half the frame (the final curve) and a shorter
length of plastic giving him an insectoid quad wing setup with larger fore wings and smaller rear ones, these are glued into place at an offset angle and then glued to the
model just above the original wing mounts and angled to match the pose.
The rear of the pack (not shown) has been extended using the barrel nozel from the Bloodangel furrioso dreadnaughts main gun arm over all it gives it a more flight look which
seems to suit the angles and shapes of the Mantis Helm by Blackhand.
Git do you want me to paint it or send it as is so you can match it to your existing units?
And yeah that new dread kicks ass, the weapon loadout for the Contemptor is really nice with both left and right hand parts matching btoh sides and it's rules are awesome.
I just think it's an extra way to have my army stand out as unique rather than just another marine or imperial guard army, though I realy need to find some unique minis to make up
my Tribune HQ unit I'm thinking of the Hazard geared command squad from FW (cadian) to get the kickass Commander mini but from there I'm not sure on his bodyguard and advisors
Raging Heroes are soon to be releasing a female Commisar which is pretty kickass but I was thinking more of some type of Arbite looking troop but don't know where to find the miniaturs.
I'd be honored if you'd paint it. I already have one vanguard built and painted by graven, so matching my pattern exactly is not important. Would rather have your work to show off.
I'm not a fan of the respirator below the nose, but I think the horse's worked better then the cold ones, and I love cold ones. I just think the sci-fi & real life mixture would have been thrown off by the lizard mount.
dantay_xv wrote:What about the studio mcvey sedition wars models, more accurately the vanguard troopers..... would that be arbites enough?
http://seditionwars.com/
I like the mini's from the sedition set but I'm trying to keep things as much gw while at the same time trying to be unique as much of this army I have modded or changed at it's base of
each miniature or thing is still a large part GW mini's or at least spot on look, with the sedition set it's very different in style.
I did however just find out that the mail order service is still selling munda arbites in a unit of 8 so I may have a look at them or try and ebay a few select Arbites like the original sgt.
Scarper wrote:Completed guys look fantastic together. Great work!
Yeah really happy with how this army will look table side should be a good thing, turn some head etc.
FantasyBob wrote:I'm trying to understand the wing of this SM....more photo, please!
Sure...
See the gaps? That what I was leaving if git was going to change the wings and paint him but I'll fill all of that wih gs and add housings to the end of each tubine pipe to clean the model up
should ahve it painted by the end fo the week.
Gitsplitta wrote:I'd be honored if you'd paint it. I already have one vanguard built and painted by graven, so matching my pattern exactly is not important. Would rather have your work to show off.
I'll try and get them all sent by tuesday week, the two mantis guys and the one deathwatch guy.
MeatShield wrote:I'm not a fan of the respirator below the nose, but I think the horse's worked better then the cold ones, and I love cold ones. I just think the sci-fi & real life mixture would have been thrown off by the lizard mount.
Yeah the horses worked out great, I'll post a link to the manufacturer so anyone instrested can get them as well, the breather doesn't quite gel with the heads I'm using which is a shame so the mini's that have them are a mix of under nose over nose but they all look fairly good when together in the mix of the unit.
5 more guys painted thats half of the first troop choice done.
To be honest I quite like the rebreathers off style it resembles the images of men in the trenches before the gas sirens went off. They wouldn't wear them all the time as they were uncomfortable and restricted your breathing making you slow (and possibly dead). They always had them close to hand however and if you've seen images of the injuries caused you'd understand why they're chilling. I've always been attached to the idea of Marines and Guardsmen in a more combined arms style force so it's looking great and the Cntemptor is awesome can't wait to see what happens. I'm also impressed by the coherency of the varied elements kudos to you.
I'm going to second the 'wow' for those wings dude! really nicely done! everything you've done so far looks tops! well done, those ts marines are fantastic I like the little touches and the way it somehow manages to blend an 8 foot tall marine into a squad of guard!
BLACKHAND wrote:Those wings are fantastic Santobell, they have a great insectoid look to them
My original plan was to have air foils attached to the jumpack as well like the covers on a bugs wings but I was unable to find the bits I needed to do this I seem to be missing two bits boxes
~taps his foot in the direction of his wife...
Gitsplitta wrote:Yeah, I agree... "wow" seems quite appropriate.
Cheers git I hope he looks alright with the rest of your army. (tried to keep that mantis-y feel to the pose)
Asylum_Inmate wrote:Very inventive usage of bird wings to make insect wings, fantastic, also loving the IG paint scheme.
As usual can't wait to see more as it usually inspires me to try new things myself
Thanks matey, my ideas stem from what I have laying about so I tend to use alot on normally uncompatable items and make them work unfortunately for me it often ends in me stumped or
missing bits as well, just happy he turned out alright in the end, more to come soon one week till payday and hopefully some new items for the army.
I have done a deal (with a good mate) to get my hands on two foregworld baneblades, though not part of my table top army I will be painting them up to match, one in a diarama and the other for Apoc games.
Llamahead wrote:To be honest I quite like the rebreathers off style it resembles the images of men in the trenches before the gas sirens went off. They wouldn't wear them all the time as they were uncomfortable and restricted your breathing making you slow (and possibly dead). They always had them close to hand however and if you've seen images of the injuries caused you'd understand why they're chilling. I've always been attached to the idea of Marines and Guardsmen in a more combined arms style force so it's looking great and the Cntemptor is awesome can't wait to see what happens. I'm also impressed by the coherency of the varied elements kudos to you.
Contemptor is out on the 23rd of the months and should take a week or two to get here, really hanging out to see it in the flesh so to speek. I'll be making it's Autocannons from scratch
in a Chrome hounds style with long barrels and flash reduction chambers (brakes) at the ends of the barrels etc. (like long sniper rifle barrels).
but longer.
nerdfest09 wrote:I'm going to second the 'wow' for those wings dude! really nicely done! everything you've done so far looks tops! well done, those ts marines are fantastic I like the little touches and the way it somehow manages to blend an 8 foot tall marine into a squad of guard!
Nerdfest09
it's really funny how just breaking up their paint scheme with the cowls they, not quite vanish but seem to blend into the smaller unit isn't it? almost like an illusion.
Mini update - more painted TS marines
Mantis for Git part 3
I slapped some paint on him.
Corpse Taker Unit. Not painted et just finished the servitors.
Servitor 01
Servitor 02
Corpse Taker
Still have some cleaning up and GS work to do on them.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh and Contemptor should be here any day (expressed it) as well as parts I need to redo the Huron I have Made.
I also found some female Tau heads online after a fair whack of looking whicha re also on their way.
Oh and the last of the heads I need from Maxmini.
Also as I build the army my units change as my idea for the army develops so to keep you all in the loop with how my brain is seeing the amry com together
here is an updated army list break down:
HQ Huron with Honour Guard
Legion Centruion (For non special charatcer games or games over 1500 points as he takes up no extra organisation slots in games of that size of above)
Legion Auxilila Command Detatchment (IG Command Squad)
Elites Ven Dread/Contemptor Dread (For games including Huron using the Tyrant Claw Special Rule, can only be used with Huron in the army)
Corpse Taker (For non special character games)
Mauraders (IG Sepcial Weapons team basically)
Troops Legion Auxilia (Large 30 Man IG Unit)
Auxilia Armsmen Cadre With Chimera (Karskin)
Gitsplitta wrote:Lookin' really good there Santobell, anxious to see what you'll do with all those bits.
Hanging out like crazy for the parts, I'm off to the hobby shop this weekend to get all the plastic card and tubing I need to make the autocannons and pickup some other bits and pieces.
Miss Dee wrote:you got the pdf's for the ones not in the books?
I have the IA 9 Badab Wars Part 1, if you need any rules from it I'd be happy to digitise it for you.
Commodus isn't bad but compared to the other three special characters (Huron, Sumatris and Valthex) available in the list he's a bit over priced for what he does.
That said S 5 melee and Rending is nice but kinda counter productive and to lose a HQ choice for him at only WS 5... Ontop of that if he is taken in a game over 1500 points
he (being the centurian) gets slotted into the IG command squad where is 1+ to sweeping advance rule is basically lost (other wise he takes up that extra HQ that in a bigger game you
really dont want your centurian using up).
To be honest I'd rather field Captain Sumatris for 60 points more to gain access to a command squad and or his special weapons and abilities plus WS 7. (specials include 2 extra melee attacks to a
total of 5, adding a +1 WS bonus to friendlies within 12 inches, access to a command squad or honour guard, inv save via stormshield (melee) and an extra bolter that fires twice and is assault).
But for me the choice of Huron wasn't so much as wanting the big bad guy unit or the cool mini but the Tyrants Sheild special rule which lets you take a single Elites choice from the
SM Codex which is the only way to access dreadnaughts.
Like wise the only way to access SM heavy support is to include a Cohert SM squad which is an over priced Tactial squad and completly un-needed as the IG Heavys are more than capable
of leveling anything in your way.
Just a little sneaky peek at whats been going on in the merry land of Imperia Australis
TS Huron Remixed (scale shot)
Well thats a different Space Marine head isn't it!
Hmm big legs
Could it be... yes it is the Contemptor Dread has arrived
Home made Autocannon still some stuff to do to it.
Oh and if anyone reading is buidling a Tau army I have found some really quality female heads for fire warriors I'll chuck up some pics if
you'd like to see let me know.
Well he's dead and a Space Marine so yeah he's compensating for a lack of "insert imagination here" :p
In explenation, they are that big to represent the twinlinked autocannons they play as I find the combined look on this
model to look a bit odd and out of place (like the twin bursts on the XV9 crisis suits it just looks lazy) so I went with longer barrels.
I've actually got it assembled for the most part now, I'm hoping to get a chance to paint it tomorrow or at least get a start on it.
Have you considered having those long barrels extend through the shoulder and out the back as part of an extensive recoil mechanism in order to lower drift from shot to shot. You chould model the short barrel extending back enough so that it was the same length as the forward barrel. In essence, the gun loads in the forward position, fires, the barrel recoils back through the shoulder where it ejects the shell, then returns to the forward position for the next shot.
All you'd need to change is drill a hole behind the forward barrel and add the extension on the the back barrel (with a shell ejection port).
Not sure if I am sold on the ACs Santo, they are pretty damn long!
Now I am the last person to be calling people up on oversized guns on infantry and mechs but......
The pose itself is sh&t hot though, like he has just fired with the left arm and is sighting down the barrel of the right arm for his next shot, very nice.
...oh and those resin dread shoulders are superb, where did you get those?
One problem I foresee is people claiming that you are modeling for advantage as those guns gain you probably 3-4" of extra range over a normal model, You might put a mark on one somewhere to represent the size of a normal barrel and measure your ranges from there.
BLACKHAND wrote:Not sure if I am sold on the ACs Santo, they are pretty damn long!
Now I am the last person to be calling people up on oversized guns on infantry and mechs but......
The pose itself is sh&t hot though, like he has just fired with the left arm and is sighting down the barrel of the right arm for his next shot, very nice.
...oh and those resin dread shoulders are superb, where did you get those?
It should all come together in the end I hope, I can always shorten them if needs be, I'll have the ammo belts cast today and I've GS'd
all the holes and gaps so he's just about ready for paint.
The shoulders hmm just some crazy Skaven loving Kiwi.
... I'll bite, show me the tau heads!
Everything loos fantastic as always Santo I/m normally not a fan of the Cont Dreds, but I do like what you're doing with yours!
Now that is some sexy marines you have there! Wish I had that many bits laying around :( too bad I waste most of my good bits on special characters drats...
joshoftheforest wrote:... I'll bite, show me the tau heads!
Everything loos fantastic as always Santo I/m normally not a fan of the Cont Dreds, but I do like what you're doing with yours!
You get six for a few dollars.
For me the Contemptors are not my first choice in a dread. That said the new minature and the size suited the TS nature of this combined army and thanks to Blackhands dread shoulders
I was able to adapt them to my needs quicte nicely I think.
Asherian Command wrote:Now that is some sexy marines you have there!
Wish I had that many bits laying around :( too bad I waste most of my good bits on special characters drats...
Cheers matey, most of my armies are made from a lot of old store stock (I worked for a shop that closed and as a payout I got a bunch of minis and other bits n bobs) I still have to fill them
out of course but I have a lot of start boxes like guardsmen or Tyranid fodder, some eldar a bit of tau etc.
I shoot my budgets in the foot though by converting way too much of the armies and doing crazy builds like my 40k Skaven/Ork Airship.
Anyhow some painting in progress pics fo the contemptor.
Mate i've just discovered this thread....I though up a whole fluff background for an 'Aussie' 40k Army while i was working overseas with our actual army at the start of the year. Very similar to yours, the whole thing sprouted from the rough riders in the codex becoming a lighthorse brigade. I guess i didnt get around to it early enough and as internet law applies, you posted it first, you invented it first haha. Great fluff mate and some great work on your models.Keep it up.
Cheers matey always good to see you on my pages Git and grats on 200 pages for the mantis. I picked up a box for shippping those guys to you today so I'll get them packed and off this week.
OZ-Guardsman wrote:Mate i've just discovered this thread....I though up a whole fluff background for an 'Aussie' 40k Army while i was working overseas with our actual army at the start of the year. Very similar to yours, the whole thing sprouted from the rough riders in the codex becoming a lighthorse brigade. I guess i didnt get around to it early enough and as internet law applies, you posted it first, you invented it first haha. Great fluff mate and some great work on your models.Keep it up.
I've been thinking about building this army for about four or five years but haven't been happy with the options available in the common army lists, that said there are still flaws in this one but as far as
combining SM and IG go it's a fairly complete system of rules, just a shame actual roughriders are not present but I don't mind plays as list units as long as it fits the colour of the army fluff and models.
Good to have you onboard mate!
Llamahead wrote:Really impressive light effects on the Dread! Why couldn't they have released this in plastic rather than the Nemesis Baby Stroller?
Don't get me started on the "Watched too much Avatar and end of Matrix Knight", some how the Imperium of man who can't screw a light bulb in without consulting eight books on the subject
managed to do what the Tau should have as a natural army option, not to mention the model is crap, good converting parts but horrid miniature.
To be honest the kit's pretty cheap it took two weeks form order to arrive in Oz which is great time wise for international shipping. FW are doing more arm options for them shortly and once they do
I'll send in an order for them and magnatise the arms so I can chop and change the loadout.
samwellfrm wrote:Wow, I love the Australians. They have so much character to them. I also love what you're doing with the truescale marines.
Consider me subscribed.
Welcome aboard! I'm tyring to make them feel dramatic, gritty and a bit sullen. Hope I'm getting there.
Commander Cain wrote:Awesome stuff! The target sights look a little pink, perhaps it is the photo?
Yeah they are a reddy colour but I'm not happy with them anyway so I'll be redoing them tonight.
Arakasi wrote:It is coming together really nicely!
Slowly slowly... like your trukks matey but seriously nice work on that morgrim fella love to see him painted and trouncing my units into the ground.
Remembering that his size has been adjusted to match that of the TS marines so he's huge when standing next to the Guardsman.
I'll get to work on his highlighting tonight (done some but need to do more) I'd also have more photos but on that last shot the camera
gave out the battery has last me a month on one charge so I can't complain to much, I also want to pickup a second lamp today to make the photos
turn out a bit better, the camera seems to adjust the light to that of the room and desk etc so I'm hoping that by adding an extra lamp and lighting it from more angles
it'll reflect better and with less shadows and dis-colouration.
That might be more to do with Oz prices than anything else. It is how ever one of the Forgeworld kits which seem reasonable value and I am going to sriously consider getting one sadly enough in this case the car comes first......
Big box of goodies arrived, Chimera, Karskin, Comisars etc
Sadly the kids have hidden the camera charger so until I find it I wont be able to post nice pics.
I'll try and take some with my iPad see if they turn out ok if nothing else give you an idea about what I'm working on.
Also some new bits for my Skave arrived as well Rat Ogres on Bikes any day now
On the other side, I'm not sold on the Contemptor Dread, but more the model in itself than the execution... It just makes me think of the Michelin logo :
The commissar will be used as the Armies Tribune which is the Imperial Guard commander I added extra scaring to his face like a burn the hat and changed his arm from normal to bionic (from the
Cadian command spru).
The impact of the Contemptor is what I'm going for as you can see below he's really huge when standing next to his fello imperials and it's this shear scale I wanted more than his ability to
safely shield my rims from the harshness of the local freeways hehe.
Everybody so far - Oh and you'll notice I got the light horse onto correct bases now as well (just need to dress them up a bit).
Starting from left to right;
Far left - Light Horse (Iron Hunters)
Left Front - Honour Guard
Mid Back - SASR (Armsmen)
Mid - Imperia Australis Guard (Auxilia Guard)
Mid Front - No name yet open to suggestions (Lugft Huron)
Right Front - Tribune & Sgt (Guard Command Sqaud)
Right Rear - Endeavour Dread (Ven dread/Contemptor)
Far Right - Warden (Centurian)
Haonn wrote:Counts as huron is AWSOME! is his lioncloth custom built or is it from something?
He's actually Huron, just adjusted to make him to scale with the TS marines from Hits and CH.
He was cut away at the waist and knees his torso raised and a small amount of GS used to widen his torso.
The legs are TS marine kit legs with the knee down removed and the Huron mini's lower legs put in place and GS used to make the new ribbing at the backa nd to fill any gaps as well as add a skightly raised area or the fronts and backs of the legs to emulate the
Terminator legs more.
The hip armor are radar dish sides from a rhino kit and the rear plate is again from huron.
The loin cloth is hurons just cut away filed and GS'd into place with some seals added to hide the slightly butchered bit I couldn't fix.
Then finally I changed his head for a normal Termi Sgt one so he's not got Hurons face (as he's counts as not is).
New Update - Chimera an adventure in painting worn paint and battle damage.
So I got the Chimera for the army and quickly customised it to be a 40k extra cab ute. Well not really yet kind of at the same time.
See Ute ... kinda.
I really wanted to paint the vehicles for this army to a level I've not achieved before and with the lack of an air gun I had to get creative to add a real/semi real damage
and wear on the tanks paint so I reached for my sticky tape matt varnish and silver paint.
Painting the entire tank in mithral silver allowing it to dry and then applying a coat of Flat truecoat and allowed it all to dry (bright silver tank took aweful photos so no pic sorry).
After ward I painted the tank in my army colour of Commando Khaki letting it set not dry I went to town using small strips of sticky tape to tear away my newly painted ... well paint.
leaving the shiny silver undercoat still visible, washed it and began adding details.
here the results so far (still painting thr damn thing).
side by side to check the colour against the armys.
Not blood the bases of all this armies troops etc have a deep red dirt on them known as Pindan which is a type of clay and can be used to build houses, it's also
only found in Northern Australia though similar clays are located world wide. So the dirt stains are painted to match the bases bascially.
Big shovel, you can see the tearing on across the face of this digger.
Non detailed side of the tank.
detailed side it's kinda hard to see the paint chipping thanks to the use of two light colour on my part and bad lighting on the part of the photo but still looking good.
So there we have it something to keep me entertained for a while.
If you have not seen the tape method before or want to know more I'll do a tut if you like (I'll do it with blue so it's really easy to see).
True story about that pic there is a guy 15 or 16 in from the right who seems really stiff looking and another in the bottom row, both men are dead nd were posed for the photo for moral of the
families back home.
Santobell wrote:True story about that pic there is a guy 15 or 16 in from the right who seems really stiff looking and another in the bottom row, both men are dead nd were posed for the photo for moral of the
families back home.
He was shot in the head but did not die, he made it home. I have a vague memory of the ridge in his skull from where the bullet skimmied the bone.
Sadly he died in a hit a run much much later.
He is the inspiration for this army in fact, not too long ago we got his service records and private documents etc released to us from the war memorial.
It took 4 years to get his records ok'd for release and still we still didn't get it all, but we got all manner of things from his medical reports to his medals,
his postings and even letters home that got lost or where copied as part of security, it was amazing to read his words after so long.
It was quite a funny thing really we were told to expect a few papers maybe 5 pages of documents in total and we got so much more a box arrived full
of this and that just about fell over when the courier came with it.
Santo, looking fantastic! leaps and bounds dude, leaps and bounds! the 'ute' is my fave by far, very well executed! love al your work to date, looking forward to seeing more!
nerdfest09 wrote:Santo, looking fantastic! leaps and bounds dude, leaps and bounds! the 'ute' is my fave by far, very well executed! love al your work to date, looking forward to seeing more!
Hey thanks mate, I'm trying all manner of new techniques on this army I want it to feel very iconic, gritty and worn. Hopefully I'm getting there.
Rawson wrote:
Santobell wrote:Non miniature update - 101st Infantry posing infront an unknown Necron Pyramid after the battle of dust gully.
I think this kind of stuff is great! The illustrated version of fluff
Cheers,
Rawson
I have a couple more in the works I'll post them when I can, it's good to hear that people other than myself like the visual fluff idea as well, for me it helps me see how I want the amry to look
or feel or even how I would like to see them played.
Gitsplitta wrote:ute is pretty cool Santobell. Like the little touches your putting on it (like the native soil). Well done!
I need to get an air gun it amazing how many damage or shadow techniques there are that require the use of one oh well we do what we can with what we have
Matt.Kingsley wrote:
Santobell wrote:No mission just a plain old hit and run with a car.
That's even worse...
He's missed thats for sure.
Update - Repaints - Having success with the paint style on the Chimera I have begun re-painting the other vehicles in the army the first being my "Bushmaster Mobile HQ" (Leman Russ).
More to come, armsmen are nearly done and the mauraders are almost built as well.
dantay_xv wrote:I am loving how this project is going and the fact that it is inspired by your great grandfather is brilliant.
We can all see how much time, dedication and heart you are putting in to it.
Keep it up
Hey thanks matey, I'm enjoying this project so much I'll probably continue to add to it after I reach my 1500 point marker maybe even flesh it out with some more
IG units so it can be used as IG only or as Legion, I have also thought of making alternate units to add in here and there so it can be portrayed as the bad
guys as well having a tau/kroot Maurarder unit for instance and maybe a chaos marine units or Tyranid Hybrids, that way I can change the look of the army
without adjusting the army list to suit the game I'm playing at the time.
Dakka_Dok wrote:Cool! The only thing I would change is turn the end of the lascannon, mounted on the truck upright. The devil is in the details.
Yeah I keep forgetting to do that and everytime I spot it myself I say "Tonight I'll fix that tonight" then it never happens but seriously I really need to rotate that.
Miss Dee wrote:The crew came from a gang
Very true.
Update - no pics-
Human Mauraders are built though I'm trying to choose what to use for the Brute (40mm base monster of some kind thats good in CC and has no shooting).
I was thinking of a robot Kangaroo converted out of a coldone. but not sure tell me what you guys think or what you would use maybe an acro flagellent, security bot,
crazy pit fighter guy let me know you guys pick for me okay haha.
These guys are hired guns with special rules like "Specialists and In it for the Money" they are a special weapons team with the bonus of an combat buddy that goes by the name of a Brute.
The idea behind te way I've built the miniature is to look like IG but have some very non - offical setups but in very subtle ways such as some helmets have no Aquila on them and the armour is
iregular and weapons are modified.
This unit is also acompanied by the Centurian (space marine) which gives them an extra punch.
I am as I said above making varients for this unit so I can them the army to match my games visually (in case of IG Vs IG for example or if I need to take a bad guy side in a campaigne etc).
So here is the first option for the unit (unfinished).
Team leader reaching for her Bonding knife.
Sniper with modified rifle.
Recon
I still need to make one with a flamer and fix soem Kroot hounds to a 40mm base to use as the brute but they look pretty good.
Still stuck on what to use for the IG's Brute so any suggestions would be excellent.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Ok so white and over contrasted photos were probably not the best way to show the builds so I started on the paint scheme for them
so here's a early look.
Veteran Sgt Jack Fowler.
Sniper Laury Williams.
And the first of the Alternate units
Fire Team member Aun'li
I'll get some better shots soon as I locate my camera charger, so sorry about the low quality pics lately having to use the iPads cam which is crap.
Moved onto the Armsmen while I wait for replies and more paint to arrive which then lead me to run out of white and Boltgun metal so nifty I'm stuck till I can
get to my FLGS anyhoo here is where I got to before the sudden paint shortage.
Oh and I finished the repaint of the Bushmaster I will post pics tomorrow it looks amazing now I'm just waiting for it to dry so I can add some decals.
And next week I'm off to the local hardware store to get some PVC piping and a heat fan to conver the Valk into a Vulture. I'm hoping it will have working fan
and lights if all goes well.
Gitsplitta wrote:Everything is coming along nicely! Tau looks nifty with the contrast between the skin and suit.
Yer it's looking amazing on the table I got a game in at the local GW a few weeks back during the golden daemon thing anf the army was turing some heads and I won which was a big
boost to my army ego and has spurred me onto fix a few short falls in the composition, including a larger IG base for my flashlight madness and a dropping of the vulture in light of more transport
support, I may even add a 10 TS marine unit which would then allow me access to a Landraider which would look sweet in the IG colours, not to mention the Baneblades whcih are coming my way soon (nearly finished the GK's for my buddy).
Dee. the greens are done I'll take a shot or two and pm them through to you, I'm having a casting issue with them and I'm pretty sure it's the resin I'm using.
The cure time on the fine detail stuff like the pads is to fast using the resin I have now. So the it has no time to settle in the mould before becoming solid I'm hoping to get to the other side of town
(couple of hours drive) to the casting place to see if they have a better choice for this fine a detail stuff, I've spoken to them on the phone and they are pertty sure I'm right about the cure
time/settle issue.
This is also the same issue I'm having with some icons and errata for myself as well, I made some icons for the shoulders of my TS marines but the moulds are just not filling before the resin sets.
If I keep having the issue what I might do is run them up in 3D on my computer and get them cast from a digital printer which is someting I've been umming and arghing about for my skave (make custom armor and gear for them digitally).
but I'll gett he photos to you asap probably today I'm really happy with how they turned out so far and really bummed about this annoying casting problem.
Try keeping the two resin compounds in the fridge, by cooling them down you will extend the work time you have before they harden.
Also make sure to dust the moulds with talc to force the resin to fill out the mould comleteley, it may not be as smooth a finish as a normal cast but at least it will be bubble free.
Rogue Wolves wrote:good to see this blog coming back again looking foward to seeing what you do
Gitsplitta wrote:My thoughts exactly!
Capitansolstice wrote:Wow those look great!
Thanks guys it's awesome to hear/read that kind of feed back on a project like this.
12 more TS marines are also on the way (Thanks Nick)!
In the mean time a breif rundown on the next pics below.
It's a landraider, how is a LR in a Tyrant legion army well thats easy add ten nomral marines to the army list and you get the added bonus of taking one (1) and only one Heavy Support choice
from the SM codex. Basically a support version of the Tip of the Claw rule Huron gives (where if you include him you get to take a single elite choice from the marine dex).
not quite finished yet, some clean up and decal and a little detail work to go but the damage and main colours are done as well as the primary highlights.
Again if anyone wants a tut on how to do the damage just say so and I'll post one or Pm one through it's quite effective.
Gitsplitta wrote:That LRs really been through it, hasn't it Santobell? Nice work my friend. You've got techniques going I haven't seen before.
I'm just trying to infuse a little realsim to the units, it's a tear away form the more cartoony style I normally paint.
but thanks matey thats a big feather in my cap.
Briancj wrote:Man, look at what you stumble over, when surfing P&M logs. Beautiful work on the army, go ANZAC!
--B.
Cheers matey hope you enjoy everything and come back to see some more as I go along.
Ok so I got 5 PM's about the damage paint so I did a tut.
) as well as being a solid concept.
Seriously though, it sounds about as believable as Thunderwolf Cavalry (which is to say very, i like 
