So here is the bases behind the fluff im writing for my guard army - the United Mercenary Colonist Army
This mercinary group was formerly part of the Imperial Guard a long time ago, but while this fleet was airborne, going after some distant distress call, they where some how attacked and got stranded in this planetary system, through many years of regrowth they became a system wide mercinary force. In this system that they are located in there are 7 planets 1 large space station and a sun. The first is named Carcere, which is a lava planet home to a large mining facility and prison. The second is the desert planet named Scelaratis it is mainly used by criminals to hide out on its a poor planet in minerals and such but is home to some milita. The third is a more mountain-es planet similar to Rohan with wide open plains, its name is Collis-Camposque they have a large weapons facility on it and some security companies. the fourth is a swampy planet called Lustrum they have some munitions factories but for the most part its just small towns and facilities. The fifth which is where my army hails from is a forrested planet called Taelion. Its home to the primary government to this system plus it has some tank factories and other vehicle plants, its where the primary of the airforce is located but each planet has their own. the sixth is a more mountan-es snowy planet called Nix-Fridgida itsh as oils and other usfull minerals and is home to some religious societys who like the isolation. the final planet is a very barren ice planet called Sterillis which has no usfull materials but houses a large military training facility. The space station is the main port from this system to its neighboring systems and it houses many of the mercenaries main command points. Now there WAS this eighth planet, which was destroied by unknown means ( ) , and there is also a Rogue Trader who was seen lurking in this sector as well.... but more on those two later..
Now.... Here are a couple things i picked up for today...
Now I will say that I am going to have to waite modeling just untill I receive my Forge World Products.

thanks for looking,
-Rogue

I am very much looking forward to this project. I had the vet shotgun pack and absolutely love the way they look. The always remind me of Col Hicks from Aliens!

Can't wait to see where you take this one Rogue

Thanks Marty, i hope not to disapoint!

hey....next time notify some of the peeps you want to read through your thoughts...

er...oh...not invited...got it...




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also...liked the fluffpart... will be interesting as to how you adapt that all to your minis...

thanks vik! nice new avatar, suits you nicely
Well im painting up a nice practice guardsmen (who isnt really practice, its just i cant start most of the guys without my FW) but seeing as he's the first one, i think im going to waite till he's completly finished till i share him

Can't wait to see this project. Looks awesome

thanks a ton Double Tech5! I hope to have some nice pictures of a finished (maybie not based ) guy in a few days!

Do you have a color scheme yet? I suggest this.

I do like that marty, and being im from the good ol' Pennsylvania I will assure it will be greens and woodlands (which is why i chose to do the Taelion military) but my plan was to take Ash1's camo style, and alter it a bit with paints I have.. so we'll see how this turns out

YAAY! Another OT =L,= thread!

No, i'm just kidding ^^,
Love the story behind all this! seems really cool! looking forward to see how it all turns out.

I have high expectations from you now! Don't you dare let me down
I know you won't!

Thanks for the comments there DiDDe! And dont worry, if you start to think im letting you down, just pull the computer plug and never go back on!


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Ooo im excited, I finished him all up except for his bolt pistol, and his base, so i should have some unbased pictured for you fresh tomorrow


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^Disregard this comment, I finished the base (well its drying) but I dont want to waite untill tomorrow, so im taking some pictures of it right now!

Here is the first (going to be least converted as you can see) of the merc's, he's just a basic soldier, nothing special about him. Now these are bad pictures so im sure I'll end up retaking them tomorrow especialy since I want to write some stuff on his base ring. Any and all C&C is welcome, especialy since this is the first time I tryed this skin tecnique.

Thanks,
-Rogue Wolves

yes...that mini has it all...great use of bitz, great pose and i like the scheme very much!


i would have loved some WIP pics tho as there is some conversion done on his chest i would have liked to see... i like the rebreather on his backpack...nice touch there... and these bitz are highly sought for iirc...and i do own some of these ^^

the only nitpick i have is just of personel taste...i don´t like the ripped of one sleave look...that is just a personal thing... if it would have been by accident then a bit would be still there if it was deliberatly ...why only one??? but then again...nice tats/camo effect on the skin...!!!

if you make the whole platoon like that...heck an army this will be a true gem!

^thanks for the nice comments vik, i'll see if i can answer your comments
-on the chest, thats just a stock tank top body from the catachan command squad
-on the arm, i feel the exact same way, but since i just traided the pointing catachan arm, and i didnt want to use the cadian boltgun arm, i just poped this on, so not all of them will be this odd

if you are looking for more pointy arms...look into wargames factory... thy too have those bitz...and other fitting non "armed" arms as well... i sure know as i hunted some of them down for that very purpose...

aha...catchan chest...... should have known that one^^

but that whole scheme is very cool...so more bare arms as well...


by the way... those lil details make this atm my most favorite model...it shows the long way you´ve come...just look at his eyes...that is some excellent stuff right there...


well i am now off but later on i hope i get some more f that eyecandy...

gosh...do you realize how many eye related methaphors happen on your threads??? crazy and most morbid^^

lol and thank you even thought the arms are wonkey i do think this is my best mini, especialy the eyes, i screamed in excitement when my wobbley hand poped those perfect eyes!

Nice work Rogue!! I kinda like the one sleeve look. It adds a certain level of color break up that is needed for a camo painted mini. I agree this is your best mini to date! Kudos buddy

I can't agree more to what vik said!
Really great work on this fella. The camo and eyes looks truly amazing!
Also that nice little detail with blood and stuff

It really seems that I won't have to pull the computer plugg

I knew you would deliver!
Keep it up!

I can't agree more to what vik said

yes... do that...agree with me... you know...you all are destijned to do so anyway... my time of world domination will come soon...and everything from then on will be peaceful!!

thanks for all the great comments! im going to try to take some better lighting pics today because these pics are too blury, and there is nothing wrong with taking more pics of this guy, i like him so much that he slept next to my bed last night just so i can look at him when i wanted too

i like that spirit^^

well I was comparing this boy to my old Rogue Wolves guard army, and found an executioner tank that was only basecoated! Hizzah! Now I can have something to ease my waiting for the FW to come.. (sort of)

Looking good RW! hehe....still cant get that banner into my sig....sorry.

thanks for the kind words, and im sorry about that banner, but you should try, saving it, then uploading it into the dakka gallery.. at which point you can copy it using the forum link, and post it into you sig!

Like what you have keep it up !

Thanks!

Well I got my IG head sprew in yesterday, but since i cant really start without my FW bits, i did start on 2 guys who dont need them, and they are my Banner Barrier Vladimir, and my Heavy Bolter Carrier... pics will be up shortly

Well a long awaited update, heres progress on the guardsmen....
photo 1- what i've been working on, all those guys on the cork are just bluetacked and ready for their turn once my darn FW comes...
photo 2- Heres the workings of my heavy, "Brick" (cookie to someone who gets my refrence)... still working on making his handle arm look.. decent, but I think he didnt turn out too bad so far
photo 5- Start of my Banner barrer dubbed "Vladimir", still plan on dremel shaving the details, and working in my UMCA flag..
photo 7- really blury group shot..


C&C welcome, they will be painted up as soon as im done squad 1 for my Armies on Parade "Skyrim Empire" which i shall be making a thread for.. eventually

Enjoy!,
-Rogue

I like the background. The army sounds promising

your too kind

Rogue Wolves wrote: your too kind

I only speak the truth


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New page!!!!

.. oh no, its started again!

Yes... it has begun

i´ll comment on your other thread if this is all the same to you

Nice start and like what you are doing, the fluff covers some ground and interesting possibilities, will you be including smugglers and ex cons in the unit ?

As for the work so far great use of bitz and some cool concepts, as for the one sleeved guy (who I will call chuck ) the reason for only one sleeve was due to the fact he taw the sleeve of to use as bandage for his comrade

Mr Norris backpack where is that from cant quite figure that one out

Cant wait for the next supply drop and further progress

omg... thanks LDD, i coulnt figure a name for him... it is definatly Chuck, although on his base it will more likely say *rank* Norris.... lol, and yes I plan on having some smuggler/badasses, but i guess i forgot to say, this isnt a squad for my army, im just making random guardsmen, when i have more than just 10 to work with, i will figure out squads and such

Can't catch up on the read tonight but wanted to let you know I was on board for this one, RW......

good to know, cause your suggestions will always be usefull coming from your scratch building backround

Hey bad dog, I mean rogue wolf, nice start! I'm looking forward to more.

Some advice on your sculpting:
You need to smoothen your putty more, to get rid of the fingerprints. I never use my fingers for more than mixing or placing the putty. Rolling can be done between two sheets of baking paper and if you don't have access to silicone clay shapers, try using a moist brush to achieve a smooth surface.
For a weapon belt like on the heavy bolter guy, make a suitably thin roll of GS between two pieces of glass/plastic (anything perfectly smooth), put it between two sheets of baking paper, press your piece of glass on it to flatten it, cut of the round ends and position it as wanted. This way the belt won't look like a playdoh snake.


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Oh, even more importantly: Don't forget to drill out the barrels.

i like the tip with the baking paper...that will directly flow into my next works!!! thanks baiyuan!!!

You're welcome, it's super-helpful, enjoy!

thanks baiyuan, i think i plan on redoing that strap now, and about the drills, you should only worry when you see a primed undrilled barrel sir

Tried it today, and the wax paper really does work well

I really like the fluff and theme you've got going, so I'll be in tune. Godspeed on the forgeworld, though. Knowing shipping to CA, it'll be there sometime this decade, perhaps.

^thanks for all complements prime, and i hope it will come within a couple weeks.... or months...

If I can add some helpful criticism. Your Harker has the Marine bolter pouches on his back, but no weapon that would use magazines like that. I'd suggest GSing a better pouch that would look like it fit more heavy bolter belt containers.

^thanks for the comments, he isnt a harker count as though ( i have a different idead for that ) but your arguement is perfectly logical, and i will be sure to fix that, thanks for pointing that out sarge

So while at one of my favorite threads- http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300/279777.page#4211785
I've got the inspiration about how normal my IG are (so im GSing right now) any suggestions for a pouch to add/GS that more fits the heavy bolter style as Vet Sarge said??

Hey, who did the ZDF Banners? I don't got one......

Me... and waite 5 min I'll make you one right now (but'll post it on my other thread)

OK....



I will get it tomorrow. Bed calls...

And has been for 20 minutes but the matrix (aka dakka) got me.......

Enjoy the Z's, I have a date with some green sticky stuff and then I'll take my turn!

What no up date

lols, i'll update tonight, i just painted Brick, and Bear..

Well here they are, Brick, Bear, and Norris (ranks come as i figure them out) Vlad i didnt do too much to, dremeld down the emblem on his flag, still need to sand it though.. also the tank that still has a lot to get done, including the entire turret!...


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Ok im going to be having their names on their bases
Captain Norris (im sure you can guess this one )
Sergeant "Brick" Mauldin (last name being the last name of the voice actor for Brick in the game "Borderlands"
Corporal Bear Serk (no refrences in this)
Private First Class Vladimir -need help with lastname-
Leman Russ Executioner [07] "Dust" (dont know about this one, but probibly influenced by Dust Tactics, not sure)

They look really good rogue! I especially like bricks face!

I'm glad you do forgot to paint his eye piece, but i did now, blue, I'll have to post the pic tomorrow though

Nice work so far going good

As for the name: Private First Class Vladimir -need help with lastname- "kalashnikov"

I was hoping DUST came from the GI JOE mini but hey

I'm really liking the weathering on the russ, along with the camo netting and the red plasma coils.

LDD...why man..why?

^^^^^^ Kalahnikov..... hmmm I'll take it, but in no way say he is an AK refrence, i hate those damn guns

@prime12357 thanks for the complements, although the plasma coils are only base coated, im glad you like them

Rogue your minis look great but turn a freakin light on! I really want to see a brighter set of pics. Your camo scheme looks awesome! Keep up the great work.

second the need for better pics RW...but from what i see faces sure are your stuff! they looks super cool!

Whats wrong with AK'S

Sorry about the picture Dave

^its that i hate 'em and yea guys that picture was taken late at night, i think im going to have to set up a nice spot to take pictures, plus i based them and drilled barrels so new pictures are coming


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http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/446545.page#4219260 go here to see my AoP and vote!

actually i like AK guns too... they pack quite a punch and amo and guns are cheap...

oh they are fine... but because of COD most people i know over rate them substantualy.. so i hate them, i always perfer american

AK is a really great gun. it's light, easy to use and reliable..

And most of all it's really really fun to shoot! ;D

^not arguing there... i still dont like it

Heres the latest update, some pictures of the "finished" guardsmen, a rather blurry group pic... and the start of an empire titan (which is going to be located on my WIP thread since it isnt the UMCA's titan.. because mercs wont be able to get that much firepower!
pic1- drew this while the power was out for 20 min yesterday, just a generic IG soldier..
pic2,3,4,5- Here are the designs on the titan, i started with the "small" middle drawing, then did the 4ft drawing on the left, which left me with the 4.5 2d model on the right, but im still thinking of pulling it more at 5-5.5 feet
pic6- this is just incase you didnt belive me, its one of the IG on the smaller left drawing (1-1.5 smaller than the final product)
pic7,8,9,10 - Sgt. "Brick" Mauldlin, and Cpl. Bear Serk
pic11 - blurry group shot

Blurry I thought I was pissed ……... O I am thats OK then

Great start Titans man thats a big job good luck

thanks LDD, I thought that since I dont belive I earned my way into the =][_,= well enough (plus the influence by some people at the store last weekend) I might as well go big or go home! ... btw may the 4th be with you!

comment in your regular thread!

Good luck on that emperor.....




You are gonna need it......


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Where are you getting your scale and proportions from?

mainly from a bunch of pictures of titans next to titans and such

Yeah, me too....


Keep it realistic as it can be though...... You will do fine...

Can't wait to see you start....

Good stuff already, sign me up. Oh, wait, I sign myself up.

Haha

good to have you on board brian, its nice to have a load of scratch builders to suggest ways about going things, that way when i hate the titan i can blame it on everyone else.... right?

Can't blame me.....


I blame myself, though....


how does that work?

dood, don't set yourself up for failure already....

^that mate...

or as i recently used this mantra...:

the day you stop fighting is the moment you have lost already...

Yeah, that^^

And you can do anything you think you can......

really? if i now happen to think about flying? would that work too?...

dont worry dave, i havent ever considered how much of a pain in the rear this titan is going to be, i only think of how fun/badass its going to be!


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Viktor von Domm wrote:really? if i now happen to think about flying? would that work too?...

amelia airheart (is that the chicks name?) thought she could fly too... and we all know how that one ended...

actually that woman was never found iirc...only captain janeway found her in the delta quadrand...

Viktor von Domm wrote:actually that woman was never found iirc....

exactly!

Goodluck on that titan

thanks man! and welcome to dakka!

Is it a cat titan?

lol im suprised no one asked

well... now i had my fingers crossed for that to be an unspeakable idea...thanks galorn...now this is all going down the drain

dont worry, no cat titans

*crosses fingers*


on a totally unrealted footnote...:

aww the link is broken, please repost sir

drat....i ha dproblems too... mom...

http://www.tradecardsonline.com/im/selectCard/card_id/24289/goal/DC

hope you can see now for yourself...

you are awsome

well i actually took the easy road and just typed cat and titan... and it was the first pic i got^^

shhh i dont want to know your secret!

Stop parking your car out side my house RW

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by the way... the plate says for cats... to be run over with?

I think the other part of the plate is on the back ……… the cats don't see that one coming

Pink is so RW LOL

lol....

i bet on the back numberplate is a text like: how do you like my driving yon pussy...cat

Viktor von Domm wrote:lo how do you like my driving yon pussy

and i guess its a bad thing that red is my favorite color... because you add too much white and you do infact get pink

what you don´t say mister??? the news...the news...!

I think i forgot to post these wip of my recent terrian on here... anyways
full explanations of each are at my WIP thread, but if your curious about any peices just feel free to ask

amazing work man, thanks for pointing me here. what king of feel are you going for with the army? for example mine are ultra-modern. With your impressive bases and that building of yours im thinking grimdark?

Nice implementation of a Heroscape board piece there. Almost didn't catch it. I'll be sure to follow this project!

Hey, RW, looks really fething good, man. Are you having Hazzer take your photos for you, though? LOL..


Seriously, though, what Heroscape piece did you use? I don't see it......

Are you having Hazzer take your photos for you, though? LOL..

LOOOLLL

Nice pics but I don't remember drinking blurry vision must have then ……..

Scenery as well after Dave's job me thinks

lol thanks for all the nice comments
@ newabortion, hmm i havent thought too much of my theme, but in style i've been leaning twards vietnam war looks... but i try to keep a more modern style if possible
@max the building itself is part of the heroscape marvel set (though i added the stopsign,flag,and wireing inside)
now to all the explanation for these pictures being bad was that i had painted them and wanted to show you.. but my camera was completly dead so i tried to take as many as i can before it did, but i plan on retaking some later this week

Oh ok. I have all the other heroscape stuff. The huge boxset.....

this was the first miniature gam i got involved in, and i have a large rubber tub filled with them.. although for centimental reasons i try not using them, but seeing as they never released their 2nd wave of marvel .. and i dont play anymore, i thought i'd use it ( i always used my castle instead of this small building)

sorry about the lack of updates, I've been busy with my Armies on Parade entry ( as shown on my WIP thread).. anyway this is what happened at the begining of the month (sorry for the blurriness, its a mix of bad lighting and bad camera which im trying to fix)
ok explanations now
(all are WIPs and most are bluetacted btw)
pic 1- blurry pic of FW goodies
pic 2-4&11-12 -this is (possibly the medic? i think it would be funny to have the medic with the bandage) *very much inspired by Ash 1 's work here on dakka
pic 5-6&14- this guy i plan on making that little tube in his hand a flare, and probibly do some OSL on it, *the helmet made me think of "Black Hawk Down" so thats where the inspiration, and flare idea comes from
pic7- this is well.. a guy, nothing interesting here, just thought the pose is interesting is all.. *but i guess in a way its inspired by scfi movies, mostly the "Alien" type
pic8- this sniper is inspired by one of Migsula's guardsmen using the same head
pic9- just a nice looking pose is all *this guy is inspired by 02Laney
pic10- the second i saw this head i wanted to make a badass outta him, so i gave him a melta and a cigar, so we'll see how it goes *inspired by Scarper
the rest of the pics i dont really have any specific thing to say about

How did you get Hazzer's old camera?? lol

... how dare you

he is dave... and.... well i second this

Some nice combinations here mate, great stuff coming together here and that guy with the bandage is exactly the same layout as one I built …….. Even the back pack.

P.S. I missed you to mate

Welcome back LDD! thanks for the comments, but all the real action is happening on my other thread go check it out

I have moved to the action

Well after a trip to GW, I painted up some of my IG squad, built some more (still WIP as they are a bit odd).. and ran out of primer! good news is that I decided on what im going to add to these guys.. definalty some vendettas (and *stormtalons as allies) so it will definatly be vehical heavy, with a ton of fliers so keep an eye out for that.... any way to the (horrible shot{this is getting to be a problem}) pics!
*going to be converted to have IG pilot

Well here they are, the stormtalon I just built (minus the cockpit), and the starting of the Vendetta, im currently filling the inside with details so more pics will come when there is more to look at...

Rw is getting an Air Force! Woot!

am i the only one to think that the storm tallon is a totally dumb model? ...

but seeing the vendetta in the making is filling my herat with joy even now ... that gunner has a nifty pose^^

Ya! rocking stuff!

oh dont worry vik i'll make you love the storm talon (or else) and thanks for liking the sniper, im still fiddling with his pose but thats basicaly what i want
@dave well seeing that i plan on getting one more vendetta ... within 1500pts. yes i want an airforce, ahh once i have the extra cash maybie i get some fancy fw planes
@ghostmaker thanks!
more updates coming today, including a selection of sample bases from the great Galorn!

you could make me possibly start to fall in love with blue fishy faces... but the strom tallon...hard job...

hey knowing you, im sure you fallen in love with alot more obsure things .. hmm but maybie if i throw on some paint add a freehanded design, throw it at a wall and then show you my vendetta you'll be happier

lol...that could work... the throwing thing^^

well that reminds me, im contimplating what to paint my flyers as, should i go camo or flat green??

two sided... upper part either camo or flat green, underside grey/blueish...

hmm grey bluish.. do you think it would match with the rest of my army?

i think you missunderstood me... birds should always get camo for the air...as seen from the ground and the ground as seen from above... so a dual camo job is in need...!

ahh ok i understand what your saying, once i have this beast built i think i'll take it through a spin in GIMP to test out camo scemes

good idea!...

camo wise with this model you will have lots of options!

A quick update, I started filling in the valk with bits (and like an idiot forgot to take a picture of the celing i did :( ) well, nothing is glued in so that it can all be painted and put back, but i also got some amazing bases (thanks galorn!) i really like these ones, the casting is great it really only required the tiniest bit of cleanup and than they are ready to be used, the next box i but im definatly going to be using these bases, and im going to use it on my valk, and am probibly going to add some guys and gear down there to make it even more fancy then it already is...

This is one kick ass rag tag unit, each one individually kitted out for their skill sets.

Nice work on the fast support the personal touches are coming on nicely, this is turning into a nice little thread

why thanks ldd, glad to see you back on dakka by the way, and being that this is more of my love child than an army, i hope to make each one as individual as these guys ( in my 1500pt list there is only 40 guardsmen, and right now i have around 36 unique heads im planning on using for all of them.. its once i hit that mark that im going to have to figure out what to do next

Now thats a plan mate and love the fact you are making every one of them original will you be GS some pouches and such to give that little more personal touch ? hair and beards with GS may help as well due to limited heads

You could also try alternative manufacturers heads GS scarves and ski masks that could also be an idea well look forward to the next updates

^ that is a plan yes, especialy since i want to practice with GS as much as possible because i want to get to the point of (my dream modeler) CMDante, where he is at sculpting is amazing!

Rogue Wolves wrote:^ that is a plan yes, especialy since i want to practice with GS as much as possible because i want to get to the point of (my dream modeler) CMDante, where he is at sculpting is amazing!

Yes, I found his stuff a long while ago and got into blood pact because of his work.

I still have more to add to the interior of this vendetta, but here it is so far.. C&C welcome

Any chance of an in focus pic of Waxy

I will get one tomorrow, not because I dont feel like it, but because at 1am there is no light in this place

Rogue Wolves wrote:I will get one tomorrow, not because I dont feel like it, but because at 1am there is no light in this place

Thats why the bats like your cave get it on 2 levels you live in a cave and the joker thing

I got this one

lone dirty dog wrote:

Rogue Wolves wrote:I will get one tomorrow, not because I dont feel like it, but because at 1am there is no light in this place

Thats why the bats like your cave get it on 2 levels you live in a cave and the joker thing

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Rogue Wolves wrote:I got this one

What gave it away then

Here is my newest paint job - The Stormtalon C&C welcome..

Looks good. how did the base paint up?

the base is stil a WIP but I'll show it off to ya once theres more to look at

shame you borrowed hazzer´s cam again

It looks great RW!! and i like the flag on the side of the "rocketpod". one question thouh.. aren't you gonna paint the canopy? :/

thanks DiDDe, and yea I plan on painting the cannopy, but Not the whole thing I still want to be able to see my interior

Yeah i just meant the canopy frame anyways so.

This looks pretty bad ass, I don't even like this model but I am even tempted to invest in one now.

The camo looks pretty cool, it looks like a battlefield drop craft, however I think it would look better with a guard pilot ….. which mine will have

Where are the guard updates, I am working on some groups based on movie units and characters, after seeing the cool stuff you were achieving encouraged me to start doing them

I wanted a guard pilot, but I didnt have a proper body atm and just wanted it done, making me hate this model! but excited to see your movie squads!

Rogue Wolves wrote:I wanted a guard pilot, but I didnt have a proper body atm and just wanted it done, making me hate this model! but excited to see your movie squads!

Can you remove the marine pilot still if you choose to change him why not buy the Valk pilot parts of Evil bay, just the arms, torso and head and use them.

I am still working through parts for general mock ups at the moment, Zing helped with one idea due to one of his recent releases that made me decided to complete an idea.

I have built one miniature partially , but still need to work out his weapon load out I am quite pleased with it so far, he would count as a Marbo character.

I am really getting into this idea at the moment, but RL is getting in the way of things so much at the moment

But as soon as I get some thing together worth showing I will send you a preview, see what you think

Now I want to see some more guard, and a pilot to get rid of that dam marine, although you did do a nice paint job on him

I have the valk kit too, its not that, I would need to buy a standing guardsman and cut and GS his legs in the sitting position (the way the cockpit is made, the seat is too big for the sentinal body, and you are going to end up seeing most of the legs, but yea the pilot comes out completley for the time i can figure a way to make this work, and thanks but i as well dont like the marine, but Klaus has to be so darn amazing that when i see what he does scratch building wise (especialy the helicopter interior he did, I know that the best way to do it is an entire cockpit from scratch..
and definatly looking foward to seeing your guard! RL can be a - - - - - sometimes i definatly understand

Yes, I see your point with the cockpit design and seeing the legs, cant you just adjust the area around the legs maybe GS the lower leg section and add the rest to them.


Maybe add some more to the instruments to bring in the sitting section a little, I am running blind here as I have never seen the actual model in RL.


I am sure you can nock something together that will work, I also want to see more guard characters, been to quite as of late on that front if you ask me

Well I have about 100$ of hobby money right now, but 400$ of IG left to get me to 1500, im just figuring out the best course of action, probibly some SM scouts, and some shocktroops.. even thought catachans have the better legs, i hate their arms alot.. the only reason i have odd guys with half catachan half cadian is because i ran out of cadian! so expect those two at least... but than there is the rest of the money

have you considered using catachan arms and sand down these to a point to later GS some sleeves and such on them? i think this would be a great savings in money...

I have done that a few times, it works in the long run but can be a real ass ache to achieve.

Try ebay for odds and ends or scrounge for any unwanted pieces, you never know people might be happy to help

for some reason i have the gunwielding arms aplenty... only the second matching arm is always missing...so technically i could help you with the odd arm^^

You could call them the" one arm bandits " with the aid of Viks arms

hehe I think I would have to freehand a secret symbol just for that, the one thing i love about the catachan arms is that you glue the gun into the hands so there are open left arms a plenty with them!

yup... that is true...

Quick update, currently working on cultists though (more on my other thread)...

everything looks highly promising...

the only nitpick is about the cultist heavy... he still wears that chaos star... you might want to shave that off

and where from is that commanders head?

@Vik: From the WFB hurricanium or whatever its name is.

Ooooh, i'm loving the eyes man! They are stunningly well executed.

oh... that´s the second bit i see why this would be a useful addition to my bitzbox...hmmm


thanks baiyuan!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
oh... that´s the second bit i see why this would be a useful addition to my bitzbox...hmmm


thanks baiyuan!

You're bitz box and mine

hehehe

lovely conversions happening

I'm just glad that the guy I traded them for has a tanith army too and wanted all the sniper cloaks he could get!

Awesome Rogue! The guy with the stocking hat is my fav! Nice job with the conversions too!

Not trying to bring this thread back to life, just trying to tell my viewers that I'm back and have a new and updated thread complete with a large first update! Vikings, Space Highlanders, Terrain, Sculptures, take a look!http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/604695.page