Hello people, I'm new to this forum, I have a 15mm 40k project underway, starting with Blood angels, then Tyranids, Death Guard, Imperial guard, and Tau.
Disclaimer - these are for my own collection only and will not be sold or traded, I am not endorsing this as an alternative to 28mm 40K, as the work required is extream, its just a personal challange for my modeling skills, and I thought this project may be of interest to some here.
I have a blog that has a lost of posts on this project already, so I will just add a update here, Click the link for more WIP and finishe pictures.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/search/label/15mm%20Space%20Marines
1st squad 2nd company of the Blood Angels finished






3rd Tactical squad 2nd company of the Blood Angels finished






WIP bolter armed Death Company squad






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Here is a size comparison pic.

Wow that's pretty out there! But love it still, there made from green stuuf right?

-ironhandstraken

Hi Ironhandstraken - they are conversions of 15mm power armour, too space marines using green stuff, there are heaps of WIP pics on my blog.

Haha! These are awesome

And it means a 2000pt battle on a 6x4 table actually makes slightly more sense. Would love to see more. I would think that the old school Rhinos would actually be "truescale" for these 15mm models...

Really cool idea. How long does each marine take to complete? What size force are you going for? Also will you be doing and vehicles? Looking forward to seeing what you produce!

Checking out the blog now.

Thanks guys,
Size of force - I was considering doing a full company, plus some death company and terminators, but I think the force will be as follows
2 X Tac squad in Rhinos
1 X Dev squad in Rhino
1 X vet assault squad in a Rhino
1 X Assault squad in Rhino
1 X DC Squad in Rhino
1 X DC Squad in JP
1 X Assault squad in JP
1 X Sang guard in JP
1 X Assault Terminator squad 4 with TH and SS 1 with LC
1 X Tac erminator squad
2 or 3 Baal Preds
I will do some land raiders and Dreds (not sure how many)
Characters will be
Dante in JP
Tycho
Lemartes in JP
Mephiston
a Librarian in Terminator armour
I will make a master of the vehicles and cast up what I need, so this will take me some time.

lol really nice idea seems like an awefull lot of work though

Hi Dijnsk, yes a lot of work, I am doing a jump pack squad at the moment, and its getting tedious.

Awesome! I can just imagine how hard it is to sculpt these guys, when 28mm is hard enough! Great job! I'll stay tuned!

Oh wow i thought they were on 10 cent piece bases but they're 5 cents AUD bases right?
They are so tiny, that's crazy. Great work!

Hi two Spartan - yes 5c Aus, I have a big bag of them, and base all my 15mm figs on them.

Hi guys, my bolter armed death company squad almost finished, just need to make 2 more figures for this squad, I'm pretty happy with this squad, my next figures will be Lemartes and the 2 missing DC figs for this squad, let me know what you think.

Hi guys, haven't done much hobby related stuff this week, the only thing to show is some very WIP shots of my Lemartes, still a lot of work to do on this little guy, he will be the first major Blood angels character. He looks like he has ear phones on, but that will become a halo, I think the jets look about the right size, are they to long? there will be a lot of work done on the back pack yet.

More cool stuff! If anything the jets maybe look too skinny. But at 15mm no one will be able to tell. Good work!

Another great unit! Shell casings are a nice touch on the base

This is really interesting project, good luck with it.

As a general note, I think some sharpening on the edges and corners of the GS work would add some sharpness/crispiness to the models (I know it's not that easy/fast to do)

Otherwise loving them, especially that chaplain is looking mighty cool.

Keep it up

thanks guys, I am hoping my sculpting gets crisper the more I practic, though I may need to change putties, to Brown stuff.

Hi guys, not much hobby stuff going on due to real life, but I have some work done on Lemartes, nearly finished this character, just some work on the crozius to do, let me know what you think.

Awesome thread! These guys are neat!

Hi guys, here is my 15mm Lemartes finished, I'm pretty happy with how her turned out, what do you think? Click here for more images.

Hi guys, whats next for the 15mm Blood Angels? I am working on a veteran assault squad in jump packs, but there is so much work required in them that I need a break, and I want to do something a little easier, I bought some of Mad robots jump troopers a while ago and have yet found a use for them, they are really nice figures but are on the large side, and I think they will make perfect scout troops for the Blood Angels, and with little conversion, I will need to get rid of the jump pack, add shoulder armour and a couple of other little details, here is a comparison pic with Khurasan 15mm fig, the weapon looks like a shot gun, so I will have 5 with shot guns, 4 snipers, and 1 squad leader.
Click to go to my blog

The purity seals on the Lemartes look really good. Nice detail there.
How long does each marine take?

Also what is that Transport on the header on your blog?? Is that for 15mm 'Alien' games? Very cool

Hi Zwan1one, each marine takes some work, because I have to cut away a fair bit of the original fig, then I have to wait for each layer of green stuff to dry before adding more, not sure how long it takes all up. The yello vehicle is a converted Matchbox sno plow for Aliens setting, check my blog, I have some really nice Xenos and colonial marines.

Hi guys, some WIP pics of my scouts, these are 2 of the shotgun scouts, still working on the snipers, anything I need to do to make them more like scouts? what do you think? should I source some bare heads for head swaps? or are the helmets OK?

Hi guys, this is what the sniper scouts will look like and I am also working on a Veteran assault squad with jump packs.

Are you going to extend the barrel on the sniper? The studded shoulder pad on the assault marine looks cool. I image a fairly difficult detail to get right.
When do think you'll start the next army?

Hi guys, have been kept busy with real life for the past 2 weeks, so no real progress with the 15mm Blood Angels, however I have picked up some Eureka 25mm NSL power armour suits for conversion to 15mm Blood Angel terminators, these will undergo heavy conversion, I will cut off the shoulder armour attached to the body and the face visor, square off the top of the torso, add vents to the rear of the torso, add shoulder armor, add eagle to the chest, add helmets, add a storm bolter, and rounded knee armour, add other detail and doodads, I have 10 of these to convert, there will be 3 with Hammer and shield, 2 with lightening claws, 3 with storm bolters, 1 with a chain gun or heavy flamer, and a squad leader with storm bolter and power sword, might also add a chain fist or 2 in there.

Hi guys, just a quick update to show the difference in shape to the Torso, with a little work, I think they are going to turn out to be very acceptable 15mm Terminators, (these are still very much WIP) what do you thinks?

Look promising

Good looking shapes.

Thanks guys, this unit shows the first signs of impatience in the 15mm Blood Angels project, I decided to make 4 scout snipers, 5 shot guns and a leader, the 4 snipers were going to be in ghilli suits, but I got impatient and only finished 2, the other 2 I just added camo to the sniper rifles, I will also distinguish them with face paint, the pants will be a grey urban camo pattern, what do you think?

Hi guy, some WIP Picts of my assault terminators.
Posting this from an Ipad, haven't done this before, hope it works.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/wip-15-mm-blood-angel-assault.html

Those scouts look great. Glad to see yoi're still working on this!

Thanks Zwan, still working out how to post pics from eye pad.

Hi guys
These are coming along nicely, need to fill the hammer head out, they are blue tacked together for the photos, all comments welcome.


http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/wip-15mm-blood-angel-terminators-part-2.html

Very cool stuff, interesting idea.

Thanks IHLBT

Hi guys these are ready for paint, let my know if there are any areas I need to improve.


http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/ready-for-paint-15mm-terminators.html

Hi guys, just a quick update, these are about 60% done, wanted to show them with their basic colours done, all comments welcome.



http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/painting-nearly-done-15mm-terminators.html

Hi guys, lots of pics on my blog.


http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/finished-15mm-blood-angel-terminators.html

Hi guys, my first scout squad finished, 4 snipers, 5 shotguns and 1 bolter, I will be doing another squad, all with bolters, as well as a couple of heavy bolters, I will be upgrading the rest of my BA force with bases the same as this, it covers up the figs stands and looks nice, all comments welcome.
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Hi guys, my first scout squad finished, 4 snipers, 5 shotguns and 1 bolter, I will be doing another squad, all with bolters, as well as a couple of heavy bolters, I will be upgrading the rest of my BA force with bases the same as this, it covers up the figs stands and looks nice, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/15mm-blood-angel-scout-squad-finished.html

I've been watching you with these guys and just don't know what to say.....they're great. Most people are trying to make their marines bigger, I've toyed around with making midget marines, but you make them tiny. I'm just glad I don't have to paint them, my eyes are bad enough

Thanks Theophony.
Hi guys, I have a dilemma, I am working on making a land raider, my initial idea was using a Char B1 bis (green one) as a land raider and the Mk 4 (grey one) as a Leman Russ for my 15mm Imperial guard, heres my dilemma, the green one makes the better Land raider, but I think it may be to small, the grey one makes the better Leman Russ, but I think the bigger size would be better for the land raider, so which one should be which? What's your opinion, or should I look at other options? If I used the grey as a land raider, I would remove the rivets, but leave them on for a Leman Russ, also the direction the grey one faces would change depending on if it is a Leman Russ or land raider, both will have gun sponsons on the sides, and hull mounted heavy bolters at the front, check my blog for more Picts.



http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/15mmland-raiderleman-russ-dilemma.html

Legend has it the Russ was based upon the Char B1 Bis. Personally in this case I think the larger size is necessary for the Land Raider it should look a lot bigger than the Russ so I'd go for grey.

Yeah I agree, I'm one leaning towards scratch building the raider and using the grey for the Russ.


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Hi guys, this still needs a lot of work, but the basic shape is coming together, it will be the master for a mould, this is the start of my 15mm Death korps of Krieg army, it has twin heavy bolters
on each side, but thats only for looks and will only count as one, I might put a storage bin on the rear of the turret, the figure is only for scale, and is not the figure I will use for the IG conversions, what do you think? More Picts on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/wip-15mm-dkok-leman-russ.html

Hi guys, here are my first 15mm Death Korps of Krieg conversions, i have also started on some auto cannons, for this army I will be using various WWI Germans and French, with head swaps from Peter Pig, and these Heer light troops from Trench 2114, these are almost perfect, except they only come in 5 poses, so I don't think I will get anymore, I will convert the rest of the army (which i plan on being quite large) this army will also have Armour, cavalry, artillery, Naval marines, and air support, all commits welcome, more pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/wip-15mm-death-korps-of-krieg-infantry.html

Awesome blog! I'll be watching this!

that tank conversion from a Mark 1 tank is cool....where did you get the turret? I think you could actually use it as a leman russ but size-wise it might also be like a Valdor. Also what kit the tank?

Have you checked out the shapeways website? you can print out rhino-shaped apc's, and marine-shaped infantry as well for 15mm.

Hi Meade, thanks, the kit is the Airfix Mk IV, the turret is of the Airfix M113 fire support vehicle, I have checked the shapeways stuff, it is pretty good, I think I will buys some of their stuff, but will use the figures as armatures, and add more bulk and detail, I like their land speeders, and will get at least 4 of those, but the Rhinos will be a tad small for what I want, I think.

Hi guys, seems I'm wasting my time on this site, see how I go after this post, then may just let it die, here is a WIP veteran grenadier squad, these guys still have a bit of work to go, but they are coming along nicely, I'm thinking I will add a canister to the front of the gas mask, I wanted a squad that would stand out, so gave them bearskins to denote their elite status, can't wait to finish and paint these guys, heaps more Picts on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/wip-15mm-dkok-veteran-grenadiers.html

 Imperial Templari wrote:
Hi Meade, thanks, the kit is the Airfix Mk IV, the turret is of the Airfix M113 fire support vehicle, I have checked the shapeways stuff, it is pretty good, I think I will buys some of their stuff, but will use the figures as armatures, and add more bulk and detail, I like their land speeders, and will get at least 4 of those, but the Rhinos will be a tad small for what I want, I think.

sounds like a good plan! I didn't realize those rhinos were small, then again 40k rhinos (and marines) are also too small...

I've recently invested in a mound of figs from Rebel Minis, they've got the gas-masked infantry I like... and also pledged in the All Quiet on the Martian front kickstarter... wanting to homebrew my own 40k-ish 15mm battles.

Also looking for rulesets to use... there is a lot of alternative stuff out there for 15mm it's a bit hard to process at first...

Hi Meade, add yourself to my blog, we can give each other ideas, don't rely on my continuing to post to this form, your the only one who seems to be following so I'm considering letting this post die.

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Hi Meade, add yourself to my blog, we can give each other ideas, don't rely on my continuing to post to this form, your the only one who seems to be following so I'm considering letting this post die.

checked it out an bookmarked it, but TBH, i like dakka because it lets me check so many blogs in one place I have trouble keeping track of everyone's individual blog.

the blog doesn't die as long as you post on it... eventually more people take notice trust me! Even if you want to support your blog the best way is to maintain a presence on forums, I say.

Cool guard. Looking quite Vostroyan with the hats. The details you add to the all troops is really quite astonishing!

Please keep updating this blog.

OK, thanks guys, I will keep the thread going, thanks for following, working on Death riders right now.

Hi guys, this veteran Grenadier squad is ready for paint, not sure about these bases, tried a new batch of sand, it looks a little to coarse for my liking, now back to working on my rough riders, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/15mm-dkok-grenadiers-ready-for-paint.html

That sand is more noticeable compared to the stuff on the Blood Angels. But i think it will work with the DKOK look.

There gas masks are really well done. I like how you achieve so much using only simple shapes to add a lot of detail. I'm not saying its easy but when you have a while regiment to sculpt then its effective.

Glad you are keeping this blog updated. Nice touch with the small blast craters. is that done with the end of a pencil?

Hi Zwan, thanks mate, at this scale simple shapes are all I can do, but, yes they are effective.

It's easy to forget the scale when they are blown up on a computer screen.

Hi guys, the first squad of my 15mm DKoK army is done, I'm really happy with how these guys turned out, I'm undecided whether I should paint any numbers/markings on the shoulder armour, the dark red regimental facing colour on the turn backs/cuffs of the great coats will be duplicated on other squads and flags, this is the pallet of colours I will use for the army, except the Naval marines I plan on doing, I will substitute the fieldgrey with blue, and will give them sailors caps, the rest of the grunts will have picklehelms, lots more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/15mm-dkok-veteran-grenadiers-finished.html

Hi guys, sorry about the crap pics, here are my WIP Death Riders, the original figures were Napoleonic Wurtembergers, I wanted them to have czapkas (hats) so gave them head swaps with some surplus Polish infantry, the lances without fanions will have paper fanions added, any ideas on how to paint the horses? I want them to look a little creepy and unnatural, as they are hairless bio engineered organisms.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/wip-15mm-dkok-rough-riders.html

This is some really amazing work you are doing. As for the horses, you could probably paint them skin coloured as that is the colour of normal horses. The problem with this though is that it might look too odd. I would suggest colouring them brown/black as this would look more natural (well as natural as bio-engeneered horses can get). Also, are you going to add hairless tails to them as horses do have small tails (look at the FW DKOK).

Hey, mate, I saw your 15mm work on TMP and was delighted to see you post your work here! Because now I can say I love everything you've done with this project

Re. painting the horses, if you are keeping the riders the same colour scheme as the foot troops then I support painting them skin coloured - it would contrast nicely with the greys and browns and look rather unsettling!

Have to say I really like the basing style on the DKoK - did you push the sand into the milliput or glue it down?

Remember to post that Leman Russ when it's done, I really like it!

Ragsta

I got to agree with flesh coloured. But maybe slightly sickly? Or very pale grey? Not quite such how to pull that of though.

Wow, 3 responses, thanks guys, I'm going with the pink naked mole rat look for the horses, the riders will have a similar colour pallet as the Grenadiers, but with a different facing colour, and yes, I will add a small hairless tail, as well as some other detail on the rumps, the sand is just glued down.

Pink naked mole rat. Nice. That's a very descriptive word for a flesh colour. Needs to be on a paint pot.

Zwan1One wrote:
Pink naked mole rat. Nice. That's a very descriptive word for a flesh colour. Needs to be on a paint pot.

would be a great name for a wallpaper.

"which would look better with the couch, the pink naked molerat or this one with more of a zombie flesh tint?"

Hi guys, theses guys are almost ready for paint, just need to add sand to the bases, I've added some detail to the bio/ mechanical mounts, the mounts will be very pale skin coloured, with purple washes, the riders will be field grey with pink facings, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/15mm-rough-riders-ready-for-paint.html

Wow. The details added to the mounts look great. Can't wait to see them painted up.
Your conversions really make them stand out as something that belongs in 40k rather than napolionic era.

Thanks Zwan, starting on the painting today.

The first 6 Rough Riders are done, maybe a little too pink with the facings, but I think pink facings fit the slight Napoleonic feel, I think I will use pale blue/grey mounts for the next batch, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/15mm-dkok-rough-riders-finished.html

Hi guys, here is my WIP 15mm DKoK Ogryn unit, TBH I am not really sure about these guys, I'm not sure if they are to big, if their heads are to big, if the helmets work, what do you think? Persist with these, keep them as is? Change their heads to a gas mask hood more like the second fig, with no helmet? Not sure the officer with the chain sword works either, all comment appreciated.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/wip-ogryns-opinions-needed.html

I have to say the giant pink mole rat horse's look really great. All the details you have added really bring life to them. Really successfull. Love their gas masks. The red eye lenses look almost like gems!

I don't think the ogryns are bulky enough. To tall and skinny. But I do like their helmets and masks. They possibly look to much like they are just regular 28mm troops.

I'll try to think of something helpful to say...


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Would it be better to use an ork as a base? I think they will also benefit from adding a lot of cybernetic implants and alterations like you did with the horses. These being krieg ogryns and all.

Hi Zwan, thanks mate, I agree, looking at my plastic orcs and planning.

I like the gas mask head without the helmet too - it implies a bald cranium for some strange reason. Maybe that's just cos I'm pretty bald :S

Also, if you avoid using helmets that's one less thing that makes them look less 'giant' and more 'Ogryn' if that makes any sense at all!!

Hi guys
These are still WIP, I have put the other Ogryns aside for the time being, and have started this new batch, using some GW plastic fantasy Orks for the basis of the conversion, I still have to some pouches, water bottles, bayonets etc, I think they are suitably ferocious looking, what do you think?
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/take-two-wip-dkok-ogryn-conversions.html

These! Now these are much better! The scale is pretty good next to the infantry as well. Nice job on the hooded gas masks and piping.
It's amazing how suitable the grenade launchers are as ripper guns.

I really like the idea of a riot control ogryn!

The scale is much better- shows the fatness of the ogryns. The other ones were just to skinny. All in all keep up the good work! Really interesting blog - 15mm is my favourite scale

Thanks guys, a little more work on these, than undercoat tonight and painting tomorrow.

Hi guys

Progress on these has come to a screaming halt, I have come to a decision crisis, my intension was to paint these guys in the same colours as the previous DKoK troops, fieldgrey with dark grey armour, whilst painting, I am always looking on the net for inspiration, I have noticed a couple of IG. armies/figures with light turquoise colours that looked really good, so my dilemma, should I

1) pull my head in and stick to the current colour, fieldgrey/dark grey.
2) give just this unit light turquoise armour to make them a, little different (I'm a little worried they won't fit in) the uniform would stay fieldgrey.
3) make light turquoise the colour for all armour in the army (re paint the finish units) the uniform would stay fieldgrey.

I have to also say if I were to use turquoise, I would weather the hell out of it, and make I'd really beaten up.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/ogryn-colour-dilemma.html

Those Ogryns are far better than the originals and those horses really give of the creepy techno-vibe of the Death Korp really characterful.

What a crazy project! You've done a great job though. From what I have seen you have put a lot of hard work into this and it's paid off.
Well done!!

Looking good! I think the colours work really well as is.

Maybe use the turquoise for characters or elite units? I think you might be tempted to touch the whole army otherwise.

Well if you are doing a DKoK army i wouldn't really suggest painting them turquoise (is that spelt right ) as it weakens there look of being grim and resolute

Thanks for the input guys, sticking with the current colours.

Hi guys
These 15mm Ogryns are done, pretty happy with how they turned out, what do you think? More pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/15mm-ogryns-finished.html]link

Those Ogryns are pretty convincing!

Thanks Meade.

These are all amazing, I really like the hairless horses, creepy as they are. I look at your unpainted conversions and think "its so simple, how will this work" and then am gobsmacked by the finished version. Keep it up!

Cheers SD, thanks for following.

Again you have convincingly transformed another unit into 15mm. Brilliant job. Such great quality across all the conversions.

The fantasy orcs really work well as a base. Their armour looks 'rough and ready' like something ogryns might wear. I particularly like the flamed ogryn who looks like he's burnt half his shirt off!

P.s. Your latest blog link is broken. It has an extra word at the end.

Just pondering how you could have possibly put that much detail into 15mm minis boggles my mind. What ruleset do you use when playing with these minis, if you ever play with them?

Thanks Zwan, Killy, there are several 15mm scifi rules sets, but there's no one in my area to game with, so I just enjoy the modelling side of the hobby.
WIP pics of my next unit, these guys will add a little variety to the army but will be treated as normal infantry, they are my own invention, the Kriegs Marine of Krieg, (a little like they USMC) their primary roles are creating planetary bridgeheads, once the bridgehead is being exploited by the regular DKoK units, they act as light infantry, in support of the regulars, they also defend Naval facilities and ships, and conduct defensive and offensive boarding actions.
As for painting, I have 2 ideas.
1) my preferred, white sailors cap with black band, navy blue pea jacket, with white bib (the square material on the back) white pants, black boots, fieldblue armour, brown webbing.
2) or, white sailors cap with black band, fieldblue pea jacket with white bib, fieldblue pants, brown webbing and boots, dark grey armour.
The figures are Blue moon WWI Germans with Peter Pig , Navy Heads.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/wip-kriegs-marine-of-krieg.html]link

Cool. So they'll be kinda like storm troopers. But with more responsibility!

I think no.1 option sounds good. Especially if its the one you prefer. It'll be more enjoyable to paint as well

Hi Zwan, actually I already have the figures I will use for stormtroopers planned, they will be much more heavily armoured, the Kriegs Marine will be much more specialised. But It's all really just an excuse to get a different uniform type in there.

Hi guys
Here is my WIP HQ squad, the 2 blue figures are conversions of some spare AB French Napoleonic officer figures, the helmet on the troopers will be the standard helmets for the regular troops, I was going to have the troops in picklehelms, and bought a heap of Peter Pig heads for the conversions, only to find they were way to small, so I will convert the blue moon WWI German heads, it fits with DKoK better anyway, the officers head is an old glory French cavalry head, I will hand paint the standard, all comments welcome, more pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/wip-dkok-hq-squad.html

That's a great miniature for the commander the pose really inspires. A few simple additions really make him a DKOK. Can't wait to see these and the kriegs marines painted up. Are you keeping the same colour scheme for the commander as the regular troops?

Hi Zwan, yes the same colour scheme as the other DKoK.

Hi guys
My first 2 Kriegs Marines squads are done, my favourites are the sergeants and the flames, I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, let me know what you think, more pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/15mm-kriegs-marines-of-krieg-finished.html

Those are fragging awesome, I love them! That pretty much covers it I think

I really like the basing, must try something like that myself.

Thank JR, the bases are pretty easy, shaped milliput, covered with sand.


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Hi guys

Painted the regimental flag for the 103rd kampfgruppe, named after my old unit, will start painting the command squad tomorrow hopefully, I have also been working on 3 Lamen Russ, need to pick up another turret, 1 will be a Vanquisher, 1 a punisher, and a standard Lamen Russ battle tank.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/blog-post.html

Hi guys.
Command squad finished, it's pretty dark here due to being overcast, so had to use a flash and the colours are a little washed out, pretty happy with how these guys turned out, I stuffed up the gluing of the flag and it is a little off centre, couldn't fix it, so it will have to do, have added a size comparison shot with the LRs for those who wanted one, all comments welcome, more pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/15mm-death-korps-hq-squad-finished.html

Dude! Looking awesome! Can't wait to have a proper look when I can get access to some proper Internet.

Thanks Zwan, doing some detail work on the tanks tonight.

Hi guys

My order of Wusuq and Star vikings from 15mm UK have arrived, they will become (along with some other figs) Death Guard plague marines, being Chaos Space Marines I want them to be a similar size as my Blood Angels, so I will need to stretch the body of most of them, then I will go to town with the GS, these figures will look very different then they do now, below are some shots of some of the figures before and after stretching, I get a good 3-4 mm extra hight after stretching, but it's a bit time consuming, looking forward to detailing these.
The heads Of the Wusuq will make great helmet less plague marines, they will also get a lot of bulking out with GS, i also received some of their scifi beastmen, these will be used in the traitor legion ranks, stay tuned, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/start-of-my-15mm-death-guard.html

Hi guys
An update on theWIP 15mm Death Guard, working on the first 10, the conversion part is about 80% done, a bit hard to see all the detail in the pics, looking forward to painting these guys, are they Nurgley enough? Have added before and after conversion pics, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/wip-15mm-plague-marines.html

Hi guys
These plague marines are ready for paint, here are some better photos, I like how they turned out, primary colour will be rotten flesh green, and catachen green detailsthe same as my 28mm Death Guard, I will do more mutations and some head swaps with the next 10 marines, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/15mm-plague-marines-ready-for-paint.html

Looking good. How do they compare size wise to your blood angels?

Hi Zwan, they are about the same size, some are smaller but not by much, when they are painted I will do a side by side shot.

Hi guys
This squad is finished, pretty happy with them, the next 10 will have more mutations and head swaps, my favourites are he champion with his tongue out and the plasma gunners, heaps more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/15mm-death-guard-plague-marine-squad.html

While some of these models look a little rough around the edges, I admire your dedication and creativity. Those Deathguard look seriously good! It says a lot about your painting and modeling skills that I can tell what they are at that scale.

Thanks Brother, yes I'm bait of a hack, but I have fun.

Hi guys
Some pics of my WIP 15mm Death Korps of Krieg heavy siege assault gun, which barrel do you think I should use? This is the Emhar. 1/72 Mk IV female, its already a little larger in length and width, but not hight, then the Airfix model, I have stretched and widened it, added 4 heavy flames for close support, i also left the side profile lozenge shape alone, as i had re shaped the airfix kits slightly, more pics on my blog, what do you think?
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/wip-15mm-death-korps-siege-assault-gun.html

Really great death guard! Loving the colours on them. I like the way all your colour schemes stand apart from each other.

Thanks Zwan, I started a 28mm DG army with the same colour scheme, and liked it, so carried it on in the 15mm army.

This is some absolutely amazing work. I love the idea and the execution is superb.
I think this is a really interesting concept. I think scaling down 40k would allow for it to be played in a more realistic (i know, not much of a word for a game with laser weapons and chainswords). A smaller scale would allow for a bigger board and allow the ranges for weapons/movement/charges/etc. to be scaled more appropriately. I'll really interested in this; I might have to try it out myself.
Keep up the good work!

Thanks for following Freytag, and you hit the nail on the head, much more satisfying ranges.

I love your work. I'm not sure what you're going to do with all these 15mm minis though.

Thanks Grumpus, and I will being doing exactly what everyone does with their mini.

Hi guys
The first batch of DKoK armour is getting close to the painting stage, I decided to base them, I like making little vignettes, so added some supporting grunts, advancing under cover of the tanks, the last 3pics show the design for my Chimeras, I will build up the hull slightly under the turret so it is horizontal, i have added a mantlet to the assault gun, still debating the colour scheme for these, I'm now thinking blue grey, or field grey, I want a plain single colour because i plan to go the whole hog with weathering, and single colour will bring out the effects, the infantry are yet to be converted, all ideas and comments welcome, more pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/update-on-15mm-dkok-armour.html]link

Hi guys, the base colour done, it's hard to tell in the light, but there is a nice subtle shading on these, the blue grey has come out just the way I wanted, what do you think? These will get the works when it comes to weathering, just need the base to dry. More pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/base-coat-done-15mm-dkok-armour.html

Looking really good, can't wait to see them finished, but if I was you I would of used the airfix make tank than the emhar one, as it is slightly smaller, apart from that great work!

Hi FenWulf, thanks for following, there are 3airfix and 1Emhar kit in this group.

 Imperial Templari wrote:
Hi FenWulf, thanks for following, there are 3airfix and 1Emhar kit in this group.

Must of not of spotted them then, nice to see that someone other than me still has airfix models.Anywayhave you thought about artillery for the DKoK yet? From my meagre fluff knowledge I can recollect that they are quite big fans of static guns.

Keep up the good work anyway

Hi FenWulf, I will be making various arty pieces, some towed, some self propelled, the sp arty will be mounted on Airfix Mk 4s.

Hi guys

These are only 70% finished, still need to do a lot oil paint and pastel work, but they are starting to come together nicely, I'm really happy with the blue grey colour, I topped it off with a turquoise filter that brought out the blue perfectly, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/15mm-dkok-armour-70-finished.html

Hi guys

These are all but done, just a couple small details to go, then I will have to complete the crew, support infantry and bases, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/all-but-done.html

Fantastic, and an exalted post from me too. Really really good stuff over these pages, sir.

Very pleased you post your work here so I can say how much I like it!

Thanks JR, got the man flu at the moment, so haven't been motivated to work on these over the last week, will try and get some done today.

 Imperial Templari wrote:
Hi guys

These are only 70% finished, still need to do a lot oil paint and pastel work, but they are starting to come together nicely, I'm really happy with the blue grey colour, I topped it off with a turquoise filter that brought out the blue perfectly, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/15mm-dkok-armour-70-finished.html

This tank looks ALOT like Rise of Nation 'light tanks', also looks meaner than Leman Russ should actually be meow.

Hi guys

Here are the finished crew and supporting infantry for the DKoK armour, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/15mm-dkok-tank-crew-and-supporting.html

Hi guys

Saying farewell to this project for now, I have a couple of commissions I need to start, 28mm Napoleonic and a Post Apoc project, I leave you with some pics of the finished and based tanks, tanks are detachable from bases, its a bit late in the afternoon here, so lighting isn't the best, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/farewell-to-this-project-for-now.html

Hi guys, haven't done much hobby stuff lately, was going to do some painting today but it's been to hot over the last couple of days, so decided to do some work on my long neglected 15mm Tau army.
I was originally going to use Khurasan Felids as the basis for my Tau (see link below)
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/search/label/15mm%20Tau
However I have returned to my original choice, CMG Ygs, these are nearly finished, I have 25 fire warriors and 5 stealth suits, the fire warriors just need better weapons and some small details added, the stealth suits need shoulder armour, helmet and some small details, I am thinking of turquoise and white with some orange details as the colour scheme. All C&C welcome. More pics on my Blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/

This... is... insane! By far one of the coolest things I've seen in awhile. That is some incredible puddy work there and I am happy to say very innovating. You have inspired me sir!

Edit: I was too distracted by the Marines and Tau to say that the tanks are phenomenal! Really love the look and the mud on the tracks.

Great to see you back! Looking forward to seeing where you take your Tau. I expect we won't be disappointed. Your Leman Russes turned out great. For ch small miniatures you deliver a lot of character!

Thanks guys, glad I can inspire.

Wow!!! All of it is awesome! 15mm 40K would be awesome! Imagine the size of the armies! Epic was too small.
I love the pictures, the standard you painted is great! Not only can you sculpt but you can seriously paint!

Keep posting!

Cheers Kelly, glad you like, I will keep you posted.

It hurts my brain to see how brilliant these are. I need to put in some greenstuff time...

I am so glad you decided to come back to this project. This blog shows the dedication you have put into this project. I have been looking for a project to work on when I need a break from my nids, and you've inspired me to give this a try. Keep up the great work and post often!
If I don't destroy my own guys, I'll invite you to the states for some 15mm 40k

Lol, that would be cool, you only need to make 2 sides and you will always have an opposing army, I'm just a megalomaniac and have to attempt making multiple forces, but the same rule applies, I will always have opposing sides, so you can supply your friend with an army to use.

So... you kind of inspired me to work on trying to convert the 40k rule set to a 15mm scale. If you or anyone else who follows this tread are interested in helping, I'd love some advice and critiques on my ideas.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/584132.page#6620347

This thread was a pleasure to read. Your sculpting skills really progress as you go through it. I love the DKoK the most, the command figures and tanks especially.

I would love to see some battle shots on terrain. Maybe even a battle report??

I don't want to say it, but I think many of these miniatures are actually cute, haha.

Hi Freytag, can't help much with rules, but if you need any hints and tips on the figures, ask away.
Hi Bottle, thanks for the feed back, cute is ok, I'll live with that, they could be called worse things

Very cool stuff. Do you play with the normal 40k rules or some other rules set?

 Imperial Templari wrote:
Hi Freytag, can't help much with rules, but if you need any hints and tips on the figures, ask away.

I will definitely be taking you up on that. Expect some PMs

If you find you don't want to do all that GS work, there are still some 15mm figures that can look like 40k equivalents with the right paint job.

Hi guys, just an update with some more conversion work, have added some heavy weapons, Tau rifles, antenna, not sure about the stealth suits, I feel they are to top heavy, some questions
1) should I add the antenna to the backs of every trooper? Or just commanders?
2) do the stealth suits pass muster?
3) is there anything else I can do to these to make them even more Tau like?

http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/wip-15mm-tau-part-2.html?showComment=1394688783871#c921040296192184358

Subscribed!

About rules, man, realistically couldn't you use the current 40K rules? Maybe half the distances, and template sizes... But, flyers, and artillery could really stay the same with movement, and ranges...

Hi guys
While I wait to source some Tau parts for my Titans I thought I would get the basic build together on the grey mech, I changed the legs to a dog leg config by cutting in the middle of the shin and pinning, and filled all the hollow parts with miliiput and gave all the joints dust covers, the weapon arm is sourced from one of the Khurasan L-HACs, bottom shot shows the standing pose.
if anyone has Tau spares they don't need, please PM me
more pics on my Blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/wip-15mmtau-titan-part-1.html

Hi Guys, this is my WIP 15mm Tau XV22 Stealth Suit, need to add a bit more detail, this will be the commander of the Tau force, all C&C welcome.
More pics on my Blog
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-07L71lC5TBQ/UyV1ZV5rveI/AAAAAAAAIE0/jtjf_Bkf7ok/s1600/IMGP0840.JPG

Hi guys, here is the first of my Tau Crisis Battlesuits, it is a converted CMG Ayame Battlesuit, I have 3 of these to convert and plan to buy another 6, I will be making them with a range of weapons and styles of heads, this one is standing, the other 2 will be in jumping/landing poses, all C&C welcome.
More pics on my Blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/wip-15mm-tau-crisis-battlesuit.html

Hi guys,

Firstly, another call out for help with spare Tau parts, I have had zero luck so far, I need them for my Tau walker conversions, looking for fire warrior weapons, armour, sensors and a couple of heads, I don't need need much, would be happy with enough to convert even 2 walkers, happy to pay or trade.

Here are some shots of what I have finished in this force so far, not all of these models are complete, I would like the finished force to have
some HQ elements
2 large walkers (was going to have 4, but scaled back to 2)
6-9 Crisis Suits (want to have 6 the same as the 3 pictured, and 3 larger ones)
1 drop ship (converted from a poor 2nd hand Hammerhead I bought off Ebay, hasn't arrived yet)
6 armoured vehicles (have made the mock up of one, will make a mould and cast the rest)
4-6 x 12 man infantry sections (may use a different line of figures of further fire warriors, not enough variety in poses in the Ygs, looking at CMGs Protolene Khanate figs)
2 x 5 man stealth suit sections
a heap of drones (will use GZG flying gun drones)
More pics on my Blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/tau-force-so-far.html

This is all so good! you have so much talent!

Thank Bobug.

Hi guys, need some opinions on my Tau mech, (its just blu tacked together at the moment) I like it so far, forgot I had some spare parts from the 2 drivers in my Tau Piranha kit that I am using to build a Tau devilfish/hammerhead, I like the small head and weapons, they go a long way to giving it a Tau feel, and I happy with the pose, what else can I do to make it more Tauish? I have guitar strings I can use for cables, but think that may make it look less Tau.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/wip-tau-mech-opinions-wanted.html

Hi guys, this is pretty much the final configuration, I'm still tossing up adding a drone to the back, don't really know why, just cosmetic, let me know what you think.
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/tau-mech-final-configuration.html#comment-form

the head choice is a bit odd

Hi livanbard, why?

Usually tau mechs have more square heads. I thinks is because of that.

ok, i gave my crisis suits square heads, but wanted the Titan to have the Fire warrior head, I'm pretty happy with.

Personally, i like the use of the FW head. It gives more of a Tau feel (obviously).

I love this log and I love all of your work on these 15mm armies. I'm so very happy that you are still posting updates here on Dakka, please don't ever stop. I like the look of the Tau but I would suggest adding some type of "jump jet" to the back of the large walker and possibly your force leader's suit. The Tau seem to use a lot of rectangular shaped backpack type "thingies" with square thruster ports on their battle suits. I think your idea of adding a drone to the back is a good one as well. I have some spare Tau bits that I would love to donate to your project if you still need them. Drop me a pm and I'll put together a "supply drop" to send you this weekend when I get paid. Anything I can do to help you continue your inspiring work would be an honor.

Thanks Ephrael - PM sent.

Hi guys, look what the postman brought, a nice cheap purchase of evil bay, $30.00 USD including postage, pretty bad paint job, but I will be stripping it anyway, some nice weapons, the flamer will go on a crisis suit, the big gun at the front will go on my second Titan/Mech, guess what I will do with the hull.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/a-purchase-for-my-15mm-tau.html

Hi guys, I do other things besides my 15mm 40K so will start posting these here as well, I'm going to break up the finished apoc survivors into several posts, as there are just to many pics, here are the Walking dead survivors,
Daryl - he looks like he has been holding up in the Cheesburger consortium and has put on 40 kgs, re sculpted the hair, otherwise stock figure.
Rick - stock figure, except I drilled out the left knee and sculpted a tear in his pants, and re did his hair to look more like Rick, I was going to do him in all black, but I started to noticed it seems like nearly every character in the walking dead is wearing black, so I went with the tan shirt and black pants.
Glenn - the fig has a hoody, this was the only pic I could find with him in a hoody, so went with that scheme, besides, there's no black, he still looks more African American than Korean, didn't get the skin colour right.
Carl - stock fig with the troopers hat relocated, I reshaped the hat to a more realistic feel.
All C&C welcome.
More Pics on my Blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/28mm-walking-dead-survivors-finished.html

Hi guys, just an update on the colour scheme for my 15mm Tau, these are obviously not finished, but the basic colour scheme is there, thought?
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/15mm-tau-colour-scheme.html

I like the tau colours. There's something about them that captures the 'we can rule everything better to an anyone else' optimism I get from the Tau.

What an amazing colour! Such a bright change from the guardsmen!

The Tau look great man. However, I think the pistol on the far left guy is a little too small (at least in comparison to most 40k weapons). Also I would try to add a bit more of a stock to the plasma rifles. They are a little too rectangular at the moment.
Keep up the great work!

Thanks guys, have done a little more work on them, they are coming along nicely.

Hi guys, these are nearly done, just a highlight on the orange to go, what do you think?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/15mm-tau-infantry-done.html

Pure awesomeness!!!

Thanks Kelly

At a glance you wouldn't know these were 15mm!

Why have I not seen this before.

Awesome work chief. This is a ton of fun!

Thanks guys
Welcome aboard Chemical cutthroat.

Hi guys

As I wait for my Tau Mech and crisis suits undercoat to dry (hence the paint splatter on my thumb) I am starting on one of my Imperial Titans, this one will be a Warhound, the original kit is a Marrok Battlesuit by CMG, the kit is way to small for a Warhound, so I am making it 14-15mm taller by adding an extension at the waist, extending the thigh, and building up the feet, I am bulking out the head so a pilot would realistically be able to fit, (although it should really be able to fit 2 pilots) and bulking out and widening the body, thoughts?
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/

Well...damn. how the hell has this escaped my notice until now? This is some great work. Not sure why you chose to go 15mm but hey, a good project is its own justification.

Hi Bossfearless - why 15mm? not many people outside of the 15mm wargaming community realize how big it is, and how much product there is, its my chosen scale, I find it the perfect compromise between size and detail, I have a nostalgic connection with Warhammer, I bought my first citadel figure in the mid 80s, whilst I like the figs and fluff, I prefer to create my own in my chosen scale, I collect other genres in 15mm as well.

Looks like a good start. Unfortunately, it still looks way too small to be a warhound. However, I think it would work well as a knight. If that's not something that you want, I think building a suitable base would really help bring the height up and make it look more epic.

Hi Freytag, yeah still to small, looking at ways to enlarge it.

Hi guys, next 15mm $)k army off the ranks, Space Orks, this is still very much a WIP, but thought I would share my progress thus far, still to add an armoured bull bar, fuel tanks, armour wind shield, detail inside the fighting compartment, more armour plates, machine guns, and heaps of rivets, thoughts?
more pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/wip-orc-gub-trukk.html

Hi guys, the big gun trukk is down, apart from the painting, the 2 orcs in the back have had their guns replaced with arty rounds, any suggestions before I paint it? I an pic of the 2 smaller trukks, still a lot of work to do there, all C&C welcome.
more pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/big-gun-trukk-nearly-done.html

I like the ramshackle world war feel you've captured there. Definitely what I think of when I think orks.

Thanks SD, have done some more work on it, will post more pics soon.

Hi guys, added some details to these, some protruding exhausts and extra armour,and a running board, the extra armour breaks up the straight lines, I will add some to the smaller trucks as well, starting to look better, all C&C welcome.
More pics on my Blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/more-work-on-gun-trukks.html

Hi guys, my ever evolving 15mm Orc gun trukk is just about done now, I have changed the wheels to a bigger set, and added armour to the PaK 75 to hide its origins a bit, I just need to add a few more rivets and I will call it ready for painting, what do you think?
More pics on my Blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/15mm-orc-gun-trukk-ready-for-paint.html

Yeah, I think the upgraded wheels look better, though you could try mixing up the big wheels in the back and have the skinny reinforced wheels in the front to give it that musclecar (muscletruck?) look that orks dig.

The weathering and rivets help pull everything together. Can't wait for it to get primed up so it gets all uniform (before getting orky).

Thanks CC, I would gave to remove all the wheels and play around with them to get it to sit flat, I'm happy with it as is, so will run with it.

Hi guys, doing some detailing on my Ork boyz, adding some horned helms to some and top notches to others to give them more of an Ork look, what do you think?
More pics on my Blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/wip-15mm-space-ork-infantry.html

Looking like a good start. The horns really make em' look like the oldschool Orc designs. Once they're green they'll be instantly recognizable.

Thanks CC, doing more work to them, going to give some Black Ork type helmets.


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Hi guys, one concern I had when planning my 15mm Space orc army was the seeming lack of Orc minis, I thought I may struggle with variety in poses etc, however I am finding that there is actually quite a large number of suitable figures, my Khurasan Brunt herd figs have just arrived and I am eager to start cutting them up and Orcafying them, here is a pic of the available poses, and a size comparison against 2 GZG and 2 Khurasan Orcy types, they are nice and hefty and will be great as heavier troops, I will be sculpting boots on them, cutting off the tails and faces and giving them orc faces, armour and helmets, happy days.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/khurasan-brunt-herds-arrive-to.html

Hi guys, have started on the 15mm Khurasan Brunt herd conversions, 4 in helms and 4 bare headed, they have turned out more cave troll than orc, but with the same green skin they should fit in my sporc army, will be adding more armour and details, what do you think?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/wip-15mm-sporc-heavies.html

Wow... are those space Rhinos?

The black orc masks are coming along well. Nice work!

Hi CC, yes Space Rhinos, I think there is now more variety in 15mm than 28mm now, its exploding, a new line every week it seems.

Hi Guys, have been converting some Orc Nobz in Mega Armour, these are still a WIP, Thoughts?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/wip-15mm-orc-nobz-in-mega-armour.html

I think the bulky-ness is about right, though I feel some of the armor is a little too rounded for orcs proper. They tend to be sharper in their angles. But there is no doubt that they're big and mean for sure.

Thanks CC, I'm pretty happy with them.

Hi guys, these guys are still very WIP, wanted to show the base colour, I will be adding glyphs and a black and white chequer patten here and there, then will beat it up all to hell, thoughts?
more pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/wip-orc-nobz-in-heavy-armour-base-coat.html
and
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/wip-orc-gun-trukk-base-coat-done.html

This is a crazy project, can't believe you've made it all look so good. Definitely inspirational, that's for sure, though I wouldn't try this scale with my butterfingers.

Just having a quick slapdash of color on them already has them looking good and orky. Weathering and chipping is going to be important on the truck to make it look proper bashed up, but I don't think you'll have a problem with that. Its a good start!

Thanks Cap'n and CC

Hi guys, an update, have added some details and chipping, will do a wash next, not sure if I like what I have done, starting to look like a post apoc Taxi driven by the wiggles, the red/brown areas will eventually be rust, thoughts?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/wip-orc-gun-trukk-and-nobz.html

I think the coloured panels are the problem, definitely evokes wiggles for me.

Rust will help, but so would colors showing through on the truck from the 'donor vehicle' to break up the yellow. Painting a Bad Moonz vehicle straight yellow can be eyebleed sometimes, which is why a lot of guys use and undercolor of the looted vehicle, like Ultramarines for looted Rhinos or different Eldar craft. Helps break up the Taxi-Cab feeling.

Those guys are gonna look ace after a dip. What're you basing them on? Obviously a coin of some kind?

Hi guys, gave them a wash with GW Nuln oil, it has toned down the brightness, feeling a bit better about them now, thoughts?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/orc-gun-trukk-and-nobz-with-wash.html

Hi Guys, calling these done(except the emblem on the round black plate on the back of the Nobz and some static grass on their bases and glue the gun onto the trukk) moving onto painting my Tau Mech, all C&C welcome.
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/orc-gun-trukk-and-nobz-done.html

Damn! Those are some tough lookin orks! The nuln oil wash worked perfectly. It brought a bit more realism to the truck.

To be honest, I wasn't too sure about your orks. But seeing them with paint has really changed my mind. They look amazing! Very orky.
Great work once again Templari

Thanks guys, don't worry, I never know how my stuff will turn out either.

Fantastic stuff, orks look great.

Thanks SJM tossing up what to work on next, do more work on one of the armies in this blog, or start on either my Tyranids or Sisters of battle armies? what do you think?

I'd like to see the Tyranids, meself.

After the washes and the weathering the yellow really shifted from looking like a taxi. They turned out pretty damn good, that truck turned out proper orky.

Thanks guys, but Sisters of battle won me over, stay tuned.

Hi guys, the next 15mm 40K army off the ranks is the Sisters of Battle, I am using Prydians from The Ionage, I bought 2 packs of the females and a male command pack, I have converted the males to female, and added details, they aren't finished, they will all get tabbards, I have 40 of these, the pics aren't that great, they will have Rhino transports, and maybe a small walker or 2, some jump pack troops, and maybe some allies, what colour do you think I should do them? I was thinking to make them as close to the 28mm version of doing them Black with red material and white hair and details, but I also thought white with pink material and details would look good, thoughts?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/wip-15mm-sisters-of-battle.html

Not bad sculpts!!

A good start, (Had to go to your blog cause the pics on Dakka are broken on my end for some reason). I'd go Black and Red for your sanity, as white and pink are really... I dunno. I don't think those colors do the SoB justice. It cements them as girly in a grimdark world.

Though I thought there was a group of them that did black and green, which was kind of cool. I'd go for the darker colors in general, since they'll be offset by all the FLAMES.

Thanks guys, yeah leaning toward traditional black with red and white.

goddamn you are talented.

thought about making your own line in 15mm?

Very cool, would love to see you make a Penitent Engine at this size.

Hi guys, some clearer pics, I have added the tabard (skirt thing) they are starting to look the part now, I'm pretty happy, they will be black with red/white details, thoughts? yeah i think a penitent engine is on the cards, have considered starting my on line, but haven't yet.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/wip-sisters-of-battle-2.html

I love it, its like Travel 40k, for those long journeys.

Lol yeah, could use it as travel 40k

Hi guys, here is my 15mm St Celestine for my Sisters of Battle, pretty happy with how she is turning out, thoughts?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/15mm-st-celestine.html

Hi guys, have started painting my 15mm Sisters of battle, these aren't anywhere near finished, just wanted to show them with their basic colour scheme, will add some white and gold details, their hair will be white, then weathering, I'm pretty happy with how these girls are turning out, thoughts?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/wip-sisters-of-battle.html

Hi guys, this first batch of 15mm Sisters of battle are done (except for some static grass on the bases) what do you think?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/first-batch-of-sisters-finished.html

Wow. I think these might be the best painted yet! Such tiny detail. Weathered as well! I like that you kept a traditional paint scheme. It keeps it more in line with your other armies and makes them look like the tough soldiers they are. Will you be doing any vehicles for them like flame tanks?

thanks Zwan, yes I will be doing vehicles and other support stuff.

Niiiice.

I'm looking forward to some Exorcist action. Or a Pentinent Engine or something!

Good work Temp!

Freaking love the 15mm sisters!

Hi guys, yes there will be Penitent Engine but for now, here is my 15mm St Celestine finished (apart from some static grass) pretty happy with her, should probably have textured the back of the wings, live and learn, what do you think?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/15mm-st-celestine-finished.html

Hi guys, 2nd batch of 15mm Sisters done (can see a purity seal I missed, will fix that), did a couple of heavy meltas in this batch, they turned out nice, what do you think?
more pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/2nd-batch-of-15mm-sisters-done.html

I think they're looking sharp. The little details on them look great, like the gold trim and the white lining on the tabards.

Is there an unwritten law somewhere that say all SoB must have white hair? There must be an entire planet somewhere in the Imperium where the underclass toils in the fume-filled hives making hair bleach.

Hi CC, not sure why SoBs have white hair, the most common I have seen is all white or all black, but with black armour, black hair would be to much, I think it has something to do with conformity and uniformity, anyway, at 15mm I need them to closely resemble their 28mm cousins, so that people instantly recognise them.

I really like these, I'm in awe of how much detail your getting in these. You must have some very small brushes!

On the hair, maybe they're all shaven-headed and these are their War Wigs?

Hi guys, working on some allies for my 40k Imperial forces, or for 15mm Inquisitor, the Inquisitor is a converted Khurasan Puritan power armour, the scions are converted Khurasan SEALs, and PNEH Cyborg agents, with the big guy from Khurasans DPLS flight crew, and a couple of converted space demons as bio engineered combat units, I am thinking gold and red for the Inquisitor, and red and black for the scions, thoughts.
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/wip-15mm-inquisitor-gang.html

The Warband looks fun. It'll be a great way to mix up a whole bunch of 15mm models from all sorts of ranges to make them work together.

Yeah, its take shape nicely, I have added a few more cloak wearing cultist types, and is turning into a good looking group, sitting back and looking at it now, all the figs in the pic are all from the same manufacturer, Khurasan, Jon has really great figures.

Hi guys, the gang is growing, have added some cultist types, an icon bearer, a creepy bald dude, and taken some closer picks for you, thoughts?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/15mm-inquisitor-gang-growing.html

I really like the little Psyker, you did a good job with the Aquila!

What are the feral looking things in front? I dig the tubes running down the spines, that is gonna be cool to paint up.

Hi CC, the feral things are bio engineered combat organisms, good for recon, and deadly in close combat.

Hi guys, have finished some Inquisitor scions, just need to add grass to the bases, I used Khurasans Navy SEALs and 1 Post apoc power armour with a SEAL head, all C&C welcome.
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/15mm-inquisitor-scions-finished.html

Exquisite my friend. 15mm 40k might actually get me back ito the game. It's actually been a fantasy of mine fr some time. cheers to bringing it to life. Excellent all around!

Thanks SB, you should give it a go, a little work, but its fun, there are so many different 15mm ranges out there now that its getting easier to find similar figures to use for 40k, keep following my blog, this is a long term project.

Hi guys, have finished another lot of Sisters, this one includes a standard bearer, I shrunk down a SOB flag off the net, turned out pretty good, have added pics of the whole SOB force so far, next up a Canoness, all C&C welcome.
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/15mm-sisters-of-battle-force-so-far.html

Jesus wept man you have some talent. I can't sculpt GS stuff for the life of me so there is zero chance I could ever do this myself.

But 15mm 40k on a 6x4 board covered in 15mm urban GrimDark ruins......that might make make my internal nerd barometer explode.

I'm not talking epic with Titans and such...just a good ole 1500 point game in 15mm on a 6x4. Wow. What a sight that would be.

Edit: yeah we play 15mm Battlegroup: Overlord with a lot of Battlefront/ Flames of War models individually based. It's so nice to go from 28 to 15 and to practically triple your board space. It will be hard for us to ever go back to 28 unless we are doing a proper squad based skirmish.

Edit 2: Whoa whoa whoa I just looked at the first 7 pages of this.didnt realize you had all those other sculpts. If I lived in Oz I'd be seeking you out like a homing missile to build a table and get some 15mm 40k gaming started.

Hi SB, there are enough 15mm figs to be able to do something similar without the exactness, these SOBs are Ionage minis, just buy them as is and paint them up, they will be close enough, no need to go to my lengths, I just enjoy the modelling side of things.

Your conversions are becoming much more detailed later.
Great Stuff!

WOW that's so cool! It reminds me of those mini versions of board games they make, like the "travel packs". You have found a way to make warhammer 40k into a Travel friendly game haha! And those Ork sculpts actually look way cooler and more ferocious than the goofy regular scale 40k irks. Great job!

Thanks LB and RW
Hi guys, have finished this gang, not to sure about the skin tone, wanted a cold, futuristic look, but maybe too blue? what do you think? happy with the rest of the painting though, most of the figs are various Khurasan ranges, all C&C welcome.
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/15mm-inquisitor-gang-finished.html

Hi guys, SOB Canoness finished, I think she came out nice, all C&C welcome
more pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/15mm-sisters-canoness-finished.html

Hi guys, just an update on my Tau Titan and 1 of the crisis suits, they are about 70% done, have added a space marine for size comparison, pretty happy with how they are turning out, need more washes though, the titan has about the same footprint as a regular SM dred, thoughts?
More pics on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/update-on-tua-walker-and-crisis-suit.html

Looks rather excellent.

I spot a Heavy Gear missile pod on the little Crisis Suit I think!

That is one rather large Titan, but I definitely dig the color.

Hi CC, yes a DP9 missile pod, very observant, the Titan is a good size in 15mm but not really huge if compared to 28mm, the crisis suit is about the size of a normal space marine, maybe a head taller.

Really like your work and how things look at such a small scale.

However, the marine on the first post without his helmet....Is that Ross Perot? He is still alive?!?!?!


Seriously though, excellent work.

Yeah, not the best head sculpt, but it is 15mm.

Hi guys, a first look at some figures for my next 15mm 40K army, some riot police for an Adeptus Arbites force, when finished it will have about 80 figs and some support vehicles, this force will get an Urban theme, they can be allies to any of my other Imperial forces, thinking of doing them either red/white and dark blue, or judge Dredd colours blue/green/yellow, more pics on my blog, all C&C welcome
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/15mm-adeptus-arbites-riot-cops.html

Hi guys

For a long time I have only done commissions for friends, I have now decided to extend that to all, I do all scales and genres/eras.

Price will depend on scale, subject, whether I am doing any conversions/sculpting, whether I need to assemble figs/vehicles, and the size of the project, as a general guide, for a straight uncomplicated paint job with no assembly.

Prices are Australian dollars
15mm - foot $3.50, mounted $7
20mm - foot $5, mounted $ 10
28mm - foot $7, mounted $ 14
Vehicles /guns- will quote when I know subject/scale and how much assembly is required.
Flags/standards - quote when I know scale/subject.

Add $1/28mm or 50c/15mm each for complicated paint jobs e.g. Tartan, heraldry, (I don't count camo as complicated) or small conversions, or basing, or assembly of a foot , $2 for mounted e.g. Perry/Victrixs plastics ,so a 28mm foot knight that has heraldry and required converting or assembly and I did the basing would cost $10
You pay all postage, I am located in N.S.W Australia.

I can be contacted at
dan.dunbar@hotmail.com
or on my blog
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/now-taking-commissions-gunners-painting.html

I really only paint to 1 standard (examples below) I would say it's somewhere between tabletop and display, let's call it good quality tabletop standard.

Hi guys

An update on my 15mm Blood Angels, making a paper dred, firstly I decided to re print the model at 70% rather than 60%, only because my 15mm Blood Angels are very large so I wanted my dred to fit in, most people would be happy with 60% I believe,
I decided to use superglue rather than white glue, it would have been to slow to dry, the superglue worked well, I just had to be careful of my fingers with such a small model, the model is coming along nicely, but it is a rather slow process, this is about 3-4 hours work, done whilst watching TV, although it looks quite detailed, all the detail is in print and will be lost when painted, so I will have to 3D the detail with plasticard rod etc, I'm pretty happy with the results so far, it is a lot sturdier then I thought it would be, let me know what you think.
More pics
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/15mm-paper-dred-part-2.html



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Hi guys

I have done a bit more work on this today, I chose dual chain guns, mostly because it meant I didn't have to make the fist, which looked a bit fiddly, I think he is coming along nicely, will let the putty dry that is holding the chain guns on, then I will start on detailing the exterior, a pic for scale with a normal size Chaos marine and a 15mm marine and Termie, all comments welcome.
More pics
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/15mm-dred-part-3.html

Hi guys

The 15mm Blood Angel Contemptor Dred with the base coat,still needs a lot of work, but you get a good enough idea that this trial has worked, I will be doing a lot more paper models for my 15mm forces moving forward, a pretty good looking model for zero cost.
More pics
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/15mm-paper-model-dred-with-base-coat.html

Hi guys

Done a little more work on this guy, he is coming along nicely, not sure if I should give him more emblems, needs more skulls comes to mind, what do you guys think?
More pics
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/15mm-paper-model-dred-part-3.html

Man that dreadnought i just mindblowing!

Whatever happened to this project?

Hi guys

These guys are ready for undercoating (can anyone think of any improvements before I do this?) the side crew are only blu taced on, I only gave the Space Marines beaky helmets, back packs and shoulder armour was not going to fit in the cockpit. The morning sun glare is hiding all the detail, I'll take more after the undercoat.
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/08/15mm-blood-angel-land-speeders-ready.html

Hi guys

I gave the speeders a couple of coats of PVA to try and smooth out the surface, despite the rough finish it is an improvement, and will at least seal the surface to help the paint/washes from being soaked up by the spongy plastic. Will start the painting tomorrow.
this next model was printed by the same company, it is based on a Thunderhawk, but his to small to be a 15mm Thunderhawk, and is more suited to 6mm, I have tried to bulk it out with card stock armour plates, and will use it as a small drop ship, carrying maybe 2 squads.
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/08/wip-15mm-speeder-and-thunderhawk.html

Genius use of bolt pistols!

Thanks mate, some of my foot mobile marines also have varies pistol types as heavy weapons.