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I wanted to make a guard army, but didnt want to stick to one lot of models as i had some left from 3rd edition..so, the combined regiment was formed..featuring Tallarn, old and new Cadians, Catachan, Necro'Gangers and a couple Elysians when i get round to the Taurus Venator..

Basicaly an army of vets, when regiments are worn down to a few squads they get mixed in, i wanted my army to reflect this..

masters of Odnance, map dude got a servo skull added since photo..

A running theme is the higher ranking dudes have collected skulls and keep them for good luck..the c.commander has an Ork skull 'cos 'e double 'ard with 2 ccw's in a real un guardy fashion, mostly due to PTSD..

^^Vets..(i modeled the options to allow me to choose either 2 plasma and a heavy or normal flamer..still need to add metal paint..sarge has 2 skulls)

Had a game against some chaos space wolves, lost the game but one of my mortar teams clubbed a TDA lone wolf to death with the mortar tube, highlight of the game for me.

next week is dark eldar skimmer spam, followed by city fight fun with nids on the 31st.

need to build 2 banewolfs, a pask-quisher, some heavy weapon teams, a chimera and then airbrush all my tanks at the same time ready for a spot of guard vs guard apocalypse soon as.

Here is pask and the CCS.

Nice concept for a desert force awesome conversions and stuff man.

Keep it up! *thumbs up*

I like your paintshemes. Especially on Pask.

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I like your paintshemes. Especially on Pask.

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Updating with some gangers and followers of the ruinous powers, as ever work in progress..


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Thanks for the kind words guys..

More henchmen woop.

Decided that as these dudes are ash waste nomads, i should ditch the flamer, and prevent sun burn with rags.

Looking really good there,some solid gs skills too.

Thanks man, apprieciate the kind words.


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Im pretty happy with the gs in the end, considering i use a paper clip to sculpt with im pretty proud..the vets head scarfs were formed with a plant label.

Loving these nomads, looking to get hold of the old style ork truck and stick a human in the drivers seat...get them mobile...maybe the new style with a sentinel cockpit as the cab seeing as the new one has an ork moulded onto the seat.

Did a little more sculpting of rags, and snagged some ratskins..hoping for a couple more on ebay.

Been making more nomads and started on a walking human demo charge ala RT human bombs, to be used as a centaur counts as for my dkok list guard detatchment.


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I love the human bomb! that is a brilliant concept!! These guys in general are really nice man, liking the gs rags/cloth, you've definitely improved even since you've been posting them. Will be keeping a beady eye on this.

Thanks man, double apprieciate your words of encouragement seeing as i was admiring your admech army this morning, the kroot/nids were cool but the krootox made from gorrilla is epic! Thanks again.

Too kind! This is your blog though, don't want to gate crash, what's up next for these nomads?

Also I just read about sculpting with a paper clip!! I'm doubly impressed!!!! If you ever want to splash out on new tools I can't recommend 'colour shapers' enough for green stuff work, no idea what they are meant to be for but they are great for subtle bits of greenstuff work.

edit: ALssssoooooo, what are the base for these nomad guys? looks like some sort of empire stuff, but I can't quite place it.

No worries, i will probably buy some sculpting tools at some point, keep buying toys though lol..up next is vehicles...i won an old ork trukk on ebay(bidding on another with harpoon gun and grabber), will replace the driver with a human, in other news im gonna headswap some elysians in a taurus to make a nomad auto cannon killy 6-wheeler, eventualy turning a new ork truk into a nomad raiding wagon with tarp ect.

These dudes are born as empire free company, given new life, John Blanche inspired me me with his articles in the new WD, i now look at fantasy minis in a different light, doesnt take much to 40k them..





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p.s. im not taking credit for sculpting the grenades on the suicide bomber, i made a mould from spesh mehrin grenades...gw can sue me idk.

DKOK counts as engineers, i love these dudes, and they make an entrance on the table making me itch to use them again...melta deepstike ftw.

Wow updates are coming thick and fast! I love it. The storm-troopers look really good, I love those backpacks, good choice!

Looking forwards to seeing the Ork trucks modified

Suicide bombers need some wire, basing and a paint job. then on to the handlers.

Thanks for posting J-paint.

Stolen from the PDF, nomad LAV WIP.

That looks really good man, always wanted to get one of those buggies, look so cool.

Does it have some sort of cage thing above the driver normally? or have you just left it off?

I like the look of it to man, but the model was a little too bent and looks a bit silly if you hold it or look close..the casting on the multilaser had a blockage and didnt form properly, lascannons all kinds of bent, the cage is behind it, left off for painting, that too is bent and does not line up. Customer services will be getting a call tommorow, £35 should not be miscast and the medium is too flimsy for the fine, spindly & fiddly bits..I needs to get some mesh and fix it to the roll cage, maybe rolled up tarp, need some pva.

Ah yes, now you've pointed it out I see it now, If its just bent It might not be as bad as you think, if you boil some water and gently dip the bent bits in you'll find they are really easy to straighten out again. Its a problem with alot of forgeworld stuff, It's annoying, especially as we pay so much, but Its not unfixable.

Yeah defo fixable but for the sake of more units per hour vs letting the mould ect cool properly before pulling out the sprue, its quite annoying considering the price..cool model though...happier with it now i must admit, the scale difference between the GW and FW guardsmen is quite somthing too.

This is a great thread. Love the variety of parts and ideas you've used - loads of invention and nice conversions

That squiggoth is a sweet conversion. And the fear of the human bombs is shown really well in the poses.

Thanks guys.

Not been doing any painting, but building has been non stop. Ordos Xenos Interregator found life from a Dark Elf black guard model i had from childhood, plasma pistol and eviscrator and a full hand swap makes it 40k. More ashwasters, another leader 'one eye' bitter rival to 'lefty' in the 'treasure' hunting game they both use to find employment between guilder trains that pay the main bread and butter credits in exchange for safe passage through they're barren territorys.

Painted some figures, slowly layering and washing some figures i painted as a child..not the best but far from some of the ebay nightmares.

Been woring on the ash waste vehicles, not pretty but functional.

Got some paint on the vehicles, built some redemptionist bredrins to accompany the Ordo Xenos Interrergator. (Leader with flail + Boltgun, brothers armed with boltgun, flamer, 2 with autopistol and flail/mace and sinner with eviscrator.)

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Got some paint on my armour, all need a wash and details picking out...would like to try camo net on one of the Chimera's to infiltrate with harker.

First time painting armoured vehicles, my eyes think they came out nice. Not shown is the red marking on the right of each turret/viewport, pask has kill counters on his, 2 skulls and a plane to represent the two trukks and a dakka jet that he so far has purged in games..the dakka jet was particulary good because i literaly said 'pask is gonna shoot that plane', rolled a 6 to hit, penned and rolled another 6..the rest of the shooting in that game was typicaly piss poor down to the last man, but downing the ork dakkajet was sweet.

Pretty much done on the ash waste vehicles, grabber truck, transport/harpoon truck and a large armoured transport(chimera fits nicely in the cargo hold with room for fuel), heavy bolter on the gun deck. Id originaly planned to do a crawler, but toys are us had no suitable model so i picked up this one...in hindsight i may add a dozer blade for gaks n giggles.

Man, you have a seriously diverse and cool collection going on here. Some great ideas on conversion and use of bitz (liking the cardboard coffee cup holders for corrugated metal - ingenious).

As for sculpting gs with a paperclip... colour me impressed at that... Looking forward to seeing more

Take a look at the Ramshackle Games stuff they'd fit well. Great work on the old ork trukk models maybe I should go back to embiggening mine.

Wow, that is a cool looking fleet of old bangers you've got there Must have been fun building those. Looking forward to seeing some on the tabletop soon.

Ruglud, thanks.. the cutting and sticking of cardboard was like meditation, the big truck i think is awesome, all will double as 40k terrain also.

Llamahead, yeah man i checked them out, the motorbikes caught my eye and would probably be great as outriders for a trucker gang, would like to see them in better photo's with no riders though.

Fiore, its always fun to make a picture in your head come to life as a model, i havent been in toys'r'us in 14 years and it felt tiny compared to how i remember..no shelf of action-man stuff either..kids toys are crap these days.

I love those ash wasters. The colors you've chosen really come out well.

Thanks yo, i really like um too...i figured browns with little colour, every one different but with coherency, the palette was taking into consideration that ash wasters are in the gak, no flashy clothes...

Made some Ratmen, story is they worship the papa nurgle and are spreading the plague to end mankind on Necromunda.

Very nice! got to love skaven in 40k! You planning on doing any more of these guys?

Hey man thanks for posting, yeah I plan to make more, dont have any fw arms left but will use the arms from the kit, planning to either use the ratmen pdf or ratskin rules in necro, or cultist rules for 40k, I got 8 more to make but I guess a typical gang would be a leader, 2 totem warriors, 6 gangers & 2braves...+8 spare for 40k chaos hoard army.

Working on another ash waster, the posing is iffy and the proportion of the cadian sniper left arm/cloak is way off the empire militia legs n body used..but i think it still works. Going to make a side filter from gs on the re-breather, tidy that up and maybe add a wicked hat to hide his enormous head.

I like the shaman, nice go at the blue body tatoos.

The cloaked guy also looks very cool.

Sorry for my neglect for the blog.. Heres some wip

Lots of really cool stuff here - good work

Thanks Manus!

Some wip on the Dark Angel expeditionary force.

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Tube tool fun...

I like the idea, but perhaps a tad overdone?
Also try to wipe you camera lens, the cloudy look you get in the pictures are often a result in light getting bend in grease

The over done effect was to hide the clunky plastic tube scratch build, first attempt with sole scratch built bits, the death ray will have less cables, I feel better about the structure on the arm for that..(also the ott look is kinda what I was going for, the prime is sect militaris, id imagined him gratefull for the hulking siege weapons hard wired in, offerering him status within the political side of the admech..if you think that is ott wait until you see the death ray lol.

Sorry for out of focus, I have not been frying chicken or anything near my canon cam, I am between computers, so posting and taking snaps with phone..


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Thanks for your c + c amigo.

Your welcome - actually I maily have the same problem when using my phone cam - just a fingerprint on the lens is enough the bend the light.

Hers the wip raygun, a little filling, cables and perhaps another gubbin between cables..my reasoning for the mass of cables is that when not wrapped around the servo arm they can plug into things, diagnostics, defender robots, digital weapons ect, dr octopus with tank tracks for legs and siege weapons for fun.

I dont think he is overdone at all rust! I think thats just the level of ott that the mechanicus enjoy, how did you make the cables though out of interest? looks like they are made of greenstuff??

Also I am sorry for lurking lately! your stuff is still awesome and I'm watching from a dark corner!

No apology required.

I felt that a seething mass of cables was what an arch magos who took himself seriously would sport, tools come weapons tearing foes asunder. I used masquerade mini$ tube tool, awesome for making cables with stiff wire centres, i see a floating dude in the future..i also got some of theyre bake-able waxy putty stuff, too brittle when cured for self supporting sculpts but id imagine good for building a shape, before adding plasticard et gs details.

Got a spankiing new airbrush too, made lots of progress with the primed models and built 3 chimera chasis in a weekend, now just need detailing and weathering..looking forward to apoc but dreading the back ache painting all the models.

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Cant seem to get the hang of airbrush weathering yet, but built and painted a tank mounted general for a little nod to the “get me closer, let me hit them with my sword“ meme. He rolls in an executioner/eradicator/tl ac russ, pointed dead straight at the enemy...

The sheer amout of really cool models you are producing is amazing. Great work.

Your kind words of encouragement are greatly apprieciated, thanks for dropping in.

Put brush to pot last night, the cog detail on the hood isnt perfect but better than i expected on the first go.

Finished the tech priest.

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Been making terrain.

I has computer back!

Been putting together a Heresy era DA expeditionary force, so far built and in bags:
4 10man tac squads with bolters
1 10 man tac sqd with bps n ccws
contemptor ac and ccw
termi preator claw and v.charger
honour guard with standard, 3 pa 1 pf
destroyer squad with pp and rad missile
6 vets with 4 combat shields and a pp
Breacher siege squad with 2 flamer and a ps
2 Apothecary

Warrior council:
Primus medicae
master of signal
siegebreaker
libby
forgelord
chappie
champion
moritat
2 centurions bolter n pf

Gonna add some mk3 arms and heads to some robed torso from the new da vets, was really inspired by the 'worthy painting' pre heresy da force.

More Mechanicus WIP

Proposed Rules for 30k Dark Angels Legion:

Tactical prowess: Warlord chooses trait instead of roll
Veterans of the crusade: Tactical squads can upgrade srg to vet srg for 25pts

Formations:

Warrior Council 200 pts plus cost. : High command in apoc, 10 centurions plus consul upgrades, for HQ spam, costly but absolute cheese, because: 1st legion.

Lions Wrath Patrol 100pts + cost 4-6 tac sqds,0-2 support squads, 1-3 apothecary squads, 1-3 Techmarine squads, 1-2 vet squads.

Imperial Army Rules: No Abhumans.

Formation:

Recon platoon 150+cost: Outflank, CCS+moa+chimera, 2-4 vet squads + chimeras, 1-2 armoured fist platoon(pcs+chimera, 2 ifs + chimeras, 0-2 spec wep sqds+ chimeras.

Dark Angel's.

Better pic, Brother Israfael was badly wounded purging the world of Errowid of the canjax(large beastly xeno's with advanced tech), still serving the Lion and the Emperor as a Contemptor.

more WIP on the DA.

The red detail on the weapons and stripes on the armour is a really nice touch. Brings a lot of life into the models.

Thanks Manus, wanted to keep it simple while also keeping some kind of squad marking, the red stripe is a general 'Expeditionary force' marking..probably not fluff correct but, works for me. The other markings on the right pad are heraldry, the preator's mark is the chequered black and white which is going to be a theme throughout...held aloft are trophys from the crusades, the head of each warlord mounted to strike fear into the enemys of the Emperor.

++++Unit echo to base...<base receiving over>...Rebels have ambushed team Charlie, sector 345, moving round to provide cover fire...<Received Echo, proceed>++++

Preator Eliath swung his power claw through the rebel diving at him with a small knife, crude be they're weapons but furious was theyre determination...brother vet sarge Hadarial blasted another with his plasma pistol, white hot death giving the emperors mercy to another of the enemys number.

Skitarii preatorians. Counts as legion vets.

So, is the world of Errowid a reference to Erowid?

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Though I cant find the reference?

Great work, I particualrely like your ash wasters and those well-posed snipers.

Thanks dude. Those ash wasters are my all time fave conversion I have ever made.

I have been laying paint on my highest ranking Legionaries, some knights and a stormwing captain and his buddies, still un decided on the red guns and overall scheme.


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++++--codename designation: Lions paw--++++

Transmission from fleet command, orders are to break away from the formation and assume holding pattern near the Odessa system and rendezvous with a trader fleet. The lion himself has signed this of as top secret, So operational security is paramount. A large selection of hand picked legionnaires from storm, raven and Ghost wings have been tasked and deployed to your command Chapter master Rubiel I trust you will use them wisely. Mission brief is encrypted and follows on secure channels. It's a long way to Odessa, timing is key so you better get going.. For the Lion, for caliban and for the Emperor. ++++---end transmission.


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Rubiel carry ' s one of the most sacred relics of the dark ages from the vaults of caliban, made of an obscure compound similar to terran diamond but with the novel ability to absorb light energy, and discharge it in flashes of light, tearing the very particles it contacts with into pieces with photons. Wielded by Lionel j'ohnson during the cleansing of Darco Thane III, it was awarded to Rubiel upon being awarded the title of chapter master for his part in the campaign.

Stats are as paragon blade with +2 Initiative, blind and master crafted.

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So the command squad for my rogue trader militant has come together.


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I like the vanguard heads but not on skitarii for some reason.

Rogue trader Militant and Code name Alpharius.

Base coated skitarii and the rogue traders security detail (counts as solar aux)

So i had this idea, a special character for my guard who rides a dinosaur.

That's a cool model. Where is the dinosaur figur from?

I forget the range but i got it from a garden centre, toy section. toys are us best bet i think. Thanks for the kind words, i like his side burns..

I picked up a joblot last year, including some orks n grots. Savage orks on boar etc. Even a grot buggy with sail....also 2nd ed metal eldar, some 1s t ed, and a ton of old citadel paints that still work, where modern gw are dry.

After a wash.

Good stuff! I like the tone of skin you achieved on the orks! Dino rider is sweet too but you knew that

What surprised me was the outdoor photos of your terrain and minis at the end there, it looked really cool! I've been struggling lately with the lighting in my game room so that struck me as really cool looking.

Keep it up!

Thanks a bunch indeed amigo, I just couldn't deal with the flash and the sun was out, plus less work than airbrushing a bed sheet for background. My mates cousin set up a table in the back yard last year for us to play apocalypse on, he lives in a nicer town where I'm in the ghetto so I hid my toys pronto. Lol.

30k lizard men. ........ 1..

Building an ash waste monster hunter buggy and trailer.


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What do militant rogue traders and arms dealers do in they're spare time? Hunt giant lizards of course..I say hunt, more pay men to hunt and weaken the beast, then the elite of the great crusade can move in and make the kill from a safe location, like s tank...The hides are worth a bounty off planet, travelling well with the right hidesmith.

i like the ash waste nomad vibe for the monster hunting guide, have some tallarn guys that will soon be mounted on the sort of thing i imagine your guy hunts, that would be fun

Ash waste green peace activists on beasts violently protesting against the rich, spilling blood and scalping those they slaughter in an ironic role reversal.

Built some protection for the driver and a master of beasts, heavy stubber is for those moments when the animals are needing a lead full, gun shield is for when those animals are after your catch, with guns.


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The roof hatch is hinged and the driver isnt glued in.

I hit up some airbrush grey scale base coating for the first time, going to try to build up thin films of colour on these, keeping the black to grey on the fur. I have a lot of the original citadel paints like rotting flesh and bubonic brown that im itching to use. They have out lasted the newer paints by far, they sure dont make paint like that anymore.

Hastor Klax, current heir to the dynastic throne. Well known for his love of make up and flamboyance.

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Hector Gustavo, Rogue Trader, Gambler and kitsch fetishist with his merry men.

Hrud infestation!!

The Hrud infestation on Korsk was a good earner for the Klaxan family guild, simply throw credits at the problem and employ the best soldiers and arm them with the best equipment, the Mechanicus pay a good sum to ensure production isn't pushed below quota by the insurgent Hrud.

In return for the pest control service provided by the contractors, unscrupulous souls sourced by the Rogue Trader Hector Gustavo for they're sheer brutality, zeal or simply ImperialArmy recruits looking for extra joy girl tokens. It was a dirty war but the trade deals would not only be kept open during the crusade, working so closely with the machine cult provided many benefits in these trade deals. The expendable contractors did all the work, the family collected the credits and reaped the rewards in the form of advanced arms and vehicles for the private army.
Dating back the the Masonic Lodge wars of old Terra, the Klaxan Dynasty is said to have supplied the Emperor himself during the Wars of Unification with troops after losing his estate to the compliance of Unification set out after the battle of Sud Afrik. Centuries later the family has been granted Legate status and is in command of an Expedition fleet attached to the First Legion.

Cult of the Imperial Truth, blind with rage, purging the unclean since M31.

Very cool conversions and humans. I like the Colony 87 governor, I have to start mine soon.

Some awesome conversions, I really like the guardsmen with the Skitarii heads.

EDC

Thanks guys, the colony 87 really fitted the bill at the time...i'm pretty sure the govenor is a 3rd gen genestealer hybrid, the family secret still to this day. The admech heads really went with my vision of a technologically advanced kasrkin/stormtrooper/astra militarum hybrid, posing as a rapid teleport extraction team with medical equipment to treat the wounded rogue trader and get him back to the ship if a plan goes south.

More scum from the wastes thanks to lead adventure..

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So, back in the saddle with the desert raiders.