So there comes a time in almost every armies life that it starts to look tired, and I do not mean because the games Meta has changed and your carefully crafted forces is losing on the battlefield. Your army looks worn-out because you have seen it on the battlefield so many times, or other members of your gaming group have accidently sat on some of them, perhaps the dice or even terrain has knocked off some paint, etc.

So this happened for my Necromundian 8th Imperial Guard Regiment, I had bought the boxed set as soon as they released the Cadian plastics…mostly to replace the two Catachan and two metal Cadian armies. I decided to paint them as a tribute to my original Imperial Guard army painted back in Rogue Trader that I ended up selling to a chap in Sweden many years before. That meant reverse-zebra striped Codex Grey fatigues from WD 109 and from the box of 36 plastic Guardsmen. I did this and an army consisting of a Command HQ, two PCS, five painted Infantry Squads, two Heavy Weapon Squads, Ogryn Squad and several tanks battled other gamers at my group and at the local GW Store in downtown Vancouver and then in Richmond after the former closed.

So here is a rebuild of the PLOG I lost for a long while on WarSeer, this time round there is obviously going to be a lot more painted figures and less unpainted ones, but there is still more to build…because any true Guard player knows that their army is never truly finished.
Some progress shots of the army through the years.

Picture from WD 109 that started it all. (Photo Property of Games Workshop)


Shots as the army has grown:








2014


2020


At the start of this PLOG my plastic Necromundan (Cadian) Army consisted of:
Company Command Squad (5)
1 Commissar
Ogryn Squad (5)
Platoon Command Squad (5)
3 Infantry Squads (30)
Platoon Command Squad (5)
2 Infantry Squads (20)
1 Heavy Weapon Squad (6)
Sentinel Squadron (3)
1 Hell Hound
2 Leman Russ
1 Demolisher
1 Basilisk

Now the army stands at:

HQ
Company Command Squad with all the Specialists (10)
4 Commissars
2 Priests
1 Primus Psyker
Adeptus Mechanicus Squad (5)

Elites
Storm Trooper Squad (10)
Storm Trooper Squad (5)
Ogryn Squad (5)
4 Veteran Squads (40)
4 Chimeras

Troops
Platoon Command Squad (5)
Chimera
4 Infantry Squads (40)
Platoon Command Squad (5)
Chimera
4 Infantry Squads (40)
Platoon Command Squad (5)
Chimera
4 Infantry Squads (40)
Platoon Command Squad (5)
Chimera
4 Infantry Squads (40)
Platoon Command Squad (5)
Chimera
4 Infantry Squads (40)
6 Special Weapon Squads (36)
4 Heavy Weapon Squads (24)

Fast Attack
Sentinel Squadron (3)
Hell Hound Squadron (2)
1 Valkyrie/Vendetta

Heavy Support
2 Leman Russ
1 Demolisher
2 Hydra
3 Griffon/Basilisk

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PS: I have one unit that has never changed when just about every other squad has had models replaced or converted as Sergeants could have Storm Bolters, then only Las Pistols/Bolt Pistls and then finally Bolters (but still no Las Guns ). Heavy Weapons became teams and two wound models. Heavy Weapons in Squads were good, then bad, then good, then bad again. Someone will notice which unit has never changed eventually.

Another plog? These poor Dakka folks are going to be building a wall against Warseers soon

Ahh, the old spiders.

I build a box of the old RT plastics, and reinforced them with some metal at the time. No tanks though. I could field an army before this new fangled platoon setup. Back in the day of 10 man squads and heavy weapons on your shoulder. Good times, good times. I might have been able to fake an army in 3rd with what I had, but nothing relevant. These days they are just tucked away in boxes.

Always nice to see a well painted army, especially with classic elements. Looking forward to some closeups.

Cap'n Facebeard wrote:Another plog? These poor Dakka folks are going to be building a wall against Warseers soon

Well all I can say this that is their choice. However I have only produced about half of my active PLOGs and none of those where the army has been sold.

Nevelon wrote:Ahh, the old spiders.

I build a box of the old RT plastics, and reinforced them with some metal at the time. No tanks though. I could field an army before this new fangled platoon setup. Back in the day of 10 man squads and heavy weapons on your shoulder. Good times, good times. I might have been able to fake an army in 3rd with what I had, but nothing relevant. These days they are just tucked away in boxes.

Always nice to see a well painted army, especially with classic elements. Looking forward to some closeups.

Thanks Nevelon, close-ups to follow, but first I guess I should post where I started...a little embarrassing as these were painted and converted back in 2004. However PLOGs have to start somewhere. So these are old and pre-refresh pictures.













Now at this time the Heavy Weapon was not yet a two wound troop, so I was mounting them on smaller bases to allow for flexibility. Guard Sergeants could also carry Storm Bolters and hence those rather large conversions. So one of my first changes was replacing those models, making the bodies into VOX Operators and the rest into new bodies with converted Storm Bolters.

Here are the converted Sergeants:


A few extra bodies required where the Heavy Weapon Team was removed to be mounted on a proper large base:



An updated Squad:


Tons more to come as there are over 300 images in my Necromundian Guard gallery and loads more to upload.

Thanks for the view and the comments.

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Wow a third plog man?! Really excited to see even more of your work, this force is looking magnificent. More photos for the photo god!

I like all the differently equipped Sarges, and the painting is very nice on everyone.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Wow a third plog man?! Really excited to see even more of your work, this force is looking magnificent. More photos for the photo god!

Thanks Inevitable_Faith, I will see what I can do on the photo front.

Cap'n Facebeard wrote:I like all the differently equipped Sarges, and the painting is very nice on everyone.

Thank you Cap'n Facebeard, some more photos of the Storm Bolter Sergeants and photos for Inevitable_Faith:






The previous Sergeant bodies that had the VOX sets on their backs were converted to regular VOX Operators (waste not want not).




The Storm Bolters were made from Ork Sluggas, Vehicle Accessory Sprue Storm Bolter Barrels and normally the Flamer arm for the strap to keep the model somewhat more realistic if the weapon was not across the chest.

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I love the mix of old and new in this army, and the stormbolters on sergeants are such a neat touch. The urban camo looks great and I'm excited to see the army develop.

Love seeing the bolter weaponry on some Humiez, it really is eye-catching. Beautiful conversions, keep it up.

Brother SRM wrote:I love the mix of old and new in this army, and the stormbolters on sergeants are such a neat touch. The urban camo looks great and I'm excited to see the army develop.

Thanks Brother SRM, the paint scheme is the original Imperial Guard camouflage, Codex Grey with Black over White stripes.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Love seeing the bolter weaponry on some Humiez, it really is eye-catching. Beautiful conversions, keep it up.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith, but that became a problem as the next Imperial Guard list removed the Storm Bolter from the Sergeant's repertoire.

Suddenly I needed eight Sergeants with Las Pistols or Bolt Pistols... Sadly a very common problem with Imperial Guard as just about every change in Codex changes options. I still had to start converting the Heavy Weapon Teams onto the 60m bases as well.




With a lick of paint.



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So many guardsmen.

Army looks great so far, you have many tanks!

EDC

Yeah that musta sucked having the guys you put that work into suddenly being invalidated :( At least it gave you an excuse to convert up some awesome looking new sergeants!

The caps look great. It was sucky when they axed Sgts w/ rifles, I would have preferred my Sgts to at least have a lasgun, much more realistic. I know, sci-fi, but Guard infantry IMO should have a touch of realism.

evildrcheese wrote:So many guardsmen.

Army looks great so far, you have many tanks!

EDC

evildrcheese, lots of tanks, but I got to them later as they had been painted to an acceptable level and 40K had shifted to an infantry army with vehicles blowing up due to light winds.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Yeah that musta sucked having the guys you put that work into suddenly being invalidated :( At least it gave you an excuse to convert up some awesome looking new sergeants!

Thanks Inevitable_Faith.

Cap'n Facebeard wrote:The caps look great. It was sucky when they axed Sgts w/ rifles, I would have preferred my Sgts to at least have a lasgun, much more realistic. I know, sci-fi, but Guard infantry IMO should have a touch of realism.

Cap'n Facebeard, agree with you entirely, they did give up Bolters in the latest Codex, but still no Las Guns (those conversions will come later).

In the meantime with the Sergeant crisis over I continued to build VOX Operators.


And start on the Heavy Weapons. This was a Missile Launcher Team re-positioning as I liked to use the kneeling legs for many regular Guardsmen,





Then a Heavy Bolter Team mostly prone.





Thank you for the comments.

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So having enjoyed the little diorama that was created with the Heavy Bolter I did some more.

Running Team.




And another prone team.




The Heavy Weapon Squad of Heavy Bolters.



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Cool, they're very well done. Much prefer prone gunners to the squatting guys, even though I've never bothered to make any myself.

Col. I like the 'on the move' heavy weapons team, nicely done.

EDC

Cap'n Facebeard wrote:Cool, they're very well done. Much prefer prone gunners to the squatting guys, even though I've never bothered to make any myself.

evildrcheese wrote:Col. I like the 'on the move' heavy weapons team, nicely done.
EDC

Thanks Cap'n Facebeard and evildrcheese. I made the prone gunners out of standing legs of the Tank Commander from the Vehicle Accessory Sprue.

So I had long since decided that I would not be painting the helmet stripes of the original Imperial Guard (the red arrow, yellow cutlass, blue sunburst, etc) to mark units...partially because it was more of a Space Marine theme and it removed some flexibility from moving around Guard troopers between squads. But that did not mean I did not experiment, and some of those were failures...here was an attempt at a Command HQ and a PCS and using the Shoulder Pads to mark units.










I had just repeated the problem on a smaller scale...So I decided the should pads would get the Guard skull and the Regimental # and that was it. That way the swapping of models would be easy as new Codex's came out changing unit sizes and compositions.

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Completed another Heavy Weapon Team (this time Auto-Canon)...again incorporating non-kneeling figures into the model where possible.






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Love the variance in the weapon teams.

Thank you Nevelon,

Did another one, so one more to go for another Heavy Weapon Squad.





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Looks like he dropped the magazine on his foot

 Cap'n Facebeard wrote:
Looks like he dropped the magazine on his foot

You know it sort of does.

I liked the other style better, the dropping of the clip into the AutoCanon as it fires. So the third and final one was made like the first.




And here is the entire squad:




It should be noted that it was not until the third Heavy Weapons Squad that I actually got to AutoCanons having done Missile Launchers and Heavy Bolters first...very strange for Imperial Guard players as the AutoCanon is the best choice for Heavy Weapons normally.

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There's a lot of character in your heavy weapons teams and how you pose them. I dig your subtle conversion work and reposing on them a lot.

 Brother SRM wrote:
There's a lot of character in your heavy weapons teams and how you pose them. I dig your subtle conversion work and reposing on them a lot.

Thanks Brother SRM.

Here is the missile Launcher Squad (I did not seem to have any photos of them other than the repositioning team).



Saved four kneeling Guard there and they started to get assembled in my Infantry Squads...on in the cases below the Veteran Squads I started.




I started painting spider tattoos on the faces of some Veterans and also decided I would place the Imperial Guard Skull on the right shoulder pad and the number 8 on the left should pad to solve my blank issue and make all the models interchangeable between squads/platoons/PCS/etc.

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Gah now you're making me miss IG, I loved making HWS guys.

 Cap'n Facebeard wrote:
Gah now you're making me miss IG, I loved making HWS guys.

Steady Cap'n Facebeard, you don't want to buy more when you still have cool armies of True-Scale Marines to paint (I have seen your PLOGs).

So worked on a few more Veterans with Shotguns. The one on the left a conversion with the spare Shotgun from the Forge World kit.



Then as a reward I started cleaning up my Sentinels.





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Nice the Sentinel camo looks great

Sentinels do look nice. Was hoping for eggshells armed with assault cannons though.

Cap'n Facebeard wrote:Nice the Sentinel camo looks great

Thanks Cap'n Facebeard.

Nevelon wrote:Sentinels do look nice. Was hoping for eggshells armed with assault cannons though.

Now that would be truly old school...and no I never had one of those as I just could not abide the model...I built my own and then sold them on eBay or perhaps it was the newsboard for GW before eBay.

More on the Sentinels. Now I just could not stay with the Lascanon only option, so I cut them off and added rare earth magnets. The Lascanons were so heavy I had to add a brass pin to keep them from pointing at the ground.


Third of the bunch. The lucky #7...cause when you play Sentinels you need to be lucky.




The whole Squad:


Next step was building alternate weapons as I had some Multi-lasers and that was it (did not even have enough Multi-lasers either).

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Interesting that both of our armies are called spiders but are so vastly different.

Also, I had no idea how many different poses you could do with cardians. I thought they were kind of boring but I'm obviously wrong.

I'm now tempted to do an IG army (maybe more elysian) but I definitely shouldn't until i finish my ad mech/ork stuff.

Those sentinels look dope. They're probably one of my favourite units.

Lots of awesome stuff here. I gave up re-equipping my NCOs long ago, and just run them with what they have. I've yet to meet an opponent who cares, because, honestly, it's a Guardsman.

I really like the heavy weapons teams.

Nice to see you here, Captain Brown, and really nice seeing the Spyders again. I like the basing on those Sentinels for some whimsical reason, and the NCO caps and boltguns are still really cool to me.

kakita wrote:Interesting that both of our armies are called spiders but are so vastly different.

Also, I had no idea how many different poses you could do with cardians. I thought they were kind of boring but I'm obviously wrong.

I'm now tempted to do an IG army (maybe more elysian) but I definitely shouldn't until i finish my ad mech/ork stuff.

Those sentinels look dope. They're probably one of my favourite units.

Thanks kakita,

Here are a few more poses I converted out of plastic Guardsmen and some Forge World heads:



When you have built and painted over 100 of the same model you have to change it up or got insane.

Gen.Steiner wrote:Lots of awesome stuff here. I gave up re-equipping my NCOs long ago, and just run them with what they have. I've yet to meet an opponent who cares, because, honestly, it's a Guardsman.

I really like the heavy weapons teams.

Thanks Gen.Steiner.

Ragsta wrote:Nice to see you here, Captain Brown, and really nice seeing the Spyders again. I like the basing on those Sentinels for some whimsical reason, and the NCO caps and boltguns are still really cool to me.

Thanks Ragsta,

I did some more work on the Sentinels, first painting and magnetizing the two I had Multi-Lasers for:


Then since I had no other Sentinel weapons I made some from bits to build these:


Thanks for the views and the replies.

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Those autocannons don't look like kitbashes.

Which is of course the point...! Good job there Cap'n.

Just catching this for the first time today. What a huge amount of work, care and attention you've been putting into these. Love your heavy weapons teams the best. The running heavy bolter crew and the very commonly participatory loaders! It's sterling work. I also loved seeing the old Orgryns. Makes me want to dig mine out and repair them too. Though I have a heavily converted (using Mordheim parts) veteran squad I really meant to paint sometime years ago. You're an inspiration.

Gen.Steiner wrote:Those autocannons don't look like kitbashes.

Which is of course the point...! Good job there Cap'n.

Thanks, making them look as much like the real thing was the goal. They are much longer than the new Sentinel kit ones and were based on the Infantry model.

theCrowe wrote:Just catching this for the first time today. What a huge amount of work, care and attention you've been putting into these. Love your heavy weapons teams the best. The running heavy bolter crew and the very commonly participatory loaders! It's sterling work. I also loved seeing the old Orgryns. Makes me want to dig mine out and repair them too. Though I have a heavily converted (using Mordheim parts) veteran squad I really meant to paint sometime years ago. You're an inspiration.

Thanks the Crowe, that is very kind.

So Tread Heads I started updating the vehicles with a severely damaged Chimera I received in trade that was going to be a static terrain piece as the turret was glued to the body and lots of parts were missing. I started adding some parts, but then broke the frame and that let me even the tracks and make the model level and stable and it no longer looked like a warped Chimera so I decided to save the tank and refurbish it.






If you look carefully you will see bubbled areas of the hull and joins from excessive plastic cement, but after painting it looks like a older and rather rusted transport.

Thank you for the comments and the views.

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Wouldn't know it was salvage without you telling me, good job

I love it! Nothing like an old reliable style Chimera.

I think being able to salvage a botched assembly or a damaged kit is always amazing. I have so many of those lying around but I never have the courage or time to invest in one of those 'fixer-uppers'.

Great job on the paintjob for the Chimera. I've seen much better put together models end up looking much worse.

Thanks Cap'n Facebeard, Gen.Steiner and kakita.

Next up was some Storm Troopers, these had been sitting around for a while and I had tried a couple of paint schemes and even a conversion before I went back to the old school scheme...just altered a bit.




Detached from the 144th Company of Storm Troopers to ensure that the ganger side of the Necromundian 8th never strays to far from the Imperial norm and helps the Commissars keep control.

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Always nice to see painted Kasrkin - certainly nicer models than the previous two generations of Storm Troopers.

Haven't yet decided whether the Scions have taken the lead or not in that department, though.

 Dysartes wrote:
Always nice to see painted Kasrkin - certainly nicer models than the previous two generations of Storm Troopers.

Mm. I dunno. I think the best iteration of Stormtroopers so far are the original 3rd edition metals. Sinister and well-equipped, they look and feel the business. The Kasrkin look like their intended function - heavier, more aggressive Cadians!

 Dysartes wrote:
Haven't yet decided whether the Scions have taken the lead or not in that department, though.

Nah. Their uniforms aren't uniform enough. I don't understand why all their torso armour pieces are different. It's silly. Lots of nice parts though.

As for Captain Brown's stormtroopers - very nice painting. Different enough to stand out, similar enough to fit in beautifully.

 Gen.Steiner wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:
Always nice to see painted Kasrkin - certainly nicer models than the previous two generations of Storm Troopers.

Mm. I dunno. I think the best iteration of Stormtroopers so far are the original 3rd edition metals. Sinister and well-equipped, they look and feel the business. The Kasrkin look like their intended function - heavier, more aggressive Cadians!

 Dysartes wrote:
Haven't yet decided whether the Scions have taken the lead or not in that department, though.

Nah. Their uniforms aren't uniform enough. I don't understand why all their torso armour pieces are different. It's silly. Lots of nice parts though.

As for Captain Brown's stormtroopers - very nice painting. Different enough to stand out, similar enough to fit in beautifully.

I’m going to have to agree with pretty much everything Gen. Steiner has said here. No slight against Kasrkin, they are great models (and well painted here) but I’ve got a soft spot for the old metals. Mine are the last thing I added to my guard before shelving them.

 Nevelon wrote:
I’m going to have to agree with pretty much everything Gen. Steiner has said here.

So, so tempted to sig that.

Thank you Dysartes, Gen.Steiner, and Nevelon.

As for the Storm Trooper debate I have never owned any Scions, I do have a squad of the 3rd edition metals that will appear in my Elysian Army. The Kasrkin are in my Spiders Regiment, speaking of which here are a few more for you viewing pleasure.






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They do look good. Mean and efficient.

Great work, cool ideas of conversions and awesome paint job done!

Thanks Gen.Steiner and Alister92.

Not much of an update, just a pair of Storm Trooper Special Weapons.




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Three more Storm Troopers finished to complete the squad.








Next up is the Adeptus Mechanicus...

Thank you for all the views.

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Love 'em. I really need to update my own plog. Bleah.

Adeptus Mechanicus! Hurrah!

Thanks Gen.Steiner,

As promised Adeptus Mechanicus.






With pallid skin and bionic implants.

I also painted some more Troopers, as an Imperial Guard Army grows by two models at a time.




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Nice Admech, the shading on the robe is very good.

 Cap'n Facebeard wrote:
Nice Admech, the shading on the robe is very good.

Thanks Cap'n Facebeard,

Painted up another two Guardsmen, these with Special Weapons.




I also did a very minor conversion to a Junior Officer, gone is the Plasma Pistol and instead he has a Bolt Pistol.



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I love this army, it's a great Rogue Trader tribute and great use of the Cadians.

The Cadians are no one's favorites but you're really making them look good!

I really like the use of brass on the AdMech; it makes them pop and works really well with the red robes.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:I love this army, it's a great Rogue Trader tribute and great use of the Cadians.

The Cadians are no one's favorites but you're really making them look good!

Thanks Kid_Kyoto

Gen.Steiner wrote:I really like the use of brass on the AdMech; it makes them pop and works really well with the red robes.

Thanks Gen.Steiner

Unfortunately, painting all the fun stuff like Storm Troopers and Adeptus Mechanicus meant I had to paint more regular Trooper, especially VOX Operators as my first go round with this army had none.





But this lot gave me enough to complete the First Platoon - three Infantry Squads - Heavy Weapons Squad - PCS


Including a Platoon Standard just like the old Imperial Guard, although the Platoon Command Squads had lost their sixth member and two Lascanons of old.

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Looking really good! The thing that has always put me off horde armies is painting the rank and file

If you can find a nice quick way to paint them, it's much easier. It also helps with the Guard because you can mix-n-match units (my Force Z has a platoon of metal Cadians and a platoon of Tallarn, for example, supported by two different types of Stormtrooper, Ratlings, Ogryns etc).

Captain Brown has found such a method here - and also builds the army bit by bit, so suddenly you have a really big army that's crept up on you!

Toxic_Toast wrote:Looking really good! The thing that has always put me off horde armies is painting the rank and file

Thanks Toxic_Toast, it is just part of the fun. Take a look at Gen.Steiner's PLOG for how many he has painted and how he gets around the repetitive part.

Gen.Steiner wrote:If you can find a nice quick way to paint them, it's much easier. It also helps with the Guard because you can mix-n-match units (my Force Z has a platoon of metal Cadians and a platoon of Tallarn, for example, supported by two different types of Stormtrooper, Ratlings, Ogryns etc).

Captain Brown has found such a method here - and also builds the army bit by bit, so suddenly you have a really big army that's crept up on you!

Thanks Gen.Steiner, I only wish I have found an easier paint scheme...but I was copying the original Rogue Trader scheme which gets built up to Codex Grey and then has reversed Tiger stripes added on top...which makes each model it's own little job.

Painted another pair. One reloading...not sure why he is bothering as it will do the same damage to the enemy as a fully charged flashlight.




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For what it's worth I found it was easier to paint a metal hoard than a plastic one. With metal I didn't have that assembly time or get diverted into doing complex conversions.

Anyway again, this is a great army.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
For what it's worth I found it was easier to paint a metal hoard than a plastic one. With metal I didn't have that assembly time or get diverted into doing complex conversions.

Anyway again, this is a great army.

Thanks Kid_Kyoto,

Some more regular troopers painted:






But all this drudgery of painting regular troopers allowed me to finish this by topping up a pair of squads:



The second platoon.

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Two platoons! Now those lasrifles will start doing some damage.

Well.

Unless you're me. And roll 1s more than is statistically feasible.

Thanks Gen.Steiner,

More regular Troopers for the third platoon.




Very similar to the last three, but since they will be in different platoons it should not be an issue.

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If you don’t have IG that look similar to each other, you are either playing tiny point games, or spend way too long customizing them.

Looking good!

 Nevelon wrote:
If you don’t have IG that look similar to each other, you are either playing tiny point games, or spend way too long customizing them.

Looking good!

Thanks Nevelon,

So starting from my five squads and heavy weapon squad I had continued to augment my squads and freeing up troopers for new squads. I had built new heavy weapon teams and those six models added to the pool, but required some more Special Weapons and Sergeants. So that was next on the painting table.




With a few more additions I could have nine complete squads.

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A great looking IG force! Really like your bolter Sarges and the heavy weapon teams!

Very nicely painted IG. They look almost as if they could be featured in a Codex or White Dwarf Issue

I really like the old metal special weapon gunners - particularly the heavy duty gloves, which really makes you think about the heat radiation of the plasma and meltas!

MagicMan wrote:A great looking IG force! Really like your bolter Sarges and the heavy weapon teams!

Thanks MagicMan.

Cardinal Xaphan wrote:Very nicely painted IG. They look almost as if they could be featured in a Codex or White Dwarf Issue

Thank you Cardinal Xaphan, maybe in 1989 when the original Imperial Guard models came out, but not with all the excellent painters they have at GW and around the world.

Gen.Steiner wrote:I really like the old metal special weapon gunners - particularly the heavy duty gloves, which really makes you think about the heat radiation of the plasma and meltas!

Thanks Gen.Steiner, that would explain why so many of my Plasma Guns role 1's.

Next up were some more Sergeants to finish up some more squads.






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I like that your sergeants haven't got chainswords. It's a nice and simple thing but it really makes them stand out.

 Gen.Steiner wrote:
I like that your sergeants haven't got chainswords. It's a nice and simple thing but it really makes them stand out.

Thanks Gen.Steiner,

So I finished up the Missile Launcher Teams.



And also did a Junior Officer with Bolter and a second model with a Lasgun...since Sergeants and Officers could not have a Lasgun I considered changing the model, but decided to leave it in a PCS as a regular Guardsman.




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Missile launcher teams look fantastic. You made them very dynamic, I like it.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Missile launcher teams look fantastic. You made them very dynamic, I like it.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

Then two last Troopers:



And that gave me enough to bulk up the Third Platoon.


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Impresive body of men, love the consistency of colour, something I always fail on!!

That looks like one heck of an angry mob. Good job.

Heh, love how they look like the old box art

That's a whole mess of guardsmen, Captain.

Any plans to pick up more Kasrkin during the flash rerelease this weekend?

Alaricuk wrote:Impresive body of men, love the consistency of colour, something I always fail on!!

Thank you Alaricuk. I just follow the same order of paint each time, the zebra stripes are completely random.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:That looks like one heck of an angry mob. Good job.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith.

Cap'n Facebeard wrote:Heh, love how they look like the old box art

Cap'n Facebeard, that was the reason for my homage.

Dysartes wrote:That's a whole mess of guardsmen, Captain.

Any plans to pick up more Kasrkin during the flash rerelease this weekend?

Thanks Dysartes, no plans for more Karskin...did not even know there is a flash release this weekend.

Added a few more models to make one more PCS.



Which when added to my remaining two reinforced squads to make a forth Platoon.



So my five squads of Necromundans had grown to nine with the additions from my refresh. I was pretty well burnt out painting infantry and it was going to be vehicles next, but in the meantime here was a progress shot.



Close ups of the same.



So Treadheads rejoice, as the vehicles are coming next.

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Great looking army there mate! It's always good to see an IG army with an interesting theme which sadly many lack since GW stopped all the unique looking regiments

Holy army shots batman. That force looks great.

Captain Brown wrote:

Dysartes wrote:That's a whole mess of guardsmen, Captain.

Any plans to pick up more Kasrkin during the flash rerelease this weekend?

Thanks Dysartes, no plans for more Karskin...did not even know there is a flash release this weekend.

Yeah, there's a variety of codes back up - in metal - as a 48 hour rerelease, though the window may extend if things prove popular. I may cave and pick up some of the characters I don't have, and possibly another Kasrkin squad, as they're still awesome models.

Thank you LancsHotpot and Inevitable_Faith.

Dysartes wrote:Any plans to pick up more Kasrkin during the flash rerelease this weekend?
....
Yeah, there's a variety of codes back up - in metal - as a 48 hour rerelease, though the window may extend if things prove popular. I may cave and pick up some of the characters I don't have, and possibly another Kasrkin squad, as they're still awesome models.

Dysartes,

Seems to be a UK thing only.

Now Treadheads rejoice as here come the tanks. First up is the old style Leman Russ "45" magnetized so that I can swap out the second hull mounted weapon or add the side sponsons.









Thanks for the comments and replies.

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I beg to differ, mon Capitan - here is the link to the Canadian Kasrkin

Nice looking Russ, by the way - the lighter stippled camo pattern reminds me of the ones I painted for my Guard, though the darker colour was a dark green/grey.

 Dysartes wrote:
I beg to differ, mon Capitan - here is the link to the Canadian Kasrkin

Nice looking Russ, by the way - the lighter stippled camo pattern reminds me of the ones I painted for my Guard, though the darker colour was a dark green/grey.

Thanks Dysartes, the notification came out on Sunday here in Canada...and except for the Kasrkin and a Commissar they were all listed as "Sold Out".

Next tank was a Basilisk, first in it's squadron.




But it looked so plain so I added more netting.





The little extra about this tank is that the gun deck slides out and can be replaced by a Griffon Heavy Mortar.

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Fantastic work CB. It's amazing that you were able to make such an awesome looking tank but you were able to build it so it can function as a different variant too. Is the griffon mortar part painted yet? I'd love to see that too.

Damn that Basilisk with the camp netting is cool.

EDC

Thanks evildrcheese.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Fantastic work CB. It's amazing that you were able to make such an awesome looking tank but you were able to build it so it can function as a different variant too. Is the griffon mortar part painted yet? I'd love to see that too.

Certainly Inevitable_Faith,

Here is the second Basilisk.




The gun platform just slides out and I slide in a Heavy Mortar bay.

Here are the Griffon Heavy Mortars.





The secondary weapons can also be swapped between Heavy Flamers and Heavy Bolters.

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That's awesome CB. Literally every day this force gets more and more awesome. Great work.

What've you used for the netting, Capitan?

And are you caught up to the "new work" stage, or are you still on the Warseer repost stage?

Inevitable_Faith wrote:That's awesome CB. Literally every day this force gets more and more awesome. Great work.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith.

Dysartes wrote:What've you used for the netting, Capitan?

And are you caught up to the "new work" stage, or are you still on the Warseer repost stage?

Dysartes,

I used gauze for the netting, just washed it in Brown Ink before adding it to the tank.

No, still catching up with my completed models.

The third of the Griffon Heavy Mortars as it looks like I did not bother to photograph the first two as they had already been photographed as Basilisks.






Like the first two the mortar bed slides out, I just only have two Basilisk platforms.

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Next up is a Forge World Hydra:








Toughest part of the build was straightening the barrels.

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Hydra looks amazing. Did you make this one modular too so it could be used as a wyvern?

Wow Mate!

This army is beautiful and unique! The OOP Ogryns just look awesome!

Sweet looking guard. I'm jealous

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Hydra looks amazing. Did you make this one modular too so it could be used as a wyvern?

Thanks Inevitable_Faith, I did not make it modular as it is a ForgeWorld version and it is not open topped. The turret is not glued in for easy transport and I guess I could convert some Wyvern parts...however I have been using my Griffon Heavy Mortars as Wyvrns.

Hamilkah wrote:Wow Mate!

This army is beautiful and unique! The OOP Ogryns just look awesome!

Thanks Hamilkah.

Invicta wrote:Sweet looking guard. I'm jealous

Thank you Invicta.

Next up was a Auto Cannon turreted Chimera, extending the track armour:





Regimental number and skull motif matching the infantry shoulder pads. Also built an extra regular turret for those games where ForgeWorld is forbidden.

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Ooh, that enclosed Hydra looks so much better than the new one. Great paintjob too

Man I really like the forgeworld Hydra. Can I check though, what does the decal at the back of the Hydra stand for?

CragHack wrote:Ooh, that enclosed Hydra looks so much better than the new one. Great paintjob too

Thanks CragHack.

kakita wrote:Man I really like the forgeworld Hydra. Can I check though, what does the decal at the back of the Hydra stand for?

Thanks kakita,
The triangle in a square is the symbol for Imperial Artillery.

More tanks, some more Chimeras.

Chimera #3





Chimera #5





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Mmm so many glorious tanks. They all look fantastic, but seeing 3 Griffins all together is real cool.

Love the Hydra with the closed top too, really nice work.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Mmm so many glorious tanks. They all look fantastic, but seeing 3 Griffins all together is real cool.

Love the Hydra with the closed top too, really nice work.

EDC

Thanks EDC,

There will be more group pictures of the vehicles as I finished up various lots.

When I looked at Chimera #3 and #5 and then at the #1 I realized that there were no search lights on the first two. Since my Chimeras were all early version I had no search lights to match the Leman Russ. So instead I scratch built some and you can see them on the turrets.



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Your vehicles all look pretty amazing. Hydra and Griffins are awesome.

Captain Brown wrote:

kakita wrote:Man I really like the forgeworld Hydra. Can I check though, what does the decal at the back of the Hydra stand for?

Thanks kakita,
The triangle in a square is the symbol for Imperial Artillery.

I actually meant the lightning bolt. Sorry if the qn sounds silly, I'm not very well versed in the fluff aspect of the hobby.

Not a silly question at all, kakita - and Captain, feel free to correct me if I'm barking up the wrong tree here.

The white circle with a lightning bolt in it is one of the symbols often used as a campaign marker by the Imperium - the older transfer sheets included them, along with a couple of others. All the units would have that symbol painted onto them, in addition to their regimental colours or other insignia, as a way of telling units that are meant to be serving together.

kakita wrote:I actually meant the lightning bolt. Sorry if the qn sounds silly, I'm not very well versed in the fluff aspect of the hobby.

Dysartes wrote:Not a silly question at all, kakita - and Captain, feel free to correct me if I'm barking up the wrong tree here.

The white circle with a lightning bolt in it is one of the symbols often used as a campaign marker by the Imperium - the older transfer sheets included them, along with a couple of others. All the units would have that symbol painted onto them, in addition to their regimental colours or other insignia, as a way of telling units that are meant to be serving together.

Thanks kakita and Dysartes,

Good question and a good answer. To be honest it could be a campaign marker or Imperial Armour symbol, or Steel Legion or an army marker...it is on all my vehicles. Although I guess the skull motif is pretty constant throughout my army and could be an army marker...but then other folks would say that is a general Imperial Guard symbol. Viewer's choice.

Alaricuk wrote:Your vehicles all look pretty amazing. Hydra and Griffins are awesome.

Thanks Alaricuk.

Next up was Chimera #2 (you can get a better look at the searchlights I converted).






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Then Chimera #4.






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So as a break from Chimeras I decided to kit-bash an old Hellhound with some old Rhino Mk I extra armour to account for the improved stats in the newer Codex.






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That rhino extra armour is pretty cool, I didn't realise it would be such a good fit...

...the genestealer cult project in my head keeps on getting more interesting...

Thanks Aryllon,

Yes, they fit together as if they were designed that way.

After the quick divergence back to Chimera, this time #9 "Imperious".





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Next up was Chimera #10.






Only one more Chimera to go.

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They're looking nice and consistent in terms of quality, Captain - though I did just have to double-check 9 & 10 to make sure it wasn't the same hull with a different turret on top

Any plans to add a moniker to the scrollwork on the sides?

 Dysartes wrote:
They're looking nice and consistent in terms of quality, Captain - though I did just have to double-check 9 & 10 to make sure it wasn't the same hull with a different turret on top

Any plans to add a moniker to the scrollwork on the sides?

Thanks Dysartes,

Each vehicle is unique in wear and scheme. Although some have a few more rust spots, grease stains, damage, sand build-up, paint chips, etc. #21 probably has the most.

No, the small scrollwork on the sides has been left as is.

As another break from tanks I did some more Adeptus Mechanicus to help maintain the vehicles.




The complete squad.


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Great looking tech priest and servitors, those are definitely models I see very little of and it's nice to see you got a great looking squad all put together.

Nice work on the Chimeras, the scratch built search lights look great.

EDC

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Great looking tech priest and servitors, those are definitely models I see very little of and it's nice to see you got a great looking squad all put together.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith, keeping with the Rogue Trader motif.

evildrcheese wrote:Nice work on the Chimeras, the scratch built search lights look great.
EDC

Thank you evildrcheese, I needed to do something as I did not have anywhere near enough searchlights...and the low turrets of these old Chimera models would have made getting the large new ones from a bits supplier look silly.

One more Chimera #12:





Then someone pointed out that almost all the ends of the smoke launchers looked like something off a demonette...so a did a very thick black wash to them all.



While I was at it I did some other small additions like setting up swappable secondary weapons (Flamer versus Heavy Bolter):



Flamer versus Heavy Bolter...it was a little tricky on already assembled and painted tanks. I basically had to build a back rest inside the tank for the magnet to sit properly.



Or a Heavy Stubber.


That kept my Tech Priest and his Servitors busy for a while.

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So one more Forgeworld Hydra (I got these two from eBay and they were in pretty bad shape, bits broken off, barrels warped/snapped from someone trying to straighten them by force instead of hot water.) to finish, Hydra #2:






This picture shows the second Hydra without sand, dust, rust, etc. Seems I did not take a picture of this when completely finished one...oh well.

When you compare it to #1 you see what I mean:




Completing the second Hydra did lead to this photo of the Spider's Motor Pool:



What you shout: Only one Leman Russ!!!

Another couple are on their way, they just needed major overhauls and Track Guards...and Search Lights...etc.

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The motor pool looks real great. It's shocking that you have so few Leman Russ tanks but it's quite refreshing to see so many chimaera chassis all together.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
The motor pool looks real great. It's shocking that you have so few Leman Russ tanks but it's quite refreshing to see so many chimaera chassis all together.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith, part of the delay was the fact so many of my tanks were so old they had the previous vehicle track sprues and no track armour. That is all going to the Leman Russ and Demolisher. Only two Chimera ended up with track guards and one is a command tank and the other appears to have scavenged it.

Now I have never really appreciated the Ratling Snipers, so for a Guard Regiment from Necromunda you have Ratskin Snipers instead.



And those little blighters give me three Elite Choices with the Storm Troopers, Ogryns and Ratskins coupled with five platoons and one Veteran Squad, 2 Command HQs and lots of vehicles.



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Now with a break from all those tanks...back to infantry, although this time Veterans. A little more leeway here in modeling them.




Veteran Squad with Melta Guns.



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I've never been a fan of the Ratling sniper models myself but those Ratskin models are a great play on words/fluff to sub in and I think it's an awesome alternative. The force looks awesome all together, really top notch. What are the basic guns your vets are carrying? Those don't look like lasguns at all, shotguns maybe? Are they even GW guns or are they converted? So many questions, but regardless I love them, they look awesome on those guardsmen.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
What are the basic guns your vets are carrying? Those don't look like lasguns at all, shotguns maybe? Are they even GW guns or are they converted? So many questions, but regardless I love them, they look awesome on those guardsmen.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

Other than the special weapons the Veterans are armed with Shotguns from the Forgeworld upgrade kit (as are most of the torsos). Some folks have seen me use the Veteran heads on other models and those I have replaced with Catachan and other heads, usually with my own forage caps. So Forgeworld and GW parts throughout, with some putty used in head gear.

More Veterans:


Third Veteran Squad:


So in effect I had to roll some of my platoons into each other to get down to three large platoons to keep my six troop choices.

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that's really cool man. I really dig the look of them shotguns. Real great looking squads all around.

Inevitable_Faith,

Thank you.

Next up some of the personalities of my Necromundian Guard.

Commissar


Senior Officer


Advisor


Astropath


Fleet Officer


Advisor


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Captain Brown wrote:

kakita wrote:I actually meant the lightning bolt. Sorry if the qn sounds silly, I'm not very well versed in the fluff aspect of the hobby.

Dysartes wrote:Not a silly question at all, kakita - and Captain, feel free to correct me if I'm barking up the wrong tree here.

The white circle with a lightning bolt in it is one of the symbols often used as a campaign marker by the Imperium - the older transfer sheets included them, along with a couple of others. All the units would have that symbol painted onto them, in addition to their regimental colours or other insignia, as a way of telling units that are meant to be serving together.

Thanks kakita and Dysartes,

Good question and a good answer. To be honest it could be a campaign marker or Imperial Armour symbol, or Steel Legion or an army marker...it is on all my vehicles. Although I guess the skull motif is pretty constant throughout my army and could be an army marker...but then other folks would say that is a general Imperial Guard symbol. Viewer's choice.

Thanks guys! It's a very interesting marker.

And man CB you're a fiend! Churning out loads of minis. I barely have time to update my thread!

The infantry are looking really good too.

Looking good. Must be nice to do good salvage jobs on old FW kits and get them looking awesome (I'm referring to the Hydra on the last page).

Advisors are looking awesome too.

EDC

that commissar is a real standout for me. His face came out great.

Each weapons team is like a mini-diorama. Even individual figs are very characterful.

kakita wrote:And man CB you're a fiend! Churning out loads of minis. I barely have time to update my thread!

The infantry are looking really good too.

Thanks kakita, you are building a whole AoP base (I have never done that)! I am also catching up on painted figures to rebuild a lost PLOG, so I have a bit of an advantage of having the photos already.

evildrcheese wrote:Looking good. Must be nice to do good salvage jobs on old FW kits and get them looking awesome (I'm referring to the Hydra on the last page).

Advisors are looking awesome too.

EDC

Thank you evildrcheese. Did you like the pristine Hydra or the dusty, oily and dirty Hydra?

Inevitable_Faith wrote:that commissar is a real standout for me. His face came out great.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith.

Fifty wrote:Each weapons team is like a mini-diorama. Even individual figs are very characterful.

Thank you Fifty.

So back to the long painting war with more regular guardsmen...after all Guard armies never have enough troops unless they are Armoured Companies.




And a little conversion of some Sniper Rifle armed Guardsmen:



Need to sand the edge of those bases.

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I think a bit of light weathering is where it's at, so a bit of dust and oil on tanks is the way.

Nice snipers.

EDC

Thanks evildrcheese,

Back to painting Guard two by two:



These two allowed for another squad to be completed and with that I could do three Platoons of three or four squads each to allow for the three Veteran Squads.



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So I got a question for ya CB if you don't mind answering. It seems you paint much of your infantry two at a time. Is there a reason for that? Many people would batch paint a unit of ten all at once. You have painted a ton of infantry and I'm wondering did you paint most of it two at a time and did you find that faster or in some way more efficient?

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
So I got a question for ya CB if you don't mind answering. It seems you paint much of your infantry two at a time. Is there a reason for that? Many people would batch paint a unit of ten all at once. You have painted a ton of infantry and I'm wondering did you paint most of it two at a time and did you find that faster or in some way more efficient?

Inevitable_Faith,

I have always found 2-4 models at a sitting are as many as I can paint. I like to see some completed results for each sitting and thus my units slowly grow around two at time. Two seems to be the most common number.

Although my next picture is of three...it was with great joy that when the last Guard Codex came out we could get Bolters for 1 point for Sergeants...still cannot get Las Guns...but we can get Bolters. The reason for 3 was then I could replace a whole Platoon's Sergeants at once.





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Thanks for the explanation CB. I have a unit of 10 wyches to do, I may just try doing them 2 at a time to see how I enjoy that.

I have some tempestus scions that I'm disappointed in the tempestors for, they can't take the basic rifle the rest of the squad gets and instead have to take a pistol. When your unit is only 5 guys that loss of firepower outside 12" range hurts. Your bolter sergeants look good man, they fit in nicely.

Wow! You've got all the guard captain brown! Nice.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Thanks for the explanation CB. I have a unit of 10 wyches to do, I may just try doing them 2 at a time to see how I enjoy that.

I have some tempestus scions that I'm disappointed in the tempestors for, they can't take the basic rifle the rest of the squad gets and instead have to take a pistol. When your unit is only 5 guys that loss of firepower outside 12" range hurts. Your bolter sergeants look good man, they fit in nicely.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith, nothing like four or six painted figures on the shelf that only need a few more to complete a squad to encourage you.

stonned_astartes wrote:Wow! You've got all the guard captain brown! Nice.

Thank you stonned_astartes

OK, more Guardsmen...this time some Flamer armed Troopers...tried a little variation. Heads and hand positions.


Then I stumbled across something I did not expect, a member of WarSeer who was following the PLOG suggested some Battletech decals of the Black Widows of Natasha Kerensky fame. Suddenly I could add spider patches to my "Spiders". Check out the right forearms of each of these Guardsmen:






Now the decals are pretty small, and in the end the forearm seemed the only place I could place them consistently. After I did that I thought about shaving off the back mount and placing the patch there, but so many of my Guard have packs I decided against it. I gave larger patches to Officers and Sergeants.

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Sweet. The decals are looking awesome.

Nice work on the sgts and flamer dude


EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Sweet. The decals are looking awesome.

Nice work on the sgts and flamer dude


EDC

Thanks evildrcheese,

Found a photo of the decals:


And another three Sergeants with Bolters (used the Flamer arms and straps to emphasize the weight and size of a Bolter to a Guardsman):





And their Gang Patches.

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Those decals are a great idea and add even more personality to your already very awesome force. I love the idea of the strap for the bolter to tell the viewer that "this weapon is heavy and not designed for human hands". I really appreciate the little conversions you do scattered all over your army, some people go hog wild with conversions and the army seems to lose some cohesion, an important trait for IG in my opinion, but your conversions are so tastefully done for a purpose that they blend well but can still be appreciated by anyone who knows the model range.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Those decals are a great idea and add even more personality to your already very awesome force. I love the idea of the strap for the bolter to tell the viewer that "this weapon is heavy and not designed for human hands". I really appreciate the little conversions you do scattered all over your army, some people go hog wild with conversions and the army seems to lose some cohesion, an important trait for IG in my opinion, but your conversions are so tastefully done for a purpose that they blend well but can still be appreciated by anyone who knows the model range.

Thank you very much Inevitable_Faith,

Next on the agenda was another three Sergeants, again replacing the three Las Pistols of the third Platoon.





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GW do seem to have made some odd choices on what you can arm Sergeants with over the years - it'd just be nice for them to be consistent from one book to another.

I think it is safe to say you like that particular head for your officers, no?

Those decals are pretty nifty.

Dysartes wrote:GW do seem to have made some odd choices on what you can arm Sergeants with over the years - it'd just be nice for them to be consistent from one book to another.

I think it is safe to say you like that particular head for your officers, no?

Thanks Dysartes,

It was the only Cadian head I could find in any number without a helmet (other than much more expensive Forgeworld)...that was until I discovered my super secret solution...which I will post shortly as a made a whole Conscript Squad out of them.

kakita wrote:Those decals are pretty nifty.

Thanks kakita,

Some more Sergeants given Bolters.



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Just noticed the shotgun troops, are they conversions or old kits?

 stonned_astartes wrote:
Just noticed the shotgun troops, are they conversions or old kits?

Thanks stonned_astartes,

The Shotgun armed troopers are Forgeworld bodies and a mixture of Forgeworld and my own converted heads...regular Cadian legs.

Now here is a shot with the regular Cadian helmetless head that I have been giving Forage Caps to and one of the heads from the Berlin or Bust German Forage Caps. The second option I was going to start using in a big way for a Conscript unit.




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Looking good, so many sergeants!

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Looking good, so many sergeants!

EDC

Thanks evildrcheese,

So many Sergeants because I now had so many squads that needed them (12 before adding Heavy Weapons and 15 afterwards).

Now I started another project to build a Conscript squad...at 3 points a model I initially was not that eager, but then I got a little stoked with the completion of my test models.

I used the forage cap heads and removed the shoulder pads off the arms to create this look from the Cadians:





Only 33 more to go.

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Do they still have whiteshields in the guard? Loved that bit of old fluff. Stat-wise, they could be conscripts...

What did you do with the old sergeants when you phased the bolter guys in, Captain?

Nevelon wrote:Do they still have whiteshields in the guard? Loved that bit of old fluff. Stat-wise, they could be conscripts...

Thanks Nevelon, never thought of that, some folks have commented that my conscripts look young.

Two more, only 31 to go.



Squad so far.

Dysartes wrote:What did you do with the old sergeants when you phased the bolter guys in, Captain?

Thanks Dysartes,

Some lost their arms to new ones and a few had weapon swaps for Bolt Pistols like these two:



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And two more Conscripts get painted:



Only 29 more to go...the Conscripts were painted two by two hurrah, hurrah.


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Well, that makes the next 15 updates fairly predictable, Captain

 Dysartes wrote:
Well, that makes the next 15 updates fairly predictable, Captain

What we need here is a good montage. Someone put on some catchy, up-beat music! Then all we need is a couple of quick action shots of conscripts being painted, and by the time the song is over, the whole squad will be done.

(If only batch painting large squads worked that way)

 Nevelon wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:
Well, that makes the next 15 updates fairly predictable, Captain

What we need here is a good montage. Someone put on some catchy, up-beat music! Then all we need is a couple of quick action shots of conscripts being painted, and by the time the song is over, the whole squad will be done.

(If only batch painting large squads worked that way)

If only.

Looking good though Cpt. Good idea taking off the shoulder pads to make them stand out.

Dysartes wrote:Well, that makes the next 15 updates fairly predictable, Captain

Thanks Dysartes, will try to shake it up a little, tonight I went Demolisher.

Nevelon wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:
Well, that makes the next 15 updates fairly predictable, Captain

What we need here is a good montage. Someone put on some catchy, up-beat music! Then all we need is a couple of quick action shots of conscripts being painted, and by the time the song is over, the whole squad will be done.

(If only batch painting large squads worked that way)

Prepare for a big gun Nevelon

stonned_astartes wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:
Well, that makes the next 15 updates fairly predictable, Captain

What we need here is a good montage. Someone put on some catchy, up-beat music! Then all we need is a couple of quick action shots of conscripts being painted, and by the time the song is over, the whole squad will be done.

(If only batch painting large squads worked that way)

If only.

Looking good though Cpt. Good idea taking off the shoulder pads to make them stand out.

Thanks stonned_astartes.

Demolisher Rebuild:












So Demolisher with side sponsons magnetized, hull mounted weapon swaps.

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I guess variation did not interest anyone...

So two more Conscripts get painted:



Only 27 more to go...the Conscripts were painted two by two hurrah, hurrah.


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Nice work on the demolisher, impressed by your stamina for painting those conscripts!

EDC

evildrcheese wrote:Nice work on the demolisher, impressed by your stamina for painting those conscripts!

EDC

Thanks evildrcheese,

I was happy how the Demolisher turned out, it was the second rebuild/refurbishment of that tank...which is an original pewter barrel. And the Conscripts...I agree as they are 3 point models.

Two more Conscripts get painted:



Only 25 more to go...the Conscripts were painted two by two hurrah, hurrah. Only half of a legal unit.


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Wow this army has grown since I was last here! Love the rat-skin guys and great job on all those tanks mate

Love what you're doing with the conscripts, they stand out from the basic guardsmen so finding them on the table won't be a nightmare. Very smart move.

LancsHotpot wrote:Wow this army has grown since I was last here! Love the rat-skin guys and great job on all those tanks mate

Thank you LacsHotpot

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Love what you're doing with the conscripts, they stand out from the basic guardsmen so finding them on the table won't be a nightmare. Very smart move.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

To be honest I have liked this look so much that I considered converting the rest of my army...then I counted the 200+ figures I would have to change, then the conversions for Special Weapons and metal figures and I quickly discarded the idea. Besides the filing off of the shoulder pads is bad enough, let alone all the drilling for heads, painting, etc.

Two more Conscripts get painted, these two were a little rushed and would need some touch-up later...but they are only 3 point models:



Only 23 more to go...the Conscripts were painted two by two hurrah, hurrah.


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Nice work on the expendable suckers....er, I meant heroic conscripts, and the Demolisher. I'm especially digging the paint work on that Demolisher. You've taken a model that looks like a chibi tank and made it look like a hardcore war machine. I like it.

Conscription program seems to be going successfully .

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oldravenman3025 wrote:
Nice work on the expendable suckers....er, I meant heroic conscripts, and the Demolisher. I'm especially digging the paint work on that Demolisher. You've taken a model that looks like a chibi tank and made it look like a hardcore war machine. I like it.

Thanks oldravenman3025, very kind of you to say that.

evildrcheese wrote:Conscription program seems to be going successfully .

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Thank you evildrcheese, perseverance or more likely sheer stubbornness kept it going.

With that two more Conscripts join the unit.




The Conscripts were painted two by two, hurrah! Hurrah!

Only 21 to go...still 6 shy of a legal unit.



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Cannon fodder lookin good,

That's turning into a decent-looking blob, Captain.

Thank you Alaricuk and Dysartes,

Figured everyone wanted a break from Conscripts for a post, so here is the third Griffon Mortar without the crew.




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Great looking army! What is the name of the brown you use for your men's pouches and such? And (sorry if you have already mentioned it but I haven't read the whole thread) what are those heads you are using for your conscripts? You have inspired me.

ExFideFortis wrote:
Great looking army! What is the name of the brown you use for your men's pouches and such? And (sorry if you have already mentioned it but I haven't read the whole thread) what are those heads you are using for your conscripts? You have inspired me.

Thank you ExFideFortis,

The Brown used in the pouches is Bubonic Brown with a highlight of Bleached Bone and Bubonic Brown mixed (they have new names now, but somewhere there is a paint compatibility charge on the forum.

The heads on the Conscripts are from the Berlin or Bust line of Separate Heads. They are not bad, but lack the fine detail in the faces you are likely used to from plastic and resin (they are pewter I believe).

Speaking of which...the Conscripts were painted two by two, hurrah! Hurrah!



Only 19 to go...still 4 shy of a legal unit, but getting close.



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Griffin and new conscripts looking solid. Keep plugging away!

EDC

Wow dude. The patience you have to paint up this unit is unbelievable. When you field them they'll be like 70 points on the table right? Keep up the good work man, they look great.

Captain Brown wrote:

ExFideFortis wrote:
Great looking army! What is the name of the brown you use for your men's pouches and such? And (sorry if you have already mentioned it but I haven't read the whole thread) what are those heads you are using for your conscripts? You have inspired me.

Thank you ExFideFortis,

The Brown used in the pouches is Bubonic Brown with a highlight of Bleached Bone and Bubonic Brown mixed (they have new names now, but somewhere there is a paint compatibility charge on the forum.

Do you give them a heavy brown wash (or chestnut)? I would have pegged the pouches as Snakebite Leather or Bestial Brown. Bubonic Brown (at least my pot) is a much lighter beige/khaki.

Nice work on the tanks and banging out the conscripts.

Thanks evildrcheese

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Wow dude. The patience you have to paint up this unit is unbelievable. When you field them they'll be like 70 points on the table right? Keep up the good work man, they look great.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,
A 35 man Conscript squad is 105 points...I have been enjoying combining 3 Infantry squads and sending forward these large units and watching my opponents focus on trying to knock them out, a Priest or a Commissar keeps them moving and as soon as they are in Lasgun range the "Front Rank Fire, Rear Rank Fire" order means even Space Marine's take casualties. This squad would let me do that for less cost with a few less hits due to lower ballistic skill...but the sheer number of dice makes opponents cringe.

Nevelon wrote:
Do you give them a heavy brown wash (or chestnut)? I would have pegged the pouches as Snakebite Leather or Bestial Brown. Bubonic Brown (at least my pot) is a much lighter beige/khaki.

Nice work on the tanks and banging out the conscripts.

Nevelon is correct Snakebite Leather and then Bubonic Brown mixed with Snakebite Leather as the highlight. Just have the Snakebite in a Bestial Brown bottle...not sure why...might have been the lid breaking on the original.

Thanks Nevelon.

Another two Conscripts.




17 to go, 18 completed...over half way...but still two short of a legal unit.


Do you think they look young enough to Whiteshields of early WD fame...or short lived fame as they disappeared from the fluff with 2nd Edition if I recall correctly.

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Captain Brown wrote:


Nevelon is correct Snakebite Leather and then Bubonic Brown mixed with Snakebite Leather as the highlight. Just have the Snakebite in a Bestial Brown bottle...not sure why...might have been the lid breaking on the original.

Do you think they look young enough to Whiteshields of early WD fame...or short lived fame as they disappeared from the fluff with 2nd Edition if I recall correctly.

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Old paint names are something I can actually help with. Mostly these days I can only talk in generic terms like “a medium-dark brown” because I have no idea what the exact shade “XV-88”, “Burnt Fyrewumple Hide”, or whatever else they are putting on the side of the pots these days is. And the lids snapping off the old pots? Almost every one of mine. The part that bugs me the most when it breaks is the little plastic nub that gives you a grip to open them. If that comes off, the pot becomes a real bear to work with.

I think they would make great whiteshields. The lack of helmets/heavier armor makes them look slimmer then a stock guardsmen, so younger.

Thanks Nevelon,

So here are two more Conscripts, to make a legal squad of 20. More of them to come, but a moment to savour painting victory.




60 Points of Conscripts:


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Very nice looking army, great work.

That's a really cool looking conscript squad!

EDC

I love the Necromundan IG, play them in Dawn of War. And, of course, I play Necromunda. Do you too? Anyway and regardless, simply stunning work!

Thank you Camkierhi, evildrcheese, and Bonestomper,

I play a Ratskin gamg in Necromunda.

So I continue with the Conscripts, but since you would not be able to see the new additions I will start a new count and new group shot of the next 15.

Also made an older looking Conscript to represent the sweepings of the Gang to make the numbers required.



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Nice. Keep plugging away.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Nice. Keep plugging away.

EDC

Thanks EDC,

Two more for the second round:


The Conscripts were painted two by two, hurrah! Hurrah!



The second half of the 35 man squad started:


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Some serious dedication on those conscripts, but they look beautiful. Keep it up! Love the camo choice. Also amazing how much a head swap and ditching the pads changes the profile of those cadians...

Great job getting all these guys done. It’s impressive that you are maintaining not only a steady pace, but a consistent level of quality.

I think after the first dozen of conscript I’s just be randomly slapping paint on them, assuming they found their way up from the back of the bench.

Scarper wrote:Some serious dedication on those conscripts, but they look beautiful. Keep it up! Love the camo choice. Also amazing how much a head swap and ditching the pads changes the profile of those cadians...

Thanks Scarper.

Nevelon wrote:Great job getting all these guys done. It’s impressive that you are maintaining not only a steady pace, but a consistent level of quality.

I think after the first dozen of conscript I’s just be randomly slapping paint on them, assuming they found their way up from the back of the bench.

Thanks for encouragement Nevelon.

Two more for the second round:


The Conscripts were painted two by two, hurrah! Hurrah!

The first six of the fifteen more needed to make my thirty five man squad (only 105 points of troops when finished):


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Two more for the second round:



The Conscripts were painted two by two, hurrah! Hurrah!

Eight of the fifteen more needed to make my thirty five man squad (only 105 points of troops when finished):


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That's a whole lot of cannon fodder. They've got haunted looking eyes, that seems very appropriate

Still on the conscripts, Captain? Well, they're still looking good.

Great stuff. How many more conscripts to go?

EDC

Once you finish this squad are you going to make two more like it? If they are only 105 points, you should have the points in most lists.

It’s the Guard’s rule of 3: If you want something done, take three of them. The first will die before doing anything, the second will miss, but the third will get the job done.

And conscripts are a pure example of one of the core IG tenets: We have more bodies then you have bullets.

Keep at it!

amazingturtles wrote:That's a whole lot of cannon fodder. They've got haunted looking eyes, that seems very appropriate

Thanks amazingturtles.

Dysartes wrote:Still on the conscripts, Captain? Well, they're still looking good.

Thank you Dysartes.

evildrcheese wrote:Great stuff. How many more conscripts to go?
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EDC, should be another seven.

Nevelon wrote:Once you finish this squad are you going to make two more like it? If they are only 105 points, you should have the points in most lists.

It’s the Guard’s rule of 3: If you want something done, take three of them. The first will die before doing anything, the second will miss, but the third will get the job done.

And conscripts are a pure example of one of the core IG tenets: We have more bodies then you have bullets.

Keep at it!

Thanks Nevelon,

I have thought about it, even went so far as to acquire a few more bodies, but that would be another major project.

As folks are getting tired of Conscripts, here is a break with almost the opposite...a Leman Russ.

This is the original kit that I have cleaned up and added swappable weapons with rare earth magnets.

The "Lucky #7" (hey, when you play Guard tanks some luck cannot hurt)
Battle Cannon, Lascannon, side sponson Heavy Bolters.


Battle Cannon and Heavy Bolter.




Battle Cannon and Heavy Bolter.


Battle Cannon and Heavy Bolter.


Battle Cannon and Heavy Bolter.


Battle Cannon, Lascannon, side sponson Heavy Bolters.




Battle Cannon, Lascannon, side sponson Heavy Bolters.


Battle Cannon, Lascannon, side sponson Heavy Bolters.


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Looks great man. Good call on the swappable parts too, always makes tanks easier to field that way.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Looks great man. Good call on the swappable parts too, always makes tanks easier to field that way.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

Some more Conscripts of the second wave:



The Conscripts were painted two by two, hurrah! Hurrah!

So that makes ten more added:


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Welcome back CB, good to hear from you again. As always the Conscripts are looking great, more meat for the grinder!

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

Two more for you.




And the twelve in this second flight:


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Your stamina on this project astounds me. With these twelve that brings you up to how many now?

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

One more interlude before finishing the Conscripts, my second converted Hellhound.






And with the first Hellhound conversion.



With all the metal parts these tanks are heavy.

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Hellhound looks awesome dude, I don't recognize that side plating at all though, does it come with the kit or is that extra?

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Hellhound looks awesome dude, I don't recognize that side plating at all though, does it come with the kit or is that extra?

Inevitable_Faith,

You got that they were the old, metal parts Hellhound, with metal turret and fuel tanks. but the side armour is actually old Mark I Rhino extra armor upside down.

Cheers,

CB

The Conscripts were painted two by two, hurrah! Hurrah! Although this time I painted three to get to fifteen on the second flight.






When added to the rest of the second flight they look like this:


When added to the existing twenty:


Now that was a lot of Conscripts...but only 105 points worth.

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So much work for so few points, your dedication is inspiring. Keep it up though, they look great.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

Like yourself I sometimes get a little burnt out after painting a particular model or group of models, so for now that will be all the Conscripts.

Couple more shots of the mass of Conscripts for viewers enjoyment:





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They look great all blobbed up CB, lots of personality thrown in on lots of em. It's nice that you put in the work to make them different from the standard guardsmen too so that on the tabletop it's clear which unit is which.

So many conscripts. You deserve an exalt for your patience alone! They look great too, by the way.

EDC

Thank you Inevitable_Faith and evildrcheese,

After the Conscripts I did some regular Troopers with the forage caps, here is an example beside a regular Trooper.



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Forage cap head makes the man look youthful. But the more I look at them the more I like them, the more the guys with helmets seem like they've got enormous heads.

Quite the army you have growing there!

Great job, CB. I loved your Elysians and they even inspired me to start my own. I've just started them, but I can always draw on your plot for inspiration in the long painting war.

I really like the way you do your tanks with brushes and freehand and a few decals (I think). I'm not an airbrush guy so it's good to see there is an effective alternative.

Loving this! Very inspiring work doing all those conscripts

More I say! Wyverns and conscripts is all that a guard army needs.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Forage cap head makes the man look youthful. But the more I look at them the more I like them, the more the guys with helmets seem like they've got enormous heads.

Thanks Warboss_Waaazag,

That was always the goal of the Conscripts, to make them look young or very old depending on the face. As for the Guardsmen with enormous heads...plastic Guard have had large round helmets since the first Rogue Trader box of 36 models.

Nevelon wrote:Quite the army you have growing there!

Thank you Nevelon.

The Riddle of Steel wrote:Great job, CB. I loved your Elysians and they even inspired me to start my own. I've just started them, but I can always draw on your plot for inspiration in the long painting war.

I really like the way you do your tanks with brushes and freehand and a few decals (I think). I'm not an airbrush guy so it's good to see there is an effective alternative.

Thanks The Riddle of Steel, most people do airbrush on tanks and flyers...I have done it on the odd flyer but no tank other than priming.

TheGiantPeanut wrote:Loving this! Very inspiring work doing all those conscripts

More I say! Wyverns and conscripts is all that a guard army needs.

Thank you TheGiantPeanut, did you see my take using old Griffon's to make my Wyverns on page 3?

Now some minor work...took the one VOX operator I had with one of those Helmets with the mouthpiece and did a head swap (figure from the Imperial Guard Cadian metal box set):



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Another way to make my Necromundians more in character...a Ratskin Shaman to fill in as a Primaris Psyker:



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That's a great idea!

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 evildrcheese wrote:
That's a great idea!

EDC

Thanks EDC,

Some army shots:







So what I discovered when I was placing the models out I had to get down to six Troop selections. So you see two Platoons of four squads, Command Section and additional Heavy Weapon Squads over on the left. The three Veteran Squads, Storm Troopers, Ratskin Snipers [Ratlings], and Ogryns with two Company Command Squads are in the center. Another large platoon with three squads (no Heavy Weapons in these), Special Weapon Squad and additional Conscript Squad led by a Priest on the right. Throughout are some Commissars, Priests, Primus Psykers, Adeptus Mechanicus Squad, etc (you can have some fun and try to spot them). Behind the three Platoons, Veterans and Elites are the vehicles (two Leman Russ and a Demolisher, Griffon Artillery squadron, Hellhounds and assorted artillery), Sentinels and the spare Basilisk turrets (fills my Heavy Support using squadrons, and two thirds of my Fast Attack). Due to the shift from four Platoons to three I ended up with a bunch of extra Sergeants, Officers, and lots of Special Weapons. Therefore one of my next painting campaigns will be some extra regular BPIs to flesh out the extra squads.

Pulling out of storage, placing on a yoga mat, taking the photos and packing up again took about an hour and fifteen minutes. :eek: Also had to battle the cat for supremacy of the table...as Nelson feels that the yoga mat is his special rest spot and the plastic Cadian models are his personal flick toys (He also has a taste for Sentinel aerials and Hydra Autocannon barrels). :(

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That's a hell of a lot of firepower right there. Me likes.

Looks to be a good start for a guard army. Little light though, need more cannon fodder valiant guardsmen and rolling deathtraps armored support.

You can never have too many. Remember, you job is to have more guys then the other guy has bullets.

How many points you up to?

That's quite the collection dude. Great work on getting all that painted to a wonderful standard.

Thanks guys.

As to points value I have no idea, too many of the vehicles have the little extras added or can swap weapons.

Some closer shots.






Three more Heavy Weapons Teams and some more Guardsmen have been added since this shot.

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So much awesomeness and hard work is put into this force. It's a real treat to get to see such a large painted force on display like this, thanks CB.

This is awesome and inspiring. Lots of work and care was put in here. Ever had a chance to field it all at once?

Awesome army shots. And I can sympathise regarding the cat, just just loving attacking minis.

I can't see how the guard struggled against it though, surely you just issued an order to Bring It Down.

EDC

Impressive force

Thanks everyone.

Beginning to look forward to 8th although I admit I am little nervous that Guard Sergeants will lose those lovely Bolters again. :(

I really should finish my plastic Valkyrie at some point and call it a day...but then there are a few more models that could be painted.

Cheers,

CB

Keep painting Captain. I too am optimistic for 8th, i'Lloyd keep my fingers crossed that your sergeants can keep their bolters!

EDC

wow. that's alot of tanks