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I've just finished a few more minis for a classic Praetorian guard army. Here are a few of them.






As always, any kind of commentary is welcome.

I did a little too many for this post, so you can see more guardsmen and more pics at my Praetorian Gallery.

both models are really nice and the painschemes are flawless. The only issue i have is partly to do with the primaris psyker model itself, but i suspect the hair colour you chose doesn't help. His eyebrows just look totally OTT

but beautiful models and an example of how newer and olde rmodels can still be painted similarly and still look good together.

Yes, the Primaris Psycher has Epic Eyebrows.

I can't help but like that sort of thing, though. I'm a sucker for the over the top expressive faces.

haha you must have loved last years blow up doll space marine captain.

Out of interest did you ever get a chance to see 'the Battle of Little Big Toof' diorama?

it was a must for preatorian fans, pity i think they chucked it.

I didn't get to see Little Big Toof in person, but I did get to see the photos featured in White Dwarf. Pretty nice stuff.

The Praetorian tanks didn't look like mine, they were a lot closer to Tallarn or Tau coloring. Like they actually wanted to avoid being seen by enemy bombers.

Yeah Right- around here we don't wear bright red for nothing!

After all, the IG is the redshirt army.

Nice Work!

I ike the paint. Nice job.

And I dig the first pic. I just cant look at those hats and not smile.

Cheers

Great job, I personally love the Primaris Psyker, the eyebrows give him a crazy "My Brain'll fry your alien butt" look, which is perfect. Lets see some more!

Ok, I'm working on some more right now. I'll have them up as soon as they're ready.

Hey, nice Praetorians! I really like the Primaris Psycher. The tabbard thing between his legs looks really nice. Shame i can't see the back of his coat. His Head is amazing.

Your other mini's are really good too!

How long did it take to paint the Psycher?


Slappy


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Hey, nice Praetorians! I really like the Primaris Psycher. The tabbard thing between his legs looks really nice. Shame i can't see the back of his coat. His Head is amazing.

Your other mini's are really good too!

How long did it take to paint the Psycher?


Slappy

Here are some more troopers from this force:








Oh, and to answer some questions, I think the Psyker took me somewhere between an hour and a half to two hours to paint. I tend to do things pretty fast.

The eyebrows on the psyker totally make the mini. Well done.

really likeing the paint job and the walk down oop lane.

Wow. I used to hate praetorian guard. But recently they have kinda grown on me. You sir have made me like them even more. Well done.

I don't think I cared for them before I watched Zulu! I find it difficult to watch that film without wanting to start a Praetorian force.

Here are a few more:



This second set is a unit of veterans in carapace armor:

Really awesome job on some fantastic old models.

What you really need now is some Kroot armed with spears and we would have the start of a nice little diorama...

Really nice work there, these are some of the finest Praetorians I have ever seen.

You have a lovely finish on the figures, that nice dark inky quality to the shading gives them that gritty look while being brightly coloured. I've always liked the Praetorians and it's such a shame they gave them shuch a short release.

I saw the Battle for Big Toof myself at Warhammer world many years ago. I've not been since their last big change around, but I was disappointed when they stopped the tours of the old museum, which was full of old models and huge dioramas, and the area which was full of large, near life size, models of Marines and orks.

My wife is popping into my parent's next weekend, I'll ask her to bring up the photos I took there.

Definitely post those photos. I only ever saw Big Toof in the White Dwarf photos. They were mostly detail photos, and it gave me the impression that the diorama was huge.

odinsgrandson wrote:Definitely post those photos. I only ever saw Big Toof in the White Dwarf photos. They were mostly detail photos, and it gave me the impression that the diorama was huge.

I took some wide shots, but a few close ups too, such as the fighta bomberz and the Baneblade. It was fairly colossal, all their dioramas were. It's probably been nearly 10 years since I saw it, as I think I was 15 at the time so my memory may be cheating, but I think it was easily 10'x10'.

Well, I think that a lot of the world was bigger when I was 15. But from what I saw, 10'x10' sounds about right.

Would love to see the photos, if they ever get digital-ised. All I have ever seen of it is the couple of close-ups from the 3rd ed. IG codex, and the original White Dwarf article (issue 100 and something?).

Love 'em. And that is saying something, because I really genuinely hate the Praetorians. These, at least, look good.

em_en_oh_pee wrote:Love 'em. And that is saying something, because I really genuinely hate the Praetorians. These, at least, look good.

Thanks.

You know, Praetorians have gotten a lot of love/hate over the years. People are either totally in love with the minis and concept, or they totally hate the idea of "redcoats in space."

I'm on the love side, myself, but I can see the argument against them.

AG09 wrote:Would love to see the photos, if they ever get digital-ised. All I have ever seen of it is the couple of close-ups from the 3rd ed. IG codex, and the original White Dwarf article (issue 100 and something?).

My wife is stopping off at my parent's on the way home at the end of this week, I'll get her to bring up the photos. I used to scan photos into the computer which takes absolutlely ages but now I think I can just photograph the pictures with the digital camera and they'll come out fine. If I get them, I'll put them all up at the weekend.

Big Toof photos and others are up here.

Thank you very much. Woohoo for Big Toof!

I love your models there, great work.

odinsgrandson wrote:Thank you very much. Woohoo for Big Toof!

The painting on them really isn't a patch on yours though. I think they were done by staff painting them around the country and sending them to HQ and quantity is the priority. I wonder what happened to them all because the display isn't out any more. Interestingly I think the layout of the battle changed between visits. I think the buggies on the hill were in a different position compared to the rest of the scene on a second visit, as the display had been moved around the room.

The baneblade is massive though. Huge compared to the model we have now.