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Tau? This thread is about Traitor Guard!

@ fire4effect: The Tau player and SoB player have stopped to do their main armies (as it says furter up in the post). Its only the Renegades now.

So it's a horrible pic, but...

Just to show, I am at least working on this army... here is what I recently finished base coating and/or priming for addition... I use an airbrush so I do them in batches:



So you can see there is a basilisk, chimera, leman russ, malcador, and hydra. Hard to see but there is also some (5) Ogryns and a Blood Slaughterer ready for painting. And finally, there are a few turret options ready for painting, including a executioner, demolisher, eradicator, and vanquisher turret ready to be painted. This will put me close to 2250 fully painted. I will post more pics as I get some of these finished.

Finally an update
Looking good

Im a fan of the armies
its been a joy to go through

excellent stuff

ABH

I love the blood slaughterer and the renegade ogryn models, im sure you'll do them justice! lol! im also a big fan of the malcador, looks like a real tank! keep it up and you'll have a sweet army.

Wow, just wow !

all three of you guys are looking great.

To help motivate myself, I finalized my 1750 point list. It's not "competitive" but I will worry about that after I finish this hump to 1750.

1750 Pts - Vraks Renegades

HQ: Company Command Squad (6#, 135 Pts)
4 Company Command Squad @ 135 Pts
Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon (x4); Flamer (x4); Chimera
1 Company Commander @ [10] Pts
Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Refractor Field; Close Combat Weapon; Plasma Pistol; Senior Officer
1 Chimera @ [55] Pts
Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Turret Multi-Laser; Heavy Flamer

Elite: Psyker Battle Squad (10#, 155 Pts)
8 Psyker Battle Squad @ 155 Pts
Flak Armour; Close Combat Weapon (x8); Laspistol (x8); Chimera; Soulstorm; Weaken Resolve
1 Overseer @ [0] Pts
Flak Armour; Close Combat Weapon; Laspistol
1 Chimera @ [55] Pts
Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Turret Multi-Laser

Troops: Veteran Squad (11#, 170 Pts)
9 Veteran Squad @ 170 Pts
Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Close Combat Weapon (x9); Lasgun (x6); Plasmagun (x3); Chimera
1 Veteran Sergeant @ [0] Pts
Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon
1 Chimera @ [55] Pts
Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Turret Multi-Laser

Troops: Veteran Squad (11#, 145 Pts)
9 Veteran Squad @ 145 Pts
Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Close Combat Weapon (x9); Lasgun (x6); Flamer (x2); Meltagun (x1); Chimera
1 Veteran Sergeant @ [0] Pts
Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon
1 Chimera @ [55] Pts
Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Turret Multi-Laser

Troops: Veteran Squad (10#, 100 Pts)
9 Veteran Squad @ 100 Pts
Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Close Combat Weapon (x9); Lasgun (x6); Meltagun (x3)
1 Veteran Sergeant @ [0] Pts
Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon

Troops: Veteran Squad (10#, 100 Pts)
9 Veteran Squad @ 100 Pts
Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Close Combat Weapon (x9); Lasgun (x6); Meltagun (x3)
1 Veteran Sergeant @ [0] Pts
Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon

Fast Attack: Valkyrie Assault Carrier Squadron (1#, 130 Pts)
0 Valkyrie Assault Carrier Squadron @ 130 Pts
1 Valkyrie @ [130] Pts
Extra Armor; Searchlight; Multilaser; Multiple Rocket Pods (x2)

Fast Attack: Vendetta Gunship Squadron (1#, 130 Pts)
0 Vendetta Gunship Squadron @ 130 Pts
1 Vendetta @ [130] Pts
Extra Armor; Searchlight; Twin-linked Lascannon (x3)

Heavy Support: Hydra Flak Tank Battery (3#, 225 Pts)
1 Hydra Flak Tank Battery @ 225 Pts
Hydra Flak Tank; Hydra Flak Tank
1 Hydra Flak Tank @ [75] Pts
Auto-targeting System; Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Twin-Linked Hydra Autocannons (x2)
1 Hydra Flak Tank @ [75] Pts
Auto-targeting System; Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Twin-Linked Hydra Autocannons (x2)
1 Hydra Flak Tank @ [75] Pts
Auto-targeting System; Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Twin-Linked Hydra Autocannons (x2)

Heavy Support: Leman Russ Squadron (1#, 230 Pts)
1 Leman Russ Squadron @ 230 Pts
Leman Russ Executioner
1 Leman Russ Executioner @ [230] Pts
Executioner Plasma Cannon; Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Plasma Cannon Sponsons (x2)

Heavy Support: Leman Russ Squadron (1#, 230 Pts)
1 Leman Russ Squadron @ 230 Pts
Leman Russ Executioner
1 Leman Russ Executioner @ [230] Pts
Executioner Plasma Cannon; Heavy Bolter; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Plasma Cannon Sponsons (x2)

Total Roster Cost: 1750

So whats left to build:

3 Guardsmen with Meltas
1 Vendetta

Whats left to paint:

1 Chimera with Flamer
1 Executioner Turret
1 Hydra

and the 4 things I need to build.

Now that I list it out lilke that, I realize how little I have left to do I need to finish up some Chosen and a Rhino for this week, as part of my CSM army, but starting this weekend I think I can crank out the Chimera, Hydra, and Executioner turret, since they are all already base coated.

I think it looks good, and it looks competitive as well. There might be a bit of "fat" according to Shep's exacting standards, but I definitely think it looks competitive. We should do a game sometime soon with our tourney lists to start tuning them a bit.

I didn't think the Hydras weapons were twin linked, I thought it just had 2 of them!

yep, 2 twin linked, moving fast ignoring shots of pain

For Tourney lists, I am dropping the Valkyries and Vendettas unless there is clarification on the rules for them. Since I think there will be some time between the tourney and when the hellhound box comes out, I might switch it to some of those variants. (I will also switch all the Chimera HBs to HFs before the tourney as well)

very nice renegade guard

How am I only seeing this now? Awesome renegade army. Jealous of some of the FW stuff you have

Sorry, no new paint progress (was distracted by my CSM Black Legion Army, for which I have some new paint pics to upload soon). However, I had a productive night and built three new Leman Russ variants... 2 Mars Alpha Pattern Leman Russes with Modified Ryza Pattern Exterminator Turrets and one Vanquisher (of same patterns) that will soon become my "Pasquisher" option...



I will be going to the Battle Foam Tournament in October, and I need to bring a painted army and I have decided to take my Renegades, so I will definitely be painting more to get to a Competitive 1750 point list, so more paint and more changes to the list will be occurring.

We are definitely going to have to start getting in some practice games when I return to civilization.

If you want to try your renegades against some under-tuned mekanized orks, give me a yell...

I'm glad you went with the renegades for the upcoming tourney, they're just too cool to leave at home.

In preparation for the Battlefoam Wild West Shootout, I had to create a display board for my army:





As you can see, I still need to paint the two Devil Dogs, but once that is done, I will have the 1750 point completed. I am actually closer to 1750 total than this picture shows, given I also have a painted Valkyrie and another LRBT painted, but this is what I think I am going to take to the tournament.

Soooo awesome.

Say you don't happen to have another wood frame like that do you?

Looks awesome, gonna be a fun tourney.

But really, how did you build that display base?

May your hammer be mighty this weekend. Unless you are playing me, then... wimpy hammer

Very natural (well, the painting anyway!) and well done force there. Kudos for the effort and result.

I went to Home Depot and bought a 2'x2' piece of 1/4" plywood, enough base board to make 4 2' pieces of frame, a miter box with a saw, finishing nails, black primer spray paint, and a hammer.

I cut 4 pieces of the based board at 2' long with the 45 degree cut on the mitre box (I was a bit lazy so if you look close the corners are not great, but its fine for me.) Nailed the base boards to the edge of the plywood.

Glued some dirt down. Primed black. Took some left over paint I had from my Game Table (Home Depot scan of Dark Flesh and Kommando Khaki for a pint of each) and painted the board. Sprayed on Testor's Dullcoat. Applied scorched grass. Sprayed on Polycoat to seal.

Done

A little more work on the Devil Dogs:



I decided to add a new color to the mix, Tau Sept Ochre, just to add a little flavor, but not change the over all color scheme.

Are those coming to the shootout? Oh yeah, you should go add yourself to the thread of who is coming.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/260844.page

The priest and the Ogryn will not be making it to the shootout, but the Devil Dogs will (I just need to do the metals on them to get them good to go)

Booyah! Completed 1750 Points of my Chaos Renegades!



I just need to paint up 3 objectives and I am ready for the tournament.

Nice thing is that all I need to do is base my Valkyrie and a few more Guardsmen and I will be up to 2000 points.

Awesome! I am working on bases and shoulder transfers tonight at paint night. Looks to me like you already have one objective done (palate with boxes and barrels)

Your renegades are looking quite nice! What army will you be running at WWSO? I will be there with my Templars. Some buddies and i are driving up from Yuma to play.

Stunning some real inspiration here for my drawings

S

@tekk_45 - Most likely, I will be taking exactly what you see on the display board in that last photo. I am working on a couple other items tonight and tomorrow, that may or may not make it into the list. At this point, I am looking to relax a little though.

Well I wish you the best of luck this weekend and will look for you when i get there on saturday, I am eager to see them in person up close. Maybe you can toss a couple pointers my way :-)