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agdog91 wrote:
Kool thats a really nice finish youv got too your MT force, Have you thought about getting a valkyrie?

I do plan on getting at least two eventually. These guys are next though:

Edit: Also have another 10 unpainted Guardsmen not pictured here

Nice are you gonna be using the same colour scheme or something different to make the MT stand out ?

Worked on a squad of Guardsmen today. I'm such a systematic painter and have to paint everything in the same order. I put the assembled Cadian Defense Force away so it's not as intimidating and am only going to work on one unit at a time. I'm going to try and finish all of my Guardsmen first, one squad at a time. Then I'll treat myself to the Leman Russ, which is what I REALLY want to paint! I might give green/tan camo striping another try.

Almost finished with the first of three squads of Guardsmen. I just need to do some edge highlighting on the armor, finish their skin, and base them. I ordered a drill today so I can finally start drilling out their barrels.

Very nice work on the regular guard troops

Decided not to do any edge highlighting on my Guardsmen. I think they look just fine without it. Primed the Cadian Defense Force today, gonna start working on some more Guardsmen this weekend.

Looking good cant wait to see your complete finished force.

Been really busy lately with school starting back up. And I ran out of Zandri Dust/Castellan Green and a few other paints. And the GW store by me is in the process of relocating and won't be open until this Saturday at its new location, so I haven't been able to restock my paints. I did get another Squad of Guardsmen. I know I have plenty to paint but I can't pass up a good deal on Ebay when I see one. And I know you guys are just dying to see some more Guardsmen! I noticed the images on the first page have been taken down, that's because I removed them from my imgur account and completely forgot I was originally using them for this thread. I'll probably fix it one of these days. Anyway, I should be getting back to work sometime next week on my IG army.

When buying new guard it makes a whole lot of sense to get the Cadian Armoured Fist rather than just buying squads. But yeah cant wait to see how its coming along.

Worked on another squad of Guardsmen today, and my Leman Russ. I'm going to win the award for the most boring looking army!

WIP pics:









After this squad of Guardsmen, Heavy Weapon Team, and Leman Russ, I'll have a Chimera, 20 more Guardsmen, 2 more Heavy Weapon Teams, and a Command Squad left to paint. I really want to finish them soon because I think I found my next project:

That sounds an awful lot like heretic talk. On a different note what sponsons are you gonna use?

Looking good so far. Though while the color scheme may be fairly normal, you painted it well and not many people do that. Otherwise I too will be doing necrons sometime in the near future (probably a few months lol)

agdog91 wrote:That sounds an awful lot like heretic talk. On a different note what sponsons are you gonna use?

I didn't glue any of them in, same with the Battle Cannon. They all fit into their slots pretty tightly. So I'm going to paint all of them, including both cannons.

Ustrello wrote:Looking good so far. Though while the color scheme may be fairly normal, you painted it well and not many people do that. Otherwise I too will be doing necrons sometime in the near future (probably a few months lol)

I've always liked Necrons, and with the new codex coming out soon it's a good time to start an army. I'm hoping the Necron Warriors will come with the new 32mm bases, I hate how their feet hang off the edge

Finished another squad of Guardsmen today. Still need to base them, and the other 10 I finished previously. So that's 30 Guardsmen down, 20 to go. Also finished the Leman Russ today, really not much to it. Still need to finish painting the other sponson weapons. Also started working on the Command Squad. I ordered a drill a few days ago so I'll start drilling out my barrels when that gets here.

Nice how do you plan to do the banner of the CS?

agdog91 wrote:
Nice how do you plan to do the banner of the CS?

The same way it looks like on GW's site. I'm trying to finish the rest of my IG army by the weekend, I'll be playing my first games with them. And I'm pretty sure you're the only person who follows my thread lol

Nope!

I still follow this faithfully, hoping for more awesome Scions or some cool Necrons.

Anyway, your painting is worth the false hopes every time I see guard

 Talon of Anathrax wrote:
Nope!

I still follow this faithfully, hoping for more awesome Scions or some cool Necrons.

Anyway, your painting is worth the false hopes every time I see guard

You might be seeing some more Scions soon. I'm thinking about selling my current Scion force because I thought of a much better color scheme.

A better color scheme? I tought yours was pretty ace already. Standard Cadian, but definitely better than GW's.

Do you prefer playing or building/painting by the way? Like Ustrello said, though your scheme might not be that original, you paint everything very neat.

Whats the new colour scheme idea do tell.

soulcow wrote:A better color scheme? I tought yours was pretty ace already. Standard Cadian, but definitely better than GW's.

Do you prefer playing or building/painting by the way? Like Ustrello said, though your scheme might not be that original, you paint everything very neat.

I'm only changing my Scions color scheme. I like how they look, but I don't like how they match my Cadians. Which is sort of ironic because that's what my original plan was. I prefer painting, I rarely get to play a game because there's nobody in my area who plays. And I can't convince any of my friends to get into the hobby because it's too expensive. That's one reason I want to start another army, so I'll have one for a buddy to try out.

agdog91 wrote:Whats the new colour scheme idea do tell.

It's a secret!

 ae1989 wrote:

soulcow wrote:A better color scheme? I tought yours was pretty ace already. Standard Cadian, but definitely better than GW's.

Do you prefer playing or building/painting by the way? Like Ustrello said, though your scheme might not be that original, you paint everything very neat.

I'm only changing my Scions color scheme. I like how they look, but I don't like how they match my Cadians. Which is sort of ironic because that's what my original plan was. I prefer painting, I rarely get to play a game because there's nobody in my area who plays. And I can't convince any of my friends to get into the hobby because it's too expensive. That's one reason I want to start another army, so I'll have one for a buddy to try out.

Where abouts are you in virginia? I know there are some gaming clubs that operate out around there.

 Ustrello wrote:

 ae1989 wrote:

soulcow wrote:A better color scheme? I tought yours was pretty ace already. Standard Cadian, but definitely better than GW's.

Do you prefer playing or building/painting by the way? Like Ustrello said, though your scheme might not be that original, you paint everything very neat.

I'm only changing my Scions color scheme. I like how they look, but I don't like how they match my Cadians. Which is sort of ironic because that's what my original plan was. I prefer painting, I rarely get to play a game because there's nobody in my area who plays. And I can't convince any of my friends to get into the hobby because it's too expensive. That's one reason I want to start another army, so I'll have one for a buddy to try out.

Where abouts are you in virginia? I know there are some gaming clubs that operate out around there.

Northern VA. There are plenty of groups closer to DC, but I don't feel like driving an hour+ to play. I may be moving up that way sometime this year.

Who wants to come base all of my Guardsmen? :(

Haha aint nobody got time for basing guardsmen. The quickest way i found was pva glue then either sand or there grass effect thing.

agdog91 wrote:
Haha aint nobody got time for basing guardsmen. The quickest way i found was pva glue then either sand or there grass effect thing.

Yeah, I know how to base them. I just don't feel like doing it lol.

Just use some stirland mud, throw a shade on it and a dry brush. Very simple and it works well

 Ustrello wrote:
Just use some stirland mud, throw a shade on it and a dry brush. Very simple and it works well

That does sound very simple, but at this point I don't want to change my bases. I've already based well over half of my force. For my Necron army I'll be doing them a lot simpler

Finished painting the rest of my army. I still have to base them, which I'll do tomorrow. I also ordered a few Sentinels this evening. And FINALLY found a gaming club that's close by. Will post pics when I finish basing tomorrow.

 ae1989 wrote:
Finished painting the rest of my army. I still have to base them, which I'll do tomorrow. I also ordered a few Sentinels this evening. And FINALLY found a gaming club that's close by. Will post pics when I finish basing tomorrow.

Glad to hear you found a club. Any idea on the armies in the group?