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Yo. Looking cool. The bodyguard are really neat, but i think you should drybrush some gray very lightly on the dogs to bring forward the hair a bit. There too plain right now IMO. Or maybe do one with some light brown and one with light grey. Just an idea

I love how they've turned out, but I'll always think of them as the Mountie Guardsmen.

sorry about the long delay, but life has been crazy, and when I have had the chance to paint, it has been on troops, so no new pics really. I am almost done a second squad of troops. I have also been playing around with some ideas for more vets, but nothing has turned out. Here is my idea for the psyker battle squad. let me know what you think.


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skaven body and arm, empire militia feet, and catachan head shaved off, but any head would work. the hat is real thin plasticard. I am not sure what I want in the off hand, and i may shorten the staff.

It's different, i will give you that.
Shorten the staff. can we have a conparison of psyker next to normal guard for scale because at the momnet he seems to short...

Yes I will work on a comparison picture, ha ha but the ex just took her camera back so I will have to find another camera. And I would tend to agree that the staff should be shorter. His shoulders are about waist high on a normal guardsmen, with his head and hat falling right in the middle of the breast plate. He may be a little short, but he is supposed to be hunched over. I can extend the legs a bit to increase the height.

Ok here we go. Here is the second squad of troops. I am waiting on some more brushes to get the bases finished up. All that is left is the vox casters arm. And I am sorry I forgot to take a comparison pic of the psyker, I was borrowing a friends camera.

And here is the platoon commander. I love this model. Fantastic, I don't know what else to say.

And the wounded soldier. Again, I like this model, and I am happy with how the blood turned out.

Awesome job going back and forth between incorporating current IG models and pulling pieces from other armies to make it truly your own. I must say, I love the dogs as bodyguards.

Are you planning on more of a themed fluff army or more of a tourney army?

I like that model too, all the "casualty" models are pretty fun, IMO. The blood came out well, I would agree.

I'd like to see a little more definition in the Platoon Commander's belt sash thing, though.

Like the way you did the dread legs! Makes it far more realistic! Where is the hand from though?


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oops didn't realise there was more than one page! Cool theme, great ideas...like the wounded guy a lot...should look ace when you finish the base!

Looking great! Big up.

Yep, Thumbs, Pinkes, and Toes up to ya'.



With the other hand, I would do one of several things;

Holding an Orb, his Psyche-Focusing Item, through which he channels his Power and sees through the Gap in Time, into the Immaterium and the Daemon World.

Reaching Out, either to a Person, or to steady himself on something.

Holding a Short Sword or Knife, attempting to defend himself in battle. Ideally, it would be angled forwards, in a skewering motion.

Good luck! Tell me if you like any of the ideas.

Nice job so far, are you going to do any Ogryns....I'd really like to see the ninja orge in this army.

oo-oo-ooo I know, just use one of the hands from the Empire Wizard model.

Three words. Cardboard.Tube.Samurai

Thanks for all the comments everyone.

It is not really a tournament army, I just pick the models I think look the coolest and try to use them. I don't go to deep into the fluff or background though

As far as the sash goes, I think I an going to make the hilt of the sword gold, and hopefully that will make the sash pop a little more. I will add some highlights as well. I agree though

The hand for the dread is from the old metal eldar wraithlord

I like your ideas, I think I am going to go with some empty hands and some holding weapons. It will be the psyker squad, so I think the orb would make some stand out from others, but I may give it a try.

I am actually working on converting some ogres now, but I haven't gotten to far with them. I will try to get some posts up. I am not sure about the guns either, I was going to use heavy bolters but I need to think of how to convert them a little.

Ya there are definitely some good hands in the empire wizard set, I am actually going to pick that up to convert the primaris psyker, so I will be able to use the bits.

Ha Ha thanks flinty, but that would just be unfair to my opponent. And what could he even count as? Maybe Marbo, but I have used Marbo, and he doesn't kick as much ass in close combat as the Cardboard Tube Samurai would. does. is awesome.

Again, thank you everyone, I think I answered all your questions. And I will try to keep the pics coming. They will be a little mored spaced out for now as I need to borrow a camera whenever I want to take a pic.

Ok, here are some more pics. Nothing painted, but some things I have been working on. First is the platoon commander with his sword hilt gold. I think it helps make the sash stand out a bit more. Next is a comparison of the psyker and a normal guardsmen. Finally are some pics of my first ogryn. I want to modify the heavy bolter a bit, but I think it can stay close cause they are pretty similar guns. 3 shots, strength five. I like how it looks. Some of them will have helmets like the rest of the army.

Oh and also I have been working on the command squad, I want to switch it up a bit, and use it as close combat, cause I think it is cooler. the guy with the sword will be a member of that squad. I don't know what the drummer will be, he may be in the platoon command group, or just a normal guardsmen. I just think it will look cool.

Ok, I borrowed a camera again, so I have a good amount of pics coming shortly. I am very happy with the progress I have made. I now have my HQ finished, and 2 troops, including a platoon command and 2 infantry squads. Here is my vox-caster for the command squad. I am very happy with how this turned out. The phone line is larger than life, but it is hard to see from tabletop, so I went with a little bigger cable than it would actually be. Also after looking at the close up pics, I need to have more blood underneath the gauze pad, since the guy on the ground is supposed to be injured. Right now it looks like the guys hand is bleeding. Pics of the rest of my army will follow shortly.

mas pics

And here are some pics of the last member of the command squad, I am really happy with him, he looks bad ass. I guess that is what happens when you rock a sweet mustache.

And my priest. After painting 2 troops and an HQ, I was really excited to paint this guy. He is one of my favorite models from GW.

Ok, here is the command squad all together. I really like how this unit looks. I should be able to touch up the banner and the medic in the next couple of days. I will also post pics of the platoon command squad, and the whole army together in the next couple of days when I get the chance. All comments are appreciated!

Love the preist but what do the dual hammers count as? An eviserator?
I like the sword guy

Love the guy with a mustach, adds alot of character to your comand squad with those models.

@npeircemitch - If you like the GW priest you should look into getting the Avatars of War one. It is absolutely beautiful, plus you can customise him before ordering.

http://arena-deathmatch.com/onlineshop/onlineshop.php#mark_avatars

I love mounties - and the slightly mongolian thing

Thanks for all the comments everyone, I am glad you like it. Should have a few more pics up, probably tomorrow.

Commissar Agro wrote:Love the preist but what do the dual hammers count as? An eviserator?

I am not sure quite yet what I want them to count as, I have just used him as basic without the eviscerator, but I do want to try it. I may also get the other priest holding the big hammer, and that will be an eviscerator probably. I am thinking I may make a cart for all of the weapons the command squad is missing.

If you like the GW priest you should look into getting the Avatars of War one. It is absolutely beautiful, plus you can customise him before ordering.

That is a fantastic model, and I love the look of warrior priests in general. I may have to pick that guy up. Maybe it can be my reward once I get 2000 points painted up.

Ok here is the platoon command squad, and I redid the guy who was holding the boltgun from the command squad and put him in here. I really like the drummer, It is mostly from the empire troops set. He is just going to count as a normal trooper, I just like the model. I forgot to take pics of just him, but you can see him pretty clearly.