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Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I agree on the head, it should be swapped. He looks too... normal? He just ripped up a Terminator! He should look frothing and completely insane.

Here's some head I picked up a while back, with my nominated favorite for that model:

Kings of War

2nd row, 1st head going L to R.

I know he doesn't look as bad-ass as the rest of the army, but I still think he fits the bill pretty nicely perched on a dead terminator and holding the helmet. Nothing says "I win" like a terminator head trophy.

Not been overly busy, I wish I was painting the guardsmen more, but I'm a little stuck as what to do with the last squad of vets. I may make their armor black to imitate the renegades from earlier. I'm so very happy with them though.


Very far off finished, especially for the guardsman, but otherwise I do like this and I'm so glad I moved it off its poxy base of mdf for an objective.


The terminator I may bloody up the wounds with a nice mix of PVA and mechrite that I used for the part that the head comes out of. and after a millon layers of yellow, I'll try to paint up the head the best I can and have some goopy blood dripping out of that aswell.

Some cool conversion work

Waiting to see your shading/highlighting on the face- I like that brighter basecoat for his flesh. What paint color is that?

SilverMK2 wrote:Some cool conversion work

Thanks man! Appreciate it heaps. I love your work also very much.

dsteingass wrote:Waiting to see your shading/highlighting on the face- I like that brighter basecoat for his flesh. What paint color is that?

I have been lazy and brushing grey over most of the model before I start to keep some of the detail out and also make painting faces easier. So theres a basecoat of codex grey over the flesh parts, then maybe two or three thin coats of dwarf flesh as a base for the flesh.
Hope that's what you're after.

I haven't done much as I SHOULD have today, I feel bad but at the same time I'm feeling crap and sick so the inspiration is a bit dead.


I've added a wash and done some minor adjustments to the guardsmen, getting there.


Again nothing big, but a bit more of an improvement over the last update for this squad. I can't wait to start facing them off against others.

Ahh! Grey basecoat below the dwarf flesh! Very interesting approach! It looks good!

omgitsduane wrote:I know he doesn't look as bad-ass as the rest of the army, but I still think he fits the bill pretty nicely perched on a dead terminator and holding the helmet. Nothing says "I win" like a terminator head trophy.

I understand that. And really, the paint is what really defines the face. He can looks completely psychotic "as is" with some shading and work around the eyes.

dsteingass wrote:Ahh! Grey basecoat below the dwarf flesh! Very interesting approach! It looks good!

It takes a few less layers of flesh then to get nice coverage. I may have to buy an ogryn flesh perhaps, especially when I do paint my ogryns, purely to save time not painting such large fleshy models over and over.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

omgitsduane wrote:I know he doesn't look as bad-ass as the rest of the army, but I still think he fits the bill pretty nicely perched on a dead terminator and holding the helmet. Nothing says "I win" like a terminator head trophy.

I understand that. And really, the paint is what really defines the face. He can looks completely psychotic "as is" with some shading and work around the eyes.

I hope this pleases you then...

I have been working on the veterans here and there, cleaning up paint and spots and marks but this is pretty much finished. I need to clean up the pistol and do some basic highlights and I think its good to go.






Very happy with how this all turned out. I did black out the base though as it just looks nicer in the end and the grey earth color takes so many layers to get crisp.

I started priming all figs in white myself, it helps my challenged eyes to see the fine details, and use less coats of paint. But I still prime terrain black first.

I tried white, and it's very nice but painting over the black isn't so bad that it makes it overly complicated. And white paint seems to come off when I touch my models even a tiny bit. I think I got a dodgy can though :(

oh yeah, it sounds like it. If it is actually priming , it shouldn't come off at all.

dsteingass wrote:oh yeah, it sounds like it. If it is actually priming , it shouldn't come off at all.

It shouldn't but it does :( Otherwise it wouldn't bother me so much.
Not been doing much cos I've been too sick and mentally stressed to bother with much.
I did however start working on my display board, using lessons I learned from my past table attempts.

Basic trench system as I've never built one and it's always been a dream. So I'll end up doing a few plates that come off the end and bring the trench system down to ground level when/if I want to use it for normal games.
I'll have more detailed stuff probably tomorrow as well as an update on the veterans squad.

I had a game today which while it had a lot of ups and downs such as me losing all my tanks (basiliskx2, manticore, hellhound) without any of them causing a single wound or even CLOSE to putting a mark on a single enemy unit, the unit of the match for me was just my shock troops and veterans in chimera that downed a trygon in a single turn (like I'd expect any less). We lost 2-0 but with 3000 a side and versing two hordes (orks and nids) it was bound to be a pretty evil game. Live and learn and let the dark gods speak through you!

Sounds like you need some units that are juicier targets than your tanks. Trenches look cool so far man!

dsteingass wrote:Sounds like you need some units that are juicier targets than your tanks. Trenches look cool so far man!

I had the only scary things on the table though. Rhinos don't really need to attract as much attention. No one fears chaos marines BAHHAHAHA!
Thanks for the comment on the trenches too, you might enjoy this then:

So I put down my guardsmen on the board, and it looks more like a giant movement tray than a display board ha.





Literally packed to the rafters. I wont have time tonight to get much done but at least now I know what I'm in for ha.

Had a day off today and got some painting done. I thought the heavy weapon teams were a little closer to finished but apparently not.


I think they are almost ready to get a wash and finished up. I really dislike how rushed I was when I assembled these. So next batch I do will be way more themed.


Also pushing through getting basics on the last 2 squads. I have one more squad of infantry that is still only primed black but I don't need them just yet.

I also had some meltaguns arrive, used them on my special weapon teams but I came out short somehow. So I placed an order today for more meltaguns and other bits and pieces as well as more command squads, a squad of catachans and cadians for some converting work. Then maybe stock up on enough bodies to make use of all my heavy weapon teams.

So far there is only a couple of solid days painting to do to get this army finished for the tournament. Good times ahead!


3k chaos vs nid/ork deployment.


Trygon pops out turn 2 for the tyranids and gets blasted by a chimera full of vets.


Orks got into combat and the guardsmen held their ground.


The tyrant and count-as demon prince beefed it out and ended up only dishing one wound on each other each turn. Even when a squad of orks got into the combat the prince survived everything thrown at him until the last turn.

It was an amazing game. Terrible for my scatter rolls but at least I learned that guard are great for throwing at the enemy.

I washed the heavy weapon teams. I think maybe one more wash will be good. I also am thinking that I REALLY don't like the grey rubble/sand. I may color it desert yellow to go along with the rest of them and then black on the rim of the bases.



I've got the rocket launcher and missiles for the "sniper" base put away I just need to spray them, paint and glue em to the base.

Really nice feel to your models, some of the paint seems a little flat tho, a nice wash here and there would be good. I'd also paint the rims of your bases - I'll smarten them up nice, solid black prehaps?

I admire this. This is very affluent art & you worked dedicately in this. This is really something need utmost attention. Good Job. Keep ItUp!!

Tortured-Robot wrote:Really nice feel to your models, some of the paint seems a little flat tho, a nice wash here and there would be good. I'd also paint the rims of your bases - I'll smarten them up nice, solid black prehaps?

I think any that might appear flat simply haven't been washed over yet. Should I try more than one layer of devlan? I keep getting comments to wash in devlan even if they've already been washed.

telemartnetwork wrote:I admire this. This is very affluent art & you worked dedicately in this. This is really something need utmost attention. Good Job. Keep ItUp!!

Thanks man! Calling it art though is a bit much ha. I'm getting lazy now that I'm on the last 20 guardsmen... It's tiring.

Personally I'd try some washed down dev mud followed by some washed down badab black for the uniforms - and straight badab on the gun metal.

Face- YES!

Tortured-Robot wrote:Personally I'd try some washed down dev mud followed by some washed down badab black for the uniforms - and straight badab on the gun metal.

I've given them all a wash of devlan. If too much collects in the face I tend to add a bit of water and then move it somewhere else.
But perhaps a second wash?

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Face- YES!

What?

omgitsduane wrote:

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Face- YES!

What?

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omgitsduane wrote:

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

omgitsduane wrote:I know he doesn't look as bad-ass as the rest of the army, but I still think he fits the bill pretty nicely perched on a dead terminator and holding the helmet. Nothing says "I win" like a terminator head trophy.

I understand that. And really, the paint is what really defines the face. He can looks completely psychotic "as is" with some shading and work around the eyes.

I hope this pleases you then...

Why did you edit that three times Brehaut? Is he talking about the face being done and is excited by it?

Did some mild painting today, although very messy I thought it might be worth putting up how my command squads look with arms!






I'm thinking maybe the magnets we're not that necessary as I can't imagine myself using much more than flamers for the platoon command. The company command however has a slightly better option when it has bs4.



Two of the meltas from my special weapon squad rocking out. I don't like the forward firing look of the melta guys honestly and since I see these guys more like combat engineers than stand and shoot soldiers the more mobile poses work better for them.

Looking at the pictures I can tell clearly my command squads need their flesh painted over a few more times to get it smooth and nice then I can probably start on the details.

Naa, I'd wash/ink the skin now, then when it is dry, do highlights- that'll add depth.

I'll be more specific next time. The paint job on the face sold the concept and made a stock IG head look quite disturbing and prefect for the model / scene depiction. So yes, I like it a lot and yes it completely works.

dsteingass wrote:Naa, I'd wash/ink the skin now, then when it is dry, do highlights- that'll add depth.

I'll give them a wash eventually. I've been super busy lately and the heat has zapped every last drop of effort from me.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I'll be more specific next time. The paint job on the face sold the concept and made a stock IG head look quite disturbing and prefect for the model / scene depiction. So yes, I like it a lot and yes it completely works.

Thanks a lot! I wish I scarred them up a bit more but what can you do ey?

Great stuff as usual Duane.

Perkustin wrote:

Great stuff as usual Duane.

Haha, sometimes I have not enough arms left to make a nice pose so I just have to go with what I do have and the results are less than perfect. He's whispering into his comm to his buddies so the enemy nearby can't hear. At least that's what I like to think.

Okay so I decided for the good of my bandwidth on photobucket and also so people aren't browsing over my thread and seeing minimal painting actually done I would hold off for a bit til I had a substantial chunk done. And besides a few sargeants that need new arms, one sarge that needs his arm painted and a flame thrower that needs a wash, I think I am officially finished!

I had a straight 20 hours of hobby over the weekend, going to a party til 12 in the city then headed home to paint until about 9am then we headed off to DOG gaming club for a few games.

We got there, it was kind of stormy so the wind was awful and rain was on its way, I placed my vendetta on the roof of the car for a second while I grabbed the rest of my boxes out and...
Let's just say it was flight of the vendettas.

Big ba-da boom.
I saw the funny side, and after collecting up the pieces we went inside for a game where I tweaked my list to not having a vendetta.

Played against a blood angel with only jetpack marines and a raven with dreadnaught and second game was on the most amazing table against a dark eldar, which I was keen to see in action.


The table itself can be found https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=261825520557424&set=pu.104588942947750&type=1&theater (it wouldn't let me link it as url), and according to the photo it was only 40 dollars to make. Absolutely brilliant.

The manticore was a disappointment the first game, missing as usual and only claiming one marine in 4 turns. The second game however it claimed 2 raiders in the first turn thanks to barrage, and continued to hit every turn perfectly, the last turn it smashed a squad of warriors holding their objective but they passed their leadership test and held it. Still very impressed with its work and I guess it is about time it paid for itself just once in a game.

Heavy weapon teams again, in the first game not so good, in the second they smashed anything they pointed their guns at which was such a change for what I'm used to from them. Ended up a draw but only on a fine thread.

Anyway on to the guardsmen!


The company commander and his squad, the banner is not the most amazing design but I didn't want to push my luck with it and spend forever trying to make some beautiful masterpiece.
And again here.
The camera really makes a mockery of all painting, but the bases I didn't want to spend forever cleaning up so they'll be fine how they are I think.

Sentinels.
Both sentinels I could claim are done, but I might go over them again for a quick look to see if I missed anything important or perhaps could scruff up some areas more.

Another command squad, I am pleased with everything but the officer himself, I just don't like the model itself but I will swap him out in some time anyway for someone meaner.


The special weapons squads didn't really get a chance to shine much against the armies I played but knowing they were there settled me down in the event of a dreadnought attack.
2nd engineer squad.
I am really happy with how they came out, I could have put some camo on their fatigues but I decided against it in the end, the melta gun tips took about 4 or 5 solid washes of black and then a wash of blue to bring out the cooled down metal look and it came out perfect.

I was planning to show every individual squad, but being that they are guardsmen, no one cares about that, certainly not the guard commanders. So I took a few shots with the army on the table again, I'm considering moving the heavy bolters into one of the trench steps for better shots as there is more room now that the dogs have moved forward.

A wild vendetta appears.
Pack the trenches, dogs.

So for now I am very close to the end of my guardsmen army. I do have some other tanks and one squad of infantry not painted that I can do later but the main force I need is finished and I am very pleased with myself and how they've been playing.

Also found out some very interesting rules on the weekend.
1) A transport and its passengers do NOT have to shoot at the same unit. Amazing.
2) Heavy weapons can be transported and shoot from a stationary transport. Winning.

FOR CADIA! THE DARK GODS!

Very nice update dude, things are coming together really nicely.

Very much digging that banner, good stuff!


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Also, I manage to get this photo of the previously mentioned game. You can see the guardsmen creeping their way through the forest.



Sorry about the quality, all I had on me was my phone..