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So been a productive few days in the manafactorium, spurred on by an up coming game. Fluf for it is in the works, so stay tuned.

Any way i finally got around to painting my tech priestess, spent bloody hours on this model as i really wanted to do it justice. It's got some lovely detail so iv'e been putting off until i had the proper motivation. Really pleased with it, possibly my best painted model to date. Oh yeah.









Also got back into my troops, i think my problem was that the jarheads all look to uniform; no individuality so no motivation. However these new guys and hopefully some more to come are brimming with style. The 1st is my new section commander, although will double as a scion sgt when needed. I swapped his pistol out with a empire one, which counts as some old archotech pistol. The scion sword arm cut and twisted & a cape with a hood. A hood with a helmet? Yes, 'cos hes bad ass.

Second is a bloke with a Jazial, and a helmet plume. I made the Jazail for a bit of fun but it looks so good its had to be used. That and the cape and plume he looks quite regal so i will use him as a master of ordnance or a scion if a master of ordnance is not needed. I would also like to add more jazails to my army as there flipping cool.

Third guy is a melta but added some dynamic posing again using the sgts pistil. Wasn't sure about the rifle slung over his back but he needed something.
Also a couple of heavy flamers.



















& for the tanks i boshed out a couple of melta sponsoons (not very good), and found a not to bad vehicle scheme.

really like those three guardsmen. kitbashing/converting is definietly my favourite part of the hobby. the long las rifle is awesome!

Nice looking infantry and I like the pattern on the tank.

@stg - cheers man, I'm very much inclined to agree. Painting can drag on unless the model is good to start with.
@gitz - cheers, to bosh out the rest now.
Batch painting, not sure if they will progress much further than this before the game but it's better than doing the huker.

Ah, batch painting will help when doing massed numbers of tanks!

Base colours done, but i might get the other to this sort of stage before i start weathering, muddying & highlighting.

progress is progress. can't really see very well bc of the lighting but the stripes look decent mate.

@stg - very true, yeah need to sort out ny lighting. There is no detail it's all just block colors but thanks, it was the stripes I was showing off so it's nice to know they work. Infantry next I guess.

Repainted a squad of shotgun veterans to mach my new livery, no amazing as i was going for speed over detail so iv'e only done a few layers. Because i absolutely hate painting silver iv'e done all the metallic bits in grey and i think iv'e pulled it off...

I might not actually use these guys for a while as my current list only warrants a command squad, which i'll move on to next. Nice to have them done and dusted though.





Cheers for looking.

Yep, I'd say the grey works fine.

Nice mate, impressive you've pumped out that many dudes in a short period of time.
I too hate painting metallics, ngl I didn't even noticed it was gray.

@Gitz - Thanks for the feed back mate.
@Stg - Sweet, defiantly pulled it off then haha, maybe you should give it a try. & cheers should have those two tanks up soon. Just need to do highlights and sand. might try and find sponge and do some rust.

Also as you may or may not have noticed completely rethought the thread and did a new intro. From this day on my Guard shall be the Gunheads!

Nice job on the shotgun vets.

EDC

Cheers EDC

Done some progress on the tanks, Done they metals(greys) and washed the armour down. Currently in the process of going back over the wash to thick out the camo then on to highlighting.







Vague attempt osl.

Those are looking really good man.

Very nice! Liking the reddish and cream camo.

Nice mate, russes looking good

@gitz - thanks man, hears the finished product.
@shas - thanks, its bone & red leather washed with brown then highlighted with white/bone & red leather/bright-orange.
@stg - cheers mate, you've set a high standerd for me to follow. enjoy.
Finished the annihilator & exterminator. Tried adding the sand and think it went okay.

They look terriffic!

The Grey is an interesting change from metallic...makes your tanks and troopers look unique.

My two cents,

CB

Lovely looking tanks dude.

EDC

@Gitz - Cheers man, hope you had a good time at adepticon.
@CB - Cheers! it almost reminds me of borderlands, were everything is cartoon and outlined but also 3d.
@EDC - Thanks man, hopefully do some more in the next couple of months.

Command squad done (mostly)

Okay so finished the commander, a melta trooper and the master of ordinance, and two flamers, which one or both will be swapped out into the vets for another melta for the cs. Not my bext painting but there done! and at this point that is more important. Noticed i had lacked some shrubbery from the previous models so added a few pieces to these guys.

Good job on that command squad! like the conversions on them.
The shrubbery makes the bases more interesting too!

I did indeed SA, thanks for the good wishes. Thanks for the cool squad too, nice work!

@stg - Cheers bro, Not as good as yours though.
@Gitz - Thanks man.

So in my effort for finishing the models I've currently got i added a bit to my 1st tank. Adding these bits onto the sides is something i've been thinking about doing for a long time & i'm pleased with the results.

Good start, the side additions definitely improve the look. needs some rivets though.

@stg - your right and your right. I'll get on that.

Been some time, figured time to drop in and look. Troops are looking good, and the tanks are also shaping out nicely!

Yes! the side guards/storage need rivets, and possibly stowage doors! No pressure.

Wowzers! As a fellow Imperial Guard painter / modeller, i absolutely love your work; very creative and detailed!