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Nice. I really like the use of an Emperor's Children chestplate, a really great idea.

Apothecary Sally looks great too.

EDC

Thanks everyone!

ZergSmasher wrote:I'm loving all the BaC stuff so far, especially those Iron Warriors. I think, however, that perhaps you have overdone the "war-weary" look on the Sallies Apothecary. Not badly, to be fair, but probably just a bit. Or maybe it just shows up more on the white apothecary armor or something. He looks great otherwise!

I think it's a combination of the greater amount of white (and the Sons of Horus teal shin plate on the right leg) meaning it shows up a lot more, the added blood simply because of his role and a concious effort to do slightly more weathering than usual; this guy's job requires him to be in the firing line constantly, often with no cover or ability to defend himself while he provides medical attention or harvests gene-seed, so it makes sense to me that he'd have taken more of a beating than a lot of the others

Theophony wrote:These are easily my favorite "dirtied-up" Iron Hands. My favorite Cleaned up Iron Hands have to be these done by BrotherArgos http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/331718.page. He started them 5 years ago and then stopped , I've kept it in my subscribed threads for reference.

High praise indeed! Those ones are pretty excellent, I shall have to take a closer look and see if there's any elements I can pilfer... ahem, borrow!

Surely an Apothecary at Istvaan would have just given up with all the carnage and grabbed an over the top huge gun to take revenge?

Anyway he has come up really well. Best of the Salamanders so far I think. The brighter colours help bring out the green really well.

I do definitely see him fluff-wise as being less about harvesting gene-seed and more about using his skills and gear to keep his brothers fighting; the shape this force is in, they can't afford to be losing men. He has grabbed a Plasma Pistol, though, so revenge is definitely on the menu!

Got some more Marines done, the Command Squad is now finished. I'll be entering all of these but the banner into the challenge.

Salamanders Champion, with a Power Sword/Paragon Blade and a Combat Shield/Bit of Dreadnought:




Raven Guard Veteran with Lightning Claw and Plasma Pistol:





And thus, the full Command Squad (sorry for the blurry pics, this camera really doesn't do group shots well)



And lastly for today, the first of the Seeker Squad, a Raven Guard:




That's all for now! Thanks for looking, any thoughts welcome!

Those are sweet, good work.

Cheers. I just pointed up that squad there, and leaving aside the Praetor required to even take the squad in the first place, and the fact the Apothecary can't actually have a Plasma Pistol, they cheapest possible WYSIWYG version is over 300 points... for 5 guys... 3 of whom are in Power Armour, all of whom have 1 Wound...

Oh well, rule of cool and all that!

Loving this project. You've captured the shattered remnants of these Legions beautifully. Sure that new squad isn't optimized but it looks amazing and you can get away with overspending in 30k more assuming you don't find yourself in a cutthroat group.

Very nice para! I see that you are using the markings from IA 8 on the raven guard seeker's chainsword.

Am I? I thought I was just using very dodgy white stripes and then covering them with blood so you can't see how rough they are!

Cheers chaps!

 Paradigm wrote:
Am I? I thought I was just using very dodgy white stripes and then covering them with blood so you can't see how rough they are!

Cheers chaps!

Yeah you are, its just basically a dark grey/black casing for the weapon with white stripes and markings on them (an example would be any of my raven guard as I just copied it out of the book). But I think it gives them a cool look and makes them stand out besides the usual red casings etc.

Aha, fair enough.

I think it looks good so keep on keeping on

Will do! The end is in sight for this project now, just 3 Termies, 4 Seekers and 5 Tacs to go now before I'm done. After that, I shall be starting something new... Between your work and Jan's, that Ad Mech starter bundle is looking awful tempting...

Lovely stuff, Para. I like the posing on the Salamander, very "Come at me, bro".

Great stuff, Para. That squad is looking very cool!

Awesome. The posing of your minis is really fantastic!

EDC

Cheers guys!

Everything from BaC is assembled now, and one more mini done, in a colour scheme that you might not have expected in this army... Camera's out of batteries again, I'll grab some more later if I can be bothered to go out and tomorrow if not, Should have some more done by then as well, I'd trying to make the most of the momentum from finishing the Command Squad and nearly having the whole lot done. It'll be much easier to start a new project once everything for this is done, so that's my goal, finished the HH stuff before mid-Feb when I should have some funds for something new.

Are you going to do a loyalist from the traitor legions? Maybe an iron warrior or death guard?

Ooo you tease! Always playing the out of batteries card

EDC

Batteries acquired, pics taken. Behold! Lots to get through today, so I'll crack straight on.

First up, another Iron Hands tactical Veteran, this one with a Flamer.



Next up, another Iron Hand, this one a Seeker with a set of binoculars that are totally not just a bit of missile launcher... This will be the last Iron Hand in the force, the idea being that of the 30 PA minis, they're split pretty evenly between the 3 Legions.




And another Seeker, this one a Raven Guard with a scanner:




And one million internet points to Archer for correctly deciphering my hint... mostly! Yes, it is a loyalist from the Traitor Legions, though in this case a Night Lord. What with the Sons, Death Guard, World Eaters and Emperor's Children all being purged of loyalists at Istvaan III, I figured it had to be one of the 'second wave' traitor Legions, and after going through assorted blogs for inspiration, I came across Skimask Mohawk's NL stuff again and was inspired. So here's the Shattered Legions' very own space Batman!





The Seekers thus far, one more to go who will be a Salamander, but I may try something a little different on him...


Ugh, all this sneakiness is getting silly. Time for some real armour, in the form of a Salamander Terminator toting a Heavy Flamer for maximum Purging.





And lastly for today, some hopefully better pics of the Command Squad members I'm entering into the challenge:





Might have some more for you later, but for now that's your lot! Any thoughts welcome, cheers for reading!

Great stuff!

Looking good!

Dose your camera take normal batteries or or odd-shaped ones? The last camera I had needed weird ones that cost a bunch and it ate through them like candy. New one uses bespoke batteries, but they are rechargeable, and I’ve got two. One on the charger, one in the camera.

Considering how many pictures you take, if there is a rechargeable option, you might want to look into it.

Ta chaps!

@Nev: I do need to get some rechargeable batteries at some point. The trouble is that the camera won't work once the batteries hit about half full for some reason; on one hand, I now have plenty of spares for remotes, Xbox controllers ect that are still good for a fair bit of use, but soon I will just have to buy a rechargeable set. At the moment I'm using ones that are 6 for a pound, so it's hardly breaking the bank to buy a pack once a month or so, it's just annoying. Rechargables are the way to go, I just need to get off my backside and order some!

Well , its been quite some time since I commented on your work. Ive been lurking around watching you paint up these guys. Gotta say i am impressed with what you have done with the BaC stuff. really took it to the next level with the bits and conversions.

Cheers mate! Good to see you back in action hobby-wise, I look forward to your Ultras totally upstaging my Legions!

And speaking of Legions, here's another Troylaist (I know, terrible name, but it's better than Laitor! ), though given his Legion of origin and what went down between the Ravens and Alphas after Istvaan, he could well be a double agent...




The highlights on his armour are a lot greener than they look here, but this is as close as I could get. Against the blue background, he was just a blob!

And the last of the Seekers. As mentioned before, he's a Salamander, but seeing as he's a also a Sneaky McStealth recon specialist, I figured bring green armour with flames up the sides would be a little out of place, so in a nod to their original Rogue Trader scheme, olivey-greeny-yellow with black camo lines), I went for something a tad more suitable for his line of work. Not as yellow as the RT colours, but noticeably different from my other Sallies and with black camo instead of flames.





And that rounds out the Seeker squad:


Just 5 minis to go now; 2 Salamander Vets, an Undecided Legion vet (leaning towards Iron Warriors...) and a Termie a piece for the Sallies and Hands.

Any thoughts welcome! Ta for looking!

That Salamanders Terminator is probably the best of your most recent run of stuff (since I last commented). I like how he came out looking, and the heavy flamer definitely fits with the Salamanders fluff.

Cheers!

Gorgeous work there again Para. Agree with Zerg there re the Salamander termie. Reckon he's my favoutire thus far. Really like your Salie armour colour. So much better than that gakky luminous green they usually get swabbed in. Great job

Man I love that Termie Salamander with the HF. Nice work on the Troyalists, especially the Alpha Legion (which might be all of them?!)

EDC