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ShadowAngel159 wrote:children w/ some creepy heads and dark powers...... sounds like mine and my friend's sisters. HA! just kidding...... mostly

anyways, awesome tanks and infantry. lovin' the Exalted Champion. creepy coolness!

Thanks for the comments!

darkkt wrote:Go some normal looking children, make them all have white hair and shining eyes... Think the Villiage, Children of the Corn or the Simpson's p155take 'The Bloodening"!

"We know all your secrets." I only want one child in my psyker squad and it will look sort of normal. Still sculpting it!

person person wrote:I second that, or make the squad leader or whatever, like the kid in F.E.A.R.

Alma? She is freaky but not freaky enough for me. I have plans. GRAND PLANS!

physcosamatic wrote:man that loyalist would make a good storm trooper, and the bastardised marines? do they still resemble anything because i got some tau bits and wouldnt mind muking around? but would like to see your way too =P

Two years ago that loyalist was gonna be my main army and I spent about £100 on bits to make two squads. I had to paint this guy up as a reminder of that legacy. I'm using the old army in my fluff for my new army.

I managed to find two of the old squad left. Please remember that I made these about five or so years ago from bits. And take note that the weather today is amazing (i.e. raining) so the picture isn't that great:



And now for something completely different...

I'm sorry to say that I don't have anything in the way of an update but I can offer some eye candy and information. It's so dark here today I can hardly see. So, while waiting for these prison-style energy saving bulbs to warm up I took stock of what I had and, like a five year old, organised my troops and took pictures. Hurray!

This first batch is the stuff I have completed or more-or-less completed:



A- Quad-Stubber Leman Russ (Currently making another turret)
B- 'Hannut' Pattern Destroyer (Leman Russ Destroyer)
C- Leman Russ Vanquisher
D- Command Rhino
E- Griffon Mortar
F- Quad-Autocannon emplacement
G- Russturm (Battlecannon emplacement)
H- Chimera w/Autocannon and mechanised infantry
I- Heavy weapon teams (Currently 1x Mortar and 1x Sniper)
J- Infantry squad
K- 'Zippo' Pattern Leman Russ (Hellhound)
L- 'Lengfeld' Pattern Chimera and mechanised infantry
M- 'Elysian' Pattern Sentinel w/Heavy Bolter
N- HQ Squad
O- Chimera w/Autocannon and mechanised infantry


'Lengfeld' Chimera with infantry. I have kept this squad as a GW bits pure squad


HQ squad as it stands. Will be adding a psyker advisor. Will also get other guys so I can chop and change as I need to


The two converted Rhinos. Formerly of the Ultramarines chapter.


Some of the armour

This next batch of photos contains things which are still very much work in progress but I thought I'd share them anyway:



A- 2x Heavy Sentinels (1x Missiles, 1x Twin-linked heavy bolters)
B- Infantry squad
C- 'Gladiator' Heavy tank
D- Unknown heavy tank
E- 'Elysian' Pattern Sentinel w/multi-melta
F- Missile autoturret emplacement
G- 'Heretic' Pattern Leman Russ
H- Alpha Legion squad
I- Heavy weapon teams (1x Missile launcher, 1x Autocannon)
J- Leman Russ Destroyer
K- 'Liberator' Pattern Destroyer (Leman Russ Destroyer)


Alpha Legionairres. Still very WiP


Heavy weapon teams. Again very WiP


Some of the WiP armour


A box of guard bits I have to still work from. In here is enough to make another two squads along with another 2x mortars, 2x missile teams, 1x heavy stubber team, 2x Snipers and a lascannon team

Still to come!

Alongside all of the stuff I have to paint and build I already know what I'm going to get over the coming months to expand the army some more.

-Land Raiders
I have two Land Raiders waiting for stuff to be done to them. I am using one, possibly, as an Alpha Legion LR. The other I will be turning into a Minotaur style vehicle using Basilisk cannons and Defiler bits.

-Rhinos/Predators
ChaosBubbles is donating his old Space Marine vehicles to me. I'm yet to decide what to do with them.

-Space Marines
I have 50-ish Space Marines lying around. These will be made to be 'Loyalist looking' Alphas.

-Valkyries
Two Valkyries are planned and I will do them in the style of the V-22 Osprey.

-Vulture
A vulture is planned. I will buy some Valkyrie bits and shove them onto a helicopter kit or something then buy the weapons from Forge World.

-Hellblades
I have plans for two Hellblades



-Sentinels
I will be picking up another Elysian sentinel to complete a squadron. I will also be picking up three of these model kits to turn into 'Count As' Sentinels.



-Pysker Battle Squad
You already know I'm making this.

-Diciples
I've started to make some of these but I'm not ready to show them yet. They are similar to my Champion in appearence and will be taking heavy influence from the Strogg.

-FlaK 88 Emplacement
Already mentioned this but I haven't started making it yet. I have the bits for it, though. This will be something that can count either as an emplaced Basilisk or a Vanquisher emplacement. Whichever I choose on the day.

-Basilisk battery
Already mentioned this as well. I have some Basilisks in a box at my dads house and I will be picking them up in a few weeks. I intend to get some Vanaheim kits from Forge World as it will give the Basilisk a Hummel-like appearence



-Unnamed Terror Tank
This is my next big project after I've completed all that I have to hand. It's my little reward for doing so well. It will be a Tiger I tank but with legs. Always wanted to do it so I am.

-O.G.R. Squad
This is a squad that I'm very slowly building. I've almost completed one. It's what will be my Ogryn squad and they're essentially unmanned drones that take inspiration from these:

hrmm i think i got some ideas now thanks for finding them, and i must say thats one hell of a tank collection! i got my hands on the siege of vraks book and read the rules for the traitors the leadership rules are a bit odd? haha but thats my lack of enthusiasm for maths.. oh i do want to see the disciples but it sucks there not a troops choice

**drools** so..... much...... traitor stuff.....

If you don't use it, the chainsaw from the sentinel would make a cool robotic type arm for a special unit.

edit: oh i see you've already done it

sweet stuff , I like what you have coming down the road even though my loyalists will have to utterly destroy them all , it will be one pretty ass fight though .

Still loving the tanks. The Gladiator is just great!

Wait, The basilsik pic. doesn't look right.

Technically if yo put paints on moving parts (gun barrel, loading chamber) the paint will chip off, right?

Good luck an your WIPs

person person wrote:Wait, The basilsik pic. doesn't look right.

Technically if yo put paints on moving parts (gun barrel, loading chamber) the paint will chip off, right?

Good luck an your WIPs

its a vahallen pattern

Awesome thread ...

This has been bugging me for a long time now, but I never got around to asking.

What's the name of your traitor guard regiment?

Where do you get your bits or do you buy full kits only?

Fantastic thread mate.

Loyal Imperial Guard i may be but now whilst i have been looking for another interesting army to start i've hit upon the realisation that any army can be made interesting.

I was in two minds about collecting IG again, but now i have made up my mind, i certainly am going to now, but instead of all the shiney uniforms everyone seems to have, with perfect paint schemes on tanks etc i'm going to "weather" them all. Just like you have done.

I think IG have the scope to do this, they are just a human army afterall unlike Spacial maroons who are a lot less flexible what with all that praying and Uniformity wibble.

Thankyou for the inspiration!!

Holy beejolies, that is quite impressive array of projects. I like seeing them all together like that... it really conveys that you have a theme going here.

As do I... The Griffin is on of my favorite conversions you made.

It's great to see them all laid out like that, cool stuff

Also. Nice pick with Mindless Faith. Now I need to go dig out my copy from wherever it's gone

Excellent idea on labelling your group shots, I might just have to steal your idea.

I adore the way all your army is a mish-mash of ragged and varied bits and kits, yet it looks so cohesive with the limited colour palette.

Good times, and nice choice to add some Alpha Legionnaires too!

physcosamatic wrote:hrmm i think i got some ideas now thanks for finding them, and i must say thats one hell of a tank collection! i got my hands on the siege of vraks book and read the rules for the traitors the leadership rules are a bit odd? haha but thats my lack of enthusiasm for maths.. oh i do want to see the disciples but it sucks there not a troops choice

Yeah, that's the only real negative thing about the Vraks rules is the random leadership they get. Other than that, it's just juicy and makes for some interesting games I think.

ShadowAngel159 wrote:**drools** so..... much...... traitor stuff.....

I know, eh! My ears have only just stopped bleeding from it

Jackarius wrote:If you don't use it, the chainsaw from the sentinel would make a cool robotic type arm for a special unit.

edit: oh i see you've already done it

Yeah, beat you to the punch. Sorry

slann wrote:sweet stuff , I like what you have coming down the road even though my loyalists will have to utterly destroy them all , it will be one pretty ass fight though .

You can at least try! If I can slay at least a single loyalist I can sleep easy at night.

Oshunai wrote:Still loving the tanks. The Gladiator is just great!

Thanks, will be trying to do something with it next month.

person person wrote:Wait, The basilsik pic. doesn't look right.

Technically if yo put paints on moving parts (gun barrel, loading chamber) the paint will chip off, right?

Good luck an your WIPs

Yeah, I don't like how it is painted but I love the shields.

gretar wrote:Awesome thread ...

Cheers, me dears!

ShadowAngel159 wrote:This has been bugging me for a long time now, but I never got around to asking.

What's the name of your traitor guard regiment?

I shall reveal it tomorrow. Simply put, I have no idea.

citadel_security wrote:Where do you get your bits or do you buy full kits only?

I usually go to either BitsandKits in the UK or TheCombatCompany in Oz. Both are great sites and between them have everything in stock.

Guard wrote:Fantastic thread mate.

Loyal Imperial Guard i may be but now whilst i have been looking for another interesting army to start i've hit upon the realisation that any army can be made interesting.

I was in two minds about collecting IG again, but now i have made up my mind, i certainly am going to now, but instead of all the shiney uniforms everyone seems to have, with perfect paint schemes on tanks etc i'm going to "weather" them all. Just like you have done.

I think IG have the scope to do this, they are just a human army afterall unlike Spacial maroons who are a lot less flexible what with all that praying and Uniformity wibble.

Thankyou for the inspiration!!

Fan-bloody-tastic! I'm overjoyed that it has helped you. Another blog that may be of some use, if you haven't already seen it, is smiling Assassin's IG one: Irkutsk 24th, Loyalist IG Log

It'll show you what a gritty and well painted loyalist army can look like.

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Holy beejolies, that is quite impressive array of projects. I like seeing them all together like that... it really conveys that you have a theme going here.

As you can tell, I skip from one thing to the next

Sanchez01 wrote:As do I... The Griffin is on of my favorite conversions you made.

Cheers, Mr. S!

endtransmission wrote:It's great to see them all laid out like that, cool stuff

Also. Nice pick with Mindless Faith. Now I need to go dig out my copy from wherever it's gone

Thanking you. And yeah, I can listen to them all day while painting. Trancend is a great track to paint to.

Mister Feral wrote:Excellent idea on labelling your group shots, I might just have to steal your idea.

I adore the way all your army is a mish-mash of ragged and varied bits and kits, yet it looks so cohesive with the limited colour palette.

Good times, and nice choice to add some Alpha Legionnaires too!

Thank you! I was worried that such an odd collection would end up looking stupid but I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it is coming together quite well. I think it's because of the overall style of them that makes them uniform in a weird sort of way.

I don't really have much of an update for you guys today. Over the next weekend I'm at work and I have a painting competition to get an entry ready for. I did, however, paint this base last night while watching the Mentalist:





The dudes are only placed on there and aren't yet painted properly but you get the idea. Also, I have to do some more to my car this week. Got to get some electrics fixed plus I'm painting it matt black. Wish me luck!



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Also forgot to add that I have plans for, come December time-ish, to make at least one squad of drop-troopers which were once known as the Alamein Angels. They will be using the Elysian trooper bodies with grav-chutes and possibly using converted necron heads.

Converted necron heads, sounds familiar...

person person wrote:Converted necron heads, sounds familiar...

lol why link to BoLS when he's here on Dakka

Yeah, I've nicked some inspiration from him for this where he nicked his inspiration from Army of Two and they got their inspiration from The Flintstones. Everybody's a crook.

DAM id use your dozer blade cover for my hvy weps team but im using it on my lemus russ, briliant and works oh and im almost dun my test tau converted guy

You'll eventually pick up a spare

I forgot to mention that my Exalted Champion won first place for best base and best story. My prizes are on the way! w00t!

Nice! Congrats on the win! Doesn't winning swag totally kick a**?!

I can't play for nothing, apparently (Lost 2 tied 1 record with my guard so far) but as long as I keep winning stuff for my painting I'm happy!

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Nice! Congrats on the win! Doesn't winning swag totally kick a**?!

I can't play for nothing, apparently (Lost 2 tied 1 record with my guard so far) but as long as I keep winning stuff for my painting I'm happy!

Yeah, free stuff is always awesome. I won a box of Gretchins that I will be giving to my girlfriend as she loves Orks. I also won a collection of conversion bits that I hope I will be able to use in my army.

Update!

Not a huge update I'm sorry to say.


Just made this guy. Will be a Renegade Psyker.


This was given to me many moons ago by an old friend. Paintjob is not mine. About to strip it and greenstuff it and turn it Renegade!


Also found these chaps in one of my boxes. Will use them I think.

I am so tempted to order a Valkyrie and some Elysian droptroopers right now. I'm being good and resisting it as much as I can!!!!

wow nice update, i wonder were those single pose grey models were from though... im sure someone will shed some light eh XD

Infiltrator you know very well that a Valkyries are hard to resist Im gonna have about 13 by the time Im finished.

Id go for it funds willing your army looks very good I like the Ramshackle blend of vehicles and infantry very good project keep it up.

jamessearle0 wrote:wow nice update, i wonder were those single pose grey models were from though... im sure someone will shed some light eh XD

I'm sure someone will!

Best I can figure is that they're Imperial Trenchers from the Warzone (Pre-Mutant Chronicles) range.

BOSS_PIMPALOTZ wrote:Infiltrator you know very well that a Valkyries are hard to resist Im gonna have about 13 by the time Im finished.

Id go for it funds willing your army looks very good I like the Ramshackle blend of vehicles and infantry very good project keep it up.

I know they're hard to resist. I have too much to do as it is. I'll wait until my birthday I think and treat myself.

But thanks for the comments guys. I've done a little bit more since I last updated.


Changed the Psyker's weapons. Made it look more up-to-date I think. Time to strip it!


There's not a lot you can do to these so I may have to leave this guy like this

This guy is nostalgia gold I had him in my old Metal Cadian army
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where are these dudes from??

BOSS_PIMPALOTZ wrote:where are these dudes from??

I think they're Warzone Imperial Trenchers. I'm hoping someone can confirm that.

Last update for the day as I have to go out now. Just put together this guy.





Quite chuffed with how he turned out

Nice oldies but goodies , those trenchers will mix in fine with your troops .

Warzone ahhhhhhhh I had a few of them bouncing about as well eons ago it would now seem.

Infiltraitor have you ever thought of using Bretonnian Men at Arms as a basis for ome more trench warefare looking traitors.

They have struck me as what the Zoicans from Necropolis looked like as they were discribed as having coats that were the colour of mustard and gas masks etc etc.