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Great stuff the markers are a great idea and thanks a lot for the link for the wheels I'll have to have a look at these!

They remind me of one at43 army... i dont know which. But they are quite nice realy, are those 2 hellhounds (meaning some vets (are they vets i believe) slog?) or salamanders/chimeras?

w0chtulka wrote:They remind me of one at43 army... i dont know which. But they are quite nice realy, are those 2 hellhounds (meaning some vets (are they vets i believe) slog?) or salamanders/chimeras?

Thanks. There are 2 Hellhounds and 2 Salamanders, which I'm using as Chimeras. The list is....


CCS (Commander with Meltabombs, 3 Meltaguns, Astropath)
Chimera (Multilaser, Heavy Flamer)

Psyker Battle Squad (1 Overseer, 9 Psykers)
Chimera (Multilaser, Heavy Flamer)

Penal Legionnaires
Penal Legionnaires
Penal Legionnaires
Penal Legionnaires

Rough Riders (5 Lances)

Banewolf (Hull Multimelta)
Banewolf (Hull Multimelta)

TOTAL 1000

It's been too long since I've given praise to anyone here on Dakka, but I've got to say that this thread has been an inspiration to me. I think that what you're doing is great, and more importantly, your painting style.

I've been thinking about dabbling with the AP's products for a while now, but I finally took the plunge and ordered some. I dipped two test marines today and I was laughing! I'll never look back.

One day I may finally build myself an army and get to roll some dice... Cheers Ian!

SOOOOO, back from the tournament. The Drade Suicide Legions acquitted themselves very well indeed, and I had joint third place after all the dust had settled. You can read the report and see the photos over on this thread here - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/288976.page

Cosmic wrote: It's been too long since I've given praise to anyone here on Dakka, but I've got to say that this thread has been an inspiration to me. I think that what you're doing is great, and more importantly, your painting style.

I've been thinking about dabbling with the AP's products for a while now, but I finally took the plunge and ordered some. I dipped two test marines today and I was laughing! I'll never look back.

One day I may finally build myself an army and get to roll some dice... Cheers Ian!

Thanks very much, that's great to hear. I was amazed by how simple the dipping method was too, though after two very quick-to-paint dipped armies I've made recently, I'm now about ready for something really complicated and detailed....

Having played against these guys in the flesh today, they really do look the business. (The wheeled Chimera's just edge the rough riders for my favourites...) Congrats Ian!

And, by the by, avoid chem-cannons is my take home message!

Thanks everyone. The tournament was great, time for the next stage. Penal Ogryns!!






And a quick Commissar conversion...

doublebouebooble

I like your use of Ogres as Ogryns, you've managed to not make them look too "dark agey". Nice work

I like the ogryn taking the space lizard for a walk.
But i think the pf looks too big for the commissar.

Commissar Agro wrote:I like the ogryn taking the space lizard for a walk.
But i think the pf looks too big for the commissar.

It does, you're right. But I have no smaller ones. And I'll never use him anyway. It was more that, since I had a spare bloke in a greatcoat lying around, I might as well make him useful. Hey ho, maybe I'll revisit him and either make the huge fist look believable with lots of cables and whatnot, or just swap it for a powersword...

Right, now, I've been assembling the rest of the metal models with all their weapon options. It turns out I have enough for THREE veteran squads left over, plus some extra weapons. These are switchable between the squads and the CCS units. Including the ones I've already painted, the options are...

2 Company Commanders, 3 Veteran Sergeants, 7 Meltaguns, 3 Flamers, 3 Grenade Launchers, 18 Regular Veterans with Shotguns, 2 Autocannon Teams, 2 Missile Launcher Teams, 1 Standard Bearer and 1 Heavy Flamer.

Company Commander WIP (head needs a bit of filing and smoothing)



Autocannon Teams




Heavy Flamer Guy



Standard Bearer

Sweet, new models. Are you going to work on those or what's up next?

Rose_Mountainz wrote:Sweet, new models. Are you going to work on those or what's up next?

Thanks. These are next. Just got to GS the arms for the missile launchers and then I can get painting. Having these all finished will give me a lot more flexibility across the army. Plus, afterwards, I've only got the sentinels and psykers to do...

The ogryns are great, liked how the ripper guns were paited so they didn't look too orky.

The standard bearer looks sick!

nice standard
cant quiet make out what weapon the CC has in his right hand. but looks good

Commissar Agro wrote:nice standard
cant quiet make out what weapon the CC has in his right hand. but looks good

Thanks - he has a laspistol in his left hand and a boltpistol in his right. It's just another CC weapon really, but it makes him look different to the other Commander at least...

ArbitorIan wrote:
Thanks - he has a laspistol in his left hand and a boltpistol in his right. It's just another CC weapon really, but it makes him look different to the other Commander at least...

Your dam right he stands out for other commanders. I like it, consider it stolen.

So, all the veterans and CCS options are now done - the veteran special and heavy weapons are all swappable with the CCS, so it's nice to get them all finished!

Veteran Squad with Flamers and Heavy Flamer



Grenade Launchers



Heavy Flamer and Flamers



CCS



Standard Bearer



Heavy Weapon Teams




The loaders are removeable from the main bases

yeah,
Looking good. How much space have you left in your army case?

Removable loaders are a good way to track wounds. maybe you should paint a skull in the empty space to emphasise his demise. or blood splats.

Panic.

Panic wrote:Looking good. How much space have you left in your army case?
Removable loaders are a good way to track wounds. maybe you should paint a skull in the empty space to emphasise his demise. or blood splats.

Ooh, blood splats might be good. I've got the sentinels in the army box too now, and space for about 25 more models....

Sentinels complete! The have magnetised weapons - Lascannons, Multilasers and Heavy Flamers

All four



Lascannon



Multilaser



Heavy Flamer

Looks good,
Have you left the sentinels open topped like that so you can magnetise the armoured top on?

Commissar Agro wrote:Looks good,
Have you left the sentinels open topped like that so you can magnetise the armoured top on?

Aha - no they're strictly Scout sentinels, I just didn't like the 'rollbar' look....

I prefer the sentinels without the rollcage, makes them look a lot faster. Good work!

Ok, yes I agree that the roll bar dosn't look good.

LAST MODELS!!!!!!

Just got back from Salute and the Forge World stand, where I got hold of two floaty renegade psykers for use as my Primarii. Simple GS conversions to put flagellant heads on and change the face on the belt into a flask/tank, and we're ready to spray...

Clever conversions!

Always thought the Renegade psyker model could be just about anything with enough GS and bitz.

Those are some good looking primaris psykers.
They really fit your theme well.

Thanks everyone. Here they are painted. So, this means that my page 1 list is now entirely blue - the army is FINISHED!!!!

Well, nothing's ever finished, right? I realise I haven't played a lot of games with these guys yet, and there's still space in the box for a few more models, but we'll consider those a second wave for some time in the future. For now, it's finished. As soon as I get a chance, I'll do some full army photos....

Sweet been following it through the whole thing What's your next project?