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Best guard army ever.

All it needs is to be led personally by Lord General Patton.

Thanks l33tninj4 I was thinking Lord Solar Macarthur
Patton would be in charge of the tanks,the Lord Solar gave him his pipe

So you like my flag huh,so you are really really going to like what is coming in the mail.

Those HWT are just about perfect.

damn i'm jealous ><. Awesome progress man, keep up the fantastic work!

The next unit I am working on is "Team 6" the Stromtroopers
You seen the first here is the second the comms officer


Melta


He really hates tanks and bunkers

Flamer and Hotshot lasgun#2

I decided to repaint the Stormtroopers in the same colors as the army.
The Dark Grey just did not look as good IRL.
They will be the only unit in respirators so that and the hellguns and red visors will set them apart

Troops are looking great! I think the respirator heads and grav chutes are more than enough to distinguish them as stormtroopers. Do you have some weathering planned for them?

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

Yeah once I finish the 10,I go back and work weathering powder on the base and feet.
I also plan to buy a good DIY transfer kit once I buy a new printer
I need really small stars in circles or at the very least small stars

what color is that orange visor? its really nice!

That is Minthril Silver base then Tamiya Clear Orange.
The Red ones Clear Red.
I am going to make the command squad soon and wanted to make a nice display base for them.
I made a small ruin that sits on a sheet of styrene.
I finally got to use my sandbag kit and there are four scanners/beacons watching the perimeter.

What is this "sandbag kit" you speak of? So far, my sandbag strategy has been to save up leftover GS in a sandbag-ish shape

Tamiya 1/35 sandbags,premade sandbags.
However for troops and HW teams I recommend 1/48 sandbags,they better match the size you find on the HW teams.
The 1/35 is better suited for terrain and long sandbag walls.
What you see is the contents of one kit minus 8 bags

Here is the small ruin display base,well basecoated
It is now ready to be weathered

I love the blue

I dont think Ive ever seen Imperial ruins that color. I like it. Repeating the blue on the debris is a master stroke.

If you saw my Blood Pact most of my ruins on the bases are this color.
Wish I had room for a whole table.
Finished the display base

I finished up the Stormtroopers today,I already have the next 10 troops primed and ready to go.

Nice squad, like the one on his belly, give the team a more "dynamic" feel!

If you watched the movie Navy Seals every elite unit needs God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAf2qjrOGO0

So here is the next 10 man platoon with plasma rifle special weapon almost finished
Another day of fine tuning and they should be done
The next 10 man squad is right on their heels

I think OSL would really benefit your models

I did a slight bit on the plasma gunner.
He is the second squad"The crouching squad" in the platoon finished
I started highlighting the fatigues with a drybrush of Green-Grey

Oh, I see it now! That sure is nice and subtle!

Capitansolstice wrote:Oh, I see it now! That sure is nice and subtle!

You see it now because I followed your suggestion

I was given a great idea over at Ammobunker to paint the troops armor plate like my tanks.
Now I am not going to repaint 20 guardsmen,I do have another platoon to do.
So after the next 10 guys that would make a nice sized 30 man platoon,I am going to paint the next platoon with winter camo armor.
I made a test piece,here he is compared to a guy from the last batch.
Whadda think?

IMHO it just looks like one has more highlights. I think your camo scheme is so.... different that it doesn't do it justice on smaller plates

Thats what my delemma is I have two people saying it looks better two saying worse and I cannot decide.
Might run a 10 man winter squad see how it looks

I think if you made the camo a bit more clear, then Yes, but right now, Im not sure

Eisenhorn wrote:

Capitansolstice wrote:Oh, I see it now! That sure is nice and subtle!

You see it now because I followed your suggestion

Classic

Eisenhorn wrote:I was given a great idea over at Ammobunker to paint the troops armor plate like my tanks.
Now I am not going to repaint 20 guardsmen,I do have another platoon to do.
So after the next 10 guys that would make a nice sized 30 man platoon,I am going to paint the next platoon with winter camo armor.
I made a test piece,here he is compared to a guy from the last batch.
Whadda think?

I think it looks so much better! (I love being the tie breaker ) I think it adds a bit of pop that goes a long way. You're spending so much time and effort, it would be a shame not to go the extra mile. I think if you could get a bit more detail and/or highlighting and or washing on some of the other details (like all the kit shown below) I wouldn't have anything left to give CC on

Eisenhorn wrote:

First, I'm a big fan of the visors. The red/orange makes a fantastic contrast with the green/gray.

In my opinion, the infantry are too small to replicate the tank pattern. On the tabletop the detail just gets lost. Perhaps you can make the infantry armor a lighter shade of gray and highlight with white. Also, try drybrushing all the green parts than wash or ink with yellow than hit with drybrush.

This should keep the feel of the tank coloring.

Been following your thread for awhile, thanks for bringing a new style of tank painting to Dakka.

take care and be well.

Do you mean yellow ink as a shade?
Anyhow,starting to get burnt out painting troops,so we have to switch it up.
I figure time to start working on the Command element
I have my Creed/Kell here as Lord Commander Vilhelm Ellsworth and the Top


The head is from the guard head bits from the GW site,they really need to retake those picks there are in fact quite a few choice heads on there.
Here is the Command Comms

The Surgeon General

Platoon Command Squad Capt Diemetris Van-Loo

Platoon Medic