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Some serious dedication on those conscripts, but they look beautiful. Keep it up! Love the camo choice. Also amazing how much a head swap and ditching the pads changes the profile of those cadians...

Great job getting all these guys done. It’s impressive that you are maintaining not only a steady pace, but a consistent level of quality.

I think after the first dozen of conscript I’s just be randomly slapping paint on them, assuming they found their way up from the back of the bench.

Scarper wrote:Some serious dedication on those conscripts, but they look beautiful. Keep it up! Love the camo choice. Also amazing how much a head swap and ditching the pads changes the profile of those cadians...

Thanks Scarper.

Nevelon wrote:Great job getting all these guys done. It’s impressive that you are maintaining not only a steady pace, but a consistent level of quality.

I think after the first dozen of conscript I’s just be randomly slapping paint on them, assuming they found their way up from the back of the bench.

Thanks for encouragement Nevelon.

Two more for the second round:


The Conscripts were painted two by two, hurrah! Hurrah!

The first six of the fifteen more needed to make my thirty five man squad (only 105 points of troops when finished):


The long painting war continues...

CB

Two more for the second round:



The Conscripts were painted two by two, hurrah! Hurrah!

Eight of the fifteen more needed to make my thirty five man squad (only 105 points of troops when finished):


The long painting war continues...

CB

That's a whole lot of cannon fodder. They've got haunted looking eyes, that seems very appropriate

Still on the conscripts, Captain? Well, they're still looking good.

Great stuff. How many more conscripts to go?

EDC

Once you finish this squad are you going to make two more like it? If they are only 105 points, you should have the points in most lists.

It’s the Guard’s rule of 3: If you want something done, take three of them. The first will die before doing anything, the second will miss, but the third will get the job done.

And conscripts are a pure example of one of the core IG tenets: We have more bodies then you have bullets.

Keep at it!

amazingturtles wrote:That's a whole lot of cannon fodder. They've got haunted looking eyes, that seems very appropriate

Thanks amazingturtles.

Dysartes wrote:Still on the conscripts, Captain? Well, they're still looking good.

Thank you Dysartes.

evildrcheese wrote:Great stuff. How many more conscripts to go?
EDC

EDC, should be another seven.

Nevelon wrote:Once you finish this squad are you going to make two more like it? If they are only 105 points, you should have the points in most lists.

It’s the Guard’s rule of 3: If you want something done, take three of them. The first will die before doing anything, the second will miss, but the third will get the job done.

And conscripts are a pure example of one of the core IG tenets: We have more bodies then you have bullets.

Keep at it!

Thanks Nevelon,

I have thought about it, even went so far as to acquire a few more bodies, but that would be another major project.

As folks are getting tired of Conscripts, here is a break with almost the opposite...a Leman Russ.

This is the original kit that I have cleaned up and added swappable weapons with rare earth magnets.

The "Lucky #7" (hey, when you play Guard tanks some luck cannot hurt)
Battle Cannon, Lascannon, side sponson Heavy Bolters.


Battle Cannon and Heavy Bolter.




Battle Cannon and Heavy Bolter.


Battle Cannon and Heavy Bolter.


Battle Cannon and Heavy Bolter.


Battle Cannon, Lascannon, side sponson Heavy Bolters.




Battle Cannon, Lascannon, side sponson Heavy Bolters.


Battle Cannon, Lascannon, side sponson Heavy Bolters.


The long painting war continues...

CB

Looks great man. Good call on the swappable parts too, always makes tanks easier to field that way.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Looks great man. Good call on the swappable parts too, always makes tanks easier to field that way.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

Some more Conscripts of the second wave:



The Conscripts were painted two by two, hurrah! Hurrah!

So that makes ten more added:


The long painting war continues...

CB

Welcome back CB, good to hear from you again. As always the Conscripts are looking great, more meat for the grinder!

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

Two more for you.




And the twelve in this second flight:


More to come as the long painting war continues...

CB

Your stamina on this project astounds me. With these twelve that brings you up to how many now?

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

One more interlude before finishing the Conscripts, my second converted Hellhound.






And with the first Hellhound conversion.



With all the metal parts these tanks are heavy.

The long painting war continues...

CB

Hellhound looks awesome dude, I don't recognize that side plating at all though, does it come with the kit or is that extra?

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Hellhound looks awesome dude, I don't recognize that side plating at all though, does it come with the kit or is that extra?

Inevitable_Faith,

You got that they were the old, metal parts Hellhound, with metal turret and fuel tanks. but the side armour is actually old Mark I Rhino extra armor upside down.

Cheers,

CB

The Conscripts were painted two by two, hurrah! Hurrah! Although this time I painted three to get to fifteen on the second flight.






When added to the rest of the second flight they look like this:


When added to the existing twenty:


Now that was a lot of Conscripts...but only 105 points worth.

The long painting war continues...

CB

So much work for so few points, your dedication is inspiring. Keep it up though, they look great.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

Like yourself I sometimes get a little burnt out after painting a particular model or group of models, so for now that will be all the Conscripts.

Couple more shots of the mass of Conscripts for viewers enjoyment:





The long painting war continues...

CB

They look great all blobbed up CB, lots of personality thrown in on lots of em. It's nice that you put in the work to make them different from the standard guardsmen too so that on the tabletop it's clear which unit is which.

So many conscripts. You deserve an exalt for your patience alone! They look great too, by the way.

EDC

Thank you Inevitable_Faith and evildrcheese,

After the Conscripts I did some regular Troopers with the forage caps, here is an example beside a regular Trooper.



The long painting war continues...

CB

Forage cap head makes the man look youthful. But the more I look at them the more I like them, the more the guys with helmets seem like they've got enormous heads.

Quite the army you have growing there!

Great job, CB. I loved your Elysians and they even inspired me to start my own. I've just started them, but I can always draw on your plot for inspiration in the long painting war.

I really like the way you do your tanks with brushes and freehand and a few decals (I think). I'm not an airbrush guy so it's good to see there is an effective alternative.

Loving this! Very inspiring work doing all those conscripts

More I say! Wyverns and conscripts is all that a guard army needs.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Forage cap head makes the man look youthful. But the more I look at them the more I like them, the more the guys with helmets seem like they've got enormous heads.

Thanks Warboss_Waaazag,

That was always the goal of the Conscripts, to make them look young or very old depending on the face. As for the Guardsmen with enormous heads...plastic Guard have had large round helmets since the first Rogue Trader box of 36 models.

Nevelon wrote:Quite the army you have growing there!

Thank you Nevelon.

The Riddle of Steel wrote:Great job, CB. I loved your Elysians and they even inspired me to start my own. I've just started them, but I can always draw on your plot for inspiration in the long painting war.

I really like the way you do your tanks with brushes and freehand and a few decals (I think). I'm not an airbrush guy so it's good to see there is an effective alternative.

Thanks The Riddle of Steel, most people do airbrush on tanks and flyers...I have done it on the odd flyer but no tank other than priming.

TheGiantPeanut wrote:Loving this! Very inspiring work doing all those conscripts

More I say! Wyverns and conscripts is all that a guard army needs.

Thank you TheGiantPeanut, did you see my take using old Griffon's to make my Wyverns on page 3?

Now some minor work...took the one VOX operator I had with one of those Helmets with the mouthpiece and did a head swap (figure from the Imperial Guard Cadian metal box set):



The long painting war continues...

CB

Another way to make my Necromundians more in character...a Ratskin Shaman to fill in as a Primaris Psyker:



The long painting war continues...

CB

That's a great idea!

EDC