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So I have about 300+ infantry , crap load of tanks , heavy weapons , and beyond and have been playing guard for about 5 years now and can do 3 different armies with what I have .... but not one list is painted =( . This is going to change as iam super excited about the new book I love the feel of it and it is going to be a blast , although I will miss deep striking 8 sentinals and 165 infantry onto the table . ( but I got valks so its all good )

This blog is going to keep me going and get a nice old fashion cadian list out there ( with some tweeks to the color scheme ) I always wanted to do a take on the cadian colors so here it goes .

First of I went with a mechinized squad to get things going squad is in wip stage

chimera




plasma gun specialist to burn down some termies



Storm tropper came by to check on uniform code


The start of the missle launcher team


thats it for now more too come soon .

Very nice work on the Chimera.

The Chimera was nicely done, not that the Guardsman weren't.

Thanks , after the army gets done iam going to take my time and go in and weather it all .

Nice start here, good conversion with the plasma gunner too. It might be a bit better to keep a continuous height along the top though, maybe use a little plastic card spacer to fil the gap?

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,

Dante

That or maybe greenstuff it , On the next plasma gunner il give it a shot se how it goes ..

My goal today is to finish off that rocket team and that guardsmen with the face already done , than treat myself with working on that commissar . Maybe even get ahead and basecoat the rest of the unit .

darn soul caliber 4 is held me up a bit lets see if i can make progress tonoght

Like the plates and vison slits in place of the Lasguns, consider that stolen for sure! Keep up the good work and keep us posted on your progress.

Its been a bit since the last update but now I can get back at it , after taking a fresh look at what I had painted I decided I wanted the troops to pop a bit more but still have a weathered muted look , after messing around with some blending I came up with this for the greens .



I am pretty happy with this , as for the jacket I think iam going to change the tan color only cause it feels like "oh the same old scheme for the cadians " I might go with a brown or maybe some sort of urban blue .

I love it so far, only have one "comment". Eventhough your sgt. model's eyes are fantastic he looks "windeyed" (both pupills not looking in the same direction)... other than that, amazing stuff!

Maybe you could go for a darker green for the coat.They look good,but I agree that the sarges eyes look a bit strange.Yet I think it gives him a bit of character.

The sarg. is the guy with the mohawk and bolter , but the one without the helmet his eyes dont look bad when I hold the fig I went back and checked I think its the pic that has it look a little off . I do agree he looks a lil cross eyed though in that picture lol .

maybe he is one of those "special" forces guys? xP

The Chimera looks great the twin green technique looks interesting what was the inspiration for it?

I have to say I love the color scheme, but I call you a madman for painting an entire Guard army like that.

so iam doing the green on 2 units than iam going to start the other colors tommorrow .

but I did get to work on someother stuff to mix it up a bit and keep it interesting .

some might remember this from the converting thread I did this a while back in my old paint scheme il have to repaint it .


I dug up the rest of the dogs and got them ready to have riders placed on them .


I also worked on my punisher conversion still very wip



Also dug up some guys i want to turn into covert vets

Just got in my upgrade sprue for my vets , and am thinking about picking up a box of necrons for some bionic upgrades .

Cant wait to see the vets painted,hope to see em done soon.

I was working on my vets today I will have pics tommorrow Its not easy to make guard really stand out but iam going to give it my best shot .

Iam going for a splinter cell type look for that vet squad Iam going to field them as counts as devil dogs

Your painting style is always a pleasure to see, especially on all that armor! Nice flat surfaces for your work to show on.

hey thanks man , Il try and get some stuff up tonite . Iam going to try and get in some painting when the baby naps ( just me and the boys today )

lol.. tht dude does look a bit lazy eye-ish.. hehe

but nice paintjobs nontheless =)

well I was able to get some stuff done today well I laid out the rest of the colors Iam going to use and painted up a sarg.

This guy has a bit of a backround and I like the fig alot and just wanted to get painting si I chose him to get the first full paint job . Well he needs to be based and maybe a minor highlight or two but its late and I wanted to get some pics up .

I do love this guys bolter I like the folding stock and the added forgrip gives makes it look like its can be fitted for a guardsmen .





Hey you up there !



Iam going to give the lasguns the same treatment as that bolter I like how it further breaks up the green .

hey sorry for the pics Iam going to figure out this macro thing and get a tripod over the weekend .

Nice,and yes your camera skills could use improving but dont worry I have seen worse.

Outstanding work. I can't wait to see that Punisher all done up. Keep the pics rolling in.

Love the Auspex!

used the hell hound in a game tonite it it rocked !!!

I liked how I painted it but it doesnt really match my new scheme I guess il save it for last .

Hellhound crews aren't known for sanely following other people's rules. As long as they're willing to race across a battlefield in a steel coffin hauling 400 gallons of Promethium, I say let them style their Hellhound any way they want.

Regarding photos: If you are using your Zoom, stop doing that. Take the pics without zooming in. Use the Macro function. Use light sources other than the camera flash.

Take a look at FoxPhoenix's thread. He pays attention to even more details - exposure setting, light adjustment - than I do. I like to snap my photos in two minutes or less.

Thanks for the photo tips , as for the hellhound maybe I will keep as is ( do some touch ups bring it up to par ) its been doing so well .