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New pics and no comments?

Love the highlighting on the DP- sort of neon and punky, which I like a lot!

CadianXV wrote:Love the highlighting on the DP- sort of neon and punky, which I like a lot!

indeed, and the Leman Russ looks like it's coming along nicely, do you have any plans to make it stand out from the others?

Not really. As Guard regiments are divided by their composition though, I might work out a Company Command Russ that's all done up with lots of bling. But the Rank and File tanks won't be too distinguished. As far as they go, I think the Squadron Command Tank that I posted earlier is about as flashy and stand-outish as they'll get.

Also, your Commissar Laura Croft avatar still makes me chuckle

I like all of the new stuff but especially the tiles. I don't even know how the heck I'd ever use something like that, but they look cool.

Thanks a lot for the advice a while back especially the detailed PM. I took a lot of it I reckon. The new pair of Russes are nice basic Russes and the new planetary empire tiles look a lot of fun.

JB wrote:

I like all of the new stuff but especially the tiles. I don't even know how the heck I'd ever use something like that, but they look cool.

Ever play RISK or Axis & Allies?

Something like that. You don't even need the PE rulebook. You can always come up with your own map mechanics. But if you're into story campaigns, a map is something you need to try building

And Llama, I'm glad to hear (and see) you applying the advice we all gave you. Your army is shaping up really well, and your quick paintscheme means you could build a sizable Apoc force if you desired. Keep at it, I'm loving the Non-Guard-Guardsmen

dude Metalli nice Chaos Lord and Prince. love the blue highlight on the DP's face too. The tanks are also looking good, quick question: are you gonna go back over the tracks on them with a mud/dirt/rusty wash or something to weather them at all? They would look great with that.

Yep. But my painting policy on dirt and battle damage is as follows:

Until the vehicle actually -sees- a battlefield, there shall be no dirt, damage, or kill-tallies upon it. Rust, scratching, and some natural hull wear is, however, acceptable.

Basically, if the tank has never seen battle, it won't be dirty. Adds a sense of story and helps me also see which tanks need a good fight or two under their belt. For my Guard, that's... well... All of them They get two washes - one in Mud and one in Black on the treads and just Devlan Mud on other metallic surfaces, but other than that the treads are clean until they chew up a battlefield.

Good idea there

Nice work so far, I've only viewed the first page, mind...

I think you should highlight your guardsmen's armour.

This... blows... my fething MIND!!!

Awesome work man, I hope my own army comes out looking 1/68 as good as yours.

Also, love the empire tiles. They have insired me to try my own when I get the chance.

Keep up the awesome work dude!

Love the models, clean and simple style, but I'm really really taken with the use of square bases as campaign tiles, I wish I'd thought of that a long long time ago! Keep up the good work!

Thanks guys. I haven't left this blog to rot. Truth be told, I've actually just been going balls-to-the-wall working on finishing my Second Company project with my SM. I've got 10 assault marines, 1 & 1/2 tactical squads, 1 & 1/2 10-man Devastator squads, a Command Squad and a Dreadnaught left and 2Co will be done.

Great work-are you perchance a Total War fan?

Yep. Rome Total War is my only true love as far as RTS games go. How'd you guess?

I also did a lot of unit name swaps when doing my own codex for em (Which was really more me just changing names in the SM 'dex ) For example, my Scouts were renamed Hastati, my marines were called "Legionaries", while my Vet company was called the "Legionary 1st Cohort", which was a very famous and reverred part of the Roman Army. The Capital city on the principle world of the System is "Patavium", there's a port city called "Segestica", I'm sure you've got where I'm going on this

Yeah i get you. Can't blame yo for using those names, some of them sound neo-gothic and fit in well with the 40k theme.


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And I used to enjoy a spot of RTW before Norton Antivirus Stepped In. Anyway, I digress. Great miniatures, especially the scouts.

Ah. I run AVG so RTW is still good with me. Though I've uninstalled it for the time being, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a Rome 2

I'm with you on that. Rome 2 FTW!

Theres a Rome 2!? Tell me how you can afford those peacekeepers at five dollars each!

Found a box of em at my FLGS. They stock a random assortment of non-mainstream minis, Aberrant being one of the brands.

And no, sadly no Rome 2 yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. They wouldn't have to change much either - Update the graphics, add all the new gameplay features, and expand the map a little more (Something I just found out a year ago - Romans actually built a fort on Newfoundland but left well before the Vikings arrived, so a huge world map would be welcome). It wouldn't be much work to put out Rome 2, so I hope my wishing isn't wrongfully placed.

In the meantime, people will just have to make do with Rome Total Realism...

I like the urban combat camo scheme.

I like the cannon, has lots of dakka i bet!

The funny thing about that Cannon is that... well, I um... Haven't exactly been working on it

I did start on the old 2-piece Pewter Apothecary that I rescued with some simple green though

Has this reached some sort of maximum page count? I demand more pictures! Anyways, that's only because the rest of the models have been so great.

I'll put some up today - I bought and painted Honoured Imperium in one day, so that deserves some space. And I do have a wee bit more done on the marine side of things. As I said, I've finished purchasing and assembling the rest of the 3rd Company, sans Rhino tanks, and so there'll be a lot of work on them coming up. Then I'll likely be back to my Guard for a bit. Still got plenty of Guardsmen on spures and those two Russes to work on.

Anticipating pics. Is the SM statue as knock-kneed as it appears?

Yes it is. The cape also looks too small around the shoulders, but otherwise it's not bad. For what it costs, it's still good terrain.

And you'll be waiting longer than planned on account of the fact that I sort of... Lost my camera

I think Velites would be a better name for the scouts in your codex. After all, that's what they were. Is is PC based?