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Hmm.. a recce team needs a pointman who is loaded down with rapid fire weapons, a lurky sniper and a comms specialist. I guess the sniper could be replaced by some other special weapon type but I think snipers just feel sneakier

I don't think they'll have a designated Comms unit, instead all of them will be equipped with compact long range Vox units as a giant Vox Mast poking up isn't exactly covert or practical in their situation, especially when fluffwise, they'd often be forced to split up into fireteams.

The sniper and HW Trooper sound good though. I still got an SM Scout Torso with the cloak and rifle so I might use that for my sniper

Now you have me thinking about GRAW.... Havent played it in an age. Sniper is a must, as is a comms man. The other striking images I have is a few men 'stacking up' to breach and clear a door, aswell as a medic hauling a wounded comrade from the fray. And lastly, a trooper with a ZEUS MPAR (at least I think thats the name).

I Got you thinking about GWAR? Or GRAW? If it's GWAR! You're thinking of, I won't ask

And yea GRAW was the rough basis for them Suprisingly I never even finished the first one...

But yea, the Sergeant I modelled with the sort of tenseness you'd feel playing the game and moving through a seemingly empty street knowing that one or two shots could kill you easily. Breacher I pictured after watching a TV Documentary about working as a member of an Emergency Response Team in a Prison, where they'd line up behind the guy with the shield, kick the door in, and then pile on top of the prisoner.

MEDIC! That's what I'm missing!

His nickname shall be 'Stitches'

metallifan wrote:I Got you thinking about GWAR? Or GRAW? If it's GWAR! You're thinking of, I won't ask

And yea GRAW was the rough basis for them Suprisingly I never even finished the first one...

But yea, the Sergeant I modelled with the sort of tenseness you'd feel playing the game and moving through a seemingly empty street knowing that one or two shots could kill you easily. Breacher I pictured after watching a TV Documentary about working as a member of an Emergency Response Team in a Prison, where they'd line up behind the guy with the shield, kick the door in, and then pile on top of the prisoner.

MEDIC! That's what I'm missing!

His nickname shall be 'Stitches'

Ah! Brainmelt! I am listening to GWAR currently though. Still, better edit myself...

The first GRAW was a pain to finish (I will admit I used cheats to finish the first one on hard. Otherwise it was too difficult). I also finished the second one, but it was way easier.

And in regards to the medic. I told you I'm useful! And if you are thinking a SWAT team style feel, then you need a knife/stun batton/close quarters specialist perhaps?

Just a heads up folks, this thread isn't dead - Just in a form of suspended animation. Been really busy lately and haven't had a chance to get much P&M done. Rest assured though I'm moving along at a creep. I've been teaching my girlfriend how to play 40K and she's absolutely loving the playing aspect, though she's still none too hot about the hours of painting involved

I've also gotten around to building a large Cathedral to his Holy grace, the God Emperor. Lots of foamcore cutting, but the end result is something I'm eager for, so I'm working that when I get the chance. New terrain means I need new minis to use with it, so expect some updates at some point in the near future. Hopefully I'll have some time with an extra day off this weekend to get some work done

Anyway, if you stop by the thread, don't forget to post! I always need new ideas for units and terrain. So if you find yourself reading this and thinking "You know what would be cool?" post it so I can try and integrate your ideas. And of course, credit will be given where it's due

ALRIGHT! I finally have updates. Unfortunately, most of it isn't really relevant to my army. BUT I BETTER NOT HEAR ANY DAMN WHINING.


I finished the third Tank Crewman today. This one is carrying a Lasgun


And from the back


And yes, I've just become aware of his lazy eye, which I'm going to fix right after I post this.


Now then, the stuff that's not really relevant to my army, but needs posting on account of the wicked factor. The girlfriend's Chaos Daemons. That's right! She finally fell to the awesome power of... awesomehammer 40K. Queue victory tune.

She's doing a Khorne/Slaanesh mix, but she didn't want her Bloodletters to be the typical red-rocket colour. Being a big comic book fan, she came up with the idea of Spawn. We figured, if 40K is GRIMDARK, and Spawn is GRIMDARK, and Daemons are GRIMDARK... Then... That's like... A lot of GRIMDARK!!!!!1!1!!!!!1!!!!!!!!12!

Anyway, yea, so here're the first few off the assembly line








We wanted to do something to break up the repetativeness of Chaos Black with Shadow Grey dusting, so I opted for a sort of literal "Inner Fire", like there was something burning under their skin that managed to burst through along their spines. I think the overall effect came out quite nicely, and achieved a good contrast to the darker shades that cover the rest of the mini. And yes, I'm aware the flames are on upside down. M buddy was putting them together with us last night and there was beer involved... Yea. Nuff' said.



And here she is hard at work


I'm so proud!

That's it for now, got more on the way though (Yay creative second wind!)

Update time!

Firstup, finished 'Breacher'. Unfotunately his combat shield blocks most of the GS work on his front with the extra armour and the GS'ed enclosed helmet, but I'm still happy with the final result.

The other side of his rebreather has ventilation holes (Think Grey Knights)

My 4th Tank Crewman, this time with a full Combat Harness.



Now some WiP shots:

First up, an Armaggedon Pattern Sentinel I'm working on.


And a closeup shot of the base's theme



And a last teaser: My newest Terrain project:


Note: That little black dot in the doorway? That's kind of a Guardsman... I sorta get carried away

These Guardsmen are looking great Mettali!

love where your heading but PLEASE BASE THEM>>>HEAD GOING >>> TOOO>>> EXPLODE

Empchild wrote:love where your heading but PLEASE BASE THEM>>>HEAD GOING >>> TOOO>>> EXPLODE

Not sure what to do for a solid theme. Probably going to stick with Urban after looking at my sentinel, though I'll keep the ones that just have straight stone flocking.


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Decided I'm going with an Urban theme on the bases. Just finished my Sentinel and the feel of the base is something I'm really liking. Need to pick up some sort of fine, chunky dust for small bits of rubble that I can cover the rest of the base with (Any ideas where I might find some good ruined-building quality powder?), but I'm definately sold on Urban bases. Once I finish this last old platoon box of Guardsmen (Miss the old x20's), I'll get my arse on some basing. Just primed the Vet squad's Sergeant tonight. I'll get pics tomorrow after work. Seems my Camera is dead - AGAIN. Damn Sony.

Anyway, I really don't see how this thread has nearly 2000 views and so few comments. Make a post if you visit. I need to know people actually give a damn or it takes the fun out of the work. Don't wanna loose my mojo again.

UPDATES FOR THE UPDATE GOD!


Finished the Sentinel late yesterday night. Also knocked off my Veteran Squad Sergeant (Who I actually did the sculpting for -before- I did the Breacher unit, hence the... ehh... of it)

Pics ahoy!

First up, the Sergeant. Being that these guys are the Vets, I decided to go the fluffy route with them and have them all equipped with gear they've resourcefully 'procured' throughout their time in service. The Sergeant shows this by sporting a set of MkII Fatigues like my Grenadiers are wearing.

Top


Some battle damage


And frontal



And second, my Sentinel. I based er' with an Urban Theme and I wanted to give it a really worn-down, rusted, neglected look. Like it had been fighting in the bombed out ruins for some great amount of time.
Side


Front


Rear


Not sure if there's enough going on with the base though. Probably add a propped up Lasgun to a wall, maybe some ammo boxes... I donno.

Anyway, that's it for tonight. And before I go, just to reiterate:

metallifan wrote:
I really don't see how this thread has nearly 2000 views and so few comments. Make a post if you visit. I need to know people actually give a damn or it takes the fun out of the work. Don't wanna loose my mojo again.

PLEASE Comment. It's important that people know their efforts are being appreciated, and I'm a big converter - I always want new ideas. So say something if you read this blog! 2000 Views, 2 pages, and most of the comments are mine. Pretty unappealing to me as the person running the blog. Right?

Cool IG mate! Like the sentinel's base, and the greenstuff armour - where did you get the bits for the breacher's rifle? The front looks a bit like a british SA80 w/UGL now.

They're from a box of Aberrant Games' CSO Peacekeepers. Never heard of em until I saw the box, but I figured "Hey, they look cool... Bitz!"

That sergeant is super cool. the battle damage especially looks great!

Very nice Urban Force.

I really like your sergeant. Looks pretty slick man. Keep it up.

Kudos to the Gf getting into it too.


Slappy

Wow, what a thread. First time that I've seen it and I feel compelled to say you're doing a great job. I guess I'll be resurrecting my own P+M blog soon.

How did you get the battle damage effect on the armor? Did you say, or did I miss it

The Sentinel isn't very GRIMDARK yet, maybe it's just the lighting but I just don't feel like it fits with the rest of your excellent infantrymen.

Thanks for the comments! That's what I like to see! People saying something makes me a Happy Panda.

@slice of toast: The battle damage was really easy to do. I have a 3-piece set of GF9 Sculpting tools, and in it is a creasing tool for adding folds and wrinkles to clothing. It's also very sharp and I've stabbed it through my finger a few times. Anyway, I just made a small hole in the shoulderpad with it, and then dragged the barb across the surface several times, always focusing on that small hole I made. Eventually, it ended up giving the plastic a shredded, blown apart look

For the colouration, I Drybrushed Boltgun Metal, followed by Vermin Brown, and then finally with Chaos Black, making each layer smaller than the last to give it sort of a 'receding' look.


Maybe the Sentinel just has no black on it? It's just Bolgun Metal (Legs, Details) and Codex Grey (Cab, Toes, Eng. Case). If you have any ideas for some good old GRIMDARK40KIFICATION, lemmie hear!

Liking the GS'd body armour. What if you added kneepads?


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I positively adore the Veteran Sergeant's mask.

Really liking the bloodletter's faces - Keep up the great work!

Just happened across this, and ive gotta say its brilliant! I love the scheme you've got going on here.

Maybe you could do some night vision goggles on some of your vets?

Loving the sentinel base BTW, loads of character in there. Also, i know the feeling of getting carried away, but that makes building terrain so much more awesome! Cathedral and 'uge gun emplacement are really good.

Finally, definitely go urban bases, modelling sand with bits of sprue/ leftover cod pieces works great for this.

Vitruvian

Yay! Finally it's starting to look like a roight' n' propa WAA-Err... I mean... blog!

Thanks for the comments thusfar!

@ Gordo: You can see more of the Bloodletter's in my Girlfriend's P&M Blog, here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/262451.page

@ Vitruvian: The visors on the Vets are like the cross-com in GRAW, so Night Vision is sort of implemented (At least by their fluff). I may paint like a mini HUD on each of them down the road Thanks for the +1 on the Urban bases. Makes me feel a bit more sure on em'. And fine sand is a great idea! Never thought of that. I just need something powdery to look like concrete/plaster dust. White sand would work great!

I'm likin the Veteran Sargentwith the visor and badass gun sweet battle damage too. I also like your house rule to evacuate immobile vehicles, ill see if i can talk me and my friend to use that next time we play.

keep up the good work!!!

Sadly, no updates tonight. Ran outta hours. But there'll be some fresh brewed pictures tomorrow, so check back then

good idea on that officer of the fleet

I'd like to say sorry to those folks that have been waiting for an update - contracted a bit of a stomach flu and I've been feeling like a pile of for the last 2 or so days. Hopefully it'll pass by quickly though, and then I can post a few more shots - a Lascannon team and a slew of Guardsmen are waiting for me to resume work on em'.

Sorry about the bout of silence. As I had said before, my bung was... well, bunged up.

Finally got back into go-mode though, and I've been working on some bases, as well as a Lascannon team.

First up, the Heavy Bolter team entrenched in ruins:

*The poster at the base of the HB says "He's fighting... ...Why aren't YOU?" for those wondering *


Next up, my Autocannon's new basework. In my fluff, the capital city of Patavium (and indeed much of the planet of Ariminium) resembles more of a 20th/21st century setting, hence the look of the street here. I didn't want my urban bases to be themed in the typical and all-too-common 'utterly bonbaonbardled to hell' look, so I'm going to be doing some road bases, as well as ruins.



My Officer of the Fleet, now with street marking flavor:



Lastly, some custom made campaign tiles. Planetary Empires is, to me, a great idea that's sadly too limited in choice. So, using some spare WHFB bases from the woman's Daemons, I decided to make my bloody own! They will be painted once I get a decent amount finished. Until then, they do look a lot smoother (in texture) than they actually are:

Really nice conversions here. Some subtle while some are not. I especially like your latest sergeant.

Really liking the sergeants mask! I may have to borrow that idea...

Have you considered a heavy weapons totting bruiser for your Vets? I made one using standard Cadian torso and legs, coupled with Catachan arms holding a SM scout heavy bolter (the one with the drum magazine) and a backpack off the HW sprue. Someone to cover their rear perhaps?

The sentinel looks great, but I think your reds are a bit too bright- trying giving them a dark wash. Also, as it uses a lot of boltgun metal, hit the actual "metal" parts with a 1:1 mix of purple and black. You should find it really lifts it.

Keep up the good work!