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@40kFSU Some links for you

Germans
WWII/Generic Military
paints ------- the serach function will guide you to the soviet colors

Cool, thank you.

Searching in my bitz box, I found enought sprues to make 2 Leman Russ MBT and 2 Leman russ bodies (picts or it never happened)




My idea is to make two MBTs Inspired in this monster and two gun plataforms maybe bombards, maybe something like Tinners or maybe some SU-203

So, I owe you: an infantry foot platoon (tomorrow update) to finish infantry and
then: 4 SPAAG, 4 MBTs, then a Vendetta and 4 C.A.S. units and then, this heavy guys.... and i thought this would be easy.

Until Then.



Functional link for the SU-203
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Imperial_Guard_Tanks/THUNDERER-SIEGE-TANK-COMPLETE-KIT__.html

nfantry Update!!!

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Group Photos to show progress and that the bases are painted and flocked (turfed??)


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So we have, Inthe First Row CCS 1 and their chimera, CCS 2, Ratlings and I.G. Codex S.T.
Second Row: Hellhound, PCS A, Platoon A troop Aa and Ab and Rapiras; in Row 2.1 we have: SWS flammers and HWS mortars.
Third Row: Second hellhound, PCS B and chimera, Troop Ba and Bb and their chimeras.
Fourth Row: Vendetta in W.I.P. Boyard A and Boyard B W.I.P. too and Troop Bc and their Chimera.







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The Vendetta/Mi-35 ist taking shape






Until then.

And thanks for all the C&C

Intrigued with this shading thing, looking forward to seeing how it comes out...also, can a vendetta have lascannons and multiple rocket pod?

Of course not!!! Imperial Monkey but by the emperor it looks damm great isnt it???

Wow your army looks amazing great progress, the sctarch built tanks are awsome my favorite is the hellhounds and the 'MBT'!!!

Wow i really like the army you have going here, the amount of extra money and bitz you put in your army is incredible, was wondering if you could tell me what you do to paint your leather ammo pouches, been trying with my own models and appears you have had more success than me, so if you could give an outline of the way you do it i would be very grateful

@Njal the weatherman: my most sincere apologies for not answering in your thoughts in these days

I hope todays update will help you.

Mainly I use the wargames foundry painting system and their paints (great technique for mass painting) besides that, is just patience and practice.

So lets beging shall we...

Strelkovy Platoon
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Bitz used:
Games Workshop Cadians.
Games Workshop Space Marine ammo pouches.
Pig Iron Kolony militia heads.

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Group Photos.

My goal here is to create a light foot infantry unit, so a more "traditional" body armour was intended also, the lasgun was trimmed to seem longer in comparisong with our mech and frontal infantry.
Colours hece will be a simple drab and green helmet.




Political Officer and CCs Polpovnik (awaiting power weapon)



Provost and life guard to Tovarischs Polpovnik (care to spare some laspistols?? anyone??)



Your thoughts.

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Post Scriptum.
Fortunately a local gaming store is running a "chuck norris challenge" (meaning 30 painted models in 30 days or less) so, faster updates would be held.


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Firts Company





Second Company






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Third Company.

sorry but the Commissar an CC are FAR too similar

Painting, would solve any doubts.

Todays update:

After all this years of preparations, we needed to attack.
Antonid Sebastev Tamarkhan Motor Rifle Division M39.

It was during the final stages of his most inmortal magesty camping to reunite the stars, that the siderals system compromising the Koalition and the Northen Treaty were subject to imperial compliance.

By word of his most imperial magesty both power blocks were to expand up to "the reach of their fleets, and to where the shell fell..." this order from the emperor made a solar system named germanica a a buffer zone between two rising powers.

As a system, germanica has three hospitable planets circling a middle aged hydrogen star, to be know as Germanica Secundus, Germanica Tertius and Germanica Oppida.

To our interest in the subject, we must consdier this: Germanica Oppida was "ground zero" in the charts that defined the spheres of influence between the Koalition and the Northen Block, being her moons (Preussen, Preobashensky and Fulda) all habitable, (and profitable) matter of debate, border clashes and to the contempt of the parts subject to a tripartite administration (Administratum, Koalition and Northen Treaty) of semi autonomous administration.

Nationalisms, Rebelions, separatist movements and the influence of the ruinous powers was more that conprehensible in the moons that endured the ever lasting wrestling of power.

So it was that, for generations, Norhen Schools of war and Koalition academies believed that the only solution was to overrun the moons in name of peace, security and prosperity of the peoples.

I had been working on the Fulda =I= operative.









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And the Fulda Liberation forces

Nice, are they resin or metal?

Infantry is plastic and resin; the =I= and the C. Lord are metal.

The Challenge to paint 30 miniatures in 30 days continues...
Todays update, infantry Drab Uniform almost done.
I hope to end them (the drab) this thursday.

First: Politruk and Polkovnik



Squads photo



Some details






Colors used: Wargames Foundry Drab.

Brace Yourselves gentlemen.... Paint in progress ahead:

CCS Chimera:








Group Photos





And some AAA W.I.P.

The painting is tasty, and the Hydra looks interestingly salvaged

I particularly like the upper radar dish, but I think the track guards need some filling.

Everything looks great, especially the Chimeras. They turned out really good and the colors are perfect together.

Your Chimera design is brilliant although I have to agree that the Commissar and Officer would look better with different heads. Using the same one makes them look much to similiar.

@ Flinty : thanks sir!!! Its thanks to you that i have a respectable set of SPAAGs

@llamada head: most true I may say allow me to finish the painting and you will see the results.

@40FSU: Thanks sir.

By the way mister Flinty: Look!!!! she has sisters!!!!

Loving the Fiend Club, the army and the CRASSUS themed Chimeras..... Consider me subscribed

Great modelling mate, absolutely love this project.

@ Ralin Givens: so do I!!!! the chimeras are based on the MT-LBs of soviet desing and the Hydras on the Tunguska SPAAG (thanks to Flinty for the Technical development)

@ Eeps: thanks sir!! welcome aboard...

Wall of text ahead:


It was the 15 of june when I heard of an incoming tournamet on my local gaming area; (18 of june) the rules stated that, no imperial armour, no proxies and olny 1750 points worth of plastic were to be fielded.

Unfortunately for us; our "Core" army and list is not yet finished (a discussion of what is the core is and the reasons to be can be found Here In our benefit, the event was set to 1750 so we were able to field this force:

C.C.S 3 meltas Chimera
turret Multilaser
Hull heavy flammer (thanks warseer!!!)

Infantry Platoon A
P.C.S 3 plasmas Chimera
Warseer pattern (again, solid advice)

3 I.S. Plasma Autocannon Chimmera
Warseer pattern ones

H.W.S 3 lascannons (intended to be pounded and luckily to kill something)

H.W.S 3 mortars (a superb scoring unit)

S.W.S 3 flammers (an affordable and often unseen counter attack unit)

Infantry Platoon B
P.C.S. 3 flammers

I.S. Commisar P.W.
2 I.S. sargent with P.W.

(a 30 man blob plus some flamers, I read some good reviews in this site about the virtues of the afore mentioned unit so we give it a try)

Devildog, hull multimelta

Devildog, hull multimelta

Lended L.R.B.T heavy bolter sponsons

Lended L.R.B.T heavy bolter sponsons

So, with a few new units (platoon B) and ideas (hull flammers) we marched to a tournament with these rules: 16 player would be accepted, every player would have 4 games and every game would have a primary, a secondary and a tertiary objective. the winner would be the player with most points.

My games were as follows

Scenario 1 "Golan heights" main objective: to have an scoring unit in the main hill (center of the board, no cover around !!!) secondary D6 markers; tertiary destroy the adversaries HQ

Adversary: Space Wolves player.

I won this game by the will and grace of psychology; my opponet just felt overwhelmed by the amount of amour present on the table; even he had a competent army to face mine (3 vindicators, 3 rifleman dreads, 3 typhoon launcher land speeders 3/4 rhino troops and a lord on rhino) I manged to fulfill the 3 objectives.

Scenario 2 "Kursk" main objective: kill points, secondary objective table quarters, tertiary destroy the enemy HQ

Adversary: Full Mech I.G. player

When I saw the scarce amount of cover and the sheer amount of amour involved (2 demolishers, 2 lemman russ, two basilisks 4 veteran units in chimera -2 flammesrs and a melta each-) I did spected the worst (for me!!) fortunately fire discipline saved the day and a bad deployment decision by my adversary (he deployed his demolishers to far from my blob and a gap between the russes, and the demolishers allowed me to move. the day was won thanks to the hull flamers and the devil dogs. primary and tertiary objective were fulfilled.

Scenario 3 "The iron gates" main objective: enemies base, secondary more units on the adversaries deployment (table quarters) tertiary D6 markers

Adversary: Dread heavy Blood Angels player.

I confess: i did run, like a frightened and beheaded chicken from 6 dreads and a chaplain; fortunately running madly allowed me a "ciaphas cain move" and primary objective was achieved.

Scenario 4 "Night of the living goo" main objective: kill points (in a dawn of war deployment on a cities of death location) secondary table quarters tertiary destroy the enemy HQ

Adversary: Nid Player (and the dare to say they are not competitive)

It was hard since the beginning; it was harder after his deep strikes but it was all Grimmdark fun when the doom of malathai arrived escorted by a winged hive tyrant (who gallantly died in cc by bayonets) a marginal win.

In the end I earned the second place (the first was for a friend of mine who plays M.S.U. Dark eldar)

What I learned:

1.- Plasma is for veterans
2.- Vox casters are useful (the lack of the above showed me how much)
3.- Orders are fun but far from reliable
4.- speed is my amour
5.- Sponsosn are goon in immobile leman russes
6.- Mobility
7.- Mobility
8.- Hull heavy flamers for the win!!!
9.- Quantity is a Quality in itself
10.- Blob squads using F.R.F.S.R.F. Can kill a Doom of malanthai
11.- Take and Trust Advice AFTER play-testing IT.
12.- Nids not competive..... yeah right.

MMmmm... many hydrae

Your pic does make it look like they are dancing though, not that that is a bad thing

Congratulations on the tourney almost win. Sounds well thought out.

Consider me subbed, an awesome army.

@Brainscan: to celebrate your presence










Operative 666 is taking a beter shape.... And Imperial Guard army to go, some GKs and we are ready to start the traitor forces.....

Commrades!!!
progress on the Frontal Aviation.

Inspiration: Flying Crocodile

The work so far:









Full gallery: Here

Im planing a Brother for him but he would be an APERS gator.
until then.

Today was a quite productive day:







Some dry brush here, some there, highligts, gusn to greys and a free hand.

And some Traditional armour pic: I started to paint the devildogs.



Tamiya deck tank was applied with an airbrush then the green (tamiya dark green i think)

gallery for F.A. choices is Here


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Heavy support:





And troop transports: (Im pondering to repaint the chimeras, this model will tell)

So Very Awesome!!!!!

It´s with my greatest joy to announce gentlemen a most diverse (an pic heavy) update on this PLog. thanks for you patience.

Until Friday.

Great job on these unique and cool IG. Keep at amigo!