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he' looking not to bad, i like him so far

Thanks Rogue Wolves, glad you like him!
To be honest I kind of wish he was true scale because when he is side by side to the Imperial Guardsmen, the proportions aren't right however I'm not comfortable with that type of conversion just yet.. maybe a future plan.
I've finally got around to putting arms onto Ventris, and in the end a bolter in the right hand and a power sword in the left. I don't really see Ventris as being right or left handed, he would train to be both a rightie and a leftie




Got a Pasanius and a couple of 4th Co. brothers in very early stages of WIP, these will be forthcoming.

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Performed a little more work on Clansire Denard (yes, yes, I shall be calling him by his 'proper' title now... )
Attached his hand and decided that I didn't like the shotgun that he had, so I hacked it up and am in the process of rebuilding him a new shotty!






A little more work; in the form of some GS to build up the back of the shotgun, and it'll be ready for priming!

On the subject of Vessorines, a little bit of work was done on the vox operator. In particular his arms have been added, but there is some GS work on his elbow and his carbine needs a barrel.
(please excuse the dirty fingers, god only knows where they've been )






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There will be more in the next couple of days, in particular some painting WIP of the Erebus PDF!!
Thanks for viewing

i dont really know any c&c to add, as i just completely enjoy these models!, liking the new shotgun on clansire so far

Thanks Rogue Wolves! The shotty has turned out quite nicely, however I haven't finished it yet, let alone start on any GS... soon though.
I'm VERY glad there are people out in the interwebs that enjoy my work, though I am very sorry for being soooooo slow

Rogue Wolves, following are some shots of a little side project that was inspired by one of your Fallen threads - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/404052.page
The squad I'm currently working on is one which is centered around Cypher. Even though I think that Cypher would attract Fallen members, I think he would also attract other renegades as well. This particular squad will have 3 Fallen members (Cypher plus 2 minis) and 2 SM renegades formerly from the Ultramarines ( ) and Imperial Fists ( ).
Why these two Chapters ?
BL had a big part to play (as always); the Ultramarine renegade fluff will be based around a brother who was sent on a death oath (like Ventris and Pasanius), and the Imperial Fist renegade fluff will be based around a brother who disobeyed a direct order to retreat in battle.

First off, a group shot (with Cypher to the very left of the image) - all minis have been primed with white, then a badab black wash on armor sections, and a devlan mud wash on the robes.
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Cypher & Fallen #1
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Fallen #1, Fallen #2 & SM renegade #1
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SM renegade #1 & SM renegade #2
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Cypher close-up


SM renegade #1 close-up
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SM renegade #2 close-up
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Following are some WIP shots of my Erebus PDF troopers; in particular the sergeant and the overall commander of the Erebus PDF troopers. The overall infantry platoon is coming along nicely, I've managed to get paint on all the minis which were bare in the previous posts. There were 6 in all that needed to be put together and/or base painted; commander, missile launcher team (gunner & loader), flame trooper, vox operator, and heavy bolter gunner. The images for everything except the commander will be forth-coming. Also Satan Claws payed me a visit and apart from coal in my stocking I also received some snow effects, so the 3 complete troopers will be re-based with the snow effects and any mini finished from now on will be snow-based. All PDF, Imperial Guard and SM minis in this Apoc army will be snow-based.

Sgt (front) - finished the first highlight stage, now working on the 2nd stage of highlighting (in particular the weapons and the coat)


Sgt (side 1)


Sgt (side 2)


Sgt (rear)



Commander (front) - just started the highlighting process so mostly base colors with some washes (usually have 2-3 highlighting stages depending on the mini )


Commander (rear)


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Following pictures are from another small project I'm working on... Deathwatch Kill Teams
I've got some fluff in terms of background and names but the background will have to wait until I've finished the minis names will be included though!

Deathwatch Terminator - Brother Hraccus (Dark Angels Deathwing)


Deathwatch Chaplain - Chaplain Lucien (Black Templars)






Deathwatch SM - Brother Simeon (Imperial Fists)






Deathwatch SM - Brother Artoul (White Scar OR Raven Guard)


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Thanks again for viewing my plog/blog

Golly those conversions are nice!

What color greens you use for those (I didn't notice if you posted)? That is a look I want to get with my stormtroopers but just can't seem to get it right.

glad someone is started my project before me (; now when ever i start mine i can have something to look at for inspiration!, btw i love what you did with Brother Artoul, what model is he based off of?

@sparkywtf; Thanks for commenting! The following washes and colors are used for the green lasguns: Badab Black (w), Thraka Green (w), Goblin Green, Scorpion Green, and Sunburst Yellow.
I've got a few more Erebus PDF in various stages of WIP so I'll be sure to take more photos of the stages of the lasguns. Also gives me a reason to post more!

@Rogue Wolves; Thanks for your comments! I have a funny feeling that you will finish your project before me .. Brother Artoul is from the SM Vanguard Veteran squad (the old metal ones, not finecast). The lightning claw is from the SM Commander and there is a metal Deathwatch shoulder pad.


In my previous post I mentioned that I had received some GW modelling snow and I wanted to apply it to the 3 completed Erebus PDF troopers. So I did








Thanks Again for viewing my blog/plog!

i really love the bright colors you choose on your ig, its very different, but in a good way

Thanks Rogue Wolves, the greens and blues really seem to like each other and now with the snow base it makes the colors pop even more.

Thanks for the colors on the lasguns!

They really do pop. I like the green armor on the Jannissary too. I tried something similar with some browns last night, I think I finally found a scheme I like for them. Now to see if a bright green lasgun will work with them.

Snow looks great on them too. Really completes that great cold feeling (now if only we could get some real snow here)

You sure have a lot of projects going on simultaniously!

I'm a big fan of the Jannissaries in particular. What will you be playing them as?

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

Thanks for commenting and viewing!

@sparkywtf; No problemo, in case you're interested the janissary armor is Gretchin Green (Foundation), the strapping is Camo Green, and the BDUs are Catachan Green. All have a Badab Black wash then the respective greens re-applied on the raised sections. Nothing to difficult

@Rawson; I get bored very easily I will be playing the janissaries as Imperial Guard (sorry if you meant something else, I'm still fairly new to the wargaming aspect of the hobby). Got fairly big plans for this army, my only goal at the moment is to finish a complete unit or troop selection.

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GS 'd Clansire Denard's shotty and it is now complete. Also primed and washed the little bugger so he is ready for base colors!!
First up, some shots of the GS work:




Then primed (front):


(rear):


Finally a black wash to pick up detail when I apply the base colors (front):


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(rear):


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Got some more work to do on the vox operator, then work will start on a heavy weapons team.

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Uriel Ventris is in the same stage of Clansie Denard; he is GS' d, primed and washed!!
Here is the GS shot; I wanted the cloak to appear that it is over a small portion of his helmet (hopefully I pulled it off...)


Here are the primed shots (front):


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Here are the washed shots (front):


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Thanks again for viewing my blog/plog, hopefully will get some painting done and more posts up sooner rather than later!

shotty looks sweet man, cant waite to see him painted up

Thanks Rogue Wolves, it's not as thick and meaty like the SM scout shotgun but the slide from the scout shotty actually worked out really well!

i like the look of it much better too

Howdy, been working on assembling the janissary veteran squad #1 and have finally got 10 minis
I originally had 6 janissaries in various stages of WIP (i.e: sgt, 3 troopers, grenade launcher, & vox operator) but now I can add the remaining 4 (i.e: heavy weapon gunner + loader, 1 trooper, & melta-gunner).
NB: following minis are in various WIP stages

First up, the heavy weapon team; heavy bolter gunner & loader/spotter
- heavy bolter gunner (side)


- heavy bolter gunner (front)


- heavy bolter loader/spotter (side/front aka nut shot!); eventually he will have ammo boxes between legs on the ground and one arm holding binoculars and the other arm will be pointing in a direction (most probably directly ahead...)


Next up, the trooper/ammo holder for the grenade launcher (the ammo holder angle is pure fluff - I wanted to put something extra on this guy...)
- (front)


- (rear)


Finally the melta-gunner; this is a conversion using the Necron warrior rifle and a SM melta-gun front.
This conversion will have a robotic arm (similar to Clansire Denard)


I'll get a group shot in the next couple of days; I'm excited, a partially assembled 10 man squad !!!
Need to get some more heads before I can finish these so that is an excellent excuse to visit the FLGS...

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Work has begun on another member of Clansire Denard's command squad; the vox operator.
He will eventually have a beret similar to his commander and of course a shotgun (although his shotgun will be a little different to his commander's... )


I'll admit work has not started on the remaining members of the overall command squad, still trying to figure out how to kit out the squad... it will hit me soon, just need to peruse the other blogs for ideas to stea... oops borrow

On the topic of Clansire Denard and his command squad, work has also begun on their transport; a chimera with an autocannon instead of the lascannon. This is a conversion using the FW model as inspiration
I've used the SM predator auto-cannon, will eventually either drill circular holes/vents or cut rectangular holes/vents...



Eventually there will be a heavy stubber and a search light, but these will come when the main body has been built.

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Here is a little bit of work on my Deathwatch kill-teams... nothing more than 2 more minis I'm afraid...

Deathwatch SM - Brother Bernadi (Blood Angels)




Deathwatch SM - Captain Fentor (Mortifactors)


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Thanks to all who have been viewing, keep it sleazy people
(man I love orkmoticons!!)

a plesent update sir, i like the looks of the spotter alot so far. plus im interested in seeing how you go about the melta and vox...

Liking the conversions!

Thanks for the comments Rogue Wolves and sparkyftw!
Very glad you're liking the conversions, there should be more WIP in the next coming days. Also I'm hoping to get some PIP shots as well!!

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One of my older posts on the first page mentioned some comparison shots between some 40K plastic (& metal) and other manufacturers' plastic. Well I've finally gotten the comparison shots done and uploaded so here goes...
First off I will show what two other kits I've used for different pieces, the image of the kit will be in spoiler boxes...

1/48 scale kit

1/35 scale kit

- oil drums; the green oil drum is 1/48 scale and the grey oil drum is from the 40K IG Chimera kit




- jerry cans (left --> right); 40K IG Chimera kit, 40K metal IG tank stowage, 1/48 kit


- backpacks & pouches (top --> bottom); 40K Catachan command squad, 40K Catachan command squad, 1/48 kit


- pouches (top --> bottom / left --> right); 40K Catachan command squad / 1/48 kit, 1/48 kit, 1/35 kit


- folded cloth (left --> right); 40K SM Scout Landspeeder kit, 40K metal IG tank stowage, 40K SM Scout Landspeeder kit, 1/48 kit, 1/48 kit, 1/48 kit, 1/48 kit, 1/48 kit


- boxes (top --> bottom); 40K IG Chimera kit, 40K metal IG tank stowage


- ammo boxes (top --> bottom); 40K IG Chimera kit, 40K metal IG tank stowage


- tank stowage (top --> bottom); 40K IG Chimera kit, 40K metal IG tank stowage


- rolled canvas (top --> bottom); 40K SM Scout Landspeeder kit, 40K metal IG tank stowage


- rolled large canvas (top --> bottom); 40K SM Scout Landspeeder kit, 40K metal IG tank stowage


- heavy bolters (top --> bottom); 40K IG heavy weapon kit, 40K SM Scout Landspeeder kit, 40K SM Scout squad
this has to do with a future post I'll be putting up, at the moment I just wanted to get the idea out there that there are different sized weapons for different sized races/peoples/sub-humans/SM/etc...


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One question before I split; could a MOD or someone else please let me know how to change/edit the thread title... I would like to add some more text to my thread title but don't know how PM is ok...
Thanks again for viewing!

edit the FIRST post, and it will allow you to change title

Thank you kind sir, you are a gentleman and a scholar!

Before an update on some of the janissaries from the last post, a WIP of an objective marker (fuel dump) showing the size comparison between a mini and some 1/48 scale pieces




Some work was done on the heavy bolter team; both the gunner and the spotter.. Still missing the heads, but hopefully these should be coming soon.
The gunner is ok, the heavy bolter is pointing up though... not really shooting the moon kind of thing but you can tell the trajectory is raised, oh well
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(other side)


The spotter is ok also, the arms are in the position I was hoping for
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(other side)


A little bit of shotgun work was done on Denard's vox operator, still not finished but slowly getting there.
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(side)


And finally a little addition on Denard; the inspiration was the character Captain Colby in Apocalypse Now;
- the first assassin to go after Kurtz and who Willard later encounters in Kurtz's compound, Colby has a scalp on his shotty but I didn't want to go that extreme


...and now a little group love
firstly, the slowly expanding Command Squad comprising of Clansire Denard and a vox operator.


secondly, the slowly assembling and painting Veteran Squad Barlowe of Clan Denard





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Thanks for viewing my blog/plog! Aiming to get some painting done in the next couple of days, while waiting for the Catachan heads. Hopefully get some Erebus PDF shots up...

they are looking fine sir, and i really.. really like this spotter so far!

Loving the look of everything! Love the shotgun conversion especially, giving me some ideas for my friend's upcoming InquisiMunda campaign.

Also, BOLT THROWER!

I love the masks and shotguns. But I would give them some sort of spec ops black flak armor instead of regular IG carapace.

Thanks for the comments and the views! Helps with the motivation (sometimes... )
Got a small little update, but unfortunately haven't gotten any more Catachan heads so as a result the remaining janissaries are not fully assembled

@Rogue Wolves; I'm very happy that you're still liking the spotter, he's almost finished and while waiting for the heads I'm adding some accessories to him; a backpack with extra ammo belts (sorry, no photo of that this time...oops) and his weapon

@Andrewgeddon; Thanks for checking out my blog/plog I would like to see what you come up with for your friend's campaign.
Oh yeah, don't forget to bang your head (man, there needs to be a head-banging orkmoticon; whipping a massive mane of orkish hair, throwing up the sign of the horns...)

@Avatrass; Thanks for commenting! I like the idea of putting some Vessorines in different armor instead of regular IG carapace. I will definitely do this with other members of the clan that I'm building up!
One thing which has been nagging me about this squad since reading your comment, is that if I want to play them as veterans with the grenadier option they must look the part, especially in the armor department... Been thinking of 'unveteran'ing these guys and have them as a type of armored fist squad and then modelling some new veterans with proper armor that reflects their grenadier status... oh well, back to my notes/lists (but this is actually a good thing )

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As mentioned above I've been working on adding some accessories to the remaining janissaries while waiting for their heads, but haven't been able to decide on a spot for the spotter's weapon; across his legs or against his outstretched leg
1). Across the legs

** This one is my favourite as it appears that the weapon is more reachable in this position than the next position...**

2). Against the outstretched leg


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Have performed a little bit of work on my objective marker (i.e: the fuel dump)
- added a camo netting over the barrels,
- added a little siphon from one barrel to one of the jerry cans




Primed shots;








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Also work has started on Clansire Denard's personal bodyguard (counts as Nork Deddog);
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Again want to thank you all for the comments and for viewing, sorry for the lack of updates - I know I'm slow

So much win, Love what your doing look forward to seeing more

I just found this post, I must say I love your Jannissaries! The first thing I thought of was 'Army of Two' and the crazy masks you can get in that game. Would you consider making some different designs on the masks, maybe for commanders/sergeants? I think you could really get creative in that respect while still tying them into the rest of the army because they'd all have to same color armor. Just a thought, I look forward to more!

hmm for the spotter, i think the rifle looks more natural when its on his lap, i feel like it would be unconfortible resting it agains your knee you know?

Rogue Wolves wrote:hmm for the spotter, i think the rifle looks more natural when its on his lap, i feel like it would be unconfortible resting it agains your knee you know?

more like on his shin. but it looks pretty natural in either position... I might steal the Chron facemask idea for another "necromunda" gang... later.. after I have money to spend after finishing my termichrons... sigh.

Galorn wrote: I might steal the Chron facemask idea for another "necromunda" gang... later..

thats my plan too!