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Not much done last few days just the special weapons troopers, they give a good idea of the pads though.

If there are any leaguers watching...


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My 1st rivets enjoying this

Done the front end, replaced some of the rivets to better fit

Finished my 1st squad! Whoop!
Lost my fine detail brush however, just as I was getting the hang of technique aswell!

Dug this old project up to bulk out the ranks. Attempted this a while back but never posted the finnished result, well hear you go aha my scratch built Russ.
...needs rivets.

I like the tiger stripe of that Russ.

It looks good, but I really recommend you to thin your paints just a bit more, white tends to be clumpy.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:I like the tiger stripe of that Russ.

Cheers! Planning to do the tanks different schemes but might use this as the standered, as I really like the red and the cream.

Matthew wrote:It looks good, but I really recommend you to thin your paints just a bit more, white tends to be clumpy.

Ah yeah I see what you mean, I will do thanks! Will end up doing 10washes of white haha.
Some proggress on squad two, now I know what I want them too look like can do them in bulk
Started fabricating my own meltas, shorted the barrale so I won't have to cut slits. There definitely going to end up lacking detail but will do the job I reckon.
Comments and critique welcome.

Not sure which is better, one is closer to the melts design but is a bit chunky, thoughts?

The meltas look OK, not great but OK.

Since you're putting so much work into the army through maybe some metlas from one of the alternate bits companies would work? Off the top of my head Victoria Lamb, Puppets War and Mad Robot all make them.

Kid_Kyoto 66839179 dae7645f252c5c2fc20e6cb1a609a0ed.jpg wrote:The meltas look OK, not great but OK.

Since you're putting so much work into the army through maybe some metlas from one of the alternate bits companies would work? Off the top of my head Victoria Lamb, Puppets War and Mad Robot all make them.

Good idea, had a look theres some good choices, some interesting ones on shapeways. Bit short of cash tho atm it being Christmas then newyear

Finnished my freya tank, think she looks oryte. Quite simple detail but hopefully effective.

The Freya is quite the different design! The deck between the treads would allow for some safe transport of tank riders to leap off and go to work doing infantry like things!

and rivets!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
The Freya is quite the different design! The deck between the treads would allow for some safe transport of tank riders to leap off and go to work doing infantry like things!

and rivets!

Hhaha Always
maybe i should add a guard rail, you know, to guard my guard Na, i think they'd end up as a squishy plate of armour on the front. Am thinking about adding a bit off length to russ to make a new pattern which could carry 10 troops and a Punisher, demolisher or conquer gun so i can get up close then dumb vets in there face! Ahem. can't decide between that or having a crack at the malcador atm though.

So done almost no work recently as iv'e moved back into my house and all the festivities so had no spare time to either set up a space or get on with any of the projects, so instead iv'e gone and created another one to add to my work load!
Whatcha guys think of my new stc?

2nd vet squad mostly done, just the melta guys left. Will prob get them off Victoria miniatures. Got a 2nd BTR transport and started various stuff on russes but still recovering from a massive nye!

Gotta have the troops to go with the tanks right?

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Gotta have the troops to go with the tanks right?

Yeah need something to soak up the bullets

Started on the 2nd apc.

Is that a 1/48 scale BTR?

Yeah, its Kitech they do 70s & 80s rocket luncher versions

stonned_astartes wrote:Yeah, its Kitech they do 70s & 80s rocket luncher versions

Cool on the rocket launcher carrier version.

On the troop level my metals from victoria miniatures came and i messed around with some boarding shield ideas.

Also started on the melta troopers.

Decided upon my turret layout for the btr's, keeps the original look. 1st go at fabricating an autocannon went quite well, tiring a heavy bolter now but its not quite as simple aha.

The melts dudes are looking cool. I like the scarfs around the faces.

EDC

evildrcheese wrote:The melts dudes are looking cool. I like the scarfs around the faces.

EDC

Cheers, i wish i had put them on every model in the 1st squad, just finished the 2nd squad meltas and all and they look much better all with shamags.

I have a fully usable fully mobile force, if not in a totally finished state.
Also finished the 2nd BTR turret with scratch built heavy bolter and autocannon, also making some smoke launchers to use up that space. Not sure if they should all be slanted up though.

Some progress! Started painting the 2nd squad.

Very good! looking forwards to their introduction! I now have the 2nd 10man squad of my own built and displayed, just needs painting!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Very good! looking forwards to their introduction! I now have the 2nd 10man squad of my own built and displayed, just needs painting!

Thats the hard part i reckon, the painting. Yeah well hopefully theyll be seeing there 1st battle in the coming weeks, got a mate back into it hopefully.

Did some work in an effot to finnish one of the russ's, didn't fancy making another standard hull weapon so had a look on forgeworld for some inspiration and came out with this. Ran out of plastic glue just as I was Finnishing, had to cut it open