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Nice work making them fit together.
As for scheme, you could try the Kasrkin way, which is just your basic infantry colours with an added camo pattern on top...

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Hailsham

 Guardling wrote:
Nice work making them fit together.
As for scheme, you could try the Kasrkin way, which is just your basic infantry colours with an added camo pattern on top...


Thank you, I will delve into some old codexes.

The 2002 codex was a good source, pretty much when the Cadians (and Kasrkin) got a big shot in the arm. On page 20 there's a good shot of Kasrkin models so I've tried to base the paint job off of these.



I wouldn't say it's finished yet, a couple of areas need touching up and I overdid the drybrushing on the gun oh and a wash to darken it down but it's a good start so far

until next time

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Hailsham

The meltagun scion is finished:



The Palanite Subjugator patrol kit arrived to and, well I had to kitbash it right away of course!



The subjugator armour realy helps him stand out above the rest of the team and helps give him a more commanding prescence, armed with a plasma pistol and power sword (standard on my platoon leaders) he fills the slot of tempestor prime well.

I still need to paint these boys however and have found that deciding on a paint scheme has been the hardest part, also i'm out of nuln oil! fingers crossed I'll get into gear and get them done soon.

In the meantime I went into a huge kitbashing session building 35 models for various squads in the army and organising them into little sealable bags which I hope will help in painting the wee buggers:



essentially what we have here are:

10man squad of cadians that I finally got round to doing
6x Autocannon weapons teams (I love autocannoons)
3x Mortar weapons teams
6x Snipers
Also a heavy bolter position with 2 3d printed dead guardsmen that I plan on using on the valkyrie base when I get around to building it!

where this all fits into the army is currently up in the air and may require a re-organise of the army list but thats a bridge I'll cross when I come to it.

until next time

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Hailsham

Both Scion squad are painted now with Beta squad drying up after a wash of Nuln oil.

Alpha squad is all present and correct for you viewing pleasure:

First up is the sarge with a chainsword and hot shot laspistol:



second is the squad special weapon carier with a meltagun: (yes it's the same picture as before)



finally we have the standard troopers:









Conversion wise I'm happy how these turned out, the look a bit more beefy than the standard scion kit and the hand connections lined up pretty well without too much chopping and filing.
The paint job has grown on me, I must say it was the hardest part of building this squad but once it's all finished and dry It's not looking to bad.

Beta squad is pretty much done too, I'm just letting the wash dry overnight before I let the camera loose on it. the Tempestor prime still needs painting and this should be something I get around to in the next few days, he won't get a command squad made up for him as I don't have enough parts - something I may revisit in the future

Until next time

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Again, looking good man.

Do try to post the photos in a larger res though, they're tiny now and I really like to see some more details.
   
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Hailsham

 DoctorDanny wrote:
Again, looking good man.

Do try to post the photos in a larger res though, they're tiny now and I really like to see some more details.


Thank you Danny

I've gone through the pictures and (after finding the appropriate link) managed to get them displaying in a higher Res, I'll try to get this done across the whole thread so all the previous posts will benefit from it too.

Back to the army and Beta squad has been finished and is ready for inspection:



Firstly the Sarge with a standard chainsword and hot shot laspistol



Up next are the 3 standard lasmen:







Finally the squads special weapons carrier with a flamer:





I decided to go with canisters rather than a fuel tank as they would probably be less awkward when it comes to moving around a forest - how much of a pain would it be if the fuel hose snagged a branch in the middle of a firefight!

The tempestor prime will be up next when I get some spare hours

until next time

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The Scions are great, looking forward to what you do with the prime
Are you going to squeeze a Palinite in the Scion coat or do something different?

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I like them!

I take it the next tempestor prime will be a subjugator again? Perhaps you could give him a powerfist. Useless in game for s3 models, but they allways look good.
   
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Hailsham

Thanks again for the kind words

I have indeed gone for another Palanite model for the Tempestor Prime although I used a subjugator model instead of the standard patrol guys. The subjugator is a lot bulkier than the other enforcers so represents a prime quite well, although I wont be adding the coat for a few reasons: getting something to fit neatly feels like it would be more work than I'm prepared to do / I just sold a lot of unwanted spares (including the scion coats) / I'm not a fan of the scion sculpts and the way they generaly look, call me old fashioned but the older Kasrkin/stormtroopers look better.

One idea I had toyed with was a servo skull rising from behind him but couldn't find a suitable part (yet)

enough talk heres the finished model:



Yep it is the standard Plasma pistol / Power sword loadout nothing different regarding the style or paintjob I'm mainly relying on the size difference to convey his leadership role

Next to one of the standard squad sargeants you can see the difference:



The base had to be 32mm as it wouldn't fit on anything else!

finishing the temestus contingent brings the army total up to 4,424 points, so looking at whats left to build the 5000 mark is going to be well and truly smashed.

Until next time



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Hailsham

Continuing with infantry and pluging through the prebuilt bags I blue petered (made earlier) I've got a trio of mortar teams painted up and battle ready.


As always kitbashes are the norm, using parts from a few different kits and I found an alternative use for the metal tank rider model too...

I always try to add a little story to weapons team, a little diorama if you will. In the end you've got two people on a base so why not make them interact like they would be in (fictional) real life.

I should say that ground details like mortar rounds, sandbags, plants, and general basing will be done in the future along with the rest of the army

First up is is a pretty standard pose but with a standing reload rather than a kneeling one



The second one is what I like to call 'you don't say.....' I imagine the guy on the right has just said something along the lines of "the Orks are here" and the guy on the left looks away from his binoculars to give him a sarcy look.



Third and final is 'the handover' a simple pose of the reloader passing mortar rounds to the loader as he shouts at someone/something



with these teams done I've taken 6 models off my to do list and have taken the points total upto 4,474.

Aside from painting a bit of indirect fire I've revisited the Inquisition, I've no intention to use this guy on the tabletop but I did want to make (3d print) him as he is part of Praxerenas story arc.
Having found this 3Dprinted Inquisitor model on My mini factory I just had to print him off as he was a perfect representation of Inquisitor Dimitri Hayle, Praxerenas saviour and mentor throughout her early life



This was attempt number four the first being way to small, with two and three causing me issues with supports. There are still a few problems with some scarring from removing the supports but Ireckon I can fill these in or make it look like battle damage.

I will get him painted up soon!

So the next step is more infantry and probably more lore to be written as I've introduced another character who will pop up inthe future

Also I should do a Necron update!

Until next time

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Hailsham

Yep more autocannons!

3 teams to be exact, all painted and ready for shooty time.

I've not gone to much length conversion wise with these ones, just a couple of different poses for the reloader really - the operator is still very standard.

Team A has a standing loader. The main kit bash on this is a hand swap on the pointing arm and (out of sight) the left arm is carrying a spare ammo drum, together with his leg stance it gives the model some motion.



Team B is pretty standard out of the box with both operators kneeling down, I think the torso swap is all thats changed here.



Team C, again just a swap between kits using a guardsman from the standard infantry kit to represent the loader



I have three more Autocannon teams left to paint up, two of these follow a similar kitbash them as these Three but the third is quite different as is probably my favorite so far.
These will get done in due time, for now i've been prepping some armour for a respray.
My squad of hellhound tanks are being called up to battle! First stop is a few fixes to loose parts and to put the masking socks on:





As with nearly all my armour these were bought 2nd hand off ebay, hence the exisiting paint job. All three came armed with a heavy flamer and I see no reason to change that, also the track guards were already fitted by the previous owner which I'm very happy to keep so I can charge these bad boys into the enemy and set everything on fire!

The only downside is the turret fittings, all the turrets have the older style 'plastic pin' but only one tank has a corresponding fitting which may mean i'll need to glue the turrets in place to keep them safe.



It's not a bad thing, more of an annoyance because I can't swivel the turret round making shooty noises (don't look at me like that I know you do it too!)

This brings my Army total up to 4,524 points and 28 models left to complete, I've updated the fiction to bring a third force into the war on Pharous. However unlike the Necrons I doubt I'll be buying the codex for them but I will build them just for the fun of it

Until next time

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Hailsham

After a quiet month or so Iended up having a mass painting session (weekend)

The first bits to come off the drying line are the Hellhound tanks:



Standard painting process for these, after a spray with Montana Olive green I'll paint indivdual parts like weapons or equipment after this and then a heavy dry brushing all over with Iron breaker.
Finally a dousing of Agrax Earthshade for that dirty battleweary look.

They all look the same so Only one close up is needed




Having completed these roling firebombs I moved onto finishing my last three Sentinel walkers.

I already have four completed (one flamer two Lascannons and an Autocannon) so completeing these will balance out the squadron into it's seperate groups nicely, for modelling sake I'll show the completed ones on here to starting with the Heavy Flamer:



This guy is a one off, a rough, tough loner. The pilot carries extra equipment with him so he can carry out missions for longer and further away when needed and has done away with the cockpit cage for better visability when in the warzone. Truth be told I broke it when repairing the model (it's 2nd hand) but it's a good excuse

Next up are the three Lascannon Toting Sentinels:







To break these down I've used a few different extra bits on the base as well as different poses to make them individual and look a bit more dynamic. The Tyranid Spawn pool (i think) really fits in with the catachan predatory plant theme whereas the half barrel and ruined brickwork give the other two a ruined battlefield feel.







The Final three are all armed with my favorite weapon - Autocannons!

Again these are posed with bits on the base for the whole dynamic look:

A twig from outside gives the illusion of creeping through a forest, whilst the sentinel in the middle has just crushed an Ork that wasn't paying attention (not the best angle but that is a Ork Boyz arm) I've been experimenting with shapries on models recently hence the very green colouring.

The last sentinel is my favorite, possibly a little over dynamic? It took a lot of fiddly posing with the legs, feet and barrels but it sat nicely in the end. I've given the pilot and outstretched arm and hand as if he was shouting in anger after a retreating enemy he's been chasing "c'mon is that all you've got!?"

The Whole Squadron together:



As you can see I love to pose these models and customize te pilots as much as possible, this is mainly done by slizing the torso off the pilot model in the Sentinel kit and replacing it with one from a guardsman kit, the heavy weapons operator arms make good control sticks.

All these completed bring the army total upto 5,014 so Have hit the target I set myself two years ago!

So What now?

I do still have more to build and paint so continued expansion of the army will probably continue. whats left to do?

1x Cadian infantry squad to paint (10 models)
3x Autocannon Heavy weapons teams to paint (technically 9 models if we included both guardsmen and the guns)
6x Snipers to tidy up (filing gaps) and paint
3x Basillisks to paint
1x Valkyrie to build and paint

so not much in the grand scheme of things, the Valk will be a project though as I'll be using the doors in an open position so the inside will get painted too as well as the clear cockpit, I plan to re-vsit some of the models I built when I started the army and rearrange some units into different squads. I'm primarly thinking giving each platoon commander a squad containing an Autocannon, sniper, and a vet with another spec weapon or vox caster I want to take advantage of the better ballistic skill here. My other reshuffle would be the commanders squad, taking out the heavy bolter and giving him some more mobility with special weapons.

Hopefuly the 9th edition codex rears it's head soon and the changes I've made wont have to be undone!

Until Next Time














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Nice Sentinel Squad! Looks really cool. Always appreciate some nice Guard.

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Hailsham

 Pyroalchi wrote:
Nice Sentinel Squad! Looks really cool. Always appreciate some nice Guard.


Awesome thank you

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Nice going, love the HW squad mortar poses. I agree also that autocannons are cool. If you ever need spares gimme a shout i've got a few in the bits box innit

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Where did you get the headlights for the Chimeras?
   
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Hailsham

PaddyMick wrote:Nice going, love the HW squad mortar poses. I agree also that autocannons are cool. If you ever need spares gimme a shout i've got a few in the bits box innit


Awesome thank you appreciate the offer

Dirk Reinecke wrote:Where did you get the headlights for the Chimeras?


I got them from a seller on ebay, I couldn't find the exact ones I bought but these are pretty much the same:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chimera-Compatible-Tank-Track-Guards-Astra-Militarum-/114632658243?hash=item1ab0a38d43



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Hailsham

I've had a productive week so far - 16 models (19 if you include the auocannons) painted and finished.

First to show are the Autocannon teams:

Team 4 and 5 are pretty standard kitbashes, mainly the swapping of parts between kits, I've gone with an action arm and a weapon arm on both reloaders and the gunners are in their standard firing kneel.





Team 6 is my favorite out of all the weavy weapons teams so far - thegun has suffered a jam and one guardsman is desperately trying to fix it as the other is holding off the enemy.



as with all the teams basing and extra ammo etc.. will be added later

My second finished set of figures for the week is the 3rd squad of cadians:



yep pretty much kit swaps abound! But heres a few more individual troopers:

Bolter Wielding Sgt


Injured plasma gunner (honestly I had run out of arms)


Finally Lasman with a grenade:


These completed squads bring the army total up to 5,126 points

next up is getting to grips with green stuff so I can get the 6 snipers finished.

until next time








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So you're past the 5K mark and still going? Sign of an addicted - ahem I mean dedicated - hobbyist. Great work keep it up!

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Hailsham

 PaddyMick wrote:
So you're past the 5K mark and still going? Sign of an addicted - ahem I mean dedicated - hobbyist. Great work keep it up!


A bit of both I think!

I would also say that I can't bare to se unbuilt and unpainted models on my shelf so this has contributed to passing the 5K mark! of course this will probably change when the new codex drops and I do plan to re-organise the army once the snipers are done




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Hailsham

Made a push to get the snipers finished off this week, all 6 are painted up and on their bases ready to headshot some poor xeno scum.













Most of these are made out of the box with the addition of beret heads the scions kit and kneeling poses from the heavy weapons kits. I've added as twig for one model so that his cape would fit, the other kneeling cape figure has just had it cut off to fit.

Speaking of the capes here's a better view:



the rough lines you can see are a first attempt at using bicarb and superglue to fill gaps - I never knew about this and it worked brilliantly!

Next up on the production line is the Inquisitorial Valkyrie!

I've already started building sub assemblys to make painting easier, I intend to have the doors open so I can include the Bolters which is another reason for building this in stages - I want to be able to look inside and see a painted interior rather than plain plastic! I've found some Inquisitorial symbols to 3D print I just need to sort out resizing them



Both inside and out will be spay painted grey, probably darker outside and lighter in and then the usual detail picking and drybrushing will come into play.

The base will be getting a good treatment too, I've 3D printed a couple of dead troopers and will be using a Heavy bolter, ammo crates, sandbags, and other battlefield bits to represent a position having been overun.



Snipers added brings the total points value to 5,206!

I'll be cracking on with the Valk this week so hopefully that will be the subject of the next update.

Until next time


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Hailsham

The Valkyrie has been basecoated today and is currently drying off.

I've just printed off the Inquisitorial Iconography and took a quick pick of it, considering it's been scaled down by about 90% the detail is still there.



It measures about 8mm in height hence the blurring of detail but once painted and stuck onto the bird I don't it will be too much of an issue and I can always print it again if it doesn't suit

until next time

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Great idea for the flyer base, one of those you see and say 'wish i'd thought of that!'

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Hailsham

 PaddyMick wrote:
Great idea for the flyer base, one of those you see and say 'wish i'd thought of that!'


Cheers I've had that thought many times too

I've started painting and assembling the Cockpit today, didn't want to go overboard on detailing as it's not something that going to be seen regularly so just the uppermost instruments and then screen



The crew are fully painted however and fit in place nicely



I gave them red shoulder pads to tie in with the inquisition feel.

For some reason the kit and the instructions dont match up completely for the cockpit so what I thought was going to be a nice, clear, smudge free clear piece is now not so clear :(
The culprit was a arch of plastic supposed to go inbetween the clear pieces, its fitted now and the canopy fits much better but without the intended outcome



I'll tidy the area up with some paint but I can live with the imperfections, starting to tackle the main hold area now so will post once thats done

until next time

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Hailsham

Progress on the gunners and the interior today:





Now I think there's some QC issues with this individual kit (I got it off ebay as a sealed box) the majority of the parts go together fine but when assembling the bigger components together nothing lines up or fit's properly, I've got gaps all over the place and I've ended up using super glue, force, and colourful fething language to get it all to fit. I started off wanting to enjoy this one but I haven't really done that at all, I'm still going to finish it though as I can't just give up on the project if I can save it at the end - great if not I might just buy a pre built one from ebay and use this one as crashed terrain

apologies for the unhappy update on this one

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It's done, I've finished it - the valkyrie is complete.

I feel I could've done a better job on this but with the gaps and dodgy fitting my motivation wasn't going to last that long, fair enough the issues that presented themselves can be resolved and I'm sure its not completely down to a bad kit but I'm calling it a day before it actually flies out the window.

First things first the base:



First time using Geek Gaming Scenics base ready products and i'm very impressedwith how they turn out, next time I do a base this bit I might put any features down after the basing has been done as the guardsmen look a bit overgrown!




I haven't done anything special with the paint job here,pretty much a coat of grey with specific features picked out and a drybrush with ironbreaker and balthasar gold across most of the body. I also added the small inquisition symbol to the cockpit sides, which are a bit too small to paint properly but the desired effect is achieved.



So heres the finished model.

Am I happy with it? Yes overall, despite it being an absolute ball ache I'm happy with how it turned out - even if two bits fell off already and one of the gunners inside has come loose and is now rattling around inside.

Next time however I'll buy a pre built one!

this brings the army total up to 5,371 points

With the 'defence' part of the force wrapping up in the army lore I think i'll paint up the last couple of models left and start basing everything (seriously nothing is based its a sea of black circles) in time for the new codex to drop and an army restructure. It's also about time I started introducing the Necron forces properly now so expect to see them soon.

Until Next time


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Hailsham

Had a quick finish for my Proxy commissar yarrick today

I main body is just a commissar I found on ebay a couple of years ago, the sword is long gone but the storm bolter makes a good match for Yarricks.

The power claw is from a Ork nob kit I think with the power pack and cable coming from a chopped up SOB power pack and the cable from a necromunda gun.

Painted up (loosely) to the late 3rd edition codex refernce picture





Just a quick one this time bringing the points up to 5,476

Until next time


Road to 5k Points current standing - 5,200

Astra Militarum army thread: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/801034.page

Army fiction thread https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/801004.page#11222210 
   
Made in gb
Drop Trooper with Demo Charge





Hailsham

Todays has seen the last of the Armour completed!

I was seriously thinking about not using these but after some thought about raining death upon my enemies from out of sight I changed my mind!





These are a bit darker than my other armour as I usually respray them an olive green then a heavy drybrush, however I left these in the dark green they arrived in (another ebay purchase) and gave them a lighter drybrush.
I figured these being artllery pieces they would stay behing the front line and not get so heavily damaged

Total points after these big guns are added is now 5,851

This wa going to be the end of the army build but I've got a surprise model on the go at the moment, I had no intention of including one of these but it came with this months imperium magazine parcel and I couldn't resist.
It's drying at the moment so will wait until tomorrow to upload a post about it

Until next time




Road to 5k Points current standing - 5,200

Astra Militarum army thread: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/801034.page

Army fiction thread https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/801004.page#11222210 
   
Made in gb
Drop Trooper with Demo Charge





Hailsham

So this is it - the last model in the army (for now)

I had no intention of having a techpriest in the army but part of me wanted to build something new and I aso wanted to try a paint to a guide for once too see how things turned out:



Definetely different to what I normaly paint but it was a good experience to have, and worthy of a place in the force

This unexpected additing brings the total points cost to: 5,886

Tomorrow I'll be getting everything out and have an evaluation of whats left to do (apart from basing) The whole army comes in at around 246 models in it's current form so i hope I don't need to do much!

until next time

Road to 5k Points current standing - 5,200

Astra Militarum army thread: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/801034.page

Army fiction thread https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/801004.page#11222210 
   
 
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