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Just a small update tonight. In preparation for the upcoming kill team game, I've painted up a pair of Pegasus gothic ruins.




Overall, I give their terrain a "Go" (on the go/no-go scale). It wasn't expensive, it's sturdy and well detailed, and it blends in nicely with GW's stuff.

Dan

Quick terrain update today - I finished the supply connexes for the FOB.

There are 2 connexes full of class VI, and the other 2 are for everything else. That's a bit of a joke for anyone familiar with the US army supply system.




I got a good deal on another 60 Catachans or so, so expect more updates soon enough... damn you trading forums, damn you!

Dan

Well seeing as there are in a jungle i would stock tha up with a crap load of bug spray and deodorant. Hope you have a Class VIII Conex for the bumps and bruises.

Don't forget a container full of Empra-Cola

Awesome army, really full of character

but can I ask where the containers came from

The containers are from the AT-43 kits - I found someone willing to part with them on bartertown. And yes, there is a class VIII connex for all the emporer's DEET laden bug repellent. I might have to model a drop pallet's worth of smokes and cokes...

Dan

Class VI? CLASS VI?! You should know full and well that there's never any class VI....

Well, Devil Co. is an SF company, and I've never known them to be hurting for Class VI.

*Walks back to HMMWV and climbs back up into the turret, all the while mumbling something hateful under his breath about those fething spec ops guys takin all the honey buns*

Hey man, somebody's got to eat those honey buns - the tape test is always right around the corner. Have a strawberry poptart instead!

Anyway, so I picked up 79 guys for 80 bucks in a couple of ebay deals recently, and I painted up the first 12 here. Now mind you, these were a salvage job, and so they aren't converted as heavily as I'd usually do. They're going to represent an attachment company that the regiment sliced to Devil Co. for support on their missions (cordons and such):





But then I decided to do the rest a little differently - I'm going to batch paint the other 67 guys. Yeah, I know, it's a ridiculous idea, and I'm sure I'll regret it soon enough, but there it is in writing, so I can't back out now. I'll post pics as they come. My goal is to wrap them up in 3 weeks - before I have to head to the field for a few months. Any bets on whether they'll be done?

Here's the group shot of all of them assembled, cleaned up, and converted. The 10ish in the back with paint on them are the rest of the salvage models from the above pics - they'll be painted over.




Oh, and then after that I'm going to make a Catachan Commissar Yarrick. There, that's on paper too now - I'm committed.

Dan

You have some amazing work. Looking back through your posts, you did an 8 man squad starting with no conversions to fully painted in 3 days, so I have faith that you can fully paint these in 3 weeks time.

If you haven't done assembly line painting, some tips I've found that work for me are:

Group models by the feature type. If you're painting a detail on the body, for example, group them by all models that have that detail.

Use one color at a time (duh). In addition to this, I like to do all details that will require the same brush size at one time. I've found that not switching brushes has significantly decreased my painting time.

The last thing that I've found has helped me alot is to set a goal each day. My goal right now is to do some painting each day. Even if it's only for 15 minutes, it means I'm always making progress.

Yeah, I'm tracking pretty well how to make it happen - it's mostly a question of whether or not I can stay focused. I finished basing them last night, and got the skin base coat painted on.

More to come!

I finished the 66 guys (the 67th is being converted into a Catachan CPT Al'Rahem) ahead of schedule and got a wild hair up my ass to build FOB Devil and take a team picture. Here are the results - be prepared for a ton of pics.

First, the 66 guys:















And now the FOB Pics. This is D Co at full strength (180+ guys now). One platoon is manning the walls with the heavy weapons, and the COL is leading the rest of the boys (with the ogryn squad spearheading) in an assault out the gate. The aviation is coming in from the rear.











Oof. That was quite an ordeal. D Co is going on the back burner for a bit, at least until I get to try them in a game. Next up for them, I'm going to finish the other 2 walker style sentinels and add more weapon squads. The army has gotten to the point that it's quite a pain in the ass to move around on the table. I guess I need to add some movement trays. Still, the inner dork in me can't resist the sight of massed infantry on the table, so I'll probably add more sooner or later!

Hope you enjoy,

C&C welcome.

Dan

Fantastic pics man! D company is legendary. They look in charge all set up like that.I can't wait for a battle report.

Wow. Seeing the whole D-company together looks really great. Inspirational work, and they're looking very good, I wouldn't know they were batch-painted just by looking at them!

That looks great.

Wow, amazing conversions and the continuous quality is astounding as well.

Good job, hope to see more

Epic army. Nice job.

Awesome army, great stuff!

How did you make the sand bags?

I gave these guys about 25 dollars: http://www.exodus-road.com/xcart/product.php?productid=121921&cat=529&bestseller=Y

It was worth every penny.

^ Thanks man

Can't stop....wanting...to go...buy....many Catachan models and use their old pdf codex.

Those IG are very well painted wonkobaggins. And I really like your terrain.

P.S. Are you the very same wonkobaggins who has an account on the OR. You may know me as The_Dragon_of_Moria.

Yep - I'm the same wonkobaggins.

I finished up CPT Al Ramey (an Al'rahem conversion). He's an old wolf scout model with a bit of green stuffing:


Thanks for all the comments - I'm glad the army pics were a hit.

Dan

Looks good

wonkobaggins wrote:Yep - I'm the same wonkobaggins.

I finished up CPT Al Ramey (an Al'rahem conversion). He's an old wolf scout model with a bit of green stuffing:


Thanks for all the comments - I'm glad the army pics were a hit.

Dan

Glad to know you're one and the same.

Your painting skills are impressive and I your elves on the OR are just as well painted.
Keep up your great work and regular updates

Nice conversion amd the army wow thats what you call an army, and the irony in reality of that was a real gaurd army it would be a small battle company

Great work! I especially like the full army pics. I think the personalization you have given this army sets it apart.
Keep up the killer work and hope to see more!

Fantastic blog and great to see another Ft Bragg person. Do you game over at the Hobbit on Saturdays? I'm coming home soon and would love to see some of your work on the tabletop. Thanks for posting such a great blog.