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Hey all, decided i would finally start a painting/modelling blog up, seems i get sidetracked easily lately though. Anyway, to start off, i've got a WIP Baneblade with modifications done to it. All the models im going to be posting on this thread for the next couple weeks at least were gifted to me from my brother. He is stationed in Hawaii now, member of the army and I really appreciate his contribution to my hobby and can't wait for him to get back with his newly purchased necrons... cant wait to kill da terminator.

Anyway, on to the pics. Please remember all the baneblade pics are still very WIP.

Here is a front quartered pic of the gun i've named B.A. The vehicles in the army are kinda paying a bit of homage to the A-team via the red stripe akin to the ones on the A-team's personal van. My grandfather was a huge fan of the show *as such so am i*, and this is kinda a tip of the hat to him. Also the actual cannon was modified from what it was when i recieved the tank. Upon receipt of the army it was a hellhammer variant and I didnt really like the actual gun, so i took a Shadowsword volcano cannon barrel, stuck it into the slot of the hellhammer to add some bulk near the turret, took another cannon used for the stormlord chasis *the name escapes me at the moment* and placed the muzzlebreak on the rear of the turret as a type of exhaust vent for gases to release when the weapon is fired.


Side shot.


Here is a rear shot showing one of my mods to the basic design. This adds 2 "sandspades", to the rear to stabilize the front/back movement of the vehicle while firing the main cannon. This is used in real life artillery for the most part to stop the guns from rocking too far back and throwing off their sights. I though it would be a cool addition here so went with it.


This pic shows the beginnings of my camo netting. This was a scary step for me as i had never done camo netting prior to this. The actual netting is just surgical gauze glued in place with superglue then had a mix of elmer's school glue and water brushed over it to harden it.


A lil more practice at some free hand. The army name and symbol were inspired by my brother, whom loves the punisher gatling cannon, and prior to giving me the army requested that i paint "punisher" skulls on his LR's with punisher cannons. I liked the idea and went with it. So the regiment's badge is the "punisher" skull from marvel comics.....


There are a few more pictures in my gallery of the tank atm, some of my favorite things about the tank so far are the OSL, the camo netting, and the sand spades. The OSL is by far my best attempt at it yet and i still have a lot of work to do to this beast. The front 2 side sponsons are actually regular sponsons from a Leman Russ, but i liked the way they looked being smaller up front and the small fixtures on top are targeters to raise its ballistic skill by 1 via the shadowsword rules, at the expense of the extra las cannons. I'll probably pay same points for all upgrades even minus the 2 extra las cannons partly due to the fact i dont know how i want or can model them onto the smaller sponson. Any thoughts on the matter?

Anyway, feel free to comment and critique. And any suggestions/thoughts are more than welcome!

Ace weathering and lighting effects!!! This is one scary ass baneblade,looks like it has seen some action. Can't wait to see more, keep up the great work!

Mike

Hey thanks! Appreciate the reply, i wouldnt say the weathering is 'ace" but im working on it ^^. The board my IG are being themed after is a ruined city type setup, used paint on rhino liner *bed liner* for a truck for the base on it then lots of drybrushing. The dust look on the vehicles and the board all go hand in hand so it ties in and no "camo" painting is required. Again ty vm!

The lighting effects are really great. If you carry those on throughout the army, you will have a very unifed and striking look.

So ive been thinking as to making my guard a bit different as well. What im looking at doing isnt making the tanks different as that would be "harder" irl than the "character" of the infantry as a whole. So for example, I want to use the werewolf mini in this link http://www.corvusbelli.com/en/ver.asp?imagen=090107121152_165_EquipeMirage-5_web.jpg&tit=Foto_ampliada&w=&h=&RUTA=../fotos as my Ogryn 'ard 'ead. Only thing holding me back is finding some more "dogsoldiers" that look anywhere remotely correct as to fit in that doesnt require a lot of greenstuff. My greenstuff skills are horrid! lol but seriously if anyone has any suggestions as to what i could do pls let me know. Going to post some more pics with what i would use these models as below.

Ratling snipers.
http://www.corvusbelli.com/en/ver.asp?imagen=060908133704_NinjaSniper.jpg&tit=Foto_ampliada&w=&h=&RUTA=../fotos

Armored/Scout sentinels
http://www.corvusbelli.com/en/ver.asp?imagen=100413123545_231_Salyut-Zondsweb.jpg&tit=Foto_ampliada&w=&h=&RUTA=../fotos

Storm Trooper sergeant with similair models from the line to act as the squad.
http://www.corvusbelli.com/en/ver.asp?imagen=090629123838_192_Oniwaban_web.jpg&tit=Foto_ampliada&w=&h=&RUTA=../fotos


Im trying for a very "Gaunt's Ghosts" feel. Different ethnicities all couped up into one unit. For example, a unit from a "oriental" lifestyled world that was all but wiped out in the liberation effort attaches the rest of its forces with the rescuing force. I have some quickly written fluff *very bad stuff lol* written in the P&M section under the same name as this topic, so if you are interested drop over and check it out. Again any suggestions at this point would be awesome! And ty again for all that have responded!