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 Captain Brown wrote:


OK, some finished photos.

1) Bow starboard side.


2) Bow port side.


3) Head on.


4) Variation of head on.


5) Top down.


6) Port bow not on flying stand.


7) Starboard bow not on flying stand.


8) Close up of the crew.


9) Close up of some of the wear and tear.


10) Side of the crew.


Now I can only use 6 for the DakkaDakka unofficial painting competition for this month, so what are the favorites?

The long painting war continues...

CB

I nip off out of my tree for a bit and this slips by, what a fantastic build. Superb paint job too.

xKillGorex wrote:Ooooh very nice work sir.

Thank you xKillGorex

Camkierhi wrote:
I nip off out of my tree for a bit and this slips by, what a fantastic build. Superb paint job too.

Thank you Camkierhi

So when you say you are finished you are never really finished. So eBay purchases to make my Storm Troopers a little more effective.

Progress on four Kasrkin of which I will use three for this month's Unofficial Painting Competition.



The long painting war continues...

CB

These guys don't look anything like spiders. They're cool looking, though, I'll give that to ya.

You have to love the old metal models. They never really go away and can always be stripped and repainted. Glad to see you rescue a few from the abyss and get them painted up.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:These guys don't look anything like spiders. They're cool looking, though, I'll give that to ya.

Thank you Warboss_Waaazag. I have painted them a little different from my Spiders, but the same colours are all there. After all the "Glory Boys" need to look a little different.

The Riddle of Steel wrote:You have to love the old metal models. They never really go away and can always be stripped and repainted. Glad to see you rescue a few from the abyss and get them painted up.

Thanks Riddle.

Squad of Storm Troopers from the 144th Company (attached to the 8th Necromunda Regiment). Used in special insertions and missions or to enforce discipline at the orders of a Commissar.







The long painting war continues...

CB

Good rescue of the storm troopers. Is the Sgts head original? He looks almost Eldar being that skinny headed

The Storm Troopers look great! What has befallen our brave Sergeant?

gobert wrote:Good rescue of the storm troopers. Is the Sgts head original? He looks almost Eldar being that skinny headed

Thanks gobert,

Funny you should mention that as I have another painted Storm Trooper Sergeant and his head is larger and rounder. This sergeant and one Plasma trooper (not pictured as I dropped him to reach the five model limit for the painting competition) were from a seller in the Ukraine. Now there were no extra mold lines or other indications of a copy, these are pewter which is more difficult to copy. There was a little less detail on the Plasma gunner's backpack...again nothing that shouts copy...as GW pewter casts were sometimes of a poor quality.

Pomander Cask wrote:The Storm Troopers look great! What has befallen our brave Sergeant?

Thanks Pomander Cask.

The long painting war continues...

CB

This is a great looking guard army! That Valkryie is amazing, I love the weathering on it.

Good-looking storm troopers! I like the dark armor and camo fatigues. Is that armor black or dark grey? It’s nice to see this cool army still growing.

Nice work on the stormtroopers CB. Great paint job on some classic models. The sergeants I have of these have fairly thin heads too, swords on mine are more curved though

fingol23 wrote:This is a great looking guard army! That Valkryie is amazing, I love the weathering on it.

Thank you fingol23

The Riddle of Steel wrote:Good-looking storm troopers! I like the dark armor and camo fatigues. Is that armor black or dark grey? It’s nice to see this cool army still growing.

Thanks Riddle, the armour is black with dark grey highlights.

Maharg wrote:Nice work on the stormtroopers CB. Great paint job on some classic models. The sergeants I have of these have fairly thin heads too, swords on mine are more curved though

Thank you Maharg,
So I guess the two models from the Ukraine are legit. I should take a photo of my Sergeants side by side. The sword was curved for the Sergeant, but I straightened it out as my first one had a straight sword as well.

Here is the new Sergeant and three Plasma Gunners all recently painted.

I need just one more Kasrkin Special Weapon and I can field two legal squads with the maximum number of Special Weapons. If someone has one please check out my thread on the Swap Shop.

The long painting war continues...

CB

These guys look great... I love this set of models and have hunted down a few squads myself. I don't recall if these are new units or add-ons, but if they're new you'll like the way they play... mine always punch above their weight. Great paint as always!

Those are some great looking scions Cap. Your plasma effects are exceptional, they don’t look like they are not about to go nova.

Looking great, love these models, always seem a nice halfway house with the SM and the standard grunts.

I played a game once where these were the most elite troops in my guard army and my opponent who was maybe grey Knights had a squad of them as his door-stop mop squad.

Fantastic work as always. They're a classic set of minis that are always a joy to see.

Thank you MacPhail, Yorkright, Camkierhi, and theCrowe

Well now some final army shots.








The long painting war is over for this army.

Cheers,

CB

PS: Although there are a couple of squads that do not have a Vox

Impressive

Congratulations for winning this particular war.

I don’t see any photoshop work on that picture.

I bow to your dedication sir.

Damn impressive work.

Well done!

Dude. Putting the brushes down on a masterpiece must be a good feeling. They look AWESOME

That's a collection to be proud of!

Yup, that's an impressive collection, right there.

That’s one serious volume of Guard! Such great consistency on such a huge army really is impressive CaptainBrown. It must’ve take a good while to lay all of the out on the table let alone to paint them. Have an Exalt!

Wow, that is an amazing and greatly painted army! Love all the old high command models sending those poor troopers to their doom.

Nothing better to me than a huge and well painted army in a unified and great scheme. Excellent work Capt'n!

Are there any other plans for a different army at a similar size?

Thank you everyone.

Just a minor addition. As my two Basilisk Cannons fit into the same chassis that the old Griffon Mortars did I decided to do up some mounts provided by a member of my Gaming group who has a 3D printer.

Parts

Some rare earth magnets and an obsolete penny to hold the canons in place.

We have Earthshakers! You can hold them upside down and rotate the cannon around.





The long painting and converting war continues...

CB

Those are amazing CB, they remind me of Tarantula Turrets only much much bigger. A great addition to your force.

Nice job on the feet, they fit the cannon well. I love that they can. Now rotate as well!

Very nice earthshakers (love the nets) and impressive army shots!