Gorillawizards cullunary delights (update 27/6/11)

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**Gorillawizard**

Hey all Dakka Dudes

I've resently got back into 40k after doing Fantasy and War of the rings stuff and decided to do a Crimson Fists army. So here's my first part of the 1500 point army that i intend to paint up. First of all what would any Crimson Fists army do without Pedro Kantor.

I'll update once he's finished and then again when i get the next bit to add and so on...

**crimsonfist832**

Nice Kantor fig mate.

**Gorillawizard**

Thanks Crimsonfist832.

here's Perdo finished. But any ideas on the basing for my army?

**menziez**

i would suggest either snow bases (awesome) or urban bases. they would contrast well with the colour scheme.

in my opinion anyway

**taffiarti**

I agree with either snow or urban. I would go for urban but that is more because snow seems to be really hard to do well, and to made it last through the years. Plus some very striking urban bases can be made with house hold items.

**Lorna**

I've already said it, but awesome model.
Can't wait for the rest of your army.

**Nick Ellingworth**

Lovely model mate, I look forward to seeing it in the flesh and the rest of your army.

**Gorillawizard**

Well the base is done but sadly i didn't get round to taking a pic, and now it's in GW Norwich window on display.

Here is what i'm going to be painting up for the army:

18 Sternguard, these will be made out of Normal marines, Killteam deathwatch shoulderpads and bolters and crimsonfist shoulderpads. Also need to make 5 Combi-meltas aswell.
20 Marines
2 rhino's
2 Razorbacks
vindicator
2 Predators

The bases i've decided on were an urban style with scattered snow.

**taffiarti**

Urban with snow? Good way to take every suggestion on board, lol. Looking forward to the next completed model with the base.

**Gorillawizard**

Not too much progress as of yet but i'm going to be ordering almost the whole 1500 points on sunday/monday hopefully to get started.
I got my kantor model back from GW but my camera ran out of battery power and i need to get more so a pic of the completed model will be up soon and possibly a pic of a load of toys will be here too.

**Gorillawizard**

Right now to open this project up again. I finally got some batteries for the camera but then they ran out (anyone know of some camera batteries that don't run out within 5 mins).
First of all heres kantor with his base finished.

**Gorillawizard**

And now for some squads.
First of all the sternguard, first pic is the squad with 5 combi-meltas. Combi-meltas were made using a guide on here somewhere.
The second is a finished squad of sternguard
Third pic is unpainted Tac squad and forth is a finished tac squad
I would have put the pics up of the tanks but as i said, batteries ran out.

**Fire_for_effect**

Impressive stuff man! How long do you need to finish each model? They look really good!

**Gorillawizard**

well both the tac squad and the sternguard squad took a week each to finish. But in hours its about 4 hours.
Now working on 5 termies atm, finished the cyclone missile launcher. I'll probably put a pic up tomorrow morning if i remember.

**risewiththefallen**

Look really fricken good

**Lorna**

Well done gorilla.
Can't wait for the big red fists.

**Nick Ellingworth**

Nice to see more progress. Shame you've not got any photos of the tanks yet still they'll be worth the wait.

**Miss Dee**

Nice going, when you do another melta combi can you show how you do it please?

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Nice going, when you do another melta combi can you show how you do it please?

**2PaintPots**

I like your highlights!

**Gorillawizard**

here we are, 1 cyclome missile launcher

@ Miss dee, this is the guide i used : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/239553.page#789816

**Cave_Dweller**

I'm digging those snowy bases, they do look good with that color scheme. I love seeing bases with lots of detail like that...each one can be a miniature diorama. Pedro is awesome I want him for my chapter!

**Miss Dee**

Thanks for the link.

**Lorna**

Loving it so far gorilla.

**Formosa**

ya nicked mu snowy bases ya git

did you try that thinned down dark blue to tone down the highlights dude?

**Gorillawizard**

A few more picks of my crimson fists for you lot out there, and also a few other things i've been working on, namely Wurrzag for my O&G fantasy army aswell as an Engineer and Templar Grand Master of the Blazing Sun for my empire. Enjoy

**Lorna**

Looking good man.
Wurzag kicks ass.

**Kdoggian**

Nice preditor i always have trouble with the big stuff lol marines no prob tanks hell know

**TheChronoTrigger**

You're fist look awesome. Crimson fists is a tough army to paint b/c their are so dark, i have a couple friends that have struggled through them. But yours look great. Keep it up

**Gorillawizard**

Cheers for the great responses. I'm wading through them slowly due to lots of other stuff i'm working on. Fact is, i can't just work on 1 thing at a time.
I should have completed a unit of 10 Empire Knights of the Blazing Sun by now but i got distracted by a night goblin shaman and undercoating the rest of my fists (thats a good thing).
Actually i undercoated and Base coated all my tanks Necron Abyss, so pretty much red and hilighting to do on the tanks now and 2 more units. I'll probably get distracted back to my fists soon if i start winning a few games with them. I think i've only lost once so far, and that was against a anti tank guard army with 2 devildogs in it. Anyways i may have a few pics up again in the next few weeks.

**TheChronoTrigger**

unfortunately 5th edition isn't too friendly to vanilla marines, unless you have tons of multi-meltas