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So I have decided to get back into the swing of motivating myself to paint my guard. Since I acquired my two new babies (shadowsword boxes) I have been eager to start making my guard as glorious as my Deathkorp was (RIP 13th Deathkorp Regiment).

Here will be my, hopefully, ever expanding blog of my 13th Arcadian Infantry Regiment, which will actually start with the 429th Minervan Tank Legion and the 7th Minervan Superheavy Detachment.

Here I present my newly built super heavies. Don't mind the troop compartments with stubbers, those are there so I can make these count as anything I need them to.

Iron Maiden (aka my count as Iron Saint from the White Dwarf article)




Mors Regis, Stormsword Super Heavy Tank



Hauptmann Mikel Wittmann (aka Pask) and his Vanquisher Battle Tank "Raging Bitch"





Puma Scout Vehicle aka custom built count as Salamander Command Vehicle. Base coat, needs paint.




My Colossus/Medusa Mobile Artillery. This one needs some detail work and wash with weathering.




My Commissariat Corps - One to be painted (center) two more are still being built.


Colonel-Commissar Aleksi Suvorov (count as Yarrick, also the first GW model I ever painted... ever)


Commissar Ebn Rusta


Commissar Chester "Ol' One Eye" Fuller


Commissar Oskar Hauser


Officially designated the Savior of Kassel, it is known as "Stompa Rompa" to its crew. Originally a Redeemer-Pattern Landraider belonging to an unknown chapter, the Adeptus Mechanicus reclaimed it during the Siege of Minerva. Against the will of the Magos, but under orders of Inquisitor Diego Astorga, the landraider was fitted with a Vulcan-pattern megabolter. In addition it was outfitted with lascannons and various point-defense weapons. In its maiden test run it was put into action against the Ork Horde at the Kassel Hive. There an Ork Stompa managed to chew through an unnamed Shadowsword, a Macharius battle tank, and damaged the Arrogant Bastard (Colonel-Commissar Aleksi Suvorov's personal tank). In a lucky, once in a life time shot from a single lascannon, the tank managed to puncture the reactor deep in the Stompa's superstructure. The explosion that ensued engulfed most of the Ork horde, as well as vaporized the Ork Warboss leading the Waaagh. The remaining Orks retreated and the Hive was saved. (Its maiden game it actually wtfpwnexploded my opponent's Stompa and caused it to kill a third of his forces.)

I need to finish painting it. But here is the basic color scheme.






Enginseer





One of my stand ins for Straken when I have to play against loyalist, particularly when I play my Dark Angel friend. I present to you the elusive Cypher.

I think it would be better for folks if your posted the picutres rather than links.














I'm lazy.

Tortured-Robot wrote:I think it would be better for folks if your posted the picutres rather than links.














I'm lazy.

I am just trying to keep things organized. My pictures are hosted on my private server in their original resolution. I will update them when I have time.

In the meant time, enjoy these updates.

Minervan Tiger-Pattern Main Battle Tanks






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The tanks are awesome, a really good mix of ideas. Are those Abrams turrets?

Bash

Bash the Bosh wrote:The tanks are awesome, a really good mix of ideas. Are those Abrams turrets?

Bash

they are just plasticard. But I did sort of model them after modern tanks.

I'm liking the extended turrets and the extra armour. The Cypher/Straken idea makes a lot of sense as well. I miss Cypher they should definitely put him back into the game.

lol, that just shows you how ridiculously small russes are. You put a proper size turret on them, and the turret is practically bigger than the rest of the tank.

This is really cool, cant wait to see some of the finished products.

Finally decided to stick with one color scheme on my guard. Will be repainting the vehicles and HQs accordingly.

Veteran


Basically the fatigues remain the same khaki color, drybrushed with bleached bone then a light dry brush with skull white. The armor is Astronomicon Grey washed in Badab Black, a white wash, and then dry brushed white. Washed all the khaki areas with Gyphonne Sepia.

Regimental Banner WIP

I like the colour scheme, and the way you've realized your armour. A few criticisms if you don't mind:

Does the 'Puma' have Wall-E stuck on top of it?
You have a lot of barrels to drill out
The handwriting on the tanks does not do the paintjobs justice - in the grim dark future of the 41st millenium we write like eight-year-olds?
Your mega tank is a bit of a hotchpotch - the lascannons look like they were stuck on as an afterthought (moar dakka?) rather than being 'part' of the whole. Also the twin linked bolter turret below the mega-bolter whassname looks a bit silly there now, if it fired up and to the side it would get shot to pieces - maybe replace it with a targeting array?