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2012/04/21 13:57:50
Subject: Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
As my imperial guard army is almost finished i ve decided to share few pictures with rest of comunity in one thread instead of making new one for each model. Core of the army is almost finished as i plan to do two more leman russes next month and then add models depending on the build i ll want to play.
First model i ve done for guard vas this valkyrie, as i bought this model along with my first airbrush to have testing piece for newly gained tool. I was planing to do just this one this model and then jump from my space wolf army to tau, but as rumors about new tau release turned out fake i ve decided to buy cadian battleforce and build small ig army.
Here are guardsmen and sentinel from the battleforce. I did not tried to make guardsmen any special as i want to keep my sanity even after finishing whole army of them;-) I did not take photos of other two squads i ve made as they are identical to these. Sentinel was quick few hours long joy, but i ruined him with too strong surface wash, but in the end i think he turned out just fine for tabletop quality.
Next piece i did was leman russ executioner. I started loving this vehicle when i first saw it in dow2 retribution so i ve decided to build one, even its not very effective choice in army list, but i just could not resist. In case it ll not perform well on the table i magnetized this model for all weapon options. Unfortunately took pictures of executioner version only.
This commisar was my second finecast experience, i always liked the model but my painting skill did not allowed me to paint him to the level i would like to, but i still like how he turned out, even painting was real pain becouse of porous surface of finecast model.
Then i ve added almost mandatory chimera model to give my command squad vehicle to ride on battlefield. I really like how i paint of this boring model turned out, its not perfect but after long time i ve noticed at least hint of improvement. I ve made two of them so far but again took just picture of first one as they are almost identical.
I really enjoyed painting models from second command squad box. I ve decided to spend more time on bases and spent a wonderful weekend over painting table. Still i need a lot of practice to paint model above basic tabletop quality, but these are my favourite pieces i ever did. First one is commander Erich Sturm and standard bearer is Bruce Wallace;-) U can check them on the video bellow as well.
With next piece i wanted to make my new masterpiece. Its not up to me to judge if i succeeded or not. I think i did not as basilisk on next picture is probably best piece i ever did. It does not look like that on the picture, but under naked eye im really proud about it. What a pitty i failed to catch its beauty on picture:-/
And finaly latest addition to my army is this little scout sentinel, again you can check on the video showcase as well.
Still have to paint on more squad of veterans and two leman russes to make my list playable at 1750 points. Hope you like whats finished so far and i ll do my best to make next additions even better;-) I ll add group photo army as well soon as i have to ask friend with better camera than mine is, to take a decent picture.
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2012/04/21 17:29:12
Subject: Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
Great job on the vehicle stripes and weathering. Lots of people go overboard with weathering, but I think you hit the perfect amount, especially on the Basilisk.
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2012/04/21 17:33:34
Subject: Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
thanks for comments, unfortunately im just overwhelmed by incoming models, having lots of flames of war models incoming by post as well as more kriegs incoming to my painting desk. That combined with new diablo release next month and the fact i got in love with few infinity models is going to turn out as a pretty bussy month;-) Anyway im glad you like my guard models but i think they still lacks somethink i guess only way to found out what is it is to paint more models and keep practicing;-) Thanks again for opinions, but would like to hear critique as well;-)
2012/04/22 10:42:21
Subject: Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
Finished one more model for my guard. I wanted to use this servitor as a proxy model for astropath, but then i realized hes just too different and i dont have a real use for him. Anyway here is the picture. Been playing with my camera as well and made showcase of most of my guard vehicles, unfortunately valkyries does not fit in to my camera view:-/ If interested just click play;-)
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2012/04/29 04:40:57
Subject: Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
Great job, they all look great, my only thing (but its more of a personal taste) is that you have 2 bald cut up heads in your squad, both painted well, but they are identical.. only a personal taste though
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2012/04/29 08:06:19
Subject: Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
thanks for comments, i must say i did not expected so much positive feedback:-o
@LunaHound: After decal aplication i give it layer of vallejo decal medium and thats all, did the same with basilisk but never found out why it did not worked in its case:-/ Had a chat about that with few experienced scale models painters and it might be caused by decal sheet age, when its realy old there is not really much you can do about them. I ve been told to try coat of silicon oil but it did not worked much for me, even i know my father used this on his models with great ressults, but thats 20yrs ago and i dont know if decal sheets changed since that time.
2012/04/29 18:08:50
Subject: Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
Ok, after couple of months long break from imperial guard im here with next addition. I always liked death company models and with 6ed allready out i decided to use them as allied detachment to my imperial guard. Im planning to play ten of them in land raider crusader and here are first five marines. I quite enjoyed painting all of the details but still i made couple of mistakes and i hope i ll avoid them with next five dudes. Hope you like them;-)
2012/07/11 11:18:24
Subject: Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
amazing work! the only thing i would do differently ( if i had to ) would be that the stubble on the commander looks a bit off, although honestly its still fine
[ "Don't worry, Vik! You have all of your internet friends to keep you company! And, as everyone knows, internet friends are at least one step above imaginary friends "-Rawson
"Does an Ork shiiiit green?" "...Rogue! -you rock!" "Damn you too Rogue!""[TTFN]... That means tittyfething right?""Yep, that's me, a two-dollar whore"-Dsteingass
"... but if we all fail together we can make it look like we´ve won actually.." "...to all killers out there...: my face will hit your fist so hard it´s gonna bleed...your fist that is...""lol....OMG... you are a serial""he knows no pain...nor fear^^ he is a riveteer""yep... some of the dakka chaps here sure made the joints of my jaw quite loose...""er... emailsex... now that at least sounds like the perfect safer sex... but i like mine a bit more...wet""do you know what they call a quarter pounder of a buckte full of rivets in france?" "No...what?" "Rivitz royal"-Viktor von Domm
" I expected to hear gak like that from RW, not you Vik... for shame Sir, for shame"-AnUnearthlyChilde
"We are Vik's private collection of muses for the monkey on his back.....""you, guys are worse than my children......"-mxwllmdr
"Singling one out as odd in a =][_= thread is like going into an asylum, pointing at someone at random and saying "that person's insane""-Shrike
2012/07/13 17:51:16
Subject: Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
Rogue Wolves wrote:amazing work! the only thing i would do differently ( if i had to ) would be that the stubble on the commander looks a bit off, although honestly its still fine
Thanks for opinion! Yes, you are right, from one angle it looks bit off. It was the first time i ve been trying to make miniature head looks different than a boy band frontmans face and it did not ended up perfect:-/ I hope i ll get better with more attempts in future;-)
2012/07/14 08:02:35
Subject: Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
^ you know what i think it is.. if you painted your commanders head in the same shade it would appear like its either all hair, or all shaved (but dark hair)
[ "Don't worry, Vik! You have all of your internet friends to keep you company! And, as everyone knows, internet friends are at least one step above imaginary friends "-Rawson
"Does an Ork shiiiit green?" "...Rogue! -you rock!" "Damn you too Rogue!""[TTFN]... That means tittyfething right?""Yep, that's me, a two-dollar whore"-Dsteingass
"... but if we all fail together we can make it look like we´ve won actually.." "...to all killers out there...: my face will hit your fist so hard it´s gonna bleed...your fist that is...""lol....OMG... you are a serial""he knows no pain...nor fear^^ he is a riveteer""yep... some of the dakka chaps here sure made the joints of my jaw quite loose...""er... emailsex... now that at least sounds like the perfect safer sex... but i like mine a bit more...wet""do you know what they call a quarter pounder of a buckte full of rivets in france?" "No...what?" "Rivitz royal"-Viktor von Domm
" I expected to hear gak like that from RW, not you Vik... for shame Sir, for shame"-AnUnearthlyChilde
"We are Vik's private collection of muses for the monkey on his back.....""you, guys are worse than my children......"-mxwllmdr
"Singling one out as odd in a =][_= thread is like going into an asylum, pointing at someone at random and saying "that person's insane""-Shrike
2012/07/22 17:17:40
Subject: Re:Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
Hello everyone, one more addition to my guard. I never tought i ll build manticore for my IG, but latest experience from 6ed persuaded me high strenght large blasts are worth it. Its a quick gaming level paintjob but i hope you ll like it anyway, thanks for feedback!;-)
2012/07/29 11:37:44
Subject: Re:Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
One more addition to my guard army, i know hes not cadian but i hope i ll be able to find funny use for him, maybee i ll put him on bigger base with some other stuff and make him objective marker;-) I we been painting this dude durnig the week, always by the cigarette for couple of minutes and here is the ressult after couple of boxes:-o I used speedpainting technique as described in miniature mentors speed painting dvd and i hope you ll like him. Thanks for feedback & thanks for checking this topic!;-)
2012/07/30 09:18:40
Subject: Re:Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos
Thanks for positive feedback guys! However im back with another addition, Devildog i painted today. I have finished leman russ and another chimera as well but still have to take pictures. Till then i ll post my new toy and provide you link with painting tutorial i made. Hope you like the model and hope even more that guide ll be useful for somebody: http://thetryzna.blogspot.cz/2012/08/imperial-guard-devildog-painting.html
2012/08/03 05:09:51
Subject: Re:Imperial guard army - Lots of pics, videos