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these look awsum so far! What I love about the Guard is that I have no interest in the Auxilia minis whatsoever, but seeing a Guard army come together is always appealing, no matter the theme. Using names for your platoons is pretty cool as an idea too, instead of the 'red platoon. blue platoon etc.' from the 3rd ed codex. Makes sense they'd have their own names, thanks for the inspiration. Can't wait to see these boys painted. Keep up the good work, Commissar Olthannon!

Great idea for a kitbash, can't wait to see how they turn out

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Coming along. Good progress

Zambro wrote:I've enjoyed catching up on your blog. Looking forward to seeing some paint on your IG.

Cheers folks much appreciated!

Pyroalchi wrote:Uh, another guard army... *grabs popcorn*... this is shaping up to be a great year!

The feudal theme looks awesome. And that they of all regiments are airborne is quite an innovative idea.

Thanks Pyro! My old regiment was airborne, these lot are armoured cav!

gobert wrote:Congrats on the new arrival! The sleepless nights will end (eventually) but the brain function never quite recovers I’m afraid! . Still it’s functioning enough for you to smash together some awesome Guard conversions!

Thanks Gobert much appreciated mate no brain power for painting but I can manage a bit of glueing!

bullisariuscowl wrote:these look awsum so far! What I love about the Guard is that I have no interest in the Auxilia minis whatsoever, but seeing a Guard army come together is always appealing, no matter the theme. Using names for your platoons is pretty cool as an idea too, instead of the 'red platoon. blue platoon etc.' from the 3rd ed codex. Makes sense they'd have their own names, thanks for the inspiration. Can't wait to see these boys painted. Keep up the good work, Commissar Olthannon!

Cheers mate! The painting will take a while yet, still a lot to build!

PaddyMick wrote:Great idea for a kitbash, can't wait to see how they turn out

Cheers Paddy, glad you think so!


So little update on what I've been working on. A relic tank for the new Codex.

Rogal Dorns get a tank commander now and I needed to use up my Dracosan from the Auxilia box.

Originally I was going to turn it into a Malcador chassis variant but as they seem to be getting no love I decided on something a little more elaborate. So I've been busy mucking about amongst the bits to make this relic tank.



Mortis Malleus rolling on to glory. Still some gap filling to do but it's on its way.

Cheers all!

That is a very cool customization!

Those feudal guard are looking super cool. Great idea!

That tank is cool AF.
Excellent use of bits for the conversions.

That looks like it could belong to Trench Crusade! Looking awesome.

Great work on the Malleus, really fits the vibe well

Olthannon,

Keep at it with those Dragoons.

Nice converted tank.

Cheers,

CB

 Olthannon wrote:



So little update on what I've been working on. A relic tank for the new Codex.

Rogal Dorns get a tank commander now and I needed to use up my Dracosan from the Auxilia box.

Originally I was going to turn it into a Malcador chassis variant but as they seem to be getting no love I decided on something a little more elaborate. So I've been busy mucking about amongst the bits to make this relic tank.



Mortis Malleus rolling on to glory. Still some gap filling to do but it's on its way.

Cheers all!

that looks amazing! I love the Feudal Guard theme to it. Again, like I said, all Guardsmen are cool in my book. Love the relic and the shield behind the turret. GREAT design and build. Keep it up, sarge!

Now these are propper kitbashes!

Meer_Cat wrote:
That is a very cool customization!

Cheers Meer_Cat, glad you think so!

youwashock wrote:Those feudal guard are looking super cool. Great idea!

Thanks, I had the idea brewing for a while but was busy with other projects. Finally caved in

Zambro wrote:That tank is cool AF.
Excellent use of bits for the conversions.

Cheers! I always try and keep my leftovers, there will always be a use for them eventually.

muette wrote:That looks like it could belong to Trench Crusade! Looking awesome.

Thankee kindly Muette! I am sorely tempted by Trench Crusade, it looks awesome.

gobert wrote:Great work on the Malleus, really fits the vibe well

Cheers mate!

Captain Brown wrote:Olthannon,

Keep at it with those Dragoons.

Nice converted tank.

Cheers,

CB

Much appreciated CB!

bullisariuscowl wrote:

 Olthannon wrote:



So little update on what I've been working on. A relic tank for the new Codex.

Rogal Dorns get a tank commander now and I needed to use up my Dracosan from the Auxilia box.

Originally I was going to turn it into a Malcador chassis variant but as they seem to be getting no love I decided on something a little more elaborate. So I've been busy mucking about amongst the bits to make this relic tank.



Mortis Malleus rolling on to glory. Still some gap filling to do but it's on its way.

Cheers all!

that looks amazing! I love the Feudal Guard theme to it. Again, like I said, all Guardsmen are cool in my book. Love the relic and the shield behind the turret. GREAT design and build. Keep it up, sarge!

Not Online!!! wrote:Now these are propper kitbashes!

Cheers both!


Been a bit quiet through February on the ol' Warhammer front, real life and baby and then we all had a cold and I was at an awards dinner where my team won.

Never uploaded the platoon command squad.



Lieutenant Heskgill commands Aquila platoon, wielding a relic hammer as their symbol of office. The handle contains the fibula of Saint Tarbinus - a well renowned pilgrim in the Bernician Sector who gave her life in defence of the planet Hexania VII during an Ork raid in M37.234.

The rest of the retinue contains vox-operator Charlton, Chirurgeon Jenkins, standard bearer Milburn and Cpl. Stephenson carries the ancient plasma gun Ustori to battle.

Cheers for now!

Loads of character in that command squad, I like it.

Very cool, loving how you're using the kits , looking forward seeing what you do next!

Oof you know it's been a while since I've updated when I'm halfway down page 3

I've been steadily updating my instagram but always get sidetracked doing an update for dakka. So here we go:

First off I painted up a trooper to test the colour scheme:



Trooper Carrson of 2nd squad. The only thing I might tweak is the vertical band on the helmet, think that'll look better in black. Might be I paint those different per squad.



Next up my scout sentinel Border Marcher piloted by Sergeant Nebby Nixon. Even scout sentinels of the Labrunnian pattern are enclosed for the Redburn regiments due to the subzero conditions they face.







My rough riders aka Redburn Steel Bonnets. Of all the CoS kits I'm most impressed with these knights. The design language is a clear evolution of the Empire Knights and done very well. Bit of green stuffing to cover over the Sigmar imagery and some new helmets. Couldn't resist keeping the stag helm for the Sergeant. Very Wild Hunt.





3rd squad of Aquila platoon led by Sergeant 'Ironhand' Curran. If anyone asks that's an "autogun" he's carrying. I'm still to GS his arms a bit to make him a bit more beefy.









First painted tank of the army, my Leman Russ Annihilator Sans Pareil. Had a bit of a balls up with the camo at first by using masking tape. I've since bought some tack instead which should make the next one easier.


Right I think that's the lot.

Cheers for now!

That's a lot built, I look forward to seeing some of it painted. You'll have to come back here to update Dakka for us heathens without Insta...

I like the trooper test scheme. The green fatigues really add something to a model that is easily at risk of being undefined - if you painted too much white camo, it would just all blend in and not look great (although I guess that would make it good camo?)

Concur- an awful lot of great building and painting accomplished!

For the helmet, yep- a spot of color to make the model pop a little. But maybe not the whole vertical band, maybe just the bottom segment between the brim and the rivet?

Love the tank; I'm finishing up a winter build myself and like how you've added the snow to the tracks. And I've never had any luck laying out camo stripes with tape- has to be tack!

Some really nice work this last page and a half Olthannon.

The conversions for the fuedal-ish winter guard are on point and the muted colour scheme works really well for them. A stark change from the vibrant space dwarfs but a welcome one! Can't wait to see that relic tank get some paint.

Hope the little one is leaving you enough time to get some hobby done.

Thanks for sharing!

Quite promising Olthannon!

Glad to see you’re not abandoning Dakka to insta. Personally I’ve got a bit of a love hate relationship going with insta and it now just gets my finished pics.

Loving the paint scheme, the white works really well on the soldier and tank the roughriders (though maybe posh riders is more appropriate) are very cool. The CoS stuff seems to have a bit of a steam punk vibe that works well in 40K

Olthannon,

Stay here with your real friends.

Very Horus Heresy vibe with the infantry.

Cheers,

CB

Zambro wrote:That's a lot built, I look forward to seeing some of it painted. You'll have to come back here to update Dakka for us heathens without Insta...

I like the trooper test scheme. The green fatigues really add something to a model that is easily at risk of being undefined - if you painted too much white camo, it would just all blend in and not look great (although I guess that would make it good camo?)

Thanks Zambro! It took me a while to come up with the scheme. I always like my armies having contrasting colours to make them pop visually. It's quite tricky to have that without it not making sense. The green helps offset a little.

Meer_Cat wrote:
Concur- an awful lot of great building and painting accomplished!

For the helmet, yep- a spot of color to make the model pop a little. But maybe not the whole vertical band, maybe just the bottom segment between the brim and the rivet?

Love the tank; I'm finishing up a winter build myself and like how you've added the snow to the tracks. And I've never had any luck laying out camo stripes with tape- has to be tack!

Thanks Meer_Cat! Thanks for the tip, I'm going to paint the rest of that squad next so will try it out.

tzurk wrote:Some really nice work this last page and a half Olthannon.

The conversions for the fuedal-ish winter guard are on point and the muted colour scheme works really well for them. A stark change from the vibrant space dwarfs but a welcome one! Can't wait to see that relic tank get some paint.

Hope the little one is leaving you enough time to get some hobby done.

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers mate! I have just enough time to spot in some hobby time. But I'm relying heavily on contrast paints to make things as quick as possible! I also really want to paint the relic tank, just need to think up how best to paint it. I think it would be camoless and grey white.

Not Online!!! wrote:Quite promising Olthannon!

Cheers!

gobert wrote:Glad to see you’re not abandoning Dakka to insta. Personally I’ve got a bit of a love hate relationship going with insta and it now just gets my finished pics.

Loving the paint scheme, the white works really well on the soldier and tank the roughriders (though maybe posh riders is more appropriate) are very cool. The CoS stuff seems to have a bit of a steam punk vibe that works well in 40K

Cheers Gobert! Yeah instagram doesn't really gel with me. I just find the set up easiest. I'm really impressed with the Cities of Sigmar range. It's the only one I actually like in terms of design.

Captain Brown wrote:Olthannon,

Stay here with your real friends.

Very Horus Heresy vibe with the infantry.

Cheers,

CB

thanks CB! I'm always glad to be back in the dakkalands.


So a few updates abound.



First I missed off my Vanquisher Leman Russ Stern Gaze from the previous updates. I really like the subtle differences in the HH Russ kit and the more recent 40k one. I decided not to have a tank commander out the cupola and added a few extra scopes and things to try and sell the tank hunter vibe. When I paint this up I'll also use a bit of gauze to make a shroud for the cannon.

I'm already aware of that line down the barrel and I've corrected it.







Other update is I've finally painted first squad of Aquila platoon. Super pleased to have made some actual painting progress. The only thing I'm unsure on is the plasma gun glow. I didn't want to do a blue colour but I'm not particularly pleased with the yellowy green. Any feedback would be great!

Cheers all

Amazing work on the plasma! and the White!

Great work on these so far

I like the plasma glow- and the OSL reflections you've done work perfectly.

The tanks looking good, I like the paint scheme on the troops, the white looks very crisp and clean. The OSL onthe plasma looks good, if you don’t like green/yellow, red might be a good alternative and might pop nicely against the white.

Work is looking fantastic. This year seems to be the year of brets for me, but you're making me seriously consider next year being the year I 'finally' finish my Vostroyan Guard army. Beautiful tanks, love the conversion work. What's not to enjoy here?

What a dope looking army this is becoming. I especially love the medieval style kitbashes yu've done here. Kudos!

Not Online!!! wrote:Amazing work on the plasma! and the White!

carlos13th wrote:Great work on these so far

Meer_Cat wrote:
I like the plasma glow- and the OSL reflections you've done work perfectly.

Cheers folks!

JordySteve wrote:The tanks looking good, I like the paint scheme on the troops, the white looks very crisp and clean. The OSL onthe plasma looks good, if you don’t like green/yellow, red might be a good alternative and might pop nicely against the white.

Thanks Jordy! I'm thinking red as well but I might leave as is now and see what happens when I do another squad with a plasma gunner.

blockade23 wrote:Work is looking fantastic. This year seems to be the year of brets for me, but you're making me seriously consider next year being the year I 'finally' finish my Vostroyan Guard army. Beautiful tanks, love the conversion work. What's not to enjoy here?

Thanks! Definitely get the Vostroyans finished. Some of the best minis GW ever produced, superb design.

tauist wrote:What a dope looking army this is becoming. I especially love the medieval style kitbashes yu've done here. Kudos!

Thanks Tauist! Much appreciated. Plenty more kitbashing on the way. I've got a few kits to build that I haven't had a chance to finish yet.

Little update with painting started on the second squad:




Just a couple of lastroopers to get started. Put them alongside my test mini as well. The less snowy bases was always the plan and I'm happy with how they came out.

Cheers for now!

Hey all,

Quick update as I managed to get another 2 troopers painted. Half of 2nd squad painted, feels like I've actually got a bit of momentum.





Aim is to get 500 points painted first off for an Escalation Crusade.

Cheers for now!