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Morbid as it may be, half of my next project involving Imperial Guard is an idea I laughed at when one of my friends said I should do it years ago; I'm going to make an entire Guard army of casualties, fatally wounded, desperate, and otherwise doomed Guardsmen. This is partially as a joke and partially a serious part of my larger IG project which I will work on later. And a chance to get some use out of the Army Painter gore paints I just got

For now, I sit here brainstorming ideas on how to model all the Guardsmen as they are being ripped apart as a whole. With me being me, I want no repeats; every model will be completely uniquely modeled. What I'd like from you lot is to get some suggestions on how you'd like to see some Guardsmen killed, and if it's awesome or lolzy enough I'd love to implement it into my army!

UPDATE: I uploaded a word document below that details what ideas I have thought of or shamelessly ripped from you lot to use in my army. Feel free to keep throwing out ideas, I'll keep updating the list as I get more!

UPDATED UPDATE: I got a bunch of Cadian bits. LET THE SLAUGHTER BEGIN!

Here's a few examples I've come up with:

1. Heavy weapons team with the gunner still firing but the loader slumped over the barrel or the ammo. Additionally, instead of sandbags? Guardsmen. Yeah. Piles of dead Guard bodies instead of sandbags

2. Company Commander laying on his back hiding under a dead body playing dead

3. "Halved" Guardsman (must have gotten hit by an artillery shell) split on two bases; ripped up pair of legs on one base, bloody torso (hollowed out with GS applied to make limp bloody clothing) on the second base.

4. Charging Guardsman with a hole through his neck from a sniper round with a massive GS blood splatter appropriately placed on either side

5. Commissar simultaneously executing a Guardsman and committing shooting himself in the head. Probably on a 60 mm base.

6. Guardsman on all fours coughing up a few pints of blood.

At any rate, I eagerly await the hilarious, twisted, and badass ways you all can come up with to see a Guardsman meet his death. Hit me!

As a Khorne Deamons and CSM player, I'm looking forward to this thread. Color me subscribed.


.......o yea, BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!!!!!

Very good, heretic. Come forth and throw the first chainaxe


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Ooooo that's a good idea... Guardsman with a thrown chainaxe embedded in his shoulder The standard Las gun right arm with the gun cut off could look like he was grabbing at his shoulder... Well there's another one down!

Excellent. I approve.
I've been wanting to make a squad of wounded soldiers for my own guard army.

Firstly, I'd see about getting one of the wounded guardsmen that came in the old command squad.
Secondly, The two current command squads both have a host of bitz that would be useful. There's a bandaged arm holding a helmet, scarred up heads, a head with an eye patch, an arm in a sling.


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You know, I seem to recall my father warning me when I first started modelling to be careful in selecting my paints and glues because he'd seen dudes trying to apply a good sealant or something to things like plastic lawn furniture and whatnot, only to have it practically melt away.

Any idea where I could find some of that kind of stuff? Are there any paints, varnishes, or other spray-on chemicals that are generally understood as no-no's by the modelling community? That could make some good plasma/'Nid acid/melta burns.

Acetone will "melt" plastic.

The very early Imperial Guard/ Army had some wounded troopers that can be found on Ebay still. Mostly they are pretty much dead/ casulaties, but Trooper Dick below may be of use, and I think Trooper Bush's arm is bandaged.

Ah, that brings back memories. Check out some of the names... female trooper 'Vakez'? Lt. Olsen (Yes, Bob Olsen - Space Marine author).,,, What were the GW chaps reading at the time, I wonder?

How about a guy with a load of eldar shurikens sticking out of him?

winterdyne wrote:
Ah, that brings back memories. Check out some of the names... female trooper 'Vakez'? Lt. Olsen (Yes, Bob Olsen - Space Marine author).,,, What were the GW chaps reading at the time, I wonder?

Well also, what bands were they listening to?

The second pic has troopers Calvert, Brock, Langton, Bainbridge (Hawkwind), Emerson, Lake, Palmer (I hope that's obvious), Lee, Peart and Lifeson (Rush) and I'm sure there's others

and Laurel & Hardy

Ahhh the days when GW had a sense of humour rather than everything being GRIMDARK

Fun idea, personality to each model?
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Medic pack = Medic in each unit
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IV's hanging; being held, on rolling poles.
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Wheelchairs, crutches, peg legs, missing limbs, eye-patches,
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Google; Hoffman Device and Halo Brace
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One Ogre on 60mm base as heavy weapon team, many scratch built from fantasy ogres out there, and will free up more guardsmen models...
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Stretcher bearers, keep unit coherency, lol...
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Vehicles; Ambulance Chimera, cut off top to look open like a pick-up truck, pile in dead, additionally, bunk-bed stretchers in back; Google; Jeep military ambulance; http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/j7S7C1C70pQ41Z9tAaIYRw
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FUN!!!

rohansoldier wrote:How about a guy with a load of eldar shurikens sticking out of him?

I thought Eldar Shurikens were supposed to be monofilament, or otherwise made to be something like only 1 molecule thick? If so, would they be visible? Isn't the premise of the new "bladestorm" rule (or whatever it is called) based on the idea that they are firing super-thin projectiles that slice straight through the target?

I'm genuinely curious, I've also never seen models made for Eldar Shuriken ammo or anything like that.

I am having a hilarious image of a Guardsman being sliced into three pieces at the same time and having his body being wrenched different ways to the point that I could move the center section out to one side like you see in a lot of anime samurai cleavings

richred_uk wrote:Well also, what bands were they listening to?

The second pic has troopers Calvert, Brock, Langton, Bainbridge (Hawkwind), Emerson, Lake, Palmer (I hope that's obvious), Lee, Peart and Lifeson (Rush) and I'm sure there's others

and Laurel & Hardy

Ahhh the days when GW had a sense of humour rather than everything being GRIMDARK

Hehe I just gained about 5 respect points for GW... Then lost 10 when I realized they drop that act and now it's all GRIMDARK.

At any rate, I think I'll nick the naming process. Loving the idea of band member names! Man that brings me back to a few years ago when my high school director decided the band/drum corp would be doing Karn Evil 9 (First Impressions) and Tom Sawyer... And the drum kit was my throne for both

Oh, you young wiper snappers; BOLT THROWER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_Thrower_(band)
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lol...

A guardsman who lacks a head, with a bloody neck stump instead, but his helmet was up damaged by whatever did him in and is now resting on said neck stump.

rexscarlet wrote:
Oh, you young wiper snappers; BOLT THROWER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_Thrower_(band)
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lol...

Hell yeah man.

Bolt thrower are sweet. \m/

How about a 60mm base modeled as though a grenade went of in the middle and 4/5 guardsmen are being blown up

rexscarlet wrote:Oh, you young wiper snappers; BOLT THROWER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_Thrower_(band)
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lol...

"Young wiper snappers?"

LOL dude I may be only 18 but even I know Emmerson, Lake, and Palmer predated Bolt Thrower by a good 15 years

Brother Payne wrote:How about a 60mm base modeled as though a grenade went of in the middle and 4/5 guardsmen are being blown up

This is definitely happening. The real trick is going to be making "flying" debris in general. It would also work good with a heavy weapons team, I imagine!

This looks a great ideia. For ideias? Dont forget about the burned bodies (booth on flames and alredy burned out), the clean looking guardsman wounded/killed by lascannons, and the sweet guardsman who wounded itself with a mistimed grenade. Also, any plasma guy would look cool with its gun exploded, and some serious head/torso damage on that

On the topic of lascannons... a pair of boots.Bonus if you can get a smoking effect.

How 'bout a Guardsman sitting down ... looking at his stumps of legs ... with the feet on the edge of the base?

Or, one Guardsman giving another a fireman's carry?

A Guardsman holding his severed arm in his other hand with a look of wonder...

Two or three Guardsmen killed by concussion - pale faces, trickles of blood from ears, nose and mouth ...

How about a Guardsman face down in a puddle of mud, or dead while trying to drag themselves from same ...

You'll get quite a lot of inspiration from films such as Saving Private Ryan or Black Hawk Down - a lot of amputee stuntmen worked on the initial beach landing scene in SPR, to replicate the effects of shell and splinter injuries.

A couple of guys without legs and maybe having lost an arm, dragging themselves along like you see the zombie do.
Or like anakin does...

You could try to model a large blast, throwing guardsmen in every direction. Central explosion, flying guardsmen and bits thereoff on either those clear pins for jump infantry and similar or just thin but stable wire maybe.

Honestly, this idea is both nuts and awesome. Totally want to see what happens here.

From mongoose´s now oop paranoia range. I think the older citadel paranoia range had a pair of smoking boots but haven't tracked it down yet.

LOL dude I may be only 18 but even I know Emmerson, Lake, and Palmer predated Bolt Thrower by a good 15 years

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I was referring to 40K music? Young 40K whipper snapper? Is that better, lol...
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Don't forget "fireman's carry" with both guys shooting...
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IRL, there are Doctors and Nurses, maybe for your; command squads, commissars, isn't there a preacher guy... M.A.S.H. would give you some good ideas.

PICS!

What about cultist/marine beating a guardsman with a wooden chair?

Or HWT being hammered by somebody with a torn lascannon barrel?

Or guardsman buried in mud with imprint of dreadnought's foot around him.

rexscarlet wrote:IRL, there are Doctors and Nurses, maybe for your; command squads, commissars, isn't there a preacher guy... M.A.S.H. would give you some good ideas.

Well then! Looks like I'm going to have to make a Father Mulcahy mini administering last rites, doesn't it? And while I'm at it, maybe I can make Radar and use him as the Astropath

rexscarlet wrote:PICS!

You'll get your pics when I get my bits, man! I haven't gotten any new minis since all my minis, bits and tools got stolen a month back. But, as of yesterday thanks to a sympathetic family member, my tools are replenished and I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of about 30 or 40 Guardsmen in bits form from ebay. Once I get them it'll be time to hack and slash all these guys out, but for now I just wanted to see what you lot could come up with so I can hit the ground running!

On that topic, for my memory's benefit as well as your interest and amusement, I'm going to attach a word document to this post and the first post with all the ideas that I have collected or come up with on my own that I will definitely be implementing into MY army. Doesn't mean you can't take an idea or two though

How about a replication of the opening scene of Robocop when those guys are shooting him to pieces.... Now that I'd like to see

Impalements on large rusty metal shrapnel? They're who failed their dangerous terrain tests

I like the idea of a commissar standing on a pile of dead guardsmen all with headshots. Intimidation factor ++ and lets face it, a Commissar is more likely to plug any remaining guardsmen before opting out in the most heroic way possible.
Anything less is just....
Heresy.

Hope that helps
Peace

A bit nurgle, but I suspect that even in the far future, dysentry accounts for a fair few infantry casualties.

So one of these with a spare lasgun propped against the door?