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They were/are my first army, and I kinda rushed into buying them. I went a little mad and bought a ton of stuff, all being Cadian. Now in hindsight, I wish I would of gone with Mordian.

But I am still more than happy with what I have, Im wondering if you guys have any tips on making a cadian army look more 'personal'.

I have started painting but Im not 100% happy and Im gonna scratch the current scheme I have going. I wanna make these guys look awesome on and off the board.

All tips are appreciated.

yes, take of your cadian heads, go to victoria miniatures and buy their capped (mordian) heads and bam your army will very different.

I used those capped heads to make my commissars

http://victoriaminiatures.highwire.com/product/dress-cap-heads-1

I forgot to add, I didn't really wanna have to buy more than I had too. But them heads look pretty damn smart.
Damn you^^

well it has free shipping over 10 dollars, and you can do one squad at a time... plus you wont regret it

I love when people wanna make their guard unique so ill try convince you haha

Any chance theres some pics with the heads on a cadian body?:-)

hmmm, i have seen the praetorian heads they sell on cadian bodies but they fit fine, ill find a google pick.



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Hopefully that helps with their scaling

God damn them minis look nice. Its making me want a completely new Regiment.

Which are the female models?

Thanks btw

they havent been made yet, they are the next wave of models being made i think. I did the same. Sold all my GW stuff and now i use alternate models for my guard.

http://theimperialpatrol.blogspot.co.nz/2014/01/the-praetorian-guard.html

http://theimperialpatrol.blogspot.co.nz/2014/02/the-scottish.html

Some Vic models i got done up for my army. If it helps convince you...

They have a certain look about them which just looks, amazing.

Im not sure why I didnt buy my troops from Vic in the first place-.-

Nevermind, Ill make it work.

Thanks again

Victoria miniatures are very nice I've never gotten anything but top quality from them.

 Alphabet wrote:
They have a certain look about them which just looks, amazing.

Im not sure why I didnt buy my troops from Vic in the first place-.-

Nevermind, Ill make it work.

Thanks again

All good, the head swaps still impress people too, i have seen cadians sell for more than they are worth because of vic heads too....

They also sell grenades and pouches if you want a but more uniqueness to them but the heads will be fine.

Post photos so the next guy in your situation can find info.

Ill upload pics when I get every thing sorted.

Thanks again:-)

While I haven't done much with my infantry, I found if quite easy to customise my armour.

I used a combination of tamiya (http://www.micromark.com/tamiya-1and48-scale-jerry-can-model-kit-set-o-scale-compatible,9649.html)

and gw stowage from the basilisk kit

I simply scrap away a lot of the skull with wings insignias and mix and match with some catachan bits, lots of IG in my gallery. A simple head swap does wonders, Victoria miniatures, Madrobot, kromlech(though I'm not really fond of their sculpt style), pigiron etc.

 Big Mac wrote:
I simply scrap away a lot of the skull with wings insignias and mix and match with some catachan bits, lots of IG in my gallery. A simple head swap does wonders, Victoria miniatures, Madrobot, kromlech(though I'm not really fond of their sculpt style), pigiron etc.

Wow you have put alot of time into your different IG armies.

The trouble with distinguishing the difference in Vets, and standard infantry, it makes you have less oppurtunity to switch with your playstyle etc.

But for purely modelling purposes they look fantastic.

Also what greys/blues was it you used for your Cadian Vets?

 Alphabet wrote:

 Big Mac wrote:
I simply scrap away a lot of the skull with wings insignias and mix and match with some catachan bits, lots of IG in my gallery. A simple head swap does wonders, Victoria miniatures, Madrobot, kromlech(though I'm not really fond of their sculpt style), pigiron etc.

Wow you have put alot of time into your different IG armies.

The trouble with distinguishing the difference in Vets, and standard infantry, it makes you have less oppurtunity to switch with your playstyle etc.

But for purely modelling purposes they look fantastic.

Also what greys/blues was it you used for your Cadian Vets?

I put squad marking on their shoulder pads and tattoos to distinguish regulars and vets, the blues looking on the cadians are actually GW shadow grey.

I went with head and weapon swaps for the standard infantry and crowbarred in Tau legs for my stormtroopers.