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Thank you for this. I saw the Old crow stuff the other day but I did wonder what they may look like in comparison with 40k tanks. Also gotta love Pig Iron, I have the System trooper heads on my old metal scouts, kinda makes them look like Star Wars Imperial jetbikers.

Lennysmash wrote:Thank you for this. I saw the Old crow stuff the other day but I did wonder what they may look like in comparison with 40k tanks. Also gotta love Pig Iron, I have the System trooper heads on my old metal scouts, kinda makes them look like Star Wars Imperial jetbikers.

Yeah some of the old crow stuff works out pretty nice. His gun attachment to the turret takes a heavy stubber barrel nicely for a built in stubber rather than pintle. His models are decent quality, inexpensive and the turrets work well. I have not seen the vehicles up close but the scale is a little smaller I believe.

I made some progress on my Manticore. I think I am going to finish it tonight or tomorrow. So far I am liking how it has turned out. Need to do a lot of work on the ordinance and some detailing. The airbrush really helped me get to the part of painting that I like. Can't beat an airbrush for a fast base coat.

And now the finished Manticore. I am rather proud of how this turned out. I am now in love with Tamiya weathering powder and I think I may have just become a real tread head...







Thoughts? I like the way the orange turned out as a contrast for the fins... I am thinking of using it on my Leman Russ and possibly to differentiate other vehicles. Perhaps as an accent of the Valkyries?

Hi man.
Looks great so far - both your infantry and tanks
Hope you can inspire me to get some tabletop infantry painted!

Those turrets for the chimeras - Crow or what do you call them? - where can one get those?

LordofMuck wrote:Hi man.
Looks great so far - both your infantry and tanks
Hope you can inspire me to get some tabletop infantry painted!

Those turrets for the chimeras - Crow or what do you call them? - where can one get those?

Right here: http://www.oldcrowmodels.co.uk/

Small operation and he can take a while to get your stuff out. Inexpensive though and worth the wait.

Visiting again. I like the conversions on your armor. Your army is distinctly unique and very cool!

My PIP heads are still not here! I ordered them Nov 23rd. Website says allow up to 4 weeks for delivery. Curious if you ordered direct from PIP and if so, how long did it take to arrive? I know it's the holidays and all that, just looking for a realistic expectation. If it took you as long I'll give them until after the first of the year. If they arrived sooner I think I'll send them an email if they are not here tomorrow.

Yeah... this time of year is probably pretty brutal. I got two batches. One from TheWarStore and the other direct. TheWarStore took less than a week and PIP took like 2 weeks I believe. This time of year though... might want to give them some time.

Thanks for the info. I'm going to wait until after the holidays are done. Not sure why that matters seeing how a month passed *before* the holidays, but yeah, I'll give it another week.

Putting thread back on track, what's on deck for your next project? Any sneak peaks? Regarding detail / weathering on the armor, I've always seen the IG as highly utilitarian and adaptive when in the field, and the fluff has a lot of examples of this. I'm thinking WWII diorama details, like dirty hull, impromptu gear stowage, etc. I'm not talking about being caked in mud so much gear that it looks like an Ork Trukk on moving day, just enough to add an add'l splash of flavor to an already amazing force.

Great work on the manticore.

How much were the tamiya weathering powders you got?

I'm looking to pick up some powders, and not sure what brand to pick up. (I've heard of the MiG ones, and now tamiya and FW)

http://www.thewarstore.com/TamiyaWeathering.html

They are awesome. You get a lot of use out of just one weathering powder set.

Been far too long...

OK! Time to get my Medusa going.

I got this little guy from ForgeWorld. After some hassle I got it unwarped and trimmed. Immersing in hot water was needed to bend it into shape. A bit of airbrushing and I have it ready to roll. More to come.









I will be doing the major assembly tonight and I will start detailing tomorrow.

I must saw I've always loved both the Griffon and Medusa models. Seeing this though Medusa h.mortars are now my fav IG tank. Look forward to seeing this puppy completed.

The medusa, it turns out is missing a part... the top hatches. I have them coming from FW. While I do question their quality control, their customer service is great. So I decided to take on another task to keep me busy.

I WILL DRINK BEER!!!!



oh and I will also paint 70+ guardsmen in one fell swoop! Assembly line style. Do I win masochist points for this one?




Remember. I am going for tabletop quality. Reference my Mechanized Squad to get an idea of what the end will look like.



Ignore the bases... I have not cleaned them up yet.

Actually I really like those bases, they look like some far off planet, a nice change from the stone and grass ones you so often see. Plus it links in with the gas masks, they are on a world where the ground is rich in (insert toxic chemical tht would turn ground odd colour) and so must wear the masks. They are looking really good an coming along quicker than my guard (although time isn't on my side with prelims and such...)

Yeah, they are from a prison world called Alcatran which is a forced labor manufactorium. They produce arms and armor to be sent off world. The main planet is a super earth with high gravity, rich in minerals and a choking atmosphere from all the waste and smog. There is a non-prisoner civilian population of over 8 billion people. There is also a prisoner population to match it. Most of the population is in three large hive cities, one of which serves as the prison. The regular infantry of the Alcatran are the normal guarsmen and also corrections officers of the prisons of Alcatran. The Conscripts of Alcatran come from Hive Gangs offered service rather than hard time for convictions.

There is also an Ultramax Security Division of Alcatran located on its small moon Ophan. Some of the worst criminals in the sector end up here. In the minority of imperial planets that do NOT have a death sentence, one of the most severe penalties that may be imposed on the most dangerous offenders is to be sent for multiple life sentences to Ophan. This moon has a mean diameter of 16km and is almost entirely hollowed out with the prison filling the empty space created here. It is hard to see where the moon ends and the prison begins. The Penal Squads of Alcatran come from Ophan and represent the one chance that anyone has to leave Ophan alive. The veteran squads of Alcatran come from Ophan as well. They are the highly trained corrections officers that deal with the sector's worst prisoners on a daily basis. They conduct extensive zero-g training and excel at boarding operations due to their lockdown training. If there is ever a security breach on Ophan, the artificial gravity is cut off along with the power. The veteran correctional officers then secure the facility using their zero-g training skills and thermal vision. At close range during boarding operations, urban warfare, or other close range skirmish an Alcatran Veteran Correctional officer can be nearly as effective as the Astartes in a firefight if, less adaptable.

Looking good. Like the color scheme.

Beer looks tasty as well. :-)

im really impressed with the way they turned out post dip.
great work keep it up.

That really is some great fluff. The way you describe Ophan it instantly reminds me of Crematoria in the Riddick Universe.

Love the troops colour scheme too, did you say you dipped them? Which shade?

All but the command squad were dipped in The Army Painter Quickshade Dark Tone. It has been a test in how fast I can get stuff painted while keeping a reasonable tabletop quality. Glad you like the fluff BTW.

The horde progresses. It is rough to paint so many at once but I am in the home stretch and I want to get the army complete. Painting a high model count army can be brutal.





Getting the base colors in and now I will be moving on to detailing. Finally the dip. I am learning a lot of shortcuts to speed this up too. I am doing all my Melta gunners together, then my Plasma, then Flamers, then Sergeants etc.

I like how your guardsmen look. Like the blue and the color scheme overall. Good luck on the mass production line. You seem to be having a better go at it then I ever have.

I have to say I laughed out loud when I saw your beer and Guardsmen post. You are insane. I am in the process of the "assembly line" w/ 56 of my Plague Marines (I finished 7 of them for a game, the rest are in progress) and the tedium of bronze bronze bronze bronze bronze *drink beer* bronze bronze bronze bronze bronze *sleep* bronze bronze bronze bronze bronze *go to work* bronze bronze bronze bronze bronze... it's enough to drive you mad. You know exactly what I mean.

Your work is inspiring and amazing. The PIP heads I bought didn't work out for the Plague Marines but they look amazing on my Traitor Guard (a collection of Necromunda, old IG, Bloodbowl, etc models) and after a while I'll share some on them on my blog.

Looking forward to seeing where this next step for you goes. Good luck. Remember to go outside every now and then. And sleep. Sleep is good.

Can't sleep... clowns will eat me.

Yeah they are coming along well. The hatches that were missing for the Medusa is here. I have told myself that I will be finishing the guardsmen first. I am nearing completion on this army (At least what I currently own for it) and I want to get cracking on my Death Guard while i throw down some games.

I also have had this nagging desire to make a BA Descent of Angels list with StormRavens, Dreadnought Drop, and Baal Preds. Tax return check is inbound! Hmm...

On a side note I will be graduating and getting my BA: BSM this week and I will have a lot more time to work on my stuff. This has been a good experience so far and I want to continue it while showing what I can do when I have the time to not quickshade!

Anyways, time to work on the guardsmen.

Rabid Ferret wrote:Can't sleep... clowns will eat me.

*shudder*

Thanks. Now I need therapy.

Finally... I am done with the painting of these guys. That was a huge amount of guardsmen to churn out for me.

Here they are before the dip. I will post the after pics when they dry and I get some Anti-Shine on them.




The brightness is a little out of wack. I will try and get a good photo of the group when they are complete.
All I have left to do now is the Kasrkins, the Command HQ, the Ratlings, detail the tanks, the Autocannons, and build and assemble my Valk/Vendettas.

Until next time...

Been a while since I posted. Sorry. Got my BA finally and I am out of school. Hopefully I will be posting more frequently now. Still CoD: Black Ops calls my name from time to time...

The 72 guardsmen I painted in one go are done (have been for a while now actually ). I think that they look pretty damn good. Almost better than the first batch that I took a lot of care on. The I am learning to control the quickshade more now.

Here are the Platoon Leaders and some special weaps.





A reminder that there is no shading or highlighting involved in ANY of these minis and they were painted FAST.

More shots of the infantry





Finally I got the Leman Russ done as well. If you remember how it looked freshly airbrushed



VS now nice and weathered with Tamiya weathering.





All of the sponson weapons are complete as well.



Finally an army shot of my progress so far.



As you can see the army is coming together nicely. I have the 4 Chimeras to finish (Should be all in one batch) a Medusa, a pair of Valkyries/Vendettas to do and more.

I also plan on adding a few more Leman Russ' tanks, a trio of Hydras and a trio of Hellhound/Banewolf/etc. I am even entertaining rough riders and sentinels...

What do you guys think of this model? I think it fits in well with the army.



Do rough riders have a place? Are they total crap? what say you?

Until next time Dakkaites! Many es for you! Cheers

You're my hero.

Awwww

Thanks.



I just noticed I forgot to paint the periscope glass on the Leman Russ... I will wait till my Chimeras are done I think.

Personally I think from a fluff point of view Rough riders definitely have a part to play. I can't imagine a force without a fast recon or flanking element. Game-wise no idea I'm afraid.

On the rest of the army absolutely stunning progress mate, you certainly are a braver man than me to take on a foot slogger guard army.

Finally where is that bike from, its fantastic. I may have to pick one up just to paint for display.