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Right people still hant really done any more paintting but I did take a load of outside daylight pictures for you today so you can really see the colours of the army or lack of as the case is.









































Hope you like them and please share your thoughts.

Looks great, I love the dark tone of the army and the way you are bringing out the detail with subtle highlights.

Really nice army the Pig Arm heads work very well indeed and the armour looks realistic. Where did you get the rules about none GW components at Warhammer World. I keep wondering about attending an event there you see.

I went to a grand tournament 2 years ago and it was the case then that it had to be 50% games workshop and start as a games workshop model. The new rules dont say anything. I did ring them today and they said my counts as marbo would be fine to use in the tournament.

Thanks for the kind words guys its always nice to hear nice things

Excellent use of black and purple to create a very unique looking army. It really makes you focus on the helmets of the troops.

Right guys. Been a little while since I gave you un update I have not been in the mood for painting much.

Basicly I have added ID numbers to all of my tanks now, The command chimera is nearly done but I will finish that before I post pics and I have started doing the vendettas base. But the thing I am most excited about hearing your thoughts on is the dirt I have just started adding to the tanks. I tryed a few things on a hellhound thats not in the army but in the end decided on a very light dusting of brown on the tanks.

What do you guys think?









I hope you all like them Im quite happy with the id numbers and the dirt.

I think it looks pretty good, both the ID numbers and the dirt effect. I think the first effect was a bit heavy on the treads though, almost to the point of making them look rusted/brownish though. I would do it more on the sides like you have and lighten it a bit on the treads. Also the ID number look very very clean, how did you do them?

In reality the models are a bit darker so you dont get that rust look. Although to be honest a bit of rust on a guard tank is never a problem.

The ID numbers are a cheat. I got a strip of vinal numbers and letters. Sprayed them white. Then put them on. Could not believe how well it worked you would never think thats what it was even when you hold the model it looks like they are painted. So yeah pro tip lol.

Ok sorry I have not updated lately been a bit busy.

I have finished the vendetta, the command chimera and done id numbers and dirt on all the finished armour aswell as go over all metal work with a coat of devlan mud.

Here is a tone of pictures of the finished armoured units from the army so far.









Thats the first leman russ







The second







and the third









The command chimera





Second chimera



And the third. The fourth one still needs the devlan mud doing so no pics of that.





First sentinel





Second





And third. I have started painting the fourth will post pics when done.

This is the big one. The vendetta.











I am very happy with how it turned out.

I hope you like the pictures. Please give me some feedback. Sorry if some pictures are not great I am going to borrow my mates slr when the army is done to take some real nice pics.

You have been busy indeed. Very nice.

Thanks. Got an interclub tournament this sunday so wanted to try get the armour all done.

I really like this army, sort of a commando drop army. You can Imagine them coming out of the mist and gunning down the resistance and disappear into the mist again. Keep up the good work ( can we have some more battle reports? )

Yes I will do some more reports. I would do some this weekend but cant really take enough pics at a tournament and play at the same time.

Hi guys. So throne of skulls has just finished I have just got home and thought I would let you know how it went.

In the 5 games I played against orks, sisters of battle, imperial guard, Chaos space marines and tyranids.

First game was orks on kill points (not my armys strong point) This was a draw of 7 7 due mainly to a full 10 man ork nob biker squad with a pain boy and 2 warboss bikers joined to it that took me a very long time to take out. Noteable unit in this game was the vendetta killing a battle wagon a squad of boys and one of the war boss bikers.

Second game was sisters of battle on sieze ground with 3 objectives. I managed to steal the first turn and killed 2 of his 3 troops choices and 1 of his 2 exorcist tanks with my initial volly. The game got worse and worse for him from there on. My command squad (which I changed to have 3 melta guns in it) nuked his land raider and massed chimera and battle tank fire oblitorated most other units before the game ended with me holding 2 of the objectives. Note for this game was marbo who turned up behind an exorcist failed to hit it then a calladus? assain turned up next to him assaulted him and he killed her.

Third game was chaos space marines on capture and control. This guy had 2 5 man squads in rhinos 2 demon princes a defiler 5 oblitoraters 3 terminators some lesser demons and a greater demon. This looked like a draw from the start he had all his troops in a forest on his objective and I have 30 veterans in a building on mine. So he decided to charge all out. After shooting a leman russ taking a turret of another and blowing up my vendetta with his first volly Things looked real bad. Then marbo and 2 of the sentinels turned up behind his objective and managed in 1 swoop take the entire lesser demon squad out leaving it unmaned. By this point he was commited to an assault with the rest of his troops and between my 2 now only heavy bolter shooting leman russ and what was left of the infantry and chimeras I managed to hold him off long enough to grab a win.

forth was imperial guard. This army was very similar to mine. He had 4 hydras a manticor 3 vendettas a psyker squad in a chimera 10 vets in chimeras 2 command squads in chimeras and 2 infantry squads. This game was a mess. I launched and all out assault down onw side of the board with all of my infantry to try and grab and hold an objective and try and thin his guns. My vendetta came on from the side and blew one of his out of the sky another fell to a battle cannon and the third was imobile and missing a lascannon. Marbo turned up and bombed a the veteran squad after it shot one of my squads to bits and they then ran of the objective and then off the table. (most important thing he did all weekend) scout sentinels flanked and destroyed his manticor in one blast and damaged a chimera and the squad it was carrying. By the end of the game we had totally destroyed each other and had one objective each. Best game of the weekend by far.

fith was nids. This went badly for him from the start. He had first turn but I had deplyed so nothing could reach me bar a tyrant which imobilised a chimera. I did little in my first turn of shooting but then he droped a trygon a mawlock and doom in a spore pod next to me. Things looked a bit iffy but as doom couldnot hurt my men in their chimeras there was little he could do. The trygon imobilised a chimera. In return I then wiped out the trygon mawlock the spore pod and doom in one swoop. The next to turns were spent reversing while dumping battle cannon shells and lascannons into his hive guard zonethropes and geanstealers which had outflank. These were all destroyed by the end of my third turn leaveing only a tyrant a tervigon and 1 squad of guants in play while I had suffered no losses at all. At this point the player gave up as a bad cause.

So 3 wins 2 draws not a bad set up I dont think. I dint get any pictures as I was to busy playing im afraid. What do you guys think though?

PS I will take some pics with my mates good cam soon now the army is done and post them on here for you asap.

very nice! Great games there!

Thanks chap. I did take a picture of my army after the first game so you can see how it came out. Here you go.



Hope you enjoy

Right. I have been working hard on the 1750 point version of this army for the next throne of skulls.

The army itself has not changed much. One Leman russ now has plasma cannons there is 6 sentinels instead of 4. The command squad has an extra melta gun and an astropath and I have added a fourth vet squad with 3 meltas that can ride the vendetta.

So Ive been working on the new bits but also making the old models look better. The vendetta has some nice lightning on its wings and all tanks and the sentinels have company stripes. I have also made the mud a little heavier. The troops are getting their clothes painted dark greay but I have not taken any pics yet. Hope you like and have many comments for me







This took quite a while but I think it came out well.



One of the sentinels jsut to show you its little stripe. Dint know what else I could do with it.















Many pictures of chimeras













Any many Lemanruss. I am well happy with how these three ended up.

Thats it for now anyway lookin forward to hearing your feedback.

Just a quick update. Nearly got sentinel number 5 finished today and got company markings on the 4 old sentinels now. Getting there slowly.

Well done on the tournament result and cheers for telling me the GW rules. The swishy bit on the Vendetta makes it look far better and the company markings add just enough I feel.

Thanks mate. I really dont think you would have a problem at the tournaments. There was a rebal grot army that used the imperial guard dex. Raven guard using the space wolves dex. An entire kroot army using the nid dex. The chaos army I fought had a greater demon that look like it was just made from a ball of green stuff with some model fly wings jabbed into it.

How standards have dropped lol BRING BACK GRAND TOURNAMENT

Just had a test game against my mates demons managed to scratch a win. Got my astropath today so I hope to get him done tomorrow

Wow, I wish I could take on a IG army this nice.

Thanks chap.

I assume you mean play against?

Thus far mostly nids and Orks, but I'm taken on a few kids with Guard; including a grenade launcher carrying fellow with an arm up as if to answer a question for the Commissar.

I feel your pain. If its got grenade launchers in it then god damn it cant be that good lol

Started basin the 2 last sentinels tonight and building the 4th vet squad. Ive finished redoing the clothes on the other guardsmen but cant take any photos atm the light is rubbish. Just thought I would update you all.

Built the 4th vet squad with melta guns today. The 1750 is now built just need to get these guys painted.

Right I have finally started paintin my last vet squad and have gotten around to taking some pictures of finished men and all my sentinels. Hope you enjoy.

Astropath first. Need to do his base. Considerin this guy took about 30 minutes I dont think hes half bad.



Now for my sentinels. I got 2 squad pics for ya and then a big group picture.







Lastly a picture of one of my vet squads together followed by a close up of one guardsman from different angles.









Well thats the lot. What do you guys think as CC and comments have been a bit low lately :(

Well over the past 2 days I have managed to paint 4 of the last vet squad and do the grey and white on the other 6. Not bad going.

Need tog et these done so I can start my mass of Imperial tanks that are waitin to be refurbished. Starting with my destroyer tank hunter me thinks.

Right something a bit different for you today. As I have said before when this throne of skulls army is done this will become a general guard thread. As this is nearly here I thought I would start some odd bits and bobs for my guard that I have been waiting to do.

The first thing on my list tog et done was a 10 year old destroyer tank hunter. This tank has had 4 colours already from 4 different guard armies and today I have paint stripped it 3 times and done some repairs. Many new track segments ave been put in where old one had had it and some old mis-moulds and stuff have been removed.

Now the tank looks rough as arse at the minute but those of you that have seen my refurbishing process before know that thats just how its starts once new paint has been applied it will look the same as my other guard tanks.

So here it is so far.













Hope you like the work so far I am looking forward to getting this old girl back on the board soon.