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killykavekommando wrote:Great job keeping the minis realistic (besides huge guns) and not OTT like some other femguard. 8/10!

Thx, keeping them realistic was important. All my stuff is as realistic as I can make it.

Ciaphas wrote:

killykavekommando wrote:Great job keeping the minis realistic (besides huge guns) and not OTT like some other femguard. 8/10!

Thx, keeping them realistic was important. All my stuff is as realistic as I can make it.

You did a great job at that, too. Crank some more out soon!

Wazzdig Dagga wrote:Really really impressive conversions. These are easily the best female guard ever seen. Spot on.

Thx wazdig. I appreciate that.


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c9805222 wrote:Loving your work. Keep it going (subbed)

Thx C9. More yo come. I'm working on some beret troopers to integrate into the company.

Just shading the camo

Man your current update looks like some SAS dudes where did you get all of the beret heads? catachan box or a third party source.

alabamaheretic wrote:Man your current update looks like some SAS dudes where did you get all of the beret heads? catachan box or a third party source.

That's the look I was aiming for, thx. I'm aiming to put three in each squad with maroon berets. The the flag will be maroon aka British airborne. Its part of there fluff being a Rapid Response Regiment. First in and hold at all costs!

Berets were from http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=126_149 they are para berets.
Backpacks were from maxi mini (awesome company). I'll have to do some female ones but I'll sculpt those onto hassle free heads.
And use hassle free ladies again.


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Hint, if you use them make sure you trim the neck down and drill a nice big hole so they sit on the collar or they look a bit necky. and you get 20 heads for £4 !!!!!.

hmmm interesting, now only if my gs fu was awesome i would make female orlocks for my gang!
when i get some more gs i think i might do that.
now to find a place that sells a ton of gs for relatively cheap...

I must admit, the Hasslefree Female "Troopers" look pretty good as well. UNFORTUNATELY, two of the four are in cheesecake poses, and, because they're metal, almost impossible to modify. Oh. Well.

Briancj wrote:I must admit, the Hasslefree Female "Troopers" look pretty good as well. UNFORTUNATELY, two of the four are in cheesecake poses, and, because they're metal, almost impossible to modify. Oh. Well.

The only one that's hard to mod is the standing one with hand on hip. As for cheesecake, well some cheesecake has its place, I call it female, they are women after all, and I like females. I didn't just want butch, hard faced girls, like I didn't just want soft girlie girls. I wanted a mix and I think the poses with some work do just that. This figure was the hardest to modify, so just guns, head angle etc

This is the same figure.

This is also the same figure.

And finally these are also the same. So with a bit of imagination and work you get quite a variety.

Great conversions!

Update on 3rd platoon. All three sections now finished. The beret troopers really give them a rapid response look. Like modern air mobile troops. Again all badges and insignia subdued. Next up is command section and support section.

Here's the sarge..

good job on the carg looks mighty fine.

if you got the time think we could have a run down of the camo pattern?

No problem. Its time consuming but I like the result.
First off black undercoat.
Then paint uniform in iyandun sun.
Apply patches randomly of catachan green.
A good wash with gryphone sepia.
A wash with 50/50 badab black and water.
Then highlight the yellow areas with desert yellow leaving and edge all round.
Do the same with the green areas with catachan.

Then wash again with gryphonne sepia and the watered badab.
Then highlight again as above.

Then mix the desert yellow with bleached bone and highlight to desired level.
Mix the catachan with camo green and do the same.

Make sure to leave the edges blended dark for definition.
Long winded but worth it.

Excellent stuff in here. Your camo scheme is excellent, it really does look fantastic.

I'm a big fan of the Female Guard as too., a great looking unit.

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that is really good looking though so i think all that extra effort is worth it.

evildrcheese wrote:Excellent stuff in here. Your camo scheme is excellent, it really does look fantastic.

I'm a big fan of the Female Guard as too., a great looking unit.

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Thanks evil,
Im slow but then again the figures are forever. These days there seems to be such a rush to painting that I think people forget that once a unit is finished then its yours for good. I'm really pleased the way the female guard turned out and plan to add some more in the future.



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alabamaheretic wrote:that is really good looking though so i think all that extra effort is worth it.

I think.it is mate and like I said they are yours for ever.

Here's the comparisons pics between the 3 sections.

yea that extra time on the paint really makes it up in spades keep it up and good going

Converted runners.

Update on the 79th.
Working on the platoon command. I've gone for seven figs. I've put some bionics on a couple to vetranize them and a couple of berets. Undercoated and ready to paint.

I'm going for black and red dress uniforms mixed with armour for the command group. The red is trimmed on the uniforms and off course they have red berets and flag.

What models from hasslefree miniatures did you use to make your female soldiers bodies?
Loving the conversions all together!

The command squad is looking great.

Red flag. FTW.

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Highelf04 wrote:What models from hasslefree miniatures did you use to make your female soldiers bodies?
Loving the conversions all together!

Thx. They are called hassle free lady soldiers.


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evildrcheese wrote:The command squad is looking great.

Red flag. FTW.

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Yeah the red maroon theme I'm running through the whole rapid response idea. Berets, dress uniforms, etc. I think it adds elitism to the unit.

Out of interest what recipe are you using for the maroon?

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Your Guard both male and female look excellent.

evildrcheese wrote:Out of interest what recipe are you using for the maroon?

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Just simple old mecrite red with a badab wash then mecrite high lite. It just looked right.


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GiraffeX wrote:Your Guard both male and female look excellent.

Thx gx I appreciate that.