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2016/10/02 22:13:23
Subject: Imperial Guard : Emperor's Talons Recon Company / Armageddon Stompa Hunters - 12 Sentinel walkers!!
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Hello and greetings from Canada! Welcome to a constant Work In Progress ... Total Picture Count so far: 29 This is one of my Imperial Guard armies, and i am proud to display all three production versions of the Imperial Guard Sentinel Walker: My inspiration was from the epic war movie "Apocalypse Now", where a US Cavalry unit had traded in it's tanks for helicopters. With my army, i envisioned Troop choices using the Armoured Company rules, taking a Tank Commander (maybe even Pask) and outfitting the three Fast Attack slots with Sentinel Squads! I only have one of the Mark 1 Sentinel "chicken" walkers; i originally purchased two of these in a hard plastic case, but split it with a friend so we got one each. The Mark 2 Sentinel or "girder" walkers were packaged separately; originally as a boxed set with a styrofoam tray, then in a blister pack. These were a lot of fun to play with as they were first armed with an Assault Cannon that used Sustained Fire Dice! I swapped out the Cadian Driver for a Mark 1 (Beret) metal Storm Trooper with Backpack (Heavy Weapons Gunner) When GW came out with a boxed set of three Catachan Sentinels, i bought one box and started a second Sentinel Squad. This is the Armageddon Steel Legion variant, which builds an Armoured Sentinel with upgraded Lascannon, Powerplant, Enclosed Canopy, and extra parts: I've never played a game of Apocalypse, but i got a pamphlet about Apoc Formations at my local hobby store and was intrigued so i looked it up and was thrilled to discover that i could field a Formation of Sentinels! The Apocalypse Formation had three squads plus one more Sentinel as a Company Commander, for a grand total of ten ( 10 ) Sentinels. From the Warhammer 40k wiki: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Sentinel Known Formations: Emperor's Shield Infantry Platoon - An Emperor's Shield Infantry Platoon is a formation used by the Imperial Guard that consists of an Infantry Platoon on foot with the support of between one to three squadrons of Scout or Armoured Sentinels. Three Emperor's Shield Infantry Platoons can be combined to form an Emperor's Shield Infantry Company Emperor's Talons Recon Company - An Emperor's Talons Recon Company is a Sentinel formation that consists of three squadrons of Sentinels, of any type, and a single formation leader, also of any type. The Sentinel formation leader is often a combat-hardened veteran, and he and his reconnaissance company are usually tasked with hunting down a specific enemy unit and destroying it. These Sentinels stalk their prey relentlessly, carefully crossing the battlefield and emerging from the shadows to strike down their target with the utmost efficiency. Armageddon Stompa Hunters - Traditionally, the Sentinel is considered ill-suited to deal with enemy super-heavy, Titan-class war engines, being completely outgunned and out-classed in almost every regard. However, when Armoured Sentinels are organised into large hunting packs, usually consisting of up to five Armoured Sentinels, they are capable of producing a torrent of firepower that can topple giants. The Armoured Sentinel formations that roam the Ash Wastes of Armageddon are the most illustrious of this breed. These Sentinels are armed with powerful anti-armour weapons, such as Lascannons and Plasma Cannons.
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This message was edited 24 times. Last update was at 2018/10/06 21:55:09
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2016/10/03 15:41:29
Subject: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Fixture of Dakka
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Private Benjamin, a great trip down memory lane. Good luck with the army project. Look forward to your progress.
Cheers,
CB
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2016/10/07 19:38:53
Subject: Re:Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Focused Dark Angels Land Raider Pilot
The grim darkness of far Fenland
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Looking forward to seeing more
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2016/10/07 21:05:25
Subject: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Dakka Veteran
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Great post!! Can't wait to see your progress.
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2016/10/07 21:10:27
Subject: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Love the Egg walker and the green!
The Egg is only 2" tall? Including the pilot's head? Looks so puny!
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2017/03/20 23:34:16
Subject: Re:Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Captain Brown wrote:Private Benjamin, a great trip down memory lane. Good luck with the army project. Look forward to your progress.
Cheers,
CB
Thank you very much fellow Canadian!
The newer plastics are a pleasure to convert, trying to add Hunter-Killer Missiles to as many as possible
Thank you for looking, and more to come!
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Thank you for your appreciation and motivation!
JohnHwangDD wrote:Love the Egg walker and the green!
The Egg is only 2" tall? Including the pilot's head? Looks so puny!
Thank you! Haha i know right, originally i had two but i split it with a buddy ... i wonder whatever happened to it
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2017/03/20 23:38:19
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2017/04/06 21:22:53
Subject: April 2017 Thread Progress Update - total of nine (9) Sentinels!
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Here are three Squads of Armoured Sentinels, i've started to magnetize weapons for swaps. First squad: one Mark 1 and two Mark 2 metal miniatures. Second squad: Sentinel boxed set (3 x plastic Sentinel, now discontinued) Third squad: two eBay recoveries and a bare, unpainted Steel Legion Sentinel from a local hobby store
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This message was edited 6 times. Last update was at 2018/04/28 20:39:04
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2017/04/12 03:05:07
Subject: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Ambitious Space Wolves Initiate
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Those old walkers are great! I never realized how much smaller they were...
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2017/04/12 05:56:18
Subject: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Pious Palatine
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Soon many Sentinels!
EDC
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2018/01/14 21:03:10
Subject: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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AshNomad wrote:Those old walkers are great! I never realized how much smaller they were... Thank you for checking them out! New Thread coming soon due to Photofucket stealing my pics. Curious, what state do you live in AshNomad? Somewhere hot? Speaking of Ash Nomads, that makes me think of Necromunda. I'm finishing off a Necromunda-led 40k Imperial Guard / Astra Militarum army, they are led by a Hive Gang and thus are equipped as Steel Legion. I have yet to post up a Thread on the Dakka P&M Blog but it is in the works as we speak! Thank you again for your time and consideration, Ben Automatically Appended Next Post: Thank you so much for checking out my Thread, and very sorry the photos are missing as Photofucket hijacked them. New Dakka P&M Blog coming, although I have put my time and energy on completing an Imperial Guard / Astra Militarum Hive Gang-led Steel Legion army. The back story is they are from Necromunda, but sent to Armageddon and thus equipped Steel Legion; I haven't got a new Thread but that is coming too! Just curious, whereabouts in the UK do you live? My mum did her nursing training in Carshalton, south London Cheers and thank you again for your time and consideration sir! Ben
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This message was edited 4 times. Last update was at 2018/04/29 19:31:12
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2018/04/27 05:46:00
Subject: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Started Updating Photos!!!!! Here are the first nine (9) Sentinels deployed in three squads, before adding Hunter Killer Missiles: Squad 1: Reece Squadron Squad 2: Iron Horse Squad 3: Swift Death
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2018/04/28 01:21:47
Subject: UPDATE: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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I then started to acquire more Sentinels but one at a time; first at my local hobby store then online as I mentioned, repainting them to match my scheme. The plastic Mark 3 Sentinels are a blast, i even salvage a bunch of parts and custom build my own! Before: After:
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2018/04/28 19:18:12
Subject: UPDATE: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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At this point, I have collected a total of eleven (11) Sentinel walkers, including the scatch-built as shown in the previous post. Here they are lined up with my Steel Legion army: The scratch-built Sentinel was spray-primed flat black and painted to match the Company:
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2018/04/30 22:08:25
Subject: Re:Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander
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Your army looks fantastic- good job on staying the course and staying focused! Some of us aren't as disciplined and lose....SQUIRREL!
Love all the sentinels, and as soon as I saw the Mark I (I've got a couple of those floating around myself!) I thought- 'cool, even the sentinels have a light recon type job!'
The kitbash was excellent- in addition to the paths you're following to expand your footprint (ha!) have you thought about seeing if cheap bits from the Robogear walkers are available? Thst might expand your sources of supply...
Well done!
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"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."
Montrose Toast
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2018/05/01 18:49:05
Subject: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Damsel of the Lady
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Ah, i could only dream of so many sentinels. very good work, here. especially on the scratch built one
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realism is a lie
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2018/05/08 23:04:20
Subject: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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amazingturtles wrote:Ah, i could only dream of so many sentinels. very good work, here. especially on the scratch built one
Thank you for the kind words, and for checking out my Build Blog! Ever since i was adolescent and saw "Apocalypse Now", i was enthralled with an army of mobile vehicles.
Now that there is 40K Apocalpyse and the expansion of the Warhammer universe, I have more options such as fielding the Sentinels as "Armageddon Stompa Hunters"
I even hunted down a custom KR Multicase with pick & pluck foam so I could store and transport the entire Sentinel Company:
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2018/05/13 06:23:02
Subject: UPDATE: Imperial Guard - Emperor's Talons Recon Company
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Here I am gluing magnets to the Sentinels as well as the Weapons with Gorilla brand super glue:
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2018/05/16 18:52:55
Subject: UPDATE: Twelve ( 12 ) Sentinels !!!
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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A grand total of twelve ( 12 ) Sentinel walkers!
One complete squad of Scout Sentinels and three complete squads of Armoured Sentinels:
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2018/06/07 23:40:17
Subject: Grand Total of twelve ( 12 ) Imperial Guard Sentinel walkers
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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A Squadrion: 3 X Scout Sentinels
3 X Scout Sentinel Walker with Autocannon
B Squadron: 3 X Armoured Sentinels
3 X Armoured Sentinel with Multi-Laser
3 X Hunter Killer Missile
C Squadron: 3 X Armoured Sentinels
Company Commander with Plasma Gun
2 X Armoured Sentinel with Lascannon
3 X Hunter Killer Missile
D Squadron: 3 X Armoured Sentinels
3 X Armoured Sentinel with Autocannon
3 X Hunter Killer Missile
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2018/09/17 12:26:18
Subject: Imperial Guard : Emperor's Talons Recon Company / Armageddon Stompa Hunters - 12 Sentinel walkers!!
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon
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Mad cool mate nice job.
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2018/09/22 01:18:55
Subject: Imperial Guard : Emperor's Talons Recon Company / Armageddon Stompa Hunters - 12 Sentinel walkers!!
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Howdy and good to see you stonned_astartes! Thank you for coming to check out this P&M Blog and for the kind words !
Still a long ways to go, but I did come across the Datasheet for Armageddon Stompa Hunters which was released by Games Workshop :
http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/2009/warhammer-40000-neue-datenblatter-fur-apokalypse-2/
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2018/10/04 20:56:36
Subject: Re:Imperial Guard : Emperor's Talons Recon Company / Armageddon Stompa Hunters - 12 Sentinel walkers!!
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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oops ... wrong Thread
*** EDIT ***
So i might as well make this worth-while; a few months ago i was doing a Google search for " 40K custom Sentinel " and such ... came across this awesome piece of work :
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