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Hello fine people of the DakkaDakka forums!
I’m flyingpancake, a miniature painter since the start of the end of the world (Covid). Since that time I’ve painted two armies and sold one of them.
The first was a Valhallan army that was my entry into the hobby, and the second was a Traitor Guard army that I still own.
Every once in a while my insatiable appetite for inspired armies brought me to this website, but I never really engaged, until now.
Recently my dad and I went on a trip to Bastogne to visit various museums. Me, being a massive WW2 buff, got inspired for my next army project.
Two armies doing a fanatical and desperate clash up to their earballs in mud and snow is really about as 40k as you can get. The first two pictures are basically the moodboard (1, 2) for this project. (I haven’t figured out how to properly add pictures in between text lmao.)
The 4th Bastonian “Sluggers” Armoured Regiment
The aesthetic of this army, as the name implies, is drawn from both the American and German sides of the Battle of the Bulge in WW2.
This is both to allow me to draw from multiple sources of inspiration, and also to avoid being “that guy” who rolls up to a Warhammer game with a suspect army.
This army will make extensive use of 3D-printed units and parts. Sadly, I do not own a resin printer, but a friend of mine does.
Force Organization & Modelling Plans
The 60 normal lasmen will be built out of Tiny Legends Blitztroopers (3) with a gas-maskless head (4) (to differentiate them from Steel Legion) and goggles down (I hate painting eyes).
To blend in some US aesthetics, I will be using the new Cadian arms with lasrifles that look a lot like space-M1 Garands (5).
The color scheme of most of my infantry will be inspired by US WW2 uniform colors. To this end, I bought the Army Painter WW2 US historical paint set.
Sergeants and subtenants will have the typical brown coat and green helmet, and will be wielding the las-M3 Grease Gun to help them stand out.
The rank and file will vary between olive green, brown, and white—just like in real life. Where appropriate, weapons will of course have wooden stocks.
Special weapons and heavy weapon teams will also be sourced from the new Cadian box.
Anyone who has ever looked at a picture from the Battle of the Bulge will recognize the sight of Shermans buried in mud and snow.
Grim Prints makes a Sherman-inspired Leman Russ proxy (7) with the same dimensions. I’m planning to magnetize (something I have never done before) all the guns and add lots of stowage—maybe even tank riders if Tiny Legends releases appropriate legs.
For the paint scheme, I will prime the model in Oak Brown and then use sponging techniques to apply the olive greens.
I also want the tank to have a white-wash effect (8). I don’t know the exact best way to create this effect, but I’m thinking of either drybrushing or sponging on a 50/50 mix of Army Painter Matt White and Brigade Grey. Let me know what you think of these methods.
To proxy the Chimeras, I will be using Grim Prints’ 251 (9) half-track. These will be magnetized and painted in the same olive green scheme as the Sherman for visual coherency.
Lastly, for what I consider the core of the army, I’ll be using some Grim Prints priest/basilisk proxies. They will have the same scheme as the Sherman and 251. I will add the crews once Tiny Legends releases shell-carrying arms for the Blitztroopers—this is only a matter of time.
Expansion Ideas
Tempestus Scions inspired by the 101st Airborne and the Fallschirmjäger.
These will use new Cadian bodies combined with Tiny Legends weapons for stormtroopers (11, 12) and OG Steel Legion gasmask helmets (13).
Giving them a tan paratrooper scheme with olive green helmets should be quite interesting.
They will get all-wheeled 251s to proxy Taurox Primes (14), armed with a battle cannon and painted in a fancy ambush-camo-inspired winter camouflage.
Last but most certainly not least is my Rogal Dorn proxy. This role will be fulfilled by (everyone say it with me) Grim Prints’ King Tiger model (15).
This will get some complicated late-war German-inspired winter camouflage, just like the Taurox Primes. I plan to magnetize these as well.
This is what I have so far, but there are many more interesting units I can kitbash.
Let me know what you think and if you have any tips or suggestions for this army. Training and manufacture will start in December.
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