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Course it's entirely up to you.
And there isn't much a Commissar could really do about it once it had been written, there are supposed to be shortages of equipment for a lot of guard regiments, so the likelyhood of having spare helmets isn't very high

Okay, I don't have anything new for you YET! I'm working on the Veteran with the Demo charge, but I have alot of gak to do this week (and sadly, possibly next week too), so I can't promise when I'll manage to get him done. But... I'm gonna give you a rerun of an old favorite. I have done some highlight work and leather-work on Colonel Raines since last he was posted. I've also, as you might've noticed, gotten better at taking pictures of the models. I don't have a light-box, but I think that my picture-taking procedure has gotten alot better over the months. So, here's a tidier version with less contrast and more true-to-truth colouring of the commander of my force.

He looks bloody brilliant.

Okay, please don't yell at me for a lack of updates *whimper*

Okay, so school kicking up got me outta the groove I had. Bastards. But I've managed to grind back into it. Went easier than I thought. Just picked up a brush, and suddently a few hours had flown off by painting S'good. I finished, late last night, the Vet I had had half-painted for months but never gotten around to finish. It's the one of my airborne Demolitionmen Vets that'd lug around their demolition charge. I used the same kind of bag that my Command Squad medic used, and was a bit torn over what symbol I was gonna put on it to signify a demolition charge inside. Those contemplations were blown away when I decided to paint his hair blonde (something I never really tried before, but I think came off rather allright). So, without further ado; meet Duke!

Ah the good old nuclear hand grenade. An excellent weapon as long as you can run the 5 miles to safe distance before the 10 second fuse burns out

Looking really good. So how crazy does the hard edging actually make you?

Hard edging? Oh, y'know.... Get out of the Vendetta. Shoot your way to the target. Blow stuff up. No problem

Your clean highlight technique really suits these, along with using lining to highlight the armor. Really eye catching and I bet they look brilliant in units.

Keep up the good work!

Awesome. Love those vets and commands

Thanks so much for the kind words

And with that here's another update. Another Vet. Nothing very shiny about him... just another shotgunner. The glasses however I might need some backup on. I didn't want them to have the same blue shine as the other types of visors I've had on other models, since those have been rather integrated with electronic HUD displays and whatnot. This is just an old fashioned pair of tinted glasses. Like a airforce pilot visor, y'know? I fought with the colours somewhat, and I'm still not absolutely pleased with the outcome. If any of you have examples or dvice on the subject, I'd love to hear it.

Okay, sorry. Last pic turned out to be rather dark. Few hours of light up here. Boosted that a bit with a change of venue. Here's a better lit pic.

IMO those goggles are great! I wouldn't change a thing, but then, I'm only a beginner

I agree with above post, goggles look very realistic, and your colour scheme is just as clean and well executed a before, again: well done.

great stuff mate , your colonel is great full of character!

Great plog, I love Colonel Raines,such a simple headswap has transformed that miniature. Consider it stolen for when i get round to doing a guard army your rank and files are looking good too. Keep it up

Thanks alot, guys! I've got one more vet to finish before I've gotta start modelling a bit for a new batch of troopers to paint. First off, I'm gonna make a heavy falmer for my vets to round them up. Then I'm gonna take on a rather big project (for me at least) in making a Marbo-count as character. I have some big plans for both of them, and am quite looking forward to 'em After those two, I'm unsure if I'm gonna try to make a legionnaire squad, another vet squad in SM Scout armor with a Bastonne-count as for a sergeant.... or go get me some armor and wings to paint. We'll see how the first two conversions go

Okay, well, glad you like the goggles. Not sure, they feel rather.... dull and uninteresting to me, but then again, I guess that's sorta what I aimed for. I'll take a look at some ski-goggle pictures to see if I can get some ideas.

@Calibanite: Oh, you just steal that idea then. Only condition is posting a link to a pic of him here when you do so I can see

Okay, I finally got the last Vet in. I'm having trouble with the skin again, however. His facial features are a bit sharp. I've had this problem before but it's usually limited to other stuff going on in the face. Either broader features like on the GW faces, or other stuff happening like bandages on the FW heads. Does anyone have any good tips on how to... soften the contrast a bit? With GW paints and preferably no mixing of colours. Hard to get mixing perfect each time, and I'd rather avoid it for colours I wanna use regularly.

Also, I've allready put together my flamer. Wasn't so hard. I just gotta fill in a few gaps with greenstuff. Gonna do that while I take on the job of making my Marbo fella. Not sure if I'll start today or tomorrow or during the weekend. My Marbo ideas feel quite daunting to start on. Gonna give ya some WIPs on that when I've got a few.

Great looking vets! The goggles look great and I like the armour colour.

Thanks for the encouragement

Okay, so I've started working on my Vet flamer (which is like complete except for a few gaps I need to fill in with greenstuff) and my Marbo-count as. Sadly, it's not much for a picture yet, and I'm not terribly good with any digital painting software, so alas, you'll have to take my words for it. To make matters worse, I think I need a bit of sculpting help:

I'm modelling my Marbo (or trying to) with a long jacket over his Cadian flak-chest. The jacket I'll have to make on my own, which is what I've started now. So, I'm no greenstuff sage, and all that I have greenstuffed have been smaller additions, and nothing that required staged sculpting. If anyone know any good articles and guides about sculpting larger pieces of clothing, I'd much appriciate it.

Right now, I've started working on the base of the coat. That is, the coat itself. Wrapping it around the chest and legs (arms and head not attached yet. Figured it'd be easier that way). But right now, it looks butt ugly because I haven't been able to smooth it out completely, make good creasing in it and stuff like that. I've also left out the collar and edging of the coat. I figured that'd be the easier way, to let the basis harden, sculpt on that and then add details in greenstuff little by little? I'm also going to make a shoulder belt for the sword that's gonna be strapped to his back, which I'll be adding later when the base of the jacket is finished. Is that how you usually go about these things? Let the greenstuff harden before sculpting more ontop of it? I found it even more difficult to form the greenstuff of the jacket since it covers so much of the model (from neck to knees) without getting thumbprints on it. I'm using the standard GW-tools and warm water for lubrication.

Love the color scheme on your IG, nice work!

Great work. love the shotgun veteran, keep it up.