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Holy feth, your guys are amazing. You are a master with greenstuff and an excellent painter! Keep up the good work!

That is very cool man. That makes a perfect Chimera. Keep up the good work.

Wow that is awesome!
Nice battle report too!

ArbitorIan wrote:
Thanks! Though none of the rest of the vehicle is a conversion - only the front (and the odd thing like the eagle on the side). The rest of the vehicle is just the Forge World Repressor kit - http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Witch_Hunters/REPRESSOR-COMPLETE-KIT.html

I see! Somehow I've never seen that model before...

Thanks for the tip!

Ok, so I've done a bit more work on the Repressor. I thought it was looking a bit monochrome, so came up with some extra detail, inspired in part by modern Police forces - a blue/silver check pattern that can be used in different places in all the vehicles.

I also re-highlighted the edges, and incorporated some waterslide tranfers - which I never normally use. I filled all the gun ports at the side with greenstuff and painted them grey, like the windows at the front.




Looking for the finishing touches to my Sentinels, I then copied the check pattern on to the front plates.

Using instant mold is fun as long as you remember to not sear your fingers in the hot water. Good choice of colors, i prolly didnt see in the previous pages but what codex will you be using for the arbites?

-- my bad wrong window, found i asked a stupid question.

How many highlights are you using for the checkered patterns on the tanks?

medabee wrote:Using instant mold is fun as long as you remember to not sear your fingers in the hot water. Good choice of colors, i prolly didnt see in the previous pages but what codex will you be using for the arbites?
How many highlights are you using for the checkered patterns on the tanks?

I'm building the army to conform mostly to the BOLS Arbites Codex, but the finished army should be able to be run as an IG force or a SM Scout force, and hopefully keeping the options open enough that it could run as a WH force if a new codex was to appear.

The highlights are pretty simple. Basic checks are Enchanted Blue and Boltgun Metal, then washed with Badab Black, then the same colours on the outside corners and plate edges.

I was thinking some lettering "To Protect & Serve?"

When dealing with protestors, remember to use the multilaser and not the lascannons ...

Cool chequered pattern, i like it! stands out great against the black.

Nice job, the repressor looks great and the checkers are a cool addition.

Nice work on these guys. And thanks for the insta mold review , i think i will pick up that stuff now i see it in action. Did you know about the new dark heresy book , The book of judgement ? http://fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=2564

I should also give you credit for my own own arbite on a jetbike as i did take a peak at you own bad boys for inspiration

Looking great so far!

Miss Dee wrote:I was thinking some lettering "To Protect & Serve?"

Keep it 40K Grimdark.

"To Punish And Repress."



Nah but possibly some lettering would be good, as long as it's not too large I think.

neil101 wrote:Nice work on these guys. And thanks for the insta mold review , i think i will pick up that stuff now i see it in action. Did you know about the new dark heresy book , The book of judgement ? http://fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=2564

I had no idea about this! Is it released yet? I'd kinda want to read it in case there's any cool/fluffy changes I could make...

Kazwulf wrote:When dealing with protestors, remember to use the multilaser and not the lascannons ...

That's it. The next one will be crushing an 'Occupy: Imperium' placard undertrack..

Disjointed Entity wrote:

Miss Dee wrote:I was thinking some lettering "To Protect & Serve?"

Keep it 40K Grimdark.

"To Punish And Repress."



Nah but possibly some lettering would be good, as long as it's not too large I think.

I was considering it, but don't really want them to look 'ornamented'. The serial numbers are quite functional. However, one of the ones coming up has an empty banner/scroll thing attached to a door. I might try out a motto on that and see how it looks...

ArbitorIan wrote:The next one will be crushing an 'Occupy: Imperium' placard undertrack.

Ha! Hippies, heretics. Potato, potato

Repressor looks very cool! Makes me want to pick up that model for myself...

looking sweet man i love the color choice

Consider me Subbed to your future progress.

dark6spectre wrote:Cool chequered pattern, i like it! stands out great against the black.

Not a fan tbh, but the army is awesome otherwise.

This is so freaking awesome!!!!

I'm also building a Arbite force myself using the IG cogex (I'm up to 1000pts painted)

I've bought some of that insta mold myself to cast some extra heads and shoulder armour.

This is such an inspiration!!!!

I gotta agree right quick with some of the above posts.
Your army looks awsome. I love the fact that you did all of those conversions. i use instamold too. amazing stuff. someone earlier said something about release powder. Im not sure but i dont think you would need it for casting in instamold with resin. i could be wrong but that instamold stuff is really amazing. nothing seems to want to stick to it. I think the moto to "punish and suppress" seems fitting, but its your army. Do whatever makes you stoked. I think its awesome. Great job.

I like the checks! I think it does give a bit of the "Police-y" feel.

However, I think they're a bit too much on the Sentinels. The checks look great on the repressor because they are an accent. On the Sentinels they are a main scheme. Not to but a damper on your work, but I think just half of the front or maybe the side panels instead would look better.

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

I can understand what you mean about the lettering, the US Police is more to do with ornamentation.
How about the British Police style? That's fairly basic. I think a nice obvious ARBITES across the chequerboard would look good.

Rawson wrote:However, I think they're a bit too much on the Sentinels. The checks look great on the repressor because they are an accent. On the Sentinels they are a main scheme. Not to but a damper on your work, but I think just half of the front or maybe the side panels instead would look better.

After looking back at them, I kinda agreed with this. So, I've removed the checks from the Sentinels, and gone for a simpler motif to tie them in - numbers! I'll get some better pics when I do the next batch of models..

Thorne wrote:Exactly. Using the milliput as a greenstuff replacement and talc as the release agent. You have the mould. Just change the casting material. It's equally as effective for the purpose as greenstuff

Finally tried this out and the results are MUCH better. It's a hell of a lot smoother than the GS molds. I think I'll use Milliput for the rest of them. Thanks!

ArbitorIan wrote:After looking back at them, I kinda agreed with this. So, I've removed the checks from the Sentinels, and gone for a simpler motif to tie them in - numbers! I'll get some better pics when I do the next batch of models..

I liked the checks. I'm a victim of my own CC...

i liked the checks but i think it looks all nice and sinister

The new sentinels look better. Like rogue said more sinister.

what they make me think of is in those movies where there is a group of "bad guys" and they are shooting it out with the cops, then there is a shot of the SWAT coming up they are all in black and the music is playing heavier while they are marching twords them. That is what i see, the Arbites as the cops and the sentinals as the SWAT, not in game wise but in paint sceme

A few more vehicles finished! I completed another Repressor, and the first of the Exorcists. I've also taken some in-focus shots of the new Sentinels...

Repressor


Exorcist



Sentinels