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Just pondering how you could have possibly put that much detail into 15mm minis boggles my mind. What ruleset do you use when playing with these minis, if you ever play with them?

Thanks Zwan, Killy, there are several 15mm scifi rules sets, but there's no one in my area to game with, so I just enjoy the modelling side of the hobby.
WIP pics of my next unit, these guys will add a little variety to the army but will be treated as normal infantry, they are my own invention, the Kriegs Marine of Krieg, (a little like they USMC) their primary roles are creating planetary bridgeheads, once the bridgehead is being exploited by the regular DKoK units, they act as light infantry, in support of the regulars, they also defend Naval facilities and ships, and conduct defensive and offensive boarding actions.
As for painting, I have 2 ideas.
1) my preferred, white sailors cap with black band, navy blue pea jacket, with white bib (the square material on the back) white pants, black boots, fieldblue armour, brown webbing.
2) or, white sailors cap with black band, fieldblue pea jacket with white bib, fieldblue pants, brown webbing and boots, dark grey armour.
The figures are Blue moon WWI Germans with Peter Pig , Navy Heads.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/wip-kriegs-marine-of-krieg.html]link

Cool. So they'll be kinda like storm troopers. But with more responsibility!

I think no.1 option sounds good. Especially if its the one you prefer. It'll be more enjoyable to paint as well

Hi Zwan, actually I already have the figures I will use for stormtroopers planned, they will be much more heavily armoured, the Kriegs Marine will be much more specialised. But It's all really just an excuse to get a different uniform type in there.

Hi guys
Here is my WIP HQ squad, the 2 blue figures are conversions of some spare AB French Napoleonic officer figures, the helmet on the troopers will be the standard helmets for the regular troops, I was going to have the troops in picklehelms, and bought a heap of Peter Pig heads for the conversions, only to find they were way to small, so I will convert the blue moon WWI German heads, it fits with DKoK better anyway, the officers head is an old glory French cavalry head, I will hand paint the standard, all comments welcome, more pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/wip-dkok-hq-squad.html

That's a great miniature for the commander the pose really inspires. A few simple additions really make him a DKOK. Can't wait to see these and the kriegs marines painted up. Are you keeping the same colour scheme for the commander as the regular troops?

Hi Zwan, yes the same colour scheme as the other DKoK.

Hi guys
My first 2 Kriegs Marines squads are done, my favourites are the sergeants and the flames, I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, let me know what you think, more pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/15mm-kriegs-marines-of-krieg-finished.html

Those are fragging awesome, I love them! That pretty much covers it I think

I really like the basing, must try something like that myself.

Thank JR, the bases are pretty easy, shaped milliput, covered with sand.


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Hi guys

Painted the regimental flag for the 103rd kampfgruppe, named after my old unit, will start painting the command squad tomorrow hopefully, I have also been working on 3 Lamen Russ, need to pick up another turret, 1 will be a Vanquisher, 1 a punisher, and a standard Lamen Russ battle tank.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/blog-post.html

Hi guys.
Command squad finished, it's pretty dark here due to being overcast, so had to use a flash and the colours are a little washed out, pretty happy with how these guys turned out, I stuffed up the gluing of the flag and it is a little off centre, couldn't fix it, so it will have to do, have added a size comparison shot with the LRs for those who wanted one, all comments welcome, more pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/15mm-death-korps-hq-squad-finished.html

Dude! Looking awesome! Can't wait to have a proper look when I can get access to some proper Internet.

Thanks Zwan, doing some detail work on the tanks tonight.

Hi guys

My order of Wusuq and Star vikings from 15mm UK have arrived, they will become (along with some other figs) Death Guard plague marines, being Chaos Space Marines I want them to be a similar size as my Blood Angels, so I will need to stretch the body of most of them, then I will go to town with the GS, these figures will look very different then they do now, below are some shots of some of the figures before and after stretching, I get a good 3-4 mm extra hight after stretching, but it's a bit time consuming, looking forward to detailing these.
The heads Of the Wusuq will make great helmet less plague marines, they will also get a lot of bulking out with GS, i also received some of their scifi beastmen, these will be used in the traitor legion ranks, stay tuned, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/start-of-my-15mm-death-guard.html

Hi guys
An update on theWIP 15mm Death Guard, working on the first 10, the conversion part is about 80% done, a bit hard to see all the detail in the pics, looking forward to painting these guys, are they Nurgley enough? Have added before and after conversion pics, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/wip-15mm-plague-marines.html

Hi guys
These plague marines are ready for paint, here are some better photos, I like how they turned out, primary colour will be rotten flesh green, and catachen green detailsthe same as my 28mm Death Guard, I will do more mutations and some head swaps with the next 10 marines, more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/15mm-plague-marines-ready-for-paint.html

Looking good. How do they compare size wise to your blood angels?

Hi Zwan, they are about the same size, some are smaller but not by much, when they are painted I will do a side by side shot.

Hi guys
This squad is finished, pretty happy with them, the next 10 will have more mutations and head swaps, my favourites are he champion with his tongue out and the plasma gunners, heaps more pics on my blog, all comments welcome.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/15mm-death-guard-plague-marine-squad.html

While some of these models look a little rough around the edges, I admire your dedication and creativity. Those Deathguard look seriously good! It says a lot about your painting and modeling skills that I can tell what they are at that scale.

Thanks Brother, yes I'm bait of a hack, but I have fun.

Hi guys
Some pics of my WIP 15mm Death Korps of Krieg heavy siege assault gun, which barrel do you think I should use? This is the Emhar. 1/72 Mk IV female, its already a little larger in length and width, but not hight, then the Airfix model, I have stretched and widened it, added 4 heavy flames for close support, i also left the side profile lozenge shape alone, as i had re shaped the airfix kits slightly, more pics on my blog, what do you think?
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/wip-15mm-death-korps-siege-assault-gun.html

Really great death guard! Loving the colours on them. I like the way all your colour schemes stand apart from each other.

Thanks Zwan, I started a 28mm DG army with the same colour scheme, and liked it, so carried it on in the 15mm army.

This is some absolutely amazing work. I love the idea and the execution is superb.
I think this is a really interesting concept. I think scaling down 40k would allow for it to be played in a more realistic (i know, not much of a word for a game with laser weapons and chainswords). A smaller scale would allow for a bigger board and allow the ranges for weapons/movement/charges/etc. to be scaled more appropriately. I'll really interested in this; I might have to try it out myself.
Keep up the good work!

Thanks for following Freytag, and you hit the nail on the head, much more satisfying ranges.

I love your work. I'm not sure what you're going to do with all these 15mm minis though.

Thanks Grumpus, and I will being doing exactly what everyone does with their mini.

Hi guys
The first batch of DKoK armour is getting close to the painting stage, I decided to base them, I like making little vignettes, so added some supporting grunts, advancing under cover of the tanks, the last 3pics show the design for my Chimeras, I will build up the hull slightly under the turret so it is horizontal, i have added a mantlet to the assault gun, still debating the colour scheme for these, I'm now thinking blue grey, or field grey, I want a plain single colour because i plan to go the whole hog with weathering, and single colour will bring out the effects, the infantry are yet to be converted, all ideas and comments welcome, more pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/update-on-15mm-dkok-armour.html]link

Hi guys, the base colour done, it's hard to tell in the light, but there is a nice subtle shading on these, the blue grey has come out just the way I wanted, what do you think? These will get the works when it comes to weathering, just need the base to dry. More pics on my blog.
http://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/base-coat-done-15mm-dkok-armour.html

Looking really good, can't wait to see them finished, but if I was you I would of used the airfix make tank than the emhar one, as it is slightly smaller, apart from that great work!