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kakita wrote:Wow. Very impressed with the painted Valkyrie (I really do love the underside's blue), as well as the kitbashed tarantulas. Tarantulas looks super cool but the forgeworld ones are a bit on the pricey side. Could I check what did you use as a connector between the weapons? (the thing in the middle that the cannons mount on to?)

Thanks kakita,
The connector was made from more parts of the Predator Las Cannons.












Thank you Alaricuk, Aryllon and evildrcheese.

Next up some more Drop Troopers:



In case people are wondering the open visor head is in the Command HQ pack, with the Power Fist and a better deal than the PCS pack.

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So these Drop Troopers will form another squad.

So far half way there:



Two more:



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Imperial Guard armies are painted two models at a time.

Two more Drop Troopers:



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Painted one more Drop Trooper and used ten of the last twelve to build another Drop Squad.






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So as a break from all the single Drop Troopers I had been painting I switched gears to a Heavy Weapon Team, with one member removable to represent the wound...





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Heavy bolter crew looks great. Awesome pose makes them looks like they're right in the action. The basing really brings the whole thing to life.

Excellent work with the Heavy Weapons teams, the removable guy to represent the wound is a nice touch.

EDC

Thanks Inevitable_Faith and evildrcheese,

I enjoyed building that so much I did the second.




When a wound is allocated:


The two heavy weapon teams together:


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Another great addition to the heavy weapon teams, that crate under his gun adds some nice flavour. The wound allocation idea is brilliant too. How stable are the removable guys when on the base? How do you get them to stay on? I can hardly tell the spot he sits in too when he's gone so the blending is flawless in the basing.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Another great addition to the heavy weapon teams, that crate under his gun adds some nice flavour. The wound allocation idea is brilliant too. How stable are the removable guys when on the base? How do you get them to stay on? I can hardly tell the spot he sits in too when he's gone so the blending is flawless in the basing.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

I just used some rare earth magnets and some small nails.

Underside of the bases.


The nail head was matched up to the boot heel and knee pad of the Loader in the case of a kneeling Trooper or a metal plate was fastened to a Trooper lying down.


I also had to do some extensive repair work to several of the models.

The bottom of the boot to the knee pad is two part putty due to a couple of miss-moulded feet.

It all worked out.







The whole squad.



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Thanks for showing the WIP pics so I can see how it's done CB. It's a great idea I may steal for any models that I could do this for in the future.

Nice Elysians. I love the homemade tarantulas.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Thanks for showing the WIP pics so I can see how it's done CB. It's a great idea I may steal for any models that I could do this for in the future.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith, feel free to copy in the future.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Nice Elysians. I love the homemade tarantulas.

Thank you Warboss_Waaazag, I might get a more detailed walk-through up some time.

And now for something completely different - 3rd Edition Stormtroopers painted in the Elysian scheme.




The metal 3rd Edition Stormtroopers were definitely closer in size to the Elysians that any other, more to come as I build the squad.

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Your Elysians are lovely, oh and those Stormtroopers are great - my favorite version of them - they really look like special forces.

Thank you Oguhmek,

A few more shots of old Storm Troopers getting new life.





The demi-squad:




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Now a Sergeant and Grenade Launcher of old 3rd Edition Storm Troopers.




Three more and the squad would be complete.

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retro troopers are looking great! I don't think I've seen so many of them all together. I've seen some in person but all in ones and twos.

Fantastic read, very thorough & well-illustrated with plenty of photos!

I appreciate the work to not just be a studio painter, but a studio photographer as well; plan the units, position miniatures, lighting, take the photos... :sigh:

Superb paint job, nice & crisp with plenty of depth & detail; I am particularly impressed with vehicle wear & tear!

You put a lot of love into finicky Forge World resin, and retro Storm Troopers take the cake; the new Scions just don't do it for me as they appear too ornate in a grimdark universe in which attrition of PBI is incredibly high, and as such their equipment should appear more utilitarian imho.

Keep up the battle!

Nice work on the 3rd ed Stormtroopers, Captain - I still prefer the Kasrkin, but you're making these guys look good.

Still on the reupload phase at this point?

That wound tracking is a cool idea. I always have problems when magnetizing stuff.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:retro troopers are looking great! I don't think I've seen so many of them all together. I've seen some in person but all in ones and twos.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith, more 3rd Edition Stormtroopers on their way.

Private Benjamin wrote:Fantastic read, very thorough & well-illustrated with plenty of photos!

I appreciate the work to not just be a studio painter, but a studio photographer as well; plan the units, position miniatures, lighting, take the photos... :sigh:

Superb paint job, nice & crisp with plenty of depth & detail; I am particularly impressed with vehicle wear & tear!

You put a lot of love into finicky Forge World resin, and retro Storm Troopers take the cake; the new Scions just don't do it for me as they appear too ornate in a grimdark universe in which attrition of PBI is incredibly high, and as such their equipment should appear more utilitarian imho.

Keep up the battle!

Thank you Private Benjamin, for all your kind words and comments.

Dysartes wrote:Nice work on the 3rd ed Stormtroopers, Captain - I still prefer the Kasrkin, but you're making these guys look good.

Still on the reupload phase at this point?

Thanks Dysartes, I did Kasrkin for you over on the Necromundian Guard. Still catching up, when the second Valkyrie is done we will be caught up.

kakita wrote:That wound tracking is a cool idea. I always have problems when magnetizing stuff.

Thanks kakita, magnets are easy and great for those weapon swaps to increase your options.

The rest of the Stormtroopers:




The complete squad.


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Squad looks great dude. Those red lenses on their guns are really well done.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Squad looks great dude. Those red lenses on their guns are really well done.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith,

Back to regular Drop Troopers, somehow I convinced myself that I needed even more regular troopers from my spares and left overs...which meant another purchase from ForgeWorld to bulk out two squads (so a squad and a special weapons squad...and a Missile Launcher set to get the free Shipping).




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Clearly it was a necessary purchase. Couldn't have those spares be... spares now could you?

The first rule of spares is, there are no spares

 Aryllon wrote:
The first rule of spares is, there are no spares

Second rule of spares is no smoking.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Clearly it was a necessary purchase. Couldn't have those spares be... spares now could you?

Inevitable_Faith, not it seems to be a bad thing to have spare models around.

Aryllon wrote:The first rule of spares is, there are no spares

Aryllon, I broke the rule and paid for it with my wallet.

Dysartes wrote:

 Aryllon wrote:
The first rule of spares is, there are no spares

Second rule of spares is no smoking.

Dysartes, I think I have that one covered...but I might have missed an entertainment reference.

In the meantime the Elysians crew by two more Drop Troopers:



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This is cool, always liked elysian drop troops. You have a sick army!

Those tarantula turrets look like they took some imagination working out the parts and also looked very fiddly. Well done.

Have you thought about getting some minis off mad robbot.com, always fancied trying to make some drop troops off there.

Nice work!

 stonned_astartes wrote:
This is cool, always liked elysian drop troops. You have a sick army!

Those tarantula turrets look like they took some imagination working out the parts and also looked very fiddly. Well done.

Have you thought about getting some minis off mad robbot.com, always fancied trying to make some drop troops off there.

Nice work!

Thanks stonned_astartes,

mad robot.com did not exist when I was building this army...and with the cost of Forgeworld when it is finished it will be done and I'll move to another army...likely one of my refurbishment ones (much more affordable).

Back to the build and two more Drop Troopers:



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Two more Drop Troopers received their coat of paint.


The Drop Troopers are over halfway to another Squad.


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