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You should of never sold your old Praetorian army!

What's in store for your next project?

Dude. You aren't kidding. Every time I think about selling those guys I shudder. Should have kept them. And the next project is Space Marines. Leaning towards Minotaurs. I'm going all out on this one.

Found some time to knock out the snipers and Advisor guy. The guy was painted kinda loudly so he would stand out against the Genswick squads. I plan to go back and do the eyes too. I havent with anyone else, but these need it.

really cool gear, and really well done.

Thanks panda, I may turn one of the psykers from the battle squad into an astropath. Seems I didnt read my codex very carefully, I have one too many.

As for more WIP, the Baneblade is coming along and the last Vet squad is started. I gave these guys a heavy flamer and 2 flamers. Im thinking the army has 9 plasma guns, 3 plasma pistols, and 6 meltaguns. Thats just the infantry, not including vehicle weapons and the HWS's. So what good would 3 more plasma or melta guns do? I figure this squad would be good to repel at least part of a hordes army, especially when supported by the Hellhound.

 40kFSU wrote:
Thanks panda, I may turn one of the psykers from the battle squad into an astropath. Seems I didnt read my codex very carefully, I have one too many.

As for more WIP, the Baneblade is coming along and the last Vet squad is started. I gave these guys a heavy flamer and 2 flamers. Im thinking the army has 9 plasma guns, 3 plasma pistols, and 6 meltaguns. Thats just the infantry, not including vehicle weapons and the HWS's. So what good would 3 more plasma or melta guns do? I figure this squad would be good to repel at least part of a hordes army, especially when supported by the Hellhound.

that baneblade is sweet, and guard do need a flamer element. Works on more then just hordes.

 40kFSU wrote:
Dude. You aren't kidding. Every time I think about selling those guys I shudder. Should have kept them. And the next project is Space Marines. Leaning towards Minotaurs. I'm going all out on this one.

Keep an eye out for Forgeworld stuff. There will be a lot of Minotaur stuff coming out with Imperial Armour 12: Fall of Orpheus... it pits the Necrons against the Minotaurs.

Have you picked up anything you need for it yet?

Really great work.I look forward to seeing more genswick and the baneblade progress.

@panda- yeah I was looking at the rules, I guess clambers are good for getting guys in cover. That could be useful.

@Dinamarth- I saw the FW stuff it's what made me decide in the chapter. Problem is making a bronze I like without using too much wash. On infantry it looks great. Haven't cracked the code yet for washing vehicles. I keep getting pools of wash and it looks wrong. Have t bought anything just yet. Have to sell these guys first. Wife's orders.

@pedro- thanks man, and I am on the case!

Ok, the Vendetta has its first coat. I was very irritated with myself, planned to use my spray gun, forgot to buy propellant. Oh well, had to brush it. Hence the need for multiple thin coats. I am so going to learn new ways to paint. Anyway, more drudging along with the Baneblade. She will get there. Also finished the Master of Ordinance, will post a pic later on.

Got an Aegis Defense Line, Ill just set it down right here......

Ooh, the pale creaminess of that is just lush. Nice. In not overly sold on the extreme contrast of the black, though.

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@Lone Cat- Yeah, considerable knife work. You have to trim the arms and shoulders off the Bretonnians then dry fit the Cadian arms. No trimming on those luckily. I haven't decided about the missle launcher yet. I was just trying something new. The carriage is pretty close to the way I want the other heavy weapons. I plan to use the heavy bolter with a little modification to make it an autocannon.

And with that, the platoon command squad is finished. I haven't decided exactly how I am going to build this army yet, platoons or vets or what. No flyers though, don't think they fit.

Did you mix paint at all on these, or is that just an effect from a wash?

@inmygravenimage- Agreed. I was hoping to keep thing consistent by putting black on all the weapons, this was a little much. Cant really see any details.

@lord marcus- No, I dont mix my paints. Have tried in the past and the results are too horrible to think about. I give generous washes to the clothing and weapons.

So, on to some completed models. The Master of Ordinance. Your plain, run of the mill Cadian. The Vendetta turned out fairly nice. This is the first time I didnt paint the cockpit interior. Ive seen a lot of people paint the glass with great effect. I used a light blue, kinda washed out in the pics though. The lascannons are a pair of Predator side sponsons. I used ash weathering powder on the wings and fins to give the effect of the aircraft flying low, through smoke.

Have you tried painting a glossy/shine effect on the canopy? I enjoy its basing a lot, and do enjoy the master of ordinance. I do feel like the vendetta is slightly bland, which is bold! and good, but a stripe or something might help it along the way.

Good call on the stripe there panda. It did need something to break up the cream. Also darkened the canopy, it looks better this way. And here are the last units all finished up. I screwed up the Baneblade crew member so I just planted a flag identical to the one in the CCS on the turret. The dude with the guns is Marbo. I figured why not. Dude in red is an Astropath. Obviously a former member of the PBS. Since I had one extra I just repainted. For the scheme I reached into my paint case and whatever color I pulled out is what I used. And the 4th Veteran squad. These boys have 2 flamers and a heavy flamer. Ill post a picture of the full army here in a bit.

I almost gave up on this guy. Had to tear off all the tracks, the backwards and upside down demolisher cannon, and the armor plates on the turret sides. They were also upside down. Fortunately I have a very deep bits box and I came up with enough parts to rebuild him. He has options for a regular LRBT or the extension to make him a Vanquisher. I just couldn't bear to trash him or, ugh, make him into a terrain piece. Ill post some complete army shots tomorrow.

Ok, the army is all finished and I am really pleased. Think its the best one I've ever done. Anyway, thanks to everyone who stopped by and left a comment. Its off the ebay with these boys. See you on the next one....

Great work on the army,cracking tanks and infantry.And well done on the rescue job on the LRBT.

I look forward to seeing any new project you come up with.

@pedro- thanks man, very kind of you. The next project will be space marines. I have been planning Minotaurs but can't get the deep bronze quite right. I have a few more tricks to try.

Very cool seeing them all together as a completed group. Well done, and thanks for sharing your work

Really impressive army you've built, sucks that you have to get rid of it so soon, just make sure you put up some pics of your Minotaurs when you get started.


I wish you the best of luck with the sale