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This is an amazing Tank Destroyer Noodles! I still cant tell which part you're so upset about. It looks fantastic!

Nice work on the tank. Looks good.
Paint will hide a multitude of sins. And really, can't see any problems from here.

Hey noodles the tank looks great !
Still following the Russian vibe I see !

Great stuff here, subbed!

Excellent work on the tank .

EDC

So I've been piecing together my BFGs from the Victoria lamb / reaper kickstarter, they are bug guns for sure, almost regret just getting 2, but the plastic the crew are made from isn't great.



Nearly finished assembling both now, pics will come. They are quite big and cover much of the bases that they come with, so I'll have to work out something to do in that regard.

And here is a completely unrelated base for a large model, but what?



I've also been cleaning up and filling in the other colours on those terminators, still got highlighting the black to look forward too.


From the front the destroyer looks like the top of the gun shield isn't parallel to the top of the hull, no big deal but still.

Thanks all.

Ooh Nice! I've been wanting to see the Victoria hardware!

Some more pictures of the arty and crew just for you dsteingass.



The wheels have been sprayed black on the inner facings before gluing them together, there are some joins and dimpling that is going to have to be filled in prior to painting. At least I've got the colour scheme sorted, russian genswick green it is.

And crew:




see how bent that spotting scope is? Doesn't seem like it can be straightened, maybe if I could be bothered to drill a length of brass rod through it I could get it to straighten out but no luck with heat etc. :(

Very cool! I picked up some of the female Mordians at Origins last year. I really like the fact that the chassis have a loading arm for shells. No one knows how anything GW is reloaded

Ha you got your guns then as well, I got three but really only wanted the crew which as you stated are a little wobbly.
Good call on the rod to straighten out the scope but I was thinking of cutting it off and using it as a double spanker gesture

I don't know if it is just me but the guns seem a little plain, mind you one is going to be orkefied.

That base is pretty cool indeed the double level is a great idea, might borrow that format could come in handy for a diorama I have in mind.

If you've tried hot water I'm not sure brass rod would work unless it was sufficiently thick to resist being bent back, how about increasing the bend to look like a bit the vee shaped optics ???

Yeah the bowl of Hot water should help with the bends that are insane looking.

The hot water doesn't work that well, I think it's because it is more rubbery plastic rather than resin.

I think with the rod it is to clamp the scope so it is straight then run the rod through the centre, this way it will restrain the bend from reacquiring.

Its more of a kids toy kinda plastic, needs superglue to stick it together.

 lone dirty dog wrote:

I think with the rod it is to clamp the scope so it is straight then run the rod through the centre, this way it will restrain the bend from reacquiring.

That is exactly what I was thinking.

I agree the guns are kind of plain, at least from a distance, but up close the gun carriage is covered in rivets and what empty space there is is just screaming for weathering. Steal away, I'll get a picture up later thet will show a bit more as to how it's made / the floors are supported.

 dsteingass wrote:
Very cool! I picked up some of the female Mordians at Origins last year. I really like the fact that the chassis have a loading arm for shells. No one knows how anything GW is reloaded

Well considering it's rare to see any model carrying any extra ammunition ...

I'm a big fan of Victoria Lamb's sculpts which is why I backed these models in the kickstarter, the only problem with the sculpts that I can find is that they really should be wearing ear protection, but that's just me picking holes in everything.

Those guns look excellent, really like the design. As to the crew, afraid can't really help, I would gently add more heat then clamp the thing straight, but you might risk loosing detail or damaging the model. Bearing in mind by more heat I mean being gentle with a blowtorch.

Well, They also have solid steel carriage wheels, which suggests early 20th century tech, trench warfare stuff, so the gun needed to be efficient, not pretty.

Bit more on the big base.



And here is how it's made:


layers of plasticard off cuts to bring the level up.


Well, I tried boiling water, just made it even softer despite holding it straight as it cooled it didn't work. Guess I could try a candle.

Very nice base, it will look great!

Finally got my hands on some of the 8th edition indices, so, not much modelling, but much reading and making of army lists however, think I read a line in the BRB to the effect of it being a hobby in it's own right, lol!

With the changes to guard platoons the brigade detachment is looking a bit small seeing as I could probably fill it up with just infantry, so there may be a bit of rearranging of of squads to do.

I've dug out 3 half made mortar teams to finish off as this edition has made one of the guard's least efficient waste of points usable, just hope I have enough bits lying about that I can cobble together to make a crew from.

The gun carriages are coming along I'm waiting for some filler to dry in some of the shrinkage dimples before, if it works out, I can get them sprayed, leaving half the crew and bases to do, provided I don't get distracted by a couple dozen other things ofc.

@OMN - I've been doing the same, my list-making is a bit weak. I've been collecting Chimera kits for years, I just built them ALL! Just to find out they are much more expensive to use. I still only have 31 regular Lasgun troops painted, and 8 Chimeras painted

What parts are you needing bud?

And 8th appears to be making everyone have a good close look at what they have, don't recall this fuss when 5th, 6th or 7th where about, though I have not played any of those I suppose. Be nice to see an army shot once you have sorted a list out.

Thanks for the offer cam, but i'm good, just a matter of rummaging around my bits box a bit to find what I need, still have plenty of parts left over from my militia and inquisition projects, plus having collected guard for longer than could be called healthy...

I'll see what I can do about an army shot, there isn't a whole lot more to show since the last time I did one, except in time. Will definitely need to clear my desk a good bit to fit it on however.


@dsteingass: Ah so that's where they all came from thought you may have gone on quite a bit of a spending spree. I agree on the chimeras they have taken quite a beating in this edition, working out the points cost of units is going to be tedious.


I'm finding this guide (and the other tactics guides on this site) to be invaluable btw:
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000/Tactics/Imperial_Guard(8E)

Nah, remember when I built my basement skunkwerks?

and I fit my plastic stash into that old wardrobe?
Yeah, that middle stack is empty now

2 of the Chimeras were new, a Hobby Shop who got into selling GW when 7th Ed came out, stocked a bunch of kits and a paint rack, and now is selling everything 40% off, including that rack of citadel paint mostly dried up in the pot.

I will never complain about my backlog again. To be fair most of my pile of shame is terrain.

Dried up already? I've still got some of my first paints, they are more a thick gelatinous gunk but like those people who freeze themselves in the hopes that one day medical technology can resurrect them, they are in a biscuit tin likewise awaiting such a day, so I guess sometimes it pays to live in a more humid climate.

Yea so I've totted up the power level and points values, there are a few units that I don't have the costs for as they are in the FW book that I don't own, and I've included a hellhound, devildog and chimera that I haven't made yet (but need to fill slots).
The army comes to about 4700pts at 267 PL points spread over a Brigade, vanguard and spearhead detachments. No flyers or super heavies.

No doubt I've missed things as I'm not yet used to the way equipment in units is calculated and miscounted the number of models that I actually have.

Mortar crew is done, bases were already finished so that saved a lot of time, arty crew is done and the guns are primed.

Yes, I have a problem. But as far as I know, there are no meetings where people sit around, smoke cigarettes, and drink coffee and talk about this particular problem.

Yeah, the new pots are horrendous. Any new I buy, I am transferrign them right into dropper bottles straight away. Great paint, horrible bottles.

That sounds like a great list. I'm not really even that far yet. I'm still counting individual points up

I have the Forge World book, what do you need?

Thought that sort of place was called "Dakka Dakka" but bring your own drinks.

Guess I'll have to avoid the new bottles, shame as I'm still looking for some gold paint that is non-GW and not aweful, guess I could do likewise since i'm sure to have a few empty bottles before long.

The only things that I have that are missing from my list are:

2 sabre platforms with searchlights
3 Cyclops
Destroyer Tank hunter
2 earthshaker carriages
2 heavy mortars
1 quad mortar
vendetta

... half the book basically, so no worries.

I was hoping to pick up a copy of the book before long, but after hearing about some editing issues I thought I'd hold off until at least there is an faq ... or re-print.

Have you tried Vallejo golds amigo?

Which ones graven?

I've tried the model colour brass, bronze and some of the silvers with mixed success, silvers were ok, but the mica particles are a bit big they seem to dry a bit too quickly and be quite thick out the bottle especially now i've had them for 3 or so years.

I switched to the model air series and the silvers are really nice, but I tried model air gold, which was new at the time, and it was a gloopy, gritty mess, I think this may be an issue that the suspension medium in metallic paints is more volatile maybe, or it was a bad batch.

But anyway I've read that I'm not the only one who has had that problem. So tried the eye wateringly expensive metal colour airbrush paints ... which only has 2 non silver colours: Copper and gold.

I used them both on the mace here.


The copper is fine for what it does, but the gold is pretty bright and has a greenish tint, this wouldn't be an issue if they mixed well but i'm not having much success with that. The copper is too overpowering and they are really not suited to be mixed together on a wet pallet with a brush, being airbrush paints, and so paint just goes right up the ferrule and as Jones would say "they don't like it up 'em".

Maybe i'm just a picky, or, more likely doing it wrong.

I already sold off my custodian models that I had in the Prospero box as I've simply labelled large areas of gold a no-go area.

Have not tried myself, but hear good things about Army Painter metallic.

I aint no painter so not much use. I generally make sure I have a good base coat under it. If I want bright Yellow gold, I undercoat to a flat yellow, then Gold. And nowadays I always wash gold down with purple. One of the proper lads will get this for you better than I can.

Hey OMN- I've read your blog from start to finish now- subbed! What an incredible body of work. The imagination and multi-streaming projects never seem to end, and are a source of great inspiration for me.

Really like the gun emplacements- you've got me wanting to try my hand at building something like that!