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So I have started a mechanized guard army and here is the first model started, weathering rust and rivets to be done yet on this paneling

Some more work done rivets brass and base white

Some rivets still need cleaning, and I will be leaving the weathering till I have the whole army painted

Some more work on the Chrimera tonight

Although I have done more since these pictures where taken, just rivets and weathering left to do on this guy

Always nice to see another Guard blog on here. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

So I've been doing some work on the regiment. Managed to get some work done on a squad of guardsmen, all base colours are done. And the bases are finished, will post pics later, phone is currently on charge.

And on 2 side notes, Had my first game against wolves last night. And it was a massacre in favour of the guard. I almost felt sorry for the guy. (we had agreed before hand, to use our tournament lists for a convention tournament in february) I Had him tabled by turn 3. barring 1 Drop pod, (we called it there as if it had been a tournament I would of just rolled around the table for 3 turns securing my maelstrom objectives which the tournament is using)

And the second note, I'm playing in a 750 tournament tomorrow, with 2 punishers for a command tank group, 2 squads of vets in chrimera's and 2 seperate wyverns. Knowing the club meta I should do well


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and another note, chrimera's while average in game , can take a van door slamming shut on them with barely a scratch

Tonights little bit of work, 5 tanks primed, base blue and washed

Heh. I love it when blogs exlode...sarted with just a single Chimera, then BOOM! 5 tanks.

Looking good matey.

EDC

yh the next part in the long part lol the layering

Mechanized infantry & armour ftw! Tanks, tanks, tanks! subbed

I love me some Guard tanks
I really dig you blue scheme and look forward to seeing a full army painted. Keep up the good work.
Please feel free to check out my Tau blog I just started.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/670437.page

 IXLoiero95XI wrote:
I love me some Guard tanks
I really dig you blue scheme and look forward to seeing a full army painted. Keep up the good work.
Please feel free to check out my Tau blog I just started.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/670437.page

Thanks, being a mahussive Fallout Fan Man, I decided to go with the Blue theme with grey armor on the troopers and yellow details/ranks etc not that they will be seeable yet.

Although since I've magnetized all the sponsons, I am thinking of yellowing the doors behind the sponsons. So the stand out

i have discovered a distinct hatred for painting rivets.... so many to do on guard vehicles

Pic quality is real bad but got some weathering done on the first chrimera.

First time using weathering powders, and I went with the Tamiya Set A and B for the mud and rust


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And that will be 4 objective markers built and 5 veteran special weapons to boot, now I'm ready for bed

So alot more work done in last 2 days getting sick of painting blue but determined to get this done

Cant decide whether to clean the excess rust up or leave it and build it up around the rest of the tank, what do you people think

Depends on how fresh you want them to look? Just off the landing ship or gone through hell haha. I think the blue you useing looks quite regal so only slightly weathered would look good imo.
Nice work btw!

Nice detail so far. Looking forward to seeing more.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Nice detail so far. Looking forward to seeing more.

More to come just busy with work as its that time of the year

stonned_astartes wrote:Depends on how fresh you want them to look? Just off the landing ship or gone through hell haha. I think the blue you useing looks quite regal so only slightly weathered would look good imo.
Nice work btw!

I've gone with the Vault Tec uniform style scheme, so blue grey and yellow unit/rank markings

After 3 long days of work, including today's "Hell Day", painting rivets to "2012's Battleship" was strangely relaxing tonight.

Good progress throughout. I vote for not cleaning up the rust, the beat up looks works well for your colour scheme.

EDC

some work on pask tonight, hes now 75% done

weathered the tracks and engine vents. just the punisher cannon, its self, some cleaning up of rivet areas, and yellow to do, then final metal areas, mud weathers and hes done

damn i need more time

Heres soome pics of the rusting

Cool. Do you plan to do any other weathering, like chipping or dirt on the main hull to break up the colour a bit?

EDC

Yh just gotta finish the hull and a few other bits and then i use tamiya mud weathering, personally wont be chippuing this armour as its a relief column not an active battle column

And work on pask, really need to get a decent camera, roll on payday

today i shall be camera shopping

well its a repost of the rusting on the tank traps but i got a new camera today and its much better than the other pic i posted

ai this is very much a wip where else would you add ruset other than the metal areas

Looking really rusty, keep it up!

Looking good. The yellow panels really pop. Great work.

EDC