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Hello reader!

I decided to start writing my own blog here, where I will introduce stuff I do. Mostly Imperial Guard and scenery, but there will be some Ork painting eventually. But something little about me:

In 2008 I got into figures and table top game through Lord of the Rings. But, as soon as I got to see Warhammer 40,000 live at one store, it got me. As fast as I could, I ordered battleforce box for Imperial Guard. I ended up with guard slightly over Eldar and Tau Empire. I roughly painted them in cadian colors, played some games --> quit. Hobby wasn't that funny I thought. But last year I got back to it again and decided that I could create my guard again. Why not? So, I ordered two Warzone 80 figures packs! These would be base for my infantry. But, their head didn't make any sense to my Harakoni Warhawks regiment. Pig-Iron Productions had nice system trooper heads, I went with those. Basic look for my army:



Colors were a bit boring so boosted it up a bit with brown, black and red. Here some fellas:



As you can see, I'm not that good painter. My hand keeps shaking when I draw "clear" lines to weapons or shoulder plates. "Blaah, that highlight looks more like splash of a paint on my flak!" said veteran. But I enjoy painting and creating my army and I believe I can get better. While I continue making my infantry squads, I tried to paint something bigger. A chimera sounded nice.



That went a bit better! It has that used look what I wanted. Back to infantry ->

My armylist includes plasmas and meltas. Well, I don't wanna order real ones from GW or start up looking bitz from other hobbyists. So, lets give a try and make one from pile of crap.



On the left, stuff that I used. On the right is the result. It still misses that hose from under the hull, but it's not that bad right? It goes!

I think this is a good way to start a blog, feel free to give comments and suggestions where I could improve(painting.....) and shoot your ideas! I keep updating as often as I can!

~Ilgoth

Here's one picture about my WIP building. I use name "City Of Harad" about this scenery project. City in the desert type of thingy for my gaming group. Note: this is a WIP.

Looks like it's getting off to a good start! My hands shake when I paint too, so good work.

I'm not sure how well the green highlights work on the guns, it looks a little odd. The helmets are a solid choice and I like the red to break up the otherwise solid tan.

Also, which models did you get from Warzone to use?

Thanks for comment Berserk! I ordered Bauhaus and Militia troops from Prince August. These figures::



You get 80 of those, price ain't bad either just 19,95€ including VAT. Not bad huh?

About gun colors, base color is orkhide shade (old paint I guess) and then highlight made with Goblin Green(old). I do have Knarloc Green too, but after testing it I liked Goblin Green more for highlighting. I wanted guns to stand out from other model, before green guns I got camo guns (dark grey-black-tan) but I changed it.

Also some update. I ordered Cadian Battleforce set to get some bitz and I wanted to make my CCS out of normal cadian. Assembled but not painted.



In front on the right you see my master of ordnance figure. I really like how it turned out! Next to it you see commander and behind four regular veterans. I gave them some backpacks to make them more parachute-looking and I love ranger type of things. ^^

I like the way those turned out too. I'm just using an old Cadian Company Commander model for my Master of Ordnance, because I custom built a guy to be my Captain. I have a few random troopers I don't know what to do with.

Likewise, I enjoy the whole ranger or airborne look. My IG are a mix of Wargames Factory Greatcoat Shock Troopers, and Cadians. The Cadians I'm painting up in an urban camo scheme and giving them a lot of backpacks and such (from a Catachan kit sprue a friend gave me) to likewise give them a look of airborne guys.

Also, I generally don't care for some of the Pig Iron models (with the exception of the Kolony Militia, whom I love), but I really like what you did with those helmets. They look good on the IG.

Helmets are System Trooper heads, I love them and I'm glad I chose those. I did consider Near Future ballistic helmets, as they look so modern gear (mean todays gear). I do have something special coming, a bit different veteran squad. Will see when I get it finished. Today later I will post some update.

Do you have any pictures of your army? I would love to see those!


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Promised an update, here it is!

Assembled and started to paint a little special veteran squad. These fellas will roam with Harker, so I thought they needed to stand out from other models. What you guys think?



I love those vests soooo much! I think those will look great when finished! Oh wait, where is the Harker himself? HERE:




Converted him from regular guardsmen. What you guys think?

Hello!

I posted about a week ago my Harker vets along Harker. Now, those veterans are ready and here they are:






I noticed I did bases wayyyy to fast and got some bad mistakes. Will fix those. But what you think, is my painting hopeless or is it improving? I got all 9 vets for that squad ready, but some of them didn't get media time from their boot camp trainings.

Hello again!

Back home from a cruise, so let start posting again. Here's the battle mat me and my friend will use.



It is 100% cotton, other side protected with plastic. Painted it with one brown. I like it.

Later tonight or tomorrow I will post pictures from buildings.

Ilgoth wrote:

The South Sandwich Islands better watch out.

Those veterans look really great man. Keep it up!

Hey hey!

Being doing those veterans, soon will get a picture from those all as just few models and got 3 vet squads ready! But, I give you something. I got old Storm Troopers and I thought I could paint them to current paint scheme. But, once again, something went wrong while painting face for sergeant so I decided to do something odd...





I think it is badass and childish lol. Not, just a huge Joker fan here.

WHY SO SERIOUS?
that be some shoulderpads thatll spark a few laughs, nice bru
good to see that ur not using elysians as ur warhawks, i just dont like them for some reason
but pretty nice models man
friendly advice, read my signature

Reason why I don't use Elysians is not their look, but I really dislike the cost of them lol. But somehow I think they look too thin. I understand they need to be light infantry in order to grav-chute to the battlefield with limited amount of equipment, but still.. I think the cast could be better for them.

I got a little bit of this and that in my army. Warzone figuers, even normal cadians, Pig-Iron torsos for one squad, Pig-Iron heads for everyone etc. But to be honest, this is my first proper army, so the result is quite good in my opinion. I'm happy if I get it finished without rushing things out. In future, I will collect some task force armies, about 500-750 points. Eldar, Space Marines as I love their scouts. Only reason why I will collect those. Got an idea for the paint scheme also. Eldar is a bit of question mark for now, as I don't use brighter colors that much so it will be a challenge.

I'm also positive about starting collecting WHFB side too, starting with Dwarfs. I love dwarfs.

Update once in third week eh? Thought I could share the Heavy Weapon Squad, which I got finished today. Been doing it for a month, step by step. Main focus was on base. How I could make it different, but still playable. Where I place what etc. Well, here they are:

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Painting ain't that good, but like it was a surprise.. Maybe in time I may notice that there is some improvement with it.

This mini is not part of the Harakoni project, it is part of the next project.

WIP picture of SM Scout



Trousers are finished, face isn't. Sorry for the bad pictures.

And scout finished.