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So here's my guard army. Mostly veterans and convicts, an elite force. A lot of different bits. Wanted an urban vibe but still have some guys more geared toward temperate camo so there's a mix of grey and od bdu's. Some vehicle conversion, the bombard is kit bash. The centaur is a converted bren gun carrier. I converted the taurox into a half track. Made a custom model for iron hand straken, went for an m bison vibe. His dual pistol wielding bodyguard and master of the fleet are both converted from valk crew. Nork deddog is an old metal ogryn with an ogre kingdoms head. Custom sgt harker conversion, wanted him to look more weighed down with gear.


link to the dakka gallery https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-7463-4339_Imperial%20Guard.html

Great stuff - always good to see a completely painted army (to a high standard)

Nice work, especially like the Bren Carrier, is that converted from a ww2 kit?

That is a really good looking army

Love the looks on everything, but especially the scions!

Looks really sharp! I love the highlighting on the green armor pieces.

Good mix of all the guard kits. Looks great

 Gordy2000 wrote:
Great stuff - always good to see a completely painted army (to a high standard)

Thanks gordy


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ingtaer wrote:
Nice work, especially like the Bren Carrier, is that converted from a ww2 kit?

Thanks, I think it's a 1/35th scale bren carrier, which is usually a bit too big for 40k but it's about the perfect size for a centaur.


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ShadowCaptainMathius wrote:
That is a really good looking army

Thanks mathius


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 Kithail wrote:
Love the looks on everything, but especially the scions!

Thanks guy, I really want to use their heads on more things, such a great lookin kit.


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 Aetare wrote:
Looks really sharp! I love the highlighting on the green armor pieces.

Thanks, it's an odd combo of color for highlight but it somehow works


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 STG wrote:
Good mix of all the guard kits. Looks great

Thanks mang, I really wanted to vary all the gear so they look like a collection of remnant factions sorta placed together.

Loveeeely.
I didnt even look at who had posted this but as soon as I saw the first 3 pics and the camera angles/texture etc I was like this is Crabz

Fantastic army, you can really see how much hard work has gone in. Superb job

 Darkjim wrote:
Fantastic army, you can really see how much hard work has gone in. Superb job

Exactly. Very clean lines. Considering the number of minis involved,with this level of work, wow.

 Darkjim wrote:
Fantastic army, you can really see how much hard work has gone in. Superb job

Thanks Jim, there was a lot of build time for sure scrounging all the older bits


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 Frazzled wrote:


Exactly. Very clean lines. Considering the number of minis involved,with this level of work, wow.

Thanks frazz, I'm not too skilled at painting but I really try to paint assembly line and keep it as consistent as I can

Great looking Guard army. The Hammer of the Emperor!

 Ratius wrote:
Loveeeely.
I didnt even look at who had posted this but as soon as I saw the first 3 pics and the camera angles/texture etc I was like this is Crabz

How did I miss this? Come here you!




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 Brushfire wrote:
Great looking Guard army. The Hammer of the Emperor!

Thanks Brushfire

Fantastic work, love the mix of old and new minis

Fantastic looking army! Love the slight conversion all around, couple things you could do to improve further: drill the gun barrels, some decal on the vehicles, dry powder work on the tracks. Some details missed: laser guidance on the sentinel plasma gun/the circle underneath the barrel, scope next to the cannon on the taurox, flicker lights on the wings of Valkyrie, highlight on the plasma glow, heat residue on the melta muzzles. The emperor protects!

The bright green isn't really my taste, but the execution in general is beyond solid. You should be really proud to own this collection and get to field on the table.

Looks awesome. How'd you do the grey armour on the vehicles?

Awesome stuff love it !

Very nice, love the "Bren" carrier.

I love this green. and this army. And especially how well you made that green color work. And also the army

 Zid wrote:
Fantastic work, love the mix of old and new minis

Thanks zid I'm pretty sure I must have traded like 10 sentinels worth of pilot heads


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 Big Mac wrote:
Fantastic looking army! Love the slight conversion all around, couple things you could do to improve further: drill the gun barrels, some decal on the vehicles, dry powder work on the tracks. Some details missed: laser guidance on the sentinel plasma gun/the circle underneath the barrel, scope next to the cannon on the taurox, flicker lights on the wings of Valkyrie, highlight on the plasma glow, heat residue on the melta muzzles. The emperor protects!

Yeah, the gun barrels could use some drilling I must agree, especially some of the stubbers. Decals I could also see adding, my only concern is sealing them properly without adding too much gloss, I'm not very good at that. I have some forgeworld powder but it's supposed to be grey but its very yellow/brown/ashen and looks more like sand. Yeah I see now I missed a few optics for sure. The valks wings are a bit spartan. I like keeping the meltas pretty clean, maybe a blach wash at most. Thanks for keen eye Big Mac


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 youidiotkid wrote:
The bright green isn't really my taste, but the execution in general is beyond solid. You should be really proud to own this collection and get to field on the table.

Thanks guy, it's a bit of a juxtaposition given the brightness. It's got an unspoken sprite/seven up appeal


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 MarsNZ wrote:
Looks awesome. How'd you do the grey armour on the vehicles?

Thanks guy

I primed black with krylon camo black, which is pretty nice and flat. Drybrushed with dawnstone, some of the later additions I used both dawnstone and dawnstone dry. Drybrush again lightly with administratum grey. Then black wash. Sometimes with another quick dusting after if the wash looked blotchy or weird in places. Green parts are just castellan green with elysian green line highlight.


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 ghostmaker wrote:
Awesome stuff love it !

Thanks ghostmaker


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 FeindusMaximus wrote:
Very nice, love the "Bren" carrier.

Thanks feindus

I once converted a dollar store tank into a guard tank




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 amazingturtles wrote:
I love this green. and this army. And especially how well you made that green color work. And also the army

Thanks mang, I can't explain how the green works, I just know I'm super biased towards that color.

Very nice and crisp army! It would be a pleasure to see these guys across the battlefield!

 r3n3g8b0y wrote:
Very nice and crisp army! It would be a pleasure to see these guys across the battlefield!

Thanks mang, I tried my best to keep the highlights sharp on the shoulder and chest armour







She's listed up for sale on the swap shop, sadly never gonna get used now that I'm only playin 30k these days

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/745912.page

 Crablezworth wrote:

 r3n3g8b0y wrote:
Very nice and crisp army! It would be a pleasure to see these guys across the battlefield!

Thanks mang, I tried my best to keep the highlights sharp on the shoulder and chest armour







She's listed up for sale on the swap shop, sadly never gonna get used now that I'm only playin 30k these days

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/745912.page
bummer on having to sell it.

Nice army, interesting conversions and good looking colour scheme!

Really amazing effect for the grey armor.

LOVE it.

Very nicely painted, really like how you used the should pads to cover those horrible looking Catachan shoulder joints and upper arms. Looking good.

 Subedai wrote:
Nice army, interesting conversions and good looking colour scheme!

Thanks Subedai


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 beradical wrote:
Really amazing effect for the grey armor.

LOVE it.

Gracias, lossa dry brushin


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 thesilverback wrote:
Very nicely painted, really like how you used the should pads to cover those horrible looking Catachan shoulder joints and upper arms. Looking good.

Yeah, thankfully the catacha command squad's proportions are more reasonable





Alas, she's on her way to her new AO

Congrats to her new commanding general

I do alot with Dollar store tanks, and yours is one of the better ones I've seen!