<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Colonial Guard: 'The Imperium of what-now?'"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/56.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Colonial Guard: 'The Imperium of what-now?' WIP of my ever expanding and never fully completed colonial defenders. Just ready to be given a good shoeing by anyone. Especially that Imperium they keep hearing so much about.

First up, the Valkyrie. Not finished yet, but well on the way.







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looking forward to seeing the ground troops


What, like these poor sods?



Ready to be mauled by, well, whoever.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/378340/2980885.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/378340/2980885.page GMT Colonial Guard: 'The Imperium of what-now?'
btw the guy in the gunner((?) front)) seat shall now be known as Spunkmeyer..... Poor Spunkmeyer..

Spoiler:
Reference to Aliens: Spunkmeyer is the dude whos brains get secondary jawed all over the inside of the canopy
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nice work witrh the replacement glass, and nice job with your cadians too


That is the original glass! What I have done is painted it with a red acrylic wash that Tamiya makes for model car kits, to paint the brake lights at the rear. I applied a coat to the inside of the glass to tint it, so that it looks like the crew are using night-flying red lights in the cockpit. Plus it gives the machine a really menacing look. It comes in all shades too, greens, blues, yellows. Now that GW are using clear plastic in their kits, I decided to have a crack and see if it would work.

I think it did!


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What Guard army would be complete without a couple of main battle tanks?




Then the models that first got me back into 40k after many, many years away from the hobby, Sentinels!



And a dash of heavy weapons to finish.


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Nice sentinels indeed. How did you do the battle damage on the middle one's front armour. Did you drill from the back of the bit?


During the construction I did indeed drill through the entire component. I then heated a nail with a blow torch and rubbed it around the edges of the hole to give it that molten look. On the inside, I added a few bits and bobs from old 1:48 aircraft kits to give a bit of extra detailing, as if the blast had exposed usually hidden cockpit components to the outside world.

I never got around to finishing off the paint job, I had intended to look into burned metals to see what effects were left after damage like that, then wash/weather appropriately.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/378340/2985117.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/378340/2985117.page GMT Colonial Guard: 'The Imperium of what-now?'
Perkustin wrote:Nice Valk and the troops aren't bad either!

btw the guy in the gunner((?) front)) seat shall now be known as Spunkmeyer..... Poor Spunkmeyer..

Spoiler:
Reference to Aliens: Spunkmeyer is the dude whos brains get secondary jawed all over the inside of the canopy


Ah-ha... I'm going to see your Spunkmeyer and raise you a Corporal Ferro. Spunkmeyer was the co-pilot/loadmaster who got done in off-screen

Very nice work on the Valkyrie... I really like the canopy effect. Good luxk with the rest of the lambs

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Nice work Muttley,the red glass looks sick(i might nick the idea).


http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/tamiya-mini-x-27-clear-red/

That is the stuff you are after, but as I say, they do other colours too!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/378340/2985320.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/378340/2985320.page GMT