Guardsmen

Current line up of guardsmen. Some being made new, some being converted from the old scheme.

Current Projects

Group Shot


Hydra Conversion



Manticore



Chimera with scratch built turret



Chimera with scratch built rear hatch



Comparison of turrets (the one I made is on the left)


Comparison of rear hatches (the one I made is on the right)

Missles incoming!

I'm worken on my new love, the manticore.

She's on the left.

Officer of the Fleet

Standard Form & My Version

From Rhovan's Guard Army

Also, Picasa Web Album is sweet! Perhaps I shall stop with the Photobucket. Perhaps.

Done!

Regimental Commander

Astropath

Officer of the Fleet

And a Space Marine for Jenn*


All done (except the Marine) in like 2 days. Pretty good, eh?

Next and Last

I just finished these two guys.

And here's a shot that shows my attempt at a heat distorted barrel. Also, this is what I meant by all weapons having red tips. I think it looks neat, and will unify well.

And next on the painting block. He just got off the chopping block. My left hand still hurts from holding onto him so tightly.

The green blob on his shirt is because he had a dent. And clothing doesn't normally do that. Just so you can see the difference on him (hint: It's his head) here is the official photo of him.

Doh!

So I just finished my first 5 Imperial Guardsmen, and I might have ruined them.

Ya see, I hate glossy mini's, but ya gotta use glossy varnish to really protect a model. Matte varnish just doesn't provide the protective umph necessary to resist hand oils and touching and dropping and such.

So I've got my 5 guys all varnished up, hit em with the matte varnish and now they're dusty looking. And not in a good way. Not weathered. But obviously coated wrong. I did a bit of finger rubbing, which made the shoulder pads look a bit better.

So tomorrow I wash them with water and a brush, and hopefully they recover. If not, into the simple green they go and I've undone all the work on em.

Shit!

4 Guys In Progress

And after 3 days downloading a useless file, I bring you this!

(NOTE: Still cutting things up funny. And I tried cropping everything! Oh well, clickies makes em whole again.)









A bit underwhelming.

Sergeant Done Again!

I forgot. I had already picked red. All barrels & weapon tips will be red. You'll see. It'll be good.

Sergeant Done!

Not so happy with the yellow on the blade. I'd like to do diagonal black stripes but I suck at free hand. Even to the point of drawing straight lines. It's a sickness I tell ya.

The rest of him looks snazzy though. Needs to be glossed then matte varnished, and the turf has to be added to his base but otherwise done. Oh yeah, and his hands need to be the same color as his belt so he can have gloves and not frostbitten fingers.

What do ya think? Worth it to do an army like this?

15 Guardsmen Primed

So, in an effort to preserve my sanity, I've devised a way of mass priming models. Previously I'd just lay them onto cardboard and spray em, but that meant they had 2 sides that weren't too well coated, and the occasional painted meteorite sailing into some dirt or the carpet which wasn't too pleasant.

So I've come up with this:



And this is them after priming.




Now to get some color on these bad boys.

Assembly in progress!

So, that's 10 heads, stuck to 10 torsos, stuck to 10 legs.

30 more to go.

Whoo! Batch assembly!

And I've got an Aegis Defense line! Which means to me that I've 4 ready to use defense lines, 4 heavy weapon team base detail pieces (the single defense line bits) and the makings of a Hydra conversion.

Not bad for $20.

Items I bought

So, just a small inventory of what I got in my purchase, in case anyone is interested.

7 or so Ogryn
5+ Leman Russ Tanks
2 Chimera Troop Transports
A Valkyrie
Probably around 100 Cadians
5-10 Rough Riders (Converted onto Carnosaurs or whatever that lizard man thing is)
Around 20 Karsarkin (Plus 5 or so of the OOP ones)
3 or 4 Sentinels
and 3 converted Leman Russ Punishers. As evidenced by these photos.






And now I've got to organize all of this stuff. I'll give a more thorough inventory once I've got everything organized. I'm also considering trying to hock some of it, since I got a TON of stuff. :) All for the best I say.

Vanquisher update

Not dead, but also not painting. I'm working on a significant conversion, since I'd really like a Leman Russ Vanquisher. So, I've started work on one!

Here are some comparison shots of a standard Leman Russ and my conversion.

Also, the guys on sticks are so I don't smudge the paint job. Just so's ya know.

Pictures!

Imperial Update

So progress has been achieved. I've started basing my Company Commander




And his squad. The guy without any orange on his chest is going to be a platoon commander. Maybe. Might be an alternate Company Commander. Who knows. Pics!








So?