Leman Russ Battle Tank.

I decided i needed to paint up one of my Leman Russ tanks, what better way than by using the forgeworld masterclass book. My fantastic Wife got me this book a few years ago for Xmas and i have only really used a few bits out of it. So i thought it was high time i did a big project with it.


I have to give credit were credit is due, it is a really good book, the step by step (ow baby) tutorials are excellent and they use the same techniques all the way through.


Am i the only one that thinks the Russ should have headlights i mean come on it is the 41st millenium and your are fighting the Holy Emperors enemys all over the galaxy and on all types of worlds you need to see were you are going. I am sure you can see were I am going with this i put some rhino headlights on all my vehicles. It is a bit expensive (buying the bits) but i think it really makes the Russ look a lot better.

My Agent of the Officio Sabatorum

He is the Marbo model for my Guard army. The story of Broga starts with the Macoxian incident, when as a normal guardsman he was the sole survivor of the destruction of his entire company by the tau in an ambush. He then waged a one man guerilla campaign against the Tau. After his return to the imperial lines, he was recruited into the Officio Sabatorum. he is now attached to the Tiberius 888th for the near future.




I painter him at the same time as my Jungle vets squad, i wanted to put him into a dynamic pose, so i have him running. I choose the stern face as i thought it would best represent an Agent of the Officio Sabatorum. I used an old vox unit as the demo charge and placed in on the base so as to look like it has just been placed down. It then gave me space to put a melta bomb on the model. I bought the Ork shoota with the drum magazine as i think it is what a ripper pistol should look like. The knife on the back finished the model for me, as i got all the things on that i wanted.

I hope everyone has a Happy Holidays.

Welcome to the jungle!

I did have fun and games with this lot, these are my Jungle Veteran Squad, lead by the double Hard bastard gunnery Sergeant Tui Cakau ( Sgt Harker )



The majority of the squad are Catachan models, this is because i bought them at a swop meet for cheap. So i needed to fill up the rest of the squad with some left over Cadin models i had spare.



I started this project thinking painting flesh was going to be easy ( i did one once and it turned out OK? HA Ha) but what i forgot, was that was years ago. and i haven't got a lot of experience painted flesh, apart from faces and hands. As i am sure all you painters out there know, painting is a skill and that skill really needs to be practiced.




I made a school boy error when i undercoated these models, i didn't shake the can enough!(stupid) What i got because of it was half my models covered in little round paint balls! not a good start. So i cleaned them up as best i could.




I start with a basecoat of Dwarf flesh on all flesh areas, then a wash of chestnut brown. It don't know what it is but i suck at using washes! the wash should go into the cracks and crevices, but it just sites on top of the model. Maybe i need to add something to the wash? so after many.. many coats of chestnut brown. I was now at a stage to paint a layer of dwarf flesh on the muscle surfaces leaving plenty of definition in the recesses. I then layered a mix of dwarf flesh with elf flesh, on the raised parts of the muscle.I finishing with an extreme highlight of pure elf flesh on the highest part of the muscle.







What i did with the grey parts of the models, was different from my normal three stage highlight. I took my time building up the layered highlights. Starting with a basecoat of codex grey with a few drops of chaos black. Then pure codex grey on all the main areas but leaving enough dark basecoat to define the recesses. I then slowly added more elf grey to the mix to build up the highlight. Sorry no stage by stage pictures.





"The replacement's"



I am really happy at how the squad has turned out,i think it is a big improvement on my painting skills, i just need to keep it up.

Up next will be "Marbo"

Red Platoon

This is the 1st Squad (Vets) from Red Platoon.
I have magnetized all the Special Weapon troopers so i can switch out the weapons depending on the enemy or points cost.
In the Tiberius 888th, the Veterans are the only unit that is allowed to paint the barrel housing on there lasguns black.
I am thinking i need to highlight my models more, i like a more subtle highlight but it doesn't show up that well in pictures.

Jungle vets up next..........

Green Platoon

This is the 2nd Squad ( Steel Legion 319th)


and the 3rd Squad (Minerva 501th)

Both from Bravo Company, Green Platoon.

These two Squads i picked up cheap at a second hand model shop in Swindon many moons ago. Spot on models was its name, i wounder if it's still there? It was a great place to find GW bits and bobs, the funny part was it was two doors down the street from the GW store. I have incorporated them Into my Army,as follows.

The first Squad in a Platoon is always the veteran Squad. The Green Platoon of a Company are the exception as they are made up of remnants of other regiments, because of this, they are all considered veteran Squads. Veterans are the only unit that is allowed to paint the barrel housing on there lasguns black, if they choose.

A Catachan jungle vet Squad will be coming soon.........

Bravo Company, Red Platoon,

This is my Red Platoon Command Squad, It has taken me longer than i expected to finish the plasma trooper. As i said in my previous post all my Command units have an Rogue Trader era Guard model leading them. I like having a mix of old and new models i think they work well together.

I wanted the lieutenant to be armed with a Boltgun(a reward for an act of heroism)because it looks cool. I was going to magnetize his left arm but decided not to. I am saving that for my Veterans Sergeants.

Bravo Company, Green Platoon.

Green Platoon Command Squad


This is my Platoon Command Squad from Green Platoon,Its taken me a long time to finally finish the Plasma trooper. I have always put it off for some reason. Like i said in my previous post all my Command units are lead by Rogue Trader Guard Models. I think having a mix of old and new models works well together.

I plan on doing a tutorial on converting the handle of a Grenade Launcher next.

Bravo Company, Command Squad

This is my Company Command Squad, they are all magnetized so i can change the weapon layouts depending on the army i am facing.
I am a big fan of all the old Rogue Trader Imperial Guard Command Miniatures. IMHO they look so Dam cool with there breast plate Armour and stance. All of my Command units have at least one or more in them.

The 888th Rapid Reaction Regiment

Let me introduce you to the latest Regiment to be raised from Tiberius Primaris. The 888th Rapid Reaction Regiment, Its an Infantry Heavy Army at the moment but Tanks are Coming.

B Company (Black Bolts)

HQ
Primaris Psyker
Company Command Squad
Commissars

Elites
Ratling Sniper squad
Storm Trooper Squad

Troops
Red Platoon
Green Platoon

Open the Blast doors!!!!

Well it has taken more time than i expected but my Squad of Storm Troopers is finished. Life really has a way of getting in the way of me painting my Army's.

I am happy with the way the blue colour has come out, i was getting so sick of my Imperial Guard grey and black, i had to switch it up a bit. For the blue i when with a mix of moody blue and enchanted blue.
highlighting with more and more skull white added. I really enjoyed doing the optics in green, i think they stand out. This is my first time trying to highlight the plasma gun coil in purple, not great but practice makes perfect.




Right...... back to the grey and black!!!

Ratling Sniper Team

I have just finished my little squad of ratling snipers, i am quite happy the way they turned out. I have always been a fan of the abhumans, i am not sure why but i am. I think it's because of the fluff, the idea that they were cut off for millennia by warp storms and evolved to adapt to there surrounding to survive. then to be rediscovered and then Incorporated into the Imperial Guard.

There is something so fun about the idea of a sharp eyed Ratling running around, stealing weapons or booze, and on the other end of the scale, a huge great big stupidly strong, totally loyal Ogryn walking around trying to find a tin opener.

I personally don't like the new ratling models, to me a sniper rifle should have a long barrel not a short stubby one, and why are they looking like wolverine?. To be fair i did see a picture of a ratling with an open bag, and there was an apple and a battenberg cake in it that looked cool.

The new Ogryn models to me look a bit odd, i think it's the faces. I like the old models they looked so much better . I am glad Nork Deddog is back in the codex, i think he is one of the best/funnest characters.



Grey is starting to become a real pain to paint, so i a going to switch it up a bit when i do my next veteran squad.

Primaris Psyker

I have had this psyker lying around for years, so i thought it was high time it got painted. I am a fan of the colour purple, and think that psykers should have at least some part of them in this colour. To me it is a powerful, rich and regal colour, Which is what i think psykers are in 40K.

I have not yet had a chance to use one on the battlefield in 5Th edition, i am looking forward to when i do. I do like the new Primaris Psyker, it has a dynamic purposeful look to it.

A few more HWT pic's

Almost there.............

Well Hello all, I am slowly but surely getting used to this blogging world. I am more a painter than a player but i am planning on changing that.

I have a nice mix of Rogue Trader and new style IG miniatures, i think they work well together, and add a much needed bit of variety.


After i come back from holiday i am going to go full force on getting my Army finished.

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