Rebuilding some feathers.
Since I was in a hurry to get this mini ready for some games earlier this summer I wasn't really satisfied with it.
Since I was in a hurry to get this mini ready for some games earlier this summer I wasn't really satisfied with it.
I have had this one in the box ever since it was released. I couldn't really get myself to start building it, not before I had a clear picture of what I wanted it to look like. After some cutting, repositioning and green-stuffing I started the painting - and that's where I'm at right now...
I've wanted to build an Imperial Guard Killteam ever since I read the "Killteam" omnibus. I was fascinated by the Colonels iron resolve and Lt. Kage - who in my opinion is one of the most unsympathetic characters in the whole Imperium! But nevermind that - I wanted to put together my own band of hardenend criminals in the service of the glorious Emperor. With the "Battle Missions"-book came the perfect oportunity to put my plan into motion. This is the result: two squads of Veterans with the Colonel and Kage as officers (a bit of a down-trade, I know, but it's just for the feel and fun of it!).
The Colonel takes charge of the first squad:
Last week I started on this one. I'm not going to use him in any army and I'm going to mount him on a winter-styled base when it's finished.
I was aiming for a bit of a blue/pale/"winterish" kind of theme on this one.
Last weekend I finaly got around to try something new. After some research I came across a nice tutorial on masteroftheforge.com titled "How to make an actual scale Space Marine". And since I hade some plastic Terminators just laying around I thought "hey let's try this".
And here are some pics of my progress last sunday:
On vacation I had to sample some of the local painting talents of Amsterdam. In the middle of the usual tourist-chaos I found GW Amsterdam to be a relaxed and easygoing retreat.
The local GW painting competition "forced" me to finish this one. It's for my Strom Renegade Army.
Since I've been having some problems with finding a working armylist for my Marines I've been testing out some different ones. These two are the ones I will be playing with from now on.
First of the 1750 points list:
HQ:
Captain with terminator armour and Power Sword.
TROOPS 1 and 2:
Standard, full, Tactical Squads with flamers and missile launchers. The Sgt is armed with a chainsword and a Boltpistol.
TROOPS 3 and 4:
5 Tactical Marines and a Sgt with a Power Sword. Transported in a Razorback armed with TL Heavy Bolter.
ELITES:
A full ten men Terminator Squad with two Cyclone Missile Launchers. (Very expensive but a solid block of death).
HEAVY SUPPORT 1:
A Land Raider, with a HunterKiller Missile and an extra Stormbolter.
HEAVY SUPPORT 2:
A Devastator squad with two Heavy Bolters, A Plasma Cannon and a Las Cannon.
The 2000 points list:
HQ:
Captain with Terminator Armour and a pair of Lightning Claws.
Command Squad;
with Company Champion, Company Standard and two Veterans armed with Power Swords and Boltpistols.
TROOPS 1 and 2:
Full Tactical Squads with a Rocket Launcher and a Plasma Gun in each squad. The Sgt carries a chainsword and a Boltpistol.
TROOPS 3 and 4:
5 Tactical Marines and a Sgt with a Power Sword. Transported in a Razorback armed with TL Heavy Bolter.
ELITES:
A full ten men Terminator Squad with two Cyclone Missile Launchers!
HEAVY SUPPORT 1:
A Land Raider, with a HunterKiller Missile and an extra Stormbolter.
HEAVY SUPPORT 2:
A Devastator squad with two Heavy Bolters, A Plasma Cannon and a Las Cannon. In this edition this squad has 4 extra marines with Bolters.
The 1750 list totals at 1741 points and the 2000 points list ends at 1990 points.
Since I've been trying to win some games with my Raptors I've also tried to have them look the best! So I repainted and touched up some of my units. I've also built and painted some additions that are currently collecting dust on my shelf.
First up there's my two Tactical Squads:
So I got around and added some last minute touches to the "Green Machine". Kind of hasty, but I needed it for a game last week. A game where it got ripped to shreds by an Ork Warboss in the third turn.
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Labels: 40K, Land raider, Raptors Chapter Space Marines, vehicles
I found two of my AOBR dreads I painted for my Raptors Chapter Army. I was a bit bored when I started them so I tried out a bit of camo on them. But I ran into a bit of trouble when I mounted them on their bases. When the glue dried the whole thing had bent out of shape. So I removed them, did a rework on the bases and touched up the painting a bit. I also added a bit of chipped paint and some scribbling on the scrolls.
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