Warhammer 40k Imperium - Shadowsword and Dark Angels 31.05.20

[Exiledadmiral]

Hi all, after having gone to the forge world open day at Warhammer World the other month my interest in 40k was rekindled. Up to now I've been mostly painting post apocalyptic models that you can see in my thread in the relevant forum. I decided to go for Imperial Guard because they were my army of choice when I was young and I fancied painting some tanks for a change. Without further ado I present my armoured fist:





I did maybe forget to paint the inside, I'll get round to it at some point.

[Scarper]

Tank looks fantastic, beautiful weathering! Any chance you've got some clearer shots of the squaddies? They're looking promising, but a little too blurry to see!

[tim in saskatoon]

Looking good!

[tomrommel1]

nice

[Exiledadmiral]

Cheers guys. I've got an uninterrupted weekend of painting ahead so hopefully I'll get something done to show you all. I'll try to remember to take a squad shot scarper and upload it with something new.

[Exiledadmiral]

I come bearing sentinels! These have been a lot of work,
I'm looking forward to painting some infantry now but pleased with how they came out.



Two are new kits and one is the old metal topped kit. I magnetised all of the weapons for them but only had two of each weapon from the new kits.



I'm partway through painting some of the metal cadian command figures so they shouldn't take much longer. I've then got some shotgun troopers made with anvil industry parts that I'm itching to paint up. Hope you like!

Full album:
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/icEwJ

[Elbows]

Great work - one of the best models that army gets.  Well done!

[tim in saskatoon]

Those look pretty sharp!

[Vanvlak]

Nice colour scheme and wear 

[blacksoilbill]

Sentinels look great!

[Exiledadmiral]

Heyup, I've finished some veterans with shotguns that have been sitting on my desk for a while. The shotung conversion arms are from Anvil Industry, head swaps are GW and Victoria Miniatures. I made my first attempt at armour chipping on them, which has worked better on some than others as you can see. I enjoyed painting these ones but I've got Cadian painting fatigue now, so back to the post apocalypse I think. C&C welcome!

[tomrommel1]

very nice start

[Daeothar]

Very nice work; you're up to a good start. The different manufacturer's bits work very well together and I like the color scheme too.

And is it just me, or does 'Shotgun Veterans' sound just like a nineties straight to DVD film?

[Exiledadmiral]

Hi all, long time no update! I've finally got in to playing Wawrhammer rather than just painting it. As a result I've been painting miniatures for ther tabletop efficacy as well as the joy of painting. It's pretty great having a direction to go in in terms of what minis to buy. I've found it a great boost to my painting consistency, knowing that what I paint will affect battlefield efficacy.



I finally painted my Baneblade! I'm really pleased with the result, it took a solid weekend of work but that wasn't as arduous as I expected to be honest. The style of painting and colour scheme gives a pattern for the tanks that come after, so I need to backtrack and edit the three tanks I've already painted, namely a Leman Russ, Chimera and Hellhound.



The above image shows my whole Imperial force so far, but some are not fully painted and some are Space Marines, I'd like my playable force to be wholely Imperial Guard. Mostly these were painted for fun, with only the Baneblade, Militarum Tempestus and Bullgryns painted with the sole intention of playing. I'm still going to paint things for the fun of painting, especially units such as Ratlings that I think are thematically awesome but left behind in terms of usefulness on the tabletop.

It seems appropriate that I leave a link to my blog, which is where my first Cadian post appeared. If anyone has any honest and constructive criticism of the blog I am more than willing to hear it. If more people read it I'm more likely to keep it up, but conversely it's handy for keeping track of personal hobby progress so I oughta just do it anyway!

All the best, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

https://carpeminisculus.blogspot.com/2019/12/guard-army-major-progress.html

[3 fingers]

Damn you actually make those cadians look good !