Diablo Jon's - Diablo Crusade 40K Project (more plague marines )

[Diablo Jon]

very nice, chock full of character ! always good to see a unique army !

Cheers mate plugging away at my next army some Imperial guard.

[Diablo Jon]

Ok so having finished my first army for the rebels it's time to start on my first regiment of imperial guard for the imperial crusade army. I 've started with a light infantry regiment the Redroran Rangers. If your interested in the background or the army list there's some stuff on my Blog here

https://diablocrusade.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/the-redroran-rangers/

https://diablocrusade.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/1500pts-redroran-rangers-army-list/

Mean while my first unit for the army is a Skunk-Bear armoured car converted from a £5.00 1/43 diecast I picked up at The Works shop here in the UK



and turned in to this





A couple more pictures and some background and stats for the Skunk-Bear armoured car can be found on my blog here for those interested

https://diablocrusade.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/skunk-bear-armoured-car/

Cheers Jon

[von Lucky]

I liking the look you're achieving with this project. The repurposing of larger scale models is taking me back twenty years.

[Diablo Jon]

I liking the look you're achieving with this project. The repurposing of larger scale models is taking me back twenty years.

Cheers.

I wouldn't dream of using 1/43rd with 28mm WW2 historical stuff because it would look oversized but in the dark future apparently everything is a bit oversized so it seems to work quite well.

[von Lucky]

It's also easier to pop out the cupola with your chainsword so you can wave it around.

[Elbows]

Awesome stuff.  Oddly, when I read the update I thought to myself "wouldn't it be cool to do a South African themed Imperial Guard force?".  I was surprised to the see the French armored car.

[commissarmoody]

Cool conversion. I will have to check out your blog

[Diablo Jon]

Cool conversion. I will have to check out your blog

Thanks feel free  

[Diablo Jon]

It's also easier to pop out the cupola with your chainsword so you can wave it around.

very true it ain't 40k without a bit of



 

[Diablo Jon]

Awesome stuff.  Oddly, when I read the update I thought to myself "wouldn't it be cool to do a South African themed Imperial Guard force?".  I was surprised to the see the French armored car.

Now that would be cool Leman Russ Oliphants and Chimera Ratels

[commissarmoody]

The I do remember the Italian army has a heavy armored car with what I believe is 105 or 120 cannon on it. The name escapes at the moment buy it looked pretty cool.

[Diablo Jon]

The I do remember the Italian army has a heavy armored car with what I believe is 105 or 120 cannon on it. The name escapes at the moment buy it looked pretty cool.

The B1 Centauro




Big armoured cars/wheeled tanks do look cool.

[commissarmoody]

That's it! 

[Diablo Jon]

Right got my first squad of guardsmen finished. These guys are the Redroran Rangers elite light infantry types. Just another 65 to go 

   



a few more pictures and rambles on my blog for those interested here https://diablocrusade.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/first-redroran-ranger-squad/

[commissarmoody]

Not a bad. Nice to see those figs being salvage and being used