Syphon's Blog: Wylowace 2nd Army

[syphon]

Hello all, and welcome to my thread for the Wylowace 2nd Army. In this thread, I will post various things relating to this army. Progress, pictures and fluff will all be shown here. First up, a pronounciation guide + minor fluff.

(Will-oh-wah-tshe)
The name comes from the town of Wymysorys, a place in Poland, which is also a language there. Since its language is very akin to my own, I decided I might use the name.

Wylowace 2nd Army
The second army formed on the planet of Wylowace (Yes, I know, different spelling, but I like this better). This army was initially the Planetary Defense Force of Wylowace but when the 1st Army was lost in action, they were pressed into service by the local governor.
While nobody knows the true circumstances under which the 1st Army was lost, they have taken on legendary status amongst their peers. As a result, the 2nd Army tries to mimic them in many ways. They have started using the same battle drills and even are wearing the same uniform. While serving the Emperor to their fullest, the Wylowace 2nd Army leaves no chance unused in trying to find their vanished friends.

Assembly blog:
Conversions are happily underway. I'm trying to find as many different heads as I can. The idea is to try and make every single trooper unique. Heads wise, think like this:

[syphon]

Update!
Three troopers have been created so far. Pictures will come today or tomorrow.
They look pretty cool, if I do say so myself. If there's anybody that's got the IG HW backpacks spare, by the way, please contact me.

[syphon]

Observe my troopers:

[twerd]

theres a dog cool

looking good so far hope to see paint soon

[BobaHat]

I hope you are planning to get rid of those mould lines buddy... Looking good though.

[syphon]

As I told Boba on msn, yes. But I usually toy with the minis at night, around 10pm. So yeah, I'm bound to miss a few mould lines. Maybe I'll hose it down or something.

[Deleted]

Those are really cool I look forward to seeing the completed army.Nice fluff.

[syphon]

Update!
I am going to do a very unique take on HW Missile Launchers. I'll mock up something soon.
Undercoating is going to happen this afternoon, perhaps.

[syphon]

Okay! Here's a few more troopers and one officer. Observe:

This guy's a bugler, though his arm isn't exactly armoured. I only realised that after assembly with glue. Stupid me.


Three angles of the same soldier. This is one man from the HW Missile Launcher teams that will be converted. Maybe you can already guess his purpose. Otherwise, keep tuned in.




Some sort of officer, made with Mordheim Ulric follower's arms.

[Rolling Thunder]

Nice combining of the fantasy kits with 40K. Looks pretty good.

[syphon]

Thanks for all the kind comments. Oh, by the way, let me just say this:
Dog lovers might not like my anti-tank squads.

[Mabus]

Very nice, I'm really liking what I am seeing here. I also have a dog on an officer's base, I used fang from Farmer maggot.

I also really like the Mordheim and fanfazy pieces, I'm going to have to do something similar soon.

Well done.

[syphon]

Here's something I mocked up with Paint, compared to the original.

[Deleted]

ooooh nice is that for your banner?

[syphon]

Yes, it will be. And probably be displayed on tanks and such.

[syphon]

Here's my first Russ, under construction.




Yes, that is a reversed engine cover, with an old Empire shield on it.

Furthermore, for general use (or specifically geared to the Wylowace 2nd Army) here's a few pictures of the lego hull I will use for a navy vessel.

[syphon]

Observe, the almost complete assembly of my Russ for the Wylowace 2nd!

[Mabus]

Holy Shnitsel! that's huge! nearly as big as a banblade.

[syphon]

you'd be surprised. It's not as bulky as it looks. All I changed were the tracks, to be doubled.

[Deleted]

how'd you get the extra tracks?

[syphon]

Alright, it's quite easy, but takes some time and dedication.
I made all of it with the standard parts with the Leman Russ Demolisher (Demolisher is cheaper than normal Russ but has more options? Wtf?). First off, you pair up the wheels.
Cut the round bottomy thingy off and put what remains on the other wheel. That way, you have space for two tracks, with a bit of trimming of the tracks.
See below:



For ease of assembly, I haven't used all of the wheels, just those placed on the corners. When I get home, I'll demonstrate it. Be aware though, I had to add a bit of extra plastic to make the tracks become level with the top of the side sheets.

Hope this schematic approach helps.

[syphon]

Here's the first snapshots of the same Russ, with stowage compartment and a shield on the turret. I undercoated it black, used two light coats of regal blue then painted over it with enchanted blue. Highlights will be down either in 50:50 skull white, enchanted blue, or ice blue.
Most of the details will be yellow, since it IS supposed to be backed by yellow as its complementary colour.

[Mabus]

Blue? each to they're own. Looking forward to seeing more pics!

[Commissar]

Whoa, baby blue! O.O It looks good though, reminds me of UN troops...lol, cept...blue instead of white tanks...OMG, PAINT UN ON THE TURRET!!!
LoL.
Real nice russ!

[syphon]

Hi guys! It's been a while.
I've not got pictures yet, but I did some work on the guy with the boonie hat and the tank. I have to base the boonie guy, and then he's done. The tank is proving to be a bit problematic, since I ran out of ideas, but I'll post here later so you can look at what I have so far.