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Post by AshotNINJA on Oct 2, 2011 14:04:45 GMT -5
Hi... my first post so if i mess things up with the pics... well that will be my excuse.. anyway heres the beginning of my new imperial guard based army... EDF ( eden defense force) not technically an imperial guard army as they have no links with the imperium.. but a army based on the haven world of Eden. A colony and terraformer ship named eden , home to 5 battalion of imperial guard and alphamarines was lost through a wormhole and appeared in the other side of the galaxy, thought to be lost by the imperium. The ship landed on a unlisted desert planet and set up home... years past and with no rescue or contact from the imperium, the now named EDF turned their back on the emperor and now only fight for their own purposes. i basically wanted to make an IG style army but with more of an 21st century feel.. i have painted them in american ACU digital pattern, with desert coloured armour... all the minitures are converted in some way using GS , mostly to add armour, pouches and chestrigs etc. .. every miniture has had the aquillas removed . typical look of a squad  command styles  veterans in multicam  primaris psyker based on phyko mantis look figure ( dr klaus from the projekt x range) converted to be levitating above psyscic energy swirl  snipers  old style ratlings in ghille suits  heavy weapons teams    warthog fast attack vehicle ( driver and passenger are work in progress)  atm i have a huge amount of other models to make and paint 5 sentinals, 3 LR's , valkerie, 5 suards , 2 command, 3 spec weapon, 3 more hvy weps... command tank, 5 chimeras..etc... if you like i can contine to post up pics when i finish the models.. please feel free to comment on anything i should do with a 21st century feel... or just go ahead and critisize me lol.. .. thanks for looking! |
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Post by captaincestus on Oct 2, 2011 14:24:41 GMT -5
Really impressed. I like the fatigues in particular! A very nice feel to your army.
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Post by DadCRO on Oct 2, 2011 14:27:37 GMT -5
Wow. I am seriously impressed. Welcome to the IGMB! And one other thing...
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WARTHOG???
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Post by AshotNINJA on Oct 2, 2011 14:29:10 GMT -5
the warthog is the series 1 halo figures from the mcfarlane range... i have 2 more on the way... brought it to test the scale and its perfect imo
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Post by egon on Oct 2, 2011 14:29:54 GMT -5
Nice work. Is the guy with th peaked cap a colonel? Otherwise you forget the aquilla on his hat...  |
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Post by krasimirova on Oct 2, 2011 14:53:23 GMT -5
The primaris psyker is the coolest thing i have ever seen on that model..
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Post by DadCRO on Oct 2, 2011 14:56:58 GMT -5
the warthog is the series 1 halo figures from the mcfarlane range... i have 2 more on the way... brought it to test the scale and its perfect imo Yeah, the scale is exact. The primaris psyker is the coolest thing i have ever seen on that model.. I could do without the gas mask. |
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Post by guardsman83 on Oct 2, 2011 16:06:18 GMT -5
guardsmen look great without the aquila
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Oct 2, 2011 17:13:05 GMT -5
Nice looking stuff! You really nailed the camo pattern effect on their fatigues... Also, I approve of how you've incorporated old school Catachan and Cadian metal minis into the force. |
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Oct 2, 2011 17:16:02 GMT -5
Bonny scheme!
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Post by cheminhaler on Oct 3, 2011 8:15:33 GMT -5
Excellent paint schemes and conversions. The Primaris Psyker is just brilliant.
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Post by 3ff3ct on Oct 3, 2011 14:51:50 GMT -5
I agree, more praise for the scary psyker!! Your army as a whole is very well done though, and I like the addition of the additional camo on the veterans to set them apart. Subtle yet effective  Good work dude, I'm looking forward to seeing more |
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Post by AshotNINJA on Oct 3, 2011 17:46:19 GMT -5
thanks for all the great feedback so far guys... and if you can think of anything else i could make to give the 21st century fighting force feel to my army please let me know... Im thinking of veterens with NVG's, UAV's and drones ... modern looking tanks like the abrams m1 and wheeled APC's in the future... well heres the latest work company commander  sentinal... this was a test one... im thinking of doing them all like this  possible roughrider conversion... either big lizards ( lizardmen cold ones) ... or trikes and motorbikes... havent really decided... still waiting on bikes to turn up from foundry minis... and that was almost a month ago i ordered.  |
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Post by DadCRO on Oct 3, 2011 18:22:52 GMT -5
That sentinel looks beast.
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Post by Shostak(AWOL) on Oct 4, 2011 2:04:53 GMT -5
These look excellent. I love the Veteran's scheme.
Personally I'd go with mounting them on big lizards, it adds a little bit of 40k madness to the force and keeps them as cavalry. IMO bikers should use biker rules. You could of course write your own rules for bikers; there are some nice WIP rules in the Rules Development board if you're interested.
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Post by 3ff3ct on Oct 4, 2011 2:29:10 GMT -5
possible roughrider conversion... either big lizards ( lizardmen cold ones) ... or trikes and motorbikes... havent really decided... still waiting on bikes to turn up from foundry minis... Why not both? It'd add a good mix to the army ;D I like the sentinel, although I think it could do with some camo. There's a lot of flat areas on there that'd be easy to paint it onto. |
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Post by Cosmic on Oct 4, 2011 5:48:52 GMT -5
MOULD LINE!! Eradicate it!!  Very nice indeed, that psker is amazing! |
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Post by The Hawk! on Oct 4, 2011 6:56:03 GMT -5
How much did that warthog cost?! I see scout sentinel w/ auto cannon allover it.......... "I saw the warthog Sentinel and I jizzed in my pants" ..... They look amazing, I'm loving the mix of old and new guard mini's The older ones look pretty veteranised in my opinion >.> but wow..... I WANT MORE!!!!!!! |
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Post by AshotNINJA on Oct 4, 2011 17:24:12 GMT -5
i got the warthog on ebay for well cheap... £5 i think.. though ive had to buy the others at full price and thats come to £13 each... still, not too bad for a great little vehicle... haha.. yeah im trying to eradicate the mould lines and im guessing my eyes aint too good cos i cant see them, but the camera did.. ok so im experimenting with a few more squads now... some veterens in berets with shotguns .. should look something like this  pretty basic and using the microart studios commando heads which aint too bad, though need alot of neck to be removed to look right next up is the squad im looking forward to most... gonna do some troops in nightfighting gear... nvg's and cool gear... thinking of a brown camo for these with dark coloured armour.  |
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Post by The Hawk! on Oct 4, 2011 17:31:18 GMT -5
The night fighters look like the Mutt's Nutt's!!!! They comando's look pretty awsome too  were did you get the end of the shotguns from? |
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Post by AshotNINJA on Oct 4, 2011 17:43:44 GMT -5
the shotguns are from the old plastic orlock sets in the necromunda game box. ... im looking for more at the moment
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Post by Angelus firedrake on Oct 4, 2011 19:26:23 GMT -5
trying to pick some orlocks up myself for pistols if i get hold of any ill let ya know and your welcome to any shotguns i get |
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Post by Hetfiltrator on Oct 4, 2011 19:26:45 GMT -5
So that pistol is his close combat weapon?
Aside from my stupid remarks good job!
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Post by Obscura on Oct 5, 2011 1:03:06 GMT -5
I'm liking the camo scheme, been thinking about doing ACU pattern for my "serious" Veterans.
Keep up the great work.
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Post by AshotNINJA on Oct 6, 2011 18:28:27 GMT -5
been hyped up all day to paint the prototype of my advanced nightfighting guard model and here it is....  time to make a whole squad of them and a chimera wheeled transport to accompany them |
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were did you get the end of the shotguns from?
