Soviet themed AC

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Hi all,

Here are some pics of my armored company. I'm really interested in what you all think, so comments/criticism welcome!

Command Vanquisher

Tank Ace Destroyer


Russ


Chimera


Lastly, Salamander


Thanks for looking!

[Turtleboy(AWOL)]

that salamander is awesome..what's that a takeoff from, the BRDM? (man it's been a long time since I've seen soviet equipment and had to identify it!)

I love the hunter killers for guard with the soviet theme - it's a straight up match for real life soviet tech (though I wonder if they're still mounting those missiles on their vehicles like that that look so inaccurate)

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i luv ure chimera mate....like a real life armoured car....stippling effect of ure paint job is nice too....

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This is a poorly educated guess but you made most of the salamander yourself? I can see gw stuff like trackguards possibly representing extra armour? The turret looks self made but ofcourse the guy on top and extras are gw. I like it so I'm seeing how its done, what is the main hull of the tank?

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Thanks guys! Yes, the salamander is scratch built. I really don't like the FW version. A recon tank should be smaller than a MBT IMHO. The body is 4 ork trukk beds. 2 glued back to back with 2 more on top. Here is another angle


I've done some gap filling since this pic was taken.
Here is the entire company (so far )

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looking good, I'm quite jealous

[Mabus]

Commisar needs to see this! well done! they really do look very good.

[Commissar]

OMG AND I HAVE!!!

That is a great AC!
Wow, it blew me away at first sight.
Jeez, how long did this take you?
Its very nice, I love the double tracked russ in the group pic.
That salamander is great too, the chimera is probly my fav, I am working on one that looks just like yours actually, save for a few differences, lol. COINCIDENCES ARE STRANGE!!!
Nice to see a fellow commie. lol.

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Thanks for the comments guys! Much appreciated!
commisar: I've been working on this army for about a month.

I've started work on a basilisk



This one was actually inspired by a german hummel...

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I've done some more work on the bassie

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Here is the bassie gun crew.


and how they will be positioned in the back.

[Mabus]

WaW! Very nice, I am very jealous!

[9th Company]

There are some amazing conversions there! I like the Chimera a lot, it looks so similar to the BMP series of Soviet tanks.

[Rolling Thunder]

Outstanding! Comrade Stalin has now decided, that instead of shooting you and all your colleages, we're going to give you a nice big medal and still shoot all your colleages.....

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Nice bassie hehehe, ure AC is growing!

[Commissar]

That bassie is mind blowing.

[Cadian 117]

Holy crap im in love!

[Colonel Grammissar Azalar]

Dude, Them pictures are what its all about.

Loving the theme, and the Chimera, awesome.

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Thanks Guys! I have the 3 Leman Russ squadron coming into the LGS friday, and a baneblade waiting in the wings. After that, I'm going to get a few more Armored fist squads. I would like to hit one of the big tourneys next year (Gamesday, GT) and I want to use a mechanized IG force. I figure I'll convert the rest of my chimeras like the first.
I gotta tell you, I'm glad I found this website. SOme of the stuff on here has really inspired me!

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I started work on a second BTR-90. It took about an hour to put together.


I've also painted up a test model for my armored fist squads. The camo is as close as i could come to some pictures of some Spetznaz I found on the net. The first pic didn't come out as well as I had hoped, but the second pic shows the camo better...

[Colonel Scipio]

Looks fantastic, especialy that Laser destroyer covered in foliage. Whenever I put foliage on tanks it just tends to make them look neglected and overgrown.

The camoflauge on the infantry looks especialy good, I wish I had the patience to paint camo on all my men like that!

Just a random suggestion from my old, similarly inspired Soviet army (which wasn't an AC but which did have tanks), you might like it: If you built some kind of armoured car with a multi laser, and convered some tank riders for it (very Russian) then just count it as a Chimera which transports troops? If I can find my old Soviet army I'll post the pics on here of the one I put together.

All in all, I'd be proud to be thrashed by such a good looking army.

[kommissar]

i think you could do more detail on the first russ, moar dirt!

but its looking very cool, you use an airbrush, right? the camo is nicely done.
love to StuG references! i so plan to mod a russ or Bassie to look like one.

[Commissar]

Wow, that second one looks great!
The valhallan tank riders would work well!
Oh gods.
The spetsnaz also wore black and grey uniforms, umm...
You could make it themed around the afghanistan war, with spetznats in their desert camo, a good pic of them in that cammo can be found on wikipedia, just search soviet war in afghanistan and its on that page...I is rambling...
But those are cool models man!
Now some of them need pilotkas!

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Thanks guys! I actually got some tank riders in last week. I mounted them on my command tank, and I'm working to get mud on all my tanks. I'll post an update tomorrow when I get a chance.

I don't use an airbrush. I base coat my tanks "afrika mustard" from testors and then swiftly spray "olive drab" and "brown earth" across it to make the camo.

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Actually I found a pic i already took. Here is what the mud on my tanks look like.


It is a mixture of sand and static grass. it is brown washed and then highlighted.