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[Scarper]

Hey everyone! This is an idea I saw someone do a while ago, but he was maybe a little too ambitious and eventually fell by the wayside. BUT I'm planning on doing it in a slightly less complex way, so maybe this will work!

Basically, if anyone has looked at my modelling log thing, you might know that I name all my troopers. I was thinking that if you would like to be represented in my army, I would be happy to name a guardsman after anyone, and do a little bit of painting to differentiate them! So, a list of my forces is below, and I will be updating it with any slots that have been filled as I go along.

The basic colour scheme will be the same, but I'm happy to do skin tones, hair colours, any tattoos you may want, and any markings on armour. I've even got a fair few female heads, so let me know if you want one of them (I will ask no questions... : If you want in, let me know by posting below like this:

Position wanted, name wanted (this must sound like a surname I'm afraid, so for example, 'Scarper' would probs not be ok, but 'Scarpa' or 'Scarpelli' might work ), hair, skin, tattoos, markings. Then anything you want to say after ;D

I'll try to paint up models in the order requested, as they are pretty much all blue-tacked together already and just need some glue and a lick of paint.

Then you can check out the results, on my project log here. My list is as follows:


Company Command Squad-
Company Commander: filled
Vet medic with lasgun: filled
Vet with standard / lasgun: Metcalfe (cropped fair hair, tanned skin, rugged, tatty, extensive damage)
Vet with lasgun and vox: Bell
Vet with lasgun: Itcher (dark brown hair, caucasian, reading 'infantryman's uplifting primer')
Astropath (comms master in terms of army fluff):
Master of Ordnance (in charge of booby traps in fluff): Thompson (sunglasses, cigarette, bottle of whiskey)
Bodyguard: Topher (Black wrist band, dark brown hair, badass)
SQUAD HAS CAMO CLOAKS

Guardsman Marbo: filled

Green Platoon Command -
Officer /w bolter: Dutch (Caucasian, brown hair, ray bans if poss)
Guardsman /w vox:
Guardsman with GL: filled
Guardsman with GL: Leach (Caucasian, fair hair, cigarette, bush hat if poss)
Guardsman with GL:

Green Platoon Squad A -
Sergeant with laspistol and CCW:
Guardsman with GL: Twitch (caucasian, black hair, crazy, white cross in blue square on helmet)
Guardsman with vox:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:

Green Platoon Squad B -
Sergeant with laspistol and CCW: Ackman (wrist-watch, left handed, shoulder-length dirty blonde hair, flat topped CCW, silver case on right hip)
Guardsman with GL:
Guardsman with vox: Ja'fel (Corporal stripes [2 stripes], 'stella' somewhere on radio)
Guardsman: Trethewey (Red & White helmet stripes, backpack, entrenching tool)
Guardsman: Langston (goggles, green bandana, sculpted beard-type thing )
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:

Red Platoon Command -
Al' Rahem: Sharps (Black hair, pale skin, white rank markings on armour)
Medic: filled
Guardsman with vox:
Guardsman with GL:
Guardsman with GL:

Red Platoon Combined Squad A -
Sgt w/ bolt pistol and CCW: filled
Sgt. (corporal) w/ laspistol and CCW: Magdiwang (bald, tanned skin, profile tattoo)
Guardsman with flamer:
Guardsman with flamer:
Guardsman w/ vox: filled
Guardsman: filled
Guardsman: filled
Guardsman: filled
Guardsman: filled
Guardsman: filled
Guardsman: filled
Guardsman: filled
Guardsman: Gregori (Rasputin beard if poss)
Guardsman: Lipinski
Guardsman:filled
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:

Red Platoon Combined Squad B -
Sgt w/ bolt pistol and CCW: Hetlan (black hair, palish skin, gas mask and helmet, red pad /w white markings)
Sgt. (corporal) w/ laspistol and CCW: Michelin (tan, blonde hair, purity seal, kill markings on shoulder pad corner, brown gloves, goggles)
Guardsman w/ flamer: Cisneros (female, brown hair in ponytail)
Guardsman w/ flamer:
Guardsman w/ vox:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:

Red Platoon Special Weapons Squad A -
Guardsman with demo charge:Mandarin (brown hair, smiley face on armour, sunglasses if poss)
Guardsman w/ meltagun: filled
Guardsman w/ meltagun: MacDonald (black hair, p. style hat)
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:

Red Platoon Special Weapons Squad B -
Guardsman with meltagun: Xiang (full helmet)
Guardsman with meltagun:
Guardsman with demo charge: Erwin (Pale skin, short copper hair, no stubble)
Guardsman:
Guardsman:
Guardsman:

Vet Squad A -
Vet sergeant with boltpistol and CCW: Chaz (pale skin, black hair)
Vet with sniper rifle: Jeep (goggles, beard, boonie hat, overloaded with gear)
Vet with sniper rifle: Hawkor (rugged caucasian skin, dark brown hair)
Vet with sniper rifle:Sharkey (lots of camo, horizontal laspistol on back of belt, binoculars, caucasian, short light brown hair)
Vet with lasgun and vox-caster:
Vet with lasgun:
Vet with lasgun:
Vet with lasgun:
Vet with lasgun:
Vet with lasgun:
SQUAD HAS FORWARD SENTRIES

Vet Squad B -
Vet sergeant with boltpistol and CCW: Moriarty (pale skin, shoulder length ginger hair, tartan if poss)
Vet with plasmagun: Stradislav (pale skin, glasgow smile, tattoo of white in a black circle)
Vet with plasmagun: Krann (short hair, no left shoulder pad, horizontal scar right side of forehead, visible knife)
Vet with plasmagun:
Vet with lasgun and vox-caster:
Vet with lasgun:
Vet with lasgun:
Vet with lasgun:
Vet with lasgun:
Vet with lasgun:
SQUAD HAS FORWARD SENTRIES

Vet Squad C -
Gunnery Sgt. Harker: filled
Vet with flamer: Requiem (fashionable goatee, brown hair, insane eyes, love for burning the Emperor's enemies)
Vet with flamer: Vlain (slight tan, dark brown hair, 9-70 helmet graffiti, half rim glasses, HW crew spade)
Vet with flamer: Joseph (catachan head, orange bandana, cigar, tan, short dark brown hair)
Vet with shotgun: filled
Vet with shotgun: Freimann (Burgundy beret, very dark brown hair, stubble, middle tone skin)
Vet with shotgun: filled
Vet with shotgun:
Vet with shotgun: Pax (Caucasian, brown hair, scar across left eye)
Vet with shotgun & demo charge: Stewart (tan, brown hair, cigar)
SQUAD HAS DEMOLITIONS

Vet Squad D -
Vet Sgt. with power fist and shotgun: filled
Vet with meltagun: Rarves (Pale skin, watch, dark brown hair, gloves, goggles, extra ammo)
Vet with meltagun: filled
Vet with meltagun:
Vet with shotgun:
Vet with shotgun: Bellardini (Caucasian, black hair, no helmet)
Vet with shotgun:
Vet with shotgun:
Vet with shotgun:
Vet with shotgun & demo charge: Auron (Bald, catachan arms if poss, multiple knives)
SQUAD HAS DEMOLITIONS

Scout sentinel squad A -
Sentinel pilot (Multilaser): Kiwi (kiwi painted on armour plate if poss)
Sentinel pilot (Multilaser):
Sentinel pilot (Multilaser):

Scout sentinel squad B -
Sentinel pilot (ML): Cuffs (German shepherd (Duski) running in advance, helmet, glasses)
Sentinel pilot (ML): Ulrich (trotsky beard, goggle, modified and overloaded sent)
Sentinel pilot (ML):

Rough Rider Squad (all on motorbikes!)-
Rough rider sgt /w lance, melta bombs and power sword: filled
Rough rider /w lance and laspistol: Finch (female head, long reddy/brown hair, pale skin, JJ tatoo’d on arm, black goggles, red lips)
Rough rider /w lance and laspistol: Collard (female head, long black hair, olive skin, cat logo on her or the bike (full body cat scowling with arched back))
Rough rider /w lance and laspistol: Bavington (female head, long blonde hair, pale skin, eye patch, big knife hanging off belt, cuban heels on boots if possible)
Rough rider /w lance and laspistol: Kreutz (caucasian, aquila tattoo, light brown hair, lemmy moustache if poss)
Rough rider /w lance and laspistol: filled
Rough rider /w lance and laspistol:
Rough rider /w lance and laspistol:
Rough rider /w lance and laspistol:
Rough rider /w lance and laspistol:

If no-one is interested, I'll take this down. Now post if you want in! ;D

[Macfeegle]

First off, I have to say I love Dave Taylor's work...
I personally lke the idea of trucks, even toyed with converting an Ork Battlewagon as aproxy for a Chimera.

As for a guardsman...how about a driver called "Mad Mac" in honour of a legendary Aussie Icon...

[Scarper]

Hahaha, yeah, that's pretty doable, especially seeing as he's in an enclosed box and not even a model. Otherwise I'd need that extra detail too! He will definitely be labelled accordingly though. Thanks!

[commissargaunt]

what about a guardsman nicknamed "nine-seventies" because he beat a grot to death with his entrenching tool ;D kind of a mean ongoing joke amongst the other Guardsmen. you could possibly convert this guy to carry said entrenching tool as well

[Helmian (M.I.A)]

I Claim rough rider sergeant!

Ludlwig von Kreutz ( or just Ludwig Kreutz)
Imperial aquila tatoo on left arm/ wherever you can fit one
Skin: Caucasian
Hair color: Light brown
Lemmy moustache ( like this one powerlinead.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/noje-10s38-lemmy-567_3681.jpg )
Standard sgt, markings

[RedsandRoyals]

Any chance I could call one of the Shottie Vets?

Fredrik Pax
Skin: Caucasian
Hair: Brown
Scar across left eye.

Reds

[druchi]

Vet Sarge please? Play around with the name if you like "James Maurice Moriarty (Walker)"

Shouldery length ginger/goldeny hair in a middle shed parting, VERY PALE, a little tartan would be marking I think but it is your army.

and just as another idea to throw into the pot

Plasma gunner in the company comand squad call him Jenkins

[Dutch]

Could I call Green Platoon officer?
Nickname: 'Dutch'
Skin: Caucasian
Hair: Brown
Ray-Ban Sunglasses.

[The Refined Gentleman (M.I.A)]

Vet sgt please!

Name: Scout Sergeant Chaz
Skin: pale (see monian fluff)
Hair: Black

[Scarper]

Thanks for the response, guys! In terms of specific haircuts/facial hair, I will do my best, but I can't make promises - it kind of depends whether it is a makeable change on the unit

@commisargaunt - It's a fantastic idea, but I'm actually going for Surname-sounding things rather than nicknames. Do you mind if I steal that name for a necromunda gang though? ;D

[Helmian (M.I.A)]

Oh i want ray-bans to! Is there any chance that you could make the bike to be a chopper?

[Scarper]

Hahaha! Sorry Helmian, that may be a tad outside my converting skills seeing as I'm working with resin on the bikes

Dutch - I'll give the Ray-Bans a go, but you may be ending up with some goggles, we'll have to see how it works out

druchi - any preference on the tartan? I'm sure I can give you a patch of it, and I'm in Scotland for most of the Summer, so copying the design shouldn't be too hard...

[ElegaicRequiem]

Excellent! I see you already have me in there. What more do you need? Do a goatee like on one of the pics of me that haunt this forum...

If you feel up to it, make the shoulder strap into a double strap harness. What are my options for heads with helmets? As in: any 3rd party heads like Pig Iron? Once I know the helmet I can suggest a color for it.

Edit: If you have to use a regular Cadian helmet, make sure I get the super-insane eyes like Sgt. Faulks.

[Ymmot (M.I.A)]

since I do not expect you have a head wearing an enclosed bullet shaped helmet...

give a guy a beard and call him Gregori in honor of my middle name.

[ElegaicRequiem]

Irogerg?

And he needs a mini jump pack.

[Ymmot (M.I.A)]

well...

Samoht Yrogerg...

but for some reason I like the I at the end better...

oh yeah...because it makes it sound as though I was named after one of my favorite characters from history...

Grigori Rasputin

[Scarper]

ElegaicRequiem: I will ensure you get crazy eyes whatever helmet you are wearing, as is fitting I have a fair few pig iron heads and a few other random ones, but they are all gas masked and helmet free, I'm afraid. I'll definitely slap a stylish goatee on your guy though ;D

Ymmot (M.I.A): I just used up my last enclosed bullet-shaped helmet head on one of my rough riders, damn! Will hopefully make sure you get a Rasputinesque beard though - any preference on the colour?

Cheers again guys

[MarkOfTruth]

Scarper this is so cool!

Green Platoon Squad A Autocannon Gunner (I want to be a SAW gunner, and i figure that's close enough in terms of 40K)
Name: Trethewey (My last name IRL)
Distinguishing Marks: Red and white striped helmet, backpack and entrenching tool if you've got them. Other than that, paint it to fit with the rest of your army.

Alternatively, you could try and model up your standard bearer to look like my display picture lol.

@ Ymmot: Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Lover of the Russian queen?

[Scarper]

Thanks, Mark! I'm just updating with your stats now ;D

commissargaunt: I feel bad about not using the name you suggested. If you give me another surnamey-type thing, I can make you a trooper and slap 9-70 as graffiti on your helmet?

_{Embarrassing edit: This is coming up a lot. Is 'entrenching tool' some crazy militiary code for 'spade'?}

[ReWolf]

Give me a righ-ranked guy - you choose.

How about we reverse - We call him flower, you put what you want on him, and i paint him?

[Kaikelx]

Oooo I'll be Gunnery Sergeant Xiang (Instead of Harker)

As for modeling, just a full face helmet.

Hah! I get to order Requiem around!

[ElegaicRequiem]

You can of course try, Kaikelx... I'll be the one with the heavy flamer.

Scarper: You don't have any regular Cadian helmets? Meh, so long as the goatee is there, with dark brown hair, crazy eyes, and a love for burning the Emperor's enemies it'll be like me. Use a helmetless head if you must.

You realize that everyone with a name from someone you know is going to have to not die...

[Macfeegle]

Yes, an entrenching tool is a spade. Albeit a folding one.

[Kaikelx]

Jun 27, 2009 19:44:11 GMT -5 ElegaicRequiem said:

You can of course try, Kaikelx... I'll be the one with the heavy flamer.

Scarper: You don't have any regular Cadian helmets? Meh, so long as the goatee is there, with dark brown hair, crazy eyes, and a love for burning the Emperor's enemies it'll be like me. Use a helmetless head if you must.

You realize that everyone with a name from someone you know is going to have to not die...

1. If we're removed from the table, we've hidden from the enemy, or we're simply wounded.

2. You're forgetting. I'm the one with the heavy bolter

[Scarper]

ReWolf - That's a fantastic idea! Do you want me to put a model together for you and then mail it? Or are you thinking about painting up one of your own? Or have I completely misinterpreted what you meant?

Kaikelx - Gunnery Sergeant Xiang it is. Do you mind if instead of a full face helmet I give you a bandana style face wrap instead? The guy I've got set up for Harker is a metal model (Ox from the Last Chancers! Woo for eBay!) wearing a cap that might be quite hard to remove. If you're really set on the helmet I could give it a go though...

@req - I have no end of helmeted cadians, and would be glad to set you up with one. I thought you meant other company ones
I've thought of the whole 'dying friends' thing, but luckily everyone seems to be picking high ranking guys or those packing decent gear (who'd have thought?), so they'll be last to go. Plus I like to think of guys being wounded rather than killed unless it's an instakill anyway

Macfeegle - Thanks a lot! My vocabulary has embiggenified.

Cheers again for the response, all! New people going up now.