The Black Guard Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 Finished base coating the grey onto the Executioner: And some more shots of my finished Tank commander: Also I should be getting my baneblade next week so I am looking forward to painting that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 You're producing work at a good rate, keep it up :tu: The Baneblade is quite a project but a lot of fun, and no Guard army is completely without one or two ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 Thanks - this is really keeping me motivated! I did some more base coating with the executioner: And added a bit more to the sponsons of the tank commander: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 'Tis a beautiful sight! Now I just need to finish basing all of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Its been awhile and so far I have finished (just highlighting left lol) the executioner. Also.... look what's arrived!!! Need to do a bit of fixing but then I can do some painting yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I love your Baneblade's gray camouflage. Is it meant for fighting in the tundra or near-arctic conditions, or for urban warfare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 New update! Phew... That took a while to basecoat the baneblade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Nice work, it looks good in your colours. Did you get the missing lascannon bit you can glue back on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trickstick Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I really like having two crewed hatches on the top. It really gives the Baneblade a unique look when compared to other vehicles. I'm a bit jealous, as I bought my Shadowsword on release day, before they merged the Baneblade and Shadowsword kits. It did come with a nice certificate though. Regarding the lascannon, I think it would be a pretty simple fix to replace it with a heavy weapon team lascannon. I did a similar thing to some Russes at one point. I would probably change the other one to match, although that isn't really necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 Thanks, I don't have the missing lascannon so I'll probably use a HWT one. With the other lasccanon I've got to adjust it a bit when my pin drill arrives as it doesn't sit flush. Done a bit more: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Your models look good. Are the red trims merely decorative- maybe imitating the blood stripes on their crewmen's uniforms? Or do they serve a practical purpose- maybe as identifiers, like invasion stripes, so allies won't shoot them by mistake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuardDaddy Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 looks great - I love following these projects. Keep it going! I've promised myself an afternoon in the next couple of days to get some painting done myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 Thanks! Regarding the blood red stripes, I thought they should represent the blood they spill as a warning to their foes. Here's more work on the baneblade - I need to buy a light grey to highlight the baneblade so I've done other bits whilst that is coming. Also what do you guys think of the other lascannon? And finally, ANOTHER vehicle to transport my dudes around (I like the dozer blade personally): Just a note - I've been doing this all without an airbrush as I haven't been brave enough to get one. From your experience is it worth the money? Is it compulsory to use special paints? I'm sure there's tutorials and stuff on YouTube but wanted to know your thoughts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trickstick Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Lascannon looks fine. From a fluff perspective, a replacement lascannon is totally something that would happen. I remember an old shadowsword special character that had a rule about a sponson that was a replacement. The machine spirit was a bit annoyed so it was always the first gun to be destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I like the message on the Chimera's dozer blade, but why are Inquisitorial "I"s flanking "of the Imperium"? To show it or its passengers aided an Inquisitor in a purge? If so, an Inquisitor of which Ordo, against which enemy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 I got my pin drill and my vice today so was drilling all those bolters! Also a bit more photos (I've done some of the rivets): I hope to finish all the rivets and clean them up by tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Money well spent, very clean holes :tu: Always worth going the extra bit even more so on large kits :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Good jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 My new and expanded force to include 3 bullgryns and two officers (just have to headswap officers and finish painting bullgryns) ALSO most of rivets now done on baneblade: Also need to finish off the chimera. Also a WIP of my rough riders on wolves which will be added to my force when they are done: Also I will be getting an airbrush soon so will be trying that out on some different vehicles (the basilisk I also have) before re-painting my executioner better. In the future I need to get some veteran beret heads from anvil and do some more infantry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Good job on the officers. Will you write your own rules for the rough riders, so the direwolves can launch attacks, maybe self-heal by reusing wounds they take from enemy infantry/cavalry units (via biting) for themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Done the headswaps! What do you think? Interesting propositions for the rules of the rough riders- I might but we will see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Also done headswaps on a heavy weapons team of autocannons. Beginning to look more fleshed out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 Lore: Accompanying Sionsa (planet with the Black Fist) around the sun, Zynrind (a much larger planet) orbits a fair distance closer than Sionsa, meaning its once luscious jungles have been turned to barren dry deserts. Once Zynrind orbited roughly at the same distance as Sionsa and had many different species of sentient but primitive life with lots of biodiversity. However due to its larger mass was pulled closer (and still is) the climate got too hot for many of the species and they had to adapt to survive. After years of continual struggle to survive and an increasingly hotter climate, a dominant species emerged - honed to desert warfare and survival, with weapons to combine a crude rifle and a hooked spear. They blended in extremely well in desert environments and adopted hit-and-run tactics to maximise these advantages. They were called the Zynrine. However, their planet was rapidly approaching the sun, and they needed to get off Zynrind in order to survive as a species as eventually it would become too hot for any life form. Luckily at this point exploration ships from Sionsa reached them and made contact (the Sioneese wore thermo-resistant gear and light-filtering gasmasks to protect themselves). After a few 'misunderstandings' the two races came to an agreement: the Sioneese would take them off their world and house and feed the Zynrine on Sionsa, and the Zynrine would become their mercenaries. The Zynrine would be rotated on a regular basis between working in the mines, fighting and resting (a few years each). In addition they have to work near the edge of the Noxis (darker and colder side) where it is hotter, but that is where most of the mines are located anyway. Basically I'm gonna get and paint some kroot mercenaries in a desert scheme along the lines of this to be a skirmishing force: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Guard Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 Another heavy weapon team of heavy bolters: ANd some more photos: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Good job on the Bullgryns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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