Author Topic: Starting 40k Planetery Defense theme (Read 25039 times)

McKnight · « **Reply #25 on:** November 22, 2011, 12:09:42 PM »

Quote from: Larkyn on November 22, 2011, 11:56:45 AM

Quote from: Aldaris on November 22, 2011, 08:43:59 AM
Quote from: Larkyn on November 22, 2011, 03:28:16 AM
You can tell that Matt Ward had nothing to do with this list.

Very original, well done. And I liked that post quite a bit up to this point...

What? You actually ENJOY Matt Ward's books??! Grey Knights that slaughter Sisters cause "dey may b korrupted", and who use xeno-tech.

Guess you haven't read the first book in the Grey knights omnibus, where they also kill Sisters of battle?

Or the good old Inquisition war omnibus where the inquisitors like xeno stuff. Its quite normal for inquisitors to "fight fire with fire". The old Daemon hunters codex also mentioned Radical inquisitors who did this.

Ward did do Draigo way over the top.
The Necron codex should be okay from what I have heard.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #26 on:** November 22, 2011, 12:12:01 PM »

I think everyone is sick of hearing about Mat Ward now!

There are already ten billion threads on 40K forums about it. Anyway, who expects good fluff in a 40K book?

Aldaris · « **Reply #27 on:** November 22, 2011, 01:37:15 PM »

Quote from: Larkyn on November 22, 2011, 11:56:45 AM

What? You actually ENJOY Matt Ward's books??!

I think he writes decent and interesting rules, and he's certainly no worse than the rest of the team. Not perfect, but then, none of them is. I'm just tired of the juvenile bashing of a guy who's one of the people actually making this whole 40K thing work. Hating this man is tres chic right now, but strangely, people still buy his codices like crazy...
If you don't like the style of a codex writer, that's fine. It is, however, not something that needs to be expressed in continuous, orgiastic circlejerks.

Quote from: Larkyn on November 22, 2011, 11:56:45 AM

Sorry, Aldaris, I wasn't aware you are a Wardfanboi. I'll tread carefully for now on.

All I'm saying is you might want to take your hatin' somewhere were people appreciate it. 4chan comes to mind.

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #28 on:** November 22, 2011, 01:39:54 PM »

I like how you are a fanboi as the default state when you don´t cheer along in the hate.

Larkyn · « **Reply #29 on:** November 22, 2011, 03:52:05 PM »

Quote from: Aldaris on November 22, 2011, 01:37:15 PM

I think he writes decent and interesting rules,

Oh yeah, allowing the option to give Grey Knight Brotherhood Champions to have digital weapons. Brilliant.
I know there are plenty more examples, but I'm at work at the moment.

Rules are one thing, his fluff is, for the most part, completely over-the-top.

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All I'm saying is you might want to take your hatin' somewhere were people appreciate it. 4chan comes to mind.

Maybe I will...

GamesPoet · « **Reply #30 on:** November 22, 2011, 06:02:58 PM »

There's plenty of places to go argue about it, but not sure this thread is the best.

orcyboy · « **Reply #31 on:** November 23, 2011, 04:12:21 PM »

Thank you Larkyn for pointing out the 'Imperial Armor 9' book, I'm getting a hold of a copy now. I also like Mathi's idea of using the terminator as an enginseer.

I'll probably be using the Imperial Guard codex for now though as its the quickest easiest way to get me going.

The more regular looking infantry models will represent a planetary defense force while the my more exotic looking miniatures will represent conscripts pulled from gangs and workers pressed into service.

I'm floating some background fluff around in my head. Maybe I'll get a wild hare up my ass and put it in writing at some point.

Lets move away from the Matt Ward thing, its buzz killing my thread.

orcyboy · « **Reply #32 on:** November 24, 2011, 08:21:33 PM »

First squad is finished. I'm not satisfied with the way the camo turned out, I'm going try something different on the next batch.

I'll call this 'M1 Camo'.

(switched to larger pic 11/27)

GamesPoet · « **Reply #33 on:** November 25, 2011, 02:59:41 AM »

Looks ok to me, has character.

Actually has me wanting to include some of the Catachans or something similar in an IG army.

Whats the story on the vehicle in the backround?

orcyboy · « **Reply #34 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:59:05 AM »

Quote from: GamesPoet on November 25, 2011, 02:59:41 AM

Whats the story on the vehicle in the backround?

I picked that up probably 20 years ago. Its a model tank from an anime series called 'Crusher Joe' the tank is called a galleon. It comes up on ebay once in a while but for stupid expensive.

I'll probably use it as a Chimera stand in or make up some rules for it.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #35 on:** November 25, 2011, 12:06:28 PM »

That squad looks great! There's nothing wrong with the camo.

Larkyn · « **Reply #36 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:50:45 PM »

The camo looks great, wish I could do it that well.

And I think you'll like the Tyrant's Legion list. Although, the basic Auxilia militia can't take chimeras (they start at 20 guys).

Finlay · « **Reply #37 on:** November 25, 2011, 10:07:32 PM »

That camo looks amazing.

When you posted the first batch of pics I thought "geez, what a load of trash the early stuff was" but it looks amazing with a new spick and span paint job. (although admittedly some of that unit arent that old)

orcyboy · « **Reply #38 on:** December 14, 2011, 03:54:32 PM »

OK so after a little trial an error I’ve settled on a camo pattern. I’m calling it Votomian Mark II “ameba pattern”.

Here's a couple I have repainted in the Mark II pattern.

Another batch of ten completed:

FR1DAY · « **Reply #39 on:** December 14, 2011, 03:59:02 PM »

camo looks great. What colours have you used?

orcyboy · « **Reply #40 on:** December 14, 2011, 04:09:43 PM »

The base colors are Territorial Beige, Pine Green and Tomato Spice mixed with a touch of green to darken it. These are old Delta Ceramacoat paints not sure what their GW equivalents might be.

GamesPoet · « **Reply #41 on:** December 14, 2011, 05:11:50 PM »

The camo and figures look great!

Shadowwolf · « **Reply #42 on:** December 15, 2011, 10:46:34 AM »

Gotta love Cowboy hat dude!

Shadowwolf

orcyboy · « **Reply #43 on:** December 31, 2011, 11:14:31 PM »

Some work in progress stuff. I've slowed down on the painting a bit to work on other projects for my Guard.

I've got a couple old models I plan on converting into sentinels. The skinny one is in pretty good condition and has been a straight forward conversion.
The bigger guy is in bad shape, I haven't started on him yet as he'll be a bit more involved.

I picked up a bunch of Imperial Guard bits off ebay including a tank crew. I plopped this guy roughly at the back and dug up some miscellaneous model piece to use as his cockpit console.

I then did some putty work to tie all together and added a ring around cockpit using a plastic rod.

Im also planning on a second Imperial Guard army after realizing I have enough of the classic plastic Imperial Guard. Problem is Im short on arms. So I picked up a bunch of plastic Catachan bits and I'm converting them over. I've also never been happy with the old tube lasguns they came with so these newer Catachan las-guns should look pretty good.

I scraped the bulging muscles off and did some putty work to match the new arms with the old style.

Darknight · « **Reply #44 on:** December 31, 2011, 11:36:31 PM »

Looking good - I would have suggested Cadian arms, but then I noticed the little shoulder boards on the torso of that model; the Cadian shoulder guards wouldn't work very well with them.

orcyboy · « **Reply #45 on:** December 31, 2011, 11:45:25 PM »

The Cadian arms probably would have worked just fine. As you mentioned the only thing that would have needed to be done is cut off the existing shoulder pads on the old models. That would probably be easier then re-sculpting the arms (though I plan on cheating a little).

I choose not use the Cadian arms because I don't like the large shoulder pad their arms have on them, they'd end up looking just like Cadians and I want them to still retain some of their old look. I also like the look of the Catachan lasguns over the Cadian guns.

GamesPoet · « **Reply #46 on:** January 01, 2012, 10:53:31 PM »

Like what was done with the walker to use as a sentinel!

NewGuy · « **Reply #47 on:** January 03, 2012, 01:21:19 AM »

I think that the list you were referring to in the OP was the old Witch Hunter codex. It had rules for Inquisitorial retinues, and did indeed allow you to use Guardsmen as well as heavier stuff. It was replaced by the Sisters of Battle and Grey Knights codices.

I have a copy floating around my machine, PM me with your email address and I'll forward it to you (it was available legitimately on the internets for a while.)

orcyboy · « **Reply #48 on:** January 03, 2012, 06:04:08 AM »

Thanks New Guy, I just found a pdf copy of it and yes that does look like the codex I was referring too. It even has a list for mutant armies, how cool is that!.

orcyboy · « **Reply #49 on:** February 13, 2012, 08:45:55 PM »

Finally finished a Sentinel scout. First time trying to do chipped paint.

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Author Topic: Starting 40k Planetery Defense theme (Read 25039 times)