A Renagade Guard Army Commission, Updated 11/08/09 - Plague Tower Started

So after a long while, the details for this commission have been fleshed out. As such ive started work. The client is wanting a thread started on these guys all around town to get as much feedback as possible on the design of them and for any changes that need to be made. So, any and all comments, good or bad are welcome and much appreciated.

Enough blabbering..

The client first contacted me back in late august last year. During that time we have been slowly discussing and coming up with a good theme for his renegade guard army that he has commissioned me to build, convert and paint.

He has some key things he wants in the armies theme.

1) Alot of technology in the army. Crude tech but tech still.

2) Pale skin.

3) Some kind of fancy rengade helmet. GS, kit bash, whatever. I went the kit bash route as its easiest and as such cheapest money wise for the client.

4) Fluff wise is they come from a world thats sole use to the imperium is mining minerals. The surface is similiar to mars (present day). The caves themselves that have been dug quickly grow a fungus. The fungus itself is what feeds the miners of the planet.

5) Heavy on the conversions in the army for everything except tanks. He will have minmal tanks when its done as they are a "miners gone bad group" as he puts it.

Thats about it. From that I came up with these things:

Bases: Rocky like mars but not as red. Some grass to spice it up along with the random piece of metal scrap.



Approved color scheme: Its got the olive green ala the fungus in the caves and its got an off light pale red as the armor color to match the surface.





The first set is to dark and the single is to bright. Go figure..

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Heavy Weapons Teams: In keeping with the tech theme the weapon teams are actually a robot gun with a "driver". Basically its based off the new mobile m60 gun platforms the US military is starting to use. Obviously alot bigger since its the imperium but basically the same thing. The guy driving it is free to shot at whatever as the gun fires itself.

The gunner will be be removable for casuality reasons.



Sentinal: Robot walker basically from the mines. Now its fitted for cobat with a nice lascannon. I cant take credit for the design. I cant remember exactly where I saw it but someone made something just like it as a blood pack stalk tank. Idea snagged. Although his is better.

http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/kk462/r...d_sentinal1.jpg

That covers tonights work.

Whoa! Great looking miniatures, your client must be happy with this kind of beginning.

So are all the troops just renegade guards or will there be work force as well? Or were they all slaughtered? Work force could give you endless opportunities to convert, from slave ogryns to nice mutations and zombielike ghoulish hordes of wretches who haven't seen the light of days for ages and thus giving them sickly pale skin.

The heavy weapon team aka robot + driver is a nice one. Cool concept, maybe add bit more low tech gadgets (eg. small cogs and wiring) to it to give more "out of the mine" look?

Sentinel is perfect in my mind. Just maybe bit more of wear and tear to it, once again, for the "from the mines" looks.

LvK

Was the conversion you saw by Dave Taylor i saw one on his blog that looked very similar............

i like it, what's the helmet made of?
also, lookit the Dave Taylor'S Blood Pact Log on dakkadakka. that what you meant?

What did you use for the extra Sentinal Leg Armor?
A bit, if so which one, or is it self made?
I have been looking for an easy way to add some more beef/armor to my favoret GW legs for some time and those look like they would work nicely.

Very nice, liking the Lasguns in paticular

Lucius von Kalteisen - The work force will be conscripts. The client is waiting to see how they play out in the new dex and if they will be a viable choice for cannon fodder. Basically LaTD typed mutants is what they will be. The more human like ones are trained to be the "bosses/guards".

Great idea for the weapon platforms. I need to figre out a way to get cheap and easy cogs. Hmm

The sentinal will be just as you pictured it. Wore down

lone dirty dog - Yes thats where I saw the similiar sentinal.

P3nDr4g0n - The top part of the helmets are chaos warriors. The lower human part are from any set really with a head. Zombie, empire, guard, anything really. The ear muff things are thick plastic rod cut to shape and the rivets are small rod cut to shape. Each head takes 15 minutes of work before gluing onto the body

Space Wolf Lord - The thighs are plastic card with FW traitor guard brass plate on them for extra detail. Rivets on there are cut off from extra baneblade armor plates because the client wanted rounded rivets on it instead of the flat ones like the helmets of the guard.

Blackcell8 - Thanks

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Small update on this commission with no pun intended. The client and I discussed making helmets or face masks for the ratlings like the rest of the army but the client decided against it for one simple fact. Fluff wise, the ratlings are actual ratlings. The skin tone should be normal. As such the army uses them to scout ahead into imperial controlled areas since, well, they can blend in.

So..

http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/kk462/r...d_ratlings1.jpg



There are 4 more still to be painted but they need to be reposed.

Yay, I finally figured out I can find the old threads easliy. My bad everyone for being a bit slow..

Update to this army. The client has since been deployed to iraq yet again so the army is canceled for now. So instead ive taken it under my wing.

And finally some nice conversions. The army itself is lead by tech priests. So, here is the army commander and 4 of his "custom" servitors. Ive always liked the idea of tech priests making thier own servitors in a style they like. My guy likes animals. In this case, a Fly, a Fish, a Boar and a servo skull with body haha.

http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/kk462/r...priest_wip1.jpg

http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/kk462/r...priest_wip2.jpg

More as the army progresses.

Alrighty, pretty much finished the counts as priest in the army.

Fluff wise the its basically a super CC servitor with a bit better free thought. The lower half was an experiment by the tech priests to make something that could cover rough terrain quickly in the confines of the forgeworld they call home, but, it failed and he has normal speed but does like to run in the new edition.







The actual army commander, the tech priest is almost done being painted as well... its been a rough night so i needed to just paint.

ah! Nice servitor! Think I have to come up with something similar that can fit into my Renegade IG army.

That servitor is wicked, is the torso from the throne of judgement??

Indeed

Thanks for the kind words guys, it helps keep me motivated during this rough time.

Ok, so after actually reading the codex... I cant field tech priests as my hq as they dont take up any slots.. So.. a rogue trader is going to lead the force. Slight fluff change.

As such, this tech priest is just that.. so no fancy paint job. He still needs touch ups and chipped paint but other then the basing hes done.

Looking Good! I have always wanted to start a renegade guard army myself, just never have the time, plus I got way to many projects already lol. Keep up the good work! I love the paint scheme by the way

Hehe yea im in the same boat as you. Ive never had free time but right now, when I cant sleep, I try and finish a model or 2 each time...
Might take me a year or so but vy then the army will number almost 200

Group shot of whats done (or almost done in the case of the heavy weapon platform and the Sentinal, both still need detailing and weathering)

http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/kk462/r...uard_group1.jpg

http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/kk462/r...uard_group2.jpg

-Pics changed to links, why do you keep exceeding the size limitations, I hate having to come out of retirement. ---PsychosisPC

Finished the ballisk..

Liking the models and paint scheme alot, like the custom helmets the most.

also i think you might be making PsychosisPC angry with your pic violations

Lol.. are you refering to these most recent ones above as pic violations?

more refering to the previous one where he commented but heck if i know what 700x700 pixals look like, i just let photobucket sort mine out

ah.

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Sniper done for the army. Touch ups needed still but i figured it was worth a picture.

Counts as Nork

80% done being painted. And the smoke out of the engine will be made black. Possibly blood on the CC arm

"Nork" Completed. I think the blood is better then that of the priest, so ill go change him sooner or later to match Nork here.



"Heres looking at you."

Drybrush a bit of grey on the smoke.

Other than that....very nice model!

Wonderful scheme there. You lucky person, being paid to make armies for people...

The start of the penal legion troopers. basically a mix of guard, zombie, ghoul and whatever other fantasy bitz i can find. The bases on them arent done not are any of the paint jobs.

http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/kk462/r..._penal_PIP2.jpg

My question is, are they "to" fantasy to fit into a renegade guard army?

*EDIT (by me)* Link added since the pic was a tad to big at 704x528

Only the sergeant has a gun.

If you give some of them lasrifles, IG kit such as the canteen and waistpockets.

I like the use of them, put they do need some more 40k stuff to make them tie in with the army.

Since the are penal legion, i dont want to give them las rifles. 3 have canteans and such, 2 other have las pistols like the sgt, and 2 have heavy bionics.

But i guess I should add more stuff then

Why do they need lasguns? They're zombies! They have projectile vomiting as a weapon! Granted its a little much to expect vomit to be rending, but their zombies! On Hallowe'en! Zombies!

Hehehe indeed!

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Couldnt sleep last night so finished up painting this guy to match the ren guard army. Counts as a traitor Mechanicus "Obliterator" robot. First of 6.. (used in apocalypse sized games)







Weather and chipped paint still need to be added but frankly i was half alseep when painting last night.

Comments always welcome, good or bad .