I have been gearing up for my 3000 point game this Sat. The group I play with likes playing painted armies so the special rule is every painted unit gets one re-roll per game. My Imperial Guard (IG) army is mostly done but there still quite a few models to paint.
So after painting away this weekend I have continued to work on my veterans squads.
5 down 7 more left to go.
with these 7 almost complete I will have enough troops to field a 20 man blob, 2 command squads (company and platoon), and 3 veteran squads. I hate having open face helmets so I switched out the heads to use
Pig Iron Productions heads. They are not the only things I use from them. I also use their
system troopers as my stormtroopers. They have some decent molds and nice models. My only complaint is that they use metal. You can't win them all I guess.
While chugging away at the cannon fodder I also finished up my last HQ.
My scratch built commissar has a System Trooper head while and sports a shoulder pad from a tank kit. I spent some extra time doing some edge highlighting for you Bill, Chad and Brandon. I think he turned out decently. I like my power sword.
While the foot sloggers are my main focus I also figured I could finish up the
Bane Wolf I have been working on for a while now.
It could use some edge highlights but it is playable as it is now. I love all the IG tanks. I am a bit sad that tanks took such a huge hit this edition. if the rumors are to believed though they the Russ might get some help as well as a new kit to bring to the party. While I welcome some help for my old friend Leman Russ I know I will not have the funds for more tanks anytime soon.
Along with the Bane Wolf I had a few extra pieces to finish up so my tanks could look pretty.
That is all I have done so far. If I look through my models the only models not completely painted are:
Vendetta
Manticore
Shadowsword
4 heavy weapon platforms
2 snipers
2 stormtroopers
4 ratlings
Wow I think this year I will have a fully painted army. I guess this gives me more time to work on my Tau since they are my newest army and least painted. It will be nice though to have a selection to bring to those Rogue Trader Tournaments though. I think the only army I can do that for is my Necrons. I need to finish up my big bugs before Tyranids are ready and I am not sure how much of my Orks are finished.
Hopefully I will have the chance to take some pictures this weekend of my army. I always like seeing fully painted armies. I guess I should work on my display board as well.... sigh a mini-wargamers work is never truly done.
Questions? Comments? Pew Pew Pews?
