WIP - Imperial Guard Tank Officer - painting:1

Here is the Tank Officer after a Sunday afternoons worth of painting. Skin, brown overalls and the grey of his hat are finished and I've blocked in all the areas that need a Catchan Green base.

I'm going to paint all the non-metal areas first, spray a light coat of matt varnish then paint all the metal and varnish those areas with gloss by hand.

Now I've had chance to look in the daytime I think the rock he is standing on is too similar in tone to his overalls, so I'm considering giving it a very light wash with armour wash to grey it down a bit.

WIP - Imperial Guard Tank Officer

Here is the lastest update, especially for Andrew G who was kind enough to remind me I have been lax in that area of late.

I finally got round to opening up the Chimera kit I've had laying around for a while. Its waiting to become part of an Imperial Guard combat patrol I'm working on.

Whilst casting an eye over the accessories sprue I couldn't help thinking that some of the bits would look nice if stuck together like so. I don't have any game use for this model so its more of a display piece than anything.

I suppose he might make a good objective marker for some mission or another.

WIP - XV88 suit 2

This is the second of my XV88 suits. Both have Advanced stabilisation systems so they can Fire and Move with the Railguns. This suit has replaced the smart missile system with twin-linked plasma rifles which will lend a bit of close protection firepower to his team in situations where the enemy are getting a bit too close for comfort. The railguns are placed on the more traditional shoulder mounts so the plasma rifles benefit from the extra mobility of arm mounts once things get hairy. 

WIP - Pirahna

Here is the first of three Pirahna skimmers. I'm thinking of two equiped with brace of seeker missiles and a burst cannon each and a third with a fusion blaster. This should make a rapid reaction unit with a nice balance between anti-infantry and anti-vehicle capabilities. 

WIP - XV88 suit

I seem to be in a building rather than painting mode lately, Especially now the new Tau Empire codex is out. Here is the first of my XV88 suits. They've been in the cupboard for a while now and I finally decided to start putting one together. I've wanted to try mounting the rail guns on the arms since before the excellent Forgeworld models came out doing just that. While putting this kit together I realised it takes a certain degree of commitment and trial and error to pose the lages in anything more dynamic than the most basic 'standing up straight' pose. Because of the enlarged feet you have to do a bit of cutting and re-building of the lower legs. Despite a bit of swearing and a few scalpel wounds to the fingers, I think the end result is worth it - Just need to get around assemble his team-mate and get round to painting them to see the finished product.