Round 3 rough draft "battle scene"

Side project round 2

SIDE PROJECT

No details for the moment.

I should be working on my test for class but...

My Shoulder Pads came in!!!!






I am a happy camper.
I just popped the shoulder pad off of two of my Marines for some test pics - so they are quick paints - no dry brushing or highlighting yet.

I got them from here:
http://www.chapterhousestudios.com/webshop/

Domarian's Valkyrie

First I have to say congradulations to my friend Ben and his wife, they have expanded their Ork Horde by one!
Now I get to show off some of my sons work on his Valkyrie/Vendetta.
Look he even painted the interior. 8)

We still need to do the weathering and details but he finished his base coat.

We magnitized the weapons so we can field all the varient weapon combos. The building was made by: Hrothgar the Smelly - who has graciously made me several scenery pieces that will grace these pages when I get a game in...

The grey guys are my WIP downed air crew for my Acturains.

Medic.... The medic is an interesting fellow with a story to tell - He started out as a heavy weapon's gunner...who was snatched from the table by a vicious puppy and chewed upon. We managed to rescue everything but the heavy weapon tripod and his arms. He joined the Medics to help others as we helped him. If you look real close you can still see the tooth marks on his armor and helmet.

Good job son I am proud of you...now if I can finish mine...lol

Custom Shoulder Pads

I requested these a while back and now here they come 8)

http://chapterhousestudios.com/webshop/news/17-new-stuff

Only thing I would have liked more - is a little bit bigger wing and a longer tail.

Bases, Bases, we don't need no stinking Bases

The new Imperial Guard codex changed the basing of the Heavy Weapon team - what was individual basing became a large 60mm base. For my campaign with Ben's Necrons I am using my Valhallans and metal Cadians as the PDF of a frontier mining world. My army list includes 17 Heavy Weapon teams. That means I needed 17 - 60mm bases! I had ONE. I looked online to price them - 1.50 each thats 25.50 each for plain ones or for around 3 dollars I could get some resin bases thats $51.00...OUCH. Project: Cheap Ass Base was born. Otherwise known as CAB.
CAB instructions:

1. Trace the 60mm base onto foamboard
2. cut out shape
3. trace 25mm base onto base
4. cut slightly into base following 25mm base outline
5. hollow out area to make a 25mm round hole - do not cut through the bottom layer!

CAB - Basic base complete.

CAB Heavy weapons bases

I tried two different textures the left one is medium balast, the right one is textured spray paint.


My friend and I went to Hobby Lobby to buy some resin - we were going to make bases with textures cast on them - we found a toy block casting set - to make castle blocks from plaster for 12 dollars after our 40% coupon....we got that instead - the excess that you scrap off we used to make rubble for my Hvy weapons teams..lol

The first blocks we made had bubbles in them - so I used a few for a missile launcher team.

Las Cannon Squad

These do not look as good as regular bases BUT it sure was cheaper - and hopefully after I spend some time painting and putting ballast and rubble on the bases, they will not look as bad.

The cool part is that I can remove the figures to keep track of wounds.


Thoughts, Suggestions, Comments?