Bat33.1 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Well after much indecision about begining a Badab Wars chapter I've finally plumped for the current flavour of the month <insert drumroll> Carcharodon Astra chapter is called to the stage... I have painted numerous test figures for different chapters and while I considered Carcharodons from the start I wanted to avoid another grey army as I already have Space Wolves but the fluff, and lots of heresy pattern armour got the better of me. I'll need to come up with a different shade of grey than my wolves though and have several shades of vallejo model air grey to work through before making a decision. So far I've built a tactical squad while awaiting a delivery from FW for more goodies. I've gone with the pick'n'mix armour build following the artwork examples from Imperial Armour V10 - Badab War - Part Two. So most of the squad have at least three different marks of armour to build a single figure using a mix of GW plastic and FW resin with MK V Heresy pattern being the most common. For weapons I'll be using mainly Phobos pattern bolters complete with chainblades and a mix of heavy weapons but again majority will be FW heresy era. Assualt squad will be worked on next along with some scouts. Anyway here are the pictures so far... http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8052805.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8052803.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8052797.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8052796.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8052798.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8052799.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8052800.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8052801.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8052802.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8052804.jpg Advice and criticism welcome :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Broken Knife Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Gotta love those FW bits... :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Looking great so far, nice mix of parts you're using there it works really well. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Looking great so far, nice mix of parts you're using there it works really well. :tu: You've got to agree with Doghouse ;) Ludovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly_bear Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 How many people jumping on the Space sharks scene...lol as said before great mix of parts, looking forward to seeing these painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat33.1 Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 Thanks for the encouragement :( My reason for jumping on the shark bandwagon is simple, I have a big box of FW heresy era armour looking for a home. I love the mix'n'match approach to the armour in IA10 for the Carcharodons and the back story works for me at least. I've had numerous false starts with Astral Claws, Minotaurs, Sons of Medusa, Red Scorpions, Salamanders, and Raptors all getting some consideration and at least a test figure built and painted, if not a full squad for some but nothing really stuck. My Lugft Huron went to the US of A via ebay for a tidy sum, and others went a similar route or into the spares box. I really wanted Minotaurs to work but once I got into the painting I found it wasn't really working for me. So here I am... Anyway the assault squad is progressing and I should get some pics up for them soon with a mix of heresy Mk V jump packs and stock plastic ones for variety. Oh I even found some FW chain axes in my bits box so I am working on making some of those - the stock FW axes snap like carrots so I am cutting and shutting mine with a mix of resin, pins and plastic. I can't decide on war gear for the sarge yet either...any suggestions? I could give him a FW PF from the character conversion set I've got a few of those but I'm not sure how many points I should sink into an assault squad really...hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat33.1 Posted August 7, 2011 Author Share Posted August 7, 2011 First two of my assault squad... http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8072807.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/CAP8072806.jpg I love those heresy jump packs :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieronymus Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 I really love the first one. Laidback and arrogant posing and the jump packs look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Haduwig Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Hehe the 7th picture from your first set looks like he's playing air guitar. Nice stuff so far mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 The assault squad is shaping up nicely, by the look of it. The pre-heresy look they give is very nice. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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