My "Industrial Formation" Imperial Guard - Ogryns

[LordOrdGermany]

Hi Comrades,

 

finally it is possible to post the Imperial Guard too here in this wonderful community. I am very glad to present you now my project existing for 12 years. I hope to receive a lot of C+C here.

 

At first the Background:

 

The INDUSTRIAL FORMATION" Imperial Guard

 

Deep in the Segmentum Solar lies the Thay sub-sector encompassing
two inhabited planets: Thay Mahyr
and Thay Malarn.Since the Dark Ages
Of Technology the sub-sector is inhabited by civilized, diciplined trustworthy
servants of the Imperium. For 300 years these people were successfully ruled by
the House Ord where also the
Imperial Governors come from. The two planets can be compared with Holy Terra
and its neighbor planet Mars. But instead of being cold and lifeless as Mars,
Thay Mahyr was terraformed during
the Dark Ages of Technology and is now the place where the barracks, training
facilities and war factories are. According to that, Thay Mahyr is where the
civilians of Thay life and also the place of the Imparial Palace. Huge cities
are connected with each other all over the planet´s surface but were not
allowed to turn into to Hive Worlds by careful policy. The Thay sector is
blessed with uncountable amounts of minerals, iron and gas. No matter if you
regard the gas-colonies within the asteroid belts of the two gas giants Thay
Ularn and Thay Namaan, the uran mines of Thay Mahyr or the Dado-meat-factories
of Thay Malarn, the wealth and gentle security of the average citizens is
derived from the huge export turn-over to the Imperium.

The official name for the regiments coming from Thay is Industrial Formation. After House Ord
had come to power they started changing the army´s structure, to re-equip it
and to focus on other issues. House Ord put much value on the fact that the
efficiency of the Imperial Army is not only quantity but also quality.
According to that and the fact that the major amount of the state´s money goes
into the war budget even a single infantryman is equipped with expensive,
useful tolls, amour and weapons. Every helmet
is provided with a small energy device and
a visor, allowing the soldier a
better view over the battlefield. The "standard lasgun" is provided with a device,
which allows the laser ray to be more focused and according to that more efficient.
Finally the wide shoulder pads are
the place for the company labels and the IF
icon, proudly carried into battle. Last but not least: the fact that male and female persons serving the
Industrial Formation all over the galaxy increases the moral of the whole army.
Remarkable (and observed by the Inquisition) is the fact that
half-human-species like ogryns,
halflings and squats offered adoption to families and a place on Thay Mahyr
and Thay Malarn. The tolerance leads to a better understanding between the
different types of human beings and an increasing of battle power and efficiency
by taking advantage of the specific skills of these half-human species within
the already highly-efficient and highly-motivated army.

Furthermore the soldiers within the Industrial
Formation are ordered to act on behalf of mankind and it is not allowed to
harm, injure or thread true servants of the Imperium during a campaign but on
the contrary to integrate armed civilian forces for them to defend their
planets. A true eye catcher is the moon
orbiting Thay Mahyr, where all identification-labels
of fallen soldiers were sent back throughout the whole galaxy. The family´s
tradition is it to lay down those IDs on the moon and within the millenia it is
now covered with them and in the bright sunlight of the sun Thay the surface of the moon is glittering beautifully like
diamond.

[LordOrdGermany]

And with my other two topics here you know I love pictures "as-realistic-as-possible" and so here are some:

 

http://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/P1020033$281$29.JPG

Winter Campaign against the Tau Empire on Mauu during the Damocles Campaign of the Imperium

http://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/P1020734$281$29.JPG

Ready to wipe out resistance with fire

http://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/P1020908$281$29.JPG

Missile Lancher Sentinel patrol in the Mauu jungle

 

http://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/P1000084$281$29.JPG

Standard Infantrymen waiting for aircraft support behind their Chimera on Dippil III

[Monstra Sumus]

That is a brilliant idea! 

Also, brilliant models fella, lovely backstory. 

[deathspectersgt7]

Ditto: But Comrades?

[Veteran Sergeant]

I was promised squats.

[Kierdale]

Some excellent photos and models there! Give us more!

[LordOrdGermany]

Tank you so much for your great answers so far!!:-)

 

Ok so here are the basics:

 

http://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/100_0449.jpg

 

I love the old metal Cadians, their helmets in particular. When I started WH 40 K in 2001 I soon had all infantrymen gathered and wanted more varierty and something unique. One precious day I was cycling to a lake when I suddenly had the idea. I turned my bike in an instant and went back home. I had very thin copper sheets and with them I created my visor first. It looked so nice to me that I decided to go further and I created the shoulder pads. Afterwards I had the idea to make the lasrifle more massive by using a sawn straw for the muzzle device . Since this important day I went on and on and on. Later I was very happy to have the new plastic Cadian bodies. I take away the metal heads of the old Cadians and put them on the plastic bodies of the new ones.

 

Right now my army encompasses over 100 infantrymen, 60 heavy weapon specialists.......and tanks of course but now first some pictures of the things I told you

 

http://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/IF5.jpghttp://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/IF6.jpg

 

I love my other 2 projects too (Aurora Chapter and Deathwatch, see also here in "works in progress") but this is my created work which I love IG since 2001

 

http://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/P1000332$281$29.JPGhttp://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/P1000018.JPGhttp://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/P1000333$281$29.JPG

 

All my heroes have to wear blue trousers. I don´t know why but that is my wish since childhood and my childhood heroes (Powerman/Luke Cage, Lucky Luke...). The exception is the Aurora Chapter and the DW

 

http://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/IF3.jpghttp://www.lordordsrealm.de/mediac/400_0/media/ProfilIF2.jpg

 

Of course I integrate cool models from other companies, too, when they are as big as the GW miniatures.

 

 

 

 

....to be continued

[Phalanx Warder]

I like everything about this thread count me subbed!

[Kierdale]

Subbed here too.

I love those visors. Interesting that you used copper sheet. Plasticard would have been my first guess (and my first go-to). I do think some of the shoulder pads could do with being a little smaller or just having their edges rounded off. They look rather sharp on the fingers too!

 

I saw an Ogryn in the background with something big on his shoulder...could you show us some of the big fellas?