HLVW Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Greetings fellow brothers of the Imperium. I felt that it has been far to long since I have worked on my first true love that brought me to this glorious hobby. The Elysian Drop Troops in my humble opinion are by far some of the coolest looking guards men I have seen, mind you that might be because they seem to resemble the present days troops, who knows. I know this might not be the greatest time to start a new project log, what with the ETL being on it's home stretch, but I have currently run out of Templar to paint and my order is taking forever. So instead of sitting idle, I figured it was time to get back to work on these glorious air mobile infantrymen. This has always been my long term project seeing as how every troop will be converted to the way I like. Even as cool as they are stock, they just didn't seem to fit the fluff of being dropped behind enemy lines for days and carrying everything required in order to carry out there mission effectively with the gear issued to them. So enter the changes, each troop thus far has been filed down and been issued the new jump ready plate carrier, leg rigs, upgraded optics and other things I haven't yet thought of. But enough of my bantering, here are some pictures of what has been completed so far.1 Section 1st Platoonhttp://i.imgur.com/MGBnqhS.jpg?11st Platoon HQhttp://i.imgur.com/MqS6CVj.jpg?11 Section memberhttp://i.imgur.com/XOcUnBS.jpg?1Lt. Pl Commanderhttp://i.imgur.com/MCwP41e.jpg?11 Section Sergeanthttp://i.imgur.com/MeqUb4Z.jpg?1Some Infantry humorhttp://i.imgur.com/9b7iefy.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/NljqJ92.jpg?1And what's in the Bags,6x Drop troop squads1x Company command squad1x Sniper squad1x Heavy bolter squad3x Taurus assault vehicles1x Drop Sentinel1x Vulture with punisher cannons2x Vendetta conversion kits anda lot of helmets with respirators and jump packs.This was my end tour gift to me.Hope you like, comments and criticism is always appreciated. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idlem Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Seems to be a lot of us Templars with AM armies. It's a wonderful start, the paint job on them looks great. I especially like the highlights on the visors and the camo, makes them look rather like special forces. Keep up the good work. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3739639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierdale Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Very, very cool. Love the mine! The visors are very well done. How do you paint them? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3739675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Awww, now I want Elysians even more, but that price! They're looking sweet, very tactical, get some Valks for them to ride in, now! :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3739748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhawk3015 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Love it. Elysians that are painted similar to real world military units are some of the coolest FW models as far as I'm concerned. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3739842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLVW Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 Thank you for the comments. @kierdale - this was the first time I had actually ever painted visors before. The darker areas were based in black and then white for the brighter areas. After that evil suns scarlet is the red used. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3739946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionofjudah Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Those ar efantastic man!!! Looking forward to seeing you work on all that resin! Congrats and welcome home Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3741403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Once you go Guard you never go back ;) These are great, I especially like the bases. When will we get to see more? :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3751725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLVW Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 I am currently in the process of sculpting the chest rigs for another drop squad as well as the heavy bolter teams and am cleaning up the vulture. I hit a delay in hobby time as work asked me to make some display boards for them. Sadly that ate up most of my holiday time. I do hope to have more pictures up soon. Thanks for the comments Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3752113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 If you're doing stuff for work in your spare time surely they compensated you somehow? What about time off in lieu for more painting? :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3752544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLVW Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Slowly starting to get things rolling again. Managed to get the first squad filed down and the base layers of green stuff on for the vests, along with some molly rigging and some pouches for one guy.http://i.imgur.com/LFQ0jUE.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/cjh15J6.jpg?1As much as I want to get these guys done I want to get my one flyer that I have done as well, so on the side I just about have the vulture ready for assembly.C&C more than welcome. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3754473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 On of the best Elysians I've seen - along with Honda's (who yeah also happens to play BT). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3754941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Indeed, these new guys are coming along nicely with the GS :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Curious what color you plan on painting your gunships - whether the same camo or something different? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLVW Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 I've been mulling that question over for quite some time now. I'm sure whether I want my aircraft to be the same colour as my land vehicles or have them different. Right now the leading idea is a grey for the main body and a green maybe death world forest to wrap around the body for the cam pattern. The other choice is a green base coat with browns in a stripe pattern with a agrax wash to darken things up. Still not to sure at the minute though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Bretton Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Im loving your army, im doing something similar with elysians to try and create a modern british army style force (with a couple of attached squads of Halo ODST style scions, this is the future after all :p ), but can never get the chest pieces right, would love to know a bit more about how you are doing yours, they look great with the extra pouches and stuff. Also do you make the packs yourself, or buy them? They look really god, but I always struggle to find decent packs Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLVW Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 All the bags are home made with green stuff. I just added extra pouches along the sides and drilled in holes for the antennas. The plan once I get to the veterans/storm troopers is to have them really resemble the halo guys so I have helmets sculpted up for them just to differentiate them from the regular grunts. I can post up pics if you would like to see the step by step for the sculpts. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionofjudah Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 What did you use for antennas? Love the comms packs Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLVW Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 The antennas are trip wire from work (shhhhhh) I'm not supposed to have it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLVW Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 Here is my first squad/ test subjects for the green stuffing. A few of my friends asked me if I had cried while scraping off all the resin before sculpting. http://i.imgur.com/8ShZ8R0.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/tYCNdyO.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/NSbft6C.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/ICVOH7G.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/KeHeMh3.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/4RKcq0L.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/rIPhK15.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/6GKzkBd.jpg?1I tried to make each of the back packs with different pouches for whatever configuration or weapon the troops were using, just to make it a little different.Here is the ODST helmet for the veterans/storm troopers.http://i.imgur.com/3YKXqxp.jpg?2http://i.imgur.com/arYkKJm.jpg?2http://i.imgur.com/YXWMLP7.jpg?2http://i.imgur.com/YJlRQ95.jpg?1Sorry the pictures are rather blurry, these were taken with my phone. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Your sculpting skills are incredible Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Green Stuff is something I'd love to learn some day. You've really nailed getting a more present day military look on these guys with the ammo pouches and what-not, really liking this force as a whole. IMO, a camo scheme wouldn't be amiss on the Valkyries, etc as I've never personally envisioned them as soaring above the clouds all that often, more I can imagine one covering some Guardsmen moving through a forest, blasting on targets called out for it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Great work on the GS, I'm really looking forward to seeing them painted now :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierdale Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Excellent GS skills. What kind of sculpting tools do you use? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Btw, have you considered using a mold so that after you sculpt, you can easily replicate with just GS? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/293474-elysian-121st-dark-star-regement-phase-2-complete/#findComment-3755752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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