Brotherhood of the Endless Steppe [Scimitar Squadron p.#111]

[Brother Pheidias]

Still not feeling the red faceplates, but other than that, loving it. If you do a quick google image search for mongolian calligraphy or symbols, you'll get tons of reference material (including a lot of Swastikas... )

[ShVagYeR]

Happy New Year!

 

Here's the nuncio vox operator. Only one infantry model left to be done for now and then switching to a vehicle. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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helterskelter - Thanks, hope you like the new one too. ;)

 

Brother Pheidias - I managed to find some other shield and copied it on the model above. Swastika is a lengthy subject, in any case the Nazis basically ruined it for everyone.

[Brother Pheidias]

Oh, he's real nice, the shield definitely inspiring me...

And yes, exactly my meaning, Buddhism, Hinduism and nearly every culture on earth has a relationship to that design...

[helterskelter]

Yes. Yes I do. Superb freehand!

[One-eye]

Awesome ! That shield is incredible.

[b1soul]

Very nice design on that shield...

 

Historically, looks a bit like something the Mongols would use after conquering the Middle East

[ShVagYeR]

10 and done!

 

 

 

 

Tactical Squad Ganbaatar

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also assembled the Rhino, sorry for the pic taken with a potato...

 

 

 

 

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Brother Pheidias - Thanks! It's true what you're saying. Even some Polish army units in 1939 had the swastika in their badges, although it was pointing the opposite way to the German one.

 

helterskelter - The right brush does 75% of the work. But thanks.

 

One-eye - Thank you!

 

b1soul - True, it does bear some resemblance to Middle East designs. I think the cross between Mongol and Middle Eastern was the Tatar culture?

Edited January 4, 2017 by ShVagYeR

[Ironwithout]

First time I've seen this thread. These are looking awesome. Huge amount of character in each marine which is brilliant. Can't wait to see the rest

[One-eye]

Awesome squad ! I love them

[geektom]

Wow! Congratulations on a great start to your army- they look fantastic so far and I am loving the shields and other mongol touches. I will be following!

[b1soul]

I want moar!

[ShVagYeR]

It took a while due to various distractions (one of them being black power armour with Maltese cross on the pauldrons...) I finally got around to painting the Rhino. I may have gone overboard with the weathering, but I really wanted to cover up the sloppiness of all those white areas... Plus it's the first time I tried two new techniques: sponge painting and a subtle OSL done with a red glaze. There's all kinds of things that I should fix on this model, but in general I'm pretty satisfied with it and want to move on to other stuff.

 

 

 

 

And a group shot with the Tactical Squad it is assigned to:

 

 

 

Traditional potato pic shows the next model in the pipeline:

 

 

Not much fancy stuff, just replaced the resin pauldrons, the helmet and bolt pistol holster with plastic ones from Calth and added a plume. Weapons are magnetized. I was thinking about adding a tulwar and a shield, but I ultimately decided against it.

 

 

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Ironwithout - Thanks! Hope you drop by often.

 

One-eye - Thank you. Yours are the best White Scars I've seen so coming from you this is very high praise.

 

geektom - Thanks for the follow! I'll do my best to keep adding decent stuff.

 

b1soul - More is always on the way as long as there is motivation. :)

[Legio Draconis]

Glorious scars.

[Brother Pheidias]

I think the Rhino's fine, might be a little too clean actually ;)

Why did you decide against the resin head on the Scimitar though? Consistency? I find I prefer the Resin Mk. IV for completey indecipherable reasons...

[ShVagYeR]

I managed to prime the jetbike and apply leadbelcher, but it looks like it'll have to wait because my employer is sending me to Dublin for a week on Sunday. :( It's frustrating when you are motivated to paint but have to do something else.

 

Legio Draconis - Thanks!

 

Brother Pheidias - Somehow I thought you wouldn't mind the extra weathering, BP. :D As for the Mk IV helmet, I find the resin one to be too... slim? Narrow? It's kind of out of proportion with the picture I have in mind when I think Maximus armour. And yes, consistency across the army is a factor as well.

[ShVagYeR]

There we go, my first jetbike model is finished. :)

 

Assault Squad Ng, deployed in a Sky Hunter Squadron.

 

 

 

[Brother Pheidias]

That's way nice!

Awesome, and welcome on board the Scimitar-wagon!

[b1soul]

Good stuff...like the bright red

[ShVagYeR]

After a very long break it's time to revive this thread. As part of my 2018 campaign to reduce the size of the pile of shame I got back to the White Scars army. On a side note, I haven't bought a single model since 6 Dec 2017.

 

So first of all I went back to the first Legion Tactical Squad and added some sponge weathering with Rhinox Hide, and then took some better pictures.

 

 

Legion Tactical Squad ᠠ (A)

 

As mentioned above, this was the first squad I painted back in late 2016/early 2017.

 

 

 

They're all Mark IV Calth marines of course, with some bits thrown in for diversity.

 

Models:

 

 

The sergeant has the biggest topknot and a FW helmet, which is a theme in all units. Other than that nothing fancy, a bent tulwar-like ccw, magnetized arms.

 

 

 

Just a stock Mark IV marine with a topknot.

 

 

 

No breakthroughs here either.

 

 

 

This one has a Mark II helmet which works really well if you paint the faceplate gold (just like Mark III).

 

 

 

This one's helmet comes from a 40k Blood Angel box I believe, hence the slightly different snout.

 

 

 

Again nothing special, the topknot is some old bit from WFB I think.

 

 

 

The Vexilliarius has a slightly stronger Mongol theme: the fur-lined helmet with a spike and a an ornate shield on the power pack (which has no gaming value whatsover, tacticals can't take combat shields anyway).

 

 

 

Gave this one some more stuff around the belt like pouches, grenades, and a coin/medallion on a rope which turned out just fine because one of the FW WS torsos has the same thing too. :)

 

 

 

The Nuncio-vox operator also has a Mongol shield and some fur around the helmet to keep his head warm in void combat. All in all, when I think White Scars, for me it's mostly about Mongols in space, not so much Chinese or Japanese.

 

 

 

And the last guy.

 

 

Over the next few days I'm going to post the other units I managed to finish back in early 2017 or just now, to keep this thread in line format-wise with my Ultramarines thread. Hope you like and visit often. :)

[bluntblade]

Very characterful :)

[ShVagYeR]

Thank you bluntblade!

 

The Legion Tactical Squad from the post above does not walk to combat. They ride in...

 

 

Legion Rhino ᠠ (A)

 

Just a regular Deimos-pattern mehtal bawks I painted in 2017.

 

 

[ShVagYeR]

Legion Tactical Support Squad ᠡ (E)

 

This unit was painted less than a month ago, the first after a long break from this army.

 

 

 

Again Mark IV from Calth all the way. Models:

 

 

Mark III helmet looks badass.

 

 

 

I may have overdone it with the sponge but still acceptable I guess.

 

 

 

No surprises here...

 

 

 

Nor here...

 

 

 

And the Sergeant with a FW WS helmet and biggest plume, of course.

[Pearson73]

Really nice Scars brother, the chipping and weathering especially.

[ShVagYeR]

Thanks Pearson!

 

ᠪᠠ‍‍ᡳ᠌‍‍ᠣᠠ‍‍ᠷ ᠨ‍ᠣ‍ᠵ‍‍ᠨᠻᠠ‍ᠨ Baidar Noyan-Khan (Legion Praetor)

 

Every army needs a warlord.

 

[Pearson73]

Good pose, where's the spear head from?