The Mad Hermit Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Well met, my brothers in uniform! This is me getting back on the horse (so to speak) after a number of health issues and a general malaise more or less ended my last plog. This is me returning to the glories of the Astra Militarum... oh, Hell. I hate that name. We're men of the Imperial Guard and we always will be. So in a future post I intend on shedding some light on the background of the Elyam Rifles and more specifically, D Company... but for now I thought I'd start with a few pictures. The reason I've chosen to start with a Heavy Weapons Squad (and mortars, at that) is that a good friend of mine is wrapping up a 20-year career in the U.S. Army. For most of his enlistment, he was a mortarman in the vaunted and much-celebrated 82nd Airborne. I promised him that I'd immortalize him in plastic, so I figured I'd start with Guardsman Flores and his mortar team. http://i64.tinypic.com/w7e8a8.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/ra925x.jpg http://i66.tinypic.com/205se8.jpg http://i63.tinypic.com/2a0cpcj.jpg I hope that you, my brothers in arms, will forgive the poor picture quality and believe me when I say that I think the minis look better in person than they do in pictures. Also, I'll happily answer any questions you fine men might have. ~Salute~ ~The Mad Hermit Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Pictures and model look good to me :tu: They have a good green and the base is nice too :) What's next on the list? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4633414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Thanks for taking a look and commenting, Lord Commissar. Up next I have the other two mortar teams to finish out the squad, then I'm going to work on an Infantry Platoon I think. Before I put in any real work on the grunts I'll probably put some paint on a couple Ministorum Priests that I converted from Empire Flagellants. I'm going with an idea I had with the last plog I did where each platoon will have a colored stripe on the left shoulder to denote where they belong. I like how the red stripe came out on these guys so I'm pretty sure that I'll go with Khorne Red for the 1st Platoon's color. I did things a little different with the base from what I normally do. Normally I'll paint the sandy base with Steel Legion Drab, then wash it with Nuln Oil before drybrushing with a mix of Steel Legion Drab and Aged Bone (from Reaper) but with this base I did the wash with Agrax Earthshade. I'm pretty happy with the change and will likely keep going with it. The green of the fatigues is Reaper's Olive Green over a base of Reaper's Olive Drab/Death world Forest (the colors are IDENTICAL), a wash of Athonian Camoshade, another bit of Olive Green then a drybrushing of Olive Green and Pale Olive (both from Reaper Master Series). The armored parts and the mortar are Olive Drab/ Death World Forest with a light wash of Nuln Oil. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4633447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 The coloured stripe offsets the nice greens well so that's a good plan :) Good that you've got your paint scheme boiled down to a simple method, saves a lot of time and effort :tu: I like my mortars even if they could do with being cheaper, I don't really do HWSs much but when I do the mortars tend to appear ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4633492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 I, too, like my mortars... but I haven't played a game of 40K in going on 11 years, now. I keep up with the current rules and codices, though. I thought I'd share where I got the sandbags from with you all, my brothers-in-arms. They're from the Tamiya 1/48 Scale Brick Wall, Sandbags, and Barricades set. http://i63.tinypic.com/bg4gab.jpg Each box comes with two sprues of the sandbags: http://i63.tinypic.com/bg4gab.jpg http://i63.tinypic.com/okbox.jpg I've discovered that each sprue gives me enough sandbags to do up three HWTs with nine bags each and still have two bags left over. So, having two of the boxes (without buying any more... which I likely will) I'll have enough sandbags to make a total of four of my Heavy Weapon Squads be properly dug in with a small wall of nine sandbags per base. Now I just have to figure out which weapons to make dug in. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4633513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 So while working assembly-line style on the other two mortar teams I felt a need for a break and, as I've decided to go back to my old hobby standards of painting something every day... I dove into one of my custom-made Ministorum Priests. So, here he is... I give you the first priest of (possibly) five: http://i66.tinypic.com/b6tvmv.jpg http://i66.tinypic.com/15hey6a.jpg http://i65.tinypic.com/2mh96ig.jpg http://i67.tinypic.com/2r6fmmo.jpg The other mortar teams required to round out the initial Heavy Weapons Squad should be done today or possibly tomorrow. Thanks for taking a look. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4634514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Very nice, I like his banner in particular :D The flagellant kit is popular for priests because it has the right amount of crazy :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4634552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 Thank you, Sir. I was originally going to make the banner a giant parchment complete with text but once I started putting paint to the miniature, I realized that the idea of freehanding all that possible text was outside of my skill set. So instead I went with the idea of the banner at least in part to add some extra color to the figure. I figured that Red and cream/bone/white-ish would add a nice contrast to the green of his robe (which is the same as the fatigues on my Guardsmen). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4634560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I've been experimenting with free handing, just finished a bit actually. I'm starting small with scribble script and lettering and it does quite well now. Not having steady hands makes the scribble look a bit more realistic :P The simpler you can make it the better, but it's good to try something new :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4634585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 There's going to be a couple of the other priests that I've put together that will give me an opportunity to try some freehanding some text and such so I look forward to the challenge. Those figures should, however, be a little less intimidating to do then the ragged banner of this first guy. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4634616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
our_baz Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Good to see a wip from your goodself. Your mortar team looks great those sandbags really enhance the model. The priest is great (Empire Flagellent?) nothing inspires fear more than a lunatic running at you with a spiked stick! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4634627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 Thank you for weighing in, our_baz! I'm also really happy with how the 1/48 scale sandbags fit so well with the Guard. And yes, indeed, the priest was a modified Empire Flagellant. I've made five because once I started tinkering I just had so much fun it was hard to stop. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4634642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 So here's the second mortar team for the squad: http://i63.tinypic.com/1zexbbo.jpg http://i67.tinypic.com/2wbx4t0.jpg http://i67.tinypic.com/2qkqzbb.jpg http://i68.tinypic.com/6i5e37.jpg They're getting a little easier to paint now that I've done two and a half of them. Comments and criticisms are, as always, welcome my brothers. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4634986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Don't forget you can mix and match kits, so have some standing HWT troops for example (especially for mortars, which don't require a kneeling model). This also means more models you can spread your HWT bits across ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4635004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 The next few HWTs are most likely going to get a little more of the mix-n-match treatment. I'll be honest, this first squad started as something I was putting together out of boredom so I didn't get too creative in the construction of the first two teams that I built. The rest of the army is going to have a lot more forethought put into them, I promise. I have plans for a good amount of the kneeling legs I have scattered among the Heavy Weapon Squad boxes I have (I have five more full squads of three teams each) and the handful that I had bought off of a bits site many years past that no longer sells bits. It is that bits store that has provided me with enough Catachan Command Squad beret-wearing heads to do an entire ten man Vet. Squad with them and still have about seven left over to spread throughout the rest of the army. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4635062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 So I'm halfway done with the third mortar team for the first Heavy Weapon Squad in the army but I got sidetracked by a second Ministorum Priest. Here he is in all his mad glory: http://i63.tinypic.com/aynh5d.jpg http://i65.tinypic.com/jtpg1w.jpg http://i68.tinypic.com/xcdgm.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/15gb96e.jpg I tried a little something with the freehand. I have a set of black pigment liners in various sizes. I initially wrote out the upper part of his parchment with the 0.1mm black pigment liner. It actually cut into the paint and did damage to the initial paintjob. So trying to fix it made it into the mess the finished project is that is on display. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4636256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 So this morning I finished the third and final mortar team to finish up the Heavy Weapon Squad. So, I present to you, the third team (incidentally, the order that they were painted was not the order in which they were built)... http://i64.tinypic.com/2ujox75.jpg http://i63.tinypic.com/35bdpub.jpg http://i63.tinypic.com/29yrtph.jpg http://i65.tinypic.com/25s31c4.jpg So here's the finished squad: http://i68.tinypic.com/2m5gt5k.jpg Sorry for the not-so-stellar pictures as I'm still learning how to get better results. So, in the last few days I've been going through what I call my Big Box of Bits and Junk™... a box that once held a pair of boots that I purchased back when I had started working a job many years ago and is now full of all my bits (separated in various zip-loc bags) and many half-finished miniatures in various stages of completion. Anyway, in said Big Box of Bits and Junk™ I found... this: http://i64.tinypic.com/dd1345.jpg for a closer look... http://i64.tinypic.com/a2rtl5.jpg The heads in question are varied and interesting, with more than a few of them looking as if they have some bionic bits and bobs. I'm looking forward to incorporating them into the army as it grows. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4637160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 Delving ever deeper into the Big Box of Bits and Junk™ I discovered this: http://i66.tinypic.com/4qioid.jpg I am overjoyed. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4637227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 Big update time! Since my last post I've completed the first Platoon Command Squad and started a bunch of Inquisitorial Henchmen/Acolytes/whatever-they-ares. So, without further ado, I give you... PCS #1: http://i65.tinypic.com/2ur4855.jpg http://i66.tinypic.com/2nvw9vn.jpg http://i66.tinypic.com/1zl62ba.jpg http://i63.tinypic.com/2v3k5cj.jpg http://i65.tinypic.com/2jbve5w.jpg http://i67.tinypic.com/2zszjit.jpg http://i68.tinypic.com/2q1gl14.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/308eb2a.jpg http://i65.tinypic.com/11mb7ns.jpg http://i65.tinypic.com/35iugky.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/1z2lz4o.jpg http://i65.tinypic.com/28i1387.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/2610oet.jpg http://i66.tinypic.com/hwld2s.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/25i64ci.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/29274f6.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/2qmg7.jpg http://i66.tinypic.com/2ngsuax.jpg http://i68.tinypic.com/bfrwap.jpg http://i63.tinypic.com/2w2o5fo.jpg And a picture of the entire squad all together: http://i68.tinypic.com/333l7a0.jpg Sorry for the poor quality pictures. I'm still learning, but not as fast as I'd like. If anyone would like a closer look at any of them, I'll make that happen. Thanks for looking, brothers! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4639801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallarn Commander Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I love the vox officer with the map. It reminds me of being cold and wet while on manuevers with the 10th Mountain and annoyed because company radio'd you asking you for your coordinates which forces you to drag out the damn map to check your location. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4640047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I love the character they all have, very nice colours too - great work! :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4640296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Real life has been a pain of late but I wanted to let everyone know that the first Infantry Squad is coming along nicely and should be done soonish. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4650902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad Hermit Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 Well, I finished the first Infantry Squad for First Platoon. Here's a pic: http://i64.tinypic.com/2ef22y0.jpg and a closer shot of the Sergeant: http://i68.tinypic.com/1zp0i6a.jpg As always, I'll post more pics of any of them if you want to see them. Also, feel free to comment and such. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4653538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Great to see more, the colours suit them well. I think the Sergeant turned out really well, a lot of character to him :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4654377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akrim Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Cool looking dudesmen Mad Hermit. Wow I didnt know those Tamiya kits were still around, old school. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/330225-d-company-4th-elyam-rifles-a-plog/#findComment-4654975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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