3rd company 177th platoon Hive Primeus PDF

[sarabando]

++Oxyl clenched his fists the leather of his left hand squeaked his right the familiar scrap of Ceramite as the over sized fingers of his power fist hummed and ground against each other. He was nervous, and bored it had been nearly thirteen hours since the Administratum survey team had broken the seals on the trans-cont mag rail that crisscrossed the space between the worlds primary and secondary Hives. 

Located three miles below the ice that covered their entire world Oxyl and his detachment had been ordered to hold the tertiary quarantine line nearly a kilometer further up track from the great sealed quarantine doors. 

They had been here before four years before when they had sealed the Hive to stem the flow of infection, the disease had no effect on humans but with the planets only source of off world income being wood and paper an infection that killed all plant life was deadly. 

Golgun his Vox operator signaled him over "Sir, both the Primary and secondary Quarantine lines have missed their scheduled check in." The nervous knot is Oxyl's stomach tightened, twenty years in the PDF through two Xeno's invasions he was no stranger to danger. 

"Listen up third company" He spoke clearly into his microlink vox. "Stand to and prepare to engage, safety's off but wait for my command." Twenty five guardsmen rushed to defensive positions their lasguns held ready. What ever had happened to the rest of their detachment would not catch the 177th flat footed. Oxyl upholstered his bolt pistol and racked the bolt as he stared into the darkness. 

Further down the ice tunnel past the forty eighth marker, something inhuman roared announcing its presence. ++

 

 

Hi all I've decided to take a break from my deathguard http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338520-traitors-of-hive-secundus/

 

and i shall be taking a little time to work on some Vallhallans to act as PDF units. I only have about 7 at the moment so i shall be painting them up as quickly as possible and i have also received a plastic commissar that was prebuilt by a friend.

 

First up is the tester i did a while back, 

 

 

Super original colour scheme i know XD. 

next up is the stalwart LT Oxyl. He started life as a standard Vallhallan sgt who had his chainsword arm removed and replaced with the powerfist from the cadian command box. 

 

Next a group shot of every one else (2 left who need stripping first) 

 

 

and lastly the commissar made from the standard plastic with both arms removed and replace and the head too all replaced with bits from the Cadian command sprue.

 

 

I may have gone a little ebay mad bidding on 3 more squads but i have terrible luck on ebay so i doubt il get them. Any one looking to shift any vallhallans ? hint hint nudge nude :D 

 

 

[sarabando]

update. washes are skin tones.

 

 

 

Changed the base on the commissar and added a scope to his PP. Will be adding fur to the collar.

 

 

started an autocannon nest

and found more guardsmen in a box. Short trip to strip city for these folk.

 

 

[sarabando]

hi all, slow weekend i was dog sitting for my parents so no access to paints until Sunday so i got a little done before bed.

got some more on the skin and added the first highlight on the green, then base coated the brown for the leather, and bed rolls etc.

 

 

[Dosjetka]

Looking good! I'm liking the skin tone. Also, despite their age, these models still look good!

[sarabando]

Looking good! I'm liking the skin tone. Also, despite their age, these models still look good!

Thanks, i don't even mind the limited poses im happy dremmeling the crap out of them and re sculpting. My biggest issue is the cost even on ebay people are asking £50 for 10 minis that GW are still selling on their own site for £20 (not a GW price moan) ive got more than enough cadian weapons teams for heavys and specials too so next i will be adding a team abandoning their jammed Autocannon.

[sarabando]

Bit of an update.

 

Working on LT Oxyl

 

 

The current state of his men

 

 

 

first coat of green for this guy.

 

Added some GS to the Commissar including a strap for his breather unit, warm fur ear flaps for his hat, and a fur trim for his storm coat.

everything still needs a little trimming.

 

 

 

 

 

i won some more metal Vallhallans on ebay so soon i will be adding the below to the platoon.

 

[Major_Gilbear]

They're coming along very nicely!

 

What are your plans for the basing? I feel a lighter colour would set the models off really well.

[sarabando]

Same as my deathguard so they will be sponged a skin tone then sponged to bone, with some metalics.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Well done.

[sarabando]

Tiny update, just been adding some additional highlights. Thinking of getting some Anvil Industries great coat legs to use but im worried about scale.

Going to need another few washes to tone down.

[sarabando]

hey guys small update ive coloured the casings on the squads Lasguns, and added some grey to their boots. Ive also stripped the badly painted ones using This

It worked wonders and takes the paint off metal quite quickly and only needed a brushing and light picking with a tooth pick. No damage to the metal that i can see, the scent is not too strong and it didnt mess my fingers up like some products. Will try on plastics and report back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These have had a light wash of primer when i stripped them they were completly clean.

 

 

 

As always sorry for my shoddy picture taking abilities.

[Dosjetka]

The image tags are

[img= insert image link ]

and not

[img image link [/url]

like you currently have.

 

Other than that, good to see more progress. I think you might want to take your pictures from further out and making the pictures a little smaller. We currently have a very zoomed-in view which makes it difficult to view the whole model as it would be in real life/on the tabletop.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Not bad.

[sarabando]

The image tags are

[img= insert image link ]

and not

[img image link [/url]

like you currently have.

 

Other than that, good to see more progress. I think you might want to take your pictures from further out and making the pictures a little smaller. We currently have a very zoomed-in view which makes it difficult to view the whole model as it would be in real life/on the tabletop.

yeah i dunno why i was really struggling with the img tags and then when i tried to edit it went all over the place. Id spent ages getting the link to work to the degreasing spray so im going to blame that for using all my brain power.

Il try some better photos tonight. I hope (fingers crossed) that i should have all of the main guys done by tonight.

[sarabando]

HI all i hope these pics come out a bit better.

[sarabando]

mmmmh detol-y reinforcements

[sarabando]

things i never want to be reincarnated as;

1. Valhallan metal sergeants any where near sarabando

 

Maybe its the clear chest and easy to work on pose but i have plans for at least another 4 of these guys, but here is a quick mock up of the regimental standard bearer.

 

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Impressive.

[sarabando]

spent all evening on filing/dremmeling a guardsmans weapon and chest down to reissue him with a heavy flamer.



Tonight i get to do the same but to his back to add a fuel tank.

I want to do something similar to the guy holding the mortar shell but after this im having second thoughts.

I have also managed to get the standard to finally stick on the standard bearer so next for him will be a newly sculpted augmetic shoulder.

[sarabando]

HI all hectic few days have left me very little hobby time but last night when i should have been looking for important paperwork i felt the call of the Emperor and sat down for some metal work.

 

 

Cut back this guys back and dremmelled down parts to fit the promethum tanks. Need to add a hose pipe between the tanks and the heavy flamer.

 

Removed a canteen and replaced it with a Medicae bag to make a medic.

 

Heavy Lascannon gunner has been turned into the command squad Vox officer and will get a cable between his pack and the gubbins in his hands (Command Vox Encryption unit?)

 

[sarabando]

hi all hope you all had a good xmas. Been working on some more units for this i wonder what this could be.

 

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The sniper rifle has no buttstock. Is it a modified Eldar weapon?

[Calgar 2.0]

That looks to be one of the Escher lasguns.

[sarabando]

The sniper rifle has no buttstock. Is it a modified Eldar weapon?

It has a stock its an Escher lasgun so its quite thin.

 

 

 

added some GS to the scope rings and also started adding sleeves.

[sarabando]

So here is an early shot of my snipers (vindicare) body.

 

I've removed all the spikes from the boots and will be bulking them in bulking and sanding the great coat ATM . Need to fill the bother boot and the test fit the arms to see what needs to be done with the chest.