Danny Cyanide does Imperial Guard - Elysians and DKOK

[duz_]

I think Armageddon dust would be a good start? Then see what shades and highlights u can use to contrast with the fatigues! :)

 

Looks great! :D

[Danny Cyanide]

Thanks duz_

 

I picked up a bottle of Agrellan Earth the other day, so I'm going to give that a go on these guys and see how it turns out.  I think they'd work well with a nice cracked earth effect!

[Danny Cyanide]

Here are the remaining components of my "Trooping the Colour" vow:

 

 

3 Company Commanders and a Tauros Assault Vehicle.

 

I've decided to use Scions as my Company Commanders because they are often pendant attached to Elysian Regiments and aid in their training. I also just wanted my Commanders to stand out from the crowd of Elysians. Plus I'm not using any other Scions in this Army, so it shouldn't confuse anyone!

[Danny Cyanide]

Well I got some stuff done last night, so here's how things are looking now:

 

Everything that's built so far:

 

 

Infantry squad 1 complete:

 

 

Infantry squad 2 complete (except for a single plasma gun which will be getting painted up tonight):

 

[WarriorFish]

You're making great progress, keep it up :tu:

[Danny Cyanide]

So I finished my first Company Commander (Scion) miniature today and tidied up the rims on all of the bases, so I figured I'd take some pictures in better lighting of everything.

 

Company Commander 1:

 

 

First infantry squad:

 

 

Second infantry squad:

 

 

Group shot:

 

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Good job on the guardsmen.

[Danny Cyanide]

Started writing on the Tauros Assault Vehicle tonight. There are a couple of things I'd have done differently if I had assembled the vehicle myself, like leave the roll cage off until after painting the driver, but since it was bought used I'm stuck with what I've got.

 

Here's the progression through the night:

 

Base costs

 

 

Wash

 

 

Tan brought back to base colour

 

[zero88]

So cool man; Elysians have to be one of the most aesthetically awesome armies in the game.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Looks promising.

[Danny Cyanide]

Got some time tonight to finish this baby off:

 

 

 

 

I do plan on dusting it up in the future with some chalk pastel weathering, but that won't be right away as I'm away from home for work, so I'm calling her finished for now.

[WarriorFish]

The tan in particular has really come out well, it'll pop once you get some weathering on :tu:

[CrusherJoe]

That Tauros looks amazing. Fantastic work!

[Danny Cyanide]

Thanks CrusherJoe and WarriorFish!  

 

Finished this Missile Launcher squad up tonight.  I'm going to have to find a barrel and muzzle for the one dudes lasgun though...

 

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The missile launcher operators are posed as if they're actual soldiers with actual training and experience. Well done.

[our_baz]

These are very easy one the eye from the colour scheme to the cracked mud bases, great work.

[Danny Cyanide]

Finished up 2 more Company commanders, Which means I've completed my vow for Trooping of the Colour:

 

 

Here is a group shot of everything I've done since Starting these guys last month:

 

[WarriorFish]

You're on a roll Danny, keep it up and you'll soon have a large army painted :tu:

[Tallarn Commander]

Congrats on finishing up all these models!

 

Seeing your desert scheme mixed with a bot of green reminds me of a late 1990s article that ran in White Dwarf. It featured a mostly Tallarn force (with an assassin and some Sisters of Battle) that had a similar color scheme

[Danny Cyanide]

I'd love to actually do up a detachment of converted Tallarn down the road, but I've got these guys and a bunch of Krieg in line first!

 

I'm not a fan of the GW plastics for gaurd, and I'd want more variety than the metal Tallarn offer, so I'm mulling over possible kit bash options that would maintain the ability to pay at GW sanctioned events.

[tychobi]

If gw tried to throw its weight around up here after abandoning tournament players and then spitting in our collective eyes with age of sigmar they would be laughed out of town. Wysiwyg and rule of cool trump corporate greed in western Canadian tournaments for now.

 

You do you! Your hobby skills are inspiring. Keep it up!

[Danny Cyanide]

Sweet! That opens up a lot of options! I'll have to put some thought into a Tallarn contingent down the road!

[Danny Cyanide]

Another WIP and one completion for my second Trooping vow:

 

Here is the group shot of Vow 2:

 

 

And the completed Infantry squad:

 

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Good job. Are the bases meant to show the Elysians are engaged in urban warfare?

[Danny Cyanide]

No, the bases so far are just cracked mud. They will be getting some dried grass once I get back to civilization and can find a hobby shop. I figured that concrete barriers could be found on pretty much any battlefield in the 41st millennium, as they are quick to deploy and are cheap to produce.