War of the Eagle Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) Kraghega Is a Imperium Promethium refinery world. In distant past 4/5ths of the planet was covered in aquamarine oceans, large town sized refinarys where built on gigantic stilts in the ocean. A millennia later, long after the refinerys polluted the ocean to a yellow slurry, the oceans finally mostly dryed up. The planet now mainly covered in a powdery toxic desert called "The Yellow Sea". The Kraghegan 3rd - Yellow Sea Sidewinders - main job is the defence of the refinarys Stilts, and guarding Repair teams that work on them. The Yellow Sea while mostly dead is still teaming with mutants and mutated local fauna. But the greatest threat is defending the Refinerys from pirates and Renegade or chaos forces. Being a famous Promethium Refinery planet means they are a hot target of raids looking for free fule. The Sidewinders employ a Armored Fist fighting style, staying mobile in transports and tanks. Rushing out at top speed through the waists to defend whichever nearbye derrick is under attack. There is little cover in the Yellow Sea and hiding behind the Stilts is stricktly forbidden so the armor transports double as mobile cover, often giving them the advantage. The Sidewinders equipment is disheveled and largely unregulation. The toxic waists erode flesh, metal and, and rubber at a quicker rate than they can procure replacements so the units make due with what they can. This makes them largely looked down upon by other guard regiments as even off world where the erosion is minimal they stick to their habbits of looting and scavenging for parts and wearing strange mismatched cem suits and military garb. Just started work on my new guard army, here is the color scheme ive worked out so far on my first test tank. Tell me what you think. Edited March 16, 2022 by War of the Eagle WarriorFish, Xenith, duz_ and 19 others 22 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicMike0708 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Looks great, really nice job on the weathering, and I like the included fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Great colours and weathering, welcome to the Guard :tu: MithrilForge 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAR Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Knowing how your Raptors look cant wait to see more of this War of the Eagle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave to Darkness Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Never seen a yellow Guard tank before, looks good. Chaoswolf 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War of the Eagle Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 Thanks for the support brothers. I dont have a huge guard force to paint. So far I have 3x L-Russ, 2x Chimera, 20x Scions, 20? Guardsmen, Baneblade, and a Valkyre. Heres the first Russ done. Never seen a yellow Guard tank before, looks good. Thanks, Its a yellow brown "Zendri Dust" so not a strong yellow like imperial fists so a bit easyer to blend. duz_, Bjorn Firewalker, RolandTHTG and 17 others 20 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave to Darkness Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) Thanks for the support brothers. I dont have a huge guard force to paint. So far I have 3x L-Russ, 2x Chimera, 20x Scions, 20? Guardsmen, Baneblade, and a Valkyre. Heres the first Russ done. <snip> Never seen a yellow Guard tank before, looks good. Thanks, Its a yellow brown "Zendri Dust" so not a strong yellow like imperial fists so a bit easyer to blend. Edited March 17, 2022 by duz_ Tidied up for mobile skin The Pounder 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pounder Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Looking good War of the Eagle! Looking forward to more of your work. MithrilForge 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave to Darkness Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Ngl Im now thinking could I pull off a dirty yellow themed WW1 Guard army, I wonder if Brits would look good that colour. Im curious to see how you do your infantry, cant wait to see what you come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War of the Eagle Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 Ngl Im now thinking could I pull off a dirty yellow themed WW1 Guard army, I wonder if Brits would look good that colour. Im curious to see how you do your infantry, cant wait to see what you come up with. If it helps, I just finished base painting my Chimera before I weather the heck out of it. It might help you see what the color would look like normaly. 4CIN87, Slave to Darkness, duz_ and 6 others 9 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave to Darkness Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Ngl Im now thinking could I pull off a dirty yellow themed WW1 Guard army, I wonder if Brits would look good that colour. Im curious to see how you do your infantry, cant wait to see what you come up with. If it helps, I just finished base painting my Chimera before I weather the heck out of it. It might help you see what the color would look like normaly. Im sold, time to raise a regiment of yellow space Brits. :D Tallarn Commander 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) Impressive work on the models. There are typos in the OP. Suggested corrections are in brackets:Rushing out at top speed t[h]rough the [wastes] to defend whichever nearbye der[r]ick is under attack. Edited March 16, 2022 by Bjorn Firewalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War of the Eagle Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 @Slave to Darkness , haha glad I could help. @Bjorn , thanks as always man, and thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War of the Eagle Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 Made a Pair of Armored Sentinels for my army. Being able to strafe and still fire their main weapon is highly important to the scout wing of the Sidewinders. Bjorn Firewalker, WAR, Tallarn Commander and 6 others 9 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 The Sentinels are ingeniously kitbashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War of the Eagle Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 The Sentinels are ingeniously kitbashed. Thanks Bjorn! Had bought the Baneblade upgrade sprue for other parts so had those turrets left over. Speaking of left over parts, I give you the Armadillo Pattern Mobile Missile Platform. Not sure what to run it as. Maybe a Hydra or a Wyvern.. Bonehead, WarriorFish, Ldorte and 16 others 19 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 That looks very cool, great conversion work :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pounder Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Fantastic looking conversion! Reminds me of a mini Praetor launcher! Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 That looks very cool, great conversion work I second that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War of the Eagle Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 (edited) Thanks everyone! I got inspiration from the Praetor and the M270 mostly for this conversion. Tho the main contributor was I love making conversions even when unnecessary haha. The bitz in my bitz box call to me. =Due to general lack of cover, the sidewinders prefer up armored artillery peices. This protects the crew and munitions from stray shots in battle or in ambushes. While not used to great extent, the Sidewinders like to soften up an advancing enemy force with artillery before they can get in range to shoot back.= Edited March 25, 2022 by War of the Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAR Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Damn War of the Eagle not sure which army is more awe inspiring...your Raptors or Sidewinders........Either way Excellent work sir! War of the Eagle 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrowmaster Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Missile platform is great, could run as either hydra or wyvern (depending on munitions), I did think of the manticore at first though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War of the Eagle Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 Damn War of the Eagle not sure which army is more awe inspiring...your Raptors or Sidewinders........Either way Excellent work sir! Haha well I enjoy the shear extent that I have converted my Raptors, but guard definatly have a rough and tumble look to them thats endearing. Missile platform is great, could run as either hydra or wyvern (depending on munitions), I did think of the manticore at first though May run it as any of the 3 to see what feels best. Or whatever I can convince my opponent it looks like lol. Harrowmaster and WAR 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War of the Eagle Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 (edited) So my goal was to make a Legion style Basilisk but after hours of kit bashing I ended up with a M55/53 lol. Going to call this one the Ant-Lion Pattern Basilisk "As always the Sidewinders prefer closed topped vehicals, and with the added benefit of a semi rotatable platform they can shoot and scoot even with field artillary." Edited April 1, 2022 by War of the Eagle GreenScorpion, Dr_Ruminahui, 4CIN87 and 9 others 12 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Wow! One of the best Basilisk kitbashes I've seen :tu: Can't wait to see it painted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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