The Yantar 8th A.K.A. Why didn't Bonehead do this while he was building and painting them?

[Bonehead]

Manged to get the brown on and the black wash. Small steps, but they make a difference. And I just realised that I completely failed to do the cockpits. I'll have to do them before I glue them together. Dang it. Well, shouldn't take too long.

The new nuln oil formula is pretty crap, as has been variously noted. Anyone know any decent alternatives? I'll be just chucking in some black templar and some medium otherwise, which sort of works, but it'd be a lot easier to just find a brand that works.

Edited January 8 by Bonehead

[Bonehead]

Also, thoughts on the fuel tanks? I was thinking i'd just paint yellow warning triangles in the corners, but does anyone feel they ought to be wholly a different colour?

 

[The Pounder]

Personally I like how they are.

 

As you said warning symbols would add a point of interest.

 

Im liking how these are coming along by the way! 
 

A real labour of love.

[Bonehead]

Thanks! After finally getting them to a stage where I can glue them together, I agree that the tanks should stay the colour they are and just get a warning symbol.

Having got them to the stage of assembly, here they are assembled:

You can see more or less what the final look will be on the venator in the corner. That one doesn't have rolling wheels or working headlights though. Yet. Give me time.

Cockpits detailed:

It was after seeing how this one particular tank (in the stowage) looked as as safely much smaller area to test that I came to the belief that the main tanks are fine as they sit.

Just the new ones:

And a closer view of the one trooper I've been doing alongside the crews. She was the only one I'd actually got paint-ready: there are nine more built, but not not based properly yet. Too lazy.

She'll go in third platoon's command squad. After third platoon is finished, I guess it's moving onto a few bits around the margins. Another mortar squad, a missile squad, maybe something else if I think of it. Maybe some more advisors.

[huntmaster7]

What are these vehicles called? I'm new so I'm assuming it's an out of production/ old forge world vehicle? 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

You are partway correct - the original resin models were from FW, and were from the Elysian imperial guard line, which were the original (non storm trooper) drop troops for the imperial guard (now known as the Astra Millitarum). 

 

The vehicle is called a Tauros, and in essence it was an air dropable jeep.  I think they came in both a short version and a longer version.

 

These particular models are the plastic kit that came out more recently for the Necromunda Enforcers - a link to it in the GW store is here.  Bonehead has then done some conversions to it, I think, to make it look more like the old short version FW Elysian kit.  What he did is on page 1 of this thread, but involved (among other changes) cutting a portion out of the middle of it to make it shorter and adding LED head lights (the latter is a feature that was not on the original FW models).  That said, in the last picture you can see the short ones along side the long version (which is on the right).

Edited 11 hours ago by Dr_Ruminahui