Friday 19 March 2010

193 Hardened Vets Gallery + NEW BANNER!

NB: If you've come to this post for examples of camouflage, check out numbers 5, 13, and 15a for alternatives.

Hi, All,

I got a lovely gift through my email today: a new banner from Suneokun over at Pathfinder! Suffice it to say that I think it's great, and I'll be putting it up directly - THANKS, MATEY!
What a nice chap he is, eh?

Now, a lot of folks seem to be working on hardened veterans at the moment, and it struck me that mine are in no way collated, so please find below a collection of all of my hardened vets, with a few notes and observations and some links to their main posts. This is in no particular order, and some of the best models are at the end of the list:
[NB: Not all pics are good quality and many don't do the models justice. Some models are frosted, too.]

1) G/Sgt Harker proxy and some cronies, incl. missile launcher, h/flamer, grenade launcher, demo charge (front-left) and melta gun:
2) G/Sgt Harker details:
3) Missile launcher details (I really love this model with his sawn-off launcher, but I need to update his 60mm base and give him a new loader):
4) Heavy flamer details (I enjoyed converting this, and it's a fun option to play!):
5) Demo charge details (note alt. camouflage on his rolled-up cloak):
6) Melta gun (from the FW Cadian command team):
7) My veteran sergeant. It's old now, but I really like this model - his cap was my first ever greenstuff sculpt!
8) Shotguns:
9) Vox:
10) Sniper and flamer (the pics aren't great, but I love this simple sniper conversion):
11) Another group shot - this time from part of my tournament entry last year:
12) This is my veterans' lascannon heavy weapons team:
13) This is a very clear study of the veterans' paint and camo scheme - in this case a grenade launcher with an 'uban' camo cloak. Note all my vets have their own simple heraldry on the right shoulder:
14) and one of my favourite models, the interchangeable autocannon/heavy bolter team:
15) Finally, the latest vets added to the pile (and more-or-less the last), some additional special weapons:
15a) Note that I here tried a different style of camouflage on the grenade launcher - a brief discussion of which may be found here [the normal camouflage is very simple too - there's a tutorial here]:
Thanks for taking the time to peruse; do let me know if you've any thoughts or comments...

- Drax.

PS: This is them in action:

13 comments:

  1. Nice work Drax! I especially like the large las cannons. Keep it up!

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  2. Great work, Drax! I love the personality of your troops.

    One question...each veteran seems to have a different symbol painted on their shoulders...do the symbols mean anything at all?

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  3. I'm liking the new banner mate and the vets are excellent as always.

    I'll be starting my vets next week, I'm really looking forward to it. I just hope they end up looking as good as yours.

    Bring on the GS!

    PS - 7 more posts to the big 200, do you reckon you'l be ready for the muster pic by then?

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  4. Excellent vets, Drax - I really like the camouflage scheme and have adopted some of your techniques into my own force. I really like the new banner as well - cool stuff!

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  5. Good work on it all, Admiral. Just one question- how did you do the shotguns?

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  6. Almost forgot- ARE THOSE ORKS ON DINOSAURS?

    Chalk up one more entry for most terrifying thing in the universe...

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  7. Thanks, All.

    @zorcon: Thanks; the lascannon only looks 'longer' because of perspective. It's actually quite stripped down in bulk - there are more pics if you follow the link.

    @Blitzspeare: Thanks

    @Zzzzzz: If only I could take the credit, eh?

    @Cawshis: Cheers, and they each have their own personal heraldic devices on their shoulders. The older models are more haraldically simple.

    @Corbane: Look forward to seeing yours. As for Post 200? Well, watch this space, eh?

    @Mordian: Cheers; I'm flattered!

    @Max: They're Forgeworld upgrades, mate - lovely models.

    And...yes. Nobz 'Bikerz'. Awesome in the literal sense, and pretty terrifying. They still went down when faced with cold steel bayonets...with some guts behind 'em!

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  8. Loving the new banner (nice work Suneokun!).

    In terms of the painting - I really like the way the trousers have been painted with the camo effect - you've really mastered this!

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  9. They look great Drax! Lots of great little conversions throughout, and some more dramatic ones as well. Your Harker looks fantastic!

    The banner is pretty awesome as well - perhaps centre it though? :P

    Keep it up!

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  10. These guys just keep looking better and better!!! Keep it up Drax!

    Ace

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  11. Thanks you, chaps!

    Sorry for the radio silence of late: I've been on my travels wo introduce more of my old friends to Drax Minora.

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Thanks for taking the time to comment!