131 Hardened Vets Progress Update

Evening.

Just some quick pics, so you can see how stuff's progressing with my vets. I've been modelling more than painting - these little buggers seem to take forever!

Firstly, G/Sgt Harker is getting painted up now... I'll get a close-up of his backpack once he's done:

Secondly, a vague look at the progress on my heavy flamer - I don't like the new vertically stacked command squad version of it, so I put mine side-by-side:

Thirdly, my vet lascannon crew. Most of you know by now that I'm not a big fan of either the 60mm base or the plastic lascannon, so I was originally going to have them fully dug-in and covered in a camo-net - almost in protest! Luckily, common sense prevailed, and I went for it with a 'prone' loader/observer and a stripped-down lascannon (in the background). You for those of you (Hal'jin!) who dislike right hands, you may appreciate the las-carbine swap in lieu of the basic laspistol:

Finally a general shot, including the FW Weissmann model (my new Fleet Officer)...and the monstrously overpriced You-Know-Who lurking in the background:

Cheers,

- Drax

"...the world's greatest Imperial Guard Treadhead English Teacher..."

130 Vetting Processes

Evening!

A quick update, for those of you who've enjoyed them in snippets before:

I'm working on my hardened veterans again - including a converted G/Sgt Harker and a converted heavy flamer, which I quite like!

I thought of repainting them all black.

Then decided against it.

So it goes.

- Drax.

129 New Model Army - 1 Platoon

Hey, Crazy Kids.

For those of you who've been kind enough to anticipate these fellows, I've now got the two new, re-worked, re-codexed incarnations of 1 and 2 platoon finished. Hooray! Today I had the chance to take pics of 1 Pl, so here they are. First, the whole platoon, front and rear:

Now B Coy, 2/24th is now a designated 'tactical' company, and 1 and 2 are the 'tactical' platoons, with 3 platoon in more of a support role. The idea is that the company can hold its own - if required to do so - with its own organic fire support; so too can 1 and 2 platoons, although not so much 3 Pl. For a little more discussion and their points cost, please see Post 122. The old version of 1 Pl can be found here.

These, then, are the constituent parts of 1 Pl. NB: Please excuse the more crappy painting - some of these models were painted 6 or 7 years ago, and their flesh tones and eyes are pretty ropey!:

HQ Section:

All of my officers count as being armed with lasppistols and power weapons. Sadly, I've felt the need to replace my old medics with grenade launchers - medics are just too expensive now at platoon level...and I do so love grenade launchers!

1 Section:

The sgt is based on a friend of mine.

2 Section:

3 Section:

'B' Section - missile launchers (click link for more details):

Yes, I know they're not on 60mm bases. I don't plan to put them on any either, but I will get some 50mm or 60mm discs to blu-tac them to if needed.

'C' Section - autocannon (click link for more details):

Ditto with their bases.

'M' section - 2 melta guns and my new demo charge 'wrecker' model:

As usual, each model has an identification 'flash' on the reverse of its base - red for 1 Pl. I find these incredibly useful; here are some details of them for you:

I'll get 2 Pl photographed when I can, though the next post will probably be the pics of my new griffon battery.

Cheers,

- Drax.