Faramir and Gondor WIP

I've completed Faramir in full armor foot and mounted. I like the overall look of him and think He'll look great on the table top. I don't think hes representative of my best work though. His eyes are a little wonky and some of the highlighting isn't smooth enough for my taste. He'll pass do though and be a welcome addition to my Gondor army.



I've started painting all of the infantry for my Gondorian army as well. So far I've started 12 bowmen, 6 spearmen, and 6 sword and board guys. They're about 60% done so far. The next thing I'll end up painting is my 12 veterans and my 12 citadel guard.



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Gondorian Army WIP

I haven't completed anything new in a while, but I have been working on my Gondor force. I converted 12 Osgilioth Veterans out of normal Minas Tirith troops. I green stuffed various cloacks and bed rolls and packs. I also had some extra Death Corps of Krieg laying around so I used their back packs to further distinguish my vets from my normal rank and files. The armored Faramir didn't have a shield so I switched his arm with an arm from a sword and board guy and pinned them.











I'm working on 5 character models that can be used with any Gondor force. I have 10 different poses of Aragorn. Instead of Painting them all the same, (brown and green) I decided I could make other characters out of them. So from left to right we have: The night watcher, a grey haired older gentleman with a torch to keep the city safe at night. The noblemen, Just a high ranking Gondorian citizen. Damrod, Denethor, and Faramir.

A Small High Elf Update

I've made a little bit of progress. I've assembled around 30 archers and built my Prince. My prince is a high elf hero with bow and I glued on the helmet wings from the noble kit and added an extra bolt from the bolt thrower to represent the 'bow of the seafarer'. I also added a sheathed great weapon on his back. I asked a week or so ago for some advice on stringing bows as I've seen it done but haven't ever attempted it. So I just used a bone colored thread and it pretty much adds a whole new level of detail to the model. I want to go back and string up my LotR and my dark elves bows next!

Well any who to the pictures. Enjoy.







Cheers!

Death Korps of Krieg part 5

Excitement Ensues!

I made a lot of progress over the past week. I had my DKOK's assembled and they are ready to go minus 3 flamers I was short that I'll have to order soon. I finished assembling my 4 Hydra flak tanks. I got one more Valkyrie assembled as well. I'm excited I've ordered the Forgeworld Model Masterclass book and eagerly await it in the mail. I'm more than on schedule for my June deadline. My goal was to get everything assembled by March. I'm well on my way and I look forward to getting my brush wet! :P











My favorite guy is this one. To me it screams cool. A DKoK veteran jumping out of a trench blasting is melta gun to undoubtedly take out enemy armor.

Death Korps of Krieg part 4

It's in the detail.

Going with the sky is the limit with my DKoK army I decided to make it as real as my current modeling/painting skill level would allow. I've done a metric ton of internet research on everything from the DKoK's themselves to WW2 to current tanks and soldiers uniforms. I would be lying if I said I wasn't completely stoked about this army. What really has gotten me all worked up is the vehicles. Since my last army (Renaissance marines) I've learned a lot about vehicles and painting. I'm ready to put all this theory into practice. I've constructed up 5 tanks now and I would like to think that each one tells a story. The 4 below will all eventually be hydra flak tanks.

They first hydra is one of my favorites. I put little indention all over the front of the vehicle centering most of the dents around the front hatch. This was to represent the traitor guard shooting a heavy stubber at the front of the tank every time the hatch was opened trying to take out a DKoK that was inside. I also included extra treads in case the tank got immobilized and needed to make field repairs. I also bent the ladder on the other side to show that this tank has been in use. If you've ever walked past construction vehicles you would know that almost everything is bent and well 'used' on treaded workhorses. I included a couple of used gas cans on the back placed casually as if they were thrown to the side after use.




This one is my favorite. I included an auto cannon shot from the traitor guard into the left front track guard. I have DKoK lasguns leaned up on the sand bags on the left of the vehicle. The guardsmen have undoubtedly been fighting off troops to the left side of the vehicle as all the sand bags are piled up on that side with the spare guns laying about by the top hatch. I also included the ammo crate on this one so they wouldn't run out of ammunition fending off the infantry.




This tank I've included lots of shovels on top and some on the side as well as a tow cable on the side. This tank was recently stuck in the mud. The dangers of trench warfare. While stuck the tank and crew were taking some heavy fire to the front of the vehicle. I'm guessing from an Auto cannon heavy weapons team from the damage up front.




This last hydra just came to the front lines. It has no damage yet and hasn't had to drop sand bags off any where yet. Also all the tools are secured in there right spots and all the luggage and baggage are in their rightful place on the side of the vehicle.

Death Korps of Krieg part 3

Getting out of the mud...

I don't know how many of these will make the cut in my final tournament list but I plan on having a total of 8. 6 Vendettas and 2 Valkyries. As its "paint my army for tournament" crunch time I need to narrow down exactly what I want so I'm not painting unnecessary units. I have 2 Vendettas now and 1 Valkyrie assembled and primed in Mr. Hobbies Mr. Surfacer 1000. The best model primer in the world!!! (IMO) I also have 1 Valkyrie being assembled and am working on purchasing 2 more. Most people convert up their lascannons for their Vendettas. I've seen some killer ones and some that look very natural. Wildeyedjesters Chaos Vendettas are a great example of this. I've already spent so much on 9 forge world tanks and 60 some odd Dkok whats a couple more forge world conversion kits. :P Now I'm off to the Internetz to look up paint schemes for my mad airborne trench fighters!

Death Korps of Krieg part 2

After an abundance of painting and modeling ADD one of the large tournaments I attend every year has snuck up on me. Last year I had the honor of winning Best Painted with my renaissance marines. Not wanting to return with the same army I had decided I would return next year with a DKoK army. Well the deadline is fast approaching and so far I've assembled 7 Dkok's and 1 Commissar lord on a horse. (which I can't even field) So now its crunch time. I've assembled one Manticore and one Vendetta for my army coming up. The Manticore is what the worthless whirlwind should be. A limited number of templates of death wrecking havoc on low to mid armored infantry. I'll have enough 1 shot wonder guns in my list for the heavy infantry and vehicles. What I'm lacking is something to deal with 180 boyz or gaunts. The Manticore will fit this goal nicely and if there isn't any light infantry her str 10 ordinance can be thrown at vehicles with decent enough results. The Vendetta is just all around good for 130 points. 3 TL lascannons, fast, transport, cool looking. I have a feeling I'll be adding a couple more of these before I'm done.

Death Korps of Krieg part 1

I've officially started my new army. After seeing Wildeyedjester starting his new army and Monkey getting to paint up some new units for his existing army I've been itching to finally start up my new army.

I started with my commander, a Death Korps of Krieg death rider commissar. I assembled and primed him tonight and I'm currently looking for a color scheme. I'm going to do him as the test model for the rest of the infantry based models. I plan on using the Forge World master class book for inspiration on doing my vehicles.

I don't want the usual dark gray trench coats of the Death Korps of Krieg. I'm thinking more of browns and greens. What do you guys think?







So excited I started painting tonight. This is what I've done so far.