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Friday, November 20, 2015

40K Imperial Guard Valhallan Test Figure

A week or so ago I bought a squad (less one) of 40K Imperial Guard Valhallans off ebay. I thought it would be fun to have a small unit of them – for an encounter in some Sci-fi RPG/skirmish scenario (Only War? Rogue Trader!?) – where they are a ridiculously small detachment at a distant outpost at the ass-end of space….




They arrived just in time for the first dusting of snow here in Saskatoon.



I painted up one sample figure to test the camouflage pattern. I had done a couple small samples on a piece of paper. Normally with this sort of camouflage I have at least three different colours in there, but here I kind of felt “less is more”.




I’m pretty happy with the way this chap turned out. I’ll do up the rest shortly - after I finish the squad of Jungle Fighters I’m currently working on, but probably before I finish the last squad of them…


My daughter, who is nine, has also been working on some 40K stuff lately - Eldar! So far she has finished these - a Farseer and an Avatar of Khaine. I was pretty impressed with these so I asked if I could post them here to share with you all. I'll admit I helped a bit with the assembly of them and a little bit with the painting of the Avatar's legs as we were trying to figure out how to get that molten-on-the-inside look, but she took over from there and the rest is all her work. 

I am NOT looking forward to doing battle against the Eldar... 


Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:

Imperial Guard Jungle Fighters…

(not calling them Catachans anymore as mine will be from a different world…more on that soon…) 

Perhaps we'll see The Girl's Howling Banshees and Wraithblades when she finishes them up. 
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20 comments:

  1. irishhighlanderNovember 20, 2015 at 11:18 AM

    Still need to get my snow tires, ahhhhhhhhhhh

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    1. timNovember 20, 2015 at 11:27 AM

      Uh-huh... Hey at least we don't get HURRICANES here!

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    2. irishhighlanderNovember 20, 2015 at 2:10 PM

      Touché we were lucky this fall. Funny thing no frost uet either

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    3. timNovember 20, 2015 at 2:22 PM

      I can't complain, we've had an unseasonably warm fall... and it's supposed to go up to +5°C on Sunday so all of the stuff we had this week will likely (hopefully!) melt.

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  2. Solo wargaming-on a budget!November 20, 2015 at 12:01 PM

    Your painting is really effective, well done with these

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    1. timNovember 20, 2015 at 2:24 PM

      Thanks! Love the campervan you just posted! I have one in 1/48 that I have to paint up to use my my own 28mm moderns... I will definitely be checking back to that post when I get to painting mine!

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  3. GordonNovember 20, 2015 at 12:44 PM

    Wow. Even your daughter is better at painting these things than I am...

    Gordon

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    1. timNovember 20, 2015 at 2:25 PM

      Cheers! She has painted a LOT of miniatures in the last three years to get this good. I think the teeny-tiny hands she has helps too! I'm not sure how, but that's what I've been telling myself.

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  4. Preacher by dayNovember 20, 2015 at 2:44 PM

    That paint scheme on your Valhallan is really effective. The basing looks good too.

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  5. Fitz-BadgerNovember 20, 2015 at 3:38 PM

    Nice work on the Valhallan! The camouflage pattern looks great. The girl's painting looks great, too. All that practice paid off.

    (it's been in the mid-80s here - that's a bit warmer than I like, especially in the middle of Fall)

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    1. timNovember 20, 2015 at 4:54 PM

      I bought into the Reaper Bones Kickstarter II so both kids would have... well... less expensive stuff to practice on. I figured it would take them a year or two to get through them all. I was horrified how fast they were sloshing paint onto them! It seemed like there was no attempt to take their time and even TRY to do a good job. I have to say, however, I think it paid off. As awful as some of first figures she cranked out were, the ones being finished up now are pretty darned good. If she'd just SLOW DOWN - just a little bit - I'm sure they could be WAY better yet - but she's just so excited to get things DONE!

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  6. J GregoryNovember 20, 2015 at 9:12 PM

    Great camo on the Valhallan - it has a muted tone that actually looks like it has a light dusting of frost on it.

    And, as ever, your productivity amazes and depresses me in equal measure...

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  7. The JollyGMNovember 21, 2015 at 9:22 AM

    Tim, like everyone else has already said, that camo scheme is really good!

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  8. caveadsum1471November 25, 2015 at 1:52 AM

    Camouflage is really good nice warsaw pact feel to it, eldar look great too
    best Iain

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    1. timNovember 25, 2015 at 8:12 AM

      Thanks Iain! Is it the camouflage that gives it a warsaw pact feel, or the fact that if you swapped out the Lasgun for a Mosin-Nagant or an AK-47 he could pass for any Soviet rifleman from the 1930s to the 1980s (depending on the firearm)?

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  9. caveadsum1471November 25, 2015 at 1:17 PM

    Yes, I take your point but I guess the camouflage just reminds me of the 1970 polish paratrooper pattern before they went for splinter pattern, looks great looking forward to the squad, any vehicles? Iain

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    1. timNovember 25, 2015 at 1:33 PM

      Ah! I am unfamiliar with the pattern - I will have to have a look for it.

      I have some vehicles - but not for the Valhallans. I have a Leman Rus, two chimeras, and three 1/48 scale Russian KV-2s that I thought I'd convert with some spare bitz to look something like a Ragnarok tank. I thought I'd do them in tan or tan and green cano pattern so either the Cadian or Tallarn forces could use them... because I have some of those too... I know, it's kind of ridiculous...

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