I finished off the last of the old-school metal radians I have this week. Well... ALMOST all of them... there is still a standard bearer who is going to need some extra work and an artillery officer... But in terms of the sharp-end infantry grunts... well, THEY are all finished!!
The new (and yet, not-so-new) guys.
These are all older metal Cadians from Games Workshop. I picked them up off eBay not so long ago - along with a few of the others I've already painted. A couple I picked up from my friend Paul when he was offloading them a few years ago. Some of the others, however, are some of the oldest GW figures I own - the "Rogue Trader Era" ones. I striped and repainted them in the last few years to use as "veterans".
The Entire Force!
(I'm not going to say "so far" because I really have no desire to add any more to this. I already have THREE OTHER Imperial guard forces - Tallarn, Guaiacan/Catachan, and Valhallan - I really don't need a fourth! Of course, I probably didn't really "need" a second or third...)
Unfortunately I seem to have acquired enough for three squads, two regular infantry squads, one veteran squad... and THREE COMMAND SQUADS!? This seems like it's a nucleus for an entire company - with a company command and two platoon commands! The intention here was not to use these as a force for 40K, but rather as a force for Kill Team (or other smaller scale SF skirmish games?) or with Wrath & Glory (if it ever comes out!?)
The force is actually not a bad size for Kill Team - loads of infantry with a few options for special weapons... The only thing I might add (if I were to use them for Kill Team is a couple snipers)
Here are the individual squads...
Command Squad #1 - The Company Commander (and a casualty and a commissar and... an extra dude...?)
Command Squad #2 - Platoon Commander
Command Squad #3 - Another Platoon Commander
Veteran Squad (half of these I've had for over 25 years! though they were repainted more recently)
Infantry Squad #1
Infantry Squad #2
Assorted vehicle crew - despite the fact that I have no vehicles for this force and have no intention of acquiring any... perhaps these need to be repurposed as Tallarn crew...
Coming soon to Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog:
Well it is Friday and we've been trying to play Kill Team on Fridays... Finnegan seems in a better spirits today - Maybe we'll get some games in this evening and I'll be able to post reports of those actions over the weekend....?
I do have the standard Bearer and Artillery Officer on the workbench with an assortment of other 40K characters - mostly Imperial-types. Terrain bits are lurking nearby...
My heart goes all mushy at the sight of such historic metal goodness.
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil! They do bring back some memories... although when I think of "historic metal goodness" I tend to think "Not Sci-fi/Fantasy"... but I know what you mean!
DeleteWonderful job!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Phil!
DeleteGreat looking troops, Phil. Details and basing are excellent.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
DeleteWow, great to see some rogue trader era lead in there. Plus I think some of the pre-cadian cadians perhaps?
ReplyDeleteYeah, some of those are just generic Imperial Guard - I think some may have initially been sold as Imperial ARMY...?
DeleteNice work!
ReplyDeleteI think it's not always easy to make that much green look good and not too boring/monotone. But I do like some figures in mostly green - I've always preferred it for figures such as wood elves, rangers, and other types (cliche as it may be in some cases).
Thanks!
DeleteI almost always paint elves and rangers in greens, though I try to mix in a bit of earth tones too - browns, khakis, Greys.
With these I used two different greens - one for armour and equipment and one for the weapons. I figured two would give a bit of variety - but not too much...?
As I was painting this last batch there were a few times I wished I'd gone with a different scheme - maybe a crazy colourful "camouflage", but I'd already painted most of them this way... and I wasn't ready to repaint that many...
Looks really great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michał!
DeleteNice looking Imperial Guard/Cadian types, more universal than your jungle/desert/ice world forces so maybe filling a gap? Of course why would you need a fourth IG army but then again why did you need a second/third?! Lovely work all round I do like the commissar!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain