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Imperial Guard Hellhound / Tank Defensive Wall
OK, So I'm still working on my Imperial Guard Army. I recently finished the Hellhound below, staying with the marine colors of this army. My IG army is hailing from a planet 15 Light years from earth. It was only brought into the Imperium 3,000 years ago as it remained undiscovered due to it's location in between a red dwarf and two gas giants. The gas giants rotate the sun in opposite directions creating a stable orbit of the planet Kandoria. The humans here are similar to the humans technology of the 21 century.
In this post, I have the Hellhound behind a terrain piece I recently made. It is an earthen mound created to defend a tank that is in a defensive stand. These tank berns were used in WWII and in the first iraq war by the Iraqis.
Starting an Imperial Guard Army
So I wanted to start another 40K army. This time I decided on the Imperial Guard. With so many options and such a rich history, I look forward to building an army that the historians will speak about proudly and with honor! These are the first few painted figures. I have 3 more swuads, heavy weapons and more HQ's to go before I move on to more.
Games Day Baltimore, 2010
Yea, I know it has been a while, however, one must work, study and live in the realm of the real every now and than.
Below are some images as we set up and play test our scenerio we plan on doing on the 21st of August, 2010 at the Games Day annual event located at the Baltimore Convention center. So if you plan on going, please stop by and see us!
Our setup is a two-table event, in which one table features Aeronautica Imperialis dogfighting and the other is full of gritty 40K action. The outcome of the Aeronautica game affects the strength of the attacking side and other events in the 40K game. Get involved with a teammate for a battle that rages both across the skies and through the trenches! All models provided.
Until next time, remember that there is only war!!
Corner Rock Formation
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I started this piece by using my hot foam cutter to cut out the basic shapes that I needed from ¾ inche blue foam insulation. Next, I catty-cornered each piece to shape like an oval or rough rock formation shape.
I than used my hot glue gun to glue each piece in place, structuing the basic shape of the terrain piece.
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Next, I painted the entire piece black. And lightly sprinkled some modle train ballast over it while it was wet so they would adhere to it once it dried. |
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Close up of the ballast placed on the wargame piece. This creates a rough, natural look and feel to the formation.
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After the black paint was completely dry, I dry brushed some Burnt Sienna paint over the entire piece. The goal is to work from dark to light. Each dry brush layer should be a lighter pigmant.
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As you can see the set of photos to the laft and above, I used lighter browns and tans to the piece. This technique created a depth in the rock formation to enhance the realistic view of it. As you dry brush the lighter elements, the darys ones remain showing the nooks and crannies of the rock.
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This piece is completely dry brushed and ready for the next stage of the wargame scenery rock building process.
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The next step is adding some grass to the edges. I use Modge Podge (matte) for this. I simply brush on the modge pode where I want the brass ro appear and sprinkle on the grass over the glue. After the piece dries, tip it over to remove the grass from the rock. I recommend you do this over newspaper. First, it will contain the mess, and second, you can re-use the grass flock.
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Next, I used my hot glue gun to add larger rocks (Ballast) to represent bigger boulders on the rock formation as well as green brush and tree flock and died pieces of wood to represent brush and logs.
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To the left is the finished piece. Total time to make (Less drying time) 15 minutes.
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Three New Wargame Terrain Galleries
Greetings all!
I just wanted to take a quick moment of your time to let you know about our new design, and I updated the gallery with three new image sets.
The first set is the Dragon Claw Altar, the other two pieces, Destroyed Building and Trench 1 are on the second gallery page. I will begin to update this site almost daily and I will also start producing more "Wargame Terrain How-To" videos in the coming weeks. But for now, please take the time to subscribe to the WGT blog so you don't miss any of our new tips, tools and ideas.
Until Next Time...
John
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