Haven’t done much work lately on the 24th Kellian other than put together the Vendetta and assemble most of the rest of the troops. I was hesitant to assemble the entire Vendetta since i wanted to paint the interior, but I found that you can build the model without gluing on the roof. Here’s a pic of the army as it stands now:
1200 points of 24th Kellian. Still need to assemble the missile launcher team and all 3 scout sentinels. And paint everything of course.
Until next time…
A little more progress on the 24th:
Current state of command squad. Company Commander just needs foliage, then on to medic, master vox, and standard bearer.
Rear view of command squad.
Closeup of Company Commander.
Rear view of Company Commander.
Closeup of Heavy Bolter from first veteran squad.
Side view of heavy bolter team. I love that they are on large bases now. So much room for creating a scenic base.
Current state of armored sentinels. Left one needs a little more wear and tear work. Just started on right one. The new posable sentinels rock. Much easier to do dynamic poses like the one on the right.
I couldn’t resist so I started building the anti-vehicle veteran squad armed with meltaguns and shotguns. The forgeworld kit only comes with 5 shotguns and I have 6 in the squad so I had to convert one. Will post pics of him soon. Also started on the first of three scout sentinels (in the upper right of the pic below). I’m not sure how it will turn out but I’m putting a tree on his base.
The rest of the gang at the moment.
Until next time…
Well, I made a little progress this weekend. Once again I got sidetracked and built the rest of Sgt. Harker’s squad as well as another veteran from the second squad.
Current status of command squad. Working on grenade launcher vet. Need to get motivated ot finish squad before moving on to others.
Current status of Sgt. Harker's squad. The far right sniper is using a traditional Kellian large caliber hunting rifle (Kell is a semi-feral world).
I’m still undecided on whether to use the plastic Harker I made or the forthcoming metal one. I think I’m going to go ahead and paint the plastic one and if I like the metal one I will swap it in.
Side view of first armored sentinel. Need to finish windows and stack weathering.
As I mentioned, I couldn’t help building one of the forgeworld veterans with shotguns I just got in the mail. Most of the second squad will be armed with shotguns, along with the sergeant’s plasma pistol and three meltaguns.
Veteran with shotgun and veteran sergeant from second squad.
Until next time…
Well, a little more progress on the 24th Kellian. I have finished the Guardsman Marbo miniature and most of the second Bodyguard and the legs and base of the first armored sentinel.
Painted models as of today. Second bodyguard (far right) still needs camo, highlights and basing.
Rear view of painted models as of today.
Current status of command squad. Need to finish higlights and base of second bodyguard before moving on to other members of the squad.
Marbo front view.
Marbo back view.
Sentinel legs. Trying to use techniques from Forgeworld's painting guide (thanks Erik!), but am not entirely happy with how it's coming out so far.
I know I’m getting ahead of myself, but I started construction of the first veteran squad led by Sgt. Harker.
GW is making a metal Harker model accoring to the latest issue of White Dwarf. Not sure if I will use that one or this one. If this plastic guy gets the call, I need to fix his right arm since i had to pose it away from the torso leaving a large gap at his armpit.
Until next time…
The good news is I am making progress on the updated 24th Kellian. The bad news is progress is slow. I doubt I will be able to catch up with the rest of the Dark Tower gang. They have finished their first 300 points and are working on the second 300 points out of 1200 for the army. In light of this, I am going to work on a lot of the higher point value units in my own army to see if I can catch up. That means the Company Command Squad, Guardsman Marbo, and Sentinels.
Here are a few new pics:
Company Command Squad. Still need to acquire an Astropath and Master of Ordnance models.
An old guardsman along with the two that are complete from the updated army. Theone on the right is a bodyguard for the company commander.
Rear view of the above minis. Hopefully my paint job has improved a little since the original 24th Kellian was done back in 2004.
Updating my favorite veteran sergeant (old one on left) along with my Guardsman Marbo mini.
That’s it for now. Until next time…
All right, here are somebetter pics from my camera rather than my iPhone.
Some of the old guard.
Close up of old guard. Have to base missile launcher on larger base with loader according to new codex.
These pics are really bad (taken with my iPhone), but here’s one of several of the old guard for the 24th Kellian.
Hard to see any detail on them (I’ll take a better pic tonight), but most, if not all, of them will be replaced with new miniatures. I thought about trying to strip them or repaint over them, but they are mostly plastic and I don’t think they will come out very well if I were to do that. I may have to salvage some of the heads however since I do not have many that are not wearing helmets. Fortunately there are a few new ones in the new Cadian and Catachan Command Platoon boxes.
I have loved the Kasrkin models ever since they were released and have decided to place them into the 24th Kellian as a “rapid-response” force. Below are the first few models for the updated army. The 10 man ratling squad is also getting replaced by the newer, and far better looking, ratlings. Four of the are seen below. I need to pin the arm on the fifth pose. Initially the squad will be these five, but eventually there will be two of each pose for a total of ten sniper rifles.
Anyway, that’s it for now. I will try to get some better pictures of the old guys so there is something to compare the new ones to.
For the past year or two, I’ve done very little in the way of miniature gaming. My gaming needs during that time met by the much less thought consuming World of Warcraft. But I find myself bored of the monotony of that experience and miss the comraderie and artistic expression (not that I’m a good painter) of miniature wargaming.
After visiting with my good friend Erik this past weekend and seeing the progress he has made on his Crimson Fists army as part of a 1200 point “finish your army” campaign, I am getting the itch to startup again.
I have decided to resurrect my old Imperial Guard army, the 24th Kellian, and update them under the rules in the new IG Codex and with new miniatures and, hopefully, better paint jobs. I have always wanted to chronicle their story and the process of assembling and painting the army via a blog so, if you even really care, stay tuned…
