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Grish's Cadian 88th

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#1 · (Edited)
Yo peeps :victory:

This is going to be my log for my project to make a 'fluffy' copy of Thade's Company of the Cadian 88th Mechanised Infantry, from 'Cadian Blood' by Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

A rough outline so far of units (of the top of my head);

- Thade's CCS
- Techpriest & Servitors
- Seth (counts-as Primarius Psyker)
- Commissar (counts-as Lord Commissar)
- Inquisitor (hopefully he will still be available when 5th Ed C:DH is released)
- Squad Cruor (Stormtroopers)
- Valk. for ^
- 5x Platoons;
- 1x PCS
- 3x Infantry
(possibly stick some Whiteshields (Cadian Youth Legion) in as well)
- 30 Chimeras (said by the book) at the moment i have counted 21, for current set up, plus more for Whiteshield
- Dead Man's Hand (5x Sentinals - 2x squad & 3x squad, operate together)

Previous thread test model (not in final army);






yes the skin is dark, but is was my first attempt at human skin, so improvement is inevitable.

Currently have a Cadian Battleforce to make up, with 4 more to be bought in my mind :scare:

more updates when possible, even as soon as this afternoon with WIP shots of the first Sentinal, C-88-P-A, that being C-8-8-Primus-Alpha, Scout-Lieutenant Vertain.

Cheers,

Grish
 
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#3 ·
less than 3 hours since i started the log i have an update :good: but bad-ish pics light was fading, damn clouds :ireful2:

Nothing really exciting but its WIP pics, for assembled/blu-tacked models

My first Sentinal shall be Scout-Lieutenant Vertain, or C-88-Primus-Alpha, it's modelled as 'steel legion' sentinal (according to instructions pah, who needs em) but the book says they have the armoured canopy, and so it shall be. it is tacked together from the legs up as well.





and because i could i have thade, wanted him to be wearing a helmet, but afterthoughts...he look epic without it on.






can't promise an update each day, school's picking up, so i'll post when i can.

Cheers,
Grish
 
#5 ·
cheers, vali.

guys i have a question about the heavy/special weapons that the 88th use here, if you could give a hand with it cheers.

the heavy weapons teams from the battleforce will be split into the infantry squads and the PCS.

cheers,
Grish
 
#6 ·
no comments...ah well such is life, anywho;

painting has commenced on my first Sentinal, inside of cabin, legs, and feet are now a healthy silver, will begin on the lovely blackness of the exterior cabin shortly.

pics to commence when there is better light.
 
#8 ·
cheers Shan,

righto took some pics of the Sentinal, just before the camera burned out :p sun kept moving and making shadows, so i did what i could





more to come as progress hapens
 
#10 ·
Looking good thus far, nice to see someone using something from a Black Library novel as their influence. Have some rep Kaptain, I shall be keeping an eye on this thread :)
 
#11 ·
Cheers guys and thanks for the rep.

I am now at the stage of painting the pilot...which i realise is pointless, as was painting the interior cause its inclosed, but i feel i need to do the model justice so meh.

After the pilot i am painting the exterior armour, and bitz black, highlighting and washing

then the...20 Guardsmen, 5 CCS, and 3 HWs

the joys of Guard :good:

Grish
 
#12 ·
well 3 steps forward, 2 steps back :mad:

after painting up the pilot and cabin, to a standard i consider to be my current high standard it was all for nothing. the pilot is not made to fit in an enclosed cockpit sentinal, and thus the cabin is not seen, so alot of wasted time and effort.

lessons learnt:
1) think about what im doing :p
2) now know the standard im am painting the valk, and chimera insides to, which is good.

sentinal now awaiting exterior paint, pics in a few days

Grish
 
#13 ·
a few days, few weeks, and no pics, that's life.

Progress:
1) have found a suitbale Matt spray for cheap which I'm going to use to prime everything from now on. What are some tips for priming models? you get some unprimed bits cause their not in the flow of primer, so what, touch up with Chaos black? what do you do?
2) I have made my fluffy-then-deviates list, for myCadian 88th Chimera Cavalry. its 9000pts and i'm now settling in for the long haul, as this will be my long term project for my new army.
3) the sentinal cabin is primed, and thade is progressing well, the possibility of pics on thade's progress later (will try to get them soon)

Grish
 
#16 ·
just so you all know, tis winter in Australia and it's being overcast lately, so my usual photo light and areas are void, thus all recent photos are taken inside under fluro light, so colours will look different, thick, or odd.

This is the primer I've started using; Australian Export, Paint, Enamel, Interior & Exterior, Matt Black


This is the start of 1st Section, 1st Platoon



And the first two troops of Thade's PCS, Specialist Zailen (kneeling Guard) is the Plasma gunner, and Master-Voxcaster Janden ('Cadian Blood' states he has a bandaged arm, so walah)





and as i mentioned earlier i have done Thade's pupils, so this is Thade to date with his 'crazy eyes'


Enjoy!

Grish
 
#17 ·
That is one crazy Son of a gun

I love the voxcaster, he looks so much like a guardsmen should, instead of a super cool killing machine
 
#18 ·
Heh, good work Kaptain. When I first saw the Thade model with just white eyes I was like "What the..." thank God for scrolling down ehh?:wink: have some rep mate, I look forward to seeing the rest of them painted!
 
#21 ·
Cheers Kob,

Re: Skin tone; base coat of Tallarn Flesh, higlight of 2:1 Bleached Bone:Tallarn Flesh, wash of Ogyrn Flesh

Re: Primer; the primer looks thicker than it actually is, i believe it's the lighting.

In general, i hope to get the next five Guardsmen built during the week, and start to paint them up on the weekend.

Grish
 
#22 · (Edited)
Today be the middle o' the week on a Wednesday, and I think it's high time for an update, not one in particular for the 88th. I've got a little motivation problem, one major and one minor.

Major being the ISD (I made it up :p) being Impulsive Switching Disorder, steming from lack of games in the last 2-3 years, meaning I loose interest in an army and move onto another project. Minor being that where I do my hobbying is bat-shit freezing in winter...and I'm in winter :threaten:

Anywho, I decided it was time to stick some 'workbench' pics up;
This is my house;

Next to my house it the 'granny flat' or lovingly called 'the workshop', as works happens there;

I have the lucky use of two benches at the moment;

One for sticking the ISD models/finished/old/assorted minis (for now)

And one for painting/assembling/etc (yes you can see my Death Guard project stopped here :'( )


So this be the lair of Grish :D

I have the pleasure of a long weekend this week...the Queen's "Birthday" lol when it's not :p so depending on how quickly I recover from a Pirates Vs Ninjas Double 18th on Sunday night, and my Saturday planning, I will try to get more of the 88th done.

At the mo I have;
Thade - base colours done, highlighting/washes/weapons etc being done
Janden - undercoat
Vailen - undercoat
5x Guardsmen - one basic colours

more to progress this weekend

Grish
 
#24 ·
Threadcromancy :victory:

Righto guys, I have one very busy week left of this Term for school, then I'm off for two weeks, so I am going to try and paint as many of these guys as I can, failing that at least getting as many as possible made (feet, torso, head) up and primed and bases underway.

Games Workshop Hobby Bases Article said:

Cities of Death
Basecoat: Codex Grey.
Wash: Badab Black.
Highlight: Fortress Grey.
Rim: Graveyard Earth .
Scatter: None.

These bases were used on the Studio Vostroyan army, see Codex Imperial Guard for more examples. Note: When the Studio's Vostroyans were painted, the wash was done with watered down Chaos Black - the addition of Badab Black to the Citadel paints range makes this easier still.
(also working on my Lizardmen in this time)

Cheers,
Grish
 
#26 ·
The gun is a crappy Easter Show showbag one, (of my brother's) which he wastes paint on :laugh:. And nooo not going anywhere yet so its safe for now
 
#27 ·
Heya ladies, gents, kids and abominations,

I currently have exams but next week have more or less a whole week off :so_happy:

Sooo with 7 days off I though it would be nice to get some painting in, so I aim to paint as much of my current projects as possible, to reduce the piles of models. approx. 2 days per army project. So keep a look out cause next week photos should be a coming.

Grish
 
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