The K.R.I.E.G. Project

Zero Effect said:

I have to say that is one mighty impressive K.R.I.E.G force.
A few questions if you ever be so kind to answer.

How long has this taken to collect?

What are the future plans for the K.R.I.E.G project?

Finally how do you manage to convince the other half to allow you to spend all the money on some lovely FW models and tanks?

Regards,
ZE

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Hey ZE,
First and foremost, thanks for commenting. Just a simple comment helps keep me motivated! So, to answer your questions:

I started collecting my Krieg army back in mid-2010. However, I have been collecting/painting/playing Warhammer since 1996 and I am still collecting models to this day…damn you Forge World!

As for the Future plans for the Krieg, here is my updated list as of today, what I have on hand and still needing to be completed:

5x Krieg infantry squads (50)
5x Krieg Grenadier squads (50)
2x Engineer squads (10)
2x Mole launchers
3x Hvy bolters
3x Hvy stubbers
3x Hvy autocannons
5x Renegade Ogyrns
1x Renegade Ogryn w/DKoK victim
3x Heavy Mortars w/crew
10x Krieg Death riders
3x Grenadier Centaurs
1x Krieg Earth shaker w/crew
1x Krieg Medusa w/crew
3x Vendettas
1x Vulture Gunship
1x Marauder destroyer
2x Thunderbolts
4x Chimeras
1x Bombard
5x Leman Russ (different variants)
1x Manitcore
1x Deathstrike
3x Hellhounds
1x Baneblade
3x Shadowsword/Stormlord
1x Valdor
1x Reaver Titan
2x Mars pattern Warhound Titans
1x Praetor armoured assault launcher
1x Malcador Infernus
1x Minotaur artillery tank
1x Gorgon armoured assault transport
3x Hydra Flakk tanks

I think that’s all of it, I may have forgotten 1 or 2 items.

As far as the wife letting me have all these nice things, well, I worked in Iraq for 2 years as a contractor for the Department of State. Soooooo, I had saved up quit a bit of dough and paid off all our debt. I still ask for permission and sometimes give the excuse “Well they might stop selling it, I better get it while it’s still available.”

I think for September’s challenge I will work on the 3x Hydra Flakk tanks. I will try and include some work-in-progress pics while working on the Hydras.

Stay tuned!

Regards,
DoE

wittmann said:

wow what a great looking army you have there.

I noticed after page 28 you changed to a darker colour scheme would you mind giving the lowdown on what colour or colours you used for the greatcoat and pants.

I'm just about to start painting my krieg atm.

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Hello Wittmann and thanks for the comment!

The Kriegsmen were painted as follows:

Primed = Vallejo primer Black
Basecoat = Vallejo US Grey
Great Coat = Vallejo US Grey / washed with Badab Black, making sure not to pool / rehighlight with Vallejo US Grey
Pants = Vallejo light grey / washed with Devlan Mud / rehighlight with Vallejo light grey
Boats & Mask = Kommando Khaki / washed with devlan mud / rehighlight with Kommando Khaki
Armor = Vallejo German grey / scratchs and dings with chaos black and boltgun metal
Straps & Backpack = Scorched brown / highlighted with bestial brown
Strip marking on collar = Ruby red
Lenses = Dark Angels green / snot green / finally a dab of skull white
Lasgun = Boltgun metal / washed badab black
Gloves = Chaos black / highlighted with Vallejo German grey
Mask coupling/belt/buttons = Brazen Brass (out of production)
Mask Tube = shadow grey / washed with badab black
Lasgun stock & shovel handle = snakebite leather / washed with devlan mud


Hope this helps and look forward to seeing you progress with you Krieg army!

For the month of September, I will paint up a Hydra Flakk tank. I am committing to one but will try and knock out all three!

Regards,
DoE

Ok...so I finally took some time out to figure out how to upload some pictures so that the readers can follow along with captions for each picture, much easier.

I am creating this work-in-progress for these Hydras because I searched high and low for a "How to" and did not come up with anything. The instructions from Forge World are nothing more than a 1 page picture of the Hydra assembled, that’s it. First off, these things were a major, major pain in the ass!

In this picture you see the top panel and rear hull.


Here we have the two previous pieces temporarily attached. Lots of issues arose when testing the dry fit.


Here I am cutting off a bit from the front top panel, just behind the panel line and sanding down the back end just a smidge. Why am I doing that you might ask?


Because here you can see the huge gap that is left at the rear of the Hydra between the resin and the chimera’s side.


Afterwards, after cutting down the resin, the fit is much better; however there are still some gaps that will need to be filled on the top between the top panel and the chimera.



Next up I took the bottom extension plate and cut it up so that it would provide support for both the top panel and the Hydra turret which is quit heavy. I simply cut off the part with the hooks and glued it in place.




Afterwards I still ran into another HUGE issue. There was a 1 inch gap from the back of the rear hydra hull to the actual plastic kit...WTF! I used both the curved and extended bottom plastic hull piece that the kit comes with and neither was sufficient to cover that huge gap.


Extended plate...



I finally picked up some plasticard and cut about an inch wide section off, sanded it down and covered the gap. Seriously, this had to be the most WTF...FW kit I have ever seen!






Now I am just waiting on my silicone sculpting tools so that I can fix these huge mold lines going down the barrel.

Sorry if it's not detailed enough for some of you, but I figured I would at least give those who were trying to figure out what the hell to do an idea on how to fix the issue.

Regards,
DoE