Greetings Terrans, hope you’re all well! I have a quick progress report on my 7th Mordion project – I apologise in advance, because it really is a rinse and repeat of the last one – such is life when churning out the massed ranks of the Imperial Guard! Well, it is what it is – pleased to present 2nd squad, 1 platoon (Tactical):
Yup, they are basically the same as squad 1, but with yellow helmet flashes instead of red… Not much else to say really! Have a good one, more of the same next time, (and probably the time after 🤣).
Greetings Terrans, happy to share the first minis painted for my Mordion project – 1st squad of 1 Platoon. I shared details of the build & where I sourced all the bits in the last post so I won’t repeat myself, but TLDR, this is going to be a horde army on a budget so the paint job needs to be quick and easy. For inspiration, I really didn’t need to look much further than this piece by John Blanche – that also graced the cover of the RTB7 box:
And this is what I ended up with:
I went with the grey/black scheme, but also picked out the webbing pouches in green for a bit of variety. All basecoating was done with Contrast paints, and most highlighting was done quickly with a drybrush. The exception is the flesh, (which had a single ‘proper’ highlight & shade, but I skipped the eyes), and the lenses. The camo stripes & helmet detail went on last & took the longest to do, but all in all I think I did these in a week over 3 sessions. Not too bad at all! Here’s a closeup of the Sgt, lascannon & grenade launcher, showing the bits from Anvil Industries:
And one final shot of the whole squad:
Now I just need to repeat this for the remaining 3 squads plus command!
Greetings Terrans, I hope you’re all well. I’ve been away on a diving trip last week but before I went away, I made some progress on the project I outlined back in March. It is early days, but I have the basic build done for the 4 tactical squads and command section needed for 1 Platoon:
I used the plastic ‘Ohh-Rah’ set from Wargames Atlantic as my starting point – I think that aesthetically they are pretty close to RTB7, and at £22.50 for 24 minis, they are a pretty good option pricewise as well. In the Compendium, 1 Platoon squads each have 7 lasguns, 1 grenade launcher and one las cannon, the sergeants all have a las pistols & chainswords and the platoon Captain has a Plasma Pistol. The basic minis don’t have suitable bits for everything and the basic weapons in the kit don’t look terribly Lasgunny, but they will do as generic pew-pew guns. I found what I needed for the more specialised gear on Anvil Industries – I am especially pleased with the shoulder mounted las-cannon proxies! Other than that, the Command Squad Medic & Orderly had a few bits added from my bits box to give them a medkit and banner respectively.
All in all, I spent £55 on Ooh-Rah, and £44 on bits… £99 for a full 4 squad platoon. Are they perfect? No, of course not – some of the posing is awkward, and the kit is pretty basic, but then so was RTB7, so in terms of being appropriate I’d say these are pretty much bang on! Certainly I’d say they are more than acceptable for £2.15 per mini 😊
Next, I have to go around them all and fill a shit-ton of gaps with GS – ah, the price of compromise 😂
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