In addition to my normal Industrial I'm also a bit of a Black Metal fan. Sounds like I would have liked the old GW stores. The only ones I ever saw were while I was in England. I got a chance to visit the Bournemouth and South Hampton branches. They were nice, but the "battle music" and the teenagers annoyed me a little.

L4 (did you get that nick off the side of a plane?), the Mk4 Leman Russ' that you have, when did you purchase them? I ask because the ones I've seen the treads above the side sponson all look like they are caving in. I had thought it was sculpted that way, I didn't know it was a molding problem.

If I could buy a company of decent looking Leman Russ' then I would definitely start IG next!

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ha! Yeah i remember the old leather jacket days; they WERE odd!

As for the Leman Russ's i sure do hate those old MK2's they're damned ugly! the 1s and 3s are pretty nice.
Think it was Titan Legions that was out when i first started gaming but i didn't get into Epic till E40K era and even then it didn't grab me (as - looking back on it - not a great game) and i had few friends who played; i couldn't have been more than 16-17!

I really like that commisar Brother Captain; nice and clean all round. Good luck with all yr infantry!
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oh yeah! The infantry are nice too but a little flat maybe? Are you planning on doing anything more to the uniform? They grey? If not you couldn't got far wrong giving them all a wash of something like 'MIG wash' or a GW wash; bring out the details a bit...Keep up the good work though!

As for music; i prefer folk and indie stuff myself...first album ever bought was Metallica's 'The Black Album' though...not sure i could stand it these days!

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First album I ever bought was Duran Duran's Seven and the Ragged Tiger!   Oh yeah, I'm that old...

(sorry for going completely off topic)

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"You'll never understand how much watching other people's pain gets me off, hearing their screams and knowing that I have the power of a god." -Velvet Acid Christ

Im actually a metalhead myself (and have been since I was 8-9 years old!) But Im into more mainstream 80s and 90s type metal, not the death, grind, black thing so much. The gaming and the metal did always go together as I remember it, doesnt seem to be quite like that now.

Anyhow, I do agree that the infantry look a little boring with the plain grey paint job, but Ive decided to use this simple paint job (even this takes a looooong time), and put some more effort into the officers, commissars, banners and such. I reckon I have to if I want to ever finsish the army. And after all its IG, and the troopers are supposed to look like an anonymous mass of cannon fodder, right? ;-)

I was also horrified when I saw the Rough Riders - they are so detalied! They are gonna take hours and hours to paint! Am I going to have to paint the stirrups of all them horses? Have 12 stands of these, so itll be 1 Netepic detachment and 2 Armageddon formations.

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I was also horrified when I saw the Rough Riders - they are so detalied! They are gonna take hours and hours to paint! Am I going to have to paint the stirrups of all them horses? Have 12 stands of these, so itll be 1 Netepic detachment and 2 Armageddon formations.

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Im going to try a few different techniques on those horses, to see what works best. There is a certain risk that ill make it more difficult for myself than using a wash, which I agree would seem a good choice. I am a bit strange, I know  

Anyhow, heres some Bombards just finished.

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More artillery, and still working slowly on the infantry (sorry about the horrible pic quality):

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And the Regimental muster continues.    Keep them coming Bro Capt.

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Nice FA & Grunts !

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Ok, Ive been experimenting a bit trying to make more interesting bases for my superheavies, this is what I came up with, comments and suggestions welcome of course:

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How much would it cost to have, say... a thousand units based to this standard? I have PayPal...  

Very nice Bro Capt.    You taunt and shame me and my lazyness with your perfect bases...  

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Thanks, I might just go with it then. Its actually quite easy to make bases like this.

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A small update: all vehicles are done and the infantry coming along slowly...

Edit: I wasnt entirely correct    I still have 3 hydras and 5 rhinos to paint. Apart from that I still need to paint units of Beastmen, Rough Riders, Bikes, and the last platoon of tacticals, plus command units for the infantry and artillery cos.

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"Pray for Peace ... But prepare for War ..."      Looks Good !!  

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