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Completed hellhound

Si — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:23:13 +0000

Just stock taking of my Band of Brothers entries, here’s the complete Hellhound with it’s weathering and ident.

It has a very WW2 vibe to it, I think.

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Company Command

Si — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:17:40 +0000

Another missing entry from my Band of Brothers campaign. This is the company command squad for the army:

One IG plastic officer, two Mordian head swaps and two actual Praetorians. Quite happy with the end result, the banner is computer generated but shhh, don’t tell.

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Mole Mortars

Si — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:11:38 +0000

I don’t think I ever uploaded images of my Praetorian Guard Mole Mortars to the site, which seems daft. These are the mole mortars (mortar proxies) I did during Band of Brothers. I wanted something else to capture the whole ‘2nd Ed’ vibe I was going for, and these quirky weapons seemed to fit the bill.

The weapons themselves are conversions of mortars, bit of tube on the bottom to drive them into the ground, then part of a searchlight for the firing head. Rather pleased with the end results.

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Praetorian CXVIII

Si — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:16:00 +0000

Company Command Squad
(Regimental Standard, Flamer, Chimera w/Autocannon & Heavy Flamer)

Company Command Squad | Chimera

Primaris Psyker

Primaris Psyker

Elites

Ogryns

(x4 Ogryns)

Ogryns

Ratling Squad

(x5 Ratlings)

Ratlings

Troops

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Wahooooo!

Si — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:26:00 +0000

I did it! My Praetorian army I painted for Band of Brothers is complete. So chuffed with myself for getting them done, and actually thrilled with the finished result too.

Here’s what 1499pts of my quirky take on Praetorians looks like:

I’ll get some close ups posted later, but for now I’m going to relax and spend twenty minutes putting them back in the cabinet!

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Praetorian Medusa

Si — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:00:00 +0000

The second in the line of Harness pattern artillery vehicles is now ready for paint. This is a medusa, made using plumbing parts for the main weapon.

Quite happy with the end result. Not a huge fan of the skirts but that’s to hide a couple of miscast roadwheels. Had it not been for the Band of Brothers timeline I’d have ordered some more resin and cast another set but never mind. Adds a bit of variety if nothing else

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Praetorian Platoon Command Squad

Si — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:05:00 +0000

And the final part of June’s build (you can see why it went down to the deadline!), the platoon command squad. It comes with a commissar and vox caster.

Nothing too ingenious here, though I am quite happy with the vox caster model (on the left above). Painting is a little ropey in places, rushing doesn’t help when you paint as slowly as I do!

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Praetorian Ratlings

Si — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:03:00 +0000

Third of four parts of June’s build. These are Kindred from Hasslefree Miniatures.They’re sculpted as ww1 era soldiers but I thought their rifles were suitably sniper-esque and the tin hats could be painted as piths.

I love the sergeant, I think he’s probably my favourite model of all the out of the box sculpts in my army.

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Praetorian Griffon

Si — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:00:00 +0000

Another part of June’s build, the Griffon artillery. This is the first of my Harness pattern vehicles, another one is in development.

I decided to use the FW thudd gun rather than a traditional single shot mortar. Just preferred the look and when the gun shield fitted the gap in my vehicle I new it was destiny!

I tried to get a more WW2 feel for these, I think they look slightly Wespe with the open tracks and big metal guard.

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Cadian Auxilliary Truck

Si — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:57:00 +0000

Part of June’s BoB build, this is the chimera transport for the Cadian Auxilliaries. It’s based on Dave Taylor’s trucks (check them out, they’re immense). I’ve tried to do my own take rather than recreate his (I didn’t use his templates, just his ideas), but that’s possibly more to try and hide my inabilities to do what he does rather than any artistic reason.

Still, I’m very happy with the result. Had a go at photos in natural sunlight, not sure if they’re better or worse but here they are.

As with every other month was a bit rushed so some of the details aren’t perfect, but it’s painted and it still surprises me when that happens. So many of my models are just plain white plasticard for years.

Some WIP photos I never uploaded before this:

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