Praetorian Hellhound

And the second BoB entry for April, my hellhound. I think I posted unpainted pics of these here before, but here it is with some paintwork. I need to do the weathering and try and scorch the end of the flame cannon but other than that it's almost there.

I've got all four Chard pattern vehicles on the desk next to each other at the moment, and I have to say they look rather cool. Love that whole standard pattern reused for different things vibe. One more vehicle on the same pattern for next months BoB, then we're onto the as yet unnamed artillery pattern vehicles. Harness pattern perhaps? hmm

Praetorian Ogryns

Woohoo, after my enforced internet hiatus my ISP has finally provided me a connection and we're back!

First of two in-progress Band of Brothers entries then. I did my first praetorian ogryn back in 2006, really can't believe it was so long ago. I always intended to finish the squad but never got around to it. BoB is just a great idea for finishing off lost armies.

Here they are before the paintwork:

The guy in the coat is the Bone ead, sculpted that a couple of years ago and it was very ambitious for me I think. The result is ok but not as crisp as I'd have liked. Not saying I could do any better now mind..

And with the basic paintwork done:

Will get these finished today and post up another picture. The highlighting is almost done now, a few small details then edge the bases and jobs a good un. I'm actually ahead for this months BoB. Considering the first two months have come down to minutes (seconds on month one) I'm feeling pretty damn smug.

So smug infact I'm making these guys a 'mascot' in the form of a Sergeant Major, standing on a pair of sand bags, barking orders. If it works it'll be cool. If not it doesn't have a points value so no harm no foul :D

Praetorian - Veteran Grenadiers

The other item from March's BoB was a squad of veterans. These guys are grenadiers kitted out with carpace armour, shotguns and a bank of special weapons.

Colours are going to be standard for vets in my army, so the command squads and the like will have the tan trousers instead of the blue of the rank and file. Shotguns I found as a conversion somewhere, I think Life of Shan on DakkaDakka. I'll update this with a link when I have net access at home! Quite cool flamer/lasgun hybrids that look kind of like big spas 12 type things.

Every model is converted to some extent, all the bodies are slimmed down scouts, pith helmets are from Col. Gravis, sculpted far beyond my skill level.

As is often the case when I'm painting the individual models I get a bit disheartened at my own abilities, but always really like the final group effect. As someone said quantity has a quality all of its own!

Not quite sure on the BoB plan for April. I'm thinking ogryns and a hellhound but I'm still juggling figures (and need to figure out how much time I'll have for construction without making it a last desperate gasp on the painting).

Praetorian - Primaris Psyker

Hi there! Back after a little hiatus. I moved home at the start of March and am still waiting for TalkTalk to bother connecting up my internet, most frustrating. But I am still chugging away, my BoB Praetorians are developing nicely.

This month was a light one for me in the comp, just two items. First up is my Primaris Psyker. This is an old second edition IG Psyker model, one of my favourites in my collection. Probably one I saw in a WD battle report back in the day and liked so much I bought it (the same reason I have the old IG Assassin).

Painted in fairly muted colours, but I'm quite happy with the results. Things I'd like to do to it but at the moment I lack time and talent unfortunately :)

Praetorian Infantry

And the infantry squad are also done. Surpised by these, wasn't a massive fan when I first primed them, but they've come together ok.

Again I could do with some detail shots, my rather amusing attempt at tartan on the sgts glengarry cap for instance. I'll sort them later, but here's a couple of group shots.

Lots more to do for Band of Brothers, namely I need to build the squad who are March's task. Might start them now, though packing the house up is kind of a priority at the moment!

Praetorian Cavalry

Hallo there. Things have been hectic here, namely because I move home in two days, but thanks to BoB over at AmmoBunker I've been keeping my Praetorians moving forward and I have a few things finished.

First up are the rough riders, my new pride and joy! They need some tweaking here and there, the riders especially, but since BoB is technically a competition and I had a deadline they'll be tidied up at the end.

I'll do some better individual photos when I get a chance, but there are four riders with lances, one with a heavy flamer and one with a grenade launcher. The guy pretty much in the middle on the purple bird is the sgt, but currently lacks any distinguishing features. He'll get a few extra details when I have the chance.

Praetorian Infantry

Progress has slowed on all my projects as I spend a lot of free time packing my belongings ready for moving home. However I have been up to a few bits.

Main thing is painting the infantry squad. I'm so slow at painting it's really frustrating. I'd got it all base coated and washed about a week ago. I spent an hour (literally) painting gore red onto the torsos to give it a highlight. Decided it didn't work, so spent another hour doing blood red. Still not happy. Not looking forward to another hour. Frustrating.

Anyway plenty to do on these but here's a couple of work in progress shots:

More updates as and when I have them. Hopefully I'll be in my shiny new home soon and I can crack on!