The Imperial Guard Tread-head thread

[Codsticker]

Yes it is. It's a 50 year special edition.

1/40... That's a rather weird scale.

greenbull: another well painted tank- the weathering is awesome.

[LordofWar1986]

Hello guys and gals!!

I figured I would post up my Jakran "LR" tanks for you guys to see. It's 95% done with a small couple of things to finish before I slap some paint on.

Enjoy!

[SanguinaryDan]

Hey guys, it's been a while since my last contribution, but I managed to take some foto's from my latest vehicle for my Krieg-army: a medusa
I still need to finish some details though. I will probably add a plough as well.

One more thing: it was one of the more difficult Forgeworld models to build. I had a lot of work to fix the warped pieces and make them all fit together. I discovered a major design error as wel: the cannon had some fat tube on top of the main barrel, but with that in place I couldn't fit the barrel inside the enclosed crew compartment... I had to carefully remove that tube. The strange thing is, that on the pictures from Forgeworld, there's no trace of that fat tube. I suspect that someone remade the barrel for some reason, and decided to add something to it without checking fot interference...

Furthermore, the opening in the turret for the barrel was not wide enough. I had to take away at least 1 mm on both sides from the openings to arrange this. And finally, the 2nd step on the back of the compartment interfered with the big hatch when I tried to close it.I had to take away some material in order to be able to open and close the (magnetised) hatch. Again a design error. But hey, I won't complain because Forgeworld produces such nice models!

One thing I really liked, was the included foto-etched grill that acts as a look-through floor under which the shells are stored.

They sent you the wrong barrel. The enclosed Medusa's cannon shouldn't have the recuperator(?) on top. They also had to do an all new Earthshaker for the enclosed Bassie as the original plastic tube would never have fit.

[Mr Kibbles]

Awesome work Greenbull. I like that LR tank LordOfWar

[razormasticator]

Hey guys, it's been a while since my last contribution, but I managed to take some foto's from my latest vehicle for my Krieg-army: a medusa
I still need to finish some details though. I will probably add a plough as well.

One more thing: it was one of the more difficult Forgeworld models to build. I had a lot of work to fix the warped pieces and make them all fit together. I discovered a major design error as wel: the cannon had some fat tube on top of the main barrel, but with that in place I couldn't fit the barrel inside the enclosed crew compartment... I had to carefully remove that tube. The strange thing is, that on the pictures from Forgeworld, there's no trace of that fat tube. I suspect that someone remade the barrel for some reason, and decided to add something to it without checking fot interference...

Furthermore, the opening in the turret for the barrel was not wide enough. I had to take away at least 1 mm on both sides from the openings to arrange this. And finally, the 2nd step on the back of the compartment interfered with the big hatch when I tried to close it.I had to take away some material in order to be able to open and close the (magnetised) hatch. Again a design error. But hey, I won't complain because Forgeworld produces such nice models!

One thing I really liked, was the included foto-etched grill that acts as a look-through floor under which the shells are stored.

Your tanks are amazing. You have really mastered the masterclass skills!

[SDKFZ]

@ LordofWar1986 : Nice tank youve made, looks very british to me

/ SDKFZ

[Desert thunder]

mkay, so I've probably gotten as afr as I could get finishing this Stormblade.

[surprize]

..........This was also my first time using powder pigments for the dirt and stuff. It looked a lot better before I sprayed varnish on it, don't know if the air from the can made the pigments blow away or what. So I might go back over it to dirty it up more, .........

this was my experience too, the varnish seems to almost make the powders into a wash, and make them much more subtle. but yeh, going over it again will help.

not sure if it was just the pigment/varnish i was using at the time (tamya weathering kit and GW varnish) or if others work differently.

That's quite a common problem with varnish and pigments. They recommend on the MIG website I think (or maybe the forums) that you don't varnish over the top of pigments as the varnish will remove some of the textured quality of the pigments making them appear flatter and homogenise the colours into the base somewhat. Depends on how much you will be handling the tank, normal fixing with thinners might be enough (i.e. either apply as a wash of pigment and thinners/or brush pigments on dry and then carefully wet with thinners/or coat with thinners and apply dry pigments to that). As an alternative you can get a product called "pigment fixer" from MIG, which provides a "permanent fixing solution", but I haven't used it myself, so I don't know the effects.

In the FW masterclass book for one tank (Renegade Medusa) they apply chipping/pin wash and rusting, then matt varnish to protect it, then apply the dusty/muddy weathering textures over the top of that without any further applications of varnish to seal. Haven't tried this approach myself, so can't comment on whether it is effective.

hope that helps

[greenbull]

I use the pigment fixer from MIG. It leaves a slight glossy appearance , so you have to dull it with a flat varnish... and then you have the mentioned flat and homogenic appearance.
The only sollution is to dust on the pigments without using anything afterwards,but that's only possible for display models.
Also good to know, is that the MIG-thinning sollution will dissolve the fixer.

[dangermouse425]

My Hydra.

WIP: Side armour to be done and a lick of paint won't hurt...

[Jonik]

Autocannons *might* be a tad big... could be the angle, and then again, why not big?

Great idea using the rhino though.

[dangermouse425]

I was going for the age-old maxim of "big is beautiful". The idea is that not only do they have to pop light transports and grav tanks, but also shoot down enemy fliers and/or bombers at higher altitudes, etc.

Plus I'm hoping it'll scare my opponents

[Hrw-Amen]

Those autocannons do look a bit big, but then again I've just got my FW Hydra this week and was actually surprised at how much bigger the autocannons are. They did not look that big in the photos on the website, at least not to me. So yes, go with big ones, why not!

Now I am toying with the idea of what to do next. I want to start the Hydra tonight as it has been soaking in soapy water for a couple of days, (At least the rsin bits.) but am also thinking I've got that squadron of Basalisks that have been sat there for well over two months, also got some heavy weapons team missile troops to do not to mention 80 odd orks of various sizes/types to start on.

I need more arms and certainly more work space! Maybe the Hydra will win out though?

[SSG Snuffy]

Does anyone have (or has anyone seen) a Russ with a converted Tiger turret? I picked up a Tamiya 1/48th scale Tiger I and I was shocked at how much room there is in the turret...



Naturally, this got me to thinking about doing a little conversion. I have a sneaking suspicion that a Russ would look extremely ugly with a Tiger-style turret on it, but I'd love to see pictures and/or plans if anyone has them.

[MrP]

Some very nice work here, chaps! Here's my own two penn'orth, as they say.

[Desert thunder]

That's some sweet weathering, but I have to say it does look like your tank just drove through the worlds biggest **** storm.

[MrP]

That's some sweet weathering, but I have to say it does look like your tank just drove through the worlds biggest **** storm.

Er, they were on manoeuvres on an agriworld, maybe. Cheers, old boy!

[dangermouse425]

Loving the weathered effect on the Baneblade, MrP!

[Mr Zephy]

That's a great baneblade. Really, all the tanks here have been pretty cool and worth looking at. This thread is the only reason I visit Warseer any more.

[SSG Snuffy]

The tread-head thread has really slowed down, of late. Many of the regulars seem to have gone on hiatus or moved on to other armies.