Epic 40k Death Guard – Devastator Detatchment

Finally got me some time to put into the Epic 40k Death Guard.  These 6mm beauties are always a joy to paint and I usually get carried away with myself if I have a small number of them to concentrate on over a couple of nights.  I settled on a quick way to paint them using spray from brown to bone to white with a little drybrushing before detailing them in a fairly flat way with minimal highlights to bring out the detail a tiny bit more crisply.

 

Death Guard Devastator detachment with their commander – minus 4 rhinos!

There are 6 stands in the devastator detatchment, and they will be getting 3 Rhinos to cart them around.  These chaps are part of a larger formation, the company, which is fundamental to choosing epic armies, so you tend to paint minis in formation groups, in this case 19 stands of infantry and 10 rhinos.

Captain looks a bit like he is conducting the choir…

Are you sure such a sensible colour for a cloak is allowed on a GW model from the 90s?

Note the heavy bolter here is converted from a land speeder heavy bolter and green stuff for new arms and the backpack.  I really like that low slung heavy bolter look with the suitcase full of ammo on his back.  I think I may try to create some more for other command stands later.

This group represents 3% of a codex chapters fighting strength apparently.  Having said that this force is painted in a pre-(horus)heresy glory days of xeno-exterminatinon-happy-fun-time of the emperor scheme though, when men were more than men and even a chapters choir was thousands strong 😉 .

Sgt. Whitehead’s burly men

Sgt. Biff – He just looks like a Biff

 

 

Sgt. Picard’s compelling annunciations elicit acts of valor from the men

 

This is what a player generally gets to look at of their models during a game of epic, assuming they have not been obliterated by a barrage missile launcher rolling a 6.

 

 

Happy with the painting but the finish could be better.  The side effect of spraying can be a slight texture on the surface which is apparent.  I might try to do them by hand and drybrush them on the next batch to get better control on the finish.

So next up for this company is 6 tactical stands and 6 jump pack assault stands.  I am saving the best bit till last, the 10 Rhinos.  Painting tiny versions of 40k vehicles is satisfying stuff, and I can even throw in some minor conversion work!

 

Rogue Trader Imperial Guard Project – More Pictures of 1989th

This is just a quick round up of the project.

Painted squads first:

 

Catachan Pattern Comm Link and Sargent

“Corporal” in center (for splitting the squad), also Flamer Guy toting a Cadian pattern flamer

 

Command Squad: 13th Company 3rd Platoon

Ogryn with Ogryn Badass

 

Works in progress.  These are pretty much test models for squads I am planning on adding to the force:

WIP Rough Rider – Front Left

 

WIP Rough Rider Sargent Front Right

WIP Rough Rider – Rear

 

WIP Necromunadan Grenadier – Front

WIP Necromunadan Grenadier – Rear

 

WIP Jump Pack Assault Sargent with Plasma Pistols – Front

WIP Jump Pack Assault Sargent with Plasma Pistols – Rear

 

WIP – Rough Rider Sergeant on Servosteed

This is a work in progress for a potential rough rider squad.  I may never get around to building a full squad of them but I always liked the concept of using the undead steeds as the basis for a rough rider riding animal.  The idea is similar to the servo skull cyber-robots made from the heads of trusted imperial servents except in this case it is a trusted horse which has had the dubious honour of being cyberdized.  Oddly enough I have never seen anybody do a decent effort at this concept that was not just a really lame looking cadian on an unconverted undead horse – if anybody has come accross a good one please link me!

I have opted to not bother with the rather cliché hunting lance and have gone for a bone splintering chainsword which the preferred cavalry weapon on Necromunda where it is used for crowd control in the underhive 🙂

Ohh yeah and I have also taken the liberty of intergrating a storm bolter into the Servosteed for sheer awesomeness (and you never know when you will be called upon to crowd control a genestealer cult).

The mechanical bitz come from clockwork watches which Ms. VonBismark had previously scavenged, I highly recommend getting your hands on some old scrap watches for parts, especially for the tiny buzzsaws 😉

 

There is more detailing to go on this fellow before it is finally ready for some paint.