odinsgrandson
09-04-2015, 09:37 AM
When I first started painting armies some years back, I was contacted to paint up a few old-school Praetorian Imperial Guard.
I played Imperial guard back when the Praetorians were first released (originally meant in the limited edition box set). I'm also a big fan of the film Zulu! that inspired them (Michael Caine is always good).
So I was excited. I figured I wouldn't get a lot of chances to paint Praetorians again, since they were no longer being made, and they weren't ever produced as a regular line of imperial guardsmen.
Somehow, I was very wrong. He has expanded his force many times, with more classic out-of-print minis than I thought I'd ever end up seeing.
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/Praetorian-Army.jpg?i=2066499487
Now, I like me some close ups, and I did put a warning about this thread being pic heavy, so:
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/pretoriansolo4.jpg?i=2131139537
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/guard_preatorian_unit.jpg?i=1949053039
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/pretoriansolo2.jpg?i=877889494
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/ig_troopers_preatorians.jpg?i=1296112127
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/imperial_guard_primaris_psyker.jpg?i=1792665694
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/ogryn.jpg?i=1987165733
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/female-commissar.jpg?i=1541136253
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/sentinel.jpg?i=538235704
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/praetorians-1.jpg?i=613926
I played Imperial guard back when the Praetorians were first released (originally meant in the limited edition box set). I'm also a big fan of the film Zulu! that inspired them (Michael Caine is always good).
So I was excited. I figured I wouldn't get a lot of chances to paint Praetorians again, since they were no longer being made, and they weren't ever produced as a regular line of imperial guardsmen.
Somehow, I was very wrong. He has expanded his force many times, with more classic out-of-print minis than I thought I'd ever end up seeing.
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/Praetorian-Army.jpg?i=2066499487
Now, I like me some close ups, and I did put a warning about this thread being pic heavy, so:
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/pretoriansolo4.jpg?i=2131139537
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/guard_preatorian_unit.jpg?i=1949053039
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/pretoriansolo2.jpg?i=877889494
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/ig_troopers_preatorians.jpg?i=1296112127
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/imperial_guard_primaris_psyker.jpg?i=1792665694
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/ogryn.jpg?i=1987165733
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/female-commissar.jpg?i=1541136253
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/sentinel.jpg?i=538235704
http://www.gardenninja.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/imperial-guard/praetorians-1.jpg?i=613926