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Valdore
08-10-2009, 07:05 PM
Ok then, the 23rd Joint Assault Group have been my army for a while now, but they've always been just that, an army, nothing special, and Joint Assault Group was the best way to explain them, with models from the Steel Legion, Cadian and soon Death Korps regiments, they've been a bit of a mix. And the paint jobs . . . well, the Steel Legion were my first ever painting, and are rubbish, utterly rubbish, barely even tabletop standard.

The Cadians were mostly a friend of mines who was selling them on at a fair old price, giving me the perfect excuse to gain some more infantry, and tanks, but the I bought it for the infantry, honest :D They are painted better than my Steel Legion, but in a completely different scheme, the standard Cadian theme (boring, no offence to those of you with them painted like that out there, but it really is a bit dull)

The Death Korps are still in the pending tray (Cardboard box they were delivered in) waiting to be built.

So, what triggered me to FINALLY get around to repainting my army? Well, our Summer of War Campaign actually, and if it fits the bill for the painting competition then all the better (yet to find out the rules for it!) Essentially we're playing a campaign that is designed to give people a chance to play with an army they want to use. You start with access to unlimited resources (points) but a limited pool to recruit from (1 HQ, 2 Troops), by playing games with your army you gain a point, by winning you gain another, by playing a game with a fully based army you get a bonus point, for the same but based you get another bonus point. Every 8 points grants you access to a force organisation slot of your choice. After playing the first couple after coming in late I figured I needed a bit of a helping hand, so I've decided to go ahead and re-paint the whole army in my new scheme and make it mine rather than a collection of a few models . . . well, a few by guard standards!

The fluff behind the army is that Inquisitor Lord Hector Rex fields his own Assault Groups using the best of the best, there are no regiments within these groups, several regiments fight together as one for the imperium under a Company Commander assigned by Rex himself, often one of his own men who have excelled in strategy. These groups are each designed for specific operations, some are jungle operatives, some are airborne assaulters, some fight on death worlds, the list goes on, but the honour of the 23rd is that of city fighting. They fight from street to street, backed up by armour specially designed for fighting in these tight confines and with pilots that some call insane and others call brilliant, able to fly within the confines of a city, landing their troops at critical ambush points or in a flanking position, then backing them up with their own firepower. Although the group often fights in locations other than cities, if there is a special task required in urban environments, the 23rd are called for, just as any other group would be called upon for their expertise in a particular field if they were needed.

So, onto some rubbish pictures, unfortunately I'm using my phone camera which is understandably useless without macro, but it'll give you an idea of what the scheme is and a couple of the units in the group. I should have a brand spanking new D-SLR within a few weeks so expect MUCH better pictures then!

Wall of text finished!

Company Commander & Basic Squad:

Ok, a little kitbashing I did because I could and felt like it! And in anticipation of the comments about the banners, because I could :) However, since then I have reasons for them all, the single banner will be the Group banner, the pennant carried by the bannerman shows the Commander's colours, a rallying point essentially, and last but not least, the second banner the bannerman is carrying will be the Inquisitor's colours. The Company Commander can also double as a Commissar Lord if I feel like it, he has enough presence to pass as one, admittedly the red cap helps. You can't see the details of the painting scheme in this, but it's one of GWs Urban camos, the one with the tutorial!
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_company_command1.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=company_command1.jpg)

A bit closer up, not that it helps!
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_company_command2.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=company_command2.jpg)

TBC

Valdore
08-10-2009, 07:18 PM
Ok, another kitbash I did (courtesy of a voucher for my bday, though I'll certainly do it again now I've done it once) This one uses the contents of 1 Catachan Command Squad box, 1 Cadian Command Squad box & extra special weapon of choice from either box or from a third box. Thankfully I had a third one from the command squad above. These are going to be the tankbusters, riding in a vendetta gunship to wherever they're needed, then dropping out to rain melta death on the opponent. They have three meltaguns, a power fist and the demolitions doctrine. I've given them all shotguns as well, because I felt like it and because they're going to be assaulting troops at some point, so I may as well give them all the help I can! The shotguns are all from the weapons on the command sprues, most are lasguns with bits cut off (the catachan ones work much better than the cadian ones) though there is a boltgun one in there as well as a boltpistol one, oh, and one from a sniper rifle. They have a voxcaster as well, just in case, and a banner because I ran out of decent right arms for the last guy! The Det pack is made from one of the sets of promethium tanks with a pack of some form glued to the back, imitating a satchel charge, the idea being that a satchel charge wasn't big enough, so they picked up the fuel tanks and made a crude fuel bomb, wouldn't want to be on the end of that when it went off!

And there is one missing because my eyes skipped over him when I was grabbing them all for the picture and I didn't notice till afterwards, but he's just a standard spod.

Their tactics will be, Vendetta deepstrikes in, moves 12" and fires one lascannon at a target, if it blows it up, awesome, if not ah well. The vets will have dropped out, and fired at their target, if they don't take it out with the guns, then they charge it. Next turn, whoever is still alive (I forsee them being a particularly large bulletmagnet!) will move onto the next tank if the first one has been destroyed/neutralised. And the vendetta will unleash hell on another tank. And so on until one side runs out of said units!

And pics:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_vets1.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=vets1.jpg)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_vets2.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=vets2.jpg)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_vets3.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=vets3.jpg)

Valdore
08-13-2009, 03:45 PM
Ok then, now that I have a decent camera, you can actually see what's on the photos I take!

So, first up we have the Steel Legion test model, first one of them I painted to see if the scheme would transfer well across to them, he is finished, fully based and painted:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_spod.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=spod.jpg)

And then we have Veteran Sergeant Death, leader of the melta squad of doom (Names may be subject to change before official release date of the fully painted army!) Complete with crackling power fist, plasma pistol, and a tattoo that will be shown off in later images, too tired to take pictures of it now : :
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_SgtDeath.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=SgtDeath.jpg)

johnny_trash
08-13-2009, 05:05 PM
looking pretty good! Can't wait to see some tanks.

Valdore
08-13-2009, 05:32 PM
You won't have to wait long!

I've just taken some pictures of my Hellhammer, which has been painted up similar to how I'm going to do the tanks for the Armoured regiment that assists the 23rd. It just has a more hand done look, I'll be using the spraygun for the standard russes, the technique I use on the super-heavies takes waaaay too long!

I also snapped a couple of pictures of my Valkyrie which has been painted up similar to how the tanks will be done, with the spraygun, not finished, but I'll explain that when I put the pictures up.

Essentially they will be primed chaos black, then have a very light spray of Space Wolves Grey, then they have some camo stripes sprayed on in Space Wolves Grey, some parts solid, some parts with the black still showing. Then more stripes in the same fashion with codex grey. Nice easy paintjob for them, then they'll be detailed. And they have some nice detail ;)

I also have some pictures of Hector Rex, the man behind the regiments as well as his trusted commander of the 23rd, but again, tomorrow :)

Also, be warned that this may take some time to complete, I'm taking it one man at a time, painting each one up. I don't do mass painting, even as a Guard Commander!

Valdore
08-14-2009, 01:09 PM
UPDATE:

Well, I think I now believe in the power of painted models. Sgt. Death (Name still in the pending tray) had a moment today, a very proud moment, after seeing his entire unit, and accompanying commissar slaughtered at the hands of the Tau, he rapidly pulled himself together and leaped to his fellow brothers aid as a Devilfish almost crushed them to death, after several attempts to destroy the transport, the combined squad looked on in disbelief as the Veteran Sergeant hit a stress line with a single blow from his mighty powerfist, ripping the transport apart just before it bore down upon the defenceless guardsmen, resulting in a short victory dance from all involved (and on the sidelines!)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/DSC_0163.jpg

Also, pictures as promised of the prospective tank camo, as well as a photo of one of the steel legion as the majority are painted at the moment, done about 7 years ago rubbishly!:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_original.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=original.jpg)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_DSC_0124.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=DSC_0124.jpg)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_DSC_0126.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=DSC_0126.jpg)

Valdore
08-18-2009, 04:20 PM
UPDATE:

Veteran number 2 is in progress, the first of three meltagunners, this young lad has a servo skull to help in his aim. For some reason it likes to hide behind him!

I've gone for what will hopefully look like albino/bleached hair once the skin is done. I'm pleased with the blending, it's one of the only times I've done proper blending, and other than that, the uniform still needs the black dots, the skin and visor need to be painted, the gun needs to be detailed, the bandages on the left forearm/wrist need doing, as does the base, servo-skull and boots . . . I shouldn't have listed it like that, makes it sound like a lot more than it looks!

So some pics, emphasising the gun barrel ;)

Picture of the whole model, focus point on the gun barrel. Also shows the servo-skull, the blended melta insignia on the pad, some of the uniform and the hair:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_Untitled.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=Untitled.jpg)
Barrel end, the blending continues to the hottest part ;):
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_gunbarrelend.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=gunbarrelend.jpg)

Also, been thinking of a better name for the Sgt, I'm thinking maybe Sgt. Grim.

Valdore
08-24-2009, 04:09 PM
UPDATE:

Managed to get some more work done on the meltagunner, and started another one:

The Usual Suspects:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_usualsuspects.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=usualsuspects.jpg)
The new meltagunner:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_vet_m2.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=vet_m2.jpg)
And again:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/th_vet_m21.jpg (http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/JCspeedy/Warhammer%2040k%20Imperial%20Guard/Joint%20Assault%20Group/?action=view&current=vet_m21.jpg)