As I continue through with my consistent hobby progress, I have decided to paint the army with a Non-Metal Metallic scheme. While on the offset, with a multitude of infantry, dozens of battle tanks and several Titans and super-heavies; painting NMM may not seem like the best of all possible ideas in the world. I understand this, but I have a plan!  

The primary reason I decided that the NMM scheme will nicely blend into my already existing Grey Knights army. Over the last few years I have painted just short of 5,000 points of Grey Knights and I have had the army on the BoLS site twice as well as twice on the Games Workshop White Dwarf Daily. Being able to easily ally in my army or have them all match in larger games (APOC!) was a big goal of mine. However, to me this meant I had to paint them at the same level, which is a big challenge in of itself.  

My Grey Knights Force as of Adepticon 2012 (it grew a lot since then!)

The Iron Saint, a Shadowsword Super-heavy tank that I had painted a few years ago. I am really proud of this model in particular. It looks great and it has an impressive kill count. In two Apoc games, it took down no less than four Super-Heavies (Two standard Stompas, a Big Mek Stompa and a Brass Scorpion). 

Infantry Squad Markings:

I have been a bit inspired by the White Dwarf and the hobby exploits of those around me concerning unit identification markers for the guard. I have been wrestling with how to properly identify the average guardsmen in the force and I have been a big fan with how Loopy (local player and one of the hosts of Masters of the Forge) has his Ork Boyz organized. He has individual units with different colors or different specific bits. This looks incredibly striking on the table and it allows for him (and his opponent) to quickly and easily see what is currently on the table.

Furthermore, in the April 12th issue of WD they picture guard squads with “regimental” colors painted on in bands of orange. I really liked this idea and immediately adopted it (using orange, blue or other primary colors).

For the Veteran Squads I’m looking to use the older metal Karsakin and Storm Trooper models as it’ll make the units more distinct. Furthermore, I’ll be kit-bashing some of the left over bits from the Scions sets to make the individual guardsmen in the army look more distinct and further separate my Imperial Guard from others (especially handy in Apoc games).

Current Infantry Design: 

Vehicle Markings:

One of the goals I have with this army is to make it look different on the table when compared to other Imperial Guard forces. I figure that the codex is going to eventually be more popular and a few people are going to dust off their Chimera tanks (which is all good of course- you know…for the Emperor!). With that goal in mind I’m looking to convert all of my Leman Russ & Chimera tanks in one way or another. This includes using healthy amounts of plastic card and extra bits to achieve this goal. In this way both myself and my opponent can clearly make out what tanks are still on the board and have a more visually appealing game to boot.

As I complete additional units for my commission projects and Titans, I will be sure to post them up here. I am also working on some back story for my growing army as well; which will also be posted.

Thank you again for your time.