In Imperial Khador, Winter Guards YOU!

[peanutbutterconspiracy]

... I'll start by saying that I didn't come up with the title.

Anyway, back in July I was minding my own business as WarGamesCon, playing my ill-fated Farrow army when a friend I'd just made asked (jokingly) if I'd paint his Khador army. I laughed it off at the time and we went our separate ways. I found myself itching to start a new army, being that my Farrow are fully painted, and realized that perhaps the answer was to get in touch with my buddy and use his Khador as a project to really force myself into a higher tier of painting. He seemed pretty excited and sent me a huge Huggies box (explaining why I've got a gigantic huggies box in my apartment at age 20 is weird.) full of minis. Here's what I got:



In Huggies Box / In Progress / Finished
14 Winterguard, UA, 3 WA's, Konvik Joe
10 Winterguard Rifle Corps
4 Widowmakers, Marksman
Great Bears
2 Field Guns
2 Mortars
10 Assault Kommandos, 1 WA
2 ManhuntersMan o War Konvik
Yuri the Axe
EEiryss
Plastic Jack kit
Kodiak
Gun Carriage
Strakhov
EVlad
PIrusk
PButcher
Harkevich

It's gonna be a long haul, but I'm definitely improving really quickly through this project. I'll try and keep this pretty up-to-date, but I update my blog in my signature a little more regularly with WIP's and stuff.

[peanutbutterconspiracy]

So, I've finished the Deathstar, and finally got pictures taken:

**Disclaimer: the pictures sort of suck. I'm working on it, promise.**







The banner, in reference to the name "Winterguard Death Star" reads "That's No Moon"

The basic trooper models were a real pain to get through. Those MKI infantry are just painful to paint, the way the proportions are all screwed up and their hats are pulled down halfway over their eyes and stuff. Yuck. That being said, I got through it, and they look pretty good on a tabletop, I'd say I'm pleased with them.

[Jerkstore]

Hah! That's amazing. Kovnik Joe looks particularly impressive. Is his coat a dark blue, or black? It looks brighter on the top picture, but I'm not sure if that's flash or something.

[tutenkharnage]

Your banner is genius. And I like the paint job, too!

[peanutbutterconspiracy]

And time for the Kodiak!

**Same disclaimer from above about the pictures being crappy. Sorry, guys.**







I'll fess up immediately and say that the Kodiak is probably one of my least favorite of Khador's Warjacks. The sculpt as-is, is really static and sort of looks like he's taking a dump. Up in my ivory tower, I sawed off one leg at the hip and angled it up so that he was stepping up on a rock, which seemed to help alleviate the problem some, allowing me to make him more "mid-stride" rather than "mid-dump." The writing on his shoulders, predictably, reads "Motherland"

I'm really happy with the way he came out, but he's certainly not without flaws. The weathering on the arm-shields could probably have been done a little bit neater (which is sort of a weird thing to write), and the matte varnish seemed to come out sort of glossy (maybe too thick a coat?). It's not bad in person, but with a big light shining right on it, it's really noticeable.

Let me know what you guys think, thanks for looking!

[Blue Claw]

Love the WGI! Very bright, must look great on a table.

[volt_ron]

This is a phenomenal scheme I think. I really like it and the writing on the banner.

[CrimsonGuard]

Very vibrant colors indeed. I love the conrast between the dark and the red colors. Are they also as bright in real life?

[CrashProned]

This is so sweet! I usually hate the WGI models, but i actually like these ones!

[peanutbutterconspiracy]

Thanks for the replies everybody! It's really encouraging to see people are enjoying these (most of all, my client!)

@Jerkstore: Joe's coat is grey, but I gave him a Zenithal Priming***, which made his coat come out a little lighter than his comrades. The pictures are all wonky though.

As for the questions about how they look in real life, here's a picture of the first batch of WGI from a little while back (at about 90% completion, need basing, etc.):





Reposting old content as new content, like a boss.

That's a closer representation of how they actually look, except now there's more of them and there's a flag and stuff. Hoping to get a couple pictures like this tomorrow at a local tourney, fingers crossed!

Thanks for reading, let me know what you think!
-PBC

*** Zenithal Priming picture shamelessly stolen from Handcannon Online

[peanutbutterconspiracy]

Hey all, managed to get out to the shop and get a few pics of the finished models on a table:







Just iPhone pics, nothing really that great, but you get the basic idea... I'm still working out my photography situation, but hopefully that'll be taken care of shortly.

Almost done with the Great Bears, so I should finish them tonight... maybe more iPhone pics in store?

Thanks for reading!