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| Recent (mostly) additions to my 15mm 30k project - all 3D prints. |
One of the trademark aspects of my own specific hobby nuttiness is the
tendency - let's call it what it is, an absolute clear drive - to paint/collect my favourite periods/settings in multiple scales. Is it an unhelpful diffusion of efforts? I suppose so, if you take a project-management style view of the hobby. But I have to do that kind of thing for my day job, so when it comes to the hobby, fun rules. I tend to see the pursuit of multiple scales as a way to really enjoy a given period, setting or game even more. Hence the Franco-Prussian, Napoleonics, Warhammer (Old World), Cold War Gone Hot etc. all in multiple scales.
And this madness continues with more recent 30k painting to share. As you can see, they are in the bright, fun-and-yet-somehow-still-grim yellow of the VII Legion Astartes, the Imperial Fists. These are all 3D prints courtesy of Byron.
Disclaimer: While most of the figures to be shown here have been painted over the past summer, I have been so utterly negligent in blog posting, that a few of these figures were painted longer-time-ago...like last spring? I was sure I had already posted them....and I couldn't find them? If I somehow doubled up, I apologize in advance...
There is a big pile of stuff in the photo above, so in this post, I'll focus on some of the infantry.
Breacher Squad
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| Safety first! |
I love the pseudo-medieval look of the "breacher" space marines in the 30k/Age of Darkness setting. The "space pavisse" style shields are just bonkers.
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| All set to, er, punch by example.... |
This is a pretty standard 10-man unit. Two of the marines are equipped with melta guns, while the sergeant has a power fist. The rest have standard bolt guns, and of course the whole lot of them are parked behind huge pavisse-style shields. In theory these would be used for boarding actions on ships in the void, but come on...given the nature of Rogal Dorn and his Marines, you can absolutely see these guys just carrying the shields everywhere because reasons.
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| Melta gunner on the right, regular bolt gun on the left. |
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| Leg armour seen from the rear...almost like a terminator style leg-plate. |
There is one other interesting aspect to these guys - they look to be wearing helmets in the style of the elusive "Mark V" armour (really a melange of bits - some Mark III, but the knee plates are reminiscent of Terminator-style armour). The combo of the different bits was great work by whoever did the STL and It's fun to have a bit of it in 15mm. I find it does suit the "breacher" look nicely.
Assault Squad
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| Jump in there lads! |
And here we get to some classic, Mark VI "Beakie" armour goodness, with a 10-man assault squad.
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| The sergeant is waving "hello" - just before he shoots you... |
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| Two-handed chainsword!! |
The officer has some power claws. And one of the marines is carrying a two-handed chainsword, which is awesome, because it makes the chainsword concept even more grim-dark hilarious.
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| Two of the standard assault marines. |
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| Step carefully! |
The STLs for these fellows are just LOVELY. I don't even hate the "tactical terrain"...they have great motion, they are ready to jump into battle and start whacking heretics with chainswords and other fun bits of kit from the grim, dark future.
That's it for the infantry in this lot...I'll focus on the vehicles (previewed in the group photo at the top) in a later post. Thanks for reading!
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