Pablol - Imperial Guard - Month 6 - Field of bones

 Bones bones bones

Behold my pile of shame. I shouldn't have saved the best for last as June was much too busy. Off to the field of bones.

I spent the two first weeks of June painting walls at a nursery and couldn't really do any painting at night. My friend was commissioned to make an artpiece for this nursery and the time table was pretty tight. The rest of the month went finishing other work projects that were on hold for the two first weeks and preparing for my holiday that starts now. Summer has also finally started and the few free nights were spent out with friends.

This is one of the walls of the public art commission I was working on.

Sadly an army is nothing without a leader. Though I'm glad I saved most of these models for later as I feel like during this challenge I've finetuned my painting a bit and feel much more confident working on these centerpieces now compared to the beginning of the year.

Here are the last three models for the Mortar team. One is a Cawdor and the two are masked up Orlocks. I was really struggling to find any Cawdor gangers all of this year. I bought some last year, but didn't realise I would've needed a few more and passed on a few deals.

I started painting the Techpriest already in May. So far it mostly just has the main colours blocked in. I've never really liked any of the original Techpriest models so I had to find something else. The old 6th edition Grave Guard models have the capes, eerie poses and perfect Blanche hats. I even extended the hat a bit higher to give it more authority.

I armed the Techpriest with a Bolt pistol and a power axe.

The last Lasgun servitor is pretty straightforward and will fit in well with the rest of the squad. I had chopped both it's arms off sometime around 2005.

The Imperial Preacher was also ready in May and got some paint while I was working on the last month tanks. He's based on a 6th edition flagellant with a flail that is replaced with an Imperial eagle. I also gave him a backpack and some equipment.

Probably the only Rogue Trader model is this headless psyker that I converted into an Inquisitor. I really like his pose. He'll lead the Cadian command squad.

My army leader will be this command squad. The power fist Catachan Lieutenant is a really cool model, but his Bolter hand is a bit stiff and at a bad angle for photos. I think this position with the Plasma pistol gives a better dynamic front pose.

The rest of the command squad:

The standard bearer is only missing it's flag.

The Cawdor heavy is missing the end of his weapon.

The Cawdor leader is as is.

The Bretonnia pilgrim will fill the last spot of the command squad.

I even got a bit gready at some point around April and May and started painting these Ratling snipers that I never managed to finish.

Last but not least I have this tank commander to go on the Leman Russ Demolisher.

Most of these models are already based and ready for paint, so I'll be working on them as soon as I get back home from my holiday. Luckily I have one more deadline to motivate me to finish this army. Ropecon is one of the biggest roleplay and miniature events in Finland and it's during the last weekend of July. They have an Armies on Parade themed army gallery called Show of Force. I'll try my best to have the army finished by then so I'd be able to show it there.

A great thank you for the Old World Army Challenge and all the motivating comments and messages throughout this year. I don't know if I've ever managed to build and paint this much in 6 months. Next year I'll hopefully be better prepared and have less to build and more time to paint.

Good luck for everyone else! Can't wait to see and read about your completed armies!