Spring Cleaning Challenge: Imperial Guard (PROJECT COMPLETE!)

I’ve found some more minis although they lack bases so I’ll have to sort that out before I start painting.

I also found some more semi painted examples, a Commissar and a Tank known as a Grasshopper.

The unpainted Grenadier is carrying a Sniper Rifle equivalent, a Bren Gun taken from a WWII Warlord British Sprue.

The NCO is a Regimental Sergeant Major. Three marks on the Upper Arm and one on the Lower arm. He carries the Carbine and Wears the Turban.

The Commissars assigned to the Regiment are all from the same pool as any other Commissars of the Imperium, the only difference being that their Black Coats are trimmed in the Colour of the Branch they Serve with.

The Tank is a Flame Throwing Variant that Counts as a Hellhound

It Carries a Tribal Ariel in the Shape of a Twin Snake, the Symbol of the Tribe, and a Telescopic Device that Assists the Vehicle when Operating in a Scouting Capacity.

Lacking Any Official Astra Militarum Tanks these Men must make do with what they can. What Other Regiments would Consider Training Tanks not fit for Combat are Transformed into Scouts.

Barrels are Strapped Haphazardly to the Vehicles Hull and they Feed the Main Gun. While it is not the Safest Thing in the World it is the Only Way to Bring Enough Fuel to Have any Use. Many a Grasshopper lies Burnt out and Wrecked due to Nothing More Deadly than a Boltgun.

Smaller Tanks Feed the Bow Flame Thrower and are More Heavily Armoured than the Other Barrels.

I wanted to use a Cheap and Easily Available Kit but I didn’t want anyone to be able to tell what kind of tank it was at a glance.

A Panther is a Panther no matter how many 40K Gubbins you slap on it and it wouldn’t look right.

For those interested this is a Light Tank 38M Toldi II (B40), a Hungarian Light Tank form WWII. A perfect tank to convert. The Hull Flamer and Tanks are from the Cadian Sprue and the Turret Flamer is from a Forge World Land Raider Sponson Kit.