Community Spotlight: Epic 40k, DUST Walkers & Praetorian Imperial Guard
August 3, 2018 by brennon
Come and join us for another delve into the Forums and Projects to find the best of the best from the last week or so. We're going to be getting stuck into lots of great looking pieces this week...
...make sure to always let us know what YOU have been working on and share it across the site.
Epic 40K by rastamann
We're kicking off this week with something that got me really excited. I love seeing alternative ways of playing in game universes and of course Epic was one of those for Warhammer 40,000. So, when rastamann finished off some amazing Epic vehicles I had to show them off.
Each of the models looks fantastic and he has put so much time and effort into these. You can see insignia, patterning and much more across the different models and they have a great general paint scheme to them which makes them stand out on the tabletop. A nice way to own Baneblades and not have them take over your house!
He also got to painting some of the Manticores from his collection.
I think you'll agree that once again, rastamann has done a superb job on these models and really brought them to life. It's the small details which make projects like this and I think I'd be very happy to be facing off against this on the tabletop...even if it was pummelling me into a pulp!
I hope that we get to see more of the Epic range from rastamann in the forums and projects!
DUST 1947 Walker by blipvertus
blipvertus takes us down into the depths of Pulp Weird World War gaming with his take on a DUST 1947 Walker for the Axis.
He has painted the walker to work within his 22nnd Luftwaffe Field Division force in the game and gone to great lengths to add some nice details to the piece.
The camouflage pattern is looking subtle but fantastic and matches very well against the metallics of the piece overall. I like that it really focuses in on that 'comic book' feel for the game world and the transfers have been left looking poppy like that.
I think that all of us approve of the weathering for the model too which does give it a nice realistic edge. The little bit of dirt and grime around the rivets is also well worth noting as it is a little detail that could have easily been ignored.
Some great work for the world of DUST.
Praetorian Imperial Guard by denzien
Last but not least we turn our attention to this project from denzien who has been taking some pointers from John it seems and working on this awesome Praetorian Imperial Guard army for use in Warhammer 40,000.
It's great to see this old school arm of the Imperial Guard making their way back to the tabletop in this fashion. All of the infantry look awesome and I love the extra conversion work to give them some very unique Rough Riders as well!
It is well worth heading over to the project and taking a better look at what denzien has been working on and ask for some pointers and such as to how you could bring something like this to life. It is very much a way to 'game in the gaps' of Warhammer 40,000.
The models all look awesome when they are formed up in square like this and give you a great image of them in the midst of battle. I wonder how long they'd hold out against a Tyranid swarm like that?
Maybe just avoid opponents with massive blast templates...
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Really cool picks again this week. I love the Pretorian- very obvious idea as such but denzien has taken that extra step and made them really cool. Personally I have also gotten re-intrigued by epic and pulled out my old models the other week (maybe due to adaptus titanicus). Plan to paint them up over the fall and winter. Will be a nice change to paint some 6mm and the models still hold up.
Some great models this week. I have my favourites of course
Wow that Dust walker is awesome, Well done to everyone.
Beautiful paintjob on the walker, great creativity on the Imperial Guard, and I’m wiping away tears at those epic vehicles. Congrats all!
Crazy Epics.
Great job you guys.
@brennon and everyone else – You are too kind! Thank you very much
@brennon, @somegeezer and @alfonsothetraitor, thanks for the compliments! This was a fun project and I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out.
Those Pretorians are so cool.. great to see Epic as well, now where was my box of bits for that.. ??
great work in on all the models guys love the old Epic models.
Thanks for the Golden Button. I’m afraid Johns not the inspiration for the guard army but was the inspiration to dig out of the garage. A previous codex did have rules for close order drill and I think alien mounts so it suited the Praetorians. Shame they don’t have that much choice in guard armies these days. They work well for staampunk games to.