Steel Legion army - the last of the infantry!

With the deadline for the Heroes of Armageddon project drawing near, I'm going to let you know now: expect a vicious flurry of posts driving you towards the "donate" button!

Here are the last infantry squads to cross my desk. The next time you see these they'll be nestled snugly in their Battlefoam trays.

1st Platoon, 3rd Squad (rocking the las/plas combo) were donated and painted by Mark Donelson. They match the rest of the army perfectly.

This is the second Savlar Chem Dogs squad. These guys were converted by John (from Santa Cruz Warhammer and one of the project's overlords) from Cadians with the addition of some greenstuff and heads & backpacks from Victoria Lamb's Highland Guard kits. They look great. They match the feel of my original squad, but have a character all of their own.

And rounding out the squads are the Armageddon Ork Hunters, also by John from SCW. John wanted a lean, veteran look to these badasses and you can check out his post about the choices he made here.

Finally, I finished off a Commissar for the Company Command Squad. The original list didn't call for one, but I felt it would be nice to throw one in, particularly one of the old school Steel Legion Commissars (gussied up a bit for "modern" times).

Anyway, the Battlefoam bags for these bad boys should be arriving today. I'm looking forward to getting all the models into their foam trays and taking a lot of pictures.

Get ready for the onslaught of Heroes of Armageddon posts! And Donate!

Cheers

Dave

Heroes of Armageddon - Fast Attack!

So, this morning a box lands on my doorstep, a box sent from Northern Virginia. I open it up and inside is what appears to be a bottle of Balvenie Scotch. Imagine my surprise when I opened it and saw the two Steel Legion Hellhounds from John Stiening!

To be honest, I wasn't too surprised. I'd seen his post about it just the day before ; )

Here are the first two models in the Steel Legion Fast Attack choices - a pair of Hellhounds, with the parts to make them Devil Dogs or Banewolves too. Thanks to John for these!

Next up is a trio of Sentinels painted up by Jordan Carasa. These walkers, seconded from an Elysian Recon Regiment, have only just arrived in theater and are yet to become too dinged up. I'm sure after their first few encounters with the green menace their crew will be hardened veterans. Their lascannons will also help against enemy armor, the bane of Mechanized Infantry.

And finally, for the Fast Attack choices, we have the Vendetta that will transport the Armageddon Ork Hunters. Painted by Pat Ohata from Senji Studios, this Imperial flyer is just fantastic! Such wonderful weathering and details, including an awesome "nose art" decal (see below) and opening doors.

Like John, Pat has provided all the options for this flyer. The winner will be able to use it as a Vendetta or a Valkyrie. Nice!

Friday - The last of the infantry!

We're almost there. Donations close July 23, so donate now!

Cheers

Dave

Heroes of Armageddon - Scratch sculpted character!

When we first embarked on this crazy adventure (The Heroes of Armageddon Charity Project), I cast about, asking a bunch of celebrated miniature painters I know to join in the "fun".

Chris Borer - winner of FOUR Golden Demon Slayer Swords and all round excellent guy - offered to provide the Master of Ordnance for the Steel Legion Command Squad. Then he floored me by offering to sculpt it from scratch. Above you can see the wonderful miniature he has created (from greystuff or procreate, I'm not sure which). As Chris himself said when he sent through this pic, this model could probably do double duty as either the Master of Ordnance, or an Officer of the Fleet.

Chris is currently painting this model up to be his entry for Golden Demon. Wouldn't it be great if he could pick up his FIFTH Slayer Sword with this model. What and awesome part of the Steel Legion prize : )

Donate now! Donate often!

Cheers

Dave

More Steel Legion Infantry!

I know you've been waiting to see more of the infantry for the Heroes of Armageddon Steel Legion army, but I've been crazy busy lately - including a three-day trip to Historicon for work.

Anyway, I finally got a chance to shoot the rest of the infantry that has arrived over the past week and I'll lay them out here, acknowledging the painter for each squad as we go along.

1st Platoon, Command Squad - painted by Brien Dulaney

1st Platoon, 1st Squad - painted by Joe Marshall

1st Platoon, 2nd Squad - painted by Matt Boles

2nd Platoon, Command Squad - painted by Brien Dulaney

2nd Platoon, 1st Squad - painted by Marc Raley

2nd Platoon, 2nd Squad - painted by Marc Raley

Savlar Chem Dogs, 1st Squad - painted by me (way back in the day). I've shown you this squad before, but I figured it'd be good to put it in here again.

Commissariat Stormtrooper Squad 01 - painted by Jonathan Lindgren

Jonathan actually painted up 12 models for this squad. Two are equipped with Grenade Launchers (as per the original army list) and another two are equipped with Meltaguns, allowing the winner to switch out the special weapons depending on their needs for the squad.

Jon also through on some great touches, including sergeant chevrons, glowing plasma coils, and great looking lenses.

The drawing of the "final four" winners is rapidly approaching. you have until July 22 to make your donation (or to make ANOTHER donation), and the drawing will take place on July 23!

Click on the link in the right column of this page now, and kick in some bucks!

Cheers

Dave

Empire Landship WIPs

Over the last few days I managed to get some paint on my Marienburg-class Empire Landship hull. I'm pretty happy with how things are going, and I certainly enjoyed the barnacles at the bottom of the hull.

Cheers

Dave