Author Archives: the Goat
About my Imperial Guard: Part 3 – Hardened Veterans
I worked all weekend and I completed a new addition to my Imperial Guard army, a squad of Hardened Veterans. Here is a picture of the sergeant (more pictures at the end): As you can see I used Catachan jungle … Continue reading
About my Imperial Guard: Cadian 17th Regiment – Part 2 – Sly Marbo
It didn’t take long for me to deviate from the plan I laid out in my last post. I figured I could finish a whole elites choice by painting one model. So I pulled out Sly Marbo – the one … Continue reading
Modelling Guide: Imperial Guard Valkyrie Vendetta
This is a step by step guide showing how to convert the new Imperial Guard Valkyrie model into a Valkyrie Vendetta gunship. The conversion uses plastic parts from other Games Workshop model kits. Here is a picture of the finished … Continue reading
Tactics: I hide behind you, You hide behind me, We both win
In the table top war games we all play, there is a fine balance between making the rules too complex or making them too simple. Personally I tend to favor more simplified rule sets because I think streamlined rules make for a better playing experience. But with simplified rules you also find more game situations that are counter intuitive [...] Continue reading
When good figures go bad
If you play these games long enough then eventually you will have to deal with a new codex that makes one of your figures or even entire units obsolete. For me this just happened with the new Imperial Guard codex. Here is a picture of my second edition Warhammer 40K Cadian Imperial Guard Lieutenant [...] Continue reading
About my Imperial Guard: Cadian 17th Regiment – Part 1
I have been hard at work over the last week. I finished up Gunnery Sergeant Harker and two platoon command squads (more pictures at the end of this post). I wanted to talk about my plans for the army going … Continue reading
Newly painted fig: Gunnery Sergeant Harker
Hi all, While I was working on my two platoon command squads I also cleaned and primed my next project, which is a squad of hardened veterans and gunnery sergeant Harker. After seeing the model I really wanted to paint … Continue reading
Some of my Imperial Guard Characters
I haven’t made much progress painting this week. I spent most of my time building up this glorious website for you to enjoy. Also I saw the new Star Trek movie. Which was quite good.
Anyway, no new models for me. But here are some new pictures of old models for you. . . Continue reading
the Goat’s new painted figures
Here are some models I just finished painting. These are a couple of infantry squads for my Cadian Imperial Guard force. Next in the pipe is the platoon command squad.