Today I finished the batch of Imperial Guard I’ve been working on, and feeling very glad that I decided early on to count rebasing as completion!
I painted up 22 guard models from scratch (20 infantry and 2 officers) for my newer Astra Militarum force started in 2020, called the Rythnian 108th “Ventilators” (because they come from a planet with endemic lung problems and because they fill their enemies full of holes, I did not know how big a thing that would be when I started!).
I also did the bases for 15 guardsmen (1 officer, 4 veterans, 10 regulars) who are part of my older Imperial Guard force, the Rythnian 6th.
I’m really happy with the newer paint scheme that I used on the Ventilators (almost all contrast and washes), I think it looks much better than the more-traditional scheme i used on the 6th.
For some side-by-side comparison, here’s a member of the 6th painted in 2009, the test model for the Ventilators (2020) and one of the batch-painted Ventilators I just finished:
I very much prefer the look of the latest model, and not just because I’ve gotten better in the last decade!
Little edit to add lightbox pictures!
That’s thirty-seven models finished, to start offsetting the massive step back HeroQuest made in my counts!
(It looks like I had already marked off the command squad as complete, so there’s a slight discrepancy in Figure Case)
BATG score: 64
Shame Golf score: -58
