- Paint jailbird infantry squads (50/100)
- Paint and base company commander with bolter
- Paint heavy weapon teams
- Base jailbirds and HWTs
- Paint and base tech-priest
- Magnetize jailbird special weapons
- Paint jailbird special weapons
- Convert HWT lascannons with pipe sections
- Repair valkyrie magnet that you butchered
- Airbrush valkyries
- Paint valkyries
- Assemble crusaders (with female heads)
- Paint and base crusaders
- Paint and base priests
- Paint officer of the fleet
- Base officer of the fleet
- Airbrush vehicles (chimeras, hellhounds, wyverns)
- Paint vehicles (chimeras, hellhounds, wyverns)
- Repair damaged stormtroopers (snapped swords, helmet spikes)
- Paint stormtroopers
- Paint stormtrooper scions
- Base stormtroopers
- Base stormtrooper scions
- Assemble KST troops
- Paint KST troops
- Base KST troops
- Magnetize KST troops special weapons
- Paint KST troops special weapons
- Paint and base jailbird snipers
- Convert ratlings (remove the stuffed animals?)
- Paint and base ratlings
- Paint and base nurses
- Paint and base primaris pyskers
- Paint and base servitors (cyber-zombies)
- Paint and base other characters
- Paint aegis defense line
- Get objective markers
- Make movement trays
It seems a new regiment of the guard is being raised on a planet called Aura, and I am to proceed there on the next transport. I've not heard of the planet, but I am told the Navy's cogitators will have data available for review. I must endeavor to learn the customs of the Aurans before I arrive! Perhaps the Aurans will be similar to the Jouran lads I'm leaving behind, but if they turn out to be cave-dwelling savages, then I will have to think of new ways to inspire them to valor (perhaps with simpler and louder words?)
-Commissar Anne Villers
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Commissar Villers (and her unnamed duplicate mini) gets the honor of being the first miniature in my Imperial Guard army, and the first miniature that I didn't buy pre-painted.
Assembly: The model is Viktoria Skivlana from a French company. It came in 4 parts: torso w/ 1 straight leg and 1/ arm with pistol; bent leg; arm with sword; and base with footlocker. Gluing everything together was straightforward, although it took me a little while to realize that a piece of sprue beneath one foot needed to be cut away (it looked very much like it belonged there). I trimmed the mold lines on the legs and arms, but I was very nervous about cutting too deep, so I'm not sure if I trimmed enough to make the lines invisible. Hopefully a few layers of paint will take care of them!
Priming: I don't have any sort of ventilation in my mansion, so I primed outside. Using a tip I saw on youtube, I used some putty to stick the base of the model onto the top of a PET bottle so I could hold the bottle and spray the model at the top. Unfortunately, it was quite windy outside when I did the priming, which I didn't even notice at the time (I was too excited I guess). I do think the priming came out okay, but I'll be more careful next time.
Painting: I'll get started tomorrow! The army's color scheme will probably be light blues, green, and brown, but I think I'll put the commissars in the traditional black cloak, red sash, and yellow details. The commissars stand outside the regiment's chain of command, so I want them to look very distinct from the squads they're attached to.
Also, I'm toying with the idea of naming all the soldiers in the army, noted on the model somewhere or written on the side of the base. In Commissar Viller's case, I'd probably write it on the side of the footlocker she's standing on.