More Guard (and Rolf)

OK, the highlight of my week has to be:

As well as meeting Rolf, I've spent this week working some more through my Guard project. My plan is (still?) to build up a 1k list and then see how i like it and then maybe upgrade to 1.2 and then 1.5k. My initial list (painted items in red) being:

HQ

Company Command Squad (4x Meltaguns) 90

Chimera (Multi-laser & heavy flamer) 55

Troops (2)

Platoon Command Squad (4x Meltaguns) 70

Chimera (Multi-laser & heavy flamer) 55

10 Troops (Grenade Launcher, autocannon) 65

10 Troops (Grenade Launcher, autocannon) 65

Platoon Command Squad (4x Meltaguns) 70

Chimera (Multi-laser & heavy flamer) 55

10 Troops (Grenade Launcher, autocannon) 65

10 Troops (Grenade Launcher, autocannon) 65

Fast Attack

Scout Sentinel (autocannon & Smoke Launcher) 45

Heavy Support

Leman Russ 150

Leman Russ 150

(Kudos to Ravendove over at Librarium Online for his advice)

Anyway, on with the new pix. First up are the second troop squad:

I equipped this squad with a pile of flamers because I loved the look of the mini. It's not codex-legal, so they will just be proxies for lasguns.

Inspired by the really nice comments that I've had about my previous Guard paintjobs, I really pulled out the stops for my mortar squads, trying to have each one tell a story in a way. They wont be included in my 1k list, but hopefully I should be able to work a few into the 1.2k list:

And finally a scout sentinel (again proxying an armoured one for a basic scout):

TBH I'm not 100% sure about this one. The colour-scheme is a bit dark and I'm sure I could do a better job. I'll either hawk it on the bay of e and build the one that came in the second battleforce or try and redo the paintjob somehow.

EDIT: Since the first version of this entry, I've now finished the 2 Russes:

And finally a couple of shots of the lead tank:

The plan for this week is to paint either a Chimera or the PCS - or maybe redo the Sentinel.