My first platoon of greatcoats are ready to be primed; well at least the troops are. This platoon will be lead by Al-Rahem or at least my great-coated interpretation. Al or Alexei Romanov as I'm calling him is still a WIP. First up is the platoon command squad with 3 meltas.
Next we have the balance of the first squad that goes with the prototypes that I posted up here
And finally the second squad.
I decided to portray these guys as a rather motley hive-militia auxiliary to the First Born Veterans hence they get an eclectic mix of lasguns scrounged from the battlefield including Catachan and Steel Legion las-carbines. If I build another squad, I'll throw in a few lasguns from the Necromunda weapons sprue.
UPDATE: Wargames Factory has re-opened their web-store so it looks like the great coat shock troops will continue to be available.
The Dreamer
1 week ago
5 comments:
I really like your Sgt with pistol and cap. Great posing.
I use pig iron heads too. 100% better for my purposes than cadian heads.
the coats match their cossak hats.
but they look more like light coats, by they way their movement is implied.
Squad looks good. I like the way the y look in real life too. They are a near perfect match to the GW parts and someone like me who doesn't play Guard would have trouble finding a difference.
Ron
Thanks, these guys are a lot of fun to build up -- I'm glad that I have so many Cadian spare parts to play mix and match with.
I have have been gathering parts to start making a IG army with the Great Coats Miniatures. Those look nice, have you decided on a color yet? I am torn between, a Grey Base, or Tan...
Thanks Rath. I went with a tan scheme that matches my tanks. There's link to the painted prototypes for the first squad:
http://pfchudson.blogspot.com/2011/02/great-coat-guardhot-shot-lasguns.html
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