Beginnings

I've always been a chaos player.

I'd read some of the Imperial Armour books before now but was never that into them - they are aimed mainly at other armies as far as I can see. So, when the Siege of Vraks series was released, with more stuff for chaos, I was interested.

Then the new Imperial Guard codex was released. It looked great, but I was intrigued by one of the guys on the cover... what's his story? That combined with the chance to do a chaos Baneblade made it an easy decision... ;)


So, the bottom line is that I've decided to build a traitor Imperial Guard army. This will be quite a departure for me as it will be the first army I've actually planned ahead of time instead of randomly acquiring bits I like the look of. I'm also going to be looking to raise my painting game and use an airbrush for vehicles along with some advanced weathering techniques (oils, MIG pigments etc). I've also jumped on the blogwagon to hopefully motivate myself and track my progress.

I like the chaos militia models forgeworld have out at the moment but I don't want to limit myself to the Vraks militia rules (The amazing Chaos Ogrynn models notwithstanding) so I will be basing my new army on the loyalist codex. This also lets me use some of the amazing new vehicles for the Guard like the Executioner, Punisher, Vulture, Manticore... The list goes on :) Another job therefore is to come up with some (good) fluff.

I've started collecting the the required bits. As far as painting goes, I have started with a scout Sentinel to try out a few new techniques and finalise a vehicle colour scheme. I'll also be using some of the more advanced techniques described in the Forgeworld masterclass book for the first time so I figure it would be better to screw up a Sentinel instead of a Baneblade if it all goes pear shaped ;)

So, here's some pics of the Sentinel assembled. I've painted and weathered the interior of the crew compartment but nothing else yet. I also don't like the hunter-killer missile that comes with the new Sentinel (Far too big) so I still need to make one and attach it on the left side.
I've tried to be a bit more subtle than usual with the chaosification so just a few little extra bits added. The driver is a forgeworld chaos militiaman, a very straightforward conversion. I just needed to remove one of his gas mask tanks on his back to make him fit and fill the joins with green stuff. I used the model looking around to the right as he is meant to be a scout. His fighting role in the army will be to outflank with a partner or two with Autocannons and HK missiles to hopefully light up enemy armour from the rear.