The Refounding Of The Carpathian 7th, Pictures

[Subcontractor]

After being away from the game and hobby for 5-6 years, I'm finally finding that I have some time to sit down and model, paint and play. Looking at my painted Guardsmen, however, is quite a dismal sight... it's pretty obvious that they were just painted to become tournament-legal and nothing more.



The infantry should be pretty simple to work up - a few highlights, some touch-ups on the faces and actually picking out the details should do wonders. Taking the time to paint over superglue mishaps should be even better!



After I've touched up the models I already have painted, I'll finally have a chance to finish all those guys who have been sporting the black camo of doom for half a decade.



And perhaps I'll be able to put some more time into all those conversions I had planned, like the jet-bike (Rough Rider... *cough cough*) sergeant in the back row above, or the Inquisitor and retinue who have been on dust collection duty.



Unfortunately the new rulebook has made my favorite conversion somewhat obsolete... it now seems that the Vanquisher is more effective than my beloved Destroyer (center-left).



Unfortunately, it seems that Carpathia has recently been destroyed by Hive Fleet Leviathan, so I may have to significantly alter the fluff for the regiment. They will obviously have to be rebased to a different world. Both Ryza and Stygies VIII are a reasonable distance from Carpathia, so I may transfer them to one of those forge-world systems. A regiment based in the Ryzan system could be an easy was to justify squadrons of Executioners, while the Mechanicus Xenarites faction on Stygies could present some interesting opportunities for "Inquisitorial" additions.

But that's all rather irrelevant until the regiment itself is complete, isn't it?

[Marshal Argos]

I really like the simplicity of their color scheme. Something that might help you add some detail are the new"er" wash's from GW. They can really make the difference in a model. I'm not saying they are the holy grail of painting, but for the cost and effort they are work damn well.

regarding the fluffy stuff at the end... Personally I think the fluff should be done either before or during the build. I find that it helps personalize units, and adds to their flavor. Of course though that's just me. If you have some fluff already about them being from Carpathian, is there any reason that they have to be "Now" in the time line? Why not play them as being from M38 or early M39? I put mine back in M37 for example. That way I can write my fluff how I want and never have to worry about it being affected from the changes GW makes.

Either way, looking forward to seeing where you'll go with this.

[Semper Loyalus]

Welcome back. Since you have the basic basecoat work done, a couple of the washes might be an easy move going forward. Also, you might consider using your Destroyer as a Vanquisher. That's what I'm doing.

[Garak]

There is a planet called Carpathia in GW fluff? *head explodes from laughter* Get a map, take a gander at my country (Romania) and you'll notice the Carpathian mountains.

Well, truth be told the Carpathian mountains are the largest mountain range in Europe.
"The chain of mountain ranges stretches in an arc from the Czech Republic in the northwest to Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine and Romania in the east, to the Iron Gates on the Danube River between Romania and Serbia in the south." - wiki quote.

PS: I like the paint scheme.

This post has been edited by Garak on Nov 2 2009, 06:18 PM

[Subcontractor]

Washes are something I've been thinking about a fair bit lately, but I've never had a great deal of success with them. That said, I may try them again with more patience and see what happens.

As for the Destroyer, you and I think alike Semper. There's not much else that particular model can double as, and I'm just a big fan of tanks, especially anti-tank tanks.

Garak, I've heard of the Carpathian mountains, and I actually named my regiment's homeworld after them before I even found the planet in GW fluff. It's located in the southeast of the Segmentum Solar on this Warhammer 40k Starmap, which as far as I can tell is fairly accurate to the fluff I know of.

I should be able to get a few more pictures up by the end of the week, provided that I don't get distracted by any shiny things. I'll try to put some fluff up too, one I dig it out of the bowels of my hard drives.

[Curon_Hifor]

Actually, I really like the way you painted them, really kinda like the Imperial Officers from Star Wars. Really sharp looking!

[Garak]

Huh, another random world I noticed is Dacia. That's both a car produced in Romania and the name of the country the Romans conquered when they beat the crap out of my ancestors. Ok, I promise to stop pointing out these things, but they really amuse me.

[Subcontractor]

Well, true to form, I got distracted by a few things and have done absolutely nothing to my infantry. Good news is that I got a lot of real work done, and that these came in the mail yesterday:



So I amused myself by putting the Demolisher together. This new kit is so much better than the old one! Not only are the tracks much sturdier and less of a hassle, but the turret on the new kit looks amazing! All of the weapons are easy to magnetize, and although I didn't try them for this tank, it looks like the sponsons themselves could easily be magnetized as well. A few holes drilled in the weapon, and a pair of magnets does the trick!



I'm also going to see about converting the Punisher Cannon into a regular Battle Cannon because, let's be frank, I will never use the Punisher.

Now I just need to get this bad boy painted up in the colors of the 7th.

After giving some thought to the fluff and Marshal Argos' suggestions about varying the timeline for Carpathia, I think I've decided to leave the regiment in the present. The idea of an orphan regiment whose homeworld was destroyed by Leviathan is quite appealing. It gives me the background necessary to use Stracken and/or Creed convincingly, as I'd imagine these guys are quite pissed at the fate of their home and families. I could even go so far as to make them suicidal, lots of Furious Charge and Demo Charges could be fun, but I'm not sure that's the way I want to go. Perhaps more of a semi-elite (for Guard) force made up of those few companies fortunate enough to be off-world or evacuated when Carpathia fell. So perhaps an army led by a Creed counts-as, who has a fondness for the "For the Honor of Carpathia!" order.

I figure with the loss of their world as they know it, most of the troopers will fall back to the only truth they know - the Imperium and it's Emperor. They've lost the planet to which their loyalties were tied, so now their only loyalty would be to the Imperium and the memory of their fallen friends and family. This gives me ample opportunity for a nice memorial banner in the Regimental Command, as well as a smattering of purity seals and the like throughout the army.

[Subcontractor]

Finished building and magnetizing a new Sentinel, now to paint up the Demolisher and Sentinel before I start on the Regimental Command Chimera.



I'm not entirely sure how I want to magnetize the heavy flamer's fuel tank, but I don't anticipate using that weapon much, so I'm not too concerned.

I have also finished my unit insignia plans. Each squad in the regiment will have shoulder stripes defining it's place within the regimental organization.



This should add some additional color to what is otherwise a very drab and boring scheme. I haven't decided if those stripes shown as yellow will be yellow or gold, or if the white ones will be white or silver. I'm leaning towards gold and white, what do you guys think?

[Captain Mike]

I think you should stick to non metallics. Metallic stripes have a tendency to look 'tacky'.

[Subcontractor]

After doing a few color tests on shoulder pads, I definitely agree that non-metallic is the way to go for the insignia.

In other news, I finally made some progress on the first demolisher/executioner.





Looks like I need to get a new bulb for my lighting, and I'm not sure about how the searchlight turned out. I'm inclined to re-do it, but that will probably wait for other things first. I may also add the blue plasma glow to the inside of the weapon, but again, it looks nice right now, and a lot of my guys are still unpainted

I need to paint and add the sponsons, and decide if I want unit markings on tanks.