From DavidB - Something Bigger than Big (135 Points)

So here is the Armor of the Cadian 7th. Infantry is "the Queen of Battle" as they can go anywhere and do most anything, but my yellow cord brethren often remind me that "Cav keeps that b***h from getting raped' I really hate painting tanks, but they really needed to get finished as the primer had cured long enough them!

I must apologize for the photo heavy post that follows.

Back in one of my codex's for the guard, there was an option for armored crew compartments which would allow d-6 crewmembers to survive the tanks destruction and deny VPs to the enemy as long as they scampered about. I did use these fellows for that purpose. That rule is now gone, so these horseless fellows will form up with the veteran squads. All are metal models except for one which was a bash of plastic bits.

I did get this tank hunter from forgeworld. It has yet to see service. I added the black stripes to denote it's tank sniping status.

the executioner is no longer in the rules, but the 7th will still use it!

This tank has a conqueror class which can fire all weapons on the move, but it's main gun lacks the range of a regular russ tank. It is no longer in the rules too. I purposely made a few plates in a red primer color to give it a rough patched up look. It's role is infantry support which would put it right in teeth of combat...and needing all sorts of repair!

I used a purple brown wash on the white which really dirtied the tanks up nicely, it didn't show up too well on the grey and blue areas, so I stopped washing those panels. It kinda works like a fractal line in illustration where your eye automatically dirties the whole tank

a vanilla Russ. It is still a workhorse though and perfectly respectful in it's own right.

This one has the search light added.

The vanquisher is still in the lists! Gotta enjoy the big guns!

No metallic paints here. all NMM. I'm still struggling with it but successes are now more common.

And we have the big beastie...a baneblade!

"We have come to negotiate"

I opened and built this kit over the summer and discovered that I did not have the search light for it.

I looted an extra light from a marine kit just to cover the empty socket for the light assembly.

I did the lights and the adeptius mechanicus shrine last, both were a lot of fun to do.

The armor fist of the 7th. There is also two Lemans, a Demolisher, Basilisk, Griffon, and an Exterminator, but they are in the old testors paint from the 90's. They were not fun to paint then either! I'll dust them with black this summer and repaint them as these...or just keep on using them as they are!

I do find these things to be a chore. I can crank out a lot of infantry, but tanks take a long time to do. 

I blew up my airbrush compressor ( it was as old as I am which may be an omen!) in getting the camo base coat on these. the mid and highlights are all brushed on. I have been working on these, the dismounts and my poor Oliphant the past three weeks. This was not a week endeavor, but begun with blue platoon....I still hate to paint tanks! The blue pattern was one I began on the older models when I and a buddy began playing 40k. He had grand designs on building a winter board that never happened.

The 7th used my earlier attempts at this camo in the Armageddon worldwide campaign. Col Stuart and the 7th were to go to an ice world to fight, but were rerouted to Armageddon. Stuart ordered the men not to repaint the tanks camouflage. plus I like them that way! :)

- four 28mm tanks

- one super heavy

- eight 28mm dismounts and two tank commanders 

From Curt:

Holy crap, that is a lot of resin and plastic David! Awesome work. I really like the tan-stripe-camo on these and your NMM effect has worked out very well. 

With your three entries this week you've climbed over 20 places in the rankings, which is no mean feat either!  Great job David!