F60S truck update

After a few iterations, the turret came out well and I was able to print a few. The individual trucks still need a lot of painting and weathering. I got a great feed back though on how to improve and I am happy with the base truck out of the printer. Just need details to give them personality.

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My Guardsmen finally have all chariots now that my Tauros Venator Proxies are all printed and painted. It's a crew cab gun truck based off the Ford F60S from WWII. #shelterinhobby #imperialguard #astramilitarum #prusamini #3dprinting

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Fictional Ford F60S Patrol Vehicle

I designed this guy at 1:56 scale, it still needs a turret for the roof but I got models back from Shapeways so I am very happy I can keep moving along on this project.

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Rogue Trader's Mechanical Companions

I was able to get those servitor heads back from shapeways.
They need to be scaled up as the detail didn't show as well as I would have hoped. 
I'm still happy with the final results.

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Tau Special Collections Cadre

Cadre Portrait showing current disposition

Repainted base on the Hero's Mantle Stormsurge

Showing off the different versions of the cannon printed by Shapeways.

Stormsurge with Chain Rail Gun

I'm pretty close to calling it quits on this Stormsurge and moving onto something else. I am working on the base, and I need to paint the ammunition drone and mount it onto the base as well. I finally posted all of my parts to the shapeways marketplace and they are at the bottom of the list.

Parts list:

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/KV128-Stormsurge

https://www.shapeways.com/product/PMRBS2R4B/stormwave-cockpit-cover
https://www.shapeways.com/product/27293J4CA/stormwave-arms-for-one-handed-weapon
https://www.shapeways.com/product/E2ENRADQC/stormwave-poseable-hands

https://www.shapeways.com/product/6R7RQJ8K5/anchoring-spur-pair-hollow

https://www.shapeways.com/product/UNVEQN4E5/ammo-rack-pair

OR

https://www.shapeways.com/product/9VE2E9W7G/ammo-rack-single

https://www.shapeways.com/product/NX6L74ASM/stormsurge-wrist-rockets-mk-2

https://www.shapeways.com/product/5YKFQZMFZ/chain-rail-gun

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4025026

Adeptus Mechanicus Kill Team

Three Barrel Chain Rail Gun

I just received my test print from Shapeways for my alternate weapon on a Warhammer 40k Stormsurge. It needs to get cleaned up a little bit and painted but I am really happy with how it came out. I should be posting in about another week or two with a completed Stormsurge, using the Games Workshop model, parts from Blue Prints and my own Shapeways Store. 

Rogue Trader Power Armored Voidsmen

These are the Power Armored Voidsmen for my Rogue Trader. They are all equipped with power armor made with components from the T'au earth caste. They are all trained in void combat, and are equipped to breach into enemy ships, or salvage space hulks.
Red has a chainsaw for tough doors and close encounters, Orange carries a T'au burst cannon, White has a command suite helmet and his shotgun, Blue has the med bag, and Yellow has the torch for doors that need to be melted. The standard weapon is a modified pulse carbine.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E7EG3NM is the marker I used to get the chrome. The one guys head is a ball bearing, and he likes to fall over for like no reason. I just noticed that I touched Orange's helmet, and the chrome is smugged forever now. That's the only lame thing about that chrome marker, you really can't ever touch it once it's done.

Tech Priest Detatchment

These dudes are an Adeptus Mechanicus detachment that are part of my greater Rogue Trader Army, for Kill Team, 40K, and Inq28. I have a Lextro-Maseter, a couple regular tech priests, and 10 Skitarii Classiarii.

My Rogue Trader is based out of a backwards planet on the wrong side of the Damocles Gulf with a majority of population that views the Adeptus Mechanicus as monsters who kidnap people in the night to create servitors. So he only has a very small amount of Adeptus Mechanicus troops that he can gain access too. Knowing it would be nearly impossible to gain new followers, they upgraded their Skitarii to Classiarii, and recused themselves to a geothermal power plant in the north far from population centers. They also allegedly raid villages for future tech priests.

The Lectro-Maester Tech Priest is the guy on the top left, he carries a staff for throwing lightning bolts at enemies.

The Skitarii Classiarii are like Marines in space for the Adeptus Mechanicus. "Nigh-impervious to vacuum, fitted with thick, implanted armour, and equipped with an array of implanted weaponry designed for void combat and combat in the cramped enclosures of a starship, a Classiarius trooper is literally built for ship-to-ship combat." I am just going run them as regular Skitarii Vanguards. They were made using micro art studio iron brotherhood M00015.

There are a couple other Tech Priests, they were made using reaper minis and Tech Priest heads.

Ship's Master

This is the Ship's Master for my Rogue Traders ship. He would be the senior Warrant Officer serving on the ship. I am going to run him as a proxy for the Imperial Guard as an Officer of the Fleet. A couple other guys came with him, in the set from Ramshackle Games. I am using them as voidsmen, they would be maintaining and operating the ship.

Rogue Trader touch up

I wasn't very happy with how this guy turned out, I plan on redoing the weapons someday after I get more practice on plasma rifles and necron blades.I do like the red on the coat a lot better though.

Saiphan Planetary Defense Force Troops

Saiphan Planetary Defense Force Troops

Crunch:
To be played as Astra Milatarum Infantry Squad.

Fluff:

The Saiphan planetary defense force is a local Imperial Guard equivalent. They wear flack vests, and wide brimmed helmets to repel rain and artillery fragments. The green sweat wicking shirts and brown canvas work pants of frontier woodsman is used as a uniform.

The Milner Pattern Laser Rifle, based off of the M-35, produces a similar power output and the ability to share battery packs with other lasrifles. The laser components are made by an Adeptus Mechanicus forge, and then completed with barrels, wooden stocks, and iron sights by local craftsmen.

Being a frontier world, all healthy males of Saiphan attend a boot camp before the age of 16, and volunteers will be kept as an active component while a majority will return to their homes with their lasrifles to join a local militia. Those who excel can be moved to a void regiment to serve the Rogue Trader house who govern Saiphan directly.

Paint Scheme:
Amor - Army Painter Warpaints Angel Green
Shirt & Gaiters - Army Painter Warpaints Army Green w/ Citadel Athonian Camoshade
Skin – Army Painter Tanned Flesh then add Barbarian Flesh
Wood Stock – leather brown w/ army painter dark tone wash
Rifle highlights - Vallejo Gunmetal
Rifle Magazine – Citadel Skavenblight Dine
Boots & Belt – Army Painter Oak Brown

Rogue Trader Hover Truck

This is a Goliath with some Tau parts. I am building a little Rogue Trader war band, that is sponsored by the Tau empire. To keep cover on Imperial worlds I needed a truck for my human crew that would be inconspicuous, but when on the frontier could keep up with Tau vehicles. So a Goliath was gutted to fill the need. Given the rarity of Imperial anti gravity technology, Tau technology was salvaged and replaced the power plant and drive train. The crew compartment was expanded to give room for a comfier interior for the Rogue Trader.