9 months nearly since the last post and no pictures, hrmm. Change of plans! I started to assemble on mass and relieased several things. A) Wasn't happy with the models B) Wasn't happy with the weapons & accesroies and C) Had no concrete plan for how many and what kind of troops I wanted.
So the project took a back seat while I got on with starting from scratch. A clean slate...sort of. Since picking up the hobby back in 07 I've ploughed loads of money into nothing because I've rushed, changed my mind and then changed it again. Hell I probably have been able to afford a complete DKoK army going off what I've spent so far! That being said I've now got a ton of models that need so much repair work it's not worth the effort.
The biggest obstacle for me has being finding the right balance between W40k/Imperium and the Helghast theme, because I can't sculpt or model it has been so far simple head swaps but this never really satisfied what I had in mind. Something that always bothered me was even when people goto lengths to customise there IG it ultimately looks very similar to others unless its extremely good or something from FW. This bothered me because SM armies look amazing and unique with only the slightest modifications. I also want my army to follow the fluff I've laid down and for them to look modern yet in keeping with the 40k universe, and like modern militaries I wanted a degree of individuality to there equipment and weapon whilst remaining uniformly the same. So I've gone back to the drawing board and came up with a new plan;
Using a combo of catachan/cadian torsos as the base for all my units. There going to be so kitted out with gear that the bodies are largely irrelevant, it's the scale that's most important.
Heads - I'm going to try construct my own and replicate them, failing that I'm falling back onto pig iron heads.
Arm's are as stands going to be modified FW Chaos arms and cadian arms. Basically no giant shoulder cauldrons. Instead pockets, pouches and smaller realistic pads.
Legs are going to be a mix of SM Scouts, Cadians and Catchans and I hope to sculpt some small coat type legs. Also sidearms, knee pads and pockets will be added.
Weapons...well right now I'm debating! I have some chapter house Scar auto guns enroute, 30 in total, theres some brand new maxmini bull pup assault rifles that look tasty and I have a Halo Battlerifle from Megablocks that fits perfect (and is easy to modify) as well as a dozen or so elysian rifles and FW auto guns. I was going to modify the standard lasgun/rifle but it's a lot of work when theres so many good options. I'm debating adding carry handles and converting the scar auto guns into bull pups, giving tank crew/light troops the Eylsian rifle and calling it a carbine.
The rifles are based off these
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gallery_of ... 527019073/
http://images.wikia.com/killzone/images ... _Rifle.jpg