Stormtroopers

I decided it was time to add some stormtroopers to my imperial guard army. i'm going to use wargames factory greatcoat troopers for them.
here is what you get in a box:-

 

XENOS

some pics of the opposition that i painted for my 2 sons armies

 

Here is the result after a spray with dullcote

Still a bit shiney in places so i think the next batch should get matt varnish then a spray

Dipping

 Had my first go at dipping a couple of days ago. on reading about it on the net i decided to go with a cheap Wilkinson's wood stain rather than the more expensive army painter dip as it is supposed to be the same thing and it wouldn't be too  much of a waste if i don't like the effect.
I didn't dip the figures when it came to it i just painted it on for better control. I have to say the effects don't really seem to be any better than using a wash which has been my preferred method before this but it has to be remembered that this has also given the models a very hard wearing varnish,I'll decide for certain once I've got some more dulcote and seen if the shine goes.

                                The whole squad

                                          Close up of the Sergeant

         before
             &
          after 

Paint scheme

trying out some colour schemes to paint my imperial guard. just going to give then a basic quick paint job.

left to right
Flames of war late war German armour spray, Vallejo gamecolor camouflage green, Army painter army green spray and no paint.
think I'm going to go with army green with different colour shoulder pads but not like the one shown here.

Warhammer 40K on the cheap
My son has been badgering me lately to get a WH40K army to fight his greenskins(orks).
Now in days gone by i had the startings of a sisters of battle army but the cost of completing it was proving to be too much so i sold them i got some AT-43 instead.
Now a few years later and the AT-43 have been sold and i am going to get Imperial Guard but i cant afford (says the missus) to by it all from GW
I want imperial guard because they have the firepower sisters of battle lack but need a lot of models.
The solution Warzone!
here is what £20 gets you from 
http://www.princeaugust.ie/ 

that's 80 count'em 80 figures

As you can see from the above they are sort of multi-pose but quite limited in the amount of posing you can get from them but for rank and file i don't think it matters too much not to me anyway.
The figures have a world war 1 look  40 Bauhaus Ducal Militia (Germans) and 40 Imperial Army Regulars(British). I am going to be using the British for my 2 infantry platoons.