A handful of Imperial Guard today!  Thought I'd take a break from the Empire army building and look at some basic conversions on the standard Cadian kits.



Personally, I like the idea of a regiment fighting to take back its world.  So I thought these guys might wear all-black as a sort of mourning garb, with green berets on display to indicate their dress uniform / lineage.  Basically, a very dour, serious lot, with firm formations and hardened vets.  As such, a very basic, dark colour scheme seemed suitable to me.  Leaving aside the joke that they are now literally wearing about 50 Shades of Grey, I really like the look and feel of them.

Especially mad eye-patch dude here.  He's my favourite. Don't tell the others.

I used the Tank Commander body and head for the Sergeant, and gave him a bolt pistol and an extra shortsword to make him look a little more NCO-ish.  I like the peaked cap look for a non-commissioned officer better than for a lieutenant or higher.  He's not quite finished yet, on account of me swapping out his hands at the last minute prior to this post.



I'm particularly proud of the general, though I've noticed, belatedly that I somehow screwed up on the green stuff.  It's not the end of the world, but it'll be tricky to cover up retroactively.  So basically with this guy I took an old Valhallan trooper's legs, the upper body of the Kasrkin Sergeant, and various bits and bobs to trick out a Colonel with a Plasma Pistol.

Somehow this pic looks squished in.  He's not really that odd-looking.

Any feedback is welcome!