6mm Imperial Guard Heavy Weapons

At the end of last year, I talked about a new project to bring the Palladian Guard to life by doing an Epic army.  This would let me collect an army on a much larger scale than 40K does, and let me play one of GW's classic games.  It's time for an update!  They're not all based, but I thought it best to share them as they are or else we'd be waiting all year.

These are all 'counts-as' models, so the 88's for instance represent lascannons.  A bit of an approximation, but it saves the confusion in house-ruling everything.

I've recently discovered the 3D printing website Shapeways as a great source of all sorts of niche items.  It can end up being very expensive, but for a big project like this it's ideal.

These are FlaK 88 style models which I ordered off Shapeways, using crew from Vanguard.

These beautiful Earthshaker models from Vanguard are going to be the centrepiece of the army.  They come with a nice stash of shells and a loading crane.  Expensive, but worth it.

These are actually Baccus 6mm WW1 Maxim Guns, but with some judicious painting no-one will ever know.  They're going to be heavy bolters.

These crew are manning what are in fact Schneider 155mm guns.

More Shapeways goodness in the form of a generic rocket battery I'm using as a Hydra.

As you can see, I've very sensibly focused on all the cool stuff first leaving me only the tedious job of putting the infantry together.  By the time I'm finished I hope to have an entire centuria of Palladian infantry, equipped for desert warfare.