Genestealer Cult - Relic Baneblade - Armorcast Super Detailed Baneblade

HAPPY NEW YEAR, I HOPE TO THE EMPEROR (FOUR ARMED) ITS BETTER THAN 2020!

Hello All, something quite historical and super rare this week, a "Super Detailed Armorcast Baneblade", from before Forge World existed. I have had this model for over 20 years sitting at the bottom of the to-do pile mountain and the time I do have to hobby is spent on painting my current Titans and Relictors, so I shipped off the kit to Castle Brush Studios in Poland for a commission paint job - and I am totally satisfied with the customer experience and end results - thank you to Simon and the team at Castle Brush Studio.

I gave them the kit with a few additions, I had chopped off the original triple Bolter side-sponsons and provided modern plastic ones, removed the front Baneblade Cannon barrel so it represents the modern armament of a Demolisher Cannon, added mud flaps to the front to lengthen the whole tank to the same length as the modern plastic kit, supplied GSC icons and a Tank Commander from the Achilles Ridgerunner buggy set and some Death Korps of Kreig atmospheric filters and Heavy Stubbers - I wanted this tank to look like a relic plundered from the local Planetary Force reserve stores.

Castle Brush Studio through great communication added the scheme I wanted to match my existing GSC forces, and weathered the kit to rightly look like the 3rd line reserve forces abandoned and forgotten - hence the older rarer pattern of Baneblade not the usual mass produced front line units the Guard have.

The Imperial icons were defaced and the stowages supplied with a spare Rock Hammer and Mining Laser.

The Machine Spirit has been defaced and violated in the name of the true Four Armed Emperor...

I love that it is an old kit, you know its a Baneblade but it looks completely different to the modern plastic kit - great to define that this is the relic abandoned reserve of a PDF.

All I did to the great job that Castle Brush Studio did was add a couple of paint streaks to the stenciled graffiti.

I had agreed to have an armoured iris on the Searchlight, however with 2nd thoughts I changed my mind so repainted the glass of the searchlight.

I touched up the Heavy Bolters to have laser range sights to match my existing forces.

I love the look of the tank, a great job by the Studio and the characterful kit means I am very happy with this kit and its great to have it done and off the to-do mountain!

I added the spare metal Track Links to the plain armoured glacis.

This is what the kit looks like, a hybrid resin kit with metal details and some FW/plastics I threw in... I will leave you with some parting shots...

My thanks to Castle Brush Studio for an excellent customer experience, if you have the money and not the time, check them out - they provide an excellent service. Have a great 2021 and hopefully some battles (of the tabletop miniature type!).

Cheers, Siph.

Work In Progress - Baneblade Squadron

Hi all,

I just thought I'd share we all my current WIP, currently I'm working on a couple of projects, The first up is three Baneblades, the plan is to have an urban scheme of black and grey. After seeing some cheeky magnet use (cheers Siph) the Las-sponsons will be magnetised into place. The lead Baneblades turret has been designed so that both crewmen rotate freely.

My next project is to finish my trio of Dreadnoughts- Two FW models, and an Ironclad. The UM Dreadnought has had a dead Tyranid Warrior lying by its feet, with several huge Plasma blasts in its chest. The Mighty Ironclad, (The destroyer of Warhounds! - sorry Siph) is also on the paint station ready to be completed. I'm hoping to include a couple of Titan based trophies from his previous outing. Included in the Reaver titan are one or two titan purity seals, which are going to look great on the Ironclad.

DKK Heavy Support

Here is my Heavy Support for a future project of mine. To accompany the Hellhound and PDF Imp Guard, I managed to purchase and then ever so slightly modify two lovely painted Baneblades.

I figure, these machines are ancient and it doesn't really matter what colour they are in an Apocalypse force - one matches the nice red scheme i've already started and the other is a nice contrasting blue but well weathered.

Both are WIP and need the final touches, a few decals, driver, match sensors and searchlight colours, icons, but as you can see i've added DKK filters to the standard red baneblade and the blue one came with Commisar and filters already but i've magnetized the Lascannon turrets.

Hope you like. I have a 'Super Detailed Resin Baneblade' from FW of old, to this I'm adding DKK filters and accessories as well to make it a little bigger - the scale is slightly off from his modern plastic counterparts. Bring on the BIG guns!!