AGoAC/Beginner Box (mostly) - Free Worlds Guards

[Phobos101]

So I'm actually starting to get some miniatures turned over, and some of the lovely new plastics arrive at my door. So I hustled them to the top of the queue, and immediately spent a month wondering what to paint them as.
As I have a battalion of each major house apart from the purple fellows, I figured I'd go with that. I dug through my random unused 'mechs pile, and found some faction-friendly miniatures that wouldn't be too jarringly... retro. Anyway, here's the results:


Battle Lance - Wolverine, Thunderbolt, Battlemaster, Wolverine


Fire Lance - Griffin, Awesome, Catapult, Shadow Hawk


Sweep Lance - Locust, Flea(IWM), Wraith(IWM), Commando

The logic behind the colour scheme is simple: Basically Free Worlds Guards, with the ratios of white to purple switched, mainly so they can be passed off as FWLM or other purple units. I also wasn't too confident in my ability to paint white, so reducing the white surface area seemed like a good idea.
For anyone interested, the paints are mostly Vallejo, the purple is 2 parts Hexed Lichen to one part Beige. The white is pale blue grey in the recesses, and white at the peaks. Army Painter Quickshade washes were also used. Base texture is a mix of Vallejo brown earth and Golden coarse pumice gel. the colour is a gross mess of brown, orange and white.
Edit: I just realised I missed the canopy on the two metal ones, updated pic to follow.

[Wildonion]

Beautiful work on the highlighting! That purple really pops. The Wraith and new Flea are solid and definitely don't clash with the plastics.

[Verloren Hoop]

I agree—awesome highlighting.  (Pun intended).   Always good to see more mechs in purple!

[jimdigris]

 :thumbsup:

[dread12]

Good minis  :thumbsup:

[Daryk]

Beautiful 'mechs!  I really have to wonder what the update is going to look like, and I doubt I'll be able to tell the difference!  :thumbsup:

[Maingunnery]

Amazing work and a good reference point for others.

[Lyran Wolf]

Very Nice

[.RL]

Awesome.

The more I see these new sculpts, the more I want them.

[thecybersmily]

 :thumbsup:

[Valkerie]

Very sharp!  Worthy of any Marik force. 8) :thumbsup:

[Phobos101]

Awesome.

The more I see these new sculpts, the more I want them.

I can't recommend them strongly enough. I'm not sure if it's intentional design or a happy accident as a result of the aesthetic, but they lend themselves to highlight and shadow very easily. they also required minimum preparation, very little flash or mold lines to cut off. They also have a good weight and low centre of mass for plastic, so they don't get knocked around too easily on the tabletop.

[Sartris]

As a fellow fwg painter I will *never* fault someone for painting less white  ;D

These looks great

[Wotan]

I like the color switch and maybe use that for some more Guards on my side. Looks very interesting and even more Marik than the original.

[avon1985]

Sweet! :thumbsup:

[Luciora]

Great work!

[ArchonDan]

very nice, really like the deep purple.

[DEZOAT]

 :o :o :o :thumbsup: