3D-printing Feudal Guard... pt. I

Even before I bought my Elegoo MARS 3D-printer I had stumbled across The Makersguild, three designers working together, mostly creating 40K related stuff. The designs of their Feudal Guard just blew me away...

Feudal Guard infantry squad... Picture courtesy of The Makersguild...

I have played 40K, years ago, collecting sizable forces of Orks, Space Marines and Imperial Guard. All of these models are long gone, sold to other gamers, and I haven't played 40K in more than a decade...

I have, however, picked up a couple of rulebooks in the last year or so, namely the rules for Kill Team and Necromunda. At the moment I have no intention of building an entire army, instead I will be printing a smaller skirmish force...

I have also printed several Adeptus Astartes Space Marine miniatures over the last couple of weeks for the very same purpose, expect some pictures soon.

My first project will be a set of Astra Militarum models for a Kill Team. To print/build this Kill Team I purchased the following files:

• Feudal Guard laser gun squad; these guys will be used as standard Guardsmen.
• Feudal Guard special weapons squad; standard Guardsmen, but with all the shiny special weapons, very usefull for Kill Team!
• Feudal Guard elite infantry squad; these guys will be used as Scions/Kasrkin Storm Troopers, they come complete with all the options for special gear.
• Feudal Guard skirmisher team; a set of snipers.
• Feudal Guard abhumans; a squad of Ogryns, clad in full plate...

While these files cost me about as much as a box of plastic Guardsmen would, I have a lot more options and I can print as many as I need/want/like... Apart from the skirmisher team, all these sets are completely modular and come with a wide selection of poses, heads and weapons.
The designs are sharp, clean and all follow the same distinct style. While they lack the abundance of skulls and the Imperial Aquila you see on GW-miniatures, these are very well suited to serve as Astra Militarum (or Imperial Guard as I can't help calling them).

Apart from one or two more delicate pieces, the models are very easy to print.

So far I have printed about half a dozen miniatures and started painting the first test models.

The units are all just a little bit different but all share the same distinct style.

My first impuls was to paint the armour in a metallic colour, give it a wash and call it a day. However, I quickly realised that would make them look like my Reiksguard on foot, only with lasguns instead of swords... So I opted for a more striking colour scheme, using bright orange, white and grey...

The first test model... This one is just about finished.

I think the orange works quite well, especially because the armour covers such a large part of the model... I tried to add some battle damage to this test model, but I need to experiment a bit more with this technique.

This Ogryn has received the first couple layers of paint but is
far from finished...

In keeping with their Medieval look I made a set of flagstone bases to go with these models. The bases are a simple re-mix of a stone texture I found on Thingiverse, cut to make 25mm and 40mm round bases. Should I want to expand this Kill Team into a full army (and let's be honest, we all know that's going to happen) it will be easy enough to make larger bases for the heavy weapons and the walkers...

25mm and 40mm round flagstone bases...

More to come!