I've written about this before, but I love the Praetorian Guard of the Imperial Guard, nay Astra Militarum. I'm day dreaming about playing them again but they are in various states of stripped paint, waiting for fresh primer and a coat of paint. Annnndddd rebasing. I took a brief break from painting my Wolves for the LVO to do a quick repaint on one of my troopers. I'm hemming and hawing over the perfect color pallet for these guys but i think this is going to be the final paint choice. Hull Red and Heavy Red for the blouse. Heavy Blue + black for the trousers.  Administratum Grey for the helm and gear. WWII Russian Uniform for the Las gun. Heavy Yellow for the eppilets. Man, those guys seem so tiny compared to the new scale of 40k models. #Warhammer40k #miniaturepainting #astramilitarum #praetorianguard #imperialguard

Anyone who knows me, knows that most of my favorite things are British, including the Zulu Wars themed (and festooned with pith helmets) Imperial Guard army - the Praetorians. I had a Praetorian army when the Armageddon book was first released but due to a shortage of funds and mounting student loan payments, I sold them off. It was one of the worst decisions in my war gaming career. I'm known to have ADD when it comes to army selection and I regularly buy and trade away armies but losing my Praetorians was a huge mistake. Afterword, I bitched. I moaned. I whined to anyone who would listen. I loved those models. I loved to field them, I loved to paint them. I would even use my various English accents as I played them to the consternation of my opponents. It turns out, they are quite popular and there weren't a lot of the models made. Anyone with a middle-school economics understanding knows that makes these models expensive. So pricey, you could spell expen$ive with a dol...