The next grunt of the 1st Germania Inf. Rgt.

Here is the next Schütze of the 1st Gruppe (Squad):

I just saw that I didn’t paint the aquila on the weapon 😦

First Gruppe of the 1stGermania I.G. Inf. Rgt.

16. July 201816. July 2018 thomasriepe 1st Gruppe 1st Zug 1st Kompanie 1st Germania, 28mm figure, Anvil Industry, Eisenkern Trooper, Games Workshop, Imperial guard, wargaming, Warhammer 40000

Here is the first soldier ( Schütze) of the 1st Gruppe, 1st Zug , 1st Kompanie of the 1st Germania imperial Guard Regiment. The Germania System, home of the Galactic Knights space marine Chapter, consists of three habitable planets and one Death world. The planets are called Ruhr, Germania Prima, Germania Secunda and New Berlin. Ruhr is a forge world, Germania Prima is a death world, Germania Secunda is a agri world and New Berlin is a hive world. The 1st Germania Inf. Rgt. was raised on Germania secunda. The dialect spoken in the system is German. Of course High Gothic is the language of the Administratum of the System according to Imperial law.

The 1st Germania belongs to the so called “Landwehr” of the Germania System and is part of the Imperial Guard. There is a System defense force also wich is stationary in system in contrast to the Landwehr Rgt.s wich will be used anywhere in the Imperium of man. Most of the time the Landwehr operates in the same campaigns as the Galactic knights .

Here is the first Schütze:

The 1st Germania is designated by the systems heraldic shield ( a black eagle on yellow). As used by the Galactic Knights, too. on the right shoulder pad there is a colors field ( in this case red for the first Zug [Platoon]), showing a white I as designation of the first Gruppe ( squad) of the platoon.

The figure is a Games Workshop Cadian trooper with a Anvil Industry head and a Eisenkern troopers helmet. The heraldic device is a selfmade decal the rest is freehand.

The first Ziege APC ready for painting

12. July 2018 thomasriepe ATV Ziege, Chimera, Imperial guard, Warhammer 40000, Ziege

Here is the first finished model. Only paint is missing:

Here is the vehicle without the APC module on the back:

Next step is painting it up. I will use colors similar to the WWII tanks of Germany ( Panzer yellow etc).

The first casts of my “Ziege” with APC Module.

9. July 20189. July 2018 thomasriepe ATV Ziege, Chimera, Scifi vehicle, Warhammer 40000, Ziege

Here are the first casts of the Ziege armored vehicle with APC module. This vehicle will be used as a Chimera in Warhammer 40k games.

Here is the undercarriage:

The driver and commander compartment:

The turret:

And the APC module. This can be exchanged against a command module, a medic module, a fire support module, an artillery module and a anti aircraft module. These modules will be build later .

This is how it looks dry fitted . The parts aren’t sanded or anything! The hatch in the back of the vehicle is missing!

More to come

The ATV “Ziege” (Chimera) of the 1st Germania Imperial Guard Regiment

2. July 20182. July 2018 thomasriepe 1st Germania, 1st Germania imperial guard Regiment, ATV Ziege, Chimera, Imperial guard, Warhammer 40000, Ziege

To compliment my home-brew Space marine chapter ” Galactic Knights”, ( you can read more here) I want to do an imperial guard unit of the Germania system too.

The system consists of three habitable planets and one Death world. The planets are called Ruhr, Germania Prima, Germania Secunda and New Berlin. Ruhr is a forge world, Germania Prima is a death world, Germania Secunda is a agri world and New Berlin is a hive world. Further out from the systems sun are two Gas giants near the Mandeville point. The System was once colonised by the Galactic Knights chapter after destroying an Ork force on Germania Prima. The dialect spoken in the system is German. Of course High Gothic is the language of the Administratum of the System according to Imperial law. The Regiment was raised on Germania Secunda a long time ago.

The vehicles and the equipment of the Soldiers is manufactured locally on the forge world Ruhr. Therefore it differs from the equipment of other worlds imperial guard units quite a lot . The infantry uses different helmets and body armor. The vehicles are build to the so called “Ruhr pattern”. The Ziege ( german for Chimera) is the Ruhr pattern Chimera vehicle.

I used a real world vehicle of the German Bundeswehr as template for the “Ziege”. The vehicle is called Boxer.

The armored transport vehicle, short GTK Boxer is a wheeled armored vehicle. The special feature of the GTK Boxer is the construction of an eight-wheel drive module on which an exchangeable mission module is mounted.

The boxer can thus be equipped for different tasks such as transport, medical or armored personnel carriers. The driving module includes the all-wheel drive 8 × 8 chassis and the front housing with engine and driver compartment. The driver sits on the right and has a roof hatch and three angle mirrors, the middle can be replaced by a night vision device. From version A2 the driver is supported by a camera system. To the left of the driver is the engine room, which has a fire extinguishing system. A central tire pressure control system is standard. The driver’s compartment has a passage to the mission module, which closes gas-tight with this. This mission module can be exchanged for another within an hour and weighs up to eight tons. The different modules have an ABC protection ventilation.

I will build the model with extruded polystyrene and resin parts. I will make a mold for casting the vehicle in Resin later. There will be different mission modules so I can do a stand in for a Basilisk, Hellhound, etc from the same vehicle. I will magnetise the vehicle to make an exchange of modules possible. The main difference will be that it is 6 wheeled instead of the eight wheels of the real world Boxer.

So enough words here is the build of the prototype :

The basic shape. All parts are from extruded polystyrene .