Once a mighty
Imperial Fortress World located near the Eye of Terror, Cadia is the home world
of the Cadian Shock Troopers; Imperial Guard regiments renown for their
disciple and devotion to the God-Emperor. The entire planet of Cadia was
destroyed in the 13th Black Crusade; despite this, the ‘fighting spirit’ of the
Cadian Shock Trooper still lives on through the 3 million Cadians who have fled
their planet’s destruction.
Desert
Pattern Cadian Shock Troopers (front)
Desert
Pattern Cadian Shock Troopers (back)
Desert
Pattern Cadian Shock Troopers (front)
Desert
Pattern Cadian Shock Troopers (back)
I
made the decision to paint the metal Cadian Shock Troopers in two distinct
camouflage patterns, since I had several duplicates in my twelve-model
collection. The first half of the Cadian
Shock Troopers were painted in a four-colour woodland camouflage pattern, based
on the U.S. Military’s woodland camouflage of the 1980s (please see previous post for details). For the second half
of the collection, I painted these miniatures in a tri-colour desert camouflage
pattern; a similar pattern I used for the Armageddon Steel Legion miniatures.
The
metal Cadian Shock Troopers were introduced in 1994, when Citadel Miniatures
moved away from their generic Rogue Trader era Imperial Guard models, to
Imperial Guardsmen themed around the specific home worlds they were recruited
from. The metal Cadian Shock Troopers
were designed by Michael Perry; while the heavy bolter was designed by Norman
Swales.
For
more images of these miniatures, please visit the Cadian Shock Trooper section
of the Old Guard; a website dedicated to Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40K
miniatures, with a focus on the classic range of Imperial Guard models from the
1990s.
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