Whiteshields,
also known as Conscript Platoons, are Imperial Guard units consisting of either
normal Imperial citizens, with little or no military training, conscripted into
service, or newly recruited Imperial Guardsmen/women, who have not yet received
their formal training. Whiteshield units are typically formed out of necessity,
when fresh bodies are needed for the battlefield. Unlike the standard Imperial
Guardsman/woman, Whiteshields do not wear regimental insignias or heraldry;
instead, they have a simple white stripe painted on their helmets to identify
their position within the regiment.
Whiteshields
(front)
Whiteshields
(back)
I
finished painting five more Imperial Guard Whiteshields using miniatures from
the Cadian quick build (snap fit) kit.
While I painted the previous groups of Whiteshields in urban and jungle camouflage
patterns (please see part 1 and part 2 for more details), I choose to paint
this group of miniatures in an industrial-environmental pattern; a similar pattern
I used for the Death Korps of Krieg miniatures.
For
more images of these miniatures, please visit the Whiteshields 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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