CoffeeGrunt Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 All those Conscripts are going to be a real pain to paint. I'd love to be the type that dutifully refuses to buy more models until the ones I already have are painted, but I'm also the type that browses EBay a bit, and the combination of the two is not too good for me! D: For example, I'm currently looking at an about-to-finish, very cheap lot of 7 Sentinels no-one else has bidded on, so...yeah, there's that. Spoke too soon there. Got outbit by £1 with 10 seconds to go. I cannot overstate how much I hate EBay's auction system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Don't worry Coffee, even after over 20 years I've still not learnt that lesson :lol: A shame on that auction, but such is the nature of it - like the warp it is fickle with fortunes. Better luck next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatmandoo Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Army is looking good and i like the look of the conscripts. May look into using them in an upcoming game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Gazumpted on eBay... Story of my life :( Mind you it does keep the painting queue down a little ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Whenever I lose an ebay bid, I like to think that someone else out there is able to make something awesome because of what was just won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Ah well. I've not done much painting lately, and my weekend of planned painting was taken up by going to see The Babadook and playing The Wolf Among Us, (I recommend both of these to everyone.) Still, I managed to finish the Manticore, so bit-by-bit I am thinning the horde! Lovely model to paint and assemble. I have a crewman to finish painting and glue in the driver's cab as well later on. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/temporary-121.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/temporary-122.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/temporary-123.jpg Gunna aim to sit down and get on with my Infantry next. Tanks are much more fun to paint IMO, but the Infantry needs to be done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatmandoo Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 The tank looks great and reminds me of mine waiting to get on with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain sox Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Your work is inspiring me to stop sitting at my computer and paint something! Great looking force. Just a question though, how do you arm your conscripts? Do you give them any kit, or grenades or are the just plain? I think mine may just get a water bottle and some rations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Thinning the horde is what the Manticore does ;) It's looking good, I like the lense on the missile array that came out well and the hazard stripes are a great touch :tu: Tanks are great and it's easy to get carried away with them (like me) :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 It doesn't help that I bought another Wyvern that's calling me to paint it, (need something to take the fight to these resurgents Nids!) Still, I think my car pool's painted up enough as it is, so it's on to Infantry for now to get them up to scratch. My Conscripts are just spare Lasgun Guardsman models, I haven't really given them anything fancy as I got a load second-hand. They needed a lot of work as the person who assembled them used horribly cheap super glue which I could break the bonds of by hand. Had to rip a bunch of Guardsmen apart, shave it off, then glue them together properly. There's still the odd one that falls off the table and loses an arm or something, though, as I missed a few joints doing this. I think I'll just model and paint them as normal Guardsmen, so I can use the models for a chunky Platoon whenever I need them. They're fantastic with a Commissar given their cheap price and fairly decent equipment, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Painting up all the Guardsmen is a sort of initiation rite. Hard work sometimes, and it often feels unending but at the end of it you're glad you did. You go in a whiteshield and come out a (Guards)man ;):tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 I decided to make it even harder on myself, after getting a real itch to buy something given that I managed to wrap up Christmas prezzies earlier and cheaper than expected. After browsing Anvil Industries, I feel I have found some suitable Tempestus Scion counts-as which suit my look better than my existing models. http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/image/cache/data/AFTERLIFE/R%20Grenadiers/grenadiers1-800x500.jpg Republic Grenadiers They just subtly tie in with Tau, like with the kneepads being reminiscent of the XV chassis kneepads and shoulder pads. That, and the fact they're about half the price of the same amount of Scions, are equally gorgeously detailed, and just look more the part of specialist soldiers rather than baroque carapace armour fashionistas. I'll probably end up selling off my Scions, as while the kit is nice, they just never fitted into the army, IMO. It was either this, or a group of Arcadian Female Guard from Victoria Miniatures, but sadly the latter was just a little too pricey, and has to ship from Australia, so it'd probably arrive with something man-eating in the box. I'll post some opinions on them when I'm done, as the vendor as a whole is very highly-regarded, has a tonne of cool conversion parts, and is based in the UK, (so quick and cheap shipping!) Also debating this guy from Kromlech, as he has a preacher look without being specifically Imperial, and so would fit in as well for letting me run the good ol' Fearless Conscript blob. There really is an absurd wealth of third-party quality minis these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomus Sardauk Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Hmm, those Grenadiers look like an excellent replacement for Scions, the armour definitely has that Tau high-tech feel but isn't so far removed from standard Guardsman armour as to appear out-of-place amongst your Gue'vesa troops. Will you be giving them the Fire Warrior pauldrons? I reckon it would be a good way of showing their elite status among the Gue'vesa and that the Tau trust them enough to grant them the honour of wearing the symbol of the Empire. Also, will the Sergeant (or whatever the Scion equivalent is called) have a Bonding Knife? Becuase that would be an awesome little detail IMHO. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 I do actually have a spare Bonding Knife from the Shas'O kit I could use, though it'd probably be comically large on them! Maybe I could get a katana or something similar to represent it. I'll look around until something inspires. I'll be using the pauldrons on these, just to tie them into 40K a little more. Sadly Anvil doesn't do special weapons for this scale, so it's just going to be the standard Hotshot loadout for now. I received an email saying I should have these tomorrow along with one of the sweet Tri-Cannons from the Exo-Mech kit they make. It's a coo, tri-barreled autocannon design I really want to use on HWTs. I'll post pics of the models here for anyone interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Use the small knife from the tau decal sheet as it is meant to be purely symbolic anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLVW Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Thoes are some slick looking minis and will look great with your army. I am always impressed with the stuff that anvil puts out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/temporary-124.jpg Delivered today. Had a little play around with them to see what they were like. Compared to a GW kit, there isn't the same posability or customisation potential, but the detail is gorgeous and I'm really looking forward to assembling them. There's some customisation on the Sergeant, so I'll likely have him with the combat knife and pistol option in the kit. there's not much capacity for conversion into different weapons, as the torso, arms and weapon are all one piece. I'll post more once they're assembled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/temporary-125.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/temporary-126.jpg Went together like a breeze. In the end, I didn't modify them much aside from filing a Scions Vox to fit them, and a couple of grenades on their kitbelt here and there.These models are too packed with detail to really bother with adding things like shoulder pads, and they also don't have the best poses for mounting them onto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Honestly, I think that the armor looks very "tau" already without many conversions. It looks like painting the chests might be difficult though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 The arms, torso and head are all one piece, so on most there is no chest behind the guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 They look good, I'll never understand why third parties seem allergic to have more weapon variation though. Surely have all the weapon types would increase sales as they tend to be mono-pose so many are put off by the prospect of extensive modding work to fit a special weapon on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Although they have set poses they are worthy of addition to any Guard force as veteran or Scion alternatives. They are highly detailed and very well posed as they are without having to add fiddly grenades or pouches like the GW models. True you lose pose-ability due to this but unless you are planning to play large numbers of them in your army then I would not be worried about that. I bought the Black ops models for my HH DA force and I am an Anvil convert :) http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2014/039/c/d/dismounted_ravenwing_by_elmo9141-d75l0qy.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Nice Elmo! I havean idea for counts-as Ratlings - as I really don't like their models, or even the idea of them - which involves Skinks with Sniper Rifles as a Xenos client race of hunters hired in to aid the Tarosian forces. They suit the sneaky but weak profile of the Ratlings, as well as the keen eye. Also weighing up whether I could use their Ajax mechs as Bullgryns... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 That sounds like a very cool idea Coffee! I'm not too familiar with skinks though, if I remember right they're skinny models with blowpipe type weapons? How easy would it be to give them sniper rifles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 I'm not sure, going to try it out first to see. Will probably require a bit of green stuff work to pull off properly. Going to give them camo cloaks for the Stealth look as well, so I'll be raiding third party bitz dealers for those! In the meantime, I finished painting my Gue'vesa squad posted a few pages ago at last. Just need some base work and the odd touch-up here and there. Quite chuffed with how they came out, though sadly my room only has one of those "energy efficient" bulbs and thus the lighting makes everything look a bit rubbish. Was going to get the above Anvil Grenadiers base-coated today, but a steady drizzle throughout the day put that hope to rest. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20141116_22_18_21_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20141116_22_19_47_Pro.jpg Think I'll be getting onto the rank-and-file guys next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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