Pigshead Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hi there, so I'm Pigshead, I normally lurk about on the Dark Angels forum since I got back into the hobby after a 20 year hiatus. My Dark Angels are here http://pigshead.imgur.com/ if anyone is interested...But now, after about 7000 points of Marines, I decided I wanted to try something else, some less power armoury. I was planning on an Imperial Guard army before the name change, so that's what I decided to go for. But since I'm getting married next year, and trying to save some cash, I decided to try and do it on the cheap, so decided to visit ebay a bit, and dig out some old models from 20 years ago that I never painted.I'm working on a back story for these guys too, why they are still around, where they've been, why they've teamed up with two inquisitors and the remnants of a shattered Space Marine chapter, all sorts of mystery involved...So here we go, the first unit of my Astra Squatarium, The 75th Zhufbarian Mechanized Regiment, 4th Company, 3rd Veteran Squad. http://i.imgur.com/KcIIGd3.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/L5RTtJe.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Hq5g0RL.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrock Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Zhufbar lives! I'm assuming your into fantasy as well with the name, I play dwarfs and guard as well. Looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Blaire Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Love 'em, that's awesome! Wouldn't look a bit out of place on a 40K battlefield (well, except alongside the Unforgiven... No filthy abhumans allowed, we're hypocrites that way :evil:)! Well done all around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_son_of_Dorn Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 40k needs more human variations, dwarfs would make excellent tank team support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ravel Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Very cool ! Squats are great and a blast from the past. Keep them coming ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigshead Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Zhufbar lives! I'm assuming your into fantasy as well with the name, I play dwarfs and guard as well. Looks awesome! Many years ago I had a dwarf army too, unfortunately I seem to have misplaced it at some point in the last two decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 No school like the old school, definitely a welcome blast from the past :D Great to see them and painted up so well - not to mention in a scheme reminiscent of the classics. Good stuff, I hope we'll get to see some more! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Am I the only person who would find Squatgryns highly amusing? Great work on these, a real treat! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierdale Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Fantastic! Wonderfully painted too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Am I the only person who would find Squatgryns highly amusing? Great work on these, a real treat! Catachans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigshead Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Am I the only person who would find Squatgryns highly amusing? Great work on these, a real treat! I'm actually looking for a way to do this. I have a few ideas so far. I'm aiming for ridiculous/hilarious with them. One idea was normal Ogryns with the lower leg removed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'm Heckus Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I am... so jealous. My army needs a squad of squats now <determined face>! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Am I the only person who would find Squatgryns highly amusing? Great work on these, a real treat! I'm actually looking for a way to do this. I have a few ideas so far. I'm aiming for ridiculous/hilarious with them. One idea was normal Ogryns with the lower leg removed.... You will win all of my respect and appreciation for that one! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sviar Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 That is nice old school army you've got. So where do you go from here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigshead Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 There's two more squads like this, a command squad, a lord commisar, a trio of psykers, and a pair of leman russ to do. After that I'm not sure yet. Oh, and Ogryns obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Excellent, when do we see them? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Any Ratlings planned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigshead Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Excellent, when do we see them? As soon as they get a lick of paint. A friend and I are having a little slow grow campaign, starting with Kill Team and then onto 500 point games, 750, 1000 etc, as an incentive to get him painting his huge Eldar army. This is my kill team ready for the first game next weekend. After that I hope to get 250 points painted every 2 weeks or so. Then I'll start collecting some other tanks, "Squatgryns", flyers, whatever else takes my fancy. I think there will be a lot of non GW "counts as" models in the army. Any Ratlings planned? Quite possibly. Although they would be low down on the priority list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaM_TW Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Catachan heads, orc bodies can work. Ratlings... perhaps some snots from whfb, greenstuff,..? Or just a head with 2 feet underneat them. no bodies, just hands/head/feet/gun. But they do look nice! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaM_TW Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Btw, what colour is that chimera? I like it, looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigshead Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 It's Zandri Dust, Seraphim Sepia, then dry brushed Zandri Dust. Edged with a 50/50 mix of Zandi dust and some other colour I can't remember right now, then another little highlight of that same mystery colour.The squats uniforms are the same colour, but you can really only see the sleeves and body armour covers the rest, but this just helps denote them as veterans. The rank and file troopers (who aren't bought yet) will be mostly this colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigshead Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Ok, so it's taken a little longer than expected due to me suddenly deciding to go back and start edge highlighting some dark Angels, but here we go, a second astra squatarium squad and a leman russ...http://i.imgur.com/UZkYk29.jpgClose up of the Sarge and his trusty axe... http://i.imgur.com/twvoIFv.jpgThe Squads Chimera...http://i.imgur.com/xMoR6it.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/1Y51IxN.jpgGroup shot...http://i.imgur.com/1NWbHtG.jpgThe, as of yet, unnamed leman russ...http://i.imgur.com/qcsRHBr.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/21hNRZw.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Iapx1QW.jpgComing next... A chimera for this squad and a plasma cannon wielding sentinel that will never get used as anything other than a mascot for this army, due to my incredible bad luck with all things plasma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 This army is just fantastic. Keep it up, I especially love the Power-Axe Sergeant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigshead Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Thanks! The chances of me ever actually equipping him with a power axe in game are pretty slim, but he's a dwarf... He simply has to have an axe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 They're look really good, excellent work. The colour scheme is working very well so keep the pictures coming :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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