Inso Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 The finished Vindicare Assassin :) : http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/GW%20Squats/Squat%20Assassins/SquatWIP123_zpsvil2mbky.jpg Chaplain Raeven, Icepick, Legio Draconis and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4449526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/GW%20Squats/Squat%20Commission%202/Com2SquatWIP9_zpsotwnzvhh.jpg The Mad Hermit, WarriorFish, HackedDuck and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4467179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Wow, these lot are truly excellent! You've really done a great job on them, they look flawless! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4467182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 Cheers :) . They will be sent off to the USA on Monday. I know the commissioner is pleased with how they look in the pictures so I can only hope that he thinks the same when they arrive with him :) To change tack... I may have to change direction a little with my army. I have just seen this on the GW site and I am properly stoked about it :) : I think I have the perfect proxy for a more Squat like Valkyrie... all I need to do is leave a single lascannon off and put the rocket pods on and it is WYSIWYG . I really love the chunkiness of it and I reckon a Squadron of three would make great transport for my assault platoon (once I have removed the Imperial symbols and replaced them with a few runes instead :) ). More details of the kit here: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/deathwatch-corvus-blackstar ... the only downside is that I will run out of FA slots for my rough riders... but I'll still make them so I have an alternative option :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4473423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Take it as a DFTS detachment or the IG flyer detachment from Montka ;) Win win either way and still plenty of room for rough riders Inso and walter h 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4473494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) Take it as a DFTS detachment What does DFTS mean? Edited August 20, 2016 by Inso Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4473629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Death from the sky's supplement Allows you take 2-3 units of the same kind of flyer as its own detachment I'm fairly sure if the flyer can carry troops it gets obsec when hovering Inso and walter h 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4473670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 I'm sold! :) I have decided I NEED 3 of these. So... Platoon 1 (Cmd squad, 2 infantry squads with heavy weapons, 1 heavy weapon squad) will travel in a Stormlord. Platoon 2 (Cmd squad, 2 infantry squads with heavy weapons, 1 heavy weapon squad) will travel in a Stormlord. Platoon 3 (Cmd squad, 2 Infantry squads with special weapons) will travel in these new dropships (counting as Valkyries). I'll fit the Valkyries in as a separate detachment. I'll just fit the Stormlords in as... Stormlords :D Now... I just have to find £300 :D! duz_ 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4474330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrik_Ironfist Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 So, for the stormlords, best thing to do would be the emperors fury, which is 3 superheavies and an engineseer. 2 stormlords to transport your platoons and a third tank as an escort. I'm fond of the hellhammer myself. Or you can take the banehammer and keep with a 60" range. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4474363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 I have an engineseer... Emperor's Fury eh? Sounds like a plan :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4474410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrik_Ironfist Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 (edited) 2 stormlords with full sponsons and a banehammer with all sponsons, an engineseer with 2 servo arm and 2 plasma cannon servitors in a Trojan is 1815 points all up. Just so you're aware of the points investment. You can cheapen it down by leaving the Trojan and servitors out, but not by much. Edited August 21, 2016 by Ulrik_Ironfist Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4474471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 I don't game so points aren't a problem (I only build armies for the joy of it - but I like having a framework, just in case I want to sell things at some point :o ). I was thinking of not having any additional sponsons and using the third superheavy to transport the army command squad and engineseer. It's early days so I haven't thought very much about it... but I am looking forward to putting some big kits together :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4474479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrik_Ironfist Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 If I were you then, I'd magnetize the sponsons, in fact the whole kit. Which would increase the resale value, since someone might pay more for the use of more of the kit options (especially if they have neither the tools nor the inclination, or even the skill to do it themselves). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4474570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share Posted October 2, 2016 I have had a dodgy moment sculpting the Eversor Assassin and he ended up massive (so was shelved)... so I did this instead... I went and finished the veteran Tyranid hunters :) : http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/GW%20Squats/Squat%20Veteran%20Tyranid%20Hunters/SquatWIP124_zpsigdag6ji.jpg Mithrilforge, WarriorFish, our_baz and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4518339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 I was hoping to start work on the female veterans again, however, I couldn't build up the enthusiasm for it so I have sculpted the second pait of Scout legs, ready for press moulding. Hopefully, I will have 5 pairs of legs by the weekend, ready for putting together the second batch of 5 Scouts... ... but who knows? duz_ 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4527657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 ...and so the production line starts again. From leg sculpt, to press moulding and finally to being assembled with plastic components from a Mantic Steel Warrior... all that is needed now is the belt buckle, pouches and holsters to be sorted out and these will be finished: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/GW%20Squats/Squat%20Scouts/SquatScoutWIP9_zpszz1wdn0u.jpg I have another lump of putty in the mould at the moment and that should be ready to remove tomorrow. I plan on having six squads of five and that means I need to sculpt five different poses of legs to make every squad have no legs the same. I have already finished the first unit of five in one leg pose, this is the second with a third leg sculpt 'on the corks'. Once I have produced six casts from each of the five leg poses, I will mix them into their final units :)... Then I will have six units of Squat Hearthguard (count as Space Marine Scouts) :) . UltraRich, Chaplain Raeven, HackedDuck and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4530198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 They are all finished now: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/GW%20Squats/Squat%20Scouts/SquatScoutWIP10_zpswngpi8zn.jpg Lots more information about them can be found on my blog: http://insosworld.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/a-rainy-sunday-morning.html Next up... another leg sculpt to complete :) . Chaplain Raeven, our_baz, duz_ and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4533229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 I have been putting together a Sgt Telion 'counts as' from one of the leg casts: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/GW%20Squats/Squat%20Scouts/SquatScoutWIP12_zps32gn5nnu.jpg There is more info on my blog: http://insosworld.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/winter-is-coming.html Chaplain Raeven, our_baz, WarriorFish and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4541616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 With the release of the next big boxed game from GW, I saw the new style plastic termies and had a thought... http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/GW%20Squats/SquatTermie_zpsmntum03f.jpg ... so I have bagged a few off Ebay and await their arrival to see what I can make of them :) Although they are not Astra Militarum, they are part of my Astra Militarum army, even if they are a Space Marine detachment. duz_, Teetengee, UltraRich and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4548497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 People are selling the BoP sprues already? Still waiting for my box :P Hopefully they weren't too expensive for you. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4548501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 £20 for five (free P&P)... which I thought was fine. I have been very tempted to buy the whole boxed game but I need to keep focused on my Squats for now... and I find it difficult nowadays to be enthused by humans in space :( (I appear to be completely obsessed with the diminutive races instead). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4548523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 That feels like a good price including delivery, I'll be interested in seeing how you work with them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4548620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 (edited) They have now arrived and I have had a very brief look at the sprues, cut off the components for a torso, checked it against one of my existing leg sculpts and I think that a new set of shorter legs would work. They will need to be considerably more bulky than my existing leg sculpts... but that is to be expected (old legs are scout, new ones need to be termie). The legs on the sprue are of little use but the torso and arms will be OK. I reckon I could probably get away with just making new legs and heads (and maybe adding a few decorations to add to the armour). Something to think about Edited November 3, 2016 by Inso duz_ 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4552719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Yeah, the sprues are good so I reckon you can do your stuff without too much hassle :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4552801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 After assembling a torso and putting it next to an existing Exo, there is certainly a good possibility of squeezing some stumpy legs in there :) : http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Squat%20Exo%20Armour/SquatExo20_zps0uccc2jj.jpg duz_ and WarriorFish 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306932-astra-imperial-guard-with-a-hint-of-heresy/page/10/#findComment-4553915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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