Cadmus Tyro Xth and XXth blog: Terror Squad

[Cadmus Tyro]

Evening,

I’ve been hunting on eBay for another Autilon Skorr model to paint in my dark metallic scheme. But I can’t justify his current cost, so I thought I would kit bash him instead!

I need some better lighting, but here are a few pics of him:

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[Bjorn Firewalker]

Impressive work. Where'd you get the decal for the three-headed Hydra on his cape?

[Lucerne]

Is that XX from the transfer sheet?

[Cadmus Tyro]

Impressive work. Where'd you get the decal for the three-headed Hydra on his cape?

Is that XX from the transfer sheet?

Thanks chaps, both decals are from the alpha legion forgeworld sheet. The big hydra on the cape just has one edge of a vehicle decal cut down to size.

 

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Edited September 29, 2019 by Cadmus Tyro

[Pearson73]

That's a nice bit of conversion, the plume recalls the official model straight away. The decal on the cloak looks cracking too.

[Cadmus Tyro]

Evening all,

Still trying to pluck up the enthusiasm to finish painting my bikes! I got a little distracted with my next coils of the hydra unit. Here’s my stolen unit of Invictarus:

What do you reckon?

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[InquisitorVonTansburg]

These look great! I like the way they are posed a lot.

Might I ask where those legs come from? Might have to steal that idea

[PowerHungryMonkey]

YES!

 

Those TS legs and tabards really work well with the feel of the AL. Very nice

[noigrim]

How are you doing fellow smurfs?

[Quixus]

Do you mind telling us where the axes are from?

[Cadmus Tyro]

These look great! I like the way they are posed a lot.

Might I ask where those legs come from? Might have to steal that idea

Thanks! The legs are from the plastic Tson sprue, they are Mkiv but have more of an artificer armour aesthetic. I cut down the additional armour plates from the tabard. Be warned though, they are slightly upscaled compared to to the plastic/resin MKiv, I ended up trimming the waist joint quite a lot to get the torso to fit and look right.

 

YES!

 

Those TS legs and tabards really work well with the feel of the AL. Very nice

Cheers mate, looking forward to getting some paint on them soon, going for the original lighter teal scheme.

 

How are you doing fellow smurfs?

Coils of the hydra RoW. The plan is to have them in a dreadclaw, with a champion (plus paragon blade) and alpharius. It’s part of my friend maker/custode blender list.

 

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[Cadmus Tyro]

Do you mind telling us where the axes are from?

The axes are from the Lernaean Terminator kit, hands removed and pinned to the new smaller sized right hand.

 

Which leads me to my next post......

[Stix]

They are amazing. As InquisitorVonTansburg said, posing is incredible. So natural.

[InquisitorVonTansburg]

Thanks for the heads up on the sizing of the legs. I suspected it would be Tsons, fits AL quite well though!

[Varyn]

More stunning work Cadmus. As much as it pains me to say... you were right about the plume on Skorr!

 

The Suzerains are cracking, looking forward to seeing them painted (but not on the table.... unless we're allies!)

 

The army keeps getting better with every post :) 

[Kolgrim DeathHowl]

Great conversions, can't wait to see them turn out!

[Cadmus Tyro]

They are amazing. As InquisitorVonTansburg said, posing is incredible. So natural.

Cheers Stix, I think the Tson legs really help with the posing, most of them are walking forward which just add so much more movement to the pose when compared to standard MKiv squat pose.....I mean battle ready pose.

 

Thanks for the heads up on the sizing of the legs. I suspected it would be Tsons, fits AL quite well though!

No worries, i think the aesthetic works, I’ve tried to avoid legs with too much ribbing on the armour plate (which meant paring odd legs at times) and also avoided the robes with Tzeench emblems, to try and avoid the Tson association too much.

 

More stunning work Cadmus. As much as it pains me to say... you were right about the plume on Skorr!

 

The Suzerains are cracking, looking forward to seeing them painted (but not on the table.... unless we're allies!)

 

The army keeps getting better with every post :)

 

Thanks mate, I figure they will also make a good body guard for Skorr. They can all accept challenges, so perhaps one day soon Autilon will actually kill some rather than just heroically hiding in a land raider.

 

Looking forward to our next game when we get chance!

Great conversions, can't wait to see them turn out!

Cheers, I’m looking forward to going back to my teal scheme!

 

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Edited October 18, 2019 by Cadmus Tyro

[Marius Perdo]

Those Invictarius...amazing.

[Trixie]

These are the BEST possible axes EVER for this unit. My Alphas are on pause at the moment but when I get back to them my Lerneans are definately going to find themselves missing a few axes xD. Keep up the good work.

[Cadmus Tyro]

Those Invictarius...amazing.

Thanks Marius! Appreciate the comment and the likes!

 

These are the BEST possible axes EVER for this unit. My Alphas are on pause at the moment but when I get back to them my Lerneans are definately going to find themselves missing a few axes xD. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Trixie! Yeah, my Lernaens have no axes, just chain fists.....

[Cadmus Tyro]

So the outriders for the recon company are finally finished!

What do you think:

C&C welcome,

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[Bjorn Firewalker]

The bikes are far darker than I expected, with barely visible Legion symbols. Then again, I should expect the unexpected from the Alpha Legion.

 

Excellent work, nonetheless.

[Kolgrim DeathHowl]

They look great, I really dig the screens and lights the way they're painted look so real.

[Marius Perdo]

Very good, stealth bikers.

[Cadmus Tyro]

Thanks chaps, I had to include them in the recon company, couldn’t resist that first turn 2+ jink save!

Well, I thought I would finish of the recon company troops choices with five actual FW recon marines. Whilst I love the sculpt of this kit, I think it’s showing it’s age a little. I’ve added meltabombs to the back packs by carving off the combat knives:

Hope you like them, they’re next on the paint work bench.

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