GrandMagnus Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 ATTEN-HUT! Okay, on to the question. I was looking at the Republic Grenadiers from Anvil Industries* and I think they would look cool for some imperial guard stormtroopers or even veterans with carapace armour (I've always thought a full veteran infantry army would be awesome :D ), but how would you go about 40-ing them? Perhabs giving them regular lasguns and other imperial weapons. Any other suggestions? *link: http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/AFTERLIFE/Republic/Republic-Grenadiers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Yeh weapon swaps maybe head swaps on some if possible? Definitely need some more aquilas on them too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Weapons, skulls and aquilas go a long way to making something 40k (skulls too, but less so on Guard). Something simple like the canteen/pouch bits makes something look Guardy as well :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 Good, lots of nice suggestions. I browsed a bit more on the AI web-page and I saw the unity council marine corps. I think they might even do better, especially if I just change their arms for regular guardsmen arms, since they aren't as heavily equiped as the republic grenadiers. Now the question would be where to get that many guardsman arms. *link: http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/AFTERLIFE/Unity-Council/Unity-Council-Marine-Corps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 You might want to buy a single test batch first some of them look like the old metal minis. In that the arms/guns are joined to the torso across the front which will make weapon swaps tricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 You might want to buy a single test batch first some of them look like the old metal minis. In that the arms/guns are joined to the torso across the front which will make weapon swaps tricky. Ah, good you mentioned it. I googled the bits and you are indeed correct, the weapons are molded into the torsos. Too bad, guess I will have to consider some other alternatives to the standard cadian/catachan kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt_Reaper Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I've got some squads from Mad Robot on the way. I can post pics if you like when they get here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 I've got some squads from Mad Robot on the way. I can post pics if you like when they get here. Yeah, thanks, that would be great. I have looked at mad robot before, but since it's a company from the states it can be expensive to send to Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt_Reaper Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 As an Australian I feel the pain of postage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RADU LYKAN Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I think that once you get a kit from mad robot you don't really mind the postage, the kits are such great quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Looking at the kits from MR I think that some CDF legs* combined with the cadia kit and maybe some kind of helmet, like the ones from the AI Rep. grenadiers would look suitably awesome. But quite expensive *http://madrobotminiatures.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9_21&products_id=117 EDIT: Ah, I just found out that I can order only the legs of the council marine corps from anvil industries and their helmets, so those combined with regular cadians should look really cool. Problem solved :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akrim Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Check out Dreamforge grenadiers, amazing kit with so many options. And the prices are excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Nice looking minis the ones from dreamforge, but it's another company from the states and I would rather have to avoid the over-seas shipping, thanks for the suggestion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Argent Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Have a look at Victoria Minatures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter h Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I agree with Brother SP, Victoria, does have some awesome sculpt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Argent Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Was going to get some myself but in the end decided I would just stick with Cadians for now. Mainly because I have a heap to strip and recycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Yep, they do have some cool looking minis. Good suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockwithaticket Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 It's worth mentioning that Anvil's figures are NOT GW 40k heroic scale 28mm models, they are quite small. i can't see kitbashing them with Cadians looking great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Issues of scale aside, I think you could use anvil's stuff without 40k-ization. Why no aquilas, you ask? Why not lasguns? Because they're Planetary Defense Forces... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 It's worth mentioning that Anvil's figures are NOT GW 40k heroic scale 28mm models, they are quite small. i can't see kitbashing them with Cadians looking great. Thanks for mentioning that. Issues of scale aside, I think you could use anvil's stuff without 40k-ization. Why no aquilas, you ask? Why not lasguns? Because they're Planetary Defense Forces... The idea I had was for a military force serving a Rogue Trader family, so not standard imperial forces but rather a well funded private army, if you know what I mean. Aquilas might still be an important detail since Rogue Traders do "serve" the imperium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenPlasma Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Any thoughts on Hasslefree Miniatures? I think they would make nice stormies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Nice suggestion, thanks for that. These can even be used as arbites: http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=zh-kev-%28c%29~hfsf010&category=sci%252dfi-%26%0D%0Aweird-war~sci%252dfi-humans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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