Fallout themed Skitarii/Ad-Mech (New Vegas & Fallout 4)

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The Ranger looks great, but considering AdMech practices, he's more appropriate as a Tempestus Scion from an allied detachment.

[MithrilForge]

The Ranger looks great, but considering AdMech practices, he's more appropriate as a Tempestus Scion from an allied detachment.

understood...if i were to stay in the 40k universe i'd follow your thought train definitely .... but i'm throwing ad-mech/40k  fluff out the window on this army and just making a fallout themed army with 40k and 3rd Party parts that is in the Ad-Mech category of army type.....it's a fun army 

 

cheers, Mithril

[MithrilForge]

quick update, slapped some base coat paint on my 1st recon Ranger to see if it looks ok, i think he does even with the limited amount of paint i put on him.

enthused to finish him tonight and get more put together...

the blu-tac on the rifle top is where a scope is going...just got to find it

C&C always appreciated.

Cheers, Mithril

[Ammonius]

Looking good! Were you tempted at all to use the oval base and have him balancing the arbequs on sandbags or the like?

[MithrilForge]

Looking good! Were you tempted at all to use the oval base and have him balancing the arbequs on sandbags or the like?

 

...that's the standard rifle....not the transuranic arquebus  that one is Longer still  i found putting these weapons on these torso's makes em look like they're carrying the old Lee-Enfield Mk.1 .303 rifles   

and to answer your question...yes when i do the "TA" i will use sandbags   

 

cheers, Mithril

[AgentOrange]

The theme is coming through great without losing the 40k aesthetic.  Where are the greatcoat legs on your Ranger and James Hsu from?

[MithrilForge]

The theme is coming through great without losing the 40k aesthetic.  Where are the greatcoat legs on your Ranger and James Hsu from?

 

they are from "Anvil industry" a great third party resin parts supplier in the UK , reasonably priced and excellent and crisp molds   they have a whole regiments line of 28mm soldiers ranging from WW1 style to Sci-fi/40k  ,go check em out, you wont be disappointed  

 

cheers Mithril

 

p.s glad you like the theme 

[Vel'Cona]

 

they are from "Anvil industry" a great third party resin parts supplier in the UK , reasonably priced and excellent and crisp molds 

 

Love those guys!  I don't think my DW would have gotten off the ground without their excellent bits packs.  If only they'd been doing "Regiments" before I completed my IG army . . .

[MithrilForge]

Another WiP update,

while not being able to paint..real life i have started a mini conversion on Greyfax to either end up being my personal Ad-Mech sanctioned "Wasteland Inquisitor" or as a counts as female Dominus or DataSmith...

i still have to cut up an arc pistol or phosphor pistol to add to her cross-bolter to make it more Ad-Mech like , its a rather simple head swap(although,so much fiddly shaving and trimming though ) and as mentioned some add on gubbinz to her bolt weapon is still to be done...

Cheers, Mithril

[Magos Takatus]

Looks very menacing. Nice work. :)

[Vel'Cona]

Love it!  Awesome work with the pose.

[MithrilForge]

more work on the ranger... used the skitarii rad sensor?, not sure if that's what it actually is as a barrel front and added a Anvil industry's scope....

thoughts?, C&C? .... should i just have a lasgun type muzzle or stick with this one?...

Cheers, Mithril

[Reyner]

That Ranger looks amazing. Love the mix of bits, I want to steal the idea so bad for my Shadow War kill team haha :D 

[Vel'Cona]

Don't mess with it, Mithril!  I think he looks awesome.  Do you think this style will be repeatable?

[MithrilForge]

Don't mess with it, Mithril! I think he looks awesome. Do you think this style will be repeatable?

Yes! for sure i have another 3 guys in the wings getting scopes and new muzzles, i did put a standard scion muzzle tip on one of them just to be different

otherwise they'll all look like this guy, i do have to order some more Kneeling legs though to make 2-4 transuranic arquebus guys and the honsu Alpha character as seen above will be with this squad but i changed him to be shouldering a rifle,will add a CC weapon to him as i think i will benefit from an extra Galvanic shot and only need the CC weapon if it hits the Fan, they shouldn't in theory ever been in assault .

@Reyner - steal away my friend steal away !

i'll finish modelling the rest of the squad and start painting this weekend...

Cheers, Mithril

++EDIT++ Finished the GreyFax conversion (weapon is done,now for some paint!!

Edited July 3, 2017 by mithrilforge

[MithrilForge]

double post

I finally finished the "Ranger" with the scion Lasgun Muzzle tip ... see below for new one as well as first version for comparison...

thoughts? C&C...

i'm thinking of just having the squad mixed with both muzzles throughout just to show personal preference in the group...

also got some paint on my Greyfax last night, might have some good WiP shots soon...she's looking good so far (i am a little biased though )

cheers, Mithril

[Reyner]

They look great!

[MithrilForge]

Update - idea time, the inspiration for this army was posted at the start of the thread and he had an allied imperial knight in his force and i wanted the same in mine but he was thinking liberty prime and i decided without massive reconstructive surgery that an Imperial knight will not look like liberty prime

now i intend to use Ogryns armed with Kataphron weapons to represent "Super mutants with hvy weapons and thus fill out the Ad-mech role of Kataphrons.

here is where i came up with Plan B -

A Super Mutant Behemoth (which is about the same size as a Knight titan in the game) to represent my Imperial knight, i have a mate that has a spare rapid fire battlecannon and the Reaper chainsword for me to use and i have a Warhammer Giant that im converting slightly to have some chest and abdomen armour (that fat tummy of his puts me right off ) and probably some vehicle pieces as shoulder armour etc then just need to convert the blade and cannon into hand held devices which in fallout style will look very crude and simple anyway....

here is a pic of the behemoth... i guess he just looks like a 30 foot Ogryn really...

as much as i wanted to convert an Imperial Knight to Liberty Prime, i think this is really doable with what i have available...and my converting skill level too

C&C... does anyone know if the Knight weapons will be too big for the warhammer giant?...

cheers, Mithril

Edited July 7, 2017 by mithrilforge

[JaqTaar]

Love the theme!

 

Have you seen Brother Vinni's Falliout-inspired miniatures:

http://www.brother-vinni.com/shop.htm#!/Nuclear-sandlot/c/5965003/offset=0&sort=normal

[MithrilForge]

Update-

Work in Progress of Painting Greyfax , base coats are mostly on,now i went with a kind of ceramic/ceramite type of armour where the gold plated stuff is on the original(i'll just add that the white isn't finished yet )...My Burning question is should i paint the chest piece in the same colour or leave it as metal? i only ask that cause i think the ceramite chest might balance them out ...

And also Black? or Red? casing on the bolter/quasi ad Mech weapon

Cheers, Mithril

P.S. @ JaqTaar - yeah i saw those, lovely stuff...tempted to get some, but i've never seen how well they scale to 40k stuff...some armored troopers as marine equivalent would be fun

Edited July 10, 2017 by mithrilforge

[Vel'Cona]

Update-

Work in Progress of Painting Greyfax , base coats are mostly on,now i went with a kind of ceramic/ceramite type of armour where the gold plated stuff is on the original(i'll just add that the white isn't finished yet )...My Burning question is should i paint the chest piece in the same colour or leave it as metal? i only ask that cause i think the ceramite chest might balance them out ...

And also Black? or Red? casing on the bolter/quasi ad Mech weapon

Came out amazing! I'd say leave her alone and get her on a nice scenic base!

[MithrilForge]

Heya Vel' .... you piped in a bit too late.... late last night i decided to paint her chest white ...

thanks for the vote of approval though ,i did listen when you said a base needs to be done...

it needs a small tuft of dead grass and a black rim and its ready for her to be pinned on.

GreyFax - white chestplate

cheers, Mithril

[Magos Takatus]

She is looking good. The base looks excellent too. :)

[Vel'Cona]

Eh no worries, this looks awesome too!  I just want to see her "finished" up.  :D

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The protective mask is a good addition.