Imperial Civilans?

[Midnightmare]

Greetings!

 

I am after an imperial civilian model that will be standing under the protection of a Primaris sized astartes (well, actually a converted plague marine to good guy), after something of fairly small scale. The said model will be standing behind his protector in the face of a foe.

 

What have you guys used in the past, or do you have any ideas? Must be a games workshop model however!

 

Many thanks!

Midnight :)

[Arkhanist]

Genestealer cult with head swaps (and cutting weapons off) give a variety of options. Working joes? Neophyte hybrids.

 

High class lady? Magus.

 

Mad scientist? Just file the head ridges down on the Biophagus. (maybe leave the helper in the lab)

 

 

Forgeworld necromunda has some interesting ones too. Judge who sentenced one too many people to the corpse-starch vats? Just remove the pistol, and Baertrum Arturos III is your guy.

 

[Midnightmare]

Thanks for the fast reply man, the genestealer magos straight away speaks to me. I will straight off go and check out some size comparisons. Ideally, I want them to be mounted on the same 50mm base :tu:

[Marshal Reinhard]

 

Eh? eh? A bit too blingee perhaps. And he's armed.

[Midnightmare]

He does look pretty cool! I am after somebody who looks a bit more scared - he looks to relaxed for what I am after, like he is the ordering the marine to do his bidding! The idea is I am going to build a diorama at the end of a battle where a heroic marine of Ultramarine geneseed is making a desperate last stand against a Flesh Eater Death Company mad man.

 

Thank you though :tu: :tu:

[Firedrake Cordova]

I suppose some of the Necromunda range might possibly be along the right lines..?

[excelite]

He does look pretty cool! I am after somebody who looks a bit more scared - he looks to relaxed for what I am after, like he is the ordering the marine to do his bidding! The idea is I am going to build a diorama at the end of a battle where a heroic marine of Ultramarine geneseed is making a desperate last stand against a Flesh Eater Death Company mad man.

 

Thank you though :tu: :tu:

Sounds impressive, make sure to drop some pics ;)

[Midnightmare]

@ Firedrake Cordova - I will have a proper skim through the range, there has been that much released of recent I fear I have lost track!

 

@ excelite - I will! Suffice to say it is going to be using the Heresy Loken/Abaddon dual base and I am going to be having two options; a fancy chaos possessed against a Flesh Eater Captain set in 40k and the Ultramarine successor against a Flesh Eater Death Co in M33 (where the Ultramarine successors are actually deemed the bad guys! Just caught in the wrong place at the wrong time!)

[Doghouse]

It might be worth looking on Etsy.com, I've found some fantastic minis on there of late. Might be worth searching under D&D villagers.

[Midnightmare]

The only problem with that is I want to be able to use it for in store GW comps etc so it has to be one of theirs. Villagers is a good idea, I will see if they have made something similar over the years :tu:

[Azekai]

It's probably *too* afraid, but there is the panicking villager from the fantasy giant kit. Give him a bionic arm and he would seem like any imperial serf.

[Doghouse]

Sorry glazed over the GW part.

 

Another starting point might be the volley gun crewman with his hands over his ears in addition in the giant guy.

 

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Empire-Helblaster-Volley-Gun

 

I think to be honest though a conversion might be the best route, something similar to the empire gunner covering his ears using Cadian HQ, tank crew or heavy weapon team bits would work. You could make a dock worker or low level freighter officer quite easily with those.

[Azekai]

Honestly even one of the wounded guardsmen or medics would get the point across too- but if you are dead set on a civvie, the wounded Cadian clutching his arm would be fairly good material, just give him a headswap. His armor is largely covered by his arm.

[Firedrake Cordova]

It's probably *too* afraid, but there is the panicking villager from the fantasy giant kit. Give him a bionic arm and he would seem like any imperial serf.

Ah, Johann. :) For what it's worth, the kit is now called the "Mancrusher Gargant" (before that it was "Aleguzzler Gargant").

[apologist]

Deadwalker Zombies might be a good starting point – they've got suitably hesitant, non-combative poses, often with feet and knees turned inward and hands half-raised. A head swap, bit of scraping off of detail and perhaps a little kitbashing/conversion work and you're gold.

[Midnightmare]

Some cracking ideas here guys to get my teeth into, many thanks!

 

I like the idea of the wounded Cadian and also the Dead Walkers - I haven’t seen either of them before. I think a kit bash is definitely on the cards.

 

Unfortunately the mancrusher villager is a bit to ‘runaway!’ for this, though I really like the model and I reckon I will have to use that at some point to!

[Lokastus Grimm]

Astropath model from the regimental advisors set?  I've always thought he had a look of concern on his face

[malika666]

The Genestealer Cultists wear something that's considered standard Imperial worker/miner clothing right? Maybe use that model as a basis, replace the head for something more Imperial looking. Add some purity seals to the model and you're good to go!

 

Otherwise, check these options:

 

Agathae Dolan:

 

Preacher with Chainsword:

Might need to remove the weapon though.

 

Missionary with Chainsword:

 

Regimental Advisors:

 

Warrior Acolyte:

 

Otherwise also consider the WHFB or AOS ranges and see if you can tech those models up.

[Wulf Vengis]

Maybe look into the fantasy/lotr lines for something of a feudal world civilian. Otherwise there is the old crashed pilot model from 4ths starter set, but that model is carrying a pistol and...box.

[Midnightmare]

Some great ideas here, thank you very much all. I am afraid I am quite unfamiliar with GW range I think nowadays unless they are wearing some sort of power armour!

 

I will be sure to keep you posted - keep an eye out on the wip forum in the near future :tu: :tu:

[Trokair]

As others have mentioned the Nercomunda range is a great source for all sorts of miniatures, and not just the Forgeworld side. Here are some of the plastic gangs I can see working as civilians with a little bit of work to deweaponries them.

 

Cawdor as peasants, pilgrims, street urchins and such

 

Orlock as laborers, construction workers, of duty drivers and so on

 

Delaque as scholars, office workers, Administratum official and similar

[Cleon]

The only problem with the Necromunda range is they are a bit over scaled for mixing with 40k models, they make make their heroic protector look a bit small. If you can still find someone splitting the set, the Navigator from Blackstone fortress is relatively unarmed and certainly of enough value for a Marine to go out of their way to protect them.

[Commisar Necros]

I saw someone post to look on etsy and i would second that. If you dont have a printer its the best place to get those non-game weird models. Forewarning though, resin doesn't convert well, so if you want to make it your own plastic would work better. You could use a crouched guardsmen from a heavy weapon team and use the hands that come in the set to cover his head up and GS what you need to. There's also the armorless torso and stuff from the tank commander and you could do the same to make a civilian model.

[StraightSilver]

This could work with a simple headswap?

 

[grailkeeper]

There were civilian models for the large scale Inquisitor game. They might do as good civilians. 

 

The old Empire milita sprue is OOP but would be very useful to you if you can find it.