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Time to start building an Ork army. Since the base game came with a lot of Ork miniatures, I can now field quite some points worth of Orks. This Mega Gargant from Titan Legions will be the centrepiece.
I will add some spare Ork or Gretchin miniatures to the open loading ramp when I finished all weapons etc./pic1509974.jpg)
This weapon conversion was added to make the model less standard. The scope is positionned so that it look like it fits to the Mekboyz's tower window.../pic1509970.jpg)
To complete the Gargant I will add an Imperial Guard Vortex Missile and maybe another close combat arm.
Miniature Games Construction Yard
In this blog I'll talk about various miniature games. Custom miniatures and minor conversions are my favorite pastime. I'll cover scenery making and painting too.
The WIP you'll see here is all about Necromunda, Epic 40,000, Warhammer Fantasy 5th Edition, Warmaster and Warhammer 40K 3rd Edition.
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At my busy workbench I have found some plastic flyers./pic43021.jpg)
They are from the game Silent Death. But I will use them as replacement miniatures for EPIC 40,000. They are waaaay cheaper than the GW versions.
Row 1
Flyer 1 Imperial Navy Thunderbolt or Ork Dakkajet
Flyer 3 Imperial Navy Valkyrie or Ork Dakkajet
Row 2
Flyer 1 Imperial Navy Marauder
Row 3
Flyer 1 Imperial Navy Lightning
Flyer 2 Chaos Hell Talon (Firelord)
Flyer 3 Imperial Navy Lightning Strike
Flyer 4 Chaos Hell Blade (Doomwing) or Necron Warscythe
(Necrons will be part of my Chaos 'counts as' army...)
Here are some characteristics for new flyers I designed:
Imperial Guard - Flyer
Marauder Bomber 30-60 5 2/2 5+ Artillery (Self-Propelled Artillery Marauder) 45
Marauder Destroyer 30 5 2/2 5+ (Marauder) 45
Thunderbolt Fighter 15 2 3/2 5+ (Thunderbolt) 30
Lightning 45 2 3/2 5+ (Lightning) 35
Lightning Strike 45 2 3/2 5+ Tank Destroyer (Lightning Strike) 35
Toco's Lightning 15 1 4/3 5+ (Fast Thunderbolt) 30
Valkyrie Vulture Gunship 30 2 2/1 5+ (Long Range Thunderbolt) 30
Space Marine - Flyer
Valkyrie Assault Carrier 15 8 2/5 6+ Transport(6) (Assault Thunderhawk) 80
Stormraven 30 7 2/5 6+ Transport(6) (Fast Thunderhawk) 80
Smaller than the Thunderhawk Gunship, the Stormraven is, not surprisingly, much more agile than its more well-known sibling, thanks to its wide array of vectored thrusters. It is this maneuverability that makes it an ideal support craft in environs (such as the crowded spires of a hive city) where the deployment of Thunderhawks would be impractical or simply foolish.
Space Marine - Support
Valkyrie Vulture 40 30 1 1 4+ Skimmer, Stubborn (Fast Land Speeder) 20
Valkyrie Vendetta 35 30 2 1 4+ Skimmer, Stubborn (Land Speeder) 20
Imperial Navy - Support
Valkyrie Vendetta 35 45 1 1 5+ Skimmer, Transport(1) If this detachment is wiped out, army morale is reduced by an additional d3 points. (Fast Falcon) 29
Valkyrie 35 30 Disrupt 2 5+ Skimmer Transport(2) If this detachment is wiped out, army morale is reduced by an additional d3 points. (Fast Wave Serpent) 28
Dropship 30 30 Disrupt 2 6+ Skimmer Transport(2) If this detachment is wiped out, army morale is reduced by an additional d3 points. (Wave Serpent) 28
Chaos - Flyer
Hell Blade 15 2 4/2 4+ (Doomwing, Night Scythe) 31
Hell Talon 30 Heavy Barrage 1/3 5+ (Firelord, Doom Scythe) 53
Ork - Support
Landa = 30 4 1/2 6+ Transport(8), Anti-Personnel (Fast Eldar Bomber) 80
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My Warhammer Epic 40,000 space dwarves need leaders.
From left to right: Living Ancestor, Veteran Warlord, Stronghold Lord, Ancestor Lord, and 2 Warlord units.
The Ancestor Lord will receive some blue paint to distinguish him from a Stronghold Lord, and to indicate Psyker skills./pic1507324.jpg)
I have added 3 Overlord Airships that look quite a lot like the Soviet Kirov's from the pc game "Red Alert 2". The airships will be defended by 7 Iron Eagle Gyrocopters who still need to be glued to the stands./pic1507329.jpg)
In the top right corner you can see what I am going to use for the Colossus troopcarrier and the Cyclops Titan-hunter. More later...
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THE iconic centrepiece of the Squat army must be the Land Train. I had some parts that needed repairs. The train needed tracks, so I added some from WW2 miniatures. With cardboard I made a shovel and some extra plastic was added for details.
The Berserker Battlecar wagon was made by adding a plastic Rhino hull on top. Paint will cover all inadequacies.
Basing my Warhammer Epic 40,000 core Squat troopers:/pic1507320.jpg)
Regular brethren (2 Squats, 3 Ratlings) to the left, Veterans (5 Squats) in the middle.
On the right side you see how I have to recycle my second hand miniatures.
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Addicted to the smell of plastic cement glue, I started making some Squat units too. Thse space Dwarves are incredibly cool and I don't understand GW doesn't support them anymore.
Following picture is showing one of my Eldar Scouts (or Ranger) bases. I replaced one miniature with ruins scenery to create some variation (and to win some extra units by not using 5 per base)./pic1507184.jpg)
Because the Squats are very expensive on eBay, I had to come up with a solution to make as many units as possible, with few miniatures. Because I don't like Ratling Snipers (I use Catachans instead), I merged them with regular Squats./pic1507254.jpg)
(I am making these for Warhammer Epic 40,000 but they're also great for Space Marine.)
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I glued 2 Vampire Raiders. Please note the rear stabilizers. I did not use the vertical supports. It was hell to glue them and the result was very fragile. So I decided to not use them. Once painted, no-one will notice.
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The Wraithguard bases only have 4 miniatures each. This way I can field more units. (5's too much for one base anyway...)
The Avatar in front will be glued on one of the old square bases. I'll use another Avatar miniature I own (with spear) for a converted Exodite army...
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For the Eldar Titans I am converting 3 MechWarrior models. I removed the "clix" base and used a very sharp and small screw to attach the most dynamic miniature to the base.
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To prevent the white Titan from toppling over, I added small slabs of lead to the base. Then I covered those in sand and glue and finished it with plaster.
Following two miniatures will become my Eldar Phantom and Warlock Titans.
(Miniatures are from: Mechwarrior: Dark Age.)
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Warhammer Epic 40,000:
First army finally got glued: Eldar. I gathered some units on eBay and played around with unit configurations to get as many playable units out of it as possible./pic1504282.jpg)
I only had one vintage Eldar with Banner, so he went on the Commander base. To the right are expensive Wraithguards. I glued only 4 to each base, because I didn't have enough unbroken figs.
The Fire Dragons in front have an Exarch which will be painted in the same colors as the regular Aspect Warriors.
To have extra Scouts (Rangers) I swapped one miniature per base with a piece of the ruins sprue./pic1504283.jpg)
The old Guardians were the cheapest on eBay, so they are my core troopers.
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