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I made some Squats!
Iron Breaker bodies combined with Space Marine Scout hands and weapons
Simple,easy and effective!!!
If this got you interested, please follow this link to my blog Spiky Rat Pack
to read the full story with more pictures!

- Mikko

Very nice.

Smart use of those kits, too - I never would have thought of combining Dwarves with SM Scouts!

Thanks! Super excited about these fellas! so many cool ideas for them in my head at the moment!!!

The paintjob is well executed but doesn't excite me. However, the converting is elegant and looks really natural. I look forward to seeing more of these! Now the question is how you'll make Squat bikers using the Dwarf plastics

Hahaa! now there's a slight challenge for me

That, my friend, is Heresy.

But also some of the best squat conversions ive ever seen!
I might steal your idea to convert a squat of veteran guardsmen, if you don't mind!

A few years ago I saw a Squat army here with regular Dwarves and Cadian lasgun arms, along with some heavily converted vehicles. It was a nice little counts-as IG force. If you get these guys off the ground (I'm assuming they're Space Marines) that'd be a fun allied detachment as well! And if you're going super Squatty with these dudes, you've gotta get some Thudd Guns to count as Thunderfire Cannons!

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be over here getting excited for you

Thudd guns as Thunderfire cannons, that's a brilliant idea!!!
And thank you all for your support!

Really nice conversion work, they look great.

These squats are god tier, but honestly I thought they might be unfinished because the armor is all one color. Just adding some color to the armor trim would really help them stand out IMO, but what do I know, I can't even paint this well. They do look amazing though, probably my favorite Squats conversions I've seen on dakka, and as mentioned the use of scout bits mixed with dwarves is pretty cool.

Agree, they are begging color ehehe

Great combination of kits, definitely could use some colour to give them some oomf !

Maybe even just gold trimmings on the armour, or different coloured cloth ?

Beautiful, just beautiful. When I saw the new Dwarf kits I thought they looked fantastic but I didn't even imagine using them for 40k; They look great!

I like the color scheme, it looks like the dwarves have armors made of stone, and heck, considering they are dwarves, that's awesome!

By not painting the ornaments & trimmings in their armour
I tried to steer away from that FB-look that it would have created.
Instead I wanted to emphasize the "scifi" type of feel.
Also by keeping the core units in simple colour schemes will help me to make the characters, dreadnoughts etc. To stand out even more
But I understand that this is not the style that everyone likes

I love it! Ironbreakers make awesome squats!

Get cracking brotha, I wanna see more!

These are great !!!
I must confess that I bought the new dwarfs too to convert them into squats but I didn't thought of using the scouts arms.
Very good idea.
I might steal it or get inspired by it.
Love the minimalist paint job. Especially cause it is different from what you produce.

Squat revival !! Beard implant powaa !

Thanks!
And please, feel free to get inspired!
Tommorrow I go and get myself new kits for another tactical squad, devastator squad and a command squad!!

Squat revival indeed!!!

Nice start!

I feel like they could use a little more definition. Maybe one more stronger color for markings and weapon casings? With army painting, you want to appear striking for greater range of distances and one off minis. Was also hoping for more industrial feeling basing. Somewhat rusted hues could work fantastic with the scheme.

Thanks!
Always nice to hear some critique from the master!
Ok they might look bit pale from the distance..
Should I really go true Old School and bring back the once loathed red bolter casings (2.edition Ultramarines anyone?)
Would look cool with the blue armour I guess??
I think I'll be bringing more detail to the bases with the larger models like the Ancestor(dreadnought) or Termite(drop pod)

Warning chevrons even?

I used to do everything really muted and tasteful, but things only took off when I added enough contrast and markings and made sure the army looks stunning from a distance too.

Yes the Squats do need a bit more color. Have to be seen from 3ft away. Some clan markings or as Migsula said chevrons?

I RARELY post, but I just had to. My first army in RT days was squats. These are the best squats I've ever seen. I'm on ebay right now buying parts to make my own. I love the paint job too, don't change a thing.

OK added some colour to the bolter casings.
Not huge difference at all but better than the black ones I guess?

These are brilliant

I'm surprised at how good these simple conversions xame out. These squats look great!

Great concept! I do think a little brass on the masks would ice the cake however.

Could've sworn I'd already commented on this, but apparently not. Great stuff all round, love the style and execution, and the paint scheme is nice and clean. I actually liked the greyed-out look a lot.

These look damn good. The way everything matches up just clicks really well.

I do have to second everyone else's sentiments on the armor. There is just a bit of something lacking to it. The colors work well, but there could be some more contrast there. Either a blue/black wash to darken up the recesses some, or maybe some extra colors on the helmets.

But yeah, having an army of these guys would look great on the table. Looking forward to any vehicle conversions you might do as well.

What can we expect next?

briliant work sir. the painting if ok too, if i were to give you any advice it would be to have your bases a diffrent colour set to your models then you will get a realy nice contrast, perhaps a vibrant green