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 Proiteus wrote:
DINGZ R GETTIN WEIRDA!
While working on the Rapier Laser Batteries I thought to myself that my current Weirdgrot conversion below (representing a Primaris Psyker) looks great for pyromancy and other physical forms of psychic powers but not for the Divination which I'd be using quite often.



So I needed to get one who'd look right for Divination and could represent an astropath should I ever wish to field one. So I created this floating gretchin in a strait jacket with lots of rods and teslas sticking out. The idea being that when he sees the future he goes nuts and starts screaming about it and sometimes a nearby squad will listen and act accordingly.
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Forgive me dear sir but I may do a 'umie version of that amazing astropath.


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Huh didn't post the right photo... the straitjacket one I meant.


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Huh didn't post the right photo... the straitjacket one I meant.

KOMMAND TANK COMIN THREW!
Behold the grot Kommand Tank that will represent my tank commander's Leman Russ Vanquisher. The spiked tracks really give it an orky feel without the ramshackle look. I decided to go with the Battlewagon turret over the original turret for the command tank because of two reasons; 1 the cupola on top allow me to put a gretchin commander in while the other is solid. & because this turret goes better with the tank.
I still plan to use the larger turrets for when I want to use the tank as a standard Leman Russ Demolisher or Battle Tank or even an artillery tank.



Now I need to get the 2nd one built by next Thursday for the first round of the club tournament as well as my Vindicare Assassin but to do that I need one crucial component...

ANYONE GOT DIZ BIT SPARE!?!
In order to build my 2nd Vanquisher I need the Leman Russ Barrel component shown below, but it's proving hard to find online so if anyone has one to spare please let me know?


WANTED!

Very nice work Proiteus. I'm a fan on the set-back turret on the Chimera chassis

GROTZ ON PARADE
Took 2 weeks but I finally got a decent picture of my Grot Rebelz Armies On Parade Board. Of course I couldn't fit the whole army on so instead used a selection of units, including the Rapier Laser Batteries with alternative crew. I was very please with how it turned out, at least as far as the board was concerned.



The contest itself was a bit of a joke as the new manager of my store allowed a group of friends and family members to vote for one entry. It was a good entry but we had few other voters (with the manager making little attempt to get customers to vote) meant he won it by a landslide leaving the other 3 entries tied, so 2nd place was decided by the manager's vote and I won 3rd through a coin toss. Overall it kind of spoilt the experience and next year I likely enter at another GW store.



I'm not dissapointed that I lost after all I did this for a laugh, it just rather than have a fair and balanced contest with 4 equally good entries we had the winner decided through bias votes.

BRINGIN DA EAVY HITTERS!
Since I'm waiting for parts to arrive to complete my 2nd command tank turret and have yet to paint up my psyker with a local tournament starting this week I've changed my list round to instead feature 2 Leman Russ Demolishers, using the unused non-gw turrets which really makes them look intimating.
It's great as I can use the hull of this tank for either a pair of Leman Russ or artillery tanks simply by changing the main armament. Might have to go back and create a Plasma Russ using this same conversion build when I get the time?
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 Proiteus wrote:
GROTZ ON PARADE
Took 2 weeks but I finally got a decent picture of my Grot Rebelz Armies On Parade Board. Of course I couldn't fit the whole army on so instead used a selection of units, including the Rapier Laser Batteries with alternative crew. I was very please with how it turned out, at least as far as the board was concerned.



The contest itself was a bit of a joke as the new manager of my store allowed a group of friends and family members to vote for one entry. It was a good entry but we had few other voters (with the manager making little attempt to get customers to vote) meant he won it by a landslide leaving the other 3 entries tied, so 2nd place was decided by the manager's vote and I won 3rd through a coin toss. Overall it kind of spoilt the experience and next year I likely enter at another GW store.



I'm not dissapointed that I lost after all I did this for a laugh, it just rather than have a fair and balanced contest with 4 equally good entries we had the winner decided through bias votes.

Um wow that was really gakky by the manager. I would of said something to him or maybe report him. Otherwise the board looked really good

SUM BIG GUNZ
Well I've finally got my Rapier crews painted up, only change made was giving one a russian hat because he look a bit bland. The grot mek has also come out well even thou gamewise he's just a standard guardsmen. If I ever do convert a guard Engineer I'll likely make him look like the goblin tinker Gazlowe from Heroes Of The Storm.




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TAKIN DA SHOT!
Another big gun added to my army recently is Spookum's new sniper rifle as I've recently re-purposed him as a Vindicare Assassin since Marbo formation seems no where in sight. So far he's had some hit and miss games.



Now all I'm waiting on is to get the Leman Russ Barrel for my 2nd command tank and I can start painting them up, till them I'll work on painting the 2 weirdgrots.

WEIRDBOYZ AND WARPHEADS, OH MY!
Completed work on my 2 Gretchin Psykers the one in a strait jacket being my Astropath proxy while the one with the minder representing a Primaris Psyker, I'll probably commission an artist to create some artwork for their psychic cards.

I'm likely to create a 3rd psyker similar to the Astropath but with his arms free. Up next some remote explosives and a bad ass Grot Warboss!

BUILD ME SUM ARMOR WORTHY OF GORK!
A few months ago I read a tactica article about Commissar Yarrick on BOLS and thought to myself; this guy would make an awesome gretchin Warboss in exo armour! And after a bit of work here's the result or at least a rough version, what do you think?

All that's left to do is bulk out the back of the legs with greenstuff and some detail to the backpack. Also the head will be replaced with a mean looking one with an officer's cap.
Also I'm not sure whether to give him a bosspole/banner or not?

Looks great but maybe give him a bionic eye?

Great blog
...maybe a boss-pole on Warboss Rough, but no banner as his exhaust would burn it.

Have you got any plans for regimental advisors ?

GROT SPEEDAZ?
I plan to build two Tauros buggies for my army soon, essentially they're guard buggies that re-roll dangerous terrain and ignore immobilized results on 4+. Sadly thou it will take quite a lot of work to obtain to parts I need for the actual buggy conversions. So last night I tinkered with a few bits kicking round in my bitz box and game up with this concept...
So what are your thoughts as I'm eager to hear peoples thoughts on the idea of fielding 2 grot speeder as Tauros buggies?

It's not a skimmer but with the re-rolls to terrain test and 4+ ignore it's close, but while it has a cool star wars speeder look I'm worried it might look a bit too quirky even for gretchin. There also the fact it's not an actual skimmer so for counts as purposes it might be a poor choice?

So it's a bit hit and miss at the moment, the conversion will be perfected from it's current rough appearance if I do decide to go with it which is why I'm eager to hear some feedback on it.
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Stick wheels on it, and you're gold if you're worried about the "skimmer" thing.

I like it I say go with it

 Kepora wrote:
Stick wheels on it, and you're gold if you're worried about the "skimmer" thing.

You weren't wrong, just needed to find the right wheels! The orks ones were too big as even a 3 wheeler looked too big but then I tore the old GW wheels off my abbandoned Hellhound and bang! I had myself a winner!
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Very clever. I like it!

BOMBS UR WAY!
If one FW guard unit caught my eye as being something a gretchin would do it was the Cyclops remote demolition vehicle, basically it's 3 independent demo charges with toughness 6, 2 wounds and a 4+ save controlled by a squad of guardsmen at the back of the board. What sealed the deal was Kromlech's orky Goliath mines which I could help but buy on black friday.



Used them yesterday, not by far the most competitive unit in standard games but a fun one to use as they can keep your opponent on their toes.

LOOK OUT! ERE COMEZ DA BOSS!
Well here he is; Commissar Yarrick or in this army Kaptin Squigscream, Boss Grotskull's 2nd in kommand, muscle and right hand grot. I decided to convert an exo suit for the rebel grot warboss as it was the only way he'd be likely wielding a storm bolter and power klaw, plus Yarrick is hard as nails. I was lucky as the flash gitz provided me with the crucial legs, power pack and cyborg eye.



I look forward to painting him in the near future.

Love the yarrick figure! Where is that head from?

Those are all just lovely. The automated bomb squig tractors are some of my favorites and your Yarrick conversion is spot-on (though I wonder if the head isn't a bit big for a grot... hmmm, hard to say without any context).

I love these revolting grots. I pledge my support to the grot revolution!

TOO HUMIE!
With most of my vehicles taking on a more greenskin appearance such as the Chimeras, Wyvern and the two new Leman Russ tanks I can't help but look at my original Leman Russ and think that it is a bit too humie. Aside from the plasma weapons it looks very standard and could fit in with an Imperial army.



So despite my urges to go onto other projects such as my Tau Commando Strike Force or Tzeentch Daemon Army I feel the need to build a new leman russ, unlike the other two this one will be designed to feature sponsons and will either be a Plasma Russ or a Pask Punisher. Might look to build something similar to the Space Marine Heresy Tank. So expect to see both it and the two new buggies up sometime this month.

Seriously I keep thinking I'm finished with the grots, then I get a new idea and I'm pulled back in again, THE GROTZ JUST WON'T LET ME GO!!!

Tick...tick... BOOM!!!
Well aside from that the grot remote bombs are completed thou they won't see much use in competitive games (unless it's 500-750pts) they are still a fun unit to use in friendly games. I've made sure to be able to match the bomb controller to their cart with 1 remote control matching the pattern on the cart and the 2nd having a large black helmet to match the bomb. The 3rd has got a Playstation controller because reasons.
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Well, Proiteus, you continue to make fantastic grot conversions. The new gunz crews look cool, and the cybork looks like he could be a painboy in a pinch. That's a cool conversion on his arm. The grot meek and warboss look cool too.

WAAAAGH.... WAAAAGH NEVER CHANGES!
Finished converting up my first Ardgit that will represent Carapace veterans, the front half of the squad will be armed with riot shields. Also because I want to avoid painting anymore green I decided to give most of them gas masks, in doing so I kind of created a small version of the guy from the Fallout box art.

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I've been following this for forever, I absolutely love this army in every iteration. You are the reason I've been eyeing goblin regiment box sets whenever I'm on Amazon

The only reason I haven't followed through is that I do not want my Ork Army to feel bad, especially just when they finally got themselves an update.

It is a shame Orkz and Imperial Guard cannot ally easily while Battleforged, Grot Tankz would be super!

This stuff is great! Can't wait for another update

I love the guy on the left. He looks like a tough vet who been through it all. Keep up the great work

Also I've just finished painting my Warboss Yarrick proxy and he looks dead ard!
I've also come up with a Rough Rider conversion, try and guess what the grot meks have come up with this time? Both will be uploaded on Sunday evening. Till then here are my original rough riders from 8 years ago when I first started my grot rebelz.

DA ARDEST GROT DERE EVA WAS!
Finally finished off Squigscream on Saturday, converted from a variety of bits (most from the flash gitz) I wanted to make a fearsome looking gretchin warboss to represent Commissar Yarrick. And that's just what I got, course the problem now is finding a place for him in the army.



I had to replace his original banner because the bone didn't come out the way I wanted but I think the fist works better, was worried about the black armour but the chipping damage highlights it well.

RUFF RIDERZ; SQUIGSUITZ OR WARTRIKEZ?
Made the mistake this week of starting to brainstorm ideas for Rough riders, so far I've had two ideas.

Squigsuits
Inspired by the exo suit rough riders created by Flinty I made what is essentially a Grot Squigsuit using a Tau Broadside power pack, crisis feet and bionic bits. The idea was to put a robotic arm on the back with the piston powered spear and have them modelled bouncing and running. Only problem is it doesn't take up much space on the bike base and the legs are a little wide, so they'd need to be mounted on 40mm bases which brings up the question; what is the official base for Rough Riders?

Trikes
Unsure about the squigsuit idea I went to my local GW where 3 young players were building Orks, I spotted a Deffgun from a Loota kit and saw a Grot Trike, I've ordered some pistons and small wheels to experiment with this idea more later this week.

So I'm eager to hear which idea people think is better?
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I like both, but...

The Squigsuits are hilarious, although I think the base difference could potentially pose a problem.

Have you thought about for the trikes idea, do it "Big Wheel" style with the front wheel being considerably larger? It could potentially even count as the lance itself.

For the trikes I also believe you could use the Rectangle - Calvary bases with no problem, if I am not mistaken, because they'd be more proportional to the little trikes while also reducing their packing-size.

 Da Kommizzar wrote:
The Squigsuits are hilarious, although I think the base difference could potentially pose a problem.

How so? At first I thought it wasn't on the correct sized base but then someone pointed out that at the moment this is the closest thing to an official rough rider model. & it's on a 40mm base?