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Oh, then I'm mistaken. I had the original riders' image in my head and forgot about DKoK. I only brought it up because I know that the Nob Biker's base mattered so that it wasn't "confusing".

Love SquigScream, he looks great

Defintely a fan of the squigsuits - don't play so can't give any advice on the base size, but if the DKOK riders are on 40mm then it all looks good to me. A squad of those leaping all over the place will look fantastic

 Proiteus wrote:
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.

These are pretty hilariously awesome.

I like the squid suits, but I think you'd have more luck in competitions with the bikes, after what happened to those awesome mono-wheel cybork. I think the squid suits are more fun by a long shot tho.

Also, what are those wheels from? they are so small

Awesome conversions but you know that.

The grot on the bike is more recognisable as a rough rider but the squig suit is so much cooler I would go with that.

I don't game but if I recall the rules are a bit vague now with regards to base size and I don't think it really matters. If they get a bit lost on a 40mm have you tried the new 32mm round?

SQUIGSUITZ IN DA WORKSHOP!
By popular demand the Squigsuit wins! So I've completed the suit's lance weapon and added some plates. By the way if anyone has any Tau Battlesuit feet or Broadside cooling system let me know cause they're hard to find or expensive on the web.



Thought about adding a 2nd arm for the Rough Rider's pistol, what do you think? Does it work or should I stick with the one arm?
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I like it!

For the pistol, how about a variety....some mounted on the right like that, some on the left, some underslung....

As though the main 'hull' was fairly standard and each rider had arranged their own pistol set-up according to their taste.

I think I have some cooling units AND Broadside feet laying around. I have battlesuit feet, but some of them are a little junky from my early days... XD

FOR DA GREATER GROT!
Being thinking of ways to represent the laspistols on my Squigsuit rough riders. Since adding a 2nd arm made them look too humanoid and attaching a gun to the spear made it too bulky; so I instead decided to make a wee little gretchin drone to escort them.
They'll be two for every five rough riders and will be mounted on the bases with them.
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 Proiteus wrote:
FOR DA GREATER GROT!
Being thinking of ways to represent the laspistols on my Squigsuit rough riders. Since adding a 2nd arm made them look too humanoid and attaching a gun to the spear made it too bulky; so I instead decided to make a wee little gretchin drone to escort them.
They'll be two for every five rough riders and will be mounted on the bases with them.
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Would that make them a Grotoid



Or a Mechchen

THE BIGGA AND BADDA BLASTA TANK!
Well finished working on my new Plasma Russ for my grot guard, decided to replace the old model which had a red paint job but little else which compared to the other newer tank conversions looked a bit too humie. So I decided to build a new version to match the more greenskin like appearance of the rebellion to match the brutal appearance of the command tank!



Gotta say I'm loving the flexible rivet strips from Zinge Industries, they're a god send. Plus the spiked tracks from Blood & Skulls Industry add to the brutal look!

Started work on painting all 3 tanks today, got them based and inked so tomorrow it will be time to break out the sponges. Still can't wait to unleash all 3 fully painting on to the board.
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That is one bad ass conversion loving the battlewagon sloped front

Very nice! The use of the BW dozer is excellent, makes a fantastic hull. Storing that idea away Nice use of the jet bits for rounding out the bottom of the hull too.

Zinge's flexible strips are highly recommended - rivets, pipes, chainsaw blades etc. - all great products. And those tesla coils are great for greenskin dakka parts too

I was painting them today in my local indie store when someone mention when compared to my other tanks the turret is... a bit small. So we started putting every turret on the tank till we found a match with the predator one, I think with a few added bolts and with the main weapon it might look a lot better. What do you think?

I think that's an excellent match Proiteus.

Size wise I can see your reasoning however I honestly think the previous turret seemed more Orky and original

I. Love. You.

отличные работы! великолепный блог! какие правила применяете для игры, этой армией?
excellent work! wonderful blog ! what rules apply to the game , this army ? (sorry for my english)

 kenderthistle wrote:
отличные работы! великолепный блог! какие правила применяете для игры, этой армией?
excellent work! wonderful blog ! what rules apply to the game , this army ? (sorry for my english)

It's Imperial Guard/Astra Militarum, always has been, always will be.

I kind of preferred the squat turret, it makes for an interesting counterbalance to the outer tanks and makes it very visually distinct.

The size disparity isn't so much a bug as a feature, if you follow me

Much approval, much of it!




PM'ed

Definitely like the bigger turret. Should look great all Orked up.

Love the tanks, love the RR !
Subbed !

часть моей армии, вызвались добровольными рекрутами для вашей армии! и это - меня беспокоит
part of my army recruits volunteered for your army ! and it's - I'm worried about

another - in the process...

Found a perfect turret which goes perfectly with the tank, my old Plasma Russ turret lol. Just need to spruce it up with a few bitz to it to make it look less like a guard turret.
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sub'd.

BLASTA TANK POWERED UP!!!
Completed the new an improved Blasta Tank MK2 with spiked tracks, ork glyphs and a brutal lookin front armour plating overall making it a huge improvement over the previous version. The sponsons and main armament are removal so if I ever want to field a Pask Punisher in the future I can do that.
I stuck with the original turret after realizing it was a much better fit after other players said the new one was too small for such a tank.



Anyway I'm loving the new version.

Same here Proiteus. The silhouette is very distinct, and I'll be damned if I can tell how you put that together.

Only thing that bugs me is I can't help but feel like the turret is an ever so slightly different shade of red to the tank. Might just be my tablet though. Regardless, it's a brilliant conversion with a great paint job tying it together

 Archmagos_Amadeus wrote:
Only thing that bugs me is I can't help but feel like the turret is an ever so slightly different shade of red to the tank. Might just be my tablet though. Regardless, it's a brilliant conversion with a great paint job tying it together

Must be because it's from the old tank, I brightened up to match the rest of the tank but I guess the faint difference is noticeable in strong light.

CALLING DOWN DA GROT BOMBS!
I'm thinking of bringing back an old favourite. In the previous version the one tank people had trouble identifying was the Manticore, instead of the 4 missiles it had a dish and was crewed by grot mekboys with the idea being it was calling in Grot Bomb Suicide Squads with the D3 barrage representing how many of the piloted bombs made it to the target. But instead of the large tank from the codex I plan to use the Manticore Gun Emplacement rules from FW, basically 100pts for a AV10 immobile vehicle with 2 HPs and without the heavy bolter. I give you the Grot Rebel Spotta! (Basically a scout/spotter for the grot bomb strikes).

I've used the hull from the old Hydra tank conversions since they're ill suited to represent armoured sentinels, only problem is the emplacement can't move so I need to add some detail or adjustment to the tracks to represent that? So far the best idea is putting wedge blocks at each end of the tank, suggestions?
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