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Loving the power broom, brilliant idea.

EDC

I will probably need to rise above justing adding power cables and purity seals to things to make them "40K', but for now it seems to work fine. Maybe I need to branch out into skulls. : )

Here's the Kif painted:





At some point we will need the clergy. They should be pretty strange and gothic, but perhaps the lower rank ones might use these guys whom I like quite a bit:

From West Wind. They make some other figures in the line as well.

Maybe these will be the more righteous rural clergy and there will be a more over the top, john blanch, decadent gothic urban clergy group. Always thought the Vostoryans would make great cathedral guards.

Picked up these two to go with the Clergy at some point. I think I may do a squad of very gothic, Over the Top, city clergy, and a squad of more simple/humble country folk.



In the meantime, the Plague doctors have been converted. I might try to do a banner for them to lug around, and possibly a bell ringer to announce their presence. I need a name too - Sanitation Fellowship?





They have a horse to lug around their antiseptics. Alternately it can carry fire retardants, or even flamer fuel...



Painted Napoleon Zaphod. Gave some thought to basing. Some kind of urban pattern I suppose.







The Exporators are getting their first dedicated vehicle. Bulldozer with dome and chainsaw arm. I think they will currently be in the process of looting a world consumed by Tyranids. Lots of good stuff left behind I imagine, but you would need hostile environment gear and heavy equipment. Pro tip - I used a plastic dome shape from a vending machine (held a toy ring), then painted the INSIDE of it blue. Gave a very smooth finish.

Here is my current painting backlog for this project - 19 figures and one almost done vehicle.



There are some lightly converted reaper bones for ship's crew in there.

Those West Wind priest models are really cool.

That vehicle is just fantastic, really thematic.

EDC

Thanks EDC! Other than paint, I was thinking the vehicle that it needed a flag, although I'm not sure what the flag of an Imperial mining/explorator outfit should be like. I was also trying to figure out what a priest or other imperial minder would look like in a space suit. I figure they'd have somebody along to keep them in line.

I have some other ideas I want to get down before I forget.

Factory Militia - I think I will add a heavy chopping blade to their rifles - that should make them pretty "40k".


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Also, I want a priest for them as well, and a husband and wife team of factory owners to lead the group. If it is going to wind up as a proxy IG platoon it needs a command squad.

I was also thinking about the feral worlds I want to do -

1) A "Feudal" world recently contacted by the imperium. Knights with lasguns and armor made to look like space marine stuff. Designed to work with my existing Bretonnians. I'm also going to do a ton of paper fold terrain - there are lots of great medival/mordheim type buildings in paper fold. If I'm feeling particularly motivated I'm going to do many of the building in destroyed form as well so you can blow them up during games.

Two figures I want to get - keep mostly fantasy, but I feel they somewhat fit: (from Gamezone)





I think he's a tax collector for some reason. She's the herald of a noble house.

Not sure if it will fit in the Fuedal world, but I'd also like to get a bit of a Nausica of the Valley of winds vibe going. Especially these guys:



No existing figures it looks like. Might need to cast my own. Overall, a world with guns, armor, giant insects, and planes would fit very well with my version of 40K. Perhaps it should wait for a full on Nausicaa Dorok imperial guard regiment...

I also have a general yen to do a Barsoom type world - humans with swords, rayguns and a general lack of clothing, various aliens, ancient tech and flying ships.

I'd also like to do a semi stone age human world. In the Taros campaign it mentioned the preimperial humans who had somehow survived the incredibly harsh conditions only to be wiped out by the first imperials. I always asssumed that anyone that tough didn't go gently into that dark night so to speak. I'd like to do stone age humans, but with some kind of edge that might give them some kind of chance against more advanced forces. Maybe they are Ogryn. Maybe they have some special material. In the old Dark Star games Outpost Gamma there were primatives who had crystal shields that were almost impenetrable.... Could model them in clear plastic. Only thing is I kind of want to do that for one of my minor Xenos squads.

Another project I'm considering - the Warhammer 40K smart car! I'm thinking I'll create a little commuter vehicle, sort of a cross between a smart car, a Johnny Cab and a kubelwagon, get it cast and use it to populate my city streets.

I'm kind of surprised there's no Nausicaa type figures out there; it's a really neat aesthetic.

weetyskemian44 wrote:weird and wonderful stuff. You should totally get some plague doctors. Hell I should totally get some plague doctors too.

We all need more plague doctors. And Rennissance Italians with SMGs.

I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this blog.

Some suggestions. You might want add some of West Wind's Roadkill Brotherhood and Sisterhood to your priests.





And if you're looking for more techno primatives for Barsoon, well...

http://www.bronzeagemin.com/








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Oh and for vehicles I found a company doing tons of 1/43 interwar stuff.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/670605.page#8263241

Loving the Plague Monks!

Well thanks! I've solved a nagging basing problem. I'm going to go with a rough green base drybrushed grey with bits of trash, rubble and occasional straggly plants. I hereby declare the streets of my sector of the imperium paved with a kind of greenish asphalt (used to see this in tennis courts around here), allowing my urban bases to fit in with my country tables and my more traditional figures to fit in with the city. I'll post some test pics soon.

I will want some bikers someday, and I like those ones the Kid posted, because they are not quite what one expects for bikers. A sort of pro imperial biker gang led by a wild haired priest biker would be cool. I recently read a story about an imperial priest who gets assigned to a mutant slum neighborhood. I really liked when he declared it was time for him to "Protect the flock" and pulled out his bolt pistol and went to town. "They may be mutants, but they're still my parishioners!" or some such. I think most imperial priests would be horribly corrupt and twisted, but there should be some people of simple faith just trying to do their best and exemplifying what few virtues the imperium actually has. I'll check the vehicles too.

That Tax Collector model is cool. Is that an Aquila on his saddle seat?

EDC

Not sure - I don't have the model yet.

I remembered another line you might want to check out, Meridian Miniatures just did a KS for Steam Punk Militia.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2004599158/steampunk-militia-miniatures/description

Hopefully they'll be up for retail soon.

Hmm -definite possibility. I would want to redo the hats since I find those too "familiar" with another genre for some reason, but it wouldn't be hard to do. The "steampunk gorget" look is something I'm fond of and having figures of both genders is also a plus. Hadn't seen that one - thanks!

I've done some painting:



Explorator Vehicle "Hemit". It was originally going to be "Hematite" but A), that was too big and B) apparently I can't spell. I have lots of Grey/Black/Antique gold figures - I thought about tossing the scheme entirely, but then decided that I would add some color instead. Orange and Blue is definitely new to me. I didn't care for it at first, but I am starting to warm up to it. Alternately, each figure may have its own accent color. I figure they are more independent and flamboyant than your average imperial outfit. Here are some more pictures - I still haven't really gotten the hand of realistic rust patterns. I don't want to cover the whole thing, but it looks more splotchy than it should. I may paint the tracks bronze also.


I seem to have missed some greenstuff there.





Here is the street sweeper. Mageknight figures don't paint up that well for me, so I didn't spend that long on him.





Fairly pleased with the basing scheme. I will adjust my greenstuff on the bases to look more like cracked pavement.

Here we have some citizens from the 25mm minority.



Worked pretty hard to the Joy Girl, but once again I made the mistake of using flesh wash. The mistake was compounded by getting interrupted in the middle of it, which led to a heavier coat than I was going for. I need to remember to use only thinned flesh washes on character models. Also botched up the face a bit. May repaint, partially or in full.

I love what you did with the plague docs and the horse. I think "the brethren of the cleansing" has a nice ring to it.

Brethren of the Cleansing it is. I like it. Sort of a fraternal order/hereditary job.


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An idea that just came to me -
I want a few xenos vehicles and I've always thought the Drop Zone Commander UMC light tank was brilliant. It is described as an ultra low chasis vehicle operated by a single pilot lying down with a cherry picker turret capable of extending up to 15'. I've been wanting to do something like that in 28mm scale, but it seems too clever and techy for the Imperium, so perhaps I will do it for the Kif. It seems to suit their stealthy style. I will probably base it off a 1/72 8 rad german armored car. Or maybe 1/48?. Even the 1/72 should be nearly 9 cm long... I'm just concerned that the wheels will be so small as to look silly in 1/72.

I changed tracks and jumped over to a previous project that fits with this theme - the crew of the Tourjours L'Audace, a tramp freighter operating in the Argo Cluster: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/524342.page

They come from the remote world of San Bastionne, which lies in a very difficult to navigate area of the cluster. San Bastionne has extensive orbital facilities, including an ancient orbital elevator which gives them easy access to space. Consequently they produce many spacers and Void Born. The people of San Bastionne, who call themselves the Bakulaire, seem strange and disturbing to the people of more mainstream imperial worlds, and with good reason. The Bakulaire frequently practice a hybrid of the Imperial Faith and the worship of other powers who are probably chaotic in many cases, although often mixed with the worship of imperial saints. The most commonly revered entities are the Man God King, the Winged Saint, and La Sirenne, the fickle maiden of the void. This is a terrible idea of course, and many Bakulaire wind up falling to chaos or being executed by the Inquisition. The Bakulaire are also more tolerant of mutants and psykers than most Imperials, especially the psykers known as Pilots who are able to function as navigators in a limited way. Freighters from San Bastionne are common, slipping through the less travelled spaceways with dubious cargos and occasionally dabbling in Piracy. Still, they are well armed and do help facilitate valuable trade, moving faster than the lumbering Slow Haulers who can take a generation between stops. The Inquisition purges San Bastionne periodically, but the old ways always resurface.



Here we see WIP Diago the Pilot, and his sister/bodyguard Annalise. In the front rank several officers with Sasha Dubois, mistress of ordenance and shuttles in the center, and Mamzelle Pythia, Lex Mechanic. Captain Jean-Dan Gbwe will probably be the Chaos Cult leader from the Dark Vengence set, but I am not sure about that. Base coated blue is first officer Adrian M'boko, who is the public face of the freighter, being much less likely to be hauled away and summarily executed during shore dealings than his captain. He carries the best wargear, including the ancestral ship's power fist.


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Here's a possible priestess from the more decadent side of the imperial cult from reaper: (pathfinder Iconic Oracle)

Test Painted one of the Brethren:



The yellow and grey I like, but it is maybe a bit close to the yellow and black I'm using for the noble house. Might think on it a bit more. I like the blue green antiseptic fluid though...

Test paint hob on the Brethren looks great. Nice mix of grim.dark in a bright hazard suit.

EDC

I think I'm going to do some terrain, hopefully this weekend. I want to do habs, but I want to something more like the ancient roman apartments, and less like soviet era housing. My goal is to have enough "Middle ages of the 41st millenium" touches that I can use it in Mordheim/frostgrave in a pinch, but still be identifiably 40K.

I love that reference photo for your terrain. Also really dig the idea of unarmed civilians.

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I think I'm going to do some terrain, hopefully this weekend. I want to do habs, but I want to something more like the ancient roman apartments, and less like soviet era housing. My goal is to have enough "Middle ages of the 41st millenium" touches that I can use it in Mordheim/frostgrave in a pinch, but still be identifiably 40K.

The IMEX chemical plant is great for this. Just add some mysterious tanks and pipes and any historical building becomes grimdark.

Cool ideas. Any kits in mind for the aesthetic you want to achieve?

EDC

Going back to the civilian vehicles, an old short story had a medieval world which had renounced wheels as being ungodly and leading to the horrors of the Dark Age of technology. So they used ... horse-drawn hover wagons! If that doesn't sum up 40k, I don't know what does.

As for other suggestions, Wargames Foundry has a selection of ancient and medieval civilians:

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/ancients/civilians

(I was originally going to mention the Jolly Monks, which will do for just about any setting from 500 AD onwards, but most of the other sets could be useful, too.)

Oh, and there's these:
http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/egyptian-adventure

Perry Miniatures have a couple of packs of Japanese peasants and civilians, too.

There's some good ideas there AndrewGPaul. The Egyptian Priests could be all sorts of things, and the other civilians look useful with some conversion. One thing that always puts me off about Foundry and some similar custom is the weird dark line musculature. Is that an artifact of painting or are they sculpted that way? It always looks really odd, maybe it looks better a tabletop range. I'll probably scratch build mostly, though that chem plant looks like it would save tons of labor and be more durable than most scratch built piping.


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I did kind of like the hover carts in Starwars as it happens... Though I'd see them more as a ritual conveyance than a farmer thing. Ancient sacred machinery and such.


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One thing I plan to think about is how to do servitors. I find the concept essential to imperial 40k, but don't love GW's figures in most cases.

It's the painting. It was first done by Kevin Dallimore, but now I think Foundry are relying on lesser mortals. It's basically three layers - dark base, mid-tone over most of the model, light highlight. It looks odd up close on individual models, but if you're painting several hundred troops, the overall effect on the tabletop looks good, and more importantly, it gives you a fighting chance of actually getting them all done!

As well as Servitors, I've got a couple of Watchers in the Dark from Azrael and the Dark Angels Terminators to become weird Jawa-esque assistants for my tech-priests. Oh, and servo-skulls and gothic cherubs (Wargames Foundry used to include a couple of cherubs in all their packs of Elves, but those haven't been on sale for years) and Caryatids (like cherubs, but bat-winged and blue. Native to Necromunda and a sign of luck).


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I'm told that Foundry will sell stuff that's not listed on their site, if you give them a phone. Not amazingly useful if you're in the USA, I suppose. :(

Random afternoon photos, just because the light was pretty good.

Cool pics. Nice to see some group shots as a refresher.

EDC

Lovely stuff


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Zombicide Survivors worth a look?

Maybe... Just using basic modern figures doesn't float my boat in most cases these days, but with proper "grimdarking" they make good starting points.

There are quite a few interesting possibilities on this page:



The "zombivore" versions give you a more ragged, downtrodden starting point for conversion, and I like the ones with axes. Ever since seeing the EMS guys in Infinity I've wanted to do a fire fighting squad in 40K. Something like these two:



Inspired by this:

Problem is, I don't see any way to get just Zombicide figures, let alone choose which ones one wants.... And they need plenty of fiddly bitzwork to fit in.

On the other hand I feel this lady fits in perfectly (Maybe with the odd purity seal):




Meantime, I remembered who I was thinking about using for the rank and file crew on my tramp Freighter, or at least a starting point - Wargames Foundry Darkest Africa Ruga Ruga:

With a few googles, masks, grenades, and so on (mostly from Victoria miniatures) they should look the part. I'd like a few more jackets though, and a bit more Hatian/Voodoo look.


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Cat Lady Edna by Reaper.

Actually, looks like Foundry's Tribal warriors has some with hats and coats that would work better for freighter crew:




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Victoria also makes Epaulettes for the coats. I don't love the hats - they don't make a ton of sense in spaceship crew.

What are you going for with the space ship crew? Ragged remains of uniforms after decades below decks?

Might Empire Flagellents or WGF Native Americans work?

Maybe they could all get a head swap to some sort of cyborg heads? WGF greatcoats come with a grill face that should be pretty cheap for bitz but might be too big on historical models.