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Yes I have seen those before, but I decided to stick with GW parts. Thou I am using one of the officer heads for Kaptin Squigscream.

those last models would make great commissars!

DA ARMY LOOKZ DEAD KILLY KOLONEL!
I’ve had a several requests for a shot of the whole army, sadly my camera is limited so I can only just scrap by with a photo of a small group like this one > Doom Patrol
Anyway here’s the best I can manage...



With the army case yet to turn up my army is currently sitting on some shelves each of which are 24 wide so you can already guess how much space my army will take up in deployment (not looking forward to corner deploy thou). You can also see the incomplete Hellhound tank 2nd from the left.

So all that’s left to build is the 3 Doom-vees , 5 creators for when my doom-vees get destroyed to give cover to the defenceless grots (legal rule) and my Thundasquig Gunship.

BUT NOT AS KILLY AS DEM FLYING ARMIE OF DOOM!
Yesterday I saw what can be best described and my army’s natural predator which I dread I will have to fight at my local tournament, the army is damn near unstoppable able to completely destroy 3 units a turn. It consists of 9 Vendettas all with heavy bolters with a command squad with fleet officer and astropath and 3 vets with flamers. NASTY!

Amazing.

Bad-***ery in it's purest form! can't wait to see more! and great work so far!

Mecharius wrote:Bad-***ery in it's purest form! can't wait to see more! and great work so far!

With more to come, hopefully I'll have the Hellhound completed tommorrow and the 6th page of the comic by the end of the week but I'll try for monday.

yay! cant wait to see!

“BORN TA GRILL!”
Well I finally got round to stripping the skotcha turret and completing ‘The Little Grot II’...


'Doze boyz daz gotta eat zo we hav dey Little Grot cafz on da feild ta
filla'em up good, pluz during battle dey burn a few enemies too'

It originally started as a simple repaint but I eventually decided to rip it apart and build it again from scratch. As you can see from this photo it’s a vast improvement on the original...



Everyone I asked told me to use a strong paint stripper but I wasn’t keen on buying such a powerful product that required so much care to use and dispose of.
So I instead used a £2 bottle of Detox that did the job just as well as the more dangerous and expensive alternative. The only bad side is that it did smell a bit when it was finished but a quick soapy wash got rid of it. I recommend everyone visits this tutorial if they need any paint stripping > 'Stripping Models Using Cleaning Products'

Sadly it’s become clear that my ThundaSquig Gunship won’t be done in time for the 2 tournaments this month since I still need to get the craters and comic done , I could get it done but not without rushing it which I don’t want to do. Instead The Little Grot II will take its place and I’ll get it done in time for the Throne Of Skulls Tournament next month.

“DA LAST LINE OF DEFENCE?”
Upon looking at all the rules related to my mech guard I found a rule that allows me to replace an exploded doom-vee with a crater, this will protect my vulnerable grot troopers long enough for the vendetta to rescue them or at least have them survive a little longer.
Now I plan to make some planks out of plasticard to rest on the wheels when a doom-vee is destroyed so that most of the surviving squad can be placed on the top. But I’m unsure what to do for craters.

I had planned to use the GW craters but then I was reminded that my remaining vehicles would require dangerous tests to move through them and 3 of the GW craters are far too big. So I’m going to have to create my own the question is how big should I make them?

The first idea is to use old CDs to create a small crater using modelling putty with several bits of wreckage on. Alternatively I could use the GW 100mm textured movement trays and decorate them with pieces of doom-vee wreckage with space in the middle to put the few remaining grots so it looks like they’ve dived for cover among the few remaining pieces of their beloved doom-vee.

Which do you think sounds better?

Also with luck I'll have the 5th page of the comic uploaded tommorrow

i think it would be cool to have a huge burning wreck for a crater! i think CDs would be better, but if you cant make a big enough wreck on a CD then go with the movement tray!


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btw LOVE the hellhound!

Lols amazed i truly am. the hole thread. I love the Grot rebel. And it would be s sheer pleasure if people could see it in person i know i would pay to see it.

Love the cafe style menu and signs on the Da Little Grot II. *cackles*

DIZ DA FINAL KOUNTDOWN!
Well here I am on the final straight to the grots first appearance, just need to finish off 3 sets of doom-vee wheels and the army’s ready for its first game against (the current) Dark Eldar this Thursday.

Of course as soon as that’s done I’ll focus on finishing the comic and constructing my doom-vee wreck templates on the textured fantasy trays which I hope will look similar to this one when finished: http://www.microartstudio.com/news_photos/5SJPFTYWRL5MAO6Q.jpg
I plan to visit my local modelling shop tomorrow to get some suitable parts for the wreckage, however with the limited time I have left I may have to use print out templates for the first tournament, which is annoying.

However a more serious problem has occurred! I finally got my Battlefoam P.A.C.K 720 on Friday but with none of the infantry trays I ordered from the uk retailer despite having them listed as in stock! I'm told I'll get them a later date but that ain't helpful so I’m going to have to use some GW trays and use the leftover foam blocks to secure them!

TO TELL WATZ WAT
When I first took the grot rebellion to a tournament many years ago there was no problem with my opponent being able to indentify each unit as each model looked suitable for the unit it represents.
The same applies to the newer versions with the exception of the Manticore. But with all the tournaments I plan to take the grots to in the next year I felt it necessary to make a reference sheet just in case my opponent trys to argue the idea that they're confusing.

D:. Wow that is awesome.

Thats an awesome reference sheet!

But youve made a mistake :

Proiteus wrote:Ain't ya never since a grot rebellin before!?!

Love that reference sheet - and all the models of course!

So awesome. I think the CD's would look better in the end, but the tray's would be better for driving around, I think... that is if I have the size's right.

Da Little Grot ll looks great. The new paint job and menu boards are spot on.

That Refference sheet is awesome.. but I just noticed "Ain't ya-"... wait, it's already been pointed out.

ninja!

Fixed It

Hehe thats better!

I am so excited...I would pay good money to come watch you play a match cause it would be awesome...Keep it up man!

fith page please and also MAKE A SHOCK ATTACK GUN!please

Nice work. Totally epic army.

"WE RIDE TA WOR!"
Well the grots had their first game yesterday against Dark Eldar and won, sadly it was more due to my opponent’s bad luck than skill but gave me a better understanding of each unit’s strengths and weaknesses plus what attracts the most of my opponents firepower.

Anyway just adding some finishing touches on to the Doom-Vees, so far the only one that is fully completed is the Doom-Vee for the Command Squad named ‘Da Red Star’


"Erez ma ride as you can see it's got a lota wayz for me
ta order my boyz and listen da wat dey say"

Well I’m off to my local tournament tomorrow and I’m hoping the grots do well; I’ll also upload a small report and pictures of another 3 doom-vees and then finish page 5 of the comic and upload that on Sunday.

“Da Revaloshun Iz Ere & it’z about time!”

Sweet lookin' ride as always man. Good luck with the tourney and looking forward to the comic.

its looking awesome

moonshine wrote:its looking awesome

Yeah played awesome as well today at the tournament , even stood up against an army of 9 vendettas. Tell ya about it tommorrow cause I'm too tired from staying up all last night to complete the grot rebellion in time for the tournament.

pics of the other stuff too! or did you not start the vendettas yet?

cant wait too hear how the tourtie goes?

neat can't wait to hear how the rebbelion does after the tournament
btw afterwards are you gonna continue withe the rebbellion ?

AND WE IZ... ROLLIN!!!
Well the grots had their first tournament yesterday and performed better than I had imagined. Completely destroying the first two opponent's armies whilst losing only a few units.
Then in the last round I fought 9 Vendetta army and while I destroyed the majority of his army he crippled mine meaning he could turbo-boost into my deployment area and score while my grot had to leg it to his whilst being gunned downed by heavy-bolters.

Overall it was very good day and I finished 5th, now I'm even more excited about Open War next saturday.

Also here are the 2 Doom-vees; Da Squasha and Da Rokn'N Red...



DOOM-VEE FACT 1 - WOR-KAMS
"Now derez very few grotz dat can offer a gud descripchun of wat deyz seen so I use dez Wor-kams on my scoutin doom-veez so dat I kan see wat iz gonna be fightin!"

I thought it be a good idea to display what weapons were inside the Doom-vee so that I could tell from a glance what dice I needed to roll, as you can see the look-out grot on 'Da Squasha' is armed with a looted plasma pistol to represent the plasmagun armed vets inside.



Hopefully I'll have the 5h page of the comic to show you guys later this evening.

Hey, i've been following this thread for a while and every tome you post sometihng new I love it!! i'm glad your sticking with it!! Your painting and modelling skills are great.

You're probably aware of the stuff forgeworld does for grots...



Even if you dont use the models i'm sure you'll get some great Bitz off the spruces!!

Keep up the great work!