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The Space Dwarfs return!

Stage one is complete. All models are stripped and ready to base and prime. Some are already painted and these will serve as a template for the rest. I'm trying to get some more to round out the force, but you would not believe the price of squats these days. I'm glad I bought mine when they were cheap. I aim to get this finished next week when I'm on holiday.

First the army commander who I will name Dolf Lugdrum The Angry (hes in the post).



Next the command group, with musician. I'll make them a standard bearer out of a plastic squat later.;



The meat of the force, the tactical squad:



A group of thunderers



An elite squad of veterans, counts as hearthguard, I'd like to have ten of these so I'll have to look out for more.



These two sterling chaps are either artillery crew (if I ever get any!) or the start of an assault squad.



Bikes, two of em... not really enough.



And the scrunty walker (counts as sentinal)

Most excellent!

Cheers!

The army commander has arrived, everything is based and I'm on holiday from tomorrow so there be no more excuses.

I made some custom bases for these so they stop constantly falling over. Also it lets me pull a wheelie!
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need to find some more Squat arms soon...

Yay, short biker types

Can't promise anything, but I think I saw a couple of arms recently...I'll have a rootle.....

Nice squats! Glad to see them back on your desk, Weets!

finished the bikers!. FYI the boltpistols are made from the holstered 1980s space marine pistols with a piece of barrel shaped plastic stuck on front. I'd better drill those barrels.

incidentally the squat arm kits are the most awkward little fethers. It is impossible to get a good pose without GS, sharp knives and tiny drills. But if you've got a couple monkey I would say no as these were the last of mine. I would have to use goblin arms otherwise and goblins have surprisingly big hands and you've gotta slice off the claws...

What about the old space ork arms? From the box...

Hmm, adaptable possibly... if I cut down the shoulder and add a little gs pad. Problem is squat arms are quite short and orks have always had long gangly arms so it would have to be shortened at both ends!

Good news, I have a commission coming, these chaps from mantics deadzone range; the Enforcers http://ibuywargames.co.uk/Mantic-Games-Warpath-Deadzone-Enforcer-Faction-Starter

The long arms wouldn't look so bad on a squat. They'd just be more Willow than Tyrien :p

Its been a while since I wrote. Batch painting an army takes a while! I've not exactly been pushing it recently - got a spring cold. But here is a pick to demonstrate progress on the Squats



I've got some mantic commissions coming up. Here's the first, the deadzone enforcer faction! I should be doing the other factions too at some point. These chaps are a pain in the rear to put together and are made from a slightly inferior plastic, but they have a lot of detail and the price is impressively affordable. Mantic ain't half bad...

My favorite Squat was always the laser rifle with axe.

LASER AXE.

Best ever. BEST!

And why shouldn't a laser have an axe on it after all!

Sneak preview time.

Looking lovely there, Weety.

Those warm the cockels of my heart...

Maybe in the sub-cockle area...

You have one from blood bowl the one with ethe bazooka

Squats look amazing weety. Wish I knew your technique

Yes there's nothing quite so heart warming as a brace of space dwarves, they've got such entertaining faces and beards.

Thats right miss dee I thought he'd make a good squat!

San76, this product is my secret weapon - http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/vallejo/vallejo-paint-sets/vallejo-washes-set-8-x-17ml/prod_10225.html

More extra Squats.

Stunties Re-dux! Yay!!

OK, just a quick run through the pics on the last couple of posts.....

Quality... quality...quality... and the last one...quality

 monkeytroll wrote:


Quality... quality...quality... and the last one...quality

Can't argue with that!

The Squats are fantastic! Just the inspiration I need to get to work on my one, count it, one! Squat model for my penal squad.

Really enjoying this trip down memory lane with you weety. Fantastic work as always!

Glad you all love the short ones! They are the ultimate in warhammer kitsch.

On a side note it has been trying doing the updates for this project because my keyboard has a broken Q button! I've lost count of the number of times I've copied and pasted 'Squats', I'll just call them space dwarves from now till I get a new keyboard!

Here's a prototype for the mantic enforcers commission, let me know what you think of it, I'm getting paid for it after all:

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That dude looks badass, Weets! I like all the freehand details and the shading in the white armor plates. The washes and tones used in the gun's metal look spot on as well.

Yeah, works for me

Looks better In real life of course! I think its a bit grainy zoomed in this much. Damn that macro...

Its so gonna hurt when a ball launched from a bazooka lands home.