Hi after some absent time from converting and painting I thought I should continue my little Necromunda/=I=Munda project.

Concept is the Crew of a small smuggling vessel called "Plato" which has stranded on a Hive planet. I will be using either Van Saar or Delaque rules - not quite sure yet.

The crew gathers around its captain - Na'Kor Kidd (a reffernce to the bird-alien Captain Kidd from "The adventures of the galaxy rangers) - and consists of mostly humans and some Xenos.
For now I have thought about 1 or 2 kroot and maybe a tau. Captain Kidd himself is a Bird in some bulky armor.
The rest will be made up from humans as I have a lot of unused Cadian, Catachan and SM parts lying around.

And for teasers 2 pics from my old thread:

A little update... As my camera was finally charged I'm now able to show you some of my other gangers.
Pics aren't the best but I had to use the flash as the natural lighting was to bad.

c&c are very welcome

Nice!

Way Cool!

After the some correction work I present you another crewmember... I will use him either as a scummer or a gunslinger (if I roll up that skill).
So without further ado... Canderous Ordo

Pretty sweet, Konf. I like the kroot's rifle club. Very tasty conversion work.

I like the models; Especially the captain looks very natural. The scummer is a cool model, but I feel he lacks a bit of depth; maybe because of the flash? If not, consider a wash or two to add some depth to his coat.

Thanks for the comments guys... glad you like my gang

The scummer is a cool model, but I feel he lacks a bit of depth; maybe because of the flash? If not, consider a wash or two to add some depth to his coat.

Sadly it's note the flash... just my mediocre painting skills but I'll try another layer of devlan mud over the coat and some highlighting on the elevated areas...
thanks a lot for the hint

Great stuff man. I really like what you´ve done with the gunslinger, and that Kroot merc looks ready to pounce.

Nice stuff.

They look ace one question though where did Captain Kidd's upper torso come from?

Looks like an sm torso flipped over Taintedmess.

Love what your doing here bro i think ill start somethin similar. <thumbsup>

They look ace one question though where did Captain Kidd's upper torso come from?

Thats a SM torso with the back glued to the legs... the beltpart of the SM torso was removed and the hole filled with GS

Hope you guys stay tuned today... I'll be posting pics of my first two painted juves in a couple of hours and some WIP of a SM Scout conversion which will be acting as a bounty hunter

Cool stuff man, your captain kidd looks great.
At first I thought he was gonna be like a Skexis from the dark crystal but he came out a lot more bird-like.
Are you thinking about creating any other xenos apart from kroot and tau, looks like you've got a knack for it.

Thx... I'm not sure about any new xenos... I don't have any ideas atm.. but maybe... who knows

And here as promised a little update:

a Kroot juve (nothing special) and my WIP SM Scout/Bounty Hunter

Love the Lasgun-holster on his back, looks brilliant.

Overall an amazing gang so far, I'm considering starting some Necromunda stuff soon, this is really inspirational.

Lookin' good. My favorites are the captain and the humans so far. Kroot could use a little something - maybe warpaint?

Cool shotgun holster!

Always happy to inspire peaople... more blogs I can steal ideas from

Warpaint will probably not fit into the theme of a shipcrew... but maybe I'll build a Ratskin Scout-count-as-Kroot covered in warpaint...

And here is the second juve I promised you yesterday...

The kroot in scout armor is a great look, I might think about stealing it for a little kill team action or so. Bird Man looks quite nice as well

- Salvage

I have to say the guy with the red bobble hat looks great the Captain is also exceptionally well executed have you seenZombiesmith's Quar models? It looks a lot like them.....

Kidd is a very interesting piece and I like what you did with the Space Marine. I'll probably steal that idea at some point in the future.

Another update here... the ships Pilot - Cid. There must be a Cid in every game^^
I did some minor GS conversions... a bandana and flying googles. Nothing special though.
The arms need some GS work to fill some gaps on the back... hope I find the time to do this the next days so I can start painting them on the weekend.

Very nice aviator.

*edit* I just read the post... He is an aviator! lolz

Nice Cid! Why not add some Dynamite while you're at it.

I love looking through necromunda gangs and inquisitor retinues just because people put so much effort into making each member unique.
Everything here is very nicely done even if you think your painting is subpar.
I also like your hidden nerd references (Kidd, Canderous, and Cid).
Nice work, can't wait to see more.

-CC

Why not add some Dynamite while you're at it.

Great idea... I'll try that... could be a nice addition

I also like your hidden nerd references (Kidd, Canderous, and Cid).

I certainly will add some more... allready got some in mind for the future.

I'm currently converting a SM heavy bolter Scout to a Heavy armed with a heavy stubber. The theme is ex special forces (ig stormtrooper or something like that), so he will get a lot of gear and night vision googles and stuff... maybe I'll post a pic tonight when I'm home from work.

I'm home from work and here is the promissed pic.

C&C as allways welcome

Very cool looking model, great use of bits!

I would cut of the tooth hanging down the barrel to make it look even less orky. I'm surprised how much better that gun looks when not carried by an Ork.

That gun really looks like a heavy stubber! I concur with Anung Un Rama: removing (or replacing) the tooth with something less orky would add to the model.

Thx a lot guys... just cut the tooth... it really looks better...

I still have to do something about that GS area on the gun where I've joint the Stubber to the HB part. I just looks to rough with that smeared GS and superglue. Any ideas? I heard aceton does a good job?!

Nice Kroot Merc. I did one almost just like that.

Love the new guy, I might have to pick up some SM scouts to scavenge parts for my stormtroopers now those night goggles look good. Keep up thhe good work!

edit: sorry didn't know there was another page, doh
oh and careful with the acetone of course, I usually just use a fresh blade on my knife, shave off the messy bits and use some really fine sandpaper to shine it up

Nice Kroot Merc. I did one almost just like that.

Thats the one I stole the pose from Thanks a lot for the inspiration.


Thx Blackhand... I'll try that aceton on an old model first. I heard some people use it to smothen mold lines. I'll let you know how it works

If the smoothing doesn't work, you can always add a thin strip of plasticard to cover up the mess. It's the route I usually take if I mess up joining gun bits.

I'm liking the Spec trooper, although the Drum Mag for the HS looks like it's already been filled by the one round on show.
Maybe it's just me but just my two pence.

Nice Stuff. I have started a Kroot based Necromunda gang as well.
It's been a joy to reposition the limbs as they are easily bent or cut accurately with even some crappy tools

Very nice pose for the recent kroot.
The Hvy Weapon guy before the recent kroot is cool too, nice kit basing of the weapon.

The shotgun looks crazy big.

The kroot with the pistol: I had a similar idea, but how did you do the end of the barrell? Looks snazy.

Thx guys... happy to hear so many people like the models

The kroot with the pistol: I had a similar idea, but how did you do the end of the barrell?

It's the muzzel of a catachan lasgun

Hmm, I kind of like the tooth. I mean these guys are interplanetary explorers - so for all we know he killed, cut, gutted and dressed the ork that owned that gun, and he keeps it as a momento. Well, it's background probably isn't that graphic, but you get my jist.

Will you be making/converting a dropship/cargo ship that these guys deploy from? There are some wicked additions you could make to this gangs rules that would make them awesome to play against.

Hi guys...

havent been doing much lately, because my friends finally convinced me to buy a PS3, which kept me busy the last days. But to everybody who is waiting for updates, I wan't to say there will be some soon. I'm currently working on my first take on a Kroot in scout armor I did some month ago but never finished.
And I've got some nice ideas for a hacker. Small computer on his wrist and some armed servoskulls and drones flying around him. The base model will probably be the sniper from the cadian command sprue (the one with the cape). But all of this is only a vague pic in my mind so there might be changes.

So please stay tuned... I'm still alive and breathing the dirty air of the underhive

Great looking crew!

Do you mind sharing (if you can get away from the PS3 long enough for a post) how you made the heavy stubber?

So i finally got away from my PS3 for a while today

And I managed to give the finishing touches to that old Kroot I talked about. The pics aren't the best... but it's already night here.

Do you mind sharing (if you can get away from the PS3 long enough for a post) how you made the heavy stubber?

The base items for this conversions:
- right arm with bolter from the SM scout box
- left arm from the SM scout box
- bug weapon from a AoBR Ork
- back part of a bolt pistol. to attach the left arm to.

-cut of the orkhand off the big weapon
-shorten the barral of the big weapon
-cut off the front part of the heavy bolter
-trim the rest of the bolter arm and the ork big waepon so they fit together (you can see in my pic I didn't do this very well as I had to fill a big gap with GS)
-glue the back part of the boltpistol on top of the stubber so the left arm can be attached to it

I hope this little tutorial is understandable... if not please let me know and I try to make a better one with pics

Konf, the first step with dealing with PS3 addiction is admitting you have a problem. I hope to soon be joining that club shortly, little big planet looks too cool to ignore - that and MGS, and Killzone oh and of course Lost Planet 2...hell, this list could go on forever.

That latest conversion looks great - what's the deal with Kroot in 40k land? are they slaves of Tau?

They are mercenaries. The tau just got to them first.

The new guy looks great. The feel for all of your models is so pulpy. It's wonderful.

@ Archibald Jack
IIRC, the Kroot homeworl was being blitzed by Orks when a Tau fleet wandered into the area. The arrived planetside and helped the Kroot out a fair bit and they were quite thankful, signed a pact joined the Greater Good etc.

@Konf - The models you've produced are great, such subtle little conversions to give away bits of thier background, supurb work.

Disjointed

wicked, spikey lizard mercs. How can you go wrong?

Oh hey, for all interested in the Fanatics Online Compendium has about 70 or so supplemental rules written to add elements like hired guns, preachers, beasties, dogs and ogryns to Necromunda. I will be taking it off my site shortly, but I wanted to give everyone with interest in Necromunda the chance to download it.

Theres also, Automated Gang Roster keeping track of your gangs progress/victories/failures and credits as well as territorial earnings. There are additonal sections such as "market" where you can hock your old stuff and get the 1/2 price creds back, as well as a lost unit section to keep track of your fallen and their lost equipment. The formulas are devised by a colleague and I, and I guess it's still in beta - so I am open for new revisions and ideas to improve it's application for future games.

Thx for the comments guys

About the kroot... as far as I know Disjointed is right with that alliance after the Ork attack on their homeworld.
I think that everybody (me included) associates them with mercs comes from the Kroot Mercenaries Army List in one of the Chapter Approved Annuals (2003 or 2004)

I like the kroot models very much. You can do a lot of good conversion work with them. And they somehow remind me of the aliens from Predator - but with less advanced technology.

@ Jack:
Thx alot for the compendium... there were some rules in it I didn't already have.
But if I didn't miss the you seem to not have the blindfighting, treacherous conditions and leadership rules.
If you want I can email them to you and you can include them into your compendium.

As for the project:
I'm currently changing the arms of Cid (the pilot) - I will leave the cigarette arm but the left arm will be holding a dynamite stick to be litt with the cigarette (thx Anung Un Rama for that idea). And the shotgun will be hanging over his right sholder. But this will take a little while because I'm currently PS3 addicted...

It reminds you of predator you say?

thats not my model jsut so you know, but i just wanted to point out that your not the only one who see's the link.

Realy nice job, keep it going !

Hi guys. I wan't to give you a littel update here.
I've been building a tau environment suit (firewarrior with SM parts) the last days - still not completely finished. I wan't him to be standing n some kind of toxic swamp... with corroded armor and stuff.
He's going to have a lot of equipment. Combatshotgun with lots of gadgets (flashlight/scope), air filtration system, lots of pouches and grenades.
Maybe I manage to complete him today after work so I can post some pics.

I still haven't started on the Cid conversion and the hacker. I hope I find some spare time to do this soon.

And here he is: My Tau Environment Suit. It still needs some tubing to go from the backpack to his helmet. I'll try to find some fine powercord for this and hope it works.

C&C as allways very welcome

Envirosuit looks great Konf, you need to get some water effects or varnish to put a layer of swampy water on the base for him to wade through.

Is he for your munda gang or just for fun?

Brilliant stuff that sort of Tau suit would make a great basis for Pathfinders....

IMO nothing makes better tubing than nice big guitar string, should invest in some for this type of conversion.

That is f-ing cool! Can you do a tutorial for that guy? I can see some of the bits, but they all fit together rather well. So it's hard to tell where they all come from.

Thx for all the nice comments.

Is he for your munda gang or just for fun?

I think I'll use him for the gang... seems to be the type of guy to explore those hostile environments for dangers before everybody else comes in.

IMO nothing makes better tubing than nice big guitar string, should invest in some for this type of conversion.

I'll see if i can get my hand on one of these

That is f-ing cool! Can you do a tutorial for that guy? I can see some of the bits, but they all fit together rather well. So it's hard to tell where they all come from

I'm currently at work but I can give you a list of used items. Maybe this helps

The base of the mini is a tau warrior.
Upper arms are from space marines, lower arms are from tau warriors connected right under the ellbow.
The legs are obviously tau with shortened space marine shinguards, the feet are some piece of sprue cut in shape.
Weapon is a SM scout Shotgun with various gunsights.
The backpack is tau with the intake of a SM jumppack and some GS to fill the gaps.
Different grenades and pouches from SM, Eldar and Catachan sprues.

If you need more info please let me know.

Nice idea, but the feet need work. The Marine parts look a bit out of place because they're so different compared to Tau armor. Also, don't forget that Tau have hooves.

Check closer Rama, he's carved hooves out of sprue!

The Marine parts look a bit out of place because they're so different compared to Tau armor. Also, don't forget that Tau have hooves.

As Blackhand said... the hooves are carved put of a piece of sprue. But I have to admit you're right that both armor types look too different. Thanks for that hint.
Maybe I'll try to hide the tau aspect oft the armor (specially those carvings in the armorplates) with GS so it looks a bit bulkier.

Right, now I see them. Still, the Marine and Tau armor are way too different. Would need some work to get that right.

Thanks for the bitz rundown. I disagree with the armour types problem. As it's Tau Environment Suit, I would think the Tau tech was a must, but the extra armour would be thicker, less mobile. I think the fix, if needed, could be in the paint job, or a small amount of detail added to the SM parts, like wear and tear.

I dig the enviro suit. I also noticed on the Tau's regular armor that they have their wee little hooves poking out the bottom as well, so what's the deal with that? are their hooves uber strong, totally kick ass and other wise resilient to the ravages of hot planet surfaces?

Secondly, the amalgamation of SM and tau armor is totally expected, especially when you consider he belongs to a salvage ship crew who'd use any combination of parts provided they worked. Also, any plans to make another Engineer character? A CC character with goggles on head and a massive wrench over his shoulder would be wicked for a CC fig. Thats a bit specific, yeah?

First off, LOVE Canderous. Loved the model when I saw it in a White Dwarf, love the conversion even more. I really like the Catachan/SM conversion too. Looks badass. Another blog that makes me wanna start playing Necromunda.

I like how you've mixed and matched armor in alot of the picks, if it's SM/Tau or SM/Catachan. Looks real well and I bet with the paintjob it'll be beautifully seamless. Looking forward to the results.

This blog, and archibalds has inspired me to play necromunda ^^

Thanks alot for the nice comments... very happy to hear your thoughts

I didn't do much modeling lately... PS3 addiction... I finished Heavy Rain 2 weeks ago and now Final Fantasy 13 keeps me busy...

BUT:

I ordered some Privateer Press minis for my Gang... and I actually plan on making another engineer out of one of them (thx Jack)
The base model will be Valeria Alvaro... love the mini with it's cowgirl look...

What I'm gonna do to her is clipping of most of the pistols and replacing them with GW pouches, grenades and holsters... I will also exchange the gun in her hand with a wrench...
and I have to do something about the boot... maybe some cadian boots and some GS

the other minis I ordered are the following... I probably gonna use the elves as eldar... but not sure




This guy is really tiny (he is smaller than a cadian soldier) so it will be difficult to swap the arms... maybe i try woodelf or eldar arms


This girl looks really good as it is... so I will probably only swap the weapons and maybe remove the pointy ears

Any hints or ideas on these guys/girls are welcome

JUst checking in to see if there are any updatey-doos. Or are you still being ravaged by PS3-itis?

Superb!

Thx for checking in... I am still into PS3 gaming... but I'm also working on some models aso often as I can... My Valeria Alvaro conversion is finally taking shape... I think I can add the finishing touches soon as I'm finally in the last chapter of FINAL FANTASY XII (awesome game btw)

Here's a little pic for everyone who's eagerly following my thread... Hope you like her
Thanks for all your comments and ideas

Hi guys... finally some updates for all who have subscribed to my little blog.

I managed to finish Cid and paint both him and my heavy stubber guy.
And for all of you who like my little nerd references here is another one. Anybody wan't to guess where it's from?!

Meet Jayne Kobb and his heavy stubber "VERA"
"I'll kill a man in a fair fight. Or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight. Or if he bothers me. Or if there's a woman. Or if I'm gettin' paid. Mostly when I'm gettin' paid."

Nice so far! Also am i the only one weho knows canderous ordo is a star wars knights of the old republic charecter?

Lookign good! I like the stubber, it looks very utilitarian and the orkiness was modelled away nicely. Kudos!

indiana1000 2010/07/11 17:21:51
Nice so far! Also am i the only one weho knows canderous ordo is a star wars knights of the old republic charecter?

nope I noticed to but personaly i think the heavy stubber dude would make a better canderous as canderous used the bug guns carth onasi used the dual pistols

Great Job!

Everything is looking good and coming along nicely, I dig all the kit bashes you're doing.

If you people keep making =][= munda blogs I'm gonna have to follow suit and play that game I'm always brainstorming about...

These Kroot are BadAss

Loving the look of these guys! Subscribing for sure. Especially liking the Ex-spec ops look of jane. Can always name your mechanic Kaylee too

It's hard to tell from the angle of the pics, did you cut down the lasgun on his side at all

thx for the kind replies

Can always name your mechanic Kaylee too

I've been thinkin' about that

Both lasguns are shortened. For jayne's i've used a catachan lasgun and removed the middle part of the barrel. Cid's is the shortened gun from the cadian command squad plus the muzzle of a catachan lasgun

Lovely stuff, will be watching this. Good job with that stubber, but I gotta love Cid, just 'coz, well, just because he's Cid

I recognise the firefly reference

I think your crew is shaping up to be brilliant!

Ive missed this thread >

That heavy looks pimpnickle! Very tasty indeedy. Perhaps some spent casings littering the base he stand on? Also, the engineer character is coming along nicely as well.

There must allways be a Cid

@ghosty: thx... I didn't find any spare time for my hobby the last two month... I hope I manage to paint the Tau and another Kroot this week

@jack: some casings might be a nice addition... thx... I'll try to do this soon... btw any news from the "hunde"?? your thraed hasn't been updated for a while too...

great work so far makes me wanna make a Firefly munda gang now, lol. Keep up the good work.

Maj. Kolbak

Hi everybody...

I finaly managed to do some painting after almost 5 month... here is my TAU environment armor... still have no name for him... thinking about something like trashcan... I tried to do some weathering on the armor... dirt rust and so on... I'm not sure about this so please leave some critics and comments

And for all of you who missed my thread... I'll try updating it more often from now on^^

nice work. I dont what it is about your models, but they remind me of Starfox

Another littel update from my side... I've finished converting Privateer Press' Warcaster Kaelyssa model into an eldar with a shuriken catapult which will count as a needle sniper rifle...
Hope you like her...

Good to see you back. The Kaelyssa conversion looks nice, and I think you did a good job with Trashcan (think that name suits him)

The latest conversion works very well. What's in her left hand? Trashcan is cool, is he a Tau or a human in a special suit? I missed the background (sorry).

Thx for your nice comments

@green:
she's holding a knife in her left hand... I used the bayonet from a cadian lasgun
Trashcan is a Tau in a tau-environment-suit... he's the guy who scouts all the hazardous areas for biochemical threats proir to the crew salvaging it

Love this thread so much!

Hi,

Just went to check your thread, I'm really fond of the HAZOP suit for the Tau...

Really, really nice concept... Will be following this!

Absolutely beautiful painting and conversions! I'm a sucker for I-Munda/Necro threads... I'll be keeping an eye on this!

Keep up the good work!

konf wrote:Trashcan is a Tau in a tau-environment-suit... he's the guy who scouts all the hazardous areas for biochemical threats proir to the crew salvaging it

Awesome.

Always a good idea to send the techy species into a potential danger zone first.

Mission Briefing :

Inq. : "This will be a mission in a hazardous environment: toxic wastes, noxious fumes, and heretics : too bad I didn't bring my rebreather..."
Trashcan : "What is the battle layout, Lord?"
Inq. : "Trashcan, Recce operation, codename : Meatshield. All others, 3 klicks behind, Quick Reaction Force, codename : Mind your step".
Adept : "Praise to the Emperor. Random thought of the day ref. ALPHA 48-873 : 'He who runs today, lives to fight another day'. "
Inq. : "Thank you, Adept, for this wonderful piece of wisdom. No questions? Proceed as planned, then. For the Emperor!"
Trashcan : "And the Greater Good!"
Inq. : "Yeah, whaddever...".
Trashcan : " "

Mission Briefing :

Inq. : "This will be a mission in a hazardous environment: toxic wastes, noxious fumes, and heretics : too bad I didn't bring my rebreather..."
Trashcan : "What is the battle layout, Lord?"
Inq. : "Trashcan, Recce operation, codename : Meatshield. All others, 3 klicks behind, Quick Reaction Force, codename : Mind your step".
Adept : "Praise to the Emperor. Random thought of the day ref. ALPHA 48-873 : 'He who runs today, lives to fight another day'. "
Inq. : "Thank you, Adept, for this wonderful piece of wisdom. No questions? Proceed as planned, then. For the Emperor!"
Trashcan : "And the Greater Good!"
Inq. : "Yeah, whaddever...".
Trashcan : " "

this is great...

Well, that was Disjointed Entity's idea lol...

konf wrote:Another littel update from my side... I've finished converting Privateer Press' Warcaster Kaelyssa model into an eldar with a shuriken catapult which will count as a needle sniper rifle...
Hope you like her...

Really love this.

I will be watching this thread as its not disimilar (just a lot better) to a Necromunda Smugglers gang I presently planning.


I am also going to be using quite a mini's outside the GW range.

I really like the way the shuriken catapult has matched so well to the remaining but of the original weapon. Very eldar.

Malice

Haha, never expected an actual story for that lol

Hey guys

Anybody still watching this?! I just saw my last post was from december...
Work, PS3, friends and girlfriend and working on an WFB Ork army kept me from doing much work on the crew...
But I finally need a break from assembling my greenskins so I grabbed my 40k bitsbox and assebled some guys, did some GS work and bluetacked a lot of stuff just to look how that head works on that guy and that arm on that guy... no maybe on that guy... oh it looked better on the first on

After a long evening I've managed to put together 3 miniatures... I'm still not sure if theare ok or if I treat them as WIP^^
But as soon as I get home from work I'll take som pictures and upload them...

So stay tuned for...... drumroll..... a warden, an ex-con, and a spec ops guy with a custom plasmagun

Sure we are!

Wez wunt piks!!!

Home from work so here they are....

The warden, an Ex-Con and a Spec Ops Trooper

Nice to see you back, still looking good

Like the extra handgrip on the warden's las, simple but effective.

Woot!
More movements! Liking the new trio, just the right bits to make the Plasma Trooper Spec-Opsy

thx guys... nice to see somebody is still watching this

and there is more on my workbench... more spec ops troopers will be coming soon... they will be either the bording crew of the plato or some mercenaries hired by captain kidd to protect his shipments... not sure yet about the fluff... maybe I'll build some more void suits for a bording crew...

currently I'm deciding on weapons... I stumbled across the Necromunda community edition (http://www.anthony-case.me.uk/necromunda) a week ago and autoguns finally seem a good alternative to lasguns so im converting one from a bolter... its taking shape but still needs som optical targeters and a new muzzle... so some more work to do

but today's sunday and the weather is awsome so no converting today^^ have a nice sunday... and till next week

I wasn't sold on the Tau haz-suit at first, but now that you have paint on it, it looks great!

Keep up the great conversions (and the pre-paint pics)! They are really interesting to follow!

Cheers,
Rawson

Thanks for the nice comment on the Tau, Rawson. I wasnt sure about him after having him painted but its nice people like him.

So here is the finally converted autogun I promissed...

I'm liking this very much.
What parts did you use for the autogun?

Boltgun and Lasgun stock if I'm not mistaken. Can't place the barrel though, was it a lasgun one too?

Hi guys

The autogun is a filled down boltgun attached to a cadian lasgunarm (without lasgun^^) like disjointed noticed... the sight is a filed down lasgun muzzle... and the barrel is just a peace of rod I had lying around (I thing it was a peace from a standard bearer pole)

All of your members have such character. It really is quite amazing. Your hard work in the conversions is really paying off!

Keep it up!

Cheers,
Rawson