Greetings everyone.
Savlar Chem-Dogs are an underrated army in my opinion. They have some great fluff and potential for interesting models - what can be more versatile than Emperor-sanctioned marauders, always high on chems and allowed to keep anything they loot? Sadly, Savlars had no official minis, and recieve little love from modellers out there.
But this is good.
This means one can make a Savlar army that will stand out!

This blog will be dedicated to my Savlar regiment which recieved the number CDIV (404) for a reason - they are not only a semi-outlaw gang that's been let loose in an hostile underhive to be a thorn in enemy's side. They've been left behind as the said hive was bombarded into nothingness with the rest of the planet's surface.
But it takes more than a nuclear barrage to get rid of roaches and Savlars.

What I originally had in mind for this army was good old post-nuclear style. Savlars themselves look enough like a gang of wasteland raiders, but I decided to throw in a few more cool things:

Volunteers. 404th would probably replenish their numbers with local gangers and other scum that survived as well and now are reduced to scavengers. Think of this as of Mad Max's Lord Humongous's Dogs of War - several raider tribes united by a former military man. Of course, 'volunteers' lack proper uniform and iconic chem-inhalers - something they will fight to earn.
Civilian/non-IG vehicles. Savlars are never mechanized. They may have tank support of their own, maybe even rare stuff such as plasma LRs, they surely have Hellhounds and the like, but they don't ride into battle on Chimeras or fly on Valkyries. But this doesn't mean they can't use some local vehicles redone into armored carriers for their needs. Chimeras and Banewolves in my army are scratchbuilt, resembling Necromunda comic armored trucks.
Girls! Yes, where would have we been without Tank Girl and her 40k sister Chem-Chan - latter being the sole reason that made me go Savlar. This army will have lots of girls, converted from various model ranges to fit the style.

But enough talking. Let me show you some pics.

First of all, the mascot of the army, drawn by most talented Igorvet, Comissar Kira:
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Here is here miniature:


The Full-Metal General.
Collab paintjob with Ringil and Girelle.
The General is a heavily converted Arbiter leader model.



Regimental standard. (PG-13)
Done by my friend DAHR in digital freehand and printed (I'm not waving original piece of art on a gaming table).



Command Squad:



Platoon:















Veterans:










Conscripts:


Yarrick the guest star:



And last but not the least, my Savlar/PA costume And an artwork by Fleatrollus.

Excellent start, I liked the chem-dogs fluff in the rulebook myself.

I suspect House Escher will be your friend in this endeavour...

Anything with techno-fetish girls with bunches of dreads, goggles and masks is going to win happy points from me.

Judging by what you have so far, I'm guessing this army is not PG 13?

Even though 'woohoo! boobies!' isn't something I usually mix with 40k, that banner is really, really well painted. Good job! I think you should rethink having an actual bikini-commissar in your army though. It just doesn't make sense. How long do you think a hot woman dressed like that would maintain her authority in a regiment of violent criminals? Until she fell asleep, probably.

@MeanGreenStompa - Thanks. I will consider Escher when I have a chance to get them, but there are much more sources of female models I used - Infinity Ariadna and Foundry Street Violence to name a few.
@Tim the Biovore - there will be some occasional nudity, nothing more obscene than this banner. Boobs are not Slaanesh's monopoly!
@I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly - this is a pinup pic. Her actual model will have more clothes and armor.

Ok then, and I just realised that I didn't comment how good they look. Well, they are nice.

Thnx ^^

Nice army, i love non cadian/catcahan armies. very original
if your looking for female heads try http://chapterhousestudios.com/webshop/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.browse&category_id=35
for female heads.
for your commissar try this model http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Chronoscope/latest/50001
i have seen this model converted here on dakka. but cant seem to find it right now.
oh well hope it helps.

Once again, thank you.
Ordering stuff from online shops is a bit of a problem, so I have to do with with what I can get here in Moscow. But I'll keep an eye for these heads, there was also another set done by Maxmini IIRC which had slightly better proportion.
Having goggles and gas masks helps btw, I converted a few female heads from deamonettes and (oh noes) wolf scouts... well, latter are small, semi-shaved and wearin visors ^^ Only had to changed the lower part.
And Chronoscope mini is great! I'll look out for this!

Subbed! I've always loved the chem dogs, and it looks like you're doing them justice. Awesome job

A small quibble, but is that plasma pistol just suspended in mid-air on the side of the base in the first pics? It looks a little out of place. Otherwise, a cool concept and neat-looking conversions and minis

Also look out for the Post Apocalyptic Girl from Troll Forged Miniatures.

Impressive miniatures!

Really nice theme

Impressive work and the Chem Dogs have always had a special place in my heart since Armageddon. I love the personal touch you put into every model. The banner is ace and the pinup art is as well. Subscribed!

~DG

WoW! simply WoW! fantastic!

Gads, I forgot how much I love Savlar ... Great work so far, gas masks + chicks ftw Really dig what an industrial mess your leader is, and that banner is pretty ace, if a bit clean / bright compared to the rest of your army.

Keep up the good work, you've got me looking back at my own Chem Dogs from long long ago ...

- Salvage

Well done, I really like what you have done so far.

I'm also doing a Savlar army, although my interpretation is a bit different. The difficult thing with an army like this is getting the balance right: they are an Imperial army and so need a certain amount of uniformity in order to be recognised as a Guard regiment (and let's face it: being uniform is pretty central to the Guard), but also diverse enough (both as an army and individual models) to be proper Savlar.

I would recommend picking up the Escher pieces and/or the Troll Forged female ganger - I've got some of these models ready to be converted as Savlar veterans myself. Only thing I would note is the the Escher are solid one-piece metal models, so head swaps and adding gasmasks is a bit of a pain if you're doing it for a lot of models.

BOOBS!!!!

And now that I've pointed out the obvious, looks awesome.

Can't wait to see more updates, keep em coming!

Wicked look you have going for them... Love the flag.

Those look grate

For your commissar hows about one of these as a base

Taryn di la Rovissi


Gretel Von X


Ilsa Von X

DRommel, i found the thread with the model i mentioned earlier, the OP of the thread is doing a female guard army, it might give you some inspiration for stuff. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/287774.page#1468461
keep up the good work! I like the rag tag look of the "volunteers".

Thanks. I think I will order this one, she's almost a perfect commissar, only needing a hat and a gas mask, and maybe a ccw in her left hand.
Models posted by TaintedMess are okay too, but I'm afraid the german girls are a bit too thin. I'll look out for caped one though.

And metal heads = no problem for adding gas masks, cadian (from command squad) fit nicely.

By the way, what do you think of the armor of my vets? I'm using them as carapace-clad, yet they're of course less armored compared to official kasrkins...

They look good but i think they might need a little bit more armour, like GS knee pads or elbow pads.
I just remebered by firend started a IG army a while ago and made gas masks, i now own them and the look good for a simle gas mask conversion. heres the link for the details.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/227729.page

Yea the 2 German chicks do look rather thin but i thought i would throw them out there.

The vets look Ok to me i would think as long as they look better armoured than your generic troops it should be fine.

DRommel, have you looked at the WHFB Vampire women?
I think they would make a good base, with their fancy clothes.

Girls!

Converted Infinity models.

wow this is really cool

Very nice, if you keep this up you could have a really awsome army

Hello,

Very nice job here, if you are still interested in adding some more chicks with guns, here is what I planned (but gave up) a few months ago :

http://13ecadia.blogspot.com/2009/10/inquisitor-step-01.html

just scroll down a bit

Update time!

First, WIP girls. Bootom right has her jacket torn by a grot (more boobie flashing!)
Made from various metal minis with a lot of cutting and putty work. Obviously will have missing weapons and body parts added.


Next, some WIP underhive scum that will be used as conscripts. Made from Warlord celt bodies and various FB bits. Of course, all will get 25mm bases.



And last, some misc stuff. An inquisitor I converted for a friend, said friend's IG beastman (lizardman) and carapace armored girl.


I got a bunch of these converted lizardmen and have plans to convert them further for a krogan lookalike, and use them as vets or stormies in carapace...

Interesting concept - your friend is really talented, but the banner is a little oversized imo.

How do you get anything done in such a messy work area?

Your army is very inspiring, and pretty damn origonal.

/subscribed

The Lizard in space looks fun and interesting. I also like the Krieg girl......

DRommel wrote:

Girls!

Converted Infinity models.

I never thought that an Infinity Line Kazak and a FW DKoK helmet could look that cool. That's really a great job!

subscribed! looking good without being oversexed and anime like

space lizards...it's The Race.
If you get the reference you get a cookie!

back on topic, looks good!

Here's a WIP/PIP of a chimera (actually, a modified Rhino) to be used by my platoon command squad. With some hanging examples of what cowardice and defeatism lead to.



Also, thanks to my friend I made here on Dakka, Kira recieved these wonderful fan art pics by Another Generic Drawfag and Greenmarine. She is developing some history, not even having a mini!

http://hos.samods.org/kommissar.jpg
http://hos.samods.org/kira.jpg
http://hos.samods.org/Contraband.png (mildly suggestive)

Great concept - you've got such a great range of models to draw on you can create a really original force. The trick I think will be making it different from the various "traitor guard" armies out there. I think you really need to play up the imperial stuff - more eagles, more commissars, maybe some inquisitional allies?

Actually Kestral I think the lack of difference between them and the traitors is rather funky in that whole Inquisitorial Radical become what you hunt type of way.....

Oh excellent army! I always wanted to see a Savlar army since finding fluff on them and some artwork. Thought they were very badass and your army certainly gives me that vibe Also I do believe Commissar Agro your reference is from the Harry Turtledove Worldwar series?

Bobdeco wrote:Oh excellent army! I always wanted to see a Savlar army since finding fluff on them and some artwork. Thought they were very badass and your army certainly gives me that vibe Also I do believe Commissar Agro your reference is from the Harry Turtledove Worldwar series?

yes you are correct, it is indeed harry turtledove's Worldwar Series.
you are also correct that salvar are badass.

@ OP that is a wicked chimera. I also like the the artwork.

Is that another count-as-chimera I see in the background?

Consider me subbed... love a bit of respirator work!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/290688.page#1507445

Some fiction on the regiment's characters...

Very nice! I don't know how I missed this one. Will be watching from now on.

Close-ups on General.
It does have minor issues that will be fixedd.

The General looks good, I like the cigar, thats a nice touch!

But what ranged weapon is The General holding?

Awesome looking force!! I love the spirit and execution of this army - this kind of free spirited, true to 40k gothic ideals and very unique forces are becoming rarer with such nice ranges of figures readily available.

Thank you very much for sharing and looking forward to more!

TaintedMess wrote:Those look grate

For your commissar hows about one of these as a base

Taryn di la Rovissi


Gretel Von X


Ilsa Von X

QFT. Personally, I've been converting one of that first one for an Inquisitor for my Rogue Trader game, but the other two would make mad bad and dangerous to know commissars.

Also consider urban war Viridian and Vasa Veteran sergeants; they work well for guard as commies eg:

(apologies for posting image in your thread but seemed relevant; I added a gs respirator and powersword to original model).

Mr McVey has Lt Kara black a model I have sitting an waiting for a special day

Take a look

http://www.studiomcvey.com/

I suddenly want to go and huff some propane or shoot some meth or something. Maybe both.

I just ordered that Kara Black model - so awesome! Be warned if you consider it though, the scale is bigger than 40k. It says it's 35mm or so compared to the 28mm 'heroic' of 40k...

Nice looking stuff.
Have you had a look at Taban miniatures?
The stuff in the Eden range looks to fit your purpose and marries with the artwork almost perfectly!

Scarper wrote:I just ordered that Kara Black model - so awesome! Be warned if you consider it though, the scale is bigger than 40k. It says it's 35mm or so compared to the 28mm 'heroic' of 40k...

Here's a comparison:

Thanks a lot for femal model ideas. I think Inifinity models I used are closer to 30-32mm as they're taller (yet thinner) than plastic IG, but they do fit quite well.
Will see if I can get some of Taban minis. I also considered Cpt. Olivia Newton model from AT-43 but couldn't find hi-res pics of her, how good is her casting? (as I've seen AT-43 soldiers and they look like rubber toys... low detail level and soft plastic).

The General is armed with ccw and shotgun, and his girl is carrying a plasma pistol as I use Straken rules, he has these three weapons (but adding all 3 on a single model was a pain so I added a pistol carrier ^^)

A sentinel.

that sentinel looks so bad ass, I had to look twice because i thought it was a tratior sentinel.
nice use of the SM HK.

I like the army theme. Nice converted and painted models especially that banner

looks cool.

Loving the smiley on the sentinal, that made me laugh!
Also the gal on the base of your commander, isn't she from Absural Vect's pimped raider?
Or can it be ordered seperately?

Loving the smiley also. Good old gallows humor of warzone vets.

VikingScott wrote:Loving the smiley on the sentinal, that made me laugh!
Also the gal on the base of your commander, isn't she from Absural Vect's pimped raider?
Or can it be ordered seperately?

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat300002a&prodId=prod1110275

You can order them seperate

They almost look traitorous. That is very characterful for Savlar. Keep it up.

I like how beat up your vehicles are, the chimera is just plain awesome.

As Ted Knight would say, "Top notch, top notch!"

I am both humbled and inspired in the same moment.

Awesome!

Thank you.

I, however, was criticized on other forum for the paintjob on the senti... and thus decided to repaint it.

there should be less bright metal. It looks too new.

You can't please everyone

WOW theres a rat on the base, I didn't notice that!
Don't like the new paint job, prefered the old one, but as VikingScott said you can't please everbody

i really like that artwork.. who did you say did it for you?.. and is there any links to more of his work?

DAHR, a russian comic artist.
www.dahr.ru

>Commissar Agro
Well, old one is more realistic, but it's very dark and flat, most detail is hidden. I actually liked how the brighter one looks, though I'll give it more weathering.

I liked the old paint on the sentinel, but I think the new paint looks even better. I would do a little more weathering like you say and that should sort it out just right.

I tell you what you need.
The old 90's GW Armour Wash. Complete with blue lid.

Nostaglia commence.

And here is something not really Savlar-ish...
...unless we forget the Chem-dogs owe this man their very existence.

There can be no Yarrick but Yarrick!



I used the classic model and stylyzed it to fit the codex art, adding a severed ork head. I also replaced the skull by a modern ork one, and made some other minor edits.

And here is his banner:


http://hos.samods.org/Mr Bannerson_003.jpg

based on:


Credit goes to SaittaMicus. You are free to print it and use where you want as long as you mentionhis authorship ^^

Epic ^

Gotta love old Yarrick - looking forward to seeing him painted!

Every now and then even Yarrick needs to "chillax with his homies" as the cadets at the Schola Progenium traditionally put it. Frankly mate if you like the paint jobs and somebody else doesn't who cares? It's not as if there paying you......

Saw this and thought of you...

http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=126_147&products_id=1436

coming out fantastic, Using actual banners instead of just a skull on a black background or something is quite impressive. I'll have to start working on my freehand much more.

~DG

Nice work on the chicks my friend.

A WIP of repainted Leman Russ Executioner.

I don't like the sponsons, they look weird.
But I like the OP executioner Plasma cannon.
what is the roller in front of the russ surpossed to be a mine clearer? It looks cool!

I'm a big fan of that tank commander - so much attitude! Any chance of a close up?

What exacly is that girl doing there? Love the work, lots of character. Where did the deffrolla-contraption on the front of the tank come from? I believe many ork players would love to loot those bits...

Thankyou. I'll post more pics as I finish repainting, but you can look at the older version here: http://coolminiornot.com/234728

Same as with the sentinel, I decided to go for bright green, yet also added a lot of rust - note the corrosion on the hull as the tank supposedly ran over a chem barrel and the acid stained its hull.

The mine roller is made from rear wheels of an old soviet 1:30 ISU-152 toy. It's now produced again and I think you can get one on ebay, it's sold in every toy store here in Russia ^^
I plan to use the mine roller as dozer blade, and its purpose is to provide stability to the overweight front part.

The paint and weathering effects are just great on the LR. The corrosion is a very good effect and the tank commander is very cool!

This is such an amazing army. What a commander!

CommissarKhaine wrote:What exacly is that girl doing there?

the girl is loving his big cannon.

awesome work here. big up.

That's.... odd looking, actually, but kind of awesome....

Thanks for the info, and the model is just as nice from this angle! I quite like the old plasma cannons, they look a tad more 'dark age of technology' to me.

Just saw this model over at Cool Mini.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/euphoria-miniatures/mariskal-richelle-and-pitbull-2000.html

Thought of you. I'm not sure exactly what the scale is but their website says 30mm.

@Battle_Brother_Steve
Dakka doesn't like threadromancy

I'll keep that in mind, but since this is a blog I'm subscribed to, I figured I would post it now instead of waiting till the author updated it himself. I figure it will get updated sooner or later by the author anyway.

Ah yes. Fell in love with that mini the moment I saw it.
Though I already ordered Sasha Dubois from Reaper for my Commissar, I'll see what I can do about that girl.

And sorry for not updating for a while... actually knee-deep in modelling and painting as I got tons of IG plastics for my Bday and working on a full platoon, some chem-riders and 2x3 sentinel squadrons.

Still, a WIP shot of three, conversions partially mine, partially my friend's. Medic, vox caster and a random flamer guy (wanna see if a character from Watchmen is recognized before I plaint him )

DRommel wrote:

I'm liking this. Kinda reminds me of Tank Girl. You should try and recreate the Tank Girl Tank, would be perfect for your army!

Is that supposed to be if so add a cigar.
Either way they are cool and well done.
I like what you did with the Nurgle head from the basic CSM boxed set.
So how are you going to paint up the Watchmen character?

Righto.
Yes, cigar will be added. I'll paint his shoulderpads true-to-comic colors, only there will be a skull instead of star. He'll also have a smiley badge on his left shoulderpad.

Nice work there the comedian.
I like the use of the kasikan sarge's legs for the vox.
But what did you use for the medic's hand?
Keep up the good work!

Heh... the medic's hand looks a lot like a Marine medic arm. I did the same thing for my CCS medic

Command chimera finished! Primed in metallic, paintjob coming soon.

Drone will be painted as smiley.



More pics here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery-search.jsp?u=27919

Awesome looking models you've a singular and original way at looking at the army. The little details are brilliant (smiley face on the sentinal) the infinity female conversion is very charecterful and the russ is almost comic like in its outsized proportions but really works. Keep it up.

Drone will be painted as smiley

Win!

Cant believe theres Kroot heads on there, im offended.

Are their eldar women of some description tied to the front by the way?

Cos thats totally kickass

Savlar Chem-Dogs. Using hostages as a way of boosting '11 Rhino armor to '12 of a Chimera.

Your conversions are crazy but sooo awesome! Keep up the great work dude!

Mad Max for the win

WE HAVE YOUR WOMEN OUTLANDER!

Loving the army this far, it's truly characterful

Thanks!

DRommel, are the Infinity models from this website? http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity_ENG/
And if they are how do the models compare with the normal 40k minis?

Yes, they are.

They're taller and thinner than 40k figures, and I won't recommend their males to be mixed up with regular IG as they'll stand out a lot. Still, they're a good source of female models, and I actually made one girl from a male soldier, as by 40k scale his proportions were female ^^

Thanks, I might look into some of them then, to bad about the guys, the scots are best minis with kilts that I have seen.

WOW that is awsome, if a little crowded. but still awsome

Thanks. Oh, and before anyone asks, the commissar on top is actually a statue. See "Flesh and Blood" ^^

I figured as much

Some PIP pics.

I went for overall rusty look, with bright spots being trophies and green glow of the engines.

It is implied the eldar wych was not tortured but rather wounded in battle before being taken alive.

Slightly scary and very worrying but overall damn cool!

Keep up the good work.

What happened to the drone part (AKA the meant to be smiley)

temporaly taken off for paintjobbing.

Ahh.
Thats ok then.

Looks smashing!

Wow that tank looks really awesome!

Great stuff all around. I love how you've done those freehands!

i am worried about your sanity but its still pretty cool

very cool!

Lovin the progress!

What a tank! And so inspiringly covered in trophies!

Where did the corseted hostage torso come from?

An updated front view. Repainted the girl, decided to give her a relatively clean bodytight suit to contrast blood and dirt. The eyes are epic fail so I'll fix them next.

And something completely different.
A 'rough rider' prototype.
The squad will consist of 9 bionic-enhanced giant rats and a human controlling them and riding a motocycle.

It just keeps on getting better and better..

WOW!!!
what did you use to make the rats?

FB chaos dogs and Tamiya putty.

I'll remove the smoke and fix some minor stuff.

the command chimera looks awesome, has a very "mad max" feel to it.

this thread makes me wish GW would actually put out a chem-dogs range. i'm sure they would be more popular than some of the other random guard ranges they do...like those guys dressed up as bellhops

Everytime I see that chimera all I think is Badass!!!

Maledictus wrote:the command chimera looks awesome, has a very "mad max" feel to it.

this thread makes me wish GW would actually put out a chem-dogs range. i'm sure they would be more popular than some of the other random guard ranges they do...like those guys dressed up as bellhops

Ah, but seeing how they covered up the daemonettes in favor of the hideous new plastics, what makes you think GW has the BALLS to make the Chem Dogs?

What does that statue base say? I can make out 'For Lil' G......and (D?)ala.....'

The writing says 'For Lil' Girl and Salamander'. It's an easter egg/inside joke, basically the commissar depicts a friend of mine, whose diorama (a salamander marine reading a holy book to a little refugee girl on Armageddon) was horribly underrated on 2008 Games Day competition despite being very cool. This year, I put this monstrosity partly as an act of revenge on GD judges ^^
Speaking of which, it of course didn't win anything, but got some attention and nice comments. I'll put up pics when I get them.

And as for GW making Chem-dogs... PLEASE NO.
I gave up on orks for one reason. GW loved them all of sudden.
You know, when you spend a few years converting one set of plastic orks into tons of unique stuff and do crazy scratchbuilt models, then suddenly they release tons of sweetest plastic and all you need is pay pay pay. And even if you still put lots of work in conversions, nobody will care, as to non-orks scratchbuilt stuff and lamely converted GW plastic looks all the same.
Trust me, I had my reasons to quit greenskins and gor for an IG regiment that doesn't have a single official model.
BTW, here's my old orkyness. Now collecting dust.
http://coolminiornot.com/artist/Dmitry%20Rommel

DO you have pics of that diorama of your friends?

Yes, pics please. We want to see this diorama...

I'll ask if he has any, it's been a long time ago.

Here's my stuff on GD.

That smiley face on the tank is begging for the trademark Watchmen blood splatter!

DRommel wrote: Think of this as of Mad Max's Lord Humongous's Dogs of War

Awesome work so far.

Subscribed

That smiley face on the tank is begging for the trademark Watchmen blood splatter!

It has one!

Yer work is absolutely amazing,mon!

DRommel wrote:

That smiley face on the tank is begging for the trademark Watchmen blood splatter!

It has one!

Nice, I hadn't even noticed, but i can see it now.

How did you exactly manage to pull out the smiley though?
(I know I know stupid Newbie question but still...)

El_Gostro wrote:How did you exactly manage to pull out the smiley though?
(I know I know stupid Newbie question but still...)

Tau shield drone with a smile painted on it, as far as I can see. Finally one of those pizza-trays has found something useful to do in the 40k universe other than delay the manslaughter of the Tau on countless battlefields

I too would like to see the diorama - I enjoy the more thoughtful explorations of the 40K universe that don't necessarily involve mass carnage. I hear you on ork plastic - now every truck looks the same, and a "cool ork conversion" is sticking a couple of bitz on the stock model. Propa' ork trucks are toys with plasticard on them! Time was, every battlewagon was unique. Now they bore me. Keep the faith though - your ork stuff is great.

Maybe it's my computer, but all the pics are broken on this thread now... :(

I'll check when I get home, but I wanted to say something in case it isn't this computer.

I'm anxious to see you GD work.

Love the army.... only one small thing.....



Your army is only 1 step away from joining him lol.

kestral wrote:I too would like to see the diorama - I enjoy the more thoughtful explorations of the 40K universe that don't necessarily involve mass carnage. I hear you on ork plastic - now every truck looks the same, and a "cool ork conversion" is sticking a couple of bitz on the stock model. Propa' ork trucks are toys with plasticard on them! Time was, every battlewagon was unique. Now they bore me. Keep the faith though - your ork stuff is great.

Not all of us Orks believe in identical Trukks (Haven't got to battlewagons yet though...)

Oh, and this is one of the few non Ork threads I follow due to the inspiring work - keep it up!

Not all of us Orks believe in identical Trukks (Haven't got to battlewagons yet though...)

Oh, and this is one of the few non Ork threads I follow due to the inspiring work - keep it up!

I second this!

And it most have been the computer, cause all the pics are working now. The rough rider rat looks great. I like the new smoke better, too. Amazing work, keep it up.

Thank you.

I'll post more pics of vehicles soon - almost done with 2 more chimeras, a banewolf, and have PIP commissar chimera and another wolfy. Don't worry, they're look more like IG vehicles than the command car ^^

jp400 - That's what happens when you want to collect renegade militia, but loathe Chaos ^^

Here's the pic of that diorama. More pics will follow as my friend find a complete photo session of it.

Wow. Nice.
Thats superb.

Very nice... what gave you the idea to do it?

That has to be the smallest diorama I've ever seen... It's really cool though. I like it.

This all is up my alley, nice work on it all!

A couple PIP/WIP chimeras. A regular troops' one and fancy Commissar ride.

Really cool! Any army project made from the back of the 4th Ed Guard Codex, that doesn't have a model range, is always great.

That diorama is awesome. I think I'm gonna cry. *sniff, sniff*

I am in awe of this thread.

First you have totally captured the grimdark nastyness of the salvar lads.

Everything you have shown so far oozes character.

Very nice work.

Love the diorama, you very rarely see the real civillians of the dark millenium. It has real character, showing the human side of the space marines

The WIP chimeras look really cool too

I think your work is amasing, very talented

I like that diorama. Though I think two things would have made it better. Actual Scaling the marine and having a smaller book. The impact of the diorama's situation is severely damaged by how the Space Marine's own impact is reduced by the sizes. Having a larger marine and a smaller book would increase the contrast between Super Human and child.

On another note; where did the model for the child come from?

First of all. As I said, this is my friend's diorama. I told him of this thread and here's what he has to say.


What gave me the idea of creating this diorama... Honestly? Weeping romantic sentimentalism. When my friend suggested that he wanted what I would do a diorama on the contest for him, that he would be able to paint, I said that it must be original, and what could be more original than the sentimentalism in the universe where every second character totally bad ass. I have considered that compared to Ultramarines overcoming hordes of enemies, little girl and Salamander will look original and interesting. The contrast with all this vanity crap.
Or am I just was longing for light, pure senses in the universe, where the developers say thet don't have a place.
The diorama scenario was taken from my first Warhammer fan fiction piece, about a refugee camp and salamanders that guard it. Nothing more, just pure human emotions. And I guess ... I did not suspect that will be the buzz around such trifles.
My deep-deep gratitude to all!
Cheers
Zellari

P.S. The book is marine size. They have huge tomes.

Nice to hear the origin of this nice diorama...

Thanks!! And congratulations to your friend!! A bit of sentimentalism can't hurt, when "there's only war" around...

love the diorama.
I like the new chimeras but i prefer the futher model due to its look. not a real fan of the black and red chimera.
keep up the good work!

Some painted rank&file scum.
There are some minor bugs (like teeth of flamer guy unpainted, or red-panted guy's eye messy) but it'll be fixed



And a side project. A friend convinced me to play some Kill Team, so here is a Brute Boss (I'll use him in my main army though too, possibly as a sarge) and two of eldar pirate kill team.
Still not decided what to put in eldar left hands. As guardians or DE wariors have no ccws.

that plasma cannon looks like its ready to take on a titan

Guardian Storms have a chain sword (and pistol), they also get plasma pistols as upgrades.

Cool new models, the rank look cool, and I'm excited to see some more eldar conversions. That mutant boss guy looks pretty tough.

Also, tell your friend that the diorama is amazing! I have always liked the quieter side of 40K, even if it's just in between bolter magazines. Good luck on the win with that one!

Finally, my Sascha Dubois arrived!

Aaaaand... Meet Kira Maxwell!

nice to meet you Ms. Maxwell lol, let me say this thread it full of win!

i agree with the above post

I like those rank & file scumbags. Very nice and personal conversions. Especially those submachine guns look fabilous. Painting is neat too.

Finished her!
Posting with some of her subordinates.

Great work so far, I applaud you, I'm completely in love with your chem dogs, and you have truly done them justice. Now, after seeing all the awesome that's in this thread, and I came up with an idea that I would present to you if I dare be so bold; I would hope that you have seen the Riddick movies, especially the 3rd one (with the Necromongers), and I think that Riddick would be a great Marbo (I havn't seen one yet), and also a hellhound from the same Riddick movie would be a really kicka** addition to this army.

Mecharius wrote:Great work so far, I applaud you, I'm completely in love with your chem dogs, and you have truly done them justice. Now, after seeing all the awesome that's in this thread, and I came up with an idea that I would present to you if I dare be so bold; I would hope that you have seen the Riddick movies, especially the 3rd one (with the Necromongers), and I think that Riddick would be a great Marbo (I havn't seen one yet), and also a hellhound from the same Riddick movie would be a really kicka** addition to this army.

3 riddick movies?
I've only heard if two. (Pitch Black and The Cronicles of Riddick)

I really, really like that commissar. I am drooling.

I think vikingScott is correct


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Yes I should be constructive, That is a nice commissar and as always, Great work!

VikingScott wrote:

Mecharius wrote:Great work so far, I applaud you, I'm completely in love with your chem dogs, and you have truly done them justice. Now, after seeing all the awesome that's in this thread, and I came up with an idea that I would present to you if I dare be so bold; I would hope that you have seen the Riddick movies, especially the 3rd one (with the Necromongers), and I think that Riddick would be a great Marbo (I havn't seen one yet), and also a hellhound from the same Riddick movie would be a really kicka** addition to this army.

3 riddick movies?
I've only heard if two. (Pitch Black and The Cronicles of Riddick)

Commissar Agro wrote:I think vikingScott is correct


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Yes I should be constructive, That is a nice commissar and as always, Great work!

Sorry lads, but there are indeed 3. There's a little heard of movie called Dark Fury that takes place between Pitch Black and Chronicles, that tells the events between them, and why Riddick and Tombs are "best-friends."

Wasn't that an anime or some type of cartoon?

can we get a close up on your commie and each of your chicks? (give thme there own photo-shoot so to speak.)

Great work, love the banner!

A lil' beginning of a WIP.
Guess what is it...

Stormblade. Savlar style. Epic

Indeed!

That's looking fantastic, and with a little more detailing, I reckon it could be incredible! What scale's the tank? And I bet it'll work out one hell of a lot cheaper than the GW alternative

Looking nice again DRommel! Can't wait to see them painted. What tank kit did you use for that stormblade btw? And what is the scale?

Xenon wrote:Looking nice again DRommel! Can't wait to see them painted. What tank kit did you use for that stormblade btw? And what is the scale?

Yeah what Xenon said, i would to like to know what scale that tank is and what tank it is.

I agree with Scarper about it needing more detail but it is still a WIP.

you just keep to amaze!

How did you make the gun on the Executioner? Looking great as ever.

Thanks.

The base model is a Lanard toy tank (COPRS Recoil Vehicle IIRC), not *too* cheap - roughly Chimera price. Still, it's huge, nicely detailed and almost exactly fits Baneblade size.

The only drawback is very poor detail of chassis, that's why I went for track covers.

Here's a new WIP shot of it. The door trophy is an easter egg ^^



And Executioner gun was made of toy rocket, some bits and flate cable.

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I have asked LordWynne to move his post to his own P&M Blog thread.

Wow, great army.I knew that I wouldnt escape the chem dogs after /tg/!

LordWynne wrote:Some of my females....more to follow

Excuse me sir, but what do you think you are doing?

LordWynne, what terribletrygon is trying to say is that if you want to show your stuff (which is pretty nice), you should consider starting a new thread by yourself... Or if you think your minis could bring a lot to this thread, ask for the original poster's autorization...

looks awesome

Updates.



What do you think of sponsons/track covers? I aimed at a combination of German super-heavy tanks (Maus, Ratte) and Chimera, as it's essentially a super-heavy APC. Also, note the flamer turrets, separat from sponsons.




I used this lady as tank commander.



Of course, will be fixed with putty, right now I'm just looking at how she fits pose-wise.

WIP.

I like. A lot. Nice work as always

The "Ratte" icon is thoroughly disturbing, but very well done!

(actually, a print of pic by the same artist who drew my banner ))

WOW!!! that is a awesome yet freaky tank

Absolutely fantastic. You don't even need the WIP tag - if you stopped there it would still be incredible! Your weathering in particular is unbelievable - do you have any particular techniques you might be willing to pass along?

Keep it up!

Ze germans finally got their supertank I see.

(Guessing this is what the name hints to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte )

Awesome superheavy (and army) Looking forward to more

Illumini wrote:Ze germans finally got their supertank I see.

(Guessing this is what the name hints to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte )

That was my guess too.

This army is looking amazing! And, I love the whole feel of the army. Please don't get burnt out before you finish!

Something different. A WIP of my primaris psyker.

Abdullah Al'Jafari, Ze Mad Tallarnian.

Well, what other psyker would they assign to someone as crazy as savlars?

He'll be hopefully getting Empire mage cobra staff.

Great work as always! What's your weathering recipe, out of interest?

Uhm... does that Ratte... thing have nipple guns?

Orks apparently do not have a monopoly on ramshackle. Love your stuff. It actually reminds me of some of the stuff bled from the head of John Blanche.

16 of my 'conscripts' (underhive scavvies rounded up as cannon fodder!)
Extensive conversions using GW and Mantic ghouls, zombies, LotR orcs, celts and grots

wow great stuff, gonna have a better look in a while.

Good to see more people using LotR models in their 40k. The range is a gold mine that is left untapped too often.

loving them. How many are you going to include in your conscript unit? It would be cool to see fifty of those bad boys running around the table.

Damn, those are good. The detail is great. Just a suggestion: those could make a damn good Inquisimunda mutie gang.

And your muted colorscheme is so, so, so well done.

Excellant work as always.

Great idea to have mutie scum as conscripts, really characterful. Well executed too.

They look so chaotic. Another reason why Savlar chem dogs are so cool!

Yeah, awesome conversions indeed... They really look like a ragtag band of mutant brothers, I love them!!!

And if the LatD list is ever available again, you'll have it ready in no time lol!!

Wow, those cons are great! you have done a really good job on the paint work too!

Cool muties, but I would suggest playing them as penal legion instead. Conscripts is pretty much the worst choice in the entire IG book. Penal legion fits them well and should make them more playable

@Illumini : could you explain you point of view? Though I am not planning to play them, I don't see why you consider conscripts to be the worst choice in the codex... Cannon Fodder has always had its uses!!!!

Briefly, though this is more Tactic-y: they run away, they can't hit a thing, and are generally considered a waste of points. Penal legion are unpredicatable, cheap, and can drive your opponent to distraction, which is both valuable and hilarious.

You can get 20 conscripts with Bs/Ws 2, Ld5, no option for commissar or heavy weapons, or you can pay 20 pts more and get 20 guardsmen with Bs/Ws 3, Ld8, options for commissar and heavy weapons, option to blob or not, option for power weapons on the sarge, a sarge, option for chimera. Conscripts need a lord commissar to keep them in line, adding up to more than the guardsmen with commissar and he can be singled out. There is not a single thing the conscripts can do that the normal infantry can't do tons better.

Thanks, I just wanted to see your point... I have no experience with them, so...

Conscripts are a background driven addition, in my view. In this those scavvies work well.

Well, Scavvies work well either way. Heck, if anything they work better as penal legion, as you can represent the 'Handlers' that keep them in line, and, as said, they are unpredictable, which strikes me as being quite fitting.

I vote for Penal Legion as well, for both reasons terribletrygon just mentioned!

Conscripts are cheap bubble wrap for your tanks if you play an infantry+armored list. Send in the next wave isn't exactly horrible, either.

Anyway, on topic, those look totally awesome.

Thank you.

While conscripts are overpriced somewhat, they play really nice with Chenkov's special rule. Enemy HtH troops wading into a blob of conscripts only to have latter vanish, exposing them to some heavy firepower.
And don't underestimate big blobs, in general. 80-100 man platoons (max regulars and conscrpts) tie up and devour anything. Taking heavy losses, but that's how it works.

Or I may, in fact, try using them as penal troopers. Usually savlars are penals, but in all-savlar army they need someone worse than regular troopers to do the dirty job!

Oh, and by the way, their look is hardly something attributed to Chaos only. Imperial underhivers generally look like that, and some sanctioned muties even worse.

A prototype Stormtrooper.
Since Stormtroopers are generally specially trained commandos assigned to other regiments, I decided to go for a more hi-tech, sinister yet still PA look. Bonus points if you guess the source of inspiration (and this is not the game you thought of)

The obvious choice would be Killzone, but based on your comment that is probably not it. The other options would be STALKER and/or Jin-Roh?

Fallout New Vegas's NCR ranger guys?

Jin-Roh the wolf brigade.

Do I win any internets?

Jin-Roh, obviously.

I'm a Salvar fan myself, and love this blog. The smiley face motif is really striking.

Some of the tanks are OTT for my tastes, but I'm pretty conservative that way so I say rock on. Love the stormtrooper- was thinking something similar myself if I ever went and did Chem Dogs.

VikingScott wrote:Fallout New Vegas's NCR ranger guys?

That was actually my guess too, though I've seen Jin-roh, since the mini looks like he's wearing one of those blackwolf mod backpacks that almost every Fallout player seems to install for easier inventory management.

DRommel wrote:
I'm still looking for a suitable model to represent this lady.

Mad Donna



Maybe a place to start, if you can find one.

She has one of the most "colorful" special rules in any gaming environment.

Where is the head on the stormtrooper from?

@Illumini: I think it's from wargamesfactory stormtroopers.

The stormtrooper looks great by the way.

pzbw7z wrote:

DRommel wrote:
I'm still looking for a suitable model to represent this lady.

Mad Donna



Maybe a place to start, if you can find one.

She has one of the most "colorful" special rules in any gaming environment.

Psycho-bitch!

Greatest rule name ever.

Here comes the update.
WIP girls from all-girl platoon (and a guy for the scale)

I was wondering when we were going to see you crop up again, with some new Savlar for us to see.

Especially sicne the new Wyches came out.

Awesome girls over there... I'm not sure beardy-boy's enjoying the company though...

Great female guard models!!

I like the conversions. What are the plastic legs used with the DE bodies? I don't recognise them.

Particular favourite is the second from right on the bottom row - can't believe how well you've got those parts to fit. I see Cadian command, Empire free company, DE and Daemonette parts, plus some grey stuff, but what else is in there?

Excellant stuff as always. I'm liking these a lot.

Might have to buy a wytch box to finish off my Escher gang.

these are a great bunch , i bet its loads of funs making them.

Good lord! awesomeness and inspiration overload! Please step back a few paces to avoid head explosion.

Excellent work on everything within this blog, i've just waded through all its fantastic pages and have now been left with a few ideas for my own guard.

Thanks and i look forward to seeing more.

I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:Even though 'woohoo! boobies!' isn't something I usually mix with 40k, that banner is really, really well painted. Good job! I think you should rethink having an actual bikini-commissar in your army though. It just doesn't make sense. How long do you think a hot woman dressed like that would maintain her authority in a regiment of violent criminals? Until she fell asleep, probably.

I'm guessing her retinue would have her back. Besides, after a couple public chainsword colonoscopies, who would risk it, no matter how hot she was?

I love the cheata print plasma pistal. LoL

Some painted girls.


And mixed with guys.


Chimeras, WIP

Nice as always. The one with the green mohican is very cool.

I'm liking the chimeras.

Hey DRommel, I found a headless chick in a trenchcoat, might be an Urban War fig, you want her for this awesome project of yours?

Not checked this blog in a while - excellent work. Your painting skills look great (as do the models themselves).

Just became aware of this thread and I have to say it's very nice. What a wild bunch, I like the individuality of every single miniature, there are no two alike. Also I always liked Chem Dogs, great flavor! Will keep an eye on this...

Great girls!!!

Something unexpected...
Savlar Chem-inhaler in 1:1 scale




Also, could use more comments here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/362313.page

I can just see it now the bastion commander about to zero in the artillery on the approaching Orks and then the Commissar yelling "belay that order their the Savlar".
"But they look like Ork vehicles"
"How many Ork vehicles do you know that graffiti their tanks with pin-up pictures?"

DUDE, I want that inhaler! Are there different flavors to inhale, or...

Damn that inhaler is epic!

That's pretty sweet I must say.

Do I sense a cosplay coming on?

Love your work !
Chem-dogs are great and your army is a wonderful tribute !

Aaaand Games Day pics!

Awesome!!

Great stuff!

Some WIP overseers and officers. Girl will be getting more stuff to wear.

Looking good
Especially 'girl' is that your work, and where can I get one?!

I got it from Vinnie.

http://www.brother-vinni.com/index_eng.htm

This is an incredibly awesome army. Consider this thread watched.

I didn't like savlar dogs, now I do!


But I would have used another theme colour as the green leads ones thoughts over to Nurgle. But one the other hand, if it was red we would all be thinking Khorne.


Subscribed!

Work in progress.

Crikey that just looks so... Right. Great stuff mate.

I exalt this entire thread, from page 1 until completion. Original design, excellent scheme, inventive conversions, pure win.

The middle guy is extraordinarily impressive. Nice one.

Excellant work as always.

Looks good. I like that you used forage caps instead of helmets. It makes them look more distinctive from other IG in general, and adds a nice professional contrast between them and the regiment's regulars.

A little piece of terrain.



And a bigger one.

Sweet!

Painted by G'irelle.

What a great, characterful army! I've just read through every page and I've got to say that it is amazing and you've perfectly portrayed the chem dogs!

Scantly clad women and even boobies! Obviously im loving it

Every time I start to think this project has been abandoned, you come along and post more great pics!

Can we get a full shot of the army so far?

What a great, characterful army! I've just read through every page and I've got to say that it is amazing and you've perfectly portrayed the chem dogs!

Why thank you!

Can we get a full shot of the army so far?

In due time )

im LOVING the look of this army, its really giving me the dark humor look like in borderlands, plus i love your crossed lasguns/ gasmask thing looks nice

More stuff is coming, but now, a little something to whet your appetite.





Ork hunter veterans.

Wow, very cool!

Wow - great to see the sheer level of kitbashing going on there!

Love your stuff !

Great to see you back, Drommel! Great kitbashing on the new guys, as I've learned to expect from your blog (seriously, it's really impressive!). The character that uses parts of the priest /w chainsaw is my favourite - it's a model I really like and have had for a while, and would never have thought of cutting up like that, but he really suits your theme. Really looking forward to seeing what you've been up to while you've been away!

^^ man these guys are so cool, you accomplish what i can only dream of having, and thats genuine UNIQUE models!!

Good work man, nice to see such a heavily converted and out of basics army! A rare sight among our nationals...

Cheers!
Storag

Thank you all!

Here's a little update.

Still cool!