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Thats an idea, try some running poses

Without chopping the mechs up, I am fairly limited with posing due to the limited articulation in a few of the joints. There are a couple of more dynamic ones in the bunch but thei is the most 'running' one I could find:



Once I have painted them all and posted them with their squads, you'll see that some are more dynamic than they seem.

It's also too late in the day for re-posing so if they appear a bit static, I'll have to put up with it :( .

I have just had another 3 of the APCs turn up in all of their stinky-resin goodness so it shouldn't be long before more of the squads get a bit of transport .

Can these dudes fly? That would be cool, some sort of crouched near landing pose (supported with clear rods or something) Chopping, as you say, would probally be needed for this. Those joints looks fairly "workable" though. just saying

My view is Dwarves aren't dyamic they're static and enduring. So I like them the Grendel APC looks better than they do on the website!


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Oh noticed you mentioned you had a Glaive from Old Crow any chance of seeing a comparison shot with a Chimera?

The mechs have tracks/wheels in their feet in the Anime films...so imagine these mechs whizzing around as if on roller skates!

It has taken me a long time to assemble them as they are...there is little chance of me going back and chopping them up.

I am sorry but the only Chimeras that I have are packed away in the loft so I can't do a comparison shot. The only comparison I have is this one (and it shows a Grymn next to it):



Here's the next three APCs (just ready for the undercoat):



Still ticking along .

Nice work with these hasslefree grymms I would love to see these on space dwarves online http://spacedwarfsonline.freeforums.org/index.php your space dwarves rock !

Thorne wrote:Nice work with these hasslefree grymms I would love to see these on space dwarves online http://spacedwarfsonline.freeforums.org/index.php your space dwarves rock !

Just joined and posted a few of these there .

Thanks a lot mate!

I've got 4 APCs done now:

woot old crow for the win! those apcs look awesome, love the squad colours =D

Old Crow are great (and I will be using the APCs for my Urban Army) but the painted ones are from Scotia Grendel's Kryomek range.

The squad colours will be carried over to the Mech's shoulder pads as well...just to keep everything nice and unified.

Now I have a decision to make... do I paint three mechs to join the new APCs or buy more APCs while I am in the mood to paint them...

...Life is tricky ...

paint them... and but more . Seriously though, I would paint them to join the apc's and squads. You could buy more for special mech units.

I have deliberately gone for the Kryomek APCs because of their textured armour. It has a sort of 'rocky' look to it and suits the original theme well. The Old Crow stuff is much cleaner and will really suit my Urban forces once I get started on them.

...I have just ordered another three of the Kryomek APCs for the next three units .

I am on a roll with them .

I don't think they would mix well...the Old Crow tanks would make the Kryomek ones look a bit like toys .

I suppose. What is this fabled urban force? Will this be grymn or another race?

These are the Urban Army (so far):



I have three Tau Devilfish to go with these drop troops:



BUT the Devilfish have been converted AND the paint on these guys is too complicated (all those little squares) so I will be going for a simpler scheme like this:



...so yes it's more Grymn but unlike the Tunnel Fighters, I have a plan!

Is it.....a cunning plan?

j3r03n wrote:Is it.....a cunning plan?

Not really...it just involves me setting the army structure and buying the miniatures to suit a list. In this case, it is following the British Army organisation of 4-man fire-teams and 24-man platoons. I already have 2 platoons of troops, waiting to get ready for paint...and a heavy infantry platoon to go with it...and 12 vehicles...not including the Devilfish...

The Tunnel Fighters started as a mix of random miniatures and ended up getting sorted into a cohesive army.

Ok Urban and Tunnel on the way. Mountain and Marines to come?

I already have a desert army:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Grymn/Grymn%20Desert%20Troops/Desert1.jpg

...and a temperate army:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Grymn/Grymn%20DPM/GrymnDPM7.jpg

...so I guess I can't rule out a mountain and marine army in the future...obviously once the urban army has been completed...

I finished painting the next mech:



I have also started on the second one with a third ready to get progressed when I finish. I thought that I'd finish the close combat mechs to go with the APCs that I have already finished. That way I will have 4 complete mech units (mech, troops, APC) rather than a bunch of squads with APCs and me still having to paint a host of mechs...it breaks things up a bit.

I also have another 3 of the APCs ready to be assembled...so if I can finiah these mechs, I can tick along with the APCs again .

I guess it is a bit of 'stick and carrot' .

Sweet stuff. Is the urban army gonna be linked to this, or a whole seperate delio. you should next have a skuba army!

I think that Scuba is a bit too 'out there' for me...and if I did ever decide to start gaming, there wouldn't be any opponents for me to fight .

The urban army will just be another Grymn army...it won't be tied in BUT it could be if I needed it to. The trouble is that the army organisation for the different armies I have are completely different:

DPM: Standard Imperial Guard organisation.
Desert: 6-man squads organised into platoons.
Tunnel Fighters: 10-man squads organised like a space marine army...but with added mechs.
Urban Army: 8-man squads (2 4-man fire-teams) organised into 24-man platoons.

They could all be from different planets with different ideas on organisation...but fighting as a coherent 'mixed' army would be awkward.

4 mechs done:



7 mechs to go...

...six now

themechs look good, , an effective colour scheme

Cheers Neil .

Here is a bit of WIP stuff:

I have paused on the sculpting a bit this week...but have managed to finish the three APCs:

Lookin' good, Inso! Keep them coming.

Cheers . I'll keep on it...I already have the last 4 each of mechs and APCs so I have no excuses .