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Oooh - the plastic IG command sets (both cadian and catachan) are emperor sent for more Legion troopers!

The metal advisors are also great conversion fodder for =I=Munda. Small conversions and they'll be brilliant NPCs.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?doCache=&categoryId=400032&pIndex=1&aId=14500025&start=2

Absolutely, I've been looking over the pics of the parts on warseer for the last few weeks, lots of them will be seeing use in my future conversions!

Cheers,

Dante

Those are seriously some sweet sets of HQ squads, for IG.
I can see the =I=munda characters just being born from these sprues.

That mutant is quite a work of art

I need to get some Marauder Horsemen too, they have fabulous heads, too bad I heard they are big ones I'm told.

Anyway, I've started planning for a new member and that Valkyrie And I just can't get the thought of how cool a full Army would be out of my heads.

Yeah I'm planning some gun cutter conversions with the Valkyrie too.

The astropath model and the fleet envoy fella are top notch, can't wait to get my hands on them!

Cheers,

Dante

CMDante wrote:

The astropath model and the fleet envoy fella are top notch, can't wait to get my hands on them!/quote]

Good taset mate, my faves too!

Mmm - the new IG things, a world of opportunities.

I'm personally looking with glee at the Ordnance Advisor (the dude with the Artillery), being an Artillery nut myself.

I also like the astropath -- perfect for any number of roles.

sA

migsula wrote:I need to get some Marauder Horsemen too, they have fabulous heads, too bad I heard they are big ones I'm told

Actually there standard GW Human size.

and where does the flagelant head size rank in "standard GW"? If they are the same size, I'm buying some Marauder Horsemen asap.

I didn't know they had standards on these, to me it feels every kit has a different size and proportions. The differences can be small, but still they exist.

Look at my WIP terminators pic. 2 of them have marauder heads and 2 are FW termies which compare to the flagellants quite well. The marauder heads are a bit bigger than flaggies. Most of us wouldn't even notice the difference, but you propably think them as too big. I think they are just perfect for the wolves, though.

Yes, they are perfect for your wolves, but you know my small head fetish!

Thank for the reference, I think they are tad too big for Legion, but can be shaved down so...

Gotta agree, the new marauder horsemen heads are noticeably bigger (to me anyway and probably you too Migs) than the type of human heads I like to use. They're probably similar in size to marine heads.

There is a lot of mileage to be had out of the various flagellant heads, then there is the rest of the empire plastics etc.

Not sure shaving down would do much to sort the "bigishness" of them.

Why not give sculpting new expressions on flagellant heads a go, it's a hell of a lot of fun and you have the skills. Go on, you know you want to!

What had you planned for the marauder heads?

Cheers,

Dante

CMDante wrote:

What had you planned for the marauder heads?

Cheers,

Dante

A mercenary type character with lots of tattoos.

I see your point about shaving and agree. Maybe I should tweak some flagellant heads, which I love. I should be doing so many other hobby projects, but the Legion has totally captivated my imagination. Now I want a full army and a few more of Alpharius too! But it's just not realistic.

Like I said, I should be doing so many other hobby projects, but the Legion has totally captivated my imagination.

A full army, realistic or not? I'm entertaining the thought though.

I would love to do a full IG force from a planet totally in the Legion control and agenda: Basically a new guard army that can go anywhere, with A mix match guard, merc, spec op force guys thrown in as operatives, ride in Valkyries, with separate armored support units, and a small squad of Legion thrown in. Maybe even a few select Xeno operatives.

I would invent a new regiment, with a strong background story, and a nice tie in to Alpharius and his Alphariuses. There would be plenty of half hidden narrative links to their masters, and some squads of special operatives and individuals in the ranks.

I guess, I'll do a few proto models for the regiment, if there was plastic Great Coats that be it, so I may wait and do the secial guys and armour frst. Maybe. I'm itching to do the Valkyrie, so that will be the first of many vehicles and I want the Vulcan Megabolter baneblade variant.

Migs, if you do that, well, you sure damn just made sA the happiest girl in the world.

(Proverbial, naturally)

sA

I often dream of doing a similar thing but then realisation that in my entire lifetime in the hobby I have never owned a fully painted army, let alone a perfectly converted and painted army.

I wish you the best of luck on your endeavour mate, the new cadian command has a greatcoat in it, just buy a couple hundred of them?!

Cheers,

Dante

I'm getting some of those sculpting shapers today!!! I am really really excited as the thing I hate the most in sculpting is sticking and I've heard these pretty much do not stick into any putty

The only putty that I have found to stick to them is milliput when it is a bit wet. Other than that, prepare to enjoy "sticky" free sculpting my friend!

Cheers,

Dante

Not meaning to derail here, but where can I find these? I want a piece of this non-sticky action!

Must resist urge to make semen joke

migsula wrote:I'm getting some of those sculpting shapers today!!! I am really really excited as the thing I hate the most in sculpting is sticking and I've heard these pretty much do not stick into any putty

I use Nivea hand creme on my tools. Works like a charm. Not sticky anymore and bonus: The finished GS surface gets ultra-smooth.
Couldn`t recommend that more.

Small update - this can only mean more =I=munda models



I've been thinking about the grand plan too, an armed force of the Legion's "Ultramar".

Migs you ready do enjoy torturing us when were hanging on to this thread looking for any new updates of MODELS.

Heart pounding, mouth dry. Please show pics of the models or at least some of the new guys background and ideas.

"Legion's armed Ultramar"? What will that be? :O

Yay, more =I=munda!

I like the style of your bases a lot, I'm trying to do something similar with my =I=munda gang.. from what kits are the yellow/tanned pieces of plastic btw?
I'm really looking forward to see some miniatures fit onto these bases!


Cheers

Thanks.

I use mostly 1/35 tank/vehicle kit parts. You can buy them dirt cheap if you don't care what vehicle it is. WW2 works just as well as modern armour. I use parts from those kits also to do some small detail, like custom headgear and comms on my =I=munda models to better convey scale. On these bases there are parts from Merkava III and a WW2 "vindicator", some GW parts and plasticard strip.

And when it comes to Legion, this can only mean one thing:

Oooh, another marine

What head is that? Looks a bit like a filed down scout?

Any chance on a stage by stage tutorial for the marine?

Cheers,

Dante

Do what Dante said. I want to finally make use of that free Termie I got in White Dwarf.

sA

Ok, I'll take pics as I go as much as possible. (ie. I remember in my excitement )

The shapers are fantastic! I sculpted all the flat areas of the marine just now, in one go thanks to not worrying about sticking or using a lubricant or ... And Dante will be proud, I sculpted a new facial expression on the head. It's the flagellant head with a rope in his mouth BTW.