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2009/08/16 14:57:44
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Waaagh! Warbiker
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Hello. When I played Tau, I realized about halfway through that I didn't like the kroot models. My solution was to make a squad of fire warriors to count as kroot.
I don't have my original squad at the moment, so I reproduced how to make them:
These are the pieces you need: 1 standing fire warrior legs, 1 unhelmeted fire warrior head, 1 devilfish pilot body, 1 loose kroot rifle, 1 fire warrior grenade arm, and 1 fire warrior sensor arm.
Step one: Take wire cutters and cut the pilot torso in half:
Trim the bottom with your hobby knife. It should end up looking like this:
Step 2: Attach the new torso to the fire warrior legs.
Step 3: Cut the the grenade out of the grenade hand with your hobby knife:
Step 4: Attach the grenade arm (sans grenade) to the kroot rifle:
Step 6: Glue both the new kroot rifle arm and the sensor arm to the body.
Now you're done! You could also use one of these as a kroot shaper if you attach it to a normal kroot squad.
EDIT: Here's another one I made with a knife using the same steps but substituting an "open hand arm" and knife for the sensor arm:
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2009/08/17 01:00:50
The Seraphs of Thunder: a homebrew, almost entirely converted successor Deathwing. And also some Orks. And whatever else I have lying around. |
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2009/08/24 23:00:50
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Jovial Plaguebearer of Nurgle
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Great guide for a cool posed different kroot (even though i love kroot)
i'm just worried the fluff freaks would be all over you about the backstory why he has that armor save the weapon instead or better yada yada
but overall nice conversion
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"When life gives you lem-BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD"
1500 pt nurgle daemons bleeeeh 2/0/2 but what fun they are when they win |
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2009/08/25 00:27:28
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Missionary On A Mission
The Eye of Terror
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The conversion is nice, but this does break fluff like crazy, and is barely WYSIWYG.
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2009/08/25 00:27:34
Subject: Re:Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Stabbin' Skarboy
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There was a sept that focused on close combat right? Just say they're from that one for fluff nazis.
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early bird gets the worm
second mouse gets the cheese
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2009/08/25 20:38:09
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Guard Heavy Weapon Crewman
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you could cut out the sensor and position the gun with some work to make a shoulder shooter guy, good tutorial but wouldn't that be annoying having to get pilot boddies
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2009/08/25 21:33:08
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Drone without a Controller
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cool
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2009/08/25 23:22:58
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Jovial Plaguebearer of Nurgle
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the reason i dont see it filling fluff is that the tau even if they were so totally focussed on combat would use a feuture(esque) sword rather than feral looking gun
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"When life gives you lem-BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD"
1500 pt nurgle daemons bleeeeh 2/0/2 but what fun they are when they win |
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2009/08/28 01:32:35
Subject: Re:Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Screaming Banshee
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iamthecougar wrote:There was a sept that focused on close combat right? Just say they're from that one for fluff nazis.
I'd be surprised... Close Combat is a biiiig taboo in Tau Society; so dirty, rough and uncivilised!
That's why they let those sub-Tau Kroot do it... :>
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2009/08/28 04:37:43
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Gor with Big Horns
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Personally like the neutered chicken boyz
Nice conversion though
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GW:
Beastmen , Ogre Kingdoms
Eldar
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2009/08/28 06:08:33
Subject: Re:Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Fireknife Shas'el
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iamthecougar wrote:There was a sept that focused on close combat right? Just say they're from that one for fluff nazis.
Actually, I think you are talking about the Farsight Enclave, which IIRC does not make use of Kroot allies.
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2009/08/28 11:19:31
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Renegade Inquisitor with a Bound Daemon
Tied and gagged in the back of your car
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Looks great, but there's one major, possibly fatal error with your tutorial...
KROOT ARE melon-fething AWESOME!
They're like... the fething punk rockers of 40k!
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2009/08/28 13:54:55
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Member of the Malleus
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you could also do fire wariors with SAMURAI SWORDS!
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"I am the hammer,
i am the right hand of my emperor,
the instrument of his will,
the tip of his spear, the edge of his sword" |
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2009/08/28 15:25:06
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Archmagos Veneratus Extremis
Home Base: Prosper, TX (Dallas)
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Or IG w/Kroot weapons. Humans that have gone over to the tau probably still like to punch things in the face
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Best Painted (2015 Adepticon 40k Champs)
They Shall Know Fear - Adepticon 40k TT Champion (2012 & 2013) & 40k TT Best Sport (2014), 40k TT Best Tactician (2015 & 2016) |
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2009/08/28 16:55:03
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Hulksmash wrote:Or IG w/Kroot weapons. Humans that have gone over to the tau probably still like to punch things in the face
and Idea has sprung into my deviant mind! Good suggestion.
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2009/09/11 08:16:50
Subject: Re:Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Drone without a Controller
California
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...Y'know, I can't, for the life of me, figure out why you needed to use the Devilfish commander's torso instead of a regular Fire Warrior torso. Was it just to get a spare one, so you're not wasting any torsos for your actual Fire Warriors? They seem otherwise identical (except for the Devilfish commander's little tassel, but you cut that off).
Personally, I like the kroot models, but this still provides a good insight into how to modify Fire Warrior hands--cutting out the grenade looks like an easy way to give the trooper a free hand for whatever purpose you might have (such as giving him a medkit to schlep around).
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2009/09/11 18:09:02
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Khorne Rhino Driver with Destroyer
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Im not sure either but maybe he wanted to use the "Perfectly Straight" Legs lol
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Redbeard wrote:Yes, I can see it now. How do you select which Marines get to be Terminators? Is it due to experience? Capability? Prowess? Nope, it's just if you're tall...
fraz wrote:(zombie Reagan) You've ticked us off. As we speak the elite 102,103,and 103 air divisons comprised of lawyers with briefcases (the Fightin' Bloodsuckers) are dropping as we speak.
EDIT: I am not saying it would be a fight, but no one, and I mean no one, can withstand the might of 45,000 US lawyers on a legal rampage...
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2009/09/11 19:48:51
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Fixture of Dakka
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I'm not sure what fluff has to do with Painting and Modeling, but I think it looks great I know a Tau player who I bet would love this idea.
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2010/01/06 21:25:15
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Phil Kelly
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ive had the same ish idea,
taking the whole easten army to the extreme
using fire warriors as kroot but with samuri swords and cloaks and just having stealth suits as ninja
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"i just met you, and this is crazy,
but heres my number, so call me baby."
"erm..... no" |
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2010/01/06 22:56:21
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Member of the Malleus
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Very nice tutorial.
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2010/03/01 08:05:15
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin
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Cool tutorial man , has given me I deas of converting up a bunch as well, but I think I will find some naked arms and torsos to represent the lack of an armour save maybe mix in a few tau and kroot togther to represent a failed sept that has been found by a group of kroot. Thanks for the great idea
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BobtheInquisitor wrote:I tend to glue metal models with a combination of BSI cyanoacrylate and my tears of frustration. |
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2010/03/11 19:20:23
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Blood-Raging Khorne Berserker
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Looks like a neat little conversion, don't play Tau though, close combat skills are terrible!
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DA:90-SG-M+B++I+Pw40k00-ID+++++A+/wWD149R---T(S)DM++
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2010/03/13 19:34:33
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Grovelin' Grot
Christchurch, New Zealand
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that is really cool! i started collecting a bit of tau but black reach came out so i got that and sold my tau to my friend. =( but they are coool!!!
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Orkses never lose a battle!
If we win we win
If we dies we die fightin' so it dun count
If we runs for it we don't die neither
cos we can come back for annuver go, see!
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2010/03/13 21:42:41
Subject: Re:Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Doc Brown
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Jeez this is a serious double-case of thread necro...
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"From the fires of Betrayal unto the blood of revenge we bring the name of Lorgar, the Bearer of the Word, the favored Son of Chaos, all praise be given to him. From those that would not heed we offer praise to those who do, that they might turn their gaze our way and gift us with the Boon of Pain, to turn the Galaxy red with the blood, and feed the hunger of the Gods."
-Excerpt from the Three Hundred and Forty-First
Book of Epistles of Lorgar
Cheese Elemental wrote:That made me think... what's a good pick-up line in the Imperium?
"Hey baby, my plasma cannon's running hot and I need to purge you in the name of the Emperor tonight." |
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2010/04/19 09:09:51
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Bounding Black Templar Assault Marine
Melbourne, Australia
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physcosamatic wrote:you could also do fire wariors with SAMURAI SWORDS!
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I second this motion
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2010/04/19 09:31:16
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Tunneling Trygon
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My only problem is that a Kroot is clearly larger than a Tau, yet this one has no problem carrying a gun bigger than him.
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2010/04/19 10:02:42
Subject: Firewarrior Counts-As Kroot [pic heavy]
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Snord
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Might help if you go on close up mode and wait for the right focus
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Kreig - 2850 pts
Skaven - 3450 pts
Orks - 1950 (pro painted)
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