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get to the chopper! wrote:---‘There’s definitely something not right in the air tonight’ thought Lev, ‘Whatever Ustin says, I don’t fancy fighting the 1st company in their own backyard’.

No sooner had those thoughts crossed Lev’s mind, than he heard shouting from ahead: Men were charging around, orders being bellowed by Sergeants to their squads. Lev could see his own Sergeant, Valeri Yankov, hurtling towards them.
---‘Sergeant, what’s happening’ asked Ustin.
---Puffing and panting as he slid to a halt on the icy road, Sergeant Yankov looked around him to see if his whole squad were still nearby:
---‘1st company, on Skidoos! Up at the front of the supply train!’ Said Yankov, breathing heavily and looking harassed.

I think you mixed up the 1st and 2nd company in the first part of the fluff.

Loving the fluff and figurines so far. They are amazing. A real inspiration to someone who has just started collecting such as myself.

get to the chopper! wrote:...Heavy Flamer...

No freakin' s**t!!!!

I personally really like the over-proportioned backpack. It would be a bit big irl but this is a game and it looks awesome!

Really nice fluff and loving the conversions so far. Good work!

Theratin wrote:I think you mixed up the 1st and 2nd company in the first part of the fluff.

I did wonder when I read it, but did not want to say in case it was just me being stupid

Theratin wrote:

get to the chopper! wrote:---‘There’s definitely something not right in the air tonight’ thought Lev, ‘Whatever Ustin says, I don’t fancy fighting the 1st company in their own backyard’.

No sooner had those thoughts crossed Lev’s mind, than he heard shouting from ahead: Men were charging around, orders being bellowed by Sergeants to their squads. Lev could see his own Sergeant, Valeri Yankov, hurtling towards them.
---‘Sergeant, what’s happening’ asked Ustin.
---Puffing and panting as he slid to a halt on the icy road, Sergeant Yankov looked around him to see if his whole squad were still nearby:
---‘1st company, on Skidoos! Up at the front of the supply train!’ Said Yankov, breathing heavily and looking harassed.

I think you mixed up the 1st and 2nd company in the first part of the fluff.

Loving the fluff and figurines so far. They are amazing. A real inspiration to someone who has just started collecting such as myself.

Lol cheers, I edited it now . Glad to see people are paying enough attention to my fluff to notice things like that! Thanks for the kind words too - effectively, I've just started collecting as well - its been around 8 years since I last played, and back then I was only like 13 or 14. I was always decent at painting and modelling, but now I have the means to get miniatures and tools to fulfill all the crazed conversion thoughts that enter my mind.

infilTRAITOR wrote:

get to the chopper! wrote:...Heavy Flamer...

No freakin' s**t!!!!

Heh, you know how it is, once you start converting you just can't stop adding to it . I'd be 100% happy with it if I could just scale it down a bit. In terms of how it looks I'm really happy, but its just the size that makes it look a bit... I dunno, unrealistic for mountain ambush type troops. Thought I'd show you what my standardised troopers look like with the next post, since the ones so far have been massive conversion jobs. Well, I say standardised, but they still have different guns, heads and accesories .

Vitruvian XVII wrote:I personally really like the over-proportioned backpack. It would be a bit big irl but this is a game and it looks awesome!

Really nice fluff and loving the conversions so far. Good work!

Cheers, appreciate your feedback. Thats what I figured too - its the same reason that I went for a colour scheme that isn't overly realistic camouflage for winter warfare: I'm more concerned about aesthetics than realism, because this is WH40k afterall, and not a historical wargame.

Maybe I should have made Pvt Safin a really big, strong bloke in my fluff though, to show that he could carry off that flamer backpack. I was seriously considering using Catachan arms for him, but I left it a little late in the process before I thought of it, and it would have been a nightmare to change them. Maybe I will do that if I do give him a revamp sometime in the future.

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Got some more minis through in the post today from ebay, got 3 old-style sentinals (the metal ones that look like they're out of star wars) and some additional heads and junk from pig iron. The old style sentinals I won't use the legs on, only the cabin-type parts. A bloke on WIP suggested I should make sentinals like these mental contraptions the Russians used in WW2:

http://www.answers.com/topic/aerosan

This is a fun story you're creating for your characters and the regiment.


Just a small nitpick though, in 40K chess is still around but called regicide (you mention Felik was in the chess club)

Lol cheers, didn't know that .

That pack is... a big big. I can't help but wonder what would happen if he slipped over. Would he ever be able to get back up again? Would he be crushed to death?

Does he need someone to help him put the pack on? You could always say it's got some suspensors on the bottom to make it lighter; though adjusting his fluff a bit to say he's really strong may help somewhat too.

I'm ashamed to say I'm too busy at work to read the fluff at the moment; but I fully intend to come back next week when the project is over and read it all in one sitting

Lol, the project won't be over for a good while yet, this is just the first squad . Theres going to be a book's worth of fluff by the end of this . Might put it up for download as a pdf or something - basically, a Codex: Kalashnikovans.

I ordered a heavy flamer from the Catachan Command squad today, so I think I will remake him with that instead of this weapon once I get round to it. You can all rejudge once he's painted up though.

New update will up within the hour btw .

very cool modelling right there
the flamer guy looks soooooooo cool
I will get round to reading the fluff too but im currently too tired and cazn just about keep my eyes open as it is

The Kalashnikovan 2nd - An Imperial Guard Blog

Another day, another update. Fluff from the second half of the battle of Staringlav Pass, and introducing three more veterans, the Rascalov brothers. These guys are 'standard' troopers - thought you might like to see what the normal guys look like after a few days of heavily converted blokes.

Fluff:

The Battle of Staringlav Pass, 973.M41 – Part Two:

Colonel Blodniek knew that he had succeeded in drawing a huge portion of the 1st company’s rear guard to the front of the supply train with his Skidoo Riders’ hit and run attacks. Now he could bring the rest of his army to bear on the rebel troops who hadn’t run forward in search of glory and vengeance. On either side of the valley at the back of the rebel supply train were 2nd company troops, ready to attack as soon as he gave the orders. Blodniek spoke into his Vox Caster, and almost immediately he could see massed KA47 pattern Lasgun fire downing 1st company guardsmen at the rear of the line. Those Rebels who were left at the back of the supply train were in total disarray, and they were sitting ducks to the keen-eyed marksmen of the 2nd company. Almost before the Rebels knew what was happening, they had all been cut down in a withering hail of laser fire.

By now, around one third to a half of the 1st company rebel guardsmen were dead or had fled the battle field completely, with only a dozen or so losses taken by the 2nd company. Blodniek knew that if the rebels did the sensible thing and moved their supply train with as much haste as possible towards its destination that the supplies would reach their destination, with not too many more losses sustained by the Rebels. However, Blodniek also knew that the pride of the 1st company was too great to back down from a battle with the 2nd, and he would use that to his advantage. He ordered is troops to maintain their positions, take cover if possible, and wait for the Rebels to come to them.

Sure enough, the 1st company at the front of the supply line organised themselves and began moving towards where the 2nd company guardsmen were. Lasgun fire was flying all around in the deep valley as the former allies fought each other. Blodniek knew that his side no chance of winning a straight-out firefight though – they were still massively outnumbered. However, that was exactly what he wanted to happen: the Rebels needed to think they had won this battle. He gave the order for the 2nd company troops to fall back, and to his satisfaction he could hear the rebels yelling and cheering – they thought this was a broken army fleeing, not a tactical move. Now… he just needed them to try and chase down the 2nd company troops…

---“Yes!!!” yelled Private Ustin Pavlyuchenko of the Rebel Kalash Imperial Guard 1st company, “Yes!!! We’ve beaten them! They think they can come down here and take our supply train?! Take our lives?! Ha!!!” Ustin shook his lasgun in the air as he and his fellow rebel guardsmen celebrated.
---“Lev, this is a great day! Did you see how many I killed?! I swear I took down 5 of those skidoo riders myself!”
---Private Lev Zhirkov was nursing some wounds though, and didn’t look in any mood to celebrate: “Argh… My arm…” he grunted as he rolled up his sleeve, revealing a gaping flesh wound he had sustained in the fight.
---Another voice, a loud authoritative one belonging to the 1st company Colonel, boomed over the cheering Rebels: “Men! We must hunt down the Loyalist scum as they flee back into the mountains! For every 2nd company trooper killed, Andrei Puskin himself will reward he who killed him with 10,000 rubles! Just bring back his Kalash Cap for proof!”
---“10,000 rubles for each 2nd company trooper we kill?!” shouted Ustin in disbelief, “10,000 rubles?! Well what are we waiting for lads? Lets chase them down! Hunt down the Loyalist scum!”

Ustin and Lev joined their squad and sprinted to where the 2nd company had disappeared up the steep valley sides. The Rebels were all following their tracks in the snow, but the 2nd had evidently split up into individual squads or battle groups not far from the valley.
---“Sergeant!” said Lev, trying to get the attention of his squad leader, “I think the 2nd company might be trying to lure as all into a trap!”
---“Nonsense!” shouted Ustin, and several guardsmen around him nodded and shouted in agreement, “We just beat them fair and square in a battle, and they’re running for it! Lets hunt them down like the dogs they are!”
---Lev shook his head, but followed with the rest of his squad up a set of tracks leading into a thick boreal forest area. Rebel squads were all doing the same, following different sets of tracks.

Lev and Ustin’s squad had followed the tracks for what felt like hours, moving at maximum pace through the deep snowdrifts, and still they could see no sight of the 2nd company they were pursuing. Gasping for breath, the squad emerged into a forest clearing. The tracks continued to the centre of the clearing, but then abruptly stopped. The comprehension of this seemed to take several seconds to dawn on the squad – this could very well be a trap! Without word, the rebel squad set up in position to cover an attack from all angles. For 10 minutes they knelt, every fibre of their beings straining to hear the slightest noise, the slightest sign that the attack was about to come. But still it didn’t happen. Ustin, predictably, was the first to speak again:
---“Sarge, I think it might be time to move on. The 2nd must have just thought this clearing looked like a likely ambush spot and started covering their tracks when they got to here to slow us up”.
---“I think you’re right Private Pavlyuchenko. Men, let’s move on, but with caution until we are out of this clearing”.

Slowly, the rebel squad shuffled out of the clearing, to the patch entrance on the opposite to which they had entered it. Lev heard it first: “What’s that whirring and buzzing sound? Where’s it coming from?”
---Tentatively, they moved towards the noise. “It’s a vox piece!” said Ustin, crouching down to pick up a small receiver piece.
---“STOP!” yelled the Sergeant, pulling Ustin’s hand away at the last moment. “You fool, this could be an explosive device - this might be the trigger… Hang on, I’ll try and find out whether it is or not…”
---The Sergeant set his pack on the floor and took out a small spade, and began carefully digging around the device looking for a mine. The entire squad of rebels was crouching round, looking intently at what was going on. They never even noticed three 2nd company guardsmen emerge from the trees either side of the path a little from where they were, and begin advancing quietly towards them:
---“NOW!” screamed one of the Rascalov brothers, as he and his two brothers from 2nd company veteran squad alpha charged up the path. The Rascalovs opened fire on the group of rebels.

In the middle of the clearing where the 2nd company tracks had disappeared, a hulking figure rose up from the snow like an enormous ghost. The bear-like man had been hiding in the snow for nigh on half an hour while the Rebels came into the clearing and sat around him, a few even walking over the top of him. Drawing his chainsword and pistol, Boris Varenkov let out a guttural roar as he charged towards the assembled group of Rebels, just as the Rascalovs opened fire. A few of the rebels at the back of the group turned to face him as he roared, charging like an enraged Bull at the group. They barely had time to react before he was upon them, swinging his motorised blade up and down in large arcs, carving the 1st company rebels limb from limb; sending vicious kicks to the face of Rebels that he missed with his chainsword; firing off point-blank laspistol shots into the bodies of anyone that got too close for comfort; and punching, biting and tearing every inch of Rebel guardsman he could reach. The Rascalovs ceased firing and joined the fray, using the butts of their KA47 Lasguns and their knives. It wasn’t long before the entire squad of rebels had been cut down, lying in the blood-red snow.

His breath rattling, Varenkov spoke: “Rascalov, you and me will head this direction…” The three soldiers looked a little confused:
---“Me, Bear?”
---“No, the other Rascalov.”
---“Who? Me?”
---No! The other one!” said Varenkov, becoming irritated by the brothers. “Me and you will go through here and try and meet up with Chubai and the others in case they need support. You two-”, he said gesturing at the remaining Rascalovs, “You head that way and try and meet up with Squad Beta in case they have got themselves into trouble with that bloody Sergeant of theirs messing things up!”.

All around the surrounding area, Rebels trying to hunt down 2nd company troopers were meeting similar fates to Lev and Ustin’s squad. Some ran headlong through trip-wires, setting off deadly mines that killed them all instantly. Others ran into dead-end caves and found themselves face-to-face with packs of Kalash Wild Dogs. One squad of 1st company had become so spread out that the 2nd company troops that they were supposed to be chasing were able to loop back around behind them and slit their throats one by one, moving up the line until only the Sergeant was left. The Rebel had a nasty shock when he got a tap on the shoulder, turned around and realised he was surrounded by 2nd company and the rest of his squad was nowhere to be seen.

Colonel Blodniek’s plan had worked to perfection, and the 2nd company came back to the supply train and took everything they could carry and use for themselves, destroying the rest in an enormous fire. The brave mountain troops hiked off back into the mountains, knowing that they had played a vital role in stopping the city of Muscova coming under rebel command.

Don't think there's going to be any 2nd company fluff tomorrow, it takes too long to write as well as the veteran back stories. I'll probably do some more fairly soon though, but for a while you'll have to make do with the vets stuff .

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Veteran Squad Alpha: Private Dimitri Rascalov, Private Nico Rascalov and Private Roman Rascalov:

Guardsmen all armed with KA47 pattern Lasguns.

Legs: Standard Cadian
Torso: Standard Cadian
Left arm: Standard Cadian - used the hands still attached ones
Right arm: Standard Cadian with the lasgun cut away apart from its stock
Weapon: Assault Group AK47, with the stock and handle cut off.
Head: Pig iron kolony militia in winter headgear
Backpack: Assault Group US vietnam light pack and Vietnamese bedroll.
Accesories: Cadian knife and ammo pack.

How are these for standard troops then? I'm quite happy with how they came out tbh. One of them (the first guy I made) is a little wonky at the point where the AK joins the Lasgun stock, but other than that the Assault Group pieces work like a dream. I'd really recommend them if you want to customise IG models - they are fairly expensive, but they don't charge postage, deliver insanely quickly, offer friendly service and even give you free gifts if you use them regularly (they sent me a few vietnam models last time, which are being put to good use in this army - watch this space!). Everyone knows about the pigiron heads, they can't be beaten for quality and price really, and the customisation they afford to an army makes them a great option.



The Rascalov Brothers:

Dimitri, Nico and Roman Rascalov are triplets that were born in the Bratasiva region of the Kalashnikova. The three youngsters and their brother, Mikhail, who was a year older than the triplets, were big trouble makers at school. The Rascalovs were always breaking the rules, going out of bounds and ending up in detention. Their despairing mother demanded that they join up with the youth army to teach them some discipline and make them stop misbehaving. The Rascalovs' humourous ways made them very popular in the youth group, but this often detracted from their burgeoning skills as young winter warfare soldiers, particularly their abilities in guerilla warfare: The Rascalovs were all exceptional at lying in ambush, leading enemies astray and all general battlefield spy-type missions. The military were very keen for the Rascalov triplets in particular to join up to the espionage unit of the Kalashnikovan Guard, where their identical features could cause untold confusion amongst the enemies of the Imperium if they conducted covert operations.

And so it was then, at the age of 16, Dimitri, Nico and Roman left Bratasiva to undergo intensive training in the Muscova military espionage school. Their older brother Mikhail was left, having not quite met expectations for getting to become a spy (something to do with his propensity to sweat uncontrollably when lying). Mikhail was distraught that his brothers were leaving, and not a little jealous of them too. "Why should they get to go?" he had pleaded with his mother. "I'm just as good a soldier as they are! Its not fair!!!". Mikhail became increasingly distant from his family, as his parents heaped praise upon the triplets as they achieved top of the class marks in nearly all areas. The eldest Rascalov child would lock himself in his room for hours on end when his brothers were around, jealously brooding about how unfair his life was.

The triplets themselves didn't really understand why it was that Mikhail was so jealous and moody with them - all four of the brothers had for so long been the best of friends as they terrorised the janitors at school with their silly pranks. Things came to a head when the Rascalov parents decided to reward the triplets for their good grades at spy school by buying them each a brand new, top of the range Kalash Cap for when they joined the military. Furious with anger at how unfair it was, Mikhail had packed his things and ran away from home - cursing his parents for ignoring him and not trying to nurture his talents, and cursing his brothers also for being lucky enough to be identical - the only reason they had been admitted to the spy school in the first place, as far as Mikhail was concerned.

For almost two years, the Rascalovs saw neither hide nor hair of Mikhail, despite several attempts to track him down and speak with him. By now, their parents were wracked with guilt about ignoring their eldest son for so long, and were desperate to reconcile with the boy. It was later that spring that the Rascalov family were all gathered around watching the news reports on TV about the rioting in Muscova, when they saw Mikhail: He was being shown on live TV fighting against the protestors, throwing bottles and bricks at them, trying to help the police quell the riot in his own way. The Rascalovs rushed to Muscova to try and find Mikhail, but he was nowhere to be found. The area was becoming increasingly dangerous by this point with all the fighting between Oleg Puskin's supporters and the protesters, so Mrs Rascalov hurriedly asked at the local Arbites holding facility if anyone had heard or seen their son. Nobody had.

As the Civil War got into full swing, the triplets remained loyal to the legitimate governor and ran away to join the 2nd company where their soldiering skills could be used well. The Rascalov parents kept a low profile, going about their daily lives hoping to not draw attention to themselves, all the while hoping and praying that the four of their children were ok and alive. There was still no word of Mikhail's fate until one day, while reading the paper, Mr Rascalov spotted a list of Loyalists who had been captured by the Rebels and thrown into the prison they had managed to take over, Durmstrad. Mikhail's name was one of the first on the list: presumably he must have been taken by the Rebels almost on the day they saw him on TV, and subjected to God-knows-what horrors before being thrown into Durmstrad once the Rebels took it over.

Dimitri, Nico and Roman had been informed by their parents of Mikhail's fate, and set about designing a plan to free him from Durmstrad. With the blessing of their commanders, the Rascalovs set off for Durmstrad, and over the course of several months gathered information on the location of Mikhail's cell (apparently he was in solitary confinement after he had started inciting riots within the prison), and who exactly was allowed to visit him. Worryingly, one of the only people who Mikhail had regular contact with was a Rebel priest by the name of Stanislav Kosic - a renowned sadist and general stirrer-of-trouble. Dimitri managed to obtain a job as Kosic's assisstant, and he and his two identical brothers would alternate who attended the job until they had built Kosic's trust up enough to let them accompany him into the prison:
---"Master?" said Nico, pretending to be Dimitri, "May we- I mean I- accompany you into the prison? I think it would expand my horizons and bring on my training very effectively".
---The old man studied 'Dimitri' for a while, staring so deep into his eyes that Nico was sure he would see that he was not, in fact, who he said he was. "Very well Dimitri, I think you have earned this right. You can come with me next time I go up to the prison. I will need to clear it with the security though - they will have to take a photographic ID signature of you".
---"That is fine master, I look forward to accompanying you".

Nico had gone to the hideout the triplets were using and told the others. Now was the time to put their plan to save their estranged brother into action...


And that one will continue tomorrow. I expect you can probably all guess who the next veteran is then?

Whats in the next post?

No second company fluff, but there will be a new veteran, complete with the second part of that blurb. I think you can guess the name of the next guy now .

Hey I am a new guy but the fluff is cool!!!
Fun to read!!!

Naming Guardsmen after GTA IV Characters (Or would it technically be GTA VIII... Hmm...) is Epic Win

Loving the feel of the army. Methinks the Aquilias on their chests should have a Red Star around them

Yeah, blatent GTA character naming there. Dimitri Rascalov is a character on GTAIV, Mikhail Faustin is his best mate and Nico and Roman Belic are his enemies .

I like that idea about the stars around the aquilas - I've left it a bit late on these guys, but I think I might have a go at it on my officers at least. I'm hoping I can include a bit more Soviet iconography in my future minis.

Buy some printable transfer sheets, find a laser printer, and make some old Red Star transfers for your Guardsmen

I like your fluff, but the names are so cheesy, they kinda destroy it. Kalashnikovans? Hive city of Muscova? The port of Leningrava? KA-47 pattern lasguns?

Metallifan: Where abouts can you get printable transfer sheets from? And why exactly does it have to be a laser printer - I'm pretty ignorant about things like this .

fryxharry wrote:I like your fluff, but the names are so cheesy, they kinda destroy it. Kalashnikovans? Hive city of Muscova? The port of Leningrava? KA-47 pattern lasguns?

I don't think they're cheesy personally (well, ok, maybe the GTA reference ones). My regiment are based in/around Russian history and culture, so the names are kind of tipping the hat to the Soviet stuff. I called them Kalashnikovans because of the guns they use, Muscova is obviously in reference to Moscow and Leningrava to Leningrad. I feel they actually add something because of the real life references.

I've been using Russian baby naming websites to make sure the names of my people are authentic though, but I doubt somehow that there's a Russian place-naming website for me to reference.

Plus its bloody hard to keep thinking of Russian names for stuff, particularly as I've forgotten how to read the Cyrillic alphabet since I learned basic Russian last year .

Well in North America they're easy to come by, as CAN/US/MEX all have Staples, Office Depot, etc... though I know a lot of those stores don't expand overseas into Europe. So I'm not sure where you'd look unfortunately. Just go to an Office Supply store I guess.

And it has to be a Laser Printer because transfer sheets are made of clear plastic. So Ink printers will just make a sloppy, runny mess.


Fryx, how can you say this is cheesy and yet not say something about worlds like "Vahalla", Heroes like "Marbo", and the Black Templars "Orb of Antioch"?

Cheesy Fluff is everywhere in GW's own productions. You just need to look for it.

Though yea the GTA names are pretty cheesy. And I just can't give Guardsman Roman a serious thought after playing that game. I just picture this fat womanizing goofball that drove a cab before he got inducted into the guard

Ah ok, cheers. Just googled and I found some inkjet printable stuff - do you know if its as good? It looks like you need the acrylic spray as well.

Nice fluff and models, but in the first bit of fluff, you say they will get 10,000rb'cap, but in the next line, you say it is 2,000.

It is difficult to really see the detailing in the models, and I think they will be a lot better looking when painted(possible hint ,)).

Though there isnot much in the models to suggest their spy-like nature. Perhaps some better camo or something, not really sure what you could add to be honest.

get to the chopper! wrote:Ah ok, cheers. Just googled and I found some inkjet printable stuff - do you know if its as good? It looks like you need the acrylic spray as well.

can't say I know, no. I would still go with Laser though. The images will print off a lot sharper. Won't fade as fast as ink will either.

I have to applaud the spirit of this blog! Looking forward to more painted things too - bigger ics too, so we can comment better.

Great start!

SilverMK2 wrote:Nice fluff and models, but in the first bit of fluff, you say they will get 10,000rb'cap, but in the next line, you say it is 2,000.

It is difficult to really see the detailing in the models, and I think they will be a lot better looking when painted(possible hint ,)).

Though there isnot much in the models to suggest their spy-like nature. Perhaps some better camo or something, not really sure what you could add to be honest.

Ha, cheers, I thought 2000 rubles was a bit low when I read it through, so I changed it on the first one but must have missed the second .

Nah, there isn't anything to suggest they're trained spies, but I just worked that bit into the fluff really rather than basing the models around it. I want them to be standard troopers, since they're not fulfilling any sort of spy role on the battlefield anyway.

Migsula: Sorry, what's ICS? If thats about image quality, there's not a lot I can do really - those images are the size they are when they come out my camera (when you click on them to get to the gallery anyway).

Thanks for the feedback guys .

Great looking plog so far, been enjoying reading the fluff on the men immensly

You can have special weapon squads which have 6 men with 3 sniper rifles in them in the normal platoon structure to get human snipers.

Or just use human snipers and have them as counts as ratlings. Thats what im doing

get to the chopper! wrote:Ha, cheers, I thought 2000 rubles was a bit low when I read it through, so I changed it on the first one but must have missed the second .

You missed the 3rd as well

Nah, there isn't anything to suggest they're trained spies, but I just worked that bit into the fluff really rather than basing the models around it. I want them to be standard troopers, since they're not fulfilling any sort of spy role on the battlefield anyway.

Ah, fair enough.

Though if they are pranksters, you could could put a "shoot me" sign on one of their backs, some cards spilling out of one of their shirt sleves, or a set of dice on their baces or something.

From the fluff it suggested they were very skilled soldiers too, which could suggest that they would be good at hiding in the tundra/snow, so they may carry some extra kit to help them hide, such as some netting or something. They may also need to have extra impressive hats, as you said they got top of the range ones from their parents

I admire your work. You support my point I made in another post. You are demonstrating your love of fluff and how it comes from your head. Not rules. Even after an 8 year absence you can come up with this. Most admirable. If only chaos players could learn from you.

My hats off to you good sir.

get to the chopper! wrote:Lol, the project won't be over for a good while yet, this is just the first squad . Theres going to be a book's worth of fluff by the end of this . Might put it up for download as a pdf or something - basically, a Codex: Kalashnikovans.

I hope to do the same for my lot; though I'm not so good with the story telling... so we shall see how well that goes

Zoring wrote:Great looking plog so far, been enjoying reading the fluff on the men immensly

You can have special weapon squads which have 6 men with 3 sniper rifles in them in the normal platoon structure to get human snipers.

Or just use human snipers and have them as counts as ratlings. Thats what im doing

Cheers . Yeah, I'm thinking it'll have to be a Ratling squad, but as humans. Not sure how I'm going to justify the reduced toughness etc, maybe they could just be lightly armed and travelling light or something in the fluff.

SilverMK2 wrote:

get to the chopper! wrote:Ha, cheers, I thought 2000 rubles was a bit low when I read it through, so I changed it on the first one but must have missed the second .

You missed the 3rd as well

Ah Jesus, I can write this stuff but I can't proof-read it for gak .

SilverMK2 wrote:

Nah, there isn't anything to suggest they're trained spies, but I just worked that bit into the fluff really rather than basing the models around it. I want them to be standard troopers, since they're not fulfilling any sort of spy role on the battlefield anyway.

Ah, fair enough.

Though if they are pranksters, you could could put a "shoot me" sign on one of their backs, some cards spilling out of one of their shirt sleves, or a set of dice on their baces or something.

From the fluff it suggested they were very skilled soldiers too, which could suggest that they would be good at hiding in the tundra/snow, so they may carry some extra kit to help them hide, such as some netting or something. They may also need to have extra impressive hats, as you said they got top of the range ones from their parents

I dunno about the impressive hats. The way I imagine them is that they're fairly standard designs, but very well made - they're often seen as family heirlooms.

I might fix some entrenching tools to them, but I am quite keen for them to just be normal troopers - I think sometimes armies can have too much going on at once within squads, and it can detract from things a little. Impressive conversions for the sake of impressive conversions aren't what I'm after, I want them to look like a real 40k army - just a very cool one . I dunno if that makes any sense, but there's a ton of heavily converted guys coming for the rest of the squad for you to feast your eyes on, don't worry .

smart_alex wrote:I admire your work. You support my point I made in another post. You are demonstrating your love of fluff and how it comes from your head. Not rules. Even after an 8 year absence you can come up with this. Most admirable. If only chaos players could learn from you.

My hats off to you good sir.

Thanks . I try and make the fluff compatible with the rules as much as I can, but my 8 year, two editions of 40k absence from the hobby makes it pretty difficult. I've used the lexicanum for reference quite a bit to get the location of my planet right (Pry is an actual planet [its the one Kalashnikova orbits], and the sectors are right etc).

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get to the chopper! wrote:Lol, the project won't be over for a good while yet, this is just the first squad . Theres going to be a book's worth of fluff by the end of this . Might put it up for download as a pdf or something - basically, a Codex: Kalashnikovans.

I hope to do the same for my lot; though I'm not so good with the story telling... so we shall see how well that goes

Personally I don't think the fluff side of things has to be a mini-novel like I'm doing, just really basic back stories add a lot to things. What Slann has done for his veterans, for example, isn't an enormous work of literature, its just a paragraph on each guy. It still really adds something to the blog though.


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There not going to be an update tonight sorry people, going out. I'll post it up first thing tomorrow, depending on how hungover I am .

metallifan wrote:
Though yea the GTA names are pretty cheesy. And I just can't give Guardsman Roman a serious thought after playing that game. I just picture this fat womanizing goofball that drove a cab before he got inducted into the guard

Kind of sounds like some of the guys I've served with, just substitute 'drove a cab' with 'smoked a lot of pot'.

The flamer is great, and this is 40k... no need to worry about weapons that are a little... exaggerated

The nose of the weapon is actually the Tau flamer tank with the ammo canisters off a Tau plasma rifle

I am now about to go and steal this idea for my PCS

*edit* - I have now stolen this idea