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Thx a lot guys... just cut the tooth... it really looks better...

I still have to do something about that GS area on the gun where I've joint the Stubber to the HB part. I just looks to rough with that smeared GS and superglue. Any ideas? I heard aceton does a good job?!

Nice Kroot Merc. I did one almost just like that.

Love the new guy, I might have to pick up some SM scouts to scavenge parts for my stormtroopers now those night goggles look good. Keep up thhe good work!

edit: sorry didn't know there was another page, doh
oh and careful with the acetone of course, I usually just use a fresh blade on my knife, shave off the messy bits and use some really fine sandpaper to shine it up

Nice Kroot Merc. I did one almost just like that.

Thats the one I stole the pose from Thanks a lot for the inspiration.


Thx Blackhand... I'll try that aceton on an old model first. I heard some people use it to smothen mold lines. I'll let you know how it works

If the smoothing doesn't work, you can always add a thin strip of plasticard to cover up the mess. It's the route I usually take if I mess up joining gun bits.

I'm liking the Spec trooper, although the Drum Mag for the HS looks like it's already been filled by the one round on show.
Maybe it's just me but just my two pence.

Nice Stuff. I have started a Kroot based Necromunda gang as well.
It's been a joy to reposition the limbs as they are easily bent or cut accurately with even some crappy tools

Very nice pose for the recent kroot.
The Hvy Weapon guy before the recent kroot is cool too, nice kit basing of the weapon.

The shotgun looks crazy big.

The kroot with the pistol: I had a similar idea, but how did you do the end of the barrell? Looks snazy.

Thx guys... happy to hear so many people like the models

The kroot with the pistol: I had a similar idea, but how did you do the end of the barrell?

It's the muzzel of a catachan lasgun

Hmm, I kind of like the tooth. I mean these guys are interplanetary explorers - so for all we know he killed, cut, gutted and dressed the ork that owned that gun, and he keeps it as a momento. Well, it's background probably isn't that graphic, but you get my jist.

Will you be making/converting a dropship/cargo ship that these guys deploy from? There are some wicked additions you could make to this gangs rules that would make them awesome to play against.

Hi guys...

havent been doing much lately, because my friends finally convinced me to buy a PS3, which kept me busy the last days. But to everybody who is waiting for updates, I wan't to say there will be some soon. I'm currently working on my first take on a Kroot in scout armor I did some month ago but never finished.
And I've got some nice ideas for a hacker. Small computer on his wrist and some armed servoskulls and drones flying around him. The base model will probably be the sniper from the cadian command sprue (the one with the cape). But all of this is only a vague pic in my mind so there might be changes.

So please stay tuned... I'm still alive and breathing the dirty air of the underhive

Great looking crew!

Do you mind sharing (if you can get away from the PS3 long enough for a post) how you made the heavy stubber?

So i finally got away from my PS3 for a while today

And I managed to give the finishing touches to that old Kroot I talked about. The pics aren't the best... but it's already night here.

Do you mind sharing (if you can get away from the PS3 long enough for a post) how you made the heavy stubber?

The base items for this conversions:
- right arm with bolter from the SM scout box
- left arm from the SM scout box
- bug weapon from a AoBR Ork
- back part of a bolt pistol. to attach the left arm to.

-cut of the orkhand off the big weapon
-shorten the barral of the big weapon
-cut off the front part of the heavy bolter
-trim the rest of the bolter arm and the ork big waepon so they fit together (you can see in my pic I didn't do this very well as I had to fill a big gap with GS)
-glue the back part of the boltpistol on top of the stubber so the left arm can be attached to it

I hope this little tutorial is understandable... if not please let me know and I try to make a better one with pics

Konf, the first step with dealing with PS3 addiction is admitting you have a problem. I hope to soon be joining that club shortly, little big planet looks too cool to ignore - that and MGS, and Killzone oh and of course Lost Planet 2...hell, this list could go on forever.

That latest conversion looks great - what's the deal with Kroot in 40k land? are they slaves of Tau?

They are mercenaries. The tau just got to them first.

The new guy looks great. The feel for all of your models is so pulpy. It's wonderful.

@ Archibald Jack
IIRC, the Kroot homeworl was being blitzed by Orks when a Tau fleet wandered into the area. The arrived planetside and helped the Kroot out a fair bit and they were quite thankful, signed a pact joined the Greater Good etc.

@Konf - The models you've produced are great, such subtle little conversions to give away bits of thier background, supurb work.

Disjointed

wicked, spikey lizard mercs. How can you go wrong?

Oh hey, for all interested in the Fanatics Online Compendium has about 70 or so supplemental rules written to add elements like hired guns, preachers, beasties, dogs and ogryns to Necromunda. I will be taking it off my site shortly, but I wanted to give everyone with interest in Necromunda the chance to download it.

Theres also, Automated Gang Roster keeping track of your gangs progress/victories/failures and credits as well as territorial earnings. There are additonal sections such as "market" where you can hock your old stuff and get the 1/2 price creds back, as well as a lost unit section to keep track of your fallen and their lost equipment. The formulas are devised by a colleague and I, and I guess it's still in beta - so I am open for new revisions and ideas to improve it's application for future games.

Thx for the comments guys

About the kroot... as far as I know Disjointed is right with that alliance after the Ork attack on their homeworld.
I think that everybody (me included) associates them with mercs comes from the Kroot Mercenaries Army List in one of the Chapter Approved Annuals (2003 or 2004)

I like the kroot models very much. You can do a lot of good conversion work with them. And they somehow remind me of the aliens from Predator - but with less advanced technology.

@ Jack:
Thx alot for the compendium... there were some rules in it I didn't already have.
But if I didn't miss the you seem to not have the blindfighting, treacherous conditions and leadership rules.
If you want I can email them to you and you can include them into your compendium.

As for the project:
I'm currently changing the arms of Cid (the pilot) - I will leave the cigarette arm but the left arm will be holding a dynamite stick to be litt with the cigarette (thx Anung Un Rama for that idea). And the shotgun will be hanging over his right sholder. But this will take a little while because I'm currently PS3 addicted...

It reminds you of predator you say?

thats not my model jsut so you know, but i just wanted to point out that your not the only one who see's the link.

Realy nice job, keep it going !

Hi guys. I wan't to give you a littel update here.
I've been building a tau environment suit (firewarrior with SM parts) the last days - still not completely finished. I wan't him to be standing n some kind of toxic swamp... with corroded armor and stuff.
He's going to have a lot of equipment. Combatshotgun with lots of gadgets (flashlight/scope), air filtration system, lots of pouches and grenades.
Maybe I manage to complete him today after work so I can post some pics.

I still haven't started on the Cid conversion and the hacker. I hope I find some spare time to do this soon.

And here he is: My Tau Environment Suit. It still needs some tubing to go from the backpack to his helmet. I'll try to find some fine powercord for this and hope it works.

C&C as allways very welcome

Envirosuit looks great Konf, you need to get some water effects or varnish to put a layer of swampy water on the base for him to wade through.

Is he for your munda gang or just for fun?

Brilliant stuff that sort of Tau suit would make a great basis for Pathfinders....

IMO nothing makes better tubing than nice big guitar string, should invest in some for this type of conversion.

That is f-ing cool! Can you do a tutorial for that guy? I can see some of the bits, but they all fit together rather well. So it's hard to tell where they all come from.

Thx for all the nice comments.

Is he for your munda gang or just for fun?

I think I'll use him for the gang... seems to be the type of guy to explore those hostile environments for dangers before everybody else comes in.

IMO nothing makes better tubing than nice big guitar string, should invest in some for this type of conversion.

I'll see if i can get my hand on one of these

That is f-ing cool! Can you do a tutorial for that guy? I can see some of the bits, but they all fit together rather well. So it's hard to tell where they all come from

I'm currently at work but I can give you a list of used items. Maybe this helps

The base of the mini is a tau warrior.
Upper arms are from space marines, lower arms are from tau warriors connected right under the ellbow.
The legs are obviously tau with shortened space marine shinguards, the feet are some piece of sprue cut in shape.
Weapon is a SM scout Shotgun with various gunsights.
The backpack is tau with the intake of a SM jumppack and some GS to fill the gaps.
Different grenades and pouches from SM, Eldar and Catachan sprues.

If you need more info please let me know.

Nice idea, but the feet need work. The Marine parts look a bit out of place because they're so different compared to Tau armor. Also, don't forget that Tau have hooves.

Check closer Rama, he's carved hooves out of sprue!

The Marine parts look a bit out of place because they're so different compared to Tau armor. Also, don't forget that Tau have hooves.

As Blackhand said... the hooves are carved put of a piece of sprue. But I have to admit you're right that both armor types look too different. Thanks for that hint.
Maybe I'll try to hide the tau aspect oft the armor (specially those carvings in the armorplates) with GS so it looks a bit bulkier.

Right, now I see them. Still, the Marine and Tau armor are way too different. Would need some work to get that right.