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This is the only possible way I'd ever play guard. Fantastic.

Superb!

Very impressive, the squad will have a lot of variation that will add to the overall aesthetics nicely.

ROKKITS AWAY!!!
With the main grotz being armed with Sub-Shootaz I thought I'd convert more orker grenade launchers, so I used the guard flamers as a base to convert some mini grot sized rokkit launchas.
The idea is all of the grot weapons will be converted from a fixed base and be slightly converted to be different from each other but still be recognizable by the opponent as the weapon it represents.



YOU NEED SOME NEW WHEELS? WELL HAVE A LOOK AT ME DOOM-VEES FOR SALE!
Since this edition of my Grot Guard army is focused on Infantry and Allies I'm looking to sell 2 of my Doom-Vee chimeras for another player to use as Looted Wagons, trukks or even chimeras if you want as well as the wreckage templates. So if you interested in buying 2 Doom-vees such as the one below CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE 'FOR SALE' THREAD FOR MORE DETAILS!

Name: Da 'erders
Glyph: squig
Wot dey do best: breed and produce larger and more deadly squigs that will have more abilities
Appearance: dirty and scars on them.(squigs do bite)

BRINGIN UP DA GUN WAGONZ
I've never really converted any heavy weapon teams for the grots except for “The Rokkit Wagon” in the previous army, before that it was just grots holding standard guard missile launchers.
But after the using Epic Land Raiders to convert mobile turrets to represent Plasma Cannon servitors for my Thousand Sons, so I decided to use them as the base for the Grot heavy weapon teams as well and thus the gun wagon was created...



This time I had the Land Raider facing backwards, each gun wagon will be customised to the squad so the Deff Diggaz' is equipped with a dozer blade and carry some equipment. The plan was to have the grot aiming the gun while pressing his feet against the land raider but that didn't work so I instead created a platform for him. I also made the Autocannon different by shortening the barrel and using a different ammo clip plus the sight and plating.

DA DEFF DIGGAZ
Well here is my first veteran squad The Deff Diggaz armed with shovels and pick-axes and will have an extra bit of drybrushing in certain areas to make them look more dirty. The Ead Honcho aka veteran sergeant is armed with a cybork drill arm, however can't think of a good name for him.


“Dez ere are da Deff Diggaz and dey love da dig! If derez anyding ya needz diggin from a hidin place
to a good trench dez are ya boyz. Courze I love it when da dig lota pit traps to snatch dumb orkz”

Loved this project the last time around. Looking forward to what you come up with this time.

Quality work.

4 GROTZ DOWN!
2 Weeks and the first batch of new and improved Grots are done! The fabric was by far the most difficult part as I tried the previous paint scheme and it didn't work so I replaced it with a more dark brown. The resin bases have yet to arrive and I don't have any spare 25mm round bases so I'll wait till the whole squad's completed before basing them and adding some dirt to their boots.



DA DAKKA DRONE!
The only problem I could see with Grotskull's Warbot model is the fact while it represents the speed and toughness of a Warboss on a bike, there is no representation of the twin dakkaguns. I was going to put them on the model but I felt too much would have ruined it.

So Grotskull gets a Dakka Drone that will be mounted on a 25mm base and will run around with model, but will not count as an extra model and have any impact on the game. At first I tried to attach the dakka guns and skull to a basic tau drone base which proved difficult, then I fought nah, lets beef it up a bit! Which made it look a lot better.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to copy your Dakka Drone. It's just too cool.

EAVY GUNZ INCOMIN!!!
6 Grots down, only the 3 Brutes and the Head honcho to go. One of which was the Gun wagon ie my Grot Heavy Weapon team. I was a bit concerned about the paintjob on the metal and dirt effects but it seems to have worked out well.



KOLONEL'S GROTSKULL'S NEW DAKKA DRONE!
While I was painting up the gun wagon I decided to paint up Grotskull's Dakka Drone as well, I did consider having it represent a basic nob biker but decided it be better keeping it purely as a decorative model representing the Warboss biker (the Warbots) TL Dakkaguns.



So what do you think to my Dakka Drone and Gun Wagon?

Those are some awesome models!!! The whole idea behind this is great. I really love the models!

WAT'Z YA TINK OF DIZ?
Though I hate to post just ideas I'm looking for a bit of feedback on a few concepts and would greatly appreciate to hear your thoughts on them.

NUMBA 1 - NEW WHEELS?
I love my Doom-Vee chimeras, but I'm considering replacing the 4 rubber wheels with 1 set of wheels and the tracks from the Battlewagon and turn them into half tracks. No, not because modelling restrictions set by GW as the Events team tend to bend the rules for the shake of creativity. But because it may look better and make the chimera a bit slimmer because it is a bit wide which of course complicates AV angles.



Also I'd be grateful if anyone with a battlewagon could tell me the height, length and width of the tracks and wheels because I don't want to order the bits and find out their too long?

Also I'm still looking to sell 2 of my old Doom-Vees so if you interested go here for more info; http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/536541.page

NUMBA 2 – FORT GROTZ!
At first I was thinking of having a kustom force field fence for my defence line but given how that would be a nightmare to model correctly and doesn't accurately represent a defence line for reasons of line of sight I decided to ditch it.

Instead I plan to make a defence line which when assembled in a square will look like a small fort. For the long sections I'm going to be using low walls from the City Of Death terrain with metal plated room above it so the grots can still see through them while still keeping the defence line 40mm tall, one of them will have a gate or perhaps one of the doors from the battlewagon kit. The short sections will be created using the actual defence line parts and 1 or 2 of them will have an ork prisoner strapped to it.



Regarding the turret I'll likely convert the base as a small bunker but not sure whether to use the Quad gun from my old Dakka Tanks or convert something new?



NUMBA 3 – WAAAGH KRUSTA MECHZ?
I love mecha and was thinking once the first army list was done I would go and create a small attachment of Tau gretchin allies. Featuring some Tau Tek Troopaz (Fire Warriors), Battlesuits like the Warbot and even 1 (or maybe 3 'evil laugh') grot mechs representing Riptides.
The idea would be to use the chaos defiler as a base and convert up my 'Waaagh Krusha Mechz' to look similar to the Glorft mechs from the series Megas XLR. Should be fun!

So what do you think, any thoughts?

I love the use of the epic land raider for the gun carriage,this whole project is awesome!

DA BOSS OF DA DEFF DIGGAZ
Well the “Deff Digga” veteran squad is now complete except that they still need basing, due to the reasons stated in an earlier post. So I'm now waiting for the parts needed to create the bases for the rest of the squad, however I decided to use a few of the resin bases for my characters such as the squad sergeants. So here is the completed head honcho of the Deff Diggaz.



Dude needs a name thou and I can't think of a good one, someone did suggest Diglet? I'm also pleased with how the dirt effect came out and I look forward to making the rest of the squad look the same, till then however here's a fully painted Grunt, Troopa & Brute from the Deff Digga squad...

Next up is Kaptin Squigscream's Kommand Squad & possibly a WeirdGrot!

SQUIGSCREAM'S BOYZ
Here's the veterans for the Kommand Squad, featuring 1 of each type of grot trooper plus a standard grot. Their gun wagon is armed with a Zapp gun (lascannon) and because each squad's gun wagon is customized this one has a Warboss trophy head and whip, it would have pouches but I've ran out for them for the moment.



Also instead of having a squig in the squad like before I'm thinking of putting an attack squig on Kaptin Squigscream's base leaping over the ork glyph with the Kaptin either petting him, turning him lose or pointing in the direction of his "meal" whatever looks best.

DA BOSS OF ALL GROTZ!!!
Behold the one and true leader of all Grot Rebelz; Kolonel Grotskull!



This miniature was one of the very first conversions I created when I started the Grot Rebelz army back in 2006 and is still one of my favourite miniatures.
Now I will point out that the model was repainted by a friend of mine as a xmas present back when I redid the army in 2009, because of that I created Kaptin Squigscream to act as his proxy at tournaments in the interest of fairness regarding best army awards. Kolonel Grotskull is now instead represented by the Warbot conversion which he pilots.

I'm also experimenting with my new Nikon D50 professional camera I got for my birthday, and this seems a perfect model to try it out on.

Oh god, this stuff is amazing! Grot rebelz, does that mean you play with IG rules?

DA TOS AFTERMATH
Well I've just been to Throne Of Skulls this weekend with my Pre-Heresy Thousand Sons, my final score was 1 Win, 1 Draw & 3 Losses. But 3 of those games where intenese down to the wire games so I really enjoyed the weekend. An old friend of mine joined me with his Ork army (which was massacred all 5 games) but won best miniature with his huge Warboss Biker seen below fighting Grotskull.

WOT YA MEAN 1 WEEK!!!
Normally tournaments state that a new codex has to be out at least a month before it can be used, but as I found out this week GW requires you to use the codex if it came out as soon as the weekend before the event.
Now this has got me really concerned especially with rumors going round that both Orks and Guard are due for a re-release most likely before TOS in March. While a codex change won't effect my allied Nob Biker squad too much, if the Guard codex drops veteran squads as a troops choice in favour of Infantry platoons like previous codexes I will be screwed as there is no way I could throw together replacement units before the tournament at such short notice.

What do you think?

That, is tricky. I don't know, but I'm looking forward to using my orks after a two year gap. Sounds like your in trouble though.

STIKK WITH DA PLAN YA GITZ!
Given what I said above I'm going to stick to the plan of getting all the guard stuff done first and then decide on my orks allies when the book comes out, besides they should be a hobbit release in December and if that happens it should be a fantasy release for March next year.

DA BOSS' BOYZ
Well the Kommand Squad is complete and will be the only unit to be mounted on Resin bases, the rest of the army (except heavy weapons teams) will be mounted on scratch built bases to which I received a box full of all sorts of bitz and gubbinz to detail them.



It's also nice to compare them to the old Kommand Squad and see how much better my painting is from only a few years ago, also as mentioned before my friend Alex painted up Kolonel Grotskull as a xmas present and his masterclass paint job fits in with the rest of the army a lot better now.



DA BLAK SQUIG KOMMANDOZ
The Grots will be making a small appearance before TOS at the GW Kill Team event in December, so I'm going to be converting a tough boss to represent the guard character 'Sargent Harker' called 'Sargent Irongutz'. Just trying to think of how to convert his heavy bolter so far the best idea is to have him driving a gun wagon, may also convert a medic and a tek boy for the team.

ZAPP EM!
Every army has a model that the player loves the most and this has got to be my favourite so far, just a shame it wasn't completed last week I could have entered it into the TOS painting contest.

warmtamale;6924853 wrote:I really enjoyed reading through this plog :-D Have you any plans to put more of the story up, or did I miss a link somewhere?

Nah, here's the 2nd part, I'll upload the 3rd and final part later as I may change a few parts to fit the new direction of the army.



Drawn By Nachomon, coloured and written by me.

DA NEW HEROES OF DA REVOLUSHUN!
This week I've been working on some bad ass lookin gretchin to include in my Kill Team for the tournament in December.
My Kill Team is lead by the guard special character Sergeant Harker and I tried to find good way to have a single grot wielding a heavy bolter, in the end I decided just to give him his own gun wagon loaded up with pouches, bombs and other weapons (seen at the bottom).
However he looked so awesome I decided to make a 2nd copy of him this time on foot and wielding a standard bolter to use as an alternative commander.
Because every commando team needs a medic I also created the Mad Dok to represent my 'Feel No Pain' specialist.


Last but not least is the Weirdgrot now previously my Primaris Psyker was represented by just a night goblin with a staff, and that doesn't suit a greenskin psyker at all. So based off the Weirdboy from the 40k video games I decided to go with a more unstable looking psyker and given how they're always floating around I thought he should be chained up and and have a keeper similar to the ork Weirdboys. I also used a tyranid gaunt Adrenal Gland to give him a bigger brain. He's not in the Kill Team but will be used in smaller games.

DEFF DIGGAZ READY TA DIG UN KILL!
Well the first Grot Rebelz Warband is done; each of which will represent my Imperial Guard Veteran Squads. All will be armed with 3 Rokkit Launchas, representing the grenade launchers and of course the autocannon.



After I get the Blakk Squig Kommandos and Rifle Runts (Ratlings) done for my Kill Team I'll start work on my “Fort Grotx” defence line.

Also...


"Why I gettin no commentz or feedback boyz!?!"

I have no idea dude, cos this grot army is a brilliant idea! First dakka blog that's really impressed me in a while. Love the comic! Excellent commitment to the fluff. Excellent use of night goblin and common goblin parts, and as a night goblin player myself, it's great to see a seamless transition the models into 40k.

Subbed for sure

I don't know, the last one had loads of people commenting. I've been watching and it all looks awesome! I really like the gun carriage idea you carried over from the Thousand Sons.

Brilliant work on the new rebellion. I wish I was still working on the models so I could copy that dakka drone. The new style of grot conversions is working magic for the horde feel of the army. Also, those Hero's conversions are amazing. I couldn't tell you where the comments are, either.

This is awesome mate!!
Haven't played 40k in a long while but this build is truly inspiring and awesome in its nature!!

THE DOK IZ IN!!!
Well here's the first specialist for my Kill Team; the Mad Dok! Tried a few new things with this model such as the blood splatter and liquid in glass effects, both have turned out nicely.

The dok is fitted with a backpack that holds both his bonesaw and trademark blasta (plasma gun) named “Mercee”. In the Kill Team he represents a veteran armed with a plasmagun with the 'Feel No Pain' special rule, sadly it is unlikely that I will use him in the actual army as a medic unless a codex update makes them worth taking. I converted the smaller plasmagun from a Forgeworld plasma pistol, lasgun and guitar wire, it was originally red with the name written on but it didn't work so I repainted it black.



I did have a 2nd bigger plasmagun in the work that will have 'ignore cover' but with all the wires and purple power source it reminds me too much of a noise marine weapon. So back to the drawing board, in the meantime I'll start work on Sergeant Irongut.

DIZ IZ MY GUNWAGON, DERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT DIZ 1 IZ MINE!
Well My Kill Team specialists are finished, so let's start with Sergeant Irongut! When I wrote the list for my Kill Team I decided to go with Sgt Harker because he seemed the perfect leader for a kill team tournament, he could dish out the punishment and the benefits he gave the whole squad. I tried to find away to equip a single Grot brute with a heavy bolter but none of the conversions so I created a customised gunwagon for the Kommando boss to ride on, and here it is...



Sadly I've been forced to use my old camera for these since the Nikon D50 is out of juice. Anyway I was so pleased with the his appearance I decided to create a version of him on foot to use as an alternative Guard commander. The model is painted but I wasn't too happy with the photos I got with the old camera so I'll wait till I can use the Nikon D50 for that.

DA SUPA BLASTA
In Kill Team you can give 3 (selected) special rules to a model or weapon, so I decided to arm one of my kommandos with a Plasmagun that ignores cover.
So I decided to convert a supped up Plasmagun to represent that it will chew through anything, the original weapon was converted from a cadian flamer and chaos plasma pistol but the cable went into a (car battery looking) power pack on the veteran's back. However with all the piping and glowing purple power source it looked to much like a noise marine's weapon so I decided to instead go with shoulder mounted weapon using the ork mekboy's blasta and here we are...



WE NEED SUM FORTZ
With the Kommandos done I've decided to take a break from the infantry and work on the Aegis Defence Line, as mentioned before some of the grots can't see over the original defence line so I decided to use the City Of Death small wall sections and girders to create some walls they could see through but still provide the same amount of cover.
I also used some plastic head pins to create tesla like poles, I also added some bolts to the front which are hard to seen in this rough photo. Only downside is the dang thing's too low! So I'll be looking to increase the height by mounting in on some plasticcard, and perhaps use some greenstuff to add some dirt against the walls.

By the way: Do you think I should add some spikes to the top of the girders on the defence line or leave them as they are?