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 Inso wrote:
Ready for arming... then arming :

It's the scarecrow army

I'll be building my own vehicles... as nice as those Steel Legion ones are, they don't fit my theme for this army

Scarecrows? ... Hmmm

The troops are now armed so next up will be a layer of putty on the wire before I start sculpting the arms properly :

Remember this?:





Well, all of the leg casts have now been sold and I won't be casting any more. That said, I have had an offer for the green so it is likely that it will be sold and may be cast up by someone else in the future. Sadly, there wasn't the demand for me to keep casting them :( .

First layer of putty on the arms, ready for the next stage which will be hands :

I decided that I wanted Sly Marbo in my army so I have started to convert one... this is still WIP :

Here's the finished Sven Marbo :

After a random suggestion on another forum, I have decided to add a few extra elements and turn Marbo into a Vanguard detachment

In order to do this, I have started a Sgt Harker conversion and plan to also convert a platoon commander with a command squad... and give them a Valkyrie to flit about in.

With this in mind, I have just received a Corvus Blackstar from the postman and will be converting that into a slightly smaller (Squat sized) Valkyrie.

The troops will be reminiscent of the rescue team in the Predator movie... so there will be a few little design cues from the film, added to the little unit.

It will make a nice little self contained detachment for my army with no other reason for existing, other than the rule of cool

Love all the conversion work! Really wish I had stumbled onto this plog awhile ago so I could have grabbed some of those legs!

I look forward to seeing what else you do! Keep up the great work.

Cheers

Preliminary symbol removal is complete ... I just need to sand a few things down and it will be ready to be assembled ...



The Corvus Valkyrie has started .

My 'counts-as' Valkyrie is now converted and assembled:



(It hasn't got the heavy bolter upgrade).

Very cool idea !

There is a treasure trove of Squatty Goodness here !!

Cheers

This Valkyrie will give me the chance to recreate some nose art I painted on a helicopter while I was in Kuwait. Luckily, Airfix made a model kit at 1/48th scale so I will be able to use most of the decals from that kit on the Valkyrie.

Here's my (slightly larger) nose art :

Awesome sculpting work on Sven Marbo

Cheers

He's joined by a very WIP Harker in this pic... although it would appear that I had so much fun building the Valkyrie proxy that I felt the need to keep building... so I have started to build some amphibious transport vehicles :



I have another Hanomag on the way so that I have enough for a platoon (1 each for the command, 2 infantry squads and a heavy weapon squad). If these turn out OK, I may have finally beaten the curse ...

A little bit further. I'm just waiting for the fourth kit to arrive so I can get it to the same standard as these and then work on them all together:




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Sgt Harker is getting there now :

An update on Harker. His flat head will be getting a nice hat... :

Chewing tobacco and wearing a hat, makes you a Sexual Tyrannosaur! Sgt Harker knows...

Harker is finished :



Next will be Dutch (platoon commander ).

It looks like GW want to help me in my Squat project at last :

https://youtu.be/Oc0-8BBkkq4

love the transport and Sgt Harker mate , well done !

Should be some nice options for you to work with if Necromunda Squats turn up !

Great work on the Squat figure of Harker.

Cheers,

CB

In a rather interesting turn of events, I have sold the Halfling sniper greens to CP Models:

https://cpmodels.co.uk/

They will be cast in metal at some point in the future

A WIP competition sculpt of a Squat berserker:

Another nice sculpt Inso.

Cheers,

CB

Love the squat merc team!

Really amazing sculpts, and vehicles are cool too!

Cheers

The merc team is on a bit of a hold at the moment while I clear a few other things... but I mean to get back to them as soon as I can

The vehicles are something I always struggle with... hopefully, the next ones you see will be my amphibious transports

In more sculpting news, I have finished the competition sculpt now:

Something for the army again; this time, it's a pair of Dreadnoughts to go with the Space Marine component of the organisation. Obviously, I can't just get a dreadnought or two. That would be too easy... so I bought a box of Mechanicus robots and here we are. Still WIP but I am getting there :

Your stuff never fails to amaze. Why he hell aren't you sculpting minis for a living??