Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Ah, I missed this. You guys are making me want to start playing necromunda again.

Good Morning Dakka,

I have been very much occupied recently in concept designs, web build and lastly building up the beta terrain for Spire9 - I am still up in the air on the legality side of things such as intellectual property and copyright and all that other fun stuff, so until I have that aspect securely locked down I will not be showing any pics on that topic. My apologies.

On the topic, I will say that the terrain has changed rather dramatically, whilst the spires will make up the majority of terrain, I am currently working on the ducting and sewers that will run under them and allow for closer and more hand to hand combat situations.


Onto the questions.

Nico Rex the vagrant trader is still very much on my mind, and as the terrain fills in around him he will be re-emerge no doubt. I do have some select model tucked away to fill in as his hired hands. However the model himself will be switched out for something that has a better scale. So, if anyone want to cover post I will be happy to send him off in his current state to whomever replies with an expression of interest first.

Which mini is Ahab. Ahab is the modified priest with the Chainsword lance and metal arm - he alike the Ogryn fail to meet the military feel of the team, so I have decided to sell him on. 10AUD + postage for anyone interested, and he is sold as is.


Regarding P&M

I do have a small update to the Hunde des Kriegs which is the replacement for the converted replacement for the Ogryn model, I am very pleased to introduce the AugRIN.



"Augment Robotic Infantry" or AugRIN for short is the stand in for the half cast Ogryn, and is by and large a more suitable replacement both in theme of the Hunde des Krieg, as well as the general tactic of the hive, as Anung un Rama touched on in jest (shakes fist) the converted Ogryn was truly impressive in stature - but stature is not a good thing in Necromunda.

Here's the model breakdown.

The primary weapon is shortened Heavy Bolter salvaged from a SM Devastator being fed ammo from the corresponding backpack. The secondary weapons are from some scouts that I had laying around. The forearm guard is a Tau shoulder plate and the head visor is from the Rackham games - the model name escapes me so if someone could throw me a bone I will update accordingly. The core of the model is an Armored APE from Incursion - when I received it, it was a little 1940's so I curved off the armour in points and burred out some of the more steam punk elements to give it a more modern feel. I took a page out of Acidwap's book and spent some cash on some more interesting bases, and even in a non painted state it matches nicely.

I have magnetized the right side of the ammo skip, the neck, a head and the head visor - in turn this allows me to put the model into a "Non-fight mode" with the visor latches onto the ammo skip and the iconic Pig Iron Militia head sits nicely in place, and solidifies the visual connection to the other members of the Hunde des Kriegs.

I am still up in the air with what to do with the Converted Ogryn, I will most likely be selling him - but he is sentimental so I may need some time to be 100% on it. Feel free to shoot me offers anyhow, as I'd like to get an idea of what he's worth.

Outside of all this I am working on some veteran gangers for the team who will be carrying more specialised weaponry and equipment, but they are still in the chop and tac stage, so there's not much to show on that front. I will have some pics shortly though, so watch this space.

Once again, thank you all so much for reading, and for the feedback. Solid feedback helps me out immensely.

Glad youre back! The AugRIN looks great, so heavily armoured. Very much like whats under the faceplate too, awesome.

Hope you get the legal crap out of the way, i wanna see what the terrain looks like

Thanks mate.

The legal crap is precisely that - crap. But, my lawyer friend scared the bejesus out of me with his "well the guy who made blackberyy never got paid" story, and whilst I know that I am not making a multimillion dollar industry of handheld devices it'd still be nice have myself covered from an IP (Intellectual Property) angle.

Still I find it hard to stay awake when doing reading on all the legislation.

You gonna be selling the stuff then? Just think, if you get it all sorted now then a couple of years down the line you'll be bloody glad should something pop up. Take your time and do it right, would be gak if you got into legal difficulties

Always estatic to see you here, especialy now, i know exactly how i want my ogryns to look, i think im going to have to see how those APE models will fair for me.. lovely model you created btw, and excited for whats to come

AugRIN looks fantastic bud, glad to see you are still boxing on with the Hundes!

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Glad youre back!

A hearty second! Your work here is partly responsible for my attempts at more involved conversions, Jack

Great to see that the Hunde are still up and running! I look forward to seeing more!
Rawson

I've just realised that I thoroughly enjoy looking at your thread whenever you update but have never commented.

Mr Jack really do like the style of your van saars. Nice dark colour scheme with the bright eyes setting the rest of the model off perfectly.

The latest addition fits in very well....I really like the visor.

AugRIN ftw! That dude is totally awesome!

It's great to see you back on a track! I'm a big fan of your original stuff and these new AugRIN really fits your style. I'm looking forward for more updates - don't ever leave us again!

Archibald Jack wrote:Good Morning Dakka,
The forearm guard is a Tau shoulder plate and the head visor is from the Rackham games - the model name escapes me so if someone could throw me a bone I will update accordingly.

It is the visor from the Rackham AT-43 range UNA TacArm armour I think

This guy :

AJ

Greatstuff went through the entire thing and man flawless excution i been looking over munda stuff for the past few days and lo and behold i think this is the push i need to get off my but and start planning and convince my buddies to make gangs too. at any rate keep it up and hope to see some more awesome soon.

*Please pardon the 'Thread Necromancy'.*

Utterly amazing...
I absolutely love the conversion work and I have greatly enjoyed your blog so far!
I can't wait to see more!
Do you have any Battle Reports with these guys?

And here I was thinking Jack had posted something new

A familiar feeling - this thread seems to get necro'ed every few months...

So, 5 years down and none the wiser.

I have been moving about the country and settled back in my home town. Part of my unpacking saw me dig up the old team the "Hunde des Kriegs". I figured as I was so close to having them completed I'd spend some more hours and get them prepped for the Underhive reboot. I'll be letting go of this username and starting a new project thread, as I have learnt that I need to host the pictures in a better web hosted solution.

I want to thank you all for the kind words, this is a helluva site with some solid cats. Very excited to be back.