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Philipppines/United Kingdom

Not content with a Halfling Army, and a Rogue Space Marine Army I am starting a third army.

No fluff. No old miniatures. 99% plastic fantastic. For the Emperor!

Incoming in 4 days I have 60 Praetorian wannabes. And 2 Junior Officer types.

I will get Perry Dragoons I think for 'Roughriders' though possibly Foundry Darkest Africa British Lancers

Debating whether to get a pack of Victrix Highlanders (for veterans/storm troopers). Though I highly doubt they fought desert campaigns in bearskins (think it was just Plith) they look cool/hot. They look cool stylewise but that they would be hot heat wise.

A few other bits and pieces...desert tanks and vehicles.

GW products: My bits box. A pack of ogre kingdom (with major GS). Will also find some older Ratlings for sniper converts. May possibly need some sentinels.

Total budget 100english squids. Total spent 30 english squids. All things to be got by 15 of Jan (when I come back to Manila from UK)

Immediate question:

What is a good 1500pt IG army structure?

Sorry no pics...will update in 4 days.

The Chickeny Chicken.



This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2010/12/14 04:40:41


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Made in ph
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Philipppines/United Kingdom

Annoyingly Wargames Factory haven't delivered my order yet to my friend who is leaving from the US to Manila on the 13.

I ordered the models 2 weeks ago...

I have my 'Praetorian Sergeants' with her though so it is a start.

Guess will pick up the Victrix over Xmas.

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Berlin Germany

cool as i plan on purchasing some day in the future also the wargames minis of the zulu wars timeline i will be watching this very closley...

vik

   
Made in ph
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Philipppines/United Kingdom

Ah I haven't seen those, I will check them out.






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Sorry misread what you said! Yep...I ordered 3 boxes (60 minis) 2 weeks ago. Then 2 Boer guys from miniatures market.


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2 of these guys to be precise. Figure with some simple converting I could have 2 cool looking minis. Though I will convert after I have got the codex as I intend to play with this army...




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Probable rough Riders again with simple conversions:


Highlanders (veterans/shock troops)


Heavy Weapons:


Sentinels: SOmething like this maybe



Transport tanks and air supprt all similar Airfix etc...


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Actually 1/76 aside plus some sci fi weaponry think sentinel would be a decent stand in....

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Philipppines/United Kingdom

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Berlin Germany

ah looks all very promising. the highlanders from victrix are also very high on my list. though i have to point out that the highlanders are more fitting with the wargames zulu fighters than the napoleonic ones from either perry or victrix...

does your mock up show a servo skull or that you will add skulls to the chainsword to be..?

hmmm vickers are always cool looking but does the scale fit with the minis to give a convincing sentinel? if money isnt that important i would opt for oop sentinels or if your feeling truly bold you could go the war walker way from the eldar, that would look cool, and by the way i try to do this in the future...

again the concept of the army i liked instantly^^

vik

   
Made in gb
Fixture of Dakka





6 foot underwater

Looks just as promising as your other armies Manoknok, I'll be watching this too.
With those chops surely he should be Commissar Connery ?

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Made in ph
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Philipppines/United Kingdom

@ Von Domm...yes I know. I am not sure how to get around that. I might just change the helmets to pith and make them appear to be Boer. It shouldnt be too hard....I would get some other brand...I think the Darkest Africa one...but Victrix is 20 pound for a lot of models and wins.

Ah yeah. A servo skull :-p not one coming out of the chainsword - though if it was painted as a ghost it would look

Actually I have 8 oop sentinels...I can reclaim from the sigmarites...should probably do that.

@ Monkeytroll Haha...ok. Commissar Connery it is!

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Berlin Germany

i would strongly recoomed that decssion to use your "old" oop sentinels, the look isn´t something anything could best....they´re total cool.

for my minis i choose the range of secrets of the third reich seperate heads system...the old soupbowl helmets i will use, got 40 pieces of them...will paint them white to have them as a modern stand in for regular troops to go for pith helmets...

vik

   
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Great stuff , manoknok , glad to see this project is comming together.
   
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Norway, pretending I'm a space Wolf in Fenris :p

Looks like great stuff,cant wait!
Ill be folowing this....

WIP

 
   
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Made in ph
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Philipppines/United Kingdom

So...my friend is leaving the US this afternoon, and my models haven't arrived! Her friend is coming here next week...and if they are there will bring them for her (for me). But I am not too impressed by Wargames Factory...as I ordered 2 weeks ago.

Will update when they arrive..though should be getting Commissar Connery tomorrow...

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Philipppines/United Kingdom

Two weeks after my order, I have yet to get the models from Wargames Factory...and have no response to my emails.


However Miniature Market did deliver two Chronoscope models on time.


My first wannabe Praetorians.
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Berlin Germany

if i was you i would let the webley stay, she looks grim dark enough at it is^^
i think in the long run i have to invest in this model too...^^ its awsome^^

vik

   
Made in ph
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Philipppines/United Kingdom

Yes. I agree. I got two so I might leave one with bare minimal changes (add some lapels) and the other convert to the commissar.

It is a nice model, and not too noticeably different in size to GW.

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Berlin Germany

basing a commisar on that model is a very striking idea! hmmm now i envy you even more^^

vik

   
Made in ph
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Philipppines/United Kingdom

If you look up Reaper Chronoscope they have loads of steam punk type models...like pilots and adventures...I am thinking of getting one of the pilots though not sure what for haha.

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Berlin Germany

as long as the funds are there who cares what a model is for^^

and sadly io spent way to much already...

vik

   
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Philipppines/United Kingdom

Yeah I know. Actually. Apart from a few pieces...I can't see myself buying GW again...I mean I like the story they have...but they are really expensive, and they seem to have lost a lot of the soul/fun.

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Berlin Germany

having searched again your link and found quite some nice models from chronoscape there...

concerning soul`n`fun i would see these two as future commisars (i should sve up for them instead of pumping my money to ebay...)

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Chronoscope/latest/50147

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Chronoscope/latest/50178

they would fit as commisras with little convertinga and also would add lots of character...

vik

   
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Philipppines/United Kingdom

Ja sind sie sehr gut, besonders der Charakter Drake!

Sorry...if that is bad...not fair everything is in english on here...

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Berlin Germany

hey, das war sehr gut^^

tho there is a fair amount of english around here^^

but to be honest, though i am not really good at english, i like the language...i dont know i am in constant denial when it comes to german/y, am born here but i mostly crave whats different...some hevy weigts being installed on every one here and humor and fun is not something a trade from germany i asure you...

so drake is very good looking already as a commisar also his pose makes him a very british one at that...looking relaxed and taking a view on the troops and stuff.
the Andre Durand has more potential as his character has more details and also i love his hairdo^^


by the way where do you know german from?

vik

   
Made in ph
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Philipppines/United Kingdom

Er...well I'd liked to think I can remember it from school...but actually I just typed what I wanted to say into google and added translate to German!

Your english is very good...and must be helped by the posting/reading!

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Berlin Germany

jep, sometimes speedposting^^

i recommend this site here
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed§Hdr=on&spellToler=&search=

for instant translations though, as google and bubblefish is absolute crap as their dictonary is so limited. dakka and its discussions have tested my vocabluary on numerous ocassions...

and about my english qualities... one of my many english teachs said to me that i must suffer from dyslexia considering all my mistakes in spelling i constantly make^^
mind you as my mind is racing my fingers often cant cope with the thoughtsspeed^^, so there is mostly now the cause for errors^^

vik

   
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great models Manoknok , the scale looks right too. look forward to seeing your collection grow!
   
Made in gb
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6 foot underwater

They look pretty cool Mano, been looking at some of the Chrono stuff, but really shouldn't be buying any more at the moment.

vik - I've seen a lot of native English speakers whose spelling is far worse than yours, don't sweat it man.

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That will be me then
   
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Berlin Germany

lol, you have to read a page of my german spelling then^^, now tjis would prove my skills^^

   
Made in gb
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Philipppines/United Kingdom

My local model shop is stocking both Perry and Victrix. I did not expect this at all!

So...my debate is: do I buy now, or after xmas...I would be suprised if they have a sale...

Do model shops have boxing day sales?

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