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A bit more progress:

It's got to a point where I am going to end up messing them up because I am bored with them so, as far as they are concerned, the tank and transport are finished for now:



The tape holding the top of the tank on and the sideskirts on the transport on, is just temporary because I will need things to be removable for painting .

Wow, just read through that thread. Some stunning work.

So much work put into even the basic troopers, bravo.

Cheers .

The Squats have not had any love for years... and the plastic arms were a dreadful fit on the metal/plastic bodies so the easiest option was to sculpt my own (I had the putty and it meant I didn't have to trial out a load of arms for a good fit).

The old lasguns were always cool but far too long for Squats so it was an obvious decision for me to shorten them.

The beards were added because there are only three varieties of head... so it increases the variety.

Then came all sorts of reasons to include the other bits and bobs .

This army is very much a 'live' creation. Everytime I see something I like, I try to fit it in to the army and give it enough fluff to be feasible.

At the moment, I am even considering some more xenos allies (Tau, in ther own right)... then of course, a scratch built 'counts as' Imperial Knight

I love watching this project grow! I want to hijack it a bit though, do you know how well Cadian lasgun arms would fit, say a WHFB dwarf?

I have seen it done and they fit OK... HOWEVER, they look a little long so you may need to trim them down a little (I would trim off some of the shoulder pad and resculpt it lower down).

More commonly, I have seen scout arms used and they suffer the same problem. It's nothing that can't be fixed but it will take a little extra work

Here is a Googled example of scout arms:

https://www.spikeybits.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/12002864_1027537023952674_7710476736737374203_n.jpg

... and Cadian arms:

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/11/22/65854_md-Brown,%20Classic,%20Conversion,%20Dwarves,%20Green,%20Guard,%20Imperial,%20Imperial%20Guard.JPG

Thank you! I prefer the look of the cadian arms.
I'm assuming you haven't done a similar conversion?

You assume correctly

I have another 150+ classic plastic Squats to convert so I am happy using those as my standard troops with converted Mantic Dwarfs as my elites .

I have thought about converting the newer GW Dwarfs but I doubt it will happen.

So far the forces are looking good!, the squat tank and hanny are also top-notch work!

Cheers

The Wolverines are coming along nicely now... only the leader to go

I have had an idea for the fluff as well... why these suits are so different to my standard exos.


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I've been messing about with Exos... four down, one to go :

The finished unit with a captain leading it :

I do like the overal llook on those guys. And the chopped tank is cool.

Very very cool stuff. Both the vehicles and the Exo-Armour look fantastic.

It's been very slow lately... but I seem to have gripped things again... and I finished all the arms in just three days ... These are the Maiden Guard; female Squat veterans:

Lovely! Will you be using the new Dwarf AoS stuff at all?

Cheers

I very much doubt that the AoS stuff will get included in this particular army because the new Duardin are just TOO different and wouldn't fit in.

There are a few bits I like but I fear they may be somewhat larger than I want... so I would need to see them in the flesh before I make any plans.

Once the Maiden Guard were finished, I started the first infantry squad for the third platoon. I have got quite far but unfortunately the picture is massive so if you are interested... here's where it's at :

http://insosworld.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/veterans-assembled.html

This is the current state of the third platoon. I have just got to add beards, packs and weapons to the front 15 and they will all be at the same standard. The front five will be the command squad the other twenty will make up two infantry squads:

After *finally reading through this log, I gotta say these are the best squats I've seen. I can't imagine the work put into this, but it REALLY pays off 'cause these models are amazing.

Tartaros conversions have a bit of a bioshock vibe haha, they look great!

Cheers

I only have about 60 or so to finish (plus a host of vehicles) and hopefully, before then... I'll finally get some paint on a few

It's definitely a labour of love... the arms can be soul destroying but I really don't like the plastic ones so I just have to knuckle down

So we now have two blogs featuring the 30 year old plastic squats?

What a time to be alive!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
So we now have two blogs featuring the 30 year old plastic squats?

What a time to be alive!

Link to the other one?

EDIT - Don't worry, found it :

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/711342.page

(I've been following this one on Facebook ).

The arm/hand work is astonishing, though have you ever considered chopping off the original squat hands, and limiting yourself to sculpting the arms?

I have sculpted a thumb or a finger on damaged models, but sculpting a whole hand is too fiddly and difficult for me. Above my skill level.

I occasionally use the Squat hands (on pistols/close combat weapons mostly) but I am quite happy sculpting hands... it increases the range of grips I can use.

To keep the ball rolling with these, I have now finished adding beards to the full platoon which means that next, I will be adding weapons and back-packs (as required) :

The progress pic:



Additional information:

http://insosworld.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/platoon-progress.html

Loving this project, they look awesome.

As part of another glorious change of direction... A Ratling sniper WIP:



Loads of extra stuff here:

http://insosworld.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/easter-greetings.html

Ghillie suit?! Love it!

Just saw your pics of the Hanomag conversion- love the work! I'm doing something very similar myself and will be stealing some of your ideas. I also wanted something with a footprint more like a Chimera's and widened the body (by cutting right down the idle, like you did) but I didn't shorten the engine compartment enough- my Mark I will end up being too long.

I didn't think firing ports along the sides for the infantry inside would look balanced, but you've carried it off. I've got to coordinate where those go with the interior layout I have in mind, because it will be visible with the hatches and ramp open.

But, lots of new ideas to incorporate into the Mark II!

I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Cheers

The next Hanomag will be shortened and widened in the same way BUT I will be extending the cabin forward so that the 'windscreen' bulkhead will be further forward on the bonnet. That way, I will get the appearance of more cabin space without leaving the vehicle long.

The first one will be used as the army command Chimera so can get away with being different