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Little bump, I assembled Greatswords and I think they look great. I am still missing 2 torsos and 2 pairs of legs, as well as 4-5 hand weapons, before I start painting them





I hope I made my Count Champion/Freeguild Champion obvious enough in there, he's one of my favorite model in my entire collection.

There's 14 of them in there, I bought extra parts from bits stores and I still have 2 pairs of arms and at least 20 heads left, so I might as well use them. Probably saved a good 20 to 30 dollars by buying bits.

Dry fitting an early Harakoni Warhawk test model, I think it looks cool (thanks for those who helped me pick parts in the relevant thread) I haven't fitted legs or arms because they're the Cadian ones, so I know they'll fit well. The next step is deciding wether I want to cut down the lasguns or not.




The buttpacks will get linked to a modified Cadian lasgun, I bought scopes and PEQ's from Anvil Industries, the scopes fit well on the lasguns, and so would the PEQ's, but I want to cut down the lasgun, leaving me with little room to fit the PEQ's, oh well, gonna figure this one out with the help of a friend later on this week. As for other parts, the head and buttpacks are from Mad Robot and the grav chute is the FW one.

Bonus pics, I got me an Empire Captain/General, gave him a spare sword from my Greatswords kit.





Edit: I have done a few cutting tests with a random lasgun I had, and it really doesn't look good, so I guess I'll stick with full size lasguns, they look smaller than other Stormtroopers weapons anyway.

Update, my friend (goes by Tazyel here, helped me make the Tempestor Prime a page back ) and I have made 2 Harakoni Warhawks.











I consider them mostly done, all they would really need are some sort of armor plates, be it on the groin or the knees/elbows.



We had issues with the cables, so the Chaos gods gave us a hand

Lovely chaps those Chaos Gods, they just misunderstood and mis-represented

EDC

For some reason the images never load when Im at work :(

Any Dakka pictures or mine in general?

Alot of times they're broke on dakka. It's weird

The squad Tempestor is done, I was had the slinged lasgun from the CCS kit, but oh well, that'll have to do for now.

Nice! Never seen warhawks done before. they look awesome

Sweet! big fan of the Harakoni Warhawks.

I can't remember in their fluff, are they supposed to be vaguely Amerindian? If so you could do some neat things with warpaint and tomahawks for CCWs and such.

Thanks.

As far as I know, there's not much information regarding their origin, they're heavy drop and that seems to be it, you could give them whatever background you want, which is nice.

Nice work so far. I like all the packs and gear you've added. Looks like troops who are prepared for a long assignment behind enemy lines.

Thanks, that's the look I was going for, happy it's obvious enough

Uh, I realise now that I completely forgot to put up picture of the completed squad 10/10 Bob

I have painted things, finally, not 40k stuff, but hey its Warhammer, right?

None of them are done, but there's a chance I'll finish the Wight King this week-end. so here goes.







Friend of mine did the cloak. The big thing left is the face, and I am thinking of making it look like the Wight still has rotten skin left, rather than painting a pure bony face. I went for a Blood Dragon styled armor, leaving the mail and the sword clean and well kept.

Next model is my Count's Champion, went for a Carroburg Greatsword scheme, I am only missing a black metallic paint to finish the armor he'll be done.









I am a lot more pleased with the fur of the cloak, especially compared to the one on the Wight King, which I kinda messed up. The green on the laurel crown was delibaretly made this way to look faded and worn out.

I have built another Tempestor Secundus (first one being the guy with the Hotshot/auxiliary grenade launcher), this is one is the 85th second in command, Castella Lor, she likes to blow things up, so I gave her a Grenade launcher/bolt pistol combo (even if both her and the other Tempestor Secundus are going to be played as Primes with CC weapon and a Command rod)

Bought 2 metal Stormtroopers, painted them the day I was done stripping them, which is quite an achievement, I am, however, missing my black wash, so they're not finished, or based.



Custom Stormtroopers, I made a 10 men squad, but some broke off while I was drybrushing them, so they need to be fixed. I also need to paint over the cable with black paint.

Started building another squad of Scions, one from Anvil Industries custom specialist squad.

I made stuff, I did not pain, as is tradition

More dudes in heavy armor with sword and shield, Foot Knights of Dol Amroth from FW, little beauties.



Operators operating operationally in operations while they operate IN SPACE. Made from Anvil Industries make-a-squad thingy

Finished my Legion Death Troopers, they have since then been based with Agrellan Earth, I am considering washing the textured base with blue to represent Eadu from Rogue One



Bonus pic with big papa Death Trooper from Sideshow Toys

Going back to my roots, so to speak, I've secured some Krieg Grenadiers. And bought a ton of Mad Robot bits to burden them with extra kit.

That's 4 Grenadiers done, ladden with kit from Madrobot Miniatures.

It wouldn't be a Bobthehero model if they weren't outfit with far more kit than might be needed, but! The squad is now 97% assembled. They're meant to be first line troop that assault the enemy position and occupy it for a long time, thus they need to be able to sustain a fight.

Everyone is outfitted with a varierty of pouches, an entrentching tool, sleeping bag/mattress, water canteen, and ''potato masher'' style grenade, the special weapon guys have pistols in holsters. All those bits are from Madrobot Miniatures, the Grenadier kit also comes with a knife, which I forgot, and was all too happy to add. I didn't add as much variety and unique extra kit compared to the other Grenadier squad, however, they feel more complete. The bigger pouches, for the Hellgunners, are meant to be spare cables and pieces for their guns, while the small pouches are magasine-sized power packs to be used in the event the cables get damaged in action. There's no official lore that backs this, but the metal Stormtroopers have cable-less Hellguns, and so I think it's possible.

You'll notice #8 has one such pack on his gun, the cable came miscast and too short, and I broke it while trying to shape it properly. So I improvised with bits of resin. Keen eyes may notice he's got a pouch by his feet. This guy is the squad's breacher, and he's the reason the squad is only 97% assembled, as I am waiting on a friend of mine to 3d print me a shotgun I'll be able to add to his kit. The pouch by his feet contains smaller breaching charges, worn there with a plate of Ceramite so that in case the charge explodes, it doesn't hit a vital organ or artery.



#1: The Watchmaster, his chainsword was wrapped, I'll need to work on it.






#2: Grenade Launcher, I could work on the barrel's inside, I did try, but I think a small drill will work better than a knife for clean up





#3: Flamer, same as the Watchmaster, his weapon is wrapped





#4: Hellgunner





#5: Hellgunner





#6: Hellgunner





#7: Hellgunner, always been my favorite model of the bunch, I just like my soldier aiming. Unfortunately his Greatcoat broke at the bottom when I tried to scrape of some sprue part. I used a bit of modeling putty to make the damage look less artificial, to simulate battle damage





#8: Hellgunner/Breacher





#9: Hellgunner





#10: Hellgunner, as per usual, apparently, this one gave me the most trouble with assembly, just like the #10 from the first squad, the more things change...

No painting progress, unfortunately, I am waiting on the shotgun to be printed, my friend recently moved out and his 3d print set up isn't ready, I also need to order primer online, the store I go to was all out.

But! I assembled more things in the meanwhile, the new Kasrkins, which are really freaking cool, as GW finally realised that just because you're a sergeant or a medic, you can carry and use a full size rifle. They'll have to learn that breachers can also use full sized rifles, but one step at a time.

#1. The Sergeant, who carries a Hellgun. I added a spare Madrobot Miniatures holstered pistol to add a mean to distinguish him some more, though the tactical rock he stands on and the fact he is one of the only two Hellgunners that just carry a Hellgun should help, as well.



#2. The Vox Caster. Not much to tell about that one, he's unfortunately a little restricted when it comes to what you can do with him, as he's got a unique backpack, and the only Hellgun carried in the left hand.



#3. The Recon/Hotshot Volley-Gun. Unfortunately, he has to take on a double role in the squad, as I wanted to have one regular Hellgunner looking down his sight that wasn't the Marksman or the Sergeant, I just like the pose. I may rotate the Auspex's arm, his pose looks a little off. I also messed up his visor a little, but that's nothing that can't be fixed with putty. When it comes to rules, I'll likely count his Volley-Gun as a regular Hellgun to benefit from the Recon's special rule, but, the option is there if I want to have more fire power.



#4. The other Hotshot Gunner, that may be confused for a Sergeant, but I really liked the idea of the guy looking like he was outflanked, but ready for it, as fitting for an elite Kasrkin.



#5. The Medic, with his left hand slightly repositioned, in a pose that's meant to evoke that he's sick of dealing with the grunts ignoring sound medical advice. A friend of mine who used to be a combat medic told me that was very much something they dealt with.



#6. The first Plasma Gunner, I wish he could be aiming down the sights of his plasma gun, but then again, those coils get bright, so perhaps it's safer. But then again, they have visors for a reason... Either way, I like the sling attached to the gun even if it did get in the way of posing the head.



#7. The second Plasma Gunner, unfortunately, probably my least favorite pose of the bunch, if slightly redeemed by the fact that I am declaring he's the guy being scolded by the medic. Once again, the sling was cool, and didn't get in the way this time.



#8. The Breacher. I swapped the recommended Hellpistol from the instructions to the one that is supposed to fit on the Sergeant, and moved his head around so that he looks like he's firing as he's closing on his target. Nice model, but I feel like he could have been given more kit, some manner of manual tool, smaller, more numerous breaching charges, and of course a full size rifle.



#9. The Marksman, same as the Vox-Caster, not a whole lot to do there to derive from the official model. I wish I could have had 10 of those heads with the Magnocular/Nightvision googles, however, those are really cool. Also big fan of the Hotshot Marksman Rifle (Hellmarksman Rifle? Marksman pattern Hellgun?) not needing cable, as it feeds my theory that Hellguns can be used with or without the cables.



#10. The last Kasrkin, the one without a really special role, just an elite dude with a rifle, but hey, cool pose! I am thinking of ways to enhance him with extra bits and whatnot. The whole kit is kinda bare in that regards, each bodies come with their own pre-cast grenades and pouches, but it feels like they're missing something. But I guess adding another sprue to add bits would have been overkill, considering the 3 sprues that make up the kit are already pretty loaded.



Edit: Bonus picture, scale comparision, new Kasrkin, metal Stormtrooper, metal Kasrkins, resin Grenadier, plastic Scion, resin tacticool Operator from Anvil, plastic Kasrkin. Missing there is a plastic Stormtrooper from 2nd ed and one of my custom Stormtroopers made mostly from a Cadian body, those are packed away and I had none handy for a picture.

Hey Bob, the size comparison piccy isn't showing. Can you try to repost that one? I'm really interested in how they size up to eachother as I have a bucketload of the old metal ones.

Strange, I see it on my end, here it is, let me know if you want me to move things around or shuffle models.

It does show now on my laptop, must have been a problem on my end. Thanks though!

The size difference between the new ones and the metal Kasrkin isn't as bad as I had feared. Kind of annoying that they come on a different base size though.

Happy to help. Unfortunately, I can't recommend 25mm bases for the Kasrkins, as their stance seem to be quite wide, and it looks to me like most would be too broad for the smaller bases. The guy on the left would fit on a 25mm, but the Marksman wouldn't, for example.