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Paolo Parente was kind enough to give permission to use pictures of his DUST minis in my books. Time to enhance some of my minis...


Deluxe prepainted Heavy Kommandotrupp, rebased and here and there repainted, some details, transfers etc. Helmet heads by Dreamforge Games (Stormtrooper).

Stats in Victory Decision: Future Combat - Mid Tech Infantry Platoon Fast or Light Support Element;
Experimental Hardshell Power Armour Combat Suit Squad - 155 points;
Options:
1* Anti Aircraft Missile Launcher (+40 points),
2* EH-PACS HMG (+100 points),
Overall Cost: 295 points

more: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/dust.html

And another set of minis, this time the Heavy Recon Grenadiers!


Deluxe prepainted Heavy Recon Grenadiers, rebased and here and there repainted, some details, transfers etc.
Helmet heads and squad leader head again by Dreamforge Games (Stormtrooper). IMO both lines work together very nicely.

Stats in Victory Decision: Future Combat - Mid Tech Infantry Platoon Fast or Light Support Element;
Experimental Hardshell Power Armour Combat Suit Squad - 155 points;
Options:
Veterans (+20 points),
3* EH-PACS HMG (+150 points),
Overall Cost: 325 points

more: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/dust.html

Oh that's nice, like the new heads. They have a nice sinister quality to them.

Thanks!

They look very nice, certainly a big improvement on the originals.

Can I ask how these miniatures take paint, did you need to do any preparation to the miniature before painting?

You can paint them straight away, I did not primed them or anything!

I don't play dust, but these minis make me consider it. They look great!

Well, I do not play DUST either, just a fan of the models and backstory.
I use them for my own game ...

 wikkedj wrote:
I don't play dust, but these minis make me consider it. They look great!

As a former Dust (Warfare) player, I wouldn't recommend it unless you really, really love the miniatures. The rules are good, but the people in charge of it have made a hot mess of it all - Warfare especially.

In which way have they created a mess?

 AAN wrote:
In which way have they created a mess?

It is just mismanaged. The organized play is "fan run", so really non-existent and requires dues and all sorts of crap. Battlefront is just a distributor and now in charge of the Warfare rules, which they showed their ineptitude with the latest expansion Achilles. It is nothing like the FFG playtest, that was much, much better run and organized. Also, they are eliminating books and going to pdf only, which sucks. Dust Studio makes the models, meaning factions can go without corrections to their playability for quite a while, where other companies can do a more balanced building of factions pre-production - as demonstrated by the Axis being generally weak, while the Allies are very strong. Or how the SSU went without good air support and still have really none that is that useful.

The rules were what got me into it, because they were brilliant. Sadly, the community for Dust is a bit caustic and clique-ish thanks to said "organized play" and the Facebook groups. Plus, general cronyism from the game's creator and his emphasis of Tactics over Warfare.

/rant

Your color scheme looks fantastic on these guys. The faces look really crisp on the leaders.

Thanks em_en_oh_pee, now I understand your point.