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Oh god forgot about that brute of a mek lol

Would not want to go against that or worse... that with two of their new Naughts, too scary to even think of going against that lol

Great highting on that squig. i really like how you did the teeth. keep rolling them out

Thanks Styro, the highlights were definitely the most fun part!

Liking the Squig, really pops!

I really like the colour tones you're achieving. Very vivid without being offensive.

Thanks Meph! At the company I work for we always insist on using vivid and lively colours so that reflects on my work methinks. So in my little corner of the grimdark future, there will be not only war.... But also lots of pretty colours!

That makes me feel all warm & fuzzy inside, for the Emprah!

And Sanguinius!

+++Astral Claws Update

Hiya guys! A little update on the Astral Claws this time, no fancy painted minis alas. But! I want to share some ideas with you guys. Namely the non Space Marine part of the Tyrant's Legion, the human auxilia!

So, I was browsing through Imperial Armour vol 9 the Badab War and when I read the Tyrant's Legion section, I'd loved to do my own version of these guys. And this is what I had in mind:

Legion Auxilia 1 (some sort of PDF)
These guys are the more "professional" and well equipped part of the legion.
- 10 man squad;
- Squad consists of Cadian Shock Troops models with black grey flak armour, one blue shoulder pad sporting the Tyrant's Legion heraldry and urban grey clothing.

Legion Auxilia 2
The cannon fodder unit. Crappy weapons and shabby clothing, fun stuff! Mostly urban grey clothing, perhaps some other colours here and there (they just took everything they could lay their hands on).
- 10 man squad;
- Consists of Colonel Schaeffers Last Chancers (gosh these guys are awesome!) and with some Catachan Jungle Fighters in the mix, as the more brutish guys and Huron fanboys ("Huron Rules" shirts anyone?). These models are butt ugly, but perhaps with a good paintjob they'll look beter. But if you lads have some suggestions of some other models that look like them, feel free to drop me a hint.

Renegade Marauder Squad
Aahh yes, the marauders. The guys that first had fought against Huron and his Astral Claws, now fight (with a little help of money) for the Tyrant and his cause. They have mutations because they live closely to the Maelstrom and some have connections with chaos. So its green stuff time!
- 10 man unit;
- 3 renegade Ogryns (the "brutes");
- 5 cultists as marauders;
- 1 heretek, portrayed by the techpriest enginseer;
- Last but not least, the marauder chief! He's portrayed by inquisitor.
I have an idea for this guy and made a quick and dirty photoshop edit as a ref. I wanted to give him a mask (hiding his ugly face because of mutations?) and some breathing tubes. I'll have to scrape off all the inquisition marks etc.

Here's a quick photoshop of Kornan Helldrake:

Original picture by Games Workshop

SO! What do you guys think? If you know of some models who'd fit these sqauds perfectly, let me know! I'm open for suggestions.

They sound pretty good for a basic auxilia to work long side the Space Marines they can keep the much harder hitting Marines save to shoot with no worry of being hit (unless other side has some bombardment weapon hidden away).

Nice model there too good detail put into that.

Yeah their main purpose is being cannon fodder and soak up all the hits for the Space Marines Their models by the way do not necessarily represent what these guys actually can equip on the battle field (such as the inquisitor weapons on the marauder chief). But I see them more as a conversion/painting project. Of course I'll field them when they are finished but more for fun games and to test them out,

Aha I see, they'll look good for conversion ways but must say the true lords of conversion availability would have to go to Chaos (plus chaos gods give infinite ideas of embodiments).

Will be great to see some of your conversions when they get done up and such

Really nice stuff you've got going on here!

Loving that SM captain especially. Looking forward to seeing those auxiliary conversions you've got cooking up.

Thanks for stopping by Jerp, I hope to give you an update of these guys later this week

Hooray always nice to see progress over time with these things but some models (as I know my Tzneetch one) if did Blog, would give conversion artists nightmares for months lol

But can't wait to see more of your models

Auxilia troops, perfect excuse to paint up some IG with some BA iconography... :-P

 Meph wrote:
Auxilia troops, perfect excuse to paint up some IG with some BA iconography... :-P

Sshhh!! Don't tell the Astral Claws

Yesterday I've test fitted the renegade Ogryns. They look pretty awesome IMO. So now it's time to sculpt on the mutations with green stuff and scrape off/wreck all the Imperial markings (oh joy)! Meanwhile I've thought about their colour scheme a bit; black grey armour with some lighter grey bits and red vertical stripes. Mostly the same scheme as the Auxilia troops but with a few differences here and there to make 'em stand apart, but not too much. And I'm cooking up some kind of logo for these guys, will post some ideas later.

Anyway, pics:






Group shot:


And I was pretty surprised by the size of these guys, their even dwarfing Grukk!


Comments, ideas welcome!

They look good and original position's do them models But by look of it, that Ork is looking if he is going to Klaw attack one closest as his Squig attacks his ankle lol

Deff Skull Grukk?

I'm not usually a fan of the bullgryn masks, but it looks really good on the central ogryn. See if you can sculpt it to blend into the head!

Would you mind giving me a size comparison between an ogryn hand and an ork nob hand?

DarkMistro wrote:They look good and original position's do them models But by look of it, that Ork is looking if he is going to Klaw attack one closest as his Squig attacks his ankle lol

Thanks D.M. Yeah Grukk's pose looks a bit off on this picture. But there are too models crammed on one base here xD (his squid is actually chained to him)!

YourIntestines wrote:Deff Skull Grukk?

I'm not usually a fan of the bullgryn masks, but it looks really good on the central ogryn. See if you can sculpt it to blend into the head!

Would you mind giving me a size comparison between an ogryn hand and an ork nob hand?

Yep he rallied a Death Skulls Ork band. Da boyz insisted on him to wear some blue, otherwise he wudn't be so lucky as da oddur boyz!

I actually love those masks haha. I was going to give that third ogryn a mask too, but that would've been a bit too much methinks.

Sure, I'll make a comparison for you this evening when I'll be back from work.

Can never have too many masks lol specially nice to have them in case people set up certain conditions in matches (as I myself love creating Environment based conditions as may try in future).

But they look really good so far and they'll look even greater painted

I really like what you have done with the bare-chested ogryn model. Enough that I will probably go with them instead of my more extravagant plans. I will need to get an extra bare chest from ebay, but that should be easy enough.

Few comments about your auxilia list - for the cheapo conscripts, don't forget the army list has a 1+ requirement for a unit of 20 auxilia models.

Also, the marauder unit only has an option for two brutes, and all of the models in the unit must have the same options from Murder Cultists/Hereteks/Stalkers.

Thanks for the comment Fifty!

My auxilia and marauder list does indeed not match up with the list in the Badab campaign books, but I'm not using these guys as a gaming army, more a conversion/ painting project. So I allowed myself some freedom when setting up the lists

Those Ogryns/Bullgryns look great. I've got to pick up some myself sometime, but the cost has kept me at bay for now. Perhaps if I spot some cheap on eBay or WAU at some stage.

Makes me want to get back up my conversion project of making a squad leader for Ogryn groups and maybe in custom matches or in friendly matches (if people were all right with it that were in the matches themselves) as an HQ unit and that was creating a Ogryn based from a mix of the old and new version of Bane.

 Azazelx wrote:
Those Ogryns/Bullgryns look great. I've got to pick up some myself sometime, but the cost has kept me at bay for now. Perhaps if I spot some cheap on eBay or WAU at some stage.

It's a great kit! I can really recommend it as it's pretty diverse. If you pick it up cheap on eBay it's an even better deal.

YourIntestines Here are your size comparison between a ogryn and a nob hand:



+++Astral Claws Update

Alright guys a little update. I've worked on some ideas I had for the Tyrant's Legion; IG's with black armour and urban grey clothing in combination with a blue shoulder pad sporting the Tyrant Legion heraldry. Now, I've bought some snap fit Cadian troopers to be my lab rats *cough* test models and roughly painted them. And I'm not sure which shoulder pad design is the best for these guys. Perhaps you, my fellow Dakkanauts can help me out.

The first one has a dark grey shoulder pad, the second entirely blue and the third is more of a thick blue stripe with heraldry.


Individual shots:






I've had to free hand that darn symbol, so please ignore that crappy black and white "blob" It was my first time that I did any symbols free hand but Mengels awesome tutorial helped me a lot! (the one on the grey shoulder pad was my first attempt but it got only worse later on )

So, which one do you guys like best? Let me know and if you have some suggestions, go ahead!

Oh god they are taking form :O them Auxilia are looking good so far I'd never try free handing a symbol as I know it would look horrific If I did it x)

Which one of the three shoulder pads do you like the most? I can't decide between the first and the second one

That is tough to choose as they both look equally good but I'd have to choose the second one.

Thanks! Now, I really have to get that transfer sheet from Forge World with Tyrant's Legion heraldry. I'm so not doing all those shoulder pads free hand