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2014/10/22 04:53:04
Subject: WIP - Combat Servitors (count as nurgle spawn/thallax) - lots of pics
I've wanted spawn for a while now, as you may or may not know I sometimes play count as chaos with my deathwatch army, primarily nurgle. Ever since having to face nurgle spawn I've developed a love hate relationship with them. They're fantastic on the tabletop and I simply need a unit of them. As I play my deathwatch count as nurgle, the alien hunting side of the ordos xenos tends to favour using a xenos weaponry and I view these as the personal project of an inquisitor with some admech help. As for "how are those nurgle spawn?" well they're about the same dimension wise, they're based on 40mm bases, they look like they could move rapidly and warriors are 3 wounds so it sorta makes sense.
On the thallax side of things, the weapon mounted on their back would be the lightning gun. Still waiting on fw to update 30k for 7th ed.
The plan is to paint them so that they match my ordos xenos combat servitor (count as forgefiend)
Do you play 30k? It'd be a lot cooler if you did.
2014/10/24 07:33:07
Subject: Re:WIP - Combat Servitors (count as nurgle spawn/thallax) - lots of pics
I still have to shave some mould lines but a few I wanna keep to give the carapace a scarred look like it's been cut into and re-attached after modification.
I've added more wires/pipes. I capped off the back of the lightning guns. I added a bit to the heads, added secondary optics. Help explain the djinn sight rule. I added a pipe going into their mouths on the other side of their faces. I view it as a feeding tube as well as a delivery system of pheramones or something to control their disposition when not under remote operation.
The legs I wanted to leave pretty bare. I view metal things as enhancing their ability to leap. I've added some purity seals just to help with grim dark, you know. I view their one bionic arm as an electric prod and the other a plasma cutter.
The basic fluff idea for these guys is basically a secret ordos xenos berzerker servitor project. Some inquisitor gets his jolles using xenos as weapons against other xenos. So in the context of 30k, they're just like thallax, tough and mobile and armed with a lightning gun. In the context of running them as spawn, well, they look like they could move fast. The toughness and wound count work and most importantly when it comes to count as, they're on the right base and they're the same size or slightly larger than what the model they're representing.
Do you play 30k? It'd be a lot cooler if you did.
2014/10/25 05:46:57
Subject: WIP - Combat Servitors (count as nurgle spawn/thallax) - lots of pics
LOV'EM! Really the blue jars work so well! great paint job and color scheme. Those will be so much fun to deploy and see the look on your opponents face... Muahahaha
If I'm honest the inspiration came from the old avp video game when weyland yutani had a program where they weaponized the aliens as cyborgs. Thanks for kind words gents
Do you play 30k? It'd be a lot cooler if you did.
2014/11/05 20:32:39
Subject: Re:WIP - Combat Servitors (count as nurgle spawn/thallax) - lots of pics
4000+ points with elements from the 1st, 2nd and 10th company. 
