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FOR THE NEW PEOPLE PLEAS READ THROUGH MOST OF THE THREAD STILL PLEASE ALL I HAVE DONE IS CHANGE THE THEME AND FLUFF



Hey dakka long time no thread! so as you may have seen in my title this is an IG army blog, and i cant take all the credit for the idea endtransmition with his blog http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/251332.page gave me alot of insperation.

so anyways to the meat of the projecti dont have a camra but here is i stetch of the basic minner


this guy is most likly to be a rank and file c&c welcom

Very nice picture. Though the head is disproportionate to the body, and the feet could be drawn better

Seems like a good idea. Can't wait to see the models. Kind of looks like SM torso/arms mixed with IG legs though..

Tazay wrote:Very nice picture. Though the head is disproportionate to the body, and the feet could be drawn better

yea im not the best artist and im not tring to be, who knew feet could be a pain in the to draw

Every single mini with a gasmask is a win for me...

And your drawing standard is nothing to be ashamed of, trust me!!

bigmek35 wrote:

Tazay wrote:Very nice picture. Though the head is disproportionate to the body, and the feet could be drawn better

yea im not the best artist and im not tring to be, who knew feet could be a pain in the to draw

Lol I know, bare feet are the worse >< Too many toes. You did better than me, my concept art is stick figures with stick guns >.> xP

Hey thanks Yggdrasil

so the army will be a mix of catachans and some SM bits with others thrown in


before im off one last pic

You'll wanna take a look at the wargames factory infantry squad coming out. The would really fit in with your theme here.

It'll be interesting to see how you develop the miner theme. I'm sure there will be things I steal in the long run

alexwars1 wrote:You'll wanna take a look at the wargames factory infantry squad coming out. The would really fit in with your theme here.

Do you have a link ? already seems nice!

endtransmission wrote:It'll be interesting to see how you develop the miner theme. I'm sure there will be things I steal in the long run

Realy? it would be a honour if you took som of my ideas

updates (not one of modles though) well be here soon guys

http://wargamesfactory.com/wargames-factory-store/shock-troops-sci-fi-greatcoat-troopers
Here.

AHA those guys!

uea i might convert a few, though they are a bit two "rank and file" look for my army thanks though

Hey guys so we all know that Xmas is coming up so only big purcaes for me would be for the bigday.

saying that no picture updates till xmas arives

but i do have drawings 8D

(ill update later today, schools a )

i will also like to see how this miner idea roles out

LOLFEST ONLINE! THIS IS THE ACPOCOLIPS!

haha lolz aside i wont have pics till tomaro @ least

edit: HERE HAVE A REFRNCE TO KEEP ME ALIVE

Are you going to build something like this? What will it be, a Leman Russ?

hey um yea its just gona be made terrien, thought it will look cool for concepts

tomaros last day of school before winter break and theres a ecxcavator by me school so pics soon!


Hey guys i have some more revrences as a little tearsaer

Ok guys i need some help, how can i make a leamon russ (heh leamon) look in an minner army, I AM OPEN TO ONE AND ALL

Two things to consider. First, will your force be using Russes built on-world or will they be using standard pattern russes from a narby forgeworld? Secondly will the Russes be designed for surface warfare or will thy be modified for use in super-huge mining tunnels to defend the resources?

The easiest method would to be use standard Russ models counting them as elements of an off-world armoured regiment bing attached to your infantry for a while. The ahrdest method would be to modify something up to look like its an indigenous pattern tank for tunnel fighting with super-heavy front armour and potentially drills or dozer blades for getting through rubble.

You could convert a kind of heavy gun Termite (search warhammar 40K termite in Google pictures, the link I used doesn't want to work.). Also, I'd have a look at forge worlds siege regiment rules. They have rules for a unit called engineers which can take what is normally a piece of mining equipment.
Siege regiment army list

Flinty wrote:Two things to consider. First, will your force be using Russes built on-world or will they be using standard pattern russes from a narby forgeworld? Secondly will the Russes be designed for surface warfare or will thy be modified for use in super-huge mining tunnels to defend the resources?

hmm id have to say #2 sounds cooler

Flinty wrote:The easiest method would to be use standard Russ models counting them as elements of an off-world armoured regiment bing attached to your infantry for a while. The ahrdest method would be to modify something up to look like its an indigenous pattern tank for tunnel fighting with super-heavy front armour and potentially drills or dozer blades for getting through rubble.

thiers no fun in 'easy' so ill con vert some supterrianian pattern russes

wizard12 wrote:You could convert a kind of heavy gun Termite (search warhammar 40K termite in Google pictures, the link I used doesn't want to work.). Also, I'd have a look at forge worlds siege regiment rules. They have rules for a unit called engineers which can take what is normally a piece of mining equipment.
Siege regiment army list

hey yea these guys http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/k/kreig.pdf yea i tried them out but they dont realy work with my tatick though

Have you asked endtransmission about that? Maybe he has some ideas for "subterranazing" vehicles...

I don't have much experience with vehicle conversions, but I think you should start with a Leman Russ hull, with additional appendages that could represent mining tools, searchlights, etc...

hey good idea man, i real need to catch up with him now, i HATE the desine for the leamon russ so i might use a chimara hull to do the trick

I can definately recommend going that route

Normal tanks need buldozer blades to get through rubble. If you're trying to fight in a tunnel I can see some raised minimg drills being useful to help get you through holes that are a teeny bit smaller than they need to be

I would check out the FW Hades Breaching drill for inspiration and maybe the mining machines from Total Recall (seen here in wondrous Lego form)

Flinty wrote: maybe the mining machines from Total Recall

Wow, thanks Flinty, I couldn't recall (that was not intended) where I had those 'images in my mind' from!!

Schwarzie FTW!!!

yea thank for that recomondatuion




lisin and watch dis i know i know its snow white but dude MINNERS and i <3 rammenstien


god dammit i knew my music would kill this thread

slight update (no pics) but i have bought a lot of plasticard for myself for xmas, that and i have a idea of how ill make my counts as ogryns

*Bump

i need help on desining a creed standin, what kit should i use? how will he look? please guys dont let this thread die i cant run it if no one looks

Well, if you're good with green stuff, you could just start with a regular guard or officer body and go from there, gsing whatever you can't kitbash. Course, with my Creed-alike, I just went with Creed and gave him a different paint job. So, I dunno. Do whatever you feel is right?

Kaesar II

kk thanks man, ill use the standard cadian comand frame and go from there, if im luky ill scan some concepts!

edit: well i couldent find my scanner so here ogryn concepts



love child with



i think dis would look cool, c&c very apreciated

What, you mean... This?



That'd be nice!!! *Come on, Mr. Bubbles!*

As for the Ogryns, don't you think it would match the Recce Sentinel statlines better?

Regarding a mining Creed... I guess it'd be best to custom-build him, but his main ability is in leading men, so it's not easy to figure out.. His main visible feature is his armament, dual Hellpistol... That's you best bet!!!