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Fantastic work Guardling!

Nice work Guardling.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks guys!

Did some hobby, yay!
First up found my missing Rescue Team head and got it on a body:

Green stuff straps for the air cylinder on his back are currently curing...

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Finished a few more of the wierd scale dudes using what I assume are Bolt Action minis from OSJCs bits:

Again Frostgrave arms, 1/35 weapons and Necromunda heads:

There was a lot of frustration involved in getting the weapons in hands but I'm happy with the results.

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Some first bits coming for the Beorht system, specifically Beorht Delta (haven't settled on a neam yet).

So some fluff;
The Beorht System is located in the Nephilim sector, Ultima Segmentation and has two habitable planets, Delta and Epsilon.
The date is about 765.M41
Most of the action takes place on Delta where approximately 20 years ago after some Mechanicus shenanigans, some massive Blackstone Obelisks erupted from the ground.
This is where I basically go full S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Some bases to get an idea on how the terrian is going to look:

Aiming for a moorland look from (poor) memory, mostly mud with tufts of grass and the occasional bit of lichen dipped in Dirty Down moss.

Also based on Beorht Delta is a Trash Wastes Bandit:


He comes from an idea I had after painting the FW Relic Trader to use rubbish bags as clothing. My least favourite Ash Wastes Nomad was volunteered for conversion.
I think the others may follow...

Lastly for this week, I bought some bits that I plan to use for the Beorht PDF:

I'm thinking Krieger legs/torsos and Cadian heads and arms. Probably going to cover up the Krieg filter boxes with pouches to get an old soviet vibe.

You've no idea how pleasing it is to see so much over that job lot being used so passionately and thoroughly!

The Beorht PDF is something I'm eagerly awaiting to see. The mix of parts will be most interesting to see. I've only seen krieg arms on cadian bodies, not t'other way round but it's a logical step that should produce truly striking effect! Id suggest using the incursor/infiltrator leg pockets for the chest if I were you. If you gently slice off the two smallest ones (save them for belts and the like) and use the resultant pair on the chest and they'll make the job easier. Very thin. Curved and sleek but still chunky enough on guard without looking absurd. Just my twopennith, you know by now hoc OCD I am about pockets, lol!

Cool Bandit and conversions. It’s often frustrating to get disparate bits to fit nicely, but super satisfying when they do! Looking forward to the PDF Kriedians

OJSClatchford: No problem on the bits, I'm surpring myself sometimes...
Thanks for the suggestion for the pouches, but I don't have much interest in Space Marines so the sprues I have are hidden in the bottom of a not so easy to access box...
Gobert: Thanks, it was indeed super satisfying when I got them to a good point.

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Hi all, Meant to post last week but this just means I have more to post...

It's pretty much all Beorht stuff at the moment, still can't come up with a good name for Beorht Delta, most of my naming at the moment are coming from Old English words and I'm leaning towards Onginnan (to begin) or Acennan (to give birth).
Beorht Epsilon is provisionally Sweostor (Sister).

Anyways, put together some Kriedians:




The pouches went quite smoothly, I found some that I liked glued them together in a trio and then made a Blue Stuff mold of it:

(I used the pouches in the right, no idea where they're from, they had cylinders next to them, I'm sure OSJC will know )
This I then filled with sprue goo and let dry, less is more it seems. This gave me a thin shell that was easy to trim down to the right size. I also did some pouches with GS and Miliput as a test

First issue I had was that there weren't enough Kantrael style lasguns in the box, so I have to put some special weapons in for now or wait until I grab another nucadian box...
It seemed appropriate to use the krieg sniper rifle as it looks more bolt action and I added a GSC shotgun as well:



The next issue was the heads not being compatible at all. I solved this with filing the top smooth, reducing the height of the collars in the process, and the drilling a 5mm neck hole. This was then cleaned up with a knife:

Then the neck of the cadian head was trimmed to fit. A bit of sprue goo in the neck hole helped fill the gaps:


Another problem was the back of the Krieger torso, I didn't want to use the backpacks as these guys are supposed to be on base so "might as well take dope and beer instead."
This left a gap that I have since filled with a Miliput/GS mix.

At some point, I will make some GS up to finish the webbing straps.
I am currently putting that off as I type...

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Also for Beorht, I started on some of the Noble class:

Commodore Saehulf (Left) and Lord General Field Marshall Hereward (Right).


Commodore Saehulf, Commander of Fleet Beorht. Responsible for four picket ships and 2 troop carriers as well associated landing craft and voidsmen. His orders come primarily from Battlefleet Nephilim which, despite being a cousin of the governor, he takes great delight in reminding the govening body when conflicts of interest arise.
He does however regularly favour his home system in secret...


Lord General Field Marshall Hereward, commander of the PDF.
A vain and corrupt man who is close friends with the governor. Regularly underfunds and sells off PDF assets. The Departmento Exacta sends an agent to monitor his activities during the tithe.
He views himself as the pinicle of armed warfare and hates the fact that the Psyker Deupavor has more military experience than him and so he ensures that he personally executes enemies of the state in an attempt to inflate his kill count.

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Lastly some more Trash Wastes Bandits:




The Heavy started out as an exoskeleton suit for Hereward before I decided to try and keep the nobles dressed as if they're going to a party.