"A Squat project." Topic

So… today we have a complete Engineseer unit:

And I am currently working on a Beastman Primaris Psyker with a hint of Jedi about him. There is a small update on the blog too (a new magazine to read? Maybe):

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WIP Psyker:

The head obviously needs finishing… but then it's mostly detailing and tidying up the missed bits. He's going to get a holstered laspistol and his hooves will be in boots or will have spats on them. He'll also get the Tau powerpack on his back to power the refractor field. The head is going to be the classic goat style… if I can get it right :)

More progress (still WIP):

Horns and tidying things up now.

I think it's more or less finished:

In other news, I have decided to rearrange the platoons a bit so that each of the two main platoons have the same heavy weapons (Auto-Cannon for Plt 1 and Missile Launchers for Plt 2) so that means that the heavy wepaon teams in plt 2 are currently wrong (Auto-Cannon). I plan to remove them, add a third crew and make Plt 1's Heavy Weapon squad.

That will be a quick win (just 6 miniatures, rather than the whole of Plt 2) and will complete the Plt 1 part of the army (Cmd, 2x infantry Squad, Heavy Weapon Squad and attached Sentinel Sqn).

Then I will need to re-do the Heavy Weapon teams (5 of them) for Plt 2 to have Missile Launchers instead. It will be easier to get the loaders/gunners made together so that I can focus on their 'special nature'.

After a few comments I've received about things that could be better, I have updated the Beastman to have a bit of hair and a line down his top lip:

Hopefully, it looks a bit better :)

You do really nice work,hope you get as much enjoyment from fielding them in games as you appear to behaving, making them. They look great

Cheers :)

Here's the latest finished unit… a heavy weapon squad:

As ever, I am still plodding along with this project and have updated my blog with a few bits and bobs… here's a teaser (the first completed platoon – apart from vehicles):

For what's coming up and other stuff besides, pop along to my blog:

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Still ticking along… here is the finished command squad for the second platoon:

This week has been one of consolidation and badgers:

As usual, there is more information on my blog; here:

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Here's a badger on a new, shiny base (I didn't like the ones that came with the kit):

The bases are the NEW ones from GW but there's more info (including some Exo/Sentinel conversions) over at Inso's World:

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In a further, some might say heretical move, I have decided to add a unit of wyrdvane psykers to my Squat army so what better way to do it than to recycle something from yesteryear?

As a result, I had a sudden burst of inspiration and decided that Hrud would be cool additions to the army and I had something in mind so I went into my cupboard and pulled these out:

My frog-people! Now I know that the general thoughts on Hrud are that they were place-holders for space-rats but the picture in the Rogue Trader rule book didn't show a face, just a cloaked figure with a rat's tail… so that is what I have made :). I may add some pouches to them at some point but they are finished apart from that.

I hope you like them :)

No mushrooms… just the start of a badger rider:

As is usual, there is more information on my blog and this week, it has a guide to making my frog faces, the rough rider WIP and some finished Sentinels:

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… oh go on then… here's a mushroom :) :

The Rough Rider is getting there… Chuck just needs arms and the head of his lance made and he's good to go:

Another distraction…

So, another day and more Squat goodness arrives in the thread, this time… not for me… a commission.

Here's a teaser:

… and there is a whole squad of them here:

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It is nice to actually finish a commission (rather than being rubbish).

Nice work.

Cheers :)

While I was converting some gunners for my heavy weapon tractors (2nd platoon – and they are all done, waiting to dry :) ), I decided that I couldn't wait any longer so I started putting together a Bullgryn that is made from a Mantic Dreadball Orx model… here is the first test (WIP) with a Hasslefree human and an older version of a GW Ogryn:

I had hoped to be a bit further along with these… but here are five finished gunners with five assembled missile launchers:

The loaders are on the table and are still WIP… but will be finished this week (at some point).

All of the heavy weapon teams for the second platoon are now finished:

I've already got the remaining troops out for the first squad so things will hopefully move quite quickly :)

Well, the army is still ticking along and one of the missile teams now has a full infantry squad to join… this being the first infantry squad of the second platoon:

There is more information on my blog too:

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The last of the standard infantry squads for the second platoon is now finished :) :

I have started work on the army command HQ now… once they are finished I may start painting a few :)

In other news, I have started to build the first vehicle:

For more information (especially the reason behind changing from hovercraft vehicles), platoon pictures and other stuff, pop along to Inso's World:

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The APC is ticking along…

There is more stuff on my blog… including my first attempt at casting and a rather unexpected appearance by, of all things, an ORK :o :

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I have started work on the command squad but haven't got very far:

There is more information (and the big reason why progress has been slow) over at Inso's World:

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So… I went and bought a box of Skitarii and have been thinking a lot about what I need to do with them… and have got this far:

I have put a big lump of text on my blog to go with this so if you want to get a bit of background on this rather impromptu diversion, follow the link:

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In another, classic, change of direction, I have been building and converting Exo troopers. These are the most recent ones:

They complete the ten man Exo squad and all of the information and extra pix can be seen here:

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Hopefully, if circumstances improve, I will get some work done on the army command squad… I need to get that finished!!!

So another drought has passed… and I have a nice picture of another finished unit; the second Squadron of armoured Sentinels:

There is more info on my blog:

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I have finally started to get some work done on the command squad:

Still lots to go but there are a few little 'bumps' that I need to iron out with the unit before I will be able to finish them. I will be the first to admit that they aren't necessarily the best armed/equipped unit from a gaming perspective… but I don't game so it doesn't concern me too much.

As usual, I have added extra details and other things, in my weekly blog post:

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I have now finished the commander:

…and will be moving onto the next member of the squad soon. I have also been working on the second primaris psyker/Beastman Jedi and have been preping some miniatures for paint (amongst other things). There is more information and pictures on my blog here:

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Aaaand… that's it for now :)

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I love your work! Frikin Genius I tell ya… :D
I you ever decide you would like to commission someone to paint all that cool-ass stuff for you, drop me a line. I've got a few years under my belt painting 28mm stuff.(like 37 years)
I never considered GWs squats, but these are great and look really cool to paint.

So I saw some female head sprues over at Statuesque miniatures ( statuesqueminiatures.co.uk ) and thought that they would look good on a few Squats… so I bought some and fitted one on a Squat body. Initially they were slightly small but I padded out the cheeks and this is what I came up with:

I will be putting together a unit of these and will use them as veterans. Most will have berets :) . I just need to decide on what special/heavy weapons to give them now.

This is the first painted 'official' member of the army to be painted :).

The next 5 WIP:

Not something I am proud of (using ACTUAL Lego for conversions…) but I have been mulling something over and it just wouldn't go away :) :

Everything has wheels and things are moving along :) :

The next stage…

I have been slaving over these APCs for most of the weekend and have got this far now:

There are more pix and some additional information over at my Blog:

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Bulked out rears:

I'm unable to carry on with these for now, until some parts arrive… so I've put some more information (as well as a scale pic) on my Blog:

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Thanks to Ainsty Castings, I now have five shiny new turrets for the vehicles and have started to integrate them into the vehicles:

There is more info on my blog:

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And in another odd turn of events… Captain Lysander :) :

Of course there is more stuff in my Blog about it:

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Mole mortars…..you need em.

Have about 50 of the little guys myself 2 tarantulas, a mole mortar or two, and 3 attack trikes. Even some old exo armor ones and a ancestor lord.

I am collecting these using the Astra Militarum and Space Marine codexes and neither of those have Mole Mortars so I won't be adding them.

I have always like the troops but there were aspects of the Squats that I really didn't get on with… easy-rider bikes/trikes was one of those negative things… so I decided early on that I would use a different list for them :)

So… it would appear that I am back to sculpting again. I have already finished the army commander (as I have shown previously):

But I now have a Standard Bearer:

and a Sniper to join him:

Next up will be a Comms specialist… but in the meantime, here is something I am working on for a friend:

There are 4 more planned and I am part way through the first one, a running Squat.

And FINALLY (WHEW!) the army command squad is finished… first the Medic and Comms:

Followed by the full squad:

I guess I should really start painting some now… but my sculpting mojo has kicked in again and I quite fancy finishing off this Psyker now:

I thought I'd write a tiny bit of fiction to go with my army. It just explains why certain aspects of the army are like they are… anyway… here it is:

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It also gives a little bit of a precursor to what my veteran Tyranid hunters will look like :) .

And to finish off for the moment… A blog post to go with a massive army pic and a bit of information about what stage the army is at: link

A short story about a Squat who made it through the Tyranid invasion:

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