| R1ch4rd | 30 May 2015 2:31 a.m. PST |
Having a bit of a warhammer 40k 2nd edition reboot and I've just completed a crimson fists army, link Would love to hear your thoughts! |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 30 May 2015 3:57 a.m. PST |
Nice, I'll be interested to see how you do the chaos OPFOR. The battlesuit as dreadnought looks good aswell, fits in well. I went a bit mad with my not-SMurf project adding Rhinos and a scout squad. |
| Trojan Points | 30 May 2015 4:03 a.m. PST |
Great job! IMO, Khurasan Cane Toad would make a nice not-Rhino…
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| R1ch4rd | 30 May 2015 4:20 a.m. PST |
OPFOR??? What's that stand for? At the minute I'm looking to use critical mass figures,with some added spiky bitz for the Chaos troops! I'll check out that Cane Toad,cheers! |
| Trojan Points | 30 May 2015 4:44 a.m. PST |
OPFOR stands for "OPposing FORce"… [Pedant Mode On] An OPFOR is a military unit tasked with simulating the ennemy (tactics, procedures, equipment) for training purpose. So the CSM should NOT be called the OPFOR to the SM… A group of regular SM tasked to simulate CSM during an exercise could. [Pedant Mode Off] |
| erraticassassin | 30 May 2015 6:33 a.m. PST |
An alternative non-Rhino: link I think there was talk of a skulls/spikes accessory pack at some point as well, but can't find it at present. CP Models make some separate head packs for headswaps which might be useful for Chaos forces: link |
| BaldLea | 30 May 2015 8:23 a.m. PST |
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| 3AcresAndATau | 30 May 2015 8:39 a.m. PST |
Nice! I love those Ion Age guys for 15mm 40k, mine are Dark Angels. For a Rhino, I'd go with an M113 APC in the appropriate scale, the look is pretty darn close, and scale models can get reasonably cheap. |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 30 May 2015 9:54 a.m. PST |
I went for 1:76th plastic M113's for Rhinos and even they are a little small – according to fluff a Rhino is supposedly 6.6m x 4.5m x 3.6m (JB models 1:76th M113: 6.4cm x 3.6cm x 2.5cm) |
| erraticassassin | 30 May 2015 3:16 p.m. PST |
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| KJdidit | 30 May 2015 7:06 p.m. PST |
Rebel Minis' Titan APC (and a little plasticard) make great Rhino proxies, and their Earth Force APC makes a fairly decent (and lower-profiled) Predator: link |
| AVAMANGO | 31 May 2015 2:41 a.m. PST |
Hmmm how about these Type 563 IFV from Combat Wombat 3x $18 USD I think is a good deal, with some additional plasticard bits you could easily create a GW Rhino based vehicle.
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| Andrewdrexler | 31 May 2015 6:52 a.m. PST |
There are also several papercraft Rhinos offered for free download at various places. You could resize the templates and cut them out of plasticard for some fairly durable and accurate models. |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 01 Jun 2015 10:00 a.m. PST |
@Trojan Points You didn't know that the Horus Heresy was a SMurf training exercise that just got out of hand after an argument over squad deployment doctrines in the Codex Astartes? |
| infojunky | 01 Jun 2015 11:46 p.m. PST |
1/76th scale airfix M113s make great Rhinos. They are the right heft and size as the GW models… |
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