"Space Dwarfs, Halfling snipers and other things" Topic

Two more units for the second platoon; the command squad and second infantry squad :) :

The heavy weapon squad is now on the table and when that is finished, it will complete the second platoon :) .

I know I am late to the party….

First off, magnificent work, in all ways.

I was wondering, looking at your enginseer squad and one of your other squads, where did the tracked gun carriage part come from?

Thanks!

Cheers :) .

The little gun carriages came from Anvil Industry (scroll down the linked page):

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The final unit of second platoon is now finished; the heavy weapon squad:

Hopefully, there will be more to come next year :) …

Here's a pic of the completed units with command/sniper elements at the top and two platoons of troops:

I have the third platoon to paint (currently WIP), 4 Servitors to sculpt/paint and an Astropath to sculpt/paint and the army will be complete :) …

… Roll on 2024 so I can finally get this project finished :) (before I start the next one ;) :) ).

The start of the third platoon:

Just for information, the latest Kickstarter has been started; this time for the Engineseer, Thor, Air Advisor and Artillery Advisor (plus a big robot that I didn't sculpt):

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It's been a while… a bit of sculpting for other people has interrupted things… but here's a WIP for an Astropath:

All that needs to be finished is his staff/stave. Once this one is cast up, it will enable all of the advisors to join the army (advisors are now taken as a unit of Artillery/Airforce/Astropath models instead of being taken separately).

Then it's four servitors and that's it for the army :) …

All finished:

A Squat adventurer today:

A sad tale :( …

A jungle-themed lieutenant, today:

A female Astropath:

The latest jungle trooper, a comms specialist, is finished. The next one will be a trooper with a grenade launcher :) :

The next trooper is done… Poncho :) :

He Joins Dutch and Hawkins:

… and the next one on the cork is Blain :) .

Blain:

The roles of each of these will be:

Dutch – Militarum Platoon Commander.
Poncho – Command squad special weapon.
Hawkins – Command squad comms.
Mac – Command squad medic.
Dillon – Command squad veteran.
Billy – Sly Marbo.
Blain – Sgt Harker.

After a brief interlude, I'm back to sculpting the Jungle Dwarfs again :) . 

Dillon is on the left and Mac is on the right.

Dillon will be firing a pistol off to his right while supporting his lasgun with his left hand and Mac will be firing his lasgun from the hip.

Still a way to go but definitely getting there :) .

The previous sculpts are finiashed:

All together:

Just one more to go…

This is Billy. He's the last of the jungle fighting team:

This is his team with the enemy that they are hunting:

That is the end of this little project so I can now get back to my Space Dwarf Army again :) .

Unfortunately, I've run out of momentum with my scupting so I've started painting the second infantry squad for the third platoon :) :

That's the whole unit but only eight need painting because two are already painted. I've finished the base-coat and wash stages now (wash still wet in the following pic) and will start the final highlights later today :) :

It's nice to be back painting again :) .

Need some of these Dwarves on hand for a mining operation.

The finished squad:

@ Sargonarhes – maybe once I've finished this project, I will get a few "characters" finished :) …

The penultimate unit:

Just the command squad and a few "characters" to go now :) .

(NOTE – The guy, front left, now has the black parts of his ID disks painted ;) ).

Here's the last of the standard troop units for the army; the command squad for the third platoon:

… and this is the view of the army box (everything is painted :) ):

Now I just need the six miniatures to be created to complete the army… so I will be fettling until they are sorted :) .

A pair of conversions:

Artillery Advisor:

Airforce Advisor:

The new Advisors have now been finished:

Now I'm just waiting for some Astropaths to finish the two Advisor units :) .

I recently went to Salute 52, at the ExCel centre in London. I had a great time and have put a blog post together, to share my thoughts. Here's the post:

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There is also a hint at what direction the Servitor sculpts might take… so it may be worth a look :) .

I have got quite far with my servitor robot. The body just needs a few tiny details and then it'll be time to focus on the arms (normal, servo arm, plasma-cannon, heavy bolter and multi-melta):

It's getting there, though… which is good since it's the 5th or 6th attempt at a design for the Servitor robot…

I decided to get the army out and see where we're at :) :

Everything that I have, that is destined for the ORIGINAL army plan, is painted :) .

Here's the latest update on the Servitor. This one has a standard arm and a servo arm (POORLY stuck on with Blu-tack):

I am in the process of making the three heavy weapons that can replace the servo arm but they are little more than wire covered with a layer of putty at the moment.

I've just finished the second Engineseer for the army :) :

Just 8 Servitors and 2 Astropaths to go (when they are made :) ).

Here is the first of the heavy weapon arms for the Servitor; the Plasma Cannon:

The focus will now be on the Multi-Melta :) .

The Servitor and all its arms is now finished :) :

These will be sent off for casting once I have sculpted a rifle for another project (then everything will be sent off together :) ).

I have finally got some of the newer casts and have cleaned and primed the first three :) :

These are two Astropaths with a random adventurer, in between them :) .

I have also received the "Predator hunters", their enemy and the small diorama that I made (all in good numbers) so it shouldn't be too long before Chris does something for them on his site/through Kickstarter :) .

Two painted Astropaths, today:

Just 8 Servitors to go (when they arrive)…

This is the diorama I made a while back. I received some casts so was able to paint one up :) :

I have 20 copies, in resin, that I plan to sell as a limited release (with all proceeds going to the Royal British Legion charity) so I'll post more information when I'm ready to do so :) .

Another newly delivered cast; the Squat Adventurer :) :

I'm not sure what's coming next; while I wait for the Servitor to be delivered…

While I'm waiting for some Servitors to arrive, I thought I'd start work on an additional platoon of troops. These will be added to the army but won't be part of the planned display base; due to size restrictions. The platoon is unusual in the fact that it has three infantry squads, rather than the two in the other platoons. This platoon has flamers, auto-cannons and a heavy flamer. It consists of a command squad, three infantry squads and a heavy weapon squad… everything is converted and assembled, ready for paint, apart from the heavy weapon squad (as shown):

I'll be converting/assembling the heavy weapon squad next (assuming that no Servitors arrive any time soon) :) …