Enter the Underhive; Back from the dead! (and other imperial distractions)

[G.Hawke]

The Gang;

I'm building a scavvy list, i haven't yet developed some fluff for them, but what i do have is this;


The pieces;
1 box of ghouls
1 box of empire flaggents
2x plastic nurgle chaos lords
1x avatar of war marauder lord
20x scenic bases

Scavvy boss
autopistol, claw, sword
162creds

1 Scalies
Scattercannon
200creds

Scavvies
Stubgun, maul
33 creds

Scavvies
2x Stubgun, two heads, maul
66 creds

Scavvies
Autopistol, maul
27 creds

Scavvies
Autopistol, maul, tox bomb
57 creds

Scavvies
Autopistol, club, frag grenade
67 creds

Scavvies
Claw (double cost), massive axe, maul
50creds

Scavvies
maul, tentacle
45creds

Scavvies
Stubgun, maul
38creds

Scavvies
Stubgun, maul
42creds

Total creds;787
Total models; 11
Total mutations; 3

Everything has now been ordered... so its just a question of waiting for the postman. With my vampire counts 1k force complete and won 3rd place at a tournie this saturday. i'm safe for any commitments i have, and my iron warriors have about 1500pts worth to paint so i don't need to worry much about them this month.

And now the first model of this group, he's base coated white and thus far he's the only one to arrive, but here is my gang leader;



He's based on avatars of war's Marauder lord, i must say i was shocked by the scale of him. I've adjusted his sword to the other hand, using GS to create a tencle/claw thing (since it's in my gang list) and a laspistol as i couldnt find anything in my box that wasn't an ork/bolt gun. I'll be taking my time trying to hit a new level of painting, since i've only got 11 mini's to do for this force at first and at least two weeks till my first game. Those two wolves are going to be part of a space wolf force that'll be built in this blog as well during the next few... well, moths. i've committed to a 3 company (1 grand company) strong iron warrior force, and i'll be damned if i don't complete it.

-hawke

[Hadriel Caine]

Love that model. Love Necromunda. Love Hawke? Yeah I'll be watching.

[Catferret]

I was recently shocked by the size of that model too. It's a nice model but scary big.

Autopistols can be converted fairly easily from marine bolt pistols. Cut off the muzzle and put a short bit of rod in it's place then reattach the muzzle. Cut away the bottom parts including the magazine and glue it to the model's hand about midway. Narrow strip of plasticard glued beneath the hand for a magazine and you have a MAC10 smg sorta thing. Can't remember the name of the guy on Eastern Fringe who did the tutorial but all credit to him anyway!

[No-One]

definitely will be watching this

[G.Hawke]

Love that model. Love Necromunda. Love Hawke? Yeah I'll be watching.

haha! thanks man

I was recently shocked by the size of that model too. It's a nice model but scary big.

Autopistols can be converted fairly easily from marine bolt pistols. Cut off the muzzle and put a short bit of rod in it's place then reattach the muzzle. Cut away the bottom parts including the magazine and glue it to the model's hand about midway. Narrow strip of plasticard glued beneath the hand for a magazine and you have a MAC10 smg sorta thing. Can't remember the name of the guy on Eastern Fringe who did the tutorial but all credit to him anyway!

If you can find me a link, i will name a ganger after you!

definitely will be watching this

i hope i can make it worth the watch...

Ok photo time; now my first attempt at this guy looked horrible. So much so i decided to strip it. Here's the photo's of Gangleader the brown;




I've now adjusted the scheme, i'm taking it via colours from the artwork at the top of the thread, dark blues, greens, touches of red and brown. There's a lot of work left in this so don't judge it to harshly. Opinions welcome though.




As per the norm, all opinion, comments and advice welcome, paticularly in terms of weapon conversions.

-hawke

[No-One]

Personally I think the helmet looks better than the bearded head, but both look great

As for the color-choices, i'd definitely through something in there to make them pop a little, right now it looks a little mono-toned or washed out slightly.

[Catferret]

Eastern Fringe appears to be having issues just now, but I did find the pics saved in the murky depths of my PC. Wish I could remember the name of the guy so I could credit him properly.



For other weapon conversions, a Cadian lasgun, Catachan lasgun and a marine boltgun can be chopped up and reglued to give you a shotgun and autogun with very little effort. Couple of my own below. Hope you don't mind me cluttering your thread with pictures.



Cadian lasguns work better for shotguns as they have a bit more bulk. Remove the scope bit, barrel (leave about 1mm or so) and the powerpack. Cut out a chunk of the casing so you can fit in the handgrip from a bolter. Bit of plasticard and it's done.

AK style autoguns are easy to do with Catachan lasguns. Replace the powerpack with the bolter magazine. Cut off the barrel and support then flip them upside down. Trim off the las muzzle and replace it with one from a bolter. Job's a good 'un.

[No-One]

here you go Hawk: http://forums.tauonline.org/conversi...-tutorial.html

[Red Skullz]

Can anyone make an app that manages to follow G`s plog making?



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[G.Hawke]

It's time for a long overdue update. I've put together my first few gangers, they are still WIP, but i quite like them atm.



There's two of the scallies, One complete with stubber/scattercannon and the other is WIP. At he moment i really love the mini totempole mutant on his back..

I've also got some new bits from a trade for some of my old orks. 3 Tanks for my space wolves, the speeders i've magnetised so i can strap heavy bolters on to. the idea of 6 heavy bolter skimmers makes me happy so now i just have to find one more.





-hawke

[G.Hawke]

So as some of you may remember around about 5 months ago i started building up a space wolves force, i haven't got very far yet, but with an upcoming combat patrol tournie it has given me a great excuse to make a crack at it.

So what's involved; well i'm trying out alot of new techniques to up my game, including changing my painting technique from my trademark blache grim grit and dirt to something a touch more elegant. I've been using the new GW paints, and they've impressed me so far. With two greys and black i've managed to get this, and please note i haven't gotten very far in the technique, but i'm really happy with the bare bones;







I've ordered alot of nice kit to make this a combined retro looking force, with all kinds of era's of design, even a classic razorback turret and a puppetswar one (which i decided to get because thanks to greece the £ is worth a lot more than a few weeks back... Necron fans, watch this space, after 7 months i'm about to do my first 3 models). Hopefully i can get a really nice force going, at 400 points and 19 models it should give me plenty of time before the july deadline for my force to be done. As you can imagine, i've chosen the wolflord Engir Krakendoom since he's fluff fits my style of playing (fast assault via rhino's) rather than the overplayed ragnar drop pod armies or the wolf heavy harald armies.

Anywho's, updates some time soon i hope.

-hawke

[G.Hawke]

Hey guys, quick update.

Since i've not had much chance to progress my wolves, i've decided to try raise some funds. I painted this about 3 months ago, and whilst i really like it, i figure i'll be able to sell it for enough for at least one of the two infantry sets i need.







It's currently on ebay, starting price £20 link

thanks for viewing, i'll be returning with updates during the next two to four days

-hawke