Hello everyone!! It has been a super long time since I posted. The Army has sat for a while and I haven't had a game in nearly two years. But like every good hobby, 40K has come back full circle and I am wanting to work on my Praetorians again. Just to get the juices flowing I started with a few conversions.
The first is my final decision for Plasma Gunner which I never posted after I reached out for opinions. Unfortunately there are no WIP pics but you should be able to figure it out from the primed model. It's base is a flamer model. I trimmed the nozzel and just above the left hand, keeping the grip. Then I trimmed a plasma pistol and it slotted in place very nicely.
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Plasma Gunner converted from Flamer. It is a really good fit and should look nice painted up. |
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Rear view. These are part of my Veteran Squads and have backpacks from Victoria Lamb. |
Next are my snipers. This was a super easy conversion. I just snipped the barrel off the gun in front of the left hand and just below the sight. I snipped a ten-penny nail to a lenght I thought was aesthetically pleasing and just glued it on. It is a little fragile but I am hoping after painting and varnishing it will hold pretty well.
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I like that the head of the nail gives it a muzzle. |
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These will be painted in the same green with red trim as my Ratling Snipers |
The last conversions are some Regimental Standard Bearers. The traditional standard bearer is good and he will be carry the Emperor's Colors, but his pose is too static and I didn't want a bunch of them in my army. I used the following figures because they were more dynamic. For the model on the right I clipped the right hands of the old standard bearer and the new model and just glued it on. For the one on the left I just trimmed the top and bottom off the banner and glued it to the fist of the model. These will be my "Company Standard" Bearers.
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Company Standard Bearers |
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The enemy will never see them from this angle! |
And last but not least is a photo of my new army. They say go big or go home. This is a 2000 point all infantry army. As you can see only about 1/3 of it is painted. It is a little bit of a daunting task, but I think it will look awesome when complete. Feel free to give comments and suggestions. Here's to new blogs.... Cheers.
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Some of the Emperor's Finest Footsloggers!! |