Mordheim Vampire Hunters NPCs: Diedrich's Men

So I thought I was done with  Diedrich's Men, however I read the revised version of the vampire hunters rules... In the revised rules the players may find more of the routed soldiers in the surrounding areas with the best odds being more spearmen but also they could find crossbow men, swordsmen and greatswords (surprised no halberdiers actually as they are a staple in most Empire armies).

So I thought why not make enough Ostermark soldiers that they could be used as a human merc warband in other games, so I set about building 2 crossbow men. I couldn't find my kneeling cadian legs anywhere but I was kindly donated a couple from Frothers unite members D70 (beware should you check out the froth forum that it comes with a 15+ rating).

So with all the parts in hand I set about producing some Crossbow guys, I have run out for the time being of the eagle torsos that I used on the spear men, but I figured that they might well be a unit marking rather than an army marking and the crossbow guys are likely to be less well armoured anyway.

These guys are primarily done in the same way as the southlander marksmen, just with different heads, quivers and legs.

Parts list:
GW Cadian kneeling legs
GW Empire militia torsos (and the head without the feather).
GW Empire huntsman / archers head
GW Empire state troop arms
GW High elf quivers (one not yet glued on, I shaved off the hearts))

They still need plenty of GW work and some accessorising to finish.

Pain scheme wish they will be the same colours as the spear men, but their leather armour will be black.

Anyway that's all for now.

Inspirations: Proxy 40k armies part 2

So last month I did a little post on a forum member by the username of "Uber kroot"... but I found so much by Uber kroot that I couldn't fit it all into one post.... so now I have the continuation of some more proxy 40k armies :).

A Hrud army (LINK)

Almost look like they should be selling droids in a desert somewhere

The paint job certainly takes them away from the Jawa look

Can't beat a bit of steampunk...

OMG there's soooo many of them!!

Tanks too :)

But we aren't done yet....

K'Nib Army (link)

Initial concept

Weapon concepts

Production line

Spiders with... guns?

Spiders with goggles??!?!?!

Trust an Australian.....

I love these guys....

Holy crap!!

Ah warhammer quest had the cutest spiders...

A duel to the death

Wait now the spiders have night vision goggles and missile launchers.... AAAAAAAAHH

This picture reminds me of Dune.....

Such a brilliant idea....

Anyway that's all of Uber kroots threads that I could find, though there are some more random posts and other gems to be found should you go looking, I also didn't put up every picture from the threads so there is more to see should you follow the links.

I was suitable impressed when I first discovered these some years ago, I hope that some of these ideas could inspire you too :).

Have a good one.

Northlanders WIP

Below are a couple of guys i'm working on for my Northlanders, the empire huntsmen legs are really cool for these guys and give a better look to the figs than the militia legs i've used on the others.. unfortunately that means i'm now considering scrapping the existing conversions and starting again with all huntsmen legs... i'm sure it will pass...

These guys certainly appear more like the "Stark houseguard" that I had in mind when I started out on the Northlanders.

2 Marksmen, still a bit of GS work to be done but getting there....

PARTS LIST:
Empire hunstmen legs (the standing guy had to have the original torso removed).
2 militia torsos
Empire hunstmen arms (right arms may well not be though)
One cloak is from the hairy head sprue, I don't know where the other came from
The head is from a plastic saxon kit from I think Warlord games? (I bought a bag of heads of eBay).
And of course 30mm bases + Greenstuff

Also on my workbench (along with a bunch of other things) is this little guy, a pheasant, previously a kill from the huntsman kit, now resurrected to sit on a signpost. No idea who / what i'm going to put on the base yet though lol.

Base work for a model I haven't even thought of yet.... lol

Modheim: Deathcap (PiP) (Bloodcap Gnome Leader)

 
Still not decided about the hat at this point, in my head it had a skull stitching into it, but I might just leave it black (as my freehand skills are non-existent). Overall though I'm quite happy with the dour and grim look that he is bringing to the table, he certainly has the executioner look I was going for :).

I finally settled on an axe for his weapon because of the look I was going for (the axe head is from the OOP multipart chaos warriors BTW).

This guy marks the 8th gnome I have converted, I now have to get or model the mushroom men that will make up the rest of the warband (fill the position that hobgoblins would fill in a Chaos dwarf list), still looking at the Hasslefree mushroom men, but still not liking the impact that they will have on my wallet for what is the weaker part of the list :(, oh well perhaps i'll get a pay rise this year.... (lol - yeah right).

Anyway, I hope you like him, I do :).

Warmachine: Convergence of Cyriss (New faction announcement)

So, Privateer press announced a new faction as of yesterday (I think, different timezones confuse me lol)...
Images stolen from: http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/?p=74707

The Convergence of Cyriss, from what little I know about them these are guys that worship technology to the point of "uploading" their consciousness into them (A bit like Ad-Mech in 40k). They have some art Deco styling about them and also some look much like other ideas out in the sci-fi world (e.g. I see a bit of Star wars destroyer droids and the infantry do look a little necron like).

Pictures have been released of some of the initial releases and they look OK to me, I particularly like the heavy "Vectors" (their version of warjacks), I see some potential uses there for 15mm or sci-fi games and may well have to get one once they are out later this year.

Heavy Vector Close up

Light Vector

Presumably the battle box / starter set warcaster (it is confirmed that there will be a Cyriss starter)

Not so impressed with these guys, but they are nice enough

Anyway, I haven't played WM or Hordes for absolutely ages so their release doesn't really do much for me, however I look forward to possible new conversions coming our way using these guys :).