Here are some pics of my genestealer cult army, it uses the imperial guard codex
I used Skaven plague monks as the base figures
The first job to do was to make them a bit taller so this is how I went about that, not sure if this is the best way to go about it so if anyone has any suggestions on what might work better I'd appreciate the input.
I basically just cut off a part of the sprue and trimmed any parts of the feet that stick out from below the robes
Next I started to sculpt the robes now my green stuff skill is pretty much non existent as this is only the second time I've ever tried using the stuff, so C&C is welcome along with any help people can give me with this, here's what I have so far
Front
Back
I'm gonna file down some of the areas where it doesn't look to smooth.
Next I filled in the area where the original head went and made a new area to mount the new heads the heads I've used are Pig Iron's KOLONY FERAL HEADS
Front
Back
Side
And here's a few more of the little fellas
Again I know I have a fair bit of tidying up to do on these but for now I hope you enjoy them
I'm going to change the colour of the sergeants mask at some point but not sure what colour to go for atm so any suggestions will be greatly appreciated
Very nice models you have there, dude. I particularly like th use of Plague Monks as a base for the robed models, very ingenious use of Skaven parts.
+Rep.
I am soooo impressed. To tackle a project like this without much prior gs experience id a big call. The thing is you have produced a damn fine force. These guys look fantastic. I am a big fan of aberrant or heavily customised forces. Fine work indeed.
Rep for the effort and the fine result.
I like these guys. +rep
I like the contrast between the brown cloth and their grey bases. Are they loyalists? I would imagine not but I still see Imperial insignia. I really dig the reload A/C you got goin'.
No their far from loyalist, I've left the loyalist insignia on on purpose. As a Genestealer cult they need to remain covert and undercover to some degree and take the system down from the inside
I have some new bit's and pieces hot of the press as they say, 1st up are my Brood Comrades, in game terms they count as Veterans to represent the higher level of training over the Brood Brothers, as mentioned they still bare there Imperial Insignia but they have covered their faces to remain anonymous within the cult
Sergent
Shotgun Vets
Not sure on this guy atm will probably get him painted and see how it comes out can always swap the head if it looks to poor
Melta Vets
On top of this motley crew I have made the cults interpretation of Guardsman Marbo
Last but not least I have entered the Heresy Online modeling competition with this fella, my dark commissar.
Voting kicks of on the 1st of April any votes will be much appreciated
You might want to look at picking up some fine grit (1200+) wet/dry paper to sand down the joins where two areas of GS meet or where GW meets figure - at the moment the bumps and lines detract a bit from the overall finish.
Otherwise, it's always great to see more Genestealer cult's! Working on my own magus conversion at the moment.
I'm thinking I'll use the baby blue/grey colour for the genestealer hybrids, possibly with some kind of yellow stripe to break up the colour a bit. I am however at a bit of a loss with the Veterans atm, might have to find an imperial guard online army painter thingy, I'm tempted to try and do an urban camo as their technically a PDF force but think it may be a bit beyond my skills
Really I'm trying to avoid using the purple and blue colours of the old cult, I'm thinking I'll do something different ie I'm gonna use blue and purple but a much much paler version of the colours
Have taken note of this and started doing a few of the guys, unfortunately I don't have drills small enough to do the pig iron guns, and I doubt I will be able to do the vets shotguns for the same reason :no:
Anyway here's another update, got a game today so thought I'd give a Manticore a try, only problem is I needed to build it 1st
Here's what I've come up with,
The turret is made from the Aegis Defence Line and the rockets attach to parts from a chaos havoc launcher. I've had to use a bit of cardstock for the top until my plasticard turns up, also I need to get a new Chimera so it's not mounted on the chassis yet just sitting on top to show how it will look. The missiles are magnetized so they can be removed as they are fired
+Rep for anyone who can tell me what the rockets are made from, please note I still need to attach the stabilizing fins and again will do this when my plasticard turns up
I'm gonna start hammering at the painting on this soon, played a few games last nite and all the modeling effort is for nothing as it just looks weak with an unpainted army on the table, for the record I was pretty impressed with how the manticore performed played 2 games vs ork's. 2nd game it took out an ork battle wagon in the 1st turn with a on target rocket and was pretty dam effective against the troops throughout the 2 games. All in all a very succesfull display by the cult winning both games by turn 4, if I'm honest though my dice rolling was a big part of the wins as I was rolling particularly well throughout and both my opponents quite the opposite
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