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  1. 13 hours ago, Vakarian said:

    Trokair, those analogs make a lot of sense for the Kroot as Empire. That’ll be quite the project to see when it’s done! Make sure you share it. 

    If I do this then it probably will not be for a while as I’d like to at least build my Bretonnians, in part as spare parts from there, such as shields, swords etc will probably be useful for the Kroot.  However if I do do this then there will be a dedicated hobby tread down in the Painting and Modelling section.

    I have also been contemplating the eventual expansion to 2000p and a Krootified Steam Tank might look cool.

    I have a second hand Great Knarloc in need of some TLC, was thinking that could be a stand in for the really big (two headed?) griffon.

    Lots of options to play around with and plan, now if only there was a proper hound like unit for the Kroot hounds to be as the Militia count as is a bit meh...

     

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  2. 6 hours ago, Kronos said:

    What do people Think we’ll see next week if indeed the Dwarfs are next. I’ve heard Rumours of a King/Lord on Shield Bearers and a Lot of Murmurs about the Tank that was never released. I’d like to see the White Dwarf return with a table top worthy miniature (my biggest pet hate that he was always in fancy dress). Can’t wait to see the Dawi return. 

    A return of the kit from the starter box with the little pony drawn carriage, I alway liked the look as a bit of secenery or set piece.

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  3. I am not planning on doing a human Empire army, as I am already doing Bretonnians, and probably Exiles (or Naval themed using the Exiles or Vanilla with Empire allies) so will be able to incorporate a few Empire units I like the look of that way.

    However I may potentially be doing a count as Empire army, using the new Kroot as a base. I have done a number of Fantasy / AoS to 40k conversion projects and doing one in the other directions seems like fun. Kroot feel like the one that is most likely to fit into the Fantasy of AoS aesthetic/environment.  I did a bit of theorying/planning some years ago with Kroot as count as Woodelves, and at the time somebody suggested Empire as they were doing something similar at the time.

    Now with the new Kroot units I am once again tempted by the idea. Rough plan for 1k with the the count as kroot conversions I am considering currently is as follows, unspent points will go on magic items, banners and such once I actually have the book and can read up on things:

     

    Empire of Man Kroot [949 pts]

    General of the Empire [113 pts] Shaper on new mount
    (Hand weapon, Lance, Heavy armour, General, Barded Warhorse)

    Master Mage [110 pts] Shaper
    (Hand weapon, Level 2 Wizard, On foot, Dispel Scroll, Elementalism)

    Priest of Sigmar [66 pts] War Shaper
    (Hand weapon, Great weapon, Light armour, Shield, On foot)

    20 Veteran State Troops [175 pts] Kroot Carnivore
    (Hand weapons, Light armour, Shields, Sergeant, Standard bearer, Musician)

    10 State Missile Troops [98 pts] Kroot Carnivore
    (Hand weapons, Handguns, Light armour, Sergeant, Hochland long rifle)

    10 Free Company Militia [67 pts] Kroot Hounds with handler, maybe, open to suggestions for better fit for Kroot hounds 
    (Additional hand weapons, Militia leader)

    3 Demigryph Knights [195 pts] Rampagers 
    (Lances, Shields, Heavy armour, Demigryph Preceptor, Standard bearer, Musician)

    Great Cannon [125 pts] Krootox

     

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  4. 6 hours ago, Skreech Verminking said:

    Not quit yet finished but at least this was my progress for last night8020F747-EBA8-49FF-9A3F-F62B6EA5A61F.jpeg.1593637b10617d03b1c2452b1e7581a1.jpeg

    hopefully I’ll finish them today, kunda need them ready for tomorrows 500point path to glory campaign game

    Are those the new AoS Ard Boys?
    Looking good there all ranked up. 

  5. 11 hours ago, Gareth 🍄 said:

    Saw these photos on Facebook the other day, he's a lot smaller than the plastic giant but not too far off the older giant model which is returning to the range soon (likely on the 50mm base option for giants). Could put him on a tactical rock if you want to match the height of the older giant more closely but it's not a big difference IMO...

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    This is great, thanks. Not having seen the Crusher in real life it was hard to judge his size, though I had suspected he might to short for the giant as I do remember the plastic one being rather lanky and tall. Great to know that he is almost as tall as the old metal one, so if that one dose make a comeback then maybe with a little tactical terrainage I could include a Crusher just for the look.

    Failing that the suggestion as unit filler might be something to think about.

     

      

    9 hours ago, The Red King said:

    They make great minotaur.

    They do, I just don’t yet know how raking allies woks and if Warriors can take Beastman units, so was looking for units in the WoC list that they could fit as from a rules standpoint.  

  6. As my Bretonnian box and the books have not arrived yet I have been thinking about what to build as a second army, both so I can switch things up from time to time and to lend out for people to use if they want to try a game. I have a bunch mortal Chaos so Warriors it is I think.

    I have available:

    • The Christmas box (10 Warriors, 5 Chosen, 5 Knights, Lord on big mount, 3 Ogroid things)
    • Most of the Krone guys from AoS1 launch (5 Warriors, 10 light infantry, 1 Battle standard, 1 Lord with pet)  
    • Lord on Lizard thing from a while ago (or most of him I think, not too worried if I can’t find him/use him as I have the lord from the Christmas box)
    • Wharmammer + Sorcerer 

    I have on order with my local independent:

    • Vanguard Slave to Darkness (10 Warriors, 5 Knights, Lord on foot, chariot)
    • Box of Chosen (5 Chosen)

    Also considering Khagra's ravagers as a source of additional Hero characters / sorcerer

    Would a Fomoroid Crushers work as a giant or is he to small?

     

    So with the above models in mind I was thing something along the lines of the following in terms of unit composition/equipment.

    • 1 Lord on demonic mount to join the Knights
    • 1 Korne battle standard bearer (using the AoS1 guy) – join unit on foot that has mark of khorne
    • 1 chariot / hero on chariot (horse or beast thing?), would this be good for a magic caster?
    • 10 Warriors with hand weapon and shield – Full command
    • 10 Warriors with halberds and shield – Full command
    • 15 Chosen/Warriors with great weapon – Full command, thinking of using the 5 korne AoS1 warriors and spares parts to convert them to great weapons
    • 10 Knights/Chosen Knights with lances

    The 10 Aos1 Korne light infantry guys could be marauders I guess, but not fussed, they may also end up as some jackles for my world eaters

    The tree Ogrid things I guess can become Chaos Ogers, or maybe dragon ogers depending on size, or ally in relevant beast man unit??

  7. So this new expanded Kroot range has me once again contemplating doing a conversion project to bring them into AoS or (maybe Old World).

    Do Cities of Sigmar still have demigryth knights from the empire range, the Krootox rampages looks like they could be a count as for those, then convert the carnivores into ranged and melee infantry. Normal Kroox could be the new ogre with gunner on top, or perhaps the cannon.

    We know from the new year shadow there is going be another mounted kroot thing, so maybe normal cavelary there.

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  8. With the new Kroxigor I thought it might be time to work on Lizards again, and specifically a Kroxigor centric army now that they can be battleline. They do however appear to have not done enough sunbathing as they are now slower than before and can’t keep up with their little palls.

     

    As there are no Kroxigor characters it will have to be a bunch of conversions and count as. Taking the movement, save and wound of the Kroxigor as a baseline and selecting characters that are in line with this I am looking at a 1000p list along the lines of:

    Version 1

    • Nakai the Wanderer (Saurus Scar-Veteran on Aggradon) 
    • Kroxigor mage (Skink Starseer) 
    • Kroxigor 
    • 2x Kroxigor Warspawned 
    • Kroxigor with Solar Engine (Spawn of Chotec) 

    Version 2

    • Nakai the Wanderer (Saurus Scar-Veteran on Aggradon) 
    • Kroxigor Icon bearer (Saurus Astrolith Bearer) 
    • Kroxigor mage (Skink Starseer) 
    • 2x Kroxigor
    • Kroxigor Warspawned 

    Thoughts?

  9. 3 hours ago, Melcavuk said:

    Currently I am eyeing up the Necron Canoptek Sentinel from forgeworld to convert into an insane tunnelling machine, with warpstone rivets along its carapace charging up a wicked Wyrktek drill at the front. WIll model it erupting from the ground and smashing through ruins, to be run as a Hellpit Abomination

    Go for it, I have only built the Stalker and not the Sentinel but it is a really posable kit as each body segment is a separate piece. Just don’t do what I did and put the little claws and the legs in the wrong sockets.

    Maybe also have a look at the Plastic Canoptek Spiders. The body can be built without the large abdomen and the legs can be positioned in such a way that they touch the ground and no flying stand is needed. Might make a good mechanical mount.

  10. 17 hours ago, Melcavuk said:

    Cheers, the feet were an odd sticking point for me as there was no natural anchor point for the pedals, when I do the version 2 model I'll be using jewelers chain to suspend the pedals from inside the central cockpit to give it better support and more logical walking function.

    I had been eyeing the Scions but most of the ££ cost of the kit is made up in special weapons that are useless for sigmar. When buying two boxes to get the ten models they're similar price to the Krieg/Auxilia models that I find slightly more appealing.

     

    Good to know that the next one will be even better.

     

    Fair point on the Scions, though if you do go for them for any of the units you can probably ebay the special weapons to recover some funds.

     

    From your description and the picture the Cogfort is giving me a Howl’s Moving Castle vibe, loving it.

  11. Just popped in to see if you have any new fantastic conversions for me to admire and get inspired by and you certainly delivered. The use of the Iron Circle Domitar is great.

    My one minute pint of criticism would be that the pilot just seems to hang there with his feet dangling.

    Other than that looking good.

     

    For the infantry, what about Scions? Build them without the backpacks, trim the little lamp of the armour, head swaps and gun swaps could look good. The armour plates might look a bit too good for 5+ though.

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