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Offline Jakar Nilson

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Panzerfauste troglodytes
« on: July 17, 2015, 05:22:51 AM »
Years ago, I converted my own troglodyte partisan troop for Panzerfauste to pit against the Dwarves in underground action. I had planned on making more, and giving them a better variety of weapons, to complement the full Dwarf section I had.



Since the reboot was announced earlier this year (You can visit https://www.facebook.com/HystericalGames for more info), the trogs have had a more detailed makeover from the faded sketch in the rulebook. I wanted the new ones to have this look, instead of being undead reptilian creatures or little runts.

Plus, I'd been wanting to get back to sculpting after a month-long break. So two nights ago I decided to make more troglodyte partisans, this time using GW Uruk Hai. Less than 24 hours later, and I'm happy with the progress. All that mess? The other conversion project that I've been working on, using Privateer Press plastic. Over a month ago, I got horrible blisters trying to drill and cut my way through it. I did a bit better yesterday with gloves on.



A day later, with things progressing rapidly. The weapons are all Bolt Action Miniatures, so Warlord now I guess.


And the final sculpts. They are a bit rough, but that fits in with the original Panzerfauste range. They might also be far bigger than trogs are suppose to be (I believe they are somewhere in between Gnomes and Dwarves), but that's all due to the original batch. So why radically alter that bit? The tiny ones might as well be teens for this portrayal.





The original four were undead trogs from Wizards of The Coast's Chainmail game (the flashy one where all the minis came in boxes, which then got canned and replaced by the plastic D&D random minis line), with two goblins of some sort from the same range joining them a few years later.



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Re: Panzerfauste troglodytes
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2015, 09:11:13 AM »
Again, some great putty work going on here too!

Darrell.

Offline Jakar Nilson

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Re: Panzerfauste troglodytes
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2015, 08:46:41 PM »
Update: WIP painting. Still got details to do, but I also took the time to give the old Trogs the newer skin tone.


Offline Jakar Nilson

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Re: Panzerfauste troglodytes
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2015, 01:47:59 AM »
Finished the trogs. Here they are surrounding a pair of lost dwarven Eisenschutzen.






And here's the facades in the background. They're dioramas from Airfix kits that I've added some depth.

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Re: Panzerfauste troglodytes
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2015, 01:20:34 PM »
Nice conversions. They really have a charming old school vibe to them.
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Offline Jakar Nilson

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Re: Panzerfauste troglodytes
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2015, 06:44:05 PM »
Finished converting a Dwarven Uboote crew. This is dual-purpose since I'm planning to run a game of Flagship Games' Pirates! next year with a number of eclectic anachronistic ships, and I was going to have crew for my submarines, come hell or high water. Those are bases from the same 3rd Ed. WHFB plastic kit as the Dwarves themselves, but they also allow them to be used in more cramped spaces, which is perfect for naval games.



Offline robh

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Re: Panzerfauste troglodytes
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2015, 06:55:10 PM »
The U Boat crew are brilliant, absolutely inspired.

Offline von Lucky

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Re: Panzerfauste troglodytes
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2015, 08:24:05 AM »
Hah! I have a handful of those dwarven heads - now I know how good they look with caps, etc. Nice one.

Offline Jakar Nilson

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Re: Panzerfauste troglodytes
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2015, 01:56:41 PM »
Hah! I have a handful of those dwarven heads - now I know how good they look with caps, etc. Nice one.

I've done it before with just a spare head:

Offline Jakar Nilson

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Re: Panzerfauste troglodytes
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2015, 07:35:15 PM »
And I've finished painting the U-boote crew. I might have to rework the U-boote itself.




 

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