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Title: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on February 18, 2025, 09:38:05 PM: Now guess what, I also happen to have ,,Trench Crusade at home", and based on Pictors Studio's cool thread, maybe I will create a thread for it.

Once upon a time, there was a game called Warmachine very popular around here, but I did not like the models, well, basically the design in general, and started an alternative ww1 style army for it so that it also fits w40k just in case. Warmachine died out before I managed to finish, and now I am standing here with an alternative ww1 army, which, at least, thanks to past-Freddy, I can use in 40k.

The other part of the story is that my regular gaming buddy really does not like the newly released N5 rules for Infinity (especially after I beat the sht out of his new army with my nearly-unchanged USAriadna lol lol ) and decided to go for a new skirmish ruleset for our regular skirmish games. This happened to be Trench Crusade. And from then on the two stories are merged, I will use my old WM army as, at least the base of my Trench Crusade army. The rest will be sculpts and conversions, if the game proves to be worth to play regularly.

I will run them as New Antioch, sadly these steampunk and alternative ww1 stuff rarely go past the good tommies-evil gerries cliché, no one cares about little old Austria-Hungary. ...no one but me! I am here to chew bubble gum and Viribus Unitis, and I am all outta bubblegum.

So, these guys are the basic infantry, ignore the 40k sergeant. They will make Yeomen with standard armour, bolt action rifle and bayonet. Three squads, more than enough of them for a 900pts game :)
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What is a ww1 game without machine guns, I have two!
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...and I can not have more, so this bad boy will count as an automatic rifle.
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Grenade launcher.
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Contrary to the popular belief, the girls best friend is actually the polearm.
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And the warjacks. Will make nice heavy armoured infantry.
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Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Tom Dulski on February 21, 2025, 12:07:50 PM: great work, I really dig the bases.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on February 25, 2025, 08:32:06 PM: Quote from: Tom Dulski on February 21, 2025, 12:07:50 PM
great work, I really dig the bases.

Thank you!

+how is that this game does not have any Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Aethelflaeda was framed on February 25, 2025, 10:52:41 PM: The war jacks are very, very cool!
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on March 03, 2025, 10:12:47 PM: Quote from: Aethelflaeda was framed on February 25, 2025, 10:52:41 PM
The war jacks are very, very cool!
Thank you!

And here is my Sniper Priest. As the guy is blind. he does not need a scope on his sniper rifle.
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Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Aethelflaeda was framed on March 05, 2025, 04:02:27 PM: What is the orange sculpting material?
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on March 05, 2025, 08:21:23 PM: Quote from: Aethelflaeda was framed on March 05, 2025, 04:02:27 PM
What is the orange sculpting material?
Fimo Kids. I gave it a try as it is softer than Fimo Soft, suits figure making (at least my style) better.
Each Fimo types come in a wide range of colours as decoration makers often do not paint it. I always choose some moderate brown so that I can see the small details, it shows in pictures and it is clearly distinguishable from other puttys. Turns out Fimo Kids has more toyish colour palette, what seemed in the webshop as a moderate tan, turned out to be bright orange. :) If I mix it with some leftover brown Fimo Soft, it turns darker, just like mixing paint- you can see it on the figure.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Aethelflaeda was framed on March 07, 2025, 11:28:40 AM: So you bake the sculpt after? I have a bunch of fimo but never tried anything as small as a fig. It mostly got used for large mardi gras costuming. I am gonna give this a try.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on March 07, 2025, 08:29:57 PM: Quote from: Aethelflaeda was framed on March 07, 2025, 11:28:40 AM
So you bake the sculpt after? I have a bunch of fimo but never tried anything as small as a fig. It mostly got used for large mardi gras costuming. I am gonna give this a try.
Yes, I really like FIMO as it is not the "race against drying time" like other putty, you can put it down and continue on the next day. You can buy a Fimo softener for it, so you can set the fitting softness. There are two drawbacks though.
-it does not like paint- it starts to "sweat". To me it is not an issue as my FIMO sculpts go to casting. There is a special lacquer seal (made for Fimo) which has to be applied before any other paint layer and then it is OK, I use that.
-plastic parts really do not like the oven, only put the FIMO itself into the oven. When converting existing figures I use greenstuff or milliput.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Aethelflaeda was framed on March 11, 2025, 06:30:19 PM: I never had a problem with paint on Fimo. I just prime in black acrylic which probably does what the TM lacquer does. Granted always worked on mardi gras mask ornament which tend to be around 4-6 inches in size. (filled with Aluminium foil). Maybe get to it this weekend, I want to make some steam punk ?spider? drones. The war jacks are inspiring.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Spinal Tap on April 04, 2025, 06:48:21 AM: Only just seen this thread - doh.

Look fabulous.

May I ask, is casting an expensive process? Can't see me doing it but I'm intrigued that a hobbyist does such a thing.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on April 04, 2025, 09:01:21 PM: Thank you!

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May I ask, is casting an expensive process? Can't see me doing it but I'm intrigued that a hobbyist does such a thing.
I do not do it myself. There are people who do it for money. Price depends on the quality, you can do it on the kitchen table yourself cheap, simple and bad quality (losing the money you spared 10 times in time correcting miscasts- did it for 10 years, had enough), or someone with a vacuum chamber and professional gear does it in "shop product" quality. There are no ecomomical magic loopholes here :) the later costs a bit above the cheaper plastics (so still way below GW :) ), so basically what you would pay for it in a shop (minus package and shop fees- a bit below) But it depends on a lots of things, taxes, general cost of workforce etc. Sadly the guy who made my earlier casts quitted business, so I am now in a search for a new one.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on May 04, 2025, 05:58:55 PM: A couple of conversions. Lieutenant with sniper rifle, some GW bitz and my sculpts/cast resin bitz.
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Heavy Armoured Infantry: Afterlife models with head swaps and some minor additions:
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And two group shots of my Antioch and Heretic warbands.
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Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on May 14, 2025, 09:50:02 PM: The figures from the previous post got painted.
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Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on June 01, 2025, 09:41:20 PM: Priest conversion.
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Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on June 04, 2025, 09:49:29 PM: My sculpt of a nun from a few months ago, cast in resin. She became a New Antioch medic with some green stuff.
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Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on June 09, 2025, 10:15:24 AM: Priest and nun, painted.
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Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Pattus Magnus on June 09, 2025, 04:36:34 PM: As if nuns aren’t terrifying enough already! ;)

Really outstanding work in this thread - the scratch building and conversions are excellent and everything looks great painted. Trench Crusade falls outside my own areas of interest (at least for now), but I admire your concepts and execution.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on June 09, 2025, 08:44:24 PM: Quote from: Pattus Magnus on June 09, 2025, 04:36:34 PM
As if nuns aren’t terrifying enough already! ;)
I've heard people being afraid of clowns, but come on, now nuns are also considered terrifying? lol

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Really outstanding work in this thread - the scratch building and conversions are excellent and everything looks great painted. Trench Crusade falls outside my own areas of interest (at least for now), but I admire your concepts and execution.
Thank you! I still see it as some of a 40k ripoff, but with a little more ww1 influence than regular 40k which is welcome. The rules are cool though, simple, yet lots of tactics in it. And it really took off in my club, there are a lot of people playing it, also a campaign started, some cool tables made, so the investment of converting 1-2 new figures is really worth it.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Rick on June 12, 2025, 05:23:18 PM: Some people are afraid of their own shadow, apparently - there's nowt so queer as folk! lol

I'm guessing that priest is a bit of a farter if the nun has to resort to a gas mask! lol

Nice going though - they do look good when finished.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: GPM on June 12, 2025, 05:54:20 PM: Looks like you keep your sculpting fun, that's important. Lots of good stuff here.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on June 13, 2025, 10:22:05 PM: Quote from: Rick on June 12, 2025, 05:23:18 PM
Some people are afraid of their own shadow, apparently - there's nowt so queer as folk! lol
You know what they say: be grateful when a nun spanks you as a child, as an adult you will have to pay a lot of money for the same experience.

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I'm guessing that priest is a bit of a farter if the nun has to resort to a gas mask! lol
Nah, it is hard to see on the photos, but he has a cigar. Gas masks and helmets are buyable equipment in the game, as gas weapons are rare, I do not spend points on gas masks for most of my figures, but the nun is among the few entries who have it as starter equipment.

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Looks like you keep your sculpting fun, that's important. Lots of good stuff here.
Thank you, yes, sculpting is maybe the most enjoyable aspect in the hobby for me.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on July 13, 2025, 11:11:06 AM: Another Mech Infantry, this time with a grenade laucher.
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Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Basementboy on July 23, 2025, 08:56:48 PM: Cracking as always! I do love the attention you give to pouches, cannisters, spare weapons etc on all these models- it makes them look that much more "real" than just a person with a weapon.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on July 25, 2025, 09:27:52 PM: Quote from: Basementboy on July 23, 2025, 08:56:48 PM
Cracking as always! I do love the attention you give to pouches, cannisters, spare weapons etc on all these models- it makes them look that much more "real" than just a person with a weapon.
Thank you! I think I alread wrote somewhere that since I extend my pack rat mentality to my traveling too, always wondered of people who start their world shattering quest with only an unsheathed sword. Conan the Barbarian would die of dehydration around the 15th minute of his adventures, going into the desert like that. It was a relief to see the hobbits in the LotR movies, someone actually prepares for a journey!
...on the other hand by ww1 standards soldiers had to leave behind their baggage when going into a fight, so no one assaulted enemy trenches with backpacks and tent canvas on his back. So it depends, anyways, I prefer my soldiers well equipped.
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on August 20, 2025, 10:40:46 AM: Sniper Priest painted:
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And an Ammo Monk conversion:
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Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Ragsta on August 20, 2025, 04:15:10 PM: Man oh man, I continue to enjoy your awesome hobby efforts, Freddy! It's really nice that you're able to repurpose an old army into this system too.

Loving the various kitbashing and converting- that sniper priest is suitably bonkers! What did you make the original warjack suits from? Nice use of the Anvil Industry suits too!
Title: Re: Trench Crusademachinehammer in Austria-Hungary-style
Post by: Freddy on August 20, 2025, 07:45:17 PM: Quote from: Ragsta on August 20, 2025, 04:15:10 PM
Man oh man, I continue to enjoy your awesome hobby efforts, Freddy! It's really nice that you're able to repurpose an old army into this system too.

Loving the various kitbashing and converting- that sniper priest is suitably bonkers! What did you make the original warjack suits from? Nice use of the Anvil Industry suits too!
Thank you for the positive comments!
The original jacks are my sculpts cast for the torsos and the legs, the arms are converted individually from plasticard and various bitz.