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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Inso on 30 January 2011, 06:17:45 PM
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It seems that I am building another new army. I don't know how it turned from a support unit into an army...but I seem to have got the muse so here is the first troop:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP8.jpg)
And this is what 12 of them look like base-coated ready for a wash in Devlan Mud:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP9.jpg)
I have a couple of Destroyers that are being converted and a bunch of components for building a transport option...but it seems I need to buy more...don't know why though ???
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Inso, you are a genius.
Now tell us how you did it, or we will have to hurt you.
:D
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Love it! simple and not too parts intensive (you've used pretty much bits from one box!).
Well done. This would make a great 'pre-long-dark' Imperial army, before thinking machines were outlawed for being coruptable by chaos.
Some type of Robot maniple?
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great job
8)
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These look ace and I cant wait to see them painted!
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matt: i think these are painted
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They are only base-coated at the moment...they still have a way to go yet :) .
As for how they are made:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotHowTo1.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotHowTo2.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotHowTo3.jpg
For the axe-hands, I used the hand that normally fires the Gaussgun with the axe chopped from the front of the weapon. All I have used is the Necron Warriors box and some plastic tube...the rest is Greenstuff and Glue :).
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Oh wow I havnt seen these in FOREVER, or atleast a couple years lol. Good to see you puting togeather an entire force of them.
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They look a bit special :-*
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inso these look awsome
off topic: can you write an sugesthion in the forum off doom in the hasslefree sugestion thread /category for human fallout ish power armour like these? http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Power_Armor (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Power_Armor)
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nice idea and great actualitition of that idea!
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They are incredibly well put together!
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Cheers :) ...glad you like them.
I am working on the Destroyers as we speak :).
@ Raxxus: Just for you:
http://forum-of-doom.com/index.php?topic=14359.new#new
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thank you inso
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You are welcome :) .
Here's the latest WIP:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP12.jpg)
A lot of green-stuff to come but this is where they are at so far :) .
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Nice, personally the beetle bots could do with being positioned a little more upright I reckon, (looking down and not where they're going currently), or even mounted higher up at the rear of the flyer, (turn the ship around?).
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Great stuff, fella. :-*
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Some great conversions there... and a lot of work me thinks.
I really like the flyers. Can't wait to see them finished.
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The fliers have taken a step backwards...in fact...they are in bits. Someone mentioned that the back would make a good front so I had to try it out...then I didn't like it and looked at the pose of the rider and...you get the idea lol ...
...currently, it is a body with an upside-down base glued to it...
I am still working on it though :) .
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That was me sorry! ;)
Thought it would have worked, a little eldar vyper stylee? Well stick it back together and show us what you've come up with noW/
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That was me sorry! ;)
Thought it would have worked, a little eldar vyper stylee? Well stick it back together and show us what you've come up with noW/
No worries...I wasn't 100% happy with them (even at the WIP stage - rider too far forward) and have changed direction with them. The riders are now standing on a fighting platform a bit like a chariot. That makes it easier to fit them in without hanging over the front too much and also opens up the possibilities for a Lord to ride one.
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I have got a bit further with the bots...just need to paint the bases:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP13.jpg)
I will paint up another bunch and then try to get hold of some tiny transfers to mark them all up.
I'm still ticking along with the Destroyers, a Lord and a Tomb Spider...
There's more on Inso's World :) .
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Those are really nice. They kinda reminded me of these guys that my kd used to watch:
(http://www.tokucentral.com/database/beetleborgs_metallix/images/data-top-bbmetallix.jpg)
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Did the Beetle-Borgs transform?
Here's the latest offering...the first of the Lords:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP14.jpg)
Check out Inso's World for more info :) .
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amazing! Great sculpt man. :o
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Looking really nice!
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Those are really nice. They kinda reminded me of these guys that my kid used to watch:
I was just thinking of who they remind me of, and ia m sure it is because i have been watching it here and there on TV since it has been on. The heads especially and the shape of the body of the Lord model but they remind me of the Golden Army from Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.
On a side note i do really like them alot. Need to get the whole army done so we can see the full force on march to conquer the universe. :-)
Grimm
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I'm working on the army...it will just take time ;) ...
Painted Lord:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP15.jpg)
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WIP death-scooters:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP16.jpg)
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Much better, good save there Inso. ;)
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Finished:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP17.jpg)
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It's been a while but for some unknown reason, this has become very important stuff to finish...sheesh! If only I could put my muse in a jar and stick to one thing...:
The first Death-Scooter (of three):
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP19.jpg)
...and the band together:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP20.jpg)
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Go beatlebots go!!!
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Brilliant. Simply brilliant.
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love your work!!!!
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Brilliant work! :-*
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These are for the 40k right?
I think that these beat the necrons, Tau and rest of the crap 110 / 0. Very nice job with the conversions but if I may say, I would use a little more highlighting / washes in the paint job.
I'm serious when I say that these should be commercially produced instead of the before mentioned crap.
keep up the good work!
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Cheers :) .
At the moment, I just want to get them all up to a good tabletop standard (neat, basecoated and shaded). Once I have got them all built and painted to that standard, I want to add some edge highlights and a small amount of decoration (maybe squad markings and rank).
I have another two of the Scooters on the go and have bits and bobs for another 18 Beetle-Bots, 2 Scooters (one a heavy and the other a mounted lord) and a number of tomb spiders (which aren't going to look like spiders but will hopefully look like ogre sized Beetle-Bots with servo arms).
I have some ideas for the scarabs...but they are very foetal at the moment.
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Nice looking force Inso.A good opposing faction for the Grymn.
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Understandable since building, basing and painting a whole army takes time :). As you said.. you can always do the detailing after the basic job has been done.
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Nice Inso,
Just one thing, that top shoulder pad, to make it a little more 'poppy' maybe paint it like a dark green lense?
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wow - inspired conversions!
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Thanks :)...glad these are going down OK (I know they are a bit 'cute' for some people). I may update the upper fairing with a gem effect at some point but I'm not sure about it at the moment...it may be a bit 'glitzy' for them...I'll have a think about it :) .
Oh...by the way...the Death-Scooters are all finished...
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP22.jpg)
Maybe it is time for some more troops and an updated tutorial?
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Maybe it is time for some more troops and an updated tutorial?
Wicked kool as always Inso.
Just dont loose the old tut in the process. :-)
Grimm
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:o
Wow!
Love these guys.
SOOO much better than the current line.
Will be watching these develope.
Wish I had caught on earlier.
Any plans on a larger vehicle type bot?
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I will be putting together a Lord on a scooter but don't plan on any vehicles other than that and another heavier version of a Death-Scooter.
I want to build three Tomb Spiders but they will be more akin to ogre sized Beetle-Bots than vehicles.
Here's a question...should I have squad leaders? They would have the same equipment as the rest but would have a slightly different head.
So...squad leaders; yes or no?
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Here's a question...should I have squad leaders? They would have the same equipment as the rest but would have a slightly different head.
So...squad leaders; yes or no?
I guess it depends what kind of rules you'll use for playing - if they call for a squad leader, you'll probably have to. From an aesthetic point of view, having one "overseer" with antennae on the head (or similar) would look nice (and if properly done, reasonably funny), although it distracts a bit from the "soulless automaton" look by increasing individuality.
I'd guess you'd pull it off nicely, whatever you do, so nothing to lose and a lot to gain - go for it.
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I guess it depends what kind of rules you'll use for playing - if they call for a squad leader, you'll probably have to. From an aesthetic point of view, having one "overseer" with antennae on the head (or similar) would look nice (and if properly done, reasonably funny), although it distracts a bit from the "soulless automaton" look by increasing individuality.
I'd guess you'd pull it off nicely, whatever you do, so nothing to lose and a lot to gain - go for it.
Actually I'm pretty sure inso has mentioned he builds these armies for the heck of it, rather then for any game to play.
I agree, having leaders would take away from the automaton without personality look, and I guess it would not make sense to machines to make specific leader robots for a group either.
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I love this project. I would love to have these guys as one of my armies. Don't know if I can pull off the conversion, but it may be worth trying.
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From a modelling point of view, I think squad leaders are nice chances to break the monotony and have some fun. personally, I would make them.
I have to disagree with YPU about their sense in a bot army. Maybe they could have the role to be main order distributor. Something like the leader receive a leading impulse from a central unit and re-distribute the order to the rest of the team because of the eventual benefits of decentralized communication (probably has no sense at all but sounds sci-fi nice :) )
I do not know how to do squad leaders in your army, but please do not make the appearence of something similar to star wars phantom menace idiot droids.
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Just love these. Brill.
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I was thinking that squad leaders would possibly get a change of head and maybe a more bulky backpack (to highlight extra comms).
I have no plans to paint different coloured shoulders like the star wars droid armies...I want them to be a bit more imposing but not so different as to be like the lord.
Thanks for the input :) and I'm glad these are getting a good reception.
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I thought I'd blow the dust off this topic again because I have got my hands on a couple of the new boxed sets and thought that a hover-boarding Bot with blades would make a good Wraith:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP24.jpg)
It is still WIP (needs filling and detailing) but it is, what it is :).
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D'aaawww! :)
I'm sorry, it's a great model, but it looks even more adorable than the other ones. Must be the hoverboard. Looking much forward to seeing it painted.
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fantastic conversions i have no words for the absolute coolness this inspires when i see them. outstanding look forward to more. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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Cheers :).
I am still working on the first one and am almost finished with the second one so work is continuing (even if it is at a slow pace).
Whilst digging through the boxed set, I found that there are loads of spare bits so I experimented a bit and came up with a random sniper type robot...
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP25.jpg)
There are enough bits to make 5 of these...maybe counts-as Deathmarks? Who knows?!
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Now, I really like that little sniper-bot. Why make your troops any bigger targets than they need to be?
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I'm not sure what to do with the little snipers...but I have put together all three Wraiths for the first squad (STILL WIP):
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP26.jpg)
More to come :) .
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Oh yes, like those snipre spiders. They would work well as 6mm armour. Excuse my ignorance (never played 40K) but are they all composed of Necron parts?
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The sniper tank is a mix of Necron Lychguard and Immortal parts and will get filled with a small amount of green-stuff. The surfers are made from the same boxed sets but with a small amount of sprue and plasticard added.
The tank is one of the rear parts of a torso, the cage bit that goes over the top (split down the middle to make two sides of legs) and a rifle from the Immortal box trimmed down.
Easy peasy :)
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Great work loving your conversion work :-*
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Cheers :) .
The three Wraiths are now finished:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP30.jpg)
More pix and additional information here:
http://insosworld.blogspot.com/2012/01/first-day.html
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The first Immortal:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP31.jpg)
Four more to make and then another two Wraiths and I will start putting some paint on them :).
There is more over at Inso's World :).
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Brilliant :-* :-* :-*
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The sniper tank is a mix of Necron Lychguard and Immortal parts and will get filled with a small amount of green-stuff. The surfers are made from the same boxed sets but with a small amount of sprue and plasticard added.
The tank is one of the rear parts of a torso, the cage bit that goes over the top (split down the middle to make two sides of legs) and a rifle from the Immortal box trimmed down.
Easy peasy :)Very interesting, i doubt easy peasy covers it even if i can get some bits, but thanks for the info!
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Very interesting, i doubt easy peasy covers it even if i can get some bits, but thanks for the info!
The sculpting may be a bit tricky (if you aren't used to it) but all the rest is just a case of trimming in the right areas and pinning/gluing bits together. It can't be that hard to do because I can manage it :D .
I will sort out a few updates to my original How-To guide that I did so that I can show the simplified steps that I now take. Here are the old ones for the bots:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotHowTo1.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotHowTo2.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotHowTo3.jpg
If I decide to make any more of the sniper-bots, I'll put together a How-to for those as well.
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I have now added a hose from the weapon to the body of the Immortal and have also put together a guide to building them here (in 5 pages!):
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotImHowTo1.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotImHowTo2.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotImHowTo3.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotImHowTo4.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotImHowTo5.jpg
Now that I have sorted that out, I will be posting other stuff later (a 4th and 5th Wraith :) ).
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...and then there were five Wraiths:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP33.jpg)
...and two Immortals:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP34.jpg)
Lots more stuff (and better pix) at Inso's World:
http://insosworld.blogspot.com/
Enjoy :D
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:o You are agent Inso!
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Cheers :) ...I do try to be.
Here is another 'How To'...the sniper bot:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BotSnipHowTo.jpg
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5 finished snipers:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP35.jpg)
5 finished Immortals:
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Beetlebots/BeetleBotWIP37.jpg)