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Title: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 1-12-13)
Post by: Sinewgrab on July 29, 2012, 11:24:56 PM: So, as part of my ongoing VSF Fubar project, I have finished the second of my projected armies - The Tusken Deep Desert Martians. In my VSF Mars, I have divided the worlds races a bit differently, and have so far written the current little bit of fluff...

   In the days of old, Mars was populated by those who we now know as Tuskens and Barsoomians. They were, at that time, the same. Their technologies led to the creation of a worker race, now known as Greens or Tharks. We discuss these at length later. Their culture was strong, their grasp of scientific principles advanced, and their race populous.
   Then, the Cephalopods came. When they came to Earth, millenia later, men called them Martians, but they were as alien to Mars as they were to Earth. None are entirely certain whence they came, but more on them later. Their effect on Barsoomian culture is what matters here.
   The battle between the Barsoomians and the invaders weakened both, but the Cephalopods eventually triumphed, leaving the native culture shattered. Those who were left to be fed upon in cities became what are now recognized as the Barsoomians, in the great cities of Helium and Kadabra. Descendants of John Carter still exist in Helium, though most fled to the desert to continue the battle against the Cephalopods. Those who fled, and fight to this day, are now known as Tuskens, and are now habitually wrapped in their protective layers of cloth and the distinctive gas mask that allows them to ignore the dreaded black smoke of the Cephalopods. The Tusken lost most technology, and developed instead their relation to the Desert Oxen, and the dreaded Trolls. They learned after Man came to Mars, to use his simpler and more available technologies, but they still maintain their herds of Oxen, and their trained WarTrolls.

And so, here we are...I have always liked the look of the Tusken Raiders from Star Wars, and felt they deserved more air time. This is my way of combining them with the Fremen from Dune and putting them on Mars.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_29_07_12_11_45_44_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_29_07_12_11_45_44_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_29_07_12_11_45_44_2.jpg)

These are almost entirely the original paint jobs, with some touch up and an ink wash to bring out the details and give the a more cohesive color scheme (the original figs have 3 totally different colors for robes). I mostly just added muskets and rifles to the majority, though there are a few with new arms.

I also did their Oxen Artillery - I just added cannon to the tops of the Bantha models, and it looked surprisingly effective.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_29_07_12_11_45_45_3.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_29_07_12_11_45_45_4.jpg)

And, as I was clearing up space to try and sell some of the lead mountain, due to no further want of the particular figures, or in this case, a growing hatred for the game they belong with, I was struck with inspiration...and made the first Tusken Troll.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_29_07_12_11_47_05_3.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_29_07_12_11_47_05_4.jpg)

This worked out fine, because I always hated the faces and heads on the Trolls, even if I did find them the least offensive of the Hordes factions. I hate the "newest is bestest" tone of the Privateer Press games though, and have been trying to sell these to no avail. At least this way, they will see some use. Here is the second one.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_29_07_12_11_47_05_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_29_07_12_11_47_05_2.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_29_07_12_11_48_12_0.jpg)

And so that leads to this, to use as an occasional ally, and sometime foe for my Norwegians, and next, the Prussian/Germans, and the British, and the Barsoomians, and some Greens...oh, and the Cephalopods. ;)

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_29_07_12_11_48_13_1.jpg)

50 or so Tuskens, 2 trolls, and 5 Banthas, with one more to come when the parts have set as far as glue goes. This one I think is complete - I also have a Rancor I can add if I want to.
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: Bullshott on July 30, 2012, 12:03:55 AM: That's a niice little army you have there, with some interesting challenges for more conventially armed forces - not the least of which will be lots of cheap bantha artillery vs. more expensive stem tech forces ... and then there are the trolls :o
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: Viper4Dan on July 30, 2012, 01:05:29 AM: Sinewgrab:

These are incredible! Love the idea of using the Tusken Raiders for the deserts of Mars....you just never know what lurks beyond the next sand dune. Add a few Bedouin tents and a water hole and your good to go! Next up, the Jawas!
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: Sinewgrab on July 30, 2012, 01:09:08 AM: Quote from: Viper4Dan on July 30, 2012, 01:05:29 AM
Sinewgrab:

These are incredible! Love the idea of using the Tusken Raiders for the deserts of Mars....you just never know what lurks beyond the next sand dune. Add a few Bedouin tents and a water hole and your good to go! Next up, the Jawas!

Bedouin tents, eh? Huh, I hadn't thought about that...hmm, must google...

And I considered Jawas - but they are MUCH harder to acquire for some reason. No-one ever has large amounts of them for sale - not even on ebay - so I quit trying to find them.
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: Ray Rivers on July 30, 2012, 01:57:19 AM: :-*

Splendid force!

Love the Oxen Artillery! ;D What a great idea!
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: aggro84 on July 30, 2012, 02:48:02 AM: Looking good! Great idea. :-*
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: Chairface on July 30, 2012, 03:17:26 AM: Outstanding! I love the mounted troops especially.
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: CyberAlien312 on July 30, 2012, 11:18:50 AM: Very good! I love the use of those tusken raiders.
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: Froggy the Great on July 30, 2012, 12:47:07 PM: Were you not exactly across the continent from me, I'd totally come over there and throw down.

Could you post the stats you're using?

Also, I'm sure the FUBAR community would love it if you'd post this over on their boards: http://www.forgeofwar.uk.com/forum/index.php
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: Mason on July 30, 2012, 01:05:02 PM: :o :o :o

Superb!
:-*

While they are all great, the Troll concept is sheer genius and bloody hilarious, to boot!
lol lol lol
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: einarolafson on July 30, 2012, 03:43:12 PM: Impressive!! :o :o
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: VSF Gamer on July 30, 2012, 07:17:49 PM: Well done my good man! Love what you've done!
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: Quendil on July 30, 2012, 07:30:37 PM: Really like them :-*

I do wish that someone would release Dune related miniatures though :'(
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: Sinewgrab on July 31, 2012, 03:20:26 AM: Quote from: Froggy the Great on July 30, 2012, 12:47:07 PM
Were you not exactly across the continent from me, I'd totally come over there and throw down.

Could you post the stats you're using?

Also, I'm sure the FUBAR community would love it if you'd post this over on their boards: http://www.forgeofwar.uk.com/forum/index.php

I feel the same way. I'll try to get the stats together in a postable form - right now, I am using a Magic card editor to create unit cards, and there is no easy way to post that many jpegs (in the case of my Norwegians, at least).

And thank you for all the nice comments.
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: Sinewgrab on July 31, 2012, 06:16:22 AM: And this is what I use to play FUBAR...

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_31_07_12_7_13_26_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_31_07_12_7_13_26_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_31_07_12_7_13_26_2.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1352_31_07_12_7_13_26_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: verd on July 31, 2012, 12:57:49 PM: Great inspiration here!
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!)
Post by: the fallen scholar on August 14, 2012, 06:33:05 PM: Outstanding!!! I have about 100 tusken myself. I love the idea of the cannons on the Banthas!!! I may steal that one. Again great job!!

Bill
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 10-07-12)
Post by: Sinewgrab on October 08, 2012, 02:29:47 AM: If you are going to have a bunch of desert dwellers, you gotta have somewhere for them to live. I tracked down my copy of the old 'Kroot Encampment" tent pattern from the White Dwarf ages ago, and made a few of them.

Being as I don't care for cardstock, I use .030 plasticard, and score it to fold, and then I put white glue and tissue on it to texture it some.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/11/1352_08_10_12_3_02_37_1.jpg)

And why do just one, when you can go totally overboard while watching shows on the prehistoric disasters that changed the direction of evolution and nature shows narrated by David Attenborough? As an aside, I love that man's voice - I grew up watching those shows on OPB, and listening to him is like an aural cuddly blanket, that educates you in spite of yourself.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/11/1352_08_10_12_3_02_37_2.jpg)

And I can almost hear the Raider saying "This is MY house."

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/11/1352_08_10_12_3_02_37_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 10-07-12)
Post by: Chairface on October 08, 2012, 02:49:46 AM: They look great!
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 10-07-12)
Post by: Hildred Castaigne on October 08, 2012, 03:09:46 AM: Those tents look fantastic!
They look quite ominous all together like that.

I did a bit of searching online and found the templates.
That makes me a happy Hildred! ;)
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 10-07-12)
Post by: Mason on October 08, 2012, 05:21:57 AM: Quote from: Hildred Castaigne on October 08, 2012, 03:09:46 AM
Those tents look fantastic!
They look quite ominous all together like that.

^What he said^

That sum it all up very nicely.
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 10-07-12)
Post by: aggro84 on October 09, 2012, 03:31:35 AM: Very cool. Great idea.
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 12-16-12)
Post by: Sinewgrab on December 17, 2012, 04:38:26 AM: And one more Bantha - this one used the Micromachine version, but I cut all of the hair off and added lots of little bits, and then built a wagon. I am not over happy with the wagon, but I built it only out of stuff I already had, so I can't complain much.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/11/1352_17_12_12_5_35_47_0.jpg)

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/11/1352_17_12_12_5_35_48_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 12-16-12)
Post by: Hat Guy on December 17, 2012, 11:27:35 PM: Great army. I thought I was over wanting to make a Martian VSF force, but you tempted me in again damn you! ;D
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 12-16-12)
Post by: Froggy the Great on December 18, 2012, 01:49:30 AM: If you and this force are ever in Charleston, we may have to go to war over certain Martian steppes....
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 12-16-12)
Post by: mikeygees on December 23, 2012, 03:18:54 PM: Out of control cool.....
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 12-16-12)
Post by: Ramshackle_Curtis on December 23, 2012, 06:45:35 PM: Just great. Shame some of the models are a bit "unfinished" (I can see unpainted bits on those tents!) but the bulk is amazing. \An awesome force and Id love to game against it!
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 12-16-12)
Post by: Sinewgrab on December 26, 2012, 12:12:54 AM: If you don't notice it on the table, it isn't unfinished. That's my motto. I didn't even see the open spots until long after I had posted the picture, so it can't be too bad. :D
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 12-16-12)
Post by: Ramshackle_Curtis on December 26, 2012, 12:32:05 PM: :D ;)
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 12-16-12)
Post by: Froggy the Great on December 27, 2012, 01:19:54 AM: Is the tent pattern available online anywhere?
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 12-16-12)
Post by: Hildred Castaigne on January 08, 2013, 09:03:46 PM: Quote from: Froggy the Great on December 27, 2012, 01:19:54 AM
Is the tent pattern available online anywhere?
Yes, it is.
Unfortunately it was removed from the Games Workshop website.
But here is the old link, so you can always use the Way Back Machine.
http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/tau/terrain/tau_kroot_encampment.htm
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 12-16-12)
Post by: Marine0846 on January 10, 2013, 04:52:37 AM: Hey Neil,
Will we be playing with these guys on the 23rd?
Hope so. ;D
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 12-16-12)
Post by: Sinewgrab on January 10, 2013, 06:35:29 AM: Quote from: Marine0846 on January 10, 2013, 04:52:37 AM
Will we be playing with these guys on the 23rd?
Hope so. ;D

Some of them, yes. ;)
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 1-12-13)
Post by: Sinewgrab on January 12, 2013, 11:37:00 PM: (http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/12/1352_13_01_13_12_23_10.jpg)

A Deep Desert Tusken Shaman, carrier of the Histories, and commander of Trolls!

Made from a Troll Warlock from Privateer Press Hordes. Replaced his head with a spare from a warjack, and added many strips of green stuff to create the bandaged look.
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 1-12-13)
Post by: Blackwolf on January 13, 2013, 12:14:38 AM: Lovely thread 8)
Title: Re: Deep Desert Martians (woot!) (little update 1-12-13)
Post by: HerbyF on January 14, 2013, 09:20:33 AM: I have a number of Tuskens too. I have both of the Banthas that you do & a couple of the old R'kiev ones and one of the WEG version. I also have a veriety of Tuskens on foot. Let me know if you are going to be at Enfilade and are going to do this there. Maybe I will get to Portland for a game some time.