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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Pictors Studio on June 07, 2017, 05:22:43 PM

Title: The Cult, Genestealer, that is.
Post by: Pictors Studio on June 07, 2017, 05:22:43 PM
Here is a link to some pictures of my, for now, finished Genestealer cult forces.  I'll probably buy another box of Neophyte Hybrids today to bulk out those units and I need to dig out my Space Hulk box to find the other Genestealers I have. 

You can see all of them with commentary here:

http://imgur.com/a/Z9kA1

But here are a few teaser pictures:

(http://i.imgur.com/nkP9IZ4.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/W5eydxO.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/kx460YN.jpg)
Title: Re: The Cult, Genestealer, that is.
Post by: Romark on June 07, 2017, 07:05:24 PM
They look great. :)
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Post by: Wachaza on June 07, 2017, 07:48:14 PM
Very nice. Real quality.
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Post by: Predatorpt on June 07, 2017, 11:49:01 PM
I really need to get those models. Excellent work  :)
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Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on June 08, 2017, 09:12:23 AM
Nice.

That brute looks scary.

I echo Predatorpt...
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Post by: Pictors Studio on June 09, 2017, 02:15:43 PM
Thanks guys.  I'm glad they are finally at a point where I can consider them an "army." 

I went to get that box of Neophyte hybrids, but my FLGS was out so I had to walk home with a box of Acolyte hybrids instead. I'm going to put them together today.  I'm visiting a friend in Richmond and he is at work today so that is the plan.  I'm also going to walk down to the local Warhammer store around 11 to see if anyone there wants to play Shadow War with them or, if they aren't busy, if the store manager will take them on and show me how they play in 8th edition. 
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Post by: DivisMal on June 09, 2017, 03:28:53 PM
Nice minis, Pictor! I myself am also a big fan of the four armed Emperor and still have the Deathwatch box, largely unpainted though.

Currently I field a 15mm force, which I have presented here in another thread. They may be small, but they are as evil as their big cousins :)
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=101186.45  lol lol lol
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Post by: Pictors Studio on June 10, 2017, 04:41:39 AM
Those are sweet! 

You did a great job of catching the whole cult vibe with those figures I especially like the cars.  I need to get some cars for my army.
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Post by: Alxbates on June 10, 2017, 05:11:52 AM
That is a good looking cult.

I've always wanted to put together a Genestealer Cult... *sigh*  Maybe someday!  Until then, I'll just have to look at cool ones like yours, with envy!
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Post by: Vladimir Raukov on June 10, 2017, 06:59:11 AM
Nice looking cult! The pale skin really shows off their subterranean lifestyle and the scenery is plenty sweet to boot!
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Post by: Pictors Studio on June 10, 2017, 01:19:01 PM
I don't know what the barrier is to outing your cult together but this has been a relatively cheap army for me. With the deathwatch overkill box set you are out only$160.  The neophytes are $40 a box.  With that you would have what I have pictured here. 

If that is too much you could consider putting together a force for SW:A. Then you really only need a box of the neophytes to have a very decent force.
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Post by: eilif on June 12, 2017, 12:41:48 AM
Excellent work! 
My box of Neophyte's is looking at me, begging to be assembled into a Shadow War force, but I've got other, more pressing projects.
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Post by: Alxbates on June 12, 2017, 06:07:06 PM
I don't know what the barrier is to outing your cult together but this has been a relatively cheap army for me. With the deathwatch overkill box set you are out only$160.  The neophytes are $40 a box.  With that you would have what I have pictured here. 

If that is too much you could consider putting together a force for SW:A. Then you really only need a box of the neophytes to have a very decent force.

Heh, I've got enough of the old metal miniatures to make an entire cult, the trick is finding the time and energy to paint them!
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Post by: Pictors Studio on June 12, 2017, 07:16:36 PM
That problem I can help you with. :)

My other projects got shelved in favour of the SW:A Genestealer force but then the whole thing turned into a much bigger project with the announcements about 8th and Primaris marines and so forth.  all the HH stuff got pushed aside for now.  Although I did finish another Thousand Son and three more Space Wolves since then. 
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Post by: AWu on June 12, 2017, 09:12:02 PM
Very nice cult here Pictors Studio
It would be sad if anything happened to it..
(http://orig08.deviantart.net/ff1b/f/2012/363/8/2/the_halls_of_the_omega_vault_by_ameeeeba-d5pjnyh.jpg)

But on a serious note I have to ask how did you do concrete base with that epic hole ?
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Post by: Pictors Studio on June 12, 2017, 10:37:15 PM
Lowe's has these project panels, they are 2x2' insulation foam pieces.  I used a saw to cut the grooves in it and then an box cutter to cut out the holes.  I still need to put straws and guitar strings in to make the piles and stuff. 

Did you see the pics of it in action from a few weeks ago? 
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Post by: AWu on June 12, 2017, 11:38:23 PM
I missed that.

Are those panels made from XPS ?
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Post by: Pictors Studio on June 13, 2017, 12:14:30 AM
Yes they are if I understand what that is.  We call it insulation foam, the pink and blue stuff. 

Here are pics:

http://imgur.com/a/tFDU5
Title: Re: The Cult, Genestealer, that is.
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on June 13, 2017, 09:05:59 AM
Extruded not expanded styrene.
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Post by: AWu on June 13, 2017, 02:29:02 PM
Thats the problem with translating brand and common names of the hobby product from English speaking world to mine :P
Thats why i prefer chemical names of the compounds.

If I got this right pinkfoam is XPS. Color itself is producer dependant and not an innate quality of the material itself.
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Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on June 13, 2017, 06:05:53 PM
Chemical names would not help, both are Poly(1-phenylethene).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene)

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Post by: AWu on June 13, 2017, 08:04:24 PM
But the proces of expansion and extruding is quite distinct.
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Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on June 13, 2017, 08:44:38 PM
But the proces of expansion and extruding is quite distinct.
It is, expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS).

Styrofoam is a fun exception, as a trademark it is XPS, but in common North American it is the EPS you make cups out of.
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Post by: AWu on June 13, 2017, 09:32:23 PM
EPS is stuff all blocks around were thermally isolated, it was everywhere, but XPS is much more difficult to get and its much more interesting as modeling material.
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Post by: Pictors Studio on June 18, 2017, 06:46:16 AM
Here are the last of the Cultists I have here, the Acolytes:

(http://i.imgur.com/UBmE0XV.jpg)

10 of these guys were already done.  I just finished up the last 7 over the last few days.

This is the stuff from the DW:O boxed set plus one box of Acoylte Hybrids.  I put them together with all the heavy mining tool options so I had them all but because of how many I have I can only use three out of the four of them.  Right now they are set up for pictures with two squads of 8 but I suppose they will have to be fielded as a squad of 10 and a squad of 5 or one squad of 15.

Eventually I suppose I'll get another box to round them out to 20. 

(http://i.imgur.com/sCm8g1u.jpg)

The rest of the pictures are here:

http://imgur.com/a/UsbAS

Hopefully these guys will be going into battle against my brand new Primaris Space Marine force tomorrow.  I have four of those guys done and another 4 nearly finished. 
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Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on June 18, 2017, 06:37:46 PM
Very good.
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Post by: AWu on June 18, 2017, 07:55:59 PM
Agree.. And noticeably evil (which is a thing a lot of these model seen on the net miss completely under the paint!)
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Post by: Pictors Studio on June 24, 2017, 08:20:24 PM
Here they are in their second action against Ultramarines in 8th edition.

(http://i.imgur.com/8IQ1HhF.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/7mwDYnB.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/KuMsfQH.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/vLVKjxP.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/11LbASM.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/CVzDmR5.jpg)

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Post by: Wachaza on June 24, 2017, 11:51:29 PM
Nice. Love your terrain. The Primaris boys look proper bulky there.
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Post by: Pictors Studio on June 25, 2017, 01:27:36 PM
They do look appropriately large don't they.  They look like they could really take the fight to those cultists without much problem.  The Aberrants looked a match for them as did the Acolytes, more or less, but it was great how it worked out in game with the marines pretty much taking on a bunch of GCS guys and smacking them around pretty well. 
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Post by: AWu on June 25, 2017, 01:44:56 PM
So I guess poor Cult was stomped under Imperial heel ? :(
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Post by: Pictors Studio on June 25, 2017, 04:05:17 PM
They were ultimately, but they gave almost as good as they got.  Both Lt.s were down at the end.  The hellblaster squad was taken out and both marine squads were down to 60%.  So out of 17 marines only 6 were standing at the end.
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Post by: AWu on June 25, 2017, 06:00:17 PM
One opposing the Imperium has to cherish little things :)
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Post by: Vongoosewink on June 25, 2017, 07:08:22 PM
Great job on the cult and on the scenery!  :-*