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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Bullshott on April 16, 2011, 11:22:31 AM
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GW's plastic kroot figures are so versitile as the basis for VSF conversions, as seen already in several threads on the VSF board, that I thought that it was time create a 'home' where members can show off their kroot conversions together in one thread.
To start the ball rolling, here are my Tirailleurs Cytheriens (parrotmen of Venus in French service)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/8/164_27_03_11_5_28_33_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/8/164_27_03_11_5_28_34_1.jpg)
Torsos and upper legs are Perry ACW zouaves.
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Some of my Dutch Venusian Parrotmen.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Chairface/HMSJager/DSCF2668.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Chairface/HMSJager/DSCF2674.jpg)
Very easy conversions - Perry Napoleonic British Riffleman bodies cut off at the boot. Kroot head and feet added. You can angle your cut on the boot and calf to make some interesting poses, from standing straight up, to leaning forward in a predatory manner.
Sorry about the awful pics. I am an awful photographer ;)
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(http://rotanddrivel.com/Tharkband.jpg)
Barsoomian Tharks made by doubling up Kroot torsos and arms.
(http://rotanddrivel.com/cythereanone.jpg)
A prototype for a lost race on Venus. The Croothulians.
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Some lovely pimping there chaps! All original takes on the basic Kroot and all very well executed.
But, we want more! lol
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Marvellous. :)
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Love the Tharks!
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You guys make my Cytherian Parrotmen look woefully inadequate.
I really do like the idea of cutting the rifle down to make a jezzail or shotgun though. I still might retrofit mine like that.
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Wow, some nice ones here: those tharks are amazing! And I really like the Tirailleurs Cytheriens (although I always thought it was spelled Cytherea/n?)
Mine are very minor conversions, but I thought I'd post 'em anyway.
The first couple are beast handlers - they use their swords to coax giant animals (armoured bear type things - not pictured) to do their bidding, with varying levels of success! I was disappointed with the weapon variety in the kroot box. Swords made from bits of placcy, pistols are trimmed down rifles.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5063/5625782611_0739353b35.jpg)
I also wanted leaders for my Venusian tribe, so I made a berserker and a shaman. Just bits of greenstuff for leather cap/greaves. Bits of weapon barrel for the shaman's staff. He just carries knives and his comedy claw (made from left over weapon bits).
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5625782809_e2fc943759.jpg)
I'm working on a couple of other conversions, but I have no idea when I'll finish them ;D
Apologies for bases and photos ;)
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Ok, I did go ahead and cut down the rifles on my Parrotmen. The new Cytherean Jezzails mean I can fit three more models into the same space in the carrying case. This pleases me.
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Inspiring conversions all.
French, Dutch, Martian, Venusian, I can't decide which I like best, though "Kroot" almost sounds Dutch.
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Wow, some nice ones here: those tharks are amazing! And I really like the Tirailleurs Cytheriens (although I always thought it was spelled Cytherea/n?)
The "ens" instead of "an" at the end is the French spelling, as in "Tirailleurs Algeriens". Bullshot was just showing off using that spelling lol ;)
I like your blue versions too! Nice "unearthly" bases.
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The "ens" instead of "an" at the end is the French spelling, as in "Tirailleurs Algeriens". Bullshot was just showing off using that spelling lol ;)
I like your blue versions too! Nice "unearthly" bases.
DOh! (Slaps forehead) French, of course! lol
Cheers - that was my intention with the bases, I'd still like to add more detail though.
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The "ens" instead of "an" at the end is the French spelling, as in "Tirailleurs Algeriens".
Yes. "Tirailleurs Cythériens" and "Tirailleurs Algériens" is better, if your computer accepts to type "é" ;)
I like these Cythériens. Not my period and context for a wargame, but... these would rather tempt me. They look almost historical if you accept the idea of VSF.
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Neither am I a GW nor VSF man but I really like these Kroot conversions.
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I like them all and its a good core of ideas that I will vist one day with the various Kroot/ork/beastman/skinks etc parts that I've picked up over the years.
Maybe some sinister sprits of the jungle based on some Dryads ;)
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Instead of adding my admiration, I thought it might be apropos to list some previous topics with pimped Kroot:
'nid Kroot:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=28268.0
Off of Seated Brits in 28mm:
http://s685.photobucket.com/albums/vv211/ydarg1214/VSF%20Venus/
LPL S5R4 Ishtar by Capt Blood:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=27870.0
Hardly exhaustive, but will do until they can add their own piccies. ;->=
Doug
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"Kroot" almost sounds Dutch.
Eh eh. It certainly does not sound French.
In the late 19thC (=VSF period) the French did not like foreign-looking words and often changed the spellings of foreign words to give them some kind of French spelling.
I imagine that this name would probably be changed to: "Croûtes" lol
And in a colonial context, it is sad but true that racist nicknames :'( were often invented for conquered people, so I suppose that these aliens would have been called "Crottes" or "Croûtons"! lol
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LPL S5R4 Ishtar by Capt Blood:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=27870.0
Northstar actually. ;D and a fine entry at that!
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Northstar actually. ;D and a fine entry at that!
We REALLY need a *blush* emoticon!
Thanks, D@rth!
Doug
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We REALLY need a *blush* emoticon!
There used to be one on the old-style LF site, but I think I broke it through over-use :(
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Inspiring conversions all.
French, Dutch, Martian, Venusian, I can't decide which I like best, though "Kroot" almost sounds Dutch.
Well, kroot IS a word in Dutch, meaning red beets, though I've never heard it used in that context. But locally we use it as a synonim for pinecones, but that is Dutch Brabants dialect, and as far as I know only in my area ( Asten - Deurne - East of the Peel area anyway). Some squirrel fluffed cones do resemble a Kroots "hairstyle", funny enough.
Hmm, now I wan't to make a few Kroot with Dutch and Brabant flags somewhere. And I'm not even into 28mm!! >:(
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While not Kroots, my Lizard Askari recently completed an arms deal with the Kroot (literally).
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/25mm/lizard%20askari/2011-04-18_13-19-05_470.jpg)
GW fantasy skinks with Kroot arms & severly chopped down rifles. I like the stubbiness of the guns making them look like shotguns. I figured shotguns would be pretty good weapons for off-world askari not familiar with Earth technology.
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Gotta say I'm loving this Kroot thread, very inspirational (and tempting).
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While not Kroots, my Lizard Askari recently completed an arms deal with the Kroot (literally)...
GW fantasy skinks with Kroot arms & severly chopped down rifles....
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to try this.
Here's my Kroot armed Skinks for pulp...
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/9430/liz5.jpg)
As for the kroot bodies, I put dark elf spear arms on the remaining kroot bodies to make fantasy Krorks, but not playing fantasy at the moment, haven't painted them up yet.
Amalric
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Love the Skink/Kroot conversions! Very good idea and well worth pursuing ;D
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kroot IS a word in Dutch, meaning red beets (...) locally we use it as a synonim for pinecones
Thanks Wayswatcher for this scientific etymology explanation: so, if I understand well, amongst the first explorers on this planet there were some Dutch/Flemish guys and when they met these creatures it reminded them of pinecones or of red beets (perhaps because of hairstyle). Hence the name "Kroots".
Better than any GW invention! I like fantasy when it looks historical.
Here's my Kroot armed Skinks for pulp...
Nice pic Amalric.
This lady should not have wanted to have lizard pets in her garden: you can't afford them when they grown up.
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@Black Cavalier
Are the skink arms compatible with the Kroots?
I appreciate you went the other direction, but I've always wanted to de-gun my Kroots, and the way they're carrying their guns makes it difficult (to my brain anyway) to see a way to replace the gun with sword/axe etc (the way the wrist is angled means it always looks like they're holding a gun)
If skink arms would work without too much modification, that would give me another route to consider.
Thanks
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@zemjw
Don't know how the skink arms would work on kroots. I bought the skink bodies & kroot arms separately off ebay, so don't have left overs to try it out.
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I think the Kroot would look a little T-Rex ish with skink arms. I've got a bunch of both and I'll try and put a comparison together tonight. Saurian or Orc arms might work better.
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so many fun kroot in here!
I have a soft-spot for the green men of barsoom, so those might be the most compelling for me.
as for kroot with sknik arms- they'd be a bit small & thin. kroot do work well with lizardmen arms. I made a blood bowl team that way once:
(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/LaughingFerretStudio/BloodBowl%20Tzeench%20Chaos/IMG_6223.jpg)
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Well, kroot IS a word in Dutch, meaning red beets, though I've never heard it used in that context. But locally we use it as a synonim for pinecones, but that is Dutch Brabants dialect, and as far as I know only in my area ( Asten - Deurne - East of the Peel area anyway). Some squirrel fluffed cones do resemble a Kroots "hairstyle", funny enough.
Hmm, now I wan't to make a few Kroot with Dutch and Brabant flags somewhere. And I'm not even into 28mm!! >:(
Now there is an idea I can get into as fellow Brabander. I am into 28mm but I have no clue as to what I would actually use them for tough. I have never heard the word used in either context around here. (Schijndel) So I think its a local thing.
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@Laughing Ferret
Thanks for the lizardman tip - time to browse the Evil Empire's store methinks :)
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@Laughing Ferret
Thanks for the lizardman tip - time to browse the Evil Empire's store methinks :)
Cheaper and easier to buy the bits you need on ebay from a bits distributor.
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....As for the kroot bodies, I put dark elf spear arms on the remaining kroot bodies to make fantasy Krorks, but not playing fantasy at the moment, haven't painted them up yet....
Here's some pics of my Krork built as mentioned above.
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/795/krork1.jpg)
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/18/krork2.jpg)
Amalric
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Very effective Almaric!
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Nice work Almaric
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Threads like this one are why I love lurking about on this forum!
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That Krork works very well. Great conversion!
The Kroot just have to be the best thing GW have produced. So many potential uses :)
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I like those Amalric!
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Spiky armor to match the spiky body.
Well done!
By the by, spear toters are well and truly a VSF staple, so no need to invoke 'fantasy'.
Doug
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So would Skink arms work combined with Kroot bodies or would Saurus ones be better?
Inspiration is taking hold...
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This is my Kroot Headhunter Kindred
(http://img148.imagevenue.com/loc425/th_521396895_LPL7_Groove51_122_425lo.jpg) (http://img148.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=521396895_LPL7_Groove51_122_425lo.jpg)
A simple conversion of Kroot upper bodies and old metal Tyranid Ravener bodies. ;)
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This is an amazing thread! looks like I'm off to my local GW store next payday.
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This is an amazing thread! looks like I'm off to my local GW store next payday.
Or...... have a look on eBay and do your wallet a favour ;)