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Miniatures Adventure => Weird Wars => Topic started by: EndTransmission on January 23, 2014, 02:13:23 PM
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Afternoon all.
As my Achtung! Cthulhu models arrived recently, I started to paint up some of my plastic/metal mountain so I've got some working forces before the skirmish system gets released later this year.
First up we've got a Bolt Action ready Commando force. I originally bought the plastic set to make characters for my A!C rpg sessions, so it seems only fair that they all come out to play.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mq5Ql-qpVZk/UtvpR9GHdQI/AAAAAAAAAe4/-sFQcLHqxH0/s1600/P1010545.jpg)
We have our brave officer and his adjutant
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YJNR-_sVUL4/UtvpOJPhS_I/AAAAAAAAAdY/0T3VxasQGe4/s1600/P1010522.jpg)
An artillery observer to call in long distance strikes
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-THKBypjjVBU/UtvpSB6lsuI/AAAAAAAAAe8/zEZ8ms3IaIo/s1600/P1010529.jpg)
A medic, just to everyone around a little bit longer
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gtYpjVHS2Sc/UtvpPpPwqRI/AAAAAAAAAd8/3AeRuEPRpFs/s1600/P1010530.jpg)
Two squads of 8 commandos. Each have 4 smgs and 1 lmg
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HYuqeZs3y0w/UtvpQu3A2tI/AAAAAAAAAeU/IXzOY4COHiI/s1600/P1010536.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ibwEJC9whFo/UtvpRqLC1uI/AAAAAAAAAeg/4y0Ec4inRXo/s1600/P1010538.jpg)
And to add a bit of punch we've got a PIAT team to try and deal with any light tanks or large creatures
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tF53Zw9iRrI/UtvpQLPJCBI/AAAAAAAAAeE/t-XkWq0Pimo/s1600/P1010533.jpg)
And a sniper team to try and take pot shots at weapons teams or officers
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KNHT83Ga3b8/UtvpQYEoU-I/AAAAAAAAAeM/KdY_rGjwul4/s1600/P1010534.jpg)
They are accompanied by two of the Achtung! Cthulhu characters
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LauBF4UCzek/UtvpNxSBlWI/AAAAAAAAAdg/691jabQlFgA/s1600/P1010519.jpg)
The guy on the left is rather... short compared to the other commandos. Thankfully most of the Bolt Action figures are hunched over as well, so he doesn't look completely out of place, but he is small.
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So they have something painted to actually face off against, one of my Dust walkers was painted up after being converted into Sigrid's personal mode of destruction
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q46rlgXRI9g/UtuYgWNZPXI/AAAAAAAAAcI/Jsk7z2eYou4/s1600/P1010562.jpg)
Commando Fred sneaks up on the walker, ready to plant some explosives... *Kaboom*
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RcqNNZIg4Cw/UtuYglhpkzI/AAAAAAAAAcU/VZU5fDPwqGI/s1600/P1010565.jpg)
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Lovely paint jobs on the Figs and Mech guys..
Cheers
Wolt
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They look great. Who makes the officer?
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Great stuff, mate!
:-*
I am extending my own SA stuff in this direction later in the year.
The troops have already been recruited.
;)
Who makes the officer?
He is converted (head swap) from one of White Knight's Pulp figures:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=54636.0
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Great stuff!
Brian
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Thanks guys. As Mason said, the officer is from White Knight. Some of his other pulp figures will eventually make an appearance in here too; they are all sitting in the painting pile. They are some way down the pile though as there are some Russians, some Germans and the rest of the Modiphius models to come first. Possibly some other Dust walkers for both sides
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......the officer is from White Knight. Some of his other pulp figures will eventually make an appearance in here too; they are all sitting in the painting pile.
Same here, mate.
I have finished Ciderman and the big lump with the gun.
Both are in my Strange Aeons project and the other two shall join them when I too follow you down the WWW2 meets Mythos route.
;)
Very inspirational, sir.
Following all this with much interest.
:D
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Doesn't look like a fair fight! I put my money on the Walker !
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Doesn't look like a fair fight! I put my money on the Walker !
The British have that magic Sikh guy though. Who knows what HE can do. Air elementals all up in da house yo, or something.
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By the looks of things, Nyarlathotep has some sort of agreement with the German high command as some troops have started to mutate into servitors, immediately identifiable as followers of the crawling chaos. These lesser servitors are led into battle by some overlords who retain eyes in their tentacled heads and more humanoid hands capable of manipulating modern equipment
Overlords of Nyarlathotep
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZtiyhEWPBqA/UwE4NUKuo9I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/MY0Ajo1QX3o/s1600/P1010702.jpg)
Servitors
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FMII-4-DfTI/UwE4MoruWPI/AAAAAAAAAhY/IvlDcvurHqA/s1600/P1010699.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cg5OgCIbuEU/UwE4MkR9e4I/AAAAAAAAAhA/HSiDaty0PFc/s1600/P1010700.jpg)
These are from Modiphius' Achtung! Cthulhu range of models and are really nice to paint. There are a couple of other beasties in my >>>Strange Aeons thread (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=56310.0)<<<
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Nice work, sir.
I like the way this project is heading.
:-* :-*
In fact it was this thread that got me thinking along these lines again recently...and it led to a game!
So...Thank you!
:D
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Glad to be able to return the bad influence ;)
At some point I need to start coming up with some Strange Aeons stats for these guys... one day.
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Damn. That is some fine work and a mess of fun minis to be playing with too.
Always a treat to come back to this fine thread.
Meantime you have me wondering if all this A!C stuff could work in 20mm... o_o
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Not to worry; I imagine the British have some Deep Ones held in reserve.
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Nah, the Deep Ones are working for Black Sun as well. The Allies are on their own with this one :o
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I've started work on some Russians to help the commandos in their fight against Black Sun and their mythos monstrosities. These are all Bolt Action plastics, with the addition of a spare Warhammer Empire banner to add that little bit extra character to the mob. There's another 20 or so Russians left on the painting table that I will get around to at some point to bring it up to a full 500 point BA force, but for now they will be great fodder for Strange Aeons and our RPG sessions
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pXv9OWQdh2w/UwE4PVXu0TI/AAAAAAAAAiA/JohYlbdomTQ/s1600/P1010720.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VUYsLhTvLq4/UwE4Pk2zMXI/AAAAAAAAAiI/JIFKGuk3Gj4/s1600/P1010727.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qdHQ1JDHdfE/UwE4Pt8SyZI/AAAAAAAAAiM/EkuDMMJWAAs/s1600/P1010735.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-djPvqcN3DnQ/UwE4QMpGfEI/AAAAAAAAAic/zBS6653w5_M/s1600/P1010736.jpg)
Here's a close up of one of our brave sons of Russia
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EUYg7n3Qzjk/Uul7GqYIYXI/AAAAAAAAAgM/zi_FerFmezY/s1600/russwip3.png)
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Looking good, mate.
:-*
You are certainly very productive just now.
Kicking out some seriously good work.
8)
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Well productivity last year was scuppered by moving house. Now things are pretty much unboxed, I've got evenings back for painting! At some point I need to look at making some terrain for better photos though
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The painting challenge that I've been undertaking on Blogger called for the creation of a figure (or group) based upon a Sam Peckinpah film. There was also a sub-challenge to create a casualty model... so I figured i'd kill two birds with one stone (pun intended) and make something that even fits with the Russians I just showed you.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UnhhhnhJIK4/UwjcV5tFQaI/AAAAAAAAAjc/3ZWMpmPSl6k/s1600/cross_of_iron_xlg.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VaY2Ev9dfsM/UwjdDHKBNnI/AAAAAAAAAjk/FFVhWyR0Ks8/s1600/P1010748.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WONbMdBh1CQ/UwjdDbceB9I/AAAAAAAAAjs/7WLWdk0f7FM/s1600/P1010750.jpg)
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Very clever, mate.
I like that.
A lot.
:-*
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Great looking casualty. Cross of Iron is an AWESOME movie!
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Great looking casualty. Cross of Iron is an AWESOME movie!
To my shame, I've not seen it yet. The poster just caught my eye when looking at Peckinpah films for inspiration
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The film covers WWII on the Eastern Front from the German point of view. Corporal Schneider is one of my all-time favorite James Coburn roles.
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It's an okay film, just..miserable and depressing. lol
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Nothing wrong with a bit of misery in a film :D
It's on the rental list somewhere, so one day...
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Thought it was a very good movie (the books are quite good too). Depressing subject.