Salvage Works

I mentioned before that I acquired a lot from eBay rather cheaply containing a Land Raider. I have decided I am going to try and save it from being a bum purchase. It´s paintjob is horrible, pieces are missing and it has been assembled incorrectly.

Joy.

So at the moment I am taking it apart carefully and trying to salvage what I can. I ordered in two new Lasgun Sponsons, a new top cover and a new bottom plate. The bottom plate will be cut up in order to close the front ramp which was missing.

The Heavy Bolter at the front needed replacing as well but luckily I had a spare. When working on my Death Guard I ordered a Nurgle Plague Hulk kit from Forge World. This comes with a complete Defiler kit included, I used the gun from that on my Chaos Landraider leaving me a spare.

Lucky Me!

(I did paint up another model of the Pride this time with the Scibor parts and using a slightly diffirent color scheme. Dheneb Stone instead of Commando Khaki).

Size Comparison Shots



From Left to Right:

 Ladies and Gentlemen...

My Shadowsword arrived in the mail today. Ordered from the UK, shipped to New Zealand only to be returned to the Netherlands, its world tour is over.

And there was much rejoicing!



...Hellound, Glaive APC...



I should have commented about the APC and my Shadowsword sooner as apparently that worked and had the desired effect. I did open the box but have not yet started on assembling the Super Heavy Tank, I did finish up assembling all of my regular Guardsmen models.

To the right are some size comparison shots I took between one of my Squats and a regular sized Guardsman. Also did some size comparison between the Robogear Walker and a Sentinel and finally some shots of the diffirent APC options beside an old Hellhound (which shares the Chimera Chassis, and is basecoated black so even I have trouble spotting it >_<).

...Half Ute and the Sand Carrier.




None of the APCs have been assembled, this explains why the Half Ute sits so low, assembled it would be higher. After receiving the Old Crow APC today I have to say one thing... I have never ever received a resin model that looked so neat and tight. There literally is no moulds and junk to clear off, very nice.

I am still leaning towards the Half Ute but the Glaive is very nice as well. Perhaps Ill use them for my actual human army which I kind of gathered by accident in my persuit of Squats. To improve on the Half Ute I will most likely order some loose pieces from Ramshackle to enlarge the cabin at the back.

Look a Boring Machine!

Human and Squat.





Sentinel and Robogear Walker...




...with Infantry for scale.

Arrivals

So my stuff has started to arrive. Imagine my surprise that the order from Black Cat Bases, of 10 B'dass Troopers and 2 B'dass Leaders actually contained 12 troopers. Apparently I got given two for free (or by mistake, I'd like to think the first option). The miniatures scale up nicely among the others with one noticeable diffirence I did not even think to consider. The B'dass lack the pot belly most GW Dwarfs seem to have. 

Also in the mail was one of the possible APC's I am considering at this time. The arrival was the Sand-Carrier from Scotia Grendel, this was the last of the vehicles I ordered so it made good time getting to me. Of special note was the packaging; I never thought about it before but they packed it inside an empty clear plastic VHS Cassette Case.

Smart!

Of course I just perused Inso's Blog once more and found even more vehicles that would look awesome with my army. It does raise the question again what is the style I would like to go for? I do like the look of the Sand-Carrier but it is rather sleek, I think a more Industrial Style would fit my Squats better. A race of miners and workers would, in my eyes, have more sturdy work related equipment retrofitted to suit them. It is what drew me to the Half Ute from Ramshackle, but then I came across this beauty:

So another possible vehicle I will order soon, I like the fact that it has wheels instead of tank treads. Next month! I wonder what will be waiting for me today when I get home from work (if anything), I'm hoping for my bits so that I can assemble some more Squats.