Assault Men

Sturmtruppen were designed to operate separately from normal infantry lines, striking at predetermined weak spots in the opponents' defensive line. They were meant to bypass some strongpoints to strike at the rear objectives, forcing the defenders to choose between repelling the raiders or bracing for the wave of normal infantry following the advance.

In 40k, I think the storm troopers imitate this tactic well. With deepstrike and low AP hot-shots, they can really wreak some havoc in an opponents back-fifty.

These here still need basing and a matte finish, but other than that I am done with them for now. On to the other projects!

Stormtrooper 1 is done!

...And his buddies are waiting. Just thought I would share what I have done on him so far. This is pretty much the scheme, but I may go back and do heavier highlights later. For now I just want them table-ready. How do you like how that backpack came out? I am pretty pleased with it. It was simple to make and looks decent while adding some character to an otherwise-static pose.

Any day now my Battleforce should get here, along with the 60 heads I ordered from Pig Iron Productions! Next stop: Conversion-town!

New look, for both the blog and the trooper!

Continuing on with my conversion project, I tried to do a little more greenstuff work. Now I know why Ron at FTW loves doing greenstuff work so much! It really is a challenge. I am definitely beginning to get more comfortable delving into sculpting simple stuff. Here is as far as I got for tonight (it being 1 in the morning): I used some guitar string as tubing for a hose leading to the back, cut the gun free and bent the arm (with a pair of pliers, thus needing to repair the arm where the teeth bit into), and laid the foundation for a backpack sculpt later on. I had fun doing this and can't wait to get some sleep so I can get back on it tomorrow!

As a side note, I hope you like the new blog layout. I needed a more relaxing theme!

Pre-IG Project continued: Storm Troopers

Well, the cat is out of the bag. Here are my latest conversion projects: A squad of anti-MEQ Storm Troopers converted from yet more Ral Partha miniatures (4 Neo-Soviet Vanguard and a Mutant Handler from the Vor line, no longer a mainstream production game). These are my first attempt at converting metal models, so we'll see how it goes. I don't have clamps, so I am trying to attach the plasmaguns to the metal models by first gluing them with plastic cement, which theoretically will make the plastic plasmagun conform better and stick a tiny bit. After it is dry, I am going to go back and superglue it on to make sure it stays put. If that doesn't work I may have to get creative, like using greenstuff or an epoxy glue.

Hopefully I will have these ready to paint by tomorrow morning. Stay tuned!