It's hard to be a GW gamer. I went into my FLG/CS to get some 40mm bases and lady had no idea what I was talking about. There was a single figure on the shelf that was almost 40 bucks (the admittedly cool AM magos). I am trying to transcend GW brand-loyalty and just move into the realm of having fun and not spending a boatload of cash. I tried to grab an old school RT dreadnought off of eBay last month. I was good to go right until literally the very last moment and the thing was sniped and it rankled me bitterly. But look at those models: they are a terrific base for conversions, the sculpts are fairly simple and straight forward, and they appeal very much to the old school line in my brain.
I spent the early evening in a fugue of thinking about casting bases and my own figs, just to learn how one does this particular thing.
I want to have a small force made explicitly of non-GW models painted and configured to meet 40K fluff, just for use in RT and Inquisimunda games. Something with beast men and angry robots and some mechanized evil wizards. I think I posted some army ideas some months ago. To my mind, every figure would be a conversion and a kitbash
I could start with these Roman Legionaries I have laying around, maybe. A Fallout NV-inspired Caesar's legions? The models are slightly smallish but on proper bases it could be fun. Hmm.
Roman las-gun troops, beast men elites, rocket-men fast attack, maybe a couple of big-ass death ray wielding robots. The Laser Legion of Lord Macharius. An original (probably a recast!) of Solar Macharius goes for like 45 dollars on eBay, last time I checked. He's a worthy figure to kitbash from other pieces, in my humble opinion.
Hmm
Added to my feverish enthusiasm for my GS forces and the table and terrain, what I don't need is more products and inspiration...
Anyways, another dread stand-in for your inspirations
http://maxmini.eu/miniatures/andromech-gothbot-miniature
Man, the problem with sleeping for like 4 hours a night for a couple of weeks is that even when you need and want to sleep it gets to be work. Went to bed at 9:00, up at 2:30... Damn this phone and its light in my brain!
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