Works In Progress and Action Shots

Through extremely poor planning, I found I had no models undercoated and ready for painting last night. Instead I decided to dedicated a few hours to converting up some figures that I've been planning, ready for the next painting opportunity.

I envisaged this first pair as Imperial Agents or Arbites Detectives. They will be accompanied by a squad of Arbites in due course. They're very simple conversions from Rogue Trader era Commissars - the heads came from a pair of old Citadel Paranoia troubleshooters.



Imperial Agents

Next up are a pair of Chaos Cultists who will eventually belong to a Slaaneshi cult. The two-headed mutant is a classic beastman. His club and mutated snake hand were replaced with a pair of pistols from the Dark Vengeance cultists. His buddy is based on a Rogue Trader Kev Adams Ork (courtesy of Evo over at Port Imperiale). The original head was removed and replaced with a head from yet another Kev Adams sculpt - an Egyptian Eunuch Guard by Dark Fable Miniatures. I like the 'not-quite-rightness' of the figure - he's clearly felt the mutating touch of chaos and his body is subtly distorted with his over-large hands and feet.

WIP adherents to the Cult of the Silken Veil

Finally, I added a few finishing touches to my horse-skull oddity - a couple of lengths of trailing cables ensure that its firmly in the 40k universe, and not just a strange fantasy interloper!

Wire wrapped cables from Zinge Industries. It was my first time with them and I strongly recommend them - much easier to work with then guitar strings.

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Seeing as there's no new painted figures to show you, I thought I'd share some photos I took a week or so ago when I had an hour spare to visit Warhammer World. I spent my time mocking up some scenes on a couple of the more interesting tables (hoping that none of the staff would come over and start quizzing me on the 2 or 3 non-GW models I was taking pictures of!). Anyway, here are the results:



In the lower levels of Palatine Spire, the cocky youths of the Sutter Dukes Brat pack attempt to negotiate with hard-trading Guilder, Yakob Pento for new supplies of Spook.

The Brats start getting nervous as negotiations reach a tricky stage; Pento's hired guns losen their weapons. The Brats retreat with a tip off that Ash Wastes Nomads might have a fresh consignment.

Elswhere, in the mining sumps, a gang of Bounty Hunters track down Ash Waste Nomads seeking a new smuggling route into the hives.

The Nomads flee, laying down a hail of bullets to cover their retreat!

As the Bounty Hunters trudge back to the hab-levels, they encounter the Guilders.

Some of Pento's hired scum have a price on their heads, but the Guilder talks the Bounty Hunters down with the promise of lucrative future contracts.

Outside the shell of Palatine, the Sutter Dukes lie in wait to ambush the Ash Wastes Nomads as they emerge from the hive.

The Nomads are caught unawares

There is no escape

The Magpie Dandy laughs "Harken, fine baggy-pantalooned wanderers! Let us converse on the subject of Spook, and how you will make a fine and delightful gift...in return for your lives!"