My gaming group's Necromunda campaign is in the final phases, with 4 weeks left to go. The Skallytong Boys of House Morlaque are languishing mid-table, so with a money belt full of cash, my Leader decided to go on a recruitment drive.
I've added a brand new champion to the gang, as well as another supporting ganger with a shotgun.
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| Two new gang members enter make their way to the Skallytong Boys' hideout. |
Tortega comes into give a bit of close-quarter support (an area where the Skallytong Boys are a bit light. He's equipped with a plasma pistol and "power weapon" (this will become a servo-claw in future iterations of the game when the full Trading Post is published).
Tortega is built from a Confrontation Hunter ganger, with a head swap from a different ganger, and the servo claw from the female Bob Olley servitor (the torso of which was donated for a different project many moons ago!). Tortega's plasma pistol is from the Forgeworld chaos renegades weapons pack.
I kept the now well-established Morlaque colour scheme for Tortega - in the most part his equipment makes him stand out. I did add a little touch of decoration with his rather fancy polka dot shirt sleeve.
Just in case you were wondering about his donor head, here's the four figures I converted from two Hunter ganger variants. You can see that simple head swaps and different arms have helped to really change the look.
Skull Cap Jak is ironically my least favourite of the Hunter models. He was clearly intended to be the gang Leader, but his bone armour is a bit over the top, especially his skull shaped helmet. He's also a bit short and bandy-legged compared to the other gangers. Nonetheless, I had to include him in my gang. So he's in as an over-enthusiastic ganger (the one who always takes things one step too far).
Finally, for reference, here's all 4 of the Confrontation Hunters together - it's not too often you see them all painted in a group.
Hopefully the new recruits won't do the usual trick of dying in a spectacularly unsuccessful fashion!
I had to laugh when I saw 'Skull cap Jak'. We all have that one mate who takes things too far!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking miniatures by the way.
It's funny really, but also a little sad. He so very much wants to be accepted :D
DeleteI've think Yo'uve found the right place for the "leader", I feel the same about him despite how I would want to love him !
ReplyDeleteKudos for painting a full set of the hunters !
Thanks JB. He's destined to be enthusiastic but ineffectual I reckon.
DeleteFirst fully painted set of Hunters since 1991?
I always wished Confrontation had been properly released, it had such amazing detail. Necromunda was fun, but Confrontation was truly gritty and gothic.
ReplyDeleteConfrontation had a slightly darker vibe I think. Mind you, the current version of Necromunda is a nice blend of the two.
DeleteBrilliant additions mate, so good seeing these little gems getting some love!
ReplyDeleteThanks mate! One day I'd like to have painted the full Confrontation range - it would be fun, right?!
DeleteNow that’s a hell of a goal mate - there’s some properly rare stuff in that range! Would be amazing to see though ;-)
DeleteI've got a pretty good collection of Confrontation figures. As far as I know I'm only missing one of the unreleased Bratts. So it would just take time :)
DeleteLove these new recruits and yes, that is a silly bone armour getup. He should be ashamed.
ReplyDeleteHe is. Very ashamed :)
DeleteSkull Cap Jak looks ace man! His bone armour is awesome! Have you got a WIP of him? You've probably already posted him on here before haven't you :) But I'd love to see what you made him from and how much is GS.
ReplyDeleteSkull Cap Jak is 100% unconverted- that's the model as produced by Citadel :)
DeleteYou can see a pic over at the Collecting Citadel Wiki: http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Necromunda_First_Releases_(Confrontation)_-_Collectors_Guide
Very nice indeed! Good luck for the rest of the campaign ;)
ReplyDeleteI need some good wins to get me topping the table, but I've had masses of fun which is the main point of it all :)
DeleteSome very nice work there Axiom. Are they holding their own?
ReplyDeleteThey're doing OK. They beat up some Goliaths in the last two games, but suffered at the hands of some Escher a few weeks ago :)
DeleteConcepts like 'too far', 'too much' or 'over the top' don't have much sense :D
ReplyDeleteReally cool work :)
Ha! More is more, right?! :)
DeleteBecause it's becoming increasingly rare for me to work at such small scales - it never ceases to amaze me seeing you bring out so many details through paint. Nice work! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Here's hoping my eyes hold out another 20 years :)
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