In spite of not having enjoyed painting the previous batch of Elite gangers, I decided that I needed a bigger gang. So I took some of the duplicate ganger bodies and did some head swaps / repositioning to give me some more variety.
In Necromunda terms, the trio above will represent a champion with a plasma gun (centre) and two juves or gangers. In Stargrave they might be a chiseller, burner and hacker. Either way, they give me more options than the first set of gangers with autoguns.
The plasma gunner got a head from a 40k preacher. I had to sculpt the back of his neckerchief and also added a new hairstyle and one of those decorative panels at his waist. The arms are from a modern Necromunda Delaque kit.
The ganger on the right has had some repositioning of his legs (although in retrospect I don't think the outcome was worth the effort). He also got a new head (the one removed from the plasma gunner) and some Stargrave arms.
The new gangers got the same gang colours as the previous bunch. I had a bit of a nightmare painting the plasma gun though! I originally painted it metallics, then decided I wanted a plasma glow. So did it in my tried and tested blue, which didn't work with the rest of the scheme. So I did it orange and messed it up, did it orange again and didn't like it. So I painted it boring metallics again. I might got back and revisit that, but I probably won't!
These are great. The conversion work is seamless as usual, and they look totally integrated in the band. Pretty nice job!
ReplyDeleteThanks Suber! I don't love this gang, but I'm trying my hardest!!
DeleteIt's amazing to think when we started collecting confrontation models we were desperate to source any fitting arms and now we have all sorts of brilliant solutions !
ReplyDeleteYou might not have likes the earlier elites much but I find the gang to be coming out very nicely !
We're a long way from ill-fitting IG arms or tiny Confrontation bare arms aren't we?! Wonderful times!! Cheers JB.
DeleteThey look very distinct from their compatriots. I especially like the way the studded vest has come up.
ReplyDeleteBill.
Thanks Bill! It's always a challenge to make a figure distinct from another when they're based on the same original model.
DeleteLove that gritty Necromunda vibe - that reminds me I still have full Ratskins gang waiting for some paint... 🐭
ReplyDeleteThanks! Necromunda has a great visual identity doesn't it?!
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