Mixtecas & Tzunx - Slann of all Sizes

Another pair of slann to add to my warband. This time it's a combat specialist accompanied by a rather more brutish slann! Mixtecas is a converted Warhammer Fantasy slann, and his larger companion is a Phrogg from Ral Partha Europe.

The temple guard defend their ancient ruins from human aggressors.

The Phroggs were a range launched by Ral Partha via Kickstarter back in 2015 and now available on the RPE website. At the time, they created a bit of a buzz with Rogue Trader fans. I backed the Kickstarter hoping for some new troops to mix with my vintage slann, but was ultimately disappointed that the figures came in at 42-45mm rather than the 25-30mm of the RT slann. I was also put off that some of the sculpting seemed pretty crude.

That said, I dug out my Phroggs after Gretchin mentioned them in a comment to one of my posts a week or so back. I figured one ogre-sized slann would be a nice addition to the crew if I could overcome the sculpting issues. The flamer trooper has the nicest pose and detailing to my eyes - I like the added bulk from the fuel tanks. I did want to address a couple of issues before painting him: eyelids; loincloth; weapon; texture.

I resculpted the eyelids to better match the Citadel slann, as well as refining the folds of the loincloth. Whilst I was at it, I refined some other details and added some warts for fun skin texture!

The original flamer nozzle seemed a little low-tech for slann, so I removed it and added a few bits of plastic strip and a doo-dad from my bits box to tech it up.

After a bit of paint, Tzunx looks the part of a hulking over-sized slann!

Although there are a couple of space slann with pistols and axes, I wanted a bit more variety in the combat stakes. I plan to do a couple more like Mixtecas, who is just a Warhammer Fantasy slann with added bits.

I added some detail to his fancy cricket bat, plus a pistol, shoulder pad and a few decorative elements. The shoulder pad and fur trim was basically a copy of the detail on Sschoi from the RT range. Those Kroot shoulder pads are very handy for this kind of thing!

I stuck with the original deep red colour scheme for this pair as I felt it suited them more!

Mixtecas & Sschoi

With the addition of Tzunx, I've hit the happy spot where I have a nice variety of sizes across the crew - lots of human sized plus at least one big and one small = a fun and fully formed crew!!