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| The Sinkhole Boggarts face off against the Data Kings. |
Whilst I work out the logistics of getting my Confrontation gangs photographed all on the same table, here are some scenic pictures of the 'official' Games Workshop miniatures (released, limited & unreleased, but excluding conversions & customs).
Back in 2014, when I pulled out some old Bratt miniatures and painted them anew, I didn't imagine that it was the start of a Confrontation obsession that has lasted twelve years. In that time, I have reacquired some old Confrontation favourites, hunted down unreleased miniatures and build a nice little collection of original Confrontation artwork.
The scavvy king is the last of the 83 'official' miniatures products for Confrontation by Citadel or Marauder. You could argue that the correct total is 79, and exclude the unreleased John Blanche ganger and the first trio of Jes Goodwin Adeptus Arbites. But I'm happy to argue for their inclusion! Notwithstanding that, I've actually painted 194 figures for my Confrontation gangs. I plan to paint maybe a dozen or so more to fill in some gaps and bulk out some of the smaller gangs. But the scavvy king was the last of the official Confrontation miniatures I needed to paint, and here he is in all his glory!
Back in 2016, my good friend Asslessman painted up one of Jes Goodwin's Nurgle champions as part of his scavvy gang. The idea has stuck with me ever since, and I've blatently copied it (with his blessing!).
I'm certain that scavvies would try and recruit an ogryn into their gang if at all possible. Assuming they can scrounge up enough food to keep it fed that is!
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| Lech the outcast ogryn with his trusty chainaxe. |
Three more scavvies to swell the ranks. This time its another trio of unreleased Jes Goodwin sculpts. Once again brilliant figures and really enjoyable to paint with all the layered rags and fun accessories.
You can cut and paste all of the comments I made about scavvies and heavy stubbers to apply to scavvies with grenade launchers. Essentially it boils down to the fact that I wanted to make this figure and Lumpy Mo will get used in a variety of different games systems!
It wouldn't be right to have a Confrontation-era scavvy gang without including the beautiful unreleased scavvies from the masterful hands of Jes Goodwin. I'm lucky enough to have the complete set, so here are the first three to swell the ranks of the Sinkhole Boggarts.
Before anyone says anything, I know scavvy gangs can't have heavy stubbers. But cool figures trump rules restrictions, and Bang-Bang Alys is perfectly usable in N18 hive scum gangs or Stargrave crews!
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| Papa Zhon directs his scavvies to collect more valuable scrap. |
After several months of painting Bob Olley figures, I wanted a bit of a break, so decided to get back on with the Confrontation scavvies. I've now just got the Citadel figures to do. These were sculpted by Jes Goodwin, with three seeing general release and a further seven being unreleased.
Back with the Sinkhole Boggarts, my Marauder-themed scavvy gang. This time I've finished off their leader, who I'm currently calling Ned Crundle (TBC). I probably spent far too long thinking about this figure, but ultimately I'm happy that he fits nicely with the Marauder aesthetic.
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| The stinking Sinkhole Boggarts, led by Ned Crundle with his unstable plasma pistol |
Although scalies only became part of the scavvy gang in Necromunda, I liked the idea of including one in my Confrontation era Marauder scavvy gang. I could have used a 1990s or 2000s scaly, but I wanted one that fit the Marauder aesthetic. That meant digging out a suitable Aly or Trish sculpt. I looked at a lot of orcs, ogres & trolls, but ended up settling on the brilliant Talisman Troll sculpted by Aly. I had to modify him of course!
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| Grolch is regularly used by the Sumphole Boggarts to protect their miserly stash of 'valuables'. |
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| A ranging group of scavvies seek riches amongst the piles of scrap. |
After painting up two of the four Marauder scavvies last time out, it made sense to paint up the remaining pair (as a side note, this means I have now painted all 20 Confrontation miniatures produced by Marauder - showcase to come in the near future!).
It's with a little apprehension that I embark on a final Confrontation journey. The only gang I've not yet painted are the scavvies - once I've completed a scavvy gang, I will have "completed" the Confrontation range. At least I've saved the best 'til last!
I plan to paint the scavvies in a couple of chunks. First up are the four Marauder scavvies sculpted by Aly Morrison. Aly's sculpts are always fun to paint with nice chunky details and characterful faces. I started with the two sporting fancy headgear!
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| A pair of scavvies scour the underhive for gear. |
As I'm closing in on the end of the Confrontation project, I've decided to do some gap filling. This essentially means finishing off any WIP figures and making sure each gang is at least 10 models strong. After a bit of a stock-take, this meant that I needed to paint 3 more psykers, 3 more Helmawr, 2 more maniacs. Plus the Scavvy gang of course.
Step 1 was to get those psykers done. I had already converted one some time ago, but had conversions planned. So I got out the figures and the greenstuff and bashed them out.
It's funny how you can warm to a project over a few weeks isn't it? I really didn't enjoy painting the first Confrontation Elite gangers, but I'm closing off the project with a final pair, and they were a lot of fun to paint up. This time round it's a bit of an imposter-leader model, plus a champion with the coolest heavy weapon there is: PLASMA!
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| Elite gangers may not be upper-hivers, but they are definitely classy! |
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.
Although the Techs, Brats and Ash Waste Nomads from the Confrontation game got most of the limelight, much of the setting was about hive gangs. The few figures that were produced were split into four gangs which have become known as Dogskins, Hunters, Maniacs (or sometimes Maniax) and Elites. The Elite leader is an iconic miniature with his gnomish hood, pelisse and pit bull. I painted him back in 2015. But the other three gangers are pretty uninspiring. They don't really have a strong visual identity compared to the Hunters or the Dogskins. Maybe this was the reason they'd been in my WIP pile for several years!
However, in search of a quick post holiday project, I pulled them out, added some arms and got them painted:
