There seems to be a huge market of 3rd party stuff out there, especially for sub-factions of certain forces. Guard regiments are a big one, but I've seen plenty of off-brand Chaos bits floating around, as well as stuff for Ork klans.
Can we get a thread about what's out there, and what people have put together themselves? With Armageddon looming I've been thinking about getting some Steel Legion, but I've got no desire to work with fixed pose/armament metal models.
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go into the awg and look at their top post, it's got a yuge list of alt manufacturers for all your making krieg great again needs.
awg?
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Alternate Wargame General. Huge list in the OP, but it's work to filter it down to 40k stuff.
Anvil Industries has some pretty good stuff for IG that's compatible with the plastic Cadians, but it was mostly modern looking kit until recently. Now they're bringing out stuff with longcoats, stalhelms and other things that can work for Kreigers and Valhallans. Their Gothic Void and Medieval stuff is a pretty good fit for 40k too, though it doesn't match any of the existing regiments.
I'd love to make some Maccabean Janissaries, but I've not seen any bits that'd fit the bill. Stormcast heads are a partial match for the helmets, but not quite.
Reusing old picture because I don't have my models at hand
You can get creative with Dream-Forge models for Guardsmen the bigger armour can be use as power armour while the normal range can be use as carapace armour Guardsmen. They even have decent female models with nice ass.
Statuesque has some revolution or resistence looking models too.
Brother Vinni beside porn models he has decent Troop models
Victorian miniatures are IG galore
Anyone seen any interesting Tau bits?
Zealot Miniatures does female Tau bitz
Warzone exclusive have some.
It will be your jam if you love ball tits
Wargames Exclusive have a few nice character models and some awesome looking jetbikes, but almost all of their female Tau are waifish titmonsters.
I've been using Infinite mini's and Necro models as a basis for some assassin conversions. They work really well, in my opinion.
More or less because I find the original models a bit bland, and lacking in the right details.
Phoneposting and all but here's some Victoria Minis stuff whipped up. They'll be getting some Armageddon-style gasmasks at some point so not entirely finished.
I keep seeing those individual gasmask kits and thinking that they must be insanely fiddly to work with.
Same. I'm going for the Armageddon chestbox design but anyone trying to attach those VM gasmasks I say good luck.
Hasslefree has some great models models on the cheap that could go for Eldar and Inquisition dude(ette)s.
hfminis.co.uk
The face on the top left one looks similar, but it would cost a fortune to build an army of them.
I have that model, it's good. I should probably touch it up and snip the pistol off at some point. That hand looks very accommodating of conversions. Makes for a good Inquisitor/Interrogator regardless.
I've also got this one here. Going to use it for a Rogue Trader, but it'd be right at home in a Necromunda gang too.
What's the different between the normal models and the "master" resin models on the site?
Normal is metal, resin is resin. Mine are metal, so I can't say for sure, but resin is probably going to be a little bit crisper on the details and a lot lighter/easier to cut and convert. That said I'm not disappointed with the level of detail on my metal minis and the resin versions cost twice as much.
These are cadians with pig iron miniatures head with some greenstuff and shaving
Hitech Miniatures has a load of chunky people in power armour. May need a little conversion work to "properly" fit 40k, but they're very much designed with it in mind. Their Bio-Tech Covenant (Mechanicus) range looks to be growing right now, and there's a vast array of cool looking tech-priests in there.
Looks pretty good. Shave off shoulder pads, add shawl with green stuff?
Yep, shaved pockets also
The Russian company Tehnolog has some really cheap stuff for conversion parts. A lot of stuff can be found on ebay, but here's a site where you can get all of it without having to speak Ivan.
Warzone: Mutant Chronicles is a pretty decent source of alternative 40k minis for IG, R&H, and Inquisition plus it's still available straight from the current copyright holder. ~$50 bucks nets you 80 minis and the whole range goes on sale (at half of no less) pretty often. I got 160 of the laddies sitting on sprue waiting for 8e finally hit.
Only problem is pose variety (only 8 in total in the whole box) and a general lack of detail compared to what we have today (these models are from the mid-late 90's).
Still a great deal all things considered.
I have both this model and the fantasy version with the hat. Both are pretty great models. Hasslefree makes some nice stuff.
Oh man, I forgot about the hat. It pained me to see that the sci-fi version didn't get it.
Warzone models fit in pretty well with 40k scale-wise as well. Heights about right and the proportions are similarly wonky.
Stylistically a good fit too, though there's no surprise there.
Any idea for bits to get near a shoretrooper armor design?
I might even just paint my krieg stormtroopers with a similar color scheme.
Are they worth the 50 dollar price tag for 10 dudes?
I've been looking to buy the Arcadian Guard, based on the old 3rd edition cadians to have some girls trodding along with the old metal dudes I'm buying, but 50 dollars is a lot of dollars
Dream-forge miniatures, Stormtrooper Rifle Squad
No idea where he got the trooper head but the body works fine as one
EVERYTHING I hear days they're good, but it's still $50+ for a squad of GUARDSMEN.
Huh the picture was not posted, even it said it was
Thx mate. I found this too. He said he got the head from a WotC bendy SW game thats now OOP.
well. I have money lying around anyways....
I might as well pay those 50 moneys, I've always wanted female guardsmen but they're the only company selling decent ones
Meh...maybe but torsos and heads and get the rest from bits stores on ebay
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Do you like Dream Forge? They have some decent looking female models.
Mind you they are more elite looking than a Guardsmen.
Does anyone have experience attaching Cadian arms and bits to historical figures? I was thinking of making Valhallans out of some WW2 Soviets.
Do they still sell the big bags of guys? If so, which website would I want to look at?
Pretty much, yeah. A cheaper option is putting Statuesque heads on regular bodies, but that can look a touch wonky due to how chunky the plastic Cadians are.
thats basically dinoriders
10/10 right here. There a post attached to this?
>shop.princeaugust.ie
I got two from here when they had a half off sale.
I've been very pleased with Victoria Miniatures greatcoats legs so far.
Are those heads also Victoria?
Any good not!Armageddon Steel Legionnaires out there?
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Stuff like this really makes me wish GW just sold a fuckload of heads on their own.
I've been looking. There's a few things that kinda fit the bill (see Anvil's greatcoats and gasmasks), but nothing that looks completely correct.
I see. These are perfect for conversions I want to do for another game. Are there any decent bits sellers for 40k around anymore, or do I have to sell a kidney to get enough of these?
I've used Bitzbox, but they charge £0.60 a head and are sold out anyway. Hugely popular bits, those.
The skitter heads are not hard to find on ebay, the kit they come from has 20 heads for 10 dudes because there's two different way to assemble it:
Here's 12 for $8: ebay.com
And even better, you already have the miniatures to play an actually well made game that is Infinity!
I really like Kromlech collecting all their cybork bits into those dopey robots.
I got one and I am halfway through painting it.
Memes won't make your game good.
Fun game but not good.
Unlike Dropzone commander, good and fun. So they will fuck it up eventually like anything that gets any popularity
My friend bought a meganob from them and it's HUGE. He's dead happy with it.
>Memes won't make your game good.
Tight rules do. As well as actual balance. Infinity has both.
Oh you are serious. I'm so sorry.
Don't bother, their anti-40k is pic related.
If they wanteth not our posts let their shit thread meet the page 11 they so keenly desire.
Aren't DreamForge models like ET-spindly next to Cadians (which are, for the record, terribly proportioned but none-the-less the reference scale)?
Yes they're much more on the realistic end of the scale.
Mad robot has some pretty good stuff.
If you aren't good at greenstuffing tubes/don't relish doing it for an entire guard army with those check out Dragonforge, they make pewter cast guitar wire that is 100% easier to work with than the actual stuff.
dragonforge.com
Has anyone had experience with the Epirian Foundation models (the Not!-IG from DakkaDakka's pet game "Maelstrom's Edge")?
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Size comparison
Anvil industries seems like the best option for guard stuff. I haven't taken the plunge yet sue to shifting esirions, but I'm really tempted to use their Regiment builder to get a nice force going
MFW Mantic seems to have killed off the Corporates (Not!-IG) and the Marauders (Not!-Blood Axe Orks).
The Corporates were, let's be honest, painfully generic but I really liked the Marauders, they were one of the few treatments that went beyond "Hue hue hue, Nazi Orks, aren't we clever?".
Feels bad, mang.
They still sell the Marauders on their Deadzone page though. I am not sure about the Corporates as they just made new plastic kits for them. It is likely that they haven't hit stores yet, and they are just getting rid of the old restic ones.
Has anyone ever found non-mask ushanka heads (the funny Russian fur hats)?
Pig Iron has ushanka-and-mask heads (Kolony Militia Winter I think?) but not what I'm looking for.
You should be sorry. Being as uninformed as you are.
Dropzone and Infinity are different type of games though. One is a 6mm army game about dropships (as I understand) and the other is a tactically demanding yet fast paced 32mm skirmish game about black ops. I don't see why someone couldn't play both, since they offer different experiences.
I was looking into Dropzone because I wanted to try a 6mm system, but I found none of the factions sufficiently interesting.
Mad Robot has 5 heads with ushankas (no gasmask for $4.00
madrobotminiatures.com
Try Spartan Games, Planetfall.
Anyone know where I can get ODST heads or halo-ish helmets so I can make my elysians ODSTs?
Pig iron. Shapeways.
Worst advice possible. May as well ask user to throw his money in the trash once Spartan drops the game in a week.
Seriously, Dropzone Commander is a good game. Has good strategy needed to win, and splendid models and a very 'our guy' game designer / owner. Dave is a nice dude who's a genuine TG nerd who's pursuing his dream of making his game.
Anvil Industries has some too. £3 for 7 heads.
I can vouch for Pig Iron. Good shit.
I got some Doomguy heads for my Scouts.
>female models with nice ass
Now I want minis based on the female Spartans from Halo Reach. You suck.
anyone know a good source of jet engine bits. particularly the intake and exhaust nozels. My plasticard-fu isn't that good yet.
>Try Spartan Games, Planetfall.
Any recommendations for alternative stormshields?
I'm not really a fan of the normal SM cross shaped ones.
This place has a huge range of shields, some of which should fit the bill. They've got a few lines of not-marines, so there's plenty of aesthetics to chose from.
Nothing at all wrong with Scibor, MaxMini also has a bunch of shields: maxmini.eu
Those resin rifles must be as brittle as shit.
The normal Lasgun is chunky and that's High Impact Polystyrene.
Is their resin very expensive?
You talking about the Victoria stuff? No idea what resin they use, but I recently got some stuff from Anvil and their resin is pretty durable. Again, not a guarantee of quality, but slim resin doesn't necessarily mean breakages.
Well they have some rather nice ASSets, all things consider.
I wonder how easy it would be to swap the weapons out for 40k ones. They could make some pretty nice stormtroopers/veterans/etc.
Wow those look great! Thanks!
should be pretty easy.
Wow, is the Plastic really that shiny?
Not that it matters. It's just a little unusual.
If you see the thread
You can replace rather easily. But this are in a less retarded heroic scale.
Lucky for you the guns work just fine from 40k, but marine special weapons look just as silly
Have some old picture of me dicking around with the kits
Yes and no. It is a mixed bag.
Some of it hates Vallejo spray white primer. I learn it the hard way.
It ate part of the plastic, so I could not properly strip the paint from them. Here is the last attempt trying to fix the mess
How the hell did spray primer eat the plastic?
How do the left arms/hands match up on the smaller kits? Do they all hold the weapons okay?
Have you tried washing the parts in warm soapy water before assembly/painting? sometimes the chemical used to prevent the models sticking to the mold remains and repels paint.
Found that out the hard way with some TGG minis.
No idea how it happen. I was as surprise as you, even more because it fuck 20 models hard. I did my best to save them.
You second question. Pretty good all things consider. The special weapons like Flamer, plasma, combi look way to big in the thinner models but the bulkier ones work pretty fine
I asked Dream Forge and Vallejo. Everyone was confuse as balls about that. Even send them some picture.
Both Vallejo and Dream Forge didn't replace shit, but they did give me some big discounts. Since well it was me that fuck up
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How do these models stack up with the Forgeworld Elysians and Kriegers? They're far smaller than the chunky Cadians and Catachan.
