Monday 26 December 2016

Unleash the Dragons!

As it's Boxing Day, officially the laziest day of the year, I've got a little time to post something I did last week:


I've revamped my old Necromunda Gang, which have sat unused for at least a decade. I didn't do anything complicated, just a simple rebase (using the growing mound of Knight Models knobbly bases I've amassed), throw a wash over them and change the colour of their gang colours. Overall, I'm happy with how they've turned out with a minimal amount of work.


The gang used to have green bandannas and loincloths, but the colour change has been prompted by, of all things, my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for 7TV. I do have some plans for villains such as Baxter Stockman, Bebop and Rocksteady, the Krang and, of course, the Shredder, but in the short term, I wanted to put together some suitable opponents for them.


Therefore, in the spirit of saving money, my Orlocks have been transformed into a heavily armed version of the Purple Dragons, a street gang which the Turtles (in almost all of their incarnations) tangle with very early in their crime-fighting careers - which seems appropriate.


I'm not sure I'm going to use all of the heavy weapons in a TMNT game, but certainly the flamethrower might make an appearance. I'm planning to use the Minion profiles for the gang and have them led by either Baxter Stockman, or Chris Bradford (using the Bolo profile from the SHIVA PDF).

I might, of course, also use them for Necromunda...

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  1. Very cool, they have this nice gritty look. The rebase is also very appropriate, given the plans you have for them, and kind of screams: 'get out of our territory!' 😉.

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    1. Thanks. The tufts on the bases were more about covering up dodgy looking bits (I'm not a fan if them), but I'm pleased with how they've turned out.

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  2. Great looking gang dude. Looking forward to seeing your battle reports with these guys in!

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    1. Thanks. Just need to sort a main villain out and I'm ready to rumble.

      Might try to get Chris Bradford sorted over the next couple of days.

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  3. Looking really.good. it's nice to go back and refresh old work; gives them a new lease of life.

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    1. Thanks. It does, I've got a plan to do something similar but significantly larger with one of my old WFB armies.

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  4. Excellent work on updating the gang, and dual-purpose is a bonus! :)

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    1. Not sure I'll actually play Necromunda again, but the reason I have them after all this time is because I might... :)

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  5. I think I still have two or three of those minis, I know I have the Juve with the auto pistol.

    Very nicely done mate and yes I think they could be used easily in TMNT, minus the heavy artillery.

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    1. Thanks. To be honest, given the sort of weaponary that the Kraang, Shredder or Stockman might provide them, it's really the bolter that's definitely not right. And that's mainly because it's so iconically 40k.

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    1. That's very kind, but a touch generous. They were amongst the first full projects that I painted.

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