Post by skorpia on Nov 26, 2013 19:52:56 GMT -5
Hey all!
So I've been juggling Gruntz around and finally convinced my brothers to join me in playing it but found I had yet to really settle on an army. Considering I could implement literally almost anything, be it my own creation or a paraphrase from something existed, I was completely stumped. My brother opted for super heavy space lizard infantry from Khurasan, while the other is still deciding whether he wants a horde of alien-types or robotic types. That prompted me to make my decision to play as a 40k Imperial Guard sort of army: Light infantry and very nice, if cumbersome, vehicles.
Unfortunately I'm having trouble finding miniatures for my infantrymen. Thankfully I stumbled across Proxie Model's mobile gun/trencher tank (The price of 15mm vehicles was making me wince until I found these guys) so I know I'm looking for something with a steamer theme. I was considering Rebel Mini's Victorian Brits but I'm really looking for a trencher sort of vibe. My current choice is Peter Pig's 15mm British troops in gasmasks though really if I could just get my hands on some blokes in trench coats and picklehaubes that'd make my day. Bayonets would be nice too: I plan on using those quite a bit!
At any rate, I'm wondering if anyone can plop down links or images of low-tech steampunk/trencher sort of Grunts. While my dream figure is a trench-coat wearing, gas-masked mofo hefting a mean bayonet all topped off with a nice picklehaube, I want to explore all my options though I'm having a hard time finding them. If it helps, here are the stats for my grunts which will be present on the table in droves:
Rifle Section (15 pts, 6 models)
Guard: 12
Soak: 12
Skill: 2 (Paid to shoot, not think!)
Shoot: 4
Assault: 4
Mental: 7 (Alas, they're much more comfortable in the trench than in the open!)
Perks: Active Camo (These blighters know how to make good use of cover)
Equipment: Laser rifles, HE (Or AP) grenades, Basic melee
In the meantime, how well can you picture these guys running alongside these? Got a better mini in mind?
So I've been juggling Gruntz around and finally convinced my brothers to join me in playing it but found I had yet to really settle on an army. Considering I could implement literally almost anything, be it my own creation or a paraphrase from something existed, I was completely stumped. My brother opted for super heavy space lizard infantry from Khurasan, while the other is still deciding whether he wants a horde of alien-types or robotic types. That prompted me to make my decision to play as a 40k Imperial Guard sort of army: Light infantry and very nice, if cumbersome, vehicles.
Unfortunately I'm having trouble finding miniatures for my infantrymen. Thankfully I stumbled across Proxie Model's mobile gun/trencher tank (The price of 15mm vehicles was making me wince until I found these guys) so I know I'm looking for something with a steamer theme. I was considering Rebel Mini's Victorian Brits but I'm really looking for a trencher sort of vibe. My current choice is Peter Pig's 15mm British troops in gasmasks though really if I could just get my hands on some blokes in trench coats and picklehaubes that'd make my day. Bayonets would be nice too: I plan on using those quite a bit!
At any rate, I'm wondering if anyone can plop down links or images of low-tech steampunk/trencher sort of Grunts. While my dream figure is a trench-coat wearing, gas-masked mofo hefting a mean bayonet all topped off with a nice picklehaube, I want to explore all my options though I'm having a hard time finding them. If it helps, here are the stats for my grunts which will be present on the table in droves:
Rifle Section (15 pts, 6 models)
Guard: 12
Soak: 12
Skill: 2 (Paid to shoot, not think!)
Shoot: 4
Assault: 4
Mental: 7 (Alas, they're much more comfortable in the trench than in the open!)
Perks: Active Camo (These blighters know how to make good use of cover)
Equipment: Laser rifles, HE (Or AP) grenades, Basic melee
In the meantime, how well can you picture these guys running alongside these? Got a better mini in mind?
