Dvarg Work Suits

Hello and Welcome Back,

After putting together the Big Red Mining Corporation (BRMC), I spotted the Forge Fathers Artifactor Juggernaut by Mantic Games. Such a mining rig would suit the Dvarg/Squats/Space Dwarves of BRMC perfectly. The resin model comes in several peices and has options to build different looking Mining rigs. You could even choose a layout for a pure combat based model. 

As I wanted a rig suitable to smashing wreckage and mining work I chose a power hammer and mining drill. The spare bits went into the cavernous bits box for future conversion work. 

In my pile of figures is a bunch of old 40K Rouge Trader era Squats. As they seem to have a theme I am planning a future Squat force, the Blue Star Company. It wont come as a surprise that they will have a blue paint scheme. As I was already looking at the Forge Father Artifactor Juggernaut models from Mantic Games, I got a Iron Ancestor as a Dreadnought style mech as support for the Blue Star Squats. 

Like the other model, it is a multipart resin model giving a couple of armament options. The spares have gone in the bitsbox. 

One nice thing about the Iron Ancestor model is that they are largely enough to be crewed by a human figure. I can see these models offering combat support for many forces. 

As the Dvarg are also traders in my setting, it is possible that they would trade these suits with human allies, for enough loot. 

Thanks for looking,

Take Care Out There. 

The Asterians

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A couple of months back I picked up the Insurgent Earth rules by Patrick Todoroff. A quick overview of the rule background is that the Earth is attacked by alien invaders and quickly over run. In the game you play a small resistance cell. It is a solo or cooperative game. 

While I have more than enough figures to cover a team of resistance fighters I found that I didn’t have enough for the aliens. For the grunts and solider levels of aliens I chose to use the Necron Skelebots that I have for Zone Raiders Immuncites. For my flavour of Alien Invaders I decided upon robots controlled by a evil alien intelligence who is too smart to actually get involved in the dirty work of combat. 

Meet the Asterians 

But I needed more figures. I needed some figures for the alien elite, lieutenants and boss. Looking about I settled on Mantic Asterian Cyphers as alien elites, Black Talon Prime as a alien Lieutenant and a alien Marionette as the final boss. This also gives me the option of adding to the Cyphers ranks if I feel like it. 

The Cyphers

The figures are painted with Army Painter speed paints. I am not too sold on the scheme I chose for the Cyphers.

The Marionette (L) as the final Boss and the Black Talon Prime (R) as a Lieutenant. 

As I like to get the most from my collection the Asterians will also serve as a Nth Generation gang (think sentient robots with a common construction template) for Zone Raiders. 

Thanks for the looking, take care out there.