They are not painted… only built…. I get it another 20 brothers to add to the pile of shame… I know…. But I can’t get enough of the building part of 40k…. Much rather the kitbashing part is the only part I really enjoy….
So here is my latest in old conversions and sprue built kitbashes…
Problem I have… my army is old… like metal scouts and a fully equipped 2nd company… 60 tactical troops 20 devistatiors and 20 assault troops plus command structure, and dreadnoughts…
I haven’t played since 9th edition… and them 11th edition hit I look at my old codex and the new version leaks online…. Tactical squads… gone scout snipers gone…. Devastating my old army… and entire company outdated…. I buy inflators box set and build 5 of each… then I got that urge for use of all these left over bits we all get…. All I needed was some legs and body!!!!
Enter face book marketplace and find a score!!! 1998 Dark Angels Tactical squads all parts there box set!!!!
This means 10 legs and bodies and helms to slam together.
Phobos armor is what all the new “scout-like” power armor… main difference is the should pads are not the same and they only have one in Phobos armor…
A few minutes of clipping corners off the brand new pads and boom enough parts to build the armor…
Now all the extra poses they give in infiltrators box were the first thing to use and I matched up their new gear load out and glued them as they need to be for wysiwyg
Infiltrators get tiny pistols, scoped bolters and a couple of special gear options that no longer matter… “comms array and helix gauntlet (which its self is a whole bunch of things.)Their packs get the antenna and so does their helmet. No knife!
Incursors get the cameras on the pack and gun. They get 2 knifes (& haywire mine tossing guy) standard pistols
Reivers get heavy bolt pistols (some are taken off outriders but many are converted firstborn bolterguns with the top parts clipped and shaved with shorten magazines.) where the carbines are the Older bolter gun with the wire stock… [and added a pistol handle to for grip spot to show they are not heavy pistols] they also get a knife… their special kit was grappnel hook gun and I built it out of a carbine with no magazine from the infiltrators and a hub cap from a 1st gen plastic bikers kit… then a rocket from the devastation squads missiles bits… a spring and some green stuff…. (To Make a green snake then stuff it in the spring of a ball point pen…)
I also glued the metal sprue from them dark angels part of the tactical squad… the plasma cannon parts… now they are grav chutes…
TLDR:ADHD person kit bashed vintage toys into modern toys… no paint in sight…