Harbinger Of The Machine God

Last night I came up with an idea for a model that could represent a Herald on a chariot, I give you the ‘Zanatorian Harbinger’



A chariot has some 5 wounds and 4 attacks so I’m thinking about modeling some ‘Steel Scorpions’ onto the base, as for it’s speed it scuttles real fast and can jump real high which also good for it’s furious charge rule.

What do you think? It’s only a rough conversion at the moment (held together with blue tac) I may change the weapon to something a bit better.

what about if you make some bigger scorpions as 'horses' or maybe the herald could be carried on a bed of scorpions! as you really want to include them!

Individual Steel Scorpions?

Something’s been troubling me recently and it’s whether or not I should mount my Steel Scorpions on individual bases and use them as Daemonettes?



It’s just the daemon list I’m using with them lack any real combat troops and Daemonettes seem the best suited as their toughness isn’t greater than the Iron Guard robots (Horrors) and the weaker save can be resembled by the bot’s smaller size.
I had thought of using them as Nurglings but… well Nurglings are rubbish for what I’m after which is objectives grabbers and an effective close quarter unit. Also the Daemonettes have the speed and agility that suits the steel scorpion more.

What do you guys think should I use them individually as Daemonettes or keep them as they are and use them as Nurglings?

People may complain due to their size.

Nurglings are a far better fit for them.

If your referring to their low height they'll be mounted on scenic bases that will raise their height. I just think they’ll look like quite fast compared to the sluggish Nurglings?

Harbinger Development Part 2

I’ve been working on the Harbinger model and have made a few adjustments to it. First off I’ve replaced the tomb Spyder gun with an old titan weapon that looks a lot better, and I’ve added a small cannon on the bottom plus a few extra touch ups.



I’ve also featured some Steel Scorpions in the photo which will be added to the base, but if they overcrowd it I’ll take them off. I’ll take the legs off soon and file down the green stuff and cover it up with some thin armoured plates on the top of the legs.

However this is only one of the designs for this model that I’m considering, the other is to have a upper body of a robot instead of the defiler head so it looks like the Reaper cyborgs from C&C: http://screenshots.filesnetwork.com/64/others/reaper.gif

I'd be very grateful for any feedback regarding this bot?

As much as I like the alternative, its not in keeping with the rest of the army.

So you recommend I keep the current look compared to the torso then?

yep

Updates & Squad Identities

There have been several updates regarding earlier posts…

Individual Steel Scorpions: I’m going to count them as Nurgling Swarms because their size makes them easier for my opponent to remember what they represent. Plus they look cool in pairs.

Harbinger Alternative Design & Speed The Harbinger will keep it’s current appearance as someone pointed out to me that the 2nd concept doesn’t fit in well with the rest of the army. It also reminded me of something I learned when developing the Iron Guard robot which is I should avoid making the robots look human.
Someone also asked how can I justify the Harbinger’s Jetbike movement. Simple it’s a fast moving walker that can jump due to it’s powerful legs, similar to this unit from Red Alert 3: http://www.commandandconquer.com/portal ... cachetoken

Now my only problem is coming up with a way to make the robots differ from each other for the purposes of being able to identify different squads, without ruining the model’s appearance.



Any suggestions? So far I’ve thought of a different shoulder mount or second weapon but this doesn’t help the Scorpions or Dragoons. Plus I’m not at all good at painting symbols and transfers are out of the question altogether!

Dunno, its something I often struggle with.

It could ba achieved throught their bases. Like one unit has some flock, the other does not or whatever.

Shoulder pad colour variation is always a good idea.

what about the dangly bit between the legs (stop giggling at the back). Different sections and/or different colours as unit markings?

Iron Guard Weapons?

Right now I’m debating on giving the Iron Guard robots another ranged weapon to replace the claw that is on the current model. This is mainly due to the fact my Iron Guard are representing Horrors who fire assault 3 weapons, and the weapon just doesn’t look the type to fire that many shots. So I made some adjustments to the bolter arm from my pervious weapon alteration.



It came out better than I thought the only change I’d try to make is to swap the wire round on the right arm to the outside to make the robots design symmetrical, which can be easily done.

But as always the final decision on the matter we’ll be based on what you guys think?

Also is there anyone at the club good with such small scale conversion?