At time of writing, I’m between major modeling projects. And that will probably remain the case until either 40K 11th edition, or I discover something fun, whatever happens first. But I did get these in late January, and wanted to briefly talk about them, once I got around to it...
OK, so the inspiration for these as models is obviously a melange of Borg and Adeptus Mechanicus, spiced with the Strogg from Quake and the 1999 Jamie Lee Curtis film Virus. Like so many Stargrave kits, there's innumerable head and weapon options, with the ratio of melee to guns being more choppy than the norm. There is however some bigger guns in there too, like a recognisable flamer and heavy bolter-alike. The heads meanwhile tend to straddle the cyborg/zombie line, although there are some necron-adjacent scarabs that seem rather interesting. In many ways its a kitbasher’s dream. One observation I would make however is that these models sometimes have bare feet, and a tattered look on the fabric. This leads to ye olde fixed pose problem, whereby a supposedly unique model with individual battle damage gets repeated in a squad. I mean, how many guys with one robot leg, but no shoes, would you expect to see? It's not an actual problem, but if you're wanting to make, say, military cyborgs, you're probably better off not using the bodies here. However, I'd go so far as to say that making a Servitor Killteam is very possible, and that may indeed become something I try.
As I was feeling out this kit, I built two sets of five. The first set was mainly melee, attempting a Borg colour scheme, while the second was shooty in admec red, or orange as it turned out. The colour schemes were experimental, and due to a paint drying out, I had to improvise a bit with the flesh tones. These were painted by dry brushing the fabric first, followed by basecoats for skin and metals, trying to keep an optimised order of application. Secondary colours and such followed, then an inkwash, and finishing touches. The bare feet presented some challenges to basing, so I kept that, um, basic.
Perhaps not my best work, but a fine distraction. I don’t know if I’ll do any more, but I’m happy to have the leftovers in the bitz box.
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