A Sabre Tooth Tiger? In Lustria?

Time for an update to the Slann army project.  With the August Oldhammer 2014 meetup fast approaching I really need to literally get the lead out and get cracking on more units for the Slann army.  So far I am locked into Eagle Warriors, Warrior Priests, Lizardmen, Jungle Braves, Human Slaves and a Spawn Bands unit, so lots of work is pending.  Add to this some character models and cavalry and also some of my favorite troop types in any army list, animal handlers.

Warhammer Armies 3rd Edition Slann Animal Handlers

You can have up to 4 handlers who can control 2 – 6 animals.  In 3rd Ed. missile hits on the unit are randomised so if a handler gets killed and there aren’t enough handlers to control the animals, the excess of animals gets lost.  A ratio or 1 handler to 4 animals is about the sweet spot.  Options for the animals are excellent in the Slann list with access to some very nasty beasties indeed.  Even the cold one warhounds at the lower end of the spectrum deserve respect.  Spiders and Scorpions are nasty options but my heart belongs to the Sabre Tooth Tigers.

The Favorite

“The Favorite” is what we call our cutest feline at home, stuff you could never get away with with children gets great mileage with cats.

 

So today I present for you the first pair of Pan Tangian Tigers which I think you will agree make for some nice looking Sabre-Toothed Tigers.  No idea of who sculpted these but the are some righteous cats.  I will add in some more tigers to this unit at a later time to bulk them up to at least 8 models.  You will note that one of them is painted in the livery of Battle Cat from He-Man (crossover with the Mastorks of the Ooniverse project right there 😉 )…

 

Cringer/Battlecat

…and one in the livery of the Pink Panther…

 

The Pink Panther – as requested by Erny

 

So we end up with this:

Sabre-Toothed Tigers

Slann Animal Handler’s are known for their magical cosmetic breeding alterations apparently

So expect more celebrity cats on this journey, requests will be taken seriously. 😉

 

Skeletork

After a weekends gaming shenanigans with Cheetor the painting muse was in effect.  At these sorts of events we inevitably get around to talking about some pretty esoteric project ideas and I usually don’t follow up on any of them…..usually….

YOU FOOL! Eternia’s greatest humanitarian

I first noticed the savage ork kit used for conversions on Mr. Saturday’s Mumblings where he used it to great effect building Fimir.  It was not until last weekend that the idea of kitbashing up a Skeletork with it came about.

Basic components consist of a savage ork body, a jaw from a savage ork head, plastic ork skull and green stuff

This is the first stage of green stuffing

Second stage of green stuffing, finishing the hood

I need a not-Panthor….I shall name her Pantrix

Rear view of 2nd stage of green stuffing

Basic colours blocked in

Gratuitous ass shot…

So as you can see the savage ork kit has proved to be an excellent kit for projects set in Orkternia.  Below you can see the completed model.  Skeletork is a very versatile figure and he should expect to see service as a Wierdboy Warphead, Savage Ork Shamman, Chaos Sorcerer, Necromancer…..just about anything I can shoe horn him into.

I will have to add some accessories to him before he is truly completed.  He is just not right without that ram head staff thing.  I will make one and magnetise it to the model later when I have a little more time!

CURSE YOU HEEEEE-ORK!

Skeletork’s eye catching chiseled buttocks

There are more Orkternians that will be added to this modellers Yooniverse in time.  Please leave suggestions in the post box below (and I will ignore them FOOL).

 

Skeletor expounds his views on what Oldhammer is really about