I'm still rolling with the grunts for the Tyrant's Legion! The majority of the soldiers in the Tyrant's Legion were poorly trained and equipped conscripts conditioned to die selflessly for Lord Huron. In the rules, they have the worst armour save available and combat stats available. I again went outside of normal GW offerings and picked up a 20 man squad from the Mad Robot Miniatures "Grognard" selection. These are heavily modeled after the original Rogue Trader guardsmen and they work perfectly as Legion Auxilia. Their armour barely covers their vital organs, they have absolutely no equipment, packs or ammo pouches and even their lasgun looks like a glorified flashlight. I imagine the group of them crowding around a single USB port waiting their turn to charge them. Mad Robot Miniatures are very modular with separate legs, torso, arms and heads. They have a stunning variety of options, including a few that some old school guard players with instantly recognize. They are also not cheap. Quality is very good and there was very little flash to clean up. They're made of resin, so hot water treatment will quickly straighten out any rifle barrels that come bent.
I painted them with the standard light grey uniforms, dark grey armour and blue weapons. As I start putting them on the shelf with the other units, it's really starting to come together as an army. I'm hoping to have a few tanks painted up for next week and maybe some actual Astral Claws marines painted before the end of the challenge.
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| The squad leader's torso is actually from Anvil Industry |
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| I thought a view from the back would be good, as I think its the side the enemy will most often see. |









Some proud Badabian patriots willing to lay down their lives (probably very quickly) in defence of their home. Well done.
ReplyDeleteMikeF, these are really great figures, and do look like the original Troopers. And Guard have always been my favorite 40K army. Well done.
ReplyDeleteExcellent troopers and one tough looking officer Mike. Great work on these old school looking miniatures.
ReplyDeleteThat officer would have easily fit within my original childhood IG army. Nice retro troopers
ReplyDeleteOh these are very nice Mike!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving this project. Great work on the eye lenses.
ReplyDeleteGreat paintwork, Mike!
ReplyDeleteNice homage to the OG IG
ReplyDeleteExcellent Mike, the colours work well together
ReplyDeleteNice looking troops!
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