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Catachan Brainstorm
Warmaster Nice	Post subject: Catachan Brainstorm Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:54 am
Brood Brother Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:15 pm Posts: 7948 Location: Denmark	Hi Guys Stil brainstorming a bit on my Catachan army. I wanted to give it a Vietnam or special forces feel so I was thinking of adding a number of proxy units to the army. - Obviously the infantry will be Catachan troops form the E40k spure. I've got 30 stands of those if I stretch the troops slightly and add some mortars to 10 of the stands. Also there might be suitable proxies from other companies than GW... - The old Egs on Legs will be converted to look a bit like the Elysian drop sentinel form Forge World ie. a lighter version of the regular Guard sentinel. - Ogryn Auxilliaries. - Well that's pretty straight forward. - Vulture support - with shark mouths painted on of course... (maybe add a few home made surf boards as well?) - Valkyries - I'm not sure if I want to add a Storm Trooper formation in Valkyries as well... maybe... - Hellhounds - Griffons - A few artillery batteries and tank squadrons but these should be relatively few. - LCAC support - I was thinking of adding an amphibious support squadron to the army as well. I think it would look  cool and GHQ does a really nice LCAC model. http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/n159.html http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/vn12.html - Rubber raft Commando teams. Does anybody know of a manufacturer who makes rubber rafts in 1:285/1:300 scale. I suppose slightly bigger like 1:200ish scale would also be alright? They shouldn't be too difficult to scratch build but buying finished ones would definitely be easier. - Patrol boats - Well these are just a rough idea. I think it would be fun to have one or two of these but... http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/vn3.html http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/vn11.html Cheers!   _________________ Sofa General Nobody expects the Inquisition!!! http://theepiclounge.wordpress.com/
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vanvlak	Post subject: Catachan Brainstorm Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:13 am
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2003 7:52 am Posts: 10348 Location: Malta	Hey Warmaster, I like where this is going - I use my good old Squatachans for this role - withtheir beards and beer-bellies, they look more like semi-decrepit hells angels (wait til I get to the bikers!), but they fit, anyway. I personally wouldn't include any heavy arty or tanks (much as I love them). How about hover vehicles and jetbikes and landspeeder-type vehicles? Oh, and one company I know of might have a good proxy for troops too...   _________________ Back from oblivion (again)?
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Tas	Post subject: Catachan Brainstorm Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:11 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Mar 06, 2003 10:01 am Posts: 7823 Location: Sydney, NSW	Paint up your Tbolts and Marauders in USN colours for the Carrier Strike Support Aircraft - someone has to brign the Napalm to the table! The LCACs are nice, but I prefer the Old Crow resin stuff actually. http://www.oldcrowmodels.co.uk/6water.htm _________________ Tas My General blog: http://tasmancave.blogspot.com/ My VSF Blog: http://pauljamesog.blogspot.com/ My ECW Blog: http://declaresir.blogspot.com/
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firestorm40k	Post subject: Catachan Brainstorm Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:35 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:00 pm Posts: 2277 Location: Suffolk, United Kingdom	I second Tas, the old crow stuff looks good!  Like that GHQ gun boat, though, very Apocalypse Now! Would it be churlish, not to mention out of character for what you're doing, to mention that the Chimera is supposed to be amphibious?  I guess they're not in keeping with the theme of what you're after though.
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Warmaster Nice	Post subject: Catachan Brainstorm Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:17 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:15 pm Posts: 7948 Location: Denmark	Oh, and one company I know of might have a good proxy for troops too...   Indeed they do... The LCACs are nice, but I prefer the Old Crow resin stuff actually. http://www.oldcrowmodels.co.uk/6water.htm

I like them but they're a bit plain for my taste. Perhaps  adding a bit extra detail would be a good idea.

Would it be churlish, not to mention out of character for what you're doing, to mention that the Chimera is supposed to be amphibious?  I guess they're not in keeping with the theme of what you're after though.


Erh.. good point!  Well maybe... But then againg the mechanized forces really ought to be airborne instead I think...

Cheers!