thanks guys!
in fact, the commissar was a breeze to convert, the head, base and sword arm were all seperate pieces so it took little or no effort to change him about, so.
well, its well overdue that the 39th had some heavy hitting infantry in the ranks.
send in the ogryns!
As you can see, anvil industries finally got round to making some ogryns in the trencher theme.
I snapped them up asap and got around to making them fit with the 39th as best I could.
I chose the lewis themed ripper-gun, as it fit the british theme perfectly.
the big pocket is ogryn-sprue and the small one is from the palanite enforcers. they match so well I felt I'd be a fool not to use them. also its fun that they are used on the regular infantry as backpacks! guess that shows just how big these big-boys are...
rather than use the ogryn specific grenades, I instead used the frag-charges I previously used on my veteran infantry (made from cut-down goliath grenades). I felt this was a fun idea, that the meltabomb sized infantry frag-charges are nout but grenades to ogryn hands!
to reference the old artwork and older models I elected to add some bullet-belt details.
rather than use the oversized ogry ones, I instead used the slightly smaller, yet identically designed ones from the new ork snagga sprue...
these look as though they'd be more likely to fit inside the gun's mag (but, yes they are still a little too big for that).
as ripperguns are traditionally semi-automatic shotguns, I painted the shells with red casing as a reference to this and also as a pleasant pop of colour.
The skull on the chest is from the imperial-guard vehicle sprue (the one with the eagle wings. I had previously used those on my bfg ship conversions years ago)
whilst painting it I had a bugger of a time getting the eyes and face done to my standards. In fact I decided after painting it to make a change on the other two, see here:
bit of a cowson to get the gun-raised pose but well worth it in the end.
theres also more bulletbelts and grenades on the backs, but you'll see that when they're all painted.
I just love these models. the fact that the stock of the lewis/shotguns are an axe-blade is a great feature and the fact that you can get all different themed heads and kit for them is great.
This range of options is only likely to improve as anvil adds more over time...
