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"So many FuturKommers to choose from...." |
This weekend was positive for sports, with one Jets game for the NHL and the conference finals for the NFL, perfect background noise to add a few more odds and ends. Up first is this 28mm Cadian sniper model from GW, which I have painted Gün Schwarm colours.
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You would be surprised at how bent this gun managed to get in the blister... |
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Camouflage tarp, unlikely to help in the urban settings where this guy will see 3/4 of his action, but screw that - I liked this pattern better |
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"Boy, this rock sure is handy for lining up shots...." |
The Güns do have one sniper already - a bit of a rough-hewn conversion of a Steel Legion trooper (see below). But I have always liked the newer GW guard sniper models - actual troops with rifles, instead of frigging ratlings - and I found his armour plates matched the armour plates of the Kasrkin models, so I figured he would be the heavy infantry sniper, going into the field to support his armoured colleagues with special, anti-everything Gün Schwarm ammunition.
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"Regular" sniper on left - a pretty rough conversion. The new model looks like the real deal... |
I see the "regular" dude as less of a sniper, and more as a marksman with a sniper rifle who is still attached to a regular fireteam. This guy with the heavier rifle would be more of the detached, hide-in-a-pit-somewhere-waiting-for-the-shot type of sniper, ready to make life even more miserable for the hapless conscripts of FuturKom.
It's always neat to have the snipers operate in teams - the plastic GW Cadians do not replicate the Kasrkin armoured plates, but perhaps with some very minor conversion, I can kit bash a spotter-type model for this guy. I'll check the bits pile tonight...
3 comments:
Nice troops. The camo pattern is very nice.
Nice job dude!
But your new sniper must have the "armour-plated lungs" upgrade to be operating with no mask...? ;-)
@ Dallas - he has been inspired by the heavy infantry officer, who walks around without a helmet on.
It's all part of Gün Schwarm's "the air is probably still fine" doctrine...
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