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Swarms!

Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by DreadSlap, Aug 11, 2013.

  1. DreadSlap
    Jungle Swarm

    DreadSlap New Member

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    With the new rule of swarms granting friendly units in the same combat poisoned attacks and their lower points cost, fielding these small critters seems so much more fun!

    But in my book the ones from GW only looks OK and they are not that cheap either.
    Therefore I'm wondering if you have any ideas of other models you could use instead?

    For example I've thought about ordering this: http://otherworldminiatures.co.uk/shop/wilderness-encounters/we17a-giant-snakes-venomous-2/

    And apparently the snakes you get from the Bastiladon would work as swarms aswell :)

    But yeah. Any ideas?
     
  2. Arli
    Skink Priest

    Arli Moderator Staff Member

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    Most of us here use the snakes that come with the CoC for making swarms. The general consensus is that the GW ones look like crap.

    Welcome to the forum as well!
     
  3. Old Mossy
    Bastiladon

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  4. totzro
    Kroxigor

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    I have a lot of the swarms from gw since I got them on ebay cheaply. I think most of them look okay. But I agree theybare to expensive. The ones you get from the cold ones look really bad in my opinion.
    My suggestion is that you make them of rolls og greenstuff and make a snake pit on the base. Should be super easy.
     
  5. Lord Bufo
    Saurus

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    The snakes from the Bastiladon set work fantastic, especially since you can use the pieces of the Ark of Sotek as rubble on the base. I also threw in the bloat toad from the Terradon kit for some diversity.
     
  6. PlasmaDavid
    Kroxigor

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    I have some GW swarms, I don't mind them at all.

    There are plenty of mini-makers out there who have generic lizards, snakes, spiders etc etc

    There's one that actually has a page full of resin small beasties, but I can never remember what it is...

    I have a GIANT SNAKE coiled up that I'll be using on a single swarm base all by himself too :D
     
  7. lizardmek
    Saurus

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    the snakes you get with the bastiadon are good and if you make the solar engine you would have enough to make 2-3 bases of snakes
     
  8. Lord Bufo
    Saurus

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  9. T`hinker`er
    Salamander

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    Really, how hard can it be to roll out a snake of putty, cut it into 5 or 10 snakes and paint them in different colors and patterns? A snake has got to be the second easiest thing in the world to sculpt. :rolleyes: The easiest being a nose booger... :shamefullyembarrased:
     
  10. Lizardmatt
    Troglodon

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    If that were true, GW's swarm wouldn't suck.


    -Matt
     
  11. Moniker
    Kroxigor

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  12. T`hinker`er
    Salamander

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    GW's swarm is actually made up of very large (almost skink sized) lizards. I don't think it sucks actually, but in any event, they aren't snakes. Snakes are dead easy to sculpt. Give it a shot!
     
  13. PlasmaDavid
    Kroxigor

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    Skink sized? Nah :p There's more than one GW set, there's lizards AND snakes!
     
  14. FavoredoftheOldOnes
    Terradon

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    I think we got some good examples here but I have to say the GW swarms are ugly as sin! I can't stand them. I'd rather make my own (probably terribly sculpted) snakes. I rather like the ones from the CoC box and definitely like the ones from the Bastiladon.
     

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