Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Stargrave Trooper

 First build of a figure from the Trooper sprue.

Armed with a Carbine and protected by Combat Armour.


Stargrave Security

So, now I have three security guards in Light Armour and armed with shotguns.


Built from the Crew body with the shoulder straps, a Crew shotgun and a Mercenary light helmet.

Group shot.



Monday, May 3, 2021

Stargrave Security Guard

 Though I have not built a full Crew yet, I decided I would build some opponents.

Currently no Crew Members or other figure types have shotguns (Captains and First mates may have them by choice).

However, they do have the required brutality for security guards employed to protect property from non Pirate Fleet interests (his fee includes a cut to the local Pirates).

Built from the Crew body with the shoulder straps, a Crew shotgun and a Mercenary light helmet, he will be standing guard outside a bank or storage facility 
The shotgun will dissuade any ruffians, and the light armour will give him reason to stand his ground.
Another mould line I missed.


Stargrave - Pathfinder

 One of the Specialist Crew Types is the Pathfinder. They are lightly armoured, equipped with a Carbine, Grenades and a Hand Weapon. They are also as nimble as the Runner.

There is a marked absence of hand Weapons on all three sprues, but I may have an odd Frostgrave sprue or two.

To make this figure standout a bit (and because I wondered if Anvil heads would work), I found the Anvil Jungle Fighters in helmets sprue which despite the name has a Jungle Fighter head just wearing a bandana.

A quick compare showed that they are just about the same, but do have a wider and deeper neck.
The neck socket was drilled out using a 1.5mm drill for the pilot hole and a 3mm drill for the final hole. 
The Pathfinder is former military and kept his high-tech Carbine (from the Trooper' sprue). An axe from the Frostgrave Barbarians sprue provided the Hand Weapon. The grenades are from the Mercenaries sprue. The body is the Crew body with the chest plate.
I have filled that gap in the arm.
Ready to lead his Captains forces to the loot.


More Stargrave Crew

Stargrave crew have various costs, Recruits and Runners are free, so with only a limited amount of credits to spend, most starting crews will contain a number of each. 

Runners are unarmoured, which means they are not weighed down so can move faster than Recruits.

To give a consistent look, the first three are armed using the revolver arm from the Crew sprue (so from three sprues).




I do need to clear a mould line from the left hand.

This Runner was made using a body from the second Crew sprue.


Recruits are lightly armoured and are again armed with a pistol. This body has a definite chest plate.




And a group shot.



Saturday, May 1, 2021

Retro-Moment: RTB-01 Space Marines.

 Earlier today I posted a comparison between what I termed a "Classic" Space Marine (non Primaris) and the new Spacegrave figures. Someone made a comment about the Lead Adventures marine being too modern, so here are some RTB-01 marines from very way back when.

They are mainly the original blue plastic figures, though I know there are probably some of the flesh coloured ones as well. If you peer at the photograph above, you can see the blue plastic where one (of two) of them has had the rocket launcher removed for use with the third and fourth generation Ultramarines. I have not started to cannibalise them for the mark six heads - I still have a few RTB-01 sprues left.

William Killian for scale.
When I based them, I was going through a "slotta bases are evil" phase. The circular bases were punched out from plastic card using a sharpened piece of conduit. After I lost access to a band sander, I started cutting square bases.
They lack back packs because I did not like them very much.


Stargrave Crew - the first build

 First figure from the Crew set.

Built as a Runner, one of the two free crew types.

Need to make a better job on that mould line on the arm.

Comparison with an Anvil Industries figure (PMC with Jungle fighter head - unfinished(.

Comparison with William Killian (of course)
And a Classic plastic Space Marine.