Re: Rogue Trader Squat (Space Dwarf) Power (Hover) Boarders
And a work in progress shot, showing the construction method:
DSC_0567Crop by
Saragarhi, on Flickr
The majority of the squad are metal miniatures, courtesy of Black Tree Design, with a couple of veteran plastic squat heavy bolter miniatures from the Citadel/ Games Workshop space dwarf plastic boxed set.
Construction involved a mixture of brass wire, slotta bases, plastic polystyrene strips and tubing.
As I intend to game with these one day, for additional strength the metal miniatures retain their slotta tabs, a corresponding groove being cut in the deck of the power-board, the slot being concealed at the rear by the tubing.
The brass wire support ends in the slotta base engine unit, entering through a hole drilled near the main thrusters.
The whole thing was quite a pain to assemble, including as it did polystyrene cement and a rather runny epoxy that had the consistency of water for about half an hour, leaking everywhere and then suddenly curing in a matter of minutes, but somehow never having much holding power! Anyway, it worked out well in the end!
By the way, is there a prize for farthest flung forum member?
