CXXIX. Tor Megiddo

I've been in contact with the INQ28 community from this blog's beginning. Much of my audience comes from that sphere. Even though I chose to create my own setting for the minis I convert and paint, we were brought together by a shared approach to the hobby. I've never before ventured into making my own INQ28 minis, but now time for that has come.

Tor Megiddo is a collaborational project that gathers a dozen INQ28 enthusiasts, each building their own gang of techno barbarians who will fight across desert landscapes. It will end with a gaming meet-up in Finland later this year. The hosts are Alexander W and Helge (Wilhelminiatures) , and the rest of the crew includes: Erik "Nordic", Tommy "Red Skullz" (Bigbossredskullz), Saul (Warbosskurgan), Jake "Bruticus" (Ex Profundis), Mikkel "Mike", Kristian (Secrets of the Void), Rebecca, Johan "Jeff Vader" (The Convertorum), Alexander L "Hrossvalur", and yours truly.

So here's my take on the techno-barbarian concept. To see what the others are up to check the Tor Megiddo thread on Ammobunker and their respective blogs.

My warband. A warrior's initiation includes having a limb replaced with [sometimes arguably] superior prosthetics.

A WIP photo. These guys were put together with parts from many different GW kits. Many thanks to Helge for sending me a box of 40K bits.

Balvan the Warlord. Largest man in the warband. His body is a combination of Blightking and Stormcast Liberator.

The back banners are paper. Made them removable to avoid damage in transport.

Hobotnik and Folf, berserker types. These guys are purely melee fighters, relying on their chainswords to brutally disembowel their enemies. Their masks feed them toxic vapours that enhance their ferocity.

These are based on plastic Gors, with Chaos Cultist lower legs replacing their hoofs. I sculpted the fur hats with green stuff.

Theg and Smet, the shooty types. These were the simplest conversions of the bunch. Cultist bodies, Skitarii arms and Space Wolf heads. Theg, the bearded one, was the first model I built for the warband.

This was a fun little foray into 40K modelling. Now that the warband is finished I can return to working on my Monstrous Births campaign. Stay tuned.