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By combining the Bretonnian men at arms and Cadian Imperial Guard plastics, one can make some great WWI style trench fighters. I built these years ago, and have finally gotten around to painting them up. |
| I like the heavy shoulder pads on the Guard arms, so to fit them on I cut off the sleeves of the Bretonnians with nippy cutters. It's not too hard to get a decent 2 handed pose with the guard arms once this is done. The heads and bodies on most of the models are right from the Brettonian men at arms models. | |
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The Men at Arms are pretty small, so you have to be careful what wapons you give them or they'll look unbalanced. This nicely detailed and proportioned Heavy Stubber is from an Escher ganger, spliced onto the back end of a lasgun arm. |
| The Cadian sprue has some nice weapons on it as well. This is the stock grenade launcher on a Brettonian model. The studded surcoats are my favorite body type from the Brettonians, though you can mix styles as long as you have a consistant color scheme to tie everyone together. | |
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This model is one of the old archive Titan crew, whose padded coat and rebreather mask made for a great trencher model. The Flamethrower, arms, and tank are straight off the Cadian sprue and make the model really come to life. |
| Most of my Trenchers are equipped with these backpacks, taken from plastic Warzone models (now out of print, sadly). The pouches, cannisters, stick grenades, bedroll, and knife on the pack instantly "gear up" these troops and make them look prepared for a protracted battle. | |
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This Sniper conversion is based on a Khador Widowmaker from the Warmachine line. The head and sword were removed, and a Brettonian head added on. The muted khaki, olive, grey, rust, and dark brown colors help tie him in with the other models pretty well. |
| Dynamic poses like this grenade thrower are easy to achieve with the Cadian plastics. The shouting Bretonnian head helps sell the pose even further. I took some time painting the studded coats with careful steel drybrushing and a meticulous dark brown wash. | |
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This Sergeant was made using one of the more unique Brettonian bodies, and a head from the plastic Warzone models. Instead of cutting off the sleeves, Cadian arms were cut down and fit into the sleeves for a more unique look. The pack is from the plastic Catachan Jungle Fighters sprue. |
Click here for a shot of the trenchers in their native habitat.
Here's a shot of the tank I've done for the trenchers. Decals
and markings are still to be added. Yes, that's a Lemann Russ turret
on a Chimaera body- I never really liked the Lemann Russ body, so there
you go. The turret has been modified to pin into the Chimera turret
mount hole, so turrets are interchangeable. Sponson Heavy Bolters
were trimmed down until they fit snugly into the side hatch holes
of the Chimera. I'll also be making removeable side hatches
to replace the heavy bolters, for an easy swap between Battle Tank and
Troop Transport.
Click here for a shot of their tank bearing down on some well deserving victims.
I painted the camouflage with spraypaint, believe it or not. I created some simple stencils by cutting jagged lines out of cardboard, and held them up near the tank. You can get a nice feathered edge that looks like airbrushing if you hold the cardboard about a half inch away from the model and spray mostly on the cardboard. The tank was then finished with detail painting, rust and dark brown washes, and steel drybrushing.
