Getting enough bases can be problematic, however. You get 3 bases per 12 warriors, and that's just with 4 scarabs per base. I want something a bit more swarm like, but I'm not sure I want to go the casting route, as cool as that looks.
I had a look around for alternative miniatures, and discovered that some of the recent Tomb Kings releases came with scarab beetle decorative bitz. While they decidedly non-robotic, I figure they'll look pretty good painted up the same as the regular scarabs; maybe an alternate make or model or something. I ordered some, and they arrived recently. Unfortunately they were a little smaller than I was anticipating, but I think they still might work scattered amongst the bigger bugs. What do you think?
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| I think they might be enough to let me spread my scarabs out a bit whilst still looking suitably swarm-like. |
2 comments:
Don't give up on the casting just yet. It's worth it in the end if you really want that swarm look to your models.
I won;t kid you, it can be lots of work, but it depends on what you want to spend... your time casting or your money getting more bits.
I like the smaller bugs on there, I think they'd make for a great addition to a nice swarm base to give another level of volume of bugs that crush the enemy.
ROn, From the Warp
Check my blog www.imperiusdominatus.com as I recently posted some Scarab bases on there which I had cast with greenstuff. I got some stuff called instant mould. You just add hot water and it goes soft. I cast one side of the Scarab as I have them on the base. Very easy to do and you can make awesome swarms then.
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