Suber
Vassal
Arbitrators are, for some misterious reason, kinda charming. These 'Dredd in 40K' have become quite an iconic presence for a few Oldschool gamers. Funny, if you think it is an army which has not got much love from GW for a real long time. We only have a couple of models (in the very same pose) and no new minis since the very beginning of 2nd Ed (apart from an attempt for Necromunda and Inquisitor)
I had these minis for ages:
Just a core, but I managed to have fun with that. At some time I saw this conversion work by Mike McVey:
So I fell in love with it and felt that I needed one of my own. My first attempt (I believe at some moment by 1997-98) was this... thing:
It is a converted Chimera, as you would have spotted. But of course I could not be satisfied at all with this, so I had to repaint it. Arbitrators need black gear. Don't ask me why, but these guys really need ominous colours.
But then I knew I was in need for more Arbites
. I traded for some minis and I finally got enough models to build up two squads, one with shotguns and one with bolters. The main problem was the Judge. I couldn't have twenty different minis, but at least I would not have two identical Judges. I converted this one who was to lead the bolter squad:
So I finally got a couple of homogeneous squads:
Then I fell in love again, this time I fell for FW Arvus Lighter. It looked square enough for my force :
. The model itself is a mess and needed extensive work just to make the pieces fit 
, but that is another different story. The important thing is that I finally enjoyed painting it:
After all this mess, I painted a few Arbites for a friend. I'm only posting here the conversions on the Judges (the rest of the minis are just the same!)
(Yes, there isa plausible explanation an explanation behind the lascannon guy)
You can see some more pics and story here:
http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... bites.html
I also got the Necromunda pack ages ago, but I have never come to paint it. My bad! I must do something about that!
I had these minis for ages:
Just a core, but I managed to have fun with that. At some time I saw this conversion work by Mike McVey:
So I fell in love with it and felt that I needed one of my own. My first attempt (I believe at some moment by 1997-98) was this... thing:
It is a converted Chimera, as you would have spotted. But of course I could not be satisfied at all with this, so I had to repaint it. Arbitrators need black gear. Don't ask me why, but these guys really need ominous colours.
But then I knew I was in need for more Arbites
. I traded for some minis and I finally got enough models to build up two squads, one with shotguns and one with bolters. The main problem was the Judge. I couldn't have twenty different minis, but at least I would not have two identical Judges. I converted this one who was to lead the bolter squad:
So I finally got a couple of homogeneous squads:
Then I fell in love again, this time I fell for FW Arvus Lighter. It looked square enough for my force :
. The model itself is a mess and needed extensive work just to make the pieces fit , but that is another different story. The important thing is that I finally enjoyed painting it:
After all this mess, I painted a few Arbites for a friend. I'm only posting here the conversions on the Judges (the rest of the minis are just the same!)
(Yes, there is
You can see some more pics and story here
:http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... bites.html
I also got the Necromunda pack ages ago, but I have never come to paint it. My bad! I must do something about that!
