Adeptus Arbites

[Dragten]

Without a doubt, thanks to the recent events on Ukraine, I have really gotten a strong wish to do a little Adeptus Arbites force.
It will not be a whole army, but just a small force fit for a Kill Team.
With plenty of great 3rd party bits manufacturers (and a little green stuff), I hope to get them to look like mean police the Empire deserves. Although I still steer clear of the GW's official Arbites look, as I highly dislike their "Dreadd" style.

This topic will serve as a place to post WIP as well as finished pictures.

Shopping list:
Numbers in brackets indicate how many bit lots are already bought.

[2]Victorian Miniatures - Flak Armor Torsos
[1]Victorian Miniatures - Combat Legs
Victorian Miniatures - Combat Legs - Kneeling
[3]Victorian Miniatures - Shotgun Arms
[1]Victorian Miniatures - Grenade Launcher Arms
[1]Victorian Miniatures - Gas Masks
[1]Victorian Miniatures - Goggles (Small Round)
[4]Victorian Miniatures - Flak Armor Groin Guard
[2]Victorian Miniatures - Rife Straps
[1]Victorian Miniatures - Dress Cap Heads

[1]MaxMini - Commando Heads
[1]MaxMini - Space Police Heads
[2]MaxMini - Combat Armor Legs
[1]MaxMini - Combat Armor Arms
MaxMini - Necrohounds






Husk, at enhver køb herfra støtter projektet

[Dragten]

The first step in the project was supposed to serve as a "push" to get started.

For a while, I have had the wheeled "Hammer APC" from WarChimera, but I have never used it in any games. I simply bought it because I thought it looked badass.




After a round of re-priming and airbrushing, it became the first piece in the team.
Armed with a water cannon for crowd control, it uses custom rules, based on chimera ones, when playing in Heralds of Ruin Kill Team.



Of course, it can still be played as any other chimera, be it Imperial Guard or Inquisition.

[Dragten]

One of the most important tasks when starting a new army or team is choosing the color scheme.
I would like my team to have more police-like scheme than the official Arbites.
Therefore, before starting painting the team, I would like to make a few test schemes. The requirement I have is that it must contain blue.

The first test scheme is: blue armor and headgear and dark grey/black clothes.
The figure itself is made from a mix of IG and SM bits as well as a head from Victoria Miniatures Penal conversion kit.


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I like the scheme myself, but at the same time, it feels rather dark. For the next test figure, I will reverse the colors, painting the armor black and the clothes blue, much like the Ukranian Riot Police.





I would gladly accept any suggestions for a color scheme you might have, so please post them!

[Dragten]

2nd paint scheme test, reversed.

Click for full size.

[Kaime]

The second scheme looks alot better than the first

Black armor takes the highlights much more easily than the cloth.

[Dragten]

Thanks for the feedback
Although after more feedback from other sources and a lot of thought, I decided to go with the first scheme after all.

Currently waiting on 3 orders to arrive:

- Wheels for Taurox
- Shotgun arms from Victoria
- Scions from GW

I feel that my progress is halted because of lack of these things.

In the meantime, I've made an album for inspirational photos. (Mostly from recent events in Ukraine).

[Metheon]

Have to agree with Kaime that the reversed colour scheme is the bomb but the first one do look brilliant too. Gonna follow this thread.

[Dragten]

And I finally have progress!

After a mishap with wrong bits delivered, I have finally received all the bits I need to start producing a small Arbites kill team. These two models here are assembled out of bits of three different companies, GW included. Even all three materials as well: plastic, resin and metal.   
There are more to come soon, enforcers as well as specialists. Next time I will post WIP pictures as well, so you can see some of the progress.   

[Dragten]

Judge, Jury, Executioner.
You only need one man.

[Belial]

Det ser herre tæske godt ud. Keep up the good Work.

[Dragten]

Tak, Belial.

Endnu en bestilling er lavet. Der kommer snart nogle originalle counts-as Jokaero og Death Cult Assassins.

[Dragten]

Alle bits er nu modtaget.
Der er gjort klar til at prime og male 10 arbites, 1 "jokaero" og 4 "death cult".

Dog på grund af 14 timers universitetsdage og en anden, lidt større projekt som jeg er i gang med, så er Arbites udskudt i en korter periode.

[Wagner]

Den er sateme flot!

Godt arbejde!

[Omalley69]

FEdt! Mere!

[Dragten]

Coming soon, busting through your doors and windows.

Scopes are from Anvil, everything else is from Mad Robot.