Planning a Crocodile Stegadon

[Stormfrog]

So, after casting about for minatures to make my army uniqe past GW's standard sets of stuff, I almost despaired. There are so few alternative miniatures for us around compared to other armies, most of them made by the esteemed Rikard (Cuddoes!).

So, after some brainstorming, I settled for making a Crocodile Stegadon, using a GW plastic stegadon sprue (or 2) and Kadamastar, the anchient devourer from Banelords.

http://banelegions.maelstromgames.co.uk/?tag=bnb-026

The plan is to simply settle the howdah (spelling?) on Kadamastar. I was thinking of building the howdah as an anchient steg/EotG, perhaps mixing the two up and constructing a larger howdah if i can get my hands on two cheap steg boxes somewhere. Since Kadamaster is huge (not as tall as a steg, but far longer and broader), I was thinking I might need a alrger howdah to fill him out.

The base is going to be an issue, since I use micro art jungle bases, so might have to get a few and put them all together.

So, any ideás to add to this project that you think would be cool?

P.S. And since some people sometimes are a bit uptight about base sizes, how would you feel about facing Kadamastar (having a twice as broad base as a normal steg) in an opposing army?

 

[Anton_S]

Good idea, I'm sure it will turn out great. I've used another Banelegions monster, Keiroc-Cro, as a Stonehorn mount for a Hunter and it turned out to be a great centrepeice in my Ogre army (there are pics in my Ogre Gnoblog linked in my sig).

Kadamastar should look even more impressive in a Lizardmen army, since it appears to be a bit bigger than Keiroc-Cro while the Lizardmen are a lot smaller than the Ogres!

 

[elmoheadbutt]

If Kadamastar is smaller, it would make the perfect salamander IMO.

 

[Anton_S]

It's much too big for a Sally. Big for a Steg too, but not unreasonably so. Might even be a decent match for a Dread Saurian with the right bling.

Check out this picture for scale:

 

[Durandal]

P.S. And since some people sometimes are a bit uptight about base sizes, how would you feel about facing Kadamastar (having a twice as broad base as a normal steg) in an opposing army?

Welll, I'd just mark the front and rear width of a normal stegadon based centered in the larger custom base that you are using, with that serving as the "actual" base size. Truth be told, as far as I know, front width isn't really going to affect all that much (unless it is going to let you impact hit more target units than normal) while giving you a larger area to be clipped by templates.

 

[elmoheadbutt]

AFAIK, having a bigger base is a disadvantage in most situations. Obviously not as maneuverable and you can get attacked by more models.

 

[Stormfrog]

Aye, that was my opinion as well. Slight issue with Kadamasta is that, as a crocodile, he is situated much lower towards the ground, making him a much lower target than a normal Stegadon, he is bigger, yes, but easier to hide due to ground hugging. Wondering if people will make an issue out of this...

 

[Anton_S]

I doubt it. Put a howdah on his back and the height difference will be minimal while the footprint is much bigger.

 

[PossumCraft]

Looks okay to me. Tbh, the height difference doesn't look noticeable. If it worries opponents, just have a cutout of a stegadon's outline in your army case and use it to judge height/width for line of sight.

Honestly, though, I've never met anyone that... ah...strict on WYSIWIG. The biggest limitation seems to be on mixing non-GW things with GW things when you play at GW hosted things. If that's no concern then I doubt the minor difference in profile will be.


Oh, and also you can often pick up stegadon parts on eBay if you look, usually cheaper than buying a full set.
That, and I spotted a place on Amazon.co.uk selling them for like £23.00 (I think it was called Molibob Toys)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Warhammer-Lizardmen-Stegadon-Boxed-Set/dp/B001R4G5P2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342465223&sr=8-1

That's the link. £23.06 + 4.62 postage. Less than GW price, at least.

 

[Durandal]

Having seen the model in person, it is a reasable size for a steg.