Exo-Armoured Squat Squad Rædwald
Eggs on legs! The greatest Warhammer 40,000 miniatures of all time! Chibi Terminators! The most iconic Squat models!
Thane Rædwald in Exo-Armour – a tough egg to crack.
This Exo-Armoured Squat Thane is the first Squat miniature I ever bought for a bargain 60 pence. He’s the nucleus around which my Squat obsession has grown, and has sported several paintjobs down the years. His chainsword arm is taken from a Chaos Squat in Exo-Armour, and is a conversion necessitated by the original owner. I can feel guilty chopping up such rare Exo-Armour components – but you can’t make a omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Eggs on legs. In this colour scheme, Kinder Eggs on legs.
The banner is tomato purée foil plus King Kazador’s back banner. When converting Squats I try to keep their components (bases aside) from 1994 or earlier so the sculpting and detailing style match. 1994 marked the release of the last ever Squat model in the form of the Epic Thunderfire Cannon, so everything up until that point I consider fair game for conversions.
The bases are a tad excessive at 40mm, but I started the squad back in 2012 32mm bases weren’t on the market. Such big bases help them pass for Terminators more easily in games. Plus it means I can build up the bases’ height to allow the Squats to get a little closer to being eye-level with their opponents. As the elite Squat unit it gives them a great presence in the army.
The hard-boiled Rædwald and his retinue supporting Strifemaster Borun.
I’ve modelled the squad with a multi-melta, which feels the most Squatty of all the heavy weapons. It’s also a commonly enough available component from the Rogue Trader era to be chopped up guilt-free.
Lots more Squats coming soon!
Mmm… these are just grand. I love that banner. I have a fondness for these myself, though more for the chaos squats than the loyalist fellas. Still, these are a delight. The extra height is a good call.
My Twitter icon is a rendition of a Chaos Exo Squat. I’ll come to doing a squad of those too in time!
I’d love to see those given the NB treatment.
SO. MANY. PUNS.
And fantastic painting.
Sorry, they got a little egg-cruciating didn’t they?
I’m feeling a little confused. I’m not keen on the Eggso armoured squats. But these are glorious. It’s like thinking for yours that you didn’t like eggs Benedict because it sounds weird, but then eating it the morning after a wedding one time and finding out that it’s delicious*
Lovely stuff!
*true story
We can’t have Kinder Eggs in the states. :( We smuggled some in from the UK tho. These look fabulous Curis, and I’ll try not to eat them when I see them. LOL
Are Kinder eggs not classified as foodstuffs in the same way as haggis? Why aren’t they allowed??!
Their not allowed toys inside food. The FDA are worried Americans will choke . .true story!
Its pretty dumb….because my daughter luvved the ones we bought her.
I used to think they were cool but the little toys just get left everywhere. Clever though, what they can pack into one of those capsules.
Eggso/Exo – I have never, shamefully, picked up on that before! I’ll use that for the follow up.
I like your story, I will cook you eggs benedict every time you visit.
Eco armor squats on trikes were they way to go back then. Skid turn attacks with a great armor save
I’ve only ever played with Trikes in 2E. I think whoever wrote the skid turn attack had recently been reading up on the Parthians.
I recently did mine too! Great rendition mate. Love the banner.
https://weemen.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/exo-armour-squats-counts-as-custodes-w.html
Cracking!
This is eggcelent!
Seriously, oh, the way you used those colours! Wow.
Noice! Regular Squats, while cool as all hell, always seemed outclassed with their quilted armor and AK-47’s. These guys give them some heavy hitters. I own exactly one Squat model and I really should paint him.
I must warn you, there was a point in my life I owned only one Squat model and it escalated. Mistakes were made.
Eggs-cellent!