Intergalactic Planetary of the Beast, 40K Beastmen

Hi all-
I am a huge fan of beastmen- love the story, the models (well most), and the feel of the army ever since I started the hobby 16 years ago. I even get some what annoyed when you get those dudes who thinks they know EVERY THING about the hobby-(every GW community around the world has at least one)-saying that Beastmen are crap. I think the reason behind it is just the fact that they don�t know how to use the army properly, and/or they hear and read stuff off the internet from people who don�t know how to use them either. The fact that I won many tournaments in Asia with them still does not change their mind for some reason�
Any ways- being both a fantasy and a 40K player it saddens me a bit that there isn�t really a �40k Beastmen� type army. I mean there is- but usually it�s just a spin-off single unit or so for the IG or Chaos Space marines. There is very little background on them as well, even when you compare them to the Squats (man I miss them�)
Having a bit of time on my hands lately, I�ve decided to do a whole army of 40k beast � Intergalactic Planetary of the Beast

�.or space herd� name is a working progress as well�.
I�m going to be using the space wolves codex for this because I think in the 40k universe they are kind of the closest thing- tactic and feel of the army-
Ambush rules- behind enemy lines of the scouts-
Gifts-sagas
Counter attack- primal fury (I guess)
And somehow Space wolves units kind of fits whith the beastmen units too-
Gors- grey hunters/ blood claws
Bestigors- Wolf guards
Minotaurs- those wolf riders thing
Harpies- jump pack
Centigors- blood claw bikes
Shaman- wolf priest
Gorgons- dreadnaughts
dogs are dogs etc.

The only thing that�s not really in line with the fantasy beastmen is the �They shall know no fear rules- cuz boy, do they run. Oh well, they evolved a higher Leadership I guess.
I decided to start this army diary in hope to inspire other beast lords out there to venture out into the dark reaches of space too (that, and I need more ideas on what else to do).
Bestigors (wolf guards) With power fist and bolt pistols




I�ve spent many hours on the internet and Ebay just looking for these legs� They are perfect I think. The power fist are from lightning claws- I just cut off the claws and cut grooves into the knuckle bit so it looks like knuckle dusters. By the way the reason a lot of the parts is in different color is because it�s from my bit box and other models that I have and hacked up.
Gors (grey hunters)



Special weapon(melta guns)/power weapons


By the way the shoulder pads are from the Space marine commander box. I scour the internet looking for these but could find any or if I did, it was at an extortionate price. So I�ve was a bit naughty and made copies of one of them using instant mould.

Beast Lord on razorgor (wolf lord on wolf thing)




I haven�t done the head properly to the mount yet or neaten up the green stuff yet. But will put them up when it�s done. The front legs of the mount came from a random toy I got from Daiso (it�s the 60 baht shop here in Thailand(the equivalent of the dollar store in the US or Pound land in the UK.))( I miss pound land living here in Thailand)�.. the pose came from the art work of Frank Frazetta.

Well I tried any way.
Ungors (wolf scouts + special weapons)



For the normal ungors, I still don�t know what to do with the back. It�s a bit scrawny right now�
It�s a start so that�s it for now� I�m thinking of doing the armor red and another color but don�t know what yet� Also I have no idea on what to do or use for Rhinos, razor backs, and drop pods� if anyone have any Ideas please help me- it will be very much appreciated.

WOW!! Dude the idea is just amazing!! I alway wondered about it , in fact I remember in some old lost codex was some kind of description an even mini army list to use beastmen in 40K games (they used old classic weapons and armours), maybe someone here remember that lines and where it belongs....

Anyway , here's some pics to give you inspiration!

Great!!! I like those Bestigors a lot, they have much BADASS look.

Are they gonna be chaos worshipers, or just an alien race?

Good stuff

Infamous- they are going to be using space wolves army list and rules

Obscure Creator- thanks for those- I like the back pack Idea on the green dude, so I think I�fll use that for the ungor scouts but without the flag. I�fve been racking my brains out on what to do for ages, but now I know. Once again thanks�c.


This post has been edited by mayajid on Mar 30 2012, 04:40 AM

Nice idea for the army! Where are the legs from, Tau? You have a great start.

I made a space beastman, pics in my dirty rotters (plague marines) thread, link in sig.

the legs are from the plastic tau stealth suites.

epick...

This post has been edited by Myrdin on Mar 30 2012, 07:40 AM

I've found where that army list was , it was Codex Chaos 2nd edition , with this cover


I can't find any downloadable pdf on the net....can someone help?

Love the idea. I'm not a 40k player but I really like the work you've done. Your green stuff work is very nice.

Side note: I wish I could paint up a banner like that one that I'm assuming was a golden demon winner. Those faded skulls look FANTASTIC!!!

Rad. Way better than Muppets in Space...

Very cool. Love the use of the stealth suit legs - it makes the conversions so much better than the typical beastmen heads on space marine bodies.

Update time- Right after I finally got thru a huge surge of work, I finally have time to sit down and carry on my progress on my army of the Metal Beasts.

Sacrificing two or three Space beastmen for the greater good I�ve finally found and settled on a color scheme I liked.

Troops- Grey hunters (Gor Hunters unit)









There will be three units of grey hunters-2 unit will have a razor back and one in a drop pod (still have no idea what to do for a razor back or the drop pod- so if any one have any suggestions � I will really appreciate it)

Any hoo these are the grey hunters with melta guns-





Grey hunters with power weapons-





Painted Wolf guards (Bestigors)-











With a lot of bits and green stuff sculpting- I give you minotaur�s!!!! (thunder wolf calvary)





















Finally the leader of my whole rag tag iron beast- Beast lord on a wolf� thing ( Wolf lord on wolf thing..)













As I said I have no idea what to do about vehicle so if any of yall have any idea or suggestion- it would be most appreciated and welcome� critics on the paint job and modeling in general are all welcome and appreciated as well.

WOWW!!! Lots of work and creativity here dude!
The only thing that seems wierd to me is in the end they are like "loyal" space marines?? Come on...thats blasphemy !

I love the idea and the feel of this army. You made some great conversions, especially the tau hoofs look very good Not really sold on the tiny legs of minotaurs, even though I must say you made a great work converting these guys. Very cool army, good job!