Desert scorpions 17th long range recon company

Modified tauroxs and a chimera to serve as transport for the group. I had great fun making and painting these. The conversions and additionally stowage are new attempts for me and I’ve got a bit of a taste for it.

Three missile launcher crews, all freebies for spend level on Victoria miniatures but they meet the need for portable heavy weapons to take out vehicles in an ambush.
idea is that each crew is deployed with an infantry squad as heavy back up

Operating with speed and stealth the snipers hit hiddden in the heat haze of the dunes!
tried to do something a little different with the camo cloaks on these figures. Not entirely happy with them but they’ll serve. Slightly different look from the rest of the company but they fit in relatively well.

Odd choice for a recon company I know but I couldn’t resist the Victoria miniatures ogryn heads. That said the bodies weren’t quite what i was looking for so I swapped out the heads on th GW ogryns. These were fun to paint as I was playing with desert camp painting here. I had wanted to paint a band tour style t shirt for one of them but couldn’t quite pull it off so reverted back to black.

First armoured vehicle is intended for and engineers squad that will support and armoured recovery vehicle. As this unit is desert based I have opted to use wheels where possible as I prefer the look. This is a GW chimera with a mod kit to add the wheeled side sections.

2nd squad is infantry which ultimately will be riding in a armoured vehicle. Really pleased with the variety of the Victoria miniatures poses. Each squad is differentiated by a unique colour.

The first unit into the company is a squad of rough riders that act as scouts for the main force. These were a fun conversion of atalan jackals from GW and Victoria miniatures desert scorpions which make up the majority of the infantry in the company.

This is my first attempt at dry brushing and I’m quite pleased with the results. Might have been a bit heavy handed with it though.