Necromunda Benji's *NEW* (old) Cawdor Gang

[Bennjjii]

Hello!

I needed a Necromunda gang to play with someone introducing me to the newer edition of the game. The old cawdor models is something that really got me hooked on the hobby as a kid way back in the 90s - so I really wanted to do something that made the most of those models! I had a load kicking about, so have attempted to 'update' them with various gun swaps and leg extensions. Slowly just greenstuffing them now...

 

[Ben_S]

You're brave cutting up those classic models.

 

[Bennjjii]

You're brave cutting up those classic models.

It's a nasty habit!

 

[Gdolkin]

It's working out lovely, those old guys look good a little taller even with just skinny wire leg bones.. The Emperor favours the bold!

 

[Fold]

Now this is the sort of project I love to see. The results look great. Keep it coming.

 

[Bennjjii]

Some more small updates!

I really didn't like the beard on the leader guy, so swapped it for an old mitre I had kicking around. Also taking a stab at the Stig Shambler.

Leader

• Bennjjii
• Aug 27, 2024
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Mitre is from an old Bob Olley undead guy I think.

Group Shot

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• Aug 27, 2024
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Stig Shambler WIP

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• Aug 27, 2024
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Made from everything in my bits box and cutlery drawer. Head is an old press mould from a Bob...

Blunderpole Guy

• Bennjjii
• Aug 27, 2024
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Typically I got carried away sculpting over this guy - there's some original metal under there...

Sniper

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• Aug 27, 2024
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Long Rifle made from bits of all sorts. Main torso from an old Scavvy.

Autogun Guy

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• Aug 27, 2024
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I always liked the pose with this one. Swapped lasgun with Autogun.

Redemptionist Shotgun

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• Aug 27, 2024
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Just a robe extension for this one!

Eviscerator

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• Aug 27, 2024
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Swapped head - leg (robe) extensions. Gave him a backpack but REALLY wished I had some fl

Heavy Stubber

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• Aug 27, 2024
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Head Swap with a redemptionist deacon. I really enjoyed the silhouette with this guy.

Blunderpole 2

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• Aug 27, 2024
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Made from an old flagellant. Really hope this guy becomes more of a character as games progress.

 

[Bennjjii]

Been making more Juves.

Fodder Juves!

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• Sep 1, 2024
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Misty Mountain Goblin body (and random perry head). I wanted some fodder juves with very little...

Cawdor Juves!

• Bennjjii
• Sep 1, 2024
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I wanted to try and emulate the two hands on one stubgun juve, as if he's pinned against a wall...

Cawdor Juves!

• Bennjjii
• Sep 1, 2024
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Had some torsos left (most of my cawdor models had been previously cannibalised in another...

Fodder Juves!

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• Sep 1, 2024
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I love the idea of having a Juve armed with one grenade.

 

[Punktaku]

Those misty mountain goblins make for perfect, malnourished bone pickers. How do they scale with the official Juvie models?

 

[Bennjjii]

Those misty mountain goblins make for perfect, malnourished bone pickers. How do they scale with the official Juvie models?

They match very closely to the old metal juves (which suits me as I'm having 'short' juves compared to my taller gangers).

Heads match pretty well - they're taken from the Perry Madhist Ansar set (Perrys also did the Cawdor gang).

Juve comparison

• Bennjjii
• Sep 4, 2024

 

[Bennjjii]

Decided to redo my leader. After all the gobbo Cawdor conversions he just started to feel increasingly dull - so really wanted to make him a bit more dynamic and bonkers. A caveat is he needs a larger base for his wide stance!

Now:

Cawdor Leader

• Bennjjii
• Sep 6, 2024

Decided to start again with my leader (he’s barely recognisable now! And there’s barely any...

Before:

Leader

• Bennjjii
• Aug 27, 2024
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Mitre is from an old Bob Olley undead guy I think.

Old putty removed:

Cawdor Leader

• Bennjjii
• Sep 6, 2024

Chop down…

With the boys:

Cawdor Leader

• Bennjjii
• Sep 6, 2024

With the boys

 

[Fold]

I liked the old one but that’s a fantastic new version, I can smell the fanatical devotion from here.

What’s your plan for paint?

 

[Bennjjii]

I liked the old one but that’s a fantastic new version, I can smell the fanatical devotion from here.

What’s your plan for paint?

Thanks! By the time I’d finished I realised I could have just had two figures (the original plan was to just tilt the head and give him a book!

Painting wise I’m probably going with various brick colour robes - with more red to distinguish the redemptionist options - and black/metal guns maybe?

I’ve got the 40k 3ed art as my desktop and keep fixating on this guy…

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• Bennjjii
• Sep 7, 2024

 

[Bennjjii]

Giant Rat test (made from plastic chaos hound). He'll probably get some spikes when I've done the rest!

Giant Rat Test

• Bennjjii
• Sep 9, 2024

Giant Rat Test

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• Sep 9, 2024

 

[Bennjjii]

Heavy Crossbow Guy

• Bennjjii
• Sep 13, 2024

Converted from a kruleboy crossbow

Heavy Crossbow Guy scale creep

• Bennjjii
• Sep 13, 2024

I wasn’t going to do a heavy crossbow guy as I really wasn’t into the model for it - and couldn’t think of a way to convert one with the old models I had kicking around.

But then I saw the age of sigmar kruleboyz that had these massive crossbows! It was going to be a weapon swap, but I sort of liked the humongous dimensions that they have, that sort of visually ties in with the goblin juves.

 

[Captain Brown]

Great greenstuf skils Yearofthecomics.

Cheers,

CB

 

[Bennjjii]

An update! The gang still isn't painted - but they have had a few fights now!

I had a bit of a mad moment and wanted to redo a few of the figures...

Deacon (Grenade Launcher and Cult Icon), Leader (Chainglaive), Champion (Heavy Crossbow), Specialist (Long Rifle)

Champions and Leader

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• Jan 7, 2025
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Deacon

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• Jan 7, 2025
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Heavy Crossbow

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• Jan 7, 2025
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Heavy Crossbow

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• Jan 7, 2025
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Gangers with Blunderpoles

Blunderpoles

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• Jan 7, 2025
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Corpse Guild

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• Jan 7, 2025
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[MedMos]

Ooh, the dangers of remodelling... I hope you get some paint on them at some point, will be awesome to see how you do with the colour palette!

 

[Jon Reinhardt]

Realy like your modelign. Just played a long campain as cawdor. And it was loads of fun. Eager to se therse painted.

 

[Bennjjii]

Realy like your modelign. Just played a long campain as cawdor. And it was loads of fun. Eager to se therse painted.

Thanks! Any tips for gang composition and tactics?

 

[Bennjjii]

Beastmaster and Giant Rats!

I did the first rat a few posts up, and was meaning to do a bunch more (they’re a bit bigger than I’d planned!).

I really liked the idea of making the beastmaster a bit more of a shepherd or cowboy.

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• Jan 22, 2025

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• Jan 22, 2025

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• Jan 22, 2025

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• Jan 22, 2025