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Kroot Kavalry

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Disclaimer: Please note that this compilation was originally made for personal

use, and as such it only includes those ideas that were deemed krootish

enough by the author. There are plenty of conversions that aren't included here

that might suit your tastes better, such as the kroot-tyranid hounds for example.

Disclaimer 2: All of the images, quotes and information here included are

available freely on the Internet, and it was therefore assumed that the authors

did not mind sharing them with the world. However, should you be one of the

people whose work is shown here and desire to have it changed/removed, you

can contact me and it will be done ASAP. Also, the more detailed and unquoted

explanations have been extracted from old Kompletely Kroot codexes.

Disclaimer 3: The author is not an English native speaker, so you can expect

the an odd sentence every now and then. If so, do tell, so that this Kompilation

can be improved.

Kroot Kavalry

-Turbo MMX's Dal'yth Rangers:

The Mounted Lesser Great Knaroc's

(Or Knarl "ox") with Twin linked Kroot

Guns

"Just a quick explanation first. These

are meant to represent the Great

knarloc models. After Reading the

rules and looking at the models for

the great Knarloc I really didn't think

the rules did the model proper

justice. So I picked up some of the

smaller ones. Added the extra gun

carage and rider to the back and have

used these as my Great Knarlocs for

my army. In my mind the fit the rules

better. And if WYSIWYG comes into it,

they are still on the same size base as

a great knarloc and actually stand

about half an Inch taller than a great

knarloc. And so far no one has had a

problem."

Marco Schulze's Ar`rak's Kroot Renegades:

-Wolfs16's 16th Shas'Ar'Tol Advanced Recon Cadre:

Urban Mammoth Viridian Saurian:

10 Pounds.

Conversion by Turbo MMX, w/ kroot hound head:

Games Workshop Cold One:

The newer and very old ones are more reptilian, whereas those from 5th-6th edition

usually have the most avian features.

Quareni's: He/she got rid of the front legs (other people kept them), and attached a

Krootox head. A lighter could be used to heat and then bend the legs of the rider

downwards.

-Oaka's

version,

keeping the

front legs.

Turbo MMX's:

"I changed out the rail rifle for a Kroot ox Kroot gun. The Positional

Relay is a bash of a Guard vox caster as well as some other parts

that should be fairly easy to pick out." This rider was later given a

knarloc to ride, replacing the cold one.

UberKroot's Mounted Rocket Kindred:

1. Take one Cold One and add a Krootox head (Andy’s original Knarloc’s had their front legs

sawnoff and replaced with sculpted green stuff – though I prefer the simple method of leaving

them on).I ground down the back of the Krootox’s head and made a string ‘collar’ for all my

Knarlocs, whichhides the seam quite well.

2. Assemble the launcher support from the Ork Rokkit Buggy (Left Support, Right Support,

MainSupport & Pintle).

3. Put the rocket Launcher on the stand backwards.

4. Strap the Launcher to the back of the Knarloc, use string to make it look as if it’s been lashed

on (Iused three Kroot Gun Straps from the fantastic plastic Kroot extras).

5. Assemble a

normal Kroot

Warrior to act

as the Gunner

for the Rocket

Team (I gave

my

gunnersRokkits

040301409 on

their backs).

Mount him on

the same large

round base as

the Knarloc.

Joppe's: using the new Cold Ones + Kroot Hound heads.

Gniknok's:

Oaka's Knarloc Riders Squad Leader:

Wishing's:

Fattdex's:

Echo's: using the new Cold Ones unmodified.

Gamezone Dark Elf Dark Knight on Predator:

12 pounds each. http://www.gamezoneminiatures.com/tienda/en/dark-elves/302-caja-

de-caballeros-en-predador.html

Zombiesmith Quars:

10$ each. http://www.zombiesmith.com/collections/quar-cavalry/

Warmachine Deathripper Bonejack by Thorisian:

4.90€. http://www.cadwallon.com/warmachine-hordes/cryx/deathripper-bonejacks-

2.html

Games Workshop Old Daemonette Steeds by Iron Mammoth:

"I cut the daemonettes off of their steeds, then cut the heads off of the steeds. I

replaced their heads with Kroot Hound heads (which turned out to be a perfect size for

the steeds) and also added the Kroot Hounds “Dreadlocks” onto the steeds necks. To

hide the area where I removed the daemonettes I built up a quilted saddle and then

mounted the Kroot rider on top."

Games Workshop Kroot Hounds by Serpine:

"The lower body is a kroot hound with the head and large spines sawed off, the scope

is an antennae from Battlefleet Gothic, and the rest is from the kroot sprue.

Basically I started by sawing off the spine crest along the back using deep cuts on the

two sides, then cutting from the rear. Keeping things just above the head-height of the

hound minimized damage to the rear tiny spines and the bag/harness sort of stuff on

the hound torso. Then I hacked off the head using the dog collar hounds have as a

guide. Once again this consisted of cutting the sides first, and then cutting from the

bottom along the collar. This takes some patience (I snapped a saw blade going

through neck #3 to fast). Then a decent cutting tool to snip off the slot tab (since these

go on the non-slotted bases) and they are ready for flash cleaning and a kroot torso to

be stuck near the front of the flat section left behind by the spine removal.

This might have been somewhat easier/quicker to do with some good pliers and a bit of

filing, but I wanted to minimize damage to the spines and heads for use in later

conversions. The saw gave me much better precision.

Three of the four styles of hound bodies are perfect for this process, but the fourth style

has a paw running along and partially attached to the chin. Keep an eye out for these

when grabbing blisters, since these "renegade" hounds would be annoying to modify."

Games Workshop Centigors:

Soo'Va'Cha's Unified Corps (Oi'Kyse Sept) old Carnosaur:

Kroot Hounds

Chaos Warhounds: 15.50 Pounds for 10.

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Chaos-Warhounds

Carrelio: "They are very

easy to fit on to small round

bases thanks to their

dynamic leg poses. Just

greenstuff on a bit of a

dinosaur tail, and cover up

the spot where the horns

go to make it look like fur

(again using greenstuff)"

-Warlord Imp's conversion: "I used green stuff to add "beaks" and fill in the holes

which were meant for horns."

-El'Iey'Asu's Toku'Gawa Cadre:

-Stompy's:

Games Workshop Wild Wargs:

Stoopicus: "Snipping the tail and adding some ganglia and maybe some green stuff in

the jaw area would go a long way."

Games Workshop Crypt Ghouls: 15.50 Pounds for 10.

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Vampire-Counts-Crypt-Ghouls

-Lord Shaper's:

-Blambi's:

Hasslefree Miniatures Lesser Mawes: 6.70 Pounds for 4.

http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=lesser-mawes-

x4~hfsa310&category=miniatures~sci%252dfi-aliens

Hasslefree Miniatures Mawes: 16.70 Pounds for 3.

http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=mawe-

multi~hfsa309&category=miniatures~sci%252dfi-aliens

Both the small and big mawes

could be added an underbiting

if needed, to give them a

krootier appearance. Inserting

quills should also deliver a nice

result.

Oaka's Razorwing Flock:

" It's a Dark Elf War Hyrda

from the Warmaster range,

with some quills and

baggage items added over a

greenstuff harness that is

difficult to see in the images.

The rest of the green stuff is

just to fill in the horribly

molded metal figure. I chose

to use this model because it

has 5 heads to represent the

5 attacks and 5 wounds of

the Razorwing Flock, which

all look amazingly similar to

a Kroot Hound head. In fact,

I'm attempting to make this

model look just like an

evolutionary parallel to the

Kroot Hound."

Krootox

Games Workshop Sentinel: 18.50 Pounds

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-

GB/Imperial-Guard-Sentinel

-GreyDeath's:

-Botox Biker's:

-Ethereal Shas':

-Zonkyslayer's:

UberKroot's:

Oaka's Quad Gun:

Kroot on Big Ape resin kit (unofficial):

Shipped from Estonia, found on Ebay Russia, seems to be of good quality. The seller

went by the name of irina_est and sold them for about 35$. As of March 2014, the

account hasn't been active in over a year.

Turbo MMX's Iron Ox: about the same height than a grounded Crisis suit.

Great Knarlocs

Turbo MMX's Baggage Knarloc: Ork Claw replacing the right arm (was a regular

Great Knarloc).

Gniknok's Baggage Mukaali:

Marco Schulze's Ar`rak's Kroot Renegades Great Knarlocs:

Daismith906's Mounted Great Knarloc (painting by Precinctomega):

Ben Komet's Baggage Knarloc:

Tankworks' Mega-knarloc:

"I have 'lumped-up' the

beast's hide in some

places and have to add a

few more pin feathers.

The crew are

detachable, the 'goad'

just sits astride the

beasts neck and the

gunner and auto-cannon

are one unit held by the

cannon mount. The

'rifleman' has a

magnetized base.

Theorecticaly they

would become infantry

if the beast were killed."

Unknown author, found by Braggie on eBay: the animal is a Rancor

Greydeath's Kroot Dragon:

Adding quills behind the head and along the back should krootify it even further.

Mall3us's Lord Shaper:

The upper

teeth are

part of the

structure of

the upper

beak.

Left hand was

changed and the

beak in the bottom

jaw was made more

pronounced

Kroot

Turbo MMX's Dal'yth Rangers: 2 ork Chainswords stuck end to end (you remove the tip

off one and the engine from another). A Tau flamer with the end cut off for the base. And then

just the extra kroot hand holds as you need them for the grips.

Gaalsien's Shapers:

GW's Jain Zar's Spear:

UnderBheit's Shapers:

Typhoid_Garry's Shaper:

"The fur on the cloak will be worked to look

like feathers, and the feathers in his

headdress will be more pointed when done.

I'm considering swapping his weapon, but I

really like Kroot Rifles. You can see where I

cut a section out of the Chaos Warrior cloak

and fit the two pieces back together so that

his shoulders weren't huge."

Joppe's Shapers:

"A new master shaper with a Power Klaw, using it as an

Eviscerator. The jacket is green stuff and plastic card."

Braggie's Shaper:

Gniknok's Shaper with Eviscerator:

Jaxx23's Master Shaper Ja'Ahax:

Jaxx23's Shaper:

"I gave them

dreadlocks to show

age and stature.

Their saches on their

left side was made

from greenstuff. For

those who dont

know, the spears

(used as Power

Weapons) are

actually spare bits

from the new

Marauder Horsemen

box. No clipping

required just straight

off the sprue."

Oaka's: Big Mek with Power Klaw and

Kustom Force Field counts-as (WIP).

Gniknok's Shapers: with Power Weapon and Flamer.

Baggage Knarloc Shepherd (Shaper):

Mr Pink's Tyranid Hunter:

The plasticard spacers were

placed there to beef him up.

The copper wiring intends to

make it look like all the tyranid

plates were just tied in a

rudimentary way.

David Waeselynck's Mentor:

Turbo MMX's Master Shaper Krep Lack Abbadack: Power sword, Flamer, Melta

bombs

Fattdex's Ork-Hybrid Aboriginal-Themed Kroot: Power Klaw count as Eviscerator.

Ezeckial's Shaman:

Jaxx23's Master Shaman:

Jaxx23's Banner Bearer:

Senshichamber/Wishing's Kroot Palanquin:

Uber Kroot's Master Shaper: The base for this conversion is a Dark Emissary from

WHFB Albion campaign plus two kroot

heads and one foot

1. Cut off the head quills of one of the Kroot

heads and add it to the other head. You

may have to cut the quills off both heads

and use a bit of green stuff to generate the

right effect.

2. Trim the collar off the Dark Emissary and

then add the massive quilled head.

3. Chop off the protruding foot and replace

with a suitable Kroot foot.

4. Add a few Kroot daggers and pouches to

cover up anything too fantasy for your

liking.

Ezeckial's Yautja Kindred:

Jaxx23's Stalkers: Bloodletter body

Jaxx23's:

UnderBheit's Hound:

UberKroot's Feral Kroot:

1. Get an

oop Strigoi

Vampire

body and

mount it on a

round base

(small –

these are not

Cavalry

Models!).

2. Fit on a

Kroot head,

and carefully

cut off the

lower quills.

Oaka's Reborn Kindred:

Exokan's InquisaKroot:

Stompy's Sly Krooto/Kroot Marbo:

Killercroc's Master Shaper Satanas Ipinanganak: the body is a bloodletter's.

Serpine's Kroger (Kroot that ate Ogryns):

The gutplate

was removed and the finger

count, krootified. Feet were

cut off (perhaps modifying

them would be better?)

Adding more quills might be

a good idea, and a small tail,

like all things kroot.

Privateer Press Trollkin Scattergunners:

Would have to krootify them, perhaps some greenstuff+filing could give them a beak,

or just replace the head altogether with a kroot one. Downsizing the boots and filing

down the knee pads should do away with the cartoony look, or maybe everything from

the knee down should be replaced by a kroot leg.

Turbo MMX's Krorks:

Chest and arms of an ork plus

head and legs of a kroot.

Jaxx23's Hunters:

The scopes are hand made (10-15min per)

and the backpacks are from FW's Cadian

upgrade kit.

Turbo MMX's Hunters: targets from the Ork Boyz kit.

Spaar's Hunters:

UnderBheit's Hunters:

Joppe's Hunters:

Ezeckial's Hunters:

Tankworks' Krootork Mercenary Hybrids:

BearyHammer's Kroot Eldar Pirates:

Quareni's: Ork Kommandos with Burnas count-as

Quareni's: Ork Boyz with Rokkit Launchas

David Waeselynck's Hunter:

Pazuzu's Kill Team:

Tkahar, the tracker:

Mad Khwoot:

Daaraa Met, the Psykroot-dar:

Hounds included just for the

wonderful colour scheme:

Skinkroot and Knarblood:

Boran Chaya Kosan, the Shaper:

Jaxx23's Winged Master Shaper: GW's Chaos Possessed backpack wings.

Jaxx23's Vultures: Chaos Furies wings, just pin in and glue on. 18.50 Pounds for 5.

Killercroc's Vultures: GW's tyranid Gargoyle Brood wings (18 Pounds for 10).

GreyDeath's Winged Shaper:

Braggie's Vultures: Tyranid Gargoyles wings.

UnderBheit's Vultures: using HeroClix Hawkman wing, from

DC Heroclix set called "Hypertime"

"I shave down the under-bite till everything is flat.

Then I carve the contour of the beak into the plastic.

Now you can start abrading the plastic where the

underjaw will be so that the under-bite becomes an

over-bite. And to get the tip of the beak you have to

cut off a little bit of the underjaw.

First I tried to do it with green stuff, but this is more

difficult and doesn´t look good. "

O´Shovah's Vultures: with GW's harpy/chaos fury wings.

Gniknok's heads:

Mall3us' Kroot Inquisitor head: Oaka's Pain tokens: for playing

Dark Eldar counts-as.

Oaka's Kroot Webway Portal:

"The Games Workshop Woods set is a great buy if you need three portals and missed out on the limited time only portals that were available when the [DE] codex first came out. It is quite easy to make the portal thanks to the design of the kit, because one side of the lower trunk is a separate piece. Simply don't glue that piece in, and green stuff a portal in the space that is available."

Dr!zzt's booby traps:

Proiteus' Grot Dakka

Drone: orcish, but highly

krootifiable.

Jaxx23's Dreadlock Tutorial

At first you will get frustrated because its ALOT of delicate work but be sure with

patience and a little time the dreads will just keep getting better, but remember, trial

and error is always a good thing.

The first step is to cut off the quills flush at the back of the head. Then start by pinning

your kroot body just to have some sort of structural hardpoint to manipulate your model

without having to touch it. You can also build him up on his base but I recommend to

not add the arms JUST yet.

Now add some holes in the back of the head so that

a few dreadlocks have something to cling on for

support. The rest of the dreads will either be

blending onto the head or bonded with the other

dreads.

Start by rolling up some greenstuff, but not too

much. The dreadlocks require little greenstuff so

avoid over usage. Here is a size of greenstuff you

could use. No bigger than the kroot's head.

Take little chucks out of that ball

of greenstuff and make little ones

as you see in the picture below.

That size ball can make upto 3

smaller balls to make 3 dreads.

Roll them up like little sausages but

thin them out only at one end. The

other side needs to be thicker to

apply at the base of the head. The

first dread should be placed directly

into the bottom hole. Think of it as

a main beam on your foundation of

your project. Use your needle to

push the greenstuff into the hole.

After use the other side of the

needle (the eye) and smeared the

excess onto the head.

After vary the size and length of the dreads to give it that natural,

primitive "I don't take care of my hair" look. Work your way bottom to

top and just add more.

Depending on the movement of your kroot, you can always make the

dreads wave out in different directions like so. Also you can always

bring a few dreads up to the front of the body.

Once your done, let the kroot on the pin vice and let stand to dry for a few hours to

make sure the greenstuff has cured. I usually let it stand over night. With multiple pins

you can always make a few kroots at a time with the same batch of greenstuff.

Resources

http://fenrisgames.com/shop For stuff like barrels.