#krootmercenaries

A long-tailed Kroot Carnivore, Convict serial 6212 callsign "Milo" was inducted into the 9th Savlar Chem-Dogs on the world of Armageddon itself. Found in the depths of the labyrinthine Underhive, Milo was originally adopted as a sort of pet by the Penal Legionaries. Soon after, however, the xenoform outgrew such notions - the Kroot's savagery in combat and spectacular ability to learn and converse in all the many strange and non-standard languages, dialects, and other linguaforms of its adoptive family saw it formally charged as an "Abhuman Twist-mutant" and inducted into the legion as a quote unquote equal. #nogodsland40k #savlarchemdogs #imperialguard #astramilitarum #krootmercenaries #kroot #warhammer #warhammer40k #warhammer40000 #warhammerkitbashing #kitbash #wargaming #blanchitsu #inq28 #inquisimunda #horusheresy #imperialismilitia #warpcults #hobbystreak #hobbystreakday247 (at Wakefield) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgE-sOTNOYO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I'm no good at sculpting, but then again, I used to be pretty awful at painting too. The only way I'll get better is with practice, so another of the Savlar gets a turn. There are many thousands of soldiers in the Ninth Savlar, and the non-humans among them are less than a single percentage point. The majority of those are abhuman Ogryn, Ratlings and a few dozen Beastmen, but there are single digit numbers of even rarer kinds: Felinids, Loxatl, and the vanishing rare Imperial-inducted Kroot Mercenaries can all be found on the battlefields of Armageddon. #nogodsland40k #savlarchemdogs #imperialguard #astramilitarum #krootmercenaries #kroot #warhammer #warhammer40k #warhammer40000 #warhammerkitbashing #kitbash #wargaming #blanchitsu #inq28 #inquisimunda #horusheresy #imperialismilitia #warpcults #hobbystreak #hobbystreakday246 (at Wakefield) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgDXTYatY9_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hello everyone! Having been a long-time fan of all things kroot, I have often thought about what other Krootiforms might accompany our favourite cannibalistic bird-people on the battlefield alongside the kroot hound, krootox and the greater and lesser knarlocs. Flicking through the old chapter approved armylist from fourth edition, I was intrigued by the rules for mounted kroot trackers- the statline suggested a krootish mount that was smaller than the old Knarloc riders and so I set about trying to sketch something that might fit those old rules. Coming up with these designs was quite interesting for making me consider just what physical characteristics define a species as visibly 'kroot'- it became obvious through some experiments and surveying official kroot models that quills, beaks and leathery skin would need to be crucial elements of these designs in order to fit with the pre-existing models produced by Games Workshop. Additionally, I was also leafing through the Liber Xenologis and could not help but be inspired by the rendition of a Kroothawk found within those pages- it was certainly impressive enough for me to imagine some giant, pterosauroid kroot-birds that could be ridden into battle. #warhammer40k #tau #tauempire #kroot #krootmercenaries #creaturedesign #scifi #scificreature #40k #warhammer https://www.instagram.com/p/CQvUTHNlamI/?utm_medium=tumblr