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CP Models “Runts”

These three guys and a girl are “Runts” from CP Models.  I dont know who the sculptor is, but I enjoyed painting them. EDIT: the sculptor is Al Elder

The sculpts are well defined and the casting was good with only a small amount of clean up required.  The crisp detail made the models very pleasant to paint.

I painted the Runts up with half an idea of them comprising some sort of Spec Ops team of misfits assembled for an impossible mission, like the A-Team or the Mighty Ducks.  In that role I find them quite fun.

The twin SMG wielding guy above suggests some sort of badass to me, possibly the sort of faceless, covert-ops specialist who never speaks, like Snake -Eyes.  I was tempted to add a sheathed katana to his back before I painted the model but didnt.  I mildly regret not doing it now.

I figure that maybe this guy is the Ursa Miners biological warfare specialist and that the grenade may contain some sort of custom bio-toxin that he has cooked up.  That would explain both his outfit and that he is carrying an oddball, old school style of grenade I think.

As these guys are intended to be used as co-star type character pieces, its better to have unusually equipped figures anyway.  Its not like I am short of gun equipped tough guy space dwarfs.

Im glad to have finally added a female to my Ursa Miners.  Like the rest of the Runts its a nicely sculpted, well defined figure.  The face reminds me a little of Sanda Bernhardt.

I cant decide whether this heavily tooled up guy is my favourite of the bunch or whether the twin SMG guy pips him to that post.  Either way, he means business.  His helmet and the back of his shoulder armour (not visible above) both display some sort of rank marking, making him the Runt combat squad leader.  I get the feeling that this guy never laughs.

L to R: Forgefather Stormrage Veterans, Runt, Forgefather Steel Warrior

The runts scale well with the Forgefather contingent of my Ursa Miners, but their equipment is quite different in appearance.  There was a time when I strove for uniformity in my miniatures gear and outfits, but these days I am happy to mix them up quite a bit.  It makes batch painting less tedious.  As I think can be seen quite easily in the photo above, the common palette helps an awful lot with tying them together.

I used Mantic circular bases for these figures.  The Runts have integral bases rather than tabs and the Mantic bases have a circular recess designed for the base plugs on their models.  Using those bases with the Runts made the figures stand flush with the top of the base nice and easily.

I have a fifth space dwarf miniature from another manufacturer to add to these guys at a later date, just to bring the total up to five to satisfy my OCD (and for use in Swatters games).  I will likely get around to painting the fifth guy reasonably soon I think.  Probably.

Filed under: Miniatures | Tagged: 2013, 40K, 40K Skirmish, Runts, Sci-fi, Space Dwarfs, Ursa Miners |