Creating a PDF force need ideas please

[fullmetaljacket]

Hey everyone, i wanted to get some ideas from who ever wants to contribute. So i play Death Korps of Krieg, and ive been reading Dead Men Walking, and i wanted to add some narrative to future apocalypse battle. so i was going to to build a very small and weak PDF force, Made up of the remnants of a crippled PDF force that has been fighting to defend their planet for quite a while( veterans, officers, NCOs, wounded, beaten up dirty) , armed citizens ( rag tag pieced together uniforms, missing armour, missing weapons, civilian attire, conscripts) and protors ( local police force, shotguns, swat looking ) i didnt want to use any armour, special or heavy weapons other than the taurox ( spell check that) , some sentinels, and a few Valkyries. Lastly, i was going to make government officials, planetary governor, his family, royal guard and administrators, maybe some civilians running around or hiding or dead... haha i was hoping something like this could make for great rescue missions, narratives or story based games/ campaigns. etc. Its not ment to be powerful or game changing just something really cool to look at, an army that goes against what everyone normally does/ instead of making a badass looking super powerfull army, Im going for a weak, scared, slightly motivated, beaten down, tired, under strength look.



SO i would like to know what think of the idea!



I would also like to know what your opinion is if I use Cadian models for this, considering that they are considerably larger( bulkier) than DKOK models so it may look funny or just a bit off... what do you think??



I would also like to know if you have ideas where i can get models for soem of these ideas, ill tell you what ive thought might work.



PDF: my idea Cadians ( black uniform, white carapace) , but then i run into the problem stated above



Proctors: MY idea: converted Cadians to look more like planetary police and swat, less like soldiers. ( blue or grey uniforms, red high lights maybe, carrying shotguns or something)



armed Citzens: any ideas, i want them to look rag tag, mix of civilian clothes and military uniforms, able bodied men, ages 13-40 etc.



Planetary governor: idk what to use, i want him to be fatand old and wearing his old IG officer uniform, with his meadls, old pistol and sword etc.



Governers personal body guard: My idea : i was thinking a few vostroyans, or moridian iron guard, very fancy armour or dress uniforms



Refugees, casualties, and scared civilians : any ideas???



as for the armour i was going to go with a shade of blue





Let me know what you think or if you have any ideas!

FMJ

[jenburdoo]

I think it's a nice idea, though with the ruined urban combat theme I'm not sure how different it would be from DK if you already have those.

For the Governor, I'd suggest the old metal Cadian Colonel, the one standing ramrod straight with a monocle and sword.

Proctors: Cadians with visored helmets?

If you need something the same size as DK, consider Forgeworld's new Solar Auxilia, since they and their weapons look fairly archaic. With Cadians for the bulkier Royal Guard. But if they're not from the same world as your DK, they don't have to be the same size - it would point out the alienness of their world if they're naturally a slightly different height and bulk.

Refugees, casualties, and armed civvies - Old Necromunda figures (especially Fraternis Militia) may fit the bill, or there are a number of non-GW civilian lines. Wargames Foundry makes some very characterful (mostly 19th century and a few WWII) civilians and Home Guard.

[Paimon]

Reaper Minis Chronoscope line has some things that might work well both for civilians, and for various ragtag survivors. These make for some decent refugees for example. I've gotten a couple of things from them,I'm happiest with the model I was going to use for Marbo which is here

[fullmetaljacket]

awesome ill check that stuff out! and i have that cadian model!
as for looking different, it doesn't necessarily have to be, they would be deployed as a pocket resitance left in a city or fort, a surrounded force holding off the governments palace/ cittadel, while the valkyeries to evacuate the governer and other advisors / royalty they would be used to intermix with the dkok or as cannon fodder ( like the book Dead Men Walking) haha and as guards and to add more colors other than grey on the field...
i firgured i could come up with some cool scenarios as well
FMJ

[fullmetaljacket]

Hey everyone, DKOK models would be considered 28mm correct?? would that be closer to 1:35 scale or 1:48 scale??
FMJ

[RedsandRoyals]

They're "Heroic 28mm", which is scale model speak for "Close enough, whatever". 1:48 is probably as close as you'll get, though. FW models tend to be slimmer and better proportioned than regular GW kits, so they should actually be better with 1:48 kits made by other companies than most GW stuff is. With rare exceptions, 1:35 is too big to use.

[Rolling Thunder]

1:56 is 28mm scale. 1/48 is your best bet for vehicle conversion kits.

[boyo2406]

I think these would look great as your armed civilians.

www.wargamesfactory.com/webstore/dark-futures/apocalypse-survivors-men

[fullmetaljacket]

yeah those are awesome, and il probably pick a couple of those boxes up.
i am going for a kinda freedom fighters look from that old video game. so some green stuffon those models would actually work nicely
fmj

[fullmetaljacket]

so if anyone is still checking this out one idea is going to put into action soon, im going to make my vets riding in valkyries for the PDF look like Gears from Gears of War. ill use catachans and a number of bits from different models, and green stuff to make the vest for most of them to match gears of war vest, but ensuring that most of them still are showing there arms!
fmj