Really impressive and inspirational work Xander! 
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Wow! This is top notch. Fantastic Kroot. I prophesy that Xander will grace the list of CDO sculptors who have produced miniatures for sales in the future. 
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Utterly gorgeous minis. Nothing else to say really.
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Brilliant conversions in the mix there. Wicked cool Kroot band. Look forward to seeing these painted.
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I have really no clue of the Kroot fluff but I love the look of them.
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@TheHoodedMan: They are martial birdmen living in feral tribes, yet with spacefaring technology. Kroot biology can incorporate DNA from those they eat, and the Kroot are led by Shapers who shape their kin by selective eating for advantageous traits (e.g. there is a mention of a clumsy female individual, who was served the raw meat of agile animals).
Possibly, the Kroot’s unlikely knack for high technology comes from eating Ork Mekboy DNA, given how the Orks were a weird bio-weapon crafted by the Old Ones. Larger fauna on the Kroot homeworld is almost entirely made up of various distantly related branches of Kroot, having outcompeted other families of creatures. There are some animal or semi-sentient Kroot variants in the army list, intentionally shaped into hound and gorilla-like forms over generations to serve specialist roles.
The very warlike Kroot are excellent hunters and are part of the Tau Empire as valued auxilliaries adept at close combat. The Tau are very uneasy about their allies’ battlefield cannibalism. Many Kroot roam freely as mercenaries and can be found in the service of whoever pay best, including some Inquisitors of the Ordo Xenos who make use of their stealthy tracking skills.
There is a fun incident in the first Ciaphas Cain book where the Kroot’s consciously gene-assimilating cannibalism collide with an explanation they are given of how Genestealer Cults work within a population. This have disastrous results for everyone involved in the joint Imperial & Tau recon force, as a few hidden Kroot try to destroy the captured head of a kinsman in a grand hall filled with thousands of Genestealer/Human hybrids. The flesh must not fall into such enemy’s hands. This misunderstanding cost the Kroot and most other scouts their lives.
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Always ends up great when Xander starts sculpting stuff and this is no exception, great work as ever Xanderman 
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Thanks everyone!
With Adepticon being canceled, the #SiegeOfPech teams are being increased for Adepticon 2021. That means I just might put together 1000 points worth of these Swampy Kroot. 
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So I’ve starting planning, modeling and building more Swamp Kroot!
The most new models I’ve bought together in years.
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Oh, cool! What are the conversion plans for the last two pics? 
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Good stuff 
. Liking your paint scheme as well.
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That is quite a haul. The groot kroot idea is genius. Lookin forward to the conversions. (And also the painting)
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Haha, not sure how I uploaded those last two pics! lol
Here’s the plan for the other Groot Kroot.
It’s been fun so far, looking forward to working on it some more,.
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Creative counts as ideas; good work.
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Beautiful painting. Mind you the groot kroot are inspired. Absolutely brilliant
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@Xander mateee these look incredible! I used to play Tau when I was a teenager and thought the Kroot were awesome. The Krootox was always one of my favourite units, yours look badass!
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Thanks! Yeah, I’ve always loved the Kroot and it was nice to finally give them their due! More to come!
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This looks like quite some energy flowing into this project, great !
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