Recently I found and painted up a bunch of “Nightmares” from the long-OOP game Legions of Steel that I’d had stored in various boxes of random figures since the 1990’s. Clearly these models were inspired by James Cameron’s Terminator films, and given that I recently purchased some Terminator Genisys starter sets from Warlord Games when they were on deep Black Friday discount (because rofl@£70.00), I figured I should paint up some of the actual figures. The Resistance figures don’t excite me all that much, so I’ll likely not start on those until all of the Machines are done.
I set some of the Endos aside to work out weapon swaps a bit later, and just decided to knock out a set worth as stock figures. If need be, I can run Imperial Guardsmen, etc as Resistance if I want to learn and play the game in the meantime, but let’s be realistic, that’s not happening anytime soon.
I painted these using the same methods as the Nightmares so they share the same palette and will fit in nicely alongside one another. As originally considered, the Nightmares can act as T-600s/Prototype Endos in the Terminator game, and the T-800 Endoskeletons can join the Nightmares as Iron Warriors cultists as needed – more abominations courtesy of the Dark Mechanicum. I also added a few skulls to some of their bases because Terminator.
I also knocked out 5 “crawlers” using the same methods. Not sure what they’ll be used for outside of the Terminator Genisys game, but hey, they were easy to paint and they add another 5 models to my completed numbers for the YTD.







Cool man!! A very menacing looking bunch. I love the crawlers. They take me right back to the movie. You know the bit when the terminator gets crushed? A puff of smoke crosses the screen. It’s actually from a crew member blowing cigarette smoke across the shot to get the perfect look.
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Thanks mate. I didn’t know that bit of film trivia, but cool to hear. 🙂
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Tidy job mate, these guys look just the ticket!
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Cheers mate. I should probably do the rest of the crawlers at least while I twiddle my thumbs on converting the other standing endos.
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The guys without legs definitly remind of the final scene of the first movie. Quite haunting…;).
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Very much part of the design intent, I believe. I’ve got today off. Thanks to yourself and Alex, I’ll clip the others off their sprues and get started…
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Those miniatures look more than a bit dodgy in online photos, but you have really got them looking tasty.
Nice job.
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Thanks Cheetor. I think KISS is something to keep in mind with detailed but ultimately simple models like these.
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