I've long wanted to have an Arbites army despite their place in the background of 40K making army sized deployments extremely unlikely. In a universe focused on war, amidst other Imperial organizational factions like the Inquisition and the Ministorium who are much more likely to field army sized forces, I wanted them to be able to take the field in narrative moments of insurrection, invasion and insanity.
Over the years I have attempted to start such an army several times with the help of other hobbyists like Tim Hucklebery and BoLS. There were conversions to go along with those attempts, of course:
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| March 2007 |
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| January 2013 |
Sometimes many conversions inspired again by other hobbyists like John's Toy Soldiers...
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| February 2013 |
...but like all of my 40K projects they got no further. Maybe a few more years passing and blogging about the next attempt will improve upon my current track record.
2020 Update: Never finishing means you can always start over which I did in the summer of 2019 with bits from Anvil Industry including their medium armor torsos, shortcoat legs and armored arms combined with the Skitarii Vanguard heads which is another idea borrowed from the hobby community. The plan has generally been to run them as Astra Militarum veterans with three special weapons. The 2013 Arbites will be downgraded to local enforcers to fill out a basic infantry platoon and maybe a maxed out squad of conscripts.
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| June 2019 |
