The Bratts - Modern nobility of the upper hive

Bratts are a real funny bit of the Necromunda lore from ages ago. I won't bore you again with all the stories about them so if you fill like you could need directions about who they are, I suggest to read a sum up post I wrote that compiles most of what I know about them.

Sometimes, projects just emerge from the void and although, this one hasn't entirely, it's known a weird path towards completion. I've had a few inspirations for the bratts and I've always had a vague idea if what I ideally want to do with them.

You might probably remember Axiom's most excellent Brat gang from some time ago :

Check Magpie and Old lead for more Bratts and awesome of all kinds

Then last year, I read Evo's excellent post with a wonderful bratt and felt I had to follow a similar path :

Follow Port Imperiale for more awesome stuff. Really.

Now Evo was very kind to send me a fistful of those old puff arms to do something similar. Only thing being I'm a lazy idiot and it took me way too much time to get anything done with them. I think I was kind of waiting to have more models to do a more sizable gang but I wast just postponing with no reason. Oh and I had no idea about the colour scheme of course.

Once again, Evo had the answer. I suggested to him doing something in the vein of Adam Ant but was unsure, his response to the idea made it clear I had to do it.

A few google searches later, I realised I had the answer right under my nose (They were stored in cases but you get the idea) !

The colour scheme I had for the Helmawr gangers was perfect and Helmawr gangers are Nobles to begin with (or they are associated with nobility at least). That's where I had the idea to make my Bratts (meaning spoiled noble kids) linked to the Helmawr family ! They could be the wild youngs who would later join the Helmawr gangs as leaders or executives.

I had to make them stand from the others so opted for outrageous hair colours !

Now enough talking, let's let the picture do the talking.

It's actually quite late in teh project that one of the wipsters suggested the idea of using Mad Donna Ulanti as a Bratt. While I hadn't thought about it myself, the idea of having a female bratt ganger was too good to let go ! 

Obviously, I was ver wary of having her looking too close to Harley Quinn and in a way she does. I just didn't try to force nor avoid the resemblance. 

Now probably the most simple but effective build of the crew, the sniper. I think this guy really works despite the simplicity of the conversion.

Here's a "before" pic to help you see the parts used (before putty work) :

Here's a model I already knew since I had painted one earlier, the build was much simpler though this time. Arms from the skitari box set (what a blessing) and a few licks of paints et voilà !

Here's a pic before painting, you can notice despite hating that, I didn't drill this gun. It's making me nervous just to think about it now.

Here's an interesting conversion since it's entirely made of metal parts, something I hadn't done in years (decades) ! 

I knew one of my bratts had to have an exotic weapon to fit the background.

Here he is without his make up !

Now from the first picture, you might have noticed one peculiar character trying to hide, terrified by what's happening around...

I must have got that scared villager from the old giant kit in a joblot and wanted to convert it. How it ended as a scared bratt ? I don't know but here he is without any paint :

Now since Shadow Wars is all around the place, I'd really like to use my journey to UK this summer to play a bit with my friends so thought an oldschool band would be fun. I'll most likely build something from the Inquisition list and use the guys below :

Now here's our Noble leaders with their wild offspring, hoping some natural leader will emerge from all that hairy mess !

Of course, I had to show you the new bratts with their old pal who's decided the hive wasnt big enough for him and who decided to go roam the ash wastes...

Honestly, I'm very happy to have that gang ticked off of the list. I really should focus for next BOYL now. There's no room for failure when you have games planned with such excellent company really !