Ompfris Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Since everyone else is giving true scale marines a go... I thought I would too... so here is my first half hours work... chopping up the terminator :) and I used a spare body from the marine bike sprue and the head from the famous bitz box ;) I will hopefully get some GS done tomorrow after work, fill in the back of the legs, the gaps and the upper arm! I know hes no where near as good as these true scale show offs lol but post what you think so far! lol try to ignore my Be'lakor chopping an Empier soldier up in the background! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/148743-true-scale-marine/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezeki Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 looking good so far One thing i noticed when accidentally making a truescale marine is that you dont really need the termi arms, normal SM arms work perfectly well. but your termi arms will probably, in the course of time, prove me wrong. Also, try to marry up the front and back plates so you dont have that flat bit, and cut off the bum-plate and hide the gap with something. best of luck to you :3 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/148743-true-scale-marine/#findComment-1727023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadnought6107 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 From the rear view, it looks like the chest is a bit short compared to the legs. Maybe its just the angle, nice start though :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/148743-true-scale-marine/#findComment-1727343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alys Dwr Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Looks like you're off to a good start For the bum plate, i carved it back and added the 2 tier PA effect with some greenstuff. It looked good until i put robes over it... meh. As much as i love truescale and the use of terminator pieces to do it, promise me you'll sort out the arms. Power amour doesn't have pistons down the arms, too many people leave them on and it's too much of a give away. Looking forward to the GS! Al Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/148743-true-scale-marine/#findComment-1727671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuriousFerret Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I think this is off to a rocking start! Obviously you have a long way to go yet, but the pose is very menacing. Looks like you're off to a good start For the bum plate, i carved it back and added the 2 tier PA effect with some greenstuff. It looked good until i put robes over it... meh. As much as i love truescale and the use of terminator pieces to do it, promise me you'll sort out the arms. Power amour doesn't have pistons down the arms, too many people leave them on and it's too much of a give away. Looking forward to the GS! Al well it's a dead give-away anyway isn't it, the marine being twice the size of his little marine friends? In the interest of making awesome marines I think the niggling details can be foregone. Anything that bulks out the squatting midgets is a good thing in my book. I'm leaving the pistons on on my own marines. (And who's to say the only reason we can't see the pistons on standard marines is that they're so tiny) :lol: EDIT: what I am trying to say is this: approximation rules the day. Why worry if your slightly larger plastic soldier is a faithful copy of your little plastic soldier? Life is too short. Live and let live. Comment about pistons on arms goes for hip shields on terminator legs being used as true-scale marines, as well. If it looks ok, don't worry. And if you - plural - want to argue about standardization of marines, look to GW's own stuff and you will see that all the fluff rules laid down in the days of yore (early 1990s) and followed unquestioningly by (maniacs) devoted fans ever since are increasingly being broken by GW. Minatures are now wildly divergent. And so what. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/148743-true-scale-marine/#findComment-1727896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ompfris Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Ok what I have done in the last 40 mins: - New arms! with giant Terminator shoulder pads solved the alignment of the front and rear torso, super glue leaked on everything (still chewing it off my fingers!) new head cos I had to drill the old one off the marine... lol GS in the back of the calfs! instead of loosing the butt plate from the Terminator legs, I shaved bits off so it looked more like a marines butt flap :lol: my little scale photo so show everyone but he dosent look as big as everyone elses! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/148743-true-scale-marine/#findComment-1728037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ompfris Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 So I thought I would carry on... to the painting Just a quick spray with black and base layer of the Red foundation paint (yesterday) A heavy Devlan Mud wash Now everyone can plainly see where i have gone wrong! lol His legs look like they are heavily dented... might change when the wash dries, will find out tomorrow I guess! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/148743-true-scale-marine/#findComment-1742951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ompfris Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 In case anyone wanted to see the finished marine, I thought I would chuck some pics up. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/148743-true-scale-marine/#findComment-1753155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggyStardust Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Nice, looks way cooler and more in scale than the other one. Great work! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/148743-true-scale-marine/#findComment-1753224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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