Deathwing Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Hi all, I managed to snag a quite a few tactical marines a month or two back and when I made them up I got bored of making just tactical marines so I built 10 of them into Vanguard using misc. close combat weapons I had lying around but not wanting to spend money buying jump packs I found a few tutorials from here on how to make the old RT style jump packs from nothing more than some used pens. I had to modify the plans a bit due to a lack of bits and pieces and green stuff. I also needed to improvise a few weapons as I didn't have enough bolt pistol and chainsword arms (that's why two of them have thunder hammers and one of them is holding a grenade) Anyways, I finished putting them all together earlier today and took some pictures. They still need some paint (I'm thinking of going Salamanders as two of them have Thunder Hammers and the other marines are built like Salamander tac squads with flamers and meltas). Though I suppose they could make a good stand-in assault squad for my Dark Angels if I needed them to. Pic 1 http://lh5.ggpht.com/_QMttiwScp0Q/Sm9vlNA1zRI/AAAAAAAABJE/HU-OW7uAP2k/s800/DSCF3294.JPG Pic 2 http://lh5.ggpht.com/_QMttiwScp0Q/Sm9vltSLh_I/AAAAAAAABJI/sjzkGrkbO5Y/s800/DSCF3295.JPG Pic 3 http://lh4.ggpht.com/_QMttiwScp0Q/Sm9vl-Bd8cI/AAAAAAAABJM/zNH7Hn0ysfQ/s800/DSCF3296.JPG In hindsight I probably should have attempted to reposition their legs to give them more of a dynamic "We're coming to smash your face in" look. Oh well, next time I turn tactical marines into assault marines I will look into leg repositioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrike.ex Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I'm very interested to see how these turn out once you have painted them :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drudge Dreadnought Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 It looks interesting, but some closer up pictures that show the packs better would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clausel Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Looks great. I would like to know how you did make the thunder hammers? Whats the head of the hammer made of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberious Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Intresting idea for JP's. I think the T-Hammer heads are made from dwarf hammer heads(looks like but might not be). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mike Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Very interesting. I always like turbine jetpacks. The legs look okay, giving them a more 'stand firm!' look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathwing Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 Looks great. I would like to know how you did make the thunder hammers? Whats the head of the hammer made of? The thunder hammers were made from some plastic rod (I forget how wide, 1/16th inch?) and dwarf hammer heads. I scraped off the dwarf symbols though. Some careful repositioning of the standard bolter arms allowed the double handed hold on the hammer (and the sergeant's relic axe) Here's a shot of the back pack before attached. Pic 1 http://lh4.ggpht.com/_QMttiwScp0Q/SlPtKyXxTDI/AAAAAAAABCY/bFXTz56gMzA/s800/DSCF3257.JPG and after http://lh4.ggpht.com/_QMttiwScp0Q/SlPtMLQ8KeI/AAAAAAAABCg/0mPSgkD4ko4/s800/DSCF3259.JPG It was actually easier to attach the back packs after cutting the exhausts off, but before adding the pen tubes. I also used some high elf shield icons to dress the turbine up a little as it looked kind of bland. They curve just enough that it fits well on the tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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