Salamanders--- new to the chapter :D

[Ravenor94]

Well, i recently finished reading Salamander, and Firedrake by Nick Kyme, and it got me addicted to the idea of collecting Salamanders.

So the first model i bought was the Captain..... but when i opened the box, i found that it doesnt have a Thunder Hammer in it D:

So i attempted my first ever conversion....using parts from the BA death company, and personally i think it looks good.

BUT THEN, none of the "shooty" arms in the command box go on the left arm (god knows why), so i did another conversion and added a jump pack :P

 

http://i52.tinypic.com/1sbpza.jpg

 

http://i53.tinypic.com/2d7tpvt.jpg

 

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dunno what you all think?

[Hubernator]

You could maybe use more mobile pair of legs and he's missing a shoulderpad :P

 

Otherwise, pretty neat.

[Ravenor94]

You could maybe use more mobile pair of legs and he's missing a shoulderpad ;)

 

Otherwise, pretty neat.

 

I know he's missing a shoulder pad :P

im waiting to buy a set of Alpha Legion pads that portray a Drake, so im using them for my Sallies :P (using an idea from a games workshop post)

 

and about the more stationary legs, i wanted it to be like hes more in the middle of melee, not recklessly charging forward....but thanks for the advice, im painting him soon-ish

[Ravenor94]

and btw, im basing the actual army on characters from Firedrake.....so there'll be a Chaplain Elysius, the dude above is my version of Captain Agatone, theres gonna be Pyriel and Dak'ir etc etc :(

[GooseDaMoose]

I heard that book sucked ass ^_^

 

Anyway, he's a cool lookin' cap'n alright, thunderhammer is a good idea, but you should get rid of the blood drip on it. The Alpha Legion pad is a good idea too btw! :D

[Firepower]

I heard that book sucked ass :D

 

Ditto, if it's anything like Salamander it isn't fit for a pile of kindling... :D

 

Anywho, not bad. He kinda looks a bit off though: between a Storm Bolter, a Hammer, and a Jump Pack, he's more wargear than space marine. Could be funny if you paint them in Playschool colors :D Reposing the hammer backwards to rest on his shoulder or downward to make it seem as heavy as it looks may help alleviate the awkwardness.

 

Just my two bits ;)

[DarKHaZZ13]

I think its a good book

 

You might wanna personally ask what Pyriel looks like haha

I know he's here somewhewre :(

[Ravenor94]

Thanks for the advice guys :) I'm scrapping the jump pack when I get home from college, and the blood drip will be gone before I paint it :mellow: Personally I love Nick Kyme's portrayal of the chapter, but every guy to his own :)

 

And due to this still being WIP, there will still be changes made :P gonna post my tactical squad sergeant later aswell, another subtle conversion, one seen quite a bit, but it just looks nice and clean

[Reyner]

Nice work so far, I loved the Salamanders books so will be watching your progress like Pyriel would watch Dak'ir :wacko:

[Asrech]

Welcome brother! I might be a successor, but a son of Vulkan is a son of Vulkan :lol:

 

He looks good so far, I'm sure you'll get more actual thoughts when the paint starts coming on.

I enjoyed salamander, except for a few things ( like very, very, very old marines... ) and I'm currently reading the second book.

 

Keep it up! :huh:

[Ravenor94]

Cheers both of you but it does suck that the final book isn't out till next year :(

And on the painting side, it won't be the best, but it'll look fine, and thanks everyone for the positive feedback

[blackbabyjesus]

on the up side though, next year is only 14 days away!

[Ravenor94]

Just posting my latest additions :)

The change in the Commanders backpack is from quite an old sprue that i was given time ago.....i think it looks pretty decent <_<

And two tactical squad sergeants i wipped up as something extra.

 

Theres still a few bits im gonna touch up on each model, and the hand flamer on one of the sergeants, will (in game), just be used a bolt pistol, but i though it went with the image.

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[Armor Athlete]

I liked the first model, except for Jump pack... Second model looks good except for cloak and hood... books are good by the way..

[philbrad]

you need to take the bottom off the thunder hammer becasue it should have two parts to it maybe green stuff a bit on the end also you need to take off the blood drop on the hammer but nice model. i like the use of the hand flamer on the one model i have one on my jump pack marines and am using it as a stand in flamer :rolleyes:

[Ravenor94]

Cheers :D and the blood drops are getting file or cut off when I get the tools :) gonna be using some spare models at a later date to post up painted models, get some feedback, then paint the captain etc :rolleyes:

[Asrech]

For the hand-flamer I'd do some mild converting and call it a combi-flamer. Combi-melta/flamer are gold in a sallies army :rolleyes:

[Ravenor94]

For the hand-flamer I'd do some mild converting and call it a combi-flamer. Combi-melta/flamer are gold in a sallies army ;)

 

Thanx for the idea mate :( I'll attempt it at some point, probably on a different model like :P