space marine schnauzer Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I know that the multi piece set is more versable--better to customize and/or pose. But does anyone use the AOBR marines in their armies and how do you customize them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdy81 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 The only thing I dont use from black reach is the Commander, I tend to do one thing to each squad to make them stand out, so the black reach tac squad has all standard helmets, my second tac squad has Mk6 Beekie Helmets and my third tac squad are all without helmets, the AOBR models themselves are really good. Ive even brought another 5 AOBR terminators off ebay really cheap, buy an Terminator assault squad then you have enough close combat weapons to have a 10man Assault terminators for a lot less than you would pay buying 2 assault sets. The dreadnought lets it down a bit as its really plain, but ive started to convert it with bits left over from my ven that I got a couple of weeks ago. Im collecting and painting enough for a whole battle company, ok so you cant pose the AOBR tac, but they are still good looking figures, without the hastle of adding grenades and holsters cause they are all on there already, If you dont want them stick them on ebay! You'll got a tenner for the tac squad slightly more for the terminators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
space marine schnauzer Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 I been buying on ebay and other bit places aobr tac squads..last buy was 26 aobr marines for 15 bucks. As for customizing I added a couple more purity seals or or the scroll thingie for the extra bits from a tac marine set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I use both them and the older Maccrage marines to make the bulk of my tactical squads. I did use 10 of the multipart marines but fund that all you gained was slightly better variety and a few more poses. The real benefit of the multipart marines are in conversions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid Zaku Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Personally, I don't customize my Black Reach Marines at all. As a guy who can never have enough tactical Marines or...erm...Sternguards, I need men with bolters. What the Black Reach Marines DO let me do is free up my regular Tactical Squads I got in the box sets to become my actual veterans or special weapons soldiers. This is good, because I can spread my boxed set Marines out a lot easier, considering how cheap it is to find the Black Reach Marines on Ebay from Ork players. Once I get a new set of Black Reach Marines, I take whatever Tac Squad bolter Marines I have, rip and strip, and then make them into specialist models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacekeeper Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 For my black reach marines all I do is cut the head off and turn it in a different direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alys Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 intersperse them into normal tactical squads, and it's difficult to pick them out, plus to be honest, barring the fact they are static in their poses, they are pretty great to look at! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
space marine schnauzer Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 intersperse them into normal tactical squads, and it's difficult to pick them out, plus to be honest, barring the fact they are static in their poses, they are pretty great to look at! Agreed, they are not bad to look at, easy enough to paint..they don't have the pop of a multi piece marine. But for the price you can get plenty to build armies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio Silvernale Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 The bulk of my marines are a set of Black Reach marines and three sets of Battle for Macragge marines. Much cheaper than tactical boxes since I'm attempting to build a full company. I can always buy a box or two of "normal" marines and mix them into the squads for special weapons or whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarKHaZZ13 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm going against the grain here. I bought a box and got given a box (I miss my job haha) I use the terminators no question, I use the dreads aswell....abit of cut and stick can do wonders to their overall look. However, the commander and the marines? Nah. I don't like the commander...personal preferance to be honest, that and everyone has him (with a HQ that stands out...it irks me) The marines I did use for quite a while (5th ed killed my scouts list and I needed 20 extra marines) But they are too static. Even a slight twist in the torso would make them look alot better...which is easy to do, But I had the money and the job at the time to get myself a bucket load of marines. The extra bits come in very handy when starting new projects So I gave my BR tacticals away to a friend to help him start his army. (I also made him a rudeboy jump-pack commander....mainly 'cus he asked for it haha ;)) Easy way to customise the BR marines? head swap (especially on the sergeant....make him actually look where he's pointing too!!) I also swapped the Serg's chainsword for a bolter (I don't do flashy sergeant upgrades) Twist the torso's adds alot more movement to the squad aswell. Also as prviously mentioned...get a box of tactical marines and mix them in with the AoBR marines (just make sure you get your hands on some shoulder pads with the tactical symbol moulded on....it stands out a mile) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Black Shadow Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm using black reach & macragge/3rd ed marines for tactical bolter marines, then building figs with all the special weapons in the tac squad box, using spare figs from tac squad to build all the heavy weapons in devastator boxes. Any tac box marines left over I'll put special bits on for fist sgts, assault squad sans jump pack, etc. In other words, black reach guys are a cheap way to fill out the squads between special weapons, and tac squad boxes are a cheap way to get extra bodies to glue spare arms from other boxes to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Way1and Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Using them in my Grey Hunter packs. Picked up a SW box and just swapped out bolters and/or backpacks, added topknots, tails, etc. Haven't painted them up yet, but just looking at them sitting on the table as-is, it's already hard to tell they were AOBR to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRhino Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I use a few of the old Battle for Magragge box bolter Marines in my Tactical Squads. With a matching paintjob to the rest of my force, you'd be hard-pressed to pick out the snap-fit Marines from across the table. I'm working on a set of five AoBR Terminators right now. I poached an assault cannon from the Dark Angels Veteran sprue, and now I have a nicely-armed, basically posed Terminator squad. I'll save the multipart models for my Assault Terminators, or leader models. I traded away my AoBR Dread, as I really was NOT a fan of that one. Too static, and the arms were hollow, which didn't mesh with my magnetization plans for my Dreads. I did keep my Captain from the AoBR kit. I'll be chopping his head off, and replacing it with a helmeted version someday. A really basic sword+bolter Captain is useful in small games, or as a backup HQ to something flashier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatman Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I like the AoBR marines. Pad them out into your other squads and they fit in nicely. Being dirt cheap helps too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I've put the entire tatical squad to the sword...er, exacto knife. There are some sweet, sweet bits all throughout that squad, from Mk. IV legs, to Mk. V helms, etc. I've cut all the bits I wanted out, and use the leftovers for dead bodies for objective markers. Works pretty well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Priest Haelaeif Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 intersperse them into normal tactical squads, and it's difficult to pick them out, plus to be honest, barring the fact they are static in their poses, they are pretty great to look at! That's what I do with my old BfM marines, too. And I put a few bits like seals, parchments and things like that on them. The static pose is only a problem when there are three or more of those near each other, among more dynamic models one or two of them don't even look obviously different. Some cool ideas what else to do with them here, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneSniperSG Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I have a few. I just give them one of the more Space Wolfy backpacks and they fit right in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I bought BR and 3 boxes of tacticals. I didn't like the BR marines in a solid unit because of how static and uniform they are. They looked like parade ground units or freshly trained recruits and not what they are supposed to be: highly trained combat units, So... I mixed them into the boxed marines and spread them out. They look good and even though they are not overly hard to spot, they don't stand out like sore thumbs. Most all of the others are in my army as well and have had very minor things like combat damage done to them to spruce them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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