darth_giles Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 Ok, update time. I was able to recycle some of my metal figures enough to get three icon bearers, plus four more marines to help flesh out the first squad. These guys are going to be the flamer squad, and future squads will probably get meltaguns since I've found a few of those lying around as well. Pics will be forthcoming later, when I don't feel like someone activated the 3.0-era Banner of Rage in my general vicinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt_Reaper Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 While the Dark Angel in me wishes you would stop your evil, the Iron Warrior in me hopes you won't listen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Melice Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Kickbuttery indeed brother :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth_giles Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 Ok, now that I'm a lot calmer than yesterday afternoon, here's the fruit of my labors. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/darth_giles/Chaos%20Space%20Marines/RecycledMetals1.jpg I'm not too happy with how the middle guy turned out. He looks really static compared to the other two. All three banner pole hands and poles came from Lizardmen spear arms; cut them off at the wrist, clip off the spear heads, drill and pin, and then a little super glue. I also drilled and pinned the arms; even though they're plastic, they're just awkward enough to try and break away or something. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/darth_giles/Chaos%20Space%20Marines/RecycledMetals2.jpg Detail of the guy on the left. The arm turned out to be cockeyed for the body's stance, so it was a matter of figuring out a pose that would make sense in some form or fashion. I finally alighted on this one; he's using the banner pole to block an attack (the damn things are made of reinforced ceramite or something), while preparing to whack his attacker's knees off with his chainaxe. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/darth_giles/Chaos%20Space%20Marines/RecycledMetals3.jpg Two flamer marines, and a random bolter bunny. The guy on the left is the old "Chaos Space Marines with Special Weapons" flamer CSM from the 2nd Edition era. Thus far he's the only rank-and-file trooper to not have a legion shoulder pad, but he's just such a blast from the past that I couldn't resist using him in my flamer squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearingtheword Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Looking really good their DG! Can't wait to see them as you get more and more done! ~BtW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearingtheword Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Looking really good their DG! Can't wait to see them as you get more and more done! ~BtW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I'm really liking the mix of plastic and metal! Looking forward to seeing some paint on them :sweat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth_giles Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 I'm really liking the mix of plastic and metal! Looking forward to seeing some paint on them :)Thanks. Gonna be a while, though; I want to get at least one full squad before dusting off the airbrush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth_giles Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 Sorry about the lack of updates. I had a brief dalliance with orks. I say brief, because after modelling the bulk of the boyz in the battleforce, I tried to assemble the Trukk. Cause I like Speed Freeks and all that Well... Let's just say that trukk is badly-fitted in a way the Marine vehicles will just never be. And there's no way I'm going to be assembling four or five of those things, open-topped assault vehicles or not. So I'm going to stick to Word Bearers for the forseeable future. Might go for Dark Eldar as a backup army for when I don't feel like CSMs, but I'm definitely not going to be building anymore orks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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