LokisSword Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 All, I make an emotional appeal to you all, brothers of the B&C. There are many people who purchase Marines with good intentions, they plan to care for them and lavish them with detail and attention. Some even intend to pose them in meaningful ways and to paint them with greater skill and patience than a 3 year old with a 4" masonry brush. However, there are many who seem to buy Marines with the sole intention of slavering them with as much glue as would be required to stick an elephant to the ceiling and to paint them with 84 layers of enamel paint. I reach out to you, my brothers, to help rescue as many of these unfortunate Marines as possible! Thankfully many of them can be found in places such as ebay, where their callous owners dispose of them. Let us lead them to a better life... Hence I bring you the SPCM (Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Marines). Through the SPCM we can strip, repose, repaint and give miniatures a better life. So the aim of this thread: Purchase some abused Marines Post a picture of them in their original condition Post a WIP shot of them Post a completed shot of them Profit! My inspiration for this thread came from a bad purchase on ebay. The stuff arrived in much worse condition than I thought it would, so I had to resort to some pretty heavy handed stripping, remodelling, etc. In the end I think I'll end up with some decent models - and I'll probably experiment with these guys a little more since they cost so little. So come on fellow B&C brothers, post your ebay recoveries and horror stories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LokisSword Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Ok, so here goes... BEFORE - eBay Seller Picture (I got the idea for this after stripping and hacking them up!) http://imageshack.us/a/img547/131/assaultmarines.jpg Assault squad 1. They were in such bad shape, multiple layers of paint, soaked in super glue and plastic glue (melted neck on the Sarge). I've had to hack them up as the poses were awful. They needed a soak in Dettol and Acetone free nail varnish remover to get the paint off! I'll post reposed, primer pics later tonight / tomorrow. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivepointedstar Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 So, would this count for my "save a Space Marine patch" for scouts? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LokisSword Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 DeathKnight2000: Is that the badge on the same page as the "Saving baby birds that have fallen from their nest" badge? If so, yes - yes it does! :D So onwards with my contribution to the SPCM. http://imageshack.us/a/img845/6366/img20121009234459.jpg Where I could get the superglue bonds broken I've tried to repose them into something approaching meaningful poses. Unfortunately the Sarge's head was so melted into his body and covered in glue that I decided to remove his upper torso and replace it with an old Biker torso. This does mean he's lost his braces, but oh well. It also seemed that the older torso was a fair bit shorter, so to give him a little more height I decided to give him some roadkill to stand on (a DE model that was given away as the show model for the last Games Day I went to... anyone know when that was?) I was suprised that the primer coat came up so smooth, I'm aware their are gaps but I didn't want to saturate the models as there was still a thin layer of old paint residue on some of the models. Overall I'm pretty chuffed with how they are coming along so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraithwing Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Ah, cheap Space Marines, the best kind! I've done this before as well. Unfortunately, I don't have the models to hand any more to provide before and after shots, but if I do something similar again, I'll contribute to this most noble of causes! Cheers, WW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Ok, I'll bite. Here's a picture of two landraiders in my Simple Green bucket. Yes, they were quite a mess of sludge and multiple layers of gunky paint: While I was scrubbing them, especially the one on the left, I found a basecoat of what could only be kindergarten grade craft paint (black), then a red layer with green bits (not sure if it was going to be BA or sallies), then a thick layer of white, like for White Scars, then a very solid layer of black for the eBay sale. The one on the right had a super thick black coat over another black basecoat, which was also quite brutal. However with some love and attention, the following champions emerged Leftie Rightie WIP So after feeding them plenty of zeal and fury they are doing quite well and are crusading for the betterment of the Imperium. I am a firm believer in happy endings. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Angelus Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Gorgeous work on that raider. I'll add a modest contribution this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messor Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Wow, I wouldn't have thought that kind of recovery possible. Excellent work, guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Angelus Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Saved from eBay looking like this; http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/AvengingAngel/003_1339347076.jpg And re-purposed as my devastator sergeant; http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/AvengingAngel/IMG_5834.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/AvengingAngel/IMG_5835.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elohimalpha Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Very cool topic - I have a Predator that needs some techno-heresy purging. Not sure if any of the tank treads are in the right spot. Should be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 @Brother Angelus: I always loved that figure. You did a wonderful job on him. I did another save, another LR. I just love raiders, I guess. This is for my Custodes army. So from this...<blech> http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d187/hkowabunga/Custodes/DSCN9317.jpg ...to this... Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LokisSword Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 This Brothers is exceptional work and exactly the spirit the SPCM embodies... @WraithWing - Your contribution is anticipated, we welcome all to the leagues of the SPCM! @Honda - Those BT LR's are exceptional, made even more so considering the state from which they were rescued. I'll have to investigate getting SimpleGreen here in the UK, from everything I've seen it seems considerably easier to work with than Dettol. @Brother_Angelus - He's made an amazing recovery there! I've found that metal is considerably easier to rehabilitate - I have 10 Metal Deathwing termies (in my ETL thread) that pay testament to that. @elohimalpha - Your predator will be most welcome, how badly has it been deformed by the warp? I'm pondering creating an SPCM Sig Banner for proud members of the cause... Might be a while til I get around to painting my assault squad, just decided to start assembling Dark Vengeance! Onward brothers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy1391 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Those poor abused marines made me envision the Sarah Mcloughlin SPCA commercial (if you live in America you have probably seen it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Angelus Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 @Brother Angelus: I always loved that figure. You did a wonderful job on him. I did save another LR. I just love raiders, I guess. This is for my Custodes army. Great work again. You've inspired me to recover my first land raider from back in 2000 when they were released. To the store! For Power Spray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 This thread has told be I need to start scouring eBay for landraiders. Great work everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 *bump* I won't let this die as it's a great idea and people should see this! Ludovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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