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Photoshop job 'heavy infantry' IG, using SM Scouts


Maelarion

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Hey everyone, hope this is the right place for this, if not, feel free to move it mods :).

 

So I've been thinking of starting IG, besides the DIY marines I received from my friend.  I'm planning on making them heavy infantry (i.e. lots of carapace armour, beefy armour support).  Think 'sledgehammer' force :D.

 

Anyway, I was looking around for suitable minis.  The Kasrkin models are cool, but unfortunately they're still metal, so pretty much a no go for large scale converting.  I though of Vostroyans, but they're all metal as well.

 

Then I hit upon a brainwave.  SM scouts!  Carapace armour!  Plastic!

 

So after a quick photoshop job, I came up with the below.  If I go ahead with it, I plan on getting the canadian upgrade with respirators from FW.  Comments please on whether the below would look suitable enough :).

 

Cheers!

 

Maelarion

 

 

 

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a612/Maelarion/HeavyIGmockup_zps6dd164f5.jpg

Keep in mind that SM Scouts are still just a smidge bigger than Cadians, so the parts will likely be somewhat differently proportioned. That said, this sounds like a workable idea. SM scouts aren't a half bad way to do carapace armoured IG currently, especially if you don't want to use metals.

 

EDIT: Keep in mind that you may be able to find cheaper head and weapon swaps if you look around a bit and are willing to use non-GW bitz. I can direct you to a few sources if you're interested.

Keep in mind that SM Scouts are still just a smidge bigger than Cadians, so the parts will likely be somewhat differently proportioned. That said, this sounds like a workable idea. SM scouts aren't a half bad way to do carapace armoured IG currently, especially if you don't want to use metals.

 

EDIT: Keep in mind that you may be able to find cheaper head and weapon swaps if you look around a bit and are willing to use non-GW bitz. I can direct you to a few sources if you're interested.

 

This struck a chord with me, especially as the FW Cadian heads are not heroic scale and are slightly smaller than GW Cadian heads. So I did a test run (with the actual parts) and the scale of the Cadian head doesn't work with the bulk of a GW Scout. It ends up looking like a dude with a pin head.

 

I could take a picture or two if you'd like to see it yourself?

Just following on from Toxics post heres a real size comparison 

 

Firstly what you are suggesting 

 

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f372/rbrewster101/IMG_0435_zps7d02d0f1.jpg

 

This is what I prefer and have a couple in my scout squad

 

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f372/rbrewster101/IMG_0440_zpsf5e2a984.jpg

I've ordered bits off ebay, so far a FW cadian head, scout body, and scout arms have arrived. Once the scout legs and cadian arms (for the lasguns) arrive, I can get started making a test model.

 

The FW cadian head did strike me as being a little small. When I did the quick ps job, I didn't have much of a scale to compare against so went on instinct.

 

The scout model with GW cadian head looks a littly burly, like he seriously works out :D. The one above with the unpainted FW head doesn't look that bad, although I may use some gs to raise the head a bit (as the bluetack in the picture is doing. Otherwise they may end up looking like a bunch of gym rats with no necks...although having said that, the amrour thickness coupled with those collar-tubes (rebreather pipes or whatever) probably would IRL obscure a lot of the neck.

 

Cheers for the feedback and the pics guys :).

 

EDIT

 

In fact I think a lot of the no-neck look is to do with how far up the uppermost bit of the shoulder pads reach. Maybe lowering the arms would be the answer.

 

I'll post WIP pics up when I get going!

I actually love the look of those cadian heads on the scout torso ever since i saw Xenobiotic's ones over on Heresy-Online:

http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/showthread.php?t=58718&highlight=cadian&page=37 i think they are on about post 370 in the thread xD

 

But just a quick image of them

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(Xenobiotic's work, not mine!)

 

I think the heads look fine on them personally, even if other people think they do look small! :D

A slightly smaller head on a bigger body would also emphasize heroic proportions (look at how they draw the comic book superheroes, the head to body proportion is juuust a bit skewed so that the characters look mighty). I personally think that the respirator head on the scout looks boss.

Does anything think the Elysian heads with respirators fit well on the scouts? Interested in getting them since they don't come with any other stuff like the Cadian respirator heads.

There was an army showcased in a white dwarf a few months ago that had used Elysian heads for SM Scouts, they looked fantastic

 

Does anything think the Elysian heads with respirators fit well on the scouts? Interested in getting them since they don't come with any other stuff like the Cadian respirator heads.

There was an army showcased in a white dwarf a few months ago that had used Elysian heads for SM Scouts, they looked fantastic

 

Sweet! Sorry wallet but Forgeworld beckons.

Here are some pictures of scouts with elysian heads: http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?256199-Black-Templar-Kill-Team-log

 

Not digging it. Whereas cadian heads looked the right size, the elysian heads are too small and narrow and create the pinhead look. Considering that these are supposed to be helmets, the head inside would be teeeeeensy. And they somehow end up looking as if they are robotmen dressed up as SM scouts.

Here are some pictures of scouts with elysian heads: http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?256199-Black-Templar-Kill-Team-log

 

Not digging it. Whereas cadian heads looked the right size, the elysian heads are too small and narrow and create the pinhead look.

 

Looks like the size is ok but yeah I can notice the thinner look compared to the cadian heads. I think I can live with that though. I'm using Cadian hostile environment torsos for my troops and the elysian rebreather heads will help give the storm troopers a different look while keeping the HE feel.

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