Eddtheman Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hello B&C. With the new book I'm sure this place is gonna be inundated with new topics of people trying to build the fabled space marine company, but my project is a little more ambitious- an entire space marine chapter. Looking at any 40k forum you can find dozens of topics on building entire chapters, but I haven't been able to find someone who actually has. With the release of the new space marines codex myself and a few others have decided to give it a go. Four of us have decided to collaborate on this, and hopefully this plog will help keep us motivated and showcase a full chapter in all it's glory. When researching this project I came across a number of resources on the numbers of a Chapter and If it really is 1,000 marines. Keeping away from the debates on the subject, we have decided that the 1k number is A) Propaganda and indicative of the combat arm of a chapter, rather than both combat and support arms. Vehicle crew, pilots and fleet personnel come from the armory and support units, rather than reserve companies. This means all reserve companies will have their full complement of 10 squads. We did have a head start before the project started. Three of us already had Ultramarines forces, and luckily had chosen different companies. In the next few days I'll upload pics of our initial forces, as well as our revised MTOE that will give all of us a better show of our progression. EDIT: Here's the Planned forces of the 1st-10th companies. Blue Squares are painted models, grey squares are models that are built awaiting paint. http://i.imgur.com/OrI7NTgl.png Thanks for checking in. Comments and criticisms are always welcome, as well as any ideas you may have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Good luck will be watching with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeptus-Alaska Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 +++Incoming Transmission+++ +++Techno Magos Nerd Rageous+++ +++Redirecting.................Astra Telepathicus Tertio Prognostis compliance granted+++ +++Sending+++ +++Sending+++ +++Sending+++ Giggity, that is all, you may proceed with mission. Only with chapter completion does duty end.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddtheman Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 So here's the extent of our initial forces as well as our goal for the infantry. I may make one showing all of the armored support but that will wait until we're more underway. I've updated the initial post to show our progress Here's the MTOE, Each group of 10 is a squad. In the battle companies the top 6 squads are tacticals, bottom 2 are devestators and the 4th line down are assault squads. In the first company we are shooting for 30 shooty terminators, 30 sternguard, 20 assault terminators and 20 vanguard. The librarius and tech contingent are both understrength, but no-one wants to paint 30 tech priests so we are assuming the rest aren't cleared for combat for one reason or another. The big circles at the bottom of each company represent the dreadnoughts assigned to each unit. Squares filled in represent marines we currently posses, not necessarily have painted. I may begin to differentiate between the two but I don't want to have to fill in that many squares at once. http://i.imgur.com/xRVByGgh.png Here's second company awaiting a repaint. Lancador will be the primary painter of the 2nd http://i.imgur.com/JeZS2JCh.jpg?1 4th Company, Begun by yours truly http://i.imgur.com/n0PRkFEh.jpg 5th Company with Armored support, painted by General_Tod. After seeing his pics he will be the primary photographer of the project. http://i.imgur.com/veSftNqh.jpg Here's a few close ups as well as the command razorback converted by General_Tod http://i.imgur.com/y71lSjEh.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/PRfuJskh.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/cOUVYHah.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/k1pPR3Bh.jpg?1 Thanks again for checking in. Comments and Criticisms always welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddtheman Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 I've got another quick update for everyone. I got a package in the mail this past weekend and here's what I found inside. I got these guys for dirt cheap and they definitely need some TLC, but overall I'm pretty with all of them and they will fill out the rest of the 4th, 5th and the beginning of the 6th. http://i.imgur.com/hGmXkMBh.jpg We also got a package from GW, courtesy of the FLGS- This should make base coating much easier http://i.imgur.com/MHNcmv3h.jpg I was also able to get a batch of bases done for the 4th company. These are super quick to do but end up looking pretty good when they're done. http://i.imgur.com/pcKpxpZh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/N9z8iFsh.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Valten_ Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Very impressive work so far. I look forward to seeing how this progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acez Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Great ambition in this plog and I await further updates. It's good you guys are working together as this would drive a single person mad! I personally have a companies worth of marines and I still haven't finished it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddtheman Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 Another update for you guys- The first batch of marines is about to leave the stripper and Should be ready to prime in the next day or so. I'll be posting pics of their progress soon. I also received another package in the mail. Inside was another lot of marines- they also need some TLC, and a few are missing weapons and bases but nothing a quick trip to the bitz box won't fix. http://i.imgur.com/SsvKhX4h.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xFonrG4h.jpg http://i.imgur.com/2Gm8y7sh.jpg I've also started on the old Crusaders from the last package. These were the old metal kits and were a complete pain to put together- almost enough to wish it was finecast. Basecoats are done and I've started on the weathering, so hopefully I'll be able to put the finished tanks up here soon http://i.imgur.com/y0Ko61Hh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NWR6GW1h.jpg C&C are of course, always welcome- I've updated the tracker in the OP to show our progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Definitely an incredibly ambitious project. Great progress so far, look forward to seeing more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Angel Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Consider the idea of that little map or whatever it should be called stollen. Really liking that you guys are going to take this project on. I look forward tofollowing it, and it seems you've already got a decent start going on already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddtheman Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 So It's been a veerry long time since I've had the opportunity to update this thing, but I do come bearing many gifts. I've updated the mtoe, showing our progress. We have the marines for the 2Nd, 4th and 5th companies, as well as a sizable chunk of the 6th and 7th reserve companies. We decided to put all of the bikes and speeders in the 8th because it didn't make sense that tactical marines were using bikes and speeders when all pics from GW show those units with assault squad markings and battle company bikes and speeders are used by the assault marines. The 1st company is half complete. We got a bunch of the new betrayal at calth boxes, so expect more Mk4 goodness in the army. Onto the pics! http://i.imgur.com/M6UdacQl.jpg Here's the extent of my contribution so far: I've got the entirety of the 4th, plus 8 squads from 6th company. http://i.imgur.com/1g4bLDrl.jpg Here's a close-up of a 6th company squad. Not my best work by far, but they are quick and easy to paint up. I also feel that after painting your 150th space marine you're allowed to coast. Here are some close ups of the veterans and members of the 4th company http://i.imgur.com/GNhOyVxl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sCls0iAl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VcT1DYil.jpg http://i.imgur.com/gayjGDFl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6lXzDdFl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rJ5CuiLl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vL5RB64l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tiAgf9Il.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mPj3wful.jpg I'm not the only one whose been busy. Lancador has been busy on the scratch-build front. After realizing how many zeros are attached to the price of a chapter's worth of vehicles, we're trying to build our own. Here's the progress on a rhino http://i.imgur.com/7eI1Q65l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tr75JrNl.jpg And for arriving in style, his mock up of a thunderhawk. I told him we need at least 5 or so http://i.imgur.com/RbGXNy3l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vTmK6ryl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/pdhxdOPl.jpg And more air support, in the form of a storm raven and storm talon http://i.imgur.com/0Vdirmvl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NgeaaHzl.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/3Irm1AMl.jpg?1 We're also on the lookout for more marines and vehicles. We need a bunch, so to keep costs down we're looking for old models that need a lot of TLC. If anyone can point me toward cheap marines, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks for following us, Comments and Criticisms are always welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddtheman Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 It's been a few weeks but I'm back with another update. We have another person who's joining the chapter project- bringing our total to 5. Lancador also showed up with his Thunderhawk MKII, more detailed than the last- here are a few pics Here's the base of the forward fuselage http://i.imgur.com/4iGjR82l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/kZeJq1dl.jpg Plus the rear, both of these receive a lot of details before they're finished http://i.imgur.com/mwIb5jjl.jpg The base for the forward wings/tail http://i.imgur.com/dnganwNl.jpg Coming together http://i.imgur.com/tsLy4ZKl.jpg?1 The turbolaser mount and a few details start coming together http://i.imgur.com/19KgK47l.jpg Here's the MKII next to the original http://i.imgur.com/nsZaOXSl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Hh1gClJl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/S7Ztokbl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rm3TQtNl.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossjk Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Very nice, some great scratch-building skills there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddtheman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Hello everyone- I'm back with another update. We've all been really busy with the holidays but we wanted to share our progress in the last few months. I think we all are a little burned out on painting infantry, so we've switched to vehicles for now. http://i.imgur.com/BKZ4PsKl.jpg Our scratch building efforts so far- a 4th thunderhawk is half finished. Only one rhino in the picture is an actual GW model More pics of the painted thunderhawk http://i.imgur.com/HfIpTm2l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8euxKunl.jpg and the MKIII: We're in desperate need of lascannons and heavy bolters for these. http://i.imgur.com/EvzfVIIl.jpg Our scratch Vindicators- We want a dozen for the full chapter http://i.imgur.com/GBynLlyl.jpg A few comparison shots of the GW kit and our Demios rhinos. They're not perfect but they are cheap and easy to make http://i.imgur.com/MzxM7HZl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9SHYezdl.jpg And as a teaser: Here's the beginning of our next addition to the chapter http://i.imgur.com/FYBrSMrl.jpg Thanks for looking, Comments and criticisms are always welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Looking great, vehicles are great to scratch build and it saves a tonne. Surprising how easy it is to make something that looks great with only a cereal box and a little patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noigrim Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Impressive! Pity that GW id gonna blow up 40k before you guys finish, the ultramarines (and tau?) will probabily be nom nomed by the tyranids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddtheman Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Thanks guys. I don't think GW is quite stupid enough to AoS 40k, but if they do we'll still play 40k. Here's more of the Titan so far. I made a template to wrap around the leg and reinforced it with balsa wood http://i.imgur.com/r88Xc5Wl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fZSkaHVl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/WG86jf5l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/H7ZFMP1l.jpg The first leg is coming along. It still needs cleaning up and a lot of detail work, but that can wait until the rest of the substructure is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noigrim Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Don't fool yourself, tey're gonna blow it up regardless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monstra Sumus Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Doomsaying aside, this project is both ambitious and fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddtheman Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Here's another update on the Titan. I've gotten some of the details done on the legs. http://i.imgur.com/j8lX014l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/MnPYfMml.jpg Here's the basic pose for the titan. One of the legs isn't glues yet so it's shifted around in a few pics http://i.imgur.com/ooQqFt1l.jpg Here are the legs with what will probably be the base. I tried my hand at a spartan but I didn't like the scale. I think it works pretty well as debris though http://i.imgur.com/UZpiDj2l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tmeRSP3l.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikhalLeNoir Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 It's been a few weeks but I'm back with another update. We have another person who's joining the chapter project- bringing our total to 5. Lancador also showed up with his Thunderhawk MKII, more detailed than the last- here are a few pics Here's the base of the forward fuselage http://i.imgur.com/4iGjR82l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/kZeJq1dl.jpg Plus the rear, both of these receive a lot of details before they're finished http://i.imgur.com/mwIb5jjl.jpg The base for the forward wings/tail http://i.imgur.com/dnganwNl.jpg Coming together http://i.imgur.com/tsLy4ZKl.jpg?1 The turbolaser mount and a few details start coming together http://i.imgur.com/19KgK47l.jpg Here's the MKII next to the original http://i.imgur.com/nsZaOXSl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Hh1gClJl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/S7Ztokbl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rm3TQtNl.jpg Wow...actually I like that white/ purple color Scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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