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Greetings all

 

For those of us still waiting for our primarchs

 

Alpharius

Corax

Dorn

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for cheap (because we will obviously be buying the real thing when they drop) and relatively accurate models to proxy them.

 

I am personally looking for info on an alpharius proxy but there are others in the same boat as me for their legions.

 

Hydra dominatus

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From what I have seen of the Kabuki models they aren't the correct scale. So they could work but aren't ideal. I personally haven't found any good options for the Primarchs, other than to convert/scratch build them. Alpharius is easier to convert than most as he is smaller than your average primarch.

Be warned re Kabuki - I bought 3 only to discover they a bit too small to pass as regular marines, let alone Primarchs. I have pics somewhere.

 

Edit: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/gallery/image/134605-2014-08-12-081421/

 

Done on my phone so apologies if it doesn't work. Grey Hunter versus Kabuki Russ.

 

Kabuki miniatures. I think it's 40 euros for both Alpharius and Omegon from them

Would you mind linking me to the one you mean? Cant seem to see one that fits.

 

 

http://kabuki-models.com/home/132-hydra-bundle.html here's the one I meant, though I don't know how they scale, so that could be an issue.

 

Of course, Alpharius being the size of a normal marine makes a degree of sense xD

I've bought kabuki iron guard "cough"perturabo"cough" and steam guard"cough"cough"mortarion"cough"

 

Both are in pretty decent scale compared to regular marines and terminators, both stand head and shoulders above a cataphractii, sorta.

 

It's just that for some reason kabuki seem to have a fetish for making their models have as weird poses as possible, leading to me having to chop them up into little pieces and rebuild them again into something more believable.

 

Also, according to the artwork of some primarchs they aren't that much taller than their sons, for example:

 

http://s49.photobucket.com/user/SGM-Daly91/media/Horus%20Heresy%20Pics/Mortarion_Deathshroud_zpsa39113ea.jpg.html

 

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130202025539/warhammer40k/images/6/6e/Rogal_Dorn_Imperial_Fists.jpg

Greetings all

 

For those of us still waiting for our primarchs

 

Alpharius

Corax

Dorn

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for cheap (because we will obviously be buying the real thing when they drop) and relatively accurate models to proxy them.

 

I am personally looking for info on an alpharius proxy but there are others in the same boat as me for their legions.

 

Hydra dominatus

So what does Leman Russ look like then?

I always liked the idea of primarchs not being gigantic. sure larger then astartes bit not enormous like some artwork suggest it I'm not really a primarch fan as far as gaming goes so I could be biased

 

That's something you can certainly apply to Alpharius even if the others are supposed to be super-huge. In his armor he's supposed to be indistinguishable from anyone else in the Alpha Legion so you can easily work just from a regular character model or even a regular legionary. Maybe it's not the kind of centerpiece that we'll eventually get from Forge World but it's extremely fluffy for him to just be a dude with shmancy painted armor. 

 

@Charlo - Okay smart alec, what company produces that moddle then?!

 

Edit: Missed a letter out.

Oop, my bad, I thought you just meant in general!

I'm now even more miffed as I hear that kabuki have re-scaled. I found mine again the other day. "Not Fulgrim" and "Not Lorgar" really are too small even to pass as regular marines and "Not Russ"'s wolves are fit only to be rats in a Skaven army!

 

I've learned my lesson and will wait for Forgeworld. The one exception is Russ - check out forum member Dechande's "true scale" sculpts if you want Russ.

I'm now even more miffed as I hear that kabuki have re-scaled. I found mine again the other day. "Not Fulgrim" and "Not Lorgar" really are too small even to pass as regular marines and "Not Russ"'s wolves are fit only to be rats in a Skaven army!

 

I've learned my lesson and will wait for Forgeworld. The one exception is Russ - check out forum member Dechande's "true scale" sculpts if you want Russ.

Thanks for the mention :)

I've also done some others, http://www.facebook.com/CaptainCalicoMiniatures there's an album for each model I've done so far.

For Corax you get try converting something out of the new AoS flying guys

 

That's freaking genius. I never thought of that, but now have a good reason to look into that.

 

a fellow B&C member converted me a Corax from Fulgrim to be used in an Apoc game. It was only primed at the time of the game.

Here he is going one on one with a Bloodthirster (it would take 3 rounds of combat and 3 of his wounds, but he would kill the beast)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i65/kieran_m/40k%20Battles/Shenanigans%20Apoc%20game%206-15/2015-06-27%2021.03.59_zps49bqk1fi.jpg

 

WLK

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