Junk Dwellers: Chaos Space Marine Army

[OrganicGear]

Hello everyone.

 

I "played" 40k back when I was a little boy. Well, I didn't really play it. I just bought the figures, glued them together and sometimes painted them badly. Living in a small village in germany meant that I never had the chance to play the game und so I stopped. But now. Around 10 years later: I got a job, moved to the big city and found a games workshop store.

Now I took my old miniatures and started painting again!

 

Thsese are my first painted miniatures after 10 years and I'm having lots of fun :D

 

 

So I always loved the Iron Warriors but the metallic was not really what I was looking for so I decided to go for my own legion.

 

They are called the Junk Dwellers, a splinter group of the Iron Warriors. Originally they were more or less a small group of marines that scavanged the battlefields after the Iron Warriors had a confrontation so the old tanks and power armors of fallen Warriors could be used anew. But after years of scavanging and building a respectable armory they decided to fight their own battles.

They painted their silver metal armor grey and called themself the Junk Dwellers.

 

 

These are the first 6 guys I painted and slightly modified. Carved off the horns; extended one of the barrels and gave one of them a pipe on his head.

 

My goal is to create a chaos army that has kind of an ork / Iron Warriors feeling. After I finished this 15 man squad I still have an unpained Predator and a few bikers laying around. I think I'll buy a few plastic cards and maybe even ork bits and stuff to let the tank look like it was fixed with junk from an old battlefield.

 

 

I'm excited to get back into the hobby and finally play with my own army in the near future :D

[Olis]

Welcome to the forums, OrganicGear! Very distinctive scheme you have there. Grubby and yet bright at the same time. :tu:

[Sagentus]

Welcome to the forums. I like these and the little back story you have going for them. They look nice and gritty, but plenty of colour which is cool.

 

1 things I would suggest is drilling your barrels. It's one of those things you will end up doing one day and curse yourself for not doing it sooner. I know I did ;)

[OrganicGear]

Thank you two for the warm welcome.

 

Yeah, already had my eyes on one of those drills, but after getting colors and everything my budget for this month is gone. First thing next month: Getting a drill. Thanks for the input!

Edited August 19, 2017 by OrganicGear

[hushrong]

Pretty cool look you've got for your marines!

[outlanders_luke]

Good start, be good to see what you do with the ork bits and tanks

[Vairocanum]

Cool concept! Looking forward to seeing all the different types of scavenged gear!

[brettfp]

Nice concept and great paintjob, the only thing i would add is more weathering to the yellow, some paint chipping off etc.

[Gabocius]

Man, I'm in love with your paint scheme ! They have a strong industrial feeling that I find very suitable, and their background as scavengers is very nice. 

Hope to see neww miniatures soon !

[Draakur]

Cool look you've got there. I agree on the need for further weathering of the yellow parts - otherwise you're on a roll!

[BrotherJim]

Rad!

[Closet Skeleton]

I like the jagged look on the hazard stripes.

 

No idea how intentional it is but it does show that neatness isn't always the right option.

[Captain Mike]

Very nice, but then I'm a fan of "junk" armies (having one myself)

 

The yellow is wonderfully dirty and bold. The only thing I'd think might help would be to junk them up a bit more during the build. The paint scheme says scavenger but the models are fairly standard. You might try mixing and matching pieces from other fantasy chaos and Imperial space marine kits?

[OrganicGear]

Even though I haven't updated this topic in a while I was still working on my junk dweller army. Right now I'm at 700 points and got a lot better at painting.

 

 

 

I also painted a predator and a sorcerer. Pics coming soon.

[Sagentus]

The latest additions looks GREAT! hope to see more soon :)

[Dosjetka]

These are looking fantastic! I really like the theme you've gone for, it has a very distinct Borderlands/Fallout vibe. Keep it up. :tu: