1500pt DIY Marine Force

[SickSadWorld]

Woaw the book inside the shield is just pimp (I assume we can say a Chaplain is pimp : he's got bling, robes sometimes, etc.)

 

Okay I stop now, but keep working, it's great to see.

[Widowmaker]

Nice looking army Rich.

 

Question for you - I know you said you used Chimera parts for the servitors, but any chance of more details? Perhaps a tutorial?

 

Looking forward to seeing everything painted.

 

Cheers.

 

Widowmaker

[CaptainB]

Really nice. If you're the same as Rikard on several other forums, this is easily as good as your other work (mybe not nakai...). If not, this is truly awesome.

[Incendium]

As always, awesome work Rich! That Chaplain looks so dynamic!

[Rich]

Thank you for all your kind words. CaptainB, I'm not Rikard anywhere else - the only other forum I hang out on (Warseer) I use the alias Rich 123. But thank you :jaw:

 

Widowmaker, I can't really go into a tutorial for making the servitors as I don't have enough WIP pictures and most of the way I built them I made up as I went based on the idea of what I wanted. I'll do my best to try and break it down a little though.

 

I used one chimera and a fair bit of plasticard and all sorts from my bits box for them both. I think under chimera parts rhino spares probably feature most heavily.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Servitors/Abel1500WIPTop.jpg

The hull was cut from the bottom front section of the chimera into a roughly chimera shape (as the other, Cain, was going to have more of Mini Russ look as its a short wheelbase, combat version). I made the middle section from a truncated roof section of a chimera, a bit of 1mm plasticard and a section of the front plate of a rhino for the front of it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Servitors/AbelBack.jpg

The louvered engine covers on the back of both of these servitors were made from the predator top hatch piece cut to size and mounted behind some plasticard.

 

I made wires and used some little bits running to the cradle the servitor rests in, just shaped by squishing the mini into a blob of greenstuff and shaping the edges. There will be more wires running into the servitor as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Servitors/Cradle.jpg

The servitor itself was made from the hanging torso piece from the zombie sprue. A bit fo cutting later and the commander sprues rebreather head was grafted on with some goblin arms. I bulked up the muscles on his back much more because I imagined just those muscles would be pumped full of steroids to properly work the servo arm.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Servitors/Boltersponson.jpg

The sponsons were made to look similar to the predator design of sponson (they are made by an Astartes techmarine after all!). Made from 1mm plasticard and bits of sprue for the supports. The mounted gun is just a bolter chopped up and repositioned with a sight on top made from the scopes on the scout bolt pistols. This photo was taken before I plugged the little grips at the front of the gun with greenstuff - no need for those here. The other servitors twin linked bolters are represented by a forward facing storm bolter with a drum mag curling into the hull.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Servitors/AbelBase.jpg

A quick picture of where I left off - starting to make this servitors base. Driving through one of the, almost ubiquitous steps that so many of my bases seem to have. Just the bulldozer tearing it apart pushing a mound of rubble forward. Still WIP as well.

 

If you'd like some more details about building any aspect of the servitors, or anything in fact, just shout!

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Servitors/ChimeraRemains.jpg

And this is a picture of the remains of the chimera after making these two servitors. Cain still needs alot more work however. Abel is nearly finished just needs his hands done, a multi-melta and smoke launchers (to represent the drivers frag grenades) as well as sculpting more purity seals and finishing the base.

 

 

 

I realised I hadn't given you a decent picture of the front of the chaplain's shield.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Command/Chaplain15sep2230Shield.jpg

The chaplains rosarius is mounted on the shield as it seems to make sense with its game rules, although I still need to sculpt the other two wings on the bottom and sculpt some ornamentation around the edge.

 

And here are soem closer detail shots of the scouts that I finished last time as well. Though much of the squad was done I made the last two snipers and gave them all better haircuts. In my chapter the rookeis start of with shaved heads and then grow their hair. The marines, of course, all having long hair and the scouts in various lengths based on seniority. Bolters have a crew cut and totally shaved, snipers and heavy bolter with longer hair and the Sgt all ragged from being out in the field so long as reinforcements get dropped in for him.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Scout%20Squad/Scout7Front.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Scout%20Squad/Scout7Right.jpg

The last member of the squad in a sitting pose to just try and add some variation on top of all kneeling poses.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Scout%20Squad/ScoutCloakWIPs.jpg

And a couple of the cloaks that I have had to add and resculpt. THe one on the right is still WIP in this picture although I have added the extra texturing now. This was just so it didn't appear like only the snipers in the squad had cloaks just from the plastic boxed set.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Scout%20Squad/Sniper1Hair.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Scout%20Squad/HBHair.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Scout%20Squad/Scout7Head.jpg

And couple of different heads from that squad. Hair just differing lengths and styles really.

 

That just about covers everything I think, although I have more WIPs of scouts and the chaplain as well still too. Thanks for your interest and I'm looking forward to getting back to work on this army!

C&C always welcome

Rich

[rat of vengence]

The force is coming together nicely Rich. I particularly like the amount of motion you have in the tac squads and termies. I am inspired to put more effort into reposing my next army, SOB.

The sponsons on the 'attack bike' is a fantastic idea.

 

RoV

[The_Chaplain]

your army is friggin' amazing! ;)

Thank you for the idea on the combi-flamer (I can model one up for my friends sallie scout sergeant :devil: )

The chaplain is stunning!

[brother sgt mark]

:o my gode that stuff is amazing keep us updated

[Widowmaker]

Sweet....

 

Thanks for the pointers Rich - I've been trying to figure out how to find a set of tracks small enough to act as a base for a Servitor - I was afraid I was going to have to resort to Tamiya or other type of model...

 

You idea seems much easier (and as such I may be forced to steal it if you don't mind too much :huh: )

 

Any ideas on how long before we see 'em painted?

 

Widowmaker

[Rich]

I don't really have any real idea about when I will be getting each part of this army painted. I'm taking this army to a tournament at Warhammer World in March, which is my deadline for having them finished. So I will be getting in weekend long bowts of work I recon. I thought I might paint the techmarine or the stationery tactical squad painted first (the servitors still need more work but will be painted primarilly in weathered metal with some main panels in red to show their affiliation with the techmarine).

 

I forgot to post some sort of comparison between the chaplain and normal minis. This just shows his height and bulk in comparison to other minis - a normal tactical marine and a guardsman.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Command/ChaplainWIP16sep1130Front.jpg

Admittedly his base adds some to his height. Some people put their commanders on high bases so they stand above their other minis. That would be too easy for me so made him alot bigger and put him on a high base :)

 

Thanks alot for your comments - Ill give you updates when I get each part done!

Rich

[Legion commander Argonas]

Admittedly his base adds some to his height. Some people put their commanders on high bases so they stand above their other minis. That would be too easy for me so made him alot bigger and put him on a high base :angry:

YEAH!!!! THATS THE WAY TO DO IT!!!

 

*falls out of chair and rolls downstairs where his (now slightly larger) puppy procedes to turn his face into a saliva puddle*

 

Ahem.

 

You should really get some kind of award for that army, I know, here, have a cookie.

 

 

*after seeing the amazing minis for the nth time, he goes and sits on his minis, in a dark corner....for the nth time...*

[Rich]

After waving my magic wand and using my skills of threadromancy, I resurrect this thread again!

 

I posted these on Warseer in my log there about a week back, it took me a bit to get round to posting them here!

 

They aren't quite done yet. I have decided to change all the colours of then lenses from the green they are now (it looks odd with the shoulderpads the same colour) so they will become an aqua green instead as well as giving the armour a harsh highlight of a gold/silver mix. I'm also in two minds about leaving the chest eagles green or changing them to silver washed with green.

 

I also noticed they still need their company markings (black - for the 5th company which will be a slash on their knee) as well as the numerals for the squad (tactical squad 2 in this case, which will be the Roman numerals II). And please bear in mind that they haven't been varnished at all yet either (I'll probably varnish the whole army as one at the end) so some parts look a bit glossy from some washes and such.

 

Please forgive the photos, they seem to have come out a a bit crappy and some of the detail has gotten lost. Anyway, enough of my jabbering on, lets get going...

 

The whole of Tatctical Squad 2:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/TacticalSquad2.jpg

 

 

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Sgtfront.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Sgtright.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Sgtleft.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/PlasmaGunfront.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/PlasmaGunright.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/PlasmaGunleft.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Lascannonfront.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Lascaonnonleft.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Lascannonright.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Bolter2front.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Bolter2left.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Bolter2right.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Bolter1front.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Bolter1right.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20Squad%202/Bolter1left.jpg

 

I should be able to get a bit of painting done over the weekend. So I will tweak these guys and start (hopefully finish) painting up the scouts.

 

Thanks for looking. As always, comments and criticism is welcome. I hope you like the first bit of painting.

Rich

[khalaek]

love your models. they look so good i want to cry, seriously. especially the bike-mounted techmarine. how'd you make 'im anyways?

[captain_shrike]

why oh why oh why tell me why please!

I love those models they are absolutely amazing. i agree I wanna cry. Now I think about it my marine army is just gonna look crap, seriously crap.

[Darth_Lunchbox]

Wow...I love your greenstuff work it is very smooth and detailed, can you offer any tips other than paitence and keeping your fingers are wet :D

[LifeAfterDeath]

WoW... I really love the way you did the post on the minis... I believe I gotta steal some of the ideas from you... :P

 

Anyway, really look forward to see the Chaplain in terminator get painted...

[Rich]

Thank you for all your compliments!

 

Now, to answer some of your questions.

 

@Khalaek: I converted that techmarine a while back, I could probably have been able to do it a bit quicker recently. I can give you a break down of most of the parts in it as mostly, after that, it is pretty self explanatory.

 

The driver is made up from the new helmeted techmarine sawn in half at the waist with the plastic marine biker legs that were cut and repositioned to be able to rest one foot on the ground. Over these legs I bulked them up and sculpted the same details as are on the new techmarine legs. The left arm is the plastic commander bionic arm cut and pinned to the metal techmarine shoulder pad and with the regular biker hand holding the handlebars. The other arm is the techmarine bolter arm with the hand cut off and pinned to the Mail Order only techmarine axe (I preferred the shape) with a new hand sculpted to hold it. The servo arm is scratchbuilt from a bulked up marine back pack and the old techmarine servo arm repositioned and the clamp replaced with a cut down banner pole to look like the solder welder from the concept sketches.

 

The bike is just a heavilly cut down marine bike. I cut away the upper pair of exhausts to make it look a bit less bulky and fitted some random bits that looked tech enough. On one side a screen from the bike handlebars (there is a bigger GS screen in place of it) and on the other side a stowed spare servo arm attachment.

I wanted to change the look of the front end a bit as well. So I left the twin-linked bolters off and replaced it with an asymmetric configuration of a stormbolter (from the plastic terminators, the dread one I tried initially wsa far too big!) and the speaker from the Cadian VoxCaster that looked so much like a louvred headlight I couldn't help myself. The light servo arm at the back is just a servo arm with a truncated light from the terminator teleport homer. The bolter attached to the side is just the techmarine's bolter with a new grip and a green stuffed holster.

 

Other than that most of the rest was just detailing to give it an AM look with wires and green stuff and plasticard to make the layered armour on the bike as well.

 

@ Darth Lunchbox: I just learnt to sculpt through sheer bloody minded perseverance (and Im still learning - small details are beyond me still!). A sculpting tool will help you out alot, the GW one is a very common design and is really quite flexible. With trickier or more detailed or layered parts don't be afraid to sculpt just one part, wait for it to cure fully and sculpt the next onto it. That was the only real way I could accurately sculpt the layered armour on the techmarine - in small stages.

 

Soething quite handy for smoothing out GS is to use a flat end of a sculpting tool or some such and, when it is very wet, stroke it gently in small concentric circles. This is called burnishing and will nicely smooth out the imperfections on the surface.

 

@ Life afterdeath: Thanks, I've never had any problem with people taking some ideas off me!

 

I'm going to squeeze in between all the work I have this weekend some painting time. It's going to be the scouts the, sorry. As they are completed and are a large troops choice I want to get the bigger tasks out the way :)

 

Thanks for all your comments

Rich

[Rich]

Hello again everyone,

 

Thanks for the compliments, it's brilliant that I have encouraged some people to convert as well, conversions are the way forward!

 

I got some more painting done this weekend as I said I would. So without further ado here are some pics.

First off the Vindicator - i didn't say I would work on this one but I couldn't help myself last night and got it done in an evening.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Vehicles/VindicatorGallery.jpg

 

I drybrushed the whole tank to give it a slightly weather-beaten look without putting battle damage and extensive weathering and dust all over it all over it. I feel marines would cherish all their equipment but the actual paintjob of a tank wouldn't be easy to maintain in the field though they would clean it. So there are some tiny chips along the base of the tracks presumably from the conflict it is in at the moment.

 

As you can see from the cupola here and the scouts further down the page I have changed the lenses to blue. I tested blue-green lenses on the tactical squad but I just couldn't make them look different enough from the green shoulder pads so I went with straight blue. I really like these and they compliment the green nicely which something like red lenses wouldn't have done. When I initially painted the green lenses I hadn't even considered how that would work on tanks and the scouts, they would have looked almost identical!

 

It is here with a closed cupola as this picture shows the open cupola only got the green painted and the commander is still unprimed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Vehicles/CommanderWIP.jpg

 

 

Now, on to the scouts. They are still WIP, although largely done. I noticed some bits I missed like the casings of the Heavy Bolter in the magazine haven't been painted and there is a dot of black on the guantlet of one of the snipers and, of course, their cloaks need doing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Scout%20Squad/GroupShot.jpg

 

 

This isn't the full squad, another sniper and the sergeant still to do but I batch paint in groups of 5 so they have missed out.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Scout%20Squad/ScoutsGallery.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Scout%20Squad/CloakTest.jpg

 

I painted one of the cloaks in an urban camo. Although marines are proud of their colours (although not stupid - why the scouts have green armour and not gold. There is something intrinsically unsubtle about gold! I'm not sure about the look of this though, it is just a test after all and bear in mind that of course it hasn't been properly highlighted because of that!

 

What do you all think, camo cloaks for them all or maybe just plain grey cloaks?

 

Thanks for looking, comments and criticisms are always helpful and keep me motivated. I'm not sure when I will next be able to paint anything as I have more and more work building up and my dissertation to get done as well!

 

Cheers,

Dicky

[Brother Lucifer]

Camo for shure it looks great. As do all your minis, I really like the chaplain is his whole head sculpted? or is it based on a head with sculpting over it.

[Rich]

Hello again everyone, it's been a while and this thread kind of died here. But I'm back :lol:

 

I got the armour of a the other tactical squad painted gold, although it needs some tidying up, it is the bulk of the painting of this squad done really.

 

A group shot of them:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20squad%201/th_TacticalSquad1WIP.jpg

(I was going to strip and repaint the sergeant but, for now, I will just repaint the armour the new method and paint the helmet all red (as he is just a sergeant now) which will be quicker.

 

And the squad one by one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20squad%201/TacSquad1WIPGallery.jpg

 

Well, all the armour painted except for this heap of undercoated bits that these guys also need :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Tactical%20squad%201/UndercoatPartsHeap.jpg

 

I have also pretty much finished these two terminators. They still need freehand doing, of course their chapter symbol as well as other little bits - I want to paint small lists on their pads as well, as lists of the suits previous wearers (freehand bits takes time and isn't vital so I will come back to them, time permitting!). I ahven't filled in the holes left behind the steps on the bases either, I couldn't be bothered to wait for the GS to cure, I'll come back to them before though because it looks very messy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Command/Terminator1Gallery.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Command/AssualtCannon1Gallery.jpg

The painting on this guy's helmet looks a bit rough after I did it so I might repaint it later and smarten it up a bit.

 

The guy is red, his bike is red, it must be the Adeptus Mechanicus!

... And so I got actually got started finally on the old techmarine conversion that's been kicking around my desk for a year or so.

 

Here's the rider unseated to start with. he is pretty much done except for, as with the terminators, the freehand chapter symbol on his shoulder.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Bike%20Techmarine/TechUnseated.jpg

 

He is painted in the proper fashion as befits a techmarine, not the new fangled way. However, because the chapters shoulder pads are green but the rest predominantly gold the chapter colour scheme is also used on the techmarine's arm, just to tie him in a bit more into the force.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Bike%20Techmarine/TechmarineWIPGallery2.jpg

The bikes armour has been painted to a suitable enough standard given the time frame, although it still needs all those metal areas and other detailing to do. Shouldn't take too long though.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/th_PaintedArmyWIP.jpg

Here is a clickable link to a picture of everything that is painted (or pretty much) so far. Still a ways to go :lol:

 

Thanks for looking, C&C always welcome

Dicky

[Yondaime]

I would just like to say that i really like these models great idea for the techmarine and his bike ,can i just ask are you going to give the techmarine any servitors ?

 

These models have given me some ideas for my D.I.Y chapter the Imperial Hammer who are from the salamander geneseed

[Squiggoth]

Very nice army so far, and the bases are inspiring ... I'm tempted into trying to make some stepped bases too.

 

The army as a whole looks great in the group shot, altough the headless Marines stand out a wee bit. :)

[-Q-]

I am happy to have this thread back! ;)

[Rich]

Thanks for your kind comments - It's good to be back!

 

The techmarine will have a couple of servitors. However, a techmarines doesn't have any option for servitors to keep up with him on a bike. He has these two guys (one of which is a bit WIP, the other which is very WIP).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Servitors/ServitorsWIPSide.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/richard_milson/Servitors/ServitorsWIPFront.jpg

 

They're counts as attack bikes. They still both need multimeltas (seemed fitting for a techmarine) the one on right is Abel.147 a multi-purpose construction and mobile storage servitor with a hull mounted multimelta. The other, Cain.845, will have the servitor torso mounted on the top with a multimelta attached to his arm, in the more traditional fashion, and alot of armour plates stapled to his body for protection for the purpose of a close defence servitor.

 

I'm always glad to think that my minis have inspired others. The stepped bases are dead easy to make Squiggoth. They're just WFB square bases glued to a base and cut and filed to fit. Paving slabs are easily made from 0.5mm plasticard. The chaplain's bases also has a round section from a 25mm round base. It's such an easy way to make a more visually interesting base. The terminator's bases just have some lettering on, which is readily available plasticard lettering. It reads: Our deeds reflect on our god emperor in Latin.

 

I will be needing to get ALOT more painting done in the next two weeks in time for the tournie! Thanks for looking,

Dicky

[BobPanda]

boah !!!! . that's FANTASTIC !!! .... :blink:

a very very unique army! - congratulations .... :D