Just to prove I aten't dead.
I caved and bought FW bits - only the Red Scorpion armour and some bolters though, so the next time eBay has a free weekend I can (hopefully) get some of my cash back. I've been spending more time thinking than actually modelling lately (this was MUCH easier before I had a life) but some of it seems to have paid off as I have been able to solve some of the issues I had envisaged with getting the look of the different marks mostly right.
Shoulder pads sorted, just need to plug the gaps. Might just ignore the fact that the groin plate is the wrong shape on these guys.
You could say this was completely unnecessary, but I think it is close enough for a cursory glance without being an overly convoluted conversion.
This is more necessary (at least I think so) there's something iconic about this mark of pack in my mind and I would like something that looks at least passable. I'm hoping that some way of streamlining the production process will come to me, otherwise it might be quite labour intensive (as this will probably be one of the more common versions in the army)
With all that it looks like I might even manage a half squad sometime soon! I also had a bit of luck on the shields for my breacher squad
Fixing these on midway down the arm seems to work beautifully - plus I had been eyeing up the minis they came with for ages, so it was a handy excuse to buy a squad of ten (even if they are going to be missing their riot shields)
OK, so further reading says that actually this can't be a pre-heresy army - or at least I'll have to go back to the start and create everything in lower marks of armour. Maybe one day - but definitely not any time soon (barring a sudden windfall)
Now that I've accepted that, its time to move on! Refining my concept for MKV and combining it with some techniques from another blog I've started mass production (if you can call ten guys mass production). Rather than show you lots of boring pics of legs in various states of disrepair (follow the link above to see a step by step guide in any case) I'll show you the one which I've moved further along to try and firm up the army design.
As you can see, I've started raiding my bits box for some scrappier pieces (and I'll have to work on my stud-work on that inside leg). As well as cleaning up on the technique I've also been reading up a bit more on Death Guard Tactics and re-reading the legion army list and decided on some extra details:
- Death Guard are renowned for self sufficiency, so everyone is going to have pouches to keep stuff in - not HUNDREDS of the things, but each model should have at least one. This should let me vary up the look of the armour a bit more while keeping things simple.
- All marines come with a bolt pistol, so everyone is going to have one!
- Ditto grenades (maybe more than one in some cases)
- All Death Guard carry some kind of blade, so everyone is going to have one. I'm going to cut them down though so they aren't too ridiculous (I hope)
I'm not sure alter this slightly to put them in sheathes instead though - I suppose I can mix and match that too though.
Well I've reached a bit of an impasse as I have ordered some "studs" to continue with this little project, so I can't continue till they arrive. Couldn't resist finishing off our MKVI friend first, so here he is in all his test model glory:
I think I might have to accept that this is the last time I can call a main torso a "test" - so it looks like I'll have to work out squad markings soon....
So apparently terminators kick ass again now that power weapons are generally AP3 or strike last. Well I've got a game next week and I'm not going to go out and spend I don't know how much money on a box of them when I've got a cupboard full of bits, so it looks like its time to dig out an old project...
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| Larry, Curly and Moe |
Enter these guys. This is a project from waaaay back when - there were originally going to be eight of these guys to take advantage of the free upgrades given when you have squads of eight World Eaters (that should date them) now that I'm finally getting round to doing something with them, after all the cannibilising over the years, there are just three to fill in the gaps and bring me up to ten Chaos terminators.
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| Not actually that bad... |
Standing them next to a brand new guy they don't scale up that badly (although they are bulked out with plasticard). By the time I'm finished sticking guns and pointy crap to them I reckon they'll not look out of place at all - andn I'll still have thirty quid in my pocket!
How about that - mini's that I actually intend to use. The sky's the limit!!
FPPaul
