Hi, it’s
Olvebanipal again, now here to share how I modelled my first 20 marines.
So, you’ve seen some pictures of my marines now. Perhaps you’ve wondered where the different bits come from. When I decided to start a new Warhammer army, I wanted my own chapter. I’ve gone through that in previous posts. Therefore, I counted all the leftovers from my space wolf sprues, and saw that I could make at least ten new marines, if I just bought some torsos, backpacks and legs.
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| This guy looks like he made his own helmet. Greenstuff to the face! |
I searched different suppliers online, and came over a look that I liked. Anvil Industries had decent prices and the right feel to their bits. I ordered 20 pairs of shoulder pads for tactical marines and ten for terminators, since I had ten space wolf terminators laying in sprues. I also ordered some backpacks, legs and torsos. The plan was to build ten cheap tactical marines… yeah right!
Marines in the 41st millennium have a wide variety of armour marks, and therefore I simply bought a box of ten tactical marines. After sitting for hours on Battlescribe, trying to make cool, but competitive lists for 40k, I gave up. Adrian and Bjørnar simply said: “Then play 30k, for fucks sake!”
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| The vexilla has an even more weird helmet, but I like him. |
YEEEEEEES!!
I felt as if I were free! The room was filled with butterflies, rainbows, unicorns,
and gritty dark shadows of ancient gods, forgotten secrets, occult whispers and
eldritch horrors!
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| YEEEEEEEEES!! |
This left me with a small problem. My tactical marines’ armour were in many instances anachronistic. After searching the internet for some answers, I simply sharpened my knife and bought some greenstuff. “I’ll make my own mark, GODDAMN YOU!!” The purists among you will maybe find my solutions crude and simple, but I kind of like it. Especially since it meant I didn’t have to buy the ones made from ivory and stardust from Forge World. Yes, I know. I’m a bloody peasant.
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| I'm happy with the way my first sergeant turned out. |
Since I wanted to make them look like space romans, I also made tunicas for them. I don't use the roman theme anymore, but it certainly make them stand out.
I am no expert modeller. I am at best a happy amateur, but I hope you can find inspiration in this first adventure of mine into the universe of the 31st millennium.
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Walk in His
shadow!
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Olvebanipal
