I finally took the plunge and bought a ticket to Heat 3 of this years UK Grand Tournament. Well, looking at my current Salamanders army (which was rushed - very rushed) I realized that I could not take them to the tournament, as to be honest I am pretty ashamed of them. So...
...I decided to start a whole 1500pts army again from scratch, and thought I would try my best to at least get an honorable mention in the Best Army section. As such every marine will be converted in some way, a lot of them heavily.
I am going to hold off writing an army list until the new 'dex is out, as such I am ftm working on the staple of the list - 3 tactical squads and a command squad.
So here are the images:
Command Squad
Squad:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture007-1.jpg
Captain - he needs a lot of work. Yes the mold lines on the hammer will be removed. The thing behind him is a vox amplifier being carried by two servo skulls - more detail to be added here:
Company Champion and Flamer marine:
The flamer marine will also double as Vulkan He'stan when I want to field him, which I may do if the GT allows it.
All my tactical squads are themed to a certain design, with each member hopefully conveying that design. Squad N'dan is themed around holding a defensive position. Squad 2 is themed around (roughly) half the squad laying down suppressive fire whilst the rest of the squad charge between positions. Finally Squad 3 is themed around a combat patrol, with a cautious, almost stealthy appearance.
Tactical squad N'dan - these guys have done the rounds on the B&C already, so nothing really new... OR IS THERE???
Sgt N'dan:
The Squad:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture040.jpg
The latest member of the unit, bringing them up to 6 strong:
Tactical Squad 2 - not named the Sergeant yet.
Squad (with Vindicator) - if you look closely on the right hand side you can see the 6th squad member, a marine shoulder-charging forward, but none of the pics of him came out well:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture006-1.jpg
Sgt and Heavy Weapon:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture030.jpg
Fallen marine:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture031.jpg
Marine with eviscerator:
Marine kicking down a wall (this guy needs lots of work, and the wall will have loose bricks coming off in all directions:
Tactical Squad 3 - again no name for the Sergeant yet - can you guess what inspired him? His other arm will have a power fist rested across his knee. The heavy bolter guy, when finished, will have a fully sculpted doorway he is stood in, it'll hopefully look cool.
Sgt and Heavy:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture018.jpg
2 Marines - the one on the left will be posed walking backwards - he's supposed to be the rearguard of the squad. The one on the right will be stood near the Sergeant, voxing in to HQ - I need to sculpt fingers pressing into the side of his headset. His gun is supposed to look like it is magnetized to his chest - I wanted the whole "at ease" pose to come across. Does it work?
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture021.jpg
Well, this is as far as it looks so far... I have the Assault at Black Reach and Space Marine Spearhead box sets pre-ordered ready to expand this force. For the list I am considering Vulkan Hestan, lots of marines in rhinos, and as many drop-podding dreadnoughts as I can fit.
As always, comments and critique will be most appreciated.
...I decided to start a whole 1500pts army again from scratch, and thought I would try my best to at least get an honorable mention in the Best Army section. As such every marine will be converted in some way, a lot of them heavily.
I am going to hold off writing an army list until the new 'dex is out, as such I am ftm working on the staple of the list - 3 tactical squads and a command squad.
So here are the images:
Command Squad
Squad:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture007-1.jpg
Captain - he needs a lot of work. Yes the mold lines on the hammer will be removed. The thing behind him is a vox amplifier being carried by two servo skulls - more detail to be added here:
Company Champion and Flamer marine:
The flamer marine will also double as Vulkan He'stan when I want to field him, which I may do if the GT allows it.
All my tactical squads are themed to a certain design, with each member hopefully conveying that design. Squad N'dan is themed around holding a defensive position. Squad 2 is themed around (roughly) half the squad laying down suppressive fire whilst the rest of the squad charge between positions. Finally Squad 3 is themed around a combat patrol, with a cautious, almost stealthy appearance.
Tactical squad N'dan - these guys have done the rounds on the B&C already, so nothing really new... OR IS THERE???
Sgt N'dan:
The Squad:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture040.jpg
The latest member of the unit, bringing them up to 6 strong:
Tactical Squad 2 - not named the Sergeant yet.
Squad (with Vindicator) - if you look closely on the right hand side you can see the 6th squad member, a marine shoulder-charging forward, but none of the pics of him came out well:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture006-1.jpg
Sgt and Heavy Weapon:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture030.jpg
Fallen marine:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture031.jpg
Marine with eviscerator:
Marine kicking down a wall (this guy needs lots of work, and the wall will have loose bricks coming off in all directions:
Tactical Squad 3 - again no name for the Sergeant yet - can you guess what inspired him? His other arm will have a power fist rested across his knee. The heavy bolter guy, when finished, will have a fully sculpted doorway he is stood in, it'll hopefully look cool.
Sgt and Heavy:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture018.jpg
2 Marines - the one on the left will be posed walking backwards - he's supposed to be the rearguard of the squad. The one on the right will be stood near the Sergeant, voxing in to HQ - I need to sculpt fingers pressing into the side of his headset. His gun is supposed to look like it is magnetized to his chest - I wanted the whole "at ease" pose to come across. Does it work?
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture021.jpg
Well, this is as far as it looks so far... I have the Assault at Black Reach and Space Marine Spearhead box sets pre-ordered ready to expand this force. For the list I am considering Vulkan Hestan, lots of marines in rhinos, and as many drop-podding dreadnoughts as I can fit.
As always, comments and critique will be most appreciated.