With the possibility of a very real need for a space marine character at some point early next year I have started on my long planned, never started 54mm marine.
While I begin the slow process of reposing the Artemis model I am after some feed back on his gun. I am going with a storm bolter, I know it's a powerful weapon but if I am bringing a marine then the power level of the game has already been dialled up to 11, something powerful enough to warrant the inclusion of a marine in a game probably isn't too fussed on the difference between a bolter and a storm bolter anyway.
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This doesn't look too bad imo but I am going to have to remove the pintle mounting which might take some tidying up afterwards, to save time and (possibly?) add wow factor I am considering adding additional ammo drums.
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This adds to the bulky brutality of the weapon which is something I like and am reminded of molotovs truescale marine with stormbolter combined with grenade launchers, Segesvar http://s3.zetaboards.com/The_Ammobunker/topic/7659464/9/
So what was originally just me playing with spare bits and trying to cover up some potentially uneven surface is beginning to grow on me, does the idea have merit or should I stick with the first version?
I'd argue against the extra ammo drums. It doesn't make mechanical sense, which to me only really gets a pass when Orks and their "it barely works" ramshackle tech is involved. (Although to be absolutely clear, I think the Anzion theorem is tongue-in-cheek).
The pintle mounting probably doesn't need much more than being shaved down and having some kind of magazine release switch added there instead.
Various face book groups agree, I wasn't really thinking mechanically, just rule of cool but apparently 2 drums looks better as well as making more sense :)
Aye, the extra drum feeds looked a bit odd. Nice to see some WIP though. What colour scheme are you going for?? Also, what is that left hand going to be holding when it's done?
To avoid using my brain I am going with a deathwatch marine, I don't have to think too much about fluff reasons for him to be accompanying an inquisitor. To answer your question, that means he will have black armour lol
Do you mean the hand holding the skully bit? That's part of an inquisitor I started ages ago but obviously when I decided to work on the marine I actually spent most of the time working on inquisitor thorn's daemonic staff :)
Same project over here, but I used two sponson heavy bolters from the predator kit, and combined them with the plastic Ogryn gun magazines... is this drum from the dreadknight kit?
I tried that once to build the bolter of the librarian-looking guy on rulebook pg 68. (it didn't turn out very well)
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That storm bolter looks the shizz Davy. Idea stolen.
Radu. Do that.
Quote from: Radu Lykan on December 07, 2016, 11:24:17 AM
To avoid using my brain I am going with a deathwatch marine, I don't have to think too much about fluff reasons for him to be accompanying an inquisitor.
he need not be part of a retinue, someone wrote an article on it (http://darkmagenta.net/articles/Huge%20Chunk%20of%20Man.pdf) ;) marines each deserve their own story, being massive lumps of pewter!
any ideas on pose? i always spend loads of time on the legs but Borak did a great running-posed bolter guy recently!
'Recently'. I finished him in February :o Although I suppose 'this year' is quite recently when it comes to me :D
The pose on marines is always tricky I think. When they're running It usually hides the fact that his thighs are just a little too thin and the legs to far apart. I'd love to see just a 'walking' pose on a marine though. Just calmly striding through hell because he's that cool. Usually you just see the 'running' or the 'standing on something' pose.
Part of me really wants a marine to do something cool with but my more practical side says i should spend energy and time on models i will actually use in play or... As more than a gm modstick or showpiece. Really impressed with that ogryn bits use as a storm bolter may steal that for use for a couple of weapons I have on the workbench!
Greenstuffgav- oh there will be backstory but I won't have to shoe horn him into things as much
Quote from: Lord Borak on December 07, 2016, 11:16:59 PM
That storm bolter looks the shizz Davy. Idea stolen.
Radu. Do that.
I agree :)
After seeing kaptidavy's version and somebody's suggestion my own effort was more of a combi bolter I decided to keep the combi bolter for a potential chaos marine and shamelessly steal kaptidavy's idea.
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With the combi bolter for comparison
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Just need to work out some sort of targeter to add some detail to the top now
Looking awesome mate. Targeter? Lol, "here, just let me aim a bit...... there......BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM".
Just for the looks, I don't really want to increase the chances of somebody's (even my own?) character getting hit by multiple bolt shells lol
plonk on a marine scope :)
I'm eagerly waiting the scope - just to see if I have that in my bitzbox ;D
Kaptidavy, I just used the one from Artemis' bolter, it fit rather well, pics when he's done
Managed some work on his head
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Wanted something other than a helmet or the bog standard Artemis head
Wait........... that's 54mm???? :o
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Originally I had him named Paulinus but at a conclave meet up at warhammer world this was read as poorlyness and even worse, poorlyanus :o
Any ideas on a new name?
Ah, poorly anus, good to see him finished. Looks great.
I replied to this somewhere else but, to show the 'clavers I love you here too.... He looks Epic.
Looking very good now.
There's a roster of names for Chaos Gate that might be of use.
Achilleus
Alarbus
Allectus
Antarius
Antoninius
Apemantus
Arcadius
Armininus
Arrius
Artemiderus
Asmodius
Augustus
Bardanius
Britannus
Brutus
Calidus
Callicius
Canidius
Carinus
Cassius
Cerobius
Cladius
Crassus
Crixus
Darius
Decius
Demetrius
Dilectus
Donitius
Drusus
Durdanius
Faustinus
Flaminius
Flavius
Fulvius
Gannicus
Gratus
Julius
Lepidus
Ligarius
Lucilius
Lucius
Lucullus
Magnitius
Magnus
Manus
Marcellus
Marcus
Martinius
Martius
Marullus
Maximus
Metallius
Metellus
Mutius
Novarius
Octavius
Palidorius
Philotus
Pindarus
Pontius
Poplilus
Proculeius
Publius
Quintus
Romanus
Saturninus
Scarus
Seleucus
Sempronius
Septimus
Severus
Solarius
Tacitus
Thedotus
Thyreus
Tiberius
Titinius
Titus
Trebonius
Valerius
Valorus
Varrius
Volcanus
It was worth the wait! I did that power fist trick myself, but with magnets
As for names, I suggest any 40K RPG core books from FFG - each one has a nice selection for such occasions
looking good, that's an appropriately beefy storm bolster for a marine to be carrying for sure!
Cheers guys, felt good to get him finished
Mcjomar, I hope that was a copy and paste effort? Being a slow typist myself I cringe at the idea of typing that out lol
Kaptidavy, any pics?
Heroka vendile, for marines it has to be go big or go home :)
Yeah I opened the ultranames file from chaos gate in notepad and copy pasted the results.
It's fantastic for smurf and smurf successors. Not so sure how well it works for other chapters though.
No pics, I'm afraid, as I'm in the middle of two army builds (Infinity & Warmachine), so the INQ project slumbers... but I begun to flex those painting muscles, so expect some big things in the future ;)