Cpt Codpiece
12-18-2012, 10:33 PM
Right first off here is a run down of things before I start proper.
I knocked up a mk vi guy to give me a challenge a few months back, my friend knowing my love of old school dared me to do something I had said I was gonna do for years, but never had the guts to attempt. White marines more specific old school mentor legion.
So I tried and really enjoyed painting it. So the army planning started.
Forgeworld mk vi marines with umbra guns as that would get me as close to RTB 01 kit as possible. Then I decided I had to have old looking terminators so
2 packs of assault, 1 resin lightning claw pack (new plastic knuckle duster ones are ridiculous) and 4 tartaros term thunderhammers were bought.
Then a pack of tactical terms and a SW assault cannon, yeah I know that's not old school but its cool as a fenrisian zucchini ;-)
Oh yeah and I am monkeying with them so they look a little more in scale to marines, not true scaled just adjusted.
To carry the 10 man assault squad a thought I'd build a storm eagle, inspired by the old artwork from the compendium/WD 87 or 97 whichever had it.
So I know it looks more like a valkyrie in the art but u do like the storm raven when properly scaled, so I built an extension and added some bits from a certain other marine flyer, oh I have one of those too.
My captain will be nisk ran-thawl, using the 25th anniversary captain with bits chopped off, using Pedro cantor rules so the elite cadre are covered in the sternguard.
I built a Chaplin based off an old RT chaplains pose, reversed and using very naughty bits (all will be revealed when I upload pics).
I am also making 2 librarians one based on the old mk vi lib with scroll using new parts, and a term lib using bits box bits haha.
Now I am a lover of plasma and being as old school as I am I had to get the old 1989 ork sprues off eBay, so now I have 4 plasma guns ready for my troops.
I am waiting till the festive season is done and a sizeable FW order is being placed for 40 mk vi marines and their guns including the special weapons pack for the missiles. 20 tact, 10 sternguard, 5 assault and 5 vanguard.
Also the deimos plas pred, an armoured proteus, a contemptor and maybe a Spartan....... Though I may get that last one for a chaos project.
Pics will be up later today (GMT) of the bits I have started. Terms, chaplain and storm eagle and reference pics, as I'm in bed using mobile right now lol
Let me know your thoughts on my moderately insane ramblings, till the WIPs are up and the real business starts :-D
I knocked up a mk vi guy to give me a challenge a few months back, my friend knowing my love of old school dared me to do something I had said I was gonna do for years, but never had the guts to attempt. White marines more specific old school mentor legion.
So I tried and really enjoyed painting it. So the army planning started.
Forgeworld mk vi marines with umbra guns as that would get me as close to RTB 01 kit as possible. Then I decided I had to have old looking terminators so
2 packs of assault, 1 resin lightning claw pack (new plastic knuckle duster ones are ridiculous) and 4 tartaros term thunderhammers were bought.
Then a pack of tactical terms and a SW assault cannon, yeah I know that's not old school but its cool as a fenrisian zucchini ;-)
Oh yeah and I am monkeying with them so they look a little more in scale to marines, not true scaled just adjusted.
To carry the 10 man assault squad a thought I'd build a storm eagle, inspired by the old artwork from the compendium/WD 87 or 97 whichever had it.
So I know it looks more like a valkyrie in the art but u do like the storm raven when properly scaled, so I built an extension and added some bits from a certain other marine flyer, oh I have one of those too.
My captain will be nisk ran-thawl, using the 25th anniversary captain with bits chopped off, using Pedro cantor rules so the elite cadre are covered in the sternguard.
I built a Chaplin based off an old RT chaplains pose, reversed and using very naughty bits (all will be revealed when I upload pics).
I am also making 2 librarians one based on the old mk vi lib with scroll using new parts, and a term lib using bits box bits haha.
Now I am a lover of plasma and being as old school as I am I had to get the old 1989 ork sprues off eBay, so now I have 4 plasma guns ready for my troops.
I am waiting till the festive season is done and a sizeable FW order is being placed for 40 mk vi marines and their guns including the special weapons pack for the missiles. 20 tact, 10 sternguard, 5 assault and 5 vanguard.
Also the deimos plas pred, an armoured proteus, a contemptor and maybe a Spartan....... Though I may get that last one for a chaos project.
Pics will be up later today (GMT) of the bits I have started. Terms, chaplain and storm eagle and reference pics, as I'm in bed using mobile right now lol
Let me know your thoughts on my moderately insane ramblings, till the WIPs are up and the real business starts :-D