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it started three years ago. It started with an idea. an idea in the mind of a fanatic devoted to the halo game series. that fanatic was the cadian 45'th, and I, as his friend, have decided to go along with it.

our plan is simple, create an army each themed to the halo games and backstory. he's making UNSC marines, and i'm making the covenant. albeit a simple plan in theory, it's going to take quite some work to get off the ground, and a lot of conversion work and greenstuff.

we've modified the back story for each of these armies to tie in directly with the 41'st millennium. the UNSC is an organized government spread through three systems which was cut off from the imperium by violent warp storms, and declared it's own independance.

the covenant are a collective of alien races also caught in the warp storm, and they are hellbent on the destruction of the humans which are defiling the 'holy relics' left behind by their gods, hidden on the planets for untold eons.

the battles that follow are brutal and unrelenting wars of attrition. who will prevail? stay tuned and find out!


here are the first images, i just bought these and haven't even opened them properly yet, bonus points if you can guess what i'm modeling the goblins into, and what the bloodletters turn out as .










cadian 45'th, git in 'ere! it's your thread too!

Hello there fello dakkaties

Now as mentioned before, im the creator of this idea and its been a long time comming for me, the idea came about a little bit before the release of halo 3, but many factors got in the way of this dream, and i didnt realy know what i was doing modeling wise so i left the project alone. Until now, now that im older and wiser it has come to the time to get to work.

Im going to be using converted elisians from forge world, they will have greenstuff work done on them so they can represent the marines from halo 3 and halo 3 odst. but i will not be getting these guys for some time (2 months) but that doesnt mean i wont be working on the project.

I have just ordered some plasticard and ill begin work on a D77H-TCI, e.g a pelican dropship, i have just started the scaling and design process (it's very painfull and time consuming, but worth it ) all of my vehicles will be made of plasticard. i plane to make a squad of three warthogs(sentinels) and a squad of mongoose riders(rough riders)

ill try and show my designs as soon as i can, but intill then back to the drawing board.

The cadian 45th

hello there fellow dakkaties

now can any one tell if there are any legal requirements for this project.

Also please post what you think of this project.

the cadian 45th


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hay there

i thought i should add in the "to do list" for all to see

x1 marine ccs
x2 marine squads (these guys count as veteran squads, as to represent proper training)
x1 pelican
x1 scorpian tank
x5 mongoose riders

ok thats about it for the first batch, ill be working on the vehicles first, untill next post people

The cadian 45th

UPDATE!!!


the children's to do list:
red = not purchased
orange = purchased, still need to start
yellow = started but not complete
green = complete

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grunts (fire warriors)

spec-ops elites (stealth teams)

everything else

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so i still have lots to do. pictures soon!!!

anyway, over 200 views and no posts besides me and cadian 45th!? post more, dakka!

Ok that seems like a great idea, but you'll have to buy tons of GS to go through it all!!!

Or do you have a special plan?!?


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Ah, and... We wanna see some pix!!!!

Hello there fellow dakkaties

Congrats Yggdrasil, you are the first person to comment, thank you very much.

Ok we decided just to do a realy fun ambitious project, were not making the armys taciticaly sound or anything, it's just for the fun of it.

Were gonna use alot of GS yeah, it will take a while we know, but thats apart of the fun, plus being fan's of the franchise helps to keep us motivated.

Finaly, no pics yet sorry, ill get some pics once i start the pelican.

The cadian 45th

Nice idea-Reminds of the time I thought about doing a Tyranid flood army. Good luck to ya!

Hmmm...now where did I put that Gaunt's box?

Ok, can't wait to see that Pelican!!!!

Nice

The Goblins will be grunts... I think that the bloodletters will be either elite bodyguard or just elites, though I would suggest it better to use the Tau for covenent, as they could look like elites with a very simple greenstuff conversion. All you would have to do is round off the plates of armour on the Tau fire warrior legs with greenstuff, then take off most of his head and GS the crap outta that.

Brotheralexos wrote:The Goblins will be grunts... I think that the bloodletters will be either elite bodyguard or just elites, though I would suggest it better to use the Tau for covenent, as they could look like elites with a very simple greenstuff conversion. All you would have to do is round off the plates of armour on the Tau fire warrior legs with greenstuff, then take off most of his head and GS the crap outta that.

we have a winner! the bloodletters are elites and the goblins are grunts, i contemplated using tau as elites but they just aren't big enough. also, i did have to buy a buttload of greenstuff (that's a standard buttload, not a metric buttload) and it looks like i may need more.... lots more...

i should have pictured of the progress thus far later on, when my camera decides to work. i've done the basic shape of the armor on an elite and i made his plasma rifle (burst cannon, i'm making them into a spec-ops stealth team of elites)

i'll be using the tau rules for this army, yes i know, they suck at close combat and sangeili are supposed to be good at it. but the army fits so much better than any other, and i did give it a lot of thought.

sounds expensive.

hello there fellow dakkaties

@richierua, this is gonna be a very slow project, due to the attention to detail modeling, so that gives time for saving.

The cadian 45th

mini update!!!

here are WIP pics of the elites. i know they are blurry, but my camera was being strange and not working quite right.
















it's got a long way to go...

hello there fellow dakkaties

You say you have a long way to go, dude your way ahead on this project, i still need to get a drawing board to do my designs acuretly.

congratulations on the first models man.

The cadian 45th

MINI UPDATE!!!


here you go for your viewing pleasure, my first complete grunt (fire warrior) and some headless elites. i need to sculpt heads for them, does anyone have any tips?

wort wort wort wort, tau codex though? it does'nt really suit the covernant that mutch. maybe an army list could change my mind though

also the models are looking halotastic rofl not funny joke

peace from down under

helo there fellow dakkities

(jaw drops) ok i better get my end of the project started,lol

it' all looking great my man, you have modelled them very well.

The cadian 45th

Kudos to you and your ambitious goal! you elites look and grunts look good and im looking forward to seeing more

physcosamatic wrote:wort wort wort wort, tau codex though? it does'nt really suit the covernant that mutch. maybe an army list could change my mind though

also the models are looking halotastic rofl not funny joke

peace from down under

well, i tried every other codex, and the tau codex fits slightly better than any other.


also, because you asked, here is the army list so far (still working some stuff out and i'm lazy)


commander shas'o
burst cannon
sheild generator
vectored retro thrusters (wait for it....) 117 points. i had to recount this several times to be sure.




10 fire warriors
shas'ui
markerlight: 120



10 fire worriors
shas'ui
markerlight
pulse carbines: 120



stealth team of 3
shield generators 150


total: 507 points. it's for frindly games for now, as i need to test it for a bit, so i'm sure 7 points won't make much difference.


i also worked out hunters for when i make them; 2 crisis suits with fusion blasters, sheild generators and targeting arrays for 134 points.


that's all until i can be bothered to take more pictures, but i did some more grunts and i made progress on the elite head mark 1.

If I recal right elites got a long neck with a nom nom mouth. hmm.. maybe you could use some deamon head as a base? sorry for not coming with some better thoughts, but can come up with any right now.

Too bad the pics are blurry, but your grunt can't be mistaken for something else : that is DEFINITELY a HALO GRUNT!!!!

Well done!!!

Hello there fellow dakkaties

Ok time for me to finaly post something of actual subtence

So my plasticard turned up and i began work straight away (i actualy played some halo 3: odst before i did )

so here is the begining of the pelican, now i know it might look a bit small but once its "finished" being built, its gonna be thickend and givin its curvature with modling putty.

so yeah, critisism is more than welcome and please tell me how i can improve.


The cadian 45th

that's good work thus far there my man.


minimal progress on my end, i did a couple more grunts, and the elite head mark 1 was a massive failure, so back to the drawing board. if anyone has any ideas for making elite heads, PLEASE TELL ME!!!!

Hello there fellow dakkaties

Ive done a bit more progress on the pelican, i have to admit i thought i screwed up when i started the cockpit lastnight, but after about an hour of thinking, i came up with the following.

I acheived the smoothness with a dremmel type tool, with a sanding tool attached, but this is all far from finished.


untill next post, live long and paint well

The cadian 45th

Awesome project guys, but I guess you already figured that one out.

I might have a bit of help on the elite head bit.
'nids mawloc has the same kind of mouth as an elite, although the head is wayyyy too big.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1300161&prodId=prod340015a

Comparison:
http://images.xboxyde.com/gallery/public/5572/1154_0002.jpg

May the empire ehm... earth goverment bless you.
And for the ehm..... not sure guess it's still the greater good.

Nice progress guys!

The only idea for Elites head's I've had are Termagants with a bit of GS; I'll keep looking though.

hello there fellow dakkaties

thanks guys for the support and help.

Now a little bit of fluff on my part for the UN, now this is just a work in progres and just a summary of the fluff, i will post the full thing at a latter date.

about 800 years ago on the very far easturn fringe, there are a cluster of 3 star system's, these systems didnt have a huge imperial military operational, and reinforstments are several light years away, now the people where sick of the imperial regeim and rebelled the impirials where crushed. also in the mix the rebel's fought amongnst them selves for who should be in charge, but the thing that united them was there common cause to fight the imperium and all facist governments, thus the formation of the UN (in the 41st millenium, also there was only one rebel faction)

now that was a mess, but i will give you the full thing later.

until then, live long and paint well

The cadian 45th

Your grunts and elites look a lot better than I was expecting! Re: elite heads, you could try getting hold of some Halo Actionclix models - I just checked mine, and I think they'll probably be a little too big, but you could always use them as sculpting reference.

Now, build me a scorpion tank and I'll give you an internet!

so i've hit a wall. not a creative one, it's a more physical wall. i've got lots going on in my life so i won't be posting much, if at all. cadian 45'th, you can take control of the thread for a while while i go look for employment!



until next time, the children.