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Hi all...im a new member as of today...like 5min ago...(not sure if this is where im meant to be posting it or in the Daka P&M Blogs...)

Anyway, well awhile ago i decided to make my own chapter (which im sure a lot of people do), its based around a pre-heresy Iron Warrior Dude that sort of went his separate ways when the rest of the chapter went to Chaos.
(I mainly chose Iron Warriors cause of what i read about them in this http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Iron_Warriors about how it says they specialize in siege tactics and how they have infiltration units ahead of the main force and that they are also fierce close range fighters.)

So basically i focused on the close range scouty unit at first. (Sure my guy has a jump pack, but doesnt that just make him better at getting in close quickly....?).

So basically he is a scouty assault marine chapter master which im giving him a thunderhammer/daemonhammer (which mainly for names sake i am saying its the Forgebreaker, and that it was gifted to him by the Iron Hands for staying true to the Emperor or something like that). I called him Titus (Full name is Titus Alexein Nerva which is a Roman name meaning Vigorous, Honorable Defender) and the Chapter I call the Phoenix Warriors which also has some relation to the Iron Warriors (Obviously the Warrior part but also the Phoenix is something to do with fulgrim and/or ferrus manus in relation to the Forgebreaker...not sure though...still rather new to the actual stories behind 40k)

What ive done so far, is ive replaced the original head from the Vanguard Sergeant with one of the new Space Wolf Heads (one that isnt too crazy of course), and ive given him a sort of collar thing around his neck....it is looking pretty good so far.

Right now im kinda stuck and wanted to hear some ideas from you guys for ways in which i can modify this space wolf thunder hammer i have to make it look less space wolf and more daemonhammery.....once ive got that done i can finally get to work on replacing it with the power sword and can then get to work on finishing the model...

Ill post some pictures of what i have...they really blurry cause i took them with my phone but ill put some Games Workshop pictures next to them as a reference....


(I also have a basic paint scheme which i made from DoW2 and i have a set of rules for Titus which i can post up if people want...ive tried to make him not too cheasy by basing him off of other characters and getting various peoples opinions.)

So anyway...if anyone can give me any ideas on what i can do to the hammer to make it more daemonhammery....i like the hammer end to it...its kinda already daemonhammery...just not sure about the other end....

Also if anyone has any other ideas for other parts that would be great...

Thanks

(edit = replaced photos with better quality ones)

Sweet Phone and DVDs, you should move that big ugly grey thing so we can see them better.

You might want to try again with your photos. The current batch are too blury to see anything other than you have some sort of plastic head on some sort of metal body. Your camera seems to be focusing on background objects like the phone or DVD case instead of the figure. Also, put your figure against a neutral background such as a sheet of typing paper instead of a cluttered background.

If you want to try an actual digital camera, the macro setting might help.

Lol, yeah i know they are really poor quality photos...that's why i got the other pictures to help...

if i knew where my camera was i could actually take decent photos....but i don't....



hmmm....well i found my camera...but its battery is flat and i dont know where the charger is...have to wait for my dad to get home....uggg stupid old man

The premise is great for this army Krushhk, I think you need to refine it a touch though.

If you look at what is in the fluff you'll see that each of the great companies was led by a Warsmith and that perhaps more than any other chapter they have an affinity with technology. Also as siege experts the general would tend to lead from the back not the front.

I love the idea for the model you're doing just perhaps make him a veteran Sgt instead and create a Captain from more of a Techmarine perspective after all seiges are conducted by engineers not soldiers.

Lennysmash wrote:The premise is great for this army Krushhk, I think you need to refine it a touch though.

If you look at what is in the fluff you'll see that each of the great companies was led by a Warsmith and that perhaps more than any other chapter they have an affinity with technology. Also as siege experts the general would tend to lead from the back not the front.

I love the idea for the model you're doing just perhaps make him a veteran Sgt instead and create a Captain from more of a Techmarine perspective after all seiges are conducted by engineers not soldiers.

Yeah i realise this about the siege thing, which is why i intend to do 2 versions of the guy, this one which is all scouty/assaulty and another which will be more siegy...possibly have some orbital bombardment type stuff and have some rules affecting tanks or something...

At the moment, in his rules i do state something about him preferring the front lines as well...

and also, he was a defector scout from the pre-heresy Iron Warriors which is also why he prefers front lines, but he is still knowledgeable in siege tactics and all that...


oh and thanks...it is still only a rough idea of the chapter though....the chapter itself will just be used as a normal Space Marine Chapter, unless you use one of the versions of Titus it will make some changes to your options (depending on which version you take)