Hi all,


Well the Imperial Guard project is going much faster than expected (here it is http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/346410.page). So I figure it is time to start planning the next project.

My son is two-and-a-half and can't get enough Toy Story 1, 2, & 3 (or any Pixar movie). He takes his Buzz Lightyear plush toy EVERYWHERE. So in an effort to indoctorinate him to the joys of table top miniature wargaming the current plan is to make a Space Marine army based on Buzz Lightyear and Star Command. It's not a very orginal idea, but my son will love it and it will be fun to put together.

Here is the original Space Ranger


My takes on Space Ranger
Variant 1


Variant 2


Variant 3


Variant 4


Okay, due to constraints of the SM Painter there are a few changes needed like purple soles, white fingers w/ purple tips, etc. I'll have to make decals or something with the "SR" for the shoulder pads. Which variant to use? One or two or possibly another variant?

I won't be doing any LEDs to make lasers even though that would be really frickin sweet, but it is waaaayyy to much work. Instead I'll use a translucent red rod in place of the gun barrel on bolters, pistols, etc.

Backpacks are another issue. I'm debating between using jump packs and standard backpacks. I will not be converting wings onto every model (see LED). Jump packs help keep the feel of falling with style but limits the army list. Which leads to ...
... do I use vanilla marines or go "counts as". If jump packs are used than Blood Angels make sense but the idea of an all jump pack army is not very appealing. Fielding a competetive army is way down the list of reasons why to choose particular models/units but I don't want to field a cream puff as well. I've been doing a little wiki-research about the back story and it looks like this will be a minimal vehicle list.

Anyway if anyone cares to share ideas, thoughts, painting tips, whatever please feel free.

Thanks and take care

Edited to add a couple of suggested variants.

This is effing awesome. I can't believe no-one's thought of it before!

I think Variant 1's torso armor with Variant 2's shoulders would look best.

v.1 with white shoulder pads would be the best I think so i said other.

Gearhead wrote:This is effing awesome. I can't believe no-one's thought of it before!

Actually, someone has. http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Space%20Rangers I should have used the search function earlier

And I will be stealing some of his ideas. Though I'm torn between pure humor and grimdark humor

Thanks.

Take care

Not sure if you've seen this, but I think this is cool. Maybe it'll give you some ideas.

There is also this:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/15246-.html

Aquaterry

lionfire wrote:Not sure if you've seen this, but I think this is cool. Maybe it'll give you some ideas.

Aquaterry wrote:There is also this:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/15246-.html

Aquaterry

I had not seen those. Thanks.

This is pure awesomeness, and i can't wait to see the army start to form up (definitely following this one)

You should have angelus boltguns as the wrist mounted lasers.

Yeah, this is gonna be awesome. I think the white torso with green symbol is better.

I hadn't seen the Space Marine Lightyear art, but the mini I managed to find a while back. Brilliant conversion and art. Super awesome army theme!

Da Big Mek wrote:This is pure awesomeness, and i can't wait to see the army start to form up (definitely following this one)

You should have angelus boltguns as the wrist mounted lasers.

Unfortunately it will be a couple of months before anything is painted The guard project is going fast but not that fast. Are those the bolters on the Gray Knights?

The Good Green wrote:I think the white torso with green symbol is better.

I'm leaning that direction too. I am still torn between v3 and v4 (suggested by gearhead and gman).

Also I'm thinking of converting the metal Dark Angels shoulder pads to match the picture posted by lionfire.

Thanks and take care

Just make sure you make your Assault Marines have the Buzz Lightyear jetpack.

Hi all

Well it came down to one big tie. 10 for v1. 10 for v2. a couple of options were added later and v4 received a couple of votes.

The next question. Should I limit the sources of inspiration to Buzz Lightyear and Star Command or open it to any character appearing in any Toy Story movie?

I was thinking using drop pods done as Mr. Potato Head and maybe a chaplin painted as Sheriff Woody.
If anyone has suggestions I am more than open to hearing them.

Thanks and take care

Nice idea for a theme Looking forward to your future inspirations!

Can you fit a jump pack to a Carnosaur/cold one?

Regarding colour scheme I like the #4 myself. The white shoulder pads just look a bit cleaner. Also Angelus boltguns are the Blood Angel version. I think grey knights all have storm bolters, rather than standard bolters.

this looks like it could be fun.

Flinty wrote:Nice idea for a theme Looking forward to your future inspirations!

Can you fit a jump pack to a Carnosaur/cold one?

Regarding colour scheme I like the #4 myself. The white shoulder pads just look a bit cleaner. Also Angelus boltguns are the Blood Angel version. I think grey knights all have storm bolters, rather than standard bolters.

Thanks!
I was thinking maybe a dreadnought with very short arm as Rex and Hamm as a techmarine
I am leaning towards v4 too (thanks gman).

shingouki wrote:this looks like it could be fun.

Holy Cow! Legendary thread?
Well, nothing like putting a little pressure to perform.

If anyone cares to share modeling painting ideas please feel free.

Thanks and take care

Assault squad SGT:

Hi all,

Thanks for the input.

Here is a sample army list. Call it a first draft because there is plenty of time and room for things to change.

The Space Rangers are a successor chapter of Blood Angels

Buzz Lightyear - Captain w/ power fist (x2), jump pack.

Sheriff Woody & Bullseye - Epistolary w/ might of heroes, sanguine sword, bike

Rex - Furioso Dreadnought w/ blood talons, xtra armor

Mr. Potato Head - Dreadnought w/ heavy flamer, assault cannon, xtra armor, drop pod

Army Men - Scout Squad - Scout (x5) w/ missile launcher, bolters

Hamm (airship) - Stormraven w/ xtra armor

(x3) Tactical Squad - Marine (x10) w/ drop pod, meltagun, power fist

Assault squad - Marine (x5) w/ inferus pistol, power fist

Total points 1,845

Any thoughts?
I haven't used space marines in many years and haven't seen or read much about blood angels. Game play effectiveness is not the most important consideration, but I don't want to field a cream puff.

Thanks and take care

Hi all


I have the majority of the models, parts, items, etc here and ready to go.

I've ordered a bunch of Dark Angel shoulder pads for the left arm and am still debating what to use for the right arm. I'm thinking about matching right shoulder pads to marking on Drop pod so I could use blood angels, ragnars company, ultramarines or one of the other pieces in the drop pod box set.

Sheriff Woody can ride a bike painted like Bullseye or ride a horse. I am still working this idea. The bike makes it easier for opponents to figure out what is what, but a horse would look better.

I will make Flying-Buzz packbacks out of sheet styrene for Buzz and the assault squad.

I plan on making a few test models in the next couple of weeks.

Also included is another version of Space Ranger armor. I've painted the Eagle blue to match the Space Rangers chest insignia. I am still undecided which way to go.

Here are the pics and description of what is going to be what

Any thoughts, ideas, criticisms are appreciated.

Thanks and take care

Hi all.

I have begun assembling the army

Rex is first on the project log. It is a furisoso dreadnought with blood talons. I plan on covering the majority of him with coblestone shaped sheet styrene to give the feel of dinosaur skin.

The following pictures show the progress so far (as little as it is). I plan on filling the gaps or use dissolvent to close them. Does anyone have any ideas for "eyes"? I was thinking of using some spare Tau bits with senors and such. Also, I haven't decided what or if there will be any iconography.

Any comments, suggestions, critiques are appreciated.

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

Okay, here are a few more WIP pics of Rex.

Still need to cover the lower part of the arms and add blood talons.

the last pics are of the torso-to-legs connector. I don't know if I'll glue it or leave it.

thanks and take care

Sweet mother of pancakes! That is a nice bitz box arsenal.

First of all, I think this is an awesome project that you've started. The cobblestone surface will look perfect for Rex's 'skin'.

albinoork wrote:
Does anyone have any ideas for "eyes"?

I googled some pictures of Rex toys, and what struck me about the eyes is how small they are and how they're set back into the skull. I'm thinking you replicate the normal sarcophagus slit opening, but make it just a like bit larger and add two little GS dots inside the slit opening. I'd put the slit either in the same place as the original, or slightly higher up to visual reference Rex's long nose.

Also, personally I think the green chest skull/wings look getter than the light blue.

Excellent idea with the cobblestone styrene.

Watching this, keep it up.

Grass4hopper wrote:First of all, I think this is an awesome project that you've started. The cobblestone surface will look perfect for Rex's 'skin'.

I googled some pictures of Rex toys, and what struck me about the eyes is how small they are and how they're set back into the skull. I'm thinking you replicate the normal sarcophagus slit opening, but make it just a like bit larger and add two little GS dots inside the slit opening. I'd put the slit either in the same place as the original, or slightly higher up to visual reference Rex's long nose.

Also, personally I think the green chest skull/wings look getter than the light blue.

Thanks.

I noticed the same thing too. I will give your idea, regarding the eyes, a try.

Yeah, the green looks better IMHO.

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

Rex is done! At least regarding assembly
Of course, if someone presents a cool idea there is still room and time to make changes.

I finished covering the arms.
The weapons are magnetized to provide some options.
Thanks to Grass4hopper for the eyes suggestion . I really like how it turned out.

Next up -- Army men!

Thanks and take care

Hi all.

Work has started on Army Men. This will be a scout squad with a missile laucher and a veteran sargent. His left arm is magnetized and will have a few different options.

I am strongly considering using Pig Iron heads instead of scout heads. It looks like the Pig heads are just a bit smaller than the scout heads, but not small enough to keep me from using them.

I have one minesweeper and two will have parachutes.

Thanks and take care

This is really cool mate, can't wait to show my son, he will LOVE it!
Keep up the fantastic work, look forward to the future installments.

Everything look great I really love the minesweeper. It really gives it that classic Army Man look.

Personally I like the Pig Iron heads better, I think the helmets are important to the Army Man look.

Hi all

Here are a few pics of the squad now with Army Men heads and a pic of the veteran sargent's combi-melta.

Thanks and take care

wow, just wow. i'm envious

Very nice man! My nephew is the same way with Toy Story, though it never occurred to me to create this much awesome out of that fact!

I definitely second the use of Pig Iron heads. I think they are actually a bit closer to scale than the scout heads. One thing I might suggest for the scout sgt is magnetizing a spot on his back for the combi-melta and having his left hand pointing. I think the gesture would match the look of the rest of the model, an the combi melta as is looks very off balance held out that way, a common issue with GW scale weapons. Having it slung over his shoulder or something similar would move that perceived weight more towards the model's center of balance.

Very cool. I love the texture you've put onto Rex. He looks actually like a very convincing Salamanders Ironclad Dreadnought.

I have seen plenty of marines painted/modelled to look like Buzz, but a whole army themed like Toy Story characters is interesting. I can't decide if you're making a statement that models are just toys and you should have fun with them, or if you're just stretching to see how far you can take theme armies before they break. Either way, if you're willing to play the army, and not be ashamed of your silly mans, more power to you.

I am a bit dubious as to why you chose Blood Angels as your couts-as codex(I see way too much of that, and it enfuriates my red-thirsting plastic mans), but I can buy that it does offer a lot of flexibility in units. Although, if you were takign Woody on a bike, taking a biker command squad with the vanilla codex for bikes as Troops would be pretty good. Admittedly though, the Ham-Airship from Toy Story 3 is pretty funny, if you can model a mash-up of a SRaven and perhaps a McDonalds toy. Although you could just make him Evil Doctor Porkshop as usual if that fails.

I'm sure you know that your current models don't make for a very competitive amry, but you're not going for that. I would at least reccomend getting a squad of bikes from Woody to hang out with, otherwise he will get killed too fast for a character of his stature. You're taking two dreads and a Raven, so you can build a mech. list if you'd like, with hybrid elements(bikes, some jumpers). They'll move fast enough together, especially if you upgrade Rex to a Libby and give him Wings.

Also, if you're playing Blood Angels, unless you're running an all-mech, no combat army, you need Sanguinary Priests. Bo Peep, perhaps? And you still have Etch to play with.

def need to find a way to add sang priests in there.

this is fun, I look forward to watching your progress.

Wehrkind wrote:One thing I might suggest for the scout sgt is magnetizing a spot on his back for the combi-melta and having his left hand pointing. I think the gesture would match the look of the rest of the model, an the combi melta as is looks very off balance held out that way, a common issue with GW scale weapons. Having it slung over his shoulder or something similar would move that perceived weight more towards the model's center of balance.

Good idea! I will try this. Thanks

timff8 wrote:
I have seen plenty of marines painted/modelled to look like Buzz, but a whole army themed like Toy Story characters is interesting. I can't decide if you're making a statement that models are just toys and you should have fun with them, or if you're just stretching to see how far you can take theme armies before they break. Either way, if you're willing to play the army, and not be ashamed of your silly mans, more power to you.

No statement, just thought it would be a fun project.
Using theme armies is not an issue for me:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/225183.page
or
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/216804.page
If a person has a problem playing against Space Rangers I think it says a lot more about them than me

timff8 wrote:
I am a bit dubious as to why you chose Blood Angels as your couts-as codex(I see way too much of that, and it enfuriates my red-thirsting plastic mans), but I can buy that it does offer a lot of flexibility in units. Although, if you were takign Woody on a bike, taking a biker command squad with the vanilla codex for bikes as Troops would be pretty good. Admittedly though, the Ham-Airship from Toy Story 3 is pretty funny, if you can model a mash-up of a SRaven and perhaps a McDonalds toy. Although you could just make him Evil Doctor Porkshop as usual if that fails. .

Using blood angels was a simple choice - assault marines as troops, stormraven availability and it's the only space marine army I haven't used. And that's Mr. Evil Dr. Porkchop
to you!

timff8 wrote:
I'm sure you know that your current models don't make for a very competitive amry, but you're not going for that. I would at least reccomend getting a squad of bikes from Woody to hang out with, otherwise he will get killed too fast for a character of his stature. You're taking two dreads and a Raven, so you can build a mech. list if you'd like, with hybrid elements(bikes, some jumpers). They'll move fast enough together, especially if you upgrade Rex to a Libby and give him Wings.
Also, if you're playing Blood Angels, unless you're running an all-mech, no combat army, you need Sanguinary Priests. Bo Peep, perhaps? And you still have Etch to play with.

Sageheart wrote:def need to find a way to add sang priests in there.

I have some game play concerns regarding a lone libby-on-a-bike especially considering there really isn't anywhere to "hide". Hmmm. Maybe Woody could become a Sang Priest? Maybe Jesse as well?

you may have already thought this through or mentioned it but are you using the three eyed aliens at all, or the odd creations that are made across the street. those could make some interesting sang priest or a unit of bikes..

Hi all,

Just a bit of progress to report.

Wehrkind wrote:One thing I might suggest for the scout sgt is magnetizing a spot on his back for the combi-melta and having his left hand pointing. Having it slung over his shoulder

Thanks for the suggestion. Sargent Hartman looks much better (see pics below).

I also added a couple of parachuters.

Sageheart wrote:you may have already thought this through or mentioned it but are you using the three eyed aliens at all, or the odd creations that are made across the street. those could make some interesting sang priest or a unit of bikes..

At your and timff8 suggestion I looked up the rules for sang priests and my first thought was Little Green Men (LGMs). They are seen in groups of three and it would be fun to model / paint. I am leaning towards putting these in as Woody, Jessie, and Utility Belt Buzz (from TS2). Using characters with more screen time seem to match the importance of sang priests

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

I gave the Scout Veteran sarge a combi-plasma (no pics).

I have been giving the comments about using a Sanguinary Priest or two some strong consideration and thought. In order to add them some major changes will have to be made. I want to use tactical squads over assault squads as much as possible because Space Rangers tend to use their lasers and not close combat weapons. One issue, if the tactical squads are reduced below ten than no special wepaons or heavy weapons

Here is the latest installment of Space Rangers:

HQ - Buzz Lightyear (Captain Tycho) -

EL - Sanguinary Priest
Sheriff Woody w/ power sword
Utility-belt Buzz w/ power fist

EL - Rex (Furioso Dreadnought) w/ blood talons

TP - Tactical Squad (x2)
Space marine (x9) w/ meltagun, multi-melta, drop pod
Veteran Sargent w/ power fist

TP - Tactical Squad
Space Marine (x7) w/ meltagun, multi-melta, drop pod
Veteran Sargent w/ power fist

TP - Army Men (Scout Squad)
Scout (x9) w/ bolters, missile launcher
Veteran Sargent w/ combi-plasma

TP - Assault Squad
Space Marine (x4) w/ infernus pistol
Veteran Sargent w/ power fist

HS - Mr. Potato Head (Dreadnought) w/ assault cannon, heavy flamer, drop pod

HS - Hamm the Airship (Stormraven Gunship) w/ extra armor

Total Points - 1848

Buzz Lightyear joins with Sheriff Woody and the 8-man tactical squad. Utility-belt Buzz joins the assault squad and Rex in Hamm the Airship. I may change Utility-belt Buzz to Jessie, but there is plenty of time to make the change. Most likely nothing will start on the board.

The more I look at Captain Tycho the more I like him as a fit for Buzz. Both excell in hand-to-hand combat (but don't use a h-t-h weapon), warriors look to them for leadership, and the are both on the edge of sanity. Of course, fluff-wise, Tycho is dead so that puts a bit of a wrench in the works.

What are people's opinions? To power gamer? Doesn't fit with theme? etc?

Thanks and take care

This is going to be awesome.

Great work man, I really like the change to pointing/glove with the combi weapons on the back. If you get the chance, try putting a bedroll instead of a backpack on the sarge. I am imagining it looking pretty cool too. (My wife and I are staying at her parent's for a while, so I have to model vicariously )

Awesome idea! I'm surprised, as someone else said, no one noticed the similarities between Buzz and Space Marine armor (I noticed it when my youngest received his first Buzz as a Christmas present...hey! That's a Space Marine! Happier at least...).

Keep up the great work! My youngest is now way past modelling, but I have a younger son who's just hitting his 5s...perfect time for an introduction.

I'm somewhat confused on the tac squads, don't they have to be 10 to have a melta and multi-melta so why is one 7, and the other 9? just a typo?

I would go for razorbacks rather than drop pods, but to each their own. I guess with razorbacks it would be better to have assault squads

Flaming Troll wrote:This is going to be awesome.

Not more pressure

Wehrkind wrote:Great work man, I really like the change to pointing/glove with the combi weapons on the back. If you get the chance, try putting a bedroll instead of a backpack on the sarge. I am imagining it looking pretty cool too. (My wife and I are staying at her parent's for a while, so I have to model vicariously )

I know what you're going through. If I can find one I will certainly try it. Your batting 1.000 so far

teepee wrote:Awesome idea! Keep up the great work! My youngest is now way past modelling, but I have a younger son who's just hitting his 5s...perfect time for an introduction.

Thanks. My oldest son is almost three. He walks around the house saying things like "You are a Toy! You're an action figure. A child's plaything." He is still a little young for 40K, but his favorite army book is Imperial Guard. The way he says it makes it sound much more adorable

Sageheart wrote:I'm somewhat confused on the tac squads, don't they have to be 10 to have a melta and multi-melta so why is one 7, and the other 9? just a typo?

I would go for razorbacks rather than drop pods, but to each their own. I guess with razorbacks it would be better to have assault squads

Two Tac squads are 10 and one is 8. The way I wrote it is confusing. To me drop pods fit the theme better than Razorbacks and I already have the pods


I am starting on the Tac squads. I am thinking backpacks will be with wings retracted and save wings deployed for the assault squad. Also, I plan on mounting bolters on wrists/ forearms. Any other ideas/

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

We finally have had some low humidity days here in north Jersey. I was able to bascoat the Army Men and Rex using Army Painter: Color Primer Army Green (pics below).

I will be putting this project on hold for a wee bit. I finally got a few games in with my Guard army (found here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/346410.page) and discovered that sentinel squads are terrible. I need to spend a few weeks getting three vendettas ready to go.


Thanks and take care

good stuff

This little blog has a lot of cool stuff in...I am particularly liking the strong theme that you have going on...the 'green army men' are priceless!

Just one thing to note...if you plan on using these in tournaments, don't they have to have a minimum amount of colours (three, isn't it)?

With regards to the green men, can I suggest a wash with dark green and a gloss varnish? I think they would look even more 'in theme' than they do now if you did that.

I am SO looking forward to some painted Star Command marines!

Hi all,

I know its been awhile, but I needed some time away from painting. Also, I needed to add three flyers to finish my Cadian army in time for MechaniCon.

Time to start painting Army Men

Just a few abbreviations to note.
VGC = vallejo game color
GW = citadel
LBs = I made a few washes/inks based on LBursley's article (found here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/261541.page)

I started by painting three test models. "A, B, C"
C turned out to be a dud for Army Men, however it works for Rex .

The following pics show most steps. I forgot pics of a fews and

The models were primed with Army Painter Army Green.

Step 1 - "A" (left) - Green Ink. "B" (middle) - LBs Algae Wash. "C" (right) - VGC Camo Green than LBs Algae Wash.

"A" step 2 - VGC Sick green

The remaining steps have photos and are sorted by a, b, and c.

Please let me know what you think.

Thanks and take care

Glad to see an update, I love this army

I like paint scheme B the best.

Grass4hopper wrote:Glad to see an update, I love this army

I like paint scheme B the best.

I'm leaning towards B myself. The next questions is: Green faces or Flesh colored faces?

I can make arguments for both.

For Green - They are army men and should be completely green. Duh!
For Flesh tones - Looks more lifelike and helps break up the monotone color scheme.

I will work on a test model.

Thanks and take care

Good to see more progress here.

I'll go for B from your test schemes, but I think A with a thraka wash would be good.

albinoork wrote:
The next questions is: Green faces or Flesh colored faces?

You could start with a flesh color face and apply green camo make up for a realistic, but still mostly green look.

HI all,

A couple of "skin" test models are complete. Ultimately, I've decided to go with normal flesh tones. Mainly because I like how they look. Also because I don't plan on having any models look exactly like their movie counterparts (Buzz will be close) and I want the army to have a "grimdarky" feel. I'll be trying to balance a bit of humor with smidge of buttkickedness and a wee spot of grimdark.

monkeytroll wrote:Good to see more progress here.

I'll go for B from your test schemes, but I think A with a thraka wash would be good.

Good to be working on it again
A couple of pics towards the end have "A" with thraka wash. It didn't washout the yellow as much as I thought it would.

Thanks and take care

Why didn't I think of this?!

Well its Friday and when I saw this thread, all I could think of was:
Also, I like the variant 4 paint scheme.

HI all,

baneofmorgoth wrote:Why didn't I think of this?!

I don't know Perhaps you don't have someone walking around house constantly saying "To Infinity and Beyond".

Now that the paint scheme has been finalized I've been working on a few models. I typically paint two or three at a time. For some reason this seems to the best method (for me) when wanting to do better than table top. Typically the bases are done as a squad.

The missile launcher, parachuter 1, plus the bolters from the test models are all in the first batch.

Thanks and take care

So cool! i love the idea for this army, its so orginal, keep going

Hi all,

The missile launcher and parachuter 1 are complete (along with test model A & B)!

All-in-all it takes 15 steps per model.
Steps 1 - 6 are green.
Steps 7 - 12 are flesh.
Step 13 assemble. Assembling scout models was surprisingly a pain in the tuckus.
Step 14 matte varnish.
Step 15 basing.

Next up are Sgt. Hartman and red shirt #1.

Thanks and rake care

Great work as always. You're going to have an amazing army.

Great work, I loved Toy Story as a kid, this brings back memories. I can't wait to see how Rex will look painted.

Hi all,

Work has begun on Gny. Sgt. Hartman and Red Shirt #1.

Included are pics of the various options available to Hartman. Thanks to Wehrkind for the suggestions

The faces and hands go quickly so I think I will paint the remainder of the squad green and paint flesh at the end.

Thanks and take care

Hi all,


A couple more army men (Minesweeper and Red Shirt #2) are in the pipeline.

Parachuter #2 and Red Shirt 3 to follow than face painting time.

Thanks and take care

im loving this army so far, hoping to see woody in the future

Exactly what heads did you use on those scouts?

Thanks and keep up the good work.

first page he says they are pig iron

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:im loving this army so far, hoping to see woody in the future

Thanks and that's a little personal don't you think?
Sheriff Woody will join this little posse, but first he has to sing a little song.

browncoat_independent wrote:Exactly what heads did you use on those scouts?
Thanks and keep up the good work.

Thanks!

Rogue Wolves wrote:first page he says they are pig iron

Whoops!! Actually they are from West Wind Productions. Found here: http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=1091


WIPS of Parachuter #2 and Red Shirt #3 follow.

Thanks and take care

looks cool so far, and yes it is selfish for me to want my favorite toy story character in the plastic

haha, around the time I got into 40k I said "Hey! Buzz Lightyear is a Space Marine ripoff!" The similarities are very incriminating.

Loving the army man.
Its a very good original idea and so far it has been very well executed.
My favourite so far is the assault buzz !

Rayvon wrote:Loving the army man.
Its a very good original idea and so far it has been very well executed.
My favourite so far is the assault buzz !

Thanks! The assault marine is excellent but just to clarify the assault marine is not my work.

I was at the MechaniCon last weekend and had some last minute items to finish. Now its time to get back to Army Men!

The following pics show the steps of adding skintone.

Thanks and take care

ooo looks awsome man, i like the skin so far

HI all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:ooo looks awsome man, i like the skin so far

Thanks! The skin helps break up the green.

The Army Men are done!!

Just a review of the process.
0. Basecoat with Army Painter Color Primer Army Green
1. Algae wash
2. vgc Sick Green
3. vgc Scorpy Green
4. vgc Livery Green
5. White
6. gww Thraka Green
7. gwf Tallarn Flesh
8. vgc Dwarf Flesh
9. vgc Cadmium Skin
10. vgc Elfic Flesh
11. vw Fleshtone
12. vgc Cadmium Skin & Elfic Flesh w/ drying retarder
13. Assemble
14. Army Painter Anti Shine Matte Varnish
15. Attach to clear base

Overall I'm very pleased with how the army men look. It should be obvious what thy represent once the remainder of the army is finished.

I used a white background for the pics and was surprised at the results. The photos took a fair amount of editing to adjust the exposure. Next time I will try a light gray background.

Next up - Rex

Thanks and take care.

I really love it, only thing is if you are going to do the skin, why not do Hartmans mustache and the yelling mouth?

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:I really love it, only thing is if you are going to do the skin, why not do Hartmans mustache and the yelling mouth?

Thanks.
Good catch, I wasn't sure if anyone would notice. I really only want two colors on the model and I want to keep some of the "toyness" about the model.

I took a couple of pics using a gray background. Overall, it seems to do a better job of showing the model in real life and does not wash out the highlights like the white background.


Work on Rex has begun. I am trying to paint him in a similar manner as the Army Men. The goal is having people recognize Toy Story Rex as the source. Also, by using extreme highlights in an attempt to keep a cartoonish feel, but still have tuckus kickin' looking model.

The greens are the same colors as those from one of the Army Men test models. I will paint the chest white and the claws black. I haven't decided about the things like wires and exhaust pipes and such.


Here are the steps so far:
0 - Army Painter Spray Primer Army Green
1 - vgc Camo Green
2 - lbs - Algae Wash
3 - vgc Dead Flesh

Thanks and take care.

the scales on Rex look nice, and in my oppinion, if you want to keep the stache and mouth green, then i think you should make it a bit darker just to make it different

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:the scales on Rex look nice, and in my oppinion, if you want to keep the stache and mouth green, then i think you should make it a bit darker just to make it different

I like the idea for the stache. I'll try that and see what it looks like before changing the tongue. Thanks.

I finished the green portions of the left arm. I skipped a step in previous post. Here is the corrected list.

0 - Army Painter Spray Primer Army Green
1 - vgc Camo Green
2 - lbs Algae Wash
3 - vgc Camo Green (skipped this one)
4 - vgc Dead Flesh

New Steps
5 - White
6 - Dark Yellow wash - my version based on LBursley's receipes


Anyone have any suggestions regarding colors for the exhaust pipes, wires, etc.?

Thanks and take care

Wow this is incredible. I envy your skill at conversion sir. I am still cursing my models as I try to stick on arms...

This is all sorts of awesome.

Dude...you are a badass. This is the coolest thing ever! hahaha
It makes me want to take other old movies and make armies based on them. Its not even kiddie, its still cool not just funny haha

HI all,

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runmymouth wrote:Wow this is incredible. I envy your skill at conversion sir. I am still cursing my models as I try to stick on arms...

forruner_mercy wrote:This is all sorts of awesome.

Tlo1048 wrote:Dude...you are a badass. This is the coolest thing ever! hahaha
It makes me want to take other old movies and make armies based on them. Its not even kiddie, its still cool not just funny haha

Thank you!

I finished the green portions of Rex. The photos are a little funky. The washes created a near gloss finish on the models and create reflections on the model.

Next up - white chest section and black claws.

Thanks and take care

awesome keep up the good work cant wait to so it finished

looks cool

Hi all,

Just a quick update.

Work on Rex is progressing quite nicely. I've finished the "white" portion of Rex's hide. I didn't paint as much white as on the real Rex, mainly because I like the green so much.

I only have a finished pic. The steps are as follows:
7. gwf Deneb Stone
8. White
9. gww Sepia
10. gwf Deneb Stone/White - 50/50 mix

looks awsome!

Very good work

HI all,

I've been working on the blood talons / claws and other various mechanical type stuff.

Here are the steps
11. Black
12. gwf Adeptus Battlegray
13. vgc Stone Gray
14. vgc Cold Gray
15. White (claws only)
16. vw Black - some spots needed more layers than other)

I am happy with black and not using any metallics. It keeps it simple and neat - IMHO.

Thanks and take care

Great work as always, I love this blog.

I only part that I don't love as much is the white on the front of the sarcophagus, I allows envisioned the whole sarcophagus section as representing his whole head, instead of head/torso.

But I can see why you did it to represent the white on his thorax and abdomen.

Grass4hopper wrote:Great work as always, I love this blog.

I only part that I don't love as much is the white on the front of the sarcophagus, I allows envisioned the whole sarcophagus section as representing his whole head, instead of head/torso.

But I can see why you did it to represent the white on his thorax and abdomen.

First, thank you.

Hmm, interesting perspective. I never thought of the sarcophagus as representing the whole head, but now that you mention it I can certainly see it that way. Actually, the whole head - eyes - mouth thing was this most difficult part of the model for me regarding how to best represent Rex. I had considered putting a dinosaur type head on the model, but decided against it because it just looked to damn weird and silly.

A bit of good news. My three year old son saw the model and called it "Rex" without me saying anything.

The picture below was my main reference.

After seeing the reference pic you posted above, I now definitely realize why you painted it the way you did. For some reason I was incorrectly remembering Rex as having a larger head. It's was a real challenge to represent Rex's long tall body on a squat dread frame, but you've done an excellent a job.

And if your son likes it, that's all that really matters

:edited for my horrible grammar

Grass4hopper wrote:After seeing the reference pic you posted above, I now definitely realize why you painted it the way you did. For some reason I was incorrectly remembering Rex as having a larger head. It's was a real challenge to represent Rex's long tall body on a squat dread frame, but you've done an excellent a job.

And if your son likes it, that's all that really matters

:edited for my horrible grammar

Thanks.

Yeah, Rex's head is fairly small and his tuckus is very ... formidable. The Sentinel legs with dreadnought leg covers helped add some length heft to the lower portion. In my opinion it is still a little light, but overall I'm satisfied.

Hi all,

Just a progress report for Rex.

This part is a bit of a departure from Toy Story Rex. I want the Blood Talons to be obviously Blood Talons and in order to do so I painted the "blood drops" or gems in Red. I know Toy Story Rex doesn't have any red but I thought red would be a good combination with green and black. I hope it doesn't stand out to much.

I remember reading a GW Masterclass article about balance and a triangle (eyes tend to be drawn to objects located in roughly a triangular manner) so I painted the eyes and sensor red as well. I hope it works, so far I am undecided.

Here are the steps for red:
step 18 - gwf mecharite red
step 19 - vgc red gore
step 20 - vgc blazing orange
step 21 - white
step 22 - gww baal red

Rex is almost done. Just have to matte varnish, gloss varnish the red parts, and base. Unless, of course, someone notices something that will make the model look better and I have time to make changes.

Thanks and take care

as always hes looking good

This is awesome, can't wait to see an army shot of these finished!

Hi all,

Rex is DONE!!!

The following steps were needed in order to finish the model.

23. Matte Varnish
24. Base
25. Gloss Varnish the red parts.

Overall, I'm very pleased with the results, particularly because my son recognized him.

A couple photos of the army as it stands now are at the end.

Next up: Space Ranger Tactical Squad!

Thanks and take care

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Rex is soo cool, i love the texture you used for his scales. And my favourite part of the army men is the ring on the head of the paras hehe keep up the good work, you doing a great and fun job so far

Hi all,

Johnny-Crass wrote:Dear awesome thread from my childhood.... Stay Awesome!
Consider me subscribed

Thanks.

M0rdain wrote:Rex is soo cool, i love the texture you used for his scales. And my favourite part of the army men is the ring on the head of the paras hehe keep up the good work, you doing a great and fun job so far

Thanks. I'm glad you noticed the paras. It's not the most complex of conversions, but it gets the point across.


I gathered all the component parts for the tactical squads, assault squad, Sheriff Woody, Buzz and Utility Belt Buzz.

I will start with Tactical Squad Ultra. The current army list only has eight marines in it. I made two extra marines (one special weapon, one heavy weapon). They wil also serve as test models for painting.

Bolters will be attached to marine arms similar to angelus pattern bolters from Sanguinary Guard. Dark Angel shoulder pads will be used on the left shoulder. Right Shoulder pads will match accompanying drop pod.

If anyone cares to share ideas about Space Ranger construction that would be fun.

Thanks and take care

This is really amazing and creative! Looking forward to the end result!

Holy crap those are amazing. Really creative and well executed.

interested on how you make marine woody

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:interested on how you make marine woody

Haven't figured it out yet.


Started working on the backpacks. For the tactical squads I went with wings retracted. Nothing too crazy as far as conversions go.

I cut off the stabilizing jets, any icons, and such. I added a piece of half-rod to simulate wings like in the picture of Buzz.


Thanks and take care

do you plan on having any open backpacks?

This is probably the greatest thread on Dakka Dakka!!
Thank you for reuniting us with our childhood!

Awesomeness!!!

Can always come back to this thread for a dose of awesome and a smile

The new backpacks are great. Simple yet effective

How many kinds of awesome can you fit on 1 blog!!!!

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:do you plan on having any open backpacks?

Assault Marines and Utility Belt Buzz (Sang Priest) with have backpacks with wings extended. It should make it pretty clear that they are assault marines.

Mr.Awesome1 wrote:This is probably the greatest thread on Dakka Dakka!!
Thank you for reuniting us with our childhood!

Aww, shucks. Thanks

GreyTauKnight wrote:Awesomeness!!!

Johnny-Crass wrote:Can always come back to this thread for a dose of awesome and a smile

Thanks

M0rdain wrote:The new backpacks are great. Simple yet effective

Thanks. Simple yet effective conversions are a goal of mine.

Toast36 wrote:How many kinds of awesome can you fit on 1 blog!!!!

I hope many many kinds
Remember, there is no cost for awesome!

I plan to have some photos of tac squad Ultra in a couple of days.

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

Happy New Year.

A new year means time for new photos.

I started on their legs. I first cut a small piece of rod and attached it to legs. Next, I experimented with adding a very small piece of rectangular plastruct around the bottom of each leg. It took forever and looked horrible. I thought about green stuff-ing it, but my GS-fu is weak and I didn't want to spend that much time on legs.

Bolters were next. I cut off the grip, ammo clip, and barrel. The will be wrist mounted with a glob od green stuff to hold it in place. The ammo clip was moved to the side. Finally, I drilled out a spot were the barrel was located. I have some red translucent rod and will put a small piece in the hole to represent a laser. I know LEDs would be really cool, but the time involved would be to great.

Lastly, I have begun removing skull iconography. skulls just don't seem appropriate for this army

Thanks and take care

HI all,

I've taken a break from Tactical Squad Ultra to work on assault squad jump packs. Yep, that's right. It's time to fall ... with style.

The assault squad consists of four marines and a veteran sergeant. They will fly around in a Stormraven with a Sanguinary Priest (Utility Belt Buzz).

Started with chopping up a few backpacks in the same way as the tactical squads. I cut strips of sheet styrene 1 cm x 2.5 cm. Also, I made a couple of templates to match the bottom of the backpacks. After cutting out the basic shapes I added some half round pieces to round off the wing edges. Some cut down missiles from Cadian Heavy Weapons Sprue were added to complete the basic shape.

I used a Sanguinary Honor Guard jump pack for Utility Belt Buzz. It just called an extra cut the the template to account for the stabilizer ports.

There is still a fair amount of work remaining on the jump packs. I am thinking it may be easier to leave the packs off until after painting.

Thanks and take care

Well I for one am excited!

Backpacks shaping up nicely there.

I hate to be the one to say this, but you should've turned the mags around, so that the bullet goes in faceing the right way. but really nice work, and I'm loving your conversions

Highly entertaining thread. I sat fiddling with my mentor legion a while back and my (then 3yr old) son went "Look Daddy! Buzz!" so it's nice to see someone take such a fantastically daft idea to a brilliant conclusion

Hi all,

Johnny-Crass wrote:Well I for one am excited!

Oh, behave. Yeah baby!

monkeytroll wrote:Backpacks shaping up nicely there.

Thanks

Jensvejmand wrote:I hate to be the one to say this, but you should've turned the mags around, so that the bullet goes in faceing the right way. but really nice work, and I'm loving your conversions

Huh? What?!? Holy hand grenades, you're right! It's a good thing these clips accept ammo facing in either direction
The bolters look really, really bad when ammo clips are facing the "correct" direction.

inmygravenimage wrote:Highly entertaining thread. I sat fiddling with my mentor legion a while back and my (then 3yr old) son went "Look Daddy! Buzz!" so it's nice to see someone take such a fantastically daft idea to a brilliant conclusion

Thanks.
As my sons (three year-old and one year-old) get older I hope this army will assist in stimulating their interest in 40k and miniatures war gaming. At some point I may have to add Lightning McQueen, Mater, WALL-E, and Thomas
A recent exchange between my oldest and me:
Son: "Look, I'm a Picasso."
Me: "Ahhh, I don't get it."
Son: "You uncultured swine. Whadya lookin at ya hockey puck."

and a non Toy Story quote he dropped the other day: "There are no accidents."

Thanks and take care

I am in love with this blog and I can not wait to see what you come up with next, both Rex and the Army men look sooooo good!

Subbed!

Yey an update . They are looking sooooo cool I can't wait to see them come together.

Cool stuff and great idea. I looked forward to seeing the fully painted marines.

I cannot wait to see this finished, amazing work! Definitely subscribed

Brilliant work, so far. Excited to see more!

subbed! excellent blog, great work!

My eyes. They have tears.

HI all,

Wow! Looks like a few more people have checked in after this thread was posted on Dakka's main page. Welcome and have fun!

I've been back to work on Tactical Squad Ultra. Models are starting to get put together. Not a whole lot of progress to show.

I also put together my first drop pod. They go together fairly well. The squad insignia on the drop pod matches the right shoulder pad of the marines. I have left it in a few pieces in an effort to make it easier to paint.

Thanks and take care

Looking good! I remember finding Drop Pods a nuisance to build... Looking forward to see how they turn out

albinoork wrote:Looks like a few more people have checked in after this thread was posted on Dakka's main page.

I'm glad it was, it's the kind of thing that has to be shown

So, Woody is going to be a SM Chapter Master on a bike (Bullseye), right?

Hi all,

Anpu-adom wrote:So, Woody is going to be a SM Chapter Master on a bike (Bullseye), right?

Wellll, originally he was. However, on the advice of people whom had used Blood Angels, Woody was switched to a Sanguinary Priest. The horse just didn't fit with the rest of the army.

Buzz as Tycho does work very well

Thanks and take care

I can't wait to see what you do with the pull cord!

This reminds me of a guy who made 'The Avengers' as his as his terminator squad. That was when I was just watching my brother play about 10 years ago.

Hi all,

Anpu-adom wrote:I can't wait to see what you do with the pull cord!

Ack! I had not thought about that. I'll have to think of something. Thanks for the heads up


The weather in Northern New Jersey has been a bit ... odd of late. It was warm enough to prime a couple models this past weekend. I am using the special and heavy weapons marines from tactical squad Ultra. They won't be used during most games because Buzz and Woody will be joining the squad in a drop pod.

The missile launcher marine is primed gray. The plan is to layer up to white. This process may take awhile to paint ... which leads to the plasma gun marine. The plasma gunner is primed white. The plan is to use Vallejo's pale wash and than highlight with white. I hope the pale wash looks good because that will save a lot of time. We'll see which one "wins"

Thanks and take care

good luck painting him! although seeing rexy i think you can nail a space ranger easily

I am guessing the White base will work best. ... we shall see

This has been a treat to watch come together, very fun idea and great execution so far.

I have one small suggestion, take it or leave it, but for Rex, have you considered doing something like this to him?


I think it would help get across his character a little bit more if you had painted on teeth like the fighter above. Would be pretty funny as well!

Just a thought! Keep up the great work.

I want you to do the prospector. What was his name? Stinky Pete? A techmarine maybe?

HI all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:good luck painting him! although seeing rexy i think you can nail a space ranger easily

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

M0rdain wrote:I am guessing the White base will work best. ... we shall see

I'm leaning that way too, but the gray base may have a more "cartoonie" look (like the army men).

gobbledog wrote:I want you to do the prospector. What was his name? Stinky Pete? A techmarine maybe?

Stinky Pete is a bad guy. I may just have to do a chaos army featuring all the bad guys of Pixar. Evil Emperor Zurg, Stinky Pete, Lotso Huggins Bear, Warp Darkmatter, Syndrome, Henry J Watermoose. Hmmm, this sounds like fun.

GrimTeef wrote:This has been a treat to watch come together, very fun idea and great execution so far.
I have one small suggestion, take it or leave it, but for Rex, have you considered doing something like this to him?
I think it would help get across his character a little bit more if you had painted on teeth like the fighter above. Would be pretty funny as well!
Just a thought! Keep up the great work.

Thanks. I like where you're going with the teeth idea. I have to admit that I may not have the erm.... stones to try this. I like how Rex currently looks, but I've felt it was missing something. Where do you think the "mouth" should go?

Thanks and take care

Hi all,


Had some time to slap some paint on the test models.

I used Vallejo Pale wash over a white basecoat. The photos are difficult to see the gray, but they look okay. I may have to do some black-lining to make the model "pop". The gray wash is almost to subtle.

The gray base resembles the army men "cartoonie" look. I like the look for this army.

It will be interesting to see what happens when the models are finished.


Thanks and take care

This is all sorts of amazing. I love the scouts but I can't bend my mind round to that dreadnought! It's a great conversion and awesome paint job no doubt, however.

If I were you I'd make more of them to sell to Salamander players, just not with sentinel legs!

Your stormraven?

HI all,

Davylove21 wrote:This is all sorts of amazing. I love the scouts but I can't bend my mind round to that dreadnought! It's a great conversion and awesome paint job no doubt, however.

If I were you I'd make more of them to sell to Salamander players, just not with sentinel legs!

Thanks. Something too keep in mind if I need a little exrra cash.

Anpu-adom wrote:Your stormraven?

Yep. I plan on having a giant pink Stormraven flying around the board. I'll make a few conversions to it, but not to much. I'm thinking lascannon to represent the death ray.

Once they assault marines are assembled I'll work on Hamm the Airship

Thanks and take care

Just my opinion but don't you think that Hamm the Airship should go in a villain army as Hamm is played out as a villain when Andy plays with his toys.

Mmm i agree, the pale wash over the white hardly shows the wash. But over the grey it is much more obvious and looks better.

Hi all,

Mr.Awesome1 wrote:Just my opinion but don't you think that Hamm the Airship should go in a villain army as Hamm is played out as a villain when Andy plays with his toys.

Shoosh! Don't tell anyone. Thematically, you are correct but I can't resist the idea of having a giant pink pig flying around the board.

M0rdain wrote:Mmm i agree, the pale wash over the white hardly shows the wash. But over the grey it is much more obvious and looks better.

Yeah, the photos aren't the best. I use a point and shoot camera that (for the most part) takes decent photos and my editing skills are weak (on a good day). As I think about it the white I used was very thin. If i use a thicker white I think it will look a tad better. I may even break out the white glaze


Time for a bit of color on the test models.
I was curious to try one of Reaper's triads. I picked up a blue-green triad containing Stormy Sea (shade), Clouded Sea (base), Seafoam Blue (highlight). They will be used on chest iconography, shoulder pad base, and eyes. I did manage to forget to paint the eyes. D'oh!

To make the transitions a bit smoother I went with an ink wash. I tried two different washes. First was a turquoise ink from Reaper and the second was a mix of my creation based on LBursleys wash/ink recipe (20 drops cyan blue, 40 drops paynes grey). Each shoulder pad set has one of each color. The turquoise made made the color a bit greener and the cyan grey made the color appear more blue.

Next up - purples!

Thanks and take care

MOAR please!
This is just plain awesome
Also, even If you just do one model, you should definitely represent Zurg in some way.
Maybe a heavily converted chaos character?

I did a Buzz Lightyear. He was a lot of fun to do up. I did just the one but I kept the paint schemes incase I ever want to do another. I started working on on of the inquisitors to make into a Woody but I have only barely started with him.

Too many 'Nids and IF's to do still.

Here are some pics;

Very nice! Can't wait to see one finished

Hi all,

rowenamosgallant wrote:MOAR please!
This is just plain awesome
Also, even If you just do one model, you should definitely represent Zurg in some way.
Maybe a heavily converted chaos character?

Thanks. Who knows if I will ever get to the Villains of Toy Story. I have a few more things to finish before I get there

dalsiandon wrote: I started working on on of the inquisitors to make into a Woody but I have only barely started with him.

Don't take this the wrong way. Please post pics of your Woody when he is finished.

Commander Jimbob wrote:Very nice! Can't wait to see one finished

Thanks and will do.


Added some purple to the test models.

Not much purple on the hands so I only included a picture of basecoat. When painting the rest I think I will tone done the amount of pink highlights.

Currently, the gray base coat has taken the lead. I added some more layers of white paint to the gray base and it seems, to me, to make a big positive difference. Any thoughts?


Next up -- greens!

Thanks and take care

Don't forget the purple fingertips, but otherwise I think they are coming together nicely.

Hi all,

dalsiandon wrote:Don't forget the purple fingertips, but otherwise I think they are coming together nicely.

I did forget Thanks for a heads-up.

I got a fair amount of painting done last night. The green parts are complete. It''s not an exact copy of a Space Ranger but it should be fairly clear what is going on.

I used Knarloc green on the gray based model and Orkhide Green on the white based test model. I prefer the Knarloc and the gray base is a now firmly in the lead.

Next up - shoulder pads get some black.

Thanks and take care

To infinity indeed! Really great step-by-step.

Looking good!

Any plans for Zerg or the aliens?

Excellent! Absolutely excellent!

This thread is full of win! Kudos to you sir! +1

Hi all,

Cutthroatcure wrote:Looking good!

Odd One Out wrote:Excellent! Absolutely excellent!

Thatguy91 wrote:This thread is full of win! Kudos to you sir! +1

Thanks

Johnny-Crass wrote:Any plans for Zerg or the aliens?

Nothing in the near future. I have other things to do first A Defiler for the Sons of Pus and Stic-krons.

inmygravenimage wrote:To infinity indeed! Really great step-by-step.

Thanks.
I began taking notes while working on the Sons of Pus. If I ever go back to add units or such I'll know what steps were taken Also, it also helps to find parts that were missed.


I finished the test models!

Overall I'm satisfied with the results. The only thing I'm questioning are the shoulder pads. I may re-paint the shoulder pads and reverse the black and blue.

I did paint the wings but didn't take any photos You can see the results in the assembled photos.

I prefer the look of the gray base. I feel it matches the scouts and has a fun "cartoonie" look.


Next up - Assault Marines


Thanks and take care

Very nice work, sir. Very nice work.

They are looking awesome I must say! I like how the colors are coming out on them.

Excelent!

Haha I really like what you've done here so far...40ks all a very serious business and its great to see some well executed funny stuff like this...to infinity and beyond!

This is nothing less than incredible!!! The Rex dread is awesome!!! Very much envy your patience and skills!!

Great job

They are looking so cool, The Grey base defiantly does look best. I am looking forward to the Assault Marines.

This is by far one of the best armies that I have ever come across and this is one of the best P&M blogs out there. More power to you, that dread is sick and the rest of your conversions are perfectly balanced between silly and believable. Simply astounding.

And the grey test model came out best, by the way.

The grey definitely has more depth/ +1.

Oh man... so much win in this thread. Seriously, those army men might possibly be the greatest things I've ever seen

i definatly like that you didnt paint his helmet all purple, that would have looked really bad.. the accents being purple look great on the other hand

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:i definatly like that you didnt paint his helmet all purple, that would have looked really bad.. the accents being purple look great on the other hand

Thanks. I was thinking the same thing to much purple is not a good thing.

Dabedman wrote:This is by far one of the best armies that I have ever come across and this is one of the best P&M blogs out there. More power to you, that dread is sick and the rest of your conversions are perfectly balanced between silly and believable. Simply astounding.

And the grey test model came out best, by the way.

Thanks. Just what I going for.
Looks like gray base was the preferred version.


Okay, the more I looked at the shoulder pads the more I became less than thrilled with the results. I reversed the colors. The iconography and trim are now blue and the base color is black. To me it just seems to work better.

I tried a paynes grey/cyan wash on the plasma gunner and a cyan wash on the missile launcher. The missile launcher came out a tad more blue and I will most likely use it in the future.

Thanks and take care

Looking sweet

Agree the reversed scheme on the pads looks better.

With the whole scheme in place I keep thinking it would make a nice chaos scheme

holy thats buzzlightyear as a spacemarine!!

I'm up in the air on the switch, I think both have merits, the one nice thing about the swap is it brings out the shoulder pads trim color a great deal better than before.

I was looking at my sons shoes the other day, and noticed that Buzz is grey rather than white on them Grey is defiantly the way to go

Hi all,

monkeytroll wrote:Looking sweet
Agree the reversed scheme on the pads looks better.
With the whole scheme in place I keep thinking it would make a nice chaos scheme

Thanks!
I'm preferring the switch as well.
Hey! We're not a bunch of Warp Darkmatter / Agent Z around here

Rogue Wolves wrote:holy thats buzzlightyear as a spacemarine!!

Whew! Good thing that is the whole ing point

dalsiandon wrote:I'm up in the air on the switch, I think both have merits, the one nice thing about the swap is it brings out the shoulder pads trim color a great deal better than before.

I want the trim to stand out more and that is why I tried the reverse scheme.

M0rdain wrote:I was looking at my sons shoes the other day, and noticed that Buzz is grey rather than white on them Grey is defiantly the way to go

If the sneaker fits, wear it!
To me, the gray looks much better. It will require more time, but it will be worth it.

On to Assault marines. I have a squad of five containing an inferno pistol dude and vet sarge with a fist. Also, a Sanguinary Priest with a jump pack and lightning claw (Utility Belt Buzz) will be joining them. They will eventually be flying around inside a Stormraven (Hamm).

The back packs are already done. I will attach the backpacks once they are painted.

Nothing very different from the tactical squad except i used bolt pistols and gave them chainswords. The swords really don't fit Space Ranger theme, but I don't want there to any confusion on what models they are representing.

For Utility Belt Buzz I used an Space Wolves head and just filed down the hair so it looks like Buzz's hood.

Thanks and take care,

cant waite to see utility buzz painted up, nice idea for the hood

This is seriously amazing! I can't wait for them to be painted, especially the wings. These marines are a work of art

What a great idea this is
Love the army men and Rex. The test model paint job looks pretty neat.
This is going to be one amazing army when its all done.

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What a bloody riot.

You definitely have your work cut out for you, but you seem to be enjoying it, and that's all that matters.

Query : Did you ever think about leaving off the shoulderpads? Buzz himself has those gangly looking arms jutting out of the massive center torso, it would have looked odd but certainly fitting for the character.

These are brilliant minis!
I'm interested in finding out how you will do the bases for them.

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:cant waite to see utility buzz painted up, nice idea for the hood

Commander Jimbob wrote:This is seriously amazing! I can't wait for them to be painted, especially the wings. These marines are a work of art

Thank you!

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I see what you did there. Well played

Chemical Cutthroat wrote:What a bloody riot.
You definitely have your work cut out for you, but you seem to be enjoying it, and that's all that matters.
Query : Did you ever think about leaving off the shoulderpads? Buzz himself has those gangly looking arms jutting out of the massive center torso, it would have looked odd but certainly fitting for the character.

It is fun. The conversions are fairly minor and there is enough variation in painting to keep from getting to cumbersome.

Answer: I chose to use Toy Story as a basis for inspiration not to make an exact duplicate. I thought about keeping the shoulder pads, but it looked awful and I wasn't going to make a whole army like that. At the end I want people to see a Space Marine army based on Toy Story and not just a Toy Story army. I hope that answers your question.

Mr.Awesome1 wrote:These are brilliant minis!
I'm interested in finding out how you will do the bases for them.

Thanks! I am using clear bases. I have a few pictures of Andy's room that I will be using in a display base. I haven't used clear bases before so if it doesn't work out game play wise or if the bases becomed scuffed than I will do something else. What that something else is I don't know


On to new stuff. I built the Stormraven. It was the first one I built and it went together fairly well. I will say ther will be no rush to make a second

No conversions or anything special ... this time

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

I had some time to start painting Hamm!

I missed photos of the first three steps

Step 1 - Gray Primer
Step 2 - Master Series Paint Entraill Pink
Step 3 - 1/2 msp Entrail pink, 1/2 vgc Squid Pink

I think it will take awhile to paint Hamm and its times like this I wish I had an airbrush

Thanks and take care

Good stormraven, that is certainly a new look for that vehicle.

I'm going to take a flying leap with this one and guess that any assault marines you make are going to have wings so they can "fly" just like buzz light year?

Edit sorry just looked back and saw you had already done that. Doh

Too infinity and bejoooonnnnddddd...... As i fall in to a chasm of despair.

Brilliantly deranged. My only quibble: shouldn't the cupola be black? Otherwise, that's not evil dr porkchop...

holy pink batman, thats.. pink

this force just gets cooler as you go.

So how much of a pain was it to build that machine? You said you're in no hurry to build another.

Hi all,

inmygravenimage wrote:Brilliantly deranged. My only quibble: shouldn't the cupola be black? Otherwise, that's not evil dr porkchop...

As my son would say, "Not finished yet. Still working."

Rogue Wolves wrote:holy pink batman, thats.. pink

You ain't seen nothing yet.

dalsiandon wrote:this force just gets cooler as you go.
So how much of a pain was it to build that machine? You said you're in no hurry to build another.

Thanks! This wasn't as difficult as a first generation land raider crusader, but it was a wee bit trickier than a Valkyrie. The main body was difficult to line up properly.


Okay, so I've had some time to look at it. And I did not liking what I saw. It is too red, much to red.

I went back to my reference picture and started over. I had some "rose" colors from a previous project a few years ago and fortunately the paints were still good (way to go, Vallejo).

I reapplied a coat of MSP Entrail Pink and built up from there.

I think this looks much better and is a closer match to Hamm.

Next up - Highlighting black!

Thanks and take care

i like this pink much better, nice job!

Rogue Wolves wrote:i like this pink much better, nice job!

agreed!

I must keep my son away from this thread or I will never have any peace until he gets his own Toy Story army...

Good work dude, I'm struggling to get one Buzz marine finished, so am in awe of your work and I love the way you've re-imagined Hamm as a Stormraven, totally unique

Hi all,

Capitansolstice wrote:

Rogue Wolves wrote:i like this pink much better, nice job!

agreed!

Thanks. Yep, this versions looks more like Hamm.

Ruglud wrote:I must keep my son away from this thread or I will never have any peace until he gets his own Toy Story army...
Good work dude, I'm struggling to get one Buzz marine finished, so am in awe of your work and I love the way you've re-imagined Hamm as a Stormraven, totally unique

On a typical night the boys are in bed by 8:30 - 8:45 and by 9:00 I've moved my paint station into the living room to paint/model while the wife and I have a college basketball game on TV. Lately, my three-year old son seems to always have to go potty about 9:15. He'll do his thing and than stop by to ask about "my armies"
It will be a couple before he is ready to try his hand at painting a toy soldier.
It wasn't much of a stretch to make Hamm a Stormraven. The lads at Pixar did the work already (Evil Dr. Porkchop's Airship).

I worked on the lascannons and glass.

I used Reaper's line of silver metallics. After using them I think I will stick with Vallejo. Reaper just didn't seem to cover as well. Reaper Polished silver works very well as a highlight for Vellejo's silver line.

The cupola has served as a test model of sorts. The glass took a couple of efforts before finding something acceptable

Thanks and take care

oo i really like the way you did the window

Great stuff! Love it.
Saw the new Toy Story short today, and noticed Zurg's gun is basically a psilencer. Then you could use the grinning ven dread helm, an empire battle wizard's collar, and da vet - you're basically there. Sorry, brain wandered into bitz-land

Hi all,

inmygravenimage wrote:Great stuff! Love it.
Saw the new Toy Story short today, and noticed Zurg's gun is basically a psilencer. Then you could use the grinning ven dread helm, an empire battle wizard's collar, and da vet - you're basically there. Sorry, brain wandered into bitz-land

Thanks. I like where you are going. I see Zurg as a Demon Prince so the DA vet may be a bit small. But than again it may pretty sweet to have a giant head on the tiny body.


I started with the entrail pink parts of the main body. After painting the first layer I started thinking I would probably wear off some paint handling the model while trying to paint the black and metallic parts so why not paint those first and see what happens

Thanks and take care

Very nice. Keep up the great work!

Yet again, you've left me speechless... I have to say I love your painting style, I haven't seen anything like it elsewhere and think it works really well!
Then again, I have little - if any - knowledge of painting so I may sound like a total nutcase...

Stop painting so good, man!

Hi all,

Anpu-adom wrote:Very nice. Keep up the great work!

Thanks.

Samus_aran115 wrote:Stop painting so good, man!

I'll try

Commander Jimbob wrote:Yet again, you've left me speechless... I have to say I love your painting style, I haven't seen anything like it elsewhere and think it works really well!
Then again, I have little - if any - knowledge of painting so I may sound like a total nutcase...

Thanks. Extreme highlights are fun to paint and you do not sound a like a total nutcase ... maybe a partial nutcase

I worked on iconography and lights. Same style as the shoulder pads.

The base coat of pink has been wearing off in spots so I'm glad I waited to paint the other layers.

Not much else to report.

Next up - painting a lot of pink

Thanks and take care

Your highlighting skills are very good! I love this whole idea. Nostalgia man tears

Hi all,


Started painting A LOT of pink. I'm doing sections at a time in an effort to keep from getting bored. It also feels like more is getting finished than what is actually getting finished.

It looks like there will have to several touch-ups due to paint rubbing off during handling. I will definitely matte varnish this beast.

Thhanks and take care

I love it!

Hi all,

More progress on the Pig

Thanks and take care

I find your style of painting large blocks of colour very informative. Great job!

I can't wait to see the pig finished! I am concerned, though, that you've gone too light in your color.

Hi all,

inmygravenimage wrote:I find your style of painting large blocks of colour very informative. Great job!

Thanks. This is the first time I've tried painting a big vehicle in sections. I find it to be more enjoyable than painting the whole model one layer at a time.

Anpu-adom wrote:I can't wait to see the pig finished! I am concerned, though, that you've gone too light in your color.

It's still going to be awhile Between two young kids, work, and having to paint our living room toy soldier painting is down to about three nights a week for the past two weeks (and probably a couple more).

Here is the reference pic I've been using.

I tend to use white as a final highlight to represent bright light washing out whatever color is there.

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

When I started playing 40k (many years ago) I always used dice that matched my army. About three years ago that changed when I purchased some 14mm, red, translucent, precision dice. All I know is I seemed to roll as many ones and twos as before except now they were precise ones and twos

I have decided to go back to using dice which match my army (its just more fun). Fellow Dakkaites, based on the models shown in this plog does anyone have suggestions on what dice to get? I do have a couple of rules.
1. 12mm only. I have used 12mm and 16mm in the past and I prefer 12mm.
2. No transparent dice. I am not a fan of transparent dice. I cannot read the darn tootin' things.


Hamm is coming along slowly, but work is being done. Photos of the left wing follow.

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

Getting closer to putting an apple in this pig's mouth.

I found some dice to match the army as well. I still haven't found an acceptable grayish color.

Living room is almost finished (which means more time for the hobby).

Life is good.

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

... and more pink ...

... it has to end at some point ...

thanks and take care