So, I’ve decided to start working on a space marine biker army (white scars as I’m not too keen on ravenwing :/) only I’ll be damned if I’m paying £8 per bike. So rather than using marines I’ve decided to combine two of my most favourite things, MLP and warhammer into an army of adorable killing machines ready to love and tolerate the crap out of any who oppose the God Empress Celestia ^_^ the plan will be to give each pony power armour and the pistol form of each weapon (save for heavy weapons) will be counted as the real thing (eg, a plasma pistol will be a plasma gun). for any bronies out there who wish to know, these are the G4 blind bag models (though I got mine from the gift set and collection set)
I suppose a bit of an explanation is required, the ponies on the cav bases will be counting as normal bikers and I’ll add the appropriate guns. The ponies on the MC bases will be counting as attack bikes, again with the appropriate weapon options. Rainbow Dash will be my HQ, counting as a SM commander with a relic blade, arty armour and a bike (though if I choose to go up to 1500pts she’ll be counted as kharn and twilight sparkle will be promoted to a libby on a bike). And finally the land speeders will be counting as land speeders ^_-
So, here’s a pic of the herd (updated pic first):
And here’s my commander, all ready to be primed and painted (I’ll be giving her a pair shades when I get some more plasticard, to make her 20% cooler ):
Here’s the army list so you can all know what to expect (it’s meant to be a fun list but I’m hoping I’ll get more wins than losses with it )
Space Marine Captain
-Space Marine Bike
-Relic Blade
-Artificer Armour
[180]
Bike Squad
-1 Additional Space Marine bike
-2 Meltaguns
-Attack Bike
-Multimelta
[185]
Bike Squad
-1 Additional Space Marine bike
-2 Plasmaguns
-Attack Bike
-Multimelta
[195]
Bike Squad
-1 Additional Space Marine bike
-Meltabombs
-2 Flamers
-Attack Bike
[170]
Land Speeder Squadron
-Land Speeder Typhoon
[90]
Land Speeder Squadron
-Land Speeder Typhoon
[90]
Land Speeder Squadron
-Land Speeder Typhoon
[90]
[1000]
On a final note, any hate will be met with tolerance, love, cuddles and pictures of ponies along with the advice of growing a sense of humour
DPBellathrom wrote:
On a final note, any hate will be met with tolerance, love, cuddles and pictures of ponies along with the advice of growing a sense of humour
I totally want to get my hands on those brilliant mini-ponies with the sculpted manes (seriously, click my pinkie pie sig, I've written an army list for them!), but they are so hard to find in the UK.
For the landspeeders, how about using the Princess Celestia models?
There's one you can get in the same style as the blind bag g4 ponies, and it's about dreadnought-sized in comparison to the rest of them.
scarletsquig: I know your pain about finding those, took me ages to track them down on ebay (well, ones didnt cost a fortune :( ) :3. It would be pretty cool to have celestia as speeders though I've already got 3 of them :/ but they will have rainbows over them so they'll fit XD though I do like the idea of having her as a dreadnought (might have to find a place for here....and a pony drop pod ) BTW I love your sig
When I read the title I thought: No matter how pissed off people will be, I must write:
My little Space Marine
I used to wonder what battle could be
My little Space Marine
Until you shared your bolter with me
Big Tanks, tons of guns, a beautiful armor faithful and strong
Sharing honor, it's an easy feat and the Emperor makes it all complete!
Oh my little Space Marine
Don't you know you are my very best battle brother!
Seeing how this thread then actually was about ponies, it is actually sort of appropriate. Cool stuff man!
Brohoof
When I read the title I thought: No matter how pissed off people will be, I must write:
My little Space Marine
I used to wonder what battle could be
My little Space Marine
Until you shared your bolter with me
Big Tanks, tons of guns, a beautiful armor faithful and strong
Sharing honor, it's an easy feat and the Emperor makes it all complete!
Oh my little Space Marine
Don't you know you are my very best battle brother!
thats sooo awesome /)^3^(\ I need that on a banner XD
thanks alot ^_^ / ]*[ \
I got them from the MLP collection and gift set ^_^ their the G4 blind bag ponies IIRC the random ones are so,e hasbro only ones that came with the set, their still awesome though XD
Wow. Out.Farking.Standing. I love it!
I'm anxious to see if power armor can make even MLP grimdark.
lol, thanks man ^_^
I hope so lol or maybe I can make 40K a little less grimdark XD each choice is good
I must admit I was very dubious when I saw the first image and then I saw the one with the sculpted power armour and was very impressed, you pulled it off very well.
Looking forward to seeing her painted and the rest of the crew done up ready for a canter onto the battlefield.
So, got dash about 90% painted, still got the base and the chapter badge on her knee to do but other than that she’s done ^_^ (I chose ultramarine colour scheme as A: I quite like the colours and their badge is a upside down horseshoe and B annoying smurf fanboys is funny )
And a few close ups ^_^
So, I’ll be finishing the base off tonight and starting either one of the other five ponies tomorrow ^_^
gha it is so awsome that if you dont do request that i can buy off from you then i will have a rarity drama queen moment also i vote Twilight for next pony (or pinkie) as she is the best pony
That said, I think you need to do something more with both the landspeeders, and the attack bikes. I just think they could possibly be ... more developed. (I can hear the commisar ponies knocking at my door now that I've said that).
yeah, but in all seriousness, the attack bikes can't just be ponies on larger bases, at least not in my opinion. Firstly, the only thing distinguishing them would be the larger base, it just doesn't seem right. And secondly. why waste the opprtunity to add in a bunch of extra unique-pony-goodness? Why not do ponies with wings as the attack bikes? it just seems that something like that would be more special than just "more ponies" (argh! how can I be saying this!!! "just more ponies", what is WRONG with me?)
anyway, with the land speeders, you can't have them too marine-y. obviously I'm guessing that ur having ponies driving them (if you're not, then HERESY!) but you should have something "extra" to make it slightly more themed. I dont know what, something like insignia's (like the forgeworld themed rhino doors, but PONY insignia)
Just thought I'd leave you with something awesome:
walker90234: well the speeders will be boxed up and painted in rainbow dash colours (seeing as the theme is ponies with/in marine gear it fits ) ^_^ as for attack bikes, they'll have more armour and stuff to make them stand out
KillerSkivil: that they are XD
emperor bacon: lol, all in good time XD once exams are out of the way I'll see about ^_^ though twilight is indeed next to be converted
not too much to update tonight, dashy is 100% done but its late so I'll post pics tomorrow. got the landspeeders bought and built but their just grey plastic so not much to show XD I'll start work on twilight tomorrow and post a few pics ^_^
Swara, that’s a very fitting pic for this update XD
Got some more work done today (on twilight, as pinkie promised. she's about a third done, just got the other side and flank armour to do). Thankfully I getting quicker at doing these sculpts so by the end of this squad it shouldn’t take me too long to do the rest….or at least that’s the plan ^_^
And as promised, here’re the finished pics of dashy
But on a serious note, we accept your prognosis of this and deem you a troll. All further posts by should be ignored, i hope my Brony friends here share my opinion.
This is so many layers of awesome... Looking forward to more, more, more!
One comment, the colors on Dash's armor seem a little washed out. I imagine them as brighter, and my ultramarines blue is really BLUE. Is this the photo, or did you tone the colors down a bit? Whatever works for you, is all good, but wanting to know!
Are you going to do anything with Spike? He is best pony, uh, dragon!
Edit - to correct what I said to be the correct thing.
Gymnogyps: the blue is regal blue mixed with boltgun metal and an asurman blue wash, it looks better in person (its all shiney XD) not sure if I can do anythibng with spike just yet but if I find a good model for him I'm sure I'll be able to do something lol
Tech Guard: saddly with the unicorns I cant do any head blades but I'll do pinkie pie next to make up for it
The glass ninja: *squeeee* thats soooo awesome /)^3^(\
Damn. Some of you "Bronys" are so defensive. So someone doesn't get the whole "pony theme". Chill. The OP made a 40k army out of My Little Pony toys. I'm sure he expected it to be at least a little controversial and get some trollish comments. That's some of the point to doing it. Making a pony army is almost trolling in itself; having a bunch of rainbow ponies in armour in an exceedingly grimdark game? Trolling.
That said, I think it's quite nicely done trolling. I won't bro-hoof but I will commend you, OP. You've put quite the effort into converting an innovative take on counts-as rules.
TheCaptain wrote:Damn. Some of you "Bronys" are so defensive. So someone doesn't get the whole "pony theme". Chill. The OP made a 40k army out of My Little Pony toys. I'm sure he expected it to be at least a little controversial and get some trollish comments. That's some of the point to doing it. Making a pony army is almost trolling in itself; having a bunch of rainbow ponies in armour in an exceedingly grimdark game? Trolling.
That said, I think it's quite nicely done trolling. I won't bro-hoof but I will commend you, OP. You've put quite the effort into converting an innovative take on counts-as rules.
This is just simply brilliant! Sure... its not all that grimdark, its more like grimbrightness, but who the heck could look at this and not recognize the work and the love put in.
But say... Is there any chance you could post that there horsey next to a regular model for size comparison? Just so us non-pony lovers get the idea of how big these critters are?
Will there be a unit of Ultralovers ridden by carebears as well??
TheCaptain wrote:Damn. Some of you "Bronys" are so defensive. So someone doesn't get the whole "pony theme". Chill. The OP made a 40k army out of My Little Pony toys. I'm sure he expected it to be at least a little controversial and get some trollish comments. That's some of the point to doing it. Making a pony army is almost trolling in itself; having a bunch of rainbow ponies in armour in an exceedingly grimdark game? Trolling.
That said, I think it's quite nicely done trolling. I won't bro-hoof but I will commend you, OP. You've put quite the effort into converting an innovative take on counts-as rules.
You have to realize why we are so defensive, on the main MLP thread we took allot of flak, several pages consisting of nothing but troll comments. Simply, our motto is 'don't like? Stay out.' The trolling was so bad, we where accused of stuff like pedophilia and other things. Read the other thread and you'll understand.
at first i thought well... but then i saw your pics on the other thread about proxies...then i just had to take a look... i really like your work... also the paintjob is quite good and all around i likemthe theme now...even if i am not a fan... but you really bring on the humorous side of the project! one thing that i don´t understand tho... on your first finsihed mini you had the bolpistol without the grip...? intentional? because if they use other weaponry... they sure can´t pull the trigger with thee hoofkins...but i guess this is just a sidepun... so i would suggest letting the guns complete... there is little chance that you could make guns look as if a pony could use them ...so i would suggest just skiping that conversion part...
other than that i hope that this project will see lots of updates... it is truly unique!
vik
by the way... that sculpting of yours is really good!
The other day I saw MLP figures in Happy Meal and thought about some 40k conversions... And than I stumble apon this... Man, this is so awesome! Keep it up!
Pretty awesome army. I did notice though you put the God-Empress Celestia. It has recently come to my attention that the God-Empress is actually Saint Kathrine, the Emperor's only Daughter.
When this happened... I have no clue. The same way he suddenly had 21 sons instead of 20 I guess.
Oh, and in the near future, I wish for my Imperial Fists to fight them. I will smite your ponies in the name of Dorn!!!
Good progress on this project man Though concerning some of the posts here, I haven't really seen any overly defensive bronies or too many trolls for that matter. Most people seem to be pretty mature about this whole thing
Can't wait for the next battle pony, keep up the good work!
Centurionpainting wrote:Yeah......hey can someone please clue me in on the "My Little Pony" thing?
I'm not flaming but I don't get the obsession some people have with the little girl dolls? Is it because they're cute?
Maybe it's a generational thing. Tell me why.
The show is written by the same people that did Foster's Home and I believe Powerpuff girls. If you've watched those you'll understand on how much "adult" humor you can fit into a show. Not the bad kind of adult humor, the semi innocent stuff that kids won't get, but the parents will.
That being said, I also watch it because of the cuteness and well written stories. I have no issue admitting that among all the dark and evil stuff I read and watch, I like a bit of cuteness on the side.
Bronies are guys that like the show for what it is and aren't ashamed to admit it. I'm married and my wife watches with me and my friends couldn't care less (though some of them have been welcomed into the Herd.)
With this, let's please let the thread go back to the OP. This is a blog after all. If you need more information, read the 97 page thread in OT about MLP. Thank you all.
Viktor von Domm wrote:at first i thought well... but then i saw your pics on the other thread about proxies...then i just had to take a look... i really like your work... also the paint-job is quite good and all around i like the theme now...even if i am not a fan... but you really bring on the humorous side of the project! one thing that i don´t understand tho... on your first finished mini you had the boltpistol without the grip...? intentional? because if they use other weaponry... they sure can´t pull the trigger with thee hoofkins...but i guess this is just a sidepun... so i would suggest letting the guns complete... there is little chance that you could make guns look as if a pony could use them ...so i would suggest just skipping that conversion part...
other than that i hope that this project will see lots of updates... it is truly unique!
vik
by the way... that sculpting of yours is really good!
The Boltgun thing is a sort of mounted gun, strapped to the armour- a battle-saddle, if you will. Unicorns are the only ones that have the fine-manipulation necessary to pull a trigger on a standard human gun (with their telekinesis magic) so most ponies use specially made harnesses for this sort of thing. The members of the Adeptus Equus connect to their holy Bolters through the Black Carapace in their Power Barding.
Though there should be a second Bolter on the other side- Bikes have them twin-linked.
wretrop wrote:Wow... I can't believe this is a thing... I mean... you pull it off, and I definitely approve of the whimsy...
But MLP?
How is that a thing!?
It is a thing very well. Watch the show- you'll probably enjoy it.
thanks for the kind words guys, bro hoofs all round /)*(\ ^_^
yeah, anvildudes right about how the guns work ^_^ (I agree there should be two but oh well :3)
MauS: sure, I'll throw a pic up for you. I know someone who's interested in doing a un-care bear army to count as death wing, if he ever does it I'll post a few pics lol
so as you can see, their about the right size for bikers lol
going to see if I can get twilight finished in a bit, pics will be a commin ^_^
This post is criticism on the entire concept behind this army being posted on DakkaDakka. I take umbrage with it for a simple reason, this is not the proper forum for an art project such as this.
I think you should lock this thread and move the pictures and "army" progress to a more suitable message board. At the very least, you could just post your updates in the proper off topic MLP thread thats already established here on DakkaDakka, or make a new one just for projects such as these. I'm sure there are many adult MLP message boards that would more fully appreciate this project.
I would like to take a few lines to explain why I feel so. I have nothing against ponies, bronies, or really any other type of fandom. A few years back, I made an Elsa Lanchester Bride of Frankenstein MLP for my girlfriend at the time. (this was before the current MLP craze.) Fast forward to last December. Pony craze was taking off, and a friends' kids saw pictures of the pony I had made. For Christmas, the two girls wanted a make-your-own-pony party. I love doing arts and crafts with kids, so I agreed. knowing that the two boys would want to join in once we started working on them (along with the oldest sisters' boyfriend who was being made to participate,) I made sure to buy plenty of ponies for everyone. (I cleared out Walmart, to the chagrin of the stockman.)
A few days after christmas, I gathered all my sculpting, painting, and art supplies together and went to the party. I don't really care for the show, but we watched MLP all day. I sculpted or helped them sculpt anything they wanted and helped them paint ponies. We didn't get finished in time. so I had to come back the next weekend. A good time was had by all, and the boyfriend of the oldest found out he has a knack for painting. (getting him into Warhammer also came out of this.)
Between all of us we made an Assasin's Creed Ezio, a cthulu, A zombie pony, a Dovahkiin with iron helmet, Derpy hooves, a Rainbow Dash in the costume she designed (from the fashion show episode) complete with helmet, And a Headless Horseman.
So what does this have to do with my point? This is not the forum to show off those pieces, so I have not made a thread about them even though it involved miniature painting/sculpting. I also make movie props for a living. not only are they nerd-related, they're really cool looking. I don't post them here, because this is a forum for Wargaming. (except a rotten turkey, but that was once and a Mod moved it within a day, haha.) I also make dead bodies and do gore make-up, Also awesome but not Wargame related so I don't post them here.
I don't care what you watch, what you do, what TV shows you enjoy, what you thought of the latest blockbuster, or how your local team is doing unless it has to do with Wargaming. If I did, I would go to a public or private forum for any of these topics, and read/post about them there. I have different message boards for all my hobbies, and I keep them separate. Why? because other makeup artists don't care about props. because other prop makers don't care about Orks. I'm not angry at them for not liking the same things. Hell, the topic may even come up, but I don't intentionally start threads and discussion that is off topic from where I'm posting.
This is a message board for miniature Wargaming, and I think you're trying to shoehorn something that has nothing to do with miniatures or wargaming into this message board. There are many gray lines to what is miniature and model related, but this project clearly stems from your fandom of MLP, and not Warhammer 40k.
I request that you close the thread, or ask a Mod to move it to off topic if you really feel it adds to DakkaDakka as a whole.
Viktor von Domm wrote:at first i thought well... but then i saw your pics on the other thread about proxies...then i just had to take a look... i really like your work... also the paint-job is quite good and all around i like the theme now...even if i am not a fan... but you really bring on the humorous side of the project! one thing that i don´t understand tho... on your first finished mini you had the boltpistol without the grip...? intentional? because if they use other weaponry... they sure can´t pull the trigger with thee hoofkins...but i guess this is just a sidepun... so i would suggest letting the guns complete... there is little chance that you could make guns look as if a pony could use them ...so i would suggest just skipping that conversion part...
other than that i hope that this project will see lots of updates... it is truly unique!
vik
by the way... that sculpting of yours is really good!
The Boltgun thing is a sort of mounted gun, strapped to the armour- a battle-saddle, if you will. Unicorns are the only ones that have the fine-manipulation necessary to pull a trigger on a standard human gun (with their telekinesis magic) so most ponies use specially made harnesses for this sort of thing. The members of the Adeptus Equus connect to their holy Bolters through the Black Carapace in their Power Barding.
Though there should be a second Bolter on the other side- Bikes have them twin-linked.
seriously... is that something you made up or the supposed to be fluff...i know nothing about MLP and i like this stuff here and would be in the knowing^^
@pox- well, a well rationaled and reasoned post. I believe the reason it's on here, however, is that this army is not only meant as a showcase of artistic skill and sculpting/painting, but will be used on the tabletop as a 'counts-as' Marine Biker army- in other words, this is no different than, say, sprue-crons, or those armies that are created for Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 using Mantic, Chapterhouse or Privateer Press models- this one's just using Hasbro miniatures as the basis.
Viktor von Domm wrote:
seriously... is that something you made up or the supposed to be fluff...i know nothing about MLP and i like this stuff here and would be in the knowing^^
thanks mate!
It's actually something from different fluff. If you've ever played the Fallout series, well, there's a Pony fanfiction called Fallout:Equestria, that incorporates Battle-Saddles for heavy weapons and power-armour. That's where I got the term. The double-bolter thing is just because of the twin-linkage.
bloodaxegit: I like the idea XD if I get a chance to include a chappy then will
pox: well, I'm sorry you feel that way but this is a topic about me sculpting space marine ponies that will count as bikers in a 1000pts army list. The ones that you made are quite rightly not on this forum as they have nothing to do with 40K, warhammer or even wargaming, these however are, as I've said, counts as/proxy models used for my 1000pts MLp themed SM bike army. So I shall not be asking mods to close this topic, nor will I be closing it myself.
now, back to modeling an army to play wargames with that is based on one of the games factions I've almost finished twilight. just got to add banding around the back hoofs and add weapons, any other plastic bits. here she is so far ^_^
this side got a little messy but I'm sure its fixable lol
Anvildude wrote:@pox- well, a well rationaled and reasoned post. I believe the reason it's on here, however, is that this army is not only meant as a showcase of artistic skill and sculpting/painting, but will be used on the tabletop as a 'counts-as' Marine Biker army- in other words, this is no different than, say, sprue-crons, or those armies that are created for Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 using Mantic, Chapterhouse or Privateer Press models- this one's just using Hasbro miniatures as the basis.
Viktor von Domm wrote:
seriously... is that something you made up or the supposed to be fluff...i know nothing about MLP and i like this stuff here and would be in the knowing^^
thanks mate!
It's actually something from different fluff. If you've ever played the Fallout series, well, there's a Pony fanfiction called Fallout:Equestria, that incorporates Battle-Saddles for heavy weapons and power-armour. That's where I got the term. The double-bolter thing is just because of the twin-linkage.
tho yes i played all old stuff of the fallout series...not the new 3D stuff tho... but that mod never came near me... but that sounds like fun...
and yep... for biker relation ...definatly twin bolters...
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as i just realized... your first finished MLP in armor...you didn´t paint the face and tail? why so? i think your skill would be a zillion times better than the stuff the machine or poor kid did on the model...i think i would love to see a completely painted powerpony by you!
@Pox.. what can we say that we haven't already? Don't want to see it? Then don't open the thread.
OT: For my Nurgle army my bikes are plague marines on horses. For the bolters I just strapped 2 of them together.. but maybe you could affix 1 on each side with some strapping? Like a saddle for guns. : P
@Pox. You are one of the few to make a rational and polite post about MLP. As my friends above and the creator of the pony's has stated, this is an army, for play. I believe you wanted them as whitescars DPB? But anyway, this has been stated, your belief that this is not wargaming is accepted and tolerated but not shared. This is valid to the community as the pony's are for use in game.
THE AWSOMENESS IS SO CUTE SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE *ded*
ok as long as i get +4 i may be able to survive all the updates and cant wait to see the helmets just missing now is fluttershy with an assault cannon and pinkie as a master of the forge and il die happy right here in the chair (i may miss the role and get 2 or 1
haven't been able to do any work today (apparently I have to get 750pts of wood elves painted if I want to compete in the knockout tourny at my LGS) though I will be doing more work tomorrow (going to see if I can get pinkie pie done in one go :3)
I bought some Bloodcrushers of Khorn, gonna paint them up MLP style with cutie marks. I would love to play a game against ya. =D Keep up the good work.
By the way, if you need another source for these, I've just found out that Tesco are now selling these mini-ponies... £5 for a 4-pack (which if the internet is accurate contains all of the mane 6 except applejack and fluttershy), or £2 for a single blister pack containing one pony (all ponies except fluttershy). I can finally get my kings of war list on to the tabletop, for less than £10! Cheapest army ever.
So.. they don't sell Fluttershy, but she is the same sculpt as rainbow dash anyway, so it's just a matter of getting a second rainbow dash to repaint.
I think it's only the big stores that sell them as well, so I'll probably be ordering them online and getting strange looks from the deliveryman when I check that my request for applejack and rainbow dash blisters were carried out correctly.
thanks for the heads up man ^_^ should be off to tesco within the next week for food so I'll be sure to pick up any that I see (1500pts here I come /)^3^(\
/)*(\
thinking about it.... I should do some ponyhammer stuff tonight *looks over at twilight and paint set*
whilst these images seem to be ripped from the deepest darkest corners of my imagination, both terrifying and repulsive, I can't help but applaud the originality, creativity and quality of your work. Kudos!
Haven't read the thread to thoroughly, but is there plans for a 'my little dreadnaught'?
I'd actually be rather interested in that. It'd have to be a sort of 'tauric Dred, maybe on a Chariot base instead of a Dred base. Could use some DreadKnight feet to good effect, though.
just got home so work on pinkie pie begins now ^_^
also, I'm planning to make a pinkie pie party cannon to count as a TFC....any one know where I can get a cartoony cannon from :?
Walk through almost any toy section of a super market. Also keep in mind, toy dump / cement trucks, faucet fixtures, door handles, wooden blocks at the local craft store. Curtain rods (the ends), pot handles.
walker90234 wrote:is it just me, or do we need some chaos ponies to fight with after this army is finished?
Working on 3 bloodcrushers just for that reason. Will link to their WIP later. Was thinking of doing a Celestia, Twilight, and Pinkie Pie bloodcrushers. though I'm open to opinions.
EDIT: oooo DJ Pon as a noise marine =D
@DPBellathrom, any set in stone plans for some of the back ground characters?
It's not just the theme, it's the theme being extremely competently done. I've seen some 'lol grimdark ponies' that were obviously done haphazardly or by a bored troll. I don't see that here at all.
The love of the ponies, the love of the art, the love of the game, they're all here. You are doing something special, and I hope you keep going.
Now into brony mode: Banner needs to by Fluttershy smiting a Khorne-ified bear!
any set in stone plans for some of the back ground characters?
back ground as in back ground ponies? if so then derpy will be in there some where (maybe as a sarge or as a flamer so she cant miss XD), trixie will be my libby at 1500-1750 pts (was gonna be twilight but I'd feel wrong about having two of the same ponies in the army though I can get away with pinkie as she seems to be able to bend the laws of normality lol)
not sure what to have luna as. she's such an awesome character but I cant think where to put her :3
Coming along well! Nice to see your army of space ponies evolving so well Keep up the good work!
ps: Off topic, sorry, but anyone know if the new ep is gonna air this weekend as usual or next?
Edit:Thanks The Glass Ninja! I wouldn't have expected such a large brony demographic on Dakka^^
for every post there is a new happy momment also are you going for pinkie as a master of the forge or a techmarine since if i remmember right a motf can be on a bike while having a conversion beamer AKA the party cannon and if i recall this right she will aslo have a +5 inv save that can be the pinkie senses but ceep up the good work so enjoying thes more then my normal space marine vesrion on them (each of their names is latin for the caracters name )
she'll end up being an apothecary in the command squad but for now she's just a sarge (due to flutterrage :3)
I like the idea of pinkie being a MotF but I've never really seen the point in conversion beamers :/
the idea of the CMC being scout bikers is a good idea, I'll have to see if I can find some good models ^_^
no updates today guys seeing as, like a hobby pro, I've cut my thumb open and thus cant work with GS without the cut opening again :( though work will resume by tomorrow ^_^
bloodaxegit wrote:Oh my goodness, there are so many possibilities!
Derpy's Delivery van- Stormraven
Cutie mark crusaders- Death company (If we throw ourselves into battle, we'll be sure to earn our cutie marks!)
Apple bucking- Two powerfists/ dreadnaught cc weapons
Derpy in a stormraven...she did have the moving van in the episode "feeling pinkie keen". that just seems so...right.
You could name a Dread "Bloomberg" (appleoosa episode) and paint it up with Apple Jacks colors.
Dont know about the CMC, scout bikers seems the best idea so far to me (scootoloo gonna scoot).
I like the idea of pinkie being a MotF but I've never really seen the point in conversion beamers :/
1. its the only way you will have the party cannon if you are making a biker army with "only" bikes
2. like anvil said its the same randomness as pinkie
3. she will hit anything as she is everiwhere
4. its the bane of any shoty and armored army having s10 ap1 on full range and blast making it possible to take 2-3 tanks or elites that dosent have a inv save
and there was more points to why you should get it but i forgot them but general its awsome
This thread is so cool that I'm going to look for all the MLP episodes on Youtube and watch them in secret....
This work is so cool!
*five minutes later*
Aaargh!!! I couldn't do it!
I was about to watch 'Friendship is Magic' episode 1, and my mind literally had a war with my heart. I have a headache and I feel drained (no lie). I know that I'm self-conscious, but this? WHY CAN'T I WATCH MY LITTLE PONY WITHOUT HAVING A MENTAL CRISIS???!!!!
Lord of Timbraxia: go on....do it..... you'll like it
wooooo!!! legit update time :'D
so, I've got pinkie done (well, no paint and she stll needs a flamer but but will come tomorrow....I hope) and I also started work on AJ. Any thoughts on if a SoBstyle rebreather (like the MM one has) would look good on her seeing as she'll be a MM attack bike :?
Here's something that'll help you. Did you enjoy the Powerpuff Girls? Did you enjoy Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends? Lauren Faust, the driving force behind the new MLP, was also the creative force behind those shows, too.
Also, it has within it something of a cross between Animaniacs, Looney Tunes, and, well, 80's cartoons.
Not to mention, you have weight of numbers behind you. There's enough Bronies that it's pretty much a full-fledged subculture. Obama's supposedly watched it, and even Stephen Colbert gave a shoutout to Bronies. It's a Family cartoon, not a children's cartoon.
I was gonna use MLPs as thunderwolf cavalry in my Pretty Marines chapter of Space Wolves called Space Fawkses. But I traded them away and I'm so happy to see someone do it (even better than I would have).
Okay... I want to say this 'Bronies' business is deeply disturbing but i'm having trouble placing y'all as social miscreants. I am intrigued though, a little scared even...
As for your army, i've always had a soft spot for toy cutting. Very nice! May i suggest 40k cavalry bases instead of Fantasy ones? Because if a jobs worth doing, it's worth doing well.
emperor bacon: well, this is a biker army so she kind of had to be a biker :3 I might be going but I'll be starting uni round about then so I'm not sure I'll be able to go :/
LostSoulCasey'sLaw: no you may not as those cost money
I think there was a pic up a while back with AJ in Termie armour- don't worry about bulking the body parts or the hooves up too much- they're ponies, they can handle the weight, and don't rely on flexibility as much as us bipeds. Though the cast hair might actually be a little difficult to work around if you can't flex it too much.
Actually, are they made of a material that you can bend and cut easily? They seem sort of rubbery from looking at them.
Surely we could band together and send you some... I have a few
Its ok ^_^ I have a ton of round bases I can chop up like Anvildude suggested. Thanks for the offer though
Kay, you might be best making one perfect base and using Oyumaru to get a load of green stuff casts. You get can an endless supply for 8 sterling, inc p&p, and i'm sure you've got green stuff.
DPBellathrom wrote:Still, working out how to make the armour a bit heavier but I’m sure I’ll figure something out :3
In the past i've found that the best way to add bulk is raised detail. If you added some more trim and Space Marine armour details then you might be surprised how much more solid it looks. You could also add some sort of backpack style respirator/power pack, it will add weight and it will also look badass. Again i'd suggest making a perfect master copy and casting loads with Oyumaru.
RedIronGames wrote:Actually, are they made of a material that you can bend and cut easily? They seem sort of rubbery from looking at them.
Looks like a hard plastic to me. For the life of me i don't seem to be able to track down what they are made of online. It should say it on the bag or box that they came in. I did find some info saying the G4 models are 12grams which suggests a hard plastic and it's doubtful that they would be hollow at twelve grams. Hmm, that could be a blessing in disguise though. It means they will be easy to cut with a jewelers saw and file down, i'd wear a mask/respirator if you can't find out what they are made of though.
Anywho, DP: if i was going to take my first, cautious, steps into the world of brony, how would you suggest i go about that?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Update: Watched episode 1. Nightmare Moon is epic.
I am definitely going to watch this. You've made a great job so far, though I am wondering a bit why you didn't sand the bases before painting them (I assume you basecoat?).
Oh, and make sure to include a power hoof. Please.
Now:
Spoiler:
During the Age of Strife, warpstorms, alien invasion and civil war tore apart the galaxy-spanning dominion of Ponykind, isolating worlds from each other, leading to their technological decline and leaving the vulnerable to attack. When the Empress revealed herself on Equestria to embark on her quest to reunify scattered Ponykind, it was at the head of an army of altered super-warriors - the predecessors of the Space Mares. With the conquest of the steppe techno-villagers, and the other families paying homage to the Empress, the savious of Ponykind turned her eyes to the distant stars.
Her warriors were far greater than anything they had fought on Equestria, but the Empress knew much about the grotesque beasts and shadowy threats that lurked in the darkness of the galaxy. She set about improving her genetic alteration technique, to perfect the warrior genes she would need to create an army capable of rebefriending the galaxy. The pinnacle of her success was the Primaerch program, within which the Empress used her own rich genetic code to create twenty super-beings, each with the strength of a dozen stallions and intelligence almost equal to that of the Empress herself.
At the Empress' moment of triumph, disaster struck. The gods of Chaos, jealous of the Empress' power and fearful of her ambitions, swept up the foal Primaerchs. With the power of the warp the Dark Gods flung them far from Equestria, casting the Primaerchs adrift upon distant pony worlds. Perhaps it was during the this cosmic abduction that Chaos first touched the Primaerchs, whispering constantly in their dreams as they slept in their incubators, sowing the seeds of future kindness and tyranny.
Not all was lost ith the dissappearance of the Primaerchs. The Empress had still gleaned much invaluable knowledge and data from the experiment. Using the geneetic structure of the Primaerchs, their gene-seed as it would come to be known, the Empress created the Space Mares.
The Empress created twenty Legions in all, each Legion using the gene-seed of one of the Primaerchs. Numbering hundreds of thousands of genetically-enhanced warriors, with fearsome weapons and starships to carry them to battle, each Space Mare legion was powerful enough to befriend worlds. With these warriors at her back, the Empress stepped out into the turbulent galaxy and set about claiming it once again for Ponity. It was the beginning of the campaign that would be known as the Great Crusade.
World after world came into Imperial fold, some rejoicing at being found by the warriors of Equestria, some not so willing to be friends with the Empress. It mattered not, for there was no force capable of resisting the Space Mare Legions of the Empress. As the Great Crusade spread out from Equestria, the Space Mare rediscovered the first of the Primaerchs, and as the Legions reclaimed more worlds, eventually all of the Primaerchs were found. Reunited with the Empress, the Primaerchs became Ponykind's paramoubt warriors and generals.
Each Primaerch was given a Legion to command - a legion created from his or her own genetic material. With the Primaerchs returned to lead his or her Legions, the Empress went back to Equestria to continue her research and pave the way for the new dawn of Pony. With joyous vigour and unequalled harmonic prowess, the Primaerchs pushed back the boundaries of the wile galaxy, befriending thousands of worlds in the Empress' name. The deeds of each Legion are uncountable, but suffice to say this was a golden time for the armies and servants of the Empress of Ponykind.
Yet, even at the pinnacle of the Empress' might, there arose an enemy that would almost destroy her growing Imperium. Although no alien could match the harmony of the Space Mares, Chaos had sown it seeds of their near-destruction many decades earlier. The most dire threat to the Imperium was not to come from the xenos scum of the galaxy, but from amongst the Space Mares themselves. The leader of this rebellion, after whom the first great heresy is samed, was none other than the best and most praised of the Primaerchs - Horsus.
well if you know you are going tell me i so want to have a fight agienst yours and my 3rd Raptor company (1000P i like my battles small ) also this is a commen thing when it comes to AJ as a BBP (i have them all but her ) will you be making the hat or a special made one like a more 40kish version of it or give her a half looking helmet or bionic?
Saintspirit: awesome fluff dude ^_^ though I do sand them :? right before an undercoat of chaos black. I'll add a power hoof when I get points to spare
emperor bacon: she will have her hat yes, I think I have an old toy one that is the right size for her and yeah, if I'm going I'll be sure to tell you
LostSoulCasey'sLaw: thanks for all the ideas, was a big help ^_^ I'm getting some instant mold in a few days along with a feth ton of GS (though I might end up using some kind of resin) so I'll have all the bases I need best way to get into MLP is to throw yourself in at ep:1 (which I see you've done, welcome to the herd )
RedIronGames wrote: I have no idea what their made of but they are pretty bendy. my guess would be something like PVC
no real update to speak of tonight guys, I'll try to get pinkie painted but its been a long day (got home like an hour ago :3) but by the end of the week there should be three compleated ponies
DPBellathrom wrote:LostSoulCasey'sLaw: thanks for all the ideas, was a big help ^_^ I'm getting some instant mold in a few days along with a feth ton of GS (though I might end up using some kind of resin) so I'll have all the bases I need best way to get into MLP is to throw yourself in at ep:1 (which I see you've done, welcome to the herd )
Good man! Glad i could help. Yeh i watched episode one and thought it was okay but not great...
Then i watched twelve more episodes and had a dream i was a pony.
I think that might make me a qualified brony and i believe that calls for my first brohoof: So who's going to give me some keratin coated love? /)...
DPBellathrom wrote:LostSoulCasey'sLaw: thanks for all the ideas, was a big help ^_^ I'm getting some instant mold in a few days along with a feth ton of GS (though I might end up using some kind of resin) so I'll have all the bases I need best way to get into MLP is to throw yourself in at ep:1 (which I see you've done, welcome to the herd )
Good man! Glad i could help. Yeh i watched episode one and thought it was okay but not great...
Then i watched twelve more episodes and had a dream i was a pony.
I think that might make me a qualified brony and i believe that calls for my first brohoof: So who's going to give me some keratin coated love? /)...
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Yeah, after you watch some episodes, something clicks and you become a Brony In retrospect i love the second episode too, because it has Luna in it :3 But at first it was "not bad, lets see the next one"
Yeh the second episode is much better but stories with good lore tend to start a bit slow to be fair. You need a short period of time to get up to speed before it can get awesome.
-Star Wars starts with rolling introduction text.
-I wouldn't start reading about the Illuminati or the Star Child before i knew what grim dark was and what was going on in the 40k universe.
-You don't know about the characters when you read the first chapter of War and Peace.
...Okay so those three are well out of MLPs league but you get the idea.
Also, i find that MLP reminds me of watch the first series of Pokemon. Its got the same vibe, immature but great lore so it has masses of potential.
In Britain(And loads of other countries), people watch soap operas at night to chill out. I think MLP and Pokemon have a very similar effect on adults, we just need to open our minds a bit.
LostSoulCasey'sLaw: welcome to the herd man ^_^ /)
I know the feeling, I started off on ep 1 like you:
ep1: meh, its pretty good, I can see what all the fuss is about, might as well watch ep 2
ep2: hey this is pretty good, I wonder what ep 3's like
ep3-what ever episode where up to now: HOLY GAK THIS IS SOOOOOO AWESOME /)^3^(\
so, 18" of GS came through the door today along with 6 strips on instant mold.....
LostSoulCasey'sLaw wrote:Yeh i watched episode one and thought it was okay but not great...
Then i watched twelve more episodes and had a dream i was a pony.
The more I reread this, the more I can't help but think of Gaiman's "The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch" in which the young demon tries to explain to the old one that a freeway which forms the name of Satan will bring about more evil simply because it will be repeated several times until everyone succumbs to it.
AS for the ACTUAL thread, I’m loving it, not because it’s ponies, but because it’s WORK. I hear ‘Pony Counts-As Army’ and I expect fresh from the package ponies glued to a base and called good enough. Seen a couple of those actually. But the level of detail and conversion here WAY outweighs what you’re sculpting them on. I’d like to see a normal player spend this much time per model putting his bikes together.
LostSoulCasey'sLaw wrote: Yeh i watched episode one and thought it was okay but not great...
Then i watched twelve more episodes and had a dream i was a pony.
I think that might make me a qualified brony and i believe that calls for my first brohoof: So who's going to give me some keratin coated love? /)...
This has actually happened quite allot, people who don't like the brony concept are converted. It's good to see it, allow me to bestow upon you, Brony LostSoulCasey'sLaw another brohoof!
Silly haters, don’t they know ponies turn hate into friendship and become even stronger ^.^
Wait…did I upset an ultra smurf player too….
anyway, thanks for all the kind words guys, really appreciate it also welcome to the herd Lord of Timbraxia
now, an update…..yay…..
so AJ is fully sculpted (she has a chainhorn now, forgot to add it before I took those pics -_-) TBH I think she looks ok without extra bulk, I’ll be making a pwiddy base though ^_^
And also I started re-sculpting fluttershy’s mane as hasbro are too lazy to do it themselves:
And finally pinkie is basecoated and WILL be painted tomorrow. And that’s a pinkie promise too!
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Begel Dverl: unfortunately I already have, this was my general response:
Spoiler:
spudkins: not at GW ones unfortunately though if there are any with lax rules on what I can uses as models I may have to
so, an update:
I did have to break my pinkie promise a little, she is about 75% painted but I don’t have any warlock purple for he mane so I’ll have to pick some up tomorrow. Other than that and her wargear/ base she’s done ^_^
Still working out the best way to do the other half of fluttershy, I’m afraid it might not end up being 100% true to the show but it’ll be pretty close
I wish people had a better sense of humor about this game. As an ork lover since 93, I don’t get why anyone would think this wasn't a great Idea. Keep it up because I want to see the full army shot!
Mornin'. Had to de-lurk to give you a Not too big a fan of MLP but I like the way you build yourself an Ultrahoof (is that what it is?) army!
Nice sculpting and painting. Looking forward to seeing the full army.
Pinkie Pie looks full of win! How's the cannon itself going? Also, don't know if this'll be any help, but if you needed CMC, I recently saw a Set which had scootaloo on roller skates. May be a bit too big for this scale though...
Looking good man! Great job. If i didn't have so many projects on the go i'd do one of my own and ask if you wanted to do a Great Marine Swap, maybe late this year or next year?
bloodaxegit: sounds good, do you have any pics/links to them? Still looking for a cannon but it’s kind of taken a back seat as I want to get the first 1000pts out of the way first then focus on expanding the force
Large(ish) update for you all ^_^
Finally finished pinkie ^.^
And also applejack (still need to find a hat though) ^_^
And I’ve even got the other half of fluttershys hair done
Still debating if I should remove the fringe or if I should leave it be (the safe option)
I'd say keep the fringe but build up between it and the rest of the mane that flows down... maybe?
Anvildude wrote:it's too bad Mareines don't have a Beastmaster or Runtherd-type option- Fluttershy would be perfect for that part.
Do they have an option like 'spiky bits'? i.e. plus one attack. You could represent it with lots of birds and creatures swarming around. Silly me, my codex is right here... Nah, count as flamer would be the best you could do for a swarm of creatures.
These are really great, but I can't help but notice derp eyes on everypony - not your fault, but it's slightly distracting. Nevertheless, awesome work, particularly loving the armour and weaponry. My only question is how a pony would hold a bolter.
Oh, and please stop mentioning Cupcakes guys. It's making me curious, and we all know what that killed...
I'm torn on the chainhorns, though, I think I'd do Chain or Power Hooves, and on Rainbow Dash, Power Wings.. We saw what the Wonderbolts did to Uber-Spike with theirs..
liquidjoshi, yeah know what you mean, though I cant seem to paint them right :/ though I suppose it'll be easy to do derpy XD as for the bolters their programmed into the armour and controlled by the black carapace (kind of like a servo harness)
Anvildude wrote and LostSoulCasey'sLaw: thats an awsome idea but I just cant think what to use it for (as I already have two flamers) :/ maybe master crafting CC weapons when their a command squad?
Are you going to repaint to eyes on AJ and Pinky to look like the earlier two? For some reason the half lid adjustment just seems to make them GrimDarker.
Are you going to give Rarity the prettiest armour? She would totes be the Master of the Forge or something!
Edit: To continue that line of thought... Rarity - Mistress of the Forge Fluttershy - Mistress of the Apothecarion Twilight Sparkle - Mistress of the Librarium Pinkie Pie - Mistress of Sanctity Rainbow Dash - Mistress of the Fleet Applejack - Regent of Equestria
Princess Luna - Chapter Mistress Princess Celestia - Chapter Mistress
Apple Bloom - Mistress of the Recruits Scootaloo - Mistress of the Recruits Sweetie Belle - Mistress of the Recruits
Lord of Timbraxia wrote:I'd think that Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Raibow Dash and derpy would be Primarchs...
Makes sense, i was seeing the army as a count as Space Marine Chapter rather than the entire Imperium. Both work.
Yeah, I'm thinking that's a little overboard, and REALLY extensive/expensive to Mod up. I'd stick to a Chapter of Ponies, with maybe a single Pony-Primarch (PonyMarch?)
On a vaguely related note, I found myself pricing out a Snork's Tau list the other day, because there's all this Pony goodness but the Xenos in me requires Fishies.
It could even be fluffy, the Gene Seed resulting in horrific mutations in aspirants, turning them into ponies.
It even fits with established fluff, as the chapters of the 2 lost primarchs were incorperated into the Ultramarines, and it's implied those 2 primarchs were removed due to some horrible deformity / mutation, it stands to reason their legacy (their geneseed) would carry the chance of that mutation.
One of the Primarchs was a pony. xD
They would have been slaughtered and wiped from the records but for the fact all are powerful psykers (able to pick up and fire guns with their mind and all...)
I think that is the best way to go as well. They haven't mentioned an appropriate historical character in the series to be Primarch or Emperor so just use one of the 'deleted' Primarchs. You wouldn't be able to field a Primarch anyway, far too powerful.
Or, if you absolutely must, make them non-Imperial forces... not exactly the case that during the Great Crusade only the Emperor's forces had access to power armour.
It's a joke and a bit of fun. We didn't see attempts to make Hello Kitty SoB fluffy (we didn't, did we?)
I think you mean canon more specifically than fluff but that's not the point: It is just for fun, it's a laugh to wind this story into the universe. Don't wet yourself Games Workshop aren't employing DPB to write the next rulebook. Hahaha!
Rarity in mk 5 heresy armor.... guess someone is gone betray them all anyways still loving what is coming only one thing that came to my mind evere tought about making somekind of servo-arms from necron arms and make more like a backpack that holds their weapons up a bit like AJ melta arm just a bit more longer also ideas poped up in my head of other wh40k ponies (and its better to show then hold them in ) so here they are
Lyra Heartstring= ordo xenos inquisitor (she wants to meet xenos with hands )
Spike in scout armor
Derpy AKA DItzy Doo= storm trooper with ze googely eyes (unmasked prefered)
Big Mac = bezerker of khorn Bonbon= slaneesh marine (idk why )
HOGZ (or porkz) IS DEMANDED IN MEGA ARMOR
somepony with assault cannon and heavybolter backpack (maby Octavia)
I think if we're going to fluff them *snickers* it'd be far easier it call it a Chaos Mutation that didn't go over to the other side. They got Warped, but are convinced Pony is the natural state for a Marine, and all the fleshy two legs are mutant abominations, I mean, all the Chaos Marines have just 2 legs, right?
I was actually thinking of a MLP 40k storyline. essentially, the Equestrian Empire is what the Imperium was in the 31st Millenium. 7 Legions of Mare-ines (or pony Marines or whatever), each led by one of the main characters (Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Derpy) as a Primarch (Pri-Mare?). I know that their were 18 discovered Legions, but I don't think that their are enough major MLP characters to get that number without getting too silly (I know, i know... I mean on a Matt Ward or Rob Cruddace scale!)
So, while the Imperium battles Orks, Tyranids and Chaos on the Eastern fringe and in the Galactic North, the Equestrian Imperium - led by it's seven legions - is beginning to culture-hug its way out of the far edge of the Segmentum Obscurus (Galactic west). That way i can engage myself in an interesting story, Marines can battle ponies, and the Doppelganger theory is put into effect (on a galactic scale in this case: 10 thousand years out, maybe so, but the Imperium and the Equestrian Empire are almost the same, but one is closer to what the other was).
I'd stick to that it's a rare 'flaw' of the geneseeds left from the XI Primarchs marines absorbed into the ultramarines. xD
Also found this:
Spoiler:
"The Ponyarch of the Thousand Mares, Trixie, was both Great and Powerful, and was the best at using magic among all her sisters and brethren. Trixie was unique among the Ponyarchs in that she remembered her origin and creation as a gene-daughter of the Empress - and had some sort of psychic communication with her mother even during her gestation. Trixie's development of tremendous magic talent may thus have been planned by the Empress, as an intentional attribute gained from her gene-stock.
Trixie thought she would be able to control the Great Ocean of psychic energy that was magic, however her prodigious and careless application of her psychic gifts eventually caused her to fall out of favour with her mother, the Empress, as well as with the majority of her sibling Ponyarchs. Her psychic immaturity, recklessness, and arrogance also caused her own undoing, as it eventually brought damnation and servitude to the Ruinous Powers of Discord upon her."
Mayhaps use Princess Celestia as the lost eleventh primarch (maybe even make a fancy model for her even if not used on tt) xD
Don't wet yourself Games Workshop aren't employing DPB to write the next rulebook. Hahaha!
Well they should
It even fits with established fluff, as the chapters of the 2 lost primarchs were incorperated into the Ultramarines, and it's implied those 2 primarchs were removed due to some horrible deformity / mutation, it stands to reason their legacy (their geneseed) would carry the chance of that mutation.
Sounds about right for my army ^.^ one was luna and the other celestia who are still around in the imperium, its just that the big E doesn’t want the enemy’s of the imperium to know he’s a brony so he put all the pony marines in ultra smurf armour and made up the other stuff about the two pimarchs being killed to avoid detection :3 also, awesome pic ^_^
Rarity in mk 5 heresy armor.... guess someone is gone betray them all
Well can you blame her, that golden throne look is sooooo last millennium and besides, horns and spikes are in next season :3
DPBellathrom wrote:Sounds about right for my army ^.^ one was luna and the other celestia who are still around in the imperium, its just that the big E doesn’t want the enemy’s of the imperium to know he’s a brony so he put all the pony marines in ultra smurf armour and made up the other stuff about the two pimarchs being killed to avoid detection :3 also, awesome pic ^_^
I agree, this is the story line i'd definitely run with if i were you. Rarity looks great! Keep it up!
Hey everypony, got an update at last : D seeing as its now half term I can start making ponies a bit faster so I’m hoping to have rarity painted tomorrow and to finish sculpting this lot:
Actually, an Alpha Legion-esque approach would work a bit, that way we can have two Ponyarchs, with not many remembering one of them these days.
Hints of a Death Company derpy now...'tis time to flee!
Spoiler:
Oh, as to the Great and Powerful Magnus there, her downfall was hubris, plus a failure to realize that at the heart of things, friendship is magic. Her isolation drove her to darker and darker things, leading to Discord. Then the Rubric of...one of those snotty unicorns from Canterlot, pick one...happened, but the inclusion of Poison Joke as a material component made her daughters hollow, haunted things, rather like characters from Twilight books.
Suspensions i think they said. Also, the second pic wasn't a dead pony, it was a zombie pony, the thrid one was DJ pon3 getting to know her newest friend.
may i recomend buying a GK terminator pack if you are gone make Flutershy into an apothecary and there is alot of bitz that would fit in with the models and last maby some necron arms for servo arms to get to the hard spots since one thing is using a sword horn but i dont think their bones are that soft (well all but Rarity and Pinkie since one is a marsmellow and the other is a demigod )
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I have never seen MLP, but I did enjoy powerpuff girls, so there is that.
I don't get the internet, haters gonna hate, but come on, this is obviously an army that takes exceptional amounts of time and effort to accomplish. I have probably put as much work in greenstuff in my entire time as a hobbyist as you have put into just one pony.
I say go for it, this is your army...and, oh boy, getting my butt handed to me by ponies would be hilarious,
Is it just me, or has just about every Brit on this thread supported MLP Marines? no racial segregation, racism or whatever it is you forum folk call your interwebular abuse, but maybe the brits are more tolerant of new ideas, having been under the yoke of games Workshop for longer than any other?
On the note of Storyline, I was thinking about coming up with an Equestrian Empire in the galactic west, with a timeline similar to that of the Imperium. There is only 7 MLP Legions, but each is led by a main character, and their was no heresy, seeing that friendship is indeed magic. however, there is a rebel techpony who creates legions of steam powered roboponies to gain revenge. I'm almost finished with the first saga (I like doing my fluff in sagas, what of it?), and I'll post in in a bit.
Thanks for all the kind words every pony ^_^
emperor bacon: way ahead of you man though I’ll be pinning the apoc bits on later ^_^
narceron: if you liked PPG then you really should give MLP a try some time ^_^
Lord of Timbraxia: that fluff was awesome XD though I hope there will be less blood and more forgiveness at the end that being said, I really need to make a tech priest pony now lol I wouldn’t worry about posting it on this thread at all
As for brits being more tolerant, I’m not sure really, I think its just Americans are a little more outspoken with their veiws (no offence intended) so its possible any brits with negative feed back don’t really feel like putting it lol
Well, didn’t get as much as I wanted to get done today but…..
The mane six are all done /)^3^(\ now for the other ten :3
Here’s a few close ups of fluttershy ^_^
Soon to be more along with derpy and DJ PON-3 so be sure to watch this space every pony ^_^
Ah i'm with you now. Ooh that would be epic. I'd go with one of two options:
1) Build it as if it fits one pony lying down, maybe a gap for the mane to stream out on top.
2) Make a flying pony, give it vehicle style armour and do it in the style of a Wonderbolt. That's the one i'd do. it requires a lot of cutting and repositioning but you can cover it up with armour plating. It fits your army better too.
The best conversion for a tempest I've seen was made using the Drop Pod kit.
I'll see if I can find the pics later, but maybe having 1-2 ponies riding one of the doors, use another door to make the top (mayhaps cut holes for the ponies, then build up plates around them..) and go from there.
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have my bits and bronynets
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(look at the hair and the eyes 
and cant wait to see the helmets just missing now is fluttershy with an assault cannon and pinkie as a master of the forge and il die happy right here in the chair (i may miss the role and get 2 or 1
but general its awsome 
so I’ll have to pick some up tomorrow. Other than that and her wargear/ base she’s done ^_^
) so here they are
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