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Founding of the Greenhouse Guardians Chapter of Space Marines.

Jed was a simple man from the hills. He had worked his whole life with the soil of Terra. He knew the secrets of growing the various forms of plant life indigenous to Terra. For generations his family was responsible for the care of the Emperor’s courtyard in the gargantuan Imperial Palace. The courtyard was an impressive display of the fauna of Terra, with at least one specimen of every form of plant-life that still existed in the immense courtyard.

Jed was the head grounds keeper in charge of the over one hundred keepers of the courtyard. Each species of plant had specific rules for their care. These rules which were kept in massive Tomes called The Rules of Fauna. The tomes and passed down from generation to generation and stored a small vault in the keepers housing hidden under the center of the courtyard.

When Horus Heresy came to Terra, the keepers continued to do their work. Throughout the shelling of the Imperial Palace, Jed kept his crew busy for the work in the courtyard was never done.

Kharn the Betrayer, paced impatiently on the teleport pad, waiting for the shields protecting the Imperial Palace to fall. He and his squad would be among the first in the palace and he knew would be the first to find combat. When the shields protecting the Palace fell, an instant later Kharn and his group of Berserkers were teleported to Terra.

Seeing only green plants and trees, Kharn screamed out in rage fearing he and his squad had been teleported to the wrong location and would miss the taking of the Palace entirely.

Jed heard the scream, and sensed many new beings in his courtyard. The throaty buzz of numerous chainswords revving up to speed, confirmed his senses. The Berserkers quickly began slashing through fauna and grounds keeper alike. Jed’s quick thinking at this time secured his legacy. Jed ordered all the keepers to leave the courtyard and flee to the Marine barracks in the palace gates. Doing this had three fold impact. First the blood thirsty Berserkers were lead away from the Rules of Fauna. Second, Jed knew if the loyalist marines found the berserkers in the courtyard a firefight would ensue and destroy much of the precious fauna. Finally, by leading the Berserkers to the barracks by the gate they were being led away from the throne room and the Emperor. Jed stayed behind and using the courtyard he had lived in for all his life to mask his presence used hit and run tactics to lure the few remaining Berserkers away from the hidden entrance to the keepers housing and more importantly from the Rules of Fauna.

The keepers were slaughtered to the man in the flight to the barracks. The last falling just as the first Loyalist Marines began shooting at the Berserkers. Jed was slain as well, shot in the back as he was sprinting out the main archway of the courtyard.

The deeds of Jed and the Keepers of the Rules of Fauna were overlooked during the aftermath of Horus Hersey. The death of Horus, the Emperor becoming entombed in the Golden Throne, the loyalist Space Marines counter offensive against the forces of Chaos had the historian attention and Jed’s tale was quickly forgotten.

It was a minor clerk in the Administratum that rediscovered what happened at the courtyard. The tale reached the High Lords of Terra and after much debate, a special founding of a single chapter of space marines was ordered to represent the deeds of Jed and the keepers of the courtyard that day. Geneseed was taken from just the Librarians every chapter of Loyal Space Marines, to honor the sacrifice made to keep the Rules of Fauna safe. Historians discovered that in ancient times those that did the same work as the keepers had temples called Greenhouses where they practiced their arts. With that discovery the space marine chapter of the Greenhouse Guardians were formed, with the motto “The Keepers of the Rules”.

So some of you are thinking what the hell was that? Bear with me for a minute...

The Local game store is called Greenhouse games, a place that started in an old greenhouse. One of the owners asked me to paint up some of the new Space Marines that came in the demo box of Assault on Black Reach I could have done the basic Ultramarines, Blood Angels, Dark Angels etc. But I decided to do something a little different. I wanted to paint them fast so this was my fisrt attempt using a dipping method. As I'm painting them up I notice the little arrow on the right shoulder pad kinda looks like...well...a little house. I thought to my self...yeah why not. So here are is the first one complete (except for the base).









Armor colors: Black torso and a Dirty White (Tan) to represent the dirt on the hands of a gardner.

Metals: No gold only iron to represent the tools of a gardner.

"Green House" on the right shoulder as the Chapter Badge.

Army Badge on left Leg - "Black Skull for Armageddon"

Company on left shoulder: "Roman numeral"

Purity Seals are metal and Green, rather than Gold and Red.

In my best Dawn of War Space Marine voice...

"Squad reporting for duty"



Captain, Terminator Squad and "Poe" the Dreadnaught coming soon.

Your leader's house should be red, ala monopoly...

Finished them up last night and dropped them at the Greenhouse today...

The Capt.


POE the Dreadnaught


Terminator squad...lacking a heavy weapon choice.


The Whole group...

2nd AoBR set is assembled except for the Dreadie.

For the Commander...
Lopped off the banner
Added the Skull and Iron Halo from the Terminator sgt.
added a Power Fist where the power sword was supposed to go.


For the Terminator Sgt.
lopped off the Skull and Iron halo.
added the large banner from the commander.
gave two of the reglar termies Cyclone launchers.


For the Tactical Sgt.
Lopped off the Chainsword and added a Power Fist to the Sgt.
Lopped off the head and added one of the old Beak helmets.


For the Heavy Weapon trooper...
Lopped off the missle launcher
added one of the very old Eldar Plasma Cannons (which looks quite a bit like the new marine plasma cannons.)
Added some bits to the backpack to cover up the missiles.

Nice work!

Fantastic and hilarious! Great work!

Not bad, but I think that being environmentalists your marines should wear green and pink and grow dreadlocks and use vans as Rhinos.

Love the colour scheme, its different but really good, keep up the good work.

BDA

The paint job looks really really good and I love the colour scheme. The mould lines are an eye sore for me.

Thanks All!

I had about 10 days to assemble and paint the 1st AoBR set. (Full time job, 2 college courses, 2 kids, wife, house, etc...mini painting) So I cut quite a few corners...like mould lines. I'm taking a little more time on the 2nd batch.

Really all I did was throw them together...
Spray prime white...
Basecoat Black, White, boltgun metal, Green, Tan for the leather and hosters, Three shades of blue for the two pwerswords, and Flesh for the three commander heads (Little yellow and gold on the capt.)...
No washes or drybrushing...
Painted each mini with Miniwax Polyshades Antique Oak. (which I guess is a kind of wash / sealer)
* This turned all the white to the dirty tan you see, muddyed up the boltgun and gave depth to everything.

Added decals...

Sprayed with a dullcoat matte spray...

Turned them in to the store owner the night before he could start selling AoBR.

I still think that they should be pink or green. White with a name like Greenhouse Guardians doesn't really fit. Would you paint marines orange and call them the Black Knights? I think not.

Somewhere in the galaxy during the 41 millennia

222 years ago…

Sergeant Brother Kyle was the most respected member of all the Greenhouse Guardian Scout Marines. Veteran of numerous engagements with all the enemies of the Emperor, Brother Kyle was an expert at avoiding detection and placing his unit in the perfect ambush position on any battlefield. His latest honor was being named best shot in the chapter, narrowly beating out Chapter Master Hillman.

All of that was of little comfort to Sergeant Brother Kyle at the moment. His squad had all been killed by a blast from a Chaos Defiler’s Battle Cannon. Kyle was in pretty bad shape himself as he lay there in the smoldering crater, left for dead. Both his legs and left arm were a tangled mess of flesh bone and armor, his left eye was useless, swollen shut or missing he couldn’t be sure.

The battle was going poorly for the Greenhouse Guardians. Chaos Marines were advancing in force, and causing damage than they were receiving. Sergeant Brother Kyle watched as a Nurgle Lord in ancient Terminator armor strode up to the crater. The crimson eyes of the Nurgle Lord flashed as looked down at the broken Scout Sergeant. Brother Kyle watched the pustules burst and reform on the surface of the putrid green armor as the Terminator Lord approached and heard the Lord laughing as he blacked out.

A nearby explosion woke Brother Kyle, as pieces of the Chaos Defiler rained about him. He looked about to gather his surroundings and see how long he has been unconscious. The Terminator Lord was closing with Sergeant Brother Davis and his squad of Devastators. The Devastators had apparently just dispatched the Chaos Defiler with concentrated fire, but that allowed the Chaos Lord to close on their position. Brother Kyle knew that the Lord would make short work of the Devastators; his lightning claw would easily catch the marines burdened with heavy weapons. Kyle’s Sniper rifle was still in his right hand, he knew what he had to do. He just hoped the rifle still functioned. His first shot was placed through the backside of the Terminator Lords right knee, one of the three weak points on the ancient terminator armor. The Lord of Nurgle roared and turned to glance back at had what caused him pain. That glance was all Kyle needed. The second shot was placed through one of the lords Eyepiece, a truly miraculous shot that some say was guided by the hand of the Emperor. The Lord clutched at his helmet covering the holed eyepiece with his armored gauntlet, as he tipped his head back and shrieked in pain. The shriek was cut short as the third weak point of the armor was exposed and penetrated by Sergeant Brother Kyle’s final shot. The bullet pierced the Lords larynx, shattered the vertebrae, and lodged in the wrong side of the neck armor. The last vision Brother Kyle saw from his natural eye, was the Nurgle Terminator lord falling, his armor clattering about him.

Chief Librarian Boynton and Brother Chaplain Glazier saw the Lord fall as well, and seized the moment. The counter attack by those two turned the tide of the battle and carried the Greenhouse Guardians to victory that day.

After the battle little could be done to save Sergeant Brother Kyle. Brother Apothecary Ralph after many hours was able to stabilize Kyle for transport back to the Guardian’s home world. Once there, the Chapter was unsure of what to do with Bother Kyle. Three limb bionic replacements are rare, and not conductive to the role of a Scout Marine. It was then that Chapter Master Hillman stepped in. The words of Chief Librarian Boynton and Chaplain Glazier had reached the Chapter Master. Hillman ordered that Brother Kyle be entombed in a new Dreadnaught, an honor never before given to a Scout Marine Sergeant. Brother Apothecary Ralph worked closely with Brother Master Techmarine Arnold in creating a dreadnaught that embodied Brother Kyle’s actions that day. The Chassis was given the rare Quad Autocannon configuration to represent the accuracy of the scout squad master. Extra Armor was added to represent the tenacity Brother Kyle displayed that day. Heavily modified legs were added to allow the chassis to raise itself over cover, and obtain better firing positions.

Current Day…

The Venerable Brother Kyle is a regular sight on any battlefield taken by the Greenhouse Guardians. Usually providing cover fire from the rear, Bother Kyle has become an expert at placing autocannon shots with the skill of a sniper into Heavy infantry and light vehicles. The brother marines know that Bother Kyle will find the weak point in the armor of any Wraithlord, Daemon, Terminator or Tau Battlesuit. Such consistent accuracy has earned Brother Kyle a nickname among the Guardians. They no longer call him Brother Kyle, he is simply known as “The Rifleman”.

Side Shot...




With Marine...




With Wraithlord...




With Little buddie...

that is the coolist thing ever. he should have auto cannons not las he cant be used with the new codex.

sonofruss wrote: that is the coolist thing ever. he should have auto cannons not las he cant be used with the new codex.

Thanks! Yeah I know I used the leftover LasCannons from a Land Raider. I did my best to make them look like Autocannons (Cutting off the power cables). The intent was a Quad AC look...Guess I'll have to tweak it some more as I clean it up for painting.

Cheese Elemental wrote:Not bad, but I think that being environmentalists your marines should wear green and pink and grow dreadlocks and use vans as Rhinos.

man that made me laugh pretty good. damn hippies. I actually saw a sun child today too. GOD do they have to smell so damn bad?

If you flattened the angled LC tips it would make them look a lot more like ACs.

Rangerrob wrote:Side Shot...

With Little buddie...

Oh no, it's Raider-X!

love the conversion on the dread. those long legs really make a huge difference and are a nice move away from that dwarfish design. nicely done.

the overall scheme for these guys is pretty nice as well. works a good 'un

dark angels and there kin can take mortis dreads from the Imp armor books with Twin twin las cannons

MetalGear!?

Really like how the dread looks keep up the good work.

Nice work. The conversions are nice and add some nice variety to AOBR set. I like the colors as well, they seem "used" like they have been on a crusade.

Thanks for all the kind words...this one was fun.

One unintended side effect of this mod.

The dread can now see over a Rhino...more importantly, the barrels all clear the rhino by a significant amount. Got to love true line of sight.