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Hi, I'm starting a space marine army soon, and I need to know a little bit about where I can get certain armor bits.

I really don't like the current power armor with the skull and eagle, and the Mk7-8 heads. Does anyone know where I can get mk6 heads, torsos with aquillas, or mk6 legs in large numbers? Do Space marines come with some of each, or all they all mk7?

The Space Marine box comes with a mix of armour styles, but not enough to completley outfit a mk 6 squad. Your best option is to either ebay some RTB01 marines (still possible, though expensive), trade the extra bits for ones you want, or look for a bitz place online that sells individual components.

i just kitted out a whole sqd in mk8 and i tell you its sooooo exspensive

I think the Warstore/Battlewagon Bitz sells the Aguila torsos in bunches.

Wow, beakie heads are like 3 bucks a piece there, to heck with that, for that price I can just buy a ton of greenstuff and get creative.

It costs about $2600 to make a beekie company but you will have enough marines left over to make another company or so

You want to spend more to save more? Resin casting. Get good and you will save a fortune, in theory.

Yes you get Mk 6 heads and legs in normal space marine kits, and the aquila (which is Mk7) but only four heads (I think, could be 2), four legs and two aquilas per tactical squad :(

Best way would probably be to buy big bags of bits and then sort and sell on what you don't want.

I may just look into Resin Casting. How much would it take to get started?

Probably around 40 dollars for a start set and some resin. Then its something like 30 bucks for a good supply of 2 part resin. I made something like 5-6 molds out of my starter set.

I tried to do beakie helmets, but I didn't put in air vents to suck the trapped air out. I might try it again sometime.

You can get the stuff at micro-mark.com, or hobbytown usa or hobbyworks.

If you aren't experienced in mold making you will probably just end up wasting your time and money on resin casting. Detailed pieces like helmets are hard to do.

ph34r, I disagree. Just do the research and find others who have done it. A wealth of knowledge is here and elsewhere online, so learning as much as you can will lead to better results. Practice, as for anything, makes perfect, so I would get a few starter sets and expect to do poorly my first time out, too.

I think it is the best way to make multiples of custom work or rarities. Also, I would argue that Beakie helmets are not too detailed, if that is what is needed.