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Finally decided to start a PM blog. I'm so sleepy I'm slightly dizzy, so I won't be talking that much. Btw, does anybody else find that warhammer can ruin good sleeping schedules? Anyways, I have been working on a SM army. I just felt like making up my own army, and I decided to make it desert themed. The story is that this is a sm army that got stranded on a monstrous desert planet and through thier years in the desert planet, they were made vulnerable to behemoths many times larger than a titan, constantly attacked by war-loving natives, and victim to the deadly heat and storm that enveloped the entirety of the planet. Through the years, they became a nomad force, where each inch of marine muscle was made impeccable in regards to the basic and primal human drive: survival. However, the army couldn't take credit for all their victories. They did find a hospitable town almost every decade, where they could eat a warm meal and feel human again for a few days. But, the belief of every marine in that army is that the real reason for their survival is the fact that they were able to find springs of water whenever they were at the end of their rope - leading them to think there must be someone watching over them.

Anyways, I've been working on this army a lot, but not much is done. I've just started casting replacement heads for the regular tactical type soldiers. I'll post a pic up later ... Anyways here is a pic of a sm scout sniper head i just did tonight. I'm going to be giving them different heads.




And here is an image of a terminator with a shoulder piece that I'm going to begin casting tomorrow.


For a teaser, I ordered up some bitz and some action figure parts. I'll let you in on it as soon as I can.

Sounds cool. Love the fluff. Can't wait for more

laterDays wrote: Btw, does anybody else find that warhammer can ruin good sleeping schedules?

Yup. I can attest to many restless nights where I'll wake up a about 2am with a great new idea for my guard and can't get back to sleep again.

These are looking good so far. I'm looking forward to seeing how the new bits pan out

Love the scout's visor you thought of a paint scheme yet?

loving the theme. NOW LETS SEE SOME MORE COOL MODELS

I DEMAND MOAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!!!!

DC

Yeah, talk about sleeping late... I hate sleeping past 4am.
Yes, I have decided on a paint scheme. It is going to be mostly desert tan, with dark brown weathering. I'm going for a dirty imperial guard look



On to the demanded moar!


Abram Terminators. The WoL army came upon the remains of Imperial guard battalions that failed to brave the desert planet and survive. It was a blessing from the one who watched over them. It was an unexpected help for the marines whose damaged equipment could benefit from spare parts, but many also used the remains as a resource to increase the lethality of their weapons. Most marines waded in the masses of downed imperial guard soldiers, but it was different for the Terminators. In the wreckage of imperial guard vehicles is where they found their gold. In the twisted and rusted shell of a Leman Russ or a Stormblade, they found materials which they forged (with the help of the all too willing Techmarine) into superior, though heavier armor.


Tactical Marine heads.
1. A common modification the marines made was to their helmets. Many added filtering devices to their masks enabling the circulatory system of their suits to last the regular sand storm.

I will add tubes and such when the head gets put on the body.


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I might give each marine a different head. But who knows who will win: discipline or laziness muehehe

I LOVE THAT HELM!!!!!!

it's immense

DC

Got the bitz in, and I will start decking the marines out but I still have to sculpt their heads. Plan is to have them look about as well equipped as modern US soldiers, but packing more provisions than that because they are basically nomadic.

A WIP tac marine. Sorry for everything being WIP, they will be for a while...







Btw, forgot to mention, I do have a paint scheme Dark Lord Seanron, it will be mostly tan but some browns for wear gear, blacks and greys will have hints of aquas, and lenses and lights will be in the range of green to blue.

dude is that last marines helmet based on the Civil Protection soldiers from halflife2? also love these convertions, dont get alot of drastic convertions with SM only out of leage ones and SM sprue kit bashes CANT WAIT FOR THIS TO BE PAINTEDDD WOOOOOOOOOOH

Wow, these are looking pretty damned sweet at the moment!

Thanks guys.

physcosamatic - I didn't base the helmet off those soldiers, but I just looked it up on google and I see what you are talking about. It is looking less similar now, I'll show you when Ive done more work on it.

infilTRAITOR - Thanks!

Another WIP. No he doesn't have size issues

Outstanding work, keep it going!

I'm digging the fluff and the conversions and i can't wait to see how these things turn out

Thanks guys.

A WIP tac marine. This guy will shows a few things my tac marines will have in common: a) Metal handlebar on shoulder, desert shroud, and much gear.

What's the handlebar for?

Cuz I like it that is why. Anyways, it has been a few weeks since I updated cuz I had to practice painting. Oh boy that was a pain. Anyways here is my labor of love, the first 6 of my tac squad.




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Meh that turned out really blurry, I'll fix it up later.

Awesomeness!!!!

It doesn't look too bad in the gallery, I like where your going with this, keep it up!

I like the style, not so much the fluff. Is that source lighting with the blue in the eyes, or is that just the photo?

Consider your thread watched, Days.

I really love your head conversions! It's Brown-stuff, right?
Keep up the great work!

If you're basing it off of the US military, at least one model must have one of these pieces of "war-like Native headgear".

FAAAAARK! Those SM are pretty damn awesome,I LOVE THE HELMETS!

Um. I think i have stumbled upon a nugget of the purest awesome !

Those models are very nice, and very unique indeed, and the painting is done very well too, good job, now work faster minion to appease the crouds and bring us more models !

MUAD'DIB! MUAD'DIB!

Not sure if you were going for a Dune-esque vibe with these guys, or if that's just me. They should have completely blue eyes though. And stilsuits, don't forget the stilsuits.

Mmmm... Whiskey. We are talking about whiskey right? What with "Water of Life" and all

My love for Whiskey aside, great stuff. I love the weathering and the helmets on these guys

hmm ive seen some desert camoflauge on rhinos that looks great.. if your force going to have many vehicles??

oh actually...i just realised I don't like the backpacks...but that's just me...

Disjointed Entity wrote:What's the handlebar for?

I could think of plenty of reasons. If a unit is stuck in a sandstorm where visibility is severely limited, they could grab the proceeding marine`s bar in order to stick close to one another. Extra equipment and supplies could be tied to it, and during extremely intense storms, quakes, or attacks from large beasts, they could use the bar to tie the marines down to stop them from being thrown around.

Cool stuff some wonderful modelling. Are you planning to do any Desert Converted vehicles like the LRDG's Jeeps from WW2?