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Have to say that this looks pretty damn cool so far. I think the legs look fantastic. The torsos look a little too wide, but it could probably be solved by adding a little extra height at the waist.

I would agree with others who are saying that perhaps the heads are a little too small, though I guess in the space marine creation process, the marines may end up looking a little pin headed

I would just make any helmets you create big enough to look like they would actually fit over the heads of the bare headed marines

Inspiring stuff, keep it up

Ahhh sersi, you jump around on your progects I will say but it is worth while when you do because those are utterly amazing. The only thing is the trim on some of the shoulder pads is a little uneven otherwise Cheers amazing stuff!

Hmm...

Awesome Work.

Removable helmets? Pics or it didn't happen.

this blog has literally made me flip out in pure awe and amazment i wanna see more pics PLZ!

Get one painted quickly, this is showing an unusual amount of promise for a truscale project..

I'm gonna be honest, I don't see removable helmets looking good. But if they do, hey, more power to you.

Oh you'd be surprised. The removable helmet idea is not mine, the incredibly talented Madscuzzy from Bolter & Chainsword has been doing it for years. Seriously, look him up sometime; virtually everything model he's ever done is worthy of imitation. I'll certainly, be cribbing his ideas on assault marines, terminator, etc, etc.....

Cool looking marines.

Looks like a great project! I always think my marines look too tiny compared to my friend's guardsmen, but I never build up the motivation and courage to try and make a truescale force myself. Another reason I like things like this happening, keep it going!

One little thing: Your last pics with the Marines who have torsi and heads already...it seems to me that their torsi might be a little bit too small in the y-axis, especially compared to the legs. Extrapolating where some of the necks should end and where the shoulders would be...even for hunched-over Marines their torsi seem a bit flattened to me. But maybe I'm seeing this wrong, having never done stuff like this myself.

Truescale Marines!? Don't you get tired of posting such awesome work? Between this and the Slaanesh stuff, when do you sleep?
anyways...subscribed.

Okay Update:

So, for my Black Templars I wanted a very archaic/medival look. So, lots of Black Iron and rivets. Getting the parts I'll need looking right is key here; since there no point to re-sculpting the same part over and over again.


Storm Shields & Combat Shields:

I'll be sculpting at least 3 more variants to these. The base for these shields was roughly shaped aves putty rolled out on parchment paper. They were then allowed to dry draped over a soda can to curve the shields surface. I then cared and sanded them into there final shape. The detailing is a combination of: Black Templar bits, press-molded details, modeling chain, etc.








For the press-molded details I used two different materials. The yellow pieces are a type of cheap silicon rubber called "Amazing Putty". The smaller bits are hardened bits of
Aves putty.








The advantage of the Aves is that its rock hard but easily shaped with a file of scalpel. So you can cut the mold down to just the detail you want. Super glue them to some styrene rod and you can easily stamp detail were ever you want it. You could also grab chunk of dried Aves and carve in you own stamp details.





Here's a couple of examples:





Incidentally this little raised Templar cross is from a pattern stamped into the BT Rhino Door bit. I'll be using to spruce up my Power Fists. This one got smudged before it was completely dry but you get the idea. Add 4 glass beads to each of the plaques corners and your have a neat little bit of customizing.






Jump Packs & Shoulder Pads:


Here are a few more shoulder pads, jump pack, and power packs.






Medieval Weapons:


Here's a selection of weapon taken from WFB - Warriors of Chaos. Mmmm....axes. The larger more brutal looking knives taken from WFB - Ogre Bulls, and will serve as combat knives. The Mace is from the WFB - Empire General Box . I''' be adding to the mace to make an ornate "cross-shaped Crozius for my Chaplain.





The "Templar Swords" I'll be using for the Army (seen below) are also from the WFB - Empire General Box.





Running Legs:


I did two of these with alternate legs raised for variety sake. The cool thing here is that changing the torso and the angle of lean and you've got a whole new pose. I want my Templar to be more dynamic to most poses will be walking forward or running! Heck, maybe even jumping... I have to walking/striding pose I'm working of at the moment. I figure only the leaders should be standing still, while giving orders etc.


















More Legs:


I played around with making a chain mail loincloth similar to the WFB - Warriors of Chaos. Not to bad but I need to let the Aves start to harden up a bit next time out.








Knightly Helmets:


I've decided to go with more knightly looking helmets. Its a pretty simple conversion. I also clipped the heads of my terminators to look like Grey Knight helmets; but I the extended the beak with Aves for a more stylized look.







Here's a guy with the extended Terminator helmet. It looks a bit odd here, but it should look great with the greatly expanded breastplate I'll be using on the Terminators.









On that note, I'm liking these War-machine Warjack heads as inspiration for my own converted Dreadnoughts:







I especially, like this one, its knightly and skull-like. Medieval-Gothic for sure.




Ranged Weapons:


I'm up-sizing the ranged weapons a bit. My Terminator assault cannons are from the Dark Angel - Land speeder. The flamers with be from the IG -Sentinel box. Not sure about the plasma or meltaguns yet. The Terminator Chain Fists will be made from Ork choppa bits.







Well that's it for now. I've got most of my bits, and mods done for my Initiates and Sword Brethren. I'll be moving on to Neophytes and Terminators next. I also started building my upscaled landraider in Autocad. The plan is to do it digital and then have the parts cut from sheet styrene by laser. We'll see on that, a friend of mine has access to one.



More Later!

mind blowing, all of this, but one thing is that terminator head isnt doing it for me, feels a bit too pointy?

anyway cant wait to see some MOAR!!! good luck

Yeah, I was thinking that too...I'll probably sand it down a bit.

I'm sorry, but the pose on your 'stepping' marine just makes me think he's in the middle of some sort of folk dance.

I blame reading your VC blog right before but as soon as I saw him I got the 'Transylvanian Two-Step' stuck in my head.

Agreed with above, the "running" marine seems really awkward, like he is falling over or something. His leg seems to be raised way too high, more like a Captain Morgan pose than putting a foot forward. Also, since his back is arching back instead of down, he looks terribly off-balanced.

For some reason, I get the feeling that your running marines are sneakily tiptoeing like foxes in cartoons.

Hi Guys!

Thanks for the replies. I'm thinking that the runner looks off balance, because he's standing on a blob of poster putty, rather that glue to the base. Similarly, the head and torso are not glued on either, so the pose is allot loser that the final one will be. Got point about the rounding of the torso, though. The height of the knee is accurate for a high speed run, though. I've animated so many run cycles, that all the key poses for a "run" are branded into my brain till death! The pushing foot should be up on its toes, and the recovering leg would be extended more in reality. But honestly I can't imagine a marine in full armor being all flexible.

I kept the foot flat because with a quick pass of a file I can easily adjust the angle of the pose. None of them will be doing the two-step, unfourtunately...




Anyway, I still need to make a couple more shields and slap of some more details. Starting on some Actual Scale Terminators tonight as well.




More Later!

Wow this is really cool, looking forward to seeing the tanks, how many points you working to?

Oh, I figure at least 2,000 points to start. I've begun my "Dark" rituals to rapidly increase the hordes numbers. I should have a pics of a full completed squad up by tomorrow evening. Que....maniacal laughter....muhaaaa.....hhaaa....hah!

Looks amazing as always Sersi keep up the good work

my one concern is the flamer, once you upscale that i think it would look out of place and you woud end up having to upscale every other weapon even though normaly it would look fine

You might not want to upscale the weapons too much, unless you make REALLY big marines. I found that I liked the way the boltguns and the like looked better when held by larger marines, in that they were still obviously HUGE guns in the sense of normal scale, but in the hands of the biggerized fellas they looked like real scale weapons. Still, I expect to be shown the error of my ways!

Sniff...you guys are probably right about the flamer, on regular marines. But it might still work out for the terminators! Muh...hah...ha..... Werkind I very much agree with you on bolters looking better with upscaled marines.

No Pity...No Remorse...No Fear...




I introduce the first the first seven members of my crusade. As you can see there are some repairs to be made, but nothing serious. No, I'm off to e-bay to scavenge for more bits....























Okay...okay I admit I was wrong about the running legs, I'll be cutting them and rotating the raised leg down a bit. It just looks better.











More Later...

Nice, did you give up on the removable helmets then?

Nice, those are pretty ace! Great Work!

That is how Space Marines should look!

Great work, but have to say I'm not a big fan of the lance. Its very GrimDark, and in keeping with the Black Templar 'look', but IMO it appears... off somehow.
Perhaps its just the pose, but I think it needs some work.

Very, very cool. My only critique is that more helmet variation would be nice.