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so those of you who know of my space marine chapter and how closely it works with the admech, know of Odin, a 12 foot tall brute even by space marine standards, is the Chapter master and with the New GK rules I can actually put him on the tabletop.... problem. There are no appropriate 1.5x size marines to model him with.

For those who don't know him here is a brief synopsis

Odin Kriegspiel: Odin's life as a space marine began as none other, while almost all other marines began their transformation around the age of 14, Odin, began his transformation around the age of 30. His life began as a prince of Heoroth one of the four great kingdoms of Ygg. He was a bright and gifted young prince, but cursed, he stopped aging at a young age, and was sent away by his father to the peasant classes to learn strength, honor and valor. Even with his teenage mind, Odin was capable of great feats of intellect and as time grew his experiences in the impovrished underclasses of Heorot, taught him many a great thing about combat. In spite of his agelessly small stature, he grew as a great warrior eventually joining the knights Tempest, the great warriors of Heorot.

It came to be that his father fell ill, and he was recalled to the palace. As his father lay dying, it was his brother Virgil who was proclaimed king, not odin. In time his father passed and Virgil for a time was a fair king. However, after corruption of dark forces thought by the people of Ygg to be a curse of the red dragon (khorne), Virgil began a thoughtless conquest of the three other great kingdoms of ygg. His slaughter was ruthless to the point of exhausting the resources of his own people and a great unrest grew. With time Odin and his band began an uprising, culminating in a siege on the castle where Odin killed his brother in a two hour duel.

unbeknownst to Odin, Virgil had been corrupted by the blood god khorne. The Iron dragons had watched these events unfold suspecting virgils chaotic taint. with his downfall Odin drew the attention of the iron dragons, for anyone in a childs body who could fell a choas lord, is truely a mighty warrior indeed. He was asked if he would stand and defend all mankind and Odin spoke in a voice, far beyond his years, and even farther beyond his small stature. "if it be that my services may aid in the liberation and prosperity of the human race, then I am of not right to refuse such an act", And so it began, Odins journey as space marine.

The apothacaries knew of his ageless condition,and though they could not turn the switch back on, they could advance him in age as the process of creating a space marine progressed. Indeed it was a mighty change for the young prince, his body exploding in rapid succession, making up for the years he spent as a child. By the time of the last steps odin towered above even the mightiest of custodians.

He Eventually became the chapter master of the Iron dragons after the death of Thron the founder of the chapter, but these are tale for another time.

Sounds like a Space Wolf. Except for being older, which doesn't really mesh with existing fiction on geneseed adaptation. The stopped aging makes no sense at all unless he is warp tainted. Not that it matters- on Fenris, warlords can rise and still be young enough to drink from the Cup of the Wulfen. Helps when you can grip an axe as an infant ;-)

As to modelling, just look at the "true scale" posts in the P&M section. Keep in mind, 12 ft makes him Ogryn size, so he is starting to sound like a daemon prince.

Wow, I think you've just out-Mary sued Ward's GK characters there...

Grimtuff wrote:Wow, I think you've just out-Mary sued Ward's GK characters there...

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gendoikari87 wrote:

Grimtuff wrote:Wow, I think you've just out-Mary sued Ward's GK characters there...

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He is saying that you're character is even more ridiculous and OTT than the ones created by the infamous MAtt Ward of BA and GK fame.
Personally as far as fan-fiction goes it's more or less in the middle of the scale.
Could use some work but has a decent set of good points.
As for conversions...
Modelling him in Terminator armour with a few modifications may help.

Probably shouldn't mention that the chapter has Female "space marines". Granted they aren't genetically modified, just humans in power armor inducted by honor.

Should probably also note virgil wasn't full on chaos powered just posessed. And odin wasn't cursed, it was a thyroid problem.

so what kind of modifications? like a rock to make him appear taller?

Not sure...
True scaling might work but i have never seen true scale terminators...
Might have to ask around...
The inducted humans idea is okay as long as you don't start saying they gets all the same enhancements... then people will start setting fire to your threads.
Don't worry about the other stuff, put it down to local legend or something.

I've heard of this true scaling but I searched around and found nothing on it.

Yeah there are a few different techniques floating around.
The most opoular one includes using Termie and PA bits together and using GS to gill in bits.
Another method i have heard of is using plasticard to bulk out a marine...
As i said, might need to ask around.