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Wow, your poses are really, really great. This is inspiring me to do more reposing.

Modelling in the age of plentiful plastics is a lot more fun than the old dremmel-and-clippers routine used to be when everything was metal.

Anyways, looking forward to seeing what you do next. Is your intention to build everything and then paint, or will you be finishing squads fully before moving on?

I'll get there mate, hopefully get some more done this week, really enjoying the modelling just now, bit slower with the paint.

I'm loving the plastic minis just now, I used to hate the palstic but the qulaity is better than metal these days and like you said so easy to pose.

I want to get the squads together while I'm on a role but I think it's time to get painting.Thanks again

Two words.

Epic.Win.

Great stuff all around. Your dynamic posing I think is what really sells it. I am also especially fond of your spotter/missile scout.
The rolled up cloak is a great idea I will be trying out on my own sniper scouts I just got. Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see what else you come up with.

The new guy is looking good. I don't know about the rolled up cloak, though. It's the edges of the rolled section. How are they rolled up? Straps/some kind of bungee material in the edge of the cloak?

I like to see them sticking or hanging out on either side. Not in a way that would draw attention, of course, but like fabric hanging around a single strap in the center. I like the concept behind it a lot.

Thanks for all the comments guys.

good green: if you look closely there is a central buttoned strap, which would be attached to the inside of the cloak, I might well add another 1 either side to keep the roll tight but not sure if it's really needed.

had a wee base coating sess last night for the tactical squad and start of the house clearing squad.
House clearers have black uniforms ie SAS but all units will have the same grey powerarmour.the tact' squad had ctachan green uniforms.
not sure about the snipers,any suggestions on colour scheme?
what kind of camo for the cloak?
the have the generic grey armour but was wither thinking brown or grety or camo uniforms.

any suggestions welcome

Well, just having grey under grey would look bland.. what if you did urban camo out of grays browns and whites?

yeah mate I agree, I'm leaning towards the brown camo for the uniform. maybe an urban camo cloak.

You should consider buying the Land Speeder Storm, it is completely made up of scouts and can transport them too.

Hey Trench found this and thought of you, lol

http://www.pbase.com/migsula/steeleagle1

Thought it might help create even more diversity for your scouts.

Nice stuff.Keep up the good work

XD an all scout army! that is cool!

cool stuff. Love the attack bike. Any ideas on a army list or is this strictly for the hobby aspect?

Keep em' coming!

Glad to see I'm not alone with preferring aesthetics over winning, nor with being willing to risk doing something different with an army. I look forward to seeing more of this and just might end up doing a Quad like the one you made, I can't believe I'd never thought of that before!

@elfboy I think there is a tute for it on dakka somewhere if I remember correctly.


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http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147431&highlight=space+marine+bike

Sorry its another link, this time for additional vehicles. I really should speak to someone about my need to find inspiration for other people.



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Possible replacement for terminators in an all scout force.

Must point out that this is not my work but the work of a very talented individual at underthecouch.net

Thanks for all the response folks, its what drive me at the moment.

Lennysmash: Your the man, I've seen all of these and drooled over all. I've been thinking about how to do termi/lifting suit things in my own way, they rock rather hard. under the couch stuff is the bomb. thnaks for the inspiration.too many ideas brewing ,damn you lenny!

Duece11: I do have a vague idea for a list but i don't game, I want it to be game legal if I decide to at some point to start again.

Theghoma:I love the landspeeder storm but don'e feel flying vehicles would have much place in an urban force,I'll probably getthe kit at some point and try and convert it into something like the British army Jackal.land speeder on wheels

kits waiting for conversion/inspiration are a dreadnought ,a sentinal, some bike bit(maybe a llight weight quad) a bunch of termi arms to get he power fists removed for sarge scouts.

want to finish off some painting though.

thanks to all, more to come, any and all comments or suggestions totally welcome.

@trench.one,

could I ask a wee favour of you. I been looking for advice on how to reposition legs and such like. I've just completed my first two trial sets and I was wondering if you could take a look at them for me. I just wanted to know if what I did was ok, if it looks realistic or if there is any other things I may have done differently. If you're pushed for time I understand but any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey guys, thanks again for the kind words. had a couple of days off the modelling but here's the latest fiddlings.Another sniper , this guy is to pair up with the spotter, he's crawling into position loading his weapon. still a bit of work to do, some rubble, and more work on the cloak this will have the bottom corners folded up and buttoned up.got another sarge done as well, pics to follow.the orignal power fist sarge has had hs head swapped and he's now part of the CC squad,felt his pose worked well with those guys.
gve me 5 and I'll have the other sarge up.

Its a good idea trench, but i'm not sure it show natural movement like your other models. I think if he is leaning that far forward you need to maybe place one of the hands on the ground, sort of like he's dragging his rifle into position. Just an idea though.

Great looking army so far!

Cheers Lenny, this guy is a major WIP, the plan is to build up the rubble and beams underneath the gun and front of the body to support it.
like you said from the side it looks a wee bit awkward, this one was pretty tricky.
your idea od dragging the rifle was my alternative pose for him.

Sorry for the lack of posts, been pretty busy at work.
so latest work, a new sarge for the tactical squad, I've added the leaping power fist sarge to the assualt squad, just seemed more appropriate.
the latest sarge had a power fist robbed from an inquisitor termi.
another guy for the assault squad, running into action wth twin bolt pistols
the last p;ics are of my new commander.started as a counts as terminator model and has grown a bit.still lots of work to do.
the torso is from an old comissar, he's been ravaged by war and encased within the walker, might be counts as dreadnought or termi, not sure ,any ideas?
still trying to decide on the weapons/arms.
more work to do so catch you all later.

That commander is gonna be great! What a start.
The other two guys look good, too. The bolt pistol guy looks like he's dodging to the left. Good mid-action pose!

Awesome...

Really enjoying seeing these conversions and that commissar looks quite exciting as a concept, reminds me a lot of the 2nd Edition artworks.

not much of an update but I did a bit more work on this sniper, built up some rubble under him to supportthe body and stop him floating too much. still not happy with his right hand, might cut it off and gs it. I've also re sculpted the flaps on the cloak. let me know what you think, I promise I'll do more painting soon.

Cheers

The rubbled helps make more sense of the pose, but I'm unsure about what you've done with the cloak. I work with fabric a fair amount and I know that if I did that with a normal heavy cloak fabric it would flop down so that the buttons were on the inside rather than the outside, even in that pose. I would suggest making it so that the buttons were higher and in the centre back of the cloak if you want them visible or make it more evident that the corners of the cloak are rolled. Either way, the buttons should be above the folded fabric rather than below for what you're doing.

The hands look okay, I'm not sure what you feel needs changing about them.

DAMN YOU ELF BOY AND YOUR TOTAL SENSE MAKING!
Yeah I know its not entirely right but I tried the fold the other way and they felt wrong.what I may still do is add straps to them to hold them in place, I like the way the folds fell and the fact it left a nice space to give a bit of depth when painting.
I totlaly get wht you are syaing, why do some mini's just take a lot longer to get right than others!
thanks for your input.

Well with any luck your gonna like this, more work done on the commander(counts as dreadnought). still a load of wotk to do with GS and additional bitz and bobs but the general shape and pose are sorted. enjoy

ooo... that Comissar is looking awesome, really looking forward to seeing what you do with his base and paint!

As for the cloak, I hadn't thought about straps. If you add a strap that's sewn onto the point about the rolled fabric those buttons will make a lot more sense and give you a minimum of work.