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Once, many years ago I had a go at a star wars Marine army myself.

It was... not entirely successful, but there were a few things I used that did seem to work out well.

I made Speeder Bikes out of Marine Scout bikers but gluing them together without the wheels and using some toothpicks (but plastic rods would do better) and greenstuff (plasticard would be better) to do the forward vanes.

I managed to make fairly decent looking blaster rifles by using the muzzle of a lasgun and cutting off the ammo and sticking it on the guns side.

You can make a fairly decent AT-AA just by adding some sentinel legs onto a Whirlwind chassis. - Though admittedly, this was with the old Rhino.

I denoted my sergeants by using, what was, at the time, the Rank Markings for them by using Green Stuff on their shoulder pads.

There was also a Troop Carrier which I tried to convert from a Razorback.

Not to mention using (the metal) Dark Angel Robed Veterans with spears as Imperial Royal Guard.

Awww yeah, that is awesome. Love the Darth Sidious and Darth Vader. Perhaps a gloss on the armor to give it more of that true stormtrooper armor feel?

This made me laugth so much so awsome a nice contribute need maybe 16 million more storm troopers hahaha also i didnt like that light saber you should do light source and layers of red maybe

So I saw this army at Genghis Con in Denver this past weekend and it looked even better in person. The thought that a space marine cannot look good without his shoulder pads is so wrong. I think that detail actually helps this army to look even because it really helps to set it apart from the other space marines even more, especially at first glance when the Star Wars influence is not immediately noticed.
In fact I recognized it from this thread but it didn't' register at first until a comment the OP said to me and then I saw the Darth Vader and Palpatine in battle and new what it was. Thanks for bring this out to the 'con and letting me peak at it while you played. And to the OP I hope it did well.

THIS IS AWESOME!

These guys look great - Certainly the best SW marines I have seen

Your painting skills are also excellent.

spya wrote:just one thing...the lightsaber IS massive and in starwars fluff cant only jedi and sith use lightsabers???

ANYONE can use a lightsabre. Even a clone. It's just a weapon.

Jedi and Sith just train a lot more with them. Indeed, it is a part of their training to make their own.
In their hands, it is MORE than a weapon.


Nicely done army.

I would have kept the shoulderpads, and put some Imperial icons on them. Looks good though. Might wanna put Imperial icons on the vehicles though, they are pretty plain.


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chromedog wrote:

spya wrote:just one thing...the lightsaber IS massive and in starwars fluff cant only jedi and sith use lightsabers???

ANYONE can use a lightsabre. Even a clone. It's just a weapon.

Jedi and Sith just train a lot more with them. Indeed, it is a part of their training to make their own.
In their hands, it is MORE than a weapon.


Nicely done army.

Not really... a lot of SW background says that wielding a lightsaber is pretty tricky. Some sort of gyroscopy effect or something.

hahahaha looks good man

This army is sooo cool!!!
I had an idea like this but don't have the money to start a new army.
Great work

You obviously know what it is you're doing, nice painting skills on Sidious and Vader btw, but, and I'm not saying this on purpose, a star wars Marine army doesn't exactly appeal to myself, but, as the saying goes 'your mini, your style'

ph34r wrote:I would have kept the shoulderpads, and put some Imperial icons on them. Looks good though. Might wanna put Imperial icons on the vehicles though, they are pretty plain.


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chromedog wrote:

spya wrote:just one thing...the lightsaber IS massive and in starwars fluff cant only jedi and sith use lightsabers???

ANYONE can use a lightsabre. Even a clone. It's just a weapon.

Jedi and Sith just train a lot more with them. Indeed, it is a part of their training to make their own.
In their hands, it is MORE than a weapon.


Nicely done army.

Not really... a lot of SW background says that wielding a lightsaber is pretty tricky. Some sort of gyroscopy effect or something.

You don't have to be a jedi or sith to use one. But to use it to maximum effect and not have a fear of lopping off one of your own limbs it is best for a trained force user to wield it. After all Han Solo used a lightsaber on a dead tauntaun, so anyone can use it, but what you use it for makes a difference.

But I degress this is off topic. Unless to say a SP cannt use a lightsaber, considering their extensive weapons training and the length of their lives should allow them to have some skill with such a weapon.

I am not a huge fan of the infantry... but the vehicles are absolutely fantastic!

Great Army!!!

Love the painting in it's self but i'm not a fan of the star war space marines army , but i love the weathering on the land speeder and the land raider.

'claw

Very cool! now if you make one of the HQ's a Boba Fett conversion I will be your dark apprentice

Airbrush haters are just butthurt morons. Awesome job man, you're a surgeon with that brush and your blending is incredible. As soon as I thought terminator I immediately thought Dark Trooper, and was pleasantly surprised. Great stuff all in all.

I always find awesome in this forum section it seems. Great work.

Excellent conversions. Excellent painting.

The lack of shoulder pads does make them a little unsettling. But, overall I like the look!

cool!!

very nice man
I like the SW figures a lot

That is awesome
Can we get a close up of Vader?

Seriously, to all these chumps whinging about shoulder pads, drilled out barrels, airbrushing and lego lightsabres .. I say harden up.

The work and dedication in modelling an accurate representation of Star Wars characters whilst keeping GW themes and rules is applaudable. The commitment to seeing the project through to the size of a fighting force is inspirational.

This project (whether you like the models or not) is nothing short of amazing!

Well done sir. I will happily father your first born son.

Rock on

I demand a AT-AT stormlord count-as! other then that, most exquisite paintjob and spot-on modelling.

really like this army. even my daughter would have fun playing with this.

Star War meets 40k! we need a robot chickin episode asap lol

they look awesome but i couldnt field them lol but hey thats just me. Just a thought but if your gonna do termis why not try make em look like the super battle droids?

Superb...

Without the shoulder pads give the correct effect. Very well done.

Thanks for the compliments, I recently finished an add-on commission for this army. Featuring new dozer blades,landraiders,vindicator,terminators,dread,and a drop pod...pics comming soon.

He scored well on painting at the con, but the guy who won best appearance was this commission i did a few months ago
https://picasaweb.google.com/firelightpainting/BloodOrks#

The TO bared the star wars army from eligibility on the "best appearance", because the owner of this force was freely admitting to people that he didnt paint the army, and was even passing out business cards he got from me...While the other commissioner did the right thing in my opinion and didnt freely give out that info unless directly asked....He owns the force and as far as "best appearance" or "players choice" goes....the best looking army wins....it is different than "best painted."

Not to mention that both clients easily spent more hours converting and modeling these amazing armies than i spent painting them...its kind of funny that only the final act of applying the paint is all they care about in some places.

The weathering on the vehicles look awesome! Great job on the army, very well done.

Maybe instead of the lightsabers just use normal power swords with red-ish energy on the blade.