Imperial Statues

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**Matthew**

I'm making some scenery right now, and I started thinking of making statues to provide buffs for IoM armies. Any ideas what I can use for these statues? I'm in the progress of making a Guardsman standing at the ready as a stone statue, anything more?

**Alex Kolodotschko**

There used to be a blister of two guardsmen on parade, they're quite expensive now but very nice. I've seen larger dioramas made up from multiple guardsmen too think Iwo Jima statue type stuff.
Inquisitor scale models work well as do vintage models as they tend to have wacky posing and less detail.
Scibor marines come out quite large too and would work as statues.

**JohnnyHell**

Older plastic Marines are great for statues, even knackered ones from eBay bitz boxes. Any old minis you don't like anymore that are relevant.

Stick onto a pillar or plinth made of soft drinks bottle caps, tubing, dowel, small boxes, card, whatever looks purdy.

Paint job? I'd suggest a deep brass colour. I used to prime black, base with the old Tin Bitz, quick bronze highlight and a verdigris-coloured wash. You could use the basecoat colour scheme here and skip the details - may need to update colours but the guide is fine: http://fromthewarp.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/painting-minotaurs-in-bronze-and-banner.html

Paint the plinth black and use Russ Grey and Fenrisian Grey to highlight to an old-school building grey.

Small scenic base, bit of flock.

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This is a fun article:

http://battlegroundhobbies.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/warhammer-40k-terrain-how-to-part-one.html

**kb_lock**

You know what looks brilliant as statues is old space marine sculpts.

Or even these fellers from last month;

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just paint them up in bronze or marble, hit them with nikahlakawhatever oxide, boom, done

**JohnnyHell**

ECHO! :-)

**kb_lock**

Mine has PICTURES!

Sorry dude, I didn't refresh before posting - or maybe I did, I don't remember. Either way, I wasn't trying to parrot you

**JohnnyHell**

Hahaha yeah pics are good. I have some old 2nd Ed monopose Marines that look great for this.

**bubber**

Try & find some Inquisitor scale guardsmen.
EG:

One of mine (converted Daemon Hunter)

**Jimsolo**

Pick up action figures at yard sales, glue the joints in position.

Pick up wooden display bases at craft store for $1-2.

Use display bases as plinths for the statue. Glue action figure on display base. Spray paint bronze.

Ta-da! Instant bronze statue.

**Cleatus**

I was thinking of doing something similar. I have several of those Star Wars pens that came as prizes in General Mills cereal boxes last year (these things). They're not 40k models, but he price is right. With a few coats of paint and maybe a head swap, they would make neat little terrain features. They don't even necessarily need to be standing either; I might do one as a toppled statue.

Thanks for those tutorials links.

**Buttery Commissar**

The Vostroyan standard bearer looks like he was made for this kind of thing.

**Ghaz**

How many statues and how tall are you looking for them to be? The statue from the Honoured Imperium would be an option if you only need one or two statues.

**Matthew**

Ghaz wrote:
How many statues and how tall are you looking for them to be? The statue from the Honoured Imperium would be an option if you only need one or two statues.

I actually just want statues that are the same size as normal guys, with some sort of platform for them. Any ideas for that?

**Talys**

Matthew wrote:
I actually just want statues that are the same size as normal guys, with some sort of platform for them. Any ideas for that?

Just pose a model in an "at the ready" or "guarding" pose (gun pointed diagonally upwards towards the sky, head facing straight forward square to the shoulders), paint them grey or bronze, wash, drybrush, and call it a day

Put on a square piece of cork.

**Buttery Commissar**

Thinking about it, Mordians would have a really war-statue vibe to them, especially the ones with bayonets attached to their lasguns. I bet you could find some cheap, as well.

**Cleatus**

Ideas / examples:

One of my favorite scratch building blogs has a nice example here of what you can do with ordinary marines and textured spray paint:
http://thegrimcheapness.blogspot.com/2010/01/statues-and-objectives.html

More examples from around Dakka:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/59741-.html
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/200205-.html
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/569993-Imperial%20hero%20statue.html

**Jimsolo**

Personal favorite, made from converted action figures. ((Limited edition porn star action figures, but the premise is the same, lol.))

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**Alex Kolodotschko**

Buttery Commissar wrote:Mordians would have a really war-statue vibe to them. I bet you could find some cheap, as well.

Erm really?
Let me know where, I'll take the lot.

**Buttery Commissar**

Alex Kolodotschko wrote:
Erm really?
Let me know where, I'll take the lot.

You joking? They must be the only army I know that drags down the value of an ebay lot. I've been buildng a Mordian list because it's literally cheaper than buying plastic IG new.

I've put together an army of about 80 Mordies for around £0.80 each, apart from the meltas. Meltas and missiles are like rocking horse gak. People will easily pay £15 a go for those.

The hard part is getting complete HWS because quite often, you end up with a lot of squatting waving Mordians and no gun. Or a gun with no bugger manning it.

Not to mention the in-production set is still only what, £20 for 10 minis?

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(That was not supposed to sound patronising, I'm gneuinely surprised)

**jhe90**

And if old model is battered or worn etc, its a chipped statue, missing a arm, damaged statue, with right style even a battered up wreck can be a perfect statue

**evildrcheese**

Man, some of those statues look awesome.

Definitely stealing some of these ideas.

D

**LeCacty**

+1 for Rogue Trader models!

**heartserenade**

For bigger statues, yard sales and action figures are your best bet for something cheap:

For normal-sized statues, just get some spare miniatures you have lying around and paint them like statues.

For slightly bigger than human statues, if you can still find some miniatures from the Inquisitor game, go paint them like statues.