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as always hes looking good

This is awesome, can't wait to see an army shot of these finished!

Hi all,

Rex is DONE!!!

The following steps were needed in order to finish the model.

23. Matte Varnish
24. Base
25. Gloss Varnish the red parts.

Overall, I'm very pleased with the results, particularly because my son recognized him.

A couple photos of the army as it stands now are at the end.

Next up: Space Ranger Tactical Squad!

Thanks and take care

Dear awesome thread from my childhood.... Stay Awesome!

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Rex is soo cool, i love the texture you used for his scales. And my favourite part of the army men is the ring on the head of the paras hehe keep up the good work, you doing a great and fun job so far

Hi all,

Johnny-Crass wrote:Dear awesome thread from my childhood.... Stay Awesome!
Consider me subscribed

Thanks.

M0rdain wrote:Rex is soo cool, i love the texture you used for his scales. And my favourite part of the army men is the ring on the head of the paras hehe keep up the good work, you doing a great and fun job so far

Thanks. I'm glad you noticed the paras. It's not the most complex of conversions, but it gets the point across.


I gathered all the component parts for the tactical squads, assault squad, Sheriff Woody, Buzz and Utility Belt Buzz.

I will start with Tactical Squad Ultra. The current army list only has eight marines in it. I made two extra marines (one special weapon, one heavy weapon). They wil also serve as test models for painting.

Bolters will be attached to marine arms similar to angelus pattern bolters from Sanguinary Guard. Dark Angel shoulder pads will be used on the left shoulder. Right Shoulder pads will match accompanying drop pod.

If anyone cares to share ideas about Space Ranger construction that would be fun.

Thanks and take care

This is really amazing and creative! Looking forward to the end result!

Holy crap those are amazing. Really creative and well executed.

interested on how you make marine woody

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:interested on how you make marine woody

Haven't figured it out yet.


Started working on the backpacks. For the tactical squads I went with wings retracted. Nothing too crazy as far as conversions go.

I cut off the stabilizing jets, any icons, and such. I added a piece of half-rod to simulate wings like in the picture of Buzz.


Thanks and take care

do you plan on having any open backpacks?

This is probably the greatest thread on Dakka Dakka!!
Thank you for reuniting us with our childhood!

Awesomeness!!!

Can always come back to this thread for a dose of awesome and a smile

The new backpacks are great. Simple yet effective

How many kinds of awesome can you fit on 1 blog!!!!

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:do you plan on having any open backpacks?

Assault Marines and Utility Belt Buzz (Sang Priest) with have backpacks with wings extended. It should make it pretty clear that they are assault marines.

Mr.Awesome1 wrote:This is probably the greatest thread on Dakka Dakka!!
Thank you for reuniting us with our childhood!

Aww, shucks. Thanks

GreyTauKnight wrote:Awesomeness!!!

Johnny-Crass wrote:Can always come back to this thread for a dose of awesome and a smile

Thanks

M0rdain wrote:The new backpacks are great. Simple yet effective

Thanks. Simple yet effective conversions are a goal of mine.

Toast36 wrote:How many kinds of awesome can you fit on 1 blog!!!!

I hope many many kinds
Remember, there is no cost for awesome!

I plan to have some photos of tac squad Ultra in a couple of days.

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

Happy New Year.

A new year means time for new photos.

I started on their legs. I first cut a small piece of rod and attached it to legs. Next, I experimented with adding a very small piece of rectangular plastruct around the bottom of each leg. It took forever and looked horrible. I thought about green stuff-ing it, but my GS-fu is weak and I didn't want to spend that much time on legs.

Bolters were next. I cut off the grip, ammo clip, and barrel. The will be wrist mounted with a glob od green stuff to hold it in place. The ammo clip was moved to the side. Finally, I drilled out a spot were the barrel was located. I have some red translucent rod and will put a small piece in the hole to represent a laser. I know LEDs would be really cool, but the time involved would be to great.

Lastly, I have begun removing skull iconography. skulls just don't seem appropriate for this army

Thanks and take care

HI all,

I've taken a break from Tactical Squad Ultra to work on assault squad jump packs. Yep, that's right. It's time to fall ... with style.

The assault squad consists of four marines and a veteran sergeant. They will fly around in a Stormraven with a Sanguinary Priest (Utility Belt Buzz).

Started with chopping up a few backpacks in the same way as the tactical squads. I cut strips of sheet styrene 1 cm x 2.5 cm. Also, I made a couple of templates to match the bottom of the backpacks. After cutting out the basic shapes I added some half round pieces to round off the wing edges. Some cut down missiles from Cadian Heavy Weapons Sprue were added to complete the basic shape.

I used a Sanguinary Honor Guard jump pack for Utility Belt Buzz. It just called an extra cut the the template to account for the stabilizer ports.

There is still a fair amount of work remaining on the jump packs. I am thinking it may be easier to leave the packs off until after painting.

Thanks and take care

Well I for one am excited!

Backpacks shaping up nicely there.

I hate to be the one to say this, but you should've turned the mags around, so that the bullet goes in faceing the right way. but really nice work, and I'm loving your conversions

Highly entertaining thread. I sat fiddling with my mentor legion a while back and my (then 3yr old) son went "Look Daddy! Buzz!" so it's nice to see someone take such a fantastically daft idea to a brilliant conclusion

Hi all,

Johnny-Crass wrote:Well I for one am excited!

Oh, behave. Yeah baby!

monkeytroll wrote:Backpacks shaping up nicely there.

Thanks

Jensvejmand wrote:I hate to be the one to say this, but you should've turned the mags around, so that the bullet goes in faceing the right way. but really nice work, and I'm loving your conversions

Huh? What?!? Holy hand grenades, you're right! It's a good thing these clips accept ammo facing in either direction
The bolters look really, really bad when ammo clips are facing the "correct" direction.

inmygravenimage wrote:Highly entertaining thread. I sat fiddling with my mentor legion a while back and my (then 3yr old) son went "Look Daddy! Buzz!" so it's nice to see someone take such a fantastically daft idea to a brilliant conclusion

Thanks.
As my sons (three year-old and one year-old) get older I hope this army will assist in stimulating their interest in 40k and miniatures war gaming. At some point I may have to add Lightning McQueen, Mater, WALL-E, and Thomas
A recent exchange between my oldest and me:
Son: "Look, I'm a Picasso."
Me: "Ahhh, I don't get it."
Son: "You uncultured swine. Whadya lookin at ya hockey puck."

and a non Toy Story quote he dropped the other day: "There are no accidents."

Thanks and take care

I am in love with this blog and I can not wait to see what you come up with next, both Rex and the Army men look sooooo good!

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Yey an update . They are looking sooooo cool I can't wait to see them come together.

Cool stuff and great idea. I looked forward to seeing the fully painted marines.

I cannot wait to see this finished, amazing work! Definitely subscribed

Brilliant work, so far. Excited to see more!

subbed! excellent blog, great work!