Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Commander Cain wrote:The bolter mag is actually the fuel canister off the TAGK set. I was just trying to plaster him in as many inquisitor symbols as possible!

http://www.thewarstore.com/product62033.html

Ahhhh.....

Derp, I should have seen that...I have like 10 TAGK kits, lol. Regardless, looking good so far. I'm following with much anticipation.

Really really am liking the comversions and kit bashes! The command squad is exerllant! Love it!

really good I like them!

Just how are you going to play them ? Vanilla marines ?

I’m really enjoying following this. I’ve been wanting to do a Thousand Sons army for a while, and things like this are really inspirational. The kitbashed kopesh (kopeshes?)… ‘sickle swords’ are great, and give a perfect fit to the theme. I was considering seeing if I could snag some of the new Necron power weapons and mesh them up to the marines… but your look is a lot more in line with the marine feel.

Thanks guys! Should have an update for y'all over the weekend. Once again a nice chunky mix of paint and moah conversions! Trying to get as much done this semester as it is my last one before I am off to university!

@ Cutthroat, yeah pretty pleased with the weapons myself, they turned out even better than I thought! Another good side effect is that you can buy them for super cheap, iirc, the Warstore sells a 10 pack of the termie ones for $4!

Was searching for inspiration for my during-heresy army, this is looking good.

I also really like the idea, it's good to see something original.

Hmm... So I took longer to update than I thought!

Ah well, I have plenty of progress to show you all, including paint!

So, without further ado, let's get cracking!

Pyrae

Pics are a bit dark but you get the idea








Terminator

This chap is almost done, just need to finish the base and a few scrolls







Raptora











Scarab veteran



Okay, that's all for painted stuff!

Hope to post another update soon, stay tuned!

Cain

Really liking the grey robes.

Really, really sweet shading on the robed maring.

Thanks guys!

Okay, second update as promised.

Finished off the assault squad. There are actually two squads that I built but all my pics have vanished!









They all need a good clean-up and egyptifying but that will be soon...

Rhino assault vehicle

A fun little conversion!



Group shot

Super zoomy in the gallery folks, give it a visit!





This is the army as it stands. So far it contains:

One tactical squad
Two assault squads
Vet/ Honour Guard
Dreadnought
Two termie squads
One cc termie squad
Inquisitor termie squad
Drop pod
Storm Raven
Assault Rhino
Raptora squad
Covidae squad
Pyrae squad
Techmarine & servitors
Company captain...

I have heaps of unbuilt stuff in the bitz box, just waiting for some cool 3rd party stuff to come out before I build them!

Before I go, here is a quick concept I whipped up.

Astartes pattern Lasgun

Due to the Thousand Sons ever increased use as a boarding party. It became evident that standard munitions in the Goodwyn pattern bolter were unsuitable for battle in the more confined areas of spacecraft. The bolter rounds had a habit of ricocheting around the corridors, sometimes injuring battle brothers. Utilizing their newley forged alliance with the Adeptus Mechanicus, a laser powered variant was constructed. Keeping the design as similar as possible, the ad mech downsized the lascannon, making it weaker but also gaining fire-rate. Not only were the new weapons useful in preventing friendly fire, the laser capabilities could be used to burn through some of the weaker bulkheads in a vessel.






All caught up! Sorry for the delay, hope it was worth the wait.



I shall be away on a school trip to Greece and Italy starting tonight, see y'all next week!!!


Cain

Commander Cain wrote:Astartes pattern Lasgun

Due to the Thousand Sons ever increased use as a boarding party. It became evident that standard munitions in the Goodwyn pattern bolter were unsuitable for battle in the more confined areas of spacecraft. The bolter rounds had a habit of ricocheting around the corridors, sometimes injuring battle brothers. Utilizing their newley forged alliance with the Adeptus Mechanicus, a laser powered variant was constructed. Keeping the design as similar as possible, the ad mech downsized the lascannon, making it weaker but also gaining fire-rate. Not only were the new weapons useful in preventing friendly fire, the laser capabilities could be used to burn through some of the weaker bulkheads in a vessel.

I love it! Great fluff can make anything work! The only problem I see is your supply of grenade launchers

These look great! Only thing is, unless you look really closely on a lot of them they look like Blood Angels, maybe add some more things to differentiate them? Or make the red a little darker?

Well, I have returned from my week in Greece and Italy. I have to say that it was the best week of my life! Being fascinated by ancient history, something the two countries are packed with, I am pretty sure it was the best week of my life!

Anyway, I will be back to getting this army painted soon, updates are on the way!!

Commander Cain wrote:Well, I have returned from my week in Greece and Italy. I have to say that it was the best week of my life! Being fascinated by ancient history, something the two countries are packed with, I am pretty sure it was the best week of my life!

Anyway, I will be back to getting this army painted soon, updates are on there way!!

Awesome! Lucky you, I'd love to spend time in Italy. Can't wait to see some new stuff!

Loving this, keep it coming!

Ooohhh Italy!

That Force power generating in that marines hand is awesome, creative idea.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Whole theme and point of the army is cool too!

This all very cool stuff, chief! I'm pretty sure I know which 3rd party parts you're referring to so I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

I support previous comments - if you haven't read the alternate Heresy on Bolter and Chainsword I highly recommend that you do. It will give you even more inspiration.

Keep up your good work, this is some fun stuff so far

Ragsta

I like this alot. I can not wait to see even more!

The Boltgun conversion is excellent.

Love the gun conversion. Mold I egg with some insta mold and your good to go!

Really liking what you've done so far some very nicely painted models, for some reason I had become un-subbed to this thread.

That wont be happing again, I knew I was missing out on something .

Hologram wrote:

Commander Cain wrote:Well, I have returned from my week in Greece and Italy. I have to say that it was the best week of my life! Being fascinated by ancient history, something the two countries are packed with, I am pretty sure it was the best week of my life!

Anyway, I will be back to getting this army painted soon, updates are on there way!!

Awesome! Lucky you, I'd love to spend time in Italy. Can't wait to see some new stuff!

Italy was amazing, best trip I have ever gone on and I have been to a fair few places!

lampy wrote:Loving this, keep it coming!

Thanks! More is on the way

Capitansolstice wrote:Ooohhh Italy!

I miss Italy already.

jabbakahut wrote:That Force power generating in that marines hand is awesome, creative idea.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Whole theme and point of the army is cool too!

Thanks, pretty fond of that guy myself

Jihad_Ragsta wrote:

This all very cool stuff, chief! I'm pretty sure I know which 3rd party parts you're referring to so I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

I support previous comments - if you haven't read the alternate Heresy on Bolter and Chainsword I highly recommend that you do. It will give you even more inspiration.

Keep up your good work, this is some fun stuff so far

Ragsta

The Heresy stuff on B+C was amazing, I almost followed it directly but felt it would restrict me too much.

Lysenis wrote:I like this alot. I can not wait to see even more!

Here ya go

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:The Boltgun conversion is excellent.

Thanks!

Lysenis wrote:Love the gun conversion. Mold I egg with some insta mold and your good to go!

Hey, you already got a reply!

GiraffeX wrote:Really liking what you've done so far some very nicely painted models, for some reason I had become un-subbed to this thread.

That wont be happing again, I knew I was missing out on something .

Thanks man! Keep forgetting to check up your stuff too, must correct that...



Okey dokey, thanks for being so patient folks. I am into the last week of high school ever so things are picking up a little!


Nonetheless, I have still been busy with painting and modeling the Sons so here is a much needed update.

First up... The Raptora Squad is finished!









They turned out pretty good I think. If I get the time I will pull out the old green screen and photoshop them onto a cool background.

Just off to upload more pics. Back in a mo...


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Right. More stuff!

Space Marine boarding squad







(scope looks a little wonky)





Space Marine recon squad

I was looking through the HH artbook when I stumbled across a pic of a TS recon squad, basically marines with lasguns and sensor packs. It was too cool to pass off so I made a few modern day marines! They carry either silenced bolters or sniper rifles as I presume they have a stealth role.





I ran out of marine bitz so salvaged a Space Hulk robot and tweaked him to look a little less temple-like. Worked pretty well!







Last but not least, I have been trying to add a little more style to my current SM helms, raiding a Necron bitz pile. What do you think so far?

I felt that modern day TS's would be a little less ornate but still keep their roots on certain parts of their armour so tried to represent this when I was slicing through Necrons (and my fingers).







That should be all for now I think. Probably have missed a couple of things hiding in a drawer somewhere though.

Thanks for the kind comments and criticisms everyone, keep 'em coming!

-Cain

The Raptora Squad looks excellent! I really enjoy this:



That is an incredibly dynamic pose and looks like he's giving a hand signal to the rest of the squad. I really like that one.

However, IMO this one looks off:




The Bolter is way too big for a single-handed weapon, even w/ Power Armor. Maybe a Terminator could do that, but it's just not selling well w/ MkVII armor. A two-handed pose would be much better.

Just my two cents. Something to consider.

Well you are in luck! Just dropped that guy on the floor so I will just reassemble him differently.

They all look amazing IMO!

Commander Cain wrote:Well you are in luck! Just dropped that guy on the floor so I will just reassemble him differently.

The Gods of Subjective Scale have spoken.

I think the problem is there doesn't seem to be a cohesive modelling theme to your army. It is a great idea but it looks like you are just taking every model you own and dumping it in your army.

Decided to pop in and check out your blog, i like the idea and the story you are forming is quite entertaining as i have always felt that they got the short end of a very long stick. That being said, i really enjoy original ideas like this one. And new original ideas tend to spark off more and keep the cycle going! So keep it going and try to mix it up a bit! I like those steam knight heads too i've been thinking about buying some of those jet bikes for a squad or somethin.

Looking good man! I'm loving your stuff!!!! Keep it up!