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Martok here,

I have a new army in the works for 6th edition Warhammer 40k the Minotaurs as they are represented in Imperial Armour 9 by Forge World.

Each Tactical Squad Sergeant will be armed only with a Combi Weapon as the Tactical Squads will be performing a support fire role in my list. As the Minotaurs are meant to be fully stocked with Mk8 Space Marine Armour I have added plasticard collars to make some cheap Mk8 armour out of other armour marks. However, my first Sergeant uses a Sanguinary Guard torso with a Mk8 style collar.

Here is the first Sergeant:



I wanted a heavy look to the armour so I added some plasticard shielding coming off of the pauldrons. I also wanted to have him not only have a WYSIWYG Combi Weapon but also look capable in a fight; the two combat blades have achieved that with the combi wrist mounted to free up the hands. The blade handles still need to be sculpted as does all of the Green Stuff work left to do.

Obviously there are a number of resin parts used that I have picked up mainly from Anvil Industry but also some Brass Etch Aquillas from Forge World

The Helmet on the base will be painted in the Lamenters colours to indicate the famous Badab War battles fought between them and the Minotaurs.

If you want to see more feel free to visit the blog I contribute to here http://bloody-dice.blogspot.co.uk/

- Martok

Wow, what a fantastic first post! Welcome to Dakka!


He reeks of Minotaur flavor. The pose is so dynamic and valorous. You can really see the steely resolve to destroy the traitorous Lamenters in his pose. He doesn't look like he's willing to take anyone's crap. He's on a mission, and he's going to complete it. My one complaint is that I think a gladius-looking weapon to emphasize the Greek/Spartan feel of the Minotaurs would further aid his look as opposed to a pair of blades. Maybe a pair of shortened gladii? I look forward to seeing this blog progress. Exalted!

Thanks Darth Bob,

That is exactly what I was going for! This squad will be the front line unit packing melta so they are the companies vanguard unit.

Yeah the combat blades could be improved however, I do not have any Gladii to use... I shall keep an eye out for some.

Currently I am working on this guys squad so here is Pelagius:





Obviously, tons of Green Stuff work to go but what do you think? Does he fit with the Sergeant?

- Martok

I think he fits very well indeed, I just wanted to say that this looks really really promising, I love the amount of effort and customization going into each of these, the poses are really nice, keep it up!

Thanks j-paint!

These guys are a labour of love. I have always experimented new techniques etc on my armies but this is the first one I feel like I know what I need to do to model the whole lot insistently from the beginning so I am hoping I can pull something special off!

More Tacticals:



Thanks,

Martok

More Minotaur progress with the first combat squad chopped up and ready for Green Stuffing:



And here is a closer look at the melta guy:



Thanks for looking!

- Martok

You've got some really cool looking poses there, keep it up man

Martok wrote:

Yeah the combat blades could be improved however, I do not have any Gladii to use... I shall keep an eye out for some.

Here you go! Anvil Industry makes some really nice stuff. They're casts are top-notch and they have a set of 28mm Not-SM Gladii for sale.


http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=60_88&product_id=84

They even have a little built in Bolt-pistol so it's WYSIWYG.

New models look great, by the way! Very characterful.

 Darth Bob wrote:

Martok wrote:

Yeah the combat blades could be improved however, I do not have any Gladii to use... I shall keep an eye out for some.

Here you go! Anvil Industry makes some really nice stuff. They're casts are top-notch and they have a set of 28mm Not-SM Gladii for sale.


http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=60_88&product_id=84

They even have a little built in Bolt-pistol so it's WYSIWYG.

New models look great, by the way! Very characterful.

Cheers mate that is really cool. Bought loads of bits from them before and hadn't noticed these. Now thinking of an idea for my command squad...

This guy will be the second Tactical Squad Sergeant. I decided on a more typical look for the combi weapon this time. Again most of the parts are from Anvil Industry:



So I haven't even finished the first squad and I am already building the other sergeants.... As soon as my Green Stuff and Airbrush come through the post these guys should really start to make some progress.

- Martok

Nice to see a minotaurs blog, they're pretty much the only force I'd play if I ever decided to get some loyalists, gotta love the story and the excuse to get lot's of shiny toys right!

 Ignatius-Grulgor wrote:
Nice to see a minotaurs blog, they're pretty much the only force I'd play if I ever decided to get some loyalists, gotta love the story and the excuse to get lot's of shiny toys right!

I know what you mean the whole idea of being able to ally in representatives of the High Lords seems like really good fun!

So another update for you all!

So with this army I am trying to theme each unit.. so the first Sergeant with Combi Melta leads the vanguard unit while the second squad are putting down support fire. This squad and the final squad are supposed to be at ease as it were. So here is the first "at ease" Sergeant:



And if you want to see a bit more I have some pics on the Blog in contribute to http://bloody-dice.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/wip-minotaurs-sergeant-3-151012.html

- Martok

Really like the way you have them standing on uneven terrain. What's the basing theme going to be?

 Darth Bob wrote:
Really like the way you have them standing on uneven terrain. What's the basing theme going to be?

That is a pretty good question.. In hindsight it might have been an idea to model them on a ship representing the boarding actions were they crippled the Lamenters. However, I think it will be standard battle field with some long grass scattered about maybe try some water effects for some puddles etc. Of course, most importantly Lamenters helmets and blood everywhere

In line with the previous Sergeant this guy will be holding the back line and shall be providing tactical support to the vanguard units so I modeled him with Auspex out.



Now my Green Stuff has arrived I have managed to finish the modelling work on the first combat squad and they are ready for paint. Although the 20 Word Bearers and 40 odd Necron Warriors/Immortals on my Paint table may have to come first!

And as usual there are more pics on my blog bloody-dice.blogspot.com

Love the look of these guys! The GK helmets tied with the plumes create an effective combo!

 lipsdapips wrote:
Love the look of these guys! The GK helmets tied with the plumes create an effective combo!

Cheers! I think I will need to get me some more of those from somewhere.

So these guys have taken some time to finally get paint onto them. I do have some better pictures on my actual camera but for now some sneak peeks. Here is the Squad Sergeant with his Armour finished:



Let me know what you think as I can still adjust the tone at this point.

- Martok

Some better pics to show off the armour:

















Hopefully I shall have one of these guys totally finished soon!

They are coming along awesome! welcome to Dakka and very impressive work! KEEP IT UP!

Peace.

Loving the models Martok. The level of character in each and every one of them is sweet, can't wait to see the finished product.

crimsonfist832 wrote:Loving the models Martok. The level of character in each and every one of them is sweet, can't wait to see the finished product.

I am glad that is coming though. My plan when starting this project was to put the same sort of effort into the line infantry as the Chapter Master (maybe not quite as much but you get the idea) so I am really glad that is coming through now.

Feel No Pain wrote:They are coming along awesome! welcome to Dakka and very impressive work! KEEP IT UP!

Peace.

Thanks for the welcome I shall have to keep going at a pace or otherwise these guys will NEVER see the table ha!

Finally I have a guy with air and traditional brush work done for now:



Check out some more pics on BLOODYdice

- Martok

Update!





This guy will be sergeant for either an Assault squad or Vanguard. Please give me some critique as i know the spear and general posing is off and could do with working out how to fix that.

Martok

The Minotaurs finally have a full Tactical Squad built. Read on to see these guys all together.

I wanted to start using some of the Scibor basing kits I picked up so I tried a few ideas out to make use of them. My favorite at the moment has to be the guy vaulting with his combat blade drawn:







With all ten guys from the first Tactical Squad built I just had to get them together for a group shot:

I have had a lot of fun putting these guys together thus far; when they are all painted I shall have to ally them in to one of my armies for a game lol!

Hopefully by the end of January this army should start to be playable.

- Martok

After getting the first Minotaurs Tacrtical Squad done I am on a roll and I have already finished the Heavy Bolter guy for the second squad.

Again just like with the first Tactical Squad I want to keep a consisitent basing them using the Scibor kits to help with that. I think the large base makes the model look very imposing:





Now I need to work out how I am going to do the rest of the squad; I am looking to keep them all in a support fire theme.
- Martok

So with one whole Tactical squad built I have kept the momentum going and finished the second squads first Combat Squad.


All of them ready for paint:



Now all I need to do is paint the first squad

- Martok