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Hello, fellow wargamers.
I would like to share my army with you. Showed are most of my current completed units, with many more on the way.
At the moment, I am using SM codex, sometimes allying with GK.
But it is not some regular superhuman space marines. Oh no.
The first marines of this kind were completed in the end of January 2013. I never really shared them anywhere but my country's small wargaming forum, as I did not know whether or not people would like the idea. However, just today I found the Slaaneshi Saurus marines topic in here and it seemed to me that people in here are generally tolerant to this kind of conversions.

Because the picture are a little too wide, I did a thumbnail-linking, for your viewing pleasure. Click the thumbnail to see the full picture.




Those unlucky souls have suffered a terrible fate of being stranded on a desolated planet, the radiation seeping through their damaged power armor, mutating their genes with those of the local wildlife over decades of exposure.
Fortunately, upon their return to the rest of the chapter, the Chapter Master saw a benefit of keeping them alive, rather then destroying them on-sight. However, other loyalists would not share that kindness and therefore, it would be outright dangerous of having the mutants around. Instead, it was decided to separate them from the rest of the chapter into the XIth company, stripping them off any chapter-identification and letting them exist in the far edges of the galaxy. They would only be called upon to aid their chapter-brothers in a fight, where no opposing souls would survive and where no other loyalist force could lay their eyes on them.
However, even being far away form most imperial planets, the "forsaken", as they came to be called, still face problems of by-passing loyalist forces as well as xeno races. Still fighting for their survival, the company's apothecaries adopted the mutated gene-seed as the standard, biologically growing new soldiers, rather than recruiting them and allowed the troop numbers to grow way beyond the 100-man limit.


4th Tactical Squad "Veezara" (Special weapons are magnetized).

2nd Devastator Squad "Dread"

Command Squad

The original Company Master (Power pack was never completely painted).

The second and current Company Master.

Librarian/Tigirius

Senior Apothecary

Devastator Centurions "Ancient Ones".

Land Speeder Typhoon.

Scout Sniper Squad (With magnetized torso with ML) and a Land Speeder Storm.

Stormtalon Nephilim




Vindicare Assassin

Current Callidus/Eversor/Culexus Assassin

Stand in for Inquisitor Coteaz and 2 Justicars (Or 1 justicar and 1 regular knight)

And Finally.. The monstrous creature with a Junior Techmarine.



I will gladly hear and accept any feedback you are willing to give.

[There are many more pictures of other units in the other posts of this topic]

heh de er fede, Awesome work!

Certainly unique . I like the Callidus assassin best

Just awesome dude

I've been working on a very similar project. A Salamanders chapter with actual salamanders. I've been being to post some pics but my camera is just horendous.

I'm very much digging your conversions, Specially the dreadknight.

Currently I'm trying to figure out how to make a dreadnaught more lizardly. Thoughts?

I the dragon theme A LOT actually, they are pretty well painted to boot. I like the 2 company master the best, you should make your assualt marines with wings like those .

You Sir, are a Gentleman and a Scholar of most prestigious lineage.

What an absolutely awesome army

I love them, very unique and very very well done.

Definatly brought a smile to my face, great idea and excellent conversions. Loving the idea.

Great conversions my friend!
I really like the helmet you gave to the first tactical. I think it would be great to see a few more
I like the fluff too

keep up the good work

Iksars for the win

They look great,i like the colour choice for them as well,very nice indeed.

I absolutely love these, very well executed! Well done. I once tried making Saurus-headed Chaos Marines as Possessed, and... well... let's just say they didn't turn out so well, so I can appreciate how careful the modelling must have been.

Inari82 wrote:
Currently I'm trying to figure out how to make a dreadnaught more lizardly. Thoughts?

How about a tail, or a neck frill around the front of the sarcophagus? Also some bony protrusions (not quite spikes) along the top.

Excellent work!!
I've seen some bad examples of saurus armies, but yours are not on that level.
Great job!!

Thank to you all for your great replies. Each and every is very much appreciated.

Inari82 wrote:
I've been working on a very similar project. A Salamanders chapter with actual salamanders. I've been being to post some pics but my camera is just horendous.

I'm very much digging your conversions, Specially the dreadknight.

Currently I'm trying to figure out how to make a dreadnaught more lizardly. Thoughts?

Thanks!
I, personally have not though about Dreadnoughts. The person who makes Slaanesh Saurus ("Emperor's Lizards") made it this way: http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd232/koksu_k/Space%20Lizards/Dreadnought1.jpg
Perhaps try head and tail from a dragon? Like GW's LotR one?

I was looking at this model and "fantasizing" about making 3 of those into the new SM Centurions http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ta8gSHz8dFo/TIcFlXh35yI/AAAAAAAAACI/gSRHuIZcqPg/s320/BlackhideWrastler.png
However, it would be a very expensive project, which I can't afford

 wolfmerc wrote:
I the dragon theme A LOT actually, they are pretty well painted to boot. I like the 2 company master the best, you should make your assualt marines with wings like those .

Thank you! I already got a lovely set of smaller wings from MaxMini lying around for that exact purpose. At the moment, I do not use assault marines too much, but as soon as they catch my fancy, I surely will make some!

 TheDraconicLord wrote:


You Sir, are a Gentleman and a Scholar of most prestigious lineage.

What an absolutely awesome army

Thank you kindly and I shall wear that tittle with pride!

 Xendarc wrote:
Great conversions my friend!
I really like the helmet you gave to the first tactical. I think it would be great to see a few more
I like the fluff too

keep up the good work

Cheers!
I am a new beginner at Green Stuff work, so I am not yet able to make really good looking ones, but I am sure it will come with time I was planning on finding someone skilled enough to pull it off, but never searched actively.





I most certainly have plans for more units. Got a new HQ in the works as well as more tacticals. Hoping to see if I can successfully make Cavalry raptors into bike stand-ins. Also waiting for a new Carnisaurus to arrive. Although no idea on what it will represent.

"So much to do, so little time..."


Quickly finished a squad of sniper scouts along with a land speeder storm. The ML scout is magnetized, so I can switch between ML and sniper rifle.
The pictures are not the best, I will most likely take some new ones at some point in the future, alongside making a banner for them

The work continues on 10 Assault marines and a new HQ, which should hopefully be finished soon!

It's cool how you've got the tail coming out under the cloaks

This force is absolutely awesome. You definitely shouldn't have been sceptical about posting, def glad you did. Would field these in a second - great work!

This is awesome!

They remind of a old cartoon witch the name escape me. It had 2 dumb caveman in also, if someone can remember.

Hello again, guys!
I have completed several more units since last update, Although I am still struggling to get good pictures. However, here are a few new additions. I've incorporated them in the first post.

Devastator Centurions "Ancient Ones".

Land Speeder Typhoon.

These guys look great!

I really appreciate the cool story and background that you gave to these unique troops/chapter. Great work, really great.

Hey guys!
Back again with a new model to show you.

This is my Saurus Librarian who can also proxy as UM Chief Librarian Tigirius.
The "psychic power" was made with greenstuff, wire and a saurus head.

Still learning to do glow effects

Awesome dude! I really like it.
Pose is awesome, paint is sharp, and the GS'ing is inspiring!

Great conversion

Just amazing.

I love this.

Love the second Company Master! IMHO I think the saurus-marines rarely work because their heads always look too big, but don't let one man's opinion hold you back! Keep up the good work

Lovely army, a project like that would see me doying space marines.

Wow. Maybe I *won't* be tossing my space marines away in disgust when I get my mantic enforcers... Maybe I'll be blatantly stealing the

BEST IDEA EVER!

Those look so much better than regular space marines it's a joke! Don't like space marine's squaty appearance (similar height to IG) BOOM space lizards, they're just well muscled and compact don't you know .

Wow. What TDL said. You rock.

Thank you guys for your kind comments! I am very happy you like it.
There is more to come in the following days.


@Brother Payne
Sure, the heads are large and would not fit too well if 40k was a proportionally-correct game But I feel like they do fine in "heroic scale".

@GrimDork
You are too kind, good sir. Expand the legacy!