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Hello!

I am building a Tallarn+Ultramarines army and I will showcase here finished pieces.

The look and feel for the Tallarn part is desert and sand:
-it was very interesting to study some glyphs in ancient arabic to put on the tanks, I think that writing is called "cufic" and it was somehow fitting the idea of ancient sacred writings.
-the infantry have different platoons based on the colours of the far ends of the kefiah, for now I have one gold squad and one silver squad, not sure the next one.

UPDATE: the scions are inspired by Dune Fremen, they have dark armour and blu eyes due to spice melange intoxication!

UPDATE: for Ultramarines the look and feel.. well.. is just ultramarine blue! I'll sand a bit the bottom of their pants because they are on duty in a desert planet. I'd like to put in some reference to Dune, I remember Harkonnen had heavy infantry in Dune 2 which really looked like dreadnoughts..

UPDATE: some overall pictures!







Leman Russes:



Infantry Squad mix (gold on left, silver on right):


Scions (Dune Fremen):


Leviathan Ultramarines (Heavy infantry, Dune 2)


Scout Squads Ultramarines (Light Infantry, Dune 2!)

Clean tank, I like it! The Tallarn models are neat, I'm a sucker for the old metal IG as well. Always wished I would have bought some Tallarn.

Do blue eyes! And you could run some Scions converted from Genestealer Cultists and beardy heads to represent Fremen in Stillsuits?

 JohnnyHell wrote:
Do blue eyes! And you could run some Scions converted from Genestealer Cultists and beardy heads to represent Fremen in Stillsuits?

Best idea ever !!!!! Will do!!!!!


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 Ruberu wrote:
Clean tank, I like it! The Tallarn models are neat, I'm a sucker for the old metal IG as well. Always wished I would have bought some Tallarn.

Yes, I've struggled to find lascannons infantry, I must proxy with missile launchers :/ You are very kind, especially on the infantry, those eyes are staring anywhere but on the target. But I've asked guidance on the forums here, I hope I'll fix them soon.

UPDATE:

Finished the Scions troop, tried to get close to Fremen, that's why the blu eyes!

Aaaaand it's done!! My first dreadnought!!

I think it may at best look about like heavy infantry from Dune 2, but I couldn't make it sand color.. had to make it Macraggae Blue..











Next in line are:
- Tallarn Leman Russ 2 with tank commander
- various command figures from Ultramarines (Captain, Lieutenant, Chaplain, Standard guy)
- 15 scouts
- 2 predators (or maybe 1 predator, 1 whirwind.. not sure yet!)

Finally some pictures of the overall army, I'm still missing a bunch of stuff but it's start looking good together. I think that when more Ultramarine Blue will be there the visual impact will be way better!

Finished sponsons and writings on both tanks, ready for the final coating. Hopefully they will see the first tournament in September!

Those are lovely tanks!

 amazingturtles wrote:
Those are lovely tanks!

Yay thanks! I'm working on the ultramarine scouts now.. by the end of the summer I'll have an update, late September there's a tournament (2 players team, 750 each) so I'll bring some pieces to the baptism of fire.

Fantastic tanks you got there, really smooth coat of paint.

Finally the scouts squads are done!! The Ultramarine Battalion is taking form.

Frontline




Squad 1 Close Combat



Squad 2 Close Combat



Bolter Squad

Greetings, I really like the Old Space Marine Scout sculpts!

You did a great job! They are sweet looking Ultramarines!

Thank You for sharing! :-)

 darkstar6783 wrote:
Greetings, I really like the Old Space Marine Scout sculpts!

You did a great job! They are sweet looking Ultramarines!

Thank You for sharing! :-)

Yes, the sculpting was on all another level! Also no assembly.. too bad it's only on eBay now

Found the time to make a shooting session for the new Devastators!! Now I'm on to the Captain and Standard Bearer, maybe making a video of the process.