Conquer the universe! Pre-Heresy space marines.

[SDKFZ]

Ahh, the mini dreadnoughts
How is the work going on your second aguila lander ? Liked the way you got it toghether into a more complete vehicle.

/ SDKFZ

[tcraigen]

Amazing work I love the mix of armour an conversions you've done.

[the damned artificer]

Ahh, the mini dreadnoughts
How is the work going on your second aguila lander ? Liked the way you got it toghether into a more complete vehicle.

/ SDKFZ

Yeah I can't wait to build them! The aqila lander haven't received any work since the pics were taken unfortunately :/

Amazing work I love the mix of armour an conversions you've done.

Thanks! hope this next update is in your taste then.

Update time!

I've had time to do some more modelling and have actually managed to finish my mk II land speeder and have it undercoated, I also bought some goodies to update my chaplain, and have also updated my apothecary.

Chaplain:

I have fiwed the miscast collar and the stud on his shoulder with some green stuff, but not until after I took the pictures.


Apothecary:

Some more progress on the legions senior medic, he still needs some green stuff work.

And a picture of a building I'm working on for a CoD table, once it's finished and this army is too I'll have a load of pics taken of the army in urban surroundings.



And now for my little love project, my Mk II landspeeder:

It's built from a mix between a land speeder storm and a regular land speeder with the seats and engine exhausts from an original 2nd ed land speeder. There's also parts from numerous other kits in there, I'll give it a rundown if any one is interested.
It will be put on a 60mm base in style with the one on my contemptor, and I might build something elaborate on the base since there won't be any models standing directly on it.














Next week I'll get my tartaros terminators, and I'll try and have an update ASAP with them.

That's it for now, I'll have to get back to commission work again so I can fund some more yellow armour!

[Vimes]

WOW! What an update!!
The chaplain is ace, he looks realy menacing and the choice of the helmet is perfect.

But the Land Speeder is totaly awsome!!! What a great conversion and great use of bits!!

Looking forward to more updates. A 5+ for you

[Kontempt]

Whoa, how have i missed this? Where di you get the helm for your Chappy? The Landspeeder is fantastic also, would be great to do for a model for Sammael seeing as though he also has one of the only jet bikes remaining post-Heresy. Parts list would be great, I AM stealing it!

[SDKFZ]

Just love that landspeeder ! It makes much more sence in "true scale" then the old 2:nd edition metal one, which was rather cramped.
Sweet that youve picked up the idea and made a stunning model of it.
Great work !
Chaplain and apothecary also looking ace.

/ SDKFZ

[Breazer]

I love the updates on the chaplain...and i like the urban looking terrain too..
im so looking forward to seeing these painted!

[Khorneguy]

Could you give us a list of parts used on that land speeder? Or even a tutorial. That is pretty damn amazing and I want to build one or two myself

[Space Fink]

Land Speeder tutorial please..

[Hadriel Caine]

Splendid stuff. Loving the landspeeder. What I really dig though are the bases and the terrain. Very neatly done and atmospheric.

[the damned artificer]

WOW! What an update!!
The chaplain is ace, he looks realy menacing and the choice of the helmet is perfect.

But the Land Speeder is totaly awsome!!! What a great conversion and great use of bits!!

Looking forward to more updates. A 5+ for you

Thanks man, hope my future work wont disappoint then :P

Whoa, how have i missed this? Where di you get the helm for your Chappy? The Landspeeder is fantastic also, would be great to do for a model for Sammael seeing as though he also has one of the only jet bikes remaining post-Heresy. Parts list would be great, I AM stealing it!

Hehe I pretty much can't get around making a parts list now it seems The chappy helmet is from this set http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuf...MINOTAURS.html And thanks for the nice comments.

Just love that landspeeder ! It makes much more sence in "true scale" then the old 2:nd edition metal one, which was rather cramped.
Sweet that youve picked up the idea and made a stunning model of it.
Great work !
Chaplain and apothecary also looking ace.

/ SDKFZ

Thanks mate, I gotta keep my game up if I have to compete with all your awesome scratch builts aye

I love the updates on the chaplain...and i like the urban looking terrain too..
im so looking forward to seeing these painted!

Thanks man, I wish I had more time to paint these up right away to be honest, but I will as soon as I get a chance

Could you give us a list of parts used on that land speeder? Or even a tutorial. That is pretty damn amazing and I want to build one or two myself

No picture tutorial, but I'll make a rundown of parts and how I roughly went about building it. And thanks

Land Speeder tutorial please..

Ohh you cheeky...

Splendid stuff. Loving the landspeeder. What I really dig though are the bases and the terrain. Very neatly done and atmospheric.

Thanks a lot, I'm really just warming up though as I have a complete 4'x6' fully modeled CoD table to paint

[No-One]

This is turning out to be one of the best logs i've seen in a while, I'm looking forward to seeing it take shape more and more

[the damned artificer]

This is turning out to be one of the best logs i've seen in a while, I'm looking forward to seeing it take shape more and more

Thanks man, I'm very excited about this project myself so it's nice to get so great encouragement from you all I'll make a real effort to keep this updated relatively often while I finish the commission I'm working on and then after that this thread should be able to take off full throttle

[aghast]

Awsome stuff!

[titancommissar]

i really like the speed great work

[SDKFZ]

Always a pleasure, Mate Your loyal support keeps me on my toes.

/ SDKFZ

[the damned artificer]

Okay so it's time for that parts rundown, so I can get some piece of mind
I will divide it into two separate categories, crew and speeder. The crew will just be described, the speeder will have pics to illustrate a bit as it isn't really that complicated to repose some legs and arms and make sitting crew.

The crew:
What you need:
-The mkII gunner arms from the fw sm tank crew http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhamme...ANK_CREW_.html
-Any of the mkII legs from fw will do, I used parts from 3 different pairs to make mine.
-I used two of the BA torsos with the livery removed, but the mkII torsos work equally fine.
-4 mkII shoulder pads.
-2 mkII helmets
a pair of mkII shooting arms.

How to do it:
Cut the socket for the backpack off, so the marines can sit properly in their seats. Cut and reposition the legs. add the torsos and heads. Wait to attach and reposition the arms till the speeder is built so you can adjust them to fit.


The speeder:
What you need:
-The seats, exhausts and the targeting screen from a 2nd edition land speeder (the targeting screen is from the ravenwing speeder, and is optional as it isn't actually on the standard speeder)


-A land speeder storm.
Specifically these parts (marked in red)



-These parts from a baal predator (marked in red).


-The exhausts from a whirlwind (marked in red).


-The bottom, exhaust and an extra wing from a normal land speeder.
-1mm plasticard.
-0,5mm plasticard.
-thin plastic rod for rivets, or any other sort of rivets that fit your style. Mine are from the beams in the CoD sets from GW.
-A skull from a chaos marine torso belt buckle or a similar medium sized skull.

Optional parts for detailing, in the case of my Imperial Fists speeder I used the following components to detail it:
-A fw imperial fists icon pack, for the round icons http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhamme...CON-PACKS.html
- the bike kit-bags from this kit http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/ca...Id=prod1110187
-A name plate from the black templars brass etch http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhamme...S-SYMBOLS.html

These can of course be substituted with any detailing you want.

- the guns:
A heavy bolter from the land raider proteus kit http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhamme...R-PROTEUS.html
alternatively a heavy bolter from the heavy weapons kit here might also work http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhamme...APONS_SET.html

-the autocannon from a IG heavy weapons team
-assault cannon, mounting and search light from a land speeder.


How to do it:

Start by building the engine, cut the parts as in the diagram.


The two segments of the tank goes together to built the middle section of the engine, then you add the top, bottom and exhaust sections. Then cut the whirlwind exhausts flat on the backside and glue them in. then cut the 2nd ed exhausts attachment pins off and glue them on top of the exhausts on the assembled engine.
Remove the side grills on the engine, cut the fuel tank covers from the baal predators, the part you need to remove is the vertical flat edge so you are left with the top part and the angled edge. attach on top of engine.

then for the front and middle section.


Cut off the spoiler that is marked in green on the top front section, this is what attaches the engine to the rest of the speeder and is where the tail fin is attached (the extra fin from the land speeder). Cut the panel from the seats and attach the panel to the spoiler, then cut the top and bottom front as shown in the diagram and assemble them, then attach the piece to the control panel, this is also where the control panel for the driver is installed.

Next you skin the front and sides in 1mm plasticard(not the top of the front) to make the characteristic angled nose for the mkII look, you then ad a rectangle and a triangle in the front to create the panel detail on the nose, this is made in 0,5mm plasticard. the array is also installed and the small lights that goes in the gunners side of the land speeder storm is used as the base for the drivers display with the lenses cut off. Ad the targeting screen, rivets, skull and other detail.

The seats section is made by cutting the bottom of the normal land speeder as shown in green on the diagram, then you beef out the middle section of the speeder with. Attach the seats to the land speeder bottom part that you have cut, and make it fit on the speeder, DO NOT GLUE IT IN PLACE it will make it impossible to install the drivers later.

Add the braces from the land speeder storm on top of the engine exhausts and under the seats.
Fit the drivers arms to match the controls of the speeder.

Assemble all the parts and remember to add the bottom tail fin/auspex array too.

The heavy bolter needs to be cut to fit, which depending on which type you use it will involve cutting the back of the gun to be level.

The autocannon is made by cutting the barrel off the assault cannon and replacing it with the one from the IG autocannon, then mount it on the mounting, cut the light from the searchlight and mount it reversed, add the lenses cut from the drivers screen as targeting lenses.

That's about it, hope this is enough to satisfy you guys. Remember to refer to the pics of the finished model when building to give a visual idea of what part you are building and how it goes together.

Happy building lads ;D

[Gearhart]

AMAZING! OUTSTANDING! SLPENDID! SUPPURB! haha great stuff mate always a great charater....once i start my regular marines my inspiration will be clear

[BrotherTearz]

You lucky thing, I have been trying to get hold of Ivanus Enkomi's head without paying £30.00 to get it

[the damned artificer]

AMAZING! OUTSTANDING! SLPENDID! SUPPURB! haha great stuff mate always a great charater....once i start my regular marines my inspiration will be clear

Thanks mate I'll be looking forward to your regular marines as I am quite enjoying your terminator madness

You lucky thing, I have been trying to get hold of Ivanus Enkomi's head without paying £30.00 to get it

Yeah I know, I was fortunate enough to be able to snatch it from a bits store before they were sold out :P

Major update time

I have had my doubts from the start of this project about a certain aspect of doing a great crusade era force, a part which is really defining and will take a lot of work and which I initially wasn't going to do because it didn't feel right.
I am of course talking about the big man himself, the man in the golden armour (no, not the emperor ;p ), one of the greatest tactical minds in the imperium, Lord Primarch of the VII Legion Astartes, Rogal Dorn!

It is really a matter of taste, but many modellers would love to have a primarch lead their legion on the battle field, and I am no different. I originally hadn't got any idea of what to base Dorn on, so I decided he wasn't going to be part of this IF army. Then one faithfull evening about a month ago I started playing around with some components, and suddently He was there, right in front of me, Rogal Dorn, as an uncut piece of marble, a diamond in the rough.

And so it was that I changed my twisted mind yet again (happens once or twice a week on this project or every time FW releases new SM models... ) and decided to include the master of the Imperial Fists.

Without more babbling I present to you the very VERY early stage of Rogal Dorn.



I would grately appreciate some feedback on this guy as I am forming a strong idea in my head about how I would do the elaborate amount of detail his armour will need to stand out. My main concern is the weapons, I am thinking of having some fun with magnets so I can swap between his gun and his ccw, but I can't decide what weapon to actually arm him with, all I've decided is that I really don't like the chainsword idea as it seems to crude a weapon for a master warrior of his stature. The sword on the main picture is an old GK sword with the gun removed, I am considering using it on the model, although it will take quite some modification.

I will take a great deal of inspiration in the original artwork from the collected visions book by John Blanche and this piece of art that I found online (credit goes to the genius behind although sadly I don't know who he is)



That's it for now, there might be an update later today as I jut got my tartaros pattern terminators, and IF brass etch