Mariners Blight - A Maritime Inspired Lovecraftian Chaos Marine Army

[LuckyNo.5]

This is a new army I've been working on in secret; Mariners Blight.
They are a maritime inspired Lovecraftian Chaos Marine Army combining inspiration from The Shadow over Innsmouth as well as the Cthulhu mythos with 1800's style diving suits and nautical details.

I will have several updates over the next few weeks, but for now here's some Marines.

They were made from a combination of MK2 & MK3 Armour with Morback's BioHazard Helmets. I literally cut legs off from MK2 Armour and swapped with MK3 Armour to create a more chaotic appearnce. Some Maxmini mutation bits were mixed in with possessed bits to achieve an aquatic mutation effect on the Close Combat Marines.

The bases were from Secret Weapon Miniatures. A Combination of their Blasted Wetlands mixed with Bone Fields designed to look like bone infested murky swamp land. Think the Dead Marshes from LOTR.

[LuckyNo.5]

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[Damien 1427]

It's got a nice unique look. What scheme do you have in mind for them?

[New Cult King]

Freaky and greebly so far

[eltanko]

Very promising! Great look to them.

ElTanko

[LuckyNo.5]

Thanks Guys!, More pics coming in the next few days.

[Scribe of Khorne]

Looking super cool.

[LuckyNo.5]

Thanks for the compliments guys!

@ Damien 1427 : I'm going for a rusty light blue/green w/ neon green lenses in the helmets and purple skin tones.


Here is one of the centerpieces for my Mariners Blight Army, a Contemptor Dreadnought modified to look like an oversized deep diver. I drew inspiration not only from actual 1800's diver outfits, but also from Big Daddy.

I took the Forge World Dread and added some subtle Chaos trim with Greenstuff and Styrene rivets. I used a Chaos vehicle spotlight (Which fit perfectly) as the diver helmet. And then I sculpted the tentacles from greenstuff as seen in this post.

The base is from Secret Weapon Miniatures and the boat I bought from Billing Boats USA.

[RTJ]

Beautiful! Disgusting!

[LuckyNo.5]

This will be the scheme I'm using:

[superdupermatt]

More please! That conversion is epic!

[Charax]

Wow, that contemptor looks great, I'm doing a similar thing with one of my Blight Drones (Because they already look like giant fish anyway)

Any tips on doing tentacles? that's the part that has me stumped

[LuckyNo.5]

Thanks Guys!

@Charax, I have a tutorial on sculpting tentacles on my Blog.
http://eyeoferror.blogspot.com/2012/...tentacles.html

[Jericho]

As soon as I saw the thread title, I was praying for Big Daddies with tentacles. Thank you for not disappointing!

Have you considered the Forgeworld Renegade Ogryns for your army? They aren't far from the Big Daddy aesthetic. Not quite sure what you'd use them as in-game, aside from something like Spawn or maybe Possessed. With conversion they could be Termis/Oblits I suppose. I get the impression that you'd be up to the challenge

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhamme...ITH-DRILL.html

[Mega Nutz]

Awesome builds, consider subbed!!

[Damien 1427]

This will be the scheme I'm using:

Magnificent. I can't wait to see the finished works.

[ss_cherubael]

LOVE THEM!

cant wait for more!

[Satan]

1. This plog is excellent. I heartily approve and the theme is fantastic.

2. For inspiration, you need to see this: http://www.warseer.com/forums/showth...ting-log/page8

[Daniel36]

Best. Chaos. Army. EVER!
That is all I am going to say about this, because that's all there is to say. I will definitely check back!!