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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Bad Ass Space Marine Conversions!


I love Space Marines, I think the fluff is awesome, I think the models, to a degree, are awesome, and I love painting and converting them...So when I set out to build my Imperial Fist army, I decided that I really wanted to take my time and make each marine as unique as possible. In addition I have been reading a lot of the 40k battle books, and though it does not translate so well sometimes in the game, Space Marines are freakin uber!!

So the decision was made to try and make my marines look "bad ass" I know when you see the title to the post you might be thinking that I am implying that these are "bad ass" marine conversions, but that is not what I am leading to at all, in fact I think in some ways my conversion skills are sub-par at best....the conversions I am talking about here are conversions that make marines look "bad ass", as opposed to the Space Marine "two-step"....lean to left, lean to the right...

So in the end my goal is to build the entire Imperial Fist 5th company, and to make each tactical marine, and maybe the others ;) unique in some way, something that can contribute to the "bad ass-ness" of their appearance.

Feel free to check out my Imperial Fist album, it has more pictures there of other conversions in various stages of build. In case your wondering too, the bases are resin bases from Base Contacts, tell him Ashton sent you when you order your stuff from him!

Ashton

5 comments:

  1. This conversions look great!





    Azureus

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  2. chainsaw bayonet FOR THE WIN.

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  3. Hi there, I am an italian hobbyst... First of all, let me say your SM look so inspiring. I think you've really managed to make them "bad ass" and unique looking. Secondly, may I ask you what you have used for the studs on some of the models? I'm not able to find anything suited for the job...

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  4. Did not realize this question was here,sorry. I use 1mm steel ball bearings.

    Ashton

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  5. gonna steal the chainsword bayonet idea... hehehe

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