 Special Ops-themed Space Marine Army, My biggest commission yet... |
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| Special Ops-themed Space Marine Army, My biggest commission yet... |
| insaniak |
 May 23 2007, 05:53 PM
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A short while back, I finished off my largest commission job yet, but had promised the buyer that I wouldn't show it off until after the event that he wanted it for...
Well, that event has come and gone, so I can finally unveil a Special Ops-themed Space Marine army in the Under The Couch Commission Gallery.  This was a hefty project, which included Teleporting Assault Squads, a stripped-down Dreadnought, and retooled Tactical, Devastator, Scout and Terminator squads.  Despite grossly underestimating just how much work was involved in this job, I had a lot of fun putting it together, and have heard from the buyer that it (obviously in its fully painted form) took 2nd place for Best Army at the Liber Animus IV on the weekend.  You can see the entire army here. This post has been edited by insaniak: Jul 25 2009, 07:12 PM -------------------- |
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| daviej37 |
May 23 2007, 06:00 PM
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Wow, love that Librarian, consider that his sword idea stolen
 Was there a reason for leaving the Termies so bare, whilst all the rest are loaded to the nines with gubbinz? Don't get me wrong, they still look cool, just a little 'out of place'. -------------------- I didn't get to where I am today, worrying about what I'm going to feel like tomorrow...
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| insaniak |
May 23 2007, 06:09 PM
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QUOTE(daviej37 @ May 23 2007, 06:00 PM)  Was there a reason for leaving the Termies so bare, whilst all the rest are loaded to the nines with gubbinz? Yup... the sensors are all a little more 'built-in' on TDA. It didn't really seem necessary to add extras... they're supposed to be the pinnacle of Imperial engineering, after all. And the lack of pouches and the like is simply because they're not required, and wouldn't work... they're not going to get a power fist into a magazine pouch. At least not and still have a pouch in one piece afterwards. So that basically just left them as bare-bones combat machines, rather than the usual Imperial walking decorations... which fit the army theme quite nicely. Or I think so, anyway  -------------------- |
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| daviej37 |
May 23 2007, 06:14 PM
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QUOTE(insaniak @ May 23 2007, 06:09 PM) Yup... the sensors are all a little more 'built-in' on TDA. It didn't really seem necessary to add extras... they're supposed to be the pinnacle of Imperial engineering, after all. And the lack of pouches and the like is simply because they're not required, and wouldn't work... they're not going to get a power fist into a magazine pouch. At least not and still have a pouch in one piece afterwards. So that basically just left them as bare-bones combat machines, rather than the usual Imperial walking decorations... which fit the army theme quite nicely. Or I think so, anyway Fair enough  Still though, I think that they would've looked cool with those swirly things that the Tacs have. -------------------- I didn't get to where I am today, worrying about what I'm going to feel like tomorrow...
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| theshufflingzombie |
May 23 2007, 06:21 PM
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looks great, any chance of someone posting the painted pics up?
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| Buddha |
May 23 2007, 06:21 PM
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The swirly things are the Assault Marines, they 'teleport' not fly, so the swirly things are the Teleporter's.
I must say its awesome to see the bare plastic and what went into converting them. I saw the fully painted version on the weekend, when you combine such awesome conversions, with Golden Demon winning standard painting, it really makes for something special  Top work Insaniak, I would say 100% commision job success, you lived up to your usual 1 mini standard of excellence on an entire army scale. Cheers, Tom -------------------- SA 40k Tournament Information Database
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| Master Templar |
May 23 2007, 06:30 PM
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Looks really cool.
But out of interest, where do those drum fed Bolters come from? -------------------- |
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| daviej37 |
May 23 2007, 06:33 PM
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QUOTE(Buddha @ May 23 2007, 06:21 PM) The swirly things are the Assault Marines, they 'teleport' not fly, so the swirly things are the Teleporter's. Yeah, I prefer 'Swirly things', it sounds more technological  -------------------- I didn't get to where I am today, worrying about what I'm going to feel like tomorrow...
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| Mango |
May 23 2007, 06:50 PM
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Nice, I would love to see some painted pics
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| ragnarclaw |
May 23 2007, 07:00 PM
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Wow..they look really great especially the dread.But i stll doesnt understand the Teleporting Assault Squads with the "green things" around them are
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| Proximity |
May 23 2007, 07:06 PM
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QUOTE(ragnarclaw @ May 23 2007, 09:00 PM) Wow..they look really great especially the dread.But i stll doesnt understand the Teleporting Assault Squads with the "green things" around them are counts as jump pack. -------------------- I am dissapoint.
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| Zippy Wonderdog |
May 23 2007, 07:31 PM
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You know like how in DoW the termies could upgrade to personel teleporter.
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| Buddha |
May 23 2007, 07:38 PM
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Here are some pics courtesy of Kysanth, they are during a game Vs. Andrew Long's Eldar:
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| insaniak |
May 23 2007, 09:16 PM
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QUOTE(ragnarclaw @ May 23 2007, 07:00 PM) But i stll doesnt understand the Teleporting Assault Squads with the "green things" around them are Their backpacks have little gubbinz built into them that represent the personal teleport unit. The swirly bit is just the teleport effect... Edit: Nearly forgot: The bolters are from the Scout Biker box. This post has been edited by insaniak: May 23 2007, 09:30 PM -------------------- |
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| Senexis |
May 23 2007, 09:19 PM
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Only second place, eh?
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| waxsir |
May 23 2007, 10:06 PM
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That’s just bloody fantastic, very talented stuff there mate I have always liked your work.
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| Extrac32 |
May 23 2007, 11:04 PM
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Very nice.
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| Khysanth |
May 23 2007, 11:16 PM
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Buddha beat me to posting the pics I took. Here is the dreadnaught also.
 The rest of the photo's I took on Day 1 can be found here http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb146/Khysanth/ I was going to go back in game 2 and get some more of the owners models, but I was starting to run out of batteries on the camera, and wanted to upload the pics to the TO's pc before I left. -------------------- Hive Fleet Iceberg modelling diary
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| Speed Adict |
May 23 2007, 11:18 PM
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QUOTE(Buddha @ May 23 2007, 07:38 PM) Hope the owner doesnt mind Not at all man I'm glad the "idea" has been recieved well  Iain has done a FANTASTIC job with them and I would recommend his services to anyone -------------------- I know Adict is spelt wrong... it WAS the number plate on my bike
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| Dr. 306 |
May 23 2007, 11:36 PM
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This is a fantastic army! The conversions, painting and theme are great!
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