The plan is to squeeze two different Space Marine chapter battle groups (using 2nd ed. Epic/Space marine conventions) with a bit of variation/fluff for them, all from the Epic 40,000 boxed set contents and a few other odd sprues i have to hand;
So Far;
1 x Ultramarine Battle Company (6x Tac marines, 6x Assault, 6x Devestators and a company HQ, all in Rhinos)
1 x Ultramarine Scout detachment (6x scouts)
1x Ultramarine Land Raider detachment (3x Land Raiders)
1x Ultramarine Whirlwind detachment (3x WhirlWinds)
1x Chaplin/Librarian/Tech-Priest/Apothocary + Custom Rhino (more on this later)
then;
1 x Imperial Fists Tac or Devastator company (depends if i can find some more of either unit type!)
1 x Imperial Fists Terminator Detachment (4x Terminator Stands + 2x Land Raiders)
1 x Imperial Fists Land Raider detachment (3x Land Raiders)
1 x Imperial Fists Whirlwind detachment (3x WhirlWinds)
1 x Imperial Fists Bike detachment (5x bikes)
1x Chaplin/Librarian/Tech-Priest/Apothocary + Custom Rhino
So, in order to do this i'm cutting a few corners regarding miniatures per stand - and i think this will look good/better than the prescribed 5x minis per 20mm square or 10x40mm base, as long as i'm consistent!
I'm going for 1 pence and 2 pence coins as bases (as they are cheap, have a nice weight to them, and some are magnetic...)
I plan on mounting medium armoured units (i.e. bog standard space marines) in groups of 3 per 1p coin
for larger units such as terminators i'll do 2 per 1p coin
for smaller units like imperial guardsmen or ork boyz i'll try and squeeze 4 minis on per 1p or bump them up to 5x on a 2p coin (will do some testing later)
Bikes, speeders, sentinels etc i'm going 1 mini per 1p, and as for mounting vehicles - a 2p would work for most, but i'm undecided whether to bother!
So, enough rambling... on to the pics!
Ultramarine Devestators - fairly happy with these guys, got a bit bored doing them as they were the old 2nd ed minis on the new sprue and i was looking forward to all new toys! Anyhoo, i did a quick bash on a few of them to turn their missile launchers into make-shift plasmas, and it looks ok from a distance, just need to tidy up the edges of the stands with some brown paint and i'll consider them done!
Ditto for the Tac Marines - plus it looks like i've missed a few shoulder details on some!
The company HQ - Standard bearer needs a snazzy banner to hold for a start!. HQ Rhino needs finishing - i've added the comms dish from a 40k rhino kit and the chapter symbol from a 40k land speeder kit (my bitz box is unlimited it seems!) to mount them flush i simply filed down the top hatch and front panels.
Coming soon... the Imperial Fists (although the test unit of Assault marines will soon be Blue as i don't have enough for a detachment of them!)
Notice - all my character units (Librarian, Tech-Priest, Apoc and Chaplin) are all magnetized on their bases?! This allows me to create a unit per chapter of 2 std marines on the rear of a 1p and simply swap the front guy out depending on the scenario - neat huh? (I am scottish, so any way to save money works for me!)
It means i can also make up mixed HQ stands with various characters on them.
Anyhoo - thats all i've got for this update, heres what i've got on my immediate 'to-do' list (hopefully in order of sorts!);
Finish the Epic Space Marines off
Clean up the Warlord Titan
Make a start on either the boxes of Imperial Guard, Orks or Eldar i've got piled in the corner of the room!
More 6mm Terrain
Actually play a game of Epic Space Marine! (first time in 15 odd years!)
Figure out what 40k stuff to keep/sell (got boxes and boxes of it in various states and no motivation to do anything with it - unless i can find some 2nd Edition 40k players who fancy a game, and i can be bothered re-learning the rules!)
Cheers!
Craig,
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