Gurth Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Some time ago I built myself a squad of Vanguard Veterans with jump packs in keeping with the theme of my Space Marine army. They're not painted yet (one of the many things on my "to-do" list … ) but I finally got round to taking some photos of them: First, the whole squad as I have it now, on my workbench: Basically it's just four models with bolt pistol and chainsword plus a sergeant with bolt pistol and a power sword. Here's one of the models in close-up: The body is a Sisters of Battle Seraphim, with the head removed by means of clippers, after which I used a Dremel with a routing bit to hollow out the neck. The heads on most of the figures are resin Barbarian Heads from Micro Art Studio, but one has a plastic Warhammer Fantasy head (the last one I had left, and there are only four heads in the Micro Art pack, so this all came together quite nicely). All the models except for the sergeant had one hand with a bolt pistol sawed off and replaced by a hand with a chain sword left over from plastic Space Marine kits. The wings are also from Micro Art Studio: Mechanical Wings set 1 and set 2 fixed in various poses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagsta Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 bearded guys with boobs? sorry this doesn't work for me! maybe you can add GS to cover the female chests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarKHaZZ13 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 bearded guys with boobs? sorry this doesn't work for me!maybe you can add GS to cover the female chests? this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Beaten to the punch but I'll say it anyway - what's up with the hairy dudes + tatty-bo jangles? I hope you're going to de-feminise them, dude. :) -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Scipio Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Sorry to add even more but the sister bodies are also to small for the heads or to be Space marines. Sorry. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Boobs and beards look weird to me. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annunaki 23 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Freaking awesomesauce! Can't wait to see them painted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Guns... good. Chainswords... good. Breasts... Good. Whats not to like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Heresy Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Guns... good. Chainswords... good. Breasts... Good. Whats not to like? The beards? The mechanical wings look good on the seraphim models, but the bearded heads have kind of ruined it. What exactly is the theme of your army? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Guns... good. Chainswords... good. Breasts... Good. Whats not to like? The beards? Maybe they're french? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heretic??ME?? Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Slaanesh will be pleased I'm sure. I hope that's what this all about????? Circus freaks??? that girl from the other drunken night??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tybrus Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 They look like cross dressing space wolves...and that is NOT a good look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robot530 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 :lol: Win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatMan Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 This might sound a little mean, but… Seriously? Have you actually thought this build through? Chicks bodies with beardy man heads? I don’t know, it’s very… out there, but who are we to tell you what you can and can’t do with your models. So seeing it objectively… You glued on the parts really nice! Laters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurth Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 Why am I not surprised at most of these reactions? Oh, wait, maybe that's because it's what usually happens when someone sees (pictures of) my space marines … :geek: So, in order to explain why these are Sisters of Battle bodies with great big bearded heads, I will explain the history of this army in pictures. First, there was this squad: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/troep/ymia/tactical-squad-1.jpg That got painted up as part of a joke at my local game store. I liked the look, so I decided to make an army following this theme, and give the chapter the name Young Men's Imperial Ass'n, or YMIA — yes, two jokes in one, though most people don't even see the first one, it often seems. I soon got a few more tactical squads painted up, and also some terminators: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/troep/ymia/terminator-squad.jpg The army obviously needed some kind of leader: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/troep/ymia/commander-f.jpg and a scout squad: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/troep/ymia/scouts.jpg And while I was converting anyway, some veterans were needed that fit the theme: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/troep/ymia/veterans.jpg Does this explain why the Vanguard Veterans look the way they do? Yes? Good :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drudge Dreadnought Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Top quality, good sir :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Masariel Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 what a waste of those nice mechanical wings on these.. sorry mate but I even prefer hello kitty marines on these flat pinkies.. :geek: more than all cause even with the same bg concept you could have done far better.. let me say one more thing...rainbow warriors! :P beside..don't count on my support on this project of yours.. ..have a nice day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brissebrajan Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 hahahaha... talk about having some :cussed up geneseed!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Storm Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I like it because its creative and different, Great job man :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverike_prime Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 They look like cross dressing space wolves...and that is NOT a good look... well it would be some improvement over all. But yeah, I'm kinda lost as to what the theme of your army is. Unless it's Rocky Horror Picture show and even then I'm a little uncertain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatMan Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Wow... that just makes it so much more disturbing! It is funny though! Laters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rottimus Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Don't let the haters get to you. These are awesome!, the randomness is quite striking. Reminds me of the Bearded Lady from Spaceballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DapperDave Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Ok... cross dressing aside... I find these conversions a bit disjointed - you have 3 sizes of parts going on here and they don't really match. As far as the paint jobs... they all seem a bit flat. After the initial shock of "oh, pink marines" there's not much too them. I'd suggest wash + highlights, and take some time to pick out the details. Also, are you planning on putting banners on those standard-bearers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Um...well...uh... +1 for sheer shock value. I'm not really sure what else to say.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicced Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 i have to agree with most of the above posters. some of the parts you used just don't work with the rest in size comparison. the colour sheme is fine if you like it, it's your army after all ;) i still don't get why they have boobs :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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