MakoBoy88 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Evening.Having a bit of a problem with making my Praetor.My intention, being Salamanders, is to make his Bodyguard, a bunch of FireDrakes. Which is awesome right?But now, given how much Fire..Coal...Hide..teeth..fetishes, all that jazz appears on Salamanders in Pictures and stuff, im worried that if i buy the Generic FW Cataphractii Praetor...that i wont be able to Salamander him enough to make him not look like, maybe, the most rubbish ones :(Help. Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 If you're comfortable at all with sculpting, a lot of those things aren't terribly difficult to do. If you're not comfortable with it, you can get some bits here and there, like the scale cloaks from the WHFB Dark Elves, the toothy necklaces from Space Wolves, etc. Or maybe see if you can buy a single Firedrake termie off of eBay to use as your Praetor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoBoy88 Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 I had thought about a bit of greenstuff and a few subtle Wolf Conversions. All of my Sargents have the Dark Elf Cloaks anyway, so thats a pretty Army Standard, which is nice.In terms of the Single Firedrake, i was thinking then he would just look like the Sargent of them again, although i guess i could buy the Torso..and the Forearms, then just mix and max with the Praetor, so he is bigger and better? Maybe?Also, what are people thoughts on Multi Mark Scavenged Armour in HH armies. Or do people still to pre Istvaan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Mix-N-Match™ armor marks is fun! http://i.imgur.com/0R7jUpM.png?1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piano_Sam Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I think the Firedrake set includes 6 torso fronts, and 5 torso backs. The 6th torso front is different than the rest. What I was planning on doing, for a small Sallie unit, was to take the one different FD torso front and make him my praetor. Use a different helmet or barehead, and the FD unit themselves will all have the same, standard torso, and the praetor would have the variant. I think it's an elegant solution. For your FD Master, you could use the helmet with the sculpted flame to differentiate him from the standard FD termies. All it would take would be to buy the different bits to make the praetor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjaco Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Mix-N-Match™ armor marks is fun! http://i.imgur.com/0R7jUpM.png?1 It looks great, though to me it looks like something from the Space Wolves 13th Company that fell outta the warp and hadn't become Wulfen yet. Can't wait to see it painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Mix and match. It's one hell of a war, and scavenging just makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 While ornamentation is cool, somebody mentioned that the Legions didn't necessarily have all the bling and fetishes of chapters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 It looks great, though to me it looks like something from the Space Wolves 13th Company that fell outta the warp and hadn't become Wulfen yet. Can't wait to see it painted. Errr... what? While ornamentation is cool, somebody mentioned that the Legions didn't necessarily have all the bling and fetishes of chapters. The Emperor's Children bling doesn't really look out of place, but all the ornamentation on the Sallies came as a surprise to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 It looks great, though to me it looks like something from the Space Wolves 13th Company that fell outta the warp and hadn't become Wulfen yet. Can't wait to see it painted. Errr... what? While ornamentation is cool, somebody mentioned that the Legions didn't necessarily have all the bling and fetishes of chapters. The Emperor's Children bling doesn't really look out of place, but all the ornamentation on the Sallies came as a surprise to me. My thoughts exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoBoy88 Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Well, i do like SOME ornamentation, i dont just want Green Marines. Thats boring.But, its like the upgrade kits, i dont see Every random nubby marine having a special helmet or chest piece. So im saving them for Sargents and stuff. But if i could afford/ manage to fluff it, then i would have ALL my marines in the upgrade kits :PSo alot of people like Multi Mark, interesting.And greta idea about the FW chest fronts, thats a good idea. Maybe i could use that on the Praetor from FW to make him special cakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongGone Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Mix-N-Match™ armor marks is fun! http://i.imgur.com/0R7jUpM.png?1 Kage, every time I see that model the level of awesomeness it exudes rises exponentially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molokai Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Another idea to make you're praetor stand out after you've decided on armour and such, is to simpky mount him on a taller base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonkin Arenis Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Mix-n-Matching armour lets you avoid the monotonous "all mk.II/IV" armour armies you see all the time wih HH-era armies, and as Heathens himself said, scavenging makes sense. Some marines even may prefer some marks over others,so it's up to you. http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x392/black-mech/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-05-13090640.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockwithaticket Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 For Salamanders, Spellcrow got your back:http://www.spellcrow.com/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=dragon%20knights&sort=2a&page=2They've got legs, pads, Shields, hammers and scale tabards too!Forgeworld brass etch is always a good option, though Sallies look like they have the least infantry-friendly sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Some of us prefer the consistency of monomark armies :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Some of us prefer the consistency of monomark armies :( Or at least monomark squads :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molokai Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Some of us prefer the consistency of monomark armies :( No need to frown about it. I agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Nothing wrong with it, and it really adds to a unifying look to one's army. I just like going nuts mixing up plate. I've even grabbed a fistful of parts, thrown them in a plastic bag, shook it up, and reached in blindly to see what kind of madness I came up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I was originally going for monomark on my Crimson Sons - that being MK III - and it quickly became apparent how boring that was going to be. I'm still limiting myself to mainly MK III with some II and IV thrown in, but I couldn't have every squad looking exactly the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Brother 92 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I'll be doing similar for my IHs - using Cataphractii for most squads, Tartaros for two squads but customising them with either home-made decals for different clans or using FWs brass-etch. If (or when I start my IFs defensive force via the Castellum FoC) I have tons of regular tacs I'll go the mixed route and have them heavily weathered - a nice mixture of Mks ranging from II - IV ought to look great, although I may keep single/mono-mark suits for the Sgts and Champion types as a small focal point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 You can also mix with different mark armour on different legs and arms, and if you feel comfortable with gs, you can add modifications to armour. This is a guy i made ages ago. I wanted a mark IV marine that looked different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoBoy88 Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 Wow. He looks phenomenal.. Well played SIr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Nothing wrong with it, and it really adds to a unifying look to one's army. I just like going nuts mixing up plate. I've even grabbed a fistful of parts, thrown them in a plastic bag, shook it up, and reached in blindly to see what kind of madness I came up with. Actually...drinking whiskey to get some half baked ideas and throw some things together isn't quite bad after all either :P "That model is really cool dude! What's his name?" "Fourshot." "Interesting...how did he get that name?" "I was about four shots in when I built him." "Oh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Until you notice the chest is backwards and his bolter is upside down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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