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Vox Stellarum: The Unyielding Adamanticores
#26
Posted 18 October 2017 - 10:50 AM

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The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#27
Posted 18 October 2017 - 07:54 PM

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Warhammer 40,000+ Star Wars- Rian Johnson- Reylo= AWESOME! (Knights of Renaissance)
Reasons to use the Steel Crusaders ('Codex: Space Marines' supplement) or the Iron-hearted Angels ('Codex: Blood Angels' supplement): Because you think giving Sternguard Veterans a heavy bolter wtih special issue HEAVY BOLTER ammunition is ALMOST as much fun as shoehorning an Earthshaker cannon into a Land Raider.
#28
Posted 19 October 2017 - 10:47 AM

Huge fan of all of these.
Certainly going to nick a few ideas
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#29
Posted 27 December 2017 - 11:43 AM

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The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#30
Posted 27 December 2017 - 11:49 AM

Those snakey Thallaxi look smashing, really well executed idea.
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#31
Posted 30 April 2018 - 05:31 PM



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The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#32
Posted 06 May 2018 - 10:58 AM



The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#33
Posted 06 May 2018 - 11:04 AM

Fantastic conversions all around, I especially like the Primaris and Ad Mech conversions. Ad Mech stuff is really imaginative, really liking those.
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#34
Posted 07 May 2018 - 06:50 AM

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Warhammer 40,000+ Star Wars- Rian Johnson- Reylo= AWESOME! (Knights of Renaissance)
Reasons to use the Steel Crusaders ('Codex: Space Marines' supplement) or the Iron-hearted Angels ('Codex: Blood Angels' supplement): Because you think giving Sternguard Veterans a heavy bolter wtih special issue HEAVY BOLTER ammunition is ALMOST as much fun as shoehorning an Earthshaker cannon into a Land Raider.
#35
Posted 07 May 2018 - 10:04 AM

Fantastic conversions all around, I especially like the Primaris and Ad Mech conversions. Ad Mech stuff is really imaginative, really liking those.
Churr, the AdMech conversions were Umbral's handiwork if i recall, as were the older Primaris bits and pieces. However with the growing development of my own skillz with the blade (and my 'vision' if you like getting ever more ... "vivid" in my head to guide it), I've started doing things myself. Although it's just occurred to me that I haven't actually *posted* any of the Adamanticores that i've worked up over the past few months of down-time, so i'll have to sort htat out post-haste!
Are the Iron Masks Chapter serfs? Will you represent them in-game as Tempestus Scions who wield boltguns instead of hotshot lasguns?
Hm, hadn't thought about what to use them as in regular 40k games as that's not really what I do - I've literally played perhaps a single game since the most recent edition came out. We basically do these sorts of efforts for our ongoing narrative wargaming projects a la Inq28 and such - hence why you see so many things that would be a little odd on the tabletop, so to speak.
Now as for what they are ... I *really* need to write up a proper thing on Adamantia, and an Index Astartes on the Adamanticores themselves so as to explain what's going on here.
The long and the short of it, i guess, is that Adamantia as a stellar domain is functionally ruled over by the Adamanticores themselves in a manner not entirely dissimilar to Ultramar or Badab. In addition to furnishing recruits and wargear for their Astartes overlords, the worlds of Adamantia also provide a Mortal Auxilia levy that's functionally comparable to the Guard, and optimized for operations alongside the transhuman warriors who sit at the domain's heart.
However, alongside this are other forces which fit into the overall structure of Adamantia (and some which uh ... kinda don't - and the local Mechanicus isn't being entirely straight-up about some of its assets in the region, nor are (as is their habit) the Inquisition), yet which aren't exactly "military" in the sense of being intended to provide force-projection capacity externally.
The Iron Masks are one such incidence of these, functioning as I suppose we'd call it a "paramilitary", dedicated to protecting Adamantia from *internal* threats and covert actions including externally originated subversion; with the overall goal of keeping Adamantia running and the Adamanticores' divinely mandated rule unchallenged (at least in public...). A reasonable parallel in some ways, I suppose, might be the Adeptus Arbites or some elements of the Inquisition.
Or, from a "real-world" perspective, any number of "secret police" or "internal security" forces from the 21st century - entities like the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (yes, I'm aware they also have quite the exterior area of responsibility too...), the Basij, or Syria's National Defence Forces.
So to address your question a bit more directly - as to whether htey're Chapter Serfs ... well yes and no. Mostly "no".
Yes, insofar as they're mortals who're operating under Astartes direction and jurisdiction towards the Chapter's overall goals and welfare ... but no, insofar as that pretty much describes almost every human within Adamantia in some way; and in any case, there'll be particular mortals who're much more closely 'bonded' to particular Astartes in a manner more conventional for "serfs" [I'll go off and find an appropriate Persian term for this, no doubt - something i'd omitted to start modelling, as well so thank you for the kernel of inspiration!] as servants rather than i suppose 'underlings', while the Iron Masks are very much an organization if that makes sense.
Interestingly, I've just discovered while idly googling some bits and pieces taht apparently Ultramar had/has something similar - the Vigil Opertii and Praecental Guard. I guess that means I'm on the right track then
Thanks for asking the question, btw - it really helps me to focus and start teasing out elements in my creative process that'll be useful for explication and detailing .. and subsequent modelling, of course
The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#36
Posted 07 May 2018 - 04:36 PM

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Warhammer 40,000+ Star Wars- Rian Johnson- Reylo= AWESOME! (Knights of Renaissance)
Reasons to use the Steel Crusaders ('Codex: Space Marines' supplement) or the Iron-hearted Angels ('Codex: Blood Angels' supplement): Because you think giving Sternguard Veterans a heavy bolter wtih special issue HEAVY BOLTER ammunition is ALMOST as much fun as shoehorning an Earthshaker cannon into a Land Raider.
#37
Posted 07 May 2018 - 04:48 PM

Holy smokes! I love your Ad Mech conversions. Great stuff in this thread. It's always interesting to see cool conversions with explanations along with them. In my opinion, a model's narrative is an essential part of the hobby.
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#38
Posted 14 May 2018 - 06:40 AM


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The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#39
Posted 02 June 2018 - 04:02 PM


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The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#40
Posted 02 June 2018 - 08:29 PM

There is so much inspiration leaking out of this thread. I love coming here just to gaze.
However, I'm also willing to steal.
Your "Stalkers" are an amazing concept that I'd like to borrow...for a friend.
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"All those rumors about us being intolerant and stubborn really just evolved from our history. We're actually just a fun bunch of guys who enjoy burning witches" - Anon
#41
Posted 06 June 2018 - 05:53 PM

There is so much inspiration leaking out of this thread. I love coming here just to gaze.
However, I'm also willing to steal.
Your "Stalkers" are an amazing concept that I'd like to borrow...for a friend.
the best compliments we could receive
The data-recovery team stalkers are Umbral's handiwork so all props to him; I really should finish painting and post 'em!
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The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#42
Posted 21 June 2018 - 01:23 PM



The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#43
Posted 21 June 2018 - 05:39 PM

- Ryltar Thamior likes this
Warhammer 40,000+ Star Wars- Rian Johnson- Reylo= AWESOME! (Knights of Renaissance)
Reasons to use the Steel Crusaders ('Codex: Space Marines' supplement) or the Iron-hearted Angels ('Codex: Blood Angels' supplement): Because you think giving Sternguard Veterans a heavy bolter wtih special issue HEAVY BOLTER ammunition is ALMOST as much fun as shoehorning an Earthshaker cannon into a Land Raider.
#44
Posted 26 June 2018 - 12:59 PM






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The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#45
Posted 26 June 2018 - 01:23 PM

The Devastator looks promising. Is the lion on his pauldron the Adamanticores Chapter symbol, a Chapter-specific Devastators unit insignium, an honor marking or campaign badge?
Legit question, and churr. He's uh .. preseently sitting in hte 'development hell' stage of partial-painting
Now, as applies the pauldron, in predictable fashion I uh .. I haven't quite thought that far ahead with any firmness. Most likely, an honorific - in particular due to the Mk.III-ish raised parts to deflect/absorb incoming fire from the direction the Marine'll be facing , thus implying a likely position in the heat of battle [and 'compensated for' somewhat by the relatively svelte Mk.IV or VII on his right] .
I actually have to both i) sit down an properly hammer out, and ii) then photograph and write up an (in-universe, probably) fluff-explanation for the heraldry, panoply, unit insignia, and other such stuff for the Adamanticores.
Because it's ... complex. And while I *might* have had certain things very much in my head at the time - as with anything in a memory not committted to parchment or pixels, it can degrade or go missing entirely as the months roll by.
Now, to start with some of the first miniatures I posted - those were partially a result of me not having settled on hte eventual pinkish brass/bronze trim idea; and trying out different metallics as a result to see what looked "right". This was also caused because I felt that due to the nature of that *particular* squad, they'd a) have specialists in their ranks from different internal-to-the-Chapter sects and paths and ranks and functions (like iirc the chap with the Mk.V helm iis an apprentice techmarine - hence why he's got that coppery trim to his armour, a colour shared with the local Mechanicus); are veterans in their own right (so the more gold-ish but not quite colour to some other trims); and c) have a respected NCO at their head [with hte runefang trim iirc] - the ranking-system being easily displayed via armour trim ... bronze/brass for regular Astartes, silver for NCO, gold for higher officers still, etc.. (simple, easy, and visually effective/looks good)
This then got standardized once i rolled out the rapid response squad [the frag-cannon operator was initially supposed to be in the first squad, hence why he's got a different pauldron, but wasn't built until *much* later ..] and went with the aforementioned bronze-brass [i'm not even sure what it is at this stage] for line infantry.
Now *on top of this*, and due to the uh 'different' way the Adamanticores work in terms of hteir integration into the domain of Adamantia and some other doctrinal points of dissonance with more 'standard' Astartes ... there are additional specialist ranks, formations etc. which are further signified out in such a manner. I'm not sure if I got around to posting them, and they're still not painted to a standard I'm happy with , but the chaps we could perhaps describe as 'spooks' [lead by the one with the siege terminator darth vader style head - because ooOOoooooo .. scary not just for skull overtones .. [nearly went for bilingual reference points iwth a ks on the typo] .. ], htey've got trim in various shades of grey-purple [i think the colour's like warpfiend or something?] and grey-blue [Russ Grey or Fenrisian Grey iirc] - non-metallic both due to optics, and the way in which they stand a bit 'apart' from the regular chapter structure in that regard.
And on top of *that* ... as has been seen with the Iron Masks [wait ... it turns out i haven't posted the relevant Marines .. will fix that once they're painted!] , particular unit-badges/formation insignia [[in this case, surprise surprise, a semi-literal *iron mask* much like the Mortal ones have on their person]] are also used.
This is without getting into my intent as applies the Griffon shoulder-pads , to signify a clan(s)-company style approach recruited specifically from the more 'northerly' reaches of the Adamantia domain, and with a more overtly 'Scythian' flavour. Etc.
So to bring this back to the plasma cannon armed Marine ... I'm uh .. still working a few things out, we'll put it that way - both aesthetically and fluff-wise.
He won't be a standard devastator, though [and it's possible that there may be an analogous formation to the Iron Havocs or Long Fangs of certain other Astartes-based forces , in addition to Devastator-equivalents (yes, i know that Long Fangs aren't in addition to Devastators - however they *are* older and more veteran, etc. inter alia)]; so given that I took "Iron Masks" [what these longer-serving Marines who wind up suffering from the aforementioned a few posts ago mental condition were *initially* supposed to be called] , i'm still working on nomenclature.
T
heir position within the Chapter will be one of a certain (vehement?) respect - but also a touch of fear and some level of 'stigma'. "Standing apart" in that regard, even though it's also "standing above" (in others?) due in part to the nature of their condition and its obsessive, compulsive, and 'disordered' ambit
So I'll have to factor *that* in as well.
Oh, I also just recalled that one of the techmarines we've done also has a lion pad. So yee - honorifics, I suspect it is.
However, in terms of chapter symbol ... hadn't actually put one on any Marines so far. Partially because I figured that kinda like Space Wolves they'd probably have insignia tied to smaller formations *within* hte Chapter [or adjacent to it], as has been partially covered above. But also partially because nothing realy seemd to 'fit' that waas .. paintable by me and/or easily doable out of bitz [i uh .. don't have great record with transfers anyway, even if i /did/ find something that looked "right" ] for many many Marines.
But as can be seen from the truescale Primaris above [and one of the IRon Masks Astartes i haven't uplaoded :P so uh .. not seen :P ] , the Winged Lion device - which is kinda partially what a Manticore *is* in fantasy etc. fluff / heraldry / iconography - is pretty significant. signifier-cant
And this will also be employed (but not in the way one might think) as applies another specialist formation i'm working on right now that does something 'sensible' [imo, anywya] with .. well, you'll see what I mean.
The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#46
Posted 26 June 2018 - 11:18 PM

- Ryltar Thamior likes this
Warhammer 40,000+ Star Wars- Rian Johnson- Reylo= AWESOME! (Knights of Renaissance)
Reasons to use the Steel Crusaders ('Codex: Space Marines' supplement) or the Iron-hearted Angels ('Codex: Blood Angels' supplement): Because you think giving Sternguard Veterans a heavy bolter wtih special issue HEAVY BOLTER ammunition is ALMOST as much fun as shoehorning an Earthshaker cannon into a Land Raider.
#47
Posted 20 March 2019 - 12:07 PM

It's been awhile ... and while it might have *seemed* like I'd forgotten the Unyielding Adamanticores in all the 'archaeological' excitement and Old Norse poetry with additional Sanskrit characteristics ... the Adamanticores [and Adamantia Auxilia, Iron Masks, etc.] have continued to grow.
Adamanticores Veteran - likely a Company Champion or Headsman [that is to say ... head-taker.] Clad mostly in Mk.III armour, albeit with a Mk.II helm.
Adamanticores Veteran; clad in composite plate, largely Mk.III; somewhat annoyingly, the photo has once again washed out the predatory lynx green-pupil effect [also, interesting fact .. "Lynx" itself likely derives from the same "Lewk" [iirc] Proto-Indo-European particle that underpins the modern "Look" and "Loka" - the idea, apparently, is that you can see the Lynx *looking at you* in the dark. And *just* its eyes, often...
]
Adamanticores Company Command; clad in Mk.X plate.
I do have to say - the old-school Raptor packs go *very* nicely with the enhanced bulk of the Mk.X; while I think from memory the head's from a Centurion? I'd umm'd and ah'd about what to do about that *particular* lieutenant or whatever it is from Dark Imperium ... because quite frankly the posing looked rather odd. We tolerate Jean Claude Van Damme about to do the splits. I'm not so sure about Marine officers, *however* flexible their extra-enhanced physiologies may have become. However, somehow, turning him into a jump-pack equipped assault leader seemed to make it far more 'plausible'; as did the very, very large blade. I *had* considered attempting to attach a storm-bolter or angelus style bolter to the pointing wrist, but eventually just went with the much more 'clean' look that you see here.
At some point, I may do some honour-guard for him
Brief reminder on panoply: the Adamanticores' traditions generally entail a Marine's rough rank and/or specialist branch to be addeucible from the trimmings of his armour. So, for instance, lighter bronze/brass signifies a full brother of the chapter, in a line formation; silver indicates a line officer - ranging in scope from an NCO to what would probably be a lieutenant in the 42nd millennium [daily reminder that despite the prototype/early issue Mk.X on show ... this is set about M.37/38] ; and gold, command-officers [i.e. captains and above]. [There's also them aforementioned 'specialist ranks' - so a reddish copper colour for a lower-ranked initiate pursuing admission to the techmarine cult; and a range of greys for recon Marines [amusingly, this was something modelled and *mostly* painted many months prior to Shadowspear becoming a thing], and by the looks of things, partially also for 'Iron Mask' Astartes; with 'Fire Priest' Librarians also having a much more 'traditional' Copper' tone as well as aforementioned rank signifiers] .
I mention all of that [again] ... because the two Veterans, as you can see, are in quite a variety of silver and gold. This was deliberate; as the idea with them is that they represent absolute 'elite' warriors who would technically be almost 'outside' the conventional command structure - in parallel to the officer ranks; but with a much more 'lethal' orientation than the company-plus command-oriented golds, or the squad-to-company command-oriented silvers. "Champions", I guess you could say.
Anyway, up next will either be a 'consolidation post' of the already-done squads of Adamanticores; or some recently completed Adamantia Auxilia.
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The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#48
Posted 21 March 2019 - 04:16 PM

As I signalled, a part of a 'consolidation' of already-done Adamanticores; first up, the first squad we did - a garrison for a backwater base where *nothing at all* is going to happen. Odd place for a veteran unit to be.
On the left, an Adamanticore who's evidently pursuing initiation to the chapter's tech-marine cult, as denoted by his red-copper trim. And also, for that matter, his rather customized armour and weaponry. On the right, a veteran.
Line-Marine, and an NCO;
Another NCO [iirc, a Techmarine Initiate] with yet another customized bolter, and a longer ranged veteran.
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The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
#49
Posted 21 March 2019 - 06:43 PM

Warhammer 40,000+ Star Wars- Rian Johnson- Reylo= AWESOME! (Knights of Renaissance)
Reasons to use the Steel Crusaders ('Codex: Space Marines' supplement) or the Iron-hearted Angels ('Codex: Blood Angels' supplement): Because you think giving Sternguard Veterans a heavy bolter wtih special issue HEAVY BOLTER ammunition is ALMOST as much fun as shoehorning an Earthshaker cannon into a Land Raider.
#50
Posted 22 March 2019 - 03:58 PM

@Bjorn - I've thought about a few possibilities for basing, I do agree that it's a bit of a ... gap at the moment in the finishing. One possibility is sprue-rubble; another is attempting to do something more like the terrain of Adamantia itself - which is rather like Iran.
In any case - ongoing 'consolidation' of yet-done Adamanticores ...
First up, a rapid-response squad.
As you can see, the bronze/brass of line Marines; and the significant diversity of hand-made and customized armour; plus bolt-carbines.
Also, one of the sets of legs is from Iron Warriors Siege Terminators, as Umbral and I continue to go through pretty much every set of Heresy-era terminators GW/FW have put out in the quest for more posing.
Officers - Silver for Line; Gold for higher tier command again.
Techmarine , with rather extensive servo-harness [you can't quite see the missile launcher...]; Gorgon terminator legs.
Recon squad. Note the various shades of grey on both faceplates and armour-trim; also, as a change of pace, a Siege Terminator helm on the sergeant.
The Unyielding Adamanticores [truescale Astartes, auxilia, and sectorial AdMech; M37/38]
The Haunting Harii of Hvergelmir [truescale Astartes ... and associates]
The Unification Wars [truescale Thunder Warriors, (Proto-)Astartes, Army of Unification, Aegyptian-style Proto-Mechanicus raiders, etc.]
Combat Archaeology [Tomb Raiding for Fun & Prophet]
Horus Heresy [truescale loyalist IVth, VIIIth; Agents of the Sigillite; VIth; and so much more; and Umbral's amazing Traitors]
The Worlds-Wide Webway [(Dark) Eldar, Imperial Inquisition, an a-maze-ing realmweave of fear and wondermeant]
Thorian Inquisition [some rather different Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, true-scale Fire Hawks, Black Dragon, Inquisitor and associates, etc.]
For Whom The Great Bell Tolls Thrice [attempts to put the 'priest' back in 'tech-priest' with more-medieval mechanicus]
InquisiNecronMunda [the log that incepted it all - at least two Inquisitors, truescale Deathwatch, local enforcers, cultists, etc.]
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