Canadian_F_H Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) It looks kind of silly,but not in a bad way. I wonder if these are the same bubble helmets I saw used on an entire Genestealer Cult army. The combo of the bubble (which was clear) and the GSC miners uniform made them look very cool. Like scified up versions of modern astronauts. I will look for picts of that .. found it! https://spikeybits.com/2018/03/prelude-of-an-infestation-armies-on-parade.html A local did a really cool version of primaris marines with clear bubble helmets and skeleton heads. They looked creapy as heck but I liked them too. Also looking for picts... Found it! https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pnDHVneFN/?igshid=1pmv5etzfywr4 Edited August 4, 2020 by Canadian_F_H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Issodon Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Amazingly original concept for your marines. I especially like the menacing quality that the opaque black helmet bubbles gives them. The conversions look pretty seamless. I especially like what you did with the aggressors using the terminator arms. Like you, I have always thought those gauntlets look silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGibs Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) It looks kind of silly,but not in a bad way. I wonder if these are the same bubble helmets I saw used on an entire Genestealer Cult army. The combo of the bubble (which was clear) and the GSC miners uniform made them look very cool. Like scified up versions of modern astronauts. I will look for picts of that .. found it! https://spikeybits.com/2018/03/prelude-of-an-infestation-armies-on-parade.html A local did a really cool version of primaris marines with clear bubble helmets and skeleton heads. They looked creapy as heck but I liked them too. Also looking for picts... Found it! https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pnDHVneFN/?igshid=1pmv5etzfywr4 Yeah, those are definitely the same Bombshell helmets. I've seen that awesome GSC army before, as well as a few other marines. Years ago, I started up a necromunda team with the same idea (this was before the relaunch of necro), but I only ever finished a couple models. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/nostromians_juve01.jpg For the Marines, I didnt want to paint a zillion heads just to have them be distorted under the clear plastic glass. The clear helmets are cool, but you can clearly sense the thickness of the plastic and it does hurt the scale of the model a little. Makes them appear more like tiny toys. In my quest to find some other solutions, I tried using marbles and various types of silver/gloss, but I could never get it glassy enough. The marbles, while fun, do tip it firmly into the realm of goofy scifi. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/admech_trooper01.jpg Edited August 5, 2020 by McGibs MithrilForge, Brother Tyler, Domhnall and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_F_H Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Haha. Yeah. That marble one looks hilarious. The opaque bubbles you went with work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 wow... that ad mech guy took me straight back to a 1950's sci-fi movie , The yellow GSC guy looks pretty good, clear helms could work also... Cheers, Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Underbelly Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I want to see a dreadnought for these guys please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGibs Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Ask and ye shall receive. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/retromarines_dreadcommander01.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/admech_dread_wip01.jpg I've got two other bendo-arm ven dreads, but they're not as finished as this guy. He was originally a Chaplain Dread, hence the command-green colourscheme, but for 9th he'll just have to be demoted to a regular dread. Maybe a contemptor if I'm feeling sassy. Bonus Redemptor fattyhttp://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/retromarines_redemptor_wip01.jpg Brother Tyler, Valkia the Bloody, thesilverback and 17 others 20 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) This is a really cool idea and well executed too, I'm a fan of the Tartaros arms on the Aggressors, I think it's a big improvement. The tweaks to the vehicles to bring them in line with the army aesthetic are also nicely done too and add a lot of interest to the force, whilst still retaining the Imperial/Astartes feel. Edited August 8, 2020 by Pearson73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yosef Hausakluif Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) Those dreads are SUPER cool! Love the use of bits and imaginative conversions! Where did the round plastic dome Piece come from on the second Fatty dred that ‘houses’ his black optical bubble orb ? Edited August 8, 2020 by Yosef Hausakluif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGibs Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Both the dread's "head" and the rounded turret for my Executioner come from the Kharadron Overlord airship kits (I cant recall which boat specifically). They're chalk full of different sized techno-orbs that fit the 1950's aesthetic perfectly. MithrilForge and ranulf the revenant 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I'm surprised how well a 1950s aesthetic looks on Space Marines; personally, I'd make them look like Gundams (giant robots from a 1979 anime). Good job. Knightsword 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandalphon Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I'm surprised how well a 1950s aesthetic looks on Space Marines; personally, I'd make them look like Gundams (giant robots from a 1979 anime). Good job. Isn't that the whole market share the tau were created to fill? (Of course they pale in comparison, Gundam kits are awesome ;) but serve a different purpose) Great bubble dreads McGibs, "go-go gadget powerfist!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I'm surprised how well a 1950s aesthetic looks on Space Marines; personally, I'd make them look like Gundams (giant robots from a 1979 anime). Good job. Isn't that the whole market share the tau were created to fill?How can the Tau satisfy anime otaku, when they are so obviously INHUMAN? (I'm human supremacist by necessity, not by choice, due to the simple fact I'm human.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShotgunFacelift Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Bloody fine conversion and painting! Super jealous how well the retro aesthetic Worked out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Inspired stuff. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Ask and ye shall receive. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/retromarines_dreadcommander01.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/admech_dread_wip01.jpg I've got two other bendo-arm ven dreads, but they're not as finished as this guy. He was originally a Chaplain Dread, hence the command-green colourscheme, but for 9th he'll just have to be demoted to a regular dread. Maybe a contemptor if I'm feeling sassy. Bonus Redemptor fattyhttp://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/retromarines_redemptor_wip01.jpg That Redemptor really reminds me of the Tesla Trooper from Red Alert 3. http://o6oi.ru/main.php/50832-2/TeslaTrooper16x12.jpg Not what you were going for most likely, but I like the connection personally. :) Dr_Ruminahui, Nomus Sardauk, MithrilForge and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGibs Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Finished another Fortis Killteam. Not much different about them, except the sergeant has a stun-baton because power-swords aren't tecnho enough. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_intercessors02.jpg Also finished one of six Cyberbikes! I don't want any squatmarines in this army, so I'm having to come up with convincing alternatives. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_cyberbike_turn.gif http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_cyberbike01.jpg Bjorn Firewalker, Chaplain Raeven, ranulf the revenant and 15 others 18 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galloway Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Super cool theme and well done. Just awesome. Commissar Molotov 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yosef Hausakluif Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Love the bike conversion! Tau drone and then centurion hydraulics!? Great use of bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyjim Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Epic army mate, so well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor lorr Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 These just get better and better! Really love the conversions and colour scheme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradogmatic Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Love it. The helmets have called to me since i first saw them a few years ago. Your colors also satisfy my aesthetics. You've made what amounts to my dream Army. Excellent work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 The cyberbikes look great! Did you tank any inspiration from the moto-terminators in Terminator Salvation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGibs Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 I took at least inititial inspiration from the Nod Recon Bikes from Command and Conquer. They're not robotic, but they hardly ever had visible drivers in their incarnations, and I always thought they looked really cool. Kindof like the Akira bike with weapons. The Terminator Salvation pull is good too, but I'm afraid not much memory of that movie survived in my head. Son of Carnelian, Magos Takatus, Nomus Sardauk and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentagil Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 I love the pulpy 50's aesthetic you have going here. Especially the bend-o arms on the dread. Beautiful conversions and paint work across the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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