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Reivers are in a pretty bad place, so unless they make the pistol and knife ones better, I probobly won't be making any.

These helmets come clear, so you could totally put some skulls inside. Bombshell also sells little brains with eyes so you could have brains-in-jars as well.

That is perfect intel for a Magos for my Adeptus Mechanicus collection. Thanks. :)

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Finished up my Command Bike (Chaplain on bike). Pretty simple conversion, as I think the outrider models are pretty cool to begin with. I found some tau bit that made a cool curved front cowling (I think from a ghostkeel?) and added some buttons and doodads to the dashboard to make it a little more... commandy.

 

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_commandbike_turn01.gif

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_commandbike01.jpg

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_commandbike02.jpg

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He's technically a Chaplain, though the "spiritual leader" doesnt really fit the army's theme, so he's more just a mounted commander throwing out buffs. The servoarm is common to my other officers. I figure it's more of a laser-designator, data gathering appendage to assist with coordinating troops.

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_officer01.jpg

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Continuing to bring out some really excellent stuff here, the added cowling to the Chaplain's bike looks really nice, the servo-arm data receivers are a cool and thematic touch.

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I finished up my Land-Speeder conversion to add some zippy firepower to my Marines. Speeders are cool, but I've never been a fan of the exposed crews and went poking around the internet for some conversion inspiration. I came across this fantastic one modeled after the Diamonback from Starcraft II and I basically just copied it whole hog. The little hover feet make it look a lot more agile than just the "flying shoe" silhouette.

 

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_landspeeder02.jpg

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_landspeeder01.jpg

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_landspeeder_turn01.gif

 

This is probably the most involved plasticard build I've done, and required a lot of measuring out weird angles on the computer, printing out a template, and cutting it from there. The joins are a little squadgy in places, but overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/1_retromarines_landspeeder_wip02.jpg

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Because GW did my poor Repulsor Executioner dirty, I decided to make a swap-out turret so I can also use it as a regular Repulsor.

I consolidated the weapons a bit into "bullets/ missiles/lasers", because frankly, no one can remember them all anyways.

 

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_repulsor01.jpg

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_repulsor02.jpg

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_repulsor03.jpg

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Thanks! The rocket pod is from a droppod (deathwind?) affixed to the turret with a chimera spot-light, and the gatling gun is from the redemptor kit. The lascannons are actually from Puppets War, which I liked because they were a little less chunky than most of the GW ones. I imagine the side mounts can both elevate just fine (the pod is technically the Icarus AA missiles)

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Getting some characters off my painting desk.

Librarian giving the ol' lightning fingers!

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_librarian01.jpg

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_librarian02.jpg

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_librarian_turn.gif

 

And a slightly converted Mr. Handy (from Brother Vinni's miniatures) to stand in for a Primaris Techmarine

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_mrhandy01.jpg

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_mrhandy02.jpg

http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/retromarines_mrhandy_turn.gif

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I love your stuff (so characterful!) but think the librarian needs a little something such as a glow or lightning effect around his hands - at the moment, his arms look more like he's a zombie or trying to convince someone he knows kung fu than suggestive of  the generation of any mystical or magical power.

 

Do love the "bucket brain" on his back pack, but without you telling me that wouldn't lead me to think it gives him the ability to bend reality with his mind.

 

On the other hand, I think your "techmarine" is wonderful.

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