Making Noise... Marines

There can't have been that many people who saw the Thousand Sons plastics and thought "I could make noise marines out of those."

I am one of such people.

The legs torso and backpack are all built as normal out of the box. With a bare head from any other marine kit. I prefer to stick with the more recent kits since the faces are better.

None of my noise addicts wear helmets. Why would you want something in the way of experiencing all that raw sensation?

That does mean I had to convert every single face to be cut and stretched differently. I only had two different types of bare head to work with and it'd be really noticeable if all my marines were twins..

The first few went together pretty well. It was all downhill from here.

The thing that initially made me think I could make noise marines out of this lot was the flamers with the demon bird heads. I figured they could make nice sonic blasters.

Cut of the tank and the little igniter nozzle.

I added a bit of plastic card to the front, this will act as a solid base for some GS. The little round disc on the gun casing will be a volume control turned all the way up to 11.

Time to attach the arms and shoulder pads (with a couple of scarabs filed off).

Some greenstuff scary faces and the sonic weapons start to look the part.

Added a stretched skin over the shoulder pad. For reasons.

Everything needs huge visible power cables in 40K.

Especially since I bought that cable maker tool. 

... I wonder if they are related in some way.

The cable dissapears under the shoulder pad - where it probably connects to something important.

With some horrible bright pink and gaudy gold tims it starts to look alright.

And I'll leave you with the WIP blastmaster.

Building a bigger knight: Part 3

My super knight very slowly inches towards completion.

Very...

Slowly...

Indeed.

Building a bigger knight: Part 2

Currently too spindly but, foot to waist, it is already taller than a normal knight.

... I really need help.

I am running out of plastic tubing and since I moved I no longer have a hobby shop around that sells them at any sensible price.

This is how wars get started you know.

Back to the drawing board for now.

Building a bigger knight

So, the Imperial Knight kit is a pretty big model. I guess it's fine.

But when has that ever been an excuse not to build something dumb?

With the waist extension and moving the head up to the top it is already almost as tall as a normal knight.

This is an excellent start.

Have a good day.

Iron warriors Praetor

I'm a bit late to the party but finally getting around to painting my Praetor Tribune I picked up like 6 months ago.

Some minor conversion work to turn the weird long handle paragon blade into a more brutal looking hammer and some replacement shoulder plates gives the model a very different aesthetic.

Still working on my trench mud basing.

Armies On Parade

I entered armies on parade for the first time this year.

While doing full time study.

... And working.

... And, towards the end, suffering from pneumonia.

This was a good idea.

Managed to snag 3rd place in my local store though.

Muzzle flashes

Many thousands of years ago I remember seeing a blister with pewter muzzle flashes. I have never seen them since, so I am beginning to think I imagined them.

Either way I thought they were kind of cool.

So I made my own.

Turned out alright. Could be better but could also could be worse. I am still unsure of my colours though.

And my object lighting could use a lot of work.

Tried some scaled up versions too.