Back Logged WIP

After finishing building my new orc army; which was hard to put to the side, I jumped back on my promise to finished some back logged projects before going forward with too many new ones.

A while ago a little adventure began for the White Dwarf rules, "movie marines". That transformed into different plans to adopt into Forge World's Zone Mortalis, and the independently made, "Special Operations Killzone.

Lease to say, right now it is a bunch of converted space marines, terminators, and a flying rhino. Coming into the summer my goal to get through the 15 or so marines before jumping onto the previously dominated posts about Dol Guldor and Biblo's Birthday Bash.

So here we have 3 more space marines almost ready to get chewed up by some bugs. Some work on the bolters remains.

 A Boarding Shield terminator with custom lightning claws. Going to have a busted up adeptus mechanics decal on the shield. 

 This the leader/sgt of the group, built his own tyranid light saber.

  Then there is the Iron Man warmachine inspired jump pack marine. The power weapons and missile combustion were chosen to offset the black power armor.

Space Boy Scouts

 These Iron Hand Scouts have been practicing their rifle merit badge. These 3 scouts will flesh out the forward party of my Killzone force. Each with a sniper rifle and stealth upgrades for the army list.

 This fellow is out of ammo and needs some assistance, his call of duty dictates that his comrade back hand toss his last magazine to him...

 These chaps will be fighting it out on the ever progressing trenches on Planet X. Up next is flooring grates and sandbag laying. Those white foam dividers are simply bracing the panels so the glue sets up.

 Using only the most advanced tools, we at Studio 57 expertly manipulate our pink foam.

Over the Top!

 Over the top and take that trench! In the 41st millennium's war there is always another planet that needs liberating and defenses broken. Here are some works in progress on a battle weary trench system.

 Current construction has two 24x24 sections that are modular and can be laid out on any side to make a fluid trench system.

Both sections are finished with the second layer of trenches being 2 inches deep and the front sitting at 1 inch; perfect height for a model to peak its head over the top.

 And to keep those pesky heavy movers at a distance, the modified howitzer of the future. This will be sitting in a deep 2 inch trench pit in the first photo in the bottom left hand corner.

 The brave souls to drop planet side and storm these killzones are a couple of the Emperor's Iron Hands.

 Green smoke and the airstrike is a no go,

 Up next is the gritty sniper of the squad complete with his red urban DPM camouflage. Perfect for hiding behind graffiti walls or perhaps the roof top of a skittles factory.   

Tests, Big Guns, and Wrecks

 Wow it has been a while! but I am very excited to be back with my first movie marine test paint. Trying out painting camo to offset these Iron Hands paint scheme.

 While this is the first test marine, I have not decided on base schemes yet. Going with the urban camo pattern I think moving with an urban rumble look is the best choice.

 Along with the red, I am going with black and yellow warning paint to break up the models look.

 After much looking and not finding Imperial Guard players wishing to part with their basilisks on the cheap, a nice substitute came in the mail. A 1/35 scale WWII Long Tom will be featured on our 40k trench table.

 Along side the long tom will be a wrecked old school 40k tank out in "no-mans" land. I had some spare time with a blow torch, kitchen steal, and pliers.

Anyway, this should kick off a lot more frequent updates with completing some marine squads and then moving forward with a new lord of the rings army.

Inked Out

With Theon Greyjoys sudden but inevitable betrayal I celebrate Game of Thrones Episode 8 with something I doubt they ate on the Iron Shore.

We have a squid ink lasagnetta! Made in a classy muffin tin. Space Marines will be hopping walls to get their hands on these.  

 This tactical marine doing hurtles just to get in line. Part 2 of the future Kill Zone squad adds in a techmarine to keep those gears turning when you need them.

 Even the Iron Father/Tech Marine won't wait to cut into this blackened pasta treat.

 Just as a battlefield mechanic should be built, this marine has parts ranging from a dread knight to the 2012 Adepticon give away mini.

Dreadnaught Dundee

That's not a dreadnaught.

THAT's a Dreadnaught!

I picked up a Nemesis dreadnaught to add to the growing Iron Hands marine force I am building. Here is the beast at large. 

 I added in some miscellaneous old bits from childhood toys and then mashed up a landspeeder to go with it.










Up next will be some terminators to go with a Kill Zone squad in the works. Multiple terrain boards are in the works for these games including an airbase, fallout shield generator, and some sort of PVC sewer system for both our movie marine games and kill zone small scale encounters.