mandag 4. august 2014

What's left to make... Space Marines - part 2 troops

We'll start with the heavy stuff...
I have 1 box that can make 3 Centurions. These can either be assembled as a Devastator squad or an attack squad, but I am quite sure I will go for the devastator version as I figure the big clumsy suits fits that role best. But I might change my mind once I start assembling the kit...
Even heavier than the Centurions are the Dreadnoughts. I have 2 Ironclad Dreadnoughts that I have clipped from their sprues and glued the sarcofagi togheter. Being the toughest dreadnoughts there is, they will be packed with firepower. One of them will also have a seismic hammer.

The Devastators are represented with 1 Devastator squad box, 2 single Devastators that just needs some wash, and 4 single Devastators that are primed and ready for painting.

The 1st Company will have a lot of Terminators at their disposal, and this is explained in the fluff with the fact that there are always a lot of Terminators on duty for the fleet, guarding this section of the universe.
I have 3 blisters with a single miniature Terminator in each, one of them has a cyclone missile launcher and another a heavy flamer.
I have 5 Wolfguard Terminators (1 box) from the Stormclaw boxed set, and I am not sure how to use these yet. The Space Wolves look quite different from the regular vanilla marines, but I'm sure I'll find some fluff explanation to make them fit in the army.
Two characters are clad in Terminator armour and still in their boxes, and that is two librarians (one metal mini and one finecast).
I also have some Terminators I have started on. Quite a lot as a matter of fact. I have 1 metal captain that is almost ready for basework, 5 partially painted Terminators ,15 that are primed and 10 close combat Terminators (5 with powerclaws and 5 with hammers and shields) at various stages of assembly/painting.
But that's not all... There are also 12 Terminators from the re-release of the Rogue Trader boardgame, 11 of them are regular Terminators, and nr 12 is a corpse sitting on a throne. I also have 1 Terminator almost complete just waiting for a wash and basework, and 1 Terminator chaplain that seems to only be missing his basework.

One unit that will stand out is the Legion of the Damned. I have 2 blisters with 2 legionnaires with heavy weapons, 2 blisters with legionnaires with regular weapons and 1 blister with a squad. Total is 11 legionnaires.

There are more veterans for this army. I have 2 boxes of Vanguard veterans, 3 boxes of Sternguard veterans (1 is a finecast box) and 1 single metal Sternguard mini.
I also have several Dark Angels veterans in my army. The original plan was to use them as either Sternguard or Vanguard veterans, but then the plastic boxes came out and I just had to buy them. I am thinking they might be specialists in a certain kind of warfare (maybe fighting Chaos Marines or Tyranids?).
But I degress... I have 2 boxes of them waiting to be assembled, 5 single minis that are partially painted, and 1 single mini that needs washing and a new company markings.

I have 4 tactical squads still in the boxes (2 old boxes and 2 new) and one Combat squad. I also have 1 Wolfpack (Space Wolves tactical squad). On the shelves there are also 15 tactical marines that are started on and in various stages of painting and assembly, and 14 tactical marines that are primed.
There are also several assault marines. 1 box with an assault squad, 6 single miniatures without backpacks and 20 single miniatures with backpacks (some of them are not glued on yet though). I also have 4 that are partially painted.

The Space Marines need some fast and light troops to do the scouting and infiltration for them (say what you want, but I doubt a Space Marine in a full battle suit can be very stealthy) and that's where the scouts come in. I have 1 box of scouts along with 18 scouts just missing some wash. The 18 is a mix of plastic and metal scouts, and there are also quite a few of them with shotguns (metal minis).  There's 1 metal scout that I haven't had the heart to do something with yet. He's painted up increadibly nice, but when I got him the paint was chipped. Since I don't know exactly what colours have been used (think some blending have been done), I need to repaint him to get him in to the Gatekeepers. He was the inspiration for the colour scheme I have on my scouts. He is armed with a shotgun, and I am quite sure he will be painted up and included in the Gatekeepers scout company quite soon.

But the Space Marines needs characters and leaders. I have two command squads, 1 still in the box and 1 partially painted and assembled.

Two of the most rare characters are Interrogator Chaplain Seraphigus (who is assembled and ready for painting) and Krom Dragongaze (still on the sprue). Seraphigus is a special character that was released and Master will most likely be made from Marneus Calgar, as I have a box of him with honour guard (metal and plastic), and there wil be at least 1 techmarine with servitors (metal set) and 1 more librarian.

The final minis for this are two sets from Forgeworld, an Apothecary set with 2 resin Apothecaries, and a set of 5 resin Space Marines that appears to have at least one sniper. I tried to find the set on Forgeworld yesterday but had no luck. Guess I will have to look more closely on the bits to see what it is...

When I said this was the final minis it is a truth with a small modification as there is one more set of Marines. It will be a part of a small Chaos Marine army that will be mostly for diorama purposes. It is a box with 3 "snap tite" Chaos Marines. They will probably be joined by the ones on the new starter set some time in the future. The Dark Anges in that set will go right in to the Gatekeepers and will fit in the same company as my Dark Angel veterans presumably, and the Chaos Marines will be a small Chaos warband.
I have been drooling over the Chaos cultists since they came out, so this might be an excuse to get them.

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