Hi all,
Thought i'd share a recent customising project.
I wanted to add a company of Stormblades to my burgeoning SL/MTL IG army however i didnt want to pay the going rate on eBay for the Forgeworld versions, and the old SM/TL versions are nothing like the current ones.
OLD
NEW
I decided to convert the old Stormblades so they would look similar to the new style:
1- bought 3 SM/TL era Stormblades, NIB, for around A$30 on eBay
2- bought 3 40K Space Marine Plasma Guns for A$9 on eBay
3- used spare turrets from the SM era Ork Battlewagons (ever versatile!)
4- used 3 plastic E40k era Landraider Lascannon sponsons - had these spare from the boxset collecting dust. shortened the lascannons by cutting off the middle and the iron sights, and attaching the tips back.
I present the 77th Jouran Dragoons Stormblade company:
Group pic (for scale and shameless plug)
A few things to note:
- they are slightly smaller than the Epic40k Baneblade and Shadowsword and definately smaller than FW versions. However i figured this shouldnt cause any issues
- the SM/TL era Stormblade model looks very futuristic compared to any other SHT - both SM/TL era through to FW era. However i like this look, as Plasma weaponry is very much a 'lost art' so i figured this is old tech and in true 40k backwardness, is more 'modern'...
- the plasma coil/tube whatever, i tied to make it 'pop' more by taking a leaf out of Onyx's work and applied gloss varnish to that area, along with the headlights. It helps a little. After some feedback i'll go back to the models and make the barrel exit 'gloss green' rather than just black.
Next project is to convert old SM/TL era Shadowswords into Stormswords - the flamers on the sponsons are going to be an isssue i think...
