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The model created in the Mark II power armour series and bolter created in this tutorial have have received a brush licking to join the ranks of my Sons of Horus. I’ve changed the arms and stance a little from the model shown in the tutorial. A tutorial for doing the base is also available here.
This is the third and final part of the tutorial for creating Mark II power armour. The previous parts can be found at:
To complete the armour the shoulder pads need to be converted and some optional tweaks to the armour.
For the shoulder pads, cut off the trim from around the edge. If you used a resin Red Scorpion pad you will discover, as I did, that the inside is hollowed out:
This is the second part of the tutorial for creating Mark II power armour. The first part can be found here.
A Mark II helmet is readily available from the Maxmini Steam Knight set, but I feel this could still use a little customisation to fit with the base model I’ve used as a guide.
Continuing the guides for producing pre-Heresy armour, next in line we have Mark II: Crusade.
The Crusade armour was the first fully sealed Power Armour used by the Astartes as the Emperor began expanding his control beyond Terra.
Here is one of Games Workshop’s classic Mark II Space Marines. The backpack has been removed to show the detail on the pads and legs, the model painted as a Dusk Raider by Whitehorn.
