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26Nov/094

Creating Pre-Heresy marines â€“ part 3b: Mark III Power Armour

This is the second part of creating pre-heresy marines: mark III power armour.

The feet pads need to be a single plate with studs, so roll a small ball of putty and place it on top of a foot.

mwg_mk3b_01

Press down with the flat of your sculpring tool, pushing the putty down and towards the edges, covering the whole area. mwg_mk3b_02

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Tagged as: Mark III power armour, Model tutorial, Pre-Heresy, Space Marine, Warhammer 40k 4 Comments

24Nov/090

Creating Pre-Heresy marines â€“ part 3: Mark III Power Armour

Continuing the series of power armour represented throughout the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy, this next tutorial covers:

How to create Mark III power armour

Games Workshop's Mark III models, pircture courtesy of Gagoc the Ancient

The Iron Suit (Armorum Ferrum) was created as a heavier alternative to the previous marks of armour, rather than a replacement. Due to heavy casualties from engagements aboard ships and within tunnel complexes, a more robust suit was required. The Iron Suit boasted superior frontal armour, with full plate protection, but a lighter rear to compensate and allow mobility.

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Tagged as: Custom heads, Mark III power armour, Maxmini, Model tutorial, Pre-Heresy, Space Marine, tutorial No Comments

18Nov/099

Creating Pre-Heresy marines – part 2c: Mark I Power Armour

â€œHow long should you try? Until.â€ - Jim Rohn

This is the third and final modeling part of the Mark I armour tutorial and quite a hefty article too, but I wanted to bring it to conclusion.

To recap where we left off, our Mark I power armour requires arms, shoulder pads, a backpack and some final details.

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Tagged as: Mark I power armour, Model tutorial, Pre-Heresy, Space Marine, Warhammer 40k 9 Comments

17Nov/092

Creating Pre-Heresy marines – part 2b: Mark I Power Armour – Chainmail

Mark I armour is quite an undertaking. I applaud anyone who takes on the challenge of building them, whether they use my method or not. Without pursuing means of batch producing these marines, you're going to need the patience of a saint to amass a sizeable force!

Optimism aside, I present you the second installment of the Mark I tutorial. Here I show you how I've never sculpted chain mail before! The shoulders and fine detail will have to wait for a third installment as they layered pads have proven to be a slow process.

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Tagged as: Mark I power armour, Model tutorial, Pre-Heresy, Space Marine 2 Comments

15Nov/091

Creating Pre-Heresy marines – part 1b

Due to request, I've completed the paint job for the Pre-Heresy marine featured in part 1. For the less eagle-eyed amongst you, he's painted as a Sons of Horus legionnaire.