Classic Space Hulk blog

[Daeothar]

Great paintjobs and conversions; you certainly captured the original style!  

I'm a huge fan of GW's RT era miniatures, and I have a ton of these guys lying around, but somehow, they never really did it for me; I've always been drawn towards the Exo suits and first metal terminators and those dark blue boys have never even seen a game at my house.

But the way you paint them, they're actually quite marvelous! You've made me look at them in a different light now!  

[Sgt. Scream]

Great paintjobs and conversions; you certainly captured the original style!  

I'm a huge fan of GW's RT era miniatures, and I have a ton of these guys lying around, but somehow, they never really did it for me; I've always been drawn towards the Exo suits and first metal terminators and those dark blue boys have never even seen a game at my house.

But the way you paint them, they're actually quite marvelous! You've made me look at them in a different light now!  

Grab 'em, paint them.  Most importantly, post pictures.

[ballistic_bro]

Loving this thread and what you've done so far. Think I'll have to dig out my old Termies. 

[Sgt. Scream]

Loving this thread and what you've done so far. Think I'll have to dig out my old Termies. 

You'll definitely have to. 



#3

This time it's Brother Deino with his modified Stormbolter (taken from an Advanced Space Crusade plastic Scout Bolt Pistol):

[Gunbird]

Love em. Love em so much I picked up a bag of these old guys myself. How many do I need again for game? I know have 8, 1 flamer and 7 regular guys, so I need, 1 or 2 sergeants and another flamer, right?

[Sgt. Scream]

First edition didn't have specific Sergeant miniatures, they only had different coloured bases. In other words, any power glove toting Marine can be your Sergeant. You'll need five per squad for mission 1 and 2 and then another five men squad for all the other missions of the core set. The expansions ask for more variants in weapons like Assault cannon, Lightning Claws etc.

[Modhail]

Yup, 1st and 2nd ed core rules require 2 sergeants (with Powerfists for 1st ed. and powerswords for 2nd.), 6 regular Terminators and two with heavy flamers. Once you get into the various expansions and WD/Journal articles the sky is the limit with regards to gear...

[Gunbird]

Thx guys, then I just need 1 additional flamer and 1 additonal marine (plus maybe a few more for conversions).

[Vanvlak]

These ARE nice.
I'm enjoying old school 40K setting threads, and these termies are the best I've seen based on the old SH plastics. 

[Sgt. Scream]

These ARE nice.
I'm enjoying old school 40K setting threads, and these termies are the best I've seen based on the old SH plastics. 

Thanks a lot! I am currently working on Brother Omnio.

[Sgt. Scream]

#4


Brother Omnio, in his 3rd edition version carries a scanner device built into his power glove. I wanted one like these for my troops, so I added a communicator from the RT era accessories sprue to his belt.


Brother Omnio:

[Elbows]

Bee. Boo. Bop.

Nice.

[Sgt. Scream]

#5

Bother Goriel's 3rd edition version shows him heavily cut up by rending claws from a surprise Genestealer attack. He's holding the left-overs from one of these beasts in his hand and steps over the remains of another.

I tried to cover as much of the current version's theme and carry it over to the old monopose Terminator figure. Here is my result:

Brother Goriel:

[Wachaza]

Great painting but they need an aerial. Brass rod?

[Michi]

Very cool! Could have been slightly cooler with the tongue hanging down...