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| I cut up a plastic Terminator from an Ebay purchase I made last year. |
I'm really excited about participating in my first tournament- The 40K Bits Bash on November 20th at Olympic Cards and Comics. The tournament has been designated a "fun" tournament with a low entry fee, making it accessible and attractive to newcomers such as myself. Honesty- I would be much more hesitant to drop 25-100 bucks to play in a tournament against guys the likes of Chappy, Purgatus, at my current level of play. This tournament promises to be fun due to the simple fact that it is a partners' tournament and Six-Deucer has agreed to be my partner. Six and I have a lot of fun together, and we've known each other for quite a while so it was a no-brainer to ask him to team up for this event.
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| After some careful filing, I used green stuff to reassemble the Terminator armor so that it would appear to be laying down. |
One of the requirements for The 40K Bits Bash is that each contestant have available at least three objective markers. Earlier this May, I purchased the dead terminator sitting on a throne found in the 2009 Space Hulk release for about 7 dollars with the intention of incorporating it into an objective marker! One down, two to go!
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| The minute I saw this guy, I knew he had to be showcased on the gaming table! |
I've seen a number of cool objective markers utilizing the Space Marine Casualties' figures. I love the sculpts, but they seem to be a popular, and common choice for Space Marine players. With that in mind I decided to pass on the Space Marine casualties in favor of something a little more unique for my Space Marines to fight (and die) for, utilizing the extra figures and bits I have lying around.
For my second objective marker I visualized a dead Terminator marine whose suit belies his mortal wounds. In his lifeless hand, or Terminator glove, a Chalice. I think any respectable Space Marine would want to secure the Crux Terminatus, but no Emperor fearing Blood Angel worth his fangs would allow a Crux Terminatus and a "Dante Goblet" to fall into the hands of the enemy! Now, I had an extra chalice found in the Space Hulk game released last year that would suit this purpose.
I then began to visualize how this would look and decided immediately that the dead marine's face should be visible. That would require a head bit...maybe a skull, or even a rotting or mummified head. I sniffed around on Ebay however, I didn't find a bit or figure that I would want to use. Fortunately, I found a blister pack filled with three pewter zombies released by Reaper Miniatures at Olympic Cards and Comics that would be perfect!
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| These were the Reaper minis' that I purchased for about 7 dollars. I will use the figure on the left for my dead Terminator, while I think the figure on the right would make a cool Dreadnought occupant! |
Don't think I didn't pass by the Warhammer skeleton box more than once, but I was concerned that the heads would be a little too big for my project. I think a 15-25mm skull or head would look proportionately better and less "toony". By the way, how come there aren't more skeleton sets, or skeleton boxed sets out there?
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| The Space Marine defended the sacred chalice to the end...talk about rolling snake eyes! |
After I had cut the Terminator's left leg at the hip join, I cut the figure's left arm above the elbow. I filed down both pieces, cleaning any flash resulting from my hack job. This allowed me to position the Terminator's left leg in a prone position, as well as position the left glove palm up (as shown above). My next step will be to drill a relief in the top portion of the Terminator's chest where the head bit will sit inside the armor, but I may paint the head prior to placing it.
So, does anyone field 60mm based objectives, or are 25mm and 40mm the norm? I have a really neat idea for my third objective, but I think it would require a 60mm base. The idea would incorporate a ruined Dreadnought whose sarcophagus was compromised, exposing the ancient (and mummified) space marine inside.
