Space Marines painted by TEMBER

Just woke up today from a very tiring almost sleepless latter part of the week. I feel good though and should be painting my minis after a couple of posts. I got new Game Color paints and some Kolinsky brushes... meaning more fun very very soon! Man the Vallejo Game Color Bloody RED is just WOW! It is the reddest paint I've seen. I used to use Vallejo Model Color Vermillion.

Anyways, I thought of getting more Game Colors than Model Colors as I got inspired from Tember's post at Facebook, when he got a whole huge set of Vallejo Game Colors. Game Colors has less pigment than Model Colors but has more medium. More medium means a stronger paint and it flows smoother than Model Color. Game Color is a bit thinner than Game Colors though.

Anyways all this Game Color buzz is from good friend Russel Hutchison aka TEMBER who painted these cool Warhammer 40K Space Marines.

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WIP - Space Marines diorama - staging

As usual I can't help but share with you even my smallest progress. I have here the initial staging of my Space Marines diorama using styrene sheets ( pla plates ) and lots of PVA glue ( white glue ).

I wanted to somehow show a bit of story on this little diorama as that is what dioramas are for. I mean you can't put a model in the middle of a desert and call it a diorama. Oh well I think you can call it a diorama as the story is simply the model running out of gas or dying in the desert ( lol ). Anyways I wanted to depict a bit more complex story behind mine.

I wanted to depict a squad of Space Marines scouting a deserted base. The model at the front has a sort of gadget showing that he is " detecting " something " behind the walls ". Pretty straight forward story telling I think. The overall diorama or the story of the whole scene will be complete once I place some Tyranids on top of the base.

The squad of Space Marines will be unaware of the danger on the top of the ruined walls. My composition shows that the Space Marines has no options but to engage the enemies coming from above... needless to say, I will make sure that the fate of all the Space Marines and their chance of survival looks very low.

The high walls ( or at least they look high in person ) gives the whole scene a tense and crowded look to the Space Marines. The walls adds to the difficulty of survival as the Space Marines has NO where to go. I gave the whole composition some angles to add interest as I do not want a flat floor and a super flat wall.

More Tyranid models, detailing and damaging the walls should complete this diorama. Anyways here are a few more photos of my progress so far...

 

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WIP - Space Marines diorama - assembly

I wanted to try my hand on some Warhammer 40k stuff as I have never owned some, much more painted some before.

Just wanted to see all the fuzz with the bitz and modifications and the whole shebang.

I liked working with the plastic models but I have NO intentions of building up an army for table top gaming ( as I cannot afford it ). So while I build up my Warmachine ( Khador ) and Hordes ( Trollbloods ) armies for table top gaming, I could do occassional vignettes and dioramas of some models from Wathammer and Warhammer 40k.

Beside they are really popular and some models are really nice specially the Tyranids. I cannot afford to put my Trollbloods on a vignette though, as I'd rather see them painted and in action on table top games soon. So I am super excited to try my hand on doing a Space Marines diorama as there are not much around in the internet and diorama building has always been so fun for me.

I will have to conceptualize a diorama for my new Space Marines tactical squad and I have a picture frame as base already. I could do a mountain with grass and trees and place those Space Marines and call it a diorama, but I'd rather not. I have raw ideas already but would need a bit more models for it. Do check out this space as I work fast when excited.

Now here are a few more photos of the unboxing and the models...

The guy below is ready to be my test subject. He is so ready for hand painting...

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The Last Stand of the Crimson Fists by Volomir

I was googling about Space Marines diorama for a few hours now as I have with me a new box of Space Marines Tactical Squad. I have here a breathtaking Space Marines diorama by Volomir. Here is the link to more photos in his blog...

The Last Stand of the Crimson Fists by Volomir

After seeing this masterpiece from Volomir, I wanted to do a sort of miniature diorama but cannot do one with my Trollbloods. I cannot put my Trollbloods in a diorama as I plan to eventually field them. Anyways I will be doing my first Space Marines diorama as I have lots of pla plates ( from my old hobby ) and diorama materials lying around.

No plans of building an army of Space Marines or any Wathammer 40k faction as I simply cannot afford to collect both Warmachine / Hordes and Warhammer 40k for gaming. So get used to it guys... I will build up an army of Warmachine / Hordes but will do Warhammer 40k dioramas whenever I fancy. Excited to work on my Tyranid Trygone / Morgon commission work and assemble my Space Marine Tactical Squad when I get home today.

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