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Post by Llamafish on Jul 30, 2019 11:35:55 GMT
I have wanted to do Mantis Warriors for a long time, however I never been happy with the look of the armour. Here are a couple of pieces of artwork, which i like as it give the hint of an imperial/japanese armour You see the slight hint of Cuisse - haidate and iconic Katana. However the shoulder pads/Spaulders are just so typical space marine, any sculpt wouldnt have the imperial/japanese feeling im after. OK you will have to bare with me here as I will seem to be going on a tangent.... ElderScroll has a group for people that are called the Blades (Nord should be ahead of me here) - Which are a crossover of Japanese and Imperial Roman armour in a fantasy setting. Above I mentioned Imperial... I honestly see the Space marines similar to Roman Legions at this stage. Here is the historical versions Japanese Roman Cool random render I found So the obvious choice of bits... Puppet Wars Bushi parts, IMO it just too unsubtle - it just a scream "YOU WANT SAMURAI, HAVE SAMURAI!" Then on the flip side... FW White Scars, 2 issues, the cost and the lack of range atm The armour is much better as it lays on across the models hip armour lays more naturally on the hips. As a starting point for any kit bash... Mk2 or Mk3 Space marines armour Right Sorry that was a long rambling post with too many pictures! But if anyone can help or add some helpful thoughts that would be greatly appreciated!
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Post by fiendil on Jul 30, 2019 13:02:30 GMT
Starting point: get some of the plastic HH marines, from one of the box sets. (Might have some spare kicking around in my leadpile.)
I think if you could get hold of the Puppet Wars shoulder pads, and just use them, not the rest of the armour, then you'd be golden.
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Post by fiendil on Jul 30, 2019 13:04:57 GMT
Also. K47 Japanese exo suits. I'm not sure offhand how the sizing would work, but I've got some of these if you want a look and if I can find them.
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Post by Llamafish on Jul 30, 2019 13:43:52 GMT
Those k47 armour is nice and subtle and fits the sculpts
Granted hate those helms, but that isnt a issue here
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Post by Llamafish on Jul 30, 2019 13:57:34 GMT
Now these might be what im looking for - giving that segmented look!
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