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!
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!
