tanker22 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hi, This is a little out of my area since I dont play warhammer but I have a group of terminators I got from a friend of mine that I was thinking of painting up and selling. Was wondering if anyone had some good pics of painted stuff already to give me some ideas or links to a detailed site with some suggestions on different types of schemes I can look at. I was actually thinking of doing them up in a generic urban type cammo but I havn't seen anything like this on them at all. Any suggestions? Thanks Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Google Images is your friend: Space Marine Terminator pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixminis Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 And if you are trying to prep 'em for someone that is into the 40k fluff, you'll want to get the chapter right. Some terminators are chapter specific, others can be used with many... Do you have 'em in blisters and/or do you have piccies? Rgds, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armydillo978 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Terminators are pretty sharp in mauve and chartreuse. Use the plague chapter logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRigger Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Space marines don't wear camo - and they don't hide. Especially when sporting tactical terminator armor. ;) Probably best bet, if you want to paint them and sell them, is pick a chapter and go with the color. Some of the major chapters are Ultramarines (Blue marines), Dark Angels (Green marines), Black Templars (Black religious marines), Blood Angels (red marines) and Deathwing (Dark angel white terminator marines). Also make sure you outfit them properly, as most people who would buy them off of e-bay would buy them to game with and not so much for aesthetic reasons. (Although a friend of mine likes to buy badly painted figures, strip them and repaint them since he can usually get them really cheap) If you do some google image searches you can come up with colors and heraldry really quick, or ask here and people can help ya out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanker22 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 actually they are already assembled and primed for the most part, I dont know how the blisters come but I'll get a pic up later this morning of what I have. I have to take care of come running early then I'll be back. I also have acouple different kinds, some are older ones I ssume because they look different than the assualt terminators. Thanks for the link Kristof, very informative I'm still a bit new to the on line stuff as well so not really sure how or where to find stuff. I do want to get them as accurate as possible. Thanks again, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRigger Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Are they the old metal terminators. You may be able to sell them unpainted to someone who wants to collect them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanker22 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Thanks for the advice everyone. Here is some pics of what I have. As far as outfitting them, I have no idea what they even have, this is what they came like and I havn't done anything to them yet, but I assume big guns are good as in most games. The first pic just looks like older stuff to me, not really sure though but they are all metal. I'll rely on your input and expertise in this area for what you guys think is best or would sell, as I said, I have no desire to keep them for any reason so what ever my best bet is works for me. Thanks again While I'm at it, these are some Cadian heavy infantry I did up some time ago for a generic sci fi RP we were playing. I removed all the imperial markings from them and there isnt much special about them, just for some good table top gaming. I was considering putting them on auction as well in a week or so, what do you think? Would people that play WH be interested in something like this do you think? This was also why I mentioned a cammo pattern for the Terminators, they were going to go along with these guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRigger Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Those first ones, with the round shoulder pads are really old terminators and are pretty popular with collections - I am looking for one myself to add to my collection of "Imperial armor through the ages" display. The second batch are the newer old terminators and should go for a bit - especially the ones with the twin lightning claws. The cadians should go too - you have two squads - so all someone woul need would be a command and maybe some heavy weapons and they'd have a platoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurityThruFire Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Chris, I highly recommend stripping all those Terminators. Some of the primer on the older ones look really, really thick. As SaintRigger said, you may be able to unload the unpainted Terminators to collectors. Hell, you'd probably get more selling them that way than painting them up. Just food for thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanker22 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Thanks Clinton, I just may do that, I would probably mess up the colors or chaper markings anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armydillo978 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Thanks Clinton, I just may do that, I would probably mess up the colors or chaper markings anyway. You should check out Warseer, it's a GW oriented site with TONS of 40k fans. Now, if those Terminators were 40k EPIC, I'd buy 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixminis Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 heh, I think I've got some Epic 40K figures somewhere... might even have termies in 'em... wonder if I'll ever paint the stuff up completely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armydillo978 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 heh, I think I've got some Epic 40K figures somewhere... might even have termies in 'em... wonder if I'll ever paint the stuff up completely? I just bought 200 Epic Space Marines and some Tyranids. Trying to get them painted and on stands has killed my free time lately. But, just wait till I have my travel space hulk done. It'll all be worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Porsenna Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Those first ones, with the round shoulder pads are really old terminators and are pretty popular with collections - I am looking for one myself to add to my collection of "Imperial armor through the ages" display. You're doing this too??? No fair! I had the idea first... I'm thinking about using some of the Forgeworld Red Scorpion Vets conversions to model my vets squad using Mk V armor. That'd be sweet. My SMs are Salamanders, so they'd work for both M41 as well as M30 Heresy era... Damon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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