Star Wars Zero-G Troopers

[Sharkbelly 2540]

I've had this project in mind for a while. Spacetroopers based on GW's Terminators. The first stp is to assemble them but scrape off all of the Space Marine iconography.

 

[TGP 62144]

Nice concept. How many different elements of iconography have to go? I know there is a space-eagle on the chest, so that’s (1)....

[Sharkbelly 2540]

Skulls on the power fists, purity seals on some legs, eagle wings on the bolters...

[izzylobo 3047]

I would remove the storm bolters if possible, swap them out with some other blaster-analogue. They're simply too dang recognizable as it is. 

[TGP 62144]

Storm bolsters ?  Are those the side-by-side barrel hand cannons?

[izzylobo 3047]

1 hour ago, TGP said:

Storm bolsters ?  Are those the side-by-side barrel hand cannons?

 

Yep. 

Bolters (automatic rocket-guns, basically) are some of the most iconic sidearms in sci-fi minis gaming, and the Terminator's Storm Bolters in particular basically haven't changed much since they were first introduced twenty some-odd years ago - they're really recognizable by anyone even vaguely familiar with GW's oeuvre. 

[kristof65 22687]

I would concur on swapping out the storm bolters. The Terminators themselves are pretty recognizable, even when de-iconographied so swapping out the storm bolters for something more blaster looking will help sell the conversion. 

[TGP 62144]

I am / would be a very easy sell...

 

26 minutes ago, izzylobo said:

Bolters (automatic rocket-guns, basically) are some of the most iconic sidearms in sci-fi minis gaming,...

The single barrel ones look like clunky Star Wars blasters to me. 

 

26 minutes ago, izzylobo said:

they're really recognizable by anyone even vaguely familiar with GW's oeuvre. 

The thing is: I saw Star Wars first, in a theatre, long before I ever saw a game of 40K being played. 

 

12 minutes ago, kristof65 said:

I would concur on swapping out the storm bolters. The Terminators themselves are pretty recognizable, even when de-iconographied so swapping out the storm bolters for something more blaster looking will help sell the conversion. 

The main thing that keeps me from thinking “Imperial Stormtroopers!” when I look at 40K space marines is all the snazzy chapter color schemes. Paint them glossy white and get the recesses black and the conversion to SW is basically done. Fussing around with scraping skullz and eagles off is pretty much fancy icing on the cake. 

 

#easysale

#notpicky

 

(But it’s a good job getting rid of the skullz...)

 

#noskullz

[Sharkbelly 2540]

Hmm... lots of ideas to think about.

[Sharkbelly 2540]

I don't have the bits at the moment to swap, but perhaps in the future.

 

Here is an update.

 

[Sharkbelly 2540]

Got some more work done. 

 

[Original_Carl 232]

Progress! They're coming along nicely.