Space Hulking Out -- Terminators

Posted by Ranillon on 17. September 2009 20:08

I've been working on the new models I gained by purchasing my copy of Space Hulk, most notably the Terminators (given I play a Deathwing force).  After a night's worth of work I have them all converted.

I made sure to add all of them to terminator size bases -- it makes them fit for 40K while not getting in the way of playing straight Space Hulk -- while also taking the time to convert as much of their Blood Angel regalia as I thought appropriate.  I know that some people might just want to go ahead and play them as given even if they aren't BA players, but after going to the trouble of having my own chapter with its own paint/symbol scheme I didn't want my new additions to stand out.

Here are some examples of the minor alterations I made:

In the first example I filed down a whole section of BA iconography to instead fit in a small shield from an Empire box set.  Since shields are part of Star Guard (my chapter) symbolism it fits nicely.  In the second example take note of the wings on the right leg -- I altered them just enough to change the blood drop into regular angel wings.  I also left in the obvious BA symbol on top, however, as there wasn't any easy way to replace it and as long as it exists in isolation in comparison to what's on the rest of the model it should still look nice.

In the third example I worked off (thank goodness for my dremel tool!) the iconography on the shoulder pad so that I could instead later paint in the Star Guard starburst symbol.  By comparison, I left on the shoulder pad relief on the fourth example as it is more generic and can fit with any chapter scheme.  I will paint a starburt beneath it so as to preserve the overall effect.

That is all for now.  When I get to painting them I will naturally post the results of my efforts.