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Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Squaduary Week 1- Veterans built!

The first week of Squaduary is complete and my Deathwatch Veterans have been built. 

I decided that I wanted to do a few little conversions/kit bashing for the squad. First up, we have some simple ones that mix the Deathwatch Veteran kit and Space Marine Tactical Squad. I have a Veteran Sergeant with an Auspex. 


A couple of Veterans with combi-meltas and one with a Meltagun.

A Veteran with a grenade, and a few with Bolters.

I decided I wanted one Veteran with a Shotgun and Storm Shield (even though this wouldn't make sense with a pump-action shotgun, it still looks cool). 

I cut the right hand off of the shotgun model. I thought this would be sufficient, but it didn't look that great, so I decided to do more. I cut the grip off of a Bolter and cut the grip out of the Shotgun. 




I then glued them together to get a one-handed shotgun pose. 

I then switched the arm of the shotgun with a Bolter arm, so that is was no longer being held across the body. Finally, the Marine was assembled. 


I also managed to make a start on week 2 of the challenge, getting a cheeky undercoat done while the weather was decent at the weekend. 

So there we have the complete squad assembled. Next week I will look at the edge highlighting for the models. 
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13 comments:

  1. greggles7 February 2017 at 12:45

    Love little mods like that. They make all the difference in the figures!

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  2. Ginge7 February 2017 at 14:34

    Hey if Sarah Connor can take the T1000 on with a pump action shotgun while one army pretty much hangs useless by her side, I don't see why a Space Marine wouldn't be able to figure something out... :P

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    1. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)8 February 2017 at 17:22

      It should be fine. They generally only get to fire them once before they die, so no need to reload ;)

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  3. Rory (Stepping Between Games)7 February 2017 at 16:34

    Always good to see something a little original in an army. Rule of cool!

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    1. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)8 February 2017 at 17:23

      Yeah, as much as the Deathwatch sprue has a ton of variety in the weapons options, there is not too much variety within each option.

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  4. WestRider7 February 2017 at 22:51

    Nice! I need to get mine photographed and posted.

    Maybe add some sort of "catch" on either the Storm Shield or the pump handle so he can steady/rack the shotgun on the shield? Sort of like the Arbites are supposed to have in their Riot Shields.

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    1. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)8 February 2017 at 17:22

      I'll raid my bits box, see if I find anything suitable.

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  5. Joe B8 February 2017 at 16:39

    Way cool, I like the mod and he looks really bad ass.

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    1. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)8 February 2017 at 17:21

      Thanks Joe! They've got a good deal of paint on them now, well ahead of the week 2 goals.

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  6. Unknown8 February 2017 at 17:43

    Ahhh, seeing this is reminding me I'm dropping behind... (currently sat in Germany having been ushered over here by work... 😓) the joys of being a hobbyist that has to spend large swaths of the year out of the country

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  7. Spot1cus11 February 2017 at 01:13

    Like the conversion there. These are awesome models. They will look great painted up.

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    1. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)11 February 2017 at 10:18

      Thanks! They are coming along nicely now, should be well ahead of the Squaduary deadline.

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