#assault terminators

[eric-coldfire]

Lycaon Squad is finished and ready to rend flesh and metal alike.

I think painting five at a time might be my limit, I think for the next squad I'll try three at a time. Easier on my energy and my back.

But I'm super pleased with how these turned out, especially since Relic Terminators aren't street legal in 40k and there's no reference for them in Iron Snakes colors.

[nightbringer24]

Couple of WIPs for my Steel Drakes.

The weather was actually not too bad today for a while in Blighty, so I decided to get out there and basecoat a model. Did plan to do more but then wind and rain prevented it.First up is a Vindicator. 

Now, this plastic kit first came in 2007, for the release of the Apocalypse ruleset in 40k. My parents got me the kit for Christmas of that year, one of the special formation ones that came with three Vindicators in it.... This tank and it's brother have been sitting under my bed since... 2008. Originally painted in a horrible blue colour that wasn't Ultramarine blue, so I decided to rescue it and re-purpose it.

Symbols are from Pop Goes The Monkey (really good quality and good prices, especially if you're a Patreon follower since you get a discount code for them), while the small shield on the left front exhaust cover is from Essex Miniatures. Just to add a little flair to the model.

And next up is my Assault Terminator Sergeant model.

This guy is the Brother-Sergeant Victorno model from the Space Marines Heroes Series 2 Run, with the Terminator armour. Nominally, they're supposed to be Blood Angels, but I said "... Nuts to that!" and made him a Steel Drakes.

Various bits were added. The line of teeth on his shield is made up of fishing line superglued to the model, then I carefully cut off the end fronds of the Barbed Bracken terrain kit from GW and glued them on to the fishing line with plastic glue. The plastic glue works well for the nylon in fishing line, but it doesn't set as quickly as the superglue which is a REAL pain in the arse at times. Then I added the purity seals from any one of the Space Marine kits I have, along with a talisman/tooth-thingy from the Chaos Lord/Sorcerer in Terminator Armour kit.

The skull on his right pauldron is, again, from Pop Goes the Monkey and the cloak is the Salamandra/Dragon Cloaks from Spellcrow. When I got the model, I didn't have any chapter symbols from Pop Goes The Monkey to fit on the right pauldron, as per the Codex, so I had to improvise and give him a full on skull. Then I got to thinking on what that means regarding veterancy in the Steel Drakes. Basically, the higher in rank you get in the chapter, the more parts of a dracon you can wear, to show your veterancy. And that's it.

[cam2d]

Bouncing back from my Tendinitis with some Assault Terminators!

[nightbringer24]

So, here’s some Terminators for my Steel Drakes army, the venerable First Company elite.

A mix of the Space Marines Heroes Series 2 models and the generic Space Marine Terminators, plus a bit of looting of my bit-box, I ended up having a squad of 5 Assault Terminators (3 with thunder hammers and storm shields, two with a pair of lightning claws) and a 9 man squad of regular Terminators (including a cyclone missile launcher and assault cannon) which need a sergeant. Which I hope to get around Christmas time or after.

Really, I was fretting a fair bit about what to do with the extra models, until one of the staff at my ‘local’ GW store said “Why don’t you just do some weapon swaps?”

And by god it worked. I do like how they turned out, and I do plan to add some extra bits to them, just to add a bit more character to them.

[nightbringer24]

So this is the current number of Terminators for my Steel Drakes 1st Company.

I have 9 regular Terminators, including an assault cannon and a cyclone missile launcher, along with 5 Assault Terminators. I’m going to need to buy a box of Assault Terminators to round up the number, and I also want to get the Start Collecting! Space Marines box so I can use their captain model as the sergeant for the regular Terminator squad (I have an idea in mind for my own captain in Terminator armour, which I hope will be as epic as I plan him to be).

[frasohei]

Got these assault terminators in a batch of stuff purchased from a friend. Needed to have three colors on them for an apocalypse game, but went a little over board. I'm not use if nihilakh oxide was the right thing to use on the thunder hammers or the lightning claws, but for re-painted minis I don't think they look too shabby.

[kyoupiruchi]

Blood Angel Assault Terminators that I painted for a friend’s birthday! These are like 2 inches tall, but LOADED with details omg...

[playingwithtoysoldiers]

Assault Terminators Ultramarines Wash Asurmen Blue vs Drakenhof Nightshade