A while back when The Boy first showed interest in 40K a friend offered to sell him some Space Marines he’d picked up at a garage sale for $5. Later The Boy realized he wasn’t that interested in Space Marines and was far more interested in ORKS! So I offered to trade the Orks I had for the handful of Space Marines, not really having a plan for them… maybe they could show up as an ally or something…? Or show up as the “cavalry” to save player characters from a desperate situation in a game of Only War… Then they sat in a drawer for a year or so… Then another friend and his sons showed some interest in 40K and the dad was planning a Space Marine force! So I thought I’d paint these up to kind of jump start his small force of Ultramarines…
(and at this point I really hope
he’s not regularly reading my blog – as they were meant to be a bit of a
surprise…)
(Remember: click on the pictures
for a bigger version):
One Tactical Squad of
Ultramarines from the 3rd (Battle) Company.
(All of the figures pictured in the
picture above are from Games
Workshop. They are © and ™ Games Workshop and painted by myself and
posted here entirely without their permission.)
Of the remaining marines I got
in the lot I think there’s enough for one more tactical squad (of 10) and a
Bike Squad (of 3) and a mish-mash of other stuff… I’ll probably paint them up
as member of a Chapter of my own design to use as an allied contingent from
time to time for giggles…
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
Oh, more of the same, I suppose…
There are some vehicles on the workbench (a chimera APC and a Leman Russ tank),
but I suppose I should put my nose to the proverbial grindstone and get the
last few of the Jungle Fightin’ Imperial Guard types done…
All those Marines for $5? What a bargain - great paint job, too, Tim. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
ReplyDeleteThanks Monty!
DeleteOh not just these for $5 - there was about 40 in total. Two full tactical squads and a mish-mash of other random assorted marines - Including a captain in Terminator armour... a couple assault marines with Jump Jets... and four bikers (though one bike is missing it's rider.... etc. It was a pretty sweet deal. Bruce is the king of finding good deals at Garage Sales.