| D6 Junkie | 29 Nov 2015 9:06 p.m. PST |
Any suggestions for good 15mm non space marines |
| 3AcresAndATau | 29 Nov 2015 10:24 p.m. PST |
Ion Age Retained Knights, definitely have the best "space knight, shoulder pads" look, especially if you're going for beakies. Just ordered up another platoon of these myself. :
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Or, you could do worse than Khurasan's Post Apoc "Government forces in Powered Armor", if you want a less clean, grittier look, though the range is significantly smaller (basic troops with 1 gun, several support variants, heavy armor). I guess these guys would be epic Iron Warriors:
I've seen other ranges used, and they're serviceable, but the ranges like CMG's ARC fleet just feel too "Halo" and not enough "40k", in my opinion:
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Bashytubits | 29 Nov 2015 10:38 p.m. PST |
I think the 15/18 Blue moon figures scream 40k.
The Orion Republic
not space marines Universalist Command
Not Eldar. There are others that proxy well also. |
| Mad Mecha Guy | 29 Nov 2015 11:17 p.m. PST |
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| Mako11 | 29 Nov 2015 11:54 p.m. PST |
I like the GZG UNSC Hardsuits, and the NSL ones too. Of course, those Orion Troopers above are quite nice too. |
| Gunner Dunbar | 30 Nov 2015 2:51 a.m. PST |
Khurasans Government power armour
And with a little effort they can look like this
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| GreekGeek | 30 Nov 2015 3:15 a.m. PST |
You forgot the original not-Space Marines, the Laserburn lImperial Troopers. Greek Geek |
| AVAMANGO | 30 Nov 2015 9:11 a.m. PST |
Just for ease and simplicity I would go with the Ion Age Retained Knights ala beaky space marines. |
| Weasel | 30 Nov 2015 9:55 a.m. PST |
Another vote for the Laserburn imperials. |
| The Beast Rampant | 30 Nov 2015 10:13 a.m. PST |
I find the Ion Age knights to be much too slender. It's a shame, they'd work well otherwise. And that doesn't look like "a little effort", Gunner. But yes, they are very nice conversions! I also vote Laserburn Imperials, around the middle of the page: link |
| Tehakla | 30 Nov 2015 11:10 a.m. PST |
The 15mm.co.uk imperial soldiers work very well too. |
| Weasel | 30 Nov 2015 4:07 p.m. PST |
Bear in mind, original style "beakie" marines were pretty slender. |
| john lacour | 30 Nov 2015 7:27 p.m. PST |
I have about 30 "not space marines" someone on the gruntz forum sold me.
i pretty much asked the same thing the op here asked, and someone said "i have these that were made, and gw sent them a "quit it" letter". they are pretty close(alot closer than anything here), big shoulder pads, thick armor suits, backpack power plants. the only problem is they are bear headed. i tried to make "beakie" helms, but i'm terrible at green stuffing. i did a few, then stopped.
if i could get a 15mm beakie helm made and cast for under $100 USDusd, i would do it to have a uniqe space marine unit for gruntz. |
| Keifer113 | 30 Nov 2015 8:14 p.m. PST |
Not seeing it with the Laserburn guys….Maybe better pics than on their website? |
| Ivan DBA | 30 Nov 2015 11:49 p.m. PST |
John is probably referring to the old line of MJ Figures' "Space Troopers." They've been OOP for years, but if you can find them are great 15mm marines. They are a bit on the small side though. |
| Jimboba | 01 Dec 2015 4:14 p.m. PST |
Yep. They are the closest but small compared to current offerings.
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| john lacour | 01 Dec 2015 7:53 p.m. PST |
that them(sans the shields). did you green stuff the helms? |
| Jimboba | 02 Dec 2015 5:14 p.m. PST |
Nope. They came that way. Off the top of my head there were about a dozen or more sculpts with a mix of helmet and not. I bought them about 20 years ago!
I only painted these ones last year. The rest are primed in a very long paint queue. |
| john lacour | 02 Dec 2015 8:19 p.m. PST |
none of the figures i recieved had helms. or shields. |
| Capt Flash | 03 Dec 2015 8:43 a.m. PST |
Ion Age Desteria are my choice for not-Marines:
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keeps a convention promise.
