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PostSubject: Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom)   Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) Icon_minitimeSat 10 Nov 2007 - 17:59

Marauders of Chaos warband

Maybe you have read the rules for playing Marauders of Chaos warbands in the current issue of Letters of the Damned (#2). I recently started to build such a warband myself (after we've been playing with crappy models for over 3 years) and thought I'd share it with you folks. So here we go!

First I built a few marauder henchmen. I tried to give them some dynamic poses and an individual feel. I also gave them some additional bags and pockets because I think the members of a Mordheim warband are like wandering adventurers and they will always have their possessions with them. The marauders are no exception from this.

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This marauder is the typical close combat warrior, ducking behind his shield as he advances to the cowardly enemy shooters.

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On to the heroes!

I was thinking for quite a long time how I wanted to build my Chieftain. I was considering the Warhammer model for Crom but then found it to be too boring. Also I wanted all of my models to look like Marauders so a mere Chaos Warrior model didn't seem very fitting. He is a marauder chieftain after all. So I went through the GW Online Store and finally found what I needed: The chest + mantle piece of Archaon

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Then I needed an apropriate weapon. As the warband rules introduce the great Chaos battle axe I chose to look for something like that. And I found it in the Champion of Khorne Axe:

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What I also needed was the Champion of Khorne base as the mantle of the Archaon body is really huge.

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So finally I had all the bits to assembly my perfect Marauder Chieftain model:

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ps: I was running out of 25mm bases so I had to use one of my remaining unfortunately painted ones. But oh well, whatever..

Next I needed an apropriate model for the Condemned. This had to be a really tortured and twisted poor fella. I searched the GW store for approriate heads but couldn't find anything that really satisfied me. Then I went to check the Warhammer 40k Chaos models where I did find two good pieces:

1. The daemon prince of nurgle head
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2. The CSM daeomon prince head
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Finally I opted for the second one because - although the first did have a better SPawn of Chaos feel, which is what the Condemned is all about - I found the second head to be much more impressive when put on a human body (at least that's what I imagined).

When I received the CSM daemon head I was a bit surprised. It was even bigger than I expected. Because of its size I couldn't just put it on top of a marauder body. I had to model a longer (and thick) throat for the model. So I was forced to use Green stuff for the first time ever.
Next thing the Condemned needed were arms that represented an apropriate pose. As I envision the Condemned as a really cursed and tortured model I wanted to have it raise its arms to the sky. Showing the pain it is going through. This required me to organise other hands than the weapon-wielding ones the maruders have. I found these in my bits box: Zombie hands and arms. So after a bit more cutting, rasping and gluing I finally had my Condemned!

Oops, wait! I almost forgot one thing: The model was still appearing a bit "empty". Therefore I added a horn to his back. My favourite resource for horns is the goblin bow arms from my bits box. So that was some more cutting and gluing but then I had my Condemned at last.

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Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) P_condemned_side_large

Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) P_condemned_back_large

So what I still need are a few Champion models and a Shaman. I don't like any of the Chaos Sorcerer models for a Shaman so we'll see what I do. Until next time, enjoy the pics!


UPDATE: The finished warband can be seen starting with this post on page three. Enjoy!


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PostSubject: Re: Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom)   Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) Icon_minitimeSat 10 Nov 2007 - 18:18

Cool idea's! I'm still deciding wich Warband i want.. Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom)   Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) Icon_minitimeSat 10 Nov 2007 - 20:22

Cool poses, espacially the last ones are great!
Well, I have to say that I don't like the look of the chaos marauders in general, simply to comic-like for my taste with their over-sized weapons, horn-helmets and mountains of muscles(You know what I mean- Conan, Thrud and so on Wink ).

But anyway, you did a great job, hope I can see them painted soon Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom)   Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) Icon_minitimeSat 10 Nov 2007 - 23:26

Erkwin wrote:
Cool poses, espacially the last ones are great!
Well, I have to say that I don't like the look of the chaos marauders in general, simply to comic-like for my taste with their over-sized weapons, horn-helmets and mountains of muscles(You know what I mean- Conan, Thrud and so on Wink ).


But anyway, you did a great job, hope I can see them painted soon Very Happy

I know what you mean. But I'm fine with them. The weapons are not THAT big. :-)

I'm afraid it'll take some time until I begin the paint job as I have a lot to do. Moreover, I want to collect the whole warband before starting it.
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PostSubject: Re: Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom)   Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) Icon_minitimeSun 11 Nov 2007 - 1:57

Kudos Cianty! This is an excellent conversion/modellism report! I read it with great delight!

I like your conversions too, and actually i don't really have a problem with the Conan look... I think it's ok. I mean the skaven look a bit caricaturesque too, don't they? And they are still cool models.

Could you maybe post a linkt to the warband rules for marauders? I would like to read them (have never heard of it...). Thanks! alien
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I simply prefer barbarians in fur and not in fantasy-skull-whatever-armoures Laughing
But still, they are great models, that's for sure.

And I think the axes are really big- espacially the chieftain's axe could be difficult to lift for an average, not so hardened, wimpy human warrior Laughing
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Kudos Cianty! This is an excellent conversion/modellism report! I read it with great delight!

I like your conversions too, and actually i don't really have a problem with the Conan look... I think it's ok. I mean the skaven look a bit caricaturesque too, don't they? And they are still cool models.

Could you maybe post a linkt to the warband rules for marauders? I would like to read them (have never heard of it...). Thanks!
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Seems like you don't read the Mordheim ezine Letters of the Damned. The rules are published in the current issue (#2). Well, you might as well download them from the Border Town Burning website since that version is a bit more 'readable'. I know you won't bother to check out the site tongue so here is the direct link: http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~cianty/btb/pdf/marauders.pdf


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I simply prefer barbarians in fur and not in fantasy-skull-whatever-armoures Laughing
But still, they are great models, that's for sure.

And I think the axes are really big- espacially the chieftain's axe could be difficult to lift for an average, not so hardened, wimpy human warrior
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Yes, but the Chieftain is no wimpy human warrior. He's more like Conan after drinking Asterix' magic potion. Get the picture? affraid
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Yes, but the Chieftain is no wimpy human warrior. He's more like Conan after drinking Asterix' magic potion. Get the picture? affraid

That's what I mean Laughing
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Thanks Cianty!

You're welcome! Please don't hold back with any comments/ideas/whatever that come to mind.
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PostSubject: Re: Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom)   Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) Icon_minitimeSun 11 Nov 2007 - 22:40

I know some of you may look down on it but I could not resist! I just bought these two amazing conversions on ebay. Soon they will complement my warband. *drool*


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EDIT: Sorry for the broken links. You can see the models in the updated initial post or on the BTB website gallery.


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Although I DO look down on buying conversions on ebay (just kidding!!! Very Happy ) I have to say they look really great! Especially the first one!

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PostSubject: Re: Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom)   Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) Icon_minitimeMon 12 Nov 2007 - 14:20

Wow, they look cool!
What are they made of, it looks like plastic?
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PostSubject: Re: Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom)   Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) Icon_minitimeMon 12 Nov 2007 - 16:22

No, he uses a grey coating after converting. He does use plastic, metal and green stuff but you can't tell from them afterwards.
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Ah ok, I was wondering because of the colour.
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these conversions are wonderfull!.. thanks for sharing Wink
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Beautiful warband i must say, can't wait to see them painted Very Happy
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Jupp i can't wait either Very Happy
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yay, we can't wait together Very Happy
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lol yupss we all can't wait I think sunny
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PostSubject: Re: Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom)   Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) Icon_minitimeSun 18 Nov 2007 - 23:48

I am thinking about what I could use a Shaman model. The Warhammer range of Chaos Sorcerers doesn't have an adequate model. Even among all the older models from Citadel I can't find anything I like. Does anyone of you have any suggestions how to make a good conversion for a marauder shaman? What model should I start with? How can I give it a more shaman-like look?

So far, I don't have a better idea than just using a normal plastic marauder, giving him a staff with a skull or something and trying to use green stuff to give him a fur for his head... if you get what I mean. Any ideas?
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PostSubject: Re: Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom)   Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) Icon_minitimeMon 19 Nov 2007 - 10:15

Although I have no idea what model to use, I would suggest to give the shaman a wolf-fur, so that he uses the wolf's head as a hood.
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PostSubject: Re: Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom)   Marauders of Chaos warband (painted by Admin Tom) Icon_minitimeMon 19 Nov 2007 - 11:25

How about using the "Valten, champion of Sigmar" model?

You could, as Erkwin suggested, add a fur coat and replace the hammer with axes.

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Erkwin wrote:
Although I have no idea what model to use, I would suggest to give the shaman a wolf-fur, so that he uses the wolf's head as a hood.

Yes, I was also thinking of something like this. I don't know if my green stuff skills are ready for something this difficult.

I like the Valten model. But I don't know if it is really appropriate because the marauders are way bigger than normal humans.
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I think Valten should work, he looks very muscular.
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