After 2 years of thinking about which Space Marines I should play, I finally got an idea - thx to the new codex and minis
Now I want to show you this project, and hopefully also the progress...
My Army - a new Chapter
The Rising Sons - or also called Rising Sun Marines - are a very special Chapter [ -- Sons and Sun is meant to be like that -- just in case you thought "uh, what does he mean now?" --]
They lived for thousands of years like the old samurai did, just in the modern world. They followed the rules and the codex of the samurai, and now is their time to rise again! [ -- that's why I call them Rising Sons - Rising Sun Marines -- ]
Where the hell did I get such an idea??
A good question... well, I always was fascinated of the culture of the old japan and the samurai, but I never really got into it... and so there was just a slight idea, how cool it would be to have a samurai-based chapter.
And so, with the new Codex Space Marines I finally got the chance to get more into the Samurai-Background and create the chapter I want to have!!
The first steps...
Well, how should a Rising Sun Marine look like? They will keep the mostly traditional colors of a Samurai Armour, which is mostly black with red and golden / yellow "bling bling"
I found the following picture in the web which inspired me:
Click to see full-sized imageNext problem was, how to do those traditional armour-parts and clothings??
My idea for this was, to keep the armour parts mostly, just modify them for the 41ss millenium. I also thought about keeping the swordarm naked, to be moveable freely. The other arm / shulder should be plated well to keep protection against distance combat. So in Close Combat, the Marine could fight freely with his free arm, and when he got into cross fire, he can be protected behing his big armed shoulder plate!
I wanted to take the new shoulderparts of the new Black Templars, but it seems that they are not resin / plastic... so I have to try something else and work out a new concept.
The traditional clothings will be represented with a seperate cape, going from the plated shoulde to the back.
The colors will be black armour, highlighted with dark blue, so they won't look like some BTs
The rest I will do in red / yellow.
The bases will be a winterdiorama, a contrast to the dark pattern of the marines, with snowy bases and frozen-stuff
The first Marine - The Prototype
My first Marine Captain now is WIP:
Click to see full-sized imageStill heavily WIP, I am currently working out and correcting some details. Also depends on what you say or what ideas you might have
Ok, for now thats it - more to come!
I am looking forward to receiving much feedback, so go ahead, don't be ashamed
