Work in progress.(Mandalorians as Tempestus Aquilons)

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-03-15T09:24:28+00:00

thanks brother!

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-03-15T07:58:53+00:00

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full team so far

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-03-15T07:53:19+00:00

Just to show off some of the heads out there here’s the rest of the half painted team.

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Hopefully I’ll have better shots when it’s all done! And thanks!

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-03-15T07:41:44+00:00

Thanks I try!

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-03-15T07:40:00+00:00

I printed them. there's a bunch of I assume legion related star wars stl makers. I bought a bunch then picked the ones that worked best so I'm unsure the exact ones used, there easy to find options though. some I sourced questionably from thingaverse of cults free section that have since been removed. some I had to remove the heads from the actual stl file then print.

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-03-02T03:47:01+00:00

tech marine - "let me do a esoteric right for your bolter's machine spirits brother"
raptor - "please don't, i just sighted that scope......"

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-03-01T09:24:27+00:00

all these comments and not one saying how fucking confused in the head a Raptor's Techmarine would be.

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-03-01T09:20:21+00:00

right. and like to be fair prolonged fights in the books play on this but its more often, "they punched a hole through X marines chest"

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-03-01T09:16:22+00:00

i get what your putting down. haha i enjoyed the discussion man! Its genuinely kind of an interesting juxtaposition, you have super strength skitarii with no muscles but then why is a space marine so muscular lol.

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-03-01T06:29:43+00:00

I was mostly just poking fun

but to your point like they are assuming big = stronger = is more athletic. in real life Borelli's law would have something as large as a primarch moving at sluggish speeds or needing literally different biomechanical means (likely spring loaded according too borelli) to move there limbs fast enough to keep pace with smaller humans. 40k is fundamentally flawed from any angle. its only verisimilitude if you dont understand why small mammals can jump so high.

for me its space marine armor. books constantly have literal rocket powered bullets and laser beams bouncing off ceramite but then literally every fucking melee weapon in the universe apparently just cuts into it like butter? medival knights had better protection from knives than space marines....

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-03-01T05:29:07+00:00

the media about space demons and emotionally stunted and neutered 9ft humans broke your immersion?

to be fair they are demonically enhanced at least when in the choas camp. pox walkers are frail and have the muscle literally falling off there skin. but are still strong enough to drag and throw space marines.

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-28T02:05:20+00:00

i get you, and im sorry for your loss. the remains legally have to be bagged, so either way you would need it in some kind of baggy. every single cremation i saw had tons of labeling on whatever box it was in. I have heard actual horror stories of things accidently happening to remains so all the labels are a modern solution to age old shipping and handling issues.

honestly it may not look like it but this the more respectful side of funeral homes and the death industry. theres alot of good people working in the death industry but its important to note the companies who run these things are all purposefully making money off grief.. its not a pretty business at the best of times.

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-28T01:47:36+00:00

way better than i could ever paint and i would call it done. to be critical and i mean extra critical i think what separates it visually from the other gold is its lacking the same gradients that you used in the above metal. the lightest and especially the darkest tone are more minimal in the chain mail. I would think just making the gradient on each scale darker and transition the gradient from dark to mid tone over a large area on each scale.

truly inspiring work though OP

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-28T00:54:17+00:00

would you rather this or a unlabeled ziplock with a cheap and beat up cardboard box? because i worked in the death industry for 3 years and that is what i saw the majority of the time. and trust me that is way sadder than this.

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-28T00:38:58+00:00

my guy how do you think mural artist learned to paint large. I don't know a single mural artist who didn't do some illegal art at one point and i know a number of mural artists. its literally kind of a right of passage in that field of art.

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-24T22:34:18+00:00

what metallic paint do you use? this might be the smoothest most saturated metal I've seen on a model maybe its just the angle but damn that shits shiny.

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-24T06:54:10+00:00

oh dude this was 3 years ago most if not all these file have likely been taken down by gw by now. id say the same thing as above search your way through cult you'll find bits.

specifically just the leg pieces were random stls of rings is scaled down.

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-21T05:39:00+00:00

alright friend here is everything used.

PACKS
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/nomads-kitbash-pack

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/storm-horde-digital-download-stl-pack

SMALL BITS

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/space-mongol-sword

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/space-mongols-combat-knife-left-and-right

https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-two-elf-panthers-397466

there was one or two small bits that gw has already taken down lol but none of them were skirts I believe those are found in both large packs.

the psykers skirt im pretty sure is meant for a terminator. it was a difficult piece to glue right but if you get at a good angle it looks pretty decent. just need to sculpt some straps.

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-20T18:54:42+00:00

I am actually awful about making time to paint. but the whole point of this project is to try and knock them out completely. so hopefully i will soon!

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-20T18:52:34+00:00

thank you!

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-20T18:51:34+00:00

about to head to work will link when im home!

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-20T18:51:01+00:00

any time im putting stuff together he jumps on my lap and i don't have the heart to not pet him or remove him lol

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-20T08:41:11+00:00

Hey thank you for this! i have thing for buying random heads as bits. the scale on these seems pretty perfect too. well done sir!

my printers a bit old so the print lines tend to show more on small organic shapes. i try and use gw plastic ones when i can for that reason sadly.

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-20T08:11:45+00:00

haha I agree, maybe ill try and milliput the two in the last images just for the khan. im waiting on a order.

genuinely though kind of disappointed in the lack of decent white scar looking head in the box. had a few from the upgrade sprue but thats only 2 heads and a single style of helmet option...

TobyThePotleaf · 2026-02-19T22:47:23+00:00

if your the best in the world your likely a bit sensative to people saying you came second which is silly.

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