Tuesday, August 24, 2021

McFarlane Space Marine - White Scars

Yet another 7" McFarlane Space Marine - this one painted up as a White Scars. I managed to pick up a few of these from the local Target store. In fact, the Power Chainsaw and Bolt Gun are from an Adeptus Sororitas (Sisters of Battle) box, also from McFarlane.

I should add that I never heard of the Sisters of Battle until seeing them by McFarlane. Besides enjoying painting up these large scale Space Marines, I've been learning about the different chapters and their lore. The White Scars lore is loosely based upon the historical Mongols - very funny stuff!
The armor was sprayed with Krylon Satin Ivory as I didn't want it too white as a base coat. The edges of the pauldrons and highlights are painted with Vallejo Game Color Artic White - noticeable brighter than the ivory color.
A hairdryer was used to curve the Chainsaw to reflect their "Mongolian" heritage. The addition of Yak hair would really enhance the look too.
The "heraldry" was painted freehand; as most of these are geometric shapes, they weren't too difficult. I sketched the basic patterns with a pencil directly onto the figure.
On the gaming front - a refresher Bolt Action Franco Prussian game is scheduled for this Friday. Next weekend will see this game hosted at Enfilade on Saturday night. As for convention attendance, it's already projected to be much lower than previous years. The Canadian border is closed to recreational travel, so our British Columbian brethren will not be able to make it. A lot of others have cancelled due to the recent rise in cases from the "variant." Our state has gone to mandatory indoor mask wearing as of yesterday. It'll be interesting GMing while wearing a mask, but with a lighter attendance, should be manageable. Thanks for stopping by and wishing you all the best.

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    1. Thank you very much Michal! Warmest regards, Dean

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  2. These are a beautiful distraction…do they make a rhino in the same scale ?

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    1. Thanks, Matt. I wish they would make vehicles - they'd be huge! Kindest regards, Dean

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  3. Another great looking space marine, good luck with your convention!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you very much, Iain. Yes, hopefully everyone will be in good health and have a great time. Warmest regards, Dean

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  4. Again a fantastic job Dean! Your getting quite the collection.
    Greetings

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    1. Thank you very much, Mario! Yes, I'm running out of shelf space with these big guys. Kindest regards, Dean

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  5. Wow! Impressive model, Dean! I await details of your FPW game and good luck at Enfilade. Not so pleased with having a return of mask MANDATES.

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    1. Thanks again for stopping by and your kind words, Jonathan. Yes, the on again, off again restrictions are a bit challenging. Warmest regards, Dean

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  6. You are getting quite the collection of giant Space Marine figures. Maybe you are secretly planning a new large scale skirmish game?

    It is too bad about the masks for gaming. But I've been wearing one for my lawn gaming sessions and it hasn't really interfered with things.

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    1. Ah, really. I would've thought you guys were maskless outside. Well, see you next weekend. Regards, Dean

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  7. Impressive figure impressively painted!

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  8. That's really cool Dean. Large scale skirmish, who's going to be the first to do up a couple of units. LOL.

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    1. Appreciate the visit and kind words! Warmest regards, Dean

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