I thought I'd give my old Marbo conversion a new airing:
This is mostly in response to Malkavschilde's recent post about the effects on ol' Sly of the 6th Edition rules(which I've still yet to play!) - and a very good post it is too. I always tend to field Marbo, even though he's not very Cadian, simply because I enjoy the often-suicidal chaos and fun he brings to what can otherwise be predictable games with a mostly shooty Guard army.
The model is quite evidently chipped now, as he was painted during my I'm-fed-up-with-varnish-failing-and-I-can't-afford-a-can-of-matte-spray phase, so I'll probably give him a quick touch-up then varnish him properly (now I have a can of matte) over the remaining summer.
It's just the old Catachan lascannon loader model with a converted pistol (I do like the converted pistol) and the power cell painted with hazard stripes...which Mrs. Drax accurately asserted to be one of the ghost traps from 'Ghostbusters'.
Cheers,
I do like how that pistol turned out - That's a great Marbo!
ReplyDeleteA great example of a fairly ordinary 'background' model you never look twice at, given an expert tweak and all of a sudden it's a centrepiece. Brilliant! And I must confess I'm a big fan of the black-and-yellow-hazard-stripes too. Oh, and the photo in the grass is genius!
ReplyDeleteHey Mabro, a great character.
ReplyDeleteNice. Each time I've faced Marbo, I've come a cropper. I think I need a PzGdr Von Marbo for the DKK.
ReplyDeleteFits the boll nicely and agreed, that's a damned fine pistola. Hrm.... maybe I need a Marbo too?
ReplyDeleteCan't beat a bit of Marbo mate ;o)
ReplyDeleteI love that ghost buster democharge!
ReplyDeleteNice work on the eyes too, very menacing!
As I think I have mentioned before, I find your army's skin-tone diversity very refreshing!
ReplyDeleteExcellent work Sir!
ReplyDeletealso, thanks for the nod!
Hey! It's everyone! Thanks, everyone!
ReplyDelete>Mordian + Dai: Thanks! 'Twas a nice and simple job.
>Scipio: cheers mate: I hadn't thought of it in that way! As for the grass? - well, it's just a shame his base doesn't match, eh?
>Zzzzzz I seem to remember Marbo being ultra sneaky against you by 'dropping' his democharge off a 4-storey tower straight onto the heads of your Harker's veterans...(sorry!)
> Corbane: Welcome back, matey
> Ackland: The eyes were more by luck than judgement, I suspect. Luck...and ineptitude.
> Malkavschilde: de rien
> Ian C: Hmmm. Thank you (and I agree). Is it worth doing a post, d'you reckon?