Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The 80's had arguably the greatest action movies ever made (Aliens, Predator, Die Hard, Commando, They Live to name but a few) and we love 'em! So we figured it would be fun to create an 80's Action Hero Space Marine inspired by some of our favourite action films from that decade. Cue Major Dutch McClane of the Void Predators from Death World Nakatomi! This bad a$$ Astartes believes that Xenos (Especially Tyranids) are a disease and he is the cure!

Converting miniatures is one of the most fun aspects of the wargaming and Warhammer hobby and is an amazing way to unleash your creativity and make something unique and in this tutorial we show you how to do just that! We also delve into our methods for creating a colour scheme and how to find inspiration for your theme.

This was a lot of fun to make and we reckon a Kill Team of these guys would be seriously bad a$$!

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Paints used:

Fury Green
Scorched Earth
Battle Mud Wash
Death Reaper
Sir Coates Silver
Spartan Bronze
Oblivion Black Wash
Gung-ho Green
Green Beret
Dungeon Stone Grey
Carcharodon Grey
Ancient Forest
Mythril Blade
Glistening Gold
Barbarian Brawn
Dwarven Skin
Elven Skin
Sanguine Scarlet
Demon Red
Orange Flare
Yellow Flame
White Star
Doom Death Black
Ivory Tusk
Griffon Claw
Trooper White
Asmodeus Red
Dark Sun Yellow

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