Benno's Figures Forum

Posted by **ModernKiwi** on 25 Jul 2009, 01:55

I recently acquired some of Dark Dream Studio's space marines. They looked ripe for some modifications to make them like the US Colonial Marines out of the 1986 film Aliens.

So here we have them

"I sure wouldn't mind getting some more of that Arcturian poontang"

Marine with the M5 RPG system at ready

"I'm telling you, there's something moving and it ain't us!"

Marine with the M42 Grenade Launcher, 6 grenades in a revolving chamber

"Right on Vasquez". Marine with the M56 Smart Gun

"You picking anything up on the sensors". "Nothing, nada, zip. Sir, whatever happened here, I think we missed it"

"Sir, you copying this. Looks like hits from small arms fire. Some explosives damage, probably seismic survey charges. Keep it tight people"

"Maybe they don't show up on infrared at all..."

"Apone, we can't have any firing in there. I want you to collect pulse rifle magazines from everyone. And NO grenades"

"Drake, we are leeeaving..."

"Farro, do you copy. I want an immediate dust off. I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. it's the only way to be sure".

"Who's Snow White"? "Some kind of consultant. Apparently she saw an alien once".

"The specimens are to be kept alive for return to Earth for study. Mr Burke was most insistent".

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Posted by **Maurice** on 25 Jul 2009, 01:58

Excellent work :thumbup:

Now all you need is some aliens to complete the game

Posted by **arkhunter2002** on 25 Jul 2009, 07:16

Lookin good Chris! I can't see all the pictures but the ones I can see look great! How's the molding? They seem to look a little stiff, or atleast the first guy.

Anyway couldn't help but notice you are painting pegasus's USMC in Vietnam. Got any pics? :thumbup:

Posted by **Dad's Army** on 25 Jul 2009, 09:57

Well done Chris :thumbup:

Posted by **Paul** on 25 Jul 2009, 15:33

"I say we take off and nuke em from orbit... it´s the only way to be sure"
Great stuff :thumbup:

Where´s newt?

Posted by **luchs** on 25 Jul 2009, 17:33

very nice stuff..
the old leading edge company made a set of "colonial marines"..
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/leadin ... liens.html
but you can find good stuff at "ground zero game"..
http://www.groundzerogames.net/index.php

Posted by **KenzoSato** on 27 Jul 2009, 08:26

Very good

Posted by **tony** on 01 Aug 2009, 16:16

Modern Kiwi mate where did you get the "Colonial marine figures" they are brilliant !! i have looked all over the net and found nothing:).To be totally honest i did not really know of their existence until i saw them on here !!.

I love your modern stuff,used some of it as a basis for painting my own 1/72 plastics i collect Ceasar/Italeri/some Hat.i have lots of figures.My main interest is modern/future/post apocolyptic.So i like to convert.
Your "Terminator" was brillant and has inspired me to have ago myself.

Hope you/any one can help with the marines question,
Cheers 6mm tony

Posted by **luchs** on 01 Aug 2009, 21:21

first you need this..

Shot with HP pstc3100 at 2009-08-01
front

Shot with HP pstc3100 at 2009-08-01
retro
in these book you can find everything do you wants about colonial marine from alien universe..
you can find it on amazon..

then check this..
http://www.groundzerogames.net/index.php

Posted by **ModernKiwi** on 01 Aug 2009, 22:33

6mm tony wrote:Modern Kiwi mate where did you get the "Colonial marine figures" they are brilliant !! i have looked all over the net and found nothing:).To be totally honest i did not really know of their existence until i saw them on here !!.

I love your modern stuff,used some of it as a basis for painting my own 1/72 plastics i collect Ceasar/Italeri/some Hat.i have lots of figures.My main interest is modern/future/post apocolyptic.So i like to convert.
Your "Terminator" was brillant and has inspired me to have ago myself.

Hope you/any one can help with the marines question,
Cheers 6mm tony

Luchs is correct, you need that Colonial Marines book, its great. The figures themselves are by Dark Dream Studio, and are called Space Battles. I have no idea when they were released but I think it may have been up to 10 years ago. Certainly I haven't seen them for sale for a very long time and only got mine 2nd hand through an on-line auction.

As you can see, you only get 17 figures per box, plus two (rather crappy) robots. The main conversion I did to the figures involved replacing the heads (mostly with heads from Esci's US Vietnam set), and modifying one or two of the weapons (adding grenade launchers).

Posted by **tony** on 02 Aug 2009, 10:23

Thanks for the help lads,nice one modern kiwi will try ebay,as a point of interest here a link to some "metal colonial marines/civilians",they are the best i have come across,enjoy :-D

.

http://www.grippingbeast.com/shop.php?CatID=300

Again cheers lads :-D

will also search the colonialmarines technical manual book out,thats looks exciting!!.Also their is also a book called "The book of Alien" that is worth hunting down as well.

your mate 6mm :-D