In
particular, the store of one POP Goes the MONKEY (spelt like that)
aka Matt Sweitzer. Shapeways is a digital marketplace for 3D printed
products and there are so many knock-off bits for 40k.
I am
serious, if there is a super obscure Space Marine chapter that you
love and you want an army but you can't freehand the chapter emblem
to save your life just go on Shapeways. They're all there! I am
perfectly serious. Most of them, in fact, are available from this POP
fellow. His store is actually pretty well laid out because,
obviously, none of these shoulder pad and insignia sets have the
right names because of trademark law so it can take some searching.
However, POP
Goes the Monkey sorts their insignia by not only by armour mark but
by general categories of the emblem: animals, body parts, general
shapes and the like.
He also does
mixed sets for Deathwatch armies. Previously they were ten assorted
chapter-specific shoulder pads but he also has this...
… which
contains thirty distinct chapter heraldry designed to be glued onto the shoulder pad. Okay, some of them are
ones from the Deathwatch Kill-team set itself but alternate uses can
always be found. That Ultramarines ultra? Stick it onto the shoulder
pad upside down and you have the Sons Of Orar. Do that same thing and
shave the wings off that Angels Sanguine skull at the bottom? Stuck
it in the middle of the upside down ultra and you have the Omega
Marines.
Plus, it has
the Rainbow Warriors chapter badge. That deserves a recommendation
all on its own.
Once these
arrive I'm going to have to trawl Lexicanum to see if any of the
doubles can be used for alternate chapters (the Guardians of the
Covenant crossed swords can also be used for Sable Swords, for
instance). Hopefully this “Deathwatch Set1” will be just the
first of several such deals. Not that I'll be in any hurry, I can
likely get four or five Kill-Teams out of this set.
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