I deliberately used materials that are easily accessible and focused on presenting what can be done with a single out of the box Space Marine miniature without any outside parts. I focus on simple techniques that can be employed without high end specialist equipment and that do not require any advanced modeling skills. The techniques presented in this article can be used to create some outstanding looking bases but also to turn regular Space Marines into battle ravaged veterans. As usual, please take note that what works for me might not necessarily work for you.īefore we fill the battlefield with uncountable dead Marines, let’s go through some basics.Please note pictures present a huge miniature under strong light that might result in a feel of clumsy, messy job.This tutorial is pretty basic, aimed at beginner hobbyists rather than advanced modelers.Today I will present to you few basic techniques of turning Space Marines into battle ravaged ones. These could do for a very thematic prop on a scenic base for one of your characters, or even for an emerging theme across multiple bases of your army. For this reason, be it on the countless battlefields of 40k, or dust covered remnants of Horus Heresy atrocities, there’s probably gonna be plenty of dead Marines laying around.

Space Marines are the very core of Warhammer 40k universe, not to mention the most popular army. Tutorial: Modeling Battle Damage and Dead Space Marines

Dead space severed armor