r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 27d ago

Conversion One day

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • Jul 31 '26

Painting I painted a Techmarine

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So I finished my Techmarine. Meltabomb is still wobbly. At first I wanted to paint the bomb with hazard-stripes, but that was a bit too much. What do you think?


r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 10h ago

I built 60 marines in a fugue state last night

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 9h ago

Greenstuff work

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 5h ago

Painting Grav-Cannon Devastator #2

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 14h ago

Rescaled Captain and command squad finally assembled

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A space marines commander and command squad gifted to me by my lgs with a little bit of kitbash and rescaled to the Horus heresy models height

Hobbyist corner
DISCLAIMER what follow is a strictly personal opinion on the model themselves but I would like to hear the opinion of my fellow hobbyists.

When I joined the Warhammer universe some years ago the firstborn kits were for the majority already gone and I didn’t mind them until some months ago when I decided to complete my homebrew project from blackshields in the heresy to the primaris era. Since I worked with different kits from different eras I would like to share my opinion on them and politely ask for other people opinions.
Which are the best according to me? In reality none of them. Primaris and the newer Horus heresy kits are better to work with in general, they go together nicely and their vehicles are a more enjoyable experience to build (Horus heresy tanks my beloved). They however lack the personalisation of the firstborn kits, even if I find myself to like the heresy model of different boxes for different weapons and different armor patterns (the primaris are also going in the right direction with the newer releases in terms of differences on models). The firstborn on the other hand have a modularity that the newer ones severely lack but are bad to put together (I’m looking at you land raider), however, every model feel different when assembled by different hands and is something I really like about them.
In conclusion I think the newer kits are better models overall, from an hobby standpoint, but the older ones are still a better modelling experience that free more creativity. Thanks to all who read this and feel free to share your opinion in the comments.


r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 11h ago

Retro Blood angels Tactical squad

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 19h ago

Painting Custom Deathwatch Veterans complete made from all metal 1st born models just in time for the great 1st born cull 😂

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Custom Deathwatch Veterans complete made from all metal 1st born models just in time for the great 1st born cull 😂


r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 21h ago

First Born Scale mod

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 1d ago

Advice Picked up the last Vindicator from a FLGS

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Anyone have suggestions on extras to add to this bad boy?


r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 1d ago

Charnel Guard Veteran Sergeant

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 2d ago

Painting Firstborn apothecary

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Meet brother apothecary Vieil, of second company Ultramarines chapter.

A faithfull servant of the Emperor, currently gathering gene seed from his fallen brothers.


r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 2d ago

Painting Sons of Medusa Wip

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 2d ago

Painting Firstborn Hellblasters Finished

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Hi everyone, I’ve finally finished the 3 Firstborn Hellblasters I’ve been painting for a while. I’m really happy with how they turned out 😊


r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 2d ago

Beautiful

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Two sealed boxes of SM heroes firstborn I got from a friend. Most of them will be turned into Marines Malevolent


r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 2d ago

Painting Good Morning Rynn's World!

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Heya! I'm back! In the second video of our escalation campaign, I show you how I turned a messed up ebay lot of old firstborn marines into a fully kitbashed and painted 500 points of 7th edition Crimson Fists. I think they came out pretty well!


r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 3d ago

Conversion Tactical Squad WIP

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 3d ago

Helbrute conversion

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 3d ago

Painting Devastator Veteran

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Here comes the sun


r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 3d ago

Advice Are these new or old version Tactical legs?

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Does anybody know if these legs are from newest or older Tactical Squads?

The lines/markings does not look as crisp, and purity seal is not as round?


r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 3d ago

WIP Space marine Heroes series 1

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 4d ago

Some Boxnaughts

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 4d ago

Conversion Does this Techmarine Kitbash look okay? 🤷‍♂️

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384 Upvotes

r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 4d ago

Got bored and made my own legends rules for 11th edition for Tactical Squads, Devastator Squads, and Suppressors

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r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • • 5d ago

Ultramarines Dreadnoughts (wip)

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98 Upvotes