{"id":105,"date":"2025-06-29T18:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T18:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owensworkbench.com\/?p=105"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:57:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:57:46","slug":"building-a-space-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owensworkbench.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/building-a-space-marine\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Space Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Halloween 2024 – The biggest cosplay project I had ever tackled. A Space Marine from Warhammer 40,000. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

My first foray into EVA foam armour building. This project took me a whole year, from my initial concept sketches to my final helmet remake.
As somebody who plays Warhammer 40,000 and has my own Space Marine army, I wanted this suit to match my models. So, Iron Ravens it was. I also wanted a fairly even balance of the religious\/fantasy symbolism of Warhammer with the badass sci-fi power armour design that is the mark X suit. And the model type I thought achieved that balance: The humble Primaris Lieutenant. The most abundant model in 40k. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There had been lots of Space Marine costumes built by lots of people over the years, but very few suits of the Mark X armour. Premade foam patterns for Mark X armour were hard to find and not high quality. So, I had to modify the patterns I did find heavily, and draft many of my own. This was also the first project I documented in its entirety. The full 79 page build journal can be found...\nHere<\/a>\nNote: This is not a how-to guide. It is VERY MUCH not a how-to guide. I did SO MANY things wrong.\n\nI finished this costume in time for the release of Space Marine 2 and was even able to wear it at a promotional event for Zero Latency's Space Marine VR game - From that experience, I learned how utterly impractical Space Marine armour is for... anything, really. Can't even hold a bolt rifle properly.\nIt now sits on display at Torchlight Games and Hobbies. <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Myself, a guardsman, and a Wolf Scout at the launch of Space Marine VR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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