With my Sisters of Battle army finished off I have started on painting my collected Daemons. As some of you might recognise I was collecting daemons while painting Sisters (heresy).

I'd loved the daemons back in 2nd edition when I started but I never got around to collecting and painting. As a random project I picked up a metal Bloodthirster about a year ago to assemble/paint (many pins) and it got the ball rolling. Before I knew it I had many kilograms of metal daemons in boxes. Now they get painted.

My goal was simple: an all-metal daemon army with mostly old models. It will include every god and almost every model/unit. I'm probably going to substitute a hellcannon for a skullcannon. I still have to think for a proper oldskool metal substitute for a Soul Grinder though... I'm expecting it to take at least a year to paint everything I already have.

First I'm starting with the Khorne contingent:

To start off, the Bloodthirster:


I painted this a year ago and wanted to continue the color scheme for the rest. For my squad of Bloodletters I tried 2 things, a dark and a light base colour. Khorne Red and Blood Red respectively. Test pieces as it were.

Bloodletter with dark base:

After a red wash I dry-brushed it to create highlights.

Bloodletter with light base:

I gave it multiple red washes to darken the light red.

They aren't finished yet (corrections, especially the eyes) but I'm curious... the light red gives a more old 'Eavy Metal feel, but the dark one feels more Grimdark.

Comments are welcome. I'll be updating this thread as I work my way through nearly 250 metal models.

I had some time yesterday to work on my first squad of 10 'letters

Whoa some really old daemons! Dont see those very often

Some more progress:


I have decided to split the 20 'letters I have into 2x10, but keep the paint scheme almost the same (so I can use it as 2 squads or 1 big squad). A 2nd squad of (2x10) bloodletters will be the slightly less old metal models that were released after these.

Nearly done:


The next 10 will be slightly darker in colour, so that I can split them if needed. After that I still have a command group to paint.

After that, more awaits:

Simple yet effective paint scheme! Can't wait to see more

Next 10 bloodletters in progress:


This time I started with Khorne Red and Washed it twice to darken/redden it. Tomorrow I'll start drybrushing to lighten it up again.

I've also started work on some Flesh Hounds (17 to be exact). Once I finish green-stuffing them I'll take a picture. Naturally they are the older metal ones. I've also got Karanak lined up, which will be a nice contrast: he's so much bigger than the old flesh hounds.

My Flesh Hounds being green-stuffed:

Some further work on my 2nd 10 bloodletters:


Also been trying out a paint scheme for my Flesh Hounds:


I'm trying to stick with the scheme I used for the 'letters, but with a different spot color (the hair). Also, the flesh hounds were a pain to green-stuff, because almost nothing fit. So many gaps..

I was also (un)pleasantly surprised when I opened an old Karanak (metal) blister I had picked up in a store ages ago and found it was missing one of the heads. I'll have to find a new one now.

Bob and his trusty hound:


Still undecided if I want to change the spikes on the back of the hound to bone color.

I've also started on the command squad:

(Uncle Khorne wants YOU!)

Hopefully I should finish the entire squad this weekend.

I love the use of the old-school models.

@sturmtruppe:
Thanks, my army will (when it's finished) only consist of old(er)-style models, except for units that had no models back then. No plastic allowed (except bases)!

My 2nd 10 bloodletters are basically finished:

The original dark-toned one is on the far right. It is very slightly less dark than the other 9, but oh well.

I also found time to work on the Champion/Herald:


Making pictures really shows so many imperfections in the painting process. That or maybe I need glasses...


The last 2 are under way as well:


I'm still thinking whether I will start on another god's troops next or continue with Khorne. I have 2 khorne chariots lined up (with Heralds on them) which look fun to do next. Basically they are the old metal Chaos Chariot with 2 old-style Juggernauts (not the REALLY old Realm of Chaos ones, but the ones that came with the WH40k Khorne Lord with plasma pistol, which was available from GW until recently).


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Some extra time today:

Due to the easter holidays I didn't have much time to work on the army, but I did manage to get some painting in:


Kinda depressing I still have 12 more (and a 2nd squad as well) after this, but at least they are easy to paint.

I've also been thinking about my chariots. Because I use 2 big Juggernauts to pull them the standard chariot base is woefully too small. If I use http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat470008a&prodId=prod1750002a instead would that be acceptable? I see that the new plastic kits come with a monster base (100x50mm) but mine were planned before they came out.

Alternatively I could have it pulled by just 1 juggernaut, but that would be weak!

Haven't painted much the past few days but did receive some things in the mail:

I think I have all the different poses (and the command squad in the back). Because they are newer models (2006 I think?) they contrast well with my first squad. No confusion on the battlefield!

My 2nd squad of bloodletters is now complete, stripped and cleaned thoroughly.

Working on the next 6 flesh hounds:

Finished those 6 hounds, working on the last 6 now.

I used my current force for a bit in an unusual battle, where my Eldar faced my brother's Blood Angels in a fight over a demonic portal (aka the Relic) (Roll a D6: 1-5 = spawn 4d6 bloodletters, 6 = bloodthirster) to spice it up a bit. Naturally, it was a big massacre, especially when my brother rolled a 6 two turns in a row.

My Khorne army so far:

Last 6 hounds nearly finished, probably done tonight.


Also cleaned and primed the bloodletters, plush some liquid green stuff for the gaps on the champion/banner bearer.


Once I finish that squad I'll start on some heralds so I can play some games (using a bloodthirster in low points games is probably a bit too mean).

Looks good all laid out ready for battle.

Can't wait to see more!

Started work on a test for the 2nd squad:


Still needs some touching up. I think it matches up with the previous squad well enough. I'm not a fast painter so I think this was about 3 hours work. Will take 3-4 weeks to finish the squad I think.

Well, you don't see those guys very often. I think it's looking good so far (I like those flesh hounds!).

It took a lot of time to gather all those OOP models together. Cheaply that is, even with Ebay/local sources.

Strangely enough I found those flesh hounds in a shop quite near, where they'd probably been on the shelf for many years (I think those sculpts are from 2004 or so?)

Didn't feel like painting much today so spent some time gathering all the bits for my chariots (now called Blood Thrones).

Ingredients:

2 Chaos Chariots:


4 old-style Juggernauts (not the really old Realm of Chaos ones, since I like these better):


2 Champions, the same as my troop squads:


Everything:


I'm going to pin nearly everything (and especially the feet of the juggernauts to the base so it will hold through the gaming. The 2 juggernauts should just about fit on the big monster base, the chariot's scything blades should be clear too. I have some command group models as well left over which I may add to the base as a sort of escort later on. The larger base will make using a transport tray easier too since it shouldn't be hard to make a snug fit in my Battlefoam trays.


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Found some spare time to do some pinning:


The Herald is pinning with his feet to the chariot. Since he had a raised leg already it fit very well!

Finished the command models for my 2nd squad of bloodletters first this time:


Now just 23 normal grunts!

Base-coated 10 bloodletters and washed them (forgot to take a pic though).

Did play a few battles this weekend (3 to be precies, 2 at 1062 points and 1 at 1212), just testing out my painted models.



Not really fair at these low point values, but hey.. 2 greater demons help a lot when you don't have ANY shooting units whatsoever.

List:
Bloodthirster (Exalted Reward, Greater Reward)
Great Unclean One (ML3, 2 Greater Rewards) (Rolled an amazing Iron Arm, Endurance, Warp Speed combo).

2x 13 bloodletters with Standard, Icon and Sergeant

10 and 7 flesh hounds

vs

My brother's IG army:
Manticore
Demolisher
Platoon with autocannons and flamer command squad
veteran squad with meltaguns
Primaris Psyker
3 Armoured Sentinels
Vendetta
3 Sabre Defense Platforms

Needless to say my Bloodthirster was a prime target with all those autocannons/multi-lasers.


Nurgle and Khorne, best buddies forever!

Some more work on my 'letters:


Also picked up a not-Khorne model:

Since it's hunched over it's about as big as a normal bloodletter. It's far more bulky though. It'll make a good Herald of Khorne.

More work done on the 'letters and the herald (nearly finished):


I think it fits well enough with the rest.

I also picked up a Lord of Pestilence, aka not-Nurgle Herald:


Unlike the not-Khorne one, this needed copious amounts of greenstuff to hide all the cracks. Also lots of filing because of huge mouldlines. It's about as tall as anormal plaguebearer, but far more bulky.

The first 10 bloodletters of the 2nd squad are nearly done:

Just need some work on the axes' engraving and some corrections. I found a pretty huge mouldine on one the axes, which was a major downer. I'll have to see if I can get it off without ruining the rest of the paintjob.

Also found time to do Karanak while waiting for paint to dry on those 10:

I used a spare head from another flesh hound as his third head, since that was missing from the blister. (The right-most head is the non-Karanak one).

Just as something different I started on Skulltaker:


So far I've painted:
20 bloodlettters + command squad
10 bloodletters + command squad
1 herald of khorne
17 flesh hounds
1 Karanak

Not bad for 1 month of work! I managed to track down 3 more flesh hounds of the same model on Ebay so soon I'll have the full squad of 20.

Did most of the work on Skulltaker:



I'm not really happy with him. Especially the cloak's inside was hard to do in my colour scheme. I'm not sure it works well with this model. Also the model has a lot of rough places (mostly inside the cloak/armpits) which I found hard to make any sense of. I may re-paint him. I also suck at painting fire.. sigh.

My brother also finished a skull.. err victim:

Worked some more on the 'letters:



Also received my last 3 Flesh Hounds, stripped, cleaned and green-stuffed. Now waiting for it to harden a bit so I can sand:


Those dogs always have huge gaps (especially the head seems to be warped a lot, filing it down helped, but it still needs a lot of greenstuff.

 Shandara wrote:


I'm not really happy with him. Especially the cloak's inside was hard to do in my colour scheme. I'm not sure it works well with this model. Also the model has a lot of rough places (mostly inside the cloak/armpits) which I found hard to make any sense of. I may re-paint him. I also suck at painting fire.. sigh.

I think you are being to hard on yourself, the skulltaker looks ok to me, as does the whole army for that matter. Chin up

 Chelnov wrote:

 Shandara wrote:


I'm not really happy with him. Especially the cloak's inside was hard to do in my colour scheme. I'm not sure it works well with this model. Also the model has a lot of rough places (mostly inside the cloak/armpits) which I found hard to make any sense of. I may re-paint him. I also suck at painting fire.. sigh.

I think you are being to hard on yourself, the skulltaker looks ok to me, as does the whole army for that matter. Chin up

Thanks! With all the good painting on Dakka I sometimes get a bit disappointed in my own results. I do know I have gotten better since I started again 1.5 years ago, but the process is slow :0

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I had little to do but paint this weekend so I've been busy with the Flesh Hounds. I tried snapping pictures at each stage:

Primed:


Base-coat with Khorne Red:


Washed with red wash:


Drybrush with red:


Drybrush with orange:


Hair/teeth with Deneb Stone:


Wash with nuln oil:


Drybrush with white:


Cleanup with khorne red/normal red:


Collar black:


Collar gold and base with castellan green:


Based:


Grass tufts and varnish:


Simple and fast. Since I had to paint 20 of these doggies I had to I mostly paint to play, so I usually don't spend many hours on each basic infantry model.

While I was waiting for some green stuff to harden on my Blood Throne conversions, I went to work on this guy:


and turned him into:


I want to try and bring out the flaky nature of his skin more but even a lot of drybrushing didn't work on that. I'll have to high-light the edges manually it seems. The model is quite chunky and not all the details are crisp (the skulls on the flail).


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Some more high-lighting:

Was distracted further by some other minis on my workbench:


Simple mini, but very nice.



Still working on the Masque, but man what a fiddly model. Wire-thin pieces, very small details. It makes me afraid to even pick it up for fear of bending it.

With these 2 nearly done I only have Epidemius lying somewhere in a box. I don't think there's a metal Blue Scribes model so I'll have to bash something together myself.

Nearly finished the Masque:



Started work on the first Blood Throne of Khorne (or rather Chariot of Khorne):

Some work on the chariot itself:

Was a bit miffed that despite the fact that I green-stuffed the gaps and smoothed them they still show up here and there. Oh well.

Base-coats on the Juggers:

Coated, washed, brushed again.

Some work on the Juggernaut:



Mostly needs cleanup + details now.

The other one is still red. I was just trying out my color scheme I used for the bloodletters etc on this one. Kinda hard to paint all the details since I glued the legs already. But since they had to be green-stuffed for the gaps I didn't have much choice.

Nice to see the "old" metal chariot again. I used to have 2 of those in my chaos army. The paintjob on the juggernaut looks ok to me.

I probably should not say this...but it's a bit sad that you get so little replies.

Take care.

Thanks!

Don't worry about the lack of the response though, I'm mostly using this thread to keep myself painting at a steady rate. And to keep track of how much time it cost. I think I have about 3000 points of each god to paint so I'll be here for a while.


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Finished the Chariot, just need to paint the herald on it (and the on-foot version) and make a base:

I'm planning to add some stuff to the base of the chariot:



The banner bearer/musician will be magnetised so I can use them in my squad as well (if needed or if I expand it further). I'll full up the area around them with green-stuff/filler to level it out. Even with the biggest base GW has (the 150x100mm large monster one) it barely fits. It's a lot bigger than normal chariots/monster one (100x50mm) but it would be fiddly to have the juggernauts half off the base.

I also started on the Herald on foot:


I've been finishing my purchases for the other gods, picked up another few old metal Seekers of Slaanesh to get enough mounts for both my 20-woman seeker squad and my chariot. One thing I've not had much success with is finding suitable heralds. Since they have to be metal and I don't want duplicates I've been scrounging in non-GW miniature lines. I already have the Avatars of War not-Khorne and not-Nurgle ones, but does anyone have any suggestions for Slaanesh/Tzeentch?

For Khorne I have:
* Skulltaker (can double as normal herald)
* Avatars of War not-Khorne herald
* 4 bloodletter champions on foot in a pinch (although they are too puny to be real heralds)
* 2 heralds of Khorne on Juggernauts

For Nurgle I have:
* Epidemius (can double as normal herald on palanquin)
* Avatars of War not-Nurgle herald
* 2 plaguebearer champions on foot

Tzeentch:
* Changeling (can double as normal herald)
* Tzeentch Sorceror on foot (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440108a&prodId=prod1050018) might put him on a chariot with 2 screamers pulling.
* Tzeentch lord on disc (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440108a&prodId=prod1710164a), going to put a newer type metal flamer on his disc, since he's too humanoid.
* 2 Pink Horror Champions on foot

Slaanesh:
* Masque (can double as normal herald)
* Dechala the Denied One (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440108a&prodId=prod2020002)
* 2 Daemonette Champions on foot

Especially the unit champions are just too tiny. A Herald should be big, on a 40mm base and be a focal point of the unit/army.

And it's done:



The 2 bloodletters at the back (Musician and Banner Bearer) are magnetised so I can take them off for use in a squad (or as Hull Point counters?)

I picked up an old box of Flesh Hounds at the local shop today (14 of the 2006 ones now, 6 to go) and this dude:


It's an Avatars of War Sorceror of Pestilence. I'll use it as a Herald of Nurgle. I spent some time with base coats, washes to make it murky.

The 2nd Blood Throne has been base-coated Khorne Red rather than brown. I want to paint it rather contrasting to the first one, but still fitting with my color scheme.

Some more work on the not-Nurgle herald:


Originally it came with a bunch of tentacles you're supposed to fit in the big holes on the hunch, but I didn't like them much.

Also working on the 2nd chariot:



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While painting the chariot and waiting for things like washes to dry I dug up my 2 Demon Princes:

Legs and torsa are stll unglued because I need to green-stuff/ping them.

For the wings I use sets of Bloodthirster wings that I've scrounged up via Ebay, they need pretty big and heavy pinning:

That's 1.5mm brass rod.


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Some more drilling:


Big pings:


The gap is going to be filled/smoothed with green stuff.

Amazingly, it's pretty balanced and won't tip over by itself. The picture above only has the legs glued together (and pinned) and the torso glued (2 parts tarso + 2 arms). The wings are still loose and the torso isn't glued to the legs either. Big gaps anyway, so lots of green-stuff needed.

Finished most of the work on the chariot itself:


2 Juggernauts will be next!

Work on the Juggernauts nearly finished:



Base-coated the herald and the herald on foot for it, washed and drying...

Will start on the base, time permitting.

The 2nd chariot is done!



The bases embedded at the back can be removed (magnetised) and the banner-bearer & musician I still have to find on Ebay can eventually find their place there.

Both side-to-side for comparison:


Next up: a tale of 2 metal demon princes and their wings...

First one takes:


Some green-stuffed, sanding and priming later:



I'm fairly confident that with the 2 thick pins in each wing they'll stand up to the rigors of battle. My bloodthirster had 2 small pins and I pick it up with the wings regularly without problem (but of course he was designed for the wings).


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Some initial work done on the prince:

And done:

This one was a base-coat of Blood Red, then washed with Carrobourgh Crimson and dry-brushed with Red Sunz. Scarlet

Working on the 2nd daemon prince now, which will have a darker base colour (much like my Bloodletters are split into two base colours). After a wash I'll dry-brush it to lighten it.

The 2nd prince is done as well:

Sadly enough the bits I had gathered to convert it a bit didn't really fit (I had an extra bloodthirster axe/whip) so I went with the standard model.

Brothers next to each other:


Down to my last big Khorne character, the 2nd bloodthirster:

The extra axe I had over from buying all the wings for the princes came in handy! Sort of a flying Skarbrand feel to it. I though about magnetising the wings but they are just too heavy in metal.

After this I only have 2 more units to paint for Khorne, a unit of Bloodcrushers + 2 heralds and a Skullcannon! Edition Khorne is nearing its end. (I am not counting Chaos Furies but I'll probably paint those in a khorney colour scheme as well).

Some green-stuff later:

When it hardens out a bit I can sculpt it a bit into a semblance of muscles (not my strong point unfortunately).

Dude, these are so cool, love the old bloodletters, Bravo!

Some beautiful chaos there my friend. I really like your Khorne models I always tend to over do mine with red but yours have a lovely balance.

Thanks! I'm kinda sad I'm running out of Khorne models soon, but also excited to swap over to the next Chaos God.

Still, I saved the best for last, I really like the Bloodcrusher models and having a squad of 9 with 2 heralds will surely be hard-hitting (although chaos is fickle with my Grimoire rolls..)

Some work done on the 'thirster:


Brighter base-coat and lighter-coloured armour this time (much in keeping with the theme of the army I have 'dark' and 'light' versions of each unit to separate them).

Awsome dude! Your red is nice and crisp, perfect for the chosen of blood!

Keep up the amazing stuff!

Cheers,

I've noticed that having 4 days off with nothing else to do (and crap weather outside) makes for a lot of painting. Some more work on the 'thirster:




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Well, some more painting and it's finished:


Next up:

Skullcannon of Khorne, as played by Mr. Hellcannon, Mr Juggernaut and their friendly Bloodletter crew.

The skullcannon was quite horrible. Since it's metal and quite warped it took a lot of filing, bending and green-stuff:


Especially the mouth and rear entrance:



Just noticed it's been another month since I started. This month's panting result was:
10 bloodletters
3 flesh hounds
The Changeling
The Masque of Slaanesh
2 heralds of Khorne on Blood Thrones + crew
Skulltaker
2 Daemon Princes
1 Bloodthirster
2 Heralds of Nurgle


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Primed and ready for paint:


Dry-fitting just to see how it works out. Need to fashion some sort of chain still for the Jugger to pull the cannon. The crew will be magnetised so I can remove them for use in the squads/transport.

Some work done on the cannon:




Dry-fitted it again to check the colour and it rubbed off some at the connecting holes. I'm going to paint the cannon, 2 mounting pieces and the fiddly piece that goes in between first and seal it. Then when I try the wheels I won't have to repair everything each time.

Some progress:



Had some more time this afternoon:



Just need to finish the chains that hold up the big skull on the cannon's mouth and I'm done. Well with the cannon. Juggernaut and crew are next!

Most of the work done on the Juggernaut and the base:



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Nearly done:


Just need to make some sort of chains to have the Jugger pull the cannon now. I bought some smallish chain cheaply via Ebay but it's a bit too flimsy.

Need to search on!

A tale of weak ankles and heavy metal:

The 11 metal bloodcrushers I have (9 + 2 heralds) all have the same problem. They are heavy. HEAVY! And the ankles are thin. It's supposed to stand on that one foot. So naturally I noticed the connection is weak and the metal brittle. Most snapped off with barely any force needed.

The foot is supposed to go here:


I resorted to some heavy pinning. About 1 cm into the leg and all the way through the foot:


(note: the last picture has the foot not all the way through yet)

Lastly, I glued it to a base and pinned the foot from the bottom as well:


The front leg was pinned to the base as well (not through but will have a blob of green-stuff keeping it in place):


The head gets a pin too:


And with the herald:


Head and herald not glued yet since I need to paint it first. Only need various bits and pieces to khorne it up now.

This makes me relieved Ive only got one of those metal crushers.
Really nice conversions for the chariots.

Cheers,

They aren't too bad compared to some of the metal models I've assembled now, but they are up there with Penitent Engines or so.

Finished both heralds:


Simple weapon swap to give one an axe instead of a sword.

In a slight detour from the Khorne business, some goodies from Forgeworld arrived today. In anticipation of the Eldar codex I'd splurged a little bit on stuff I'd wanted for a while:

Now I have the set of 3 complete (Rogue Trader, 2nd Edition and FW)!



I may use these for normal games as the new Crimson Hunter. I was surprised how small they are and that the body is cast in one piece! Especially the Interceptor.

My Sisters also got some reinforcements:

I'm going to convert this into a second Avenger Strike Fighter.

Nice collection of forge world goods you have there, look forward to seeing them assembled and painted.

Once my codex arrives in the mail I think I'll take a small break from Chaos to paint up the 2 flyers.

After a lot of work on the bloodcrushers I managed to assemble, clean and green-stuff them:



The heads and riders aren't glued since it'll be easier to paint that way. I hid all the pins with green-stuff as well. All of them have 3 pins (both hind legs and left front leg) into the base for stability. The heads are pinned as well. You may notice some plastic (heresy) but I couldn't manage to make a musician that looked good so I used the torso/arm of the plastic musician. I crafted a spear for one of the crushers which will serve as an icon (probably going to attach a small banner to it).

With that, I just have to wait for it all to harden properly and then clean the greenstuff a bit. Then it's off to the priming station!

Had some time to work on the first Herald's Juggernaut:


I'm going to try one first before I mass-produce the unit itself.

looking good I asm actually getting ready to start a daemon army my army will consist of the new models but its ok...i love how yours is all the older models looks very characterful...jugg looks great maybe a red wash to either darken his teeth or change the color of them just a thought.

hope to see more

bama

My usual teeth recipe is:
* Deneb Stone
* Ushabti Bone
* Seraphim wash
* highlight with bone
* highlight with white

Still a long way to go with the Juggernaut, I hope to get 1 or 2 done this weekend.


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Some more work:


Gettng there I think. Not sure what I can do with the Herald itself. Nekkid Bloodthirster is nekkid. He doesn't carry much uh equipment.

My word who needs a gym when your figure cases contain this much metal!

I've yet to really start on the khorne section of my army so lots of inspiring stuff, I feel your pain with using the hellcannon, mine was also a warpy mess of metal, fortunately mine went on a nurgle model

I'm well trained at lugging big cases of metal with my Sisters of Battle army!

First Herald is mostly finished:


The 2nd herald's juggernaut is on its way:

Darker base colour like every 2nd unit in my army (I have 2 of most things, one light coloured, one dark)

The grunts in the Bloodcrusher unit won't have gold lining, but silver to distinguish them easily. (a bit like the 1st chariot's juggernauts).


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Finished the 2nd Herald:


As a break (and because it's such a great model), I started on the Avatar of Khaine - forgeworld style.

Lots of coats, washes and dry-brushing later... Now I just need to high-light the cracks.

Some more work on the Avatar, using my old ones as a reference:



Makes you appreciate the codex creep! Err, size creep.

Amazing work, really is nice to see the older daemons being used.
I am pretty damn jealous of those old letters though (axe ones)
Spent a while trying to find some and gave up.

 Jackal wrote:
Amazing work, really is nice to see the older daemons being used.
I am pretty damn jealous of those old letters though (axe ones)
Spent a while trying to find some and gave up.

I bought a lot of 20+ off Ebay cheaply. But it took some months of watching auctions, they don't show up much.


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Did some work on the Nightwing Interceptor (since my codex and goodies are arriving this tuesday):



Had to be creative because of the sliding mechanism. Forgeworld was kind enough to ship a modern Flying Stand with it (although their website doesn't say this, so I ordered two separately...). But there's no hole for it on the bottom. It did come with a small piece of resin in the shape of the flying stand..

But the sliding mechanism is on the bottom! So I made a stand-off so I can still access it. There are 2 small, flat, but strong magnets inside the adapter so I can remove the flying stand. I'm not sure whether I'm going to glue the adapter to the flyer, but if it works well enough I might.

Since my Eldar codex arrived I've been working on the flyers a bit:


Really weird how my camera makes the blue so.. blue. It's more muted in the real.


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Some more work, basically done:


Having the day off helps a lot to get painting done.

Been busy with all sorts of work-related stuff, but I did work on another Eldar Flyer:



Since I have a tournament coming up in a few weeks I had to decide which army to take, and I think I can finish off my Bloodcrushers before then so I will go with the Daemons! The pointy-eared invasion of this thread is over for now.

Back to the demons. I'm working on 4 Bloodcrushers now. One will double as the champion and a herald:



Because I bought it off Ebay without the sword attached I converted a spear from a bit of brass and a spare sword from a real herald I had left over (after making one with an axe). The legs were _very_ bent on this one and even with copious pinning it wasn't that stable. So I made I had to support the front legs. I will disguise it with some foliage on the base later on.

This makes me nostalgia, hard. I'm really happy to see this. Keep it up!

Worked on the first 3 Bloodcrusher grunts:


I'm going to paint 4 with the bright red and 4 with the dark red so I can run 2 squads of 5 (4 grunts + herald) if needed.

Finished the first 4 grunts, a top view of the currently finished squad:


4 Bloodcrushers + 3 Heralds.

The front one has a spear and I had to disguise the very long stabilising pin with some foliage.


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I also finished the Avatar featured a bit back:

I finished the last 4!


With that done I have 11 bloodcrushers. 8 normal grunts (with one as a musician) and 3 Heralds (one doubling as unit upgrade champion). I still need to get one more from Ebay to make a standard bearer (although the spear-toting bloodcrusher can be a banner bearer in a pinch).

The unit is quite big:

(getting dark..)

Let's hope it doesn't suffer the New Model Syndrome in my first tournament!


Next up:


which turns into:


One of the few units I've bought complete from GW itself (since it was one of the few metal ones left). I'm also snapping up older harpies from Ebay to make a 2nd unit.

Unfortunately my Furies contained the wrong wings! I'm left with 15 complete pairs and 10 right wings. E-mail off to GW and wait I guess!

Another month goes by and the tally is:
1 Skullcannon
8 bloodcrushers
3 Heralds on Juggernauts

Definitely slower! I blame the release of the Eldar codex.. GW can't do anything right!

Left to paint:
20 Furies of Khorne
another 20 Flesh Hounds

Edition Nurgle is coming closer! I also managed to snag some Gorkamorka Mutie Raiders. I'm going to use their steeds with some old metal plaguebearers as Nurgle Cavalry, aka Plague Drones. I don't like the idea of big flies but I do want me some cavalry!

Well, I started painting the 15 furies I can!
I start with:


Then just like all my other squads I try 2 colour schemes:

Bright red with red wash


Dark red with red wash

Eventually I'll have 10 of each.




Mini-Bloodthirsters for sure!

Made good progress on the first 10:


Got a mail back from GW they're sending me the replacement wings, so hopefully I can get the whole squad finished quickly.

Forgot to take a picture of the finished bases, but these are the first 10 furies done:


I also bought another display cabinet to house my growing demon army:


At this rate I'm not sure whether all my demons will fit...

That display!!! Wow. Is that all painted in there? Looks like it.

Love your deamons, the old style models are brilliant. And the Avatar looks absolutely superb.

I only display painted things

At the back (where you can't see) is a big closet that houses all the unpainted stuff.

I've painted about 30% of what I collected for my daemons I think.

Haven't had much time to paint so I slowly worked on cleaning/assembling/etc.. my 2nd pack of Flesh Hounds:


Still need to fill all the gaps and pin all the heads.

For an upcoming tournament I worked on a way to keep track of daemonic rewards and psychic powers:

Very cheap $1 magnetic white board and a whole lot of magnetic fridge words (also cheap). With a label printer and some time cutting/pasting them I will make a magnetic counter for each reward and psychic power. (Please ignore the typo on the paper, it's v1!)

Why no Tzeentch?!

(Just started a Daemons army myself)

Khorne first, then Nurgle. Tzeentch and Slaanesh are still in the future (well in boxes in the closet).

Some work done on a test for the Flesh Hounds:



I ran out of Blood Red so am using Evil Sunz Red. It's subtly different combined with the wash.

Nearly finished the first 10 hounds:


I quite like these models, I went for an old-skool colour scheme:

Working on the last 10 hounds and the last 5 furies now.



Hopefully I can finish them before I go away for my vacation. After that it's Nurgle time!

I also had fun at a tournament this weekend, doing pretty well with my all-Khorne list.
2 Bloodthirsters
2 Daemon Princes
1 Skullcannon
30 bloodletters
20 flesh hounds

One thing I've learned though.. even bloodthirsters hate Mindshackle Scarabs.


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I also spent some time toying with my camera. I took a whole lot of pictures of my collection some time ago, but lighting was bad (inside on my gaming table) and with the flash firing it washed out a lot of detail/colour.

Compare:

to:


or

to:


Still a lot I have to learn about photography.

Awesome LoC and Fatey!

Thanks, Tzeentch will be after I finish my Nurgle army, so it will be a while yet.

With that I'm finished with Khorne...

Well, not quite. I forgot I had to paint another musician/standard bearer for my Bloodletters. I also have another Herald on Juggernaut planned, but need to find another metal herald itself (I do have a spare Juggernaut). Ebay it is! I should be able to finish the musician/banner bearer today/tomorrow. Then it's Nurgle time-ah!

I got distracted while painting my last 2 bloodletters...Had it lying about primed and ready. Combination of a pin and magnets for the arm sockets. Also had to magnetise the weapons themselves to get all the options.




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Can't stop now!

Some more work done:


By Khaine, so many gemstones!

And done:





I may put on some transfers (especially on the 'skirt' sections) or free-hand the Alaitoc sword+crescent moon. Also need to finish the other weapon options. Then after the break, it's back to daemons!

Done with the last bloodletters:



Just a little touch-up (these closeups always reveal too many imperfections...) and I have 4 squads of bloodletters finished (well 2 big ones that can split into 4).

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With my vacation starting next saturday I decided to start Nurgle after that. In the meantime I had some stuff lying about. On the previous page I posted pictures of the Forgeworld stuff I'd bought (3 flyers). One has been painted already but the other 2 will receive attention this week.

Starting with the Voss Pattern Lightning, which I will use as an Avenger Strike Fighter:


To assist with its dual role I used a lot of magnets. First the air intake:


With the handily provided recessed area it was very easy to magnetise both the turbine fan and the bolt cannon:



The bolt cannon is made from a kit by Machinator (also on these forums I think) and he makes a very nice Fellblade conversion kit. Luckily he also sells the bits separately. The Vulcan Mega Bolter stand-ins he sells fit perfectly side by side:

Pinned together and with magnets they fit snugly.

The Lightning has 6 missiles but the Avenger only has 2 weapon mounts (apart from the Lascannons):

With this I can swap out all the missiles for autocannons, missile pods, etc..

(Missile pre-flattening of the metal bit)

(Autocannon with magnet)

Last but not least, FW provides a clear cupola again:

It came with a huge gate attached and the material is brittle so care is needed separating them. Only a little bubble on one of the edges, for the rest it was very clear.

Overall I was pleased with the quality of casting. Almost everything fit snugly. Only a small gap between the wings/hulls need to be filled:

Did most of the work on the hull/outside:



Just need to finish the weapon options (missiles, autocannons) and the pilot now.

This is how it compares to the original Avenger Strike Fighter:

Woah. Brilliant work throughout the thread. Really nice stuff that shows a lot of attention to detail.

Thanks, I think I'm improving slowly but steadily. My biggest bane is the need to finish things quickly so I can play with them!

Did some work on the pilot's seat and console:

SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBBED!! I may actually have subbed already but just to be sure
SUUUUUBBED!

Awesome work.
Love the SoB stuff.

Cheers. I've basically finished it now.
Replaced the bog standard Imperial Navy pilot with a Sister of course:



Once it all dries (especially the base) and I've coated it with varnish I'll post a last picture.

Next up: Eldar Phoenix Bomber

Well, it's all done now.

It can server 2 roles, first as an Avenger Strike Fighter:


And swapping the weapons/intake back to original, as a Voss Pattern Lightning:



Next up:


I was surprised how few parts these older forgeworld models have compared to the new ones. Apart from the pilots, you only have the engine exhaust, 4 small tail fins and the pulse laser. Unfortunately, this one didn't come with a flying stand adapter (really FW, you drop the ball there, you don't even mention on the website you get a new flying stand with the older flyers). So I had to make something myself.

I made a small flat box out of plasticard, filled it with green-stuff and stuck the flying stand end in it (liberally lubed with water) to make an impression. I then used 4 pins to attach the bit to the flyer, but leaving enough space so the pulse-laser can fit in between. Basically the same as my Nightwing earlier in this thread, but with more DIY!

Some work done:

Some nice SoB stuff here too

Thanks,

I finished the Phoenix (a week of no work before I go on vacation has spurred me on to new heights of efficiency!)





Despite being an older FW model it still has a lot of details to paint. The downside is that the hull was one big piece of resin and it took a lot of soaking in hot water and careful bending to get the wings in shape. Making them 100% symmetrical was beyond me however. I also wish they'd made the pilot seats bigger. It's very cramped and especially the covers don't fit very well. It took a lot of shaving/fitting to get it right (and I did take off too much at a few corners..) The clear plastic canopies are horrible too. The resin gap where they were supposed to broke off during washing so I had to improvise...

In the last picture you can see the solution I had for the fact that these old models aren't built for the flying stand.

Since I still have today and tomorrow, I figured I'd get started on my plaguebearers after all.
I painted one as a test:



Was quite simple. Gretchin Green base, then washed with Anthonian Camoshade. High-lighted with Scorpion Green. Bone sections Rakarth Flesh, then Ushabti and high-lighted white. But I'm not sol, it looks a bit flat.


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I brightened him up a little and started on the other 9 plaguebearers:




I love these models. While the wash dries I carefully clean the places it pools too much. I want a fairly noticeable shadow but now unsightly blotches of wash.

I think these guys came in like 15 or 20 different sculpts. I'm going to see if I have enough different ones to make a unit of 20 unique ones.

you could have puss or ooze leaking from the sores/cuts. That would add some flavor.

Hmm, that's an idea. I'll have to think up some way to make it realistic though.

Sadly I only found 15 different sculpts, so my units will have some duplication in them.

I'm planning 2 units of 20 each, with a separate command squad for each too. One unit + command in the above scheme.

The other will be in a contrasting, more sickly grey-ish theme.

 Shandara wrote:
Hmm, that's an idea. I'll have to think up some way to make it realistic though.

Sadly I only found 15 different sculpts, so my units will have some duplication in them.

I'm planning 2 units of 20 each, with a separate command squad for each too. One unit + command in the above scheme.

The other will be in a contrasting, more sickly grey-ish theme.

could use small dabs of superglue or water effects painted with clear paints and/or inks then give the ooze a varnish coat.

Some further work done:





Did I mention I really like these sculpts? The wizened faces, the slightly comic expressions. The new plastic ones may be better technical sculpts and more 'horrific', but I always liked the more comic demons from yesteryear (and these ones are most definitely yesteryear).

They remind me of the early 90's orks

I finished the first 20 Plaguebearers:

You can see the next 20 in the background. I'm still working on a different colour scheme for them.

Now working on the command squad:

Working on the command squad:

Started on the next 20 plaguebearers, painted a test piece first:
(left previous, right new)

Slightly lighter, but still icky. What do you guys think?

I like a lot, but where is the ooze and puss??

I tried a little with washes, shiny varnish. Wasn't really pleased with the result.

I'll have to experiment some more later!

Where did you get the Plaguebearers? also, how much were they? (I'll probably just by some new ones from my FLGS though)

These are the very old Plaguebearers, I think from round 1991?

I think I paid maybe 60 pounds total for 50 of em (including 2 command squads). It did take a long time of ebay watching, especially for the command squads.

Did you try superglue or water effects for the ooze?? You could also varnish the intestines and such. that would make them stand out.

Great work by the way. never thought to use white for a base for nurgle deamons.

Did some work on the plaguebearers:

Working on the command squad now:


And cleaned, assembled, green-stuffed, primed and base-coated a 2nd GUO:



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Well, some work later:


I've also started on Epidemius. Being metal and so many small parts makes me cry a little inside.


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Epidemius - so many gaps to fill:

Now waiting for it to harden a bit, so I can smooth everything.

Also received some wings in the mail, not trying out one of my planned conversions. I didn't like the plastic Plague Drone model (and it's plastic!!) so I decided on something different:

Plague Cavalry!


The parts list:
* Gorkamorka Mutie raider mount
* Plaguebearer
* Dark Pegasus Wings

I'm going to mount it on a fllying stand to get it high enough. That said, does anyone roughly know how tall the Plague Drones are?



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And with the wings pinned on:

Disaster strikes!

I bought some wings for my daemon princes and a pair for my Plague Drone conversion above.

Since it worked so well I wanted to order more, but GW doesn't stock the metal dark elf pegasus wings anymore (in fact it disappeared from the European site).

So I had to find replacements.

Thankfully, Reaper Miniatures has a vast selection of metal wings. But now the wait begins.


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Working steadily on the GUO:


Still have Epidemius and a winged Nurgle Daemon Prince in the pipeline.


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Getting there:

My Nurgle Prince pre-greenstuff:

Wings are the metal Vampire Counts zombie dragon wings. GW still sells them (but who knows how much stock they have left..)


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Some green-stuff and primer later:

Working on Epidemius today:

(had to take it with the curtains drawn, very sunny today, otherwise I get cooked inside).

Took the time to take some pictures of my finished Nurgle HQ in better lighting:

So far:
2 Great Unclean Ones
1 Epidemius (or Herald on Palanquin)
2 Heralds of Nurgle on foot






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Working on the Daemon Prince now:

to

And done:


Next up:
Plague Dragon Champion
Since I'm still waiting on the rest of my wings I'll just paint up one as a champion (still had one of the metal plaguebearer champions left) in the meantime as a test. Still need to figure out how high I need to make him to compare to the plastic Plague Drones, though.

Love the HQ.

Many by the time you are done will you be able to even carry them in a case?? LOL!! That's a ton of metal.

I think my 2 Battlefoam cases can hold it all, but I would need a truck to move them.

Finished green-stuffing and priming the plague drone champion:



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Well, forgot to post a tally since I was on vacation, so paint score for the last 2 months:
20 furies of Khorne
20 Flesh Hounds of Khorne
Bloodletter Command squad (musician, banner bearer)
40 Plaguebearers
2x Plaguebearer Command Squad
1 Great Unclean One
1 Daemon Prince of Nurgle
1 Epidemius

Nurgle left to paint:
9 Plague Drones (waiting on metal wings from Reaper Miniatures)
9 Beast of Nurgle (the newer model, but metal)
Nurglings (I have a heap of small nurglings, have to see how many bases I can make)
Possibly another Nurgle Daemon Prince (have wings, need to track down another metal prince).

Finished the Plague Drone test:


Sunny outside so the pictures are a bit dark, had to shade them a bit.

Spending the evening cleaning and green-stuffing 9 metal Beasts of Nurgle.. oh yay

Damn those things barely fit at all!

Some frustration later:


Also spotted a heretic tank being painted by my brother:


I really like the model, I may get one for my Sisters

Painted 2 beasts, one with dark base colour, one with light colour:


And the next 4:


They barely fit on the bases though.. how on earth are you supposed to rank them up?


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In a non-painting update, I installed some new lighting in my game room today:

Instead of the tiny tiny single lightbulb before. Now we won't have to use nightfighting every game in the evening!

Photographs are pretty good to do in it:

Probably need some lighting from the sides to remove the rest of the shadows though.

Top-down wasn't too good because the green gaming mat distorts the colours for my poor camera:

Still working on the last 3 beasts of Nurgle, but my brother finished his Fellblade.

We're planning a big Apocalypse battle this afternoon to celebrate!


The forgeworld version does look sleeker and more 'tank'-like. The Machinator + Baneblade version is very baroque.

Well, the battle was fought:

4.500 pts of Sisters with 1500 pts of IG allies. Managed to lose despite the 9 penitent engines, 20 repentia and 2 battle conclaves of crusaders/death cult assassins. 3 squads of dominions failed to destroy my brother's Fellblade..

Anyways, back to the scheduled program. Some stuff arrived (skulls, skulltakers):


As my 4th herald on bloodcrusher I wanted something different. I cut out most of Skulltaker's cloak, bent the legs so they were further apart then remade the cloak greenstuff/skulls. Unfortunately the skulls are a bit bigger than I had thought, so I had to cover the entire cloak with them. Filled the gaps with some sand.

Not entirely satisfied with the result, though.

Some work later:



Nearly done with the mount.

For Skulltaker I worked on the cloak first:


Comparison with the original:


(notice the space between the legs, took a lot of sawing!)

The new cloak is a bit bulkier, but a lot roomier. Skulltaker can fit his legs to the side of the Juggernaut now. His knees butt against the juggernaut's shoulders. Hopefully I can glue him firmly into place.

Can you explain how you painted the brown skulls and the white skulls??

Brown skulls:
Base Rakarth Flesh
Wash Nuln Oil
Thin Layer Ushabti Bone
Wash Seraphim Sephia (thinned a few light coats over the bone).

White skulls:
Base Rakarth Flesh
Wash Nuln Oil
Lots of drybrushing white
Metal for the metal hooks

Thank you.

Nearly done:

And done:



Next up:
6 bases of Nurglings (still waiting on the wings for my Plague Drones)

Primed and ready to go:



Only had enough Nurglings for 6 bases (5 per base), so I'll get round to Ebay to find enough for 3 more.

Also had Scylla around:



Not sure why I bought it, but I guess I'll paint it up as a Karanak counts-as.

After a weekend of gaming, on to the painting!

Worked on Scylla first:



Not sure how to buff him up, I thought of giving the scales a completely different colour, but in the end decided against it. Tried to high-light the edges with bright orange but the effect isn't quite what I wanted. It needs some sort of spot colour, but what?

Also trying a nurgling base (more WIP than Scylla)

These guys are so full of character, but hard to paint (and see) the tiny details for me. The camera helps!

How abut a dark red or dark grey for the scales??

I will have to try some out, I guess, thanks!

In the meantime I whipped up a Portalglyph:


Had some random resin scenery bits left from one of those GW basing kits and a metal daemon gateway thingy I picked up somewhere. Some sand to cover the edges and voila.


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Some work later:



Thinking of covering it with some sort of water effect to make it more muddy. But I need to research it first how it works, don't want to mess up!

Nearly done with the Nurglings:


Also did 2 layers of water effects the last 4 days:


A lot of shrinkage and the edges dry slow (thanks to the tape). Well it's an experiment after all.. Just going to leave it in the display cabinet for a week I guess.

Since my wings for my Plague Drones haven't arrived still, on to some random stuff:


2 Daemon Princes. Going to paint them in a somewhat neutral scheme so they can serve as both Tzeentch/Slaanesh ones if needed. They are pretty big but not as big as my Khorne/Nurgle ones.


Herald of Tzeentch on Disc


Random Herald, not sure what God he will be.


Dechala the Denied One, aka Herald of Slaanesh stand-in.

Last 3 need more greenstuffing, but I should get that done today.

The herald isn't quite finished yet:


Not really satisfied with my work so far. Too sloppy. Also, the assembly was horrible.

Also worked on the one of the Daemon Princes:

Work continues:

The teeth/mouth didn't turn out the way I wanted, tried to correct it but it now looks like he's using pink lipstick. Also the details have blurred despite me thinning everything (and the skin colour is just wash over plain white primer).

And the 2nd prince:

Bit busy during the weekend, but nearly done with the 2nd prince;

Still not happy with how the skin turned out, it looks too 'dry' and 'flakey'.

Oh well, I may re-try it later.

Also finished assembling/priming some Tzeentchian stuff:

Since my flamers/horrors are all the old style models I can use the newer/bigger ones as heralds.

TZEENTCH! WOOO!

Some work done, the disc:


And the herald on it:


Also my wings for my Plague Drones arrived so after these few Heralds I'll finish Nurgle off!

More tzeentch:


The herald's clothes were white first, but I couldn't get the shading right, so yellow/red it is!

Need to finish both heralds and base them now, working on 2 heralds on foot as well.

3rd Herald:


Have to bend the feet a bit more and do some filing as well.

Also working on preparing my Plague Drones:

Some work later:


Also received my 4th (and last) Herald of Tzeentch on Disc in the mail. Now I have 4 different ones:

Due to a lot of work taking up my precious paint time I've not made much progress. I'm working on the third Plague Drone right now.

This weekend I'll have a lot of free time and hope to finish the other 6!

Finished the 2 Plague Drones, here a shot of the 3 I have done so far:



Next 2 are being painted, 4 more after that!

Next 2 drones nearly done:

very nice work.

After the plague drones, 2 more tzeentch heralds and then a bunch of screamers (I think I have 20 or so in a box somewhere).

Gotta play the screamerstar to see what it's about!

Still working on 2 more plague drones, but I also received this in the mail:


I wanted a 2nd skullcannon but couldn't find a metal hellcannon cheaply but this popped on Ebay at a good price. Stripped fairly decently by the seller it is about the same size as my metal hellcannon/skullcannon.

 Shandara wrote:
Still working on 2 more plague drones, but I also received this in the mail:


I wanted a 2nd skullcannon but couldn't find a metal hellcannon cheaply but this popped on Ebay at a good price. Stripped fairly decently by the seller it is about the same size as my metal hellcannon/skullcannon.

Wow I have one of those. I always wondered if it was controlled by deamonic possession or if they somehow cram a marine in there.......

There's an angry marine in there for sure:



Still have to decide what colour to give to the triangles and skulls on the sides. Don't want to use TOO much gold.

Paint them as an off white. Gives it variety and yet keeps it simple and nice.

you could leave them as the brown that would look good too

Nearly done:






I always make some close-up pictures so I can spot imperfections more easily (sadly they are all too common..)


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Also, I had time to go the store and buy some of the green paints I needed (which is why we had a Khorne-ish intermission).

I can now start on the last 2 plague drones.

Plague Drones done:


Next up:
2 more Tzeentch Heralds on discs.

Work progresses:

Need to correct some mistakes/fix the left foot and should be good.

And finished I think, 4 heralds of Tzeentch:


Also, with the exception of a Nurgle Prince that is still to arrive in the mail, I am done with Nurgle for now. Onwards to Tzeentch!



.. is what I'd like to say, but I promised myself I'd get started on the huge pile of terrain I've bought over the last 2 years and paint some of it at least!

For the first piece of terrain, a bunker.

Picked this up cheaply somewhere, can't remember!

Some work:


Not really what I wanted, but MDF is a fiddly thing to paint I have found out! I wanted a more gritty look to the walls but alas..

Working on some ruins now. I bought an Imperial Sector cheaply a while ago and it was gathering dust in the closet. So I promised myself I would use it!



I thought I had the balcony level with the rest but I was off a little. Oh well. It IS a ruin after all!

More to come:

Got a new camera, took a picture of a model. Due to the high res it somehow seems more blurry than the previous.

did you have macro turned on?

Should have, will test again tomorrow. Maybe.. just maybe.. I should read the instructions.

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Should have, will test again tomorrow. Maybe.. just maybe.. I should read the instructions.

That may help.

Side by side..

old camera:


new camera:


More toying to be done to get the colours more like.


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Work progressing on the first ruin:

Not much time to paint the last few days. Did work on the ruin a bit more:


Also started on an Exorcist. For an upcoming tournament I'm bringing my Sisters of Battle and I still had a 3rd Exorcist...

Hellish week of work finally behind me. Nearly done with the Exorcist, just in time for the tournament this saturday.

Also stripped some stuff I had lying about, with Codex: Inquisition dropping I needed some Inquisitors:


Coteaz,
2 Servo-skulls
2 Inquisitors
and an old Rapier Laser I think?


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Also picked this up from Ebay:


Possibly a stand-in Celestine (heresy!) or just some bog standard Blood Angels captain with jump pack/power sword.

Finished the ruin:




3 smaller ones left to do. I also plan on working on the 2nd Nurgle Daemon Prince (finally finished stripping him), just waiting on some metal bits from Ebay to make a big metal scythe.

Work progresses on the 2nd ruin. I hope to finish them all before the new year so I can start on some daemons again!

Finished the 2nd ruin:





Next up, a Daemon Prince of Nurgle:

Wings from Zombie Dragon (GW), Scythe from Heresy Miniatures (a big daemon that'll be after this).

Work in progress:

And done!


Both together:



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Next up: Ruin #3

very nice.

Ruin #3 nearly finished:

Received some stuff in the mail, got to work:

Heresy Miniatures' Azaroth the Fallen One. Quite heavy and huge wings.

Comparison to GW miniatures:


Will be a Slaanesh prince I think.


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Some greenstuff and primer later:

Nearly done:


Not pleased with myself, started painting with enthusiasm and before I knew it I turned him into something that'd fit into World of Warcraft..

Well not entirely displeased, but still!

Finished painting the demon prince and the 4th ruin. Was poised to return to Tzeentch but I was distracted by:


Me and my brother pooled our resources and made a huge FW order which arrived today! This was before I knew it could be taken as a Lord of War unit, but...

It's the final piece for my Adepta Sororitas Airforce (2 Avengers and a Marauder Destroyer).

EDIT:
Also, it's huge! FW put in a normal Flying Stand + Base but it's useless. I have to make something bigger/taller. And there's not even a way to affix the flying stand anyways...

Spent some time cleaning, washing, assembling and greenstuffing:


Just as a comparison on how big it is:


Once the greenstuff dries I can sand it down.

Finished greenstuffing, sanding and repairs (the cupolas had some corners that were so thin they broke off, rebuilt them with greenstuff).



Primed white, will spray it black once it warms up again this afternoon (it's very cold in the shed, the black spray paint doesn't work very well then).


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Sprayed it black:


Working on the engines at the same time:

Construction proceeds smoothly:

The Marauder's looking very nice so far.

Thanks!

Did some more work, finished most of the bodywork:




Glued on the flaps:


Painted the pilot/co-pilot area:

Very nearly done, just need to finish the missle, touch up mistakes and varnish it:



(one missile fully painted to test, all are magnetised, sadly that meant 'modifying' them somewhat. Also I hate tiny ridges that are like 0.5mm thick in resin).

Front cannons and targeting array:


Rear assault cannon:



Crew:

(Head swap for Immolator kit's heads).

Better view of the co-pilot's console:

Wow sweet, how many points of sisters do you have?

No idea, really. maybe 200-250 models I think. Bout 7000 points or so.

And it's basically done:


All that's left to do:
* Wait for the base/flying stem/widget to arrive, delayed by Christmas
* Improvise some sort of case for it

Closeup of the pilot's cockpit:

Forgeworld supplied some transparent plastic sheet for it, unfortunately it was heavily curled up. I had to straighten it with very hot water and a press. It also was very very clear so it was hard to see the 'glass' at all. I ended up varnishing it to give it some texture and make it actually visible! Looks a bit 'frosted' now. It was also a pain to cut into the proper sizes and glue it.

Same for the gunner:


All in all this kit was fun to do! I give it an 8.5/10. Some problems include:
* Big shrinkage on the tail piece, took a lot of greenstuff/sanding to make it fit and even now there's a small 'step' in the hull section.
* HUGE and I mean HUGE blocks of resin attached to the main pieces (as fill gates). I was scared to take the razorsaw to it.
* Some detail on the huge blocks was filled with flash, especially tubing around the front section.
* Had to buy the missiles separately! For the price it should come with all 8 included!

Finishing off some random models that are cluttering my desk now:



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Also ready for painting, some henchmen for my Inquisitor:




Various rogue trader guardsmen, a delaque leader and a cadian sergeant.

Some work done:

I'm imagining these to be ex-Guard turned gangers turned henchman...


More regular stormtrooper types. Armor plates/helm going to be green like the leader type above.

First set of warrior acolytes with bolters almost done:


(I love it when a plan comes together...)


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More acolytes:

Nearly done with the 2nd squad:




The plasma guy is an imperial guard loader I got with White Dwarf once I think. With a metal plasmagun instead of his lasgun.

Snapshot of my Sister Air Force:



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Busy with 2 more priests for my Sisters/Inquisitors:


I'm currently using Kyrinov as one too and with a power maul they are quite powerful. So I needed more!

More work on random models:

Herald of Nurgle


Inquisitor


Inquisitor, converted hammer.

All need some corrections now that I zoom in closely.

And more:

Have 10 of these old Frateris Militia models. I will have to re-do the eyes on this one, zooming in like this shows it didn't turn out as I wanted! Bit surprising these are more true-scale than most GW models (apart from the hands/weapons).

I also started work on 18 Screamers of Tzeentch, just waiting on some bases to arrive before I start.

First 4 are basically done:






I suck at painting eyes, basically. Oh well.

Finished 10 acolytes and an inquisitor:



Some signs of mutation present (double irises?) so have to make some 'corrections'...

Next up, last 2 inquisitors and another priest. My bases arrived for my Tzeentch Screamers so I can start on them in the weekend.

Busy painting the last 2 inquisitors and basing the Tzeentch Screamers. Hopefully can get started on them tomorrow.

Well, the 2 inquisitors didn't turn out as I wanted (and I found some mould lines I'd missed) so back into the stripper with them and then into the 'to-do'-bin.

For now I'm back with Chaos:


Have 18 of these guys (and some more to use for Chariots). Will paint them into 2 packs of 9 with different colours.

Quick work on the first group of Screamers:


Now I'm left with the difficult decision: go with a completely different base colour for the next squad OR just different detail colours but same base?

Snapshot of the second group of Screamers (bad lighting!):

(finished test)

(8 more basecoated and washed)

Also spied this on my brother's paint queue:

My brother has plans against my daemons..

Nearly finished the screamers, unfortunately ran out of glue to decorate the bases, will have to wait till the weekend before I can buy some more. Probably going to start on the 20 horrors + command I have ready. Pictures to follow.

Started on the Flamers of Tzeentch instead:

I have 19 of the buggers, so 2 squads of 9 and a spare.

Also arrived:

(more henchmen for my scout squad)

and

(a plasmagun for the other henchmen squad)

Had some time, worked on finishing the Screamers:


Both units:

I have 2 more heralds on discs to complete the units if I want to run screamerstar.

Also worked on the last few henchmen:



Have one more of those plasmagunners in the stripping tank and converted an old cadian ammo loader to have a plasmagun for the scouts.

Finished the last henchmen and it's back to Tzeentch. I decided to complete the last model involving screamers/discs first, the chariot:


I have some thin chain which I will use to make some sort of halter for the screamers.

Received some stuff in the mail, finally was able to make a base for my Marauder Destroyer:



3/4" thick stem, the widget I got with it I put on the base. For the connection to the flyer, I used 3 layers of plastic card to make a flat square, which I glued to the top of the flying stem. Then I drilled in 3 pieces of brass rod into the stem through the square. They extend about 2cm into the flying stem and 2cm into the flyer. They fit snugly and the square surface of the plasticard stops the flyer from jiggling.

Finished the chariot:


Not really satisfied with how the chains turned out. Tried to green-stuff some first but they didn't look right. I still had a few foot of chintzy 'silver' chain from Ebay from another project so I used that.

Now starting on the flamers, will try out some paint schemes first.

You know if you ink the chains they may look a little better. Maybe a good black , brown, or flesh ink.

 warriorpriest wrote:
You know if you ink the chains they may look a little better. Maybe a good black , brown, or flesh ink.

Good idea!

Test for the first batch of Flamers:

Work progresses:


The one with the pink band around the lower part will be the Pyrocaster.

Still need to high-light all their heads/beaks with bright yellow/white and paint the eyes/teeth. Still, a quick and easy paintjob.

Problem is, what to do with the 2nd squad!?


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Just need to clean up and base now:

Reversing the scheme perhaps? Or you could do them as a negative version (the proper term for this is lost on me right now - like inverting colours in MS Paint)?

 El-Torrminator wrote:
Reversing the scheme perhaps? Or you could do them as a negative version (the proper term for this is lost on me right now - like inverting colours in MS Paint)?

I agree with this. reverse the colors would look nice. Also if you do ink the chains on the chariots I would not mind seeing an updated pic.

After washing the chains and varnishing it:


Seems to have dulled the silver a little bit using Agrax Earthshade.

 Shandara wrote:
After washing the chains and varnishing it:


Seems to have dulled the silver a little bit using Agrax Earthshade.

I really like that. The dull chains contrast nicely with the bright colors of the deamons. Makes it look a lot better.

While I was cleaning the game room I snapped this picture to remind me what I want to repaint after I finish the daemons:


Most of it was painted during my err, 'formative' years.

 Shandara wrote:
While I was cleaning the game room I snapped this picture to remind me what I want to repaint after I finish the daemons:


Most of it was painted during my err, 'formative' years.

Epic. I have a couple of those armourcast vehicles.

I keep checking Ebay to see if I can snap up one of those Armor/Epicast titans for cheap. Even if those words don't quite go together!

Went with the following for the 2nd batch of Flamers:

No time to paint, alas. Tomorrow I have a tournament. I'm bringing 1850 pts of Nurgle goodness.

GUO with the works
Herald with Grimoire
2x Nurgle Princes with the works
9 Plague Drones
18 Plaguebearers for the Herald
2x 10 plaguebearers to deepstrike objectives.

Next up: first 20 Pink Horrors and command

Spent some time on the first squad of 20 horrors + command.

A test:

More work done the horrors:


Need to make the color pink pop more though. Any suggestions?

Also started on the grunts:


Still debating the color of the hands. I'm edging to very bright yellow, maybe with blue fingertips.

I would suggest that to keep the unit looking the same, paint the hands of the command the same as the rest of the squad.

Shandara wrote:

Shandara wrote:

Shandara wrote:

Nice work on all these old flamers I recently painted up some beaky ones for my own Tzeentch throng, glad I went with that edition over any of the newer gribbles.

Props on all the other vintage minis!

- Salvage

It is quite difficult, the command squad was made later than the original pink horrors and doesn't match well aesthetics-wise anyway.

Originally I wanted to collect a squad of really really really old Pink Horrors (the original with the somewhat politically incorrect expressions), but there was never a command unit made for those so I used the somewhat newer command for it.

 Shandara wrote:
It is quite difficult, the command squad was made later than the original pink horrors and doesn't match well aesthetics-wise anyway.

Originally I wanted to collect a squad of really really really old Pink Horrors (the original with the somewhat politically incorrect expressions), but there was never a command unit made for those so I used the somewhat newer command for it.

understandable. I love the older stuff. I have a nurgling that is shooting the bird. LOL!!

There are some pink horrors that will show soonish that are like that too... those old designers didn't have the restraint our current GW has!

 Shandara wrote:
There are some pink horrors that will show soonish that are like that too... those old designers didn't have the restraint our current GW has!

That is because shooting the bird, picking your nose, scratching your ass, etc is not considered GW kid friendly.

I went with:


Mostly because the command already has blue details/spot colours.


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Some reinforcements arrived for my Eldar, a model I've wanted for a long time:

Work continues:


Still debating whether the next 10 (they are 10 smaller old blue horror models) will need a different colour. It's been a long time since you actually needed blue horror models I might just paint them the same.

Almost done with the first 10+Command:


Need to make the hands of the non-command one blue though, doesn't feel right otherwise. I'm fine wit the command being different.

Also picked up this:

For my Sisters of course!

You know you could still paint the blue horrors blue. Just do them like the pink but in reverse. blue body and pink hands.

Ye, I was planning on trying it out on one. Since they're metal they are easy to strip if I don't like how the unit turns out with the different colours.

A first try:


I think it will work!

 Shandara wrote:
A first try:


I think it will work!

Wow that does work even better then i thought it might. definitely go with that.

Didn't have much time last weekend to paint. Today was more productive!


Just need to finish basing and they're done (barring corrections).

Next up will be the Warhound because I have an Escalation-allowed tournament coming up and my Sisters need some heavy support!

Spent some time cleaning, greenstuffing and sanding the Warhound. The old Armourcast stuff has a lot of bubbles/jaggies in hard to reach places. Now hardening, then it's off to be primed.

Been busy with the Warhound Scout Titan:


Was surprised it was copyrighted in '89. Time flies! The shin guards are going to be the same colour as the carapace. Not sure what to do with the toes yet. Also, despite a lot of sanding/grinding I spotted a mold-line... ugh.

I will have to try my hand at some freehand Sisters symbols too.. not my forte to be sure!


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More painting done:

And done:




Tried my hand at some freehand Fleur-de-Lys for some subtle Sisters heraldry.


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Next up, my Imperial Kni.. err Sister.

Currently working on the Imperial Knight, not really at a point yet where I can post pictures.

I magnetised the torso and legs to take it apart. The arms can be 'screwed' on in any case. I have magnetised the battle-cannon and inferno cannon as well, by using the blast shields with magnets to connect to the gun housing.

 Shandara wrote:
Currently working on the Imperial Knight, not really at a point yet where I can post pictures.

I magnetised the torso and legs to take it apart. The arms can be 'screwed' on in any case. I have magnetised the battle-cannon and inferno cannon as well, by using the blast shields with magnets to connect to the gun housing.

I would like to see pics of all the magnet work.