Hello everyone, I've decided to move my Chaos stuff over here so the Death Ravens thread doesn't get swamped with heretical updates (not the first time this year, hah).

Now I'm not really into Chaos that much, their chronic backstabbing disorder being a bit of a turn-off for me, but I do love a lot of their models. There's just so much you can do with them in terms of characterisation, I feel.

My main problem with them was the idea of painting another mono-scheme army. Not that I don't like painting my loyalist Death Ravens or the ever-crazy Orks, but it just gets a bit samey after a while. Chaos has a great number of awesome colour schemes available, and I wouldn't want those schemes to go to waste... Problem is, most warbands tend to wear the same scheme, much like their loyalist brethren, because it's practical and all that jazz.

But I said: Feth that, I'll make my own warband! With Blackjack! And hookers!

Replace 'blackjack' and 'hookers' with 'different colour schemes', and you pretty much get The Survivors (or The Remnants, that sounds cool too), a warband consisting of members from every possible warband who were exiled, left behind, or just unlucky enough to be the lone survivor of their last engagement.

Why? I hear you ask. FOR THE GLORY OF CHAOS, OFCOURSE!

Enough rambling, time for some pictures!

The first unit of the warband is a 5-man Terminator squad, each being a follower of one of the four gods (and one undivided one).


They're led by a Tzeentchian, a cold and calculating man who was once part of the Prodigal Sons. He's the most 'sane' and intelligent member of the squad, which means he generally has to babysit the less sane members, lest they decide to murder everyone and everything when they're not supposed to.


The other relatively sane member of the squad is the Nurglite Heavy Weapons guy. He's the Tzeentchian's right-hand man, humorously enough. Calm, relaxed and a bit of a joker. What more could you want in a Nurglite?


At the bottom of the sanity-pit, we have the Khornate. In short, he's insane. He's ill-tempered, incoherently screaming most of the time he's awake, living off of a strict diet of KILL, MAIM AND BURN! He's so foul-tempered the warband sedates him into a coma in between deployments. He lost one of his arms in combat, but Khorne appreciated his work with the lightning claws so much, he gave him a mutated arm which works exactly the same way as his lightning claw did.
TL;DR: If you want something dead, and don't mind anything with a pulse dying along the way, he's your guy.


Now some clever gits might have noticed I skipped two steps in the sanity ladder; where's our 'bordering on the edge insane' and our 'insane, but not as much as the Khornate'? Well, they've already been painted (to some degree):


One of these guys will tear your eyes out, the other one might eat them. Choose wisely.

The Slaaneshi, although slightly less mad than the Khornate, is still a rather messed up individual. He used to be part of the Flawless Host, before his unit was hacked apart by some sneaky Eldar. Preferring the use of flamers, he gleefully roasts anyone stupid enough to cross him on the battlefield. He collects the burned skin (and other parts, but let's not get into that) and offers it up to Slaanesh every now and then. He uses his tentacle arm to grab unfortunate victims and burns them alive while looking them dead in the eyes.
Fun guy, that Slaaneshi.

Lastly, our borderline-insane heretic, the Word Bearer.



Smug, arrogant, slightly mad. He was a late inductee into the Word Bearers, from which he was exiled for unknown reasons. Might have to do with that sword arm he keeps poking people with.

I more or less finished him, here's another batch of pics of the scary bastard:








"So why'd you do it?" "Do what?" The Nurglite shuffled backwards a bit. "You know what I mean." "Why I turned?" The Word Bearer mused, his eyes peering into the distance. His smug grin seemed to disappear a bit, a hint of regret shining through his eyes. "For the Truth. The Truth is all that mattered."

So there, that's two Terminators semi-finished. The Nurglite's up next, although I'm having some trouble deciding on a scheme.

That's all I have for now, thanks for stopping by!

E-e-e-e-e-e-eeeeeeeeexalted! *epic dubstep*
I'm in!

Haha, thanks Matthew

I've been going through the Lexicanum again, looking for some more colour schemes. I'm thinking of painting my Nurglite Heavy Weapons guy in the colours of the Apocalypse Company, check it out: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Apocalypse_Company

Black with green flames = win. The green will help identify this guy as a Nurglite (or, a guy with leanings to Nurgle anyway), I think.

As for the other members, the Tzeentchian will probably just get the standard Tzeentch colour scheme of blue and gold, while the Khornate might get the colour scheme of the Wrath warband: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Wrath

Any comments or suggestions are always welcome; any more info on obscure warbands would also be greatly appreciated!

Now that was a fine display of fallen as I have ever seen, particulary loving the Word Bearer and Nurgle boy

Thank you! I've been working on my posing skills, trying to wrench a bit more character out of those lovely plastic kits

The Word Bearer really turned out better than I had expected, I hope I can keep the same level of quality up throughout the squad

I prefer The Purge when it comes to Nurgle, at least they want to destroy Chaos by eliminating the source...

... The source being all the living beings of the Galaxy, thought luck, they're gonna have a lot of work, but they would have made good buddies with oldcrons

I will be watching this closely, you know, to keep you from falling out of the true path.

Thought about adding a Son of Malice somewhere? they have a pretty nice black and white quartered scheme that looks pretty good, and would represent the fifth god of Chaos.

Dang Ez! They look fabulous! Well fabulous in their disturbing chaosy way that is I really like the red on the Word Bearer btw! Is that Khorne red that you're using?

I approve of that Apocalypse Company scheme And are you gonna sculpt some hideous rotting things on the Nurglite or are you leaving him as is?

aldo wrote:I prefer The Purge when it comes to Nurgle, at least they want to destroy Chaos by eliminating the source...

... The source being all the living beings of the Galaxy, thought luck, they're gonna have a lot of work, but they would have made good buddies with oldcrons

I will be watching this closely, you know, to keep you from falling out of the true path.

Thought about adding a Son of Malice somewhere? they have a pretty nice black and white quartered scheme that looks pretty good, and would represent the fifth god of Chaos.

I like The Purge too, it's just that I've already tried painting their colour scheme in the past, on a Chaos Marine:


They're also a bit depressed it seems, with the whole 'murder the entire galaxy' thing, which doesn't really fit with my image of the Nurglite's character

As for the Sons of Malice, I'd totally forgotten about him! Malice, that mischievous devil, always ruining everyone's plans. They seem like a close-knit group though, so I'm not sure how one of them could end up in the Survivors' crew... then again, stranger things have happened in WH40k

And don't worry about me straying from the true path, the Word Bearer's got that covered...

Leviathus wrote:Dang Ez! They look fabulous! Well fabulous in their disturbing chaosy way that is I really like the red on the Word Bearer btw! Is that Khorne red that you're using?

I approve of that Apocalypse Company scheme And are you gonna sculpt some hideous rotting things on the Nurglite or are you leaving him as is?

Thanks Levi! I actually used Screamer Pink for the Word Bearer, one wash of Nuln Oil and it turns into a deliciously heretical red

I went ahead and tried to freehand some of those flames, I think the green works well with the black:


The Nurglite's not getting any mutations by the way, he hasn't been fully swayed to the service of Nurgle yet, although he has heavy leanings towards him.
As said, he's one of the more sane members of the squad, and he doesn't really like all those rampant mutations

I don't know much about Nurglites but I've read somewhere that they are the more jolly guys. Despite their ugly rotting bodies at least the know to have a laugh That's what I like about them. Not the usual "DESTROY THE GALAXY WAH WAH!!!!"

The flames are looking good! They nicely contrast the black.

So far, so awesome! Keep on building up, because you know you never just settle for one squad.
I know it's not in the rules, but how about an Iron Warriors terminator with a thunderhammer? You could have him as a disgraced warsmith who accidentally fused a fellow warsmith into a helbrute. Or something. Anyways, they're all looking mighty fine so far, in particular that flawless host guy, and I think the overall concept is a winner!

Thanks guys!

I've put some more paint on the Nurglite, he's coming along nicely:











The green's working exactly the way I wanted, although it's getting a bit overpowering now I think; what do you guys think?
The flames are a bit rough in some places, I'm going to touch them up a bit later; here's a pic of him and his (painted) buddies:


I'm already getting tempted to go buy some more Chaos Space Marines and/or Terminators, damn you guys for putting these ideas in my head! Which reminds me, I still have two Hellbrutes I could finish...

If I end up buying another Terminator squad, I can assure you that an Iron Warrior and a Son of Malice will be in it! (I can even salvage a Thunder Hammer from an Assault Terminator squad I have lying around!)

Dude, your freehand is superb! And I really like the idea of 5 more Terminators...

Thank you

Another box of Terminators would be cool, although a box of regular CSM would be nice as well (I still have some mutated arms left, but they're a bit small for the Terminators)...

This is pretty nice. I like the idea of different members being aligned to different gods. Kudos. Can't wait to see more.

Ezra, is it ok if I steal your idea of having genuine identities for all major warriors for my Daemonkin? Would love to mix different colour schemes!

@Malganess - Thank you!

@Matthew - Certainly! I'd love to see what you come up with (I wasn't even aware Daemons had different colour schemes)

Why yes they have! Keep an eye out for updates on my plog...
I love those freehand flames you've got going there. Awesome.

Love the Word Bearer!

Thank you! He really turned out better than expected, might paint a few more of 'em (if I get my hands on some more Chaos dudes)

I didn't manage to finish these guys in time for the competition, but that doesn't mean I've stopped working on them! The Nurglite finally got his paintjob finished, here's some pics of the maniac:








Power weapons! They radiate with POWEERRRR! (and lightning, because reasons)



And here he is with his buddies:


So, tell me, did I pull of the Apocalypse Company colour scheme decently enough? I had a lot of fun painting this guy, freehanding those flames and lightning was a nice little challenge (although you can't really see the flames on his legs in the pics though, sadly)

Damn. I want to do Nurgle now, he looks great!

Thanks Matthew!

I'm still looking for a good way to base these guys, I found this here on Dakka Dakka: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/613463.page#7171718
It'd be a great base for the Slaaneshi, as it ties in with his flamer-happy behaviour

Now, only the Khornate and the Tzeentchian remain... which would you guys like to see first?

I'd love to see the Khorne guy. And that burnt base seems great! Are you planning in adding anything more to the force?

I'm not sure yet, I'm saving up some cash for another raid at the FLGS, my wish-list has been filling up a bit the past few weeks

I'm thinking of buying another Chaos Terminator squad, and some Chaos Marines perhaps. I'm not too sure yet of the Chaos Marines, as I'd like to spice them up a bit more by adding Khorne Berzerker bits, but then I'd also need a Khorne Berzerker squad...

Other than that, I still have two Dark Vengeance Hellbrutes in my possession, and now that I've finally gotten my hands on some plasticard, I might try to scratchbuild a Defiler

That Nurglite looks badass! Splendid paint job

I would like the see the Khornate next!

Khorne next please
You know BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD and all that.

Hello again everyone, I got a quick little update for you

Due to popular demand, I started work on the Khornate, here's a few WiP pics:



The head's gonna have some more work done to it, like the wires on his head (which are a great stand-in for the Butcher's Nails by the way).









He currently sports the 'Wrath' colour scheme, although I'm getting drawn to the regular World Eaters colour scheme; the black torso just makes him look a bit unfinished, in my opinion
I also need to get those gory bits on his base some paint, and splash some delicious blood on that pretty armour of his (Khornate's gonna Khornate, ya know?)

Not sure when I'm going to be able to finish this guy, real life is slamming my free time again and it doesn't look like it's going to get better anytime soon. On the bright side, it means these guys aren't finished yet, so that means I'll get to make more updates without also having to empty my wallet (for now, anyway)

Okay, that last part was a lie, I bought some bits lots off ebay a couple of days ago, which should contain some Chaos dudes to experiment on

That's all I have for now, comments or suggestions are always welcome, and thanks for stopping by

Hello again everyone, I got another update for you; seems like the Remnants found some more potential recruits....

I got two bitz bags from eBay in the mail today, both containing all sorts of Chaos bitz and pieces; let's have a look, shall we?

The full lot:


Now there's a bunch of unfinished stuff in here, some of 'em painted to...questionable standards (then again, they're pretty much on the same level of my old Ultramarine army, so I don't really have the right to complain ), but they seem to be intact for the most part.

For example, these 6 regular CSM:


Or these Raptors and a Terminator (by the Emperor, that jetpack; someone took the Night Lords' bat theme a bit too literally)


Here's another Raptor, and a Plague marine with a special weapon:


And some of my favourite models of the bunch, the old-school Khorne Berzerkers (and one old Terminator):


Here's two other marines, still on their sprue:


And then there's this guy, who's already earned a special place in my heart: a Plague marine sergeant


Bits-wise, the package wasn't too bad either; I got some vehicle spikes, some standards, various weapons (not too many sadly), etc.

Now I've got a bunch of Chaos Space Marines, but how am I ever going to build them all when I've only got 9 backpacks (2 of which are jetpacks)?


The marines are better off head-wise, seems like each of 'em will be able to get his own helmet (although some of them seem rather silly, even for a Chaos Marine - I think the Slaaneshi might disagree)


So yeah, I only have a couple of backpacks to equip these guys with, which is a shame, really
Weapons- and pauldrons-wise, I hope I can salvage enough guns from my Tac and Sternguard squad, and I might try to sculpt some custom pauldrons to replace missing bits; I'm sure I can think of a fluffy reason for their new equipment (I sense more fluff coming in the future)

That's all I have for you now, if anyone has an idea on how to fix the backpack- and shoulderpad issue, please let me know!

Nice bitz treasure you've got there! especially those old skool models As for the missing backpacks... I can't recommend bitzbox.co.uk/bitzarium.com enough! They may not always have things in stock but they do restock now and then.

Niiiiice haul.

Can't wait to see that painted up.

Hello again everyone, I've got a tiny update on the Remnants for you. Let's get right to it

So you probably remember me buying a bunch of bits off eBay, containing all sorts of goodies; here's a quick (and incredibly blurry, the camera refuses to cooperate) pic of the little bags of wonders:


I went ahead and bought some more of that

I went through the packages a bit to see what's all crammed in there, and I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised by the sheer volume of useful stuff I've got here. Chainswords, Chaos heads, various icons and all other sorts of PURE, UNDILUTED WIN. Best part was that I now had enough bits to (almost) fully equip the marines from last time, which is pretty awesome too.

Going through it all put me in a Chaos-obsessed mood, so I slapped a couple of bits together, the results of which you can find below

First up is a Tactical squad (or the Chaos equivalent of one), which I have dubbed The Reclaimed as they pretty much are; nothing like recycling I guess


Like with my Terminator squad, I just went with the Rule of Cool (or what I see as cool anyway), which will probably drive anyone in love with the crunch or WYSIWYG absolutely mad.



This squad's led by an Emperor's Children Marine, mostly by the fact he's universally hated by everyone else, so every time he opens his mouth, the squad just does the exact opposite.
Which aggravates him immensely. The commander thinks it's hilarious though.

He also has an awesome crab-arm to shank people with. Still have to trim the skull on his shoulder off so I can give him a nice Slaaneshi one. Not sure how I can mark him as the squad's leader though, maybe a spike with skulls on his backpack? Also, his head has a massive spike sticking out of it. Slaanesh swears its not some phallic reference. Freud probably disagrees.

He usually hangs back a bit with the Thousand Son, letting the more aggressive members of the group do most of the work. Which is why he has a more relaxed pose to him (and why everyone thinks he's a coward)

The marine now referred to as "The Beast" is the squad's tracker and resident Possessed maniac. Although no-one's really sure about that; after all, where does mutation end and Daemon begin?
Has some nifty enhanced senses, so he probably knows where you are before you know he's around. This is a bad thing.

Aside from his other shoulder pad, this guy's pretty much done. I went for a "leering monster" kind of pose, because Daemons are evil and stuff.

The Thousand Son. Was inducted into the Remnants with the Terminator Sorceror. According to the rumours, he was the Sorceror's brother (as in, blood-related; wait, bad example), and he was the only thing the Sorceror took with him when he fled from the Prodigal Sons. Blood goes deep, as they say....
Now serves as the sergeant's bodyguard, since he can't really do much when the Sorceror's not around.


A Black Legionnaire. Part of the commander's original retinue.

A bit unoriginal pose-wise, I was inspired by the cover of Black Crusade from FFG. Might do a head swap.

Dude with a flamer. Haven't really thought of a character for this guy.


Maralax the Vile (working title). Khorne worshipper and CQC enthusiast, he's usually coupled with the Black Legionnaire and the Beast for breach and clear actions. And basically anything that involves killing tons of people. Fun guy.

Pose-wise, I tried to go for 'I just slashed a guy and now aim my pistol at other people'. Not sure if it works yet.

Here's an Aspiring Champion I built up from spare parts, he's still very WiP.


Also, I had some WHFB zombies stuck in there, figured they could work as Plague Zombies or Cultists


And lastly, good ol' Sisyphus got a little upgrade:

Spikey half-circle thingies! The stuff of wonders, I say.

So that's pretty much all I have for you now; still have some bits coming though, so stay tuned!

Looks great! How'd you make that power fist?

The one on The Beast? I didn't actually make it, I just found it amongst the bits I know his other powerfist is from the Possessed kit (I think)

Nice conversions. Looking good.

Lovely bunch and quite characterful!

Very nice stuff, and great take on chaos warbands. I totally see a bunch of discarded warriors with different affinities joining forces under the hand of a maddened warlord, as long as it is convenient. And Chaos is so adapted to making squads where each character has his own personality.

What is also great about Chaos, is that bits for almost any other army go ! By the way, regarding these bit bags you got from ebay, did you handpick each part, or are their content randoms ? I was thinking of getting such random bags from the bitsbarn, sometimes, you gotta let the dark gods decide.

Anyway, consider me subscribed, can't wait to see where Those Who Remain go next !

Thank you! I'll elaborate on the 'maddened warlord' a bit more later; let's just say he isn't all that happy with his new job...

As for the bits, the bags I managed to get a hold of were a mix of various CSM bits, I only checked to see if it contained at least some of the elements I still required (everything else was a nice surprise)
It also adds a bit more randomness to the creation of each member; for example, in the first bag, I found some great mutated arms, including a crab-like claw. In the second bag, I found a Slaaneshi head and pauldron. Add a previously half-posed model and a backpack and I've got myself an Emperor's Children marine who's received a Daemonette-like mutated arm!

That's pretty much the same thing that happened with the others; the discovery of a full Heavy Bolter setup led to a FFG's Black Crusade-inspired Black Legionnaire, two mutated Power Fists from different bags and a wicked Possessed head resulted in the Beast, etcetera etcetera.

So if you want some more variety in your CSM force, I'd definitely go for mixed bits bags; you can still order specific bits as you require them (getting some extra shoulder pads is a really good idea though, as mixed bags usually don't contain many of them)

Thanks for the intel, guess I'll soon order some chaos oriented random bags then. Would you recommend any ebay seller/store in particular ?

I bought my bits bags from TheTrollTrader and The Warhammer Trader on eBay, both have a bunch of second-hand WH40k stuff. TheTrollTrader has some SM bits bags with Chaos bits thrown in for sale at the moment, that could be interesting for you, given your tendency to convert things

They're both UK-based though, so prices are a bit high (curse those British pounds); so check the pictures for interesting bits before you make your pick

Thanks, I guess I'll soon visit the troll then ^^ !

Hello again everyone, I've got some more visions from the Dark Gods, which means The Remnants are getting an update!

I've spent the past few days trying (and failing) to bring some semblance of order in the massive stock of bits I've acquired in the past weeks. I've already managed to fill one box with mostly CSM and a few regular SM bits, as you can see here:



You have no idea how much time it took to get all of these sorted out. Seriously, I've got more heads and helmets in here than I will probably EVER need, unless I wish to dedicate an altar to Khorne (or Malal, seeing as they'd be mostly CSM helmets)

Anyway, there's still a load of bits I need to process, among them a half-assembled Land Speeder (which will get the proper Chaos treatment once I figure out how I'm going to reconstruct the engine parts). That'll be for some other time though, when I find more boxes to put those bits in

Of course, I couldn't resist mashing a bunch of bits together, which brings me to the new recruits for The Remnants, a 5-man strong unit dubbed The Retained!



First up is the squad's leader, a Fallen Angel and evil bastard extraordinaire:



Of all members of The Remnants, Galgar is the most boastful about his origins, which is a rarity amongst the group of forgotten and betrayed marines that form the core of the warband. Once a Dark Angel, he was sent back to Caliban alongside Luther and his Terran-born brethren, where he took part in the great battle that reduced said planet to a single spaceworthy rock. He has always claimed that it was his Primarch who had fallen, and that he and his brothers were, and had always been, loyal to the Imperium in every way.
Of course, not a single soul in the warband believes his story, for those who have seen him in combat know him to be a sadistic butcher, taunting his enemies even as he disembowels them with his sword. Arrogant to the point it pisses off even the Slaaneshi, yet strategically gifted enough that his leadership is grudgingly accepted by those under his command. He tends to lead by example, although that's more because he enjoys murdering people rather than to inspire his comrades.

Next, a mysterious Alpha Legionnaire (as if any of them aren't)


No-one knows how or why the Alpha Legionnaire got into The Remnants. He's been with the warband for a while now, serving as a reliable right-hand man for Galgar. He's generally distrusted by the others, out of fear of getting surprise backstabbed (Galgar doesn't care though, he's confident enough he'd be able to beat the Alpha should he betray them). The commander seems to know more about the Legionnaire, but he's not talking either...

After the Alpha Legionnaire, we've got an Iron Warrior:


One of the Iron Warriors who were rescued from a dying planet, this one has served The Remnants as a heavy weapons specialist. His favourite weapon is the lascannon he carries, which seems to be a highly customized weapon which he wields with unnerving accuracy.

And lastly, a Nurglite icon bearer, who might be a bit too crazy for his own good:


I accidentally forgot to take a picture of the last member of the squad, he's a regular foot soldier recycled from some older Chaos model; I might still replace him with a Tzeentchian marine, provided I find some good weapon for him.

Aside from the other tactical squad, I made a mock-up of the bike rider:


And I gave Maralax the Vile a head swap, making him a bit more Khornate:



That's all I have for you now, thanks for stopping by, and as always, comments and suggestions are more than welcome

Oh boy, that is awesome. How does one get such a huge bitz box?

It's super easy with these 5 simple steps!

1. Find somewhat large bits bag on eBay or wherever for a price you can convince yourself is worth it
2. Buy said bits bag, and 3 or 4 more for good measure
3. Find a box to store said bits in
4. ???
5. PROFIT! FOR CHAOS!

I made the mistake of buying a bit too many bits bags, which kind of negates the point of 'I'll buy them second-hand so they're cheaper', so if you plan on buying bits bags, show some restraint (or drown out your conscience and reason)

Anyway, I really wanted to add a Tzeentchian to the second squad, so I went ahead and threw some bits together:


I wanted him to have a staff of some sort, so I used a GK power glaive (or whatever it's called). I'm not entirely happy with the pose yet, maybe I should pose him as if he's casting a spell?

In other news, I tested a new basing method I'm going to use for The Remnants:




A mix of three different types of tiny stones, primed black and drybrushed with Eshin Grey followed by a lighter grey. Pretty easy to do and gives a nice 'urban rubble' effect, in my opinion

The Tzeentchian looks really good, I for one really like the pose! and great work on the basing. It will make the figures really pop!

Thanks Levi! Glad you like the basing, I'm going to try and add character-specific details here and there (like some burnt ground for the Slaaneshi with the Heavy Flamer, or chopped limbs for the Khornate)

The Tzeentchian's growing on me, he looks pretty badass combined with the rest of his squad (I'll get a pic of the entire squad up soon); now I only need to think of a colour scheme for each of these guys!

Really like the Tzeentchian

Yup, that tzeentchian is really nice, seems to be waiting for his opponent to get in range for a good old head chop !

Awesome chaos marines so far, really loving the Fallen Angel and the Tzeencthian marine. I also really approve of the truly chaotic way you've gone about piecing them together - I might try that some time...
What I would ask is: what's the unifying spot colour for your army? I know each and every chaos space marine is virtually unique, and that is a respectable feat, but on the battlefield they do need something, no matter how small, to unite them. Maybe a shared basing design? Or some recurring symbol of chaos undivided? Anyways, looks good so far - I'd love to see your guys painted up, and will be watching this project with interest.

Thanks everyone! And to answer your question Drakeslayer, all members will get the same type of basing; as you can see in what follows...

I've spent most of the day basing the Terminator squad and finishing up the Khornate, and then fiddled a bit with the Tzeentchian. Here's what the squad looks like now:



The Tzeentchian's still very much Paint In Progress, I'm having a bit of trouble with the blue and gold. But I'll save that for last, let's first look at the finished ones' bases!

First up is the model that started it all, the Flawless Host Terminator with the Heavy Flamer:



Seeing as I think of him as a bit of a sadist with a nasty habit of burning the gak out of anything he comes across, I decided to add some wooden bits to his base, most of which are still on fire (or at least smouldering). I followed a really great tutorial from EonsOfBatlle, who has a bunch of tutorials about basing miniatures here on Dakka; be sure to check them out if you're in need of some help with your basing





Next up is the Word Bearer, the second Terminator I painted and the first one I based He got the most basic basing, just the mixture of the three types of stones with two layers of drybrushing.







The Apocalypse Company Terminator got his base done right after the Word Bearer, I added a bit more detail by planting a skull in between the rocks. It's suffering a bit from a visibility problem, as I drybrushed it grey like the rest of the base, so it doesn't stand out as much... maybe I'll touch it up later





And lastly, the Khornate, who was finished and based on the same day, which is kind of unique as I'm usually too lazy to do the latter
I went pretty much all the way with this one; I'd put some disembodied arms on his base already, so the stage was already set for a base worthy of Khorne. Of course, one cannot please the Blood God without having some blood splattering around, so I took my Blood for the Blood God and sprayed away!










Blood for the Blood God!

And that brings me to the last member of the squad, the ex-Prodigal Son:





As I said earlier, this one's giving me some trouble. The blue just seems too dark (it's just one coat of Kantor Blue over black primer), while the gold seems a bit too flashy at the moment. I'm not sure about his cloak either, I thought of painting it brown but eventually went with dark red to add some more contrast to the model as a whole. I'm torn between the two colours, which isn't helped by the fact that I can't figure out the base colours either. If anyone has some advice about this, I'm all ears...

So that's pretty much it for now, hopefully I'll be able to get the Tzeentchian sorted sometime soon, as I'm really looking forward to painting the marines I've been building

As always, comments and suggestions are more than welcome, and thanks for stopping by

Hey Tyrius, the terminators are looking stunning! I think the Tzeencthian terminator looks alright actually, as remember the original thousand sons were very gaudy, and I'm sure all followers of Tzeentch would follow in their footsteps. I really shouldn't give you any advice because everything you've done so far is very well done, but if you are looking for a little help with the Tzeentchian, might I recommend highlighting the kantor blue with caledor sky? What us oldies call Enchanted Blue. Then you could always do some extreme highlighting with whatever ice blue is these days... temple guard blue maybe. The cloak looks very good, and if you feel the gold is a little too bright then I always find agrax earthshade to be my best friend for gaudy banding.
I particularly like the khornate terminator - the plugs in his head look very detailed.

Thank you! Any and all advice is welcome, as long as it's friendly (bonus points if it's also helpful though )!

My main problem with the blue is that Kantor Blue is just a tad too dark, while Enchanted blue seems a bit too light (no, I'm not difficult, I swear ). Highlighting the edges with Enchanted blue seems like a good idea, but the armour plates (like the pauldrons or the chest) wouldn't be helped much by that (or at least, I think so, I've never tried highlighting the inside part of a pauldron)... Maybe the colour will get a bit brighter if I give it two or three coats of Kantor Blue?

Add a secodn coat of Kantor blue and highlight it, hit it with a black and/or blue wash, or with that blue glaze. Hit the gold with a sepia and/or brown wash, then highlight it. And a brownc loak would look better, IMO. Red's a bit too flashy; if you want contrast, though, something beige, bone, or white could work.

"Tell me, Sorcerer, why is it that you spend so much time in the lower decks?", the Word Bearer asked as they walked through the halls towards the command bridge. The Sorcerer did not respond. He had always been reclusive about his past, something most members of the warband had come to accept, as he was certainly not the first to do so. There were always a few, however, who felt the incessant need to keep fishing for the truth for their own amusement. The Word Bearers were especially guilty of such behaviour.

"I can't imagine what could be down there that interests you so much", the Word Bearer continued, "After all, all that is down there are our vehicles, which I don't believe interests you in the slightest, and ofcourse, that Rubric you brought along...?"

The Sorcerer slammed the Word Bearer into the nearest wall, his armoured fingers firmly around the man's throat. He brought his helmeted head closer to the Word Bearer as he hissed vehemently in response. "Do not speak of it again. Or there will be consequences."

"I didn't know you Sorcerers were so attached to your Rubrics", the Word Bearer smirked, as he struggled against the Sorcerer's iron grip.

The Sorcerer paused, his grip loosening slightly. "We are not."

He let get of the Word Bearer, and continued walking down the hallway.

"Then why do you visit this one?" The Word Bearer asked, catching his breath while rubbing his sore throat.

The Sorcerer did not turn around to respond, but the answer escaped his helmet in a whisper.

"Because all might be dust, but blood runs deeper than flesh...

So the Tzeentchian got himself all finished up, I'm really happy with how he turned out. I didn't change the blue, but I did give the gold a nice Agrax Earthshade wash, which made the colours work a lot better together. I also went for a brown cloak, it was the better choice in the end













Once I had the base colours down, the rest of the model was really fun to paint. The Power Mace was fun to paint, got to freehand a bunch of those lightning stripes (POWEEEERRRR!), although I'm thinking of adding a layer of white over them to make them pop a bit more

So, with the Tzeentchian finished, the first Terminator squad is completed! Here are a couple of group pictures of the elite of The Remnants:







That's all I have for now, hope you enjoy, and thanks for stopping by

So the first five are done then ! Congratulation. It was said above, but these wires on the Khorne guy are a really good call, and the squad looks brilliant together.

Dang Ezra, the Tzeentchian looks stellar! The rest of the lot look also very good!

Love the Butcher's Nails on the Khornate terminator, top work!

Thanks guys!

I've been thinking about which squad I'll be painting next, and decided to make a bit of a list of the warband's current assets to keep things organized. So far, this is what I've got:

- 1x Terminator squad, 5 members (finished)
- 2 x Hellbrute
- 3 x 'Combat squad', 6 members each (total of 18 members)
- 1 x Plague zombies / Cultists, 6 members
- 1 x Attack Bike

I'm definitely going to buy another Terminator squad, it was a great kit to work with, and I've got a bunch of bits to customize them with too

So that leaves me with a bunch of models to paint, and a couple that need some more conversion work done before I can start painting them. I'm also planning on converting a half-broken Land Speeder into something Chaos-related, and I'm going to try to scratchbuild a Rhino from some leftover parts

Wow - I was a little hesitant when I saw that your termie squad was gonna be all different devotions, but every one is amazing and your writing really ties all the unique characters together.

Subbed for sure - can't wait to see more marines come out of that never ending bits box

Thank you Jpog! To be honest, I wasn't sure of what the final result would look like either, especially since I have to figure out how I'm going to approach the colour scheme for each model individually I just hope I'll be able to keep the same level of quality throughout the entire warband, because I think even the Dark Gods would frown upon an army that more or less resembles a Jackson Pollock painting

Anyways, I started work on the regular Chaos Space Marines, starting with a model that instantly grabbed my attention the moment I laid eyes upon it; namely, an old Nurgle Aspiring Champion.

This is what he looked like when he came into my possession:


...and here's what he looks like now:



















Gorgyron, of the Death Guard Legion. A rather charismatic individual (or at least, compared to the rest of the warband), he spends most of his time tending to the small group of Plague zombies he brought along when he was recruited. He's also the person who convinced the Khornates that the zombies are more useful as cannon fodder rather than as target practice, which was impressive enough of itself that he's now relatively respected by his peers. Said respect has taken a dive however since he started pulling practical jokes on everyone who's not paying attention, which has lead to several... 'unfortunate' incidents (the ship's crew is still trying to clean the bits of zombie out of the ventilation shafts). In battle, he's more reliable, combining his skill with a Power Pistol and combat knife with his Legion's legendary endurance.

In short, he's not the worst guy to have around, as long as you keep an eye on him so he doesn't smuggle a Plague Zombie into your transport for a laugh.


Extra fluff:
This lone Death Guard marine was found in the wake of a great battle between the dreaded followers of the God of Disease and several Imperial Guard regiments. The Remnants had followed an Imperial supply line to the planet of Alerian, hoping to scavenge much-needed weapons and munitions while the conflict on the surface distracted the Imperial presence. When they arrived in the system however, it appeared that the battle had ended in mutual destruction, leaving the Remnants unopposed in their quest for supplies. As the Imperial ships had been too heavily damaged to recover anything but scraps from them, a strike team made planetfall to claim the required resources. During their descent, they picked up a distress signal not far from their landing zone. Knowing that a distress signal could possibly alert other Imperial forces in the vicinity, the strike team set out to neutralise it to make sure their plans were not disturbed. At the origin of the distress signal the group was ambushed by a small mob of Plague zombies, led by a single Chaos Space Marine. After dispatching most of the zombies, the strike team's leader called for a cease-fire, offering the Death Guard a place in the Remnants. No sooner had the marine accepted when an Inquisitorial vessel arrived in the system, carrying several Ordo Malleus operatives and Tempestus Scions in response to the distress signal the Imperial regiments had sent out prior to their final battle. The strike team grabbed whatever they could get their hands on in their flight, rushing back to their ship before it was discovered by the Inquisition's agents. The group barely made it back to their ship after dodging the Ordo Malleus operatives several times, and the warband escaped the system after an intense game of cat-and-mouse with the Inquisiton's ship.

I went for the standard Death Guard colour scheme, which was a lot easier than I had expected. Agrax Earthshade helped me out a ton with this one, it really made the green a bit more filthy and worn The model itself was fun to paint, it was great to see the miniature come to life more and more with each layer of paint

Next in the painting queue is the Emperor's Children sergeant, although I'm a bit scared to start that one, as it requires me to paint a colour most diabolical and dreadful... PINK!

Well played getting that mini, it is indeed a very nice and colorfull one. That gun, for example, has the antique look that fit a veteran of the long war. I also really like that skin tone, right at the verge between undead and sick...

"Gorgyron ? He is an adorable fellow !"
-- Famous last words of sgt ballisticus, who later on met his demise at the teeth of a severed zombie head, playfully hidden in his ammunition locker.

Haha Poor Sgt Ballisticus, he was only doing his job

Anyways, I've done some work on the Slaaneshi sergeant of the first CSM squad, an Emperor's Children marine. This was a lot more difficult than I expected, the dreaded pink driving me slightly mad. I haven't based him yet, as I'm still debating whether or not I'm going to add pink or black flames on some of his armour panels (as the Emperor's Children like to do that for some reason). Here are some pics of the pink maniac:









The paintjob's a bit rough around the edges, but I think it works well enough. I still have a lot to learn about painting pink though, but that'll have to wait until the next Slaaneshi marine

As always, let me know what you think, and thanks for stopping by!

The pink looks pretty good IMHO! nice work mate!

Did you paint pink on top of black primer? because that makes you a candidate for the medal of suicide courage second class (first class is for painting yellow)

looks good, but I'm not a fan of their post-heresy colors, why couldn't they keep their old purple and gold?

I'd say that looks pretty good, speaking as a fan of Slaanesh myself I can't really fault the pink - though I like mine purple so I really couldn't pass judgement. Perhaps building up from white is the thing to do? Or maybe use layers of red and then finally arrive at pink? See, purple is so much easier! As for flames, if you think you're up to them (and I would suggest that you are, given your works as presented here) then I would certainly give it a go! Don't do flames in isolation though, always make sure they start at the base of an armourplate (e.g. a leg greave) rather than have flames suddenly appearing in the middle of large armour plates. Other than that, go wild! Really loving the whole concept and execution of the warband here, terrific!

Good one !
But since you did really nice flames on the Nurgle termie, you could definitely try some on that one, if Slaanesh demands it...
If I had to choose I'd go with pink flames on the black parts, as your pink already pops nicely on its own...

One thing that you could do with a future Khornate, would be to paint him in flames EVERYWHERE

This looks like an incredibly fun project. How big do you see the warband getting?

Finally found your thread Ezra!

All your models look good and unique keep it up!

Thanks everyone! Sorry for the extremely late reply, but I've been visiting Italy the past few days, more specifically the lovely city of Milan

I did not manage to escape the Dark Gods completely though, as Milan actually has an official GW store, which led to a small detour...



GIFTS! GIFTS FOR CHAOS!

Ahem. So anyway, I picked up a box of Cultists and Obliterators there, as well as a Horus Heresy novel named Deathfire (Salamanders! Wooh!). The Obliterators will probably see the most conversion work, mostly head swaps and maybe some arm swaps, depending on how well the Chaos Terminator arms scale up to the Obliterators massive bulk. The Cultist models look to be more of a challenge, as they're pretty detailed models to begin with, and they're partially push-fit, which makes converting the lot more difficult. The main idea I have for them is that they're an Alpha Legion-trained infiltration squad (or maybe part of a cult, Cult of the Hidden Serpent sounds pretty cool), tagging along with the Alpha Legionnaire of the second Tac squad.

Now, to answer to some of your replies...

aldo wrote:Did you paint pink on top of black primer? because that makes you a candidate for the medal of suicide courage second class (first class is for painting yellow)

looks good, but I'm not a fan of their post-heresy colors, why couldn't they keep their old purple and gold?

- Lord Creed, I bring terrible news!

- What is it, Corporal? Has the Chaos horde breached the outer defence lines? Has the Chaos fleet managed to break through our blockade? Speak, Corporal!

- It's worse sir. It's Private Tyrius... he's... Emperor, save us....

- He's what, Corporal? Has he turned to the Ruinous Powers? Has he sabotaged our generators? By the Emperor, tell me already!

- He's painted pink sir.... on black primer.

The command room falls silent, as the words drift in the air. All officers and crewmen look to Creed in stunned silence.

Lord Castellan Creed, Defender of Cadia, slowly takes his cigar out of his mouth and stares at the tactical displays in front of him.

- Send out the Medal of Suicide Courage Second Class to his next of kin. And tell them... I'm sorry.


...so, which of you Chaos warbands has a yellow colour scheme? I like me some medals!

I agree on the colour scheme though, it's a damn shame they switched to pink and black. If I'd ever get my hands on some Forgeworld stuff, I'd definitely try to get one of those Phoenix Terminators

Matthew wrote:One thing that you could do with a future Khornate, would be to paint him in flames EVERYWHERE

Not a bad idea, actually! I'll have to dig through the Lexicanum to see if there isn't a warband with a colour scheme like that

Fifty wrote:This looks like an incredibly fun project. How big do you see the warband getting?

That's a good question, actually. I haven't really set a limit for myself in terms of size, only that I definitely wanted an army big enough to actually play the game with (if I ever get around to learning how to play the game ).

At the moment, I'm a bit conflicted about what I'm going to add to the warband next. My birthday's coming up soon, so I certainly have the opportunity to get some delicious new toys to play with. But I'm not sure if it's the best idea to buy a completely 'new' kit, as I'd probably feel obliged to use everything that's in the box, rather than mixing in the random bits I have lying around.

For example, let's say I buy myself a box of Khorne Berzerkers. Lovely kit, awesome weapons, what's not to love? But what am I going to do? Make them all standard Berzerkers with pistol and chainaxes, or do I throw in a few spare bolters? Do I swap out a few chest pieces for variety, or do I use the Khorne ones for unit coherency? I have the same problems with the Raptors and Plague Marines kits, I just don't want to end up with generic marines anyone could have put together.

There's a couple of things that are definitely taking shape on the horizon though; I've got plans to scratchbuild a light assault tank (which will count as a Rhino) and a Defiler (albeit a small one), I have an old Land Speeder I need to find some use for and I've got my Obliterators and Cultists to convert, so I think I have enough work to keep me busy for the moment

Also, a new box of Chaos Terminators is definitely at the top of my wish-list, as I've really enjoyed painting the other squad. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions, really


On a side note, I've also been thinking of making a sort of mini-index of the colour schemes I've painted, with short tutorials on what colours I used and in what order, so people can use them as a starting point to create an army of one of the lesser known warbands, without having to go through as much trial and error in getting the colour scheme right

That's all I have for now, thanks for stopping by, and if you have some suggestions for future additions to the warband, let me know!

Love the story

No yellow chaos that I know of, the best thing I can think of is an Iron Warrior who was a bit too zealous in the application of hazard stripes, not that I plan on doing that for my IW because I hate painting silver or anything...

Hell yeah cultists ! I think that even unconverted, they have an insanely high level of coolness compared to how discardable they are. I mean they'll probably get chainsawed by a passing by havoc if he thinks he will get a steadier weapon stand using the corpse.

Regarding the Berzerker kit I would not worry about it being overkhornified, Back in the days I seem to recall buying at least one kit to assemble standard chaos marines with melee weapons. Regarding Icons on torsos, belt buckles or knees, you can easily "shave" them with a knife and get a nice area for freehand. And regarding heads you can also remove the bunny ears and if needed replace them with horns. I think the only part that would be hard to unkhornify would be the spaulder with a big khorne icon on it, but that part is worth saving for actual followers of the blood god.

I found some more time to work on The Remnants, I finally finished the Emperor's Children Sergeant

Behold his glorious pinkness!











I can tell you one thing, painting flames isn't easy; painting pink ones is even worse It worked out in the end though, although I may have lost some of my sanity doing so...
Some of you might also spot the black flames on his right leg, which also took a while to get right, especially since I couldn't really reach that part of the armour all too well. But I succeeded, with patience and one steady hand!

In other Chaos-related news, I built a little Alpha Legion Operative Cell (an ALOC?), which goes by the name of the Cult of the Hidden Serpent (even though they aren't cultists, and the cult itself doesn't actually exist). Here's some pictures and info on the group's members:





Operative 'Snake'. He's an old grumpy sergeant. Occasionally has strange hallucinations about otacons, metal gears and someone called Liquid. Currently in charge of the cell.
I only did some minor (although very tedious) conversion work on his model, I just raised his pistol arm so it looks more like he's shooting someone





Operative 'Scarecrow'. A marksman with hellish accuracy and a foul mood. He knows things are only going to get worse for him, and he's totally right. Usually hangs back with the Chef to provide covering fire and other support roles. Gets itchy around bats.

Again, only some small adjustments to the base model, I just gave him a rifle scope and a bullet belt on his back.





Operative 'Bolt'. Hailing from the Death World of Catachan, he's an excellent tracker and jungle fighter, often sent out in front of the cell's operations for recon. His nickname stems from his affinity with machinery, although some say he got it from that time he killed someone with an used bolter shell. But that's just a rumour (we hope).

'Bolt' got himself a backpack and an auspex, to set him apart as the squad's tracker. I'm painting him at the moment, I'll have some pics up soon





Operative 'Pyro'. Heavy weapons specialist and slightly mad individual. He tends to over-do it a bit with the flamethrower, which is why they usually send him in first (they still have burn marks from the last time 'Pyro' went last). Overall, a fun guy to be around.

This one was more heavily converted; I chopped off his right arm and replaced it and the other arm with some spare Cadian ones. Cutting off the arm was a bit tricky, but once the arm's out of the picture, you can pretty much slap on whatever Cadian arms you have, which is pretty neat. If I ever start a Renegade IG army, I think I'll get a bunch of this model



Operative 'Madz'. He's mad. Really, really mad. Mad enough to charge at enemy firing positions with nothing more than an improvised bat. More frightening is the fact that he manages to survive those insane charges each and every time. 'Snake' keeps him around for good luck, and because the guy makes for the best stories.

This guy got 'Pyro's' arms, as I felt that they fitted him better. He even has a crazy mask and a running pose, so why he didn't have a close combat weapon in the first place is beyond me. I had to chop the arms up a bit to have them fit, but it was the converting went pretty smoothly. I'll have to fill that gap in his chest though, damn these push-fit models...



Operative 'Chef'. Once a vox operator, he was demoted to service in the cantina for 'accidentally' sending an artillery strike on a forward position which just happened to be where the platoon's commissar was fighting. The Alpha Legion reinstated him back into his old function, although he's decided to keep his old uniform for nostalgia's sake.
DON'T EVER EAT ANYTHING HE HAS MADE, TOUCHED, OR BREATHED IN THE SAME ROOM AS. IT WILL KILL YOU.

This guy wasn't actually included in the box, as he's originally from the Dark Vengeance boxed set. I found him in one of my bits bags, where he sat for a while as I didn't have a unit to accompany him. Now that he's got some buddies, I saw fit to convert him a bit. I chopped off his arms (I'm starting to sense a theme here) and stuck a vox transmitter on his back, so he's now the unit's comms officer. Again, I'll have to fill that unsightly gap in his chest, but that's about it conversion-wise

So that's about it for now, I've started painting 'Bolt' as a test model for the others already, so expect to see that in the near future

As always, comments and suggestions are always welcome, and thanks for stopping by

Good ones, and fun video game references (Well, got two of them, but still waking up so might have missed some...) !
And you are right about Madz, cool mini that definitely deserves to smash people in the face with a blunt weapon.

I love these! You are very good at writing fluff too! Subbed and exalted.

So my birthday's arrived, and the Dark Powers have granted me some gifts....



BWAHAHAAHAHAHA! YES, YES! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! HAHAAAHAHAHAAHAH!

Ahem.

Right, so I've got a box of Khorne Berzerkers and Chaos Terminators, which is bloody (hah!) awesome

Now my plan for the Berzerkers may cause Khorne a bit of rage, as the plan is to turn 5 of the crazed Khornates into Raptors, which would leave me with 7(!) Berzerkers (for those who don't know, 7 is the sacred number of Nurgle - oops)

Alternatively, I have two old metal Raptors in my possession (although one's flying base is sadly broken), so I could turn just 3 of the Berzerkers into Raptors (12 - 3 = 9; favorite number of... Tzeentch. Feth. *sound of horrific disembowelment by angry Bloodthirsters*)

Okay, I still have to figure out what I'm going to do with them, all I know is that I want at least one Raptor with a chainaxe, because BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

Now, in other news, I apparently forgot to show you the Obliterator I've been experimenting on last time, so here he is:



As these guys are supposedly Terminators-turned-Obliterators, I figured it'd make more sense if they actually looked a bit like Terminators. So I swapped his head out for a spare Terminator one, swapped one of his hands and added some spare spikes on his back. The arm's bothering me a bit though, as it's just so small compared to the rest of the body, which probably won't be helped by the massive shoulder pad that will cover it. On the other hand, it could be explained by the randomness of the Obliterator virus, which should allow such variations to exist...

I've also painted one of my (not-) Cultists in the mean time, namely Operative 'Bolt':

(I made the pictures a bit bigger so you don't have to zoom in that much to see the actual model)











One downside to zoomed pictures is that you start seeing all the little mistakes you didn't see before... guess I'll have to touch him up here and there

I tried some new things here, mainly the blue-greenish colour of his scarf, and the red edging on the red parts. The Alpha Legion is known for their blue-green colour scheme, so I figured that their operatives (or diversion, who knows) would wear a similar colour. I used Hawk Turquoise with a green wash over it to get to this colour, which works reasonably well in my opinion. What do you guys think? Alpha Legion-y enough?

And lastly, I'd picked up a WHFB Chaos Sorcerer recently, and he just seemed perfect for converting into a renegade psyker for The Remnants Here's how he looks at the moment:





I used various bits from my bits box to flesh him out a bit, including a sidearm, a scroll on his belt and an evil book he uses to summon daemons with. Oh, and I did a head-swap, as I found this lovely Ghoul head that looked more appropriate for this evil sorcerer

That's all I have for you now, comments and suggestions are always welcome, and thanks for stopping by!

ooohhhh - Chaosy stuff!! consider me subbed

Are you keeping the sorcerer on a square base?

I'm probably going to swap it out for a round one, I just stuck it on there because it was the first one available

I love that goul head on the sorcerer, he looks twisted, corrupted, and having a pretty good time unleashing the powers of the warp on people.
That operative is looking good too, hopefully his mates will join in soon ^^ !
Oh and, for the Obliterator if you are concerned about the right arm looking too small, how about adding a third arm behind it, or a weapon being morphed ? On another hand, an asymetrical design can completely suit an obliterator.

A third arm would certainly be cool, I'll see how far I get with the current set-up first though

Anyways, I got a little update for you guys, I finished another Marine from the first squad, namely the Thousand Son:



Brought along by the Sorcerer, this Rubric Marine has seen service in the Reclaimed as the personal bodyguard for the squad's sergeant. Considering how much attempts on his life the Emperor's Child has lived through, one could say the Rubric is pretty damn good at his job.









Emperor's Child: Fight harder you fools! If I have to spend another second on this god-forsaken backwater planet, I'll have you clean and polish my armour until it shines again like it did before you dropped us into a GOD-DAMNED SWAMP!

Thousand Son: *internally screaming*

I had some problems with this one, I made the mistake of using a couple of pre-painted arms, who didn't appreciate being re-primed all that much. So the shoulder pads look a bit messed up, but apart from that, I enjoyed painting this guy

I've also put together some Raptors with Khorne Berzerker bits and some scenic bases I got in one of my bits bags. Here's what they look like so far:









I'm still experimenting with weapon set-ups and poses, I'm really liking the Berzerker kit (despite the fact that it hasn't aged that well), and I've primed a couple of miniatures to paint in the coming days. So keep an eye out for updates, I'd say

That's all I have for now, thanks for stopping by!

I thought you had painted pink on black! You madman...

In all seriousness, it's looking good! I'm liking the Raptors.

Well, you have to play with the cards you were dealt, so considering the original layers of paint I think it turned out well, you paints were thin enough not to add thickness to the model. Besides that is a clean job on the helmet lines and that tabar works really well (it is from a loyalist kit right ? I do not remember seeing that one on the thousand son models...).
Now maybe you, or someone passing by, will tell me that I am full of and that this is poor advice, but would not "adding paint" fix "the too much paint on the shoulder" problem ? I am not thinking one more layer, but some freehand that I know you can do, to distract the viewer from the "paint artifacts" (they are, imho, now visible because of that flat area on the shoulder).
Well, that is just me theorizing and I am definitely not a genius painter, so take this remark for the not much that this is worth. That model is already a proper automated killing machine right now.

These Raptors are looking good too, do you plan on keeping on merging difference allegiance inside the squad ? I know there is this whole raptor cult, but on another hand if you are the cultist responsible for the jump packs and if a berserk asks for one to get in the killing zone more quickly, you do not have a choice do you ? Also asking because there still are some Khorne icons on two of them. Flying berserks, we're all f*cked now.

I've been thinking of a solution as well, but most of the problem stems from what happened when I'd primed the model; namely, when I checked to see if it had dried already, I noticed the shoulders being grainy and thick, the details almost completely obscured by the thick black goop. Strangely, the primer came right off when I touched it, so I scratched parts of it away until the details were more or less visible again. However, part of the original paintjob had come off as well, which lead to the paint artifacts on the shoulders.

Adding some freehand is definitely an option, maybe I'll stick a Tzeentch icon on one shoulder and a Thousand Sons one on the other (if I have the guts to try and paint those, that is)

Oh, and the tabard is from Anvil Industries by the way, I have a few of them lying around, and figured it'd fit well with the Thousand Sons' aesthetic

The Raptors are probably going to end up being a mix of Night Lords and Khornates, but I'll see if I can throw in a servant of the other gods in as well

Also, BERZERKERNADO. It's like Sharknado, only with more chainaxes!

Smashing paint jobs mate! I'm loving those Raptors. Awesome poses and the scenic bases work well on them.

Thank you Levi! I wish I knew where those bases came from, so I could buy some more of them for the rest of the army

I've also got another update for you guys, which consists of two fully finished miniatures: one grumpy Iron Warrior and one sneaky Alpha Legion cultist

First up is Operative 'Bolt', who finally received his basing:









And here's Iron Warrior Zhoran, tank hunter extraordinaire and general badass:













Zhoran was one of the few Iron Warriors rescued from a dying planet, where they had been locked in combat with their own Grand Company. They had been part of a mutiny which aimed to remove their commander, a Warsmith who had become possessed by a Daemon, from his station. Unfortunately, the mad Warsmith managed to gather the support of most of the Company, which led to the mutineers getting hunted down by their former comrades. Zhoran was found while he was busy eliminating his pursuers' vehicles with his Lascannon, with which he racked up an impressive kill streak. When offered induction into The Remnants, he told the operatives he still had a 'loose end' he needed to take care of, after which he took off to parts unknown.

What happened next is unclear; it is only certain that he was exfiltrated with the strike team. Reports indicate the Iron Warriors Grand Company falling into disarray and infighting after the tragic demise of their commander, who was apparently murdered from incredibly far by an unseen assassin.

When asked, Zhoran never confirms or denies having anything to do with it, he merely grins at the mere suggestion.

Now, he serves as tank hunter and occasional sniper, providing his squad with heavy firepower.

I had a blast painting this guy, the Iron Warriors are really growing on me, both fluff- and tabletopwise The only things that gave me trouble were getting the right shade of iron and painting those damned hazard stripes. Seriously, how the hell are you supposed to keep a line straight on a round surface?!

I also deviated a tiny bit from the established colour scheme, as the Iron Warriors usually have red eyes instead of the blue ones I gave him. It just seemed like a better fit with the cold, calculating nature the Legion is known for; and it also allowed me to make the blue a bit of a spot colour on the helmet and on his weapon I also did a rather small attempt at OSL on the gun, I'm not sure if it's that visible in the pics, but it's there alright

One other tiny thing I changed from the original set-up was his right shoulder pad, which I swapped with one with a skull icon from the Berzerkers kit. It looks similar enough to the IW's icon, in my opinion


That's all I have for now, comments and criticisms are always welcome, and thanks for stopping by

Very like. What a great idea for an army. That thing will have so much character.

You might want to paint one shoulder the same to give them coherency, though.

You are right, this shoulder is perfect for Iron Warriors, and congrats for going so far as to painting hazard stripes on the laser cannon.

zgort wrote:Very like. What a great idea for an army. That thing will have so much character.

You might want to paint one shoulder the same to give them coherency, though.

Thank you!

Also, I know coherency is a bit of an issue, it's mostly done by the basing at the moment. Painting one shoulder is something I've considered, but I'd only do it if I had a good icon for the warband, which is another thing I'm having trouble with...

KernelTerror wrote:You are right, this shoulder is perfect for Iron Warriors, and congrats for going so far as to painting hazard stripes on the laser cannon.

Thank you! It took a while to get them painted, especially on such a small surface; good to see it paid off in the end

Dude! That Iron Warrior looks really good! You nailed the hazard stripes there mate.

Nice hazard stripes! They can be a real pain in the to paint, but they turned out straighter than a bunch of my tests went! The bezerker shoulder painted up as an iron face is a cool touch and I think it works pretty well!

I'm loving seeing this warband come together!

Cheers!

Will you have a Blood Pact or Blood Gorgon trooper?
I like those warbands, and they're pretty cool.

Blood Pact renegades would be cool, but I have no idea how to model them properly... but if I get my hands on some spare IG models, I'll certainly give it a try

As for the Blood Gorgons, they certainly sound interesting, especially the blood-bonding ritual; maybe I'll include two of them in the warband at some point

Now, I've been working on several things for The Remnants, like this little Zombie for example:





Had a lot of fun painting this one, Agrax Earthshade worked wonders here I also tried adding some bruises by splashing some Drucchi Violet here and there, I think it works well enough

I've also painted another Alpha Legion Operative, this one's called "Scarecrow":



Painted him up for the Monthly Painting Competition, I went for the inverted version of Bolt's scheme, which looks pretty spiffy in my opinion

Here's a couple pics with his buddy Bolt and a piece of cover I also painted for the competition:







I've also tweaked operative "Chef" a bit, I swapped his chainsword-wielding arm for one that's more... 'appropriate' for a comms officer:


You want us to do what now?

On the Heavy Support side of things, I semi-finished the mock-up of my first Obliterator:





Getting that shoulder pad to fit over the Terminator arm was a slightly maddening endeavor, but it submitted to the Dark Powers in the end (threatening to file it to death made it reconsider its protests) I'll have to do some more work to get those spikes on top of his armour to fit better, but that will be for later

And finally, I've started my attempt at scratchbuilding a Rhino, which is going better as expected:







I'm having some trouble with the other set of wheels though, as I need to recreate that part completely from scratch; and I have no properly sized wheels for the tracks

That's all I have for now, comments and suggestions are always welcome, and thanks for stopping by

Nice update, good call modifying "Chef". I always feel a bit sad when removing a weapon in the interest of realism, but you definitely made the right call as he is now really in character.

And good luck on that rhino then. It looks good so far but did you consider casting the missing side ? That might be the opportunity to experiment, although because of the size of it, it might require a heavy setup...

I like the modification of Chef, The Obliterator look's great, are they all Resin?
Also, that Rhino. Adorable.

Some of your conversions are fantastic and the colour scheme is ingenious!

Matthew wrote:I like the modification of Chef, The Obliterator look's great, are they all Resin?
Also, that Rhino. Adorable.

Yup, those Obliterators are resin; they're not that easy to work with I must say, it's a lot softer than regular plastic, which makes cutting them up a little bit too easy...

corpuschain wrote:Some of your conversions are fantastic and the colour scheme is ingenious!

Thank you!

I've found some more time to work on The Remnants, I've managed to paint another Marine for my first Tactical squad; a Khornate from the Eightscarred warband.











I have to say that painting Khornates is definitely not my favorite, they're all so bloody red that it barely matters what warband they belong to. As said, this one is from the 'Eightscarred' warband, which is unique by...painting their shoulder pads black. Honestly, the warbands from the Khorne Daemonkin book all seem to have this problem, which is rather disappointing. I mean, where are those Khorne warbands with flame motifs, or tribal markings or ones with the original World Eaters colour scheme that's just covered in so much blood you can barely see the white underneath? Missed opportunities, in my opinion...

Regardless, with this guy painted, I officially have a Marine for each aspect of Chaos! (except for Malal, but we'll get to that someday). Here's a pic of the lot:



Anyways, I've also been playing around with the Berzerkers kit some more, I've tried to add some more variety by swapping the chainswords and -axes for some more conventional weapons like spears and swords:











Apologies for the crappy pics by the way, my camera refuses to cooperate.

I have a bit of a problem though: the Berzerkers were re-packaged a while ago and they now come with 32mm bases, which makes them a bit bigger than my regular marines. I'm not sure how I could fix this, as I don't have enough regular bases left to put them on (and they look rather cool on the new ones, I must admit). One option would be to run them as Chosen, serving as the retinue to my HQ guys or something like that...

Oh, and in case any of you are interested, I've bundled a couple of my short stories together in one thread in the Dakka Fiction department, which you can find here :
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/658848.page

That's all I have for now, comments and suggestions are always welcome, and thanks for stopping by

Liking the look of the new berzerkers - variety is the spice of death, and in the 41st millenium I'm sure you'd get pretty tired of the rev of a chainsword after a while. As for the bases, you could always run them as chosen or perhaps possessed. I had this problem with my blood angels, now I have a tactical squad and a sternguard squad with the new bases and everyone else looks so small! But it generally works if you're playing them as a special-ish unit. Chosen would be best, also loving your remnants, the cultist operatives and that little zombie guy!

Update time!

I've been working some more on the Remnants, thinking of which colour schemes to use in the future and I even managed to paint some models!

First up is another regular Marine from the first squad, a Word Bearer nicknamed "The Beast" by his companions...











The Beast. The Blood-Handed Fiend. The Devil of Impervia III. The Word Bearer identified as Tel Asag has been given many names throughout his life. Once a regular Sergeant of the XVII Legion, Tel Asag gained the favor of the Gods during the Battle of Calth, where he was transformed into a daemonic predator. Armed with twin Power Fists, both mutated extensively and radiating dark energies, Tel Asag hunts down his prey without remorse or restraint. Few dare ask if his facial features are covered by an ornate, daemon-like helmet; or if the daemonic mask is actually his face...

Another Word Bearer this time; I originally was going to make him part of The Sanctified, but their colour scheme seemed rather uninspired, and I didn't feel like painting all that red without knowing if it'd actually look good. So I stuck to the Word Bearers' scheme, which is definitely starting to grow on me, mostly because it's absolutely dead-simple

I also painted another Plague Zombie, this one's got himself a nice weapon:







I used the same techniques as last time, giving him some bruises by splasing Drucchi Violet here and there. Works pretty well, in my opinion

I also based him and the others with the usual recipe, only adding a bit of blood to the Zombies' bases, as they actually have enough room on their bases left for such details

Here's a group shot of the new guys, with some older dudes in the back:



So, what's next? Well, I've got two more Marines to go before my first Tactical Squad is done, so those two are definitely on the top of the list; other than that, I'm thinking of painting the three remaining zombies in one sitting, as they're really easy to paint

I've also been digging for interesting colour schemes, here are a few that piqued my interest:

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Darkness

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Claws_of_Lorek

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Company_of_Misery
Flames! All the flames!

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Dragon_Warriors
If only I knew how to paint scales...

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Hakanor%27s_Reavers

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Knights_of_Blood_(Warband)

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Punishers
Skeletons FTW

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/The_Scourged

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Steel_Brethren
One of the Marines from the first squad will be of these guys, I think

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sons_of_Vengeance
I really like this scheme, looks pretty fun to paint too

So that's a few Chapters I'm thinking of at the moment, suggestions are always welcome though; if any of you would like me 'adopt' a marine from your personal Chaos warband, I'd be happy to oblige

Yup, flames would look great!

Wow, the Beat is brutal man. I can totally see him charging almost running on four limbs !
Very nice color schemes, can't go wrong with any of those.

Oh man just got an image of Abaddon petting the beast, with him having his tongue out, sitting like a dog...

Thanks guys!

I forgot to add these two pics to my update, first one is the 'flamer guy' I built in the beginning in a bit of new gear. I was struggling to model this guy, as most of his body was already glued together, but I think I've found a good pose now:



One personal little convention I'm going to follow throughout the warband is the use of this guy's helmet for vehicle crew and more techy guys. This Marine is going to be a combat engineer, repairing the warband's vehicles when needed on the battlefield.

Colour scheme-wise, I'm thinking of painting him as a Steel Brethren (with some added contrast though, I don't think I can make the metal look good enough to have it cover 90% of a marine) marine or an Iron Warriors one.

Thoughts?

The other pic is an image I photoshopped, depicting a battle between the Remnants and unknown assailants.



Any advice on how to improve the image some more?

KernelTerror wrote:Wow, the Beat is brutal man. I can totally see him charging almost running on four limbs !

Thanks! The idea of a Marine running around on all fours is pretty cool actually, maybe I could try modelling a Possessed marine like that, if I ever get my hands on some more models!

Matthew wrote:Oh man just got an image of Abaddon petting the beast, with him having his tongue out, sitting like a dog...

Well that's... mildly concerning. Rather humorous though, got to give you that

Imagine someone modelling Abaddon sitting on a throne, petting a Possessed Marine as you described.... now that would be interesting

The models in the photoshop stick out too much. Maybe a painted filter on it all to blend it. I dunno.

Liking the Beast!
As for other colour schemes, Hakanor's Reavers is surprisingly easy to do - you just paint red cracks on black armour and then build up to orange/yellow.
The Cleaved is another interesting one, very easy to do and looks good at the end of it. Here's an idea - why not a mutated Soul Drinker? Just a thought.

Just posting to say that I'm really liking what you've done here. I've always had trouble painting everything in an army the same way myself, and this is a neat and fluffy way to avoid that.

Update time!

I've done something rather out-of-character and actually got some work done! Huzzah!

Which means I am now in the possession of one finished Zombie squad! I had a lot of fun painting these guys, maybe I'll build some more of them with the bits I have left later (like I don't have enough things to paint already )

Here's some pictures of the decaying lot:


Some suspect this particular zombie, who appears to be a former agri-worker, to take command of his diseased brethren whenever their masters are absent, guiding his flock towards suitable prey, much like the sheep he used to herd before his resurrection at the hands of the Death Guard who besieged his homeworld.


That hole in his head's gotta hurt...






Hannibal Solo, former mercenary in service of several shady individuals, and now servant to the Ruinous Powers, is a curious subject. While most Zombies' identities are obliterated by the nefarious aftereffects of their forced resurrection, Solo has seemingly retained enough of his former intelligence to wield his trusty sidearm with the same deadly precision as he had in life, which makes him a bigger threat than most of his more feral brethren.



And here's a shot of all the zombies together:



Now you may or may not notice that the last three Zombies' heads aren't actually GW ones, they're from a pile of skulls from Zealot Miniatures (who have some awesome stuff by the way). As I didn't have any other GW zombie heads, I figured they'd work just as well with the right paintjob; which they thankfully did

I did have to dremel the skulls a bit to make them fit the zombie bodies though (which also explains how one zombie ended up with some rather morbid base detail), but after that it was just a question of getting them glued on properly.

Painting-wise, I tried to tie the squad together by using the same colours (blue and brown, mostly) throughout the lot, and by splashing some Blood for the Blood God down on their bases as well.

I've also finished painting another Marine of the first Tactical squad, namely one from the Steel Brethren warband:








Grim and aloof, this marine is a man of few words. Hailing from the Steel Brethren, a splinter group of the Iron Warriors Legion, he is an expert in repairing and maintaining mechanical equipment, which makes him a useful asset for the Remnants. Assigned to front-line duty alongside the The Reclaimed, he serves as a combat engineer, analysing hostile armour elements and occupied structures and relaying tactical information to the heavy support units.

Writing this down, I realise I really should have given his a shotgun of some kind; I might have a holstered one lying around somewhere...

Anyways, painting this one was a bit more difficult, as it required me to figure out the Steel Brethren's colour scheme on the fly. I have to admit that pure-metal marines aren't really my cup of tea, as they lack a bit of contrast in my opinion. It was a toss-up between this scheme and the Iron Warriors' one, and I decided that obscure warbands deserve some love too in the end

Here's a shot of The Reclaimed as of now:



Now I've only got the Black Legionnaire left, and then I've got my first squad finished

Moving on to newer arrivals, I've also been slapping some more Berzerker bits together, which led to these two fellas:


Brutal.

I had no idea what to do with that zombie body with the rope around its neck, until I found a Chaos biker arm, and well, this happened. Trophies for Khorne!



This dude has a bit of a gladiator vibe going for him, which I think is pretty neat.

That's about it for now, hopefully I'll be able to show you the Black Legionnaire next update

As always, comments and critiques are always welcome, and thanks for stopping by

Braaaaaaaaaaaains !
Very nice zombies, that brown color scheme made me think of the triumph of death by Bruegel; which is silly thinking of it, as the painting's skeletons are white. But Death's zombie mount fits the scheme. Anyway, if you were to do a mounted leader with a scythe I would not complain ^^ !

Nice call on the gladiator dude, always nice to see miniature emphasize the noble martial aspect of Khorne !

Keep up the good work !

I like the zombies! Have you considered buying the FW Renegade conversion kits? I bet you'd paint them up real nice.

KernelTerror wrote:Braaaaaaaaaaaains !
Very nice zombies, that brown color scheme made me think of the triumph of death by Bruegel; which is silly thinking of it, as the painting's skeletons are white. But Death's zombie mount fits the scheme. Anyway, if you were to do a mounted leader with a scythe I would not complain ^^ !

Nice call on the gladiator dude, always nice to see miniature emphasize the noble martial aspect of Khorne !

Keep up the good work !

Thank you! That painting is absolutely awesome, and comedy gold in my opinion; zooming in on all the silly faces is an absolute joy



In all seriousness, that painting could actually serve as an inspiration for the VC skeleton army I've been thinking of starting (AOS got me interested in Fantasy you see), so you might see a mounted skeleton with a scythe popping up somewhere in the future

Matthew wrote:I like the zombies! Have you considered buying the FW Renegade conversion kits? I bet you'd paint them up real nice.

My wallet, Matthew, think of my poor wallet! I'd love to buy some FW stuff, but I've already got waaay too much stuff on my wishlist and it's starting to become difficult to decide what I want to buy first

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:

Ahahaha Brilliant ! And yeah, Brueghel's paintings are stuff you can look at dozens of times, and always notice something new. He is also a master at jolly looking skulls !

I've made like three of these in the last ten minutes. I found a new hobby guys!

Paying respect to Brueghel

Ah, Brueghel, truly a master of the fine arts



Now as hilarious as this is, I think we're going to have to dial it back a bit with the not-wargaming-related jokes, we wouldn't want a moderator to lock this thread for going off-topic now would we?


Speaking of wargaming-related things, I'm thinking of buying something a bit more expensive, along the lines of vehicles or other armoured support (big monsters would be cool too, though); currently I'm thinking of the following:

- An Onager Dunecrawler (I LOVE this model, it's really awesome; but I have no real use for it aside from it being a cool thing to have)

- A Maulerfiend/Forgefiend (useful for the Chaos army, but I'm not really sold on the model)

- A Daemon Prince (looks like a fun kit, but I'm not the biggest fan of daemons)

- Chaos Knights or Chaos Bikers (to use as Chaos Bikers, duh; it's just that the Chaos Knights seem to have a bunch of fun bits)

- A unit of Grave Guard (as a start of my AOS army, although I'm not feeling up to that at the moment)

So I'm a bit stuck. Suggestions?

Guys, this is too much win for one thread.

Man I love that painting. We need a separate thread just for it.

With regards the mismatched bases, couldn't you pick up some 20mm bases off the internet? Regular bases are pretty cheap, and you could then mount models on the bases you want, rather than on the onest you were given!

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:


Speaking of wargaming-related things, I'm thinking of buying something a bit more expensive, along the lines of vehicles or other armoured support (big monsters would be cool too, though); currently I'm thinking of the following:

- An Onager Dunecrawler (I LOVE this model, it's really awesome; but I have no real use for it aside from it being a cool thing to have)

I concur, very fine looking model that begs to be chaotified. Maybe you could field him as a defiler ?

- A Maulerfiend/Forgefiend (useful for the Chaos army, but I'm not really sold on the model)

Yeah, a tad bit too animal like for my taste too, but at least one guy on dakka did some brilliant stuff with that kit. Now I can't remember who, and what he actually did. Useless input on my behalf ^^. I'll try to find where though...


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Not the one I remembered, but I think it looks brilliant too. Apparently you can assemble that kit in a pretty tough looking bipedal way.

A user on dakka made a maulerfiend look like a bull with sentinel from legs and a blood crusher head (I think).

Thanks for the replies guys!

corpuschain wrote:With regards the mismatched bases, couldn't you pick up some 20mm bases off the internet? Regular bases are pretty cheap, and you could then mount models on the bases you want, rather than on the onest you were given!

That option has crossed my mind as well, but I have to say that these larger bases are growing on me... thing is, I have a lot of 20mm slotta bases, but I have no idea how to fill the slot in a good way, and it seems like a waste to not use them for something

Anyways, I headed down to the FLGS store today, determined to buy one of the things I've listed above, only to find that I managed to get there on the ONLY day in the week the store is actually closed for business

Fortunately, the Year Market was in town (so unfortunately really, it was super crowded), so I had the opportunity to look for interesting stuffs while I was there. Now while strolling around, my eyes fell on this Mega Bloks dragon-thing, which reminded me an awful lot of a Maulerfiend....



Tell me I'm not the only one seeing the resemblance here.

Now that put my mind into conversion-mode, which means I'm seriously considering turning this thing into an actual Maulerfiend.

However, I have two issues:
- This thing's supposed to be an action figure, which means it has rather visible joints which can also rotate around, which is awesome (dynamic posing, here I come!), but I have no idea how to hide that convincingly
- This thing's hand are super derpy, I mean, what the heck is up with that, seriously

So yeah. Here's a few more pics of the beast:


A scale comparison with some GW dudes


It's got motherfething wings!

So, what do you guys think? Anyone got any advice on how to turn this into an awesome (maybe flying) Maulerfiend?

Oh, by the way, I started writing down some short guides on how to do the colour schemes I've been painting here, so if you want to learn how to paint some of the warbands like I've done them, have a look at this thread:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/663110.page

Hope it helps other worshippers of the True Pantheon with painting their armies!

That is most definitely a maulerfiend. Strip him down and GS/convert him up!

Yeah it definitely has the look. I'd say pick a pose you like and make it definitive and smooth by greenstuffing the joints. Sharpening the claws and pikes might be interesting too. You might then want to have him look more machine too. Could do that by adding armor plating, or excavating the plastic at some locations to sculpt apparent machinery.

Definitely an interesting project !

Not sure about the wings though, they seem a bit small for a guy his size. But you sere talking demon prince earlier, so they might come in handy nonetheless ^^.

Thanks for the feedback guys!

I went back to FLGS today, determined to make offerings to the Dark Gods so I can receive their glorious blessing (read: spend money to get cool stuff), and I returned home with....

A MAULERFIEND!

AND CHAOS KNIGHTS!

BECAUSE REASONS!

So, after gushing over the sheer awesome of both of the kits, I did a quick comparison between the Maulerfiend's body and my Mega Bloks dragon; turns out it's about the same size! In fact, the Mega Bloks dragon is actually slightly bigger, especially the head.

Now my cunning plan is to use the parts from the Maulerfiend kit to build a Maulerfiend and a Forgefiend, which means our good old Mega Bloks dragon is going to take a trip to the Hellforge... I'm probably going to turn it into the Maulerfiend, as mounting the second pair of legs on it would just look silly. And giving him gun-arms, albeit a cool prospect, would probably be rather inefficient

As for the Chaos Knights, their kit is just as awesome as I'd imagined it to be. These guys have some awesome melee weapons, ranging from axes to maces to giant spears, with some cool helmets designs to boot. They also have some cool shields and shoulder pads, which open the way to more conversions. I'm going to sprinkle these bits on my Chosen/Berserkers to add some variety, and to reinforce the more martial aspect of these warriors; as you can see here:




Banner guy got himself a nice sword, and I'm going to try to mount his banner on his backpack as shown (currently held together by blu-tac)


This one got himself one of the Knight's shoulder pads, they're a bit bigger than the normal pauldrons but they fit nice enough.


Here we see some more Knight bits being put to good use; the helmet, scythe and shield are all from the same kit.

So this means The Remnants are going to be reinforced by 2 Fiends (one of the Mauler and one of the Forge variety) and by a group of Chaos 'bikers', which means the amount of models I still have to paint is going up again I'm making progress, I swear!

Nice... Do you think the Chaos Knights kit would work with Space Wolves?

 Matthew wrote:
Nice... Do you think the Chaos Knights kit would work with Space Wolves?

They're a bit too Chaosy for that I'm afraid, these guys really have Chaos markings on everything, not to mention the weapons looking satisfyingly barbaric... and more in the 'evil viking' kind of way

Wow two maulerfiends and bits of knights everywhere. This is going to be brilliant !

WAIT. Chaos KNIGHT? or Chaos KNIGHTS? VERY IMPORTANT!!!

Chaos KnightS, as in WHFB ones, not a WH40k Chaos Knight; I'm not willing to sacrifice my entire wallet to Forge World just yet

Yet....

Time for an update!

So I've managed to paint some more dudes for The Remnants, one regular Marine and another Alpha Legion operative, which I'll go into detail about in a bit; first I'd like to talk about the bits that arrived in the mail recently.

I ordered a couple of bits from this lovely site called Wargamingeexclusive, which sports a couple of really cool conversion kits and bits, amongst which a Heresy-era-ish Terminator armour kit and Mark III Power Armour helmets (with crests!). As I love the Mk. III armour pattern and needed a way to make my Command squad of Terminators stand out a bit more, picking these up was pretty much a no-brainer.

After receiving the bits in the mail, I started slapping them and the Chaos Terminator kit I had lying around together, which led to these fine gentlemen (note, they're still very WiP):

Enter "The Council" (working title)! The absolute leaders of The Remnants, these men are a force to be reckoned with.



First up is an individual I call "Lord Breacher", of the Iron Warriors. Once staged a coup against the demon-possessed Warsmith of his Grand Company, but ultimately failed to remove him from power. He escaped his brethren's wrath by joining forces with The Remnants, who also picked up several of the Iron Warriors loyal to his cause (including Zhoran). Although the Warsmith in question was eventually killed and the Grand Company largely fractured by infighting, Lord Breacher still holds a grudge against his former Grand Company and all of its splinter groups.

This one just put himself together, really. I had to lift a Thunder Hammer from one of my Loyalist Terminator kits to give him an appropriate weapon, but it did result in a rather nice, threatening pose (IT'S HAMMER TIME). I'm still debating whether or not I should swap his head out for another one (he's currently using the half-flesh half-iron head from the Tac Squad box, which has been used to death in other Iron Warrior projects already), but I have yet to find a good alternative. Also, I apologize for the crappiness of the pic, my camera refuses to cooperate with me.



Next up is the "Lord Executioner", the finest swordsman of the entire warband (although it's kind of cheating when your sword IS your arm). I realize now that I could've taken a better pic of this guy, as now you can't actually see his mutated arm (for those who want to know, it's the arm that turn into a large sword from the Possessed kit). I'm not entirely happy with his pose yet, it seems a bit too generic at the moment.



Here's a yet-to-be-named Lord, who carries around a large daemonic spear. I was mostly experimenting with the possibility of using the Chaos Knights' spears for the Terminators, so I'm probably going to change this guy some more in the future.



And lastly, "The Commander" himself! When I first say this torso, I knew I had to use it for the leader of the group, it's just so huge! I'm not too happy about the front of it though, it's really bare-bones and the leader of my Warband deserves better than that, don't you think?

I tweaked one of the Mk. III helmets a bit to fit into the head slot, it fits snuggly at the moment but it doesn't look entirely right just yet. The weapons are just a test as well, although I would love to make this guy a bit of a polar opposite to Abaddon (as he's supposed to be an ex-Black Legion commander who Abaddon wanted dead after he started questioning Abbies' leadership skills), with a Talon of Horus-like weapon on the left and a (possibly daemonic) sword on the right.

If anyone has any advice for spicing these guys up, I'm all ears

I also used the Mk. III helmets for some other things too, namely for a Captain for my Death Ravens and for a Horus Heresy-era Company Champion who may become my Heresy-era personal character (yes, shameless self-insert, I know )



Here's the Death Ravens Captain, who raided both the Sternguard and Captain kit for bits to bling himself out. The end result looks pretty damn badass, even if I say so myself; although he weirdly reminds me more of an Ultramarine than anything else (Acting-Captain Aurelius, is that you?)


And here's my Horus Heresy character, a Company Champion who fell to Khorne during the brutalities of Istvaan III. I'm not sure which Legion he'll belong to, although the World Eaters would be a obvious choice. Maybe I'll write a few short stories about him, I've been looking for an excuse to write about the Heresy anyway

Now that that's done, here are some pics of the finished (but not yet based) Black Legionnaire and Operative "Chef":











This guy was fun to paint, although drawing the Eshin grey highlights maddened me towards to end (keeping them the same width isn't that easy, trust me). I hope I've done a good job of representing the dreaded Black Legion, because otherwise, Abaddon will likely have my head

And lastly, here's Operative "Chef", in all his vox-using glory:







I had trouble starting with this guy, I couldn't figure out which parts to do turquoise and which ones black; I eventually settled on a turquoise shirt with a black combat vest on top of it, which is mostly covered by Chef's cooking apron. Once I had that settled, the rest of the paintjob flowed together rather easily.

Phew, quite the long update this one turned out to be

As always, comments, suggestions and critiques are more than welcome, and thanks for stopping by

That commander is

I like the power armoured guys, however, I think the terminators chestpieces are a tad bit bulky for my taste.

But, as a DE player, I like my models to be sleek (ironic I also play guard right)

Woaw, that is what I call a more than decent update.
Very nice squat that council, real gathering of badasses.
Regarding the blank space on the chest plate I am sure there is a lots of stuff you could pull out. Word bearers would scribble stuff and add impurity seals right there, not sure it would fit with Black Legion though. I am not familiar with the knight kit, maybe you could salvage ornate armor plates of spikes from it ? You could also try to freehand the commander's personal heraldry I guess.

Keep it up !

Thanks for the feedback guys!

gummyofallbears wrote:I like the power armoured guys, however, I think the terminators chestpieces are a tad bit bulky for my taste.

But, as a DE player, I like my models to be sleek (ironic I also play guard right)

The new torsos are indeed pretty bulky, they're certainly larger than the regular ones; I can only imagine how they would look next to a Dark Eldar (the expression 'walking tank' comes to mind)

KernelTerror wrote:Woaw, that is what I call a more than decent update.
Very nice squat that council, real gathering of badasses.
Regarding the blank space on the chest plate I am sure there is a lots of stuff you could pull out. Word bearers would scribble stuff and add impurity seals right there, not sure it would fit with Black Legion though. I am not familiar with the knight kit, maybe you could salvage ornate armor plates of spikes from it ? You could also try to freehand the commander's personal heraldry I guess.

Keep it up !

Thanks for the tips! I've taken the liberty to make some 'adjustments' to the good Commander...

BEHOLD!


Ladies, contain yourselves.

I cut up a small Tzeentch icon and stuck the central part on the Commander's chest, and added two tiny arrows to the sides of it. I also stuck a top-knot on his head (impractical but god it makes him look cool), swapped his right arm for a Chaos Knight sword arm, and mounted a small weapon on his left claw (to reinforce the 'polar opposite of the Talon of Horus' idea).

The biggest change is his base however, I raided my bits box for a couple of suitable pieces; I really wanted him to stand a bit taller than the rest of the Terminators, and make his pose a bit less static. There's also a large pole with an icon up top standing amongst the debris, maybe I can use it as a way to show the Mark he has on him?





Aside from making the Commander EPIC AS FETH, I also made another member of his retinue, namely Lord Ravager, leader of the Khornates in the warband:



Wielding a chainaxe in one hand and a regular axe in the other makes him look suitably Khornate, I think. I'm happy with the pose as it is now, but I think I'll add some skulls to his armour and base later.

And here's a pic of the Terminators together:



Let me know what you think!

Can't believe I've missed all these juicy updates! Dat Commander is awesome!!! (as a lady, I can barely contain myself ) Lovely thirdparty bits too! Really makes them more unique.

The Remnies are coming along nicely!

The only thing I don't like is the little shield, it just doesn't look right to me when put into someone who comes from Horus' legacy, at least in my mind they are rabid dogs and jackals (and maybe a wolf or two, but you get the idea, vicious and cruel), ornamentation yes, but decorative shields are IMO more of a loyalist thing.

Still, that Lord Breacher is amazing, but I have a thing for Iron Warriors.

That is just cool as feth. My only complaint would the that guys topknot... I just don't like it, everything else is great!

*explodes*

Glad you guys like the Big Boss, I'm really happy with how he's coming along Will give the topknot and the little shield some more thought though...

I found some more time to work on some models for The Remnants, I got operative "Madz" from the Alpha Legion operatives finished and finally got around to painting an old school Khorne Berzerker who'd been giving me trouble earlier.

Here's "Madz", the guy who runs into a gunfight with a spiked club and manages to not get himself killed. Which means he's either the best operative the warband has or at least the luckiest one. Most agree on the second option.





I really like this model, and the little arm swaps I've done just make him a bit more awesome in my opinion. I went with the usual black-turquoise scheme, with crimson details.



Here's the group so far. Still have to base Chef and Madz (along with everyone else I haven't based yet).

And here's the Khornate, one of the old school variety of Berzerker. I LOVE this model, it's just so goofy-looking! I painted him in the colours of the 'Harvest' warband, which at least tries to be original by replacing brass with bone details.









It's the first time I've tried to paint a brighter red, as I felt that the Khornates deserve better than just a measly layer of Scab Red I used Mephiston Red here, which made for a rather pretty bright red; I still started from a Scab Red base though

The bone details were pretty fun too, I applied some Seraphim Sepia on Screaming skull, after which I re-applied the Screaming skull to make the bone colour pop again. I messed up some of the details here and there, but I think I did alright overall

That's all I have for now, I hope I can offer you some more stuff to look at next time

As always, comments and critiques are more than welcome, and thanks for stopping by

Im loving the little conversion on madz. Loving the khornate too! MOAR CLASSIC MODELS!

Moar Classic Models ! Skullfaced Killer for the lord of skulls !

 KernelTerror wrote:
Moar Classic Models ! Skullfaced Killer for the lord of skulls !

You forgot the blood.

Do I smell possible beakies?

Sadly I have not yet acquired some beakies, but I do have two more oldschool Berzerkers to paint

Maybe I should buy another bits bag...

Yes. You should.

My wallet, LeCacty, think of my wallet!

And of those dozens of models I still have to paint

Your point?

Very beautiful Red and Bone scheme!

LeCacty wrote:Your point?

I kind of want to prevent myself from ending up with a thousand unopened boxes lying around everywhere So I at least want to TRY to get some of these guys finished before moving on to something else

Knightley wrote:Very beautiful Red and Bone scheme!

Thank you! Personally, I even prefer it above the usual Red & Brass, it just seems to 'pop' a bit more

Ok. Carry on then.

This is the definition of chaos. All war bands simply throwing aside all allegiances just so they can be unique and kill the loyalists. Well done sir. I will definitely be keeping an eye on this thread

Loving the chaos terminators, especially the one with the chain axe! Brutal indeed...

Drogga wrote:This is the definition of chaos. All war bands simply throwing aside all allegiances just so they can be unique and kill the loyalists. Well done sir. I will definitely be keeping an eye on this thread

Thank you! Glad to see that the idea of random Chaos marines teaming up to troll the Imperium of Man is appreciated

Drakeslayer wrote:Loving the chaos terminators, especially the one with the chain axe! Brutal indeed...

Worship of Khorne always comes with a hefty dose of brutal awesomeness

I've also more or less caved to external pressure (curse you LeCacty!) and even though I did not find more bits bags to build marines from, I did manage to find a couple of interesting things on the glorious haven of capitalism that is eBay, namely:

- an old, half-finished Chaos Predator (which will get recycled for the Rhino I was trying (and failing) to scratchbuild)
- an old Chaos codex (for inspiration, mostly)
- and a trio of Stormcast Retributors from the AOS starter kit, which I'll convert the gak out of once I get my grubby hands on them.

I'll post an update on them once I've received them in the mail

Update time!

I've been gathering some more supplies over the past few weeks, picking up a couple of things for my Chaos army (which is starting to become the biggest of all my current armies).

New additions to the Remnants include this awesome old-school Dread:



I fell in love with this model the moment I laid eyes upon the great sketch of it in that old Chaos 'dex I picked up some time ago. Most of my affection for it stems from the glorious weapon that is the Power Scourge, and the less daemonic look it sports; I have to admit that I prefer this guy over those Hellbrutes...

I've also slapped some more bits together to create more Marines, two of which are going to end up as Champions for the god they worship.

The first Champion is dedicated to Khorne (because I don't have enough of those guys yet), and goes by the name of Dezmon. Those of you who are following the Charadon Crusade in the Fiction department here on Dakka will recognize this guy as being a Berzerker champion who gets himself brutalized by a rather zealous Contemptor Dreadnought.



The biggest difference with the other marines is that this one's a traitor from one of the First Founding chapters, namely the Imperial Fists! Granted, his armour will be a bit more Chaos-y, but he'll still be wearing his former chapter's colours, which means he'll be the first yellow marine I've ever painted. And yes, I'll paint him on a black basecoat.

Where's that second suicide courage medal?

The other Champion is dedicated to Slaanesh, which means I'll be having some more fun with pinks and purples in the near future.



I really enjoyed modelling him, the bits just went together by themselves, really. I love how his pose shows a certain arrogance and confidence, his sword casually resting on his shoulder as he looks for a worthy opponent

Next up a sergeant for the non-existing Havoc squad:



I'm considering giving him a techmarine's backpack, I got a metal one in my bits box which I was going to use for my Death Ravens, but I guess there's no limit to the things the Remnants can steal from the Loyalists

And lastly, a regular Marine with a Plasma gun, a bit boring pose-wise but he doesn't look too bad;



I've also acquired an old Chaos Predator, which I'm going to use as both a Predator and a Rhino (multi-functionality, everyone!), with some smaller conversions here and there.

That's all I have for you now, hopefully I'll be able to show more painted models next time!

Looks great! I love the Dread. You're not doing pink freehand again, are you?

Depends on which colour scheme I choose

Aww don't curse me, and if you do, do so in the name of slaanesh. Looks like some nice new additons, but I feel like some variation in the pauldron department may be needed for more specialized squads. You may want to check some third parties. And maybe make some marines with other pattern armor. Thunder warriors. Chaos. Yes.

I like how you think LeCacty....

As for the shoulder pads, my supply of Chaos ones is already spent, I'll have to grab some new ones sometime. And some backpacks, because I'm not too big of a fan of the old Berzerker ones. I'll definitely give third party suppliers a try though!

Lots of cool new arrivals, meaning we should have a lot of nice color schemes to see soon ! Brilliant !

Yellow chaos space marines! Excellent idea! I quite like the dreadnought, had a right nightmare killing those things in Fire Warrior on the old PS2.

It's Heresy time!

Well, a little bit of Heresy anyway.

So, I've been busy for the past weeks, mostly with getting myself ravaged by the cruel dragon that is real life, but I finally managed to squeeze in some time to paint another member of the Remnants.

I went for one of the last two Alpha Legion operatives, this time their elusive boss, known as 'Operative Snake'. His crew sometimes refer to him as Big Boss, although they never do so in his presence, as it seems to trigger some kind of traumatic experience, which apparently involved an individual known as Liquid, otacons, metal gears and incontrollable sobbing.

Here's some pictures of the old, slightly mad Operative:










Had a lot of fun painting this guy, even managed to finish him in one sitting!




And here's the group so far. Now only one operative remains (hah!), namely Operative Pyro, who I will hopefully paint sometime soon

After that, I'm either going to paint their handler (the Alpha Legion operative), or finally get around to painting Sisyphus, the warband's first Hellbrute.

Hope you enjoy, and I hope I can bring you more content in the future

HE LIVES!

Hey Ezra, glad to see you back, the remnants are starting to look real good, one more to go !

I've not been checking out this blog for ages now, and I'm so glad I paid it a visit. Brilliant work, as usual.

Thanks guys!

I had hoped to be able to show you the last operative of the group, but I'm unable to continue at the moment as my regular brush has become completely unusable and Pyro's arm refuses to stay attached to him (in a book, we'd call that foreshadowing).

So yeah, no update in the painting department.

What I can show you is the first of what will be my counts-as Biker squad, built from the Chaos Knights kit:







I added the backpack to 40k-ify this rider, and gave him a mutated scythe-arm, because Papa Nurgle needs to harvest some fools

Currently, I'm thinking of making the Bikers the "5 Horsemen of the Apocalypse", with one biker for each god and one Undivided one. They'll sport more mutations than the regular troops, because you don't get to ride a Warp-possessed daemonic steed without receiving a few 'gifts' first...

Also, Sisyphus the Hellbrute decided that the Remnants have been too kid-friendly lately, so he ripped a Loyalist apart and now carries its corpse around like some macabre trophy:





Those of you with a sharp eye might also notice a small icon on his chest, meant to resemble the Death Guard's old icon. Funnily enough, I made that from an old Slaaneshi icon

That's it for now, hopefully I'll be able to buy myself a decent brush again in the near future so I can finish up Pyro

Looking good so far! I like the 5 horsemen of the apocalypse idea.

The re-positioning of the arm on the helbrute is amazing! Teach me your ways.
Also, will the rider get a round base later on?

That Hellbrute is simply epic. If you're feeling up to it, you can paint that Marine in the colors of one of your regular opponents (if one of them plays Marines).

LeCacty wrote:The re-positioning of the arm on the helbrute is amazing! Teach me your ways.
Also, will the rider get a round base later on?

Trust me, repositioning that arm wasn't as easy as you would imagine. Cutting it off in the first place required the use of an electric saw-thing (I have no idea what it's called in English), followed by a heavy dose of Green Stuff. Unfortunately, my GS skills aren't up to much, so there's this massive lump of GS covering half the Hellbrute's shoulder. Also, I really messed up the assembly, so there were a lot of holes I needed to plug with GS as well, which didn't work out as planned... I really hope I can fix that while painting

And yeah, the rider will get one of those round biker bases eventually, I just used the one from the Chaos kit because I was just too lazy to take the other one

War Kitten wrote:That Hellbrute is simply epic. If you're feeling up to it, you can paint that Marine in the colors of one of your regular opponents (if one of them plays Marines).

Thank you! I was thinking of painting him up as belonging to one of the SM armies from the Charadon Crusade, as I don't have any regular opponents game-wise (yet!)

Brilliant latest additions man, I too really like the pose of that hellbrute. Not sure what you are unhappy about, it looks great from here !

And the Five riders of the apocalypse are a great Idea, the first one looks awesome.

Cool stuff personally I feel the rider needs more marine bitz and a gun to 40k him up a bit more.

Hey guys, I've got a miniature update for you.

I still haven't made much progress painting-wise, although thanks to my lovely girlfriend, I now have an assortment of paint brushes in my possession (my personal favorite is an ungodly long one covered in zebra-print, mostly because of its WTF-value), which means I can start painting semi-decently again!

I've started work on Pyro, and he's mostly done, barring his left arm (which still refuses to stay attached to him); I'll have a picture of him up soon.

Anyways, on the fluff side of things, I've been tinkering on an icon for the Remnants, I'm torn between the following options:



This version is more based on the Chaos star, with the arrows replaced with shards to represent the fragmented nature of the warband.



The other version uses the same elements, but is more circular than the other one.

I'll probably try to squeeze the icon unto the next members of the Remnants, so it becomes a unifying element throughout the entire warband.

So what do you guys think? Option 1 or option 2?

Honestly, it looks too much like the Great Maw's icon from the Ogres:

I'm kind of torn - it would be easier to decide if seeing it at a small scale (which one stands out more on a mini) rather than blown up.

At this size, I prefer the second... but I think at mini size, I'd prefer the first. I notice this all the time when lasercutting designs too - what looks good on-screen doesn't necessarily match what looks best at the actual size!

Even just shrinking down the images might help a bit in deciding, I think

I've put my Photoshop skills to use to give a better view of what it would look like:

Icon 1


Icon 2


The image isn't perfect, but I think it makes the difference between the two a bit clearer...

Looking at it this way, I'm leaning more towards the first option, what do you guys think?

I much prefer two! The symmetry is nice

First one I reckon - links better to the sign of chaos. Second one reminds me too much of a clock

I prefer the first one, it feels a lot like Chaos.

Awesome thread. Some fantastic conversions and everything is really characterful.

Keep it up.

EDC

Update!

And a decently-sized one, too!


Jokes aside, I found some more time to work on the Remnants, which resulted in a couple of Chosen getting glued and some tweaks to other models

After longingly staring at those Dark Vengeance models I decided that my Lords of the Remnants aren't looking quite evil and impressive enough to lead an actual warband, so I'm going to try and fix that by adding all sorts of bits and bobs wherever they seem reasonable.

The first 'victim' of this new method was the ever-lovable Lord Breacher, an ex-Iron Warrior and resident Warsmith of the Remnants.

Here's what he looked like prior to... 'modification':


And here he is now:


As you can see, I've added to tusks to the front of his armour, used a piece of plastic tube to make him a gorget, slapped a shield on his left hand (might rework that at some point) and added a daemonic head to his thunder hammer.

I personally like him a lot this way, although I'm still debating whether I'm going to replace the little shield on his chest or not.

Next up are a couple of Chosen:



This one is currently one of my favourites, as he was the main source of inspiration for Kusun Zhaqar, the Black Legionnaire who will be hunting the Remnants during the second Crusade of Fury (do check the thread in the Fiction department, it's really cool). For some reason, I've given him the nickname Hangman, despite the fact that he carries a massive axe around (but let's be real here, Axe-man would just sound silly)



Next up is Gladiator, whose head I decided to turn to face the other way, so he has more of a blocking-things-with-my-shield-pose



And here's a regular Berzerker, whose pose mostly came from the use of one of the Raptors' chainswords.

I've also reworked Dezmon, the champion of Khorne, giving him a different set of weapons than last time:



The Fantasy Chaos Warrior mace was just too awesome to not use, although I'm not entirely convinced by the pose just yet...

In other news, I've also slapped some more bits together, which led to the creation of an autocannon-wielding Havoc and a small objective marker:



The weapon was taken from the Chaos Terminator sprue, it doesn't look too shabby but the joint where the regular CSM arm attaches to the Terminator arm is still a bit too obvious.



And here's the objective marker, an Imperial supply drop someone forgot to collect


That's all I have for now, hope you enjoyed, and as always, comments and critiques are more than welcome

Cool update !
Love what you did with the Lord Breacher. In a way you recreated his descent into damnation, with his armor looking more and more evil...

Keep it up !

Kusun is looking great Ezra! Nicely done

I like em, just dont overdo the detail!

Also no pauldrons is heresy against everything. Even Chaos.

Pauldrons will be added shortly, I'd just forgotten to slap them on him

No real progress on any fronts yet, but I have been busy making a few concepts for characters in Photoshop, the results of which can be found below:



The first image I've photoshopped is an Aspiring Champion, which I gave a new head, a regular backpack and one of the Chaos Knights' shields. This would be the more evil model of Kusun, although the colour scheme would then be the Black Legion one



I've been thinking of adding a Dark Apostle to the Remnants, but I don't want to just use the GW one. Converting a Loyalist Chaplain could be interesting, especially if one adds a few bits from the GW Dark Apostle ...



Another idea that's recently formed in my mind: Chaos Assassins. The idea of an Eversor in the service of Khorne sounds pretty damn awesome, and model-wise it seems do-able enough (as the above image shows)



Following the same idea, a Chaos Callidus assassin. I think the paintjob would be crucial in selling the 'this was once a loyal Imperial assasin'-angle here.



And lastly, seeing as Daemons seem to be a big part of CSM armies now, I was thinking of ways the Remnants would be willing to use them. One of the ideas was that the daemons are bound to the material realm through possession of cybernatic arms and legs, making them some sort of cyborg-daemons...


So, what do you guys think?

Cyborg demons, hell yeah !
Very nice list of cool concept altogether, the chaos eversor looks very cool too...

The Sons of Malice (the best CSM chapter ever. No debate.) use chains and magic and crap to bind daemons to their service. Maybe somethings like that? Daemon hosts?

Remember when Ezra had dope Photoshop skills? Also, I thought the Remnants were not buddies with the daemons.

The images are indeed lacking in quality somewhat, if that's what you're referring to TS I just wanted to get a feel of what the concepts would look like, so I didn't put all too much effort into it

Also, the Remnants aren't buddies with daemons, which is why they would forcefully bind them to cybernetic limbs before they'd ever use them I'm still debating whether or not I'd personally ever use them (fluff-wise, the Remnants could be forced to do so by circumstances), but I think an Iron Warriors player would certainly be interested in a concept like this, as it fits the IW's fluff

Cyborg Deamons?! Sounds like it's made entirely out of win to me.

EDC

That Chaos Eversor looks awesome - do it do it do it!!! really works

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
The images are indeed lacking in quality somewhat, if that's what you're referring to TS I just wanted to get a feel of what the concepts would look like, so I didn't put all too much effort into it

I meant they were good. You really don't do enough photoshop, friend. I thought they were actual models until I scrolled passed the comment about photoshopping them.

Update time!

Haven't done any painting yet, as I still have to wait for the weather to become somewhat reasonable again so I can prime a couple of models I've put together, but I have been working on two interesting new additions to the army...

Introducing the dreaded Dark Apostle, Mithras the Pure (working title):



Mithras the Pure. A name reviled across a hundred systems. Ruthlessly ambitious and diabolically devoted to the True Pantheon, Mithras sees himself as a beacon of light in the darkness of ignorance, spreading Lorgar's holy Truth throughout the galaxy and burning down the icons of whatever false gods he finds.

Aiding him in his iconoclastic ventures is an Akhenat-pattern slave-construct, a gruesome machine gifted to him by the Dark Mechanicus.

I really like his pose, although it looks a bit too much like Kusun's, but that's mostly to blame on his weapon, which (like Kusun's axe) comes from the Chaos Knights kit.



To spice things up a little, I tried to give him a different kind of shoulder pad; I'm not sure where this bit's from (my guess is a Lizardmen kit), but it looks a bit daemonic, which I find fitting for a Bearer of the Word... I'm not sure if it works yet though, there's something off about it but I'm not sure what



And I added half of a BA death mask to his backpack to increase his creep-factor. Does Mithras have eyes on his back? Or is that just what he wants you to think?


And here's the Akhenat-pattern Slave-Construct:



This one's inspired by a lot of the Inq28 conversions you can find floating around on the internet. I've always been fascinated by other people's combination of Terminator chest pieces and really thin bodies, so I was pretty pleased when these pieces came together as they did while I was toying with them.



It's supposed to be something of a DarkMech servo-skull, with a gruesome tentacle rather than cables trailing behind it. I really tried to go a bit Blanche here, I hope I succeeded somewhat

And here's a picture of master and slave together:



So, what do you guys think?

Very cool both of them, master and slave. I especially like the addition of the face to the backpack, and the "Careful not to misread my dark bible, or you'll get bludgeoned !" pose.

Definitely a cool idea with the custom shoulder. Maybe using an intermediate bit in order to hide the part of the arm that is usually covered will help it integrate with the rest of the armor ?

Keep it up !

Wow, these are looking great! The master and slave is a really cool concept, and the gladiator model has a fantastic pose.

That dark apostle is mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Is the Servitor's tail made from the "gift of mutation" arm for the terminators?

Nice. The addition of the face on the backpack looks great.

EDC

Update!

I've actually managed to get some painting done! Say hello to a mysterious scion of the Alpha Legion:









Group shot of a couple of Remnants


I had a lot of fun painting this guy, although I first dreaded the idea of painting a guy in only one, albeit very pretty, colour, until I found an amazing 30k Alpha Legion army that used orange/rust colours to contrast the regular colour scheme. In true Alpha Legion fashion, I promptly stole said idea and ran with it

Also, I tried to show the Legion's uncertain loyalty in his basing... let's hope the Black Legion doesn't find out

In other news, I've received a couple of bits recently, among them the Aspiring Champion from Dark Vengeance, which I've combined with some Warp Talon claws to create the following:





First of all: holy gak this is one badass looking model. The choice of weaponry puzzled me a bit though; a giant, epic daemon-possessed axe, worthy of a CSM special character... and a combat knife? That's just silly. Also, after reading the little blurb about his character, I think a blood-crazed psycho like Vrosh Tattersoul would probably be using power claws to rip his opponents to pieces in the name of the BLOOD GOD instead of just cutting them up with an axe and a knife.

He's got a bit of a Night Lords vibe going for him now, although the idea of painting him in the Crimson Slaughter regalia is tempting...

I also put together the other Hellbrute I had lying around all this time:





Just some minor conversion work on this one, mostly the addition of the faceplate and the plasma cannon derived from the Forgefiend's alternative head.



And here they are together... they make a nice dynamic duo, don't they?

That's all I have for now, hope you enjoy!


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 Tactical_Spam wrote:
Is the Servitor's tail made from the "gift of mutation" arm for the terminators?

Yes

Wow! This is an awesome log. The concept behind the Remnants is brilliant, might get inspired to try it out sometime.

Might I ask how you painted your Alpha Legionnaire? The Tael is very nice and mesh pretty well with the rust.

Cheers!

 jpwyrm wrote:
Wow! This is an awesome log. The concept behind the Remnants is brilliant, might get inspired to try it out sometime.

Might I ask how you painted your Alpha Legionnaire? The Tael is very nice and mesh pretty well with the rust.

Cheers!

Thank you! Painting these guys is a lot of fun, and it's rather liberating to be able to paint whatever colour scheme you like instead of painting every guy the same way

As for the Alpha Legionnaire, I did the following:

- Paint most of the armour panels Hawk Turquoise (which is 'Sotek Green' in the current range)
- Paint everything you want to be metal in Ironbreaker or the metallic colour you desire
- Paint some armour panels Abaddon Black for variety
- Wash the Hawk Turquoise armour panels with Biel-Tan Green. It's best to do this in the final stages of painting, so you don't accidentally hit the washed parts with another paint
- Lights on the weapon and the Marine's eyes were painted with Troll Slayer Orange
- Finally, use Ryza Rust to add some weathering/contrast to the model.

And that's that! Hope this helps

Yeah that legionnaire is really brilliant, you really pulled off that scheme perfectly.

Hey everyone, I've been steadily working on Ancient Sisyphus, the Death Guard Hellbrute who had some screentime in the (in-)famous Crusade of Fury (which you should read because it is made of 100% epic win, massive trolling and HERESY) and I've come to a point where I've lost my sanity- I mean, consider him about 80-90% finished.

Behold, Ancient Sisyphus, in all his glory!









It's been a while since I painted a model as big as this one, and holy Emperor did I forget how difficult these things can be. At first, I thought I had totally ruined this guy (large fleshy parts are NOT my favorite), but as always, Agrax Earthshade saved the day. I also went kind of crazy with the dead Space Marine, his guts got a layer of Nurgle's rot, followed by a healthy dose of BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, which I also liberally applied to the rest of his torso, and then tried some sponge weathering on the rest of his armour.

Here's some detail pics, showing off all the delicious gore:



In case you're wondering, the dead Marine and helmet belong to the Novamarines chapter, in reference to the one "action" scene Sisyphus starred in in the Crusade of Fury.






He's still pissed off that he didn't get more screentime last Crusade

That's all I have for now, let me know what you think!

Looking disgusting! You did a great job.
I quite like the un-plagued look he has, he doesn't look like he has a cold, he just looks like a mutated... thing. I like it.

Thank you! I have to say I'm not the biggest fan of the new Chaos Dreadnought look, it has way too much fleshy parts in my opinion, but it does rather fit a follower of Papa Nurgle, doesn't it

I really like the headswap and change of pose. Gj!

Looking good man, that is some badass clean nurglery here.

Hey everyone, I've got a tiny update for you.

A couple of months ago, I bought a trio of Stormcast Eternals Retributors at a whim during one of my bits hunts. The trio went into the drawer for a while, as I didn't really have much of an idea of what I wanted to do with them, but now I think I've found some use for them.

The plan is to convert two of them into Horus Heresy characters, with the third remaining unconverted (as I actually like their look a lot). I've slapped a couple of bits together to make the first one, which you can see here:

Erasmus Kzar, Butcher of the Western Reach, Tyrant of the Southern Marshes


Erasmus Kzar was once a mere Sergeant in an Expeditionary Fleet of World Eaters Legion, serving dutifully alongside his brethren in the Emperor's Great Crusade. Kzar quickly discovered that his greatest talent was not his martial prowess, but his oratory skills. With the power of his voice alone he could marshal the Astartes under his command effectively even when they were fully in the throes of the Nails. Later, during the Heresy, he grew dissatisfied with his rank and began to plot against his superiors.

Eventually, Kzar slew the Expeditionary Fleet commander in a duel, thereby taking control of the entire warhost. En-route to the rest of the Legion, the fleet was cast adrift, appearing unexpectedly in an isolated Loyalist system. Kzar unleashed bloody havoc upon the worlds in the system, conquering them in violent, brutal battles.

Through it all, his powerful voice guided his brethren into organized assaults, displaying an acumen for strategy previously thought anathema to the World Eaters' way of war. Dark whispers claim that he carefully avoided the implementation of the Nails, but the infamous atrocities he conducted proved otherwise.

By the time the system had been fully conquered, Kzar was a changed man. Rather than continuing the battle against the Loyalists elsewhere, he began to rebuild the ruined worlds into his own personal domain. He began to see himself as a true leader of men, greater than his peers - even greater than his Primarch. His vanity went so far that he had specialized armour crafted in the image of that worn by his father, and proclaimed himself as true heir to the World Eaters.

What eventually happened to Kzar after the Heresy is unknown to Imperial scholars, but dark whispers still speak of the atrocities committed by the golden-armoured tyrant in the farthest corner of the galaxy...



At first, I wanted to give him two chainaxes, but while test-fitting the left arm I came upon this pose and I was immediately sold on it. It gives him a bit of a Mussolini-vibe, almost as if he is really holding a speech in the midst of battle. I already added two obligatory skulls to his belt, but I'll add some more trinkets here and there later, as well as scrap away the Sigmar icons. He currently also carries a flamer, but maybe I'll swap that out for a more fitting weapon.

With the creation of the dude above, one of those mighty big hammers was ready and waiting to receive new purpose, and I was eager to oblige. A SM Captain I had lying around became the hammer's bearer, the result of which you can see here:





Doesn't look too shabby, now, doesn't it? The right hand is still angled a bit oddly, but I'm sure that won't be too hard to fix.

Now, I mentioned I was going to convert two of those Retributors into HH characters, but that isn't completely accurate. The second one will be part of a little sideproject that's been forming in my mind, which revolves around something that preceded the Horus Heresy... but I'll reveal more once I've thought it out a bit more

That's all I have for now, hopefully I'll have more to show you next time

Hey, that's pretty good! Don't 30K Legions use a lightning bolt as a symbol?

Pretty cool looking conversions indeed, well done !

Those poses are really fething awesome

Thanks guys!

Building the Tyrant apparently hit some sort of creative spring in my mind, as I suddenly found inspiration to create a merry band of traitors to accompany the maddened World Eater from the stack of bits I have lying around.

Introducing...

Traitors from the Agusta Sector



The Agusta sector was once a relatively peaceful place in the galaxy, for although the Feudal worlds that formed its domain had their petty conflicts and wars, they had never known the fury of the Xenos or the insidiousness of the Primordial Annihilator.

That changed during the Horus Heresy, when the sector was assaulted by a small World Eaters fleet. In less than two months, two planets were cleansed of all life and the remaining three were fighting a losing battle against the World Eaters' onslaught, until eventually all resistance was silenced by the roar of chainaxes.

Once the sector was conquered, however, a particularly violent Warp storm appeared, which cut the sector off from the rest of the galaxy. Stranded and left to their own devices, it did not take long for the remaining World Eaters to start fighting amongst themselves, forming their own little kingdoms in the blasted lands of the Agusta Sector's worlds.

As the Horus Heresy concluded in the fateful battle over Terra, the Warp Storm hanging over the system lifted, bringing it back on the galactic map. During the Scouring, many Traitor warbands stumbled upon the sector in their flight from the Loyalists, only to find themselves hunted or captured by the sadistic overlords ruling the planets.

But a true reckoning is approaching the Agusta Sector, as the Loyalists hound down all who turned from the Emperor's Light...


TL;DR: CHAOS FEUDAL WORLDS, MOTHERFETHERS.

Ahem. So yeah, the idea is that the people represented here hail from Feudal worlds tainted by the malevolent touch of Chaos, so I've tried to add some more medieval elements into the models. Of course, there's still a difference between the World Eaters and the human soldiers below them, which should be visible by their armour and size.

So let's have a look at them, shall we?

The Tyrant of the Southern Marshes




I've introduced the Tyrant last time, and there haven't been much changes to him so far. I only added a CSM backpack as a test, and I've got to say I like the look - what do you guys think?

The Tyrant's Hand



As you can probably tell, this one's a World Eater, one of the few who decided ruling over his own kingdom was a bit too much work, so he decided to become the bodyguard annex executioner of one. He goes around bare-armed, as his original arm plates were ruined throughout the years and he finds it easier to move without them.

Knight of the Order of the Bloody Gauntlets


Under the Tyrant's reign the military forces of the old kingdoms were drastically reformed, turning once loyal and brave noblemen into a group of self-serving sadists, who terrorize the local populace for sport. The Knights of the Bloody Gauntlet are but one of the many orders within the ranks of the Tyrant's armies, each vying for more power and influence in the Tyrant's court.

One important change to note is the bastardized form of Power Armour these men are clad in. From where it comes or how it is made is unknown, but it has become the norm within the armies of the Agusta sector, suggesting the existence of a Forge world or Mechanicus outpost gone rogue.

This guy's truly a mess of bits slapped together, mostly WHFB chaos bits with some 40k ones sprinkled throughout. I tried to make the armour really look like some sort of melange of power armour and traditional knight armour. I'm not sure if it fully works yet though...

Retainer




This simple footsoldier serves (rather unwillingly) as the Tyrant's retainer, keeping his Lord's mighty daemonic sword safe until his liege requires it. One would think that to be a great honour, but the Tyrant's soldiers dread being chosen as the sword's bearer, as staying in close proximity of it for too long has rendered many of its guardians insane; some even changing into terrible monstrosities, of which even the bravest soul dares not speak...

A random Bretonnian body kickstarted this little conversion, and I'm really liking the outcome. He really has that 'evil henchman'-face, don't you think?

Cherub



Lastly, a tiny Familiar/Cherub, who accompanies the Tyrant at all times. This was a very minor conversion, I simply replaced the original face with that of a tiny skull.

Standard



Every kingdom needs a flag, and the Tyrant's kingdom will not be an exception. I have no idea what I'm going to put on there, but I'll figure something out.


So, that about covers everything! Hope you like what you see, and let me know what you think

Really nice, I like the almost medieval hierarchy you've put in this group!

You went berserk with these if I dare say ^^ !
Really cool looking warband, you already explored very interesting concepts with it, and the promise of medieval chaos mechanicus is great !

Thanks guys! I really enjoyed building these guys, I'm especially fond of how they go from really tall to really small

I hadn't really thought of building Medieval Mechanicus though, but now the idea's stuck in my head! Maybe I should pick up some of those Mechanicus kits together with some WHFB ones...

Maybe mech and dark elves or mech and TK? Those could prove to be really cool!

Love these conversions! Its cool to see some feral/feudal world meat shields. Well done

These models are amazing! The way you customise each marine inspires me a lot for my own future CSM warband. Thank you very much for that!