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yeah,
Loving your blog. It was great to read in blog view!

Your typhus is simply amazing.
I think you need a little more fabric at the back of the hood into the armour and it could be a little bit worn out and rag like.
The split toes don't look finished, looks like you just cut in with the knife, some detailing is needed maybe need a little base trim going into the cleave.

Love your work.

Panic...

Great work man, you've made me want a Chaos army damnit!

Love the new head!

 Darth Bob wrote:
I would think about maybe adding some stitching or something to make it stand out a little more and give it some more character. Maybe make it look like Leather Face's mask from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Give him one, single, eye hole hidden beneath a mask made from the flayed skin of those ravaged by the Strain. Right now it looks like a face plate and looks rather flat and plain when compared to the rest of the model.

I think some more detail on the mask would give it a lot of character and menace.

How about something like this:

I've gotten some paint on Pandemion, the scourge of life. I'm pretty pleased with it, I would have liked the head to be more of a focal point, being lighter in colour, but it was a challenge doing that while still having contrast to the lower face. Still, I like him a lot.

That's really impressive Guita. Love the way the cracks and cuts and the color of the armor give him an ancient feel. Very menacing. I see what you mean about the head... I'm not sure there's anything you could do without messing with the aesthetic.

Holy cow. He looks amazing! However, the paint on the back portion of his pelvis just looks like it was painted on, they don't really seem like weathering.
Also, about the head; perhaps adding two rows of eyes that go downwards (six, in total?) on each side and giving them an orange colour/glow. It'll contrast quite nicely with the paleness of him.

Those are my two cents. Great job on him, really. I'd be happy if I ever reach such clean standards of painting!

Guita, that dude looks awesome. As for the head, I think if you made his jaw fleshy it would draw a lot more focus, instead of having it white. Regardless, he looks like a total boss.

I think that it looks great as is, but if you did want to change something about the head, and I'm not saying that you should, a tongue or something similar protruding from the mouth would look really good, and also menacing.

A work of genius Guita, he's so good I wish I could buy one for my Death Guard.

Why didn't GW hire you to design the new Chaos models? I wanna be able to buy somethin' like that.

Wow. Your stuff is amazing.
I love seeing conversion work and this is an amaZING read. Gonna have to lurk here more often.

Thanks guys!

that is really creepy! love it! face is great just enough contrast dude don't sweat about it! so what's next?

That head works. I like it. Reminds me a bit of the Mouth of Sauron - the disturbing jaws giving a voice to an otherwise Voiceless and Soulless thing. It keeps with the aesthetic and character as well, so good for it!

Love the look of him!

this guy looks like a total badass.... i want him!

That is such a great model, and the head is excellent - really menacing. The aged wrought iron helmet is painted very well, a good amount of rust. As Moltar said, you might get the head as more of a focal point if his chin wasn't the same colour as his armour.

Once again, an outstanding realisation of Chaos. Pandemion is more bad-arse than plain old Typhus that's for sure.
Love the different approach you went for with the head, there's an evil feel to it that a head with eyes just wouldn't convey.
Awesome work, great to see original conversions.

I'm going to say you definitely made the right decision with the head. The old one implied brute force, a shattering powerhouse of destruction, and was indeed quite fitting for any terminator lord.
But this head implies, a sickly, necrotic scourge that slowly lurks and festers. I can imagine Pandemion's rasping death-rattle as he coughs out billowing clouds of locusts into the air, and I hate to imagine the abominable features lurking beneath the maddening patchwork shroud.

I agree, the new head looks majorly sinister.

Also, have you any plans for the Mourngul kit?

He looks fantastic! I really like how you worked the Dark Eldar blade into the scythe. Looks it can just fold in, when he's not using it. And unfolding weapons are just bad-ass.

The one thing I don't like is the base. It's a great base, no question there, but it doesn't really fit the army in my opinion. Too bright and alive.

Thanks a lot guys.

He had his first outing against the deluded grey knights of Titan yesterday. He certainly proved his worth as he killed 5 grey knight terminators, and challenged and killed a terminator justicar, a terminator librarian, a terminator grand master and a dreadknight - single handed.

Squigsquasher: I've thought about it, but I am having difficulty coming up with something he could represent.

Anung un Rama: I know what you mean about the bases. But, believe it or not, the colour scheme of the army really comes to life when I add the static grass. The paintjob is okay until I add the grass, then it becomes great. I think the contrast of the muted hues and the vibrant green sets it off.

That guy is seriously badass! I love him. I hope you dont mind me asking but do you have any advice for scultping with GS? I'd love to make things like you are making. Keep up the amazing work

DUDE! Stop it! I just skimmed through the whole thread and I don't think my mind can blown much further.

Seriously, every single miniature you touch turns into awesomenium or something like that. Fantastic ans inspirational work all around.
The leader of The Strain is among my favourites. Never thought a hovering power armor could look so cool.

And speaking of amazing, I totally came up with the idea to combine the Skaven beast with a Defiler body on my own before I saw it in your thread.



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You know, how I just wrote how much I love everythign in your blog and am completly blown away by it? That was before I saw... "The Fly".

I'm running out of adjectives to formulate my praise for your models. But of all the 40k conversions I have seen in my life, that thing has to be in the top 5.

What you got coming up next?
peace spud 11th legion

I was really opposed to the new head before, but now that it's painted, I retract my previous opposition. The rust detailing and the pitted look you gave it really make it pop. It looks very bland and flat before but now, with your exquisite painting, it looks far from bland. Great job. A worthy lord for your Death Guard.

have to echo darthbob. amazing model, again.

You and monkeyh are probably the best damned Khorne and Nurgle modelers I've ever seen! You've inspired me to actually start painting again!

This thread inspired me to pick up my paintbrush and finish painting my Chaos Space Marines.

Something wicked this way comes...

A small teaser for my newest project. Very excited about it.