Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Sorry to see the Forsaken come to an end, but I respect the fact you know when to say "when". I have more Zombies than I can store properly because I just like painting them...

The troll is brilliant. Simple conversion, but fits everything else you've done perfectly. Looking forward to seeing those Chaos Warriors!

Cheers about the Troll Warrior bits have arrived from Ebay just need to strip them and possibly break them furthr down into bitz shake and enjoy.

Looking forward to the next update.

Here it is. The Chaos Warriors are in the Dettol and I've treated myself to the last part of my working outside during a month which saw a meter of rain presents........
They were the Mantic Ghouls and I got the box of 20 with Ghast torso for £15. They are o.k.. Nothing spectacularly good or hideously bad. They don't compare in quality and variety to the GW Ghoul kit one of my favourites they've ever produced but you get twice as many bodies. They are nicer than the Zombies which they are about equivalent to in price but don't have the variety (or scythe and pitch fork!). Personally I rate them as less varied than Wargames Factory's plastics with regard to the variety of weapons and body parts you receive. They only have 2 Legs, 2 Upper Torso's, 3 Weapons (Including a nifty hand claw thing) a bag and 3 heads. I think it would be best to treat them like Assault on Black Reach Orcs, great unit filler but you'd want to use other models for variety. Am I glad I got them-Yes for my cultist/plague victim Marauders they'll add a nice touch providing lots of vicious hunch backed mutants. I'd recommend anyone wanting a large ghoul block to get 20 of these and a GW ghoul kit without reservation!

I played with the Ghast torso yesterday. Decided it didn't quite fit with a Chaos Knight Steed and legs but it worked fine with a Marauder Steed and legs. I'm unsure whether to use the guy as a Shaman or a Hero what do you lot think?

I would go for the shaman! Such a filigree model looks more like a shaman imo. Though I would change the horse a bit, maybe some GS could fix that, making it spookier

Cheers mate have to agree. Spookifying the horse hmm I've got an image of the traditional smugglers headless horses in my head light body soot black head........

Already working on the conversions. Very nice. Not sure about the horseman though, either I'm missing somehting or it looks weird to me.

Fair enough. I'm not quite sure about how well the legs and torso gel myself.

This next model breaks a lot of my principles. Well it dosn't actually it consists only of parts from the Knight kit although the head is the musicians horn. I rather like the bellowing dragon helm look I'll have to decide whther to paint it as armour or as the warriors head. I might use the model as my Lord until I get the model I really want.....

Wait. You built a model out of original parts with only a minor conversion?



Are you ill? Do you need a doctor? Maybe it's time you took a holiday and got some relaxation. You know, get away from it all.


...


I'm just kidding of course. I think it's fine what you did, albeit not your usual SOP for sure. I think painting the musician's horn as a helm in this case would sell the idea better, or GS some of the empty space in it's maw. Either way I thin it will look cool.

I'll paint it as a helm then. I'll admit only using the standard parts is slightly unusual for me but frankly the Chaos Knight kit is lovely and varied and oozes character. I also have a lack of bits which would work better than the original parts due to the scale and armour. This has been remedied slightly with the stripping and breaking apart of some of the old style Chaos Warriors I got of Ebay. I preferred these to the modern ones as the latest version looks far to ordered for me. I've solved the height problem by the simple expedient of using putty to cover the original head hole and stick it in the gap above it...........

To be honest I'd be more relaxed if I had work (I work in construction not a lot going around and as I'm an archaeologist the competition for jobs has always been fierce let alone now.........) ah well can't complain means more time to paint! Some day I'll actually get my life/work balance thingy sorted out.......

One of the things I like the most about your work is the intense creativity you use in your modeling. You take seemingly random parts and create things I haven't seen anyone else do (or even close variants thereof). I've picked up a lot of ideas regarding building technique and visual perspective from your work. Truly amazing stuff you do.

I think a "stock" model here and there will wind up adding an interesting contrast to your work, which is funny as that is usually the other way around with other armies. The Chaos Knight looks imposing and brutal, still able to control the warping powers of Chaos. In the end he will either ascend to the immortal glory of Daemonhood or be utterly destroyed as the madness consumes his body and soul.

His footslogging minions are not as fortunate and are already showing signs of their ultimate destiny.



Those are wicked models. I am really excited to see what other wretched horrors spawn from the mind of Llamahead.

On an OT note, that's an interesting mix of careers. Where I live the construction workers hate seeing an archeologist show up because if a single tooth or finger bone is found the site is shut down for surveying and may never be re-opened if it is determined to be a burial ground or have significant historical value.

Heh I live in the UK so It'd never work like that. We can't shut down sites for Archaeological remains there would be no construction work at all in the city centres (London for example has major Roman, Bronze Age and Medieavel remains, most others have the same sort of thing going on). What happens instead is that they're charged for the site to be fully excavated and recorded. Basically I do the work so that the developement can take place. They have a slightly schizoid relationship with us on site. Most are fairly interested in what we're doing but don't like losing the time and money. We're also generally the scapegoats for delays on the project. Personal favorite for that is the developer who tried to blaim the archaeologists delay for hiring an incompetent group of painters who almost gassed themselves to death in side of an oil tank. I don't feel any real worry though most archaeology sites I've been on have cost less than one of the hundred or s houses their building. The problem is its a planning requirement which has made it vulnerable to legal changes especially in the current climate.

Heres another bunch of grunts painted up. These are primarily designed to be Marauders but can be used as Gor without hesitancy (the only real difference is they have either flails or great weapons rather than two hand weapons)

I've also got the first four Chaos Warriors done up as far as I'm concerned these are also perfectly fine as Bestigors. I'm happy with the scheme as it blends in well enough with the rest of the host but still looks more ornate. It's also simple enough to do which is a huge plus.

It's worth noticing these are all the old chaos warrior kit not the newer one. I've rejigged them all to give them a neck and move the head position to give them more height which frankly they need to compare with the modern marauders and gor.

Again I have to say... I love your conversions. The depths of your mind that these horrific things come from reminds me of (and I hope this is a compliment) the sort of works you see from John Blanche. Very disturbing and grotesque in a way that illustrates how the Warp defies logic and physics, it just "is".

Very good stuff. I wish more people recognized the brilliance of your work.

Thanks a lot I really do appreciate that

More Grunts and the first finished knight for you to enjoy.


The Weathered Bronze armour is definitely staying as the scheme for these guys.

These are excellent! The absolute Chaos of what you create is always so horribly and completely perfect. I especially like the Beastman and the model on the far left.

Cheers much appreciated

Hey there, I'm not really a big fan of fantasy, but I really like what your doing with your nurgles.

The dirty earthyess to them is great. I really like how your painting and ideas have improved as the blog has continued.

Good stuff.

Cheers mate much appreciated nice to hear that I'm improving.

So I've been reviewing all my blos and have finally come to this one my Beastmen.
This years seen the Beastmen receive substantial reinforcements with Bestigor and Razorgor turning up as well as a painted Cygor and the Archon of Faathi painted up. These have been fun to do and I also decided that these would receive the focus of my me money from the last job. This was spent on expanding them into a combined Force of Nrgle with the addition of Knights and Warriors along with more basic bods who can be used as Gor or Bestigor as I decide. Painting wise I've decided I'm happy with the Archon (the lovely conf minotaur) although I feel modelling and painting wise the high point was the Forsaken. Although the razorgor chariot and Bestigor are also nice.
The problem's been gaming I'm a) not particularly good at Warhammer, b) playing a significantly below par army book and c) I've not yet found a Beastman list I'm comfy with unlike my Guard or Orks. I also haven't played nearly enough Warhammer having only played one game in the past 6 months. This led to me achieving a mighty 0 VP's getting utterly crushed by my mates Skaven. My Minotaur hero panicking of the board and losing a unit of 40 Bestigors to Magic and Shooting did not help matters at all. I never had an opportunity to do any damage and when I did try my dice said no. I'm pretty dispirited by their performance as Gor ARE genuinely overcosted (8pts for a Gor 6 for an Ork Boy or Dark Elf Spearmen they're the same cost as an High Elf Spearman (ASF or +1 toughness & attack easy choice). This will be best improved by getting more practise and working out whats gone wrong. Indeed the most distressing thing about my last game is that other than getting the Minotaur panicked of the board I can't see where I've gone wrong. Fortunately I've decided to cheat and start using the Warriors book which is simply better.
For the future I want to add some Warriors specific characters, a BSB and Mounted hero. The Nurgle Lord will definitely produce one fairly soon, I've also got my eye on this guy http://wyrd-games.net/shop/Hooded-Rider-Small-Box.html he's a bit pricey but I'm hoping to treat myself to him and a few others soon. Another project is to add a Hellcannon and Warshrine probably based arond the Iron Blaster model. I'd also like to add some more Warriors and after that perhaps the Dragon Ogres I've been planning for ages...........

Heres my Mounted Shaman,

Always check all around the model I noted the spilt paint after taking the shot.....

Happy New Year and I've started as I mean to go on.

Here's my Warrior BSB she's based on the Rackham Female Ophidian Apostate of Darkness. The box of these were my Christmas Present to myself. Three wonderful Chaos Heroes on the way. I've unfortunately had a bad miscast on one part. One of the heads of the female slaves hasn't been cast at all. I'll have to hunt awhile for a female head before I finish that hero off naturally I cant get a replacement. I've found the finecast debate rather perplexing as I've seen miscasts with metal several times before. I guess the backlash is due to the price rise and the fact they've increased in number as well as a kneejerk reaction to change. I've yet to buy a finecast model so I can't really comment. I'm not involved in a boycott given my last GW metal new was several years back.....(Captain Shrike when he was first out I think.........). I use ebay and none GW models slightly obsessively as you may have noticed.

I really like the face on the Mounted Shaman, he looks completely psychotic!

Sorry to hear about the kicking you took in WFB w/ your Beastmen. Sometimes the Dice Gods just aren't smiling in your direction.

Like the look of the models, and sorry to hear about the miscast. You can always scrounge a WE head from a friend, even though it's GW

Love those Apostates, have the threesome + Bregan (I think there's a 5th special edition one I'm missing though ). Somehow I doubt that any of the Apostates would care if their slave was a bit messed up around the face / head

- Salvage

Plan is to scrounge up a DE/WE head from a mate. I'm more pointing out about the miscast to make the point that it isn't a brand new thing with Finecast. It's a mild nuiscance nothing more. The thrashing irritates me more when I realised that a Frenzied Minotaur Hero is immune to panic anyway. My own bloody fault I should remember my own rules!

Miscasts, never had one myself (tho for the last few years I only buy from ebay), I guess its like buying a new car to find it got a window out.

Good conversion on that standard bearer, I look forward to seeing it with paint.

This is the first Compleat Llamahead of the year.
I've got Logistar Cuthbert's Black Scribes on show here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/90/279068.page
Two new Escort Squadrons here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/356363.page
The first rebased Platoon for my 24th Islandlwanda here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/240/252579.page
And finally a new group of minions for my Forces of Nurgle (and above a new BSB) http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/150/231101.page

Nothing special at all but something had to give!