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And the whole army ready for the tournament!

 ArbitorIan wrote:

What is he?

 Fifty wrote:
What is he?

ZARDU LAYAK

Killing it Ian! Luck at the tournament, hope to hear all about it

- Salvage

Just about to do the report, but in the meantime, here's the photos of the new units.

First, I completed a 40-man Mutant Rabble to be my third heresy cultist squad. The models are a mix of Mantic Ghouls and Zombies and GW Ghouls with Skaven or gas-mask heads.The pistols are from Hasslefree.



I've done them in batches so that if I feel like fielding minimum squads I should have ten skaven-guys, ten orange-ghoul-guys, etc etc...





Then the two Malcadors - I had a problem with the gloss varnish on these so I couldn't remove as much of the wash as I liked - as a result, they look a bit more weathered than normal!








Then a full Aegis line, including an Icarus Lascannon made from an old Ramshackle engine plant and other bits.






And, of course, Zardu Layak to lead the Word Bearers - he arrived on Thursday and I left on Friday so this is his one-evening paint job!



Finally, a few Objective Markers

All very impressive, I really like the Skaven heads they fit in really well wouldn't have thought of doing that.

Malcadors weathering looks really good to me, as long as they fit in with the other vehicles they will be fine.

Really impressed you painted Zardu Layak in one night, he looks really good.

 GiraffeX wrote:
All very impressive, I really like the Skaven heads they fit in really well wouldn't have thought of doing that.

Thanks! As with much of this army, it was an exercise of getting as much stuff out of the bits box and onto a bloody model as I could!

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TOURNAMENT REPORT NOW UP!! - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/659737.page

All the games, all the losses, the occasional win. Oh well. Poor crazy cultists goons....

Thanks for the batrep was good posted my comment on the report thread.

So whats up next for the pink tide or are you working on another project next?

 GiraffeX wrote:
Thanks for the batrep was good posted my comment on the report thread.

So whats up next for the pink tide or are you working on another project next?

The next thing might actually be more red, not pink. Might get the final bits of the Word Bearers allies finished. I have the two Blade Slaves, a Rhino and a few more terminators left over, and three Maxmini jet bikes that could easily make a little support squad.

Then, I'll probably do a flyer batch - the second Dreadclaw and a couple of Arvus Lighters maybe...

Wow, what an update! Tho see look fantastic AI.

Cool looking army ! Really like the ghouls.
Also , just so you know, it's practically impossible to "over" weather a vehicle !!!

Just a teeny update. I was looking to flesh out the special weapon options, so used up some of the tank commander bodies I got with the Malcadors. Attached them to some Cadian legs and made a couple of Plasma Gunners and a couple of Vox-Casters...

Gasmask maniacs are looking brilliant, well done !

Very nice kit bashing.

Ok, my local game club (HATE CLUB in Bethnal Green) is running a Knight Joust this weekend, and I'm using is as an excuse to get this guy all made up!


Chaos Knight from Forge World - I've magnetised his elbows so I can make more weapons in future, but for now he'll just have the stock stuff.


Given that this is a big spraying job, I'm using it as an excuse to get some base layers down on a load of other walker-type models. First, the six Renegade Sentinels, now with GS 'canvas' covers so they can be Scouts or Armoured.



And then three old Space Crusade Dreads which I'm going to make into fire support dreadnoughts.



I'm planning to use these old Land Raider lascannons for them, but I need to recast a few first - this is the only one I have.


And, while I'm casting, I scored a fantastic haul of old 90s Chaos Daemons the other week: 2 Bloodthirsters, 48 Bloodletters, 16 Flesh Hounds, 2 Lords of Change, 22 Horrors, 11 Flamers, 5 Fiends of Slaanesh, Azazel, 1 Daemon Prince, a load of Chaos Warriors and Knights and a Khorne Berserker on a Juggernaut

All for £50! I've gone through the batch, sorting them into squads and getting rid of a few that I didn't need (wrong era Fiends, 1 Bloodthirster and 1 LoC).

This gives me enough Khorne to make a KDK army, but some of the Flesh Hounds were missing heads, frills and tails, so I've prepared some for casting - they're going to have shorter, straighter tails than the big scorpion-style ones for storage...

Woaw, what a teaser ! Hopefully we'll soon get pics of these fantastic reinforcements from the past !

These are some lovely themed armies. Brilliant pink cultists!

Thanks guys.

I made some progress on the painting. The Knight is up to all base colours down, and a little bit of the weathering done. i was hurrying this one to use in an event at the weekend (in which he mostly got speared by Lancers!)




Plus, all the basic spraying and masking done on the Sentinels and Dreads..




i'm planning that the Dreads are used as fire support (since they have no CC weapons) but unsure what to arm them with. They're definitely gonna have old SC-style missile launchers, but Lascannons or Reaper Autocannons for the other weapon??

Brilliant, I love these Space Crusade dreads, they will really look the part !

 KernelTerror wrote:
Brilliant, I love these Space Crusade dreads, they will really look the part !

Thanks! Yeah, I'm looking forward to including them. It's just the weapons I'm trying to decide about. I don't have three of the original SC Lascannon bits, but I'm not even sure if Missile Launcher/Lascannon is worth it.

This is what the model originally came with:



I have three of the assault cannons - maybe I could modify them to look like Reaper Autocannons and have each one with a ML and a reaper? Not sure....

I have one of the double Lascannons you can have. I just need to remember to bring it to HATE.

FINALLY got some stuff finished! These have been sitting there for months. I also got the Knight done, but I don't have a big enough lightbox to photograph it, so I'll wait til I'm next at Panic's house to take photos!

First, two squads of 8 Khorne Berserkers - using bits from various Chaos sprues, plus some metal Terminator axes and some old Chaos Warrior heads






And then the six Sentinels, magnetised with Lascannon, Flamer and Multilaser weapon options.

Awesome, your scheme works surprisingly well with berserkers. Keep it up ! Great sentinels too.

 KernelTerror wrote:
Awesome, your scheme works surprisingly well with berserkers. Keep it up ! Great sentinels too.

Thanks! Yes, I'm surprised how well the red works - before the weathering I thought it was too much of a contrast but the wash has pulled it all together quite well.

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Found time to take some photos of the Chaos Knight! The arms are magnetised, so eventually I'll get around to making some alternate weapon options...

Awesome looking Knight. I also need to mention that your mutant rabble squads look amazing.

EDC

Your knight looks excellent.

Next batch up! I'm off to the London 40k GT with the Renegades and I'm playing a horde, so I need EVEN MORE goons. I also used this opportunity to re-jiggle the squads and number of weapons so that I can use them better as Imperialis Militia in 30k.

First, a ton of models!


Most of these are Tallarns with a few basic redemptionists and cawdor mixed in.


Then some converted cultists to boost the shotgun squad


And some special weapon additions - meltaguns and flamers and a third vox-caster.



And, started pulling the Imperial insignia off this old Baneblade, ready for chaosifying!!

Awesome. Any army can benefit from more goons. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the Baneblade.

EDC

A pink Baneblade, thats going to look so cool.

MORE GOONS!

Thanks for the comments. I've had a busy day of assembly. First, I've put together about 30 artillery loaders/gunners from various sources. Some were headless Mordians which I've shaves the shoulder boards from. Some are converted from cultists.



I've then started assembling artillery. First was two Thudd Guns made from Mantic models. I've going to replace their tracks with wheels from Zinge industries.


I had to cut a Tallarn gunner in half to replace the Forge Father that was on there!!


And then, this is a custom Rapier, made from a couple of Mantic track pieces and a centre part made from various bits. I've got loads of the Mantic tracks from a bits trade, and so I've recast my custom centre piece a load of times.



I'm going to magnetise various weapons, but I'll be using these Zinge guns as my laser destroyers.


Here's some sample assemblies, with the Zinge cannons and some old Space Crusade Conversion Beamers.

MOAR UPDATES! It's been a busy weekend.

I started on some Earthshaker Platforms using these old 35mm flak gun kits. A friend has some left over from a project, so with a bit of recasting, they were complete.


I then took the cannons off of my Basilisks and magnetised the inside of the mountings and the sides of the cannons. I've been meaning to do this for a while as it makes them easier to store!



This is what they look like assembled. I might put some Basilisk guns shields on to bulk them out a bit.


And finally, I cut up and reposed two quad-guns. There will fit in the same size slot as the Earthshakers, allowing me to use the tanks as Hydras if I want...