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Gee, I wonder what that could be?

I'm sorry. It's not a knight

A riptide? We need something for scale.

It's a contempter right?

Oooh, who could this be?

I just came across this thread and gosh wow. Your scratch building and painting skills are through the roof. Amazing work.

There are only 2 things in the Chaos codex that walk on a large oval base like this

It's a helldrake? It's a Helldrake, isn't it?

heheh, No ofcourse not!

It will be a forgefiend to be specific. I didn't like the model from GW from the start, and still. lame Dinobots.

But this gave me the opportunity to scratchbuild something for this army and not a tracked vehicle for once

Here is an almost finished leg heavily inspired on the contemptor obviously (although it will dwarf a regular contemptor ):



The upper body will look nothing like the contempter though. I was thinking something more in line with this upper body from the Stormwall, and place the Hades autocannons where the cannons are positioned :



More on this beast later..

Dinobots rule!

But this will look spectacular, just make sure it looks like it works!

Little further:

man...can´t you make something for once I don´t have to drool over?...wow!!!

Very nice

The build is coming along really nicely, great stuff.

New bases for these guys:

This whole thread is amazing. Love the mosaic bases

Finished the Dreadnought base:



I also made some slight adjustments to the paintjob on the dread. All that is missing is a shiny new banner and he is good to go! More on that later ofcourse!

Painted Ahriman for this army!

I like the almost comic book look of these guys, and those bases are nuts.

Here is Ahrimans ride:



And some close ups:

Repainted the freehand on the top and also on the rhino door:





2 more Rhino's will get the same treatment

Now that is nice!
Lovely clean painting style too!

Dang. I feel wholly inadequate next to this level of skill.

What a beautiful Rhino. Simply amazing freehand!

Thanks guys!

I started working on the 2nd Rhino. He's getting a complete new top and a new front plate:

Little further on the rhino:

Those freehanded little details are incredible. I strive to be even half as skilled with freehand painting.

 KommissarKiln wrote:
Those freehanded little details are incredible. I strive to be even half as skilled with freehand painting.

Thx! Practice my friend, practice.

Wow! I just read this entire thread, and have exalted it for good measure! I have only recently been exploring the P&M Blog sections of Dakka, and boy am I glad that I did! This is amazing work--which many other people have told you--and I just wanted to say thank you very much for sharing this process.

I love the Thousand Sons, and have been contemplating doing a pre-Heresy force of them for a while, and your work is certainly inspiring (if somewhat intimidating!). The mosaic bases are, as others have said, fantastic, and I love the marble Ankh symbol on top of the Rhino.

Thanks, and many praises heaped upon you!

I remember looking at this army when I first got on Dakka. I didn't think it would be possible to make it look cooler but you are getting it done. Those bases are incredible.

@ Panther: Thanks man! really appreciate it. And welcome to the thread.

@FSU: When I started this army I was discovering converting, scratchbuilding and freehanding. Now 6-7 years later I can really do justice to this army IMHO .