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Time for another round of photos. First, my slow progress on the Lord on Palanquin. I tried to make the Agonizers look more like Pleaguebearers and the Lord got a second powerfist. I'm not sure if I should put a weapon into the fist, so he looks like he could actually attack someone. I really like it this way.









Also worked on my Soul Grinder some more. Since I couldn't find any good spot to add a gun, I just used the head from the Forgefiend. Problem was, I used a lot of plastic glue when I added the Maulerfiend head, so I kinda ruined that one a little bit when I tore it off. And I also completly ruined the Fiend's neck, which you now can't even see anymore. If I ever get around to finish the Forge Fiend, I'm gonna need some new parts.





It was worth it though, The new head looks a hell of a lot better than the previous one and fits the "beast forced into machine"-look much better than the previous one. You can't see its face which makes it look less aggressive, but certainly not less scary. I added a small smokestack on the plate on his back and am currently trying to figure out if I'd like to see even more stacks on him. It would work in favor of my "evil factory" style I have on a few models.

Love the look of that soul grinder! Keep it up!

I don't have the time to take real pictures, so this handy shot will have to do for the moment.

I hope this doesn't ruin the model, but the lord on palanquin looks a little more like 'chaos lord roused from his comfy nap' XD

In serious news, I really like the look of the worm rat maulerthing, especially how it's got the 'organic sewn up rat demon' thing mixed with a healthy overdose of mech parts to merge nurglishness with heretekal gizmos

Kaesar II

dude ur Mortarion looks a bit skinny, does he even lift? (a reference from a utube vid, sorry i had to say it)
anyway cool models, that bane blade thing is the shets, ur bloody skaven daemon engine thing is the shets just extra the shets cherry on top, love it
it would appear that one more has found the light of the wargames shock troopers, we are pleased
anyway friendly advice, read my signature

Your entire army is amazing! Where did you get the fat daemon with the top hat? I know I've seen it somewhere before.

@Lord Kaesar II: Well, he looks more awake than with his original head, I can tell you that.

@Novelist47: That is probably a good idea. I usually just take quick w.i.p. pictures on my painting table.

@SickSick6: Thank you very much. And here's the link for the Pleague Gentleman.

Puppetswar, yes! Thank you! And again, spectacular work! Soul Grinder's lookin sick.

Updates! For real this time. I finally got around to finish and prime the buggers, now I'm off to my least favourite part. Painting the damn things.
Seriously though, painting the Nurgle stuff is usually quite fun and I really can not wait to see how the finished Soulgrinder will look like. The armor parts will stay in the dark green you see here, but the skin is going to be a bright, sickly looking rotting flesh tone to match my demons.





I used a Killakan part on the shoulder because I wanted it too look a little bit more broken and stitched together.




Next up the Nurgle Lord. I'm halfway done priming him while typing this.



The plague bearers are now armed.



I added the vents from the CSM demon prince. They look like they're not symetrical, but they totally are when you look at it just the right way.



Can't have a Nurgle character without a big tank of something on his back, right? And look where it leads...





There are no really good rules to represent something like this on a Nurgle Lord, so I'll just have to go with combi-flamer.

oh i dig how ur defiler/soul grinder/mauler field is turning out, 3 models in 1, i like
and that nurgle lord looks like a fat piece of shet, i like
i bet you could make that thing counts as an epidermus if you ever get into daemons
and glad you took my advice, very good

I had a game coming up and needed to finish the Soulgrinder quickly. The paintjob could be better, but apart from that he looks exactly how I wanted him to look.

















Let me know what you think.

Soon.

More like, "Now," please.

The flyer is coming, don't you worry. I just need to finish painting a Mordheim gang in time for christmas.

Though I got a little bit of other painting done as well. I finally finished the third traitor Ogryn. While planning on building a traitor guard army I switched out the close combat weapon on one of the Forgeworld Renegade Berzerker Ogryns for an Autocannon. After that I added some green stuff on a classic 3rd edition ogryn to make him look like his bigger cousin. And finally, I converted a metal LotR Troll I had lying around to fit in with the other two. Isn't it cute how short the classic Ogryn looks in comparison?

I wasn't exactly sure what to do about the face of the flyer. I think I do now.



Seriously, that would be perfect, though I'm not 100% sure if the Slaughterfiend tentacles would still fit. Gotta wait for a full picture of the model and find a Tyranid player who doesn't want it.

Okay, one last post here before I start working on the flyer.

I finally got around to take some pictures from my Chaos Lord of Palanquin. They're still not the best photos though. Something just seems to prevent me to take decent pictures with the guy, I don't know what it is.

Sorry to keep you waiting, but it was totally worth it.
So this morning I was experimenting with some putty and the parts for the flyer to see if everything would work out as I planned. The body from the Goblin Spider-thingy (Araknoborok..something), engines from the FW Plague Drone (don't look at me like that, I still had one unfinished, alright?!) and the tentacles from the Maulerfiend. But something was missing. I didn't want to use the regular face, otherwise it would've looked too much like the spider. And then... well, I still had a gift card from christmas and I just couldn't resist.



Yes, I kinda/sorta bought a huge Tyranid creature because I liked the head. Sue me. That's not say I won't find other uses for the rest. I still have half a Forgefiend lying around, since I needed some parts for my Soulgrinder. But I'll show you those later.
This is still an early concept stage. I'm considering using the back plate from the Fiend on top, but I don't have it at the moment. Adding the Tyranid tentacles will require a lot of cutting and GS work and I hope I won't ruin it, like I did with the Forgefiend neck. Once it's done it'll be a giant ugly mess of hungry looking tentacles.

I can't wait.

so insane !!!

And the hacking of multiple, high-end models must have you praying for avoiding errors !

Good luck on that one, it looks promising !

Started gluing. I like where this is going.

Building a model like this leaves me with a lot of leftover parts. I wasn't sure what to with the rest of the Drone.

...

Say, I never did anything with that Forgefiend body, did I?

That Plague Drone is looking great, and I can't wait to see what you do with the Forgefiend body! I wish I had conversion skills half as good as yours.

~Tim?

Hey guys, I could use some feedback on this one. As you can see two posts up, I'm working on Mauler/Forgefiend. I still had the body left over from my Soulgrinder conversion and then had this idea of adding a FW Drone as head and the huge arms from the Tyranid creature.



First off, I'm considering ripping of the Drone butt from my w.i.p. flyer and attach it to the back of the Fiend instead. Might be a better fit.

Then there are the legs. Originally I had planed to use the hind legs from the Tyranid, but it it's current form I'd have to put them on some rocks or something, because the body is too high.



Another idea would be using these mechanical legs from a toy I still have lying around.



Now my brother is telling me I should't give this thing hind legs at all. But if I go with that, I'd have to rip of the arms again and lower his backside more to the ground.
Once the body is done, I'll probaby add the teeth from the spider in front of the Drone and attack the Plasma cannons on top where the exhaust pipes usually sit.

Don't need to lower the back of the body if you don't want legs. Could utilize sculpting to give it tentacles dragging along the ground or a massive slug/snail foot behind there. Or sculpt/carve it up like it was cut in half, and is simply walking about on its forelimbs- it's entirely possible to balance on arms horizontally if you're not humaniform.

Can't you adjust the angle of the body, so that the FW Drone head is higher, and its hind part lower ?

I think it looks bestial with two sets of legs... But I don't think it needs the "waste disposal apparatus" from the Drone... It looks great as it is on the flyer !

Just my advice... I'm not sure you need it, considering your skills

I made my decision. I'll add the hind legs from the Tyranid and add the cannons from the Forgefiend to use him as such. And it will probably get the... apparatus from the Drone. Though that will depend if I can find a suitable replacement part for the tail end of the flyer.

Oh look! I still have a spiked tail from the Hellpit Abomination.

Now with more tentacles!

The Forgefiend is coming along really well. I just need to fill out a few gaps with green stuff. As you can see on the chitin plates on the large legs, I added a bit of putty and tried to make it look like the metal part from the drone. I don't plan to cover the whole chitin (because I won't reach everywhere anyway ), but I hope it will look good enough once I'm done painting. Though I feel like I have to do something about the naked shoulders.

Using those legs on the fiend was just the right decision! It's coming along swimmingly!

I also just spotted the added maw underneath the Blight Drone "head", which makes me love the model even more! Brilliant work!

Painting on both "vehicles" is work in progress. Here's a quick shot of the Forgefiend.

And they're done. Well, mostly done. Well, at least game-ready. And they should be, because I want to field them on friday and don't have any time tomorrow, so I'll have to do the list now.



Better pictures and close-ups will follow soon, I just wanted to share this with you.

Up next is.... I don't know yet. Just for kicks, I'm considering converting/painting some barricades in case I need them. Maybe the Rhino I have lying around. And then I might actually start working on that Plaguetower because I have an Apocalypse game coming up.