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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

That's quite a bit of progress! Looking great!

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

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Dispassionate Imperial Judge






HATE Club, East London

Thanks! Here's even more progress - this batch is FINISHED!

So, we have the Terminator Lord - who can also stand in for Abaddon if needed.



And the Terminators - they all have magnetised right arms, except the Champion (converted from the real Abaddon model).






And here are the magnetised weapon options. Combi plasmas are converted from the Berserker plasma pistol.



Lucius, converted from a DV Chosen, Noise Marine Doom Siren and sword, an old Chaos Warrior whip arm, a mutation sprue head, and plenty of green stuff!





Then, back to the regular infantry. Using up some spare parts, I made an extra Noise Marine Champion and Raptor Champion




And then two squads of Havocs, each with three Missile Launchers. These can also be used as regular Chaos Marines if I needs a small squad.






And the Havoc Champions, with heads from the same Kromlech sprue as the Warp Talons


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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Wow... just wow!

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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Dispassionate Imperial Judge






HATE Club, East London

And here's the whole army completed so far...

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Fixture of Dakka





6 foot underwater

Looking great

The weathered pale pink is indeed an excellent choice. Nice to see a lot of love for the old-skool minis too!

cyborks & flyboyz : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300067.page
heretical ramblings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/302773.page
imperial preachings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/303365.page
Da Waaagh-ky Races : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/325045.page
Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps





Earlobe deep in doo doo

Really going well

"But me no buts! Our comrades get hurt. Our friends die. Falkenburg is a knight who swore an oath to serve the church and to defend the weak. He'd be the first to tell you to stop puling and start planning. Because what we are doing-at risk to ourselves-is what we have sworn to do. The West relies on us. It is a risk we take with pride. It is an oath we honour. Even when some soft southern burgher mutters about us, we know the reason he sleeps soft and comfortable, why his wife is able to complain about the price of cabbages as her most serious problem and why his children dare to throw dung and yell "Knot" when we pass. It's because we are what we are. For all our faults we stand for law and light.
Von Gherens This Rough Magic Lackey, Flint & Freer
Mekagorkalicious -Monkeytroll
2017 Model Count-71
 
   
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Dispassionate Imperial Judge






HATE Club, East London

Thanks guys. I'm away for a few weeks now for work so I thought I'd get something tedious done while I'm there - something I can do for an hour every morning in the hotel room.

Soooo. CHAOS CULTISTS! 45 Cultists, stripped by the stripping service who did the rest of the army, assembled and based and ready for spraying. I want to get them sprayed pink and airbrush highlighted before I go, so that I can do all the brush work while I'm away.



Most are Necromunda Cawdor or Redemptionists




And these guys were Tallarns who had their heads cut off ages ago. I replaced them with Miniatures of the North cultist heads from Anvil Industry.




This is the first batch of regular guys. The intention is that this becomes a separate Guard / R&H army but I'll wait until FW update their list before doing all the special guys as a separate batch...

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Stripping service??

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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Dispassionate Imperial Judge






HATE Club, East London

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Stripping service??


Not THAT sort of service...

I sent all the minis originally to these guys - http://www.iwantapaintedarmy.co.uk/services/paint-stripping-service - who offer to strip the paint so you don't have to!

It turned out reasonably well - all the metals seem to have been chemical stripped and came back clean and shiny with paint, glue and GS all removed. I'm not sure what they attempted with the plastics, though. It looked like they were trying to scrape the paint off (!!), and in the end it took so long that I said just to stop and send them back. They only charged me for the metals.

I'm considering sending them an email telling them about the marvellous properties of Dettol, but SURELY they must have heard of this before...? Anyway, all the cultists are nice and clean, and any plastics I actually needed I just Dettoled myself...


   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Hmmm... interesting. Talk about a niche business!

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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Dispassionate Imperial Judge






HATE Club, East London

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Hmmm... interesting. Talk about a niche business!


Well, they're a painting service as well, so I guess this is just a little extra service. I'm not sure they were expecting me to send an entire army, though!

   
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Dispassionate Imperial Judge






HATE Club, East London

Gah, so work took over as always and I finally managed to get some geeing in last night. While away I got all the base colours on my cultists painted, and last night I did the shading.

I'm liking the oil wash method more and more - I've used it on this whole army and it makes shading and highlighting much easier since there's no need to go over and re-highlight each colour after the wash is put down. On these, removing the dried wash from the robes returns them to their natural pink and makes them stand out against all the other muted colours...

Basing and sealing still to go..





And I also got started on the Bike squad - assembled from various bits of Chaos and regular bikes.


   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Very nice... those cultists look great!

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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Dispassionate Imperial Judge






HATE Club, East London

Chaos Cultists Complete!!

Or at least the main batch of 45 cultists, armed with various weapons, finally done after languishing in boxes for years. Some of them, in fact, were languishing with the very generous Mr. Notprop for years, who donated me the Redemptionists during a Necromunda league last year!

Cultists! (Redemptionists)




More Cultists!! (Cawdor)



Even More Cultists!!! (Converted from Tallarns & MOTN Heads)



And a sample mob!

   
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps





Earlobe deep in doo doo

Nice to see these great models returning to action the pale pink and muted tones works well on them

"But me no buts! Our comrades get hurt. Our friends die. Falkenburg is a knight who swore an oath to serve the church and to defend the weak. He'd be the first to tell you to stop puling and start planning. Because what we are doing-at risk to ourselves-is what we have sworn to do. The West relies on us. It is a risk we take with pride. It is an oath we honour. Even when some soft southern burgher mutters about us, we know the reason he sleeps soft and comfortable, why his wife is able to complain about the price of cabbages as her most serious problem and why his children dare to throw dung and yell "Knot" when we pass. It's because we are what we are. For all our faults we stand for law and light.
Von Gherens This Rough Magic Lackey, Flint & Freer
Mekagorkalicious -Monkeytroll
2017 Model Count-71
 
   
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Fixture of Dakka





6 foot underwater

The cultist mobs look great, the muted tones work really well. Nice head swaps with the tallarn, they fit in perfectly wth the rest.

cyborks & flyboyz : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300067.page
heretical ramblings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/302773.page
imperial preachings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/303365.page
Da Waaagh-ky Races : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/325045.page
Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
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HATE Club, East London

Thanks everyone!

My bikers have seen a bit of progress. All base colours done now, and ready for a bit of washing and weathering.

There are six, including one Champion with a Power Lance. Two of them have magnetic arms with options for an Icon, a Meltagun, and an additional power weapon (in case I want to use the Lance guy as a Lord).

After these are done, it's time to start on my Helfist Murderpack - I have five old Chaos Dreads soaking in Dettol as I type..


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United States

Love those cultist models! Great paint job on them too!

"Reality is, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away"
-Philip K. Dick

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Longtime Dakkanaut






London UK

yeah,
The cultists are looking great, what are MOTN heads?

Panic...


   
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HATE Club, East London

 Panic wrote:
yeah,
The cultists are looking great, what are MOTN heads?

Panic...



Miniatures of The North make resin cultists, chaos dwarves and greatcoat troopers, and are distributed by Anvil Industry. http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=98

The bits section of the site sells 'Hooded Heads' - 2.50 for 6 - http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=cultist+heads&product_id=191



   
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6 foot underwater

Oh please tell me you mean the original RT chaos dreads, when you say you have them soaking. That would be awesome!

cyborks & flyboyz : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300067.page
heretical ramblings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/302773.page
imperial preachings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/303365.page
Da Waaagh-ky Races : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/325045.page
Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
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Dispassionate Imperial Judge






HATE Club, East London

 monkeytroll wrote:
Oh please tell me you mean the original RT chaos dreads, when you say you have them soaking. That would be awesome!


Noo, unfortunately not. They're the 2ed solid metal dreads. Four of them and a fifth converted from various parts as the champion...

BIKERS DONE

Champion with Power Lance




Bikers



Meltagun Biker (can be swapped to an axe if he's being the Champion)



Biker Squad

   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Very gritty Ian... nice.

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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6 foot underwater

Nice job on the bikers. Like the use of the shield, that's given me some ideas

Shame about the dreads, but I thought that would be a bit much to hope for

Are you keeping the flail arms on the dreads - that was always the thing that put me off the 2ed ones.

cyborks & flyboyz : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300067.page
heretical ramblings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/302773.page
imperial preachings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/303365.page
Da Waaagh-ky Races : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/325045.page
Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
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Dispassionate Imperial Judge






HATE Club, East London

 monkeytroll wrote:
Shame about the dreads, but I thought that would be a bit much to hope for Are you keeping the flail arms on the dreads - that was always the thing that put me off the 2ed ones.


WELL, I'm planning to magnetise everything, but I've actually come up with a little dread problem.

I wanted FIVE Helbrutes, so I can take a Murderpack. In a Murderpack, one of the Hellbrutes is a Champion. I had already won from an eBay auction a terribly converted plastic SM dread and I had two metal Chaos Dreads, so I bought two more, thinking that the plastic one could have some better conversion work and then made into the Champion.

So, here are the four metal 'not-Champion' dreads, semi-assembled. The gun arms will be magnetised, and the actual CCW on the other are will be magnetised.



The problem is, it turns out that those Chaos Dreads are a fair bit bigger than my 'Champion' conversion!!!



He looks a bit weedy next to four of them!

So, what do I do?

- Buy another metal dread and shelf this project until he arrives. They're quite cheap on eBay.
- Carry on with this guy and attempt to make him look bigger? This was my original idea, but I reckon it might just be too much a size difference for a bit of GS to fix.
- Just stick with 4. I have to Decimators on order, I could always use one of them as the Champion (though they are seriously MUCH bigger)


   
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Longtime Dakkanaut






London UK

Yeah,
I thnk keep going! The murder pack is looking great.
That old model looks great in a pack! Although have you concidered head swaps?

Use the plastic dredd as the base layer on segregated armour like the metal ones.
Pick a awesome torso and use he cable tool to go mad and wire that sucker in there!

If that doesn't work you can always fall back on eBay and buy another...

Panic...

   
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Dispassionate Imperial Judge






HATE Club, East London

He's an inch shorter than everyone else!!!

   
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I think you should carry on with the conversion and just try to add an inch to him, the area between the feet and metal supports looks rife for it. Maybe even something as simple as washers or spacers?

Love the rest of the army too.

My 40K and assorted projects: Genestealer Cult: October 15th http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1290/583755.page#8965486
 
   
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6 foot underwater

If you put some washers between feet and legs and bulk up the shin pad (maybe swap the feet out for a pair of the chao ones?), and add a bit of height between pevis and torso it'll bring him nearer in height without having to chop up the legs. A champion doesn't have to be bigger, just cooler

And as panic suggests, you could use some plasticard to build a second layer on the torso to get a similar segmented look to the armour. That'll add a bit more.


cyborks & flyboyz : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300067.page
heretical ramblings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/302773.page
imperial preachings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/303365.page
Da Waaagh-ky Races : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/325045.page
Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
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Dispassionate Imperial Judge






HATE Club, East London

Ok, thanks for the suggestions. I could really be bothered with all the plasticarding, especially when I had so many bits lying around, so I went to town with spare parts (and the Forgeplanet Cable Maker!).

Here he is!


And standing tall


So, those are the legs from my OLD Dread conversion, who is soon to become a Forgefiend. Originally they were from an EPIC Warlord titan. I also gave him quite a big boost at the ankles, covered up with the cabling.



The gap at the top was filled over by these spare armoured plates I had from the Ramshackle Rhino conversions.



And I used a regular Chaos Dread power plant, which means I'm gonna have to recast one to make up the numbers. Speaking of which, I've already started on the arms.


   
 
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