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 WargamingWarrior wrote:


Another issue I have discovered is figuring out how to add bulk to the armature without using heavy and potentially messy materials like clay and milliput. On the last attempt, I tried using scrunched up paper, taped to the wire frame and tried sculpting on top of that, but I found that the paper starts to unravel and unstick the tape.

Well I also used metal wire as the basic armature of my dread. I bulked them up using cotton heavily covered in PVA. You can see it on the sword arms of that dreadnought and of that one.
Of course, you get a very organic texture, for the armor plates, I guess plasticard is the way I would go.
Damn, I really want to build a knight now ^^.

 KernelTerror wrote:

 WargamingWarrior wrote:


Another issue I have discovered is figuring out how to add bulk to the armature without using heavy and potentially messy materials like clay and milliput. On the last attempt, I tried using scrunched up paper, taped to the wire frame and tried sculpting on top of that, but I found that the paper starts to unravel and unstick the tape.

Well I also used metal wire as the basic armature of my dread. I bulked them up using cotton heavily covered in PVA. You can see it on the sword arms of that dreadnought and of that one.
Of course, you get a very organic texture, for the armor plates, I guess plasticard is the way I would go.
Damn, I really want to build a knight now ^^.

They are some awesome dreadnoughts! I'll definitely try cotton and PVA technique. As for the armour, I still have a decent amount of thin plastic sheets left, so I'll be using them.


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Finished painting up that squad of Khornate Chaos Space Marines turned Nurgle worshippers! I think they look good. Pretty pleased with how they have turned out.

I imagine that they are a rag tag bunch Khornate Space Marines left behind after some sort of Black Crusade so they decided to just tag along with the Nurgle worshippers. Or maybe they could be Marines from the World Eaters legion who were on the brink of death after being wounded in a a Black Crusade but some crazy Nurgle Apothecary decided to salvage them and infect them with Nurgles Plagues in an attempt to stop them from dying. So they can be used to bolster the ranks of the Nurgle forces.

There are so many potential back stories for these guys!

Nice Nurgle marines.

The armature project looks interesting.

EDC

Very nice to see that squad finished, that was a unique and ballsy concept to pick, and they turned out great. Khorne will not like that one bit though ^^ !

Regarding cotton+PVA I should mention I sometimes used more than one armature in order to give a proper support to the shape. While this is not as modifiable as clay, you can still touch it up while it dries. To cave in the inside of an elbow, I wrapped metal wire around the arm and only removed it once everything had dried up.
Of course, the final touch ups need to be done using greenstuff imho.

Good luck, and keep us posted !

evildrcheese wrote:Nice Nurgle marines.

The armature project looks interesting.

EDC

Thank you.

KernelTerror wrote:Very nice to see that squad finished, that was a unique and ballsy concept to pick, and they turned out great. Khorne will not like that one bit though ^^ !

Regarding cotton+PVA I should mention I sometimes used more than one armature in order to give a proper support to the shape. While this is not as modifiable as clay, you can still touch it up while it dries. To cave in the inside of an elbow, I wrapped metal wire around the arm and only removed it once everything had dried up.
Of course, the final touch ups need to be done using greenstuff imho.

Good luck, and keep us posted !

Thanks, I like adding conceptually unique items in to my army, it gives it even more character. Khorne definitely won't be happy though.

I'm going to spend a lot more time on the armature this time, making sure to get it bulky and make it a bit more 3-dimensional to support the cotton and PVA. I went to the shop a day ago and bought some cotton and pVA glue, so hopefully I can start doing this project today.






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[I'll take a better photo soon]

Yesterday, I managed to finish up my Kharn the Betrayer counts-as. I'd like to think that despite the Khornate squad joining up with the Nurgle forces after being left for dead by their original Khornate warband, they are not 100% with the forces of Nurgle. Their ferocious blood lust and brutal psycho-surgery make them highly unpredictable. Only a leader who is just as bloodthirsty will be able to led these fearsome warriors. This leader isn't actually Kharn, but decided to model himself in Kharn's image due to the fact that Kharn is one of the greatest warriors.




I had some Ork bitz lying around so I thought that I might as well assemble them, it can be the beginnings of revisiting the army that got me in to 40k. So I have started painting up one of the Orks that I have assembled. It doesn't look like much from the photos, but I have only just started laying down the base colours. It'll look better eventually, I promise. As you can see, I decided to paint the skin purple, which is quite a bold move, considering that Orks are supposed to be green. The thing is, my Chaos Space Marines are green, so if I went with another green army, I might get sick of painting green. Also, the purple makes the orks stand out and means I can come up with an awesome backstory for why they are that colour. I'm thinking of something along the lines of an apocalyptic nuclear fallout mutated them and caused their skin to change colour.

So I have started doing work on the Nurgle Knight. I started off by using my dremel to drill two holes in a rough base so I can thread the wire through when making the armature. Then I started building the armature, making sure to get the posing just right and make sure that it's strong enough. I actually twisted several wires together to make the wire stronger, as the wire is quite thin and wouldn't support the weight on its own. So far it's holding up okay. Next I have started using tin foil to give the model some bulk and to help make the frame stronger. Once I have finished with the tin foil, I can then begin to use the PVA glue and cotton wool to build up the rest of the model bit by bit, starting at the feet and working my way upwards because I know that if I put the mixture all on at once, it will probably all fall off.

Looking good so far, good idea building from the base, will probably make your life easier

 KernelTerror wrote:
Looking good so far, good idea building from the base, will probably make your life easier

Thanks! It sure will make things easier.

Here's how it's looking so far...





It is looking a bit weird and haphazard at the moment, but it's important to remember that it's still just a frame and the early stages of the project. It still has a long way to go. I'll probably be doing some more work on the frame, adding some more foil just to bulk it up a bit more. Then I can begin to use the PVA and cotton mix.

Oooh nice ribcage, lots of potential there, like guts, or lesser demons shooting from it ?
Did you straighten the legs between this phase and the former ?

Anyway, that is pretty cool you are able to progress fast on these preliminary phases !

The Knight project hasn't worked out. It kept falling apart so I have decided to throw it away and scrap the project.

Next time I'll try scratch building something a little less ambitious.

Damn, sorry to hear that this material did not work out. Maybe you'll get back to it eventually.

Recently I have been working on finishing off some more Terminators for my Nurgle army. These guys are actually magnetised, along with their weapons options, so I can change their loadout. They are almost done, I just have a few bits to finish off on them and finish painting up all of their weapons options.

Looking very good so far!

 corpuschain wrote:
Looking very good so far!

Thank you.


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The Knight Titan project is not dead, it's just on the back-burner while I source the bits needed to make it.

The Chaos Terminators are coming along pretty nicely, I'll take some more pics of them today.

I also went to my local GW and bought myself some more Chaos stuff. It's the first Games Workshop kit I have bought in four years. I am looking forward to assemble these guys!

Time for a new update! So I have assembled and primed my Warp Talons. As you can see, they have undergone extensive kitbashing with Berserker bitz and primed in a reddy-brown. This is because I'm making these guys proper Khornate Marines, so red and brass with lots and lots of skulls. I got a bit sick of painting green marines, so decided to paint up some red ones instead and go for some Khornate allies.

Looking good ! One never has too many spikes, claws or blade, can always come in handy when you need to carry someone's decapitated head.

Cant wait to see what this will turn out like

Hooray! Welcome to the world of Khorne. Blood for the Blood God! Those warp talon conversions are very nice.

KernelTerror wrote:Looking good ! One never has too many spikes, claws or blade, can always come in handy when you need to carry someone's decapitated head.

Thanks! Yeah, hopefully they'll look awesome once painted up.

Astro Wolf wrote:Cant wait to see what this will turn out like

Thank you. I have started laying down a red basecoat on them now.

corpuschain wrote:Hooray! Welcome to the world of Khorne. Blood for the Blood God! Those warp talon conversions are very nice.

I wanted to expand my Chaos Space Marine collection in to doing another chaos god and paint scheme as I was getting a bit bored painting green Nurgle worshippers. Thanks!



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Recently I have been finishing up working on some more scratch built Nurgle Spawn. They are made using Milliput, Sea Shells, Hot Glue and Filler. I think they are looking pretty good so far. What I have left to do on them is finish up the detailing, adding grass to the base and then adding gloss varnish to make it look slimy and disgusting.





I have also been working on adding a red base-coat to the armour of the Khorne Warp-Talons. I am planning on going for a very Red and Brass heavy colour scheme.

Holy warp this is disgusting !
Meaning that as a Nurgly compliment of course.

That possessed next to the talons looks promising too.

 KernelTerror wrote:
Holy warp this is disgusting !
Meaning that as a Nurgly compliment of course.

That possessed next to the talons looks promising too.

Thank you!


Finally finished up my squad of magnetised Nurgle Terminators. They took a while to complete, but I'm pleased with how they turned out. They look suitably Nurgle and fit in well with the rest of my army. The only thing I dislike about them is the fact that I assembled them before I had bought a dremel, meaning that the magnets are stuck on the outside of the model, rather than embedded in a drilled hole, resulting in the arms sticking out a bit too much from the body. But at least I have learned from my mistakes and it's not a bad first attempt at magnetising. Hopefully I'll get to have a go at magnetising another squad soon, making sure to drill holes and embed the magnets in to the models so the magnetised parts stick properly together.

Finished painting an Ork Nob for an Ork army I am starting. Instead of being green, my Orks are going to be purple.




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Here's my collection of scratch-built Nurgle Spawn so far. They are made from milliput, shells, hot glue card and sand. I am pretty pleased with how they came out, they look suitably disgusting, a writhing mass of tentacles and eyes. I still have one more to finish constructing, but I need to order some more hot glue sticks first.

The Chaos Knight can take doubles of weapons. AWESOME!!

'Evening WargamingWarrior, cool update ! Also letting us into your plague lab will indeed raise questions ^^ ! Here go :
- I noticed an Oyster amongst your chaos spawn shell pile, are you thinking of a new design, by oppositon to you existing snail-like spawns ? I could easily saw it as an armored back, with tentacles coming out of it....
- Thought I saw some kind of Nurgle Tree in you second cabinet, that looks interesting, is it and element of decor, or some demon stuff ?
- Brilliant titan project, that will surely take a while, but it will be interesting to follow.
- When you talk about knight titan double weapon, are you planning on building one for your scratch built knight project ? That would be nice ^^ !

 WargamingWarrior wrote:

Spoiler:

The Chaos Knight can take doubles of weapons. AWESOME!!

Hang on, what book is that?

 KernelTerror wrote:
'Evening WargamingWarrior, cool update ! Also letting us into your plague lab will indeed raise questions ^^ ! Here go :
- I noticed an Oyster amongst your chaos spawn shell pile, are you thinking of a new design, by oppositon to you existing snail-like spawns ? I could easily saw it as an armored back, with tentacles coming out of it....
- Thought I saw some kind of Nurgle Tree in you second cabinet, that looks interesting, is it and element of decor, or some demon stuff ?
- Brilliant titan project, that will surely take a while, but it will be interesting to follow.
- When you talk about knight titan double weapon, are you planning on building one for your scratch built knight project ? That would be nice ^^ !

- Yeah, I'm adding some variety to the squad by using different shells to make different creatures.
- That's a tree I made when I was at University, it's sort of fairytale, dark woods inspired.
- It will certainly take a while, but it'll look good in the end hopefully.
- I'm liking the idea of double Gatling guns for serious dakka!

 corpuschain wrote:

 WargamingWarrior wrote:

Spoiler:

The Chaos Knight can take doubles of weapons. AWESOME!!

Hang on, what book is that?

I'm thinking that it's the new book from the new Knights set GW released. I'm not exactly sure as I didn't take the photo, I found the photo on Facebook.






What I have also been working on in the lab is some drawings. They are nothing special, but I'm still pleased with them.

Female Space Marine:



Female Commissar:

Got some more Nurgle miniatures painted up...

Brilliant, great colorscheme and corruption !

WargamingWarrior, your spawn are truly impressive & original! Keep up the great work, and I cannot wait for more nurgle-y goodness

 corpuschain wrote:

 WargamingWarrior wrote:

Spoiler:

The Chaos Knight can take doubles of weapons. AWESOME!!

Hang on, what book is that?

The Imperial Knight: Renegade rulebook. Has the 40K Dataslate in as well.