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Are you planning to stay awake the whole month, too?

Might have to. I must admit that all of these late nights are starting to wear on me.


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Progress on the snotlings/nurglings for tonight. Still wet with green wash.

Looking great... keep up the good work, Gits.

Wow dude, you're a painting machine! Love the letters and wolves, and those nurglings are just... So... Green!

What great progress! The nurglings are looking absolutely perfect so far, love how green they are

The Bloodletters came in well done so that is a great boost! Honestly, you could leave them as-is for now and just re-do the basing.

For the wolves, they look good but the only downside for me is that they blend into the basing a little bit - but that's just a side effect of the scheme and the bases being brown, so I think that may stand out less once there is a full army based like that. By the way, are you going to re-base the Skinwalker? I think it would be good to do so - if you want it to be usable in both systems, Wehrkind actually makes rings to convert a 40mm unrimmed base to a 50mm rimmed one, which I think is what this model needs? He casts them, but I'm sure he'll have one somewhere already if you are interested!

Major supply drop today!




Today's projects:

- The painted demon price arrived today. He looks great! I moved him over to one of my style of bases and he's ready to go.



- I'm re-flocking the bloodletters... that'll be done today. This will complete the demon contingent of the army.
- The rats arrived today and I have enough to make exactly 5 bases of rats... that should be enough for another group of nurgling counts-as... though I think I'll be looking for more rats should some make themselves available.
- The flamers of tzeench (ghosts) arrived today. Pretty bad failcast but I was able to clean them up enough to be suitable. They are on their bases and ready to be painted.
- I continue to work on the snotlings (nurglings). It's tedious. Will have them done tonight though the basing might bleed through to tomorrow.


@RiTides: Yeah, the wolves blend in a bit, but I can't changing the basing of the entire army based on one unit. They're not optimal but I think OK the way they are.

Great work Gitsplitta. Don't burn yourself out though buddy!

I actually missed the grey rocks on the wolf bases due to the camera angle / some being behind others, that helps break up the brown nicely!

DP looks great re-based did you say whether the skinwolf is getting that treatment or not (and if he is, if you need a base ring)?

Great progress Gits One step at a time!

I have some of those old rats, maybe enough to send your way, I'll have to check on Monday though. If not reaper bones giant rats are along the same size.

@Bash - Thanks! I'm good so far.

@RiTides - the current base is 50mm. How big should it be? I am disinclined to re-base the skin wolf unless absolutely necessary.

@Theo: I appreciate that. I'll keep an eye on e-bay too. Might snag what I need there.

+1 for fast postage! Nice haul, and good progress!

Demon faction is done. That's two down and 4? to go. Keep in mind that save for the basing I did not paint these.

I've never thought of using flesh tones on a Daemon Prince. He turned out fantastic! I cannot wait till your done with this, excited!

Actually, that's a good concept for squad leaders: With your pale skin-wolf and the pale-skinned DP, and darker minions. I think you should try to keep that a thing for the rest of the army, if you can.

Agreed Doctor H, it's an awesome visual on those two squads and really makes the leader stand out

I have a problem coming though when I get a but further on concerning leaders and their minions. I have a Tzeench leader (witch) with Nurgle minions (goblins). They have hatred for one another. That will go badly.

You are just KILLING these! Great progress (even if some is just a rebase- Thats work too!)



As far as the witch v goblins go.... is that an in-game rules issue or can you buff that out with a little bit o' fluff?

I figure this is more for display - I think it's fine for the witch to fly off as soon as the game starts and leave her goblins behind... that's what they do anyway, right

Goblins are done save for the greenery on the bases. Will finish them up tomorrow. Boy, what a chore for a bunch of crappy little figures!


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Finished the goblins. Thank God there are only 3 more bases to do. Given that this is a pretty shoddy prep & paint job it took a heck of a lot of time!

The time was worth it. Those Gobos look pretty darn good.

I am not sure the Tzeentch/Nurgle hatred will be that much of an issue. Just imagine the Tzeentch Witch summoned/enslaved the Goblins as cannon fodder and leaves them to their fate at the start of the battle and they simply dive into cover (holding an objective of course) and proceed to hurl abuse at the Witch for the rest of the game.

Great progress so far. The pre painted models work really well now you've rebased them.

You're using rats and snotlings as Nurglings, right? Are you planning on having them as separate units of nurglings or having a mix of rats/snots in a unit?

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OK, that's a lousy photo... the goblins aren't even in focus. Sorry gang.

@evildrcheese: I think separate... but I could always mix them.

We will have to get a batrep in when you are finished with this army.

I'd enjoy that. I'm hoping to knock out the ghosts tonight. There's only 6 and I'm counting on the airbrush to do most of the heavy lifting. Might even sneak in some work on that MW predator while I've got it fired up.

Wow.. your a machine. I like the snotlings

The snot-nurglings look awesome! Well done Gits, totally worth it!! Just don't burn out on us

For the GUO you could just get some jelly on a base and say he's the blob lol.Any who great posts will definitely follow.

You are really flying through this army, very impressive, I love the concept of this.

Thank you all. Your support is key in keeping me going.


This is going to sound like a complete attack of hubris... but at the beginning of this a couple of people suggested they'd like to help. I think I've come up with a way.

I'm going to need some special decorations for my display board. Gravestones, old twisted trees, mausoleum, crypt... even a spooky backdrop or centerpiece for the lazy susan (see spoilered pic below).


If anyone is inclined to participate... I could use appropriate spooky pieces to add some interest to the display. Keep in mind my deadline for the project is Oct. 31st, so pieces would need to be in my hands by then. I don't want you to spend any money on this... so I'll reimburse you for shipping and encourage you to use left-over bits and bobs to make the pieces. Just post here so I know what you're making.

I'm going to attack the ghosts tonight. Hopefully the airbrush behaves and I'll have something else cool to show you tonight or tomorrow (probably tomorrow... basing takes a while).


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Ghosts are done. Had a good airbrushing night... very pleased with how they look. Pics when the basing is done.


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Ghosts are done! I seriously thought about a little OSL glow on the ground but I really like the contrast between the ghosts and the basing.




I think this is a good time for an overall army update. Here's where we stand.

Chaos Space Marines CAD:
HQ: (Dracula) - Astorath body w/ chaos bat-winged jump pack - Chaos Champion w/ jump pack & power axe
HQ: (Demon) - Khornate Demon Prince - demon prince (done!)
EL: (Frankenstein's Monster) - Contemptor Dread - contemptor dread with extra arm (built!)
TP: (Zombies) - 10x zombicide zombies - chaos cultists
TP: (Zombies) - 10x zombicide zombies - chaos cultists

Chaos Demons CAD:
HQ: (Wolf Man) - skin wolf - Karanak (done!)
HQ: (Witch) - Lilith modified to ride a broom - herald of tzeench on flying disk
TP: (Devils) - 10x bloodletters - bloodletters (done!)
TP: (Goblins) - 5x bases of multiple grots - nurglings (done!)
FA: (wolves) - 10x Fenris wolves - flesh hounds (done!)
FA: (bats) - 10x Bones and GW bats combined - furies

Chaos Demons Allied Detachment
HQ: (Thanatos/Grim Reaper) - changeling figure with staff converted to scythe & painted appropriately - the changeling
EL: (Ghosts) - 3x flamers of tzeench painted ghostly colors - flamers of tzeench (done!)
TP: (Mummies) - 10x awesome Reaper mummies - plague bearers