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Ok, I've got an update for yer entertainment.  I've base-ically been working on the bases.  Got them mostly done today, now all I need to do is finish off the job by completing the loyalist conversions - 5 to go.  Then I have 6 loyalist termies to have a go at...

And then onto some defiler action!

That which is done:



That which is yet to do:

I've finally finished the base troops for the army.  All based and ready for undercoat.  Next in the list is to make up the terminators.  I have 6 on sprue and 4 old school ones to convert to more current style models.  If they don't turn out I'll just convert the old school termies to something else, maybe obliterators instead...

In the end, I should have 3 Defilers, 3 Vindicators, 1 Dread, 10 termies, 36 Troops and a juiced Lord.  Maybe I will add 3 rhinos and 1 razorback to that mix.

Here's some pics:






The pile of bits:



And the army at present:

Instead of an update today, since I'm waiting for stuff to soak in acetone/simple green for stripping, I thought I would post some pics/brag about what my bro turned up with the other day.

I get home after a hard days modelling, and what is there sitting beside my computer??



Nothing says love like Apocalypse - I love my brother.

Now to decide what army to put it in!!!!

Heheh, can't wait to see what you do with that big beast ^_-

An Iron Warriors Baneblade would be sweet.

BYE

Well it seems like the general consensus is to build a Chaos Baneblade - I'll hold off on that for the moment though, because I might build something walkerish with the baneblade armament...

But today...

I've started on the terminators, and I have a total of 4 old style termies that I'm converting and updating so that I have enough to bring the squad up to ten.  I'm also using the Chaos Terminator Lord/Sorceror sprues to make a standard termie, and to add in some of extras to a general detailing of the rest.

Anyway, here's todays work:

Anyone got any thoughts on armament? I'm thinking of equipping 1 with the reaper, 1 or 2 with heavy flamers, 3 with lightning claws and the rest with the standard power weapon/twin linked bolter combo. Either that, or I'll just do three with power claws, 3 with power fists, and 4 with power weapons. Or I'll go with mainly bolters and combi-bolters. Or I'll go 3 power claws and the rest standard. Or I'll shut up and wait for ideas... smile.gif

They're mainly to be part of the back-line to protect the tanks from assault, or to distract people from eating my tanks with a dash of salt.

More laggy double posting nonsense

Posted By Lemmingspawn on 10/19/2007 5:16 PM

They're mainly to be part of the back-line to protect the tanks from assault, or to distract people from eating my tanks with a dash of salt.

They are too expensive for that sort of job. Terminators can and should be used quite offensively to put pressure on enemy and get their points back. Looking for areas with lack of ap2 to operate.

As for the armnament, first priority is as many reapers as you get to give them long range teeth and a few LCs and CFsts in there to make them extra infantry and tank killing tools in hth.

I was thinking something like that. It's still in the works, and I'm using what models I have and haven't yet worked out exackery how I want it running on the field. I usually use run in and smack em armies so I'm trying for something a little different with this one. Sit back and smack em.

As to the reapers, I was actually thinking of that, 2 squads of 3 with a reaper each and one squad of 4 with one. Not necessarily used in the army just modelled that way...and who knows, I got apocalypse so I can go lotsa lotsa points so the termies CAN fit in easily

As it turns out now a friend of my slapped me with this obvious nugget of wisdom - magnets. Damn it was so obvious and I still didn't see it! magnets are my friend.

Well, after finally getting unkeisterific (the sitting on of) I finally got some more action on the termies.  I thought that magnets was such a good idea, I sat around thinking about how I could make it work, really I did.  And if the models were all standard terminators out of the box (chaos ones I mean) then I probably could've pulled it off.

Problem is, roughly half need full conversions, so I'm going to end up with a nice mix of types, 4 twin linked bolters, 3 LC and 3 heavy weapons (1 reaper and 2 flamers) and that will do me.  I might add a combi bolter in the mix but we'll see.

Enough ramble and onto the pics:





I wasn't intending on doing any with bare heads, but the one in the pic is kinda armoured...with those metal bands going over his cranium and all, so I thought it would fit.  It looks pretty nice, one of my fav bare heads in the mix.

I really want to give the plastic termies a go some day. I haven't touched them since years before the plastics were released though. Maybe that'll be something to look into when I finish my 1k >.>.

Looking great as always. Is that a ripper head on the one O.o...?

Yep, one old school ripper head. Love 'em!

I've finally constructed all the termies, so they are done.  Based and such, you can all see the PVA lava floe as it has just been applied before photography.  One thing I have to say, the new chaos terminators are NICE - it was real hard trying to match in the old ones sufficiently with the new.  And I'm not entirely convinced I did that well, but they're ok.

Here's the pics:


My favourite of the bunch is the one in the middle of the above pic.  I just love the way it looks and feels.  Followed a close second by the one to it's right.

I want to ride on one into battle. Very lovely work.

Have to agree with ya Lem, that middle top termie has an awesome pose. Very "Strolling over the hill to find something to kill next" feel to him.

Now.  Here's my dilemma.  I didn't start with the idea to make a defiler like this.  In fact, I wanted to make a variation of the Ripley.  I tried but all that happened was my imagination had other ideas...bast@rd!

Anyways, this was what I started with to try and make a variation on the torso I made for Ripley, so that I could start a new beast of uber bang bang death:


Minus the tentacles sprouting from beneath it, of course

Then I ended up with this:


And finally, because a close combat defiler needs one cannon, I tried this:



With no intention of building a redback defiler...and here's what I get.  Evil tentacled spider octopus.  Lemme know what you think, although it'll be nearly impossible to disassemble at this juncture, I can do other stuff with it to make it a bit different.  Ideas are definitely welcome.

Funny thing is, in real life it looks pretty cool, but in the pics I'm a little "meh" about it...

Well, the "classical" way would be to built a "sting" which ends in the reaper can and the heavy flamer. But I don't know if it will look good.

Not for this one, I've tooled this defiler to be a close combat variant. In the new rules you can swap all weapons, except the cannon, for a close combat attachment, so this has essentially 4 dreadnought CCW and the cannon. 5 attacks and fleet! noice...

I like it, the only thing I would add in the Banebalde Hell cannon nossile to it, if you only plan on fielding a standard Baneblade,

I've removed the turret, because that was the main thing that was bugging me about the thing and added an underslung cannon.  It's not quite as large but it still serves - it can be some kind of experimental chaos plasma blast cannon or something fluffwise - but it will still do the defiler cannon thing.



The cannon:



And with big brother!

Sweet conversions, dude. The walkers for the over-the-topness and the termies just for pure cool/unique looking factor.

That defiler is dead sexy. I love the very arachno-demon look of it. Let me know how you paint up the Immolator windshield part; I am having fits getting mine to look good as the paint refuses to stick.

~Blink~ .... @_@ .... ~Blink~

ah,hem... ~Deep Breath~

IRON WITHIN, IRON WITHOUT!!!

Nuff said ^_^

Looking at the new defiler and big brother next to one another, I can't help but think the newbie should be bulked up a bit with some more armor plates.

Also, what did you use to bulk up the torso 'shoulders'? Specifically, the black pieces.

Well I've finished based and finalised the construction of the Black Widow pattern Fast assault defiler, with new improved stabby tentacle ends and hot lava base to match!

We haven't had power here for like 6 hours so I'm doing a quick post before I go to bed.  Here's the pics, and I've started on the construction of upright defiler number 2.  I'm considering arming the second with twin linked lascannons and either twin linked flamer or havoc launcher.  Haven't decided totally yet.  I think another ccw would probably be better but I'll work that out as I go...

Pics:



And a taste of the ideas I have for the new defiler:


Laterz!

Dude, you need to label those posts "Not Safe For Work." That much porn could get a man fired!

Seriously, have some consideration for those of us whose job is not "Excreting Distilled Awesome".

Lol, that's a weird way to compliment my work Wehrkind, and thanks!

Keep in mind that the concept pic idea is simply a rough idea of how some of it will work. The main sections I will be using are the arms and partially the legs and some of the body plating. Other than that it's going to be more a variant of the ripley than an entirely new pattern...

Well, since I haven't started painting yet, I've started Ripleys twin sister, the clone with the alien child within!  Yeah, that's a cool idea, chained within the belly of this beast lies a daemonically possessed alien host...mwahahahhaahahahah!!!

Ahem...anyways...

Have a look at these pics, the main complaint I had about Ripley was the legs seemed a little weedy.  Here's an attempt at making them look a bit bulkier, although just keep in mind this is not the final pose, it's all bluetacked (oh god I HATE getting bluetack out of models!) in place to give me the impression I want.

Here's the box I begin with. This box is the whole of the bits I have set aside to draw upon for the second upright defiler:



And here is what the second hip-leg structure looks like at this point in time:



I find it really hard to copy the Ripley because I want the second to have a similar feel but it's own individuality.  You know, like how Ripley original had normal humanity and Ripley clone had acid blood, black fingernails and crazy wild insane behaviour?

Well, lets see if we can capture some of that...hmm...I think that's all captured in Ripley 1...doh!