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Ahhh! So much awesomeness! I don't know where to begin.

Glad to see so many things getting love and attention. Malek Deimos looks like a total badass. So does Khorda and glad to see him getting some paint. So many amazing things coming to light.

Hellbrute is looking so solid. Great conversion and kit bashing work on him.

Theopony, sorry buddy. As much as I like the idea he's gonna be Nurgle.

Medium of Death, that's my thought exactly. I'm thinking the DG would give me more option to show slight mutations etc. nothing crazy and I'll probably avoid the bloated look. As for the Gore hound that's why I'm trying to push to finish it. I'd love to see it scaled next to a Knight. I will be buying a Knighy at some point but I'm working on getting rid of the mass of unpainted plastic before I buy anything new. I'd be looking at Kitbashing the Knight with The Lord of Skulls I think.

Moltar, thanks for the support buddy.

After downloading the Dataslate: Helbrutes I've decided I want nay NEED to add a Helfist Murderpack to my army. I'll stick to the same style as my older Ven Dread based ones but I'm looking forward to coming up with an Alpha Helbrute. I'm not so sure how to arm the next 3 yet though.

I don't really care about the rules of the Murderpack but I think the idea of a group of rabid Brutes fits the fluff of my army perfectly. I've also decided the large flyer and te Storm Lord will be folded into another project.

I have a couple of ideas for a thunder hammer not sure how Ill adapt the scourge. Valerius the Elder will be repurposed for use in the XIIth My imperial marines are a no go so I may as well put him to work.

Valerius the Elder will be the first to turn to the Blood God.

Hey Biohazard, I was introduced to your blog by your good friend Krautscientist, having a Khorne focused army it's great to see him come up with great models and conversions, then he just put in a good word about you and i thought i would check out all the buzz. I have been using the day to catch myself up on yours, and i would like to say that you have a lot of good stuff, like those walkers, holy cow man! I just wanted to say that its been great looking at all of your work, and keep it up!


P.S. You will probably be seeing more of me from now on, for better or worse.

Hey welcome along. Kraut has been a constant source of inspiration for the past few years. And thank you for the kind words on the walkers. I'll hopefully have an update on the Valerius dread and possibly the Gorehound in the next few days.

I got a bits delivery today but haven't had a lot of time due to one thing or another. I wanted to show a mockup of parts of the bits dump though. I love these pieces as the trim will match pretty closely to the bits I got from Subtle Discord.

Gorehound has shoulders.


tomorrow I hope to re attach the exhaust vents on the back and box up the rest of the shoulders as well as come up with a decent mechanism to join the torso to the legs.

Now that i have finished reading this entire thread, i wish to say HORY SHET! This stuff is amazing. As of late i have decided to make an iron warriors army and this thread has been my sponge of ideas! When i get my next paycheck i'm going to acquire some delicious kits to build my own walkers and work towards my own gorehound!!

Also, i was looking at bitzbarn and in the Ogre kingdoms ironblaster kit, there is a large metal 'iron gob' shaped thingy in the kit, just thought i should mention that as it would look great on one of your dreads or walkers!

Thanks for reading!

that Gorehound looks brilliant!!
quick question, where did you get the khorne icons you put on the legs? they look epic!!!

Gorehoung getting some love. Nice! Shoulders look solid, Bio.

The shoulder parts came from the Lord of Skulls's undercarriage, didn't they? Another proof of your brilliant eye for kitbashing opportunities!

The new shoulders look amazing, although I have to say I really don't like the new (placeholder?!) head: The mouth grille has a bit of an Optimus Prime thing going on, for some reason, which would be cool on any other model, but not here. You were going to go back to the older head design anyway, though, weren't you?

In any case, amazing work, buddy! Seems like you're on fire atm

The Gorehound looks like Truckosaurus Rex from the Simpsons

Thunderfury, thanks for checking it out. It's a bit of a mess at the start of the thread due to a screw up but the later pages are where the real work is.

ChaosEmperor, thanks buddy. The icon on the shin is from the Bloodcrusher kit I think and the icon on the loincloth is from the daemon Bloodletter gun thingy. I can't remember what it's called at the moment.

Moltar, thanks buddy.

Krautscientist. You're right again buddy that is indeed the undercarriage for The Lord of Skulls. As for the head it is a placeholder until I rebuild the last version. It came apart in the drop so I thought I'd try something different. Hated it from the second I glued the grille on. It's off now though.

Brother of Bone, you're right he does look like Trickosaurus lol.

Tonight I'm mostly working on trying I detail the rear of the Gorehound. No pics of that yet but I did take 5 mins to knock this together. When I built the Lord for my Jugger I couldn't quite capture the aggression in the face I really wanted so I went back to the drawing board. When I saw the leaked pic of the new Helbrute I knew exactly what head to use so I jumped straight onto the bits sites. When the was arrived I saw that thankfully it wouldn't take a lot to adapt it to my needs.

Here's the results. Let me know what you think.

obviously still needs some cleanup. But I think he looks as mean as a Bloodthirster in a pink tutu.

That is just unbelievably amazing -- and after I had already decided that those Helbrute heads couldn't be used on regular infantry models -- nuts!

My hat's off to you, mate!

Thanks buddy, they can be used. They are almost hollow so they're actually a little easier to cut than regular helmets.

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Incredible conversion - so much characterfulness, menace and vibe oozing from him. Definitely some of your best work yet. The head MAKES the conversion.

Awesome! Love the application of the Helbrute head

This Lord on Juggernaut is just great!!!! Very nice work on the walker as well...consider me subbed!!!

Guitarasmus, as said elsewhere that's some very high praise and appreciated. He'll hopefully be painted soon.

Brother of Bone, thanks buddy.

Legio Ultra, again thank you and happy to have you on board.

There should be a Helbrute and Gorehound update later tonight I hope.

Well here I was stumped with what to do with the spare heads from the brute, didn't think they'd be very adaptable with the mess at the back of them but I'm glad to be wrong!

Juggerlord is looking good, need to get off my backside and do mine, looking forward to seeing him painted up.

He looks brutal man. I love the cables in the back of his head, it's very Angron esque when combined with the Khorne Helmet.

Oh wow the shoulder Pads look like a perfect fit on the Gorehound and The Lord looks great with that Helbrute head, it works great with the model.

Thanks guys.

This updates a little later than I intended but due to starting a new job in the hospital and the endless induction this entails means I've been a little short of time lately. If you remember though I was rattling on about building a Helbrute Alpha for my eventual Murderpack, I've started knocking bits together but I'm not 100% sold on the head or the claw yet. I have another idea for the claw which I'll get to as soon as I can but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on his head. I think what bugs me about it is the other brutes have a faceplate over a load of sensors/wires where as this guy has a fully enclosed head. C+C most welcome. Also note this isn't necessarily his final pose. I've had another notion on that front as well. Haha.

Onto the pics.




I can't help but feel the head needs to look angrier.

Hey buddy,

I think it's an amazing start! Some suggestions, if I may:

- the claw is nice and brutal, but maybe a bit too primitive for CSM? What about using one of the mean looking chainsaws from the Ork Killa Kanz? While those might look fairly primitive as well, there's just something about World Eaters and chainsaws that instantly clicks, don't you think? In any case, I think I'll wait for your second claw idea before casting my vote

- I see where you're coming from regarding the head, but I think the warsphinx skull you used is a very nice fit. What about making it more techy by inserting eye lenses into the eye sockets? The tips of chaos smoke launchers work like a charm, btw!

- I like the added height provided by the sentinel legs, but personally speaking, I would try to get hold of a set of maulerfiend armour plates to add more bulk to the legs (see several of Rasmus's conversions to see what I mean). That way, you keep the height but slightly avoid the "chicken walker" look.

Anyway, I am really looking forward to seeing the next update on this guy!

Something you could think of doing with this guy is going for a deliberately 'unbalanced' build.

He's got the one arm which is the traditional Space Marine no-shoulder-elbow-rist gun-in-a-box, then the other arm which is leagues longer- maybe exagerrate that difference? Pull the arm longer still, and get a bigger, heavier pincer on the end (could possibly just add some chaos trimming to the current claw, could go with a chain-pincer). It could maybe even be possible to build the arm with a tentacle bundle as the primary connection system, so it's a sort of controlled flail- then you'd be able to use that side-heavyness of the model to create some very dynamic and interesting poses- suitable for the Alpha of a whole Hellbrute pack.

I think Kraut's got the right idea about the eyes getting cyber implants- also, maybe look into putting a full on Khornate crest on the forehead where the Tomb Kings crest usually goes. Having a fancy hat is one of the perks of leadership, after all.

Oh, two more small things I forgot:

1.) I think what would look great on the head would be to add another hose to the faceplate, perfectly symmetrical to the one that's already there, and have them both look like they are plugged in right behind the maxilla (not sure whether I am making sense, but think the Helbrute head you used on your jugger lord: It has the same element).

2.) Looking at GuitaRasmus's latest Helbrute conversion made me realise you could also use Dreadknight armour plates instead of the Maulerfiend ones. And seeing how you sent me quite a few Dreadknight plates a while back, if you need them back now for this conversion, just let me know, buddy!

Thanks guys. Kraut. You mentioning the Dreadknight plates have me an idea.

The legs have been reworked a little as has te claw which is still clearly very WIP. I wanted to add a couple of details as a nod to the new Helbrute kit as well. I'm unsure wether to add blades along the same lines as the Raptors lightning claws or run with this. I hope he looks a little less chicken legged now?

I think the armour plates are promising and do a nice job of adding some much needed bulk to the legs -- they could do with some "chaosing-up", but it's getting there. Personally speaking, I'd do something about the model's waist, since this guy is looking *very* wasp-waisted in the second and third pictures from the top. My last nitpick would be the gun arm, since it's currently letting the model down: It's jutting out at an awkward angle and looking far too stubby: maybe you should go with a rather long-barreled Reaper autocannon? That would look suitably brutal.

Apart from that, I really love the dynamism of the model, and the new claw looks ace! What do you think about my suggestions RE: the head, buddy?

Keep up the great work! This will be a BEAST!

EDIT: Oh, and maybe you should add bundles of cabling between the arms and torso: Both to form a stronger point of attachment for the arms, but also to slightly emulate the look of muscle, even though the model isn't mutated at all.

The wasp waist will be taken care of and the arms will recover the Defiler ccw cabling like my other two dreads. The gun arm doesn't look too bad in person but I see what you mean.

As for the head I intend to do just as you suggested as soon as I find a matching cable

Just as a side note, I really like the addition of the spine. It's something small, but it is a subtle conversion that just makes the model feel more chaosy and fit the whole grimdark 40k idea. Great work

Very nice work on the Hellbrute, he looks rather brutal! One small suggestion would be if you could make the legs a bit more crouched, giving a "ready to leap on your face" look. The new claw is great, it you chose to put blades or spikes on the fingers i think it would be p[erfect!! Looking forward t see what comes next