I have to say, after spending the best part of an hour (probably more, lost track of time) that you've created an amazing background.

Out of all the planets the one that drives my curiosity the most is probably Repasis. I totally have the vision of undead like mechanicus creations, dwelling, abandoned within the structures below, clawing at the surface. Perhaps waiting to be freed, or awoken by new masters...

Hyepasis is also very intriguing, I take it that it has both regular Imperial Navy in orbit and an actual PDF water based Navy? I love that it's under attack from Chaos from above and below, in the sense that something is stirring the denizens of the deep. Are you planning on creating any aquatic monstrosities

The Sun Titans are great too. I particularly like their coldness towards their allies, morseo than average Astartes. I have the feeling they're loosing interest in the system because the star is dying? Obviously stars don't die overnight, but I like to think it's perhaps a couple of hundred years from its collapse.

Do you plan on naming any other of the planets? I noticed that you'd shown off some of Meade's work, is Tekslav forge a planet or just a specific region of the Dark Mechanicus captured planet of Mageddon?

I think part of the reason your fluff resonates so well is that it brings back to mind the awe of introducing myself to 40k with 3rd edition. It's steeped in horrific darkness. A place where even heroes are villainous and unseen terrors lurking in every shadow.

I feel like we may have had this discussion at some point before, about not having enough time to get out that creativity 'onto paper' if you will. I like what your doing and your grim, Blanchesque take suits me very well, hopefully this site serves as a good way for you to get it out there.

On the subject of Wood Elves, I saw your beautiful 'mood board' for your army conception. Really, really wonderful piece to start with, I would happily find that within the pages of the army book or even framed on my wall. Do you have other work in this medium that I could see? But really I wanted to say that I share your view for the Wood Elves. Too many other projects in motion and GW consistently producing a range of toys for kids has stopped me diving into Fantasy via the Wood Elves and/or Beastmen. I wonder if you have seen Maleficent yet as there is surprisingly a couple of brilliant pieces of inspiration in there for a much darker wood elf army. The battle scene with the 'dark creatures' really wasn't dwelt on enough.

Edit: Also, what he said. ^

Haha, yes I had a bit of a shock watching Malificent - you know something is amiss when Disney does scarier forest folk than GW.

My secret project is indeed Wood Elves, I've got quite a lot done but I'm struggling with a few things and want to get it in a more presentable state before showing anything.

Profundis is on hold for now. The central concept is of dark things in the depths - depths of space, depths of the ocean, depths of imagination, etc. This is what Ex Profundis means - out of the depths (or close enough). Throne of Bones is catacombs and the elves are the depths of the forest.

I'm really into horror writing and this will probably come across more with the elves. There was a whole horror angle to Profundis that I never finished, the fallen Inquisitor and his book - the Pseudomonarchia Slaanesh - was going to be a whole Lovecraft homage thing. I'm not very inspired by Inq28 at the moment so it's on hold.

Tekslav I assume is on Mageddon, but I don't know for sure. I expect it is a house that has set up shop there. A corporate branch. Hyepasis was going to be an attempt to make a water-based battlefleet gothic (I have some nice water game boards). But also I just like dark oceans. None of the other planets in the Profundis system are noteworthy I think.

Thanks for the encouragement, I need to get moving with the other projects. I don't have much more artwork like that Dryad apart from all the images on my site.

If anyone has 15 ungor spear arms and 15 ungor shield arms, that would really help, nowhere stocks those old bits.

Well I have to admit I stumbled on Wood Elves as a guess. Really excited to see where you take them and to see how they match up to my own visions. And you're so right about Disney going darker than GW, what world are we living in?

I'd be surprised by the similarities here but it happens so often in our hobby that you find like minded creatives. I've actually been trying to develop my own universe and game based on horror and depths, what are the chances? What I've really struggled with is finding a kind of horror that fits me and that I can write well. I tend not to follow horror as a genre in much at all but I have a lot of interest in unlocking it within my own work.

What software do you use for those images? I'm trying to pick up a bit of graphic design using creative suite but I'm struggling. Gona buy some tutorial books if you have any suggestions.

And no Ungor sorry.

Wood elves are certainly sinister or should be at least. I think the Dryads and newer Treemen are actually quite sinister already. It'll be interesting to see what you've done with the wood elves.

Profundis is probably better that it's not forced and letting it develop when you feel inspired. That Aquatic Battlefeet gothic does sounds very interesting though.

The fantasy related stuff is fantastic though. I think the themes of a a dead city/catacombs that's being reclaimed by ancient forrest could work in bringing them both together. I appreciate that you're probably keeping them seperate.

It might interest you to know (you too Casey) that there have been a series of Gothic documentaries on BBC4. They're still on the iplayer at the moment. I think they've been quite interesting so it might be worth checking out if you have the time. Even background noise for modelling.

It's called "The art of Gothic"

 Medium of Death wrote:
It might interest you to know (you too Casey) that there have been a series of Gothic documentaries on BBC4. They're still on the iplayer at the moment. I think they've been quite interesting so it might be worth checking out if you have the time. Even background noise for modelling.

It's called "The art of Gothic"

It does indeed interest me, thank you!

I use Photoshop.

I saw part of that Gothic thing, I'll have to dig up the rest, particularly if there is an episode on Poe.

MoD - when are you going to bump your thread? That Tzeentch thing is seriously great.

The Gothic documentary just seems to be up to episode 3 and from what I gather it's up to mid 1800's in this episode. I'll let you know if there's a Poe mention.

Thanks man, I really need to get back on track with my blog. I need to figure out how I'm going to do the legs. The idea will be swirling columns of Chaos daemons/fire.

EDIT:

Just noticed that you had commented on the thread. I don't have the long legs spare, the way I intend to to the legs involed keeping the robe part, so I just sawed out the legs. I'm going to wire up the gaps and start sculpting/pinning various bits and pieces in.

My biggest problem is getting a solid base to start from. I think it'll be going on a 60mm, but it is pretty huge, the 90 by 120 oval would probably be better.

I've had time to write up my ideas for the Throne of Bones:

http://www.exprofundis.com/throne-of-bones/

A joy to read as always Bruticus, thanks for linking it for us. I like how you took the time to explain where this all comes from at the end there. I never bit with Cthulu in the past but I feel it drawing me in these days as I look for more horror, I can't believe it's taken me so long to take the lovecraftian pilgrimage. Also adding Berserk to my list of research material thank you, I've been told a few times it's right up my street. What sort of collaboration are you looking to do? Not that I'm offering to get involved but I'm interested.


And on the subject of Photoshop I currently find it absolutely terrifying.

Fantastic reading there. Seems like it'll be an epic project. I really smiled at the mention of the current Vampire families.

I see scope for Wights and skeletons, which is something I think is sadly missing from the Mordheim book. I love skeletons more than zombies primarily because of this.



Certainly Dark Souls, I'll need to watch Beserk if it was an inspiration for the game, has a lot of skeleton based enemies, The Skeleton Lords come to mind.

Casey, you should pick up the Call of Cthuhu & other weird stories. It seems to be a fairly good spread and I enjoyed it having never read his stuff before.

I'm not such a fan of skeletons, I think it's a bit weird that they exist as anything other than just zombies that have less body fat. I mean, where is the cut off point? Do skeletons have to get their bones scrubbed clean before they are accepted into the ranks? I think there should just be walking dead bodies and that's it. Some much older ones with less flesh. I can't imagine a necromancer dividing up his corpses to make regiments: 'oh this one is definitely a skeleton, this one could go either way' , etc

For Lovecraft I suggest listening to Wayne June read it on YouTube. Probably The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Great voice and easier than trying to read Lovecraft's often pretty tedious prose. His ideas are amazing but the writing isn't always.

For Berserk, watch the 3 new films, they are great. The old amine series was how I first saw it and it's amazing, but I think it is replaced now really. The mangas are very good, some of my favourite ever art.

Thanks to both of you for the tips, I'll be looking into all of the above. Oh and I now have quite a few new threads to read after a quick flick through your stuff again Medium.

Hilarious images of Necrobureaucramancy.

Looking forward to whatever you work on next.

Think I'll need to watch them at some point.

I get what you're saying about skeletons. I view them as more automaton like. Fantasy robots, unhindered by rotting flesh but still bound to the will of the Necromancer. I can see truly ancient places having skeleton warriors. Plus I'd imagine that with the amount of insects and other gribbly critters that any flesh would be stripped in short order.

Necrobureaucramancy. Love it.

'I keep telling you I'm not a skeleton I'm a zombie... Well yeah the insects got at me overnight and now... Yeah skeletal exactly but it's not that simple is it. I can't just go in that regiment, we've got nothing in common, they don't even eat brains. Also I don't know how to use a bow or a spear. Zombie coordination - look, I'm a shambles. Totally different things mate... Nah I'll just go with the other zombies and wear some baggy clothes, should be fine.'

When you put it like that, kinda starting to see your point.

One thing that did shout out at me while reading about the Throne would be the possibility that some Khornate Warriors might mistake the nature of the Throne. Hearing whispers and half truths. Mistaking this Vampiric legend for a relic of Khorne himself. Foolish mortals not comprehending this far darker artefact.

oh my god i want to play throne of bones, your vesion is hat i want the vampire counts to be in WFB just a huge horde of zombies skeletons and ghouls led by a single vampire is awesome, but im a skaven player at heart any chance the vermin might burrow their way in

also have you seen this
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Sporocyst

that Mucolid Spore would make a great giest i think

My kickstarter arrived today, I think it's about a year overdue and I was having a bit of buyer's remorse - do I really need another giant project right now? But the components are really great, nice high quality casts in a lightweight brown resin that look pretty good even before any detailing or paintwork. And I have two huge boxes full of it.



I need a bit of advice though, these things are literally covered in powdery mould release agent and I know they won't take paint at the moment. I was thinking a full bathtub of hot soapy water might help, but I reckon maybe some cleaning product could be more effective. Any ideas?

And suggestions for a cheap, extremely durable undercoat spray would be good too.


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Also Ken - they would make good geists although possibly more expensive than the very reasonably priced forgeworld ones. Nice tattoo art by the way.

that kickstarter stuff looks really cool for washing it warm soapy water should be fine just use a soft brush so as not to rub away details i used to do fine art sculpture at uni and thats all we used

yeah they would work out a lot more expensive but maybe you could get one through a bit seller cheap, after seeing what you have done with the forge world ones im thinking of using them as a base for mini blight drones on an armies on parade board

oh n thanks for the compliment haaha

Awesome terrain and yeh I've heard soap and warm water is as effective as you'll ever need it to be.

Very atmospheric for plain resin. I imagine it's going to look sublime when it's painted up. How much area does it cover?

Wilkinsons stocks cheap acrylic spray paints. Plastikote is the brand name

 Bruticus wrote:
And suggestions for a cheap, extremely durable undercoat spray would be good too.

I use Krylon matte black / white for all my undercoating needs, with far fewer complaints than many modeling primers I've had over the years. Standard rules apply of course: don't spray too cold, too humid, too thick of a coat, blah, blah

Annnnnd now that I've stopped lurking your thread, great work, really quite inspiring take on small-scale 40k modeling. You've actually got me and my brother working up some three-man warbands for a spot of 28mm Inquisitor this winter, so bravo

- Salvage

Cheers all. It's enough to cover a 6x4 board I think (actually I think I have far too much of it, I might sell some). I am concerned about painting it as reports from other buyers are that primer is flaking off.

I've always liked this hirsts arts stuff, but I can't imagine using plaster to cast it, even with a dense plaster you'd have to be so careful.

I'll add some details but really I want it to stay very durable, so good primer and varnish is essential.

Not a huge update from me, been busy moving house and haven't unpacked my tiny men yet.

I have finished a short story that serves as an introduction to the third project i have on the go, the Black Sloth Hell. It's a Wood Elf fantasy battle army with a horror theme.

Everything I do has some horror influence, but here it is a bit stronger than usual, based on Lovecraft, Ligotti and Laird Barron in particular.

I have plenty of half finished models to show off soon too.

Read it here: http://www.exprofundis.com/black-sloth-hell-prologue/

A couple of new things, I haven't been doing much hobby recently due to real life distractions. My elf army is on hold for a bit while I figure out what to do about basing (ironically I had originally planned to put them all on round bases in movement trays but then decided to go for square so I could maybe play one day...) Decided to paint some older models instead:

Necrarch Vampire:





Bit of a quick job as I never loved this conversion, apart from the hood thing anyway. I think he looks suitable though. I smartened up some zombies for his retinue in the Throne of Bones. More info on my blog.


Orlat Vor, the Sin-Eater. Cannibal Prince of Slaanesh.







Quite good fun to paint actually, not as overwhelming as I had expected.

Can I ask what you did to the zombies and are they mantic ones ?

I did those a while ago, just some greenstuff vines, tissue paper and textured paint.

Works wonders especially the vines I gather that's what gives the hair appearance ?

That's flock I think. There is an unpainted pic in my gallery somewhere

Orlot Var is nasty and horrific. Well done indeed.

Oh that is gross.. you have such a taste for the macabre.. great stuff .

Those new Scyllax Guardian-Automata are great, I think they bear something of a resemblance to my Dark Mechanicus Geists too, as if maybe the Geists evolved from them. I may have to pick some up at some point.

Some changes to the blog: www.exprofundis.com and a WIP update from Julian Bayliss too.

funny enough i thought exactly the same when i saw them i immediately thought of your geist, the new blog looks great and that dread fleet stuff is amazing a mordhiem game at se would be awesome with them

The Cannibal Prince is a grotesque, corpulent beast. Well executed. I love all, what I assume, are vials of blood?

The Necarch is great as well. Looks horribly decayed. Love the purple tones.

The Scyllax do look like Geist forebears. I can still see them being used. I think replacing the end weapons with Dark Eldar surgical tools and injectors might be a way to go. Horrific Mechanicus surgeons.


The Dreadfleet stuff by Julian is very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

'I love all, what I assume, are vials of blood?'

- Good idea, I had thought they might be rare gems and eldar spirit stones, but in truth I hadn't thought of a good way to explain them besides the fact that gems don't seem unsuitable for a slaanesh prince.

Mordheim Lahmian Vampire - there are more pictures and a large chunk of background on the blog here: http://www.exprofundis.com/mlle-valentine-sans-merci-la-bete

love the background for these two and i like the wolf it loos vicious

Looks great. I know you said it's an obvious conversion but it's been pulled off seamlessly.

Good to see the fluff is flowing again.

I think she may be my favourite mini you have fun, beautifully painted and the story line for her and the fog is fantastic. Amazing stuff dude

Dang I like that vampire and that vampire.

Missed the Necrarch, you've captured it perfectly. Great use of that base model.

The Lahmian's pet wolf is sweet. I've never seen a decent dire wolf until now (hand on is that a choas hound?). Edit - holy heck mate the pattern on the back of the Lahmien is so well executed and subtle.

The dog is actually a thunderwolf with a dire wolf head (which I think goes to show that dire wolves have screwed up proportions). I was discussing the thunderwolf model on another thread and I still don't like the sculpt, I've covered it in flock to try and make it's fur look more matted which I feel helps a little.

The pattern on the lahmian is all over, but very faded in places and impossible to photograph as it only shows up when it catches the light - I got the idea when doing the fat bloke's cushions.

The necrarch actually doesn't have a base model, it's a real mongrel - bloodletter torso, DE legs, kroot arms, horror hands, etc. I don't love that conversion though, a haemonculous might make for a better necrarch.

I really thought it was based off the plastic haemonculous. Well now its even better.

The dire wolves are really weird looking in a bad way. The scale is all over the place. The matted fur from flock is very effective.

I always thought the old metal haemonculi would make great vampires. In fact I prefer the old metal haemonculi models to the new ones.

I got to be honest man, I've spent the past 3 days combing through your blog and your work is just incredible. The conversion aspect of the hobby has always been my favorite part and your work is just phenomenal. It's inspired me to start working on my own terrain and to find the rule sets for the various skirmish games that you made those crews for. I am looking forward to making my own Necromunda. Mordheim, and INQ28 crews. Thanks for sharing all of that.

Bidding on Isabella as we speak after seeing your work on her. stunning

I wasn't entirely happy with the pit fighter I made, so I've modified him slightly:



Really just removed his topknot, which helps make him look squatter and heavier, and altered his leg.

He looks amazing mate

Here he is painted:



More images and background here: http://www.exprofundis.com/adon-blue-whale-knight-pitfighter/

Love it. Great armor chipping and I really love the whale icon and the story of the Blue Whale order.

Now that I think about it Whales would make great symbols for Wh40k; we already have space sharks but I think a fleet-based marine chapter with a whale icon would be very cool,

I'm really in to whales, I guess in today's society a whale is a bit boring when it's not as big as a Godzilla and it can't transform or breath fire or anything, but in olden times they were legendary monsters and I think in the Old World, even though they have dragons and sea monsters, whales would still be a pretty impressive creature, possibly even more mythical than the pretty common manticores, griffins and such that get all over the place.

As such I thought they would make a good knightly order, plus I copied it slightly from Berserk which is a constant source of inspiration. It also has the Purple Rhino Knights but that might be stretching it somewhat.

I'm not sure whales would work for Space Marines, unless it was clear it was a predatory whale like that fether from Pinnochio. I had an idea for a herbivore space marine chapter - The Mastodons - a bit like huge, slow, relaxed Space Wolves.

The Knight is looking excellent -- love the whale symbol as well.

If you're into whales as mythical monsters, you should definitely give Dishonored a spin. In addition to its brilliant art direction and gameplay strengths, it really cranks the coolness factor of whales up to eleven, even if they are not quite the whales we know...

Excellent work, as always!

I love the idea of manticores being commonplace but whales as legendary monsters.

Although I'd like to think whales in the warhammer world would be more akin to medieval conceptions like this:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DNqq1zba0b0/SceCAqsVMrI/AAAAAAAAANM/D5g02pyhPNA/s1600/z1.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DNqq1zba0b0/ScdtiF_NlEI/AAAAAAAAAL8/Ab_jnxqpwCs/s1600-h/z1.gif

I tried Dishonoured a while ago but bounced off it, felt a bit too cartoony for me, but if it has whales in it I might give it another go.

The Old World must be a pretty confusing place for regular folk, I suspect it's folly to try to imagine everyone having a medieval mindset - all scared of witches and such - they are probably extremely open-minded. Your average Empire Joe is probably bored of cleaning dragon crap off his lawn, once dated a witch at high school and is saving up for a second hand unicorn.You could probably tell him about whales and he'd accept it without a moment's hesitation: 'yeah sure, massive fish thing, why not? Is that a nurgle job or just normal?'.

I did want to draw a more medieval whale but I thought it wouldn't be recognisable.

Fantastic job on the pit fighter!

Looks great. I love the modification. I've not looked back to see the original but I assume it's the neck. He certainly looks bigger with the addition.

Love the fluff. I can totally see him stamping onto the top deck to repel some unprepared, scrawny and suddenly terrified pirates.

I can imagine whales being revered by the High Elves and I'm sure whale oil is a commodity in the Empire.

This is Kali Dakkar, Captain of the Dread Nautilus. I've always wanted to do a rogue trader, an excuse for a flamboyant and extremely over-the-top individual with design elements and ideas taken from more diverse sources than a more austere Inquisitor. She is probably the most fiddly conversion I've ever attempted and only possible due to getting a dremel recently (cool stuff). The model is obviously rather inspired by Julian Bayliss' fantastic Dreadfleet collection while the character is mainly inspired by Alan Moore, Jules Verne and also somewhat by the character Teng Namatijra in Dan Abnett's (boring) Legion novel who has a pet big cat.



And her pet lynx, Maya



And here is some backstory on her ship, the Dread Nautilus, and an illustration of it I did - http://www.exprofundis.com/the-dread-nautilus/

Is that a pet Gyrinx?

Your conversions are beautiful!

I'd forgotten about gyrinx, but no, this is a lynx, albeit a genetically modified one. Maybe half gyrinx!

What model did you use to make the lynx?

Now that is one awesome rogue trader.

Any more crew planned? Multi-armed Vishnu-esque servitor perhaps?

Beautiful conversion work

The lynx is from a very old wood elf beast.

I'm planning on her accompanying Hawksmoor, my inquisitor, but I'll probably make a Warp Diver to accompany her at least, basically a pirate in a void suit. No vishnu though.

Woooow mate! You're conversions have really come up to a whole new level. Hawksmore and the rogue trader are incredible.
Even though it sounds awfully arrogant to follow up with that, Hawksmore reminds me a lot of the work I've done on my ogryn miner. Since that is still my favorite own conversions it says a lot about how much I like Hawksmore.

Thanks Baiyuan, that means a lot coming from you. Your ogryn miner is still one of the best conversions I know of, and although it easily surpasses Hawksmoor in terms of complexity they do have some resemblance - I think there is a three-dimensionality to the pair of them that is quite unique to models holding a weapon two-handed and covered in wires and gubbins. I'm always disappointed with 'flat' models.

The Warp Diver sounds pretty interesting.

Certainly would need to be a hardy fellow to put up with the nightmare visions pressing in against the Gellar field.

Presumably they walk the surface of the ship?

Looks like you are having fun. I'm excited to see her painted up in your style.
I liked the story behind her pardon. 12,000 heads...good times...

I want to try the Blanchian type technique you have sometime, but I'm afraid it would just look like I had forgotten to wipe between the WC and my painting table...

There is a bit of info about warp divers in the Dread Nautilus post on my site, I want to do a cross between a deep sea diver and harpoonist, but we'll see.

Moonpie - I don't think I really have a technique like John Blanche, except maybe that neither of us paint inside the lines all the time or do things like edge highlighting. I tend to paint every model a different way just because I like to experiment and I get bored painting quite easily. I don't think I am a great painter though, it's the thing I enjoy the least about the hobby.

For example Adon the pitfighter was painted with airbrush/oil wash and weathering, while the ghoul king was painted by repeatedly wiping the paint off with cloth and water (I had an idea of simulating water damage or something). I just don't like neatness, it doesn't look realistic to me.

Thank you, and I agree. It's about appearing more corporal than some other models.
I like the diver idea. It's a pity I never quite finished mine, but maybe you can find something in it you like. Sorry for the blurry pic, it was just a teaser back then.

I wanted him to be juggernaughty mancatcher with the visuals of a diver.

I wonder what kinda fish he's gonna catch?

 Malika2 wrote:
I wonder what kinda fish he's gonna catch?

In Immaterial Maelstrom, Fish catch You!

Haven't been here in a while - some lovely inspiration. Looking forward to seeing the Warp Diver!

Hey! Just stumbled on this and i absolutely LOVE your stuff! Your pieces have a ton of personality which is great.

Sorry if i missed it but i was wondering how you pulled off the dead flesh look of your admech giests or the mordheim undead warband. I would love a tutorial!

Subbed and looking forward to more!

I've had this model built for a year or more, with some modifications now and then. I can't decide if it is worth finishing, but seeing as I mentioned the Warp Diver I thought I'd put up some blu-tack WIP images. I was thinking of magnetising the harpoons so they can rotate, I'm not sure.



My main reservation is that a Warp Diver doesn't seem like a particularly worthwhile addition to Hawksmoor's retinue, he's quite senior and is more likely to have people like planetary governors, generals rather than just a random member of the Rogue Trader's crew. When I first built this model it was going to be a void suit wearing Inquisitor (a homage to this miniature: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tThepQ1Syh0/VBUiL3Z-yiI/AAAAAAAABKk/c_uVPwtIZ_E/s1600/20140911_220857-1.jpg - on the left). But now it would be a pirate crew member of the Dread Nautilus tasked with firing the kinetic harpoons that tether victim ships to the warp.

Anyway, that's the situation, I'm not sure I will get around to doing more work on him any time soon, but seeing as he was under discussion. It would need quite a bit more work to reduce the obvious Tau and Space Marine elements.

Quite different from your idea Baiyuan, I remember discussing that model when I made my pitslave retiarius, a really long time ago!

Sorry if i missed it but i was wondering how you pulled off the dead flesh look of your admech giests or the mordheim undead warband. I would love a tutorial!

Honestly I don't remember, I pretty much just grab any paints at hand. The mordheim stuff probably involved a base of rakarth flesh/deneb stone though as that is my favourite skin tone. The geists were airbrushed and I don't know the names of the paints, but it would be vallejo grey up to white and some thin washes and glazes - they have my favourite skin tone I have done but I can't replicate it on anything smaller as it needs the airbrush and I don't have enough precision with it.

I actually like him a lot.

With the position of the arms it looks like there wouldn't be enough for a head in it's regular place. Perhaps this one is permanently sealed into his suit or mutilated/augmented in some way?

You could add bars across the main visor, perhaps horizontally, like the Big Daddy suit from Bioshock to perhaps disguise the Stealthsuit a bit more.

You could also do what I did for the Tau Psyker Squid thing that I made and cut the jump pack off the back and use the flat section that is currently on top as the back.

Do you have any of he jump packs from Ashen Circle you used for the Sun Titan marine? You could use one of those jets as the main backpack and a couple of Space Marine vents as stabilisation thrusters.

That would probably give a far more hunched appearance though.

Cool, thats what it looked like. Appreciate the response, keep up the inspiring work!

WOW that rouge trader and warp driver.... soo good.

Do agree though, no room for a head on the warp diver.

Rogue Trader Captain Dakkar and her gyrinx/lynx.

More images and story on the blog here: http://www.exprofundis.com/kali-dakkar-captain-of-the-dread-nautilus/

i know you say you aint happy with her coat but i think it is amazing

Exquisite.

Very nice indeed, thats an amazing conversion.

I understand your sentiment regarding the coat. Her colour (especially the green) seem a bit too gritty/dirty for a Rogue Trader. The gold is very hard to see in the coat, which is both very awesome as well as a bit of a downer. Awesome as in that it becomes very subtle, almost hidden; a downer because it kinda hides the 'flamboyance' of the Rogue Trader character.

Inquisitor Ito and the Daemonhost Sinnertwist



This is the Radical Inquisitor Ito, known as a heretic to the few that know or understand his story. Once a faithful Inquisitor of good standing, personal tragedy has led to him taking a more drastic path. Procuring an ancient series of texts known as the Pseudomonarchia, Ito believes he has a weapon powerful enough to effect great change in the Universe. He has fallen far, making an ally of the Cannibal Prince of Slaanesh to whom he has promised his flesh upon his death. He has summoned a daemonhost known as the Sinnertwist, or the Slakemoth – a daemon of Slaanesh.

A bit gory, I know. But Khorne doesn’t have a monopoly on gore – Slaanesh is the god of excess in all things, and the Sinnertwist is a daemon that revels in the excess of gore. Reading her true name from the Pseudomonarchia requires a flesh sacrifice and Ito is unwilling to pay that himself, so he has given this honor to another unlucky soul.



A quick painting project to help recover from the Rogue Trader who was a real pain in the arse. These two were largely speed painted and are something of a homage to one of my favourite miniature painters at the moment, Picta Mortis. The black is all rather translucent and shimmery, like wet leather and the gore is probably still sticky.

The Inquisitor is no disciple of Slaanesh, but the daemonhost is and I wanted them to work together as a mini-diorama. This is my version of Slaanesh, inspired by Silent Hill and Lovecraftian horror.

There are more images and a couple of stories on the blog here: http://www.exprofundis.com/radical-inquisitor-and-daemonhost/

Beautiful! It looks like something out of a Clive Barker-directed 40k movie. You HAVE to tell me your method for gore, especially on that corpse.

I have just found and i have to say you have inspired me to think further out of the box.
These look absolutely amazing, looking forward to just how deep this rabbit hole goes my freind

Love the 'wet & brutal' take on Slaanesh, superbly gruesome stuff

- Salvage

I love kali Dakkar and her lynx, amazing miniatures, executed very well indeed!

Beautifully grotesque.

I particularly like the way you've done the wings. Certainly evokes that metallic but powdery look that moths wings have.

Skitarii Alpha Prime designate Goth XI



This is a feral Skitarii from Legio Infractor, based loosely on the Skitarii from Dan Abnett's Titanicus, crossed with a Transformer.



Hawksmoor and retinue so far.

Wow, really nice! Any chance of a sort of top down view for a better view of his head?

There are loads of pics on my blog: www.exprofundis.com

Excellent execution but to my mind far more Khornate Lord than Ad-Mech leader.

I know what you mean, but it's not meant to be the same type of Skitarii as the new GW ones (which I also like). It's closer to the feral Skitarii from Titanicus, though they were more Aztec while he is a sort of Greek/Minotaur thing. I figure this titan legion fight Chaos a lot and need shock troops that can actually shock a pretty hardened enemy. Fight fire with fire.

If I made a Khorne lord he would make this guy look like a pussy.

 Bruticus wrote:
This is a feral Skitarii from Legio Infractor, based loosely on the Skitarii from Dan Abnett's Titanicus, crossed with a Transformer.

Bravo sir

Model is sweet too, particular dig them legs.

- Salvage

Totally can see these guys charging into a group of CSM and making them retreat.

I can, however, see Khorne Berzerkers relishing the challenge!

Nah, Chaos Space Marines always answer challenges

their Codex forces them to

I sooooo want to see what you would produce if you made a Khorne Lord!!! Please make one soon!!

in all, great conversions. your stuff is always absolutely amazing

Just a quick update, I have been taking some new photos of older models, including this guy that slipped through the net - a Dark Mechanicus chimeric.



More info here: http://www.exprofundis.com/dark-mechanicus-chimeric/

That is one terrifying looking pig.

Now that's a war pig! Very menacing stride it has too.

I like the Chimeric idea. I'm particularly fond of his one mad eye. Really gives that bestial feel to the model.

Site's looking good. Lots of new stuff up there I see.

That Chrimeric looks awesome!! I love it! very imposing

I just realised that the Feral Skitarii is made out of parts of that new Khorne lord.

Very nice work.

Thanks, I figured with everyone raving about the cool new Skitarii kit I'd be awkward and make my Skitarii out of one of the worst kits of recent times. Also worst named.

Ha that is a pretty damn cool conversion from a but ugly kit, plus kudos for not following the crowd and being more inventive

I like the look of menace you have managed to captivate in his face, although I kind of feel unnerved that I work in the pork industry now and will never look at a pig the same way again .......

Totally right on both the name and the kit quality.

You've salvaged it brilliantly though.

Got me inspired to make my own. Probably just use the existing kits with slight modifications.

You need to paint something soon!

Grag (Pontifex) has joined the site and the quest for the Throne of Bones with some really great skeleton conversions: http://www.exprofundis.com/ars-morendi/

The Soucouyant, vampire witch.

The Soucouyant disguises itself as an old crone, but at night it will peel away its skin to reveal its true form: and wreathed in fire it flies through the dark, looking for victims.

There are more (somewhat self indulgent...) photos on the site, along with a story, an image of its fireball form and an explanation: www.exprofundis.com/mordheim-undead-warband-witch

Another well though out and disturbing addition to the setting.

Dissimbre, the Immortal Sword, Lord of Slaanesh.

Not all that hunt vampires do it for honour or faith or justice, some do it for pleasure. He has a sword that drinks the blood of vampires. Converted from a Necron special character.

More here: http://www.exprofundis.com/immortal-lord-of-slaanesh/

I just love all of these so much Bruticus its crazy.

When coming up with a character like Dissimbre do you concept it and find bits that fit or do you look at the sculpt and feel inspired to work with it? I know its a small distinction but I think its so great how your non-obvious choices of bits to work with create some of the more memorable pieces I've seen in years.

Keep 'em up!

i really like the witches other form on the ex profundis site was the bottom half made with wire wool or something else i have been looking for a scarier way to make spirit hosts and i love the look of yours

When coming up with a character like Dissimbre do you concept it and find bits that fit or do you look at the sculpt and feel inspired to work with it?

I think the bits come first most of the time. I try and find models that aren't used for conversion much or at all, most of the Necron range is good for this, and then try to think of interesting ways to use them, and go through your bits box trying ideas out with blutack. I do often have an idea in my head for an archetype - Slaanesh Lord in this case - but all the rest came after the model is made. Sometimes I just see a cool model and then try to think of how it could possibly be used. Interesting/unusual base model + good pose usually is a winner. Finecast, metal and forgeworld models tend to be more detailed so make a better base.

I think if I was a better sculptor I might try the character first approach more, but a lot of the time, unless you are really comfortable adding the exact elements you need, it's not worth trying this, you end up with compromises somewhere.

i really like the witches other form on the ex profundis site was the bottom half made with wire wool or something else

Missed this sorry - it's made from soft toy stuffing sprayed black, it was too fragile to use as a trail of smoke like I originally wanted, but worked ok wrapped around the stand.

awesome i will give that a try

The flowers are an excellent touch

Very much digging the chaos vampire, both model and background. Extra points for using a Necron as the base - I've been sprinkling my fantasy armies with Necrons over the years as more and more great Eevil Space Robot kits come over, and am pretty set at this point to do full on counts as armies (once GeeDub tells me what's happening with 9E of course).

First up: Mordheim Black Dwarfs using 'Crons

But I digress. Keep up the lovely, dark work!

- Salvage

That Slaanesh Lord is beautiful. I particularly love the rose detailing.

Fantastic background too.

Badass. That's all I can say right now...

So I just found this blog. Suffice it to say you have added more in one night to my 40k images/desktop background folder than I have added in WEEKS.

I truly cannot overstate how much in love with Ex Profundis I am atm.

(there are no email subscriptions I guess, eh?)

Hey Man!

Long time no speak...Jake I can't get over how slick the blog is looking dude...but what should one expect from a pro graphic designer

Hope you're well and minis are looking awesome!

Rob

I truly cannot overstate how much in love with Ex Profundis I am atm.

(there are no email subscriptions I guess, eh?)

Cheers - there is an email sign up form in the footer of the site, is that what you meant? It should notify you of posts.

New posts coming very soon.

Long time no speak...Jake I can't get over how slick the blog is looking dude...but what should one expect from a pro graphic designer

Hey Rob, thanks for the compliments, I am always fiddling on my own sites when I should be working.

Thor by Julian Bayliss

There is a gallery with more of his Asgard-themed Warriors of Chaos army here: http://www.exprofundis.com/thor/

Those are some great models and I especially like the Chaos Thor, that is truly brilliant!


EDIT: What are the base models, are they GW?

You'd have to ask Julian (which you can do on the website) but I think it is the ghoul king from the zombie dragon kit. I know he uses that a lot due to the shortage of well sculpted plastic bare chests in the gw range

Haha, indeed, that's why I thought it might be from another manufacturer. Might have to see about getting one of those Ghoul Kings, looks like a good model, thanks for the info.

The Abominable Intelligence





The pinnacle of the Dark Mechanicus’ art – the Abominable Intelligence, sometimes known as the Silica Animus or AI. A twisted amalgamation of dark age technology, forbidden genetics and fueled by daemon energy.

More information, photos and a short story here: http://www.exprofundis.com/dark-mechanicus-abominable-intelligence/

That's amazing...

Bruticus, that is fugging DARK! Love it

Bloody Hell ! This is a seriously dark dirty disturbing crawling techno voodoo monster. Congratulations on birthing this !

Your skill annoys me that is an awesome model btw

on a tangent, how good are you with greenstuff? I've had an idea for something but im not sure how id do it and you seem to be the Chaos God of conversions

 Bruticus wrote:


Thor by Julian Bayliss

There is a gallery with more of his Asgard-themed Warriors of Chaos army here: http://www.exprofundis.com/thor/

This is a sweet model.

Group photo:



Full size image here, spoilered for those poor souls on archaic cogitators



I should have more menials scurrying around, but this will probably be all I make for the Dark Mechanicus. Next up, more pitslaves and then on to Age of Sigmar.

on a tangent, how good are you with greenstuff? I've had an idea for something but im not sure how id do it and you seem to be the Chaos God of conversions

Honestly, not particularly good. I don't do neat things!

Great job, Bruticus. Love the look and background of it... and the masks.

I have a similar idea brewing for my (Mad) Scientist to create one day.

You have brought forth a Blanche-ian creation, and I am in awe. It is as if one of his drawings has trundled its way off of the page.

Absolutely brilliant.

Dr H - a similar idea? An AI or a floating flesh sack? I kinda wish the masks all matched a bit better between models, but I couldn't resist making this guy stand out a bit

Brian - Very kind of you to say so! I think JB would have used a different colour than blue though

 Bruticus wrote:
Dr H - a similar idea? An AI or a floating flesh sack? ...

Ha, no. A kind of child-like curiosity in a deadly, grotesque body. Maybe part biological, part machine/inorganic. I won't know where it ends up until I start making it.

Also, maybe not on the same model, the idea of a calm/serene face painted on a "faceless" killing machine. Very No-face like (but not an identical face, and on a robot not a transparent entity).

I like the part where you had it make the mask:
Has disturbing "face",
Makes it paint a "nice" mask to cover it,
Still disturbing...

And you pulled it off on the model too. Good job again.

The Silica Animus is incredible.It's very creepy-looking, and it doesn't quite read as human tech (presumably on account of being pre-imperial dark age) without being identifiably xenos either. The looming pose and the facelessness behind the mask are perfect touches. You just take one look at it and think "so that's why it's illegal to make those."

Fantastic!

Pit Slaves!













For better, high quality photos and individual shots, as well as some background, please view on the site here: http://www.exprofundis.com/heavy-metal-war-pit-slave-warband/

These guys rock. Just full of grimy character. I think the bigger guy with a headlamp for a face might be my favorite. Has that deep-sea diver vibe.

Wow totally barbaric looking tech heads love these, great combination of brutal physique mixed with some evil looking body upgrades

The colour scheme just enforces the theme perfectly, but have to ask where is the American Football head from ?

It's a bloodbowl helmet, 100% GW bits on this lot.

 Bruticus wrote:
It's a bloodbowl helmet, 100% GW bits on this lot.

Damn never saw that in a million years great job

Brutal.

Love the big clamp-hand guy.

Those are really good. Love the spikey football helmet!

Brilliant squad, love them from the choice of bits to the painting. Does one of these guys have a chainsaw mowhawk ?

Utterly awesome. Weird thing is Thor to me looks more like Sigmar than most of the stuff from Age of Sigmar!

Some transport for the pit slave warband.

http://www.exprofundis.com/pit-slaves-in-the-ash-wastes/

There are some ridiculously cool things in this thread. Awesome work man, keep it coming.

Outstanding imagination on display.

I need to steal that tracked transport idea, that is awesome! As usual, excellent work!

Age of Sigmar - Stormcast Eternals - The Immortal Tribunal Stormhost











Many more pictures and background here: http://www.exprofundis.com/stormcast-eternals-of-the-immortal-tribunal/

Sorry to ask you to click over to the site, but really, they do look better over there.

The bloody handprint... amazing. Really moody and grim, there's a very real sense of 'storm' about them, very evocative.

i love the crackle medium and the tones of the marble it has worked really well for the armor and out shines anything i have seen thus far

Very nice. I've been waiting to see a well done battle ravaged, gritty SE. Now here it is.

Prepare to be stolen from.

Pu**y whip time!

Amazing work!

That rider on the best is just amazing... not that anything else isn't but that one figure just lights me up.

Nicely done. Much more subdued and grim than you usually see. Quite cool.

Absolutely phenomenal work on those Stormcast Eternals, I love the ethereal scheme you have combined with the red that really sets them off.

Cheers all. I have to admit I'm at a loose end now, I might try the Khorne models, but I think Julian Bayliss has pretty much taken chaos models as far as they can go: http://www.exprofundis.com/julian-bayliss/

Not sure I really have anything new to add to that. Wood Elves are still on hold until I get a bit more info about these aelfs.

 Bruticus wrote:
\I think Julian Bayliss has pretty much taken chaos models as far as they can go: http://www.exprofundis.com/julian-bayliss/

And how!

Eternals look grand Bruticus, and I agree with you that their background is decidedly grim, for what seems at face value like this bright shiny new age of high fantasy.

FWIW, I'm all for more eeeevil tree spirits. Stumbled on your dryad wallpaper yesterday, may give it a home on my laptop

- Salvage

Awesome! They really look like Doctor Who villains for some reason more sci-fi than fantasy.

They really look like Doctor Who villains for some reason more sci-fi than fantasy.

Hopefully not like rubber monster suits! But actually I think the Weeping Angels were an inspiration, living statues.

I do think Age of Sigmar is more sci-fi than fantasy in some regards - it seems very much a space opera, there could well be crashed space ships or aliens around the next corner. I think that is one of the reasons I like it.

The background and some of the concepts are pretty dark and could easily be explored in a darker way. I think the fact AoS all looks so bright and shiny is just due to the fact that we are mainly seeing the studio paint jobs (which are always far too cheery for my tastes) and the fiction hasn't been particularly interesting yet.

Those Stormcast are simply stunning. There's probably not a lot that I can say that hasn't already been said. I particularly like the headswap on the Lord-Relictor (? still not sure on the names) is much better than the default head.

I like your summary of your feelings on AoS too.

I had briefly wondered how this new change would effect your established/emerging setting. If anything it seems like these changes allow your settings to become more fleshed out or become even greater than they were previously having been constrained by the limits of the Old World. It seems like the Black Sloth Hell is something that could have coalesced as the Old World was destroyed.

There are some cool tomb kings by Julian up on the site now: http://www.exprofundis.com/let-the-sun-grow-cold-with-horror-tomb-kings/

And I found a photo of the first Inquisitor I ever made, probably 16 years ago or so. Cannibalised quite a few parts of Kurt Hellborg and reduced the resale value of my Battlefleet Gothic if I remember. I actually copied this psy-assault cannon idea on Inquisitor Hawksmoor.

Huge amount of progress since but excellent eyes!

Yeah I think I lost the ability to paint eyes somewhere along the way.

I'd like to see that mini redone with modern components

 Bruticus wrote:
Age of Sigmar - Stormcast Eternals - The Immortal Tribunal Stormhost











Many more pictures and background here: http://www.exprofundis.com/stormcast-eternals-of-the-immortal-tribunal/

Sorry to ask you to click over to the site, but really, they do look better over there.

These are some of the coolest Stormcast I have ever seen. Amazing work. I love the marble white and the blood. So much better than the standard metallic colour schemes.

Thanks Bottle, I'm a fan of your AoS thread.

What lovely necromunda things you do possess

I have a question that I could use some help with. I have a whole bunch of resin parts that have quite a lot of mold release on them.

I know the usual way is hot soapy water and scrub with a toothbrush, but I'm really trying to avoid the scrubbing if I can help it, it would take ages. This isn't delicate resin, it's big chunky stuff with no detail, but there is a lot of it.

I was thinking a bathtub full of some chemical, leave them overnight, something along those lines. Has anyone tried this? My best guess would be soapy water + ammonia but I am worried about the fumes. Or maybe isopropyl alcohol? Simple Green?

I would definitely use Simple Green. The best way would be to put your resin into a Sonicare cleaner and let it go for like three hours, but if you're thinking of putting them all in a bath tub, odds are you have more resin than a Sonicare will hold. Still, Simple Green over night, and when you take them out of the cleaner, blast them real good with a shower head or something to knock off all the soap and mold release residue.

Alas I can't get simple green it seems. And there is way too much for the sonic cleaner, I do have one, they are great.

I was thinking a sodium hydroxide based oven degreaser, leave it in that to soak overnight. I think it would be good for my drains too... But I am not sure if it is harmful to either resin, myself or the environment!

A strong degreaser would work i would figure like dawn.

If you can get it Purple power form Auto zone or car places should work well.

Its never hurt any of my resin items.

edit: Are you sure its not just a VERY smooth cast?

Post some pics!

 Bruticus wrote:
Alas I can't get simple green it seems. And there is way too much for the sonic cleaner, I do have one, they are great.

I was thinking a sodium hydroxide based oven degreaser, leave it in that to soak overnight. I think it would be good for my drains too... But I am not sure if it is harmful to either resin, myself or the environment!

Dettol works just the same as simple green.

I don't like dettol, it stinks and gets sticky. I was thinking of using some sodium hydroxide in a bath of water, it's the main ingredient of purple power and fairy power spray I think, and seems to be in most oven degreasers.

I really can't be scrubbing, so just want to soak the resin and be done. It has quite a lot of stubborn mold release and I need it to be tough as it will take a bit of a battering. Another option might be to spray it all with varnish before undercoating, to improve adhesion, but I'm not sure that will work.

I need a scientist, all getting a bit breaking bad.

You could always do a mini test with some of the large resin tabs in a bowl to see how that goes?

I thought the oven cleaner might be hit or miss because it would normally be used on a treated metal surface.

Oh and you may or may not like this but I was reading your blog the other day, specifically your post about Berserk.

I went to look it up further and stumbled across this.

It's a cover from the OST done with traditional instrument sounds as opposed to the kind of synth sound of the original.

Thought it was quite cool and worth sharing.

Hey here you go Simple Green UK http://www.simplegreen.co.uk/index.php/domestic-products buy it direct from here, I would say it is the best stuff I have used to strip resin models.

I tried Dettol which worked to a degree but was not perfect simple green was way better, the only thing I will say is when soaking your models check daily I left some smaller stuff in which went rubbery after a few days.

It will harden up eventually but not to its original state so keep an eye on it, and if you can find a large zip lock bag like you get with oven cleaners use them as you use less liquid and the airtight seal seems to help things along.

Hope this helps, o yes keep the liquid afterwards as you can reuse it but you might want to sieve out any larger gloopy bits.

Thanks guys, I have used simple green and dettol for paint stripping, much prefer simple green but for this project I wanted something stronger, I don't need to strip paint, I need to clean resin of mold release, and I don't want to have to scrub at all. Far too much stuff for a zip lock bag too! Full bathtub at least.

I have a plan anyway, I'll see how it goes.

 Bruticus wrote:
Thanks guys, I have used simple green and dettol for paint stripping, much prefer simple green but for this project I wanted something stronger, I don't need to strip paint, I need to clean resin of mold release, and I don't want to have to scrub at all. Far too much stuff for a zip lock bag too! Full bathtub at least.

I have a plan anyway, I'll see how it goes.

Damn what are you trying to clean that needs a bath tub fall ? is it scenery ?

Or a titan!?

Kingdom Death: Monster

Despite being marred by somewhat tacky pinups, the Kingdom Death: Monster game proved too hard to resist. It is inspired by Berserk and is an extremely elaborate boardgame - both things that really appeal to me. I painted my set up to look as if the pieces are carved from bone or a similar exotic material, I wanted them to look like an expensive chess set rather than miniature figures.







http://www.exprofundis.com/kingdom-death/

Interesting idea, unconventional as to be expected from you. I can see why you'd do it.
TBH it's slightly disappointing though. When I read your name and Kingdom Death in one line of the P&M I was looking forward something more gruesome and sinister.

Yeah they don't seem to be appealing to many folk. My goal was to make something like a luxury chess set or an occult boardgame,

I am not invested enough in the background or models to really go to town with conversions or to try a unique take on them. I may find myself more drawn to the models and story as I play (the plot is revealed as you go) but to my mind, they work best as a sort of metaphor, and I'd rather think of them as the sort of game pieces that creepy gods or grim reapers might push around on some symbolic cosmic game board that affects the fates of the mortals in the realms below.

I really like this idea, the models have enough sculpted detail on them that it works. Quite a fresh take, it's certainly more appealing than having to paint them all lol (When I say that, I mean as you would normally do them)

I like the idea but from afar they just look like they've been primed white. Maybe some marble effects?

I like the way they've turned out.

Perhaps picking out the eyes as if they were marble statues set with precious jewels or even metals might help distinguish them a bit more?

I think the photos probably don't show them in enough detail, here is a close up:



I was in two minds about picking out the eyes, it goes against the idea that they are carved out of bone or stone, but it does look quite cool I think. I know they won't be to everyone's tastes!

That's a straight forward but really effective and interesting approach to painting the figures. They do look like living sculpture. Very well done Bruticus.

If I ever get the time to paint mine, I had something similar in mind. Nice to see and very well done.

Second photo looks far better. It really shows the detail and makes hem look properly and expertly painted!

Thanks yeah, I think the effect is quite subtle.

Practicing my technique today - here is a random horse from a toy shop:

That's really an amazing effect Bruticus. Would you mind sharing your technique?

Woa. That horse is epic!

You've really nailed the look of old stone sculpture, it's a great effect.
On the subject of paint stripping, have you tried Fairy Power Spray?

Epic 40k Scenery

Prematurely excited by the Specialist Games revival.









More images here: http://www.exprofundis.com/epic-40k-scenery/

Awesome terrain!

Beautiful stuff especially that building on the left of the top photo. The rust girders are excellent!

This one? It's my favourite. I should probably have done some close up photos.

That`s an impressively detailed piece for epic, great painting too, looks realistic!

Awww yiss! Epic!

I got monster too, sitting on the shelf in my closet at the moment. The way you painted them up is very appealing... i know i probably wont get around to actually painting it for at least half a year...

Nice epic terrain.

Great work. Your colour palette is great. Conversions are just superb !

I'm waiting for more "chaos" conversions .

That stone marble effect is incredible!

The terrain is inspiring too. Great work as ever!

Rattendaemon WIP.

Very promising...can't wait !

oh. my. christ

As a Skaven fan, my body is ready for this.

Excellent concept and execution.

Skaven Mechanical Vermin Lord

More photos and description, plus a story:

http://www.exprofundis.com/skaven-vermin-lord/

Fakk me sideways, that's brilliant

- Salvage!

That's the stuff man.... wow.

This is glorious in every aspect, detailing, proportions, colors or core concept...

I've been around this forum for a good few years now. I remember back to when I first joined, and I remember, I think it was Insaniak always posting insanely awesome stuff.

This takes me back to those days.

Yeah that's nice!

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen! Wow

Holy sweet baby jesus that's cool! Is that an actual rat skull?

Thanks. Yeah it is a rat skull

Great job. Like the blue wood you have.

Reminds me of the film "The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb", very dark and creepy. It's the wooden armour plates that really make it for me though, great touch.

Mother of god! That's blooming amazing.

Is the wood effect just painted on or did you carve into the armour plates?

EDC

it's sculpted wood, you can see on the WIP picture on my site if you follow the link. I used a press mold to duplicate it and then scored it with a knife to get a bit more depth.

Chaos Warband of Malal







More pictures on my site: http://www.exprofundis.com/slaves-darkness-chaos-warriors-malal/

(getting hard to keep everything up to date).

Well, I've just caught up on your Malal Hounds and good lord they're amazing

I'm utterly in love with the fluff you've written for them. You're a hell of a writer as well as an excellent modeller

Beautiful work!

Nice! The Malal war and looks excellent.

EDC

Those guys look brutal. Very cool.

FAKKING. GODLIKE.

Caught these on FB and eventually figured out it was your work I may have never seen Warriors of Chaos that look so menacing, so imposing, and so entirely, barbarically, deliciously grim (in the best ways possible). Inspiring work

- Salvage

Oh. My. Christ.....

These are awesome, so so very impressive

Introducing AoS28: Inq28 meets Age of Sigmar

Inq28 explores the lesser known aspects of the Warhammer 40,000 universe and has been a huge success, inspiring Blanchitsu articles, numerous blogs and countless incredible miniatures. Inq28 has become a term that describes not just a particular game but a whole approach to the hobby: an approach that puts creativity and imagination first.

AoS28 is an attempt to bring that same approach to the Nine Realms.

A Community project

You’ll need to make a warband - probably between 2 and 8 models - led by a hero. The warband can be anything you want to make but there is also a theme. For more info on the theme and for ideas and more information, please check out http://www.exprofundis.com/introducing-aos28-inq28-meets-age-sigmar/ or http://www.tga.community/aos28

If you have a blog already, let people know where to find it by posting your updates in the AoS28 thread on tga.community or by emailing aos28@exprofundis.com

Use the hashtag #aos28 on instagram and twitter.

What a brilliant idea! Shall have a think and see if I can cook something up really don't know much about AoS, so it'll be an excuse to branch out into something different

That is an amazing idea! As a huge fan of both INQ28 and AoS, this is brilliant.

Some progress with my AoS28 warband, Aelves of the Black Sloth Hell.

Spiritseer:


Wild Rider


Find The Dark Age of Sigmar - AoS28 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AoS28

Well that's phenomenally cool!

Beat me to the punch making creepy elves, but hopefully my idea is unique enough to make it something new

The aesthetic on those elves is top notch.

Those have a ridiculous amount of personality to them, so eerie and passively menacing. I love it, can't wait to see more.

Saw these on FB, and continuing to flip out over them. Brilliant approach to Age of Stuff, does more to restart my interest in building/painting/playing that game than anything GeeDub has done. Bravo dude.

- Salvage

Black Sloth Hell Aelven Warband



An Aelven warband for #AoS28 - grimdark skirmish battles in AoS - find out more info on http://www.exprofundis.com/aelves-black-sloth-hell-wip/

Beautiful work! Every single model is full of such character and mood. This is shaping up to be a very exciting project.

Is that one of the Knights who say Ni??

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Is that one of the Knights who say Ni??

You. I like you.

On a more serious note those look atrociously grim. I adore them.

Absolutely love these the concept is just so damn cool, and the execution is better

Love the creepy stag antlers on the Wild Rider and Spearman dude.

HAIL MALAL!

I'm no fan of AOS, but those elves would make me a believer if there were figures like that.

Aelves of the Black Sloth Hell





A couple of the models from my Black Sloth Hell #AoS28 warband. More pics here: http://www.exprofundis.com/aelves-black-sloth-hell/

Good Lord these guys are cool

Incredible work...

Forgive my ignorance, but what is AoS28? Is it just AoS or what?

Wow! That horseman is amazing!

Just read the fluff for them on your blog too. Really, really neat idea

Amazing

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
Forgive my ignorance, but what is AoS28? Is it just AoS or what?

Kinda what Inq28 was for 40k. Like exploring the corners of AOS that are not about the big conflicts. Small bands of about a dozen characters and none of the ultra big monsters/god-like heroes and for gameplay probably a bit in the direction of an action RPG and not a big skirmish game.

Creepily awesome Aelves. Love the Death Korps steed-mounted dude

Amazing work on the Aelves! Really inspiring stuff.

Look great, Bruticus. Nice colour pallet too.

So moody. Really good stuff.

Wow. Those Aelves look awesome!

EDC

Orruk Backbreaker for AoS28

That's simply amazing...

Sick and crusty

love it

love how the war paint is flaking off.

That guy looks TOUGH. Great model.

Yeah, that's the brutal look Orks should have.

Stunning! All of it! I love your work, dude.

Although I have followed the swamp aelves in lots of other places I can never get over how perfect they are every time i see them, I really cant explain how much of an inspiration your work is, and how many times i have read and re read your guide to painting them.