Probably one of my favorite Dark Mechanicus armies so far. Still wading through all these pages, though... have you thought of consolidating some of the juicier stuff on the first post for the benefit of newcomers?

 Owain wrote:
Probably one of my favorite Dark Mechanicus armies so far. Still wading through all these pages, though... have you thought of consolidating some of the juicier stuff on the first post for the benefit of newcomers?

Actually, that's not a bad idea - here's the Dark Mechanicus stuff, I'll get the Death Guard sorted out later.

Dark Mechanicus overview:

Lord in Terminator armour:


Lord on bike:




The Kaban engine (Daemon prince)


Hunter drones (Terminators)


Helbrutes:




Skitarii:




Thallaxian Praetorians (Noisemarines):


Bikes:


Heldrake Squid:


Defiler:


Forgefiend:




Maulerfiend:




Data Daemons:

wow...

Good Lord that's a tour de force! My mind is still reeling!

*bang*!

That's the sound of my mind being blown.

GuitaRasmus wrote:


(The concept is stolen from another AdMech builder - I can't seem to remember who, so if you know please post it, so I can give proper credit)

That would be Bruticus on his Inquisitor/Necromunda thread

Clever work using juggernaught head plates on the new Hellbrute! Can't wait to see more

Truely inspiring Guita

Hmm, why am I hoping you will get that new Khornate vehicle kit, that apocalypse one and give that torso some legs...

GuitaRasmus wrote:

These somehow and immediately reminded me of this:

Giant mechanical crab of doom.

 Begel Dverl wrote:

GuitaRasmus wrote:

These somehow and immediately reminded me of this:

I thought the same damn thing!!!!

Rockets away

Excellent stuff man!

Now get to painting! I vote for 9.

Ermagerd. Just Holy crap.

Your models are outstanding to look at and I would love to get my hands on some of them to paint. So looking forward to what else you've got planned.

 GiraffeX wrote:
I vote 10 and 11 because I'm different

This is why we can't have nice things...

this stuff hurts my eyes with its quality. Your my new internet hero

Thanks a lot. :-)

Regarding any resemblance to a computer game; I wouldn't know, I haven't had a computer game on my pc for 21 years. ;-) I don't know, they just never really appealed to me.

I WOULD get to painting them, if only I could just figure out what colour scheme they should get. It's really frustrating. I've made at least 10 different tests these last few days, and none of them really appeal to me. It makes it even harder that I don't really enjoy painting armies. Single miniatures... Fine. Armies just seem so tedious. I am actually considering getting them comission painted, if I can find someone good. Either that, or some simple very effective techniques.

GuitaRasmus wrote:
It makes it even harder that I don't really enjoy painting armies. Single miniatures... Fine.

I know the feeling. That's why I gave up on playing and decided to concentrate on just modelling and painting.

GuitaRasmus wrote:
I am actually considering getting them comission painted, if I can find someone good.

http://www.gmmstudios.com maybe? Might be a bit expensive but it'd be the coolest army ever made...

Have you got an airbrush? It'd make the process of painting a lot of miniatures a lot less laboured for you if you normally use a brush.

 Casey's Law wrote:
Have you got an airbrush? It'd make the process of painting a lot of miniatures a lot less laboured for you if you normally use a brush.

...provided you manage to avoid the horrible, airbrushed look sported by many models painted that way. Don't get me wrong, an airbrush is a powerful and potentially awesome tool, but for every hobbyist managing to complete a fantastic army that way, there are several ending up with a boring, same-y, overworked look. If you're going for an airbrush, a combination with regular brushwork for the detail, weathering etc. is usually better Just my 2 cents, though

Regarding the problem at hand, Rasmus, it sounds strange that you, of all people, should consider having an army commission painted -- or maybe it's just the fact that your painted models so far have always looked stellar! I am definitely feeling your pain when it comes to painting armies though -- sometimes it's just not that much fun.

In any case, I believe you will need a working colour scheme (and preferrably one successful test model to go with it) first. Otherwise there's a rather big chance of you being disappointed with the overall look. If you need a while to come up with a working recipe, that's alright. Rather take your time than hurry it along just to be disappointed later. Sometimes inspiration can just be a ...female dog like that

Personally speaking, I still think no. 9 (maybe combined with some hazard stripes) could end up looking awesome, though... Or else a similar recipe to the one meade used for his Dark Mechanicus/Black Legion project, maybe?

These look amazing man. Very inspiring... consider me subbed

There's only one solution Guita... build more awesome models until you can figure out how to handle the painting!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
There's only one solution Guita... build more awesome models until you can figure out how to handle the painting!

Hmm, Gitsplitta might be on to something there! Seconded!

I must know how you built that newer Helbrute, it's fantastic, I have to copy it

Well, I just went from six to midnight.

GuitaRasmus wrote:
Lord in Terminator armour:

Amazing stuff, all of it! Where is this guys lower half from?

The lower part is from the finecast warpsmith. Its his cloak and mecha-tentacles

Thanks for the kind words. :-)

 KrautScientist wrote:

 Casey's Law wrote:
Have you got an airbrush? It'd make the process of painting a lot of miniatures a lot less laboured for you if you normally use a brush.

...provided you manage to avoid the horrible, airbrushed look sported by many models painted that way. Don't get me wrong, an airbrush is a powerful and potentially awesome tool, but for every hobbyist managing to complete a fantastic army that way, there are several ending up with a boring, same-y, overworked look. If you're going for an airbrush, a combination with regular brushwork for the detail, weathering etc. is usually better Just my 2 cents, though

Regarding the problem at hand, Rasmus, it sounds strange that you, of all people, should consider having an army commission painted -- or maybe it's just the fact that your painted models so far have always looked stellar! I am definitely feeling your pain when it comes to painting armies though -- sometimes it's just not that much fun.

In any case, I believe you will need a working colour scheme (and preferrably one successful test model to go with it) first. Otherwise there's a rather big chance of you being disappointed with the overall look. If you need a while to come up with a working recipe, that's alright. Rather take your time than hurry it along just to be disappointed later. Sometimes inspiration can just be a ...female dog like that

Personally speaking, I still think no. 9 (maybe combined with some hazard stripes) could end up looking awesome, though... Or else a similar recipe to the one meade used for his Dark Mechanicus/Black Legion project, maybe?

Thanks for being the voice of reason. Sometimes I get so caught up in the hobby, that I forget its just that - a hobby. No need to push myself to come up with a colour scheme, it'll come to me. :-)

Gitsplitta: Thats exactly what I'm doing. ;-) Actually, it's a combination of me finding out that my decimator kit is one of the bad kits that leave the factory - as in "release agent reacted with resin-will never have paint stick to it". Forgeworld sent me a new one, which is much better, but honestly I don't want to convert the same thing again - so I got creative tonight, and started a new forgefiend, that will have 3 ectoplasmas (something that bothered me about the old one) and is based on a forgefiend, but very different. Hopefully some wip pics tomorrow. :-)

Sounds great, can't wait to see the results of your efforts!

If you gave the old one a thin coat of liquid green stuff or spray on glue or something, would that salvage it? Or maybe a more aggressive primer, like a sandable auto primer?

 btldoomhammer wrote:
The lower part is from the finecast warpsmith. Its his cloak and mecha-tentacles

Ahh, it's the cloak. That makes sense now.

Thanks!

Whalemusic - I've even tried corrosive epoxy primer, to no avail. It WONT stick.

The new decimator arrived, but I didn't really want to do the same conversion again, so I grabbed my bits box, a forgefiend kit, and let my imagination run wild. I like where it's going, actually moreso than the old one, but I'm in doubt as to the knife arms on the stomach, and ditto on the tail - it needs to have something there, as it's rather empty without, but ideas are welcome - maybe it's alright as is?

I give you, the evilest chicken in the universe - bgok!










Credit for the idea for the head goes out to Nerdfest09s slaanesh maulerfiend - I love those Blade vampire split jaw thingies.

Oh my, that is truly something else! Fantastic work!

Only one piece of advice: As it stands, the armour plates on the lower legs are the only piece of armour on the whole model that isn't rounded. Maybe you should use the armour plates from the Maulerfiend instead? It works great with the dreadknight legs, as you can see here:



I guess they would work on those defiler legs as well

Looking good.

I'd agree on the leg plates. Also I think the knives would work better if they were pointing downwards like Tyranid scything talons.

Speachless....

 KrautScientist wrote:
Oh my, that is truly something else! Fantastic work!

Only one piece of advice: As it stands, the armour plates on the lower legs are the only piece of armour on the whole model that isn't rounded. Maybe you should use the armour plates from the Maulerfiend instead? It works great with the dreadknight legs, as you can see here:

Spoiler:

I guess they would work on those defiler legs as well

Onde again, great advice. :-) I've combined some different leg plates, they just need to get a bit of greenstuff.

Cool conversion Btw, do I spot an old Gi Joe head? :-D

I agree with Squigsquasher they need to be like a downward scythe, pray mantis style since when you look they look too similar alongside the legs if you understand where i'm coming from. I like the tail it just needs some sort of blade attachment to it or even some writhing whip coils would be cool if executed right, so if any unfortunate guardsmen gets himself between his legs he's either going to get stomped on, stabbed at or get shredded alive by whips, the perfect triple threat Well done again!

I actually like the leg plates but I agree with Squigsquasher and Iron-Encore on the little blade arms.
Looking otherwise great!

Thanks! I'll give the arms another shot in the morning.

Whoa! that is one seriously awesome looking chicken from hell Guita! much better than the Decimator version, the old one just wasn't quite Guitarasmas enough but this looks wicked! and glad you like the split jaws too! i'm honored mate!

GuitaRasmus wrote:
A bit of progress on the lord - I'm considering entering him into The Fang (nordic GW paint comp) this saturday, if I can get him done:

Whatever happened to this fellow? He became the inspiration of my first piece of 40k fiction in years...

GuitaRasmus 395043 5865517 wrote: Onde again, great advice. :-) I've combined some different leg plates, they just need to get a bit of greenstuff.

Cool conversion Btw, do I spot an old Gi Joe head? :-D

Glad to be of help As for my Dreadknight/Decimator: Thanks for the kind words! And you're right, that is indeed an old G.i:Joe head, a callback to a youth misspent on slightly corny action figures I am getting mixed rections for the head, but I still like it.

Looking forward to your next update!

I'm always amazed by the creativity and originality of this work,

brilliant stuff, cant wait to see more.

Inspiring work! Awesome use of FW Renegade bodies and cultists arms/legs for your Skittari, brilliant idea,

Keep it up! Can't wait to see more!

Thanks!

New stuff from the Dark Forge of Souls:



Roll cage:



Detail of the rider - I like him a lot. It's a plastic chaos sorcere, with a devastator backpack, with talos bits for the servoarme, and a servo skull with a guardsman gas mask for a head:



I've been playing quite a few games with them, while I'm having (great) difficulty deciding on a colour scheme, and while I like the style of playing a LOT (It's so different, and looks awesome on the table), people are complaining that the drake is OP, so I'm doing a new list, replacing the drake with a second Helbrute, and two spawns - so I needed to make some. Here they are so far:




On an unrelated note, a buddy of mine are starting an Excorsists army, and needed a model for the IA character Silas, a captain of the chapter. He's described as being "Ogryn sized - larger than any space marine", and so he will be! (Just a very rough mockup, but dayum he's big!):

Wow, As always mind blowing conversions. And Silas looks really promicing although the propotions between waist, shoulders and head is a little strange in this mockup. Maybe you need to bulk out his chest armor some more.

And while i really like the tentacled spawns i think they are missing something. Maybe a different "head" or something on their backs like some sensory stuff.

It's not often that I enjoy these type of "canon" stretching projects but this one is exceptionally well done!

The heldrake conversion in most definitly my favorite!

Keep up the excellent work!

 logg_frogg wrote:
It's not often that I enjoy these type of "canon" stretching projects but this one is exceptionally well done!

The heldrake conversion in most definitly my favorite!

Keep up the excellent work!

Thanks a lot! I have to say though, I don't really feel I'm stretching the canon - most, if not all of the projects in this army, can be found in the original canon/fluff - I'm just making models for them.

Top work as always!

I don't think you've stretched canon at all, anywhere btw.

This is friggin amazing!!

GuitaRasmus wrote:


New stuff from the Dark Forge of Souls:



Roll cage:



Detail of the rider - I like him a lot. It's a plastic chaos sorcere, with a devastator backpack, with talos bits for the servoarme, and a servo skull with a guardsman gas mask for a head:

The Magos riding that beast is indeed fantastic! Great use of bitz on the head -- so easy, yet so effective! Another little detail that really gets me is that railing on the back of the construct: Just because these guys are evil doesn't mean they can't construct their killing machines with luxury and style in mind

When it comes to the spawn models, I agree with btldoomhammer that they are missing something: Right now, they are simply too organic, I believe. So add some random cabling and horrible, insectile claws and blades ASAP

Oh, and you're definitely not stretching the fluff! Rather, you're using the CSM rules to represent a part of the background that always keeps getting hinted at, yet never seems to make it to the tabletop.


On a somewhat related note, this has been a huge inspiration for my kitbashing my own World Eaters warpsmith lately!


Marvelous work, as usual!

..........wow, superb. Just fantastic.

This is amazing work...you inspire me to do a converted Thousand Sons..

You make servo skulls look good I just make them look rediculous. Loving the newest forgefiend.

Been following this since the start, and it's one of my favorite logs ever. Your conversions are all so seamless and original. I wish everyone's armies were this original in terms of counts-as options! Hopefully you'll inspire others to make their armies new and personal instead of picking a scheme from the Codex and showing us things we've already seen a dozen times.

Keep it up!

Where do the bodies and the eyes on the spawn come from?

Thanks a bunch!

The spawns are nowhere near done, I'm just showing progress pics.

Kraut: Thanks - that's also my main goal - to get something that only exists in the fluff to the battlefield - I can't get enough of giant robodaemons, biomech and chaos, so Dark Mech is a match made in heaven for me. That said, some people in my local gaming club think it's silly to make what is basically a counts as army - oh well, I think this army is the most fun I've ever had in the hobby.

Zimmerman: The bodies are meiotic spore mines (tyranid forgeworld) and the eyes are land raider searchlights (I think).

Love the large size space marines

Whoah Guita, I am totally onboard for that Excorcist Captain Silas! they are a chapter I have a very deep soft spot for :-) and have recently considered changing parts of my FleshEaters army to convert them into Excorcists! the size and presence he's got so far is perfect and I hope he gets some more love soon from you?

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Whoah Guita, I am totally onboard for that Excorcist Captain Silas! they are a chapter I have a very deep soft spot for :-) and have recently considered changing parts of my FleshEaters army to convert them into Excorcists! the size and presence he's got so far is perfect and I hope he gets some more love soon from you?

Well, you're in luck, 'cos I just did some more work on him - bulking out the chest, and making a midsection:





I also found a chaos terminator shoulder pad in my bits box thats perfect for the Excorcists, unfortunately I did'nt get a picture of it. It's this:

Gods what a monster!

GuitaRasmus wrote:
Thanks a bunch!

The spawns are nowhere near done, I'm just showing progress pics.

Kraut: Thanks - that's also my main goal - to get something that only exists in the fluff to the battlefield - I can't get enough of giant robodaemons, biomech and chaos, so Dark Mech is a match made in heaven for me. That said, some people in my local gaming club think it's silly to make what is basically a counts as army - oh well, I think this army is the most fun I've ever had in the hobby.

Zimmerman: The bodies are meiotic spore mines (tyranid forgeworld) and the eyes are land raider searchlights (I think).

Some of my favorite armies ever are counts as armies because it takes that much more time and love to makr them.great. i love the entire army and it makes me smile when i now imagine what im reading about to look like what you have built. Honestly this army would win awards and you club sounds like a bunch of cry babies. The hell drake is strong, but that is all the more challenge for them to reach. Also not everyonr can play a cookie cutter army.

Keep up the great work and adding images to the words i read.

Well Guita..... Thanks :-) that was good timing the lol! he's looking great so far!

Amazing! I'm going to have to read up on the fluff for this lad, sounds brilliant.

Dude your stuff seriously rocks. I don't how many times I have come here to get ideas for my own nonsense. Keep up the good work and I wish I could see these up close.

The Egg robot thingie is just too damned cool. Anyway just wanted to let you know that.

Goatboy.

GuitaRasmus wrote:

Awesome representation of Silas Alberec! Just read up on the fluff on this giant of a Captain, and you seem to have created exactly what he should look like!

All of your posses in this thread are so dynamic and menacing, and this one is no exception! I love how much bigger his Hellslayer Power Mace is compared to the Inquisitor!

Keep it up my friend! Always inspiring!

 Mirumoto wrote:

GuitaRasmus wrote:

Awesome representation of Silas Alberec! Just read up on the fluff on this giant of a Captain, and you seem to have created exactly what he should look like!

All of your posses in this thread are so dynamic and menacing, and this one is no exception! I love how much bigger his Hellslayer Power Mace is compared to the Inquisitor!

Keep it up my friend! Always inspiring!

Thanks a bunch! I just finished him tonight, and I'll take some pictures tomorrow - he has become really, really awesome. :-D

Actually out of curiosity how did you make the head of the hammer?

And seeing this model also makes me curious to see what would climb out of your mind and onto the board where you to do conversions for some of the other 40k factions (say Orks, Tau or Tyranids).

I simply cannot wait to see Silas all done Guita! he looks amazingly cool in progress but now you've got me all a flutter waiting for him done! :-)

 nerdfest09 wrote:
I simply cannot wait to see Silas all done Guita! he looks amazingly cool in progress but now you've got me all a flutter waiting for him done! :-)

Well, here you go.

He got a headswap, since my buddy and I thought this was a much better fit - and this head being extra cool, because my buddy has the exact same haircut. :-D



I also misunderstood my buddy at first - his weapon COUNTS as a thunderhammer, but is actually a mace, so I needed to redo it:

Absolutely fantastic!!!

Thanks! I also got the Forgefiend/beast almost done - a little more putty is needed. Thanks goes out to KrautScientist for the leg plate suggestion - this looks much better:

That is a very cool head on Silas and I like the embiggened backpack as well, nicely done. Where is the head from?

The magos riding the beast is a great conversion, the mask on the servo skull works very well.

And do you have any plans for the Lord of Skulls thingy? That seems like it could be a challenge.

Wow, that Forgefiend conversion works really well. The beast looks totally sinister and genuinely Chaos -- less Dino-bot -- with the reworked legs.

Looking good, i personally enjoy the cabling connected to his back!

Just wow. Silas. Wow. Fiend looks beast-mode too. Nice Guita!

Loving the fiend, it looks proper beastly!

Silas looks pretty damn cool too!

That daemon engine is amazing, and the honour was really all mine for getting the chance to make it even more awesome

@ Bruticus: The head is from Forgeworld's HH tank crew, I believe.

Thanks a lot, guys.

Bruticus: Krautscientist nailed it, reg. the head.

Reg. the Lord of Battles; I have very specific plans regarding that kit - as in "I'll never buy that piece of junk". Sorry if I'm being blunt, but every time I see it, I almost get angry when I think of GW using a bunch of money for development and moldmaking for an apocalypse sized daemon engine, and THAT is what they came up with. Darnit.

Hah well to be honest I thought the same about all the other daemon engine things and you've taken them and made them into something worthwhile. I think it could work if you basically entirely replaced the torso, head, arms and dozer blade.

Forgefiend looks amazing!

Your additions to Silas make him look even more menacing!
Not sure how you keep pumping out amazing conversions, but I am perfectly ok with you continuing to do so!!!

Immense as always, sir.

GuitaRasmus wrote:
Reg. the Lord of Battles; I have very specific plans regarding that kit - as in "I'll never buy that piece of junk". Sorry if I'm being blunt, but every time I see it, I almost get angry when I think of GW using a bunch of money for development and moldmaking for an apocalypse sized daemon engine, and THAT is what they came up with. Darnit.

While I really don't get all the hate for the kit - I think it's a nice callback to the Epic days, and I really like the overall design, even though I might have preferred a more conventional walker - I think that you, of all people, should be able to make all kinds of cool stuff out of that kit, using its parts like modelling clay, as you have done with all kits so far. Personally speaking, I still hope that the treaded undercarriage will one day give me the chance to build a more interesting counts as Landraider, since the actual tank seems so boring to me.

So even if you don't like the way the Lord of Skulls looks assembled out of the box, there's nothing stopping you from making it as awesome as you want it!

Same here. I don't quite get why people hate on it so much. It's the same basic design as a Ruzzbot or Great Gargant- Orkz have been having "Walkers" use tracks for a while now.

Or do something like this?

GuitaRasmus wrote:

I love how you split the lower jaw on your new Forgefiend! Turned out slightly similar the Mawloc mandible, but flows perfectly with the whole model!!

Differentiates the third Ectoplasma Cannon as more a flavorful head, rather than just another weapon (which it still clearly is at the same time!)

Yeah, that is how the Forgefiend should have looked. Putting those photos into my inspiration folder incase I ever get a forgefiend. Seconded the comment about loving the split jaw.

Games Workshop should take a leaf out of your book or even better hire you!

Hey there brother,
I have followed your thread for a very long time and i love it all. Wondering if you would like to join us one thursday evening to chat about your works and stuff?

Links here to what we do.
Peace Spud
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/498906.page

All these things are amazing! You sir have got my creative juices flowing

Wow, I love the work you are doing here. So many evil spikey death machines, each one a master piece.

wow.... you know, I always thought, that painting the war machines wasn´t as important as the individualism... they should get a big prize for Conversions on the Golden Demon (and give you the first prize for the first 5 years by the way XD )

Especially the Kaban Engine looks great although for the heck of it I can´t see which part you used for the bottom... can you tell me / us, how you created this work of genius?

The rest is great too to some degree. The Model of Helbrute sucks so bad, I can´t see anything worthwhile coming out of it. Your second helbrute is great, although I would see this more of an Ork Machine. But oh well

My local gaming club has started a new 40k Skirmish project, 200 points, in which you make a warband using any entries from any codex, to make a cool and individual warband. I immediately opted for Slaanesh, since I wanted to do chaos, but in a new style and paint scheme. Here's the warband so far:

Daemonettes (Based on the new Witch Elves):



Noise Terminator:



Warp Talon (Needs to be repainted - not satisfied with the look)



Noise Champ with doom siren:



Noise Marines (Based on DV chosen with Warp Talon shoulder pads)



The whole warband:



Still needing to make and decide on some kind of beast at around 12-18 points - any ideas, comments and suggestions (esp. the paint scheme) are welcomed.

Mate, your capability for world class conversions is just off the charts. Freaking amazing!

I was pretty sure those Witch Elves would make for great Slaaneshi conversion fodder, although I probably would have gone with the Sisters of Slaughter over the regular gals. Still looks great, though!

For the Marines, it's hard to pick a favourite, since they're all so cool. That guy looking like Lucius the Eternal takes the cake though: Where'd you get that head?

That leaves only Tzeentch to take care of, and then you can run the most fabulous 4-gods-army ever witnessed by man...

P.S. Can you do me a favour and not do anything with the Space Marine Centurions for a while yet? I'd like to be able to look at my conversions of them and tell myself they're pretty cool, so seeing you converting them definitely wouldn't help...

Thanks a lot!

The guy that's looking like Lucius is VERY inspired by Lucius. The head is from the Ghoul King from the Zombie Dragon kit, I've been saving it for a special conversion, and here it was. I just cut of the ears and the nose (like the witch elves).

Don't worry about the Centurions - I just had a look at your work, and mate, you NAILED it. You took a horrible kit and made it cool - very nice work. Only thing missing, IMO, is some trims on the legs, which you could do with some greenstuff.

Awesome work. Any plans to expand the force? Maybe add a couple of Slaaneshi daemon engines?

As a follower of slaanesh myself i just have to scream out in appreciation for your models. Great conversions.

One questions, where are the speakers of the terminator from? I'm looking for fitting pieces to kit out my sonic marine backpacks for a while now and those are looking great. Forgeworld maybe?

Thanks! The speakers is from the renegade apostate preacher of nurgle from Fw. :-)

Where is that head from the Noise Champion from?

Awesome work Guita... they look fantastic!

Those are amazing looking. Where'd you get all the cool heads from.

Excellent work Guita.

I really like those damonettes, simple but very effective.

Thanks a lot for the kind words - lots of greenstuffing today, but I have a good feeling about this project.

 Malika2 wrote:
Where is that head from the Noise Champion from?

GuitaRasmus wrote:


The guy that's looking like Lucius is VERY inspired by Lucius. The head is from the Ghoul King from the Zombie Dragon kit, I've been saving it for a special conversion, and here it was. I just cut of the ears and the nose (like the witch elves).

Looks great, stoked to see them finished, hows the engines coming along?

That Terminator is absolutely BRILLIANT! good to see more work as always

They look so good! looking forward to seeing more of these guys.

what head did you use for the Noise champion and the noise marines?

Thanks - the champ head is from the fantasy ghoul king, and the noise marines are forgeworld renegades.

So glad one of the best converters has turned his eyes to the best Chaos god. Really pumped to see what else you churn out, so far these are all perfect visions of a Slaaneshi aesthetic!

These are awesome and inspiring. great work!

Wow, I think I may like your Slaanesh models more than your Khorne or Nurgle ones, and that's saying something!

Out of curiosity, how are you running the the skirmish project? Is it just Kill Team with no restrictions, or have you come up with house rules for it?

Thanks a lot!

I've gotten a bit further - even though it doesnt look like much, greenstuffing and detailing is quite time consuming - especially since I want this warband to end up as display quality.

The champ has gotten a sword more fitting for a Slaanesh worshipper and greenstuffed his back-organ:



The terminator has had a lookover on the gun, a "speaker chestplate" to bulk him up some more, and a more Slaaneshi speaker - the old one was too nurgly:



The noise marines had some greenstuffing done on the backpacks, so they don't look so "cobbled together", greenstuff on the bodies (the chosen have some strange indents and stuff that needs to be hidden when converting), and bajonets on the sonic blasters:






Starfarer: It's pretty much 6th ed. 40k, with added bottle tests, pinning, down from Necromunda, and no restrictions, at 200 pts. It's very unbalanced, but lots of fun!

Fantastic work as always, look forward to the finished products.

Consistent excellence.

Loving that new terminator, the claw is great, but that speaker box was brilliant

The new additions are making those great models even better.
One thing that i'd rework though is the attachment hoses of the additional cables on the sonic blaster. At least give it a quick sanding or maybe add more details to it like another thin layer to break with the "larger" surfaces.
Also connect the one cable on the backpack of the noise marine on the right to something. It must be sad with only be connected on one side.

Just freakin' cool. I love the way you're weaving a Slaaneshi feel into the noise marines' Space Marinery (if you follow me). This stuff looks sick and twisted in an entirely authentic way.

And the craftsmanship is, as always, superb.

Wow. I'm doing an Emperor's Children force myself, only with a lot more studs- consider these ideas stolen!

(Incidentally, the old metal/resin Chosen heads work great on Termies)

wow.
Thats all i really have to say is wow. Great conversions and seamless green stuff work. I feel unworthy.

One question. Are you mixing the ratio of GS so that there is a bit more yellow than blue, or is that an artifact of the photography.?

Thanks a lot guys - I always appreciate the feedback and kind comments.

 Theophony wrote:
Loving that new terminator, the claw is great, but that speaker box was brilliant

The old one? I just didn't think it fit all that well, being a stylized nurgle symbol and all.

 sennacherib wrote:
wow.
Thats all i really have to say is wow. Great conversions and seamless green stuff work. I feel unworthy.

One question. Are you mixing the ratio of GS so that there is a bit more yellow than blue, or is that an artifact of the photography.?

Thanks! It's my secret weapon. Several times GD Winner, sculptor extraordinaire and friend of mine, Tue Kaae, taught me that - I mix 1 part greenstuff with 2 parts milliput (standard) - it retains all of the great qualities of both materials, with none of the bad - it has improved my sculpting by at least 200%, and is SO much easier to get nice results with. I wholeheartedly recommend you try it. Much easier to get crisp results, and smoothes nicely using water. Also, it dries much harder than greenstuff, without being brittle like milliput, and sands very easily as well. I can't say enough great things about it.

I second the Milliput GS mix. I use it myself. It can be a bit tricky to get into as it has less room for errors than GS but it is an improvement over both unmixed putties. And as milliput is rather cheap you'll even save money.

Nope, I was referring to the new speaker on the chest with the horns.

I have just read through the whole thread. This. Is. Awesome.

Damn. That's so badass.

Any tips on adapting those resin obliterator legs for use on terminators? I have a few sets of the legs and they are all hunched. Don't want to ruin them trying to straighten them.

great stuff, I especially like the noise marines. Curious to see how you will paint them.

I agree, noise marine conversions 10/10 execution 11/10 for chaosy-ness.

Thank you for the advice.
On the way to buy some milliput.

Since B&C crashed, I might as well ask here too. Where did you get those claws from for the Daemonettes? The standard nette claws seems too small...

 Excessus wrote:
Since B&C crashed, I might as well ask here too. Where did you get those claws from for the Daemonettes? The standard nette claws seems too small...

There are a few big claws in each box.

Should i buy white extra fine milliput or is the regular milliput ok.

Ie. which color of milliput do you buy.

I don't write in the projects log very often, but I've just got to say that I always get stoked when I see new posts in this particular thread. The figures posted here blows my mind at times. Really great stuff. I hope you don't stop posting updates, because it's really inspiring to see what you come up with!

Nice Slaaneshi stuff there.

Though one question, where did the chest piece for the Termi guy come from?

Pretty sure the chest plate is a Talos faceplate in the middle with s Screamer head split in half on the sides of it.

By the Dark Gods these models are amazing. Your take on Chaos is everything an aspiring heretic (or heretech) should be shooting for! Keep it up, I'd love to see how you paint up your Dark Mechanicus.

Stunning Slaan, dude! My first love and oh my how your making me want to revisit them. What upsets me is that you never use any fancy techniques, it's just you execute everything with such a wonderful eye for what will look amazing. To have a smidgen of that talent would make me feel like a god!

Amazing Dark Mechanicus! How's the painting going? Once they're done can I have a game with them with my Mechanicus?

I just spent the past few hours going through all 55 pages. I don't know how I've never come across this P&M blog before - it's madness, but incredibly awesome madness! You sir, are a master.

I've a couple of curious questions - did most of the mecha-tentacles come with the different boxed sets you cannibalized? And where the did hooded model for Arch Heretek Karulek come from?

Dear readers...




I'm back. I've been on a bit of a hiatus from the hobby, not really feeling inspired, and being busy with the band, and doing a bunch of other stuff. However, I recently got this idea in my head, that an Obliterator, finding itself in the favour of a chaos deity, could become a Daemon Prince, just like a lord or a sorcerer - with this in mind, and having recently read Storm of Iron, I got the idea to make such a character, as the leader of my army - thus it begins:

(as usual, this is WIP - lot's of greenstuffing to be done, tweaks, etc., but as always, suggestions and comments are appreciated. )


Oh... Internet cookies for those who can guess where his lower legs come from.










Size comparison - this guy even dwarfs dreadnoughts and other Daemon Princes!



Detail - I quite like the bionic eye:





An idea is beginning to form in my head, involving a Fantasy Chaos Mutalith, and a forgefiend body, plus a new Helbrute. Stay tuned.

Btw, I'm still totally lost regarding the colour scheme - great pics or inspiration is most welcome.

Sweet Daemon Christ that's awesome!

There are so many awesome little elements in it. I think my favourite part has to be that left arm. The use of the tyranid parts works really well at demonstrating the constantly changing nature of the Obliterator virus. I can totally see this guy ripping guns off of tanks and absorbing them.

Holy body horror, Batman! The master of kitbashing returns! And what a return it is!

A truly fantastic model, Rasmus! Amazing work! As for the legs, the upper legs are from the fiend kit, right? The lower legs are actually parts of the fiends head, as far as I can see. And the feet are part fiend hooves and part Maulerfiend fingers...you're really putting the fiend kit through its paces there...

But how did you make that head, I wonder?

Btw, did you get my PM a while back? You now have a namesake in my army

What a way to come back... wow.

 KrautScientist wrote:
Holy body horror, Batman! The master of kitbashing returns! And what a return it is!

A truly fantastic model, Rasmus! Amazing work! As for the legs, the upper legs are from the fiend kit, right? The lower legs are actually parts of the fiends head, as far as I can see. And the feet are part fiend hooves and part Maulerfiend fingers...you're really putting the fiend kit through its paces there...

But how did you make that head, I wonder?

Btw, did you get my PM a while back? You now have a namesake in my army

Absolutely correct, we have a winner! The lower legs are indeed Maulerfiend heads. Good eyes, cookies galore for you.

The head is from the fantasy crypt horrors kit, this in particular:



... Cut down, scraped, and the ears and nose removed, plus a bionic eye added.


No, I just saw it now, having been offline on the forum for the past few months - I am incredibly honoured, though I wonder - how on earth did you know my surname is Rask? Thank you very much for that great honour.

Brilliant idea for the head! Now I'm feeling stupid for using up all the Crypt Horror heads in my bitzbox

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
No, I just saw it now, having been offline on the forum for the past few months - I am incredibly honoured, though I wonder - how on earth did you know my surname is Rask? Thank you very much for that great honour.

Well, I have my sources...

Seriously, though: I actually remembered your DG Dreadnought being featured in WD, and your name was published with it. I was fairly lucky too that all you three gentlemen has names (or at least usernames) that were reasonably easy to adapt for use in a World Eaters army

I cant see the images :(

 GiraffeX wrote:
I cant see the images :(

And you're poorer for it

Sorry, that was uncalled for

Wow.

I've only had the chance to look through the few most recent pages of this thread and my mind is blown. After spending a few months without doing any modeling or painting you've got me itching to get back to the workbench.

I will be eagerly awaiting future developments.

 KrautScientist wrote:

 GiraffeX wrote:
I cant see the images :(

And you're poorer for it

Sorry, that was uncalled for

You still got it, that's for sure.

holy balls! Thinking I may have to steal...er...copy some of the builds here.

There is so much awesome to be found here.

glad your back, now I just need an Ork emoticon showing me fainting after seeing THAT, guess I'll just have o use these

It's so pretty (in a scary daemon swallowing your soul kind of way)

Dang it. Now my plans for a new Demon Prince seem a lot less ambitious.

But yeah, glad you're back. That is one amazing model. And I see I'm not the only one who couldn't resist getting that new Tyranid model for the mouth tentacles alone.
The green stuff cables are excellent and I just love how I find new parts the longer I look at it.

 Anung Un Rama wrote:
Dang it. Now my plans for a new Demon Prince seem a lot less ambitious.

But yeah, glad you're back. That is one amazing model. And I see I'm not the only one who couldn't resist getting that new Tyranid model for the mouth tentacles alone.
The green stuff cables are excellent and I just love how I find new parts the longer I look at it.

Thanks a lot - actually, I'm even more glad that the "I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going"-version of the dual kit sucks so bad ruleswise, that I pretty much can get as many as I want for free - every nid player in my local gaming club is putting the dual kit together as the shooty version.

 GuitaRasmus wrote:

 Anung Un Rama wrote:
But yeah, glad you're back. That is one amazing model. And I see I'm not the only one who couldn't resist getting that new Tyranid model for the mouth tentacles alone.
The green stuff cables are excellent and I just love how I find new parts the longer I look at it.

Thanks a lot - actually, I'm even more glad that the "I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going"-version of the dual kit sucks so bad ruleswise, that I pretty much can get as many as I want for free - every nid player in my local gaming club is putting the dual kit together as the shooty version.

Really? I just read the rules for the shooty version and was irritated than he wasn't really that much better than other large shooty 'Nid. I actually bought one, but it's okay, I needed the arms as well.

I was messing about with paint tonight, and stumbled upon a great and very easy way to paint the gold trims - I love it. Gold has always been a troublemaker for me, but this seems to work great. I'm very seriously considering painting my Dark Mechanicus as Iron Warriors - what say ye?

Sooooo.... how'd ya do it?

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Sooooo.... how'd ya do it?

The method is very simple:


1) Basecoat AV Tinny Tin (GW Tin bitz)

2) Drybrush GW Shining Gold

3) Drybrush (very lightly, only edges should get picked out) AV Gold (very light gold colour)

4) Heavy wash of Army Painter Strong Tone (Devlan mud)

5) Drybrush AV Gold again

6) Paint middle of trims with Seraphim Sepia

7) Pick out rivets with badab black.

I think it's a great method to getting great gold, with barely any precision painting = very easy, very quick.

That gold does look convey a wonderfully dark glow.

Fantastic. I'll have to give it a try. Gives a much more dynamic look than even my best gold.

Thank you good sir!

He gold looks great especially on the iron warriors colors, so that's one vote for heck yeah go iron warriors.

Looking great. Having read storm of iron i can't hardly blame you for thinking iron warriors.
BTW the gold looks awesome too.

I always had a weak spot for those safety stripes.

Alternative idea:

I like the iron warriors theme much more. The other one is good, but not as good!

Great work once again, all your work is amazing.

If you're messing around with possible ideas, can you do a test piece in the dark turquoise that was one of your early ideas for the colour recipe -- maybe even combined with the hazard stripes?

Out of these two, though, I'd say Iron Warriors: The excellent recipe you used on the trim really sells the look for me!

Go with the dark green. Iron Warriors would make them just another Iron Warriors army. Albeit VERY well converted IWs.

You know, that's a really tough decision. Looking at the rest of the Dark Mechanicus stuff you did I'm not so sure Iron Warriors colors would do them justice. I gotta thing about this a bit more.

Hmm, what about a white/pearl colored approach?

I made a testpiece last night, and while it's great that theres only about 2 hours work to get from primer to this, I'm afraid it's a bit too dark:





I think I need to do a couple more fullsize testers with red and another colour scheme.

My favorite blog is back! Hooray!

I'm partial to the darker chaos schemes, particularly dark mech - I like the idea of smoke and oil stained armor. What you've got so far looks good, perhaps just some highlighted edges and I'd say you have a winner there.

Glad to see you've got some mojo back

It is dark. But gorgeous, too.

I'm torn. Seeing an entire army in this scheme.... it really would capture the feel of these particular Astartes (whom I picture as dark, brooding, implacable...)

I really like it. Everything tinfoil has said is spot on.

What other color ideas are there? Would there be any way for you to do a chrome scheme, then have it gone over with enough soot and oil and rust that you can only see the original shiny reflective bits in spots?

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
I made a testpiece last night, and while it's great that theres only about 2 hours work to get from primer to this, I'm afraid it's a bit too dark:





I think I need to do a couple more fullsize testers with red and another colour scheme.

Perhaps if you pick out some of the details in brighter colors, like all the eyes, and maybe do the horns in a bone color hat will bring back some balance. You could also d lighter colored basing to help show how dark these guys have become in the warp.

Also, I never liked that model.....until now

I wouldn't worry about it yet. Detail on the horns, another layer or two of highlights on the purple, the eyes in the armor, etc. And don't forget the base is dragging it down into black. I think it looks very foreboding.

Thanks guys. I've painted over the metal plates with red, to get an idea if that will work - also I'm experimenting with glowing green runes, which I'm in love with. Pics tomorrow.

Yep, it's very fast - I don't like labouring over paint, so I use the time necessary to experiment with getting great results with minimum effort. I believe it's time well spent, since it will allow me to paint this army quite quickly.

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
Alternative idea:

No matter what you choose it'll be amazing, but what about combining the dark Mechanicus red with the hazard stripes? Might be the best of both worlds.

Baby blue hazard stripes?

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
theres only about 2 hours work to get from primer to this

Aaaaaand I hate you.

Guita, this latest creation is looking amazing! and I will throw my hat in the ring and say the Iron warriors scheme is my preferred colour for your force looks simply dark and menacing as it should!

Pekel wrote:

Spoiler:

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
Alternative idea:

No matter what you choose it'll be amazing, but what about combining the dark Mechanicus red with the hazard stripes? Might be the best of both worlds.

I think Pekel is on to something here.

Here's the red version - with added glowing green runes (which I love, but need some more practice on) - and a lighter base:







The rune-look I'm going for is this:



This isn't easy - after having slept on it, I'm wondering if the IW wouldnt be better, if made with a slighter lighter shade of steel, glowing green runes and a lighter base? I can't help but think of word bearers or world eaters, when I see red chaos, and I don't really want to be associated with that.

Comments and critique is welcome as always.

When I look at those glowing runes (either of them actually), I don't see so much glowing runes as the perimiter of the glow doesn't seem to relate to the shape of the rune. I think the illusion would be better of the outline of the glow came a little closer to matching the overall shape outline of the rune itself.

I think I prefer the dark IW scheme myself, particularly as it sets up for contrast with the flesh elements + glowy bits (runes, eyes, power sources, etc), while also being dark and foreboding, as noted. Either scheme will of course come out brilliantly with you at the brush

- Salvage

I think I like the red Iron Warriors looking version best, or maybe something in between it and the darker version last page.

Your AdMech conversions are astounding! So much so, that perhaps they're intimidating to paint . But I hope you take the plunge, your painting certainly looks up to the task to me!

I gotta say, I think now you have too many colors. The red and yellow/back and the green runes are a bit too much. So if you really like the runes, you should probaby go with either black or metal.

Oh, you're back!
I quite like the daemon prince, looks awesome. His head looks out of place on such a large body, though. As for your paint schemes, I like both of them. The red one appeals to me more though, but that might be because I like red.

Also, like Gitsplitta has said, you might want to make the glow somewhere adhere to the shape of the rune.

I still say you should see what you can do to shake it up. Chaos is always Red or Black or Green or whatever. Always dark and gloomy.

But aren't the Chaos Mechanics going against the rules of the Imperium? And isn't one of those rule that they have to use tried and true ancient techniques and technologies? Maybe try going with a lighter, more 'high tech' scheme- try something glossy or chromed, or a light or pastel color in contrast with the grimy brass or oil-streaked iron.

I think the red works very well. They are Dark Mechanicus and the color of the Mechanicus is red.

Went to the whole thread with an HUGE boner ! Awesome work ! Godly work ! Will follow with interest !

Thanks.

I guess I'll have to make one more tester, as IW, with lighter metals, lighter base and smaller glowing runes.

... Is it possible, on a light colored background, to get dark glowing runes? Runes that Un-glow?

Iron Warriors all the wax, man! As for the awesome glow, maybe use it for energy weapons and helmet lenses? power sources as well.

Also, that Helbrute needs a helmet; down with fleshheads!

Well, I didn't get the pictures done today - on the other hand, I almost got 2 helbrutes all painted up! I have band rehearsal all day tomorrow, but with any luck I'll have pictures of 2 finished helbrutes by wednesday.

I'm pretty much decided on the Iron Warriors scheme, with glowing green runes. I'm experimenting with red robes for the adepts, so they'll still have some Dark Mechanicus look to them.

I do Like the red version the best. The base too me is a little too bright IMO, bit distracting but still works with the colors

I finally got around to taking some pics of the first few finished guys - I love this scheme, it's dark, brooding, very easy to paint, and the green glow makes them "pop" on the table. Let me hear what you think.

Exquisite!

Godlike, Guita! Great choice on the scheme

- Salvage

Very nice work. Good builds and great painting.

Thanks a lot.

Love your work. The burnished gold looks fantastic, the glowing runes are PERFECT.....but I think that the dark tones of the rest of the model are a little too dark. Meaning that some of the detail seems to be lost in the shadow and the darkness of the colors used. just my .02

Beautiful! I think keeping the red fleshy details on bigger constructs and adding some red-robed Dark Mechanicus troops will look fantastic. Paint more, please!

Hrm... Maybe some shiny highlights on the scratches or highlights on the fleshy bits? The flesh seems a little flat compared to the metal.

Absolutely stunning!

Looks lovely.

I like the 2nd walker more, the big green eye really makes it stand out.

On a related note, I am pretty sure that I did not think of this blog while naming my army The Rotten Forge.

That looks awesome, now we just need a group shot

I Freakin' LOVE the Iron Warriors scheme. These creatures radiate menace. Outstanding work.

Thanks a lot for the kind comments, guys. I'm really liking the paint scheme as well - and the green glow really makes them pop on the table. One of the guys at my local 40k club actually thought they were LEDs, wieved from a distance.

I haven't done any more painting this weekend, been out to a couple of gigs with the band, and got home at 8 in the morning, but after a couple hours of sleep, I got inspired to do another take on my spawns - I'm not really a fan of the old ones, they're a bit too silly (like the "Evil bubble helbrute" which will get retired as soon as I get a better idea), and I dug out an old conversion, and did some more work on him:



The idea is sort of a corrupted arcoflaggelant, pumped full of drugs and flailing wildly with his powerflails - also a bit inspired by the cyborg in the original Judge Dredd movie. I'm really liking this, although it's only a prototype, and I think I'll try to make 5 of these guys, in different action poses. Think of them as a Dark Mechanicus Biologus cult experiment.

I like that, nice idea and nice detail work on the arms. Very reminiscent of the Inquisitor scale arco-flaggellant. I went back to check what your old, retired spawn were and was surprised to see the myotic spores - I just made some models out of those and thought I was being original.

Nice! Great take on the Spawn concept, and an idea that fits in well with the rules for the unit. Looking forward to seeing more of these.

Ah, spine-whips. How very 40k-ish.

The Soul Forge is such a beautiful conversion piece, It really seems to add a lot to the flow of the army, you have outdone yourself.

 Cutthroatcure wrote:
The Soul Forge is such a beautiful conversion piece, It really seems to add a lot to the flow of the army, you have outdone yourself.

Thanks a lot, though I'm unsure about which model you mean? I changed the name of the army from "Dark Mechanicus" to "The Soul Forge", to better fit the Iron Warriors theme, so all pictures from now on will have that watermark.

 GuitaRasmus wrote:

This one

So they're no longer Dark Mechanicus, but Iron Warriors?

Well, the Dark Mechanicus and Iron Warriors have really close ties, so...I guess you could say that they're both.

"The mechanical warriors of dark iron"

Amazing. Love the model.
Your paint jobs are awesome as usual. What is this going to count as?

Sennacherib: It's going to be spawns, I need to build 5 of them.

I finally got the Forgefiend done - this took a lot longer than Helbrutes to do, since it obviously is bigger, has more details, and my winter break is over.

Anyway, I'm quite satisfied with it - still lovin' the colour scheme:

Wow. The Forgefiend looks amazing. And from what I can tell it's not even that big of a conversion. Sentinel legs and not much more, right? Though something looks weird about the head. Did you do something to its lower jaw?

Colours are excellent.

 Anung Un Rama wrote:
Wow. The Forgefiend looks amazing. And from what I can tell it's not even that big of a conversion. Sentinel legs and not much more, right? Though something looks weird about the head. Did you do something to its lower jaw?

Colours are excellent.

Thanks! It's a pretty big conversion though; I've changed the lenght of the neck, the legs are defiler legs combined with Dreadknight legs, put the mantis arms on the belly and changed the mounts of the weapons using the plasmacutters from the maulerfiend. The lower jaw has been cut up and reposed to make a split jaw.

Dang. I'm just gonna give up and dedicate a whole sub-folder of my saved Chaos Inspiration folder for your stuff. Amazing without exception.

Do hope you eventually do some more Slaanesh, though.

Bloody awesome...

Thanks for the kind comments, it definitely motivates me to keep this blog going.

 Pekel wrote:
Dang. I'm just gonna give up and dedicate a whole sub-folder of my saved Chaos Inspiration folder for your stuff. Amazing without exception.

Do hope you eventually do some more Slaanesh, though.

I probably will, at some point - I really like the Slaanesh aesthetic - that's probably a job for a shrink.

Man your work is truely great but for some reason Dakka wont let me subscribe to thishread !!!

WOW Rasmus, this is the most amazing thread I've ever seen. Your conversions, modelling and painting are mind blowing. Clearly this wonderful army has been a real labour of love. From discovering this thread I sat and read through it from page one., and throughly enjoyed it. Do you battle with with force often? Seeing your project inspires me in my own space marine army, keep up the amazing work

 Brother Ectus wrote:
WOW Rasmus, this is the most amazing thread I've ever seen. Your conversions, modelling and painting are mind blowing. Clearly this wonderful army has been a real labour of love. From discovering this thread I sat and read through it from page one., and throughly enjoyed it. Do you battle with with force often? Seeing your project inspires me in my own space marine army, keep up the amazing work

Thanks. Glad to inspire you.

I don't play a lot, but I try to do a game or two a month - in the vacations a bit more. I like to play a battle every now and then, but I AM more of a modeller and a painter, than a gamer.

Holy sh- i mean throne.
This stuff if epic, just makes me want to walk into gw and mental then take a month off just to work on stuff.
Epic

scarily amazing!

Thanks guys - I aim to please.

I've made a little buddy for my runaway servitor objective marker, this guy:



This one is reknowned for running off, staying out way too late, and bringing home all sorts of junk, which he proudly hands over to Arch Heretek Karulek:



What has he found THIS time?

Those are the most adorable objetive markers I have ever seen.

is that one playing the banjo great fun and characterful that is some really creative stuff. Nice work on the one dragging the cron.

These are lovely converions because I also love to convert @GuitaRasmus. Love the dark colours the weird creations. I just wonder how you do those lightning marks on the plate. Wanted to that but I never got any good tut how to do realistic ones. Please help

Those little dudes are just too grimcute!

Makes me smile... fantastic work on a really clever concept.

That necron is so clever, even more so on a mechanicus army.

Thanks guys - I quite like him myself. I just go "Awwww..." everytime I look at him.

 Q0rbin wrote:
These are lovely converions because I also love to convert @GuitaRasmus. Love the dark colours the weird creations. I just wonder how you do those lightning marks on the plate. Wanted to that but I never got any good tut how to do realistic ones. Please help

Actually it's very easy - a CAREFUL airbrushed dot of moot green, followed by a rune painted with white with a small amount of moot green (mint colour), followed by a few white highlights.

 djphranq wrote:
Those little dudes are just too grimcute!

Grimcute?? Consider that term stolen - I love it!

Those converted Nurglings - maybe you should call the "Forgelings" are just amazing! It's baffling how you're just as good at converting really small stuff as you are kitbashing titanic engines of destruction. My hat is off to you, sir!

And yes, "grimcute" is actually the best possible word for these guys!

"Grimcute" indeed. Wonderfully whimsical objective markers, Guit. Well done!

I can't wait to see how you paint the "Forgelings" I can imagine them having some Tron-like symbols would be pretty cool.

KrautScientist wrote:Those converted Nurglings - maybe you should call the "Forgelings" are just amazing! It's baffling how you're just as good at converting really small stuff as you are kitbashing titanic engines of destruction. My hat is off to you, sir!

You better trademark that name right now, because I am so gonna steal it.

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
Alternative idea:

Im late to the thread, but your work is fantastic. Keep it up!

On the above plate, what did you change to get that result!? I didnt see anything on how it was done.

Forgelings? That's even better!

Here's a bit of progress on what is, IMO, one of the best models GW has ever produced. Such a wonderful kit, with lots of scope for conversion, and beautiful details.

I had absolutely no doubt that I needed one, from the moment I saw the first few leaks. It's stil very much a WIP, but I like where it's going. The hand is a mockup, I'm going to build a chainfist, and I'm not sure about the head - maybe I'll build another.

I present to you - my chaos knight:

Wowzers very nice!

BTW would you mind sharing your recipe for the silver on your models? What did you do to black rim them also?

The Knight is epic win!

Alright, mate, up until now I've been able to tell myself I didn't need a Knight, but seeing your seamless conversion, I may just have to cave in -- it takes all of my willpower to not run to the FLGS and buy one of those bad boys right away - I hope you're proud of yourself for bringing me closer to ruin one step at a time... :(

That said, amazing work!

It's forever a pleasure to look in this thread. It's been exalted since the very beginning and I've always been impressed at the updates!

Why do you do this to me? I am waiting to get my personal ones in to "Barbarian/Goat" up. Looks awesome dude. I just want to look at these up close at some point but that would mean flying over haha.

Anyway keep up the amazing work - it is an inspiration to me and I am sure everyone else. One of these days I just need to do a write up on all of these for BOLS. If you are interested in that shoot me an email.

You are so fast, that kit just came out!! I absolutely love what you've done with it, the head, arrows, and claw / chainsword in particular.

The spikes on top I think can work, but am personally hoping they'll be painted organically, making it look as if they grew out of the carapace.

Oh now that's just piling on!

Whelp that changes my opinion on the knight model , like dam that's preety.

Also how did you build the head I think it would be awesome on a IW prince.

Where is that tile from? The one the Knight is standing on?

Looks like a part off a Drop Pod.

Fantastic conversion. I love that head. I can see gore/oil drooling from it's mouth as it hangs open hungrily.

How did you find re-posing the legs?

*SQUEEE*

Just this morning I was pondering chaos-ifying a few knights ... and here you've already crushed it

- Salvage

Great job on the knight.

HO. LY. gak.

Seriously man, a step-by step would be nice. So would a template for all those arrows. <3

Thanks a lot.

The leg was very easy - the back leg I haven't done anything to - the leg on the droppod base (only temporary, I just found something the right height in the bitz box) was cut at the knee joint and glued in the right position, as was the hip joint. The only other thing I changed about the legs was to turn the feet slightly outward - I think this makes a big difference, the way it is standard seems a little stiff to me.

The arrows were just freehand drawn onto plastic card and cut out - no big secrets there.

The spikes on the carapace will have some sculpting done, to make it look like they've grown/burst through the armour.

Any chance you'll do something with the pilot?

I don't know whether your chaos icon covers the hatch but it might be nice to have something like we see in the FW chaos titans.

Yeah, I think *SQUEEE* just about covers it.

Yesss, that Knight looks incredible! The jaw idea is brilliant! Really hope that you slap some paint on that model shortly after you finish the conversions - it deserves to be seen all the way through to completion.

I would love to see it in a scheme completely independent of your Iron Warrior look. Maybe something white and gold, going for the corrupted splendor of a noble warrior turned to the dark side. I think that would really drive home a Freeblade fallen to Chaos, instead of a war machine made expressly for use by Chaos. Plus it's a great excuse to get completely creative and try some new designs out!

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
Thanks a lot.

The leg was very easy - the back leg I haven't done anything to - the leg on the droppod base (only temporary, I just found something the right height in the bitz box) was cut at the knee joint and glued in the right position, as was the hip joint. The only other thing I changed about the legs was to turn the feet slightly outward - I think this makes a big difference, the way it is standard seems a little stiff to me.

The arrows were just freehand drawn onto plastic card and cut out - no big secrets there.

The spikes on the carapace will have some sculpting done, to make it look like they've grown/burst through the armour.

Well, I meant some templates that the artistically-challeneged of us could just print out and use. As for the spikes, what are they from? Heck, what're all the pieces you've used so far?

 Kepora wrote:


The spikes on the carapace will have some sculpting done, to make it look like they've grown/burst through the armour.

Well, I meant some templates that the artistically-challeneged of us could just print out and use. As for the spikes, what are they from? Heck, what're all the pieces you've used so far?

Spectacular Guita! It just oozes menace!

Thanks! I aim for menace.

Love the glowing runes, they honestly look like they are lit up from the inside.

What recipe did you use to get that effect? I know it is going to be some simple method i never thought of so i am going to ask.

 Cutthroatcure wrote:
Love the glowing runes, they honestly look like they are lit up from the inside.

What recipe did you use to get that effect? I know it is going to be some simple method i never thought of so i am going to ask.

Thanks - it's very simple:

1) Airbrush small dot of Moot Green
2) Paint rune with Moot Green/White mix
3) Highlight rune with pure white


My Heretek has been busy - a week ago he grabbed some hulking mutants, a bag full of combat drugs and a rather nasty selection of weapons, and went down into his workshop - and last night these jolly fellows came storming out of his laboratory. My spawns:












A picture of the whole gang:

Wow... that is really frightening looking. Kudos mate.

These sculpts and models looks absolutely fantastic!! Is there anyway to get a nice group shot of the entire soulforge army?

Excellent spawn conversions! Characterful and creepy.

Wonderous! Beautiful!

Thanks guys!

 sub-zero wrote:
These sculpts and models looks absolutely fantastic!! Is there anyway to get a nice group shot of the entire soulforge army?

I'll try to get a pic in the near future, but rest assured I'll do a photosession when the base army of 1650 pts. is painted.

I dunno Guita, I gotta say I'm a huge fan of all your work here. Everything you touch seems to turn to pure gold...

Having said that, your Chaos Knight left me feeling like its missing something. I think its the gun... You always make such cool looking custom guns, to just use the stock Knight gun arm seems sinful lol!

Don't get me wrong, the model just as it is made me when I saw it.

Amazing! Absolutely amazing! And a relatively simple conversion to boot! Always the best ones. I think I'll have to remember this spawn\talos combo for later. Subbed!

Brilliant work as always, especially the Chaos Knight, very well done

The only thing better than you paint job in my estimation is that it appears that you took a heldrake off a table in order to make the dread's head.

Every time a heldrake is disassembled and used for something other than its rules, a guardsmen gets a snack.

Very nice minis, real good job!!
I'm always particularly amazed by the way you sculpt greenstuff to blend the various components together

Amazing stuff!

That's a sick looking knight. You have some pretty awesome conversions on here.

Thanks guys.

Every army needs a boss, and my boss needed to be BOSS, so I made one.

This is my Warsmith (no, not WarPsmith), a Khorne lord on a Juggernaut with Axe of Blind Fury. He's going to accompany my spawns and thrash around the battlefield, dealing out a good and proper beatin' to anyone in his path.
I made it a point to not have any Khorne symbols on it, so not to be out of place with the rest of the armys iconography, and the juggernaut has been bulked out quite a bit, to better fit a CSM lord - especially the front legs and feet has been converted.







And a class photo of him and his bunch of combatdrugged maniacs:


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Absolutely gorgeous as usual. Every one of these models captures the essence of the horror that is Chaos. I'm especially looking forward to seeing the final look of these drugged up goliaths all painted up!

Nothing short of spectacular. Love the dynamism of his pose! Really going to be a focal point for the unit.

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
This is my Warsmith (no, not WarPsmith),...

Well, to be fair, if he's an Iron Warrior affiliated with the Dark Mechanicum, he could easily be both. Would make for a spiffy business card as well: Lord Ferrax Evildude, War(p)smith

Amazing model, Rasmus! I especially love how all those spiky bitz go in the same direction: they seem to be straining to reach the enemy, and whoever's on the receiving end of that is certainly in for a world of hurt!

He also looks great together with your arco-flagellant spawn! Terrific work, all around.

Oh, and by the look of those mechadendrites, you already own the new Helbrute kit, right?

Thanks guys - I really like his pose, and the forward feel of the spikes as well.

 KrautScientist wrote:

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
This is my Warsmith (no, not WarPsmith),...

Well, to be fair, if he's an Iron Warrior affiliated with the Dark Mechanicum, he could easily be both. Would make for a spiffy business card as well: Lord Ferrax Evildude, War(p)smith

Amazing model, Rasmus! I especially love how all those spiky bitz go in the same direction: they seem to be straining to reach the enemy, and whoever's on the receiving end of that is certainly in for a world of hurt!

He also looks great together with your arco-flagellant spawn! Terrific work, all around.

Oh, and by the look of those mechadendrites, you already own the new Helbrute kit, right?

Thanks, buddy. Actually the mechadendrites are from a Dreadfleet ship I bought on ebay a year or two ago, but never got to use them - now was the time. But yes, I've bought a new Helbrute, in a stubborn attempt to try and make it look good. Unfortunately I think it's a pretty awful model as is, so I'll probably only use the sarcophagus, and modify some of the weapons.

Yes! I love the Lord's fierce dynamism. Great composition.

Okay, I've been thinking seriously about adding something like this to my army - but with the Black Legion supplement, using the Eternal Warrior wargear and a lightning claw/powerfist combo. Hell, I even want to us that model!

I.

NEED.

INSTRUCTIONS!

Thanks!

@ Kepora: It's not difficult a conversion;

1) Use the torso, cut off from one of the DV Chosen
2) Use a Dark Angel sword arm (with tilted wrist) for the axe arm
3) Use whatever weapon you fancy.
4) The right arm is a Warp Talon LC arm, combined with the powersword arm from the same kit - hence the knuckleduster
5) The Juggernaut legs are pinned on, with about a 1/4" gap between the body and the legs, and bulked up with tubes and spikes.
6) The skullcrusher knight legs (I used that kit) are cut off at the knee and replaced with lower legs from DV Chosen.

Hey Guita, are there any plans to take a pic of all the models you've made in this thread together in a horrifying Chaos group shot?

Well we all know you will take the hellbrute model, redesign it, make us all green with envy, then use the left over bits to repeat the process....

This is what I have come to expect from your blog....lol

Holy I mean really stuff like this is why I play this game and have piles of gray plastic dominating my world. Ever time I think I have a great idea I find something like this blog.

Thank you the engines are turning full steam now..

Plus wonderful work I'm amazed.

Ahhh, I recognize that right hand now! And Skullcrusher Knight, huh? Alright, I'll keep that in mind!

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
But yes, I've bought a new Helbrute, in a stubborn attempt to try and make it look good. Unfortunately I think it's a pretty awful model as is, so I'll probably only use the sarcophagus, and modify some of the weapons.

Bullcrap! It's a cool-looking kit, and I have no doubts in my mind that you could make it even more awesome. Hell, the guy you did for your runes testing looks great, and he was based off what's practically the same thing.

Your thread is a ridiculous inspiration in how to convert and kitbash. That Knight up there looks amazing!

Where is this obliterator demon prince? I want see it :(

 GuitaRasmus wrote:

 Kepora wrote:


The spikes on the carapace will have some sculpting done, to make it look like they've grown/burst through the armour.

Well, I meant some templates that the artistically-challeneged of us could just print out and use. As for the spikes, what are they from? Heck, what're all the pieces you've used so far?

I'm afraid you'll have to draw some yourself - I just freehanded them directly onto the plasticard and cut them out.

The spikes are from the Mutalith, the lower jaw is from the Tyranid Hive Crone and the rest is pretty much just the knight and plasticard.

Anyway, fresh from the Dark Forge - my Maulerfiend, now with paint!







Yes, I know he's missing a right hand weapon, but I haven't come up with something just right yet, and I'm in the painting zone, so to speak, so I make sure I keep up the steam by moving on.

OK Guita... I've just run out of superlatives to extol the virtues of your work. Suffice to say you are a continuous source of awe and inspiration for me.

 Kepora wrote:
Ahhh, I recognize that right hand now! And Skullcrusher Knight, huh? Alright, I'll keep that in mind!

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
But yes, I've bought a new Helbrute, in a stubborn attempt to try and make it look good. Unfortunately I think it's a pretty awful model as is, so I'll probably only use the sarcophagus, and modify some of the weapons.

Bullcrap! It's a cool-looking kit, and I have no doubts in my mind that you could make it even more awesome. Hell, the guy you did for your runes testing looks great, and he was based off what's practically the same thing.

I really think the whole leg section is awful - it has fat thighs, way to much fleshy stuff, and short stubby arms. The shoulder pads are way too rounded as well. I have one in progress that's almost done, so expect pics tomorrow or thursday - I think I got it looking pretty good afterall.

it has fat thighs, way to much fleshy stuff, and short stubby arms. The shoulder pads are way too rounded as well.

I do have to agree with you on that. Hellbrutes look okay for Nurgle maybe but they still tend to look like marines that ate a power-up mushroom from Super Mario...

Maulerfiend looks awesome Guita and I'm sure your Hellbrutes will follow the path of awesome blazed by your other dreads!

(BTW: PM question sent regarding some of your models)

I think hell brutes were just rushed to be something new!

Fresh from the Soul Forge!

I downloaded the Helbrutes Dataslate and I definitely want to try out the Mayhem pack (teleporting crazed Helbrutes - whats not to like?) I need to build one more, but I grabbed the new Helbrute kit, and after a bunch of sighing over how horrible it is, I grabbed my trusty pair of sentinel legs and tools, and went to work. Basically I think the torso and sarcophagus is looking great, especially the back, but the arms, shoulders and legs just had to go. I'm pretty pleased with the result, and I think it's much better than stock - I'm looking forward to building the next one.








My man focus at the moment is improving my sculpting skills - I'm okay when it comes to muscles and organic stuff, but I find armour and sharp edges very challenging - so much so that the legplates on the last Helbrute was done by my buddy Tue Kaae. This time I wanted to improve, and took my time - they are HARD to do, but the second one was quite a bit easier than the first (the left one is still missing the arrows). It can stil be improved upon, but I'm pretty happy with the result.

The weapons are workable, with modifications - I hated the autocannon, so I threw it away, and made one from ork bits and pieces, and magnetized a couple of other weapons options - the powerscourge was fitted to a spare powerfist as well, so it looked more like a weapon and less like a bunch of living noodles attached to the shoulder. The powerfists look silly to me as well, so I scratch built a claw.






Oh, and I got a great angle-shot of my juggerlord - he's a mean SOB:

I still want to know where the obliterator demon prince is...

 the shrouded lord wrote:
I still want to know where the obliterator demon prince is...

Well, looking back a few pages (pg. 55) seems unreasonable to ask of you, so here you go.











Detail:

1. Sorry I some how missed that...
2. oh my awesome!