Damn, I knew I forgot to post this one, a navigator, probaby heavily inspered


It is probably inspired by this dark heresy picture, I love when 3d modelist convert awesome artwork in 3d...

OK that is an amazing job by the 3d artist (?)

Yeah, that is impressingly accurate, Hope to do it justice in paint

Mechanicum day today:


And this thing finally finished :

All of your latest prints/kitbashes look like they came straight out of the old Realms of Chaos books. I look forward to seeing them painted.

Very kind of you to say JoshInJapan ! I too am quite eager to start painting this batch...

Finished assembling a few more today, with one more sister of battle to corrupt (It has a head I swear)


Two more marines


And this guy, quite painfull to clean up, but still looking quite good...

yeah 3d printing seems to fit right in with your wierd style

I admit I have grown very fond of this tool, I have now almost replaced buying second hand models for bits with buying STLs...

Finished assembling this heretech tyranid matriarch today, one more dark mech magos for me !



Finished the mounted lancer, with minor work on the cloth



And printed some kneeling daemonette riders, wish should fit nicely on the sides of the demon empress throne

HAHA. Tyranid darkmech matriarch.
Really fond of that idea and the model seems to be doing it justice.

Hahahaha right ? They are releasing this as a stand in for the hive tyrant, and are doing the whole range...

Finished the flying throne thing today


Also printed a keeper of secred


And a daemonette with long legs

And finished this tall thing


Some minor things to complete and then back to painting !

well, promising as allways

That thing IS tall!

Mighty tall!

How do the 3-D prints hold up toughness-wise? They look awfully fragile (in a sort of brittle resin way). Is there much damage from cleanup of fine parts, or do you just have to accept that some supports etc. have to stay lest they cause significant damage by being removed?

Thanks a lot folks !

@IGtR=: Well it is very hard, and indeed quite brittle. The anycubic green I am using here is much more likely to break when falling on the floor for example, and much more complicated to cut cleanly than plastic or even injection resins. Now other UV resin exist and behave differently. I had a white plant based one earlier that was a bit softer, but did not however behave well for large hollowed models...
I heard that some people mix resins in order to get models that are still precise, but will resist a fall well.

Cleaning on another hand is not much of an issue, since you remove supports before curing, so it is still quite flexible. Removing in hot water will usually allow for easy removal without damage. You can even go for very fine parts (as the weapons of the daemonettes a few posts above) then you just need to be carefull and use pliers. For a space marine body on the contrary, I usually just pull on the thing and it comes without damage.

Obviously, this depends on whether the supports were added in a sensible manner, but it is usually the case.


Finished corrupting the armour plates of the titans' feet today :

Ohhh, now that is certainly a big big project

For sure ! Applying this process to all the armour panels of that beast will take a while, but well, I'll spread it over time...

Last thing I wanted to build: some disgusting objective markers:


And with this, on to priming !

Right, just finished this beast, was a really fun thing to paint, I'll definitely make two more, to field as obliterators:


And with its brothers

That thing is odly adorable?

I like it

Thanks ! Absolutely agreed on the thing being adorable.

Finished some creepy thing today :

Glaivewraith plus Sicarian legs is a great creepy look! Where on earth is that terrifying face from though?

Thanks a lot Gwyn chan'r Gwyll !
It is a print, from the raging heroes line, this one, more precisely

Just finished one more dark mech creep this morning :



The warband so far:

Ohh, that is a creepy bunch of mask wearers.

Those models paint up nicely. I look forward to seeing more.

Thanks a lot folks !

Finished this 3d printed raptor jesus today, a wedding gift for a friend...

Creepy mask wearers.

And raptor Jesus is strange, but I am sure the recipient will be happy!

Thanks for sharing

Raptor Jesus! Came out great, excellent wedding gift Going to have to find that and make one for my wife

Thanks !

@Boss Salvage, this is walrit's design on thingiverse, scaled down at something like 50-60% (which is defeinitely why his paintjob looks better than mine ^^)

One keeper of secrets was not enough right ?

never was kernel, and you know that


nice one though and positively gigantic

Dark Mech gribblies look adorable yet terrifying, great work.

Nice to see Greater Demons in appropriate sizing!?

I agree, if you can have two, why not have two . I'm looking forward to seeing how you paint them. I also like the differences you have between the two Keepers of Secrets.

Thanks a lot folks, gotta paint the daemonettes first in order to warm up though !

Finished some word bearers today:




And group shot with another primaris marine in the same style. That I did ages ago. Yeah, in this blog we paint MSUs at a rate of one model per year...

And just finished a daemonette, trying some fluor pigments...

Turned out well i'd say.
Fluor can be a bit tricky in my experience.

Thanks a lot !

FInished painting a sister today :

Fluor looks great and sister looking snappy as well

Thanks for sharing

Thanks a lot IGtR= !

Finished some demons today, first this beast with a weird face:


Then this daemonette :

You seem to really productive man!

Also another nice daemonette, also, is that a WB sister?

Thanks ! Yeah lots of models primed or in painting progress at the moment, so it is a satisfying time with models being completed regularly.

And yes, this is a WB scheme, most of the next sisters will be more obviously corrupted !

And a second daemonette done

Digging the daemons, cool sculpts and tasty glowy paint

the new one has a bit of twi'lek flair

Thanks a lot friends !

@NotOnline, I'm pretty sure the maker of that head did it on purpose, I need to make a chaos sith twilek one of these days...

Finished my giant dark mech thing tonight :



Alongside more dark mech things


And also, a daemonette

Absolutely glorious and disgusting!

Thanks ! That was the intent !

Chaos sith twi'lek?

I asume the lekku will be bit more prevalent and dangerous on that one!

Also that dark mech giant thing, one of your best dark mech creations

You're giant Dark Mech thing looks amazing Very suitably creepy.

Thanks a lot gents, quite happy with that last one indeed !

Finished painting the mechatyranid priestess today :


And with some thralls for scale...She is a big girl !

Excellent stuff as per usual Kernel. I like the juxtaposition of the graceful skinny delicate legs and mask against the big ol' gut on the mech. Also the rotting inflamed flesh on the back, super gross.
Priestess is great too, the yellow cloak is so vivid, but not distracting. Good all around!

Thanks a lot ThumpingBear !
Glad you noticed the flesh on the back, I actually made the main body out of cheap clay, that tends to crack when drying. I usually clean it up with greenstuff afterwards, but here I filled the cracks with superglue and pressed them back in place, ending up with the gory scars.

New priestess is really cool.

Wow that priestess is bigger than I expected, thanks for the scale shot. She looks really good, and has so much detail that you picked out so nicely.

Paintings really improved that Priestess is excellent.

Thanks a lot for the kind words folks, more heresy soon !

Finished another corrupted sister tonight :

Well, 2 ? I hope you intend to make more than that if only because i like WB sisters

Oh I most definitely will ^^ ! 7 more on the painting tray at the moment, and I'll try to have a 500 point list shortly...

And then they were three !l]

Another cool looking addition to the group

Yup. This one being quite clearly nurgle aligned

Thanks a lot gents ! Indeed, wanted to sculpt a nurgle helmet on this one.

Two more sisteres finished today:

Fab looking sisters

Thanks for sharing

Thanks IGtR=

Two more sisters done :

 KernelTerror wrote:

Two more sisteres finished today:

Did you make this Sister of Battle as a homage to this cover? Your sisters are looking great by the way.

That's an out-of-the-box Sister model that was explicitly modelled after that cover! It's a great paint job of her.

Thanks folks ! Indeed as Gwyn said, this is the only non 3d printed model of the batch. Almost original aside from a badly bent sword I had to replace. I really love when great 2d artwork is turned into models.


Finished one more corrupted sister today


And the whole crew together :

Chaos sisters are awesome.

Thank you both, I didn't realize that was an official model.

What an interesting and unique warband you have. I love the corrupted Sisters, especially the one with the circular saw cyborg arm.

Thanks a lot folks, yeah I definitely need more of these.

Aaand one more (severely) corrupted sister

Sisters looking great mate. Lovely group shot! Palette and conversions playing very nicely together. Bit surprising how it doesn't take much to make some of the sisters sculpts look very sinister!

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks a lot Tzurk !

Finished the crab defiler today, that was a big one !

the possessed sister is great!

but that crab...
That crab is awesome.

But you missed the opportunity for this:

That giant enemy crab looks amazing, but aren't you afraid somebody will attack its weak point for massive damage?

Hahaha thanks folks !

@Not Online, might not be too late to fit a blade in the front left claw yes...But I would surely end up stabbing myself ^^ (Blood for the blood god) !

@ShadowAndDust: Indeed having its weak point attacked for massive damage is a curse every crab has to leave with. Not sure my opponents are clear with what that weak point is so...

Did you magnetize the turrets so plucky heroes can knock them off and use them against it?

Looks great! I love the redesign with the low head and the turrets on the back.

Awesome crab tank demon walker! If it's a sculpt, it's a great one - and if it's a conversion, extra good on you

+1 to all the Metal Slug-esque commentary as well

Thanks, much appreciated !

@Gwyn chan r'Gwyll: Not magnetized no, so that if I need another loadout, I'll need to build another, and therefore end up with two defilers ! But plucky heroes are free to try of course !

@Boss Salvage: It is a 3d print, can't claim I did much beside the painting and a few details/wires.

Your crab defiler looks amazing! That's a great addition to your army.

Thanks a lot mate, much appreciated !

Finished a couple more models today, starting with this knight thing:



Also, this scheming m*ther f*cker


Looks like the two of them work well together

Finished a priest today !

Finished some daemonettes today !

Now THAT'S what daemonettes should look like.

Wow, you are really churning out a lot of great models at high speed. They all look great, and I agree about that being how daemonettes should looks.

Thanks a lot guys, glad you approve. These daemonettes were actually my very first try with oil paints. I intend to use the same recipes for the two keepers of secrets...

Finished two marines today:

Finished some filthy xenos for a friend tonight, cant wait to smash then under tank tracks !
Not to self: paint more tracked vehicles.

Really nice looking lads there

Thanks a lot friend !

Finished the le armour plates of my titan tonight :

And just finished this mutant assassin

Wow! That mutant assassain looks great!

Thanks a lot Syro_ !

Finally finished one of the Keepers of secret ! First large project with oil, and I must say I am really liking these new paints !


Mandatory scale shot :

Excellent giant demon chick The fluo skin works great on her.

Well that IS a greater daemon .
also i am still quite astonished in regards to the titan feet

Thanks a lot gentlemen ! The second one is progressing nicely, and I may or may not have bought files for a third big keeper...Because why not.

But today, I have terminators to show :






And the whole squad :

Beautiful work as always KT.

Termies look great all together, and the pink skin of the KoS really stands out. You're onto a winner with this army mate - keep it up!

Oh cool that sheme works really well

Thanks a lot folks, glad you approve. I'll have to make more purple marines then !

Lovely purple tones on those juggernauts, I like the tonal change on their shoulder pads too.

So many lovely additions to your chaos forces, as usual. I can't remember if I asked this already but how long do you think it would take to set up all of them for a group shot? Would we be able to see one by the end of the year?

Thanks a lot Folks !

@Syro_ : Last army shot was from the end of 2020, so I guess I could make a yearly habit out of this ^^ ! I should try to finish the titan by then in that case...
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1380/648864.page#10984509

 KernelTerror wrote:

@Syro_ : Last army shot was from the end of 2020, so I guess I could make a yearly habit out of this ^^ ! I should try to finish the titan by then in that case...
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1380/648864.page#10984509

Oh I remember those pics! It's nice to see them again. What a great looking army. If it's not too much work, it would be great to make the group shot a yearly thing. Good luck on that titan either way.

I'll try to set it up for the end of the year yeah, this leaves me a few months to find a place large enough to accommodate the army ^^

And finished my second keeper this morning, although I definitely need to rework my lighting setup, the top of the model is badly overexposed....


And here are the two keepers...Is it enought keepers ? I'm not sure that this is enought keepers...

I kinda like ther armored one more?
nice job on the lower left claw especially.

Yea, I like the new (CC-inspired) keeper over your first (GW-inspired) keeper, both the sculpt and how hard you went on the fluorescent

Thanks a lot friends, much appreciated. I really like painting these, especially to practice oil paints

 KernelTerror wrote:

And here are the two keepers...Is it enought keepers ? I'm not sure that this is enough keepers...

Not to give you any crazy ideas... but Slaanesh's sacred number is six....

Ahahah, I might very well do that yes, plus now I can say this was your idea ^^.
Finding four more keepers I like should be a piece of cake...Wit, just finished printing number 3...

Cool, I'm looking forward to seeing number three and how you bring it to life with paint.

Thanks Syro !

Just finished painting this navigator:

Nice one.
Red Purple gold scheme is really fitting.

Excellent work n the Keepers, oils seem to suit you.

Thanks Not online, I do love (and abuse) these colours

Thanks a loa Llamahaed, yeah, I am indeed in love with oil paint, and they should adapt well to all the weird textures I love to have on models...

Finished a renegade guard taurox today:


And with the basilisk from the same range:

That's a really cool eevil APC design, and I'm reminded how legit the basilisk version is

Very adorable APC


but where's the corresponding infantry`?

Thanks a lot gents !

@Not online, very good point. Infantry is coming in the next prints, I already have 10 lunar auxilia soldiers waiting. I'll of course need more...

Nice job on the renegade Taurox. You captured the chaos militia look with the paint. And the navigator sure turned out nicely.

Thanks a lot The Riddle of Steel !

@Not Online, I realise I responded to your inquiry about my infantry with a "Don't worry buddy I have ten dudes." You do not say that to a renegade guard commander. Of course I shall build more, much more ^^.

As an apology, a picture of a cat.

What an adorable kitten, congrats!

 KernelTerror wrote:
Thanks a lot The Riddle of Steel !

@Not Online, I realise I responded to your inquiry about my infantry with a "Don't worry buddy I have ten dudes." You do not say that to a renegade guard commander. Of course I shall build more, much more ^^.

As an apology, a picture of a cat.

Well i mean it depends, normally when your own zone isn't full with bodies you did something wrong, but then again renegade grenadiers were thing

Allright, and here is the final model before I go back to assembling stuff: the court of the fallen empress of mankind. That was kind of a big one to assemble...

UNEXPECTED O_O

That's particularly bonkers, Kernel. Did you assemble the court from different sculpts, or is that a set someone has made? Guessing the floating dais is pure Terror

Awesome.
That thing is positively huge and absolutely well executed

Thanks a lot folks !

@Boss Salvage, it is an home made thing, although many parts are 3d printed, the wings are from a plastic griffin as well as some silver tower dudes. The hull is made from the usual wire and root tentacles, a 3d printed dark mech abeyant hull, while the floor is made in clay...But worked with a 3d printed texture roll ^^.

As for the member of the courts, they are from a bunch of different makers, I count 8 of them. The big purple demon is possibly ripped from a game, but I am not sure...

Was a fun thing to put together, especially the final placement of every model on the platform. Glad you approve !

Allright, nothing left to paint, thankfully, the printer's been busy these last weeks:

More slaanesh goodness, starting with a DP sigvald, but with a prettier face


A demon demon rider


Yet another keeper of secret, with a snake body this time


A smiling sorceror



Some more wenos scum for a friend


Some weird looking and too tall sisters I found in a kickstarter, but I find them oddly disturbing. Should make some nice greater possessed. SoBs have greater possessed right ?


And been too long since I painted some BFG, so here comes a transport

More models assembled today, with this thing:


Also, another thing


Also corrupted sisteds first this big one:


Then a more standard one, with a downsized noise marine helmet

Makes me wish i went through with a 3d printer... but where to put it ..

@NotOnline : Yeah, these thing do need a good place to setup easy to clean and ventilate. A garage or a shed is ideal, but I know of some people that use them on a balcony, with a gardeing tent for protection and insulation...
Some people also setup some hardcore venting for use in their living rooms, but that would not be something I'd be comfortable doing.

More things assembled today, starting with this big demon


Some ships


More sisters


A topless plague marine


And a great unclean one

Today was infantry day, starting with a bunch of lunar auxilia


Then some gasmask in morion dudes


And also, some sort of slime

Ah the Morion, Good choice



Also it seems now that you get the actual numbers to hold something

Ahaha yeah, might need a couple more bodies though.

So, here are a couple more bodies:


Also assembled a second centaur demon, don't they make a lovely couple ?


A nurse with a gasmask


I big nun battlesuit


Some guy with a stick


And some cyborg shock troopers

Wow Kernel, that court of the Empress of Mankind is an absolutely beautiful centerpiece. Looks amazing
It's fun seeing all the new additions as well.

Thanks a lot Syro_, glad you approve this heresy !

Today I assembled a gunship !


Also some sisters with heavy flamer, since thie galaxy ain't gonna burn itsself


And a melta showoff


Some more sisters from raging heroes


Some cherubs from rotten factory to go with the sisters


A sniper from raging heroes


And a sniper from Rotten Factory


A navy commander


And finally, a bit more troops

Almost finished assembling some noise marines today. Still missing an arm and some spikes.


Finished the medical staff:


assembled more noise marines, yes some of them have lady parts.


And printed some more infantry, this time with classy helmets

Finished building a cyber snake killer thing today


Also, a desk


Two more knights with guns


And took a group shot of the primed morion crew, because damn, that is much more readable than a picture of translucent green things

 KernelTerror wrote:
And took a group shot of the primed morion crew, because damn, that is much more readable than a picture of translucent green things

Yes, yes it is Cool prints KT, curious about the robo snake killer thing.

I'll have to take pictures of it once primed then ^^
It is based on the heroes infinite Xen AI from their cyberpunk release, with replaced guns and chainsaws for extra grimdarkness, and the back of a blight drone.

Allright, started another oversized BFG project, based on an old aquarium pump support and two car phone holders...


Aside from that, did some priming, so here are some already posted models, but now with pictures that are not a green mess !

That comes along nicely, especially like the two lower models.

Thanks Not Online ! They have a pretty smile right ?

Finished and primed more models today:

The killer snake lady robot from earlier


A chaos navigator, because printing an actual medusa and replacing all the snake heads with greenstuff eyes was a great idea


The triumph of saint catherine


A squid


Some poser eldars


A bastard rogue trader:


Some noble


Flying daemonettes


And a sonic knight !

Finished this wired person today. It will be piloting some big squid engine from inside a fishtank:


And this star galleon

Finished building a mermaid out of an old keychain today !

Cool stuff as usual I'm especially looking forward to seeing your squid engine.

Thanks a lot !
It is no complete, but I'll first paint and sceal the pilot first, so here it is in its current state.



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Also, some medieval troopers

Finished the dark mech murder thing today :

finished a technogladiator with a stick today !

BEWARE THE STICK

Murder snek is the business

Thanks a lot Boss ! I'm quite happy with her I must say.

Finished some filthy xenos today, completing the squad I started earlier:

Did not paint anything today, but shamelessely took some shots of old models, to share in a BFG group:

I like your two new models KernelTerror. I enjoy how vibrant they are.

Thanks a lot Syro_ !

Back to something far less vibrant today though ^^, with my finished morion troopers:

I absolutely adore the morions

Those BFG shots are glorious! Love the megacapital ships for both! That makes me want to do another Ork trash bash now.

Lovely helms on those latest too.

Thanks a lot folks !

Finished a creepy thing today :

Finished the medical team today









And the whole crew:

Finished painting my titan's torso today !

I love the script on chassis, you don't often get script on Chaos armour, that's usually an Imperial thing but it works well!

Thanks a lot Gwyn !
To be fair, I did still the idea from word bearers though ^^.

Finished a BFG transport yesterday


As well as two raiders


And the three of them together

Absolute awesome titan, also the little ships are cute

Thanks a lot my friend, finished assembling the leg armour plates today !

Just finished this Rotten Factory marksman

Hmm, makes for good cultists i'd say those rotten factory models.

Great job on the titan btw.

Did you actually at some point paint WB commonly?

Thanks a lot ! Sadly he only sculpted one like that (well, uncorrupted), I would have loved a squad.
I did paint some more or less regular word bearers yes,

Finished some mechanicum commandos today :

Love the visors on them, great work!

Well the WB would explain your skills on scribbling chaos nonsense on the titan

Good job on the commandos aswell.

Thanks a lot friends, more chaos nonsense soon !

Finished the great unclean one today !

That's amazing, the neon colours actually work on a grotesque figure. Very cool.

Thanks a lot Captain ! Thought I might as well give it a kind of radioactive/toxic look, as on an old trash metal cover.

That's true, makes me think of old Troma movies.

Thanks a lot! tromas or street trash were the thing !
Now that you say it, the green bubbles were probably unconsciously inspired by poultrygeist

Finished a couple of models today, first a corrupted rogue trader


A power armoured lady


And a filthy xenos


Now someone get rid of that disgusting eldar for me please.

Hahhah, Guo's always a nice guy to help out it seems.
Even if you don't want it.. especially if you don't want it.
Pa lady is especially nice imo Kernel

Thanks a lot Not Online, yeah, thinking about a great unclean one might be one of the less worse greater demon roommate...

Finished a slaanesh demon today !

Those are some vibrant pinks! Tho I suspect from the light of shots that its even brighter IRL.

Thanks Captain Facebeard !
They are yes, I used price august magenta fluo then a layer of oil paint.
Thing is, they are problematic to catch on camera, with my usual black background, it looked like this


Which I think is more pleasing to the eye, and closer to irl colors, but makes the axe and some other parts way overcasts...

I need to rework both my lighting and my background I think...

Meanwhile, weird gak

doesn't that sum up chaos in one sentence?

Nice tentacle lady....

i somehow feel that joke has gone on to long

It does yes !

What Joke ? Squidgirls are serious business ^^.


Finished a dark eldar lady today


Should make for nice demon appetizers

Finished some knights today

Finished a vindicare today

Lovely knights.
Also great job on the vindicare.

Are you having further Plans for the knights?

Thanks a lot !
I may have further plans for the knights yeah. Basically I see them as inquisitorial henchmen. These ones were left untouched, but I'd like to convert some as inquisitorial servitors, like with flamethrowers, interrogation tools, and probably some kind of steampunk power backpack....

Great job on the sniper, did you print her, or is that RG resin? (I'm not even sure if she's available to print but I'm guessing RG have released more than I know.)

Thanks a lot Boss !
That is an original RH resin yes, their older ranges were never released as printable files (unfortunately, I'd love more of their sister and demon stuff...)

Finished King arthur today !


As well as a sister of battle

Sister looks good, the classic skaven plague monk scroll hand?

Hahaha monty python

nice sister aswell.

Thanks a lot folks !

@ph34r: It is a skaven hand indeed, I'll be using their books as well !

Cracking stuff going on here Kernel.

Loving the morions, very characterful, and the squid lady is lovely. Really want to see where that squid engine ends up.

The shots of your titan body really made me think that in place of a head there should just be one great eye on that socket.

Great unclean one looks fabulous, excellent work on using the vibrant colours.

Top honours go to the court of the fallen empress, outstanding work.

Thanks a lot Monkeytroll !
Good idea on the single eye, I'll keep it in mind when I get to it. Tbh I had a plastic piece that would do a great titan plague doctor head...But it might be too large though.

Finished



Also printed myself a female fulgrim. We live in amazing times.


The creator of this model wanted to replicate this, and did a brilliant job of it

 KernelTerror wrote:
Also printed myself a female fulgrim. We live in amazing times.

Truly, the future is an fantastic place

Love that her smirk made it to the print! Where'd she come from?

@Boss Salvage: The author should contact you with the source ^^

Finished painting the chaos navigator today, next step is to drown it in resin...

Finished a spellblade today


And a noblewoman

Snazy looking noblewomen

Thanks NotOnline !

Finished some vikings today, for the same friend I painted the bloodrage box last year:

Those look awesome really like the green.

Thanks a lot Not Online, not a color I am used to paint except on plague demons/marine, but pretty happy with the final look.

Pretty snazzy looking vikings Kernel, green+gold+brown is always a nice combo.

I like your golden Knights in previous posts - the dirty burnished gold gives them a fallen-from-grace kinda look, very uncouth looking fellows.

The red on the Sisters armour is also very impressive - the extreme dark to vivid red highlights looks great.

Thanks a lot Thumpingbear, much appreciated

Finished Fulgrim today




Merry christmas dakka !

Nice work on the Fulgrim.

Thanks a lot ShaowAndDust !

Finished a few BFG ships today :

Merry Christmas KernelTerror! Nice Emperor's Children with Fulgrim in the lead. I always enjoy seeing you making more BFG too.

Amazing job kernel!

Thanks a lot my friends !

Just finished setting this up today:


Yup, a clumsy oversized freighter

As as it custom, took a picture of all the models completed in 2021 quite happy with the year, especially with how it made me capitalize on airbrushing and oils.


Happy new year dakka !

That's a lot of chaos-y goodness in your year end review. I like your Evergrim freighter story, it gave me a chuckle.

The Evergrim gave me significantly more than a chuckle, a hearty laugh even!

 KernelTerror wrote:
Yup, a clumsy oversized freighter

Thanks a lot folks, looking forward to a new year of heresy !

@Syro_ I did not forget that I promised an army wide shot, but I'll probably set this up once I complete the titan, hopefully somewhere in the spring....

Evergrim.... really grim times.. for logisticians

Grim indeed ^^ !

Finished some more corrupted sisters today :

Nice work on the sisters corruptus, and I also enjoyed the Evergrim

 KernelTerror wrote:
Thanks a lot folks, looking forward to a new year of heresy !

@Syro_ I did not forget that I promised an army wide shot, but I'll probably set this up once I complete the titan, hopefully somewhere in the spring....

Looking forward to it

Thanks a lot folks !

Finished a noblewoman today :

Really well done Kernel

Thanks a lot my friend !

Incredible job on that noble woman The face covering is strangely creepy as well.

Thanks a lot Syro_

Finished an Heldrake today !

What, is that a normal helldrake?!?

Really awesome paintjob non the less

Ahahaha yeah, for once an unconverted normal model, christmas present from the wife, so did not feel like cutting it in pieces (although this kit has great potential for defacing ^^)

Finished a poser demon prince today :

Finished this big mutant today !

"Let me stand atop this hillock, the better to see all around me. And to let all around me see me.
And just what the feth is that I see over there with the glory about and too bendy legs?


Love the big mutie

Ahaha thanks monkeytroll, yeah I first tried this demon prince on a regular base and it felt wrong. I think he will only stand where people can witness his glory ^^. Gaming wise however, he will no charge downhill...

The bendy legs thing is a 3d printed model from blu.art, not too sure what it is supposed to be, but I'll field it as a discolord if given the opportunity !

Finished this cyborg today :

Really like the cyborg, but the big mutie is just so old kernel terror

Hehe Thanks a lot Not Online !

Finished a renegade gunship today !

And finished a star galleon today !

I really like the look of that gunship!

Your space ships are gorgeous, mate. That gunship is also a sleek piece of kit!

Thanks a lot folks ! Yeah, quite happy with how these last ones turned out. More heresy soon...

Not a lot of new stuff tonight, but I did 2d print a background for BFG ships. Nowhere near large enough though, maybe I'll try painting one....

Finished some noise marines today !

Those Noise Marines are lovely (to the extent that any Chaos Marine can be "lovely," anyway).

I have to ask: how do you manage to finish so many models? I'm lucky to finish four or five a month, but you do that many or more every week.

Thanks a lot JoshInJapan, quite happy with these noise marines to bo hosnest.

Not sure about my painting rate, sometimes I feel I'm not painting models as fast as I'd like, but I did find a balance at which it is not frustrating. Here is how I rationalized the thing anyway:

- I work in cycles. First I print, paint an assemble everything I want to work on, then I prime it all, and I start painting, trying to complete it all before I add anything to the backlog. For this reason, at some times of the year I finish models quite fast, but only because they are all ready to be painted, and I had time to think of the paintscheme month in advance. These noise marines were for example assembled in august.

- I place this hobby in the middle of the living room, literally. I have two young children, and they take a lot/most of my free time, which is as it should be. But I figured that hobby time should be something shared. So I sat up my painting station in the middle of the living room, with movable trays, one for oils and one for acrylics, and some paint racks. It is not by any means a perfect painting station. I drop models on the floor, I have to hide bit boxes from the youngest one, but nonetheless, I can paint everyday without cutting away from the family life and still talk to my loved ones while doing it. Plus, my older son starts to really know how to paint a space marine ^^. If I was to setup a perfect paint desk, it would be in the basement, and I would not sit it as often as I do now. Plus, I get to see the next model in line everyday, helping me to get 'in the mood/find the paintscheme for it' days in advance.

- I give up on things that are unpleasant. I realized at some point that I spend waaay to much time painting models when they did not ring any bell in me, when they were just chores I added to my painting queue. Since not so long ago, I have started just discarding models, and condemning them to be bit box fodder. In my experience, lots of the time spent painting a model is spent finding the exact color scheme that will work, the proper mixes that will do the job. Often enough, I realized that If I did not hav a particular feel with how I wanted to go with a model, I was better off ditching the model and moving on to a model I really cared for (and maybe coming back later on)(And I realize how smug this might sound coming from someone with a 3d printer. but really, ditching a model worth 5€ of resin+electricity even if it is a primarch, is liberating).

- I try to be happy with imperfection (And this is an heresy coming from and Emperor's Children's fanboy), but well, the noise marines above are my third try at noise marines. They probably will not be the last, but they are the first that I am happy with. However, the two previous squads taught me a lot, and I am happy to have completed them, and given them each time afterwards to let the teachings dig in, making the next iteration better. Still, each time I finished a squad, I was happy to call the job done and to move on to another project, even if I knew that there was some stuff somewhere to be reworked.

That is it, sorry for the wall of text, just a couple of saturday evening thoughts of finding time for hobby !

Painted the rest of my noise marines this evening !

Wow, another nifty set of models.

Thanks for sharing your painting process. I also try to prioritize family time over hobby time, without sacrificing the latter. I do most of my hobby stuff in the early morning, before everyone else wakes up, but occasionally I get some work done while everyone else is watching TV after dinner. I envy your ability to just set aside what you're not enjoying-- I always feel half-finished models staring at me and making me feel guilty for not finishing them.

My pleasure ! Regarding giving up on model, I realized that it was easier to do in two steps. If at some point in the paintjob/sculpting it starts being annoying, or going somewhere I cannot save, I leave it aside while I mode to more pleasant models. Then when I have no more assembled model to paint, I see when I get back to the discarded ones. Sometimes it means paintstripping and restart, some other times (not that often thankfully ^^) I realize that the thing is better of sent back to the bit box.

I just realized you had your model count for 2021 in signature, so I counted them as well, and an early morning count on a single picture gave me a total of 98 models for 2021. So in the end, our processes must have quite close performance ^^.

Finished some raging heroes sisters of battle today. They are waaaat thinner than GW ones, so did not bother trying to paint scheme with the rest ofmy heretic sisteres and tried something different instead

Finished a dark mech chief of protocol today :

I love all your recent finished things, the sisters indeed look a bit thin, but i really like the noise marines .

Thanks a lot Not Online !

Finished a ranger today :



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Also painted myself a space backdrop today :








I'll probably need to make a second one in order to place the ships on top of it...

Finished a magos today :

Finished this tall dude today, quite happy with how creepy he turned out :


It is not exactly the same color tone, but I think he still goes well with the mutated inquisition henchmen I made way back:

Finished a plague demon today

Finished a sorceror today :

I like that eyeless helmet with the skeletal grin.

The sorcerer and the daemon look both eerily creepy and awesome Kernel

Much appreciated folks !

Cranking out lots of impressive stuff as usual I had quite a few to catch up on after not being on lately.

Thanks a lot Syro_ !

Finished a chaos navigator medusa beholder thing today :

Finished some demons today ! Love how happily violent they look !

Great pair! Extra chonky boy is particularly jolly and I wish him luck in his romps.

Thanks a lot Boss ! I'll tell him right away !

Friend of mine is a fan of King of Fighters, so I made him this


(Yeah, he hates mortal kombat and I am a bastard)

You did a nice job painting up Shiranui Mai

Thanks a lot Syro_ ! That was quite interesting working at this scale, and trying to be clean for once, I might try this again at some point...

Just finished my triumph of saint catherine today


I am a good imperial citizen

The perverted Triumph is excellent! A wonderful blasphemy

"i am a good imperial citizen"

Are you now
All the new Stuff is just awesome.

Thanks a lot friends !

Finally back from holidays, time to paint more totally loyalist sisters...

I really like the centaur-ish daemons and the procession with the purple robes and daemon, great stuff

Really great glow effect Kernel!
How did you achieve that?

Thanks a lot folks !

@Not Online, mainly thanks to prince august fluos, orange and magenta. I start on a white base, then first glaze of fluo, went back to white dry brushing/highlight, and a second glaze of fluo.
These are great paints actually, quite happy I gave them a try.

Finished a couple of chaos cruisers today !







Love the width difference when compared to original ships, brings some nice diversity, yet keeping a coherent feel.

Finished more totally loyalist sisters today !









They are a bit bigger than regular sisters, but well, CHAOS ! Or they are from netherlands, who knows...

long sisters are long.

They look really good though with that scheme!

great stuff. I love the Twisted Sisters lol

Utterly glorious hobby productivity sir.

Love how much soul is captured in your work. Always enjoyable reading through this blog.

Much appreciated folks, thanks a lot. Currently painting something big, more heresy soon !

Finished some normal cherubs today !


Oh right, I did talk about something big. Here is a plasma gun:

Purple Sword bearer Homunculi best homunculi!

Indeed @Not Online, I believe I have you to thank for reminding me I had one of those gathering dust unpainted.

Finished my noise knight titan today !

Congrats on the big guy, looks great! I still dream of printing a Chaos knight, preferably with evanogainen's sonic weaponry like yours here.

Thanks a lot Boss ! This is indeed one of Evanogainen's sonic weapons, scaled down to fit this knight...And my build plate...
I encourage you to go forward with printing a big one like that, this one "only" took me seven plates of my small photonS. Still acceptable if you manage to get a print running during the night, clean it up before work and start another for the day.
Plus, with big builds like that there is always spare room to fit infantry or BFG ships inbetween two giant armour plates...

I'm messing with her epic Slaanesh knights again right now, they were some of the first things I tried to print and I messed them up pretty bad / had bad settings anyway. Trying again almost 2 years later with a lot more skill behind me!

Excellent, looking forward to seeing your prints then !

Painted a mermaid today

Very strange mermaid, very cool though

Amazig knight for sure the center of any decent party

Nice mermaid btw. You still have that awesome nack for these builds !

I knew when I saw the preview say "painted a mermaid" that this was going to be interesting and I am not disappointed.

Thanks a lot folks ! Dunno what you mean, half woman, half fish(bone), just a cute little disney mermaid.

Really like the mermaid! Another great creation.

Whew! Just finished reading this whole thread and gotta say, those are pretty amazing and unique conversions/minis you've made over the years KernelTerror! Glad to be aboard on this trip to the Warp

Thanks a lot folks !
@Hotzenplotz, wow, the whole thing ^^, means a lot mate, always happy to meet a fellow heretic.

Finished some traitor guards today !

Ok, I absolutely love that "mermaid"

I can't believe that I didn't comment on the amazing paint job on your knight yet, I thought I had. Beautiful color and pattern. I love the look of these new traitor guard too

Thanks a lot Roknar and Syro_

Finished the second half of my squad today:







The entire squad as a group




And some mandatory shots with armor

Nice, I like the armor shots. It's fun to see the chaos Renault tank again.

Thanks a lot !
There is more french heresy in the work, I just finished printing a panhard EBR....

And as we see here, one can have never too many R&H / Traitor guardsmen

Great job on them, and i still adore that Renault Ft modell!

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Thanks a lot !
There is more french heresy in the work, I just finished printing a panhard EBR....

Another famous one
Speaking of which, I can't remember if you made a chaos St Chamond tank too.

Thanks a lot Not Online ! Yup, gonna have to plan another squad, never stop levying.

@Syro_, I did not no but, that would be a nice one to make, quite an unique look ^^. I Do want to do a B1 Bis first though, there are a couple of already grimdarkened models out there....

Cool, I'm looking forward to your B1 Bis

Finished a couple of mere mortals today: