Good morning Dakka

I'm taking a bit of a break from painting my Ultramarines to concentrate on a new project, an army I've wanted to work on for a long time now...the Blood Pact, from Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghost's series of novels published by Black Library. I'll be using the Imperial Guard Codex to guide my unit choices (along with cool modeling opportunities). I know the new 'dex is coming out fairly soon, so I'll keep my early choices confined to those units that have a really good chance of not changing once it's released.

Anyway, here are a few pics from my new project:

Renegade Ogryn


Renegade Commander


Renegade Stalk Tank


There are also some more pictures on my blog:

http://www.davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/

Cheers
Dave

That is just COOL!! I love the blood pact stuff and it was a great read. Grade A work on both the converstions and the painting. Your stalker tank is a very cool effective model. Please post more as they come up!!

Sweet Stalk tank, what rules do you use for that thing? Sentinel rules or HW team?

Nice work! The commander looks great, and the sentinel is a promising concept.
Good to see you're still kicking out the IG... but with the new codex coming up, I'm not surprised to see some nice models coming out of the DT workshop.

wow i love the cloth on the ogryn. and basically the whole model is just win. great job.

Nice to see more and more of these blood pact logs springing up now!

Your paint work so far is looking good, the ogryn and commander both look tops. The stalk tank, while a great conversion, is quite a bit smaller than I imagine Abnett is describing them to be. I think they are supposed to be about the same size as a salamander in length, with six legs and pilots in an "underslung glass bubble".

Still, nice stuff so far. Got much planned yet for how you plan to tackle the infantry in terms of their masks etc?

Cheers,

Dante

The IG rules do not have a really good stats to rep the stalk tank. It's either too light (like this nice sentinel conversion here) or too heavy (like my stalk tank that used Leman Russ rules to rep it). Since we can't get the excatly right rules for the thing, we just have to adapt to existing rules and compromise a bit.

Great looking Blood Pact models, by the way!

Interesting choice to use a vibrant yellow, but it works well with the paint scheme.

Kudos for the Stalk Tank conversion too, the underslung compartment look is great.

Outstanding, and oozing blood!
I love the paint scheme -- the effect on the commander is particularly striking.
And the conversion on the sentinel is also very effective.

*happy sigh. Another Dave Taylor army.

Hi guys, thanks for the comments.

@Ghost, this stalk tank will be used as a Sentinel.

@ CMDante and Col Hammer, there's also the super-heavy sized "flat crabs" from the assault on Vervunhive (not technically Blood Pact, but cool none the less). I think I'll be building a variety of sizes and, as the Col. says, compromising on the rules. If I can get a dozen or so of various sizes together perhaps I can come up with a "Stalk Tank Brood" datasheet for Apocalypse.

I just finished re-reading Sabbat Matyr and I'll now have to work out plans for the SteGs, AT70 Reavers, AT83 Brigands, and the N20 half-tracks - toting flamers of course!

And by the way, could someone let me know how to create a link in my posts? The intuitive way doesn't seem to be working for me, it's that complete lack of tech-savvy kicking in.

Cheers
Dave

Great stuff, look forward to seeing the line troopers.

For links just include the http in front.

http://www.davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/

This should be fun to follow- Over the years, we've seen so many different takes on the subject matter, yet with new rules etc. there are always new possibilities.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Great stuff, look forward to seeing the line troopers.

For links just include the http in front.

http://www.davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/

Thanks Kid_Kyoto, much appreciated.

Cheers
Dave

I really like the stalker tank, but he legs are too close to the cab to allow it to really rotate like your hanging joint suggests it is capable of.

Oh, and looking closer at your commander, I noticed that you mentioned he has a power sword... To me it looks like a simple close combat weapons because it lacks the refined nature of a power weapon's edge. At the very least, it'd be good to include the two wires you see on all the power weapons that indicate there's some electricity being supplied to the weapon's body. I know it's a bit of a crude thing to think they'd have to staple some wires outside to supply the current, but it gives the person you're fighting an indication of whether he's armed with a power weapon or a simple close combat weapon.

A P&M blog from Dave! Exalt! Makes me very happy to see you in the thick of the hobby here on Dakka, I'm sure a lot of us are going to follow this closely.

I love the modded sentinel. I've been grinding out some Deathskull Killa Kans, and might have to do something similar, it looks amazing. Keep it coming!

Teek wrote:A P&M blog from Dave! Exalt! Makes me very happy to see you in the thick of the hobby here on Dakka, I'm sure a lot of us are going to follow this closely.

It remains to be seen if he's going to blog, or if he's just given us a link/previews for reference. The latter seems more likely... not that Dave's tutorials have ever been lacking! Since GW isn't going to be promoting his stuff now, all of the forums are probably getting this. Still, no complaints here.

Very, very funky. I look forward to seeing you basic 'Pacters especially.

Hi guys

Thanks for the comments so far. I've taken your thoughts on board (particularly Drake's) and here are two updated pics and a new one for three of my basic 'Pacters. I've also updated my blog with a pic on the command squad and some thoughts about the masks.

Sentinel: I added two spacers to increase the ability for the pod to turn.


The Commander's power sword, now with added power.


and the first three of the basic Pacters. Once they're painted it'll be easier to see what direction I'm going.


Cheers
Dave

http://www.davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/

Dave... Im in love.

Officially I'm going to have to dislike you immensly. Secretly I love your stuff, keep it coming! And I like the swanky DTM logo on your pics.

Dave can we get a side view of the Stalk tank so we can see what bit the sensor is made out of.

I'm rather proud of the fact that the term "Basic 'Pacters" has been adopted with such gusto.

My work here is done!

Looking great Dave- I obviously love the new additions

The new troopers look great- I'm especially fond of the middle one and the one on the far right. The feral face looks cool as hell and definitely fits with the descriptions in the book. Same goes with the hooded head. Any chance you plan to add the grotesque masks based on Brian Nelson's goblin faces and the great beastmen muzzles on the plastic gor and ungors? I'm not sure if that's what the guy on the far right is wearing, or if he's an abhuman (both equally fitting options for a group of renegades). I'm sure that will become apparent when you paint them.

Please continue to keep us updated!

I don't rate the goblin or beastmen masks, they looks way to big and throw the whole look of the mini off. I think with your modelling skills Dave, you are more than capable of sculpting a few masks onto heads and then casting them or GS moudling them for your own use on the rest of your force.

Sculpting the masks is pretty easy too, if you did 5-7 heads you'd be sorted. It takes a little time because of the wait between stages though. Here's a few pics from my own Blood Pact log that show how I sculpted mine.





The empire flagellant heads would also fit well for variety should you decide to go with the 3rd option you listed in your blog.

Cheers,

Dante

@ CMDante

These look REALLY cool! You, sir, have successfully shamed me into working on sculpting some masks : )

While I agree that the Goblin and Gor heads are a bit too big, I think the Ungor heads fit right in there, I'll be using a few of those along the way too, just to speed things up.

@ Ghost, the sensor "block" is from the body of a heavy stubber, I used parts of the heavy stubber barrel for some of the new backpacks.

@ Vandez, why wouldn't we adopt "Basic Pacters"? It just sounds too cool ; )

Cheers
Dave

Yeah the way you are planning on using the ungor heads should work fine, the method I was meaning was where people cut the lower part of the face off of a gor and then stick it to a cadian face and try to join the edges. It just doesn't work.

You might want to consider using some ghoul heads too for the "ungor method" of masks, suitably screamy, evil looking faces.

Keep up the good work.

Not sure if you'll have seen my own pact log, here's a link incase you missed it:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/220069.page

Cheers,

Dante

Dave, I'm really digging the look of the Blood Pacter on the left (the one with the Cadian helmet)!

Would it be possible to get a shot of the backpacks, perhaps you can tell us how those were done too? I'm slowly building a Renegade army of my own and would like to try out your idea.

Thanks.

Nice sculpting,good overall I really like the commander.

Your the man those are awsome keep it up always love what you do!
You got the Real Feal and miltray look on them love it.

Hi guys

Sorry for the delay in getting new pics up. It was a very busy weekend of merriment and good times with friends, even though the Giants lost : (

Here are a couple of painting updates:

Sentinel/Stalk Tank





And the rest of the Command HQ Squad



To answer a couple of questions:
@CMDante - those Blood Pact look very cool. How are they going at the moment? I'd love to see the others you have planned.

@ Mister Feral - The backpacks are made from plastic tubing and other bitz and pieces. I'll try to do a step-by-step in the next day or two.

@ Deff Dread - Nope, not a jump pack ; ) just balancing on a paperclip.

As usual I've got a few more pictures on my blog along with a rundown of what I like to call "the treatment". Enjoy.

http://www.davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com

Cheers
Dave

Yes! He's doing more! I really like the sentinel.


Liek the work so far Davetaylor! bristling with anticipation to see what your working on next. How did you do your red???

Hi T_55

Not sure if you were looking for my recipe for red or CMDante's.

My reds are done with a basecoat of Scab Red, highlighted with a mix of Scab Red and Blood Red (50/50) and finished with a highlight of Blood Red.

My uniforms were done with a basecoat of Dark Flesh, highlighted with a 70/30 mix of Dark Flesh/Kommando Khaki, highlight again with a 40/60 mix, highlight again with a 10/90 mix, apply a glaze of Dark Flesh/Devlan Mud mix.

More "Basic Pacters" coming soon.

Cheers
Dave

Hey Dave,
Awesome toy soldiers man!
Cant wait to see what is next...

Are you planning to create the Psyker version of the Stalk Tank from Sabbat Martyr?
Are you going to have some scarred bare hands?
So gotta add a Baneblade too... ;-)

More excellent work, the Stalk' looks great. Thanks for the blog, and I personally always appreciate painting methods/tips.

davetaylor wrote:Hi guys

Sorry for the delay in getting new pics up. It was a very busy weekend of merriment and good times with friends, even though the Giants lost : (

HOW DARE YOU SOCIALISE!!! STAY INSIDE, LOCK YOUR DOORS AND BUILD/PAINT YOUR SMALL PLASTIC MEN UNTIL YOU PASS OUT FROM GLUE FUMES!!!!

Seriously though, nice job

Great stuff Dave. Thanks for your compliments.

You've done a good job of making the FW renegades look like blood pact through a strong colour scheme.

@T_55 - Sorry for the confusion, this isn't my log, its Dave's. Currently I'm working on a Rogue Trader gang and some commissions before I return to my pact. Sorry again for the confusion my earlier posts have made Dave, didn't intend to derail your thread.

Cheers,

Dante

Those are great, reading gaunts ghosts atm (just finished second omnibus) and its great to see the blood pact coming to life as well as they are done here. keep up the good work

Hi guys

Again, life conspires against the posting of pics (hopefully tonight though). Thanks for your kind words of encouragement. Just recently a friend asked me how big this army was going to be and I'm thinking now that pretty much every army has to be at least 3,000 points, maybe 2,000 for "standard" games and another 1,000 or so for Apocalypse goodness. It'll be tough fitting everything I want to do into 3,000 so I might have to push that a bit ; )

@ Sirath - I'm working on another Stalk Tank design that'll probably count as a Salamander and I'm thinking of rules for an Apocalypse data sheet for the Psyker version so chances are... I probably won't do any scarred hands, very tough to do on 28mm minis without having it look like a mistake. I'm sure I can squeeze in a Bane Blade somewhere.

@ CMDante - no thread derailing occurred, you're contributions are always welcome, particularly if it is to show us more of your cool work.

Hopefully more pics tonight.

Cheers
Dave

That red is fantastic, never would have thought to use Dark flesh to get a brown-red like that. May have to steal that for future projects...

Keep it coming, looking forward to this project log.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Very cool, although perhaps include more Khornate elements in the future.

Finally I get a few pics up, and my blogspot updated too.

Here are some of the first "Basic Pacters"



And a close up of their masks



And a teaser of things to come



There are a few more pictures and some explanations too at my blog http://www.davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com

Fantastic stuff mate!

The troopers look great, brilliant use of the FW renegades coupled with cadian and catachan parts.

Your masked heads have also come out excellent, great idea to use the ungor heads, wasn't sure how well it would work at first but it certainly has. Thanks for the nod in your blog too.

The stalk tank is shaping up well, certainly got the locust theme down. This one is certainly looking much more like the stalk tanks I picture when reading the books.

Look forward to more.

Cheers,

Dante

Great job on those trooper dave might have to make some of my own one day. On an off topic note I was reading some white dwarfs from 1999-the australian edition and had a thought while looking at your army of Tanith, so here's my question how many guard armies do you have?

Thanks guys, I'm pretty happy with the with the new stalk tank now, more work to go on today.

@ Imperial, here's a list of the IG armies I've painted since I started doing "themed" IG armies, in no particular order:

• Tanith First & Only - Light infantry (using mainly Catachans)
• Valhallan - Militia-style (using Vahallans and Empire Militia)
• Jantine Patricians - Mechanized Grenadiers (using Stormtroopers)
• Vitrian Dragoons - Standard (using Van Saar gangers)
• The Shriven - Standard useable as either loyalist or traitor (using Steel Legion)
• 13th Penal Legion - Light Infantry (using mainly Catachans)
• Macharian 24th PDF - Standard (using Cadians)
• Macharian 6th Armored - Armored Company
• Vostroyan 5th - Standard (using, surprise, Vostroyans)
• Genswick 33rd Rifles - Standard (using Bretonnian Men-at-Arms)

I've also done two Lost and the Damned armies: The Beasts of Khargor and the Adeptus Mechanicus Expeditionary force.

So, quite a few. What can I say? I'm a fiend for the regular joe, humanity against the vast range of things that want to kill them.

Cheers
Dave

Ah finally time to comment on the awesomness shaping up in here.

First of all, I love the work youve done so far. Those masks are killer and the red is pure win. I really brings the filthy & chaosy, but well organized feel arcross. Looking forward to the stalk tank as well.

Do you happen to have any pics of your other armies?

Really enjoying watching this army come together. A lot of great detail work all around. The yellow works out wonderfully for the scheme. And the masks are suitably off putting so far (looking forward to seeing some more grotesque looking masks ^_^).

I do think some of the highlights are being lost in the photos, as the reds seem uncharacteristically flat, though I can see some subtle lines here and there.

The scratch build definitely has me intrigued. Staying tuned for more!

davetaylor wrote:Thanks guys, I'm pretty happy with the with the new stalk tank now, more work to go on today.

@ Imperial, here's a list of the IG armies I've painted since I started doing "themed" IG armies, in no particular order:

• Tanith First & Only - Light infantry (using mainly Catachans)
• Valhallan - Militia-style (using Vahallans and Empire Militia)
• Jantine Patricians - Mechanized Grenadiers (using Stormtroopers)
• Vitrian Dragoons - Standard (using Van Saar gangers)
• The Shriven - Standard useable as either loyalist or traitor (using Steel Legion)
• 13th Penal Legion - Light Infantry (using mainly Catachans)
• Macharian 24th PDF - Standard (using Cadians)
• Macharian 6th Armored - Armored Company
• Vostroyan 5th - Standard (using, surprise, Vostroyans)
• Genswick 33rd Rifles - Standard (using Bretonnian Men-at-Arms)

I've also done two Lost and the Damned armies: The Beasts of Khargor and the Adeptus Mechanicus Expeditionary force.

So, quite a few. What can I say? I'm a fiend for the regular joe, humanity against the vast range of things that want to kill them.

Cheers
Dave

quite a fan of the Gaunts Ghost novels I see. I would have to agree with you on that front.

also, everything that you have shown us looks ace, and that stalk tank thingy is going to be bad ass.

keep up the great work!
BLARGAG!!!

Those Ungor masks turned out real good. I think you can probably get by just using those rather than having to sculpt anything.

And geez that's a lot of Guard! Have you had any time to do non-Guard armies?

Ozymandias, King of Kings

@Dave - I've seen pics of a number of your other armies, but haven't ever seen any pics of your Tanith. I know that this isn't the thread to do it in, but do you have any pics of it you could post up for those others of us that are fans of the First and Only?

startin' to come together nicely!!!

you've got my attention...

cheers
jah

Hi guys, here's another update.

First, I'd like to thank everyone for their kind comments, constructive criticisms, and curiosity. I'll try to cover the specific questions asked:

@ Flachzange/Death By Monkeys - I'll try to get a selection of models from each "Gaunt's Ghosts-oriented" force photographed soon and posted here.

@ Ozymandias - I must admit that I'd forgotten I also painted an Elysian Droop Trooper army that actually appeared in the Taros Campaign book by Forgeworld. Any of the miniature shots are my guys, although you might not know it because they're all B&W "action" shots. In addition to these IG armies I've also painted a Pre-Heresy Death Guard army, a Black Templar army, my Legio Custodes, a Goff army of Orks, around 7,000 points of Ultramarines, plus the Tyranids I was lucky enough to have photographed for the 40K 5th Ed Rulebook. So while I have painted other 40K armies, I much prefer to paint IG ; )

@ grey_death - Yeah, I'm going to chalk up the highlights being lost to my less than perfect photography skills. The final glaze did knock a lot of the highlights back, but they're still there when looking at the models in real life. More practice for me ; )

@ jah-joshua - I'll try try to keep a hold of that attention!

On to the new stuff.



After chatting with CMDante, I decided to steal his flesh color scheme and run with it. Here are a couple of quick repaints. We both think the new, paler skin will stand out from the dark fatigues and iron masks a lot better.



I finally plucked up the courage to try a bit of mask sculpting on some Empire Flagellant heads. I think they worked out quite well. It was fun to push the putty around with my new clay shapers.



I decided to take a shot of four of the backpacks that I've built for the army so far. Back on Jan 14 I promised Mister Feral I'd get something up about the Backpacks "in the next day or two". Finally I've put the step-by-step together on my blog. I hope it gives you an idea of how I go about accessorizing my Blood Pact. I hope you enjoy it!

http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/

Cheers
Dave

Mask sculpts are pretty damned good. Paintwork is looking supreme.

davetaylor wrote:

@ Flachzange/Death By Monkeys - I'll try to get a selection of models from each "Gaunt's Ghosts-oriented" force photographed soon and posted here.

The most distinctive examples of your work I can recall are the Tanith lads I saw in a WD many years ago, and they weren't even much in the way of conversion work. I've also seen your Bretonian Men-At-Amr based IG (I'm trying my hand at that myself), but little else in the way of IG. You said you'd get some shots of GG-based armies up, and I don't mean to be pushy, but please post links to any of your other armies if you have them uploaded anywhere, or else UPLOAD THEM - ANYWHERE!

Wow, nice sculpts. Nice painting too.

wow, i really like your work, especially the backpacks - they are neat, look awesome but the construction process looks easy enough to do a lot of them without going mad.

Dave, great stuff mate, as I commented in your blog, the skin tone change has made a huge difference in defining the head, especially with the masks that cover the top half of the face.

The tanks on the back are great too, what I find really interesting is we both had the same idea with them both for design (though you have done more with riveting and tubing) and colour before we even discussed our projects! Great minds think alike eh?!

Looking forward to more. I've pointed a few people asking about when I'll be doing more to my blood pact on other forums to your blog to get their fix of pacty goodness while I dabble with other projects, hope you dont mind.

Cheers,

Dante

Great army! That sintinal is just too cool. Keep em coming please.

The pale flesh is what I am trying for on my renegade IG. I use pale flesh with purple and flesh washes, what's the recipe for this pale flesh Dave or CMDante?

Ozymandias, King of Kings

The flesh recipie is:

Shade: Charadon Granite
Base: Dheneb Stone
Highlight: P3 Menoth White Base and Menoth White Highlight
Tone (for defining eyes, scars etc): Baal Red Wash and Leviathan Purple Wash

Basically I painted most of the skin first using DS and CG mix (70:30 ish, I used a wet pallette so not really accurate mixes as I did it on the fly), then keep highlighting up until your at pure DS. Then mix DS with Menoth base and highlight more, then finally Menoth Highlight for highest points and top of head etc.

Shade any areas that need it with thin "juices" (almost consistency of very thin wash but make sure you have almost no paint on brush so you have maximum control) of CG.

Tone patches of the skin or around eyes/scars etc with some thin washes of baal red and leviathan purple.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

Dante

Hi guys

Thanks very much for your comments and interest in the project. It's great to get back into an army where every model requires conversion work of some kind.

@ Arctik_Firangi - digging out some of those older armies is proving to be more difficult than I first thought. They are obviously buried in the basement somewhere. I'll keep looking.

@ CMDante - Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool when I saw the yellow on your tanks too. Means I was on the right track ; ) Also, thanks for posting your recipe for the flesh color. Much appreciated.

On to the update: Here are the models from Squad Two, painted and ready to roll.



and a squad from my Tanith army.



There are a couple of other pics of squads from different armies in my latest blog post, I hope you enjoy them.

http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/

Cheers
Dave

Those look great man! You really nailed the look of the renegades I think; not just guardsmen with naughty armor paint, but not crazy over the top. Just right!

I am going to be referring to this thread when working on my own vile heretics! Thank you sir!

As always mate, fantastic stuff.

It's great getting to see all of those amazing and well themed armies you have produced again, I can recall admiring them in WD and dreaming of one day being able to have some of my own work grace its pages.

It seems we both take inspiration from the same sources, novels and the better pieces of background material.

Also, good luck with the new baby, the nursery is looking like a room fit for a little king (or queen?) though I think the green could use some more highlights on the edges to really bring it out and add contrast!

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,

Dante

Thank you so much for sharing some of the other armies. Im a huge fan of the Ghaunts Ghost/ Tanith fluff so its great to see a well done tanith army. Your custodes are absolutely gorgeous as well. Nicely done.

Squad 2 looks up to par -- meaning very good.
I love the way you work a lot of diversity and individuality into the troopers, yet preserve a coherent look and feel to the unit and (so far) the army.

Hi guys

Thanks for the encouragement, I'll see what I can do about the highlighting on the room CMDante ; )

I have another squad under way, this one with a bit more individuality and aggression. Hopefully they'll be done by Monday.

Cheers
Dave

Hi everyone, here's another update on the Pact.

First off, I must say that it's incredibly exciting to see the awesome flurry of hobby activity here on the P&M Blogs section. There are dozens of great blogs that have started recently and are very cool to keep checking through.

Secondly, here are some of the new troopers I've been working on.







And finally, here's an update on my Stalk Tank



There are a few more pictures on my blog: http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/

Cheers
Dave

Nice use of the Baneblade hammer on the trooper. On the second set of three with one talking into the vox - where's that head from? The masks are looking great, btw!

wow, love the stalk tank. i think this is the first time someone has done it true to the description and concept art.

Ahh... love me some dave taylor update. Those riflemen are great!!! that vehicle looks fantastic as well. Although I fear for its safety on the tabletop. It looks like if one errant D6 hit it, it may take a penetrating hit IRL.

I love it despite its fragility, or perhaps because of its fragility.

Excellent work again!

more! more! more!

Thanks for the comments guys.

@ Death - the head for the vox guy is one of the flagellant heads, I gave him a kind of Phantom of the Opera mask so that you could still see his shouting mouth and awesome scar.

@ Shep - I fear for it's safety in transport. I'm still not sure how I'll get that to work well ; )

Cheers
Dave

Man, everyone's using those Flagellant Heads these days - I gotta get me some!

Great update. I've had an image of the Blood Pact in my head since I first read about them - years ago now - and you've brought them to life as well if not better than I'd imagined them. Nice job.

Really inspired work on the stalk tank... I wonder if using some steel wire or brass-rod from the body/thorax, down through the limbs then drilled into some sort of scenic base (perhaps MDF board) would help hold them together for transit.
Whatever you come up with, the gaming world can only hope you find a good solution for taking them on the road so more of us get a chance to face off against the 'Pact.

The stalk tank looks amazing. Love the mantis architecture--very sinister.

Wow those guys look really great. Keep em coming

Mate, those new troopers are looking incredibly good! Some excellent poses too, love the one with the hammer, in fact I love them all!

Looking forward to the stalk tank developing further and getting some paint, any chance of a scale shot?

Whats up next?

Cheers,

Dante

Thanks guys, I'll keep them coming ; )

@ Gitsmack - nice idea for the transport concerns, I'll see what I can cobble together. It will go on the road at some stage.

@ CMDante - thanks mate, I wanted to throw a bit more variety in there, particularly inspired by your axe-wielding crazy. I'll get a scale shot of the stalk tank into the next update.

Cheers
Dave

Cool stalk tank man.

Damn, Dave, another stupidly amazing army from you! Keep it up, I love your stuff, its always top notch.

Wow, great collection so far!

Very nice, Dave.

B

2 quick questions how did you do the drums on the Auto gun and then how did you do the DKOK (krieg) Guy getting picked up ? it's all awsome looking Love the guy yelling into the vox

Hi guys

Thanks for the encouragement.

To answer your questions ghostmaker, the drums are cut from a tube with a rod inside, kind of like the way I built the backpacks. Once the glue has dried I cut a small section of the tube away and glued it to the autogun. As for the DKoK guy, that whole model is a Forgeword "Show Only" model that I picked up at a Games Day the year before last. If you can make it to a Games Day this year then you should be able to grab one.

Cheers
Dave

Hi ghostmaker

Here's one of those Ogrym up on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Forge-World-Renegade-Ogryn-Games-Day_W0QQitemZ170300840748QQcategoryZ68406QQcmdZViewItem?viewandbid=170300840748&POS=viewandbid&VER=single

Cheers
Dave

looking great, loving the new stalk tank, have to say that those flaggelent heads are realy good for this kind of thing

Hi guys

It's been a busy week but I've managed to get another ten Pacters finished.

Here are a couple of pics. As usual, there are more pics on my blog: http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/

I hope you like them.

Heavy Bolter team (yep, that's a beaten Imperial captive lugging the ammo hoppers)



Four more troopers (and yes, the squad leader is swinging two hammers!)



Cheers
Dave

Dude, these pics are sick! Just outstanding work. Please post more pics. After reading the Gaunt's Ghosts books, then seeing these models....wow. You really have outdone yourself. Are you going to make a Sabbot model? (it would make a great objective piece).

Great stuff as usual mate.

Do you have any of the named BP characters planned?

I was contemplating doing a couple of representations of Sek and Gaur since I don't really have time to do an army or anything more than a handful of regular troopers. More than happy to share ideas again if your planning any yourself.

Cheers,

Dante

Thanks guys, good question about character models. I probably won't do a Sabbat model, but I've been thinking about a Sagittar Slaith and possibly a Pater Sin (Sabbat Martyr version), but definitely a brood or two of Loxatl.

@ CMDante, I'd be happy to bounce ideas back and forth on any projects. Do you happen to remember the thread where I know I've seen pictures of Loxatl models someone made that are just like the images from the Sabbat Worlds Crusade book?

Cheers
Dave

These may not be what you're looking for, but I found them on the 40k Lexicanum:

love the heavy bolter team

Great work throughout Dave, and the heavy bolter team most out of the new stuff. Props on the basing as well, love the huge gears sunk into the 60mm base. Are the gunner's burly arms from the scout heavy bolter lad?

- Salvage

Hi guys

Thanks for the encouragement, I'm glad you like the HB team and yes Boss, the HB (arms and all) is from the SM Scout. The gears are from a scientific supply place that JHall found online. I'll bug him to post the address in this thread.

@ DbM - They aren't the ones I was thinking of, but thanks for the assist.

Onto the update!

My Stalk Tank is nearing completion. Only another few hours or so (mainly on a base for him) and then it'll be on to painting and working out some rules.



I've added the rogue psyker to the image to give a better sense of scale and, as you can see in this next shot, the fore limbs can still reach out and touch someone in an all-too-frightening fashion!



I hope you like this guy and, as always, there are a few more pictures on my blog: http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/

Cheers
Dave

Very nice what'll it count as? A Hellhound or something?

Wow

Hey guys,
Dave wanted me to send you all the link to the Gears we bought. These are what he used on the base for the weapon team.

http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_3082458

They are very nice! I plan on using them in a few projects of my own soon.

Jeff

Wow, suitably threatening and creepy.

God, I wouldn't want that creeping around the entrenchments.

"Sarge.. Get the pest spray! Is it flammable? Nuclear pest spray?"

sA

I love the look of the mantis pattern stalk tank.
I can't help wonder, aside from appearance, what the rear "butt" section is for? Seems like it wouldn't/shouldn't be there if it doesn't have a purpose beyond appearance.

Great stuff.

Eric

Great stalk tank. Just like the concept drawings. I love it.

Iirc, the rear of the stalk tank was where the 'servitor' or psyker was held inside it (to pilot it). In the concept drawings, I think it was more like an egg sac (organic). It looks like Dave has made it an armored compartment. I also think in the Gaunt series, the stalk tank drivers had some kind of shielding to protect the apparently 'exposed' pilot compartment.

not bad. not bad at all. the painting is real nice. how did you do the red?

in the second picture it looks as though the stalk is motioning that the gent in front of him would be more of a hassle to the opposing army, and it looks FREAKIN' SWEET!

MagickalMemories wrote:I love the look of the mantis pattern stalk tank.
I can't help wonder, aside from appearance, what the rear "butt" section is for? Seems like it wouldn't/shouldn't be there if it doesn't have a purpose beyond appearance.

Great stuff.

Eric

And where exactly would you put ammo storage, fuel tanks and engine if not there?

The stalk tank looks very good, but is there a way you could incorporate the stand a little more into the actual model? I'm guessing it's only there as its a WIP?

Right now having a pole there to support it really takes some of the beauty away. Will you be mounting it onto a large base?

A large base where it's held up by it's own legs would look fantastic. Reinforced with copper or steel wire it should be okay to hold its own weight?

What is the stalk tank's fluff? Is it from one of the gaunts ghosts books or something?

Paul Atreides wrote:What is the stalk tank's fluff? Is it from one of the gaunts ghosts books or something?

Yup. It's a mean, almost sentient predator-tank.

His Master's Voice wrote:

MagickalMemories wrote:I love the look of the mantis pattern stalk tank.
I can't help wonder, aside from appearance, what the rear "butt" section is for? Seems like it wouldn't/shouldn't be there if it doesn't have a purpose beyond appearance.

Great stuff.

Eric

And where exactly would you put ammo storage, fuel tanks and engine if not there?

also, that's where the driver is. in the books, it's a transparent fluid filled bubble with a hard-wired servitor. go read the blog, he explains it there.

These are looking great dave keep up the awsome work.

Nice!
I always loved praying mantisses, keep up the good work.

Hi guys

Here's the next group of ten guys. This takes me to 55 infantry models so far, not too bad for 51 days work. I might not make the 520 club this year, but perhaps I can make the 365 club.





I'll take a break from the Blood Pact Troopers for a little while and concentrate on their armored support (and a few other projects).

To answer some of your questions and comments:

@ MagickalMemories - yep, basically just what Cruentus said

@ Lord Marcus - if you mean the red fatigues it is this:
- Dark Flesh basecoat
- Dark Flesh/Kommando Khaki (60:40) highlight
- Dark Flesh/Kommando Khaki (20:80) highlight
- Kommando Khaki highlight
- Dark Flesh/Devlan Mud (70:30) thinned glaze

@ Gundam Mecha - yep, the post looks silly and breaks up the lines. As you guessed, however, it's just for the WIP shots. I'll be working on a base next week as soon as my latest order from Dragon Forge arrives. I'll e working on a configuration that will let me transport it easily.

@Paul Atredies - the best descriptions of the Stalk Tanks are in Sabbat Martyr.

Thanks for the encouraging words, for more pics you can check out my blog at http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/

Cheers
Dave

Dave, once again, you have outdone yourself on how well you're pumping out these men. They're dynamic, well painted, and just a visual delight. I'm digging the snubby autocannon a lot.

These guys are definately who I envisaged my new Cadians to be fighting against -- they're perfect.

sA

Is that auto cannon shortened down ?

Thanks guys

@ sA - perhaps one day they can fight it out ; ) do you have pics online?

@ghostmaker - yep, essentially I just removed barrel between the body of the gun and the muzzle break. I've been looking around at a ton of stuff online in the past week, saw that look briefly and now can't for the life of me remember where I saw it. It looks cool though doesn't it!

Cheers
Dave

Dave, how do you get your metals so nice?

I've read this thread and your blogspot about 3 times in the last 2 days! Thanks for sharing this

Again, great stuff mate. Thats one hell of an army your going to have!

Any plans to add the clear glass bubble to the stalk tanks underside?

Cheers,

Dante

This is a rather awesome looking army, its got a great look to it. I do have a question for you though, do you plan on making Khrel Kas Obarkon's Hell Razor, or are you gonna call it good with keeping them the way they are described in Sabbat Martyr?

Hi guys

@ VermGho5t - glad you like it all! The metal (I assume you mean their armor?)was inspired by the recent Warriors of Chaos release and all the "dark iron" they have going on. Here's the recipe:
- Black undercoat
- heavy drybrush of Tin Bitz (with a tank brush)
- lighter drybrush of Boltgun Metal (with a tank brush)
- heavy wash of Badab Black
- patchy wash of Thraka Green (ie. only put it in random patches)
- heavy wash of Devlan Mud
- pick out the edges with Mithril Silver

@ CMDante - always pushing me ; ) I'm working with a friend on a couple of other projects and we might work on a clear resin bubble for the next one or two. I'd love to insert an already painted servitor wired into the best into a clear resin mold of the underbelly, that would be cool.

@ BrotherStynier - The next task is to get some of the armored elements done (the STeG4s, AT-70s, AT-83s, N-20 halftracks) but I'm keen to do a Usurper (originally in Honor Guard I think) as well, and the friend I mentioned above is working on a Locust, the little vector fighters mentioned briefly in Sabbat Martyr. Is Khrel Kas Obarkon from Double Eagle? It has been a while since I read that one.

Cheers
Dave

This thread is great. Dave Taylor, you win a Morley. This stuff has inspired me; I'm getting off the Blagoweb and going to sculpt stuff.

Sorry, I wasn't implying anything wrong with how it currently looks, I was just wondering if you had anything planned using clear resin etc?

We both know you are more than capable of producing something seriously awesome for it, it's just a matter of time required as always .

Had a chance to look over your blog, looking forward to what you have planned for the Steggadon comp. Care to share your thoughts? Will it be 40k or fantasy themed?

There are certainly plenty of parts on that kit that I am eyeing up for use in future conversions. Particularly the throne parts....

Cheers,

Dante

Bubblicious -

imolator

Cheers guys.

No offense taken at all Dante, I know I kind of cheaped out on this one for time purposes and also for getting a sense of scale. I do like that you prompt me to go that little bit further in directions that I know will make me happier with the final result, but might have avoided for [insert lame excuse here]. I think thereare a bunch of things that I've learned with this first Stalk Tank that'll mean I can spend less time on them (already figured them out) for the next couple that I'd like to do. That way I can spend some time getting the bubble right (or close to meeting my vision). If you've got some thoughts feel free to send them through.

On the Stegadon Conversion Challenge I'm thinking of a Khorneate Warshrine for Warhammer. A beefy Marauder champion atop the beast, wrestling with the chains that control it, a cage/brazier of skulls, metallic plates, and lots of metal wrapped horns.

An captain.gordino, I humbly accept your Morley and it will have pride of place on my mantle.

Cheers
Dave

Yes, that was exactly what i meant. thanks *adds recipe to recipe drawer*

That's quite a bit of tanks you're working on there, though I'm sure they'll all look good. I'm interested to see what your interpretation of them are (I don't remember if Dan Abnett described them in alot of detail). From that formidable list of armor I can only guess that eventually you're gonna out fit the Blood Pact with a Baneblade.

The Locust is Chaos's version of the Lighting right?

Yeah Khrel Kas Obarkon is the nemesis pilot from Double Eagle, he flew the Pear White fighter.

I cant wait to see your other tank conversions they will look great can't wait to see what you do for the halftracks and such.

davetaylor wrote:@ sA - perhaps one day they can fight it out ; ) do you have pics online?

They're very WIP at the moment. But tailored to take down 'traitor scum' like yours.

Happy hunting.

I'll be interested in how your Malcador turns out. There's something very classic and solid about its form -- but sadly it's normall disregarded.

Did somebody say halftracks? *Sniffs air.* Likey.

sA

Dave, would you mind if I asked how you attach your models to their bases? Do you pin them or just use glue?

Thanks guys

@ lord marcus - you're welcome

@ BrotherStynier - yes, it is a lot of armor and that's what draws me too it ; ) I'll probably do a Stormlord before I get around to a Baneblade (even though the SL isn't mentioned at all, at least not yet). I'm not sure about the Locust, but Dan mentions them in Sabbat Martyr and I think they'd be just a bit smaller than the Hellblade. I'm still not sure If I'll expand beyond Guns of Tanith and Sabbat Martyr.

@ ghostmaker - thank you

@ sA - "traitor scum"? Bring it on I say! Make sure we get a look at your Cadians once you're ready.

@ VermGho5t - I typically glue them to the base. If the base is heavily textured I'll put a little ball of green stuff underneath the feet.

Cheers
Dave

I've been watching this thread for a while now, and the thing that stands out the most for me is the Stalk tank.
It is awesome. I can't wait to see it painted.

Hi guys

Just to let you know I put a new blog post. It's not Blood Pact, but it is Gaunt's Ghosts related (kind of).

@ mcfly - I'm liking it too. Hopefully I can get the base completed in the next day or two and there'll be some final WIP pics, then on to the painting.

My blog is at http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com

Cheers
Dave

Nice - great to see such good pics of the Genswick boys!

davetaylor wrote:
@ BrotherStynier - yes, it is a lot of armor and that's what draws me too it ; ) I'll probably do a Stormlord before I get around to a Baneblade (even though the SL isn't mentioned at all, at least not yet). I'm not sure about the Locust, but Dan mentions them in Sabbat Martyr and I think they'd be just a bit smaller than the Hellblade. I'm still not sure If I'll expand beyond Guns of Tanith and Sabbat Martyr.

I'm sure the SL will make an appearance eventually, the Blood Pact manages to get their hands on near everything else, why should it be an exception? I believe the Locust was also mentioned in Double Eagle, I'm not sure though. Well you don't really need to go beyond GoT or Sabbat Martyr, everything else just gives you room to expand upon the army later should you choose to.

By the way, the Genswick 33rd look great.

I'm loving the pics of the stuff so far, can't wait to see the painted Stalk-Tank!

Also, why not use a SL? The're must have been some captured ones in use somewhere. Maybe say it's a variant SL from the captured Forge World (I forget it's name)

P.S. The Genswick look great!

Hi guys

Thanks for your comments, I'll definitely be doing a Stormlord, my Pacters will certainly enjoy that Heavy 15 Vulcan Mega-bolter.

I've just posted another batch of pictures on my blog, so head on over and check them out, http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com

So that you don't have to make one more click before you get to see something, here are a couple of shots of the Stalk Tank on its base





and a close-up of the base it sits on



It was a lot of fun putting the base together, and quite tricky to find a solution to the heavy body/spindly legs problem.

I want to paint the Stalk Tank armor plates with Dark Flesh, the legs and other mechanical parts with the same metallics as my troopers, the Chaos star on its back with Khemri Brown/Kommando Khaki, but I'm stuck with which color I should use on the armor trim pieces. They are the thin strips around the edges of the armor plates (similar to the Defiler armor trim).

Any thoughts?

More updates to come this week.

Cheers
Dave

Nice - I love the shot of the limbless Stalk Tank hanging in space. As far as painting the trim goes, I'd think a nice tarnished brass or bronze might be nice - it'd give it a little bit of a Khorne look to it, but it'd go well with the red of the Blood Pact troopers.

Very nice stalk tank, although a bit too spiky for my tastes.

Stunning, Dave. I can't stop looking at these pictures, even though they don't capture the sheer size of the tank.

For your strips along the outside of the model, I think that if you painted it to look like a metal that has oxidized to a greenish hue, it would not only contrast nicely from your red troopers, but will also serve as some horrible Chaos camouflage. I'll add a picture of what I mean.

Great work on the scenic base/support system for your stalk tank!

As for the trim on the armor plates... the same metallic you use for the troopers and that you're planning to use for the leg mechanisms would probably look pretty darn good on the trim. It does keep the palette of the model a bit limited, but that seems like it could be a good thing, considering the military practicality of the Blood Pact...

However you choose to paint it, I can't wait to see the final product. Kudos!

Looking fantastic mate, really great base there that sets off the model perfectly.

I got my copy of "Purge the Unclean" today (gotta love ebay for a bargain!) so ready to go with sorting details of the project when you are mate. Give me a PM when your ready to discuss.

Cheers,

Dante

Thanks guys!

I'm leaning towards the regular dark metal for the trim, but I'll mess around a bit with some Scaly Green washes around the rivets, cheers Chrispy.

@ Dante - I've just placed my order (on eBay too) and will let you know once I have it in hand.

Cheers
Dave

Love the base.

Love the detailed edging on the tank -- gothic but extraordinarily professional.

sA

Hi guys

It's been a little while since the last update, but I've been working on painting up the armor for my Pact and getting another side project sorted. Here are the Malcador and Valdor tanks that'll anchor one end of my Blood Pact Line. I hope you like them.

Malcador - heavy bolter goodness



Valdor - compensating for something?



and finally, here's a look at that other side project I mentioned above.



As usual, you can find a few more pictures on my blog, http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com

Cheers
Dave

Nice work on Imperialising the Ork Trukk. It's kind of funny, usually we see Imperial vehicles Orkified so to see the reverse is unusual and really cool!

Those are looking really cool!
Also, loving the Imperial truck! Maybe a guide on how to achieve them?

First off, I love the chaos symbols on the Malcador and Valdor - any special way you did that? Or is it just freehand?

Secondly, the Imperial Trukk is awesome. I love how it's armed up as Chimera (always good to counts-as). I'm having a hard time telling from the picture - that's not a standard helmeted head from the IG accessory sprue, is it? What have you glued onto it? Or is that from a Baneblade or something? It looks terrific, whatever it is.

Death By Monkeys wrote:I'm having a hard time telling from the picture - that's not a standard helmeted head from the IG accessory sprue, is it? What have you glued onto it? Or is that from a Baneblade or something? It looks terrific, whatever it is.

The head's from the Baneblade sprues.

Ozymandias wrote:Nice work on Imperialising the Ork Trukk. It's kind of funny, usually we see Imperial vehicles Orkified so to see the reverse is unusual and really cool!

Ha, I know. I was just thinking the same thing.

Perhaps we'll see an Imperialized Battlewagon next?


Great work, Dave! I love the freehand chaos symbols on the tanks. They look amazing!

Yay, Dave's back!

Nice work on the tanks, the truck isn't bad also. I like the freehand and how... thorny you made the symbols.

One thing, the multilaser on the Truck seems a bit out of place. Perhaps a dual-linked heavy bolter? Just a thought. It seems sticking out awkardly, and poor Joe Guardsman wielding the damn thing looks a bit fazzled by it.

Maybe he's making up for something, maybe not.

sA

(I love it, but they're still traitorous scum! Hail the God-Emperor!)

The truck looks great. I was actually thinking of trying something similar with the new battlewagon. that's buried somewhere on my "someday list"

yes!!!
the tanks look great...
it's not easy to pull off a minimalist approach in these times of HUGE expectations(speakin' as a pro-painter who tries to compete against the top painters with my old school 'eavy metal style)...
i'm of the opinion that that paintjobs cam remain relatively simple, if schemes are well chosen, paint is applied neatly, and all the details are brought to life...

that's the result here...
no over-the-top weatherin'...
no excessive freehand...
no extreme highlights...
just a solid paint scheme, applied perfectly...

the new style of chaos star really sets it all off...
i like it...

can't wait to see 'em done...

cheers
jah

Love the truck, my armies could use a few transports like that! awesome as usual.

You know what I'm going to say before I even say it....awesome as always!

Those tanks are some of the best chaos vehicles I've seen. The star designs are especially well executed.

Has your Purge the Unclean arrived yet? Still waiting on mine.

Cheers,

Dante

Wow, simply wow. Looking at these makes me want to see your others much more. Awesome job yet again.

Cadaver wrote:Perhaps we'll see an Imperialized Battlewagon next?

To get technical, we saw that one first, just not by Dave.

Hi guys

Thanks once again for all your comments. I'm really enjoying being creative but not too OTT on these vehicles. Here are a couple of answers to your thoughts questions.

@ Disjointed Entity - I've been thinking about working on a guide. I might just do that once I've finished the Blood Pact project.

@ Death by Monkeys - the symbols are freehand and the head, as Platuanth4th said, is from the Baneblade sprue. A while back a bunch of friends around the country sent me their standing BB commander bodies and the heads they weren't using.

@ Cadaver - I'm thinking about a battlewagon conversion, but I'm not sure what weapon I'd put in the truck bed. Some sort of artillery piece or AA gun, I think.

@ sA - the orky gun cupola stands pretty tall and I think that's part of the visual issue you're picking up on. I'm waiting to hear what the Chimeras will actually be able to be armed with, but I'm keen to do some up with snub-nose autocannon mounts.

@jah - thanks mate. It can be very easy to go overboard. Also it takes less time with a less is more approach ; )

@ Platuanth4th - I'm really looking forward to seeing that BW conversion finished. I love the idea of turning it into a mobile command center.

@ Dante - My book hasn't arrived yet. Hopefully tomorrow.

Cheers
Dave

Dave, Is there anyway you could reproduce those templates for us to make our own trucks?

Got my copy of Purge the Unclean today so ready to begin getting to the details when you are mate.

Cheers,

Dante

davetaylor wrote:


@ Disjointed Entity - I've been thinking about working on a guide. I might just do that once I've finished the Blood Pact project.

great! looking forward to it! I really can't wait to see it all assembled together!

Dave, are you there?

*pokes for updates*

sA

Didn't he say he and his wife were expecting a child soon? He might be doing things that have to do with that.

I got to see Dave painting in action. Trust me, he's coming along with the project, and was even chatting about his "next two stalker tanks."

Hi guys

Yep, things have been a bit light on the Blood Pact lately. A combination of baby prep (there's a lot of stuff you need apparently), tax time, friends from out of town, other hobby projects (posted on my blog), and a steady increase in new tasks for my new job have meant reduced time on the Blood Pact.

As Chrispy says though, I've been painting on my Stalk Tank and hope to get more done over the weekend for an early next week update. I'm thinking about running a contest to create a couple of datasheets for the Stalk Tanks. Should be fun.

Cheers
Dave

So they have you doing the parenting classes and stuff Dave? I only ask because I work at a hospital and see people going to them a lot.

I don't think any lack of activity would prevent people from still waiting for more, and I'm sure most everyone here understands that life comes before hobbies.

Can't wait to see that painted Stalk Tank though.

Looking forward to updates when your ready mate. Know what you mean about real life getting in the way, hope everything is coming along smoothly for the baby on the way?

Is it a boy or a girl?

Cheers,

Dante

great work

how did you do the chaos symbols on your tanks?

Good luck with the little blighter. How far along is the Hive Queen?

sA

Awesome work!

Really inspiring

Hi guys

I've just put up another post on my blog, this one about rivets on models and four methods to make them. The link is in my signature.

@ BrotherStynier - yep, had five weeks of three hour classes. Oh the things you get to see and talk about : 0

@ Dante - it's a girl, you know the old "Gamer Curse" tale ; )

@ T3h_Guppy - the symbols were hand painted. I started with a circe traced around a base, then painted in lines for the arrows, then spent quite a bit of time fleshing them out and highlighting them.

@ sA - Less than two weeks til due date.

@ BoxANT - thanks mate, Hopefully I'll have the Stalk Tank finished soon.

Cheers
Dave

Ah, well the hobby needs more females anyway!

Looking forward to seeing what you do for the vehicles, particularly the SteG4 as I haven't seen any good conversions for this done.

Thats a great tutorial for making rivets and bravo for covering a range of methods. I find another (more time consuming) method for really small rivets is to use green stuff, a technical pencil (the ones with the thin rods of graphite) and a little vaseline. Put a small blob of GS where you want the rivet, put some vaseline on the tip of the technical pencil and then stamp the GS with it. Once its stamped and sorted simply trim the excess with a sharp scalpel.

Have had some thought for the Purge project, will email my character preferences just now. I think a few overlap but we can discuss which we will each do.

Cheers,

Dante

I think its safe to say, I'll be fine on waiting a few more years before having to go to one of those classes. The rivet tutorial seems like it'll come in hand when I eventually get around to my Chaos Guard, all I know about them thus far is they won't be Blood Pact, I would feel far to inadequate next to you.

When is your girl supposed to be born?

"Two weeks", also one of my favorite lines from Total Recall (right after "Get your ass to Mars").

Cheers
Dave

Y'know, Dave, I was reading through your blog and read your post about the Blood Pact not typically dealing with Psykers.

And I have to say, with those Rogue Psykers...I'm sure you can come up with something
I'd love to see your take on the Sons of Sek at some point, though...

Don't stress the girl, Dave

I've got 3 kids. Girls on the outside and a son in the middle.

My son only ever took a real interest in Pokemon & Dragnball Z CCG's, with MTG coming in as he got older (which he's long since dropped). My girls are the gaers, with my oldest only begin really interested in RPG's, and my youngest interested in all "gaming" and miniatures.

May your luck be as good as mine with daughters.

Eric

Hi guys

Thanks for all the kind comments. My wife and I are really looking forward to the new parenting experience.

I've just posted pics of my Stalk Tank on my blog and I'll post a few here too.









I think my lights might've been too close to the light tent so I'll take some more pictures once we're home from the hospital and settled.

I hope you enjoy them.

Cheers
Dave

nice love the faces of the blood pact guys

Wow.

Love the mantis stalk tank.

Wow, this just keeps getting better. If I ever start a miniatures and games company, I'll make a magazine to compete with WD and hire you to put cool stuff in it.

Wonderful work Dave. I love what you did with the base on this stalk tank.

Its a mini diorama in itself!

Also the work on the tanks (Malcador and variants) in earlier pages in great. How did you get those cultist arrows and 8 pointed star shapes? Stencil, masking fluid, or masking tape?

They look fantastic.

It looks like it could walk of the base.

Really lovely stalker! Can we see a group shot???

And well done and congratz on the important stuff!!

Great work on the Stalk-tank! I think you've captured the essence of Abnett's work exactly!

Also, tell your wife sorry for the necessary op from me!

I think this project gets more amazing/incredible/jaw-dropping in terms of your skill with plasticard and modelling everytime you post.

Three of those stalk tanks! That's just sinister... in a good way!

Fantastic job there mate, looks like a vicious beast!

I second Migs' request for a group shot.

Cheers,

Andrew

Again, excellent work, Dave.

I love the incorporation of the base into the structure of the tank... you did a great job of supporting the chassis without looking like you're doing so. Subtle. Nice stuff.

And the color choices work out pretty darn well to. Subdued tones, like the rest of your Blood Pact, but with enough accent color to keep the eye moving.

Are you planning to add any more weathering/battle damage to future stalk-tanks? The chipped paint effect you're using is very effective, and the dirt and staining along the legs works to bring the overall tone together, but it might be interesting to see how these beasts take punishment... just a thought...

In any case, keep up the great work on your Blood Pact and congratulations to the new addition to your real world army.

Great job as always Dave, that Stalk Tank looks amazing.

Looks great, I am just still amazed about how you built that.

Congrats! It shaped up nicely!

very cool models! what rules are you planning on using for the traitor guard? a poster on the IG thread was commenting that this version of the codex gives him more options when it comes to his latd force. regular guardmen are traitor PDF, conscripts are untrainted cultists, and ogryns are mutants. the new armored sentinel could be used for the stalk tank.

Holy sherbet lemons, that thing is awesome. Congrats on the new arrival too

Looks great that could seriously be in white dwarf. But one question what does it count as chimera? Leman Russ? sentinal?

Hi guys

Thanks for all the positive comments, a lot of hours went into bringing that model to life. And thanks for all the well wishes for my daughter, I'm sure many more hours will be spent joyfully with her.

As for the rules or what it could count as there are really a number of options. As some have suggested it could be an armored/heavy sentinel, but it really is too big for that (in my view). It could also be a Lena Russ exterminator without sponsons, it certainly is that big, but I'm not sure it should have an AV of 14 - it seems too spindly to me. I'd also like it to have some reasonable close combat impact but it doesn't have a battle cannon like the Defiler. At the moment it seems more like an oversized Chaos Dreadnought, but even that doesn't do it justice. I'm thinking of running a competition to create a Datasheet for Apoc and then a second for a group of three (including a psyker upgrade). More news on that as it comes to hand ; )

As for the army, it'll definitely use the new IG codex, but until I get my own copy in my hands I'm reluctant to speculate too much. I do know that even with the huge amounts of additional units (awesome!) there'll be a few things I need to relegate to Apocalypse situations, which is just fine for me.

I'll try to get a group shot of the project thus far sometime over the weekend once we're home and slightly settled. And thanks once again for your well wishes.

Cheers
Dave

It has been a while, but I finally have a bit more progress on the Blood Pact in the form of the first SteG4 armored car.



It certainly is an expensive beast, but I'll make sure that all the other bitz from the Chimera and Leman Russ will be used when building the other vehicles (AT-70 or AT-83 and Usurper) yet to come. I think I'll be using these as Centaurs. Wheels and paint to come soon. There's another pic angle on my blog too (as well as an Ork Nob I'm working on). Link in my sig!

Cheers
Dave

Looks great so far! Very convincing. Funny, how putting rearranging the elements of various kits creates a look that's so distinct.

That said, I don't think I've ever seen a side hatch/wheel arrangement like that IRL (in my admittedly limited experience). Are there any reasons this design would be impractical? Not sure. Just wondering.

Hey dave that really looks like something, I picked up off ebay a while back.
IDK how to post a photo in my post linked from the gallery, but here is the link.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/15719-Vostroyan%20Chimera%20Armored%20Car.html?m=2

Hey Ghost, looks just like it! I bet the original builder "took inspiration" just like I did, from Owen Rees' build.

Do you use that one as a Salamander?

Cheers
Dave

Great armoured car Dave!

How amny of these bad boys will you make? Also what wheels do you plan to use? GW ones?

Actually I just use it as a Chimera, since I don"t have the Salamander Rules.

Looks great Dave, can't wait to see it with wheels and paint.

Hi guys

First off, let me apologize for "being away" for the last month. Truth is I've been lurking and posting the odd comment here and there but didn't have too much new finished for the Blood Pact. Anyway, here are the latest addition to the army:



A squad of Infardi (from Honour Guard) ready to beat the snot out of any Imperials they can get their hands on. These guys will be fielded as Penal Legion troopers. Below are my three favorite troopers:



On my blog I also have a poll to let you, faithful reader, decide on my next project for the Blood Pact (selecting from a short-list of tutorial requests). So head on over and have fun voting! Blog link can be found in my sig.

Cheers
Dave

Very nice, the Infardi are looking good. It's great that what looks like some simple conversion work and a nice clean paint job does wonders for the unit. It's reminding me to continue reading the Gaunt Ghost's series I put down for a while. (bad me )

Congratulations on you Golden Daemon successes too.

Hey mate, great stuff as always.

By the way, congrats on the trophies at GD Baltimore, personally I think you deserved at least silver in the squad category.

Looking forward to seeing the finished STEG.

Cheers,

Dante

Looking nice Dave. Lots of character in your army already. And I loved your entries at the GD. That red with the bone colored chaos insignia is looking mighty good as well!!

Thanks guys, the Demons went really well for me. Now my Blood Pact army can boast three GD-winning units!

@Dante - actually the Blood Pact squad was "upgraded" to Silver once it was discovered that they guy who bought the second place squad somehow managed to enter it on behalf of the painter. Done in all innocence, but still against the rules, so things have shaken out pretty well.

Don't forget to check out my blog and cast your vote in the poll! Link in sig.

Cheers
Dave

The stalk tank model is totally awesome, however it doesn't look much like the descriptions I remember from the Gaunts Ghosts books... I seem to remember 2 underslung "heavy las" weapons pods in the nose containing some kind of hard-linked gunner in Matrix-esque fluid bath... or did I dream that?

Hi Flinty, thanks.

I think you've got a mix of memory and dream going on there. The descriptions do talk about a hard-wired servitor floating in a fluid-filled, underslung bubble and yes, mine does not include that guy ; ) Instead I chose to armor up his bubble so that I could concentrate on the rest of the "mechanics" of the piece. Now that I know how to build them I can start to incorporate the fiendish "bubbles". The guns, I think, are a different story.

For the rest of the look I took a lead from the Sabbat World Crusades artbook from Black Library. There's a really cool concept sketch to the rear of that book and I tried to remain faithful to that image.

Cheers
Dave

Amazing Dave! I've been missing your work these past few weeks!
A beautiful sight to see you return in glorious form!

Disjointed

davetaylor wrote:Hi Flinty, thanks.

I think you've got a mix of memory and dream going on there. The descriptions do talk about a hard-wired servitor floating in a fluid-filled, underslung bubble and yes, mine does not include that guy ; ) Instead I chose to armor up his bubble so that I could concentrate on the rest of the "mechanics" of the piece. Now that I know how to build them I can start to incorporate the fiendish "bubbles". The guns, I think, are a different story.

For the rest of the look I took a lead from the Sabbat World Crusades artbook from Black Library. There's a really cool concept sketch to the rear of that book and I tried to remain faithful to that image.

Cheers
Dave

Ah-ha.. I found my reference! Page 254 of Double Eagle (Dan Abnetts superb Battle of Britain-esque view of an air war trying to cover a massive ground retreat)

"Bright yellow, a stalk tank ripped into the outer clearing of the concealed base. Its underslung turrets recoiled as they spat out bursts of heavy las."

although, as always, I'm sure the GW artists and the author types don;t necessarily communicate that well

(and as I mentioned earlier, nothing detracts from the uberawesomeness of your model)

Hmm, I'll follow CMDante's congratulation comment for the GD. To be honest I think you had one of the few entries out there which I really liked! I mean some had good paintjobs, but none of models really stood out. Your stuff was kind of an exception to that!

Flinty wrote:"Bright yellow, a stalk tank ripped into the outer clearing of the concealed base. Its underslung turrets recoiled as they spat out bursts of heavy las."

Aaahhh se that's where the confusion comes into play, your quote says "a stalk tank" whereas mine is "The Stalk Tank!" ; )

Thanks for tracking that quote down though, I'm gonna re-read that section and get a few more ideas for the next one.

@Malika2 - thanks mate, I appreciate that!

Cheers
Dave

which books in particular have the best reading when it comes to bloodpact? im gonna ramp myself up for a nurgle traitor guard force next summer and wanna get into the mindset.

your stuff looks really good, i enjoyed oogling it at gamesday. i particualry liked your simple yet effective display trays. do you prefer that to fancy scenic trays or was it a time issue?

Hi studdering dave

The best books for the Pact are Guns of Tanith, Straight Silver, and Sabbat Martyr. First and Only would be good for Nurglesque guys too.

I like the simplicity of the picture frame sprayed black. Puts the focus on the models rather than trying to make them "all fancy" or compensate for a flaw in the painting. Having said that I do still like well done dioramic bases for squad displays

Cheers
Dave

Great work as always Dave!

Congratulations on the awards at GD! Those squads looks great and the stalk tank fantastic.

Whats the idea for the next Diorama you told me about? More Blood pact or something different?

Everything looks great as always, I'm liking Infardi. Congrads on the GD awards.

How do you like being a dad thus far?

Hi guys

Thanks for the congrats, I'm still a bit giddy about the GD wins.

@GM - I'm thinking of a diorama Departmento Munitorium truck (or half track) being loaded with wounded Guardsmen. WW2 inspired with a definite dose of the 41st millennium.

@ Brother Stynier - being a dad is great so far, we've settled into a nice rhythm and getting to play with her for a few hours after work is very satisfying!

Only two days let to vote in the poll on my blog!

Cheers
Dave

That's very cool, nice to see you are enjoying it.

I vote for the AT-83, but it looks like its gonna lose out to the truck, which will no doubt look amazing.

Congratulations and well done with the GDs!!

Yeah, congrats on the Golden Demons, I was just checking those yesterday!

Thanks guys!

Well the tutorial voting has really picked up! It is still a close run thing and I'm still hoping the truck wins out so that I can use the tutorial to get started on my Chicago GD diorama. Whichever one comes out on top, I'll still do a tutorial for all three.

Hopefully on Monday I'll also have update on my Infardi Psyker Battle Squad.

Cheers
Dave

So here we go!

The Psyker Battle Squad is now in full swing, with only work left on Pater Sin remaining. Next step is to get some paint on these tiny freaks!





and Pater Sin



I hope you like these guys. Thanks to CMDante and Brother Sinaer for the inspirational work on their Genestealer Magus and Cenobite Servitor respectively.

Cheers
Dave

Creepy! Great atmosphere on these guys. Kind of like twisted munchkins. I love the big skulls (using ghoul heads, right?)
Pater Sin looks extraordinary. I'd love to see some other angles on the conversion.

great idea modelling him with his "children" from the book! i'm impressed as always after checking up on the thread.

warboss wrote:great idea modelling him with his "children" from the book! i'm impressed as always after checking up on the thread.

qft.
This is really some exceptional work! Very nie

Excellent sculpting work on the little ones, very characterful and vicious looking.

Patin Sin is starting to shape up, but what's the narrative behind his pose?

Looking forward to more.

Thats some awesomely creepy imagery you'll have going when that psyker squad is done. Awesome work.

Thanks guys!

@Mister Feral - In Sabbat Martyr Pater Sin appears carrying around two child/runt psykers that he uses to imprint suggestions in the minds of the weak. They cling to him like children or babies would, afraid of the sounds of battle and unaware of much besides the pain their psychic mutation brings them.

I'm hoping to get some paint on the little guys (read: take a break from sculpting) tonight.

Cheers
Dave

Just a quick question can psyker of any kind be used
when an anti-psyker is on the board and oh yeah your men look ace.

Gotta say Dave, these models are looking great, evil little guys, but look twisted enough to work

freeeeeeeeeeeeeeaky....

Loving the work! Shame your limited to Blod Pact cause I'd love to see your take on a Glyf and Wire-Wolves.

Nothing says I can't do some Excubitors (sp?) and Wire-wolves later on. I have a few ideas ; )

Cheers
Dave

Looking great as ever Dave! I love these little monstrous children!

Really nice idea and cool sculpting.

I just love those little freaks! Which bodies have you used Night goblins?

\\//_

Hey dave!

Great updates. I'm'a looking and I'm'a liking.

You're still a traitorous scumbag.

Grand work on the minions.

sA

Yes! I look forward to your ... Glyfs. And yeah that was the correct spelling

Love it! Fantastic stuff mate. The little runts look awesome and very characterful and Pater Sin is shaping up really nicely. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the face and torso.

Cheers,

Dante

Thanks guys! Obviously I'm having a lot of fun with these.

@c0un7_z3r0 - yep, Night Goblin bodies with Crypt Ghoul faces and puttied heads and robes.

I'm off to the club tonight and I'll do some painting on these freaks. With all those green robes I'm thinking I'll need a border to break it up somehow, but I'm not sire which section should get it (shawl, or tunic, or under-robes) and what it should be like (variant of Chaos symbol, or simple "tiny script", or even a simple line.

What do you think?

Cheers
Dave

Those little psykers are really creeping me out, Dave.
Very nice.

I'm thinking a variant of the chaos symbol, to keep it tied in.

Eric

Traitor Guard FTW!

Okay those psykers are just freaky, I love the look of them. Good stuff. You bringin' some of these guys to Chicago (that is if you'll be at Gamesday)?

Shawn

Thanks guys!

@MM - thanks for the suggestion Eric, I'll give it a go.

@PsychosisPC - I'm hoping these guys turn out well enough to be my squad entry ; )

Cheers
Dave

Those little things are creeping me out.Keep up the good work.

Your skill at both sculpting and painting are amazing. I can't help but walk away stunned every time I check your blog, especially with how well this conveys the feel of the books.

Well dave it all looks so great as usual, what are your plans when the army is done? Keep it or sell it off?

Next update!

I've painted the Psykers,



I'm still unsure about the banding around the robes I mentioned in a previous post. I guess I'll summon up the courage soon enough. Pater Sin is still being worked on, perhaps next week I'll have another shot of him.

@Brother Stynier - I think I'll be hanging on to it. I've wanted a Blood Pact army for such a long time (since Guns of Tanith really) so I can't imagine selling them off. Unless of course I get the right offer ; )

Cheers
Dave

Wow! First I didn't think much of the psykers, but like that...scary bloodthirsty babies!

They sure as heck creep me out! Makes me want to reach for a shotgun.

I can see how those would lower enemy leadership... mainly by freaking them out. Great sculpts and great paint!

Have you considered doing a diorama of a particular scene from GG yet?

I can always rely on you Dave to keep me inspired in this hobby.

The simple bases set off the models nicely. I can see you are really capturing the feel that Dan puts into his writing.

Can't wait to see what you've done with Pater.

Looking good!
Whisper (heretic scum...)

I wonder what a Blood Pact Valkryie would look like? Hmmmm...

Creepy love the big eyeball one

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Creepy!

Wow that freaks me out,good job.

Just read the whole blog, awesome stuff.

Brilliant idea for the psyker squad, and great execution.

Those little critters look brilliant mate, really nailed the line between creepy little ghouls and chaotic psyker babies!

I think you should go for a simple line banding around the hem and sleeves of the robes, it certainly needs something to break up the large areas and add some more detail to the robes.

Looking forward to Sin!

Cheers,

Dante

Looking ace
I really like the green and white

Wow...just wow.

About the army Dave, I don't think my bank account would like me giving my money away for that, no matter how good it looks.

OK first we can agree that the little munchens from hell are scary. Second I really want to see Peter Sin painted.

those things are freaky Love it though !!

Those things are scary! god work!

Nexus 6 wrote: god work!

QFT

Wow, those psykers are very, very creepy man.
Great work.

Nice Dave, flawless conversions as usual.

However I have bone to pick, IIRC the Infardi were described as wearing "vivid green silk" in Honour Guard... The tykes look a little drab IMO.

Hi guys

No real update today, except to announce the Apocalypse Datasheet Competition I'm running on my blog. It's all about creating a Datasheet for the Stalk Tank. Head on over and take a read.

@ Sirath - I was originally thinking about starting with Dark Angels green and highlighting up with Snot Green and Sunburst Yellow to get something more "vibrant" as you correctly quote, but I decided on Orkhide shade and Gretchin Green as a bit of a change, kind of pushing my own personal boundaries. Not too successful on a vibrancy front but I still like the little buggers. ; )

Cheers
Dave

Your psykers are bad ass. Nice work Dave.

Capt K

I've been keeping up with your blog and seeing your oh so juicy minis pushed me over the edge a few weeks back and inspired me to redo my whole Traitor Guard army (all 7000pts worth o.o ).

So to you, I thank you for making me oh so jealous and for setting a high standard for us Traitor Guard players. Also, congrats on the GD Baltimore awards!

This is great work , got me inspired to get back into my guard took about a month break from painting anything ( proud dad here too gets hard to get in the painting sometimes ) .

Thanks guys!

More work (and pics will be forthcoming, once I've wrapped up a few more entries for Chicago Golden Demons.

Cheers
Dave

When is Chicago GD mate?

Any chance at a sly peek at what you've been working on?

Good luck with it, I'm sure you'll pick up something. The quality of your work certainly deserves it.

Cheers,

Dante

Hi Dante

Chicago GDs are just under five weeks away. I'll try to get some shots on the weekend. As a tease, here's the list of projects I have on the boil:

40K Single - Ad Mech Skittarii (also a commission piece)
40K Squad - Pater Sin and his Psyker Brood
40K Vehicle - Blood Pact SteG4 Armoured Car
Warhammer Single - Mounted Chaos Sorcerer
Warhammer Large - Chaos Lord on Daemonic Steed
Large Scale Model - Churabael, Daemonhost
Diorama - Wounded Cadian troopers being evacuated in a half-track
Open - My Genswick Gorgon converted from a Baneblade.

So a bit of work there (only the Gorgon is complete).

Cheers
Dave

First off i just got the say wow
secondly if you still working on masks and ideas for masks theses just scream Slipknot to me
so if you havent done so i would check out their masks

davetaylor wrote:Hi Dante

Chicago GDs are just under five weeks away. I'll try to get some shots on the weekend. As a tease, here's the list of projects I have on the boil:

40K Single - Ad Mech Skittarii (also a commission piece)
40K Squad - Pater Sin and his Psyker Brood
40K Vehicle - Blood Pact SteG4 Armoured Car
Warhammer Single - Mounted Chaos Sorcerer
Warhammer Large - Chaos Lord on Daemonic Steed
Large Scale Model - Churabael, Daemonhost
Diorama - Wounded Cadian troopers being evacuated in a half-track
Open - My Genswick Gorgon converted from a Baneblade.

So a bit of work there (only the Gorgon is complete).

Cheers
Dave

Good lord mate. That sounds like pretty good stuff Better make sure to get some great pics of these after or during the GD!!
One thing tho. Im guessing you meant Cherubael correct? The deamonhost featured in the Eisenhorn series?

If so, great choice. I love that character and I look forward to you interpretation.
My favorite line from those novels and Cherubael...
Eisenhorn: The emperor protects.
Cherubael: The emperor pisses his pants at the sound of my name.

Good work Dave! Very much looking forward to Mr. Sin.

Is nice

Forgive me if I have missed the obvious, but is there any chance of seeing the Blood Pact Reaver Squad that won you a Bronze at GD?

I've had a long hard look through this thread and your blog and haven't found anything labelled as such.

Wow, I didn't realize quite how long it had been since I posted on this blog!

Well, I've been crazy busy with work, life, and painting entries for my trip to Chicago Games day in a couple of weeks.

To quickly answer your question infilTRAITOR, you can see the squad on GW's site in their Baltimore Golden Demon coverage.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?community=true&catId=&categoryId=600002a&pIndex=1&aId=100005a&start=2

Anyway, here's a couple of shots of my latest model for my traitors, not technically Blood Pact, but too cool to pass up.

I present my Blight Drone!





I hope to get back onto my Blood Pact in the next week or so. As usual, more pics and bots on my blog, link in my sig.

Cheers
Dave

Very nice Dave

Wow, I really like that. I especially like how you covered the stand.

WOW DAVE, YOU ROCK!!!!!

3 awards at GD and that blight drone is *o*!

Fantastic Dave. I love the different facets that come about with the BD, the rust, the mottled green, and the infected flesh. You capture the rot perfectly.

Stay safe.

sA

wow really cool stuff!

How did you get on at GD Chicago mate? Haven't seen the results.

Cheers,

Dante

Hi guys

Thanks for all the kind words. Chicago Games Day was great, lots of fun talking about some very nice toy soldiers.

@Dante - I walked away with two Silver Demons, one for my Cherubael in Large Model, and one for "The Withdrawal of the 144th" in the Diorama category. I've put up a few pics on my blog, I hope you like them.

Now that the Demons are over I can get back to my Blood Pact project, as well as a few others. I'm working on a new Penal Legion Squad, a couple of Usurpers (the Blood Pact version of the Medusa), and some more Pacters, all for a tournament in October. Pictures to follow soon.

Cheers
Dave

Excellent work as always!

I like the colors of the blight drone. .. green and rust is just the pinnacle of cool Nurgliness!

Nicely done dude!

Looking amazing as ever!

Congratulations on your Golden Daemons successes, they are well deserved.

The Blight Drone is looking mighty impressive too, the contrast between the pale green, the sickly flesh tone and the gloop is excellent.

Hi guys

Long time no post ; )

While I'm away on my vacation in North Carolina I managed to get the templates for the Troop Transport Truck on my blog (link in sig) in jpg form. Head on over and check them out.

The Battlefoam Wild West Shootout Indy GT is only six weeks away, so expect plenty of Blood Pact updates over the coming months!

Cheers
Dave

Good to hear your still working at them Dave, looking forward to updates!

You better be making the most of being in Carolina and get along to support the NFL's finest.... .

Have a good holiday mate!

Cheers,

Dante

Yeah, good to see you're still around. Personally, i'd have preferred the tutorial for the traitor tanks, but...
have a nice holiday!

Ok guys

Back from vacation, and my parents have headed back home. Time to get more Blood Pact completed!



Here are the Infardi, two squads supporting Pater Sin and his creepy psykers.



My new Standard Bearer. I had a lot of fun posing this guy and using the Dark Elf Corsair banner and the Renegade Enforcer whip. It's also my favorite Empire Flagellant head.



And here's the model I'm using for my Fleet Officer. One of the Forgeworld Renegade priests. If you have any other thoughts about what I should use, feel free to speak up.

I have a pic of my heavy flamer conversion and the list I plan on taking to the Battlefoam Wild West Shootout in October on my blog, link in my signature.

Cheers
Dave

Remind me to never check this thread before I go to bed. Who would have thought toy soldiers could give a person nightmares.

Thanks Dave.



Well done!


take care

Must.......resist.....stealing....ideas! Keep up the great work!

Excellent work, mr. taylor. Your conversions are very natural looking, and your painting is top notch (some of your entrants to the GD I thought should have placed 1st).

Wow the heavy flamer looks really cool,as do your latest add-ons to the command squad.The psyker still gives me the creeps,but in a good way.Give us an update soon!

Excellent pose on the standard bearer and I couldnt agree more. That head is made for the pact lol

Lovely to see updates!

Very nice, Dave. I like the standard bearer a lot.
The renegade priest works well as an officer of the fleet, IMO -- looks like he's incanting in some way, beseeching the Ruinous Powers for favorably unfavorable Warp currents

i love those amazsing battle psyker's.

how did you make them?

Amazing stuff as usual Dave!

Great stuff mate. As always with your armies, theres a bucket load of character here!

Can't wait for an army shot!



Cheers,

Dante

Thanks very much guys!

@ tinfoil - I'm thinking of painting him a bit more of the Dark Mechanicus sort, but those censers are too cool and I like your Warp current thoughts.

Cheers
Dave