Alrighty, I've been slowly working on my armies for a couple of years now, and I figured that I might as well start to finish them up. So, I've made several bits orders and am now going to finish them up as soon as the bits start coming in. I've got two armies that need to be finished, and those are my Chaos Space Marines and my Armored Company. The basis story behind the CSM army is that it was a successor chapter of the Blood Angels, called the Death Angels. They were known for their ferocity in hand to hand, even surpassing that of their parent chapter. They were prone to mutation, with some of them even having wings. They were betrayed by the Inquisition, who viewed them with suspicion due to their numerous mutations, and were led into an ambush involving some Renegade Chapters. The last surviving ship fled into a warp anomaly, only to return years later as a revenant ship, seeking revenge against those that had betrayed them.

The Armored Company started off as a loyalist army, but after getting some basic painting done on it, I felt it just didn't suit me, so I decided it was going to be a Renegade AC who worshipped the Death god named Mortis. Still working on all the details of their fluff at the moment. So, with all that said, here are the pics I have taken so far.

I'm building these armies up for Apocalypse, as that is mainly what I play these days. For the Death Angels CSM, this is what my goal is:

1 Terminator Lord (Completed)

2 Units of 10 Terminators (Completed)

2-3 Sorcerors

1 Unit of 10 Chosen (Completed)

4 Units of 13 CSM (13 is the favored number of Mortis) (Completed)

1 Unit of 13 Raptors (Completed)

1 Unit of 10 Bikers (Completed)

3 Units of 3 Obliterators (Completed)

2 Units of 20 Demons (can be used as either lesser demons from Codex:CSM or "flavored" demons from Codex:Chaos Demons, since I will be using them in Apocalypse) (Completed)

1 Land Raider (Completed)

2 Rhinos (Completed)

1 Defilers



For the Mortis Legion Armored Company, my goal is to have the following:

6 Leman Russ Battle Tanks (Completed)

3 Basilisks (Completed)

9 Sentinels (Completed)

2 Chimeras (Completed)

3 Hell Hounds

1 Chaos Warhound Titan

1 Baneblade (Completed)

1 Stormlord (Completed)

1 Renegade Psyker (Forgeworld model, will count as my "necromancer") (Completed)

2 Units of 10 Stormtroopers (Using the Chaos Renegade parts from FW) (Completed)

1-2 Units of Ogryn Berserkers. (FW) (Completed)

2 Technomancers (using the Titan Tech Priest from FW)

Servitors to accompany the Technomancers (will use the Iron Brother Hood models by Micro Art Studio)



First up, some pics of my Mortis Legion Armored Company.

More of the Mortis Legion.

Still some more.





All the areas enclosed by the spikes are going to be filled with skulls, skull piles, and bodies.



All those pics were taken a few months ago, and I stopped working on the army after that. Last week, I started working on it again, and here are just a couple of new pics of one of the Basilisks. I have done a lot more work on the other tanks as well, and will get some pics up when I can. The paint scheme is going to be black with some flames coming up from the bottoms of the tanks, sort of like The Legion of the Damned.

Next up, my Death Angels. These are all WIP models, so if you see things missing (like shoulder pads or arms) it is because I am waiting on bits to arrive or haven't decided exactly what is going on the model.



My Terminators. The majority of them are going to be equipped with double lightning claws, the weapons GW decided not to include in the Terminators box, which is why they have no arms at the moment. Going to have to order those bits, and they ain’t cheap!



I'm adding some details on them using small tank chain and skulls from the new Skeletons box in an attempt to mimic some of the Forgeworld Chaos shoulder pads.



Some new Chaos Marines.

These are going to be my Obliterators, which are nicknamed "Gun Wraiths." The lower body is from some long oop liche type models. I'm going to have to make molds of them (there are two versions) since they are very hard, if not impossible, to find these days. The power-scythes will count as power-fists, and I've decided that all power-fists on other models in my army will be represented by power-scythes in order to keep everything consistent and avoid confusion.





Okay, here is a prototype for my Raptors (Reapers). Still very much a WIP. The head is from an old Reaper Miniatures figure that I cut off and filed down to size. I will be making a mold of this head and then casting it for the rest of my Raptors.

You know, i normally don't care for the spiky bitz- but somehow your uniform use of them here is kind of appealing- especially on top of the sentinels and, surprisingly, the Baneblade. And the skulls along the Baneblade tracks are cool too.

I guess the lesson is if you're going to do spikes, do 'em all the way.

THAT IS THE COOLEST NECRON ARMY EVER!!!

Seriously, that is one nice army. Kudos.

I am ashamed that you turned away from the cadians and went traitor! However if you were ever going to that is how you should do it. Great conversions and I love the baneblade!! I run a cadian army and hate to see you leave us but now who better to fight than a traitor AC. Can't wait to see your painting on them.

Thanks guys!

Savnock: I say as long as it looks good, the more spikes the better!

focusedfire: Yeah, they are Necrons with Iniative 4! And power weapons!

Sha1emade: If all my bits arrive this week, then I should start painting on the AC by the end of the month.

I really like the baneblade. It's suitably gothic and chaotic, without adding tentacles and bits of cocktail stick. great work!

THat is one fantastic project you got there.

cant wait to see more.

Skull overdose! I`m dying.

M.

Good conversions too BTW

Thanks for all the kind words. No new pics today, but I will probably get some more up tomorrow. I'm still waiting on a few bits orders to come in, so work has been kind of slow this week on them and I've been trying to get as much done to them as I can do.

CommissarKhaine wrote:I really like the baneblade. It's suitably gothic and chaotic, without adding tentacles and bits of cocktail stick. great work!

Yeah, the Gothic look is what I was going for. They aren't exactly Chaos like other Renegades, but they aren't exactly "good" either. Basically, fluff wise, they had adopted an unorthodox fighting style prior to worshipping the death god Mortis in that they outfitted their tanks with spikes and the skulls and such of their enemies in order to strike psychological as well as physical damage. Then, through the influence of a rogue Inquisitor, they came to believe that of all the "powers" in the universe, that ultimately Death was supreme, as even the Emperor of Mankind is on the brink of death and will eventually succumb to Death, much like everything else. So to show their dedication to Mortis, they have added even more skulls, spikes, and bodies to their vehicles, turning them into "shrines" to their god.

Alrighty, here's some pics of what I have done so far.

These seem to be lacking something, as they are not quite as "terrifying" as the tanks. I think what they may need is some chain wrapped around them (or barbed wire) with some skulls and such hanging from them. I'm also thinking about putting some spikes in some of the leg joints.





Some of my Russes that are nearly completed. Just need a few more bits on them, then they will be ready for painting.









Basilisks






The mighty Blaneblade with some Corpse Cart and Zombie bits added.

Your baneblade pleases us. our hunger is satted, for now.

Keep it up.

awesomeness

WIN

evil

Miguelsan wrote:Skull overdose! I`m dying.

M.

Good conversions too BTW

Then do NOT go into his gaming room! Skulls and creepyness everywhere! LOL

Great stuff here, Mort! Looking forward to actually seeing it on-table!

These are the best traitor guard I've ever seen, very metal.

9/10

Loving it! My favourite part is the zombie tank commander. Well done and keep up the good work.

That baneblade conversion is definitely one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Never thought of using the corpse cart bodies for something like that.

Any thoughts on what your colour scheme will be?

Paul Atreides wrote:Your baneblade pleases us. our hunger is satted, for now.

Keep it up.

brado wrote:awesomeness

P4NC4K3 wrote:WIN

s.j.mccartney wrote:evil

The Thousandth Son wrote:These are the best traitor guard I've ever seen, very metal.

9/10

Mekboy wrote:Loving it! My favourite part is the zombie tank commander. Well done and keep up the good work.

Thanks, guys! I'm glad you all like them so far.

PirateRobotNinjaofDeath wrote:That baneblade conversion is definitely one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Never thought of using the corpse cart bodies for something like that.

Any thoughts on what your colour scheme will be?

Thanks! The paint scheme that I am thinking of right now is black for the hulls and chainmail/boltgun metal for all the spiky bits and barrels and such. Painted onto the hulls will be flames similar to this (this Rhino is not mine nor was painted by me):

Nurgleboy77 wrote:

Miguelsan wrote:Skull overdose! I`m dying.

M.

Good conversions too BTW

Then do NOT go into his gaming room! Skulls and creepyness everywhere! LOL

That's true! You can see for yourself here towards the bottom of that page!

Great stuff here, Mort! Looking forward to actually seeing it on-table!

Thanks! Shouldn't be too much longer.

Great stuff, very strong theme there.

So...many.....skulls.....


Looks great! Can't wait to see more!

That baneblade is fantastic! *has never built or painted a 40k tank before and is getting ideas*

Thanks guys. No new pics today, as I am still waiting on a few more bits orders to arrive. I've been working on some of my Death Angels but nothing of pic worthy quality yet.

In the meantime, I'm thinking of a new unit to add to the Death Angels that is based on the movie Thirteen Ghosts. Does anyone have any good ideas for different models currently out there that would provide good base models for each individual ghost from the movie?

So, basically you're building a giant undead IG/CSM army?
...
Cool.

Well my tanks are pretty much finished as far as building goes. Just need some paint on them now. But before I do that, I'm going to build up my Death Angels CSM back up to a playable level again. The Death Angels have been a WIP since about the beginning of 40K 3rd edition. Their fluff has gone through a few changes, and with it, the look and theme of the army. They started out as one of the lost Legions, complete with a Primarch who began dabbling in Necromancy and before you know it, the Legion was condemned as herectical. So they were just like the other Traitor Legions except they used ghosts and wraiths instead of demons. As far as playing them, they were pretty much a mish mosh of the main 4 Chaos powers, although modeled to fit the "undead" theme. For example, here is a unit that would be used as either normal CSM or "Blood Lords" (using the rules for Khorne Berserkers).




Here is a Land Raider that converted several years ago for this army.









And here is the Defiler that I made before the actual Defiler kit came out. Building is complete on it. It just needs to get the painting finished on it.









So I played that army for a while, but something about it just never felt "right." Then Pirates of the Caribbean came out, and I suddenly found my new inspiration. My army would be a cursed "skeletal/ghost" army like the movie. So I rewrote the fluff, making them a second founding chapter of Blood Angels who got set up and ambushed, with the survivors having to flee into a warp anomaly that led to the Netherworld, only to return some years later as Revenants seeking revenge on those that betrayed them and ambushed them. And thus we have the army I am working on now. Although it's taken quite a while to get them to this point, as I got sidetracked with other projects and only worked on the army sporadically. So now that several of my bits orders arrived last week, I spent most of last week working on the Death Angels. And here is what I have so far.

These are all still very much WIP and far from finished. First a pic of the army so far:



That is, from left to right, 20 Terminators, 10 Chosen, 4 Heavy Weapon models, 4 units of 10 CSM, 1 Terminator Lord, 5 half-built Raptors, and 9 Obliterators.

Next up, some pics of my Terminators showing some of the detail work I have been doing for their right shoulder pads.


























Next up are my Obliterators. Finally got the molds made of the lower torsos so I could get started on them.









These are some of my Chosen models. Basically they are made from Khorne Berserker bodies with all the Khorne icons cut off and replaced with skulls.

So I was thinking my Obliterators were lacking something. Like they were needing something to make them more "bulkier" but not necessarily "bigger." After a few minutes of playing with the bits box, I came up with this. What do you think?

Which Chaos God do they serve? Nurgle?

I think it'd be kind of cool if they used Warp energy or Daemons to animate corpses, sort of like a human Defiler.

They don't serve any of the known Chaos Gods. They have returned from the dead to seek revenge against those within the Imperium that betrayed them and against the Renegade Chapters that ambushed them and destroyed them.

Wow, this army is fracking awesome, keep it up man!

Nice resin casts ! I would cast myself bunch of dire avenger parts if i knew how xD ( im guilty ! )

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH RUN BACK TO THE LAND RAIDER, GET THE MELTAS READY.
why sarge?
CARMA IS COING AFTER US.
????
waghhh
Cool models

This has to be one of he most amazing converted armies I've ever seen XD

Just as a question, how do you make molds of your bits? I keep seeing the white bits, and I know that they've been cast in molds, but what're they made of and how do you do it?

lol

Thanks for all the compliments. For those asking about the resin casting, I use products from Alumilite. The process is pretty simple once you get the hang of it (after about 2-3 molds). Here is a link to some tutorials from their website.

Now, on a different note, this was delivered to me yesterday.....

OOO! What's in the box?

(I know it's FW bits, but what specifically?)

Patience is a virtue.....

Iiiiiiii...Knoooooow!

Nurgleboy77 wrote:Iiiiiiii...Knoooooow!

Shhhhhh! Can't let the cat out of the bag so soon.

Oh, and btw, the rest of it is confirmed to arrive today! Dun dun dun!

Let the cat out of the bag or it will sufficate, you don't want a dead cat on your conciense do you?

Have you been following the theme of this army? A dead cat would be just another trophy to adorn one of the tanks......

oh boy. just awesome

Goffnob, he would easily let a cat die, he laughs at crying Orks!

Join me in my campaign to prove that Mortis is a meanie!

phillpowell wrote:oh boy. just awesome

You think dead cats are awesome?

they all look great. i expect lots of black with purple flames.

P4NC4K3 wrote:Goffnob, he would easily let a cat die, he laughs at crying Orks!

Join me in my campaign to prove that Mortis is a meanie!

Oops! Left the poor thing in the bag too long....




Guess that means only one thing: more "Skulls for the Tanks of Mortis!"

Here's a little something from that Forgeworld box.

Construction about 90% completed.

That's badass.

OO! Yay! Exciting! (Not the dead cat, but more the Dog of Death!)

Dog killed the cat!?

This is AMAZING. Congratz on a sweet ass army man. Excellent work.

What are those wings that you used on the Raptors from (that old Reaper model you were referring to? Or was that just the head?)? Sorry if you mentioned it already, I must have skipped over it by accident :(

Aedh11 wrote:This is AMAZING. Congratz on a sweet ass army man. Excellent work.

Thanks!

anticitizen013 wrote:What are those wings that you used on the Raptors from (that old Reaper model you were referring to? Or was that just the head?)? Sorry if you mentioned it already, I must have skipped over it by accident :(

The wings are from the Bone Horror model in their Warlord:Necropolis line. It was the head that was from one of their older models.

Cool thanks, those wings look awesome. I'm very impressed with your army, can't wait to see it finished

I lkie the strong look and theme you've got with the army. I also like seeing the old 2nd ed Land Raider again. Nicest version I've seen to. Certainly fits the theme.

lord marcus wrote:they all look great. i expect lots of black with purple flames.

Purple flames on the Armored Company or the Death Angels Marines? I wasn't planning on flames on the Marines as I didn't want them to be to Legion of the Damned-ish. But I was planning on putting flames on all the vehicles in the Armored Company. I was going to the traditional red/yellow/orange flames, but purple flames might just be the way to go....

The Thousandth Son wrote:That's badass.

P4NC4K3 wrote:OO! Yay! Exciting! (Not the dead cat, but more the Dog of Death!)

anticitizen013 wrote:Cool thanks, those wings look awesome. I'm very impressed with your army, can't wait to see it finished

Llamahead wrote:I lkie the strong look and theme you've got with the army. I also like seeing the old 2nd ed Land Raider again. Nicest version I've seen to. Certainly fits the theme.

Thank you all!

Now, for a quick update.

Some more Forgeworld goodies for my Apocalypse Armored Company.

Ogryn Berserkers. I am going to paint them in a zombie-ish paint scheme.



Chaos Renegades. I will use them as Storm Troopers in two units of ten.



And my Necromancer. Not sure what rules he is going to use just yet.




Now on to my Death Angels Marines.

I made all the hooded skulls in the following pics by using a rotary tool to hollow out some Dark Angels heads and then inserted some resin skulls I picked up from Fortress Figures.



My Bike squad, which I will call the Deathriders. They are just needing a couple of skull bits here and there and their back packs, which should be arriving this week.



Death riders with meltaguns and some random Deathriders.





Deathrider's Icon bearer.



My Deathrider Champion. Yes, the similarity to Ghost Rider was intentional!








My Raptor squad, which I call Reapers. They are obviously needing their wings, which I am ordering today.





Reaper champion.

This is shaping up to be an awesome looking army.

OH, MY, GOSH!

An army of grim reapers, it's heaven for anyone that has ever read a Discworld novel.

I love it.

That is so cool.
Keep up the good work.


O my god You actually killed the poor thing.
Just a reminder my snipers are ready to fire the next time you harm a cat.

That is very cool. Only crit really is that the wraith 'legs' look skinnier than the terminator bodies...but Im sure painted up they'll look awesome

Excommunicate Traitoris wrote:This is shaping up to be an awesome looking army.

mcfly wrote:OH, MY, GOSH!

An army of grim reapers, it's heaven for anyone that has ever read a Discworld novel.

I love it.

goffnob deffsmakka wrote:That is so cool.
Keep up the good work.

Thanks!

WarlordGaz wrote:That is very cool. Only crit really is that the wraith 'legs' look skinnier than the terminator bodies...but Im sure painted up they'll look awesome

Yeah, they didn't look as "bulky" as I wanted them too when I first made them. The Terminator bodies fit the lower halves well, but the addition of the shoulder pads and spikes makes the lower half look smaller. With the addition of the capes, the tunics, and the skulls/rotting heads, I think it blends the lower half in better with the upper half.

Lord_Mortis wrote:Alrighty, here's some pics of what I have done so far.

These seem to be lacking something, as they are not quite as "terrifying" as the tanks. I think what they may need is some chain wrapped around them (or barbed wire) with some skulls and such hanging from them. I'm also thinking about putting some spikes in some of the leg joints.

If you want them to look scary, drill a skull out, and place it on the lascannon's muzzle. That'd be sweet.

Just a small update. Got these painted in a couple hours the other night. My first unit of Ghosts (Demons).

Okay, so it's been a while since I have updated this blog. Been distracted a little over the past month or so. But, I finally finished up my Obliterators, and so here they are. Now, I paint my figs to a good table top standard and don't care much about mold lines and such, so don't expect Golden Demon winners here. While the pics turned out okay, they still don't do them justice. Some of the details and highlights are not showing up, so something is "off" somewhere in my picture taking but I am not sure exactly what it is....

Excellent converting my good fellow. For that, I award you the badge of badass...-yness. Or something.

zerg wrote:Excellent converting my good fellow. For that, I award you the badge of badass...-yness. Or something.

lol! Thanks!

Wow! Cool army.

Reminds me to the Cryx of Warmachine. Especially the Obligators looks like the Machine Wraths. That's really great.

Painting progress is slow but steady. Here are my Troops for the Death Angels. Looking at the last two pics, can anyone guess what technique I used for the highlighting/edging of the black?
















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Logan wrote:Wow! Cool army.

Reminds me to the Cryx of Warmachine. Especially the Obligators looks like the Machine Wraths. That's really great.

Thanks!

Okay, just finished up another batch of 21 Death Angels Chaos Space Marines. Oh, and if you didn't guess, I used a Berol Prismacolor "Cool Grey" colored pencil to do all the edging/highlighting on the black.



Together with the batch I did last month, I have a pretty good core Troops choice.



Next up to paint: 10 Chosen.

completely awesome

Thanks! I'm trying really hard to get the Death Angels part of this blog finished before the summer is over.

Very Awesome job on all of them.

What did you use for the scythes? I'm guessing many different sources for the handles, but what about the blades?

Again, fantastic job, i'm looking forward to seeing more.

E

4 month Necron pales in comparison to how damn awesome this army is

awsome is not the word for it.

Coloured pencil.

Alright, so it's been a while since I updated this. I have finished up my Chosen squad and the Champions and Icon bearers for my Troops selections. All the models I had painted prior to these looked too "new" for an Undead CSM army, so for this batch of miniatures I decided to weather them up a bit and add some rust and patina to them. I liked how they turned out so I will eventually go back and weather up all the others I have painted. With this batch done, I am now turning my attention to my tanks as I am burnt out on painting so many CSMs. Once I am done with my tanks, I will finish up the rest of the Death Angels CSM.

For the rust effect, I used a base of Vermin Brown and stippled it on the models. I then used some Fiery Orange and stippled it on top of the Vermin Brown. The patina color is a Folkart "patina" color that I found at Michaels that I mixed with water and washed over certain areas of the models.


My Chosen Squad.













Aspiring Champions and Icon Bearers for my Troops.






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ejacobs wrote:Very Awesome job on all of them.

What did you use for the scythes? I'm guessing many different sources for the handles, but what about the blades?

Again, fantastic job, i'm looking forward to seeing more.

E

Thanks! The scythes were taken from the Warhammer Fantasy Zombie sprues. Lots of bits ordering to get the number I needed. lol The handles are Chaos Terminator Power Weapon arms. I clipped around the "pointy/arrow" part of the Terminator weapon, then cut the scythe blade into shape around the pointy bit, then glued the two parts together.

Battle Brother Loken wrote:4 month Necron pales in comparison to how damn awesome this army is

ghosty wrote:awsome is not the word for it.

Thanks!

Tek wrote:Coloured pencil.

You guessed it. lol

khorne is pleased at what you are doing,

he demands you post more amazing conversions.

Here's a small update with my 2 Chimeras for my armored company. I am going to go back later and do some weathering with paint chippings and rusting. I am experimenting with some different rust techniques right now and will probably rust all the tanks at one time.

They look great!

Wow, so much awesome stuff here but it's the Deathriders that pushed me from "lurk" mode to "compliment" mode. Such an excellent look. Those will be outstanding on the battlefield.

Thanks guys!

I recognize that bulldog pendant on the back ramp.

Veeeery cool army.

I hope you diddnt actually kill the cat

Your pics remind me of a guy that used to have battle reports in GW with his iron hands. Your stuff is incredible. Total throwback to my haydays in the mid to late 90s. I feel like I should be sitting in the card shop watching The Hunt for Red October for the 99th time.

So uh...how do Tyranids ingest supernatural beings and tainted flesh? Do they fill a digestion pool with genetically engineered bleach or something? Oh well we'll figure something out. Can Tyranids loot ghosts?

Thanks for the comments guys!

I am currently painting up my Basilisks, but got an idea for my Sentinels that I wanted some opinions on. My Sentinels were a little bare and didn't seem as "scary" as the tanks, so I was trying to come up with a way to make them more scarier looking. Then it hit me a few days ago that hanging some corpses up on the front of them might look nice. So what I planned on doing was having skeletons on one unit, zombies on another, and maybe a mix of Guard/Spacemarines/zombie bodies on the third unit in order to tell the 3 different units from each other.

However, I am really liking the way the skeletons turned out, and I may just differentiate between the 3 units by using tattered banners. So what do you guys think?

I think you should tip his head forward and give him a gemmed robotic eye w/ GS.

By far, coolest thing on dakka.

Lord Mortis you should be proud.

Yes, I'd have to agree it's the nicest (that's a little oxmoronic) army I've seen yet on here, and I've seen some nice ones...

It's been quite a while since I have updated this thread. College and getting married can be distractions! lol Anyway, so I am trying to get the Armored Company (except for the Baneblades and Titan, I want to take my time on them) done before the summer is over and school starts again. I've finished up my 3 Basilisks and have almost finished my 6 Leman Russ Battle Tanks. So without further ado, here are the Basilisk pics and the LRBTs should be done and pics posted by the beginning of next week. Hopefully.












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Qualude wrote:I think you should tip his head forward and give him a gemmed robotic eye w/ GS.

Shadowbrand wrote:By far, coolest thing on dakka.

Lord Mortis you should be proud.

murdog wrote:Yes, I'd have to agree it's the nicest (that's a little oxmoronic) army I've seen yet on here, and I've seen some nice ones...

Thanks guys! Sorry for the very late replies. Qualude: Yeah, I will probably tinker with them a little more.

Awesome your back! Those basilisks look really menacing, though im not sure i dig the whole portable trophy rack look about them.

the rank smell of AWSOME follows this thread

Love it Awesome idea, and nice fluff :3

Zydragon wrote:Love it Awesome idea, and nice fluff :3

azekio wrote:the rank smell of AWSOME follows this thread

ghosty wrote:Awesome your back! Those basilisks look really menacing, though im not sure i dig the whole portable trophy rack look about them.

Thanks guys!

Since the back story to my Death Angels is that they were a subsequent founding of Blood Angels that were almost annihilated, with a few escaping into the Netherworld only to return as Revenants, I've decided to run these models as an entire army of Death Company sometimes as well. I also like the Sanguinor and so in large games, like Apocalypse, I will use The Old Death model to represent him.

THAT IS A SWEEEET MODEL

thats an awesome model and I like your fluff very cool stuff.

I'll get roubnd to writing up my fluff for my Tau army at some point.....

those baslisks look as astonding and where o' where did you get that model its almost too awsome to be on dakka

Kilwar324 wrote:THAT IS A SWEEEET MODEL

Vlad Von Carstien wrote:thats an awesome model and I like your fluff very cool stuff.

Thanks!

Zydragon wrote:I'll get roubnd to writing up my fluff for my Tau army at some point.....

I will have to check it out once you do.

Looks Infected wrote:
those baslisks look as astonding and where o' where did you get that model its almost too awsome to be on dakka

Thanks! The angel of death model is called The Old Death by Enigma Miniatures. I got mine from the CMON online store.

I was just thinking to myself "you know, Mort needs another model of Death all skully and black..." LOL

Great stuff here, Dude. Looking forward to seeing it on-table (whatever store it may end up being! lol).

SlaveToDorkness wrote:I was just thinking to myself "you know, Mort needs another model of Death all skully and black..." LOL

Great stuff here, Dude. Looking forward to seeing it on-table (whatever store it may end up being! lol).

Yeah, I just don't have enough Death models running around. lol. And hopefully I will be back to playing at a table top near you in the next few weeks.



Well, I didn't get to finish these like I had wanted to but I figured I would go ahead and post the WIP pics. I am doing these in two parts, the first part being the hull and the second part being the turret. For the hulls I just need to go back and touch up all the black. I am going to add penants to the turret arials like I did with the Chimeras.

Leman Russ Battle Tanks are finally done! Now it is on to the Sentinels. I was going to go back and weather all these with rust, paint chips, etc., but I'm trying to get the Sentinels, Ogryns, Renegades, and Psyker finished before school starts back so I am going to hand the weathering over to my friend SlaveToDorkness as he does rust very well! Anywho, here's the pics:

Tank Commander











Tank Ace


Regular LRBTs

Sentinels are now ready to be primed and painted! I have a total of 9 to do and they are all armored Sentinels with Lascannons and Hunter Killer missiles. There are 3 varieties: torso, skeleton, and zombie.

Sentinels are finally done!

Finished the Renegades over the last couple of days. These will be used as Storm Troopers for the Armored Company. The Enforcers will act as Sgts. Colorwise, for the gold, I did a base coat of Shining Gold followed by a wash of Devlan Mud. On top of that I did a light dry brush of Burnished Gold. Most of the metal parts were painted in Boltgun Metal followed by a wash of Devlan Mud. The lenses of the eyes were given a basecoat of Mechrite Red followed by a wash of Red Ink (from an earlier line of GW paints), then a line of Macharius Solar Orange at the bottom of the lense. For the heads of the Enforcers I used a base coat of Bestial Brown followed by a dry brush of Bleached Bone and finally a wash of Gryphon Sepia.

Renegade Psyker is now done. Since school has started back for me, updating this blog will be sporadic. I will begin working on my 8 Ogryn Berserkers but I won't have much time to commit to them over the next few months as school takes priority.

Just a small update. Since I run my Death Angels as Death Company as well as CSMs, I added some Stormravens to their arsenal. Just finished converting these up today and got them base coated black. This is my "counts as" Stormraven, using extra bits I had lying around. For example, the TL lascannons are 2 multi-lasers glued together and the TL multi-melta are TL heavy flamers. Not really interested in sinking a bunch of money into these if GW is going to release an actual Stormraven model possibly next year. All I had time for was a quick snapshot before I left for work earlier. I will get better pics posted this weekend. Can anyone guess what vehicle I used to make my Stormravens?

I know I know!!! And I think Deep Six would be surprised at the reuse of his S.H.A.R.C.s...

You are correct! I found a bunch of those on Ebay for under $8 each so I snagged 3 of them.

Just a small update on the progress of the Ogryn Berserkers. These are being painted to resemble undead Ogryn berserkers. Flesh is done, basic metal is done, and the rust and corrosion is done.

My "zombie" Ogryn Berserkers are now finished.

Awsome. i keep encouraging one of my freinds to get it together with his chaos gaurd. your a big inspiration. Yeaaa. woot.

Thanks! Glad I can be an inspiration to get an army started!

Here's what I will be working on next.

loving this army!

Sageheart wrote:loving this army!

Thanks! Glad you like it!

It's been a few months. I've been busy with other projects as well as RL priorities. I've converted up 2 Vendettas. Instead of the Forgeworld conversion kit, I used lascannons from the IG heavy weapons teams.



And here is one with all the skull bits added.

Those spikes look amazing al over the valk but where are the empaled bodies?

Great work, the skin tones on the orgyns is especially nice.

WOW!!!
these are really good!

Commander Cain wrote:Those spikes look amazing al over the valk but where are the empaled bodies?

They are impaled on the inside of the transport? Don't want them flying off during flight, although, dead bodies falling from the sky onto the enemy would be a good psychological weapon! lol

Great work, the skin tones on the orgyns is especially nice.

Thanks!

Matt.Kingsley wrote:WOW!!!
these are really good!

Thanks!

Here is my WIP Dreadnought. Needs more skulls!

I like the way you've gone vertical with that dred. It will be a particular challenge to paint it in a way that draws the eye back down to the center of the model rather than straight up to the banner, though. Looking forward to seeing what it looks like with color!

I absolutely love these Conversions! I like how you used skulls for heads to make everything look like its undead :O
really fits in with worshipping the god of death and whatnot

keep up the good work!

Very sick. Looks like IG can be brutal

Started painting my Raptors. Going to try and update this more often, probably on Sundays.

Holy Crapola. Lord_Mortis this is some of the best work I have ever seen, Wow.

Thanks!

Those Raptors are really, really creepy indeed... I love them!!

Yggdrasil wrote:Those Raptors are really, really creepy indeed... I love them!!

Thanks! Glad you like them.

Painted some more on my Raptors wings this week. I used a gray base color and then washed the recesses with a purple wash. When I began painting the Raptors I didn't know whether to paint the robes gray or black, as I thought black robes and black armor might be too much. But with the grayish wings, I think black robes will be fine and everything will eventually blend in and look nice.

Awesome work! Can i ask where the scythes are from? Been looking for some for ages

They look to be from the WHFB VC zombies??

I make you right - dunno how I've kept missing them for this long! Cheers

Axlbush wrote:Awesome work! Can i ask where the scythes are from? Been looking for some for ages

Thanks! And yes, the scythes come from the Fantasy Zombies box.

Awaome awesome awesome ! ! ! This is such a cool army(s) even as a loyalist player ( as in holy terra and all that jazz ) but this army is just so cool, I love the spikes on the valk tail. Mabye put spikes on the front and use is for ram raiding...

Keep up the epic work

Young_Logan wrote:Awaome awesome awesome ! ! ! This is such a cool army(s) even as a loyalist player ( as in holy terra and all that jazz ) but this army is just so cool, I love the spikes on the valk tail. Mabye put spikes on the front and use is for ram raiding...

Keep up the epic work

Thanks! Glad you like the work so far.



I have now finished 10 of the 13 Raptors. All that remains is the Champion and the 2 Raptors with melta-guns. Hopefully I will be able to finish them up in the next couple of days.

May I ask where those wings are from? Nvm figured it out lol

Awesome stuff. I agree with one of the much earlier posts too - if you are going to do spikes, then it looks better to go all the way!

I haven't figured out where the wings are from yet ><

Seriously, great theme and execution. These dudes look awesome.

darkkt wrote:Awesome stuff. I agree with one of the much earlier posts too - if you are going to do spikes, then it looks better to go all the way!

Arkion wrote:I haven't figured out where the wings are from yet ><

Seriously, great theme and execution. These dudes look awesome.

Thanks!

And the wings are from the Bone Horror model in Reaper Miniatures' Warlord:Necropolis line.

Wow! Great stuff here! I really like the Death Riders! I am a huge fan of Ghost Rider, so seeing him painted up will be sweet! I know you have a "Scythe" theme going here, but if he had a "power chain" it would be so cool! Did you GS the flames on his skull yourself? Anyway, can't wait to see more! Oh and the Raptors are Top Notch!

Thanks! Glad you like them. The "ghost rider" head is actually from the Warhammer Fantasy Wizards sprue. It is a hand holding a flaming skull. And I could probably add a chain going across his chest like Ghost Rider did.

Well, the skull works perfectly! And don't change anything! Just paint it up as is, it looks great! I was just thinking out loud. I actually have an old Doom Rider model from way back when, and I might convert him into a Chaos Biker Lord, and this has inspired me! Well, after all of the OTHER things I need to finish!

Wow. This is impressive. Good colors, good theme and soooo many skulls. But not too many. Very nice.

RSJake wrote:Well, the skull works perfectly! And don't change anything! Just paint it up as is, it looks great! I was just thinking out loud. I actually have an old Doom Rider model from way back when, and I might convert him into a Chaos Biker Lord, and this has inspired me! Well, after all of the OTHER things I need to finish!

Luther wrote:Wow. This is impressive. Good colors, good theme and soooo many skulls. But not too many. Very nice.

Thanks for the nice comments everyone!

Well, here are the Champion and the 2 melta-gun Raptors. Now that the Raptors are all done it is time to start on the 20 Terminators.

Just a small sneak peek of the Terminators I have been working on over the last week and a half. I have 9 of 20 Terminators worked up to this stage, and they are still a work in progress. Got some cleaning up to do once I am done with all the base coating and such. I hope to finish the 9 over the next couple of days. Hope you like!

Wish I would of found this when it first started, just amazing what you have done.

I have been meaning to do a Slaanesh IG Army, I just haven't gotten around to it and probley never will, but this thread is just full of win.

I look forward to seeing the rest of it and the progress!

Thanks!

Okay, finished up the 9 Terminators that I have been working on. (Now only 11 more to finish!) For these I wanted an old, rusted and tarnished look. The rust and patina colors were easy enough to do, but I wanted the black armor to have a faded look to it. So I ended up dry brushing the black with Fortress Gray. I then took a silver Sharpie paint marker and added chips in the armor and then gave the armor a wash with Badab Black. Since I paint my models to look good on the table and not Golden Demon level, I think the faded look turned out okay but you can be the judge of that. Well, here's the pics and I hope you enjoy! Comments and critiques are welcomed.

Three more Terminators completed.

Four more Terminators completed. That finishes up the 16 Terminators with lightning claws. All that is left now are 2 with reaper autocannons and power fists and 2 with heavy flamers and powerfists.

Man, Lord Mortis, those termies are awesome looking. The verdigris really makes them pop. Do you have LRs for them or do you plan to deep strike them since they're mostly armed with CC weapons?

Thanks! I have a LR, but I rarely use the Terminators unless I am playing Apocalypse. I am mainly just trying to get all my unpainted figures finished this summer.

My word. Those are impressive. I love the verdegris on those and the unified theme is impressive.

DarkStarSabre wrote:My word. Those are impressive. I love the verdegris on those and the unified theme is impressive.

Thanks! Glad you like them.

And here are the last 4 of my 20 Terminators! Going to take a break for a couple of days, then it is on to the 10 bikes.

Dude, these really look fantastic, love the skulls for helmets look and the verdigris is excellent, they have a powerful looking presence with the muted armour and rust or tarnished weapons, your guys don't hang out around the Eye of terror on friday nights do they by chance? :-)


Nerdfest09

I am so totally gonna steal your ideas for those Raptors in the first page.

nerdfest09 wrote:Dude, these really look fantastic, love the skulls for helmets look and the verdigris is excellent, they have a powerful looking presence with the muted armour and rust or tarnished weapons, your guys don't hang out around the Eye of terror on friday nights do they by chance? :-)


Nerdfest09

Thanks! Glad you like them. And yes, they do hang around the "seedier" parts of the galaxy on Friday nights.

Anung Un Rama wrote:I am so totally gonna steal your ideas for those Raptors in the first page.

Steal away! Just be sure to credit me for your inspiration. lol



Well, bikes are just about finished. I should be posting pics probably on Monday. Was thinking about doing some OSL for the flaming head champion, but not quite sure about it yet.

And I think I'm going to do the Terminator scythe thing as well. ^^

Anung Un Rama wrote:And I think I'm going to do the Terminator scythe thing as well. ^^

No problem!

So the bikes are finally finished! I started painting the first 5 bikes with Shining Gold and a Devlan Mud wash on all the trim. Then for the second group of bikes (meltas, Icon bearer, Champion), I did a Chainmail basecoat with a Gryphon Sepia wash. I think I like the Sepia wash the best. For the champion, I wanted to do some OSL with the flames, but I have never done it before and didn't have any other suitable models to practice on, nor the time, so I opted not to for the time being as I didn't want to possibly mess up the champion. Anyway, on to the pics!

Ghost Rider looks awesome! Actually, they all look great. What's next? Keep 'em coming!

Thanks! Going to start on my version of Astaroth and The Sanguinor next.

Finished up my version of the Sanguinor last night. Since the background for the Death Angels is that they are a successor chapter of Blood Angels who got caught in the Netherworld and came back as Revenants, I run this army as either an entire Death Company army led by Astaroth or as a CSM army. When I saw the Enigma miniatures model "The Old Death" I knew I had to get one and use it for something. So when I run this army using Blood Angels rules I will use it as the Sanguinor, and for a CSM army I will probably use it as a Demon Prince.

I primed the entire model in Chaos Black. For the cloak, I gave a base coat of Adeptus Battlegrey, followed by a wash of Badab Black, and then a dry brush of Codex Grey. I drybrushed the wings with Fortress Grey followed by a light dry brush of Skull White. I picked out any bone with Bleached Bone and then washed the wings with Devlan Mud. For the armor and scythe, I used a base coat of Dwarf Bronze followed by a wash of Devlan Mud and then a patina wash and light highlight of Dwarf Bronze. The parchment and wrappings I used a basecoat of Bestial Brown followed by Bleached Bone and then a wash of Gryphonne Sepia to "age" them a little.

Oh! Sweet paintjob on a sweet mini! He certainly looks grim Nice job on the hour glass.

Nice! That's one grim looking Reaper.

Thanks guys! I am pleased at how it turned out. When I first started painting it I didn't really have any color scheme in mind so I just picked an area (base, wings, etc) and just went from there.

Just a small new addition, my version of Astaroth. Just a simple weapon swap, using a scythe from Reaper minis. Getting things ready for an Apocalypse game tomorrow so don't have much time to take and post a lot of pics of this model.

Somehow, this weapons fits much better then a Crozius.

Take some pictures.

Terminator Lord finally finished! Now that he is done it is back to working on the Mortis Legion Armored Company. I have 2 Vendettas that need some paint!

Excellent stuff!

The terminator lord is great! I especially like the blood splattered lightning claws!

Not bad, but there's something missing. He's lacking something. Probably a scythe.

And the colors seem less bright than with your Terminators. Was that done on purpose?

vent wrote:Excellent stuff!

The terminator lord is great! I especially like the blood splattered lightning claws!

Thanks! I was going for that "just butchered the poor sap" kind of look.

Anung Un Rama wrote:Not bad, but there's something missing. He's lacking something. Probably a scythe.

And the colors seem less bright than with your Terminators. Was that done on purpose?

Lol. He has "scythes" for fingers. And as far as brightness, idk, maybe it was the lighting when I was taking the pictures?

Its been a while since my last update, but here are pics of what I have been working on. First up, the Renegade Vendettas that I posted some WIP pics of a while back.













Next up is my counts-as Stormravens that I started last year before the actual model came out. I didn't spend too much time or detail on these since they are counts-as and I may get the actual models at some point in the future, at which point these will be obsolete.






And now another WIP pic of my Death Company Dreadnoughts, which I will be working on next.

Those are very spiky Valkyries. In fact, I've never seen the chaos vehicle upgrades in such a long line. It kinda looks a bit like a fence.
I really like the colours. Very striking.

But why do they still have the Imperial Eagle wings on their wings?

Lord_Mortis wrote:
Next up is my counts-as Stormravens that I started last year before the actual model came out. I didn't spend too much time or detail on these since they are counts-as and I may get the actual models at some point in the future, at which point these will be obsolete.

Why not just call them Mk I Storm Ravens and leave them as is? I think they look great! Then again, if you get the new ones, you could always give the old ones to me! Are they GI Joe mini sub convertions? Awesome!

Anung Un Rama wrote:Those are very spiky Valkyries. In fact, I've never seen the chaos vehicle upgrades in such a long line. It kinda looks a bit like a fence.
I really like the colours. Very striking.

Thanks! Glad you like.

But why do they still have the Imperial Eagle wings on their wings?

The short story of it is, according to the background for this army, is that they basically worship the Angel of Death, and the person responsible for leading them to their worship of Death has used iconography found in everyday use in the Imperium as "evidence" of Death worship formally being in the Imperium. Sort of like how the Apostle Paul used the altar of the "unknown god" to preach about the existence of Jehovah to the Athenians in Acts 17. So they retain the images of the Imperium that are normally associated with the Angel of Death, e.g. wings and skulls.

RSJake wrote:

Lord_Mortis wrote:
Next up is my counts-as Stormravens that I started last year before the actual model came out. I didn't spend too much time or detail on these since they are counts-as and I may get the actual models at some point in the future, at which point these will be obsolete.

Why not just call them Mk I Storm Ravens and leave them as is? I think they look great! Then again, if you get the new ones, you could always give the old ones to me! Are they GI Joe mini sub convertions? Awesome!

That's not a bad idea, since my desire to go out and spend a crap ton of money on the actual Stormraven models is virtually non-existent. Glad you like them. Thanks! And yeah, they are the G.I. Joe. S.H.A.R.C. vehicles.

Nice man! Great work!

lipsdapips wrote:Nice man! Great work!

Thanks!


Took a break from working on the Dreadnoughts for a moment and spent a couple of hours today scratch-building a Chaplain for a friend of mine who is getting into the game and has a small Space Marine army. I put magnets in the backpack and jumppack so they could be taken on and off depending on how he wants to use the Chaplain in a game. Tomorrow its back to working on the Dreads.

Nice kitbash, I like the use of the CSM shoulder pads !

Yggdrasil wrote:Nice kitbash, I like the use of the CSM shoulder pads !

Thanks! Glad you like it.

While waiting on some bits to come in for the Dreads I figured I would go ahead and paint the Chaplain. I'm not going to base it as I don't recall exactly how my friend based the rest of his army so I will let him do that part.

Okay, finally finished converting up the Death Company Dreadnoughts. Now time for the painting!

Them some scary dreads to be sure of, hate to be on the receiving end of them blood talons.

medabee wrote:Them some scary dreads to be sure of, hate to be on the receiving end of them blood talons.

Thanks! Painting is almost done. Been a slow process as it gets busy for me around this time of the year. Hopefully I will be finished with the painting within a week or so.

Nice avatar, btw! lol

Sweet! Undead in space!
Not that they've never done that before... but your's is significantly cooler!

Skipphag da Devoura wrote:
Sweet! Undead in space!
Not that they've never done that before... but your's is significantly cooler!

Thanks! Glad you like them.



So, after procrastinating on the Death Company dreads, I have finally finished them up today. I can once again start playing my Stormraven born Death Company army now. lol. So, now that those are done, it is time to move on to the 3 super heavies that I have. First up will be the Baneblade that I started converting some time ago, followed by a Stormlord and then finally my Warhound Titan.

Oooh, now this is some nice suff. Sub'd!

Nice!

The paint job on that dread is great!

What a boss army this will turn out to be!

Thats Richard for you always busy, still gotta say them some pretty dreads, I can only imagine what the titan is going to look like.

Wow your painting is fantastic. Another painter that makes my stuff look like crap I love the paint jobs.

lindsay40k wrote:Oooh, now this is some nice suff. Sub'd!

Matt.Kingsley wrote:Nice!

The paint job on that dread is great!

lipsdapips wrote:What a boss army this will turn out to be!

medabee wrote:Thats Richard for you always busy, still gotta say them some pretty dreads, I can only imagine what the titan is going to look like.

runmymouth wrote:Wow your painting is fantastic. Another painter that makes my stuff look like crap I love the paint jobs.

Thanks everyone! I am glad you all like my work so far. I always appreciate the comments and critiques.

Okay, so now that I am pretty much done with the Death Angels stuff for now, it's time to turn my attention back to the Mortis Legion Armored Company. On the workbench now is my Baneblade and Stormlord. As with all the previous tanks, they are going to have lots of skulls and lots of spikes, but being that these are much bigger and more "centerpiece" type models, these are going to be more "shrine-ish" in their look, as they are warmachines dedicated to the god of death. Here is what I have so far.




I am going to incorporate the following bits onto these models, as well as some other bits from the Corpse Cart kit. The flaming skull columns are going to go in the open bay area of the Stormlord towards the back, with the reaper statue in between them. The reaper fig came from RAFM miniatures. I am going to add some candles and a big necromantic tome to the bay area as well, as it will be the command tank from where the Necromancer will guide the army. I am also going to use the reaper statue on the rear of the Baneblade turret.



I also received my box of skeletons from Wargames Factory and I will be adding them to the bone/skull piles on both tanks, as well as being placed in other decorative areas of the tanks. I usually start my projects with a general idea in mind and then start adding things as the models start coming together, so I don't know exactly where all the skeletons will end up. I chose to use the WGF skeletons as opposed to the GW ones because it seemed there would be more usable bits with them. Plus I get 30 in a box for $20 instead of 10 for $24.75.



So, that is what I am going to be working on for January and February. Hopefully I will be able to finish one a month, but I am also starting a campaign that I need to make some terrain for so we shall see.

Hmm... it's okay, I guess. Could use some more skulls though.

Okay, seriously: That Banelade looks great! Can't wait to see it painted.

Anung Un Rama wrote:Hmm... it's okay, I guess. Could use some more skulls though.

Okay, seriously: That Banelade looks great! Can't wait to see it painted.

You know what, I think it could use some more skulls! lol Glad you like it.

So here is the first Baneblade all converted up. Can't really do anymore with it I guess so time to get it primed and painted. The Wargames Factory skeletons were just awesome to work with. Since they didn't come with any weapons attached to their hands, it gave them a more "natural" look, as opposed to a closed fist hand with the weapon cut off. I also found that the legs were easy to bend into the shape I needed to fit over and around the piles of skulls. As with the rest of my tanks, the Baneblade is going to be painted black with gold trim. I am hoping to get this one done by the first of February. Anyway, on to the pics.

Nice, positively festooned in skulls and body parts! Its over the top stuff like this that makes 40k awesome imo, great job

Oh God I'm REALLY loving that thing


Get's my seal of approval

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Nice, positively festooned in skulls and body parts! Its over the top stuff like this that makes 40k awesome imo, great job

Matt.Kingsley wrote:Oh God I'm REALLY loving that thing


Get's my seal of approval

Thanks! Glad you both like it. And here it is painted.

That thing is totally brutal!

I'm sure I share this opinion with countless other readers...but it just doesn't have enough SKULLS.

--B.

PS: Beautiful work, solid paintjob, flawless execution of a vision of Chaosy Baneness!

Looking through all this, well, at first i was going to pay you alot of compliments for the great ideas, by the end...well, im just in awe. baneblade and the bikers and dreads are especially lovely. =] subbed =]

I love your work, have subed, and am replacing my head with a skull in your honour.

ps. more skulls

Knightley wrote:That thing is totally brutal!

Thanks!

Briancj wrote:I'm sure I share this opinion with countless other readers...but it just doesn't have enough SKULLS.

--B.

PS: Beautiful work, solid paintjob, flawless execution of a vision of Chaosy Baneness!

It is lacking a few skulls, isn't it? lol. Glad you like it. The story behind all the skulls is that this legion worships Mortis the god of Death, and they adorn their tanks and vehicles with icons of death and the skulls and bodies of their enemies to instill fear in the ranks of their enemies on the battlefield.

J-paint wrote:Looking through all this, well, at first i was going to pay you alot of compliments for the great ideas, by the end...well, im just in awe. baneblade and the bikers and dreads are especially lovely. =] subbed =]

Thanks! I knew the Baneblades and Titan were going to be the centerpieces of my army, so I saved them for last so I could take my time on them and really do them justice.

mingus89 wrote:I love your work, have subed, and am replacing my head with a skull in your honour.

ps. more skulls

So you are the Ghost Rider now? Cool! lol


So, one Baneblade down, one more to go. And then the Warhound. I will start converting up the Stormlord this week and I will post some pics of it once that is done.

So work on the Stormlord has now begun. Started carving off some of the Aquilas so that they can be replaced by skulls (MOAR SKULLS!), shaved off some rivets for the spiky bits to fit, and ordered some more Fantasy bits for it. Got some resin skulls in from Miniature Hobby out of China and I will be putting them to good use on this project. This is going to be a "Fortress of Arrogance" type Stormlord, with the open bay area turned into an alter area for Mortis and where the Necromancer Lord will be placed during the game. I don't think placing the Necromancer Lord (basically a Chaos Space Marine Sorceror) there has any in-game effects, but is more for the visual element.

Here are some pics of the altar I made and the Fantasy terrain bits I have used so far. Made the altar out of a wall from the Cities of Death building sprue, and made the small podium that the Angel of Death statue will stand on out of a spare searchlight from a Leman Russ. Added some plastic card to the sides of the city wall to fill the gaps, and used some plastic card to make the top of the altar. Going to place some skulls around the base of the podium and place some candles along the top of the city wall section.

Simply awesome, LM! Always a pleasure to stop by your blog. That altar is awesome and your previous Baneblade is deliciously brutal.

epic

do I need to say more? (speaking about the painted baneblade here)

Thanks guys! Glad you like what I have done here.

Whenever i look at your army it always reminds of of that iron maiden album cover, ... This one .

You're right. It does look similar. Thanks, I have never seen that image before. Only thing I know about Iron Maiden is the "Eddie" character.

I love how the Baneblade's Demolisher cannon almost can't shoot because the pile of corpses is in the way.

Awesome conversion! Keep it up.

err... skulls for the skull throne?...

Awesome work! I really want to see the other super heavies finished, tho they'll have a hard job competing with the first one .

Anung Un Rama wrote:I love how the Baneblade's Demolisher cannon almost can't shoot because the pile of corpses is in the way.

Awesome conversion! Keep it up.

I know right. I guess it will just blow them out of the way. The Legion can always add more corpses! Thanks!

tarar2d2 wrote:err... skulls for the skull throne?...

Awesome work! I really want to see the other super heavies finished, tho they'll have a hard job competing with the first one .

Thanks! Hopefully this one is of the same standard as the first. lol

Well, after a few delays, the Stormlord is now converted up and ready for paint. This one is more of the Necromancer's "ride." It has the alter in the back, the columns with the skulls, scrolls, and tomes, plus a Liber Necris made from the tome from the Mortis Engine. I've used bits from the Dark Angels upgrades sprues, fantasy terrain, corpse cart, Chaos Space Marines, and various other fantasy and 40k bits. And as always, plenty of SKULLS all over it. lol

That is awesome, Mortis! I love it.

Thanks, Moltar! Glad you like it. And the painting has begun. Hope to be done with it by mid April.

I bet GW would get a skullgasm just looking at this. This is great! Ridiculously over the top but great!

Swordwind wrote:I bet GW would get a skullgasm just looking at this. This is great! Ridiculously over the top but great!

Thanks! Glad you like them.

So it has been a few months since I have updated this. I have been busy running a campaign since March and a lot of my time has been diverted into making terrain and scenarios for the campaign. Well the campaign wrapped up last Thursday and I can now once again focus on this project. The campaign ended in a big Apocalypse game, for which I had to build a huge temple, a 4 foot bridge, and a Thunderhawk, all in two weeks. It took almost the whole two weeks to get the temple and bridge done, and then I had 3 days to build the Thunderhawk. Since I was making the Thunderhawk mostly out of styrofoam, it wasn't too big of a deal. lol

Here are some pics of the temple, bridge and Thunderhawk.














And now on to the Stormlord. This is my Necromancer's "ride" so it was converted and painted with that in mind.













With that all finally finished, it is time to move on to the Chaos Warhound Titan!

That stormlord is insanely awesome! i love the candles and fire in green, definitely suits the necromancer theme, and the freehand on that tome is amazing.

mingus89 wrote:That stormlord is insanely awesome! i love the candles and fire in green, definitely suits the necromancer theme, and the freehand on that tome is amazing.

Thanks! Actually a lot of the words and such on the tomes and scrolls are water transfer decals from Armorcast.

Well, it has been a while since I have updated this blog. Got distracted with school and then started working on my Deadlands table, starting up a new gaming group, and then making terrain and creating scenarios for Nashcon 2013 and 2014. Most of the original projects in the first post have been completed. Still have to paint that Warhound Titan. I also started expanding my Necron army, and started an Imperial Knight Army. I will post pics of those soon. But in the mean time, here is something that I finished up yesterday.

My first venture into wargaming began with 3rd edition Warhammer Fantasy in early 1990. I began with an Undead army with models from various companies such as Grenadier, Rafm, GW, and others. When 4th Edition came around and the Undead got their own book which introduced Nagash into Warhammer lore, I loved it. Nagash's back story was great. (At the time, I had never read the LOTR and didn't know how much like Sauron Nagash really was, and that Sauron was probably the inspiration for Nagash, but I digress.) Then a couple of years later, they bring out the Vampire Counts book with no Nagash or mummies. Bummer. Then Tomb Kings came out in a White Dwarf article, but still no Nagash. Another bummer. I continued to play Nagash using the first Undead book however, which was fine. Then 6th Edition Fantasy rolled around with new Vampire Counts and Tomb Kings armies and Nagash disappeared as a usable character model in the game, even more so with the revamp to Fantasy that 6th Edition brought. So I switched over to 40K and began building Undead themed armies. But now. Now Nagash is back, and with it, my renewed interest in Fantasy, namely the Undead Legions since I still have a ton of Tomb King models that I use in my Lands of the Dead Warhammer Quest adventures. But, I still have a lot invested in my 40K Undead themed armies, so I plan on using the model in both systems. I will probably run him as Aetaos'rau'keres for Daemons, since all my daemons are Undead models anyway. I have put him on an oval base for 40K, and will magnetize the large fantasy base and the oval base in order to use him in Fantasy on the correct base.

But anyway, Pandora Radio and painting Nagash is how I am spending my Sunday, and the start of this project.

Wow, skulls on the desk, skulls on the Stormlord... you've got a theme going

The great unclean one looks magnificent!

The GUO is awesome, love the rust and verdigris.

The thunder hawk needs to have magnetized streams of skulls pouring down from it. (Carpet bombing with the skulls of the dead) just think how demoralizing it would be to have it raining skulls while your being shot at .