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Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/06 23:30:21


Post by: LavuranGuard


Hi folks,

I'm a lapsed 40K gamer (have only had one game in the last 15+ years and started in the hobby about 20 years ago) but I've started gatting back into things and have started a new army. I still have some old figures but locked in the loft of a house we've rented out so I started over with new Imperial Guard. I'm starting a blog to keep me motivated with the painting - I don't much like doing it and I have extremely limted time for it (6 hour daily commute :( ) but it has to be done and hoepfully this will help me.

The units are mostly infantry at the moment, but I should be able to field some armour come the new year (hopefully the big red guy will bring some Chimeras ). For a bit of variety I have a mix of Cadian and Catachan figures (not in the same units) and I'm justifying that by assuming they represent light and heavy infantry types, since the rules now don't different between guard types this is purely fluff!

So far I've started a light squad, to which I've added a peaked cap head to the Sergeant, and straps to the vox caster - lack of them really bugged me for some reason. As you can see from the photo all the guys are going to have blue trousers and grey equipment (armour in the case of the Cadian types).



I've also started a Penal Legion using Cadian bodies and Hasslefree heads. The heads are a little small and lack ears (eh? what? ) but I think they'll look ok on the table top. Since I'm totally unoriginal, these will be orange and grey, and the Custodian is going to be based on the armour sprue commander figure armed with a cattle prod type implement.



To help me get back into the 40K groove, I've managed to finda few old figures knocking about in the last few days and so I've tried to assemble them just for fun...










Hopefully more painted figures soon, I'm clearing space on the workbench of all my other models (3mm, 6mm and 20mm historical) so I can work in more than a 6" space!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/07 06:25:46


Post by: crossbonesx11


That old stuff is beautiful. Wish I had some old guard and orks lying around.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/07 09:39:47


Post by: Commander Endova


Ooh. RT Space marines. Nice.

I think you have an interesting color scheme for your IG. I didn;t think blue jeans survived into the 41st millennium.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/07 09:58:34


Post by: BrookM


Main reason the Hasslefree heads lack ears is because those heads are for sculpting purposes.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/07 11:30:46


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks folks, I think I have about another 20 beakies locked in the attic of the old house along with a load of Harlequins and an Eldar dreadnought - might be able to get them in the NY. Now I know how to strip the paint from them there's every chance they'll be salvagable which is heart-warming.

Denim, haha yes I thought it looked a bit like that, but why not I guess it's hard wearing, although not so good when wet.

Re. the Hasslefree heads, I realise that's why they don't have ears and while I thought about adding some, I doubt it'd look that good with my skills. Maybe the punishments are harsh in this unit!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/07 15:50:04


Post by: crossbonesx11


I would be interested in acquiring the harlequins if you were interested.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/08 15:39:20


Post by: LavuranGuard


Let's even see if I can get them back first. I have to wait until we do a Landlord inspection of the property.

Simon


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/13 22:31:03


Post by: LavuranGuard


Really short of time again this week, so all I had time for was some base coating.




Did make three of these, which have really helped get light into the photos. Now just to get a tripod I can use in the small space of my painting room to solve my shaking hands problems.



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/13 22:48:31


Post by: Dysartes


You can get a mini-tripod, with legs at around 6" or less, quite cheaply, chief - might be what you're after.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/14 00:26:13


Post by: Owain


Some nice ideas going on here. I think you should add scars where the Penal Legionnaires have lost their ears; perhaps they have them cut off in order to mark them as criminals.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/14 11:53:39


Post by: inmygravenimage


Was all excited about scragging, and Owain stole my thunder! They're looking great, and it's nice to see someone else who is long lapsed blogging about it. Keep it up fella (I will if you will!)


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/16 16:31:05


Post by: LavuranGuard


Dysartes - Thanks for the suggestion and in fact I already have one a mini tripod, but what I need is a full height one with a heavy single foot to stand in the middle of the room on the floor. That way it's the right distance from the models for the lens I have.

Owain - I may do something like that, although to be honest I'm wondering how much people will notice at gaming distances if I left them earless?

inmygravenimage - Can't afford to stop now, I've probably spent as much on GW in the last few months as I did in several years last time - although £10 for 30 marines made things cheaper!

I've been mulling ideas re Ripper guns for my Ogryn Squad (going down the WHFB Ogre route). I was thinking since the IG seem to go for standardisation on weapons (the shotguns sharing stocks and grips with the lasguns) that the Rippers may be made using parts already in production for other weapons. I'm going to try and use heavy bolters with an extra barrel and a belt feed , what does anyone think?






Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/20 21:20:21


Post by: LavuranGuard


Ok so with the help of a bit of photoshop, this is what I had in mind for the Ripper gun, a kind of double barrelled shot in a Heavy Bolter case.



On Friday my first ever Forgeworld order arrived, so it was a good surprise, well cast easy to work with and the extra level of detail that most GW plastic box kits lack.

I just got the Cadian Veterans pack for now as I've enough painting backing up, but here's the work so far. Some heads are off as they make painting some of the models harder when fitted. The missing 2 squad members are Meltagun troops and I just haven't assembled them yet.



Since the pack only has enough shotguns for 5 troops, and I needed a sixth I used the cut off grip and stock to make another shotgun in some kind of holster - not sure if it really works or not.




here was my take on a Vet Sgt.



Also found time to work on these guys:



The two finished ones will be dullcoted once the bases are done to take away the shine of the floor polish wash I use.






Picked up these click together guard last week too, they aren't great being a solid version of one of the other Cadians, and the ring for the clip in arms is rather large. I bought them to bulk out my final squad so they may not get much table time anyway so it's probably not worth worrying about.



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/20 21:35:42


Post by: Dysartes


I don't think I've seen the clip-together Cadians before, Lavuran - where were they from?


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/20 22:21:31


Post by: Llamahead


What brand and type of floor wax do you use I've heard it being mentioned for washes before and was wondering?


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/21 06:00:06


Post by: Ghost in the Darkness


the clip together Cadians were made by GW. They produced a whole bunch of boxes where you could get 3 or so guys for an army to try out new paint schemes or to bulk out squads.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/21 10:27:05


Post by: LavuranGuard


Floor polish is Johnson Klear (sold as Future in some places).

As said the clip together guys are GW, you get five lasgun troops for five pounds so slightly cheaper than the regular ones if you don't want all the extra bits i.e. if you just want normal troops. I think I may remove the mounting lug on mine, file off the stupid mounting ring and fill the hole.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/21 10:49:49


Post by: Llamahead


Thanks a lot mate I'll have to give it a go at some point!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/21 13:03:57


Post by: Scrazza


wow, they almost look the same as my guard. well done.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/21 15:58:17


Post by: Brotheralexos


IS THAT A SQUAT!!!!

I love you.

But really, that is freakin awesome, if you have any extra bits of the squats, about one whole squats worth, then please, learn how to make moulds and sell them on the internet. Since GW discontinued them, you could call them anything and sell them as generic gaming pieces.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/21 16:32:05


Post by: AnotherSpaceMarine


Those clip-together Cadians look a bit chunky. Not as smooth as the regular ones...


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/21 23:04:00


Post by: jackvolerich


The metal heads look a bit small on the gaurds body. The Harden Vets look good though.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/22 05:18:46


Post by: Mad Monk's Mekshop


Haha I love the penal legionnaires! They look better than mine


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/22 07:32:46


Post by: LavuranGuard


Llamahead: I mix some black paint with the Klear in an old glass jar until it's the consistency I want, the advantage of which is I can reseal the jar and it lasts ages!

Scrazza: Thanks

Brotheralexos: Alas he's the last of his kind, all I have left in the bits box are some broken Squat arms.

AnotherSpaceMarine: The seem to have been made from the same scultps as the normal IG except with the addition of a pouch under the left arm, but I'd avoid them tbh the amount of work I will need to do doesn't really merit the saving (which is small anyway).

jackvolerich: Agreed but I needed 9 baldy heads (since I wanted the RT look of the penal legions) so choices were limited.

r3n3g8b0y: Thanks


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2009/12/24 14:52:51


Post by: LavuranGuard


Quick post before I have to stop painting to have time with the family:

Light Company RTO: Base needs to be finished but I'm debating changing from the gray/ash bases. Also sorry for some of the fuzziness, camera batteries were almost out- need to charge them before tomorrow.





Another Penal Legion guy:





Merry Christmas everyone!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/01/10 22:25:56


Post by: LavuranGuard


Sorry I broke the picture links the other week, I screwed up a firewall setting so my webserver wasn't visible on the net - doh!

I've redone my basing scheme to add some rubble - good tip from the net to use bits of chopped up sprue!

The first Veteran



First Penal trooper to be completed on the new base:



Penal squad is about 50% completely painted but only one has a completed base.

I'm trying to get my guard army done before I head abroad for a year in a few months. Would be a good way to meet wargamers when I arrive if I have an army ready to go.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/01/11 05:23:23


Post by: captain.gordino


Nice stuff, dude. What happened to that guys face? Reminds me of the troll from LoTR.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/01/11 22:14:03


Post by: The Good Green


cool. The color scheme and paint job are really nice. Simple and effective.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/01/11 23:10:49


Post by: FoxPhoenix135


I can definitely tell that you are a RT-2nd era gamer by the bright colors you paint your miniatures with! Not saying it's a bad thing, quite to the contrary! I like the brighter colors, they are very interesting in the world of IG-muted-colors.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/01/12 16:54:14


Post by: LavuranGuard


captain.gordino: It's some manly scars...or possibly some overly heavy wash application. btw what's the gaming scene like in Calgary? Just asking as I may head back there later this year depending on where I get work on my year abroad.

The Good Green: Thanks, simple is the main thing because I paint slowly and need to see things getting finished to avoid losing motivation.

FoxPhoenix135: Bright colours are what brought me back to 40K. I spent most of the time since last playing WH40K on 20th century "historical" wargames and I'd become rather tired of the muted tones of real uniforms . I felt like I really needed to return to something where I could be creative in my colour schemes, and that's actually increased my enjoyment of painting which I normally class as the necesary evil of wargaming.



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/01/17 21:33:03


Post by: LavuranGuard


Really short on time this week what with sorting out visa stuff.

Just had time to do a bit more on the squat I started the other week, I plan to use him as part of an Inquistor's retinue. Looks like I need to lighten the bag under one of the eyes too.




Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/01/17 23:26:21


Post by: Llamahead


Just claim he got into a fight in the bar the night before!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/01/18 14:11:09


Post by: LavuranGuard


Could do that LOL, easier to fix than explain everytime someone asks though!

OT .. what have I just won on ebay? It's a daemon of some kind and ideal for a future project but what was it originally meant to be?



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/01/18 19:43:27


Post by: BigBadWolf37


Looks like the old khornate demon prince


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/03/14 20:57:26


Post by: LavuranGuard


Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been working lots of hours and doing the commute from hell - 6 hours plus each day. Then I managed to get a work visa for a year in Canada so that's taking up most of my spare time now, clearing the house and sorting my affairs so I can head to Vancouver in June!

Anyway in order to pack up the work room I progressed a few projects to help clear the bench (there's a load of guard to clear too..fingers crossed I get some more time:

This was a guy I found when clearing out my old WHFB figures, going to use him as an Inquisitorial Crusader


the demon I won on ebay, his wings are primed and repaired, but I'm not sure if I'll bother finishing him, or just wait until I return.


Sentinel, it'll be an armoured one.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/04/20 23:42:52


Post by: LavuranGuard


A month on and a little progress!

I've been packing up the guard to go into storage, so I've only had a chance to finish up a few more Penal Legion guys but no piccies. I've also started a CSM army that will be heading otu with me in June. Here's the first completed miniature: (well 3rd completed one if you count that this has fallen off the table twice and broken just as soon as I get into ready for photographing! :( )





Not sure if I'll keep him on the big base or put him on a 40mm one. I like the bigger base but since he's a CC guy I reckon the bigger base will be detrimental - thoughts anyone? Right now he's not been glued back onto this base since his trip off the table so I'ts an easy swap.

Also did this guy, who needs the base finishing off and some dullcote. Either going to use him for Marbo or in my Inquisitorial Retinue. He's an old IG with a RTB01 Space Marine head. Too bad the photo is poor and you can't see his camo.



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/04/20 23:58:53


Post by: Grambo


Holy bejesus,are you willing to sell that squat?


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/04/21 21:27:11


Post by: Young_Logan


I really like the penal squad members


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/04/21 23:24:42


Post by: LavuranGuard


Grambo, sorry I'm quite attached to the little guy. If you saw how messed he was when I pulled him out the bits box, made him new feet and repaired the glue melt hole in his belly you'd understand why!

Young_Logan, thanks should have a shot of the whole squad, less the custodian guy done in the next few weeks.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/04/24 22:14:27


Post by: LavuranGuard


Tried to get some update photos but having lighting issues so shots are not so great.

Finished Squat



Finished RT Imperial Guard



Noodling about on my homemade SM chapter - still not really sure of the name or logo:










Automatically Appended Next Post:
The Penal Legion guys (one more almost done too)




Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/04/25 19:26:55


Post by: LavuranGuard


Had my first play with green stuff today, 40Kifying an Ogre to make an Ogryn. Added some pockets, altered the rear seam on the trousers and modified the boots. (The pink in the photos are pieces of pen that I cut up to make the armoured toes. A friend of mine who's a whiz with GS - sculpts a load of cool figs, is going to help with my other Ogryns so this is a a prototype for him to understand what I'm after. I also need to add shoulder pads and webbing straps, then my friend will wrap up the other 4 in no time at all!





I've had another attempt at making ripper guns, I decided I didn't like the modified Heavy Bolter idea. This one needs quite a bit of further work, but you get the idea, drum fed which a tommy-gun style cocking handle on the top - good if the weapon is to be used in either hand.




Decided to move the DP to a 40mm based (will reuse the 60 on my next Sentinel)




Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/05/01 20:56:14


Post by: LavuranGuard


couple of updates on new figs:





Second Ogryn, done as I had some spare green stuff after converting a chaos marine.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/05/01 22:26:30


Post by: Shattered Soul


Like the Penal Legion even if their heads are a bit too small.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/05/02 09:32:23


Post by: Thamor


What do you base your models in?


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/05/02 09:53:10


Post by: shingouki


so far its looking pretty awesome,i cant believe youve had a fifteen year gap and still come back as sharp as this.i loved seeing the old school minis in particular the old orc(hero quest if im not mistaken).
keep up the good work its inspirational.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/05/02 10:20:22


Post by: LavuranGuard


Shattered Soul: Thanks, yep the heads are true 28mm IIRC, but options are limited if you want a number of baldies!

Thamor: It's just builder's sand pva glued onto the base. I thin the glue with a little water so you just paint in on then dip the model into the sand tub. After that paint the sand granite grey colour, wash that with my floor wax - black paint mix, then dry brush a lighter grey. The lumps of masonary are just bits of sprue painted a drab colour.

shingouki: Thanks, trying hard! To be fair I've done lots of other modelling in the gap so I shouldn't be as bad as I was when I stopped 40K LOL. Yup the ork is from Heroquest. I think I got him in a box of stuff from a mate who had already converted him to 40K. Needless to say by the time I dug him out last year he needed a complete rework.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/05/02 10:31:08


Post by: Flying Pooo


The red and grey colour scheme is awesome!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/05/02 10:53:16


Post by: cosmic pixie


I think I love that squat!

MOAR pleez


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/05/02 20:19:39


Post by: LavuranGuard


Flying Pooo: Cheers, it's actually Gitmo Orange though.


Cosmic Pixie: thanks, my only Squat for now, I think I have a few others (Thudd Gun crew) in a box at my mum's old house but can't get to it for a while.

Been racing to get my Chaos guys done before I fly out to Vancouver, these have been done at my bare minimum standard and won't ever be my main army (bases need finishing):









Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/05/19 23:25:04


Post by: LavuranGuard


My sculpting friend who's been doing the shoulder pads, boots and straps on my Ogryns has finished the first three, I'm really chuffed with his work! I should point out that the removal of trouser seems and green stuff pockets is my work, and hence why it's nowhere near his standard. The hats are from a 1/35 scale set of Afrika Korps and are only blu-tac'd on at the moment - not sure if I will stick with them though.








Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/08/06 21:54:08


Post by: LavuranGuard


No updates for ages, no I haven't died, just moved to a new country and set up my life again. The bad side of this was that I managed to almost get my Chaos marine army finished, only to not be able to fit it in my luggage, so it's now in store back in the UK (along with all my unpainted IG). The one exception to that was my daemon prince who manage to avoid being unpacked from the suitcase and travelled the distance hiding in a shoe in my case!

Anyway, I've acquired a few minis since arriving, some Bloodletters and conversion material for Rough Riders and beastmen, but the only things that have been painted far enough to be worth posting are these:

(The Tau is an experiment (unfinished) I wanted to do as I may start playing Tau, but I wanted to get a feel for painting them).









I realised I didn't post many pics of my CSM before I left - time was short so:







Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/08/07 05:50:28


Post by: Psyker_9er


1st page, 2nd to last picture, the ork boy front row on the right is not from 40k...
I would recognize those minis anywhere.

Heroquest.

Old school RPG with cardboard doors and bookshelves, plastic goblins, skeltons, orcs, mummies, zombies and even plastic furniture. Fun game.

In the picture right above the ork boyz, I think even that severed arm on the base of the guy standing next to the squat is chopped from a Heroquest skeleton...could be wrong though.

I too have been using some of those minis to modify and change into 40k worthy troops. I'll post some pics soon. Lets just say though, mine got bit with the genestealer virus...





Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/08/07 17:23:14


Post by: LavuranGuard


You are correct re the Orc, he's from HQ, but of course he's a Citadel miniature too, since they did the scultping for Milton Bradley. He used to belong to a friend of mine who converted him for 40k, but by the time I found him again last year after been packed away for over a decade he'd lost the bits my friend had added and had to be re-equipped.

Sadly you only score 1 out of 2 though, the arm is from the old GW Skeleton Horde/Army models, which are still some of my favourite models. That's probably because they were my first GW models way back in December 1989!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/08/27 05:23:25


Post by: LavuranGuard


I've actually done some more IG modelling!!!!

Here's the start of my conscript beastmen squad, I need to GS up the leg joins and the horn to head joins, but some far it's going well. The running one has the legs from the Gor that has its feet together so much cutting was needed to get them off, and thus there's a fair bit of damage to be puttied over.







Another project on slow burn are my rough riders, the first horse for which I've been testing out with some "stowage" and painting ideas









Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/08/27 05:36:59


Post by: purplefood


Your penal legion look like imperfect clones i think it's a good look.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/08/30 17:59:02


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks, I like a pretty uniform look on the IG rank and file as that's how I imagine them, nameless cannon fodder to be removed from the planning table Blackadder style with a dustpan and brush!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/09/13 17:34:42


Post by: LavuranGuard


Just a small update, one of the beastmen is now finished.





Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/09/14 03:10:33


Post by: Sageheart


really awesome workkk!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/09/25 14:11:26


Post by: Salted Diamond


Where did you get those horses? They don't really look like any of the ones on the GW site.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/10/04 06:29:06


Post by: LavuranGuard


Sageheart: thanks

Salted Diamond: they are the horses from the GW Empire Outriders/Pistoleers set.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/10/04 21:16:50


Post by: Aretak


Really like the beastman squad, I thought about doing it myself for my army but I didn't know how it'd look. Nice work mate.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2010/12/20 19:12:41


Post by: LavuranGuard


Small update - work on my Rough Riders here's a mix of Cadian, Empire Outriders parts with the Col Gravis scultped legs. The horse is not the final one for this figure, the actual one is more dynamic and fits the wind blown coat better. While putting this together I had an old Airfix cavalry model I had in mind (a Hussar?). I Still need to add some green stuff around to make the coat look like its attached to the armour (or add a tie from side of the coat to the other)




Here's a very early stage of a WIP for an Arbites Rhino - I've started on some roof lights and a set of bull bars - it's the LPAD (Lavura Prime Arbites Detachment)




Oh and all the old photos have gone offline because my photo server has died, hopefully it'll be fixed when I next return to the UK for a visit.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2011/01/24 06:27:03


Post by: LavuranGuard


Small amount of progress on the RR as I've been working on DE and CSM stuff.





Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2011/03/16 08:46:30


Post by: LavuranGuard


The Rough Riders have been waiting for lances, so no progress there, but I have been working on my DE as I'm using them in a tournament in a few weeks.

First up is my Sslyth (mixture of Catachan, Wych, Helion, Beastman and Lizardman parts)





An extra Kabalite Warrior made from one of the Vyper crew men (lots of cutting and GS work) with a head from the old DE Warriors and arms from the new ones. Still need to add shoulder pads bits to match my other DE warriors - all the old style.




Here my first of 10 Helions, still needs dullcote, but done otherwise.



On the non DE front - found this old guy whilst visting my parents, so I've been fixing him up to use as a servitor with multi-melta. Must have had this figure for almost 20 years.



This is a quick conversion I did tonight from a spare VSS and a left over BP from the Canoness blister. The powersword arm has been replaced by the BP, and the Fleur de Lys on the helmet has been filed off to make a helmeted Seraphim.




Last few pics - Got 3 of the bad boys built the other week (paulson grotesques) and very nice they are too!



And this guy, who has now been completely finished may have got me my first commission work, which is very flattering but I've no idea what to charge for a duplicate of this guy plus Grimaldus and his retinue - any suggestions?




Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2011/03/16 09:01:16


Post by: inmygravenimage


That's one seriously pretty Helion! great cutting/gs on the kabalite, too.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2011/03/16 20:48:33


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks, I spent over 2 hours on the Helion rider alone, so I'm glad you like it.

The warrior still needs a fair bit of work - and now I've taken photos I can see some other flaws too which I'll have to rectify. I'm really glad I could make him as he completes my last squad of warriors - I needed 10 in each to get the heavy weapon).


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2011/04/11 21:08:07


Post by: LavuranGuard


Just a few updates, and as you can see my photo server has died again so only Flickr shots are available.

Some Paulson Miniatures' Grotesques





A Gue'vesa conversion usings lots of bits:




Firewarrior arms, legs and torso
Cadian hands
Catachan boots
Secret Weapon Miniatures Backpack
Pig Iron head




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Just a quick update - a Haemonculi WIP (still needs dullcote)




Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2011/07/27 06:08:15


Post by: LavuranGuard


No updates for a while but I've been busy with my Dark Eldar. I'm aiming to get all the DE I have painted in 2011 so that 2012 is free to work on my Tau, which will hopefully be just in time for a new codex - haha

First 10 Wyches done (not a squad, just the first ones out of the tray - all special weapons are magnetized):



Venom WIP (pilot reminds me of Richard O'Brien)



Wych #11 WIP



Count Tooten (1,2,3....10 a-ha-ha) (Counts as Sliscus)



Some of the other stuff I've done to stop me going DE mad (40 Kabalites, 4 Raider, 2 Ravagers plus other stuff was a bit mkuch to do with nothing else to break the cycle! )

Almost completed Warp Spider


My one completed necron




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Fixed a boatload of links - Dakka gallery rocks!


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Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2011/07/29 16:24:03


Post by: LavuranGuard


Some more work on my counts as Sliscus







Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2011/07/29 16:45:42


Post by: FantasyBob


LavuranGuard wrote:




kmmmmh, maybe the tail need more tone, it looks a little thin....imho


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2011/08/26 16:34:46


Post by: LavuranGuard


@FantasyBob yeah the tail isn't the best, but it won't be changed now - the GW mini is soon to be here!

Lots of new stuff on my flickr page, but here are some of the recent items:

Orky terrain, just needs some glyphs









DE Objective



Haemonculi Ancient (old Rakath Model)


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2012/01/05 18:04:35


Post by: LavuranGuard


Wow I really let this thread slide..I've done loads but no updates..need to fix that!

Some more Orky Buildings..







Lungbursta WIP



Avatar WIP



Lady Malys




There's more but it's all on flickr so can't link it here..


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2012/01/12 19:36:29


Post by: LavuranGuard


Small update on the Lungbursta:




Start of a Bloodpact AT-70



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2012/01/20 17:26:29


Post by: LavuranGuard


The riveting continues



Oh and after a year of having incomplete arms...



Still needs some touch ins and the base painting.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2012/02/02 22:08:30


Post by: LavuranGuard


Just a condensed update post...

Work on the Lungbursta continues:






The completed Big Momma cannon from Puppetswar (few WIP photos on my blog):



with a new datasheet (price is a bit high - need to drop it a little:



and my Mortian tank that arrived yesterday:



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2012/07/31 16:12:39


Post by: LavuranGuard


Haven't updated this for a while, although I've been working on lots of projects - here are some of my Blood Pact vehicles that I'll be taking down to OFCC this weekend.
















Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2012/08/10 16:41:17


Post by: LavuranGuard


More pictures - OFCC has been and gone, but I'm still working on the bases which were just given a quick coat of sand before. The Valkyrie is missing the weapons as these fell off during the tournament.





























Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2012/08/19 15:22:32


Post by: Scrazza


Some nice work, I like the blood pact vehicles.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2012/08/19 18:28:11


Post by: Sageheart


those blood pact soldiers are really cool!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2012/11/22 00:25:39


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks guys..here's some other BP stuff I've been doing...

Howitzer (counts-as towed Basilisk)






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and here's what's next : Stalk Tank



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/18 15:10:34


Post by: LavuranGuard


Well I've been a touch remiss, no updates here since 2012! Bad me!

I'll post the highlights and try and bring you lovely people up to speed on the Blood Pact Project.

First up, another half track variant, a Trojan support vehicle









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Next, Atlas Recovery, based on an incomplete model I bought from Tinners over at the Ammobunker.











how it came from Tinners




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For some Infardi allies, and a PSB, here's Pater Sin and some Midget Psykers - made for a previous edition of the codex, hence one overseer and 9 psykers. Shown here before the bases were completed.






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and now for some counts-as Thudd guns






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Ok, that's enough for now, more later!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/18 15:51:20


Post by: inmygravenimage


Love me some vehicular goodness, and great to have you back old son!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/19 08:56:02


Post by: LavuranGuard


Good to see you still about too!

Ok, in addition to the vehicles, here's some infantry too. Everyone knows the Pact likes alien mercenaries. Well I didn't manage to score a Loxatl yet, but I do have these.





Medic and Magos




Deathstrike Halftrack






Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/19 10:26:03


Post by: inmygravenimage


They're great mercs, really quirky and the on some works really well. Love your grubby tyres and hadn't seen the not-thudd guns before, very nifty.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/19 12:24:50


Post by: LavuranGuard


Grabbing a few more pics from the back log

Blightwheel Miniatures counts as Goliath demo vehicle





Anarchy Models + Kromlech = Punisher Leman Russ






Fullborer figure with Maxmini head = Artillery Officer



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/19 23:31:11


Post by: The Riddle of Steel


I love blogs like this. Everything is unique and converted. So much creativity and inspiration here. I'm really digging the half tracks and the masked guardsmen. Keep it coming.

-Rids


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/19 23:35:52


Post by: Jin


Where are those Space Lizard-men from?


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/21 08:38:17


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks Riddle, I think everything in this army so far is modified in some way. That might change as I've got some figures coming that are suitable out of the box,

Jin, they used to be sold by Hasslefree Miniatures.




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as for more:

Demolisher, using the Punisher chassis here, I've started on a second chassis for this.








Banner bearers, used to convert my Pat into a 30k force









Radio Operators








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few more free minutes..more pics from the last few years

Flamers



Baneblade






Blightwheel truck, with launcher from Curious Constructs kickstarter. I need to add figures and crates to this, but will do it when I make the second one. Obviously count as a Wyvern







One of my Abrogator kits, this time on a Leman Russ/Chimaera hybrid chassis






Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/24 08:34:35


Post by: LavuranGuard


ok back at the pc after a weekend's gaming:


2 Thunderers counts-as, using a Mastercrafted Miniatures hull











Eradicator







Howitzers (Mortars)








Objectives





WIP Russ Variant






And now we're up to date on the pact.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/24 13:41:19


Post by: inmygravenimage


Looks damn(ed) fine sir. Might have some khorne bits for you if wanted - and are you short of chimera tracks?


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/25 09:08:59


Post by: LavuranGuard


thanks for the offer, think I have a stash of khorne symbols somewhere

Tracks are just not fitted as I tend to spray the tanks red all over, and the tracks black, then assemble and add the remaining colours etc.


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Ok so we're up to date on the Blood Pact, so for anyone wondering what happened to that Ork toy tank conversion:











Need to take an updated photo with the Ork commander added


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/26 11:59:48


Post by: LavuranGuard


Since I had another of those chassis, I made this.

Gutrippa















Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/27 08:34:39


Post by: inmygravenimage


That's gloriously macro-epic! Comedy genius!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/27 20:34:40


Post by: Captain Brown


Some great conversions there LavuranGuard.

Cheers,

CB


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/28 12:51:21


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks guys!

I'm going to try and share slightly smaller pics from now on, I realise this forum doesn't scale the images and my thread looks awful on my phone.

Ok, story of the Skullhamma

As bought





Stripped


Rebuild beging





Finished article





Promise we'll get to recent stuff soonish! (Knights, Sisters, Titans)





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OK small images didn't work.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/28 13:59:55


Post by: Meer_Cat


Not sure how I missed this blog before- great stuff! I always enjoy finding another practitioner of 'toyhammer/modelhammer' and seeing how they use real-world kits and toys to make warhemmer vehicles; your conversions are terrific.

I absolutely love the Ork Kommanda in the turret hatch of the Skullhamma- you can tell he's trying as hard as he can to look all indifferent and contemptuous- just like and Imperial Commisar- but, being an Ork, being very uncomfortable doing so (against his better nature, as it were). He must have seen a picture somewhere, to emulate!

Keep up the very good work!

Been through the whole blog now- some great work! Using the M3 Half-tracks as your fleet vehicle to replace the standard Chimera hull was genius- I'm assuming 1/35 scale? Oftentimes these are too big (even at 1/48th) to mix with GW vehicles- but the uniform and standard way you've equipped them and employed them for every frame, from troop carrier to Deathstrike propulsion unit, makes it work. Nice chipping/weathering effects too- hard for me to do even with subdued colors, harder still, I think, with a bright red like you've used. But it works.

I look forward to seeing what's next.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/06/28 18:23:41


Post by: inmygravenimage


Quality madness. You're a freaking machine!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/01 09:11:35


Post by: LavuranGuard


Meer_Cat, thanks for the kind words, and yes I agree that's exactly what the Ork looks like.

The half tracks are 1/35, and so are bit long and thin, but take up roughly the same area as a Chimera, but rule of cool etc. GW seems to do 1/35 width with 1/48 length so its vehicles are a bit oddly proportioned, its the problem of bulky, out of proportion figures.

Graven, I am a machine, but this is catching up on 6 years of work


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So here's my Gargant. It was bought on Ebay, and made by what I assume was a talented, but tool-lacking youngster. Construction was good, but not durable and ringbinder hole punch sized rivets were too big for me.







Removal of rivets begins




Armour plates get over covered with platicard sections, and smaller rivets are applied







Oh so many rivets! I also add some Gubbinz at the back, some walkways and a shoulder mounted observation platform, like the old epic version. I also convert the belly gun into a single barrled but bigger gun.





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On the other shoulder I build a turret, like a battlewagon one, but a little bigger





I take a few moment to start batch building similar turrets for my MegaGargant



better pic of the observation area



Some extra Shootas



Painting begins




Painting done, except for the CC arms, which has since been completed, but no pics yet/










Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/01 09:28:56


Post by: vossyvo


Love those last two Ork conversions, and the painting style on them. Really nice.

It reminded me of someting, and I couldn't place it for a bit, but I think it might be the Boarderlands video game and how they present buildings/vehciles. Could just imaging a tank like that rolling out.

Edit: I was writing this as the Gargant pics went up, that is awesome. Surpasses Boarderlands


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/01 12:31:27


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks, never really played Borderlands - wish I had more time for PC gaming these days, but heard good things about it.


In the meantime, here's some WIP pics of my Megagargant, which is only slightly more advanced than these pics, and is currently in my loft in a parked state.







Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/01 13:20:05


Post by: inmygravenimage


That's all sorts of epic. When I first got back into the hobby I built a baneblade from foam core. Very satisfying, haven't done anything on that scale since.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/03 09:32:10


Post by: LavuranGuard


ah yes, the old WD plans. IIRC the Armorcast Baneblade chassis I used above is scaled to those plans.

Ok switching to a modern project for a bit, I have a few 3d printers now, so I'm working on 2 of these. This one is imperial and built using some out of date stl files, hence needs some modelling to complete, and another for my 30k Traitor forces. Pics as they are now in the next few.



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/03 10:36:15


Post by: inmygravenimage


3D printable titan? And you're in the UK? You have my attention...


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/03 10:57:53


Post by: LavuranGuard


Alas, currently trying to reprint the carapace parts and they are proving to be a pain for the second one - print issues. I have a better printer on the way but it won't be up and running anytime soon as July is super busy for me.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/04 13:48:25


Post by: LavuranGuard


and while we wait for me to get some urls together for an update, here's another current WIP, 3d printed Armigers with beefier guns. these guys are a mix of resin and filament printing.





Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/05 11:10:44


Post by: inmygravenimage


You're annoying. You keep reminding me of half finished projects


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/08 08:38:14


Post by: LavuranGuard


Stop wasting time and get them done then!

I'm trying to get a load of old stuff done at the moment, but having some deadlines for the titans is putting those ahead, that and finding nice stls to print for my Blood Pact

in the meantime, lets have some more Orks! I present my Bonecruncha.

Ramshackle chassis, Puppetswar roller and some toys and plasticard.













Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/09 09:01:22


Post by: LavuranGuard


Changing subject matter again, I'm sharing some 30k stuff..a Blood and Skulls Rhino I started in Canada, and finished when back in the UK years later.










Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/09 12:14:13


Post by: inmygravenimage


If you manage to keep those exhaust pipes intact you're a better man than I lol...


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/09 14:07:08


Post by: LavuranGuard


I broke one whilst painting initially as I dropped the tank on a tiled floor, but other than that, no issues. Just luck so far I guess.

Ok, whilst I'm posting here's another 30k vehicle, still not 100% done as it needs decals and weathering powders.

LR










Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/09 18:16:36


Post by: inmygravenimage


Chunky. I approve. Spicy meatball that one.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/10 09:20:55


Post by: LavuranGuard


Glad you do

Here's an HQ dude, I forget what I run him as now








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Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/12 07:16:58


Post by: LavuranGuard


Assault Squad with SoH bits,








Justaerin, more of these to finish









Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/12 08:01:19


Post by: inmygravenimage


Snazzy. Like the eyes especially,


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/12 23:49:29


Post by: Meer_Cat


Great color scheme- as Graven said "snazzy"! Look good as a unit too.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/15 09:19:25


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks, those are the first 15, another 5 in a box to do yet

Despolier Squad - Mk3 and 4 kits with 40k SM and CSM arms

Desp






Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/15 21:31:39


Post by: inmygravenimage


That sergeant is ace in particular. lovely chipping.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/16 00:17:06


Post by: Theophony


That is a great green, which one is it?


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/16 02:14:06


Post by: youwashock


A lot of cool builds and painting on display. I really like all the SoH stuff.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/16 10:09:36


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks everyone!

Green is Vallejo USMC Tank Crew green, pin washed with Army Painter Dark Tone, then over painted with the above green mixed with white.

And for today, more Sons,

Vindicator using Puppetswar bits, notice some Word Bearer has already started sneaking 8 pointed stars onto things...






Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/17 10:12:32


Post by: LavuranGuard


Let's share some more!

Tartaros Terminators






Spartan






Loken





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Loken moves fasts, so he's hard to focus on!

and now for his nemesis Abaddon





Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/17 15:06:59


Post by: Captain Brown


LavuranGuard,

You are helping win the war against the armies of the unpainted.

Nice work.

Cheers,

CB


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/17 19:24:09


Post by: youwashock


The Tartaros and Spartan look bad-ass! Good job on the named guys, too.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/18 09:21:33


Post by: LavuranGuard


Captain, we're catching up on 6+ years of painting, so it's looking more impressive than it is, basically everything I've done 40k wise since I left BC.

youwashock, thanks, about to post up some more SoH, then we'll go on to sharing some of the other stuff for Orks and Eldar I haven't revealed yet (other than on my blog)

Volkite squad - lots of kitbashing here





Mk3 Squad



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/19 08:32:18


Post by: LavuranGuard


Today's update:


Various Apothecaries











And the Praetor
Praetor




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Contemptor Dreadnought




Horus





Techmarine




and a WIP Whirlwind






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Think that's all of the SoH stuff for now, probably have some Chaos and more Orks to share, but I'll try and intersperse those with the current projects, unless anyone wants to see RPG figures too?


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/19 10:09:52


Post by: Theophony


Man I love the old jump pack style with the twin big barrels .

Your army is progressing quickly and looks wonderful, keep up the brilliant work.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/19 22:23:55


Post by: youwashock


That's about 30K worth of awesome. Love the Volkite squad, and then there's the Contemptor and The Man himself. Lots of good stuff.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/21 09:04:28


Post by: inmygravenimage


You've been a busy boy. If you're interested, I'm 99% sure I have an old metal whirlwind launcher in my bits box somewhere.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/24 13:26:52


Post by: LavuranGuard


thanks all! It's fast because we're playing catch up on the last few months/years...it'll slow down eventually!

Graven, thanks for the offer, I have one of those somewhere too - the one with 2 clumps of tubes? I'm thinking of using that for a Scorpius.

Currently spending a lot of time thinking about my list for the team event at Adepticon next year. My girlfriend is taking her Dark Eldar, so I'm thinking about CWE or Harlequins, but can't settle on a list. Also team member #3 is only a maybe and we're still short of #4...and then we need a theme...

In the meanwhile, since Chaos knights are currently cool..





One's printed at a much higher resolution, hence less grainy




Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/24 19:13:18


Post by: inmygravenimage


Is that too one 3D printed?! Oh myyyyyy...


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/25 14:48:46


Post by: LavuranGuard


Only the red ones, the big one is resin.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/26 15:48:35


Post by: LavuranGuard


Quick break from 40k, here's the first figure I ever owned, a Prince August Gaming female fighter. Repainted and rebased and now available for use in D&D/Pathfinder etc.





and here's the first fantasy figure I ever saw - old Grenadier Ogre, which used to belong to my best mate (he's since left the hobby). Again, repainted, rebased and the hammer haft repaired.







Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/26 18:43:27


Post by: inmygravenimage


I really love the metals on the ogre. Outstanding.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/07/28 08:04:42


Post by: Theophony


Wow, that ogre takes me back to a few old game sessions . Great work on him, I think our painting guru from way back had him painted red like an oni.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/03 13:42:12


Post by: Ragsta


It’s great that you gave that ogre a second life, looks very nice indeed.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/08 09:21:42


Post by: LavuranGuard


thanks everyone - definitely a blast from the past. As a kid I think we had painted this one in a bright green from Humbrol with yellow armour...nasty!

been away for a week, so nothing new has been painted, just a few things 3d printed, but I'll show those when they have some paint on them. In the meanwhile, some of my older rpg figures from the last few years. I like having a large stash of stuff to share, means I can keep this updated without killing myself to paint new stuff.

Reaper Bones an Aviatrix (not sure of the proper name for this model). Painted for Call of Cthulhu, Hollow Earth or Spriti of the Century - I forget which.





Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/09 05:45:13


Post by: inmygravenimage


Great job on a lovely fig.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/12 08:36:21


Post by: LavuranGuard


thanks!

Been super busy working on a few cool 3d printed projects, but no pics yet, in the meantime!

A toy dinosaur, given a quick paint touch up and based for Hollow Earth Expedition





Not amazing, but quick and cheap way to get creatures for those lost world type games.

Also this, Reaper Bones mini on a laser cut plinth, made fopr a mate who fell in battle







Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/12 10:28:36


Post by: inmygravenimage


Toy Dino would be great for Gaslands wastelands. Hmmm...


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/13 08:49:55


Post by: LavuranGuard


Big tub of them from B&M, pretty cheap. Out of scale ones go to the kids

Hopefully more 40k in a few days, in the meantime, an old Pathfinder figure, Drow Priestess. Wish I hadn't given away all the scenario,maps etc that came with this set of figures, when I wasn't playing Pathfinder.





Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/13 12:57:42


Post by: inmygravenimage


Wow dude, she's really snazzy.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/14 13:44:26


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks!

Found some old 40k photos to share, not great lighting, but it's 40k at least!










Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/14 15:54:11


Post by: Captain Brown


Wow, very nice LavuranGuard.

Cheers,

CB


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/21 08:58:34


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks, the pics don't do it justice.

Ok still no time for painting, but I have been printing like crazy, and I have some time off in Sept and Oct whilst between jobs so should get some painting done then.

Start of an airforce



Leviathan, downsized to Baneblade-ish size for ease of storage. Still need to remove the supports on the rear top, and arround the tracks.


'Tau-riffic' bits for a new set of table terrain


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/21 15:11:06


Post by: youwashock


Oh, cool. I bet that Leviathan is going to be sweet.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/21 15:18:17


Post by: inmygravenimage


Scary talented chap. Incidentally, did you see that Mad Cars have released an STL of one of their cars for free for Gaslands? Very snazzy.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/22 15:19:54


Post by: LavuranGuard


Hope so, it's a real pain to clean up. It's from Thingiverse, but massively scaled up from the Epic model. Need to print he other hlaf and then the details, but each side is a 30 hour print at fairly low fidelity.

Hadn't seen that STL, wonder if it can be scaled for Route 666?




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and because I can, some more RPG figs from last yer









Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/22 18:45:31


Post by: inmygravenimage


Pulpy. Especially the female.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/22 19:23:02


Post by: youwashock


They look like they would be right at home in a Lovecraft RPG.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/27 12:11:07


Post by: LavuranGuard


thanks, yes both would be used with Call of Cthulhu.

Hoping to have some completed new stuff very soon, in the meantime more rpg figures...











Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/27 16:42:32


Post by: youwashock


Digging the red Metropolis bot. So simple, so effective.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/28 05:33:30


Post by: inmygravenimage


That chap looks both dapper and suspicious. Definitely, 006.
Love them fembot too!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/28 08:56:41


Post by: LavuranGuard


thanks guys, the Metropolis bot was actually painted with a red mixed with metaliser, so she's kind of a metallic pink. It looked cool and I thought it made for a good custom protocol droid, so left it at that (well the eyes were touched in yellow later).

Today you have a 'Black Elf' technomancer (it's a Reaper mini repurposed for my friend's Runequest sessions - Elves in his setting are a variety of colours depending on which aspect of magic they use, black is harnessing magic for technology)





and a Reaper sci-fi container, useful for many things





Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/28 12:49:49


Post by: inmygravenimage


I'm loving the weathering and runs on that thing! Fantastic comic book look to it!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/28 17:31:19


Post by: Captain Brown


Like that container LavuranGuard.

Like you said, so many possible uses in various games.

Cheers,

CB


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/29 09:52:41


Post by: LavuranGuard


again thanks

and now for something hideous - from Trollforged in the distant past came this. It's a Chaos Spawn, or giant Drukhari Warp beast in Apocalypse.






Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/08/29 19:09:08


Post by: youwashock


That container looks like a perfect way to transport the skinless monstrosity. Quite a beast.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/09/04 14:42:00


Post by: LavuranGuard


if only it was big enough, our ugly friend is standing on a CD!

Right I just thought, I haven't posted up any Eldar yet...let's start with this old classic! It's original Armorcast, which I stripped and spent ages repairing the miscast areas - hence why I know it's original, the recasts were much better!







Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/09/04 15:38:14


Post by: Captain Brown


LavuranGuard,

Now that is old school. Very few Armorcast models ever made it out this far west.

Thank you for sharing.

Cheers,

CB


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/09/04 15:47:34


Post by: LavuranGuard


I thought Armorcast was originally from Northern California maybe not? Someone on Dakka will know the history and correct me I'm sure.

Anecdotally I bought my first Armorcast model, (secondhand Cauldron of Blood) when I lived in Vancouver, but I think they seller told me he'd bought it from someone who'd moved over from the UK...so it's gone full circle with me.



Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2019/09/04 19:29:52


Post by: youwashock


Double-barrelled blast from the Armorcast past. Love it. Love all that old AC stuff.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2020/05/25 20:53:10


Post by: LavuranGuard





Haven't updated her in a while, just on my blog, so I thought I'd share a recently completed item - Bowlburna








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aaaand because I never got to use this in it's intended role - my Adepticon army, for the doubles event, that obviously we never go to this year.

















Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2020/05/26 05:35:29


Post by: inmygravenimage


Good stuff. Love your snazzyburna (cardboard?) and the elder rangers particularly.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2020/06/04 07:56:45


Post by: Ragsta


Gorgeous Alaitocs, very nice indeed. Love that Bowel Burna, the painting is excellent!


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2022/02/06 23:15:24


Post by: LavuranGuard


Been away doing other stuff, but I'll share some things here - from recent paintings. Only shared one pic of each project for now - others are on the blog. Will update again soon as I have a few more projects done.

Some Iron Warriors





Some Orks for Xenocide 2









Btw Bowelburna was a resin limited run.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2022/02/07 06:32:31


Post by: inmygravenimage


That retro Rhino is tremendous! Also, loving all the metal work on your Orks, especially on the Non.


Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2022/02/09 09:34:52


Post by: LavuranGuard


Thanks, Rhino is an stl I found, but won me a prize at the event for best Warmachine so that's nice.

Some more Iron Warriors






Lavuran Guard's projects - Blood Pact/Blood Axe/Sons of Horus and friends @ 2022/02/10 09:18:13


Post by: LavuranGuard


More Iron Warriors - the 2 BFFs for my Mortificator - Ted 405 and Ned 309

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