Sorceress is ace G!

Hmmm...for your Contemptor, maybe stick a forgeworld Khorne Berzerker/terminator head in there, and add the "fins" from the plastic ones to the archway above the head? Also, bladed/clawed hands anda t least ONE big axe/chainaxe is a MUST.

Not a painting update today as I'm out all weekend at a tournament.

Here's a few pictures of the army in action. It was 1500 points my army list I think is a few pages back.

Round one was Dawn of War and I was up against a Deathwing Terminator army. I got totally massacred due to not being able to get past all those Storm Shield saves.



Game two and my forces were up against the ork hordes the mission was the one where you have to use opposite corners, I forget what its called. My Raptor squad led by the Sorcerer did an outstanding job this game taking out two huge units of orks about 15 models each and a unit of 10 gretchin in close combat before being taken out by Thrakka. We managed a draw in this game as we both ran out of troop units to hold objectives.



Game three was up against a mobile Chaos force with Plague Marines and Khorne Berzerkers in the colour of Iron Warriors. I had real problem taking out all the transports letting the berserkers get into close combat taking out most of my force. I had one model left at the end of the game the Necrodefiler, as you may have guessed it was a lose for me.



I'll post some pics of tomorrws games as well

Great thread!

Nice paint job on the dc marine, although he looks a bit clean for a dead guy!

P.s he's also now very happy, cause he's dead! For that he thanks you!

Ok time for some pictures of todays games.

Game 4 vs Ultra Marines

This game started quite bad for me when the Dreadnought deep striked in a drop pod on my opponents firs turn in front of my defiler and took it out with a multi melta (destroyed). Its actually in front of it but we put to the side as it wouldn't balance on the hill. I was lucky my Havoc squad disabled the dreadnought so it wasn't going anywhere.

The land raider was a right pain I didn't have the weaponry to spare to concentrate fire power between it and the other units after the defiler was destroyed. The Raptor squad on the left with the sorcerer managed to flank him and take out his terminator and sternguard squads in close combat.



Here's my pic for the best army award only problem is that I was in the corner facing the wall which according to the regulars is the worst place as no one goes round that side of the table. The best painted army went to the person I played played in game 1 the Deathwing army which was cleverly converted Orks, 2nd place went to the Ultra Marine player I just played.



Game 5 vs Space Marines

Well I did really poorly this game I was up against a bike/speeder army I couldn't get in range on my turn and then in came the bikes and I couldn't stop that much fire power and that was pretty much it. The Raptors/Sorcerer couldn't get into combat as the bikes kept running from them. My dice rolls were terrible this game which didn't help but my army was too slow to make a difference vs the bikes.



Game 6 vs Orks

Well I managed to get to the bottom table in the last round of the event.

It was dawn of war and I was up against the same Ork player I drew with yesterday so I had an advantage as I knew how to fight da boyz.



The game started off like this notice the position of the Raptor/Sorcerer unit on the right flank.

A few turns in and the game looked like this



Spot the Raptor unit with the Sorcerer and yes they killed all of the Ork units including the ones in front of them in this pic. The rest of the army destroyed the tanks and nobz (in the Deathroller) followed by poor old Thrakka standing by his lonesome in this pic. I tabled him and lost three Raptors.

Well I had an excellent weekend and learnt lots of things.

1. My Sorcerer needs to be equipped with Melta Bombs.

2. I need to be able to mobilize my troops faster, thinking Rhinos here.

3. I hate Storm Shields on terminators.

4. Chaos Marines on bikes with Meltaguns and Mark of Nurgle could be very useful.

There were quite a lot of different armys this weekend but I did notice a lack of Necrons, Sisters of Battle and Tau. I don't know what came first but second place went to an Eldar player.

Most valuable unit goes to the Raptors with the Sorcerer for taking out a good few thousand points worth of troops over the weekend.

I look forward to seeing some CSM bikes from you

Did they not like your Necrodefiler??

Get the Latest FW Land Raider tank, ok It is a pain to fill the gaps but the 1k sons had some according to the fluff

Meh, your army was the best looking. Glad you finally got your big win in game 6! Congrats!

Emperors_Champion wrote:Great thread!

Nice paint job on the dc marine, although he looks a bit clean for a dead guy!

P.s he's also now very happy, cause he's dead! For that he thanks you!

Thanks glad I could help the Blood Angels out lol

tipios wrote:I look forward to seeing some CSM bikes from you

Did they not like your Necrodefiler??

Yeah the Necrodefiler was a great hit everyone said how nice it was.

Miss Dee wrote:Get the Latest FW Land Raider tank, ok It is a pain to fill the gaps but the 1k sons had some according to the fluff

The only problem with Chaos Land Raiders is they can only fire one weapon if they move, I'm not sure if they are worth the points. Armour value 14 is nice though.

Gitsplitta wrote:Meh, your army was the best looking. Glad you finally got your big win in game 6! Congrats!

Thanks Gits, it appears I need to work harder though for best painted army next time with the Khorne marines. I need to find a partner to team up with though to be able to play in the November event.

I wasn't worried about winning any games this time round it was more a watch and learn session. I just plan on going to have fun and to keep trying for the best painted army trophy, one day it shall be mine

Don't feel bad about not being best painted. My Mantis Warriors have been in 4 local tournaments (at least) and have never won best painted. Now, I take nothing away from the armies that won... as a matter of fact I voted for each of the winning armies myself... but armies that look great in close-up on the web don't always translate into mass-appeal on the table.

I've done some more work on the Contemptor Dreadnought tonight, but then again I haven't shown you any WIP shot yet have I.

As its chaos I'm not going for a clean look more of a well I'll let you decide what kind of look it is. This picture was taken at night with a spot lamp about an inch away from it, that's how I'm going to spend the rest of the year painting in the evenings. Keeps me warm though. Because of the closeness of the lamp the colours are quite a bit brighter than they look in day light.

Enough of my ramblings here you go World Eaters Contemptor Dreadnought WIP shot.



Did you make out the Khorne symbol?

He is looking very menacing, and I like they way you have done the symbol and the way the paint is running!!!

Very good progress and excellent job on the symbol. Gotta get me one of those!

I stand corrected. That pose is lookin' very menacing from the front! I think the color really brought it together, and I like 1) the color of the limbs not being the same as the chest, and 2) said-chest looking very battle-worn.

And the symbol is also lookin' sweet.

-Remi

Just a tip, IMO, use the thousand sons as normal marines, paint them like that but this is why: http://www.miniwargaming.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=61125

Big LR MK 2c for me then poss one of them using a daemon as a weapon

Lots of comments to reply to today

tipios wrote:I look forward to seeing some CSM bikes from you

I had an idea to mount these guys on beasts of nurgle for The Reborn marines I have planned, not sure though as they are not the fastest of creatures. If I did Thousand Sons ones I know a guy who does some very nice Kiwis that are the perfect size for marines.

tipios wrote:He is looking very menacing, and I like they way you have done the symbol and the way the paint is running!!!

Cheers tipios

Gitsplitta wrote:Very good progress and excellent job on the symbol. Gotta get me one of those!

Thanks Gitsplitta, they are really nice to paint.

HF Izanagi wrote:I stand corrected. That pose is lookin' very menacing from the front! I think the color really brought it together, and I like 1) the color of the limbs not being the same as the chest, and 2) said-chest looking very battle-worn.

And the symbol is also lookin' sweet.

-Remi

Cheers Remi glad you like it lots more work to do on it yet.

Hugs-for-the-Hug-God wrote:Just a tip, IMO, use the thousand sons as normal marines, paint them like that but this is why: http://www.miniwargaming.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=61125

I don't think they are as bad as that site makes out. Having just played with them they are quite good, they are a very strategic unit.

Miss Dee wrote:Big LR MK 2c for me then poss one of them using a daemon as a weapon

I will get a LR not sure for what army though, your idea with the daemon weapon should look good Miss Dee.

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Here's todays update on the Contemptor, I had some spare time this afternoon and managed to get one of his legs painted and a few other bits started. Like the trophy rack Gits?

great demon prince. great blend of organic and cybernetic. Brings back memories of the doom cyberdemon!

GiraffeX wrote:Here's todays update on the Contemptor, I had some spare time this afternoon and managed to get one of his legs painted and a few other bits started. Like the trophy rack Gits?

Can't be one of mine... helmet is the wrong era.... Looks like one of the Son's of Medusa. I'm gonna tell grey_death on you!!

lol Mantis Warriors/Sons of Medusa, as long as the blood flows Khorne is happy.

He's coming alond real nice!! are you gona try a few rust spots?

I think its starting to look really menacing(which is cool).The way you havent gone for a clean look is going to pay off when its finished.Thanks for posting.

Thanks guys, I'll be doing the weathering and OSL at the end after I've finished the main colours.

I'm going to be doing some more work on him over the weekend. I may even finish him all being well.

Mintage paint job on the contemptor.

Well I'm happy to say I finished the Contemptor Dreadnought today. It was really fun to paint and I'm hoping you will think its up to the same level as the Necrodefler.

Words don't really mean much so here we go lots of pics, these can all be voted on as well













If I can pull off the same level of paint job on the rest of the World Eater force I will be well happy.

Wow loving the glow, how did you do that?

Great job! Both glow effects are fantastic I bet that was scary too do

happygolucky wrote:Wow loving the glow, how did you do that?

The glow was all done by drybrushing starting from the darkest colour, and then building up to a lighter colour when you get closer to the light source

tipios wrote:Great job! Both glow effects are fantastic I bet that was scary too do

Yeah it was once you start there's no going back, its not something I could just paint over and try again.

GiraffeX wrote:

happygolucky wrote:Wow loving the glow, how did you do that?

The glow was all done by drybrushing starting from the darkest colour, and then building up to a lighter colour when you get closer to the light source

tipios wrote:Great job! Both glow effects are fantastic I bet that was scary too do

Yeah it was once you start there's no going back, its not something I could just paint over and try again.

Thanks.

Very nice work on everything... dread, base, OSL. If you can maintain that standard you're going to have a fantastic force!

Great job! I've voted for my favourite pics! I think I prefer him not holding what ever that is.

Gitsplitta wrote:Very nice work on everything... dread, base, OSL. If you can maintain that standard you're going to have a fantastic force!

Thanks Gitsplitta, I'm going to give it my best.

Reaper Man 2020 wrote:Great job! I've voted for my favourite pics! I think I prefer him not holding what ever that is.

Thanks Reaper Man, he's holding a Death Company marine. I must admit I'm starting to prefer the dread without it as well which may be why I haven't clued it on yet. Anyone else have any thought's on if the Death Company marine should stay or not?

Why not make an orc, a dark eldar, eldar etc then magnetise them into the hand... good way to personalise a battle or intimidate your opponent

dantay_xv wrote:Why not make an orc, a dark eldar, eldar etc then magnetise them into the hand... good way to personalise a battle or intimidate your opponent

That's a stunning idea I just picked up some magnets and I have a spare Dark Eldar as well. I should be able to slide a small magnet under this guys back pack and one up inside of the dreads fist along side the twin bolter.

Thanks will play with this idea tomrrow

No worries, thought it might be fun... If you are in a gaming group you could do them in the other players colours for fun

It worked a treat dantay the DC marine is now held in place via a magnet.

I was going to post a pic of the Khorne Berserker I finished today until I realised I'd forgotten to do the verdigris on the armour, of course I realised after taking the pics and uploading them to dakka. So today we have a work in progress Berserker lol, also noticed a few bits that need touching up.

I went for the same paint scheme as the dread although I'm not sure if it looks old and worn or just badly painted, took ages to get it like this though so all thoughts welcome.



I've also been ordering stuff for what would be the next project after Khorne but its all gone a bit wrong and I now have a few bits to start me off for two armys coming Skyrar's Dark Wolves and Grey Knights. No idea why and how the Grey Knight stuff got into my head I wasn't even planning to do them!

On top of that I have lots of ideas for my Nurgle (The Reborn) force and pre Heresy Dark Angels. Not enough time money or hours in the day. I have other army's I want to do as well but I'm not letting myself think about those, especially those Orks

I think he looks fine Gir, no worries!

Looks really nice, but are you going to do a little glow on the eyes? I looked really good on the dread.

Thanks guys glad you like him.

I'll try a bit of glow round the eyes tipios it should be quite easy to do.




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Keep forgetting to mention that the purity seals on the dread and berserker are actually kill tally's. I thought it would add something different although not easy to see.

I finished the World Eaters Berserker tonight this time for real. I need to re-paint the one I did a few pages ago as he was done in a different style based on my test marine.

Here he is all finished, I will be adding gloss to the tear drops when I varnish the unit when its finished.



I've also been looking into forest bases for doing my Dark Wolves which is the next project. There's not many nice ones out there I like some of Micro Arts stuff but when you consider you have to base at least 1500 points worth of troops for a mid sized game it starts to look really expensive.

So I've decided for that project to do my own trees and ruins on the bases , scary stuff as I can't even do green stuff work apart from filling in holes. So I will be attempting to follow in the footsteps of our very own Terraformer. I will be ordering some bits tonight and then in...however long it takes to paint 900 points of World Eaters will give you all a good laugh with my dodgy ruins and trees. Looking forward to it to be honest, gives you something to look forward too lol.

Nice work GiraffeX.

Dark Wolves sound interesting. What are they?

The full chapter name is Skyrar's Dark Wolves they are a Chaos chapter believed to be an outcast segment of the Space Wolves.

I've got quite a few cool conversions coming up for this project.

Nice, yes I'm sure you will come up with some nice conversions

Expertly done! Next project should be a good one.

That would work as in the Space Wolves fluff, a Wolf Lord can leave the Chapter and take his company with him if he so wishes.... the idea is that he has some great mission to accomplish or that he has fallen out with the Great Wolf and wishes to take hi pack away. The only reason that the departing Wolf Lord is not instantly destroyed by his brothers is although he has foresworn his oath to the Great Wolf, he keeps his oath to remain loyal to Russ and the Allfather In that way there splinter groups of Wolves throughout the galaxy, so nobody knows how many Space Wolves there really are.

Its not beyond the Wolves to turn to Chaos, after all Lufgt Huron has a contingent of them with him after conquering a SW ship. There could be a number of reasons for turning from the Emperor. Lol better check its a good doggy before you go near or he might bite your face off!!!

Have you checked winterdynes blog on the Space Hulk terminators that he did, they were jungly based and absolutely rocked.

I think this is the link: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/366032.page

dantay_xv wrote:That would work as in the Space Wolves fluff, a Wolf Lord can leave the Chapter and take his company with him if he so wishes.... the idea is that he has some great mission to accomplish or that he has fallen out with the Great Wolf and wishes to take hi pack away. The only reason that the departing Wolf Lord is not instantly destroyed by his brothers is although he has foresworn his oath to the Great Wolf, he keeps his oath to remain loyal to Russ and the Allfather In that way there splinter groups of Wolves throughout the galaxy, so nobody knows how many Space Wolves there really are.

Its not beyond the Wolves to turn to Chaos, after all Lufgt Huron has a contingent of them with him after conquering a SW ship. There could be a number of reasons for turning from the Emperor. Lol better check its a good doggy before you go near or he might bite your face off!!!

Have you checked winterdynes blog on the Space Hulk terminators that he did, they were jungly based and absolutely rocked.

I think this is the link: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/366032.page

Yeah looking forward to doing the Dark Wolves, lots of new things to try out including the bases.

winterdyne's stuff is amazing I always check up on his blogs. I think the scenery I'm going for will be more forest like than jungle but you never know how these things work out. Thanks for the link.

Oh just a side note to pimp myself, if anyone who reads this blog also likes the Imperial scum of the false emperor I've added the first WIP mini in my imperium blog found in my sig below

Today I finished two more berserkers and re-painted the armour on the original, I hope you're not getting bored of Berserkers now.

The next mini will be the Sorceress and then another four berserkers!







Here's a group shot of the four done so far.



Enjoy

Looking great!

Thanks Gits

How do you paint your red???

risewiththefallen wrote:How do you paint your red???

From black primer its as follows all Vallejo paints

A base coat of 50% Black 50% Heavy Red Mix
Then 25% Black 75% Heavy Red mix painted from the top of each armour section downwards but not all the way to the bottom of the section you are working on, keep it uneven.
Next using the same technique as above but with watered down Heavy Red, do this twice each time not going down the armour plates as far.
Next pure Heavy Red in downwards strokes again but only go down a little bit this time, acts as your highlight.
Finally a wash in GW Baal Red.

Its important to paint in downwards strokes on each armour piece to get the right effect, feels a bit odd to start with but you get used to it.

Very nice looking berserks there!!! that armour technique really works well!!!!

Thanks tipios, I always seem to find the most time consuming way to paint marines.

I also finished my Ultramarine sergeant today as well which can be found here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/379187.page#3286460

Vallejo paints? I pretty much just use GW paints as I find they are pretty good quality, in fact they are the only model paints I have used since i stopped using humbrol enamels when I was 12 or so.

How do they stack up against GW paints in quality/ colour match/ quantity/ price?

MOney is getting tight so it may be time to consider alternatives.

dantay_xv wrote:Vallejo paints? I pretty much just use GW paints as I find they are pretty good quality, in fact they are the only model paints I have used since i stopped using humbrol enamels when I was 12 or so.

How do they stack up against GW paints in quality/ colour match/ quantity/ price?

MOney is getting tight so it may be time to consider alternatives.

I find Vallejo better in every way compared to GW paints. They apply better as the pigment ratio is higher (game colour), have a wider range of colours especially if you include the model colour range. You will find the metallics so much easier to work with and the paints come in dropper bottles, easier for mixing.

Also the price is a lot cheaper £1.57 each from Maelstrom Games (http://www.maelstromgames.co.uk/index.php?act=cat&cre=hob-val&sou=cat). I still stick with GW washes as they are great but thats it. I've just ordered a few different types of Vallejo paints to experiment with, some of their liquid gold and a few different colours from their transparent range.

Here's a compatibility chart to help your move over if you decide to give them a try.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

wow, It has been a little while since I have dropped in on your blog and it never fails to make me smile!

I like the colour scheme on the bezerkers! I didn;t ever expect to see zerkers in a Thousand Sons blog

Keep up the fun and I'll keep watching!

Thanks logg_frogg glad your liking the progress so far.

What was originally going to be just a Thousand Sons blog has expanded greatly into the the hordes of chaos lol, there are lots more things still to come as well.

Hi all

This week I have for you a Flawless Host Sorceress who we be leading the berserker boys into battle.

I found this mini hard to paint as its all detail no plain surfaces to to any blending etc on.



I'm still not quite happy with the white yet, looks ok in real life just a little boring.

Man, your "Thousands Sons" are hot!
Badumkish!

GiraffeX wrote:Hi all

This week I have for you a Flawless Host Sorceress who we be leading the berserker boys into battle.

I found this mini hard to paint as its all detail no plain surfaces to to any blending etc on.



I'm still not quite happy with the white yet, looks ok in real life just a little boring.

This looks brilliant, even if your not happy with it I couldn't paint to that mint standard, so keep going with the progress.

Hope your army go's well for you.

Remulus wrote: Man, your "Thousands Sons" are hot!
Badumkish!

Thanks, there will be some more Thousand Sons coming in the near future.

happygolucky wrote:This looks brilliant, even if your not happy with it I couldn't paint to that mint standard, so keep going with the progress.

Hope your army go's well for you.

Cheers happygolucky she is starting to grow on me, I think I'm not used to bright paint schemes. She really stands out next to the berserkers I've done so far.

As a mistress of Slaanesh I think she will do just fine.

Yes I have found that When I first did bright colours, it was a bit dodgy but now its ok.

If you want a different type of bright colour that isnt pink I usually base coat my troops hawk turquoise then a heavy drybrush of ice blue.

Hope this helps.

I'm back this week with some more Berserkers for you, first off the second half of the first unit is now finished (I need to go back and do the teeth).



I've also put together the second unit, these guys are really blood thirsty. I managed to stab myself in the thumb with my knife and also get a piece of resin in my eye. I just hope they take this attitude to the battle field.



A quick recap on the small World Eater force. The first unit and dread are finished and their Slaanesh leader from the Flawless Host. I also painted one of the obliterators I'll be using a while ago.

So whats left for the 900 points to paint is the second berserker squad, another Obliterator which I've kind of started and two Rhinos. I have the first still boxed up as I want to order some FW doors and dozer blades when I get paid next along with the second Rhino.

Not quite sure what else to do with the rhinos, I will be adding lots of marine helmets from different chapters as trophy's and I expect some suklls as well.

You just keep working on them Gir, you'll have them finished up in no time! Nice work on the new berserkers.

Thanks Git's I'm already ahead of my schedule. I plan out the number of minis to paint in the project over the number of months to the next tournament .

I've just finished what I had planned for this month so anything else is a bonus it also leaves me time to paint other models that are not part of the project or red in this case lol.

WIP shots of my Obliterator, I'm trying to get the feeling that the runes on the armour are fully activated trying to burn out the Chaos abomination within.

But a diseased Stern is not going to give up the fight so easily.

So the question is do the runes look like heated metal, I know I need to tidy up but wanted an opinion before I carried on.



Thanks

Very cool effect. Perhaps if you made the diseased areas discolored near the burning plates it would help the illusion.

Yeah I'll give that a go Git's, theres a few places were I could add some OSL or burnt flesh from the heat.

Sounds like a plan! Interesting new avatar... think it needs to be in better focus though.

Very nice effect on the armour. Burnt flesh would be nice, and osl effects, love the armour idea!!!

Bezerkers are looking really cool!!

The "melted metal" armour parts are awesome ! How did you manage this effect ?

Gitsplitta wrote:Sounds like a plan! Interesting new avatar... think it needs to be in better focus though.

The avatar was me playing around late last night well after I should have gone to bed. The berserker's not really me any how feels wrong, I will see what other models I have painted that I could use for now.

tipios wrote:Very nice effect on the armour. Burnt flesh would be nice, and osl effects, love the armour idea!!!

Bezerkers are looking really cool!!

Thanks tipios, glad you're liking the berserkers. Theres a few more of those to come yet and some spectacular Rhinos for them when I get all the bits.

Yggdrasil wrote:The "melted metal" armour parts are awesome ! How did you manage this effect ?

Hi Yggdrasil its an honour to have you on my blog, I love your minis they are top notch.

The melted metal effect was a strange one

I started out doing the effect the wrong way from a watered down white adding a yellow ink wash and then watered down Blood Red, looked awful.

So I then remembered my mistake going from light to dark should have been dark to light.

To fix it and this is how I will do the plate I missed. Watered down white wash over the runes (didn't do this bit to fix it) then watered down Hot Orange, while still wet I applied watered down Bald Moon Yellow. Finally when dried a very watered down white to the middle of the rune sections. All Vallejo paints.

Hope this helps

Well you guys have inspired me to continue painting the obliterator into the night tonight.

I've done the runes I missed on the front plate and added OSL under the powerfist and along the armour edges. also a bit on the flesh to make it glow a bit.

Here he is at present



Let me know what you think.

Well, I have to admit I like it...

I'm not fond of most Obliterator models, and honestly I think it looks too much like a "CSM with fleshy weapons", modelling-wise. As most Obliterator models do, so that's not quite a problem, actually, as it comes from me.

However, the painting screams "Tzeentch" so much, it's definitely hot !
The contrasts between pink, orange & blue is great, I love it !

NB : I didn't think someone could be "honoured" to have me as its reader lol...

Thanks Ygg's

A question today rather than an update. As the nights are drawing in and its starting to get cold outside I'm starting to wonder how long I have left before I'm no longer able to spray undercoat my minis in the garden (that's between rain showers, I love the UK).

I've been looking around and have found that Vallejo do a black polyurethane primer that you can apply with a brush. Has anyone used this and is it any good? I may need to do tanks with this as well.

Thanks

I found the black crap so I use army painter.

U want any night lord heads?

Miss Dee wrote:I found the black crap so I use army painter.

U want any night lord heads?

Cheers Miss Dee, i'll stick to running out between showers and hope it doresnt get too cold for spraying.

Night Lord heads sound interesting indeed, what are you after and I'll see what I have for a swap.

Man... you've been busy... Great figure, and the heated effect is a nice touch. I like the narrative that his armour is fighting off the disease...

I unfortunately don't have a solution for your primer problem but face the same kind of crap weather in Chicago like snowstorms and ice. Does the cold affect the primer's attachment to a mini? And I've not used the paint-on primer, as I like the uniform finish of an aerosol, and the fact that it lessens the chance of having covered it with too much... I'll be watching (and commenting) on your space for any good advice.

-Remi

I use that paint on primer, because I can't spray in my flat. Next time I undercoat a mini I'll try to put up some close up pics, so you can see the finish.

HF Izanagi wrote:Man... you've been busy... Great figure, and the heated effect is a nice touch. I like the narrative that his armour is fighting off the disease...

I unfortunately don't have a solution for your primer problem but face the same kind of crap weather in Chicago like snowstorms and ice. Does the cold affect the primer's attachment to a mini? And I've not used the paint-on primer, as I like the uniform finish of an aerosol, and the fact that it lessens the chance of having covered it with too much... I'll be watching (and commenting) on your space for any good advice.

-Remi

Thanks glad your liking the obliterator, still quite a bit more to do on him, I'm hoping to get him finished this weekend.

tipios wrote:I use that paint on primer, because I can't spray in my flat. Next time I undercoat a mini I'll try to put up some close up pics, so you can see the finish.

That would be great tipios, I'd be interested to see what kind of cover it gives.


Here's hoping for a patch of sun tomorrow to get the next unit of berserkers primed.

Dont know right now just need to keep my head straight, hard to think when you have been crying all night.

Oh dear Miss Dee

When's an update not an update? When it has no pics, they will follow tomorrow though as my camera battery's are charging!

So an update none the less the Obliterator was finished on Monday but its too dark at night for pics so I will have some for you tomorrow.

I've managed to get a doubles partner for the end of November for my next tournament so the pressure is on to get the rest of my small World Eater force painted.

The Warmill guys are doing me some custom doors as we speak for the two Rhinos, just seen an example of the top hatches and they look fantastic. The First rhino is nearly finished (without doors) and the second I'm waiting for it to be sent out at the moment.

The first rhino is looking quite excellent at the moment, I have a question though to tide you over till the pics tomorrow. The rhinos will be sporting quite a few trophy's (helmets) from chapters they have crushed on the field of battle. I worked it out currently there are 10 on each Rhino two of which are Blood Angel helmets of some sort as I have tons of those. But what chapters should I do the others?

I need about 16 different coloured chapter helmets so thought I'd throw the choice out to you all for some ideas.

Just remembered one is a Tzeentch helmet so that leaves 15. I might also look out for an Elder helmet as well, already have a Dark Eldar helmet on the current one.

Don't forget space wolve helmets

Here's a pic of the primer painted on FYI!

Cheers tipios, the primer looks quite nice looks like a nice even coat.

Yeah, I like it. Although I would prefer to spray, I have no choice ATM.

Ok here's a peak at the first World Eaters Rhino.

The skull idea from the front was borrowed from GuitaRasmus's blog.



You cant tell me you are supposed to fit 10 marines in here, there's only just room for one berserker and then he's too big and has to go open topped.

Very nice!! Do the marine only fit in if they don't wear their armour?

Love the helmets lined up!!!

Hi an update with pictures today.

I finished the Obliterator a while ago but hadn't had the chance to take any pictures so here you go. The tentacles on the back of the base have water effect on them, they look more slimey in real life and you can see where its dripping off.





I've also been cracking out some more berserkers, well I say cracking its taken me most of the week to get them done. This is squad Beta designated by their grey helmets.

The first guy needs a few touch ups I've just noticed!









In regard to the Dark Wolves project I wanted to get them painted up for the next tournament after the November one. This has just been confirmed as some point in February and will be 1750 points. I cant paint that many minis in a few months or afford them either to be honest, so the project has gone on the back burner. You may see some models being painted up and converted still as I have already purchased some for the project.

What this does mean is that the Chaos army will be getting reinforcements, I'm currently looking at the below new units to add to my existing models.

Khorne Daemon Prince - Needs painting
World Eater Vindicator - heavily converted
Flawless host (Slaanesh) Terminator Unit - Again lots of conversions planned
Chaos Space marine unit and Rhino - These will be for The Reborn chapter and both marines and Rhino will be FW, if the new (old) style is released in time.

It doesn't look a lot but with how slow I paint and how much all the conversion bits will cost it will take me right up to the deadline.

Once the Chaos army hits 2500 (I think that will be the following tournament) I should be able to start the next army, its going to be a bit longer than I wanted. Also there is the possibility of a new Chaos Codex in March as well!

I also have a strange idea of making a Tzeentch Rhino with one of the Warmill see through acrylic top hatches of a Tzeentch symbol. If I black out around the symbol and put a blue LED inside it might be quite cool. I have no knowledge of electrical stuff though

Love the way the oblit turned out... nice work!

Thanks Gits. I'm quite proud of the heat effect it came out really well in the end.

Im liking the black helm on the Berserker... HOT

happygolucky wrote:Im liking the black helm on the Berserker... HOT

Cheers happygolucky I wasn't sure but really like them now as well.

Ok heres another WIP shot of the first Rhino, we are going to have a look at the rear side this time!



Now what do you think? The Blood letter is holding onto a chain mount attached to the door to look as though its being opened and hes about to jump out. You will have to imagine it with the top hatches on and being dark inside. Well that's not true if I can make miracles happen there will be a red led light behind him on the far side of the compartment.

As there's not much love for my Rhino yet I'll show you a WIP pick of my Khorne Daemon Prince. I've been painting him while I've been waiting for the washes to dry on the Berserkers. There's enough paint now to show you what he's currently looking like.

Raaarrrrr

OH... now he's nice.... You can make one of those for me and I'll start building a Chaos army around him!

Really great work here in this thread!! That model is especially fantastic! And the obliterator too!!

Some nice work in here GiraffeX! Will the prince be getting wings, or will he be walking?

Thanks for the replys I thought he might catch a few peoples attention

Need to finish the last four Berserkers now before he or the Rhino has any more work done on them.

CommissarKhaine he will be on foot with the close combat dreadnought, I did consider wings but the only ones I like are the Zombie Dragon / Terrorgheist ones and you cant pick those up on ebay or the bits sites.

Now that I said that I had a quick check on ebay again and there are some on there, I curse thee lol. Now I must find more funds for the blood god. At this point I'm also wishing I pinned him to his base but I got him before I started my pinning craze.

Both the rhino and the FW daemon prince look great man!

I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:Both the rhino and the FW daemon prince look great man!

Thanks glad you like them, the Rhino is nearly finished the doors should arrive tomorrow and the battery's for the LED. Still undecided on the blood letter though, I was going to have him inside the Rhino so when you open the rear door he would be ready to charge at you but he doesn't even fit in their lying down.

I wasn't going to use the DP in my doubles event but I could drop the Slaanesh sorceress and include him instead as I have the extra 10 points needed free. That would make it a pure World Eater force but adds another model to my painting list, means I need to get a pair of wings as soon as possible as they need to be shipped from the US.

GiraffeX wrote:Thanks for the replys I thought he might catch a few peoples attention

Need to finish the last four Berserkers now before he or the Rhino has any more work done on them.

CommissarKhaine he will be on foot with the close combat dreadnought, I did consider wings but the only ones I like are the Zombie Dragon / Terrorgheist ones and you cant pick those up on ebay or the bits sites.

Now that I said that I had a quick check on ebay again and there are some on there, I curse thee lol. Now I must find more funds for the blood god. At this point I'm also wishing I pinned him to his base but I got him before I started my pinning craze.

Tried getting your hands on an old Balrog for wings? Anyway, nice work, I'll be keepin' an eye on this blog

Awesome stuff man. Pity that page 2 seems to have been sucked into the warp.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Tried getting your hands on an old Balrog for wings? Anyway, nice work, I'll be keepin' an eye on this blog

I've not really looked into them, they have them for sale on the GW site separately from the model, good find I'll keep them in mind.

I'm hoping I don't need to do much GS work to add wings as the back is already undercoated so will give it less of a hold, I will pin them though for sure.

Godless-Mimicry wrote:Awesome stuff man. Pity that page 2 seems to have been sucked into the warp.

Cheers Godless-Mimicry glad you like whats been done so far, lots more to go yet. Page two is working fine for me at the moment, I know the site has been up and down quite a bit in the last few hours, try again when you get another chance.

Your Daemon Price is intense!!! Subbed and will be back!

too bad blood letters can't ride in rhinos...

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Your Daemon Price is intense!!! Subbed and will be back!

Thanks, glad to have you onboard

Matt.Kingsley wrote:too bad blood letters can't ride in rhinos...

Yeah it is and I know why now, its because they dont fit and thats just one no chance for a unit. I think the only model that does fit in there so far is my cyber grot.

Its all going on today, I got my super sexy Rhino doors from the Warmill boys and my batterys for the LEDs. Of course I got my doors on the Rhino and spent most of the afternoon playing with the LED lights as you do when you get a new toy.

I now realise that I don't like working with LEDs due to the wiring being to small and fiddly, really stresses me and out and we all know stress is badddd.

So a few shots this is the Rhino with the LED inside, its not quite the effect I was after, you cant see the bulbs white light in real life.



This is the Rhino currently with the LEDs removed



Now should I leave the Khorne symbol as it is, looks quite nice or should I undercoat it and paint it? I cant make up my mind so thought I'd see what you think.

Tomorrow I'll show some unpainted doors and hatches from Warmill when I can get some daylight shots, guys if your reading this I'll post them in your thread as well tomorrow.

I also got a load of bits to make up some of the Dark Wolves I just needed a few backpacks and legs so I'm sorted for about 10 more models, although the bits site managed to send me the wrong parts so I don't have Chaos Space marine backpacks yet.

I'm off to try and finish those berserkers tonight, they must be finished by the end of the weekend before I go back to work.

Ooh liking the rhino with all the heads and that daemon prince is very nice! Don't know if it helps but from just trying the one I painted you can get a fair amount of light shining through the engraved bits even after it's painted as primer spray doesn't really get in there.

I think Khorne would approve of glowy red symbols

Looks awesome so far.
Can't you just give the hatches a few washes to give them some shading and colour? It would still let a lot of the light shine through.

The glowing top hatch looks fantastic! I'd be tempted to leave it as is but it might look even cooler with some paint on it.

Ok cheers all glad you like the light display you've convinced me to keep the led inside the Rhino. I'm going to need some help though as I had issues securing the wires to the battery.

So any suggestions on how to do this will be greatly appreciated, one thing though I don't have a solder Iron so I'm going to need another way of doing it. I've tried electrical tape it kind of works but the wires work there way out too often.

I'll add some more paint to the hatch as well.


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The second half of the World Eaters Khorne Berserker Beta Squad is now complete.









Now whats left to paint for my 900 points is the two Rhinos (one still waiting to be sent) and the DP if I can get hold of the wings and they look ok.

Oooo dey looking good!

Matt.Kingsley wrote:Oooo dey looking good!

Thanks, cant wait to start painting the Rhino today.

I think you should paint it only with washes (maybe Devland or Sepia, and Baal Red) so that it does look painted, though still letting the light pass through...

Looks awesome !

Yggdrasil wrote:I think you should paint it only with washes (maybe Devland or Sepia, and Baal Red) so that it does look painted, though still letting the light pass through...

Looks awesome !

Cheers Ygg's I will give it ago.

Here's todays work on the Rhino, skulls finished and I've started basing out the red.

The Khorne icon is so intense! Wondering what can be done to tone down the LED though, to make it less bright and have it look the way you want it. Maybe a light gel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_gel) to dampen the tone but keep the color?

I really like the Rhino trophy display as well. No doubt this is going to be amazing when it is done.

Ah, you've got WarMill's new hatch... very nice!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:The Khorne icon is so intense! Wondering what can be done to tone down the LED though, to make it less bright and have it look the way you want it. Maybe a light gel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_gel) to dampen the tone but keep the color?

I really like the Rhino trophy display as well. No doubt this is going to be amazing when it is done.

Cheers I have toned down the the light source since the photo by filing the light bulb to give it a frosted effect.

This is the first Rhino there will be an identical one as well (different heads though on the side), I already have the parts just waiting for the vehicle itself.

I also have special plans for a Khorne Vindicator with LED's, I have the bits but wont be able to afford the tank till the end of the year.

Gitsplitta wrote:Ah, you've got WarMill's new hatch... very nice!

Cheers Gits yes new hatch and doors for both the rhinos and the vindi.

So, the easiest solution is to use an LED, a button battery, and some electrical tape. If you google "LED throwy" and don't use the magnet, it'll work great for you. You can just drop the led anywhere you need.

As for diffusing the light source, you can stuff the lit end of the LED into a plastic drinking straw, preferably white (as opposed to clear) and secure it with some boring PVA glue.

--Brian

Nice work in this thread man. Very flavourful chaos army.

Very cool thread! Don't think i've been here before! Glowy top hatch looks rather nice. Crawling Bloodletter is very cool and that FW dude, WOW! That's def one i'd get if I ever do Chaos.

Keep it coming, glad I found this!

Subbed!

great work , the deamon prince and rhino are inspirational.

Very cool thead. Can't wait for more

Lilloser

That's an awesomw idea, all you world eaters are really well painted and posed aswell.

Briancj wrote:So, the easiest solution is to use an LED, a button battery, and some electrical tape. If you google "LED throwy" and don't use the magnet, it'll work great for you. You can just drop the led anywhere you need.

As for diffusing the light source, you can stuff the lit end of the LED into a plastic drinking straw, preferably white (as opposed to clear) and secure it with some boring PVA glue.

--Brian

Cheers Brian the LED throwy is the perfect answer to what I was looking for, there is one slight problem though you cant get 3v Red LED's for some reason they are all 2v. I cant find anywhere in the UK that sells 2v button batterys if there is such a thing.

Meph wrote:Nice work in this thread man. Very flavourful chaos army.

Many thanks Meph

Emperors_Champion wrote:Very cool thread! Don't think i've been here before! Glowy top hatch looks rather nice. Crawling Bloodletter is very cool and that FW dude, WOW! That's def one i'd get if I ever do Chaos.

Keep it coming, glad I found this!

Subbed!

Cheers, the FW DP is a really nice model.

neil101 wrote:great work , the deamon prince and rhino are inspirational.

Thanks

LilLoser wrote:Very cool thead. Can't wait for more

Lilloser

Thanks LiLoser

moonshine wrote:That's an awesomw idea, all you world eaters are really well painted and posed aswell.

Thanks moonshine, Just hope I can find a way to pull off the LED's

Finally got p2 working.

So what's the deal with the shining Rhino? What is the hatch made from?

That's okay, try the 3v button battery with the 2v LED, you should be fine.

Godless-Mimicry wrote:Finally got p2 working.

So what's the deal with the shining Rhino? What is the hatch made from?

Hi Godless-Mimicry the hatch and doors are made from acrylic with laser-engraved images. These ones were a custom order I made with http://www.warmill.co.uk

This is how the doors looked when I received them.



For the hatch I used masking tape to cover the logo before undercoating and then popped a LED into the back.

Briancj wrote:That's okay, try the 3v button battery with the 2v LED, you should be fine.

Cheers again I will order some bits and let you know how it turns out, might get some flashing red LEDs as well and see what they look like.

Looks promising so far, what are you going to do when the LED's get turned off, I would imagine that on the table they could get a bit irritating for range checking etc...

moonshine wrote:Looks promising so far, what are you going to do when the LED's get turned off, I would imagine that on the table they could get a bit irritating for range checking etc...

They are not as bright as in the picture more a glowing red colour, I only play in tournaments once every three months or so, so they will be left on over the two days. Not at night though of course, this depends on how hot they get but being LEDs there shouldn't be a heat issue.

This is also why I'm not really worried about painting the symbol as the tanks will never be seen without the LED's on. I might change my mind on this though.

When the new LEDs come I'll take some more pics.

wow, rhino is so cool. Have you thought of painting the symbol with a very thin red layer? The light would still come through and it would still be red when off.

tipios wrote:wow, rhino is so cool. Have you thought of painting the symbol with a very thin red layer? The light would still come through and it would still be red when off.

Hi tipios

My minis are kept in army cases when not in use so theres no need to paint the symbol, its starting to stand out nicely now as I've added some more layers to the Red see pics below.

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Ok we have a mid week update today as I had a few hours to spare this evening.

I got my new LED's and battery's in the post today, all you need to do to attach these ones it clip them over the battery and then add some electrical tape to secure them.

Here's a pic without tape, it really is as easy as the picture



All I need to do is put them in the back of the rhinos when needed and tape them down and they look like this.

The main light soure of the bulb doesn't show in real life



It looks more like this, sorry about bad picture



I've added a few layers to the top tonight and a wash to get the colour I'm after for the red.



A little bonus for you I also got some flashing red bulbs which will be going in my vindicator cannon, here's a sneak peak although you will have to blink quite a bit to get the flashing effect



Also picked up some blue LED's for a Tzeentch Rhino which will have a see through top hatch and doors, haven't ordered them yet but I have the images for the designs ready.

That's really cool Gir...

Lovely work! I'll have to look into this led stuff...

Cool Idea! It is making me want to buy some of those hatches now! Do they do death guard ones, I suppose I would need a green LED too!

Glad I could help! Don't forget to use a bit of drinking straw over the LED to 'frost' it. You can also help channel the glow as well. Dirt cheap fiber optics!

Gitsplitta wrote:That's really cool Gir...

Thanks Gits

CommissarKhaine wrote:Lovely work! I'll have to look into this led stuff...

Thanks they are good fun

Reaper Man 2020 wrote:Cool Idea! It is making me want to buy some of those hatches now! Do they do death guard ones, I suppose I would need a green LED too!

Aye green LEDs would be the best I'd say, you would need to send some pics to Warmill for Death Guard so they can make them up for you.

I'll send you a PM as I have something else you might be interested in seeing as your in Southampton.

Briancj wrote:Glad I could help! Don't forget to use a bit of drinking straw over the LED to 'frost' it. You can also help channel the glow as well. Dirt cheap fiber optics!

Thanks Brian you saved the day with your idea, makes it so much more easier than having to worry about wiring etc

I got some more cool bits in the post for my Dark Wolves project today, I'll keep you all in suspense until I get some time to take some pics.

Some more WIP shots of the Rhino today they are not the best as the light was starting to go.

Not sure If I will be working on it tomorrow as the other Rhino arrived today and I need to assemble and get it undercoated before the weather turns. Well I actually got a Razorback as they are the same price and it gives me a load of spare heavy weapons bits for conversions.









I used grey_deaths sponge technique for the battle damage

Wow! I can't wait to see the rhino complete!

ChorusLucia wrote:Wow! I can't wait to see the rhino complete!

Thanks I hope it wont take too long now.

I received my wings today for my Daemon Prince if I decide to go with them. They are a tad big but set at the correct angle don't touch the ground.

Here's a bad pic as they aren't attached yet, let me know what you think.

Massive! I like it! I think it'll make him look a lot more threatening as well. Always a plus

I say yay, not nay to the wing-ed bringer of destruction.

Chaos God wills it!!!!!

Wings are cool,keep them.

Imho really need better pics with & without wings! But could & should look awesome!

From a game play standpoint- WINGS! I've made the mistake of putting a footslogging DP on the tabletop. It gets shot at. A lot. A lot lot.

Plus wings make for an incredibly imposing model.

Thanks everyone wings it is then I need to bring my second Rhino up to the same level as the one I'm currently working on first. Its made and under coated and the skulls are done just need to do the 100 coats of red then I'll start on those wings.

The DP will be the last figure in the small force for my doubles event to paint/convert up, I'm a bit worried because the resin is very brittle I think I may pin the wings in place there is also the option of magnets but I've not used them before and don't really want to try them out on this guy.

One of the wings will need lots of work as it doesn't fit between the shoulder plate and his back spines, it's not easy to position so I may end up doing a wing at a time. Once I get the drill out there's no going back.

Glad you're going with wings, it's gonna look an absolute beast

WarMill wrote:Glad you're going with wings, it's gonna look an absolute beast

Cheers WarMill

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Well things didn't go to plan this week as I was ill and didn't have enough energy to pick up a paintbrush, I managed to pull myself together enough over the weekend to crack on with the World Eaters though.

I got lots of work done on the second Rhino yesterday I need to finish painting the symbol on the door and then finish the trophy heads and hatches on both Rhinos then they will be finished. When they are I'll light them up for you and take a few more pictures. It is taking ages doing all the heads different colours.

I still need a few more ideas though for marine chapters I have Dark Angels, Blood Angels, Death Company, Imperial Fists, Space Wolves, Ultra Marines and a Grey Knight head. I might do a White Scars one as well that leaves two normal marine heads and a terminator one I don't have a paint scheme for yet.



I've also just put the first wing on the daemon prince, it makes him look huge. I will have a fiddle and see if I can get the second one on tonight but my camera batteries are dead so there wont be a pic with both wings till I get another chance.

Here he is with his first wing being pulled back to follow the motion of him stepping forward, the second wing will be a bit more closer to his body. For size comparison the unpainted model that crept into the pic on the far right is 32mm high (slightly bigger than a marine).



Time is ticking away for my deadline now, losing a week to illness has only hindered the blood gods plans for domination.

Wow, that looks absolutely massive! Looking forward to both wings. Rhino is looking quite nice, btw.

A small update tonight I decided to paint the unattached wing before I errr... attached it to the Daemon Prince. I will probably attach it after I finish the model now as I think it will make painting a lot easier.

Heres the first side painted



Also while looking through my gallery at the images that have votes I've noticed they are on average about 7 out of 10, if anyone has any tips on how I can improve my painting I would greatly appreciate it. I want to work my way up to a constant 8 well thats the the goal I'm going to set myself.

Wings are lookin' good; they'll frame the model nicely with the red!

Looking good, that will look awesome when assembled.

Daemon prince looks awesome mate!!

GiraffeX wrote:A small update tonight I decided to paint the unattached wing before I errr... attached it to the Daemon Prince. I will probably attach it after I finish the model now as I think it will make painting a lot easier.

Heres the first side painted



Also while looking through my gallery at the images that have votes I've noticed they are on average about 7 out of 10, if anyone has any tips on how I can improve my painting I would greatly appreciate it. I want to work my way up to a constant 8 well thats the the goal I'm going to set myself.

First off better quality pictures would surely help.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Wings are lookin' good; they'll frame the model nicely with the red!

Cheers I hope they will look good

Meph wrote:Looking good, that will look awesome when assembled.

Thanks, its going to be interesting transporting this guy.

tipios wrote:Daemon prince looks awesome mate!!

Thanks tipios, welcome back from your holidays

poipo32 wrote:First off better quality pictures would surely help.

Yeah that's a good point I have a light tent just haven't worked out the best way of using it yet, need to have a play with it at some point.

Good call on "paint first, attach later". I learned that the hard way w/ my Bloodthirster.

Well here we go the finished Daemon Prince, I keep finding bits I need to touch up but he's really finished now.

Tried using my photo tent for the first time, it will take a while to get used to it and It doesn't help that my camera is ancient. Most of the photos came out ok apart from the last but its only for size comparison to show how huge this guy is.

Next up is to finish the two rhinos they are nearly there, just need to do a few more helmets and little bits.

Let me know what you think, I think its my best mini so far outdoing the Necrodefiler.













I will try and improve on the photos some how.

Some good stuff here!

OUT-standing!

Daemon prince is suhweeet

Looking good. The wings finish him off nicely!

Thanks all glad you like him , I expect he's going to attract every heavy weapon on the table

Nothing short of SPECTACULAR Gir.... holy s*&# man... looks just amazing!

Gitsplitta wrote:Nothing short of SPECTACULAR Gir.... holy s*&# man... looks just amazing!

Cheers Gits glad you like him

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Ok I need some help for my next unit, I'm having problems getting some daemonette parts and wondered if any one might have any of these bits spare. I only need the three which would cost me to much to source/get hold of without buying a whole box.



I need these specific parts in the picture. Head, main body (dont need the unattached leg) and icon.

I have loads of Blood Angel parts for trade if anyone is interested.

http://www.hoardobits.com/ search "daemonette", you'll find what you are looking for.


Brilliant work on the DP!!!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:http://www.hoardobits.com/ search "daemonette", you'll find what you are looking for.


Brilliant work on the DP!!!

Thanks glad you like him Skalk.

The only problem with hoard o bits is I would have to get a set of heads and bodies when I only want one of each, it makes it cheaper for me to buy a box when you add on P&P.

Loving the Demon Prince! Great work.

A small update on what to expect from the blog next.

Just finishing the two rhinos for the World Eaters at the moment and then I'll show you some pics of them and the 900 point force all together.

Then the next two projects will run side by side.

For my Chaos Army I'll be adding a female Slaanesh termicide unit, if it goes well they will be heavily converted and very feminine. Also I'll be adding a khorne Vindicator which I gave you a few ideas about a few pages back with a pic of the cannon with an LED inside. These two units need to be completed by some point in February for a 1750 point force.

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The next major project will be 1500 points of Skyrar's Dark Wolves, these will be a minor chaos influenced Space Wolf army. They will be based in a dead forest setting, I'll be sculpting lots of trees and logs for the bases for these and I'm going to try and give them all dynamic poses to suit the army.

Here's the army list that I will be building too. I have enough parts for all of the Grey Hunters and 3 of the Thunderwolves. I also have the las/plas turrets for the Razorbacks so I'm not doing to bad purchase wise.

HQ
Wolf Lord
Thunderwolf
Frost Blade
Runic Armour
Fenrisian Wolf
Wolf Tail Talisman
Belt of Russ
220

Elites
Wolf Guard Pack 5 man squad
Terminator Armour
Heavy Flamer
Arjac Rockfist
Chainfist
355

Troops
Grey Hunters 5 Man Squad
Meltagun
Power Fist
Razorback
Lascannon twin-linked plasma gun
180

Grey Hunters 5 Man Squad
Meltagun
Power Fist
Razorback
Lascannon twin-linked plasma gun
180

Grey Hunters 5 Man Squad
Meltagun
Power Fist
Razorback
Lascannon twin-linked plasma gun
180

Fast Attack
Thunderwolf Cavalry 2 Man Squad
Thunder Hammer
2 Storm Shield
190

Thunderwolf Cavalry 2 Man Squad
Thunder Hammer
2 Storm Shield
190

After this I'll be looking at Necrons, I have an excellent theme for them. Its not been done before, I'm very excited but keeping it under wraps for now

There's so many others armies I want to start as well, its very hard to stay focussed on one at a time, things might change in March if the Chaos Legion codex turns out to be true as I still have lots of ideas for my world Eaters and The Reborn (Nurgle) but dont want to commit any more to them until I know whats happening.

There's also a huge amount of imperial projects but they are on the back burner for now, but you might see the odd model pop up here and there.

Well today I finished the Rhinos (all apart from a jem on the Eldar helmet which I just noticed).

Loads of pics of the this time round, lets see if you can spot the different chapters / races

Squad Alpha's Rhino









Squad Beta's Rhino









Both together



And a light up shot of the top hatches, its not easy getting pics as they never look the same as in real life.



As I've now finished the 900 points here's a very poor army shot (I'll try again when its day light over the weekend) . I still need to varnish half of them and add magnetic sheet to the bases ready for the end of the month.

Love the painting on those stonetusk (stonehorn? Can never remember) skulls! Good luck atthe tourney!

Said this in Warmill's thread but I will say it again, sweet looking rhinos!

Daemon prince is superb, I don't think I have ever seen one of those models painted and you have certainly done it justice!

That is 100% awesome. This is coming along nicely.

WarMill wrote:Love the painting on those stonetusk (stonehorn? Can never remember) skulls! Good luck atthe tourney!

Thanks Warmill I'm going to need all the luck I can get I've no idea what my doubles partner is taking apart from Chaos Space Marines.

Commander Cain wrote:Said this in Warmill's thread but I will say it again, sweet looking rhinos!

Daemon prince is superb, I don't think I have ever seen one of those models painted and you have certainly done it justice!

Thanks the Rhinos came out much better than I had hoped considering I don't like painting tanks, they were very daunting to start with but I'm looking forward to doing the Khorne vindicator now.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

That is 100% awesome. This is coming along nicely.

Cheers Skalk I'm trying to improve my painting skills and conversions with each army, trying out new things and always pushing my imagination further each time. I'm hoping the Slaanesh terminators and Dark Wolves will be another step up as I'll be going in at the deep end again with what I have planned.

I've been doing lots of stuff today but nothing that I can really give you images of.

All my World Eaters now have magnetic sheet on the bottom of their bases to make moving them around at tournaments more easier and I glossed all the blood drops on the berserkers.

Actually I did make a combi weapon for one of the rhinos as I had a few points spare its not great but will do, it wasnt something I really wanted to work on but sometimes the unexpected is required.

The OSL is especially dodgy lol

Those Rhinos are freakin' awesome!

This is great.

forruner_mercy wrote:Those Rhinos are freakin' awesome!

Ogryn wrote:This is great.

Thanks for the comments glad you like them, it really helps inspire me when I get loads of comments

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A little bit of something different for you all today, consider it painting practice for a project that I'm trying not to start

Here be gold, imagine the emperors finest kitted out with this style of power armour, a clue for those budding marine fanatics there are only 96 remaining marines in the chapter.



Let me know what you think, when I do it on a real guy it will be smoothly blended. I painted this pad too close too my lamp and the paint dried a lot faster than expected.

Just read through the whole thread and there is a lot of impressive work here. Very nice Khornate Daemon prince with Zombie Dragon wings and those Rhino's are fantastic. I particularly like the use of beasts heads on their front, and the lighting effects really tie the whole model together.

And I presume the golden marine will be Celestial Lions then.

I like the color... and the texture to be honest...

The deamon prince is give yourself a pat on the back and i have to say i agree with gitts that the gold is great , any chance of knowing how you did it ?

Gathering Storm wrote:Just read through the whole thread and there is a lot of impressive work here. Very nice Khornate Daemon prince with Zombie Dragon wings and those Rhino's are fantastic. I particularly like the use of beasts heads on their front, and the lighting effects really tie the whole model together.

And I presume the golden marine will be Celestial Lions then.

Many thanks Gathering Storm and yes Celestial Lions is the chapter I'll be basing them on the Space Wolf codex so I can have lions as Fenirisian Wolves. I expect I'll end up doing these and the Dark Wolves at the same time as I'm really itching to start on them.

Gitsplitta wrote:I like the color... and the texture to be honest...

Thanks Gits glad you like it.

neil101 wrote:The deamon prince is give yourself a pat on the back and i have to say i agree with gitts that the gold is great , any chance of knowing how you did it ?

Cheers Neil. For the gold I'll be doing it as follows all vallejo paints

Black undercoat
Charred Brown base coat (on this test I painted over a Khorne dark red pad)
Then its a case of wet blending from the bottom of the pad starting with Tinny Tin > Polished Gold > Silver and finishing with Liquid Gold

I quite like the gold.

Me 3

Reaper Man 2020 wrote:I quite like the gold.

Miss Dee wrote:Me 3

Thanks I'll use that method when I start working on the army.

One word of advice for anyone reading this that is interested in using Liquid Gold & the other alcohol based metallics from Vallejo, make sure you have a dedicated brush for them as the metal pigments do not come out of the brush when washed and will come off when painting later. I already did my home work on this kind of paint so had a oldish brush ready to use.

GiraffeX wrote:One word of advice for anyone reading this that is interested in using Liquid Gold & the other alcohol based metallics from Vallejo, make sure you have a dedicated brush for them as the metal pigments do not come out of the brush when washed and will come off when painting later. I already did my home work on this kind of paint so had a oldish brush ready to use.

Thanks for the advice GiraffeX, as I'm planning to purchase some Vallejo Liquid Gold for use on my fledgling Tzeentch Chaos Daemons army.

I seem to be the grand master of updates this week.

I've shown you the first mini before but I'll show you her again as the time is more relevant now I've started working on the project.

This is my version of Skyrar of the Dark Wolves



This is her Wolf Lord the base is a million miles away from being finished at the moment, I'm currently waiting for some wire to make some plants with. It took a while to get the legs right of the Wolf Lord, I ended up cutting one off so I could reposition it.



There are no wolves on LYCAN96B....

I'm afraid I don't have much to show you this week, I'm working on a fantasy miniature for a painting competition but cant post any shots until its finished and uploaded to their site first.

The other thing I'm currently working on aside from the Dark Wolves who haven't had any love this week is the first of the Emperor's Children termicide unit.

It doesn't look much but she's had four hours of work already to get her this far, most of it was hollowing out the terminator suit to fit a Dark Eldar Wyche torso inside, I can tell you there's no room for a marine in one of these!

You wont have thought of this but I'm going to point it out any way, yes you can see down the front of her armour!

The GS has only just been done and will need tidying up when its dry.



Oh nearly forgot to say next weekend the World Eaters will be off conquering the universe, well running round being shot at lots which is more likely

I'll see if I can get some photos from the event, its not possible for them to be as bad as last time.

If you want to see what I've been painting this week you can see it in my mini project blog http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/367392.page#3585637

Pimping myself what next!

OK, I'm not sure if I missed something or what, but you are giving DE wyches terminator armor? Cool idea. Is there some fluff behind it? Sorry if you covered this before, but I couldn't find reference to it.

RSJake wrote:OK, I'm not sure if I missed something or what, but you are giving DE wyches terminator armor? Cool idea. Is there some fluff behind it? Sorry if you covered this before, but I couldn't find reference to it.

I thought it would be an interesting project to make my termicide unit as feminine as possible using the DE torsos and heads some will have Daemonette parts as well.

They are going to be the three 's err ladies of Slaanesh, deep striking into the heart of the enemy's line to cause havoc and mayhem in a fury of lust and desire.

That is cool concept! I especially like the bare midriff you got going on there! Looking forward to the rest

Former sisters of battle in TDA cool

That is beautiful.

Oh I thought that was a section you were yet to build up. Explains a lot!

Thanks everyone glad you like her

I've decided to stop on her at this point and build the other two upto the same stage and paint them before doing the arms as I think they will get in the way.

Hopefully I'll have some World Eater action shots either tomorrow night or Sunday when they get their first taste of blood.

Tiny update today from the tourney on the weekend.

I only have one pic to share as I was having too much fun and totally forgot the camera so apologies for that. I didn't walk home with best painted army so must try harder next time. The army which won was an Ork army which I voted for it was very nicely painted and did deserve to walk away with the trophy.

My partner in crime also brought Khorne as well with berzerkers and raptors so the general tactics of the day were drive rhinos across the board and hope they survived till turn three then jump out and charge no matter the enemy.

Game one vs Guard and Blood Angels

The first game we were up against a mobile Guard army with tons of Lascannons. Bring it down was ordered multiple times each round on the daemon prince until he fell after taking out a group of ratlings. We were still learning what are forces could do in this game as neither of us had played them before! We made the mistake of splitting our forces and got ruined.

Game two vs Chaos Space Marines (Emperors Children) and Orks

An interesting game lots of deffkopters and two defilers, being the biggest scariest model on the table the daemon prince took on both units of copters and the defilers at once in combat while giving the opportunity for the Berzerkers to get into the fray. We took out most of the Ork force but didn't have much left to take out the two defilers and they ate us. Our ranged weapons consisted of two Obliterators and when I say long range I mean more than bolt pistol range lol

Game three vs Guard and Space Wolves

This game was a bit of a grindfest lots of guard tanks and blood claws running round. We started off stealing the initiative and the first shot of the game from the Obliterator took down the guard vendetta, we were so happy. The obliteraters continued to rain down fire taking out tanks left and right covering the berzerkers. We met the wolves in the middle and had a good scrum and came out the victor. Our first victory of the day

Game four vs Guard and Space Wolves

First game of day two and we were up against another guard and SW army this time with even more tanks and I have a picture for this game of our rhino strike force charging the gun line. Every game we played this was the general setup of the enemy no matter what army they were playing, sit back as close to the board edge and shoot until you run out of ammo no matter what. We lost too many guys taking on the tanks and got minced by the Space Wolves in this game.



Game 5 vs Eldar and Dark Eldar

This was a fun game spearhead was the mission, we just went for it all the tanks in a big group going straight for them no cover nothing. We lost the DP along the way but it worked out just fine as our tanks arrived on turn three without a scratch in reach of the enemy. The berzerkers ripped off Eldar heads for three turns they were like steam trains crushing all in their way. We came away the victor and I think it was the best game of the weekend it was so fun. At one point in the game both are forces were on the opposite sides of the tale from where they started holding the enemys objective markers.

Game 6 vs Orks and more Orks

Last game of the weekend and we were up against a double Ork force in pure Khorne style we charged straight for the middle and met the Orks there for a massive brawl it was very blood thristy with maimed orks and berzerkers everywhere. In the end we were ground down due to having less troops on the table but it was such a laugh.

The Ork players were trying to bring me round to starting an Ork force as they loved the conversions in my army, I think they have hit a bone and I will be picking up a codex and looking at possibilities for a small Mech force for the doubles event towards the end of next year. I was going to do Necrons but the green skins are tempting me.

Give in to the Green! If I started a new army it would be Orks w/o a doubt. They were my first true love in 40K, just didn't get into them when I came back a couple years ago in 5th Ed. I'm waiting for 6th Ed and to finish up some things I am working on currently, but man I have to say I've been wicked tempted to get back to da Ladz.

Small update today.

I received my Ork codex in the post yesterday so I'll be starting another blog at some point for Xeno scum, I'll be going for the Death Skulls clan for maximum converting/looting possibilities.

On the Chaos front for what seems to be an extremely hard project I've now got to the below stage for the first two Slaanesh Terminators, for my sins I've decoded to up the unit count to four to include a Heavy Flamer lass as well.



Left arm is a combi melta and will be added later as it goes across the front of the model.



The right arm for this young lady is a chainfist which i'll add later to make painting easier.

I've also done some more work on the base for the Dark Wolves Wolf Lord by adding some plants but as they are made from white paper they wont come out on a photo so you will have to wait to see them painted.

All three of the above will be getting under coated tonight at their current stages so I can start painting them, I'm having painting withdraws at the moment with all this modelling work!

she's A bit thin.

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Ah I remember this thread now! I missed quite a bit, all of it very cool! Keep those conversions coming!

Well this is interesting, but it doesn't make any sense to me to have terminator armor and leave your stomach exposed... plus... how would they have the black carapace and everything?

Miss Dee wrote:she's A bit thin.

Aye they've not been eating their spuds Miss Dee

megabambam wrote:I was thinking.. Why aren't i following this yet?
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Ah I remember this thread now! I missed quite a bit, all of it very cool! Keep those conversions coming!

Yeah it started with Thousand Sons and has branched out a lot since then, I need to do a few bits for the Sons in the new year mainly transports as I found out they don't like walking .

Iandroid wrote:Well this is interesting, but it doesn't make any sense to me to have terminator armor and leave your stomach exposed... plus... how would they have the black carapace and everything?

They are Daemonettes in Terminator armour (not Wyches). Still makes no sense to have your mid riff open while fighting mid battle, but I wouldn't like to argue with them and their Slaanesh ways. It's the same argument for all those marines who don't wear helmets

No carapace for these girls just leather underneath!

I finished painting my Dark Wolves Wolf Lord base last night.

This will be the standard of the bases for the whole army so I hope you like it.



I've also started painting the first Slaanesh terminator but I'm going to enter her into a painting comp which means I cant show you any WIP shots. She should be finished by the end of next weekend.

That's a fantastic base Gir, how'd you do the leaves?

Gitsplitta wrote:That's a fantastic base Gir, how'd you do the leaves?

Cheers Gits, Its a bit of modelling wire with some paper leaves I cut out, glued on and then painted. I was inspired by one of Terraformers blogs. Its actually a lot easier than I thought it would be. The wire is stuck into GS on this base and the one I'm currently doing I drilled a hole into the base to insert the wire for the stems.

GiraffeX wrote:One word of advice for anyone reading this that is interested in using Liquid Gold & the other alcohol based metallics from Vallejo, make sure you have a dedicated brush for them as the metal pigments do not come out of the brush when washed and will come off when painting later. I already did my home work on this kind of paint so had a oldish brush ready to use.

What about if you use stronger stuff? After each colour I clean my brushes with a dab of Medea airbrush cleaner (non-toxic and no fumes), and after a month or so of painting (or any enamels) I'll get out white spirits and nail varnish remover to get them good as new.

lindsay40k wrote:

GiraffeX wrote:One word of advice for anyone reading this that is interested in using Liquid Gold & the other alcohol based metallics from Vallejo, make sure you have a dedicated brush for them as the metal pigments do not come out of the brush when washed and will come off when painting later. I already did my home work on this kind of paint so had a oldish brush ready to use.

What about if you use stronger stuff? After each colour I clean my brushes with a dab of Medea airbrush cleaner (non-toxic and no fumes), and after a month or so of painting (or any enamels) I'll get out white spirits and nail varnish remover to get them good as new.

Good idea I never really thought about brush cleaner.

re: paint brushes- a matter of personal pref I suppose. I have dedicated brushes for my metallics, and they have their own rinse pot and drying towel as well to be sure to keep those annoying metal flakes out of my other paints.

Awsome! Even though some of the pic's are Out of focus this is still an amazing thread. SO subbed!

BloodGenisis wrote: Awsome! Even though some of the pic's are Out of focus this is still an amazing thread. SO subbed!

Cheers I'm trying to get my photo skills together at the moment. My camera is rather ancient and I'm still trying to work out how to use my photo tent.

I want to do some army profiles of the figures I've painted so far, so watch this space .

I finished another base for my Skyrar's Dark Wolves this time for one of the Wolf Guard.

I feel like I'm teasing you with these pics and no minis

There is a third long leaf but its hidden by the other two in the photo.

Man you've got a talent for that Gir... looks great!

Thanks Gits

Today what I thought was going to be quick took ages, I took some pictures of my World Eaters minis and created what I think is an Army Profile which can be found here World Eaters Army Profile. As I don't have a cabinet to keep my minis in its great for me to see what I've got at a glance and also hopefully makes it easier for you to see my finished minis without having to go through loads of pages.

I've also taken pics of my Thousands Sons as well and will be doing the same with them shortly.

This will kind of be like my glass cabinets

Wow. That base is amazing. The quality of your work is nothing short of impressive and inspiring.

Awsome you should do a 1k sons profile as well

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Wow. That base is amazing. The quality of your work is nothing short of impressive and inspiring.

Cheers Skalk I'm hoping a full army with this style of basing is going to look impressive, It all comes down to the minis that are going to be on the base now lol

risewiththefallen wrote:Awsome you should do a 1k sons profile as well

See below

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I had to stay up into the early hours last night to do some stuff for work in between doing bits I finished painting my first Emperors Children terminator at 4am this morning! Purple is such a hard colour to paint and the mini was a right pain to catch on camera as well, the last shot is the best she doesn't like having a white background so it was a last ditch attempt to get the angle I wanted.

So here she is









She looks loads better in real life just a tad camera shy. Her leather top is actually painted with a coat of gloss to give it a nice shine but you wont see that in the pics as she was being modest for this photo shoot.

Also I just finished working on my Thousand Sons army profile as well which can be found here Thousand Sons Army Profile

I'm off to curl up and get some sleep now or finish painting another Dark Wolves base.





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Some more pictures of the Emperors Children Terminator with the light a bit better this time.







Heres a size comparison shot next to one of my test marines, she's huge and that's without high heals

I hate auto append

New temi shots above and this is the Dark Wolves base I just finished

She must have pretty strong abs to carry that top;-) Nice work on the basing the tree roots look excellent mate.

She looks great, and she is really quite monstrous isn't she? Bet she'd make an interesting dance partner. Bases look great too btw.

Nice! She's just my height


Keep up the good work XD

neil101 wrote:She must have pretty strong abs to carry that top;-) Nice work on the basing the tree roots look excellent mate.

Cheers Neil she must work out a lot lol. Glad you like the basing your ash board is very inspiring and I'd like to carry that thought over into an army but cant think of one at the moment.

My list of basing ideas/themes is currently taking off at a rapid pace as per the below, this hobby could well have me tied to it for many years considering I can do two 1500 point armys a year.

Chaos (all four powers) - Ice
Dark Wolves - Forest
Necron - Beach
Orks - Snow
Howling Griffons - Hive World/Steam punk
Ultra Marines - Green Flock/army base
Grey knights - Ruined Temple
Night Lords - Ruined city at Night
Imperial Beastmen - Jungle/Avatar style - Fiber optics
? Ash
Eldar - Muddy Battlefield / barbed wire / tank bits
Red Scorpions - Red dusty canyon
Omega Marines - Mountain
Pre Heresy Dark Angels - Desert
Celestial Lions - Lava
Blood Angel - Sky - 100% flying models no ground
Tyranid? - Intact temple

bunnygurl wrote:She looks great, and she is really quite monstrous isn't she? Bet she'd make an interesting dance partner. Bases look great too btw.

Thanks bunnygurl glad you like her, you would have to make sure she doesnt step on your toes in that armour

BloodGenisis wrote:Nice! She's just my height


Keep up the good work XD

lol cheers

Love those armoured gals! That purple looks really nice. Any chance of some 3-boobed armour?

WarMill wrote:Love those armoured gals! That purple looks really nice. Any chance of some 3-boobed armour?

Cheers Warmill, I think 3-boobed armour could be a bit past my modelling skills lol

Makes me wish I had three hands!

It's felt like ages since I updated this thread.

The girls take a lot of work to build and paint, the filing out of the chest plate takes a good few hours and drives me mad. But I've finished number 2 now. Just two more to go.

I did have an issue sourcing parts for the wing on the shoulder pad and tried to make some the weekend just gone but failed miserably. I was quite lucky to find a bits site I haven't used before tonight which had enough left in stock to finish the other two girls with a spare for another project but that depends if I can source another 5 of them!

Here she is in all her glory

Nice purple... good purples are about as rare as good yellows. Very nice work on the conversion... impressive.

Gitsplitta wrote:Nice purple... good purples are about as rare as good yellows. Very nice work on the conversion... impressive.

Thanks Gits, you're right about the purple which is why its taking me ages to paint them as two of the three layers are mixed with other colours. I had real issues getting purple to look purple to start with.

What purple?

Hey awsome so far. U should def do the pre heresy dark angels and the nightlords!!

What the Fallen?

risewiththefallen wrote:Hey awsome so far. U should def do the pre heresy dark angels and the nightlords!!

Cheers fallen So many ideas and not enough time and money.

I'm waiting to see what's in the Chaos Legion codex for the Night Lords before I look more into them, my idea was using the Blood Angel codex.

Miss Dee wrote:What the Fallen?

Miss Dee fallen was referring to this post http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/510/354443.page#3652138

I'll get back to you about the purple later

Cool thread mate, iv only just seen it but going to follow it. looking forward to seeing more so keep up the good work!

mrwezmond wrote:Cool thread mate, iv only just seen it but going to follow it. looking forward to seeing more so keep up the good work!

Cheers mrwezmon, glad to have you on board.

While I was getting the other two girls ready today I started working on my World Eaters Vindicator.

Here's a few shots to start you off with, the LED light is a flashing one this time, as well as the cannon the skulls eyes on top also flash red like this lol.

GOOD conversion.

--B

Briancj wrote:GOOD conversion.

--B

Thanks I done a bit more too it this morning, actually its near enough finished modelling wise. I'll post some pics later if I get a chance.

Whats the cannon from?

Ah Miss Dee the cannon is from the WFB Ogre Kingdoms Ironblaster and the answer to your question the other day the purple I'm using is Vallejo Hexed Lichen, sorry forgot to answer that one.

Today we have a few more shots of the work I did on the Vindicator this morning, I'll be adding the dozer blade towards the end of the painting.





I also have another base for my Dark Wolves to show you.



I have one more 60mm base to do which if all goes to plan should look quite stunning.

LOVE this!


Considerer that idea -stolen- borrowed.

Can I see the back of the guys with the winged back pack please.

wows, killer base man. I like that Vindi, nice work, nice work.

Just where the wings go

GiraffeX wrote:

happygolucky wrote:Im liking the black helm on the Berserker... HOT

Cheers happygolucky I wasn't sure but really like them now as well.

Ok heres another WIP shot of the first Rhino, we are going to have a look at the rear side this time!



Now what do you think? The Blood letter is holding onto a chain mount attached to the door to look as though its being opened and hes about to jump out. You will have to imagine it with the top hatches on and being dark inside. Well that's not true if I can make miracles happen there will be a red led light behind him on the far side of the compartment.

Very nice idea.

Lots of posts to answer today so here go

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:LOVE this!

Considerer that idea -stolen- borrowed.

Thanks Skalk, borrow away

Miss Dee wrote:Can I see the back of the guys with the winged back pack please.

Miss Dee wrote:Just where the wings go

Here you go Miss Dee, the wings attach to little bits on the marines back

genom.cor wrote:wows, killer base man. I like that Vindi, nice work, nice work.

Many thanks genom

Malganess wrote:
Very nice idea.

Cheers, I didn't use the bloodletter idea in the end though.

Just bought the Ogre Kingdoms Ironblaster barrel

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Just bought the Ogre Kingdoms Ironblaster barrel

Nice one, you dont need to do much to make it fit on a vindicator.

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Something new for you all tonight, Skyrar's Dark Wolves Wolf lord's Thunder Wolf. That's a mouth full lol I hope you like him I'm very proud of him.





In a rush tonight as I have to go to work soon enjoy

Nice, I like how he's standing on the log.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Nice, I like how he's standing on the log.

Thanks

I'm really pleased with the weathering effects although I'm having real issues capturing what my minis really look like with my camera now my paintings getting better.

Oh my...

The Jugger.. Dude that is absolutely amazing.

Fantastic weathering, really subtle but gives it that perfect overall feel. You are coming on leaps and bounds, it is incredible. You should be super proud of the mini's you are putting out, I freaking would be!

Brutal Gir.... really like him. Like the pose stepping over the log too.... just adds that much more oomph to the piece.

GiraffeX wrote:Skyrar's Dark Wolves Wolf lord's Thunder Wolf.

Say that quickly three times.

The TW looks great! You did a good job on it.

Ifalna wrote:Oh my...

The Jugger.. Dude that is absolutely amazing.

Fantastic weathering, really subtle but gives it that perfect overall feel. You are coming on leaps and bounds, it is incredible. You should be super proud of the mini's you are putting out, I freaking would be!

Many thanks Iffy I always try to push myself with each new project that I do on both the conversion and painting/basing side.

I do feel I could go back to some of the first minis in the blog and do them better now.

Gitsplitta wrote:Brutal Gir.... really like him. Like the pose stepping over the log too.... just adds that much more oomph to the piece.

Thanks Git's I'm a bit unsure whether the rider is going to be good enough as a Wolf Lord though. I'm having second thoughts about him but can't really thin of anything else to do to make him look larger than life if you now what I mean

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

GiraffeX wrote:Skyrar's Dark Wolves Wolf lord's Thunder Wolf.

Say that quickly three times.

The TW looks great! You did a good job on it.

Thanks Skalk, I cant even say it once let alone three times

this thread is amazing.. keep it up !

Joske De Veteraan wrote:this thread is amazing.. keep it up !

Thanks I need to post a new army pic in your thread as I've painted loads since the last pic. Just need to find the space to lay them out.

Quick question for you all as I'm looking at stuff for my The Reborn (Nurgle) force at the moment. The Reborn are worshippers of Nurgle with decaying armour and antique weaponry.

I've already done a test mini which I've post below for your reference.



Now the question lies in the Form of picking a Greater Daemon of Nurgle for these guys for a tournament in May. I need to start early for these guys as I have a lot to budget for and paint in time most of the parts will be from Forge World, I never seem to pick the cheap option!

I've been looking at tones of potential Greater Daemon of Nurgle models. The one I like the most is the FW one buts out of my price range for a single mini. I sent some feelers out and was recommend a Cryx mini from Warmachine, the Bloat Thrall but I think it would look small next to my Daemon Prince of Khorne.

Then I found this on the Cryax page of maelstrom Games and thought hmmm could I use this guy...The model in question is the Wraith Engine, if I rusted it up a lot what do you think?

Here's a pic I found on the web next to a 28mm figure. As you can see its huge so shouldn't cause LOS issues for my opponent.

Thoughts on a postcard please.

And Happy Christmas all. I hope Slaanesh was plentiful in her gifts!

Great model... go for it!

My first hesitation are the words "tournament in May". Depending on the organizers, etc it's possible the model would be disallowed? You would know better than I, just had to mention that.

The other is I'm not feeling the love from that model. It screams "cybernetic Tyranid" to me and not even a little "Papa Nurgle". I've been wrong before and have said "no way" to things that people have taken and converted and made horrifically beautiful... but as it stands (NIB) that model isn't what you are looking for as far as I'm concerned.

Now I know you may be thinking "Ok Skalk... that's 'helpful'... thanks " and I understand. So here's my bit to hopefully help out and offer some alternate solutions instead of just offering a dissenting opinion.

So some ideas...

The GW Greater Daemon of Nurgle likely isn't what you are going for I'm guessing. It looks like a bloated WFB River Troll from the same era. Man that model needs an upgrade. However, there are quite a few on eBay right now that are in a decent price range.

THIS model is AWESOME! It's the Ultraforge Plaguedemon and man I have half a mind to buy it for myself. Check it out and see what you think.

Same company used to make a Greater Plague Demon but apparently GW sent them a C&D letter and it's OOP. They still pop up online now and then (nothing on eBay currently that I could find)

And then there's... uhm... *30 minutes of Google later*... hrm...

Yeah. Forgeworld I guess.

But there's got to be more out there, I'm just a bit fried / tired. If I find anything that may be of interest I'll post it.

Thanks Gits and Skalk

Skalk in reply to your post I agree it is a bit too cybernetic for a Great Unclean One. The Greater Plague Daemon would be great but too hard to get hold of the other is more of a Daemon Prince I'd say.

This is the results of searching that I've and a few others from another forum have come up with so far.

Gribbly Miniatures - Vile Spawn

Confrontation - Flesh Golem Although I expect this will be too hard to get hold of

Games Workshop - Greater Daemon of Nurgle

Forge World - Greater Daemon of Nurgle

Raging Heroes - Gluttony

Maxmini - Great Plague Bringer

Banelegions - N'nhaak'chshir, Divine Lord of the Lesions and the Buboes

Puppetswar - Fat Plague Daemon

I've just finished the third of the Emperor's Children today.

Here she is, this young creature isn't flaunting her wears like the others as the heavy flamer gives off a lot of heat and we wouldn't want any singed flesh, she's also wearing a scarf round her face to try and block out the smell of charred bodies.

I'm quite happy with how the power weapon came out, I was trying not to draw the attention towards the base rather leaving it on the main part of the model but have a nice effect as well..











I also have another pic I took of the jugger the other day when we had some sunshine.

GiraffeX, your Empchild Termi is looking really good. Did you use a DE head for it? And that Jugger is just looking great!

In regards to your options for the GD of Nurgle, I'd say to go for the "Gluttony" model from Raging Heroes. That being said, I have no idea what that bugger costs. It may even be more pricey than FW, though I doubt it. I feel like a lot of those other options just reminded me of Slimer from Ghostbusters.

That is an amazing blood crusher, its so good it hurts me. The terminators are excellent and as someone said earlier in the thread, rare to see a good purple.

Moltar wrote:GiraffeX, your Empchild Termi is looking really good. Did you use a DE head for it? And that Jugger is just looking great!

In regards to your options for the GD of Nurgle, I'd say to go for the "Gluttony" model from Raging Heroes. That being said, I have no idea what that bugger costs. It may even be more pricey than FW, though I doubt it. I feel like a lot of those other options just reminded me of Slimer from Ghostbusters.

Thanks Moltar glad you are liking her, there's a few more on previous pages as well. Yes the head and her torso are from the Dark Eldar Wyche sprues.

After all the hard work looking for a Nurgle GD I've now dropped it from the list for the May tournament, I'll have to pick up one at a later time though.

mekbadzappa wrote:That is an amazing blood crusher, its so good it hurts me. The terminators are excellent and as someone said earlier in the thread, rare to see a good purple.

Cheers mekbadzappa I'll be doing all my Dark Wolves to that standard. Just one more Emperor's Children Terminator left to go to finish the unit. I need to make a Chaos Sorceress in the same way in power armour and I have a cunning idea for a counts as Abaddon model coming up in the near future.

That Vindicator looks awesome beyond words!

lindsay40k wrote:That Vindicator looks awesome beyond words!

Thanks lindsay , I'll begin painting it this week after I finish the current terminator.

My vote is for Gluttony as you can't afford the FW GD Nurgle in the budget. One of them reminds me of a rotting Jabba!

I have some time off this week and managed to get some painting time in today and finished off the fourth Emperor's Children Terminator.

This one is the icon bearer.

just noticed what seems to be a bubble on her back, ah well I'm not going to try and fix that now.









Heres a group shot of all four, when I get some decent light I'll take another, you can see the pic better if you click on it as its quite big.



Well thats the unit finished for now.

Next on the painting list is the Vindicator, I'm hoping to finish it by the end of the week.

GiraffeX wrote:just noticed what seems to be a bubble on her back, ah well I'm not going to try and fix that now.

It's just a little love from Papa Nurgle. Nothing to worry about.

Really.

Possessed terminators sweet

Thanks for the comments.

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Well I decided to take an army shot tonight. This is everything I've painted in the last eleven months since I got back into the hobby for my Chaos Space Marine army. There are a few things I'd like to do again or do differently like the Chosen unit, but It wouldn't feel right changing them now.

Both the Thousand Sons and the World Eaters have been to a tournament each and I had fun with both.



I'm currently working on my last mini for the year which is the World Eaters Vindicator.

Next year so far for this army you will see a Thousand Sons Rhino, the introduction of my Nurgle force The Reborn consisting of a Daemon Prince and two Plague Marine units with Rhinos, an Emperors Children Sorcerer and Abaddon's daughter!

The large point tournament games are at the beginning of the year for me so I'll be running a mixed chaos force for the first half of the year then hopefully my Skyrar's Dark Wolves army will be painted and ready for action in mid September.

Thanks to everybody who has contributed to this thread you have helped me in both my modelling and painting skills and given me the feedback and encouragement to continue forwards has been most appreciated. Also thanks to the lurkers out there as well, I know you're there