Had a bit of a sort out today and compiled what I have left to paint for 40K and Deadzone.

Iron Warriors: (45 minis)
35 Cultists
5 Chosen
5 Raptors


Hawk Lords Space Marines: (18 minis)

10 Man Tactical Squad
5 terminators
3 man Bike Squad
Commander


Blood Angels: (36 minis)

20 tactical marines
10 Death Company
1 Librarian
5 Devastators (need re-basing to 32mm).



Deadzone: (22 minis)

5 Plastic Enforcers
2 Goblin Snipers
Freya
Boomer
1 teraton
2 Ripper Suits
2 Sorak
2 Grogan
Rebs commander
5 Yndij



Currently on the painting table:

5 deadzone zombies, 3 Blood Angel terminators, Terminator Commander and a Death Company Dread:




So that is 131 minis to get through.

Today I did a little Deadzone work and got 4 Enforcers (not on the above list) and my counts as Marauder Stuntbot that I got in a trade with a friend. The pictures are awful due to bad light, I will try and get some better ones up. These are not as poor as they seem!





With some friends:



4 Enforcers:



Thanks for all the replies, and Grim do not worry about the music, different tastes is what the World is about.

The skin tone on the marauder leader is awesome. Bright and smooth. Awesome. Using a killa kan is also a great sub as a stunt bot. Have to keep that in mind.

Also going back a few posts, how did you make the IW sgt's chainsword?

The one with the Khorne Beserker bare head? That is from the Raptor kit, and very spiky it is too.

I like those Enforcers, dark and menacing

the stunt bot is my favourite Mantic release but your substitute is rather smashing.

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
The one with the Khorne Beserker bare head? That is from the Raptor kit, and very spiky it is too.

Yeah- if you don't want to keep spamming the same Chosen from Dark Vengeance, buy the Raptor/Warp Talon kit. Some really Chaosy bits in there. My brother's Black Legion army looks so much better with all the Raptor bits he has spread about his various traitor Astartes squads.

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Looking forward to seeing what it could be... I may or may not have ordered a box of Skitarii to paint up...

Now is the time of the Ad Mech, all praise the Omnissiah.

Indeed Azazelx! As mentioned earlier I was looking for a new army, it just went and found me. So 3 boxes of Skitarii later...









That is a 10 man Ranger Unit, a 10 man Vanguard unit and two 5 man (or maybe given who they are Man Machine's) units of each as well. I love this kit, but it does have its limits as most of the robes will only fit one specified pair of legs.

They bought a mate too...



There is only really one band to soundtrack this lot:

Whole lotta awesome right there! They seem to be a unique army in both play style and aestethics, so I think you made a great choice!

That will be an awesome army for sure.

Holy gak. You didn't hold anything back with the Ad Mech did you Thraxas?! 30 Skitarii and a Knight!! lol.

Are you going for the studio colours? Or the forge world of Metalica perhaps?

Colour wise I am not too keen on the red, I am thinking Purple to ally them to my Hawk Lords. Purple, silver and brass just works for me.

Sweet haul And the best part for me? I won't have to wait very long to see them painted as Thraxas is a machine

You weren't messing around. Good to see someone already working on the new models. I am gonna pass on the admech, as I already have too many armies (is that a real thing?) but am looking forward to seeing what everyone does with them.

Looking forward to seeing these painted

Your wish is granted Pyro...

Here is my first Ranger Alpha, with the potentially dangerous Arc Maul:







And a Ranger to join him:






have also done a little bit more work on the Knight:





So just 3 more Rangers to go (including the Transuranic arquebus) before i have my first Skitarii unit done.

Damn, that's some fast work! Looking great!

That's a badass kinigit

Still a lot of work to go on the Knight, then again bigger miniatures always seem so much quicker and easier to paint to me.

So the purple scheme? Good? Bad? Heretical? Indifferent?

Oh yeah. Those are sweet. At first I was a little dubious about anything that's not red being used for AdMech, but even I have to admit that it's a good looking scheme. The Knight is also looking spectacular so far. I really like the way you've done the brass on it. I need to get one of those kits sometime soon... and the Skitarii as well...

Those guys are coming along nicely!

I really like the purple and brown together.

I can't wait to see more.

The purple works really well on those rangers

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
Still a lot of work to go on the Knight, then again bigger miniatures always seem so much quicker and easier to paint to me.

So the purple scheme? Good? Bad? Heretical? Indifferent?

I think you could put some reds on- maybe some red trim on the edges of the robes to show their allegiance to Mars.

Purple works well with metals, at least I've always thought so. Stick with it, its different but still looks good.

I am not a big fan of the different coloured inner robes, black suits me just fine. And I am lazy

Enter the Aureo (meaning Golden in Latin or cookie in American).













And also a supply drop:


Thanks for looking.

Tres bien! Very nice indeed!

Knight is super sweet. Very neat and clean paint job.

Supply drop is pretty damn sweet too!

Maybe too clean though? I rarely do battle damage and the like but maybe it is fitting on an aged machine of war like a Knight Errant?

If I do add some how do I go about it?

Jesus... that's one hell of a supply drop Thraxas lol.
Are you going for Ironstrider Balistarii or Sydonian Dragoons?

Also, check this out for tips on Battle Damage

Cheers AOV, I should have been less thick as I used that tutorial you posted for some reverse muzzle burn on the Errant.

I am currently thinking 2 Dragoons and 2 Balistarii, even though most seem to think that the latter are far less effective than the former. Then again it may change to 3 Dragoons as they do just look cooler, either way I will have the option to use the Ironstrider Formation.

I am looking forward to the two Dunecrawlers I have due around monday too.

I think this pic sums up your AdMech binge nicely lol

Have you considered magnets? If you can magnetise the riders and guns you should have enough interchangeability to do either/or without too much work.

I'm a big advocate of magnets

The knight looks great

I'm counting on you to get that new stuff painted up so I can gawk, haven't had a look at any new GW releases so you're my source for the skitari stuff

I'm not the best at battle damage, but the idea is to try to make it look as natural as possible. In other words, add chipped paint to the edges of things, as thats where paint normally chips off. Thinks like that. Looking at pictures really helps me, though I admitedly still have plenty of room for improvement.

I struggle with applying rust and corrosion as well, but the idea is still the same there too. Look at pictures to figure out where rust naturally builds and try to apply that. Rust normall builds up where water can sit, so around rivets, etc.

Magnets are something that I have never really considered, but I could see them being very useful on something like the Ironstriders. It would involve a bit of research into tutorials and materials on my part though.

So I have the the first part of my Skitarii Maniple (latin, I believe, for non milk giving bit of man) done with a unit of 5 Rangers:













Here they are with the Knight Errant:


And work on my 10 man vanguard unit with 2 Plasma calivers has begun as well:

Very nice! Gotta get me some of these guys!

I'm not sure if I'm sold on these new models or not, but you're doing a great job with the paint

The ad mech are looking good, I like the purple scheme you have opted for. Are you getting any of the fw ad mech knight upgrade bits? They look awesome!

Knight's looking great with the battle damage Thraxas nice work.

Thank you all.

@Calbanite Lion: What Knight upgrade bits are there? I have a very limited knowledge of Forge World's products.

Anyway I have already constructed the 2 O(w)nagers, one with Neutron Laser and one with Icarus Array. I will get some pictures up tomorrow.

As ever, thanks for looking.

Completed my first Onager, i love this kit. this one is armed with the deadly neutron laser, a real piece of AT kit:







And here is an Onager with Icarus Array





And finally my first constructed Dragoon.

Really neat work on that Onager, Thraxas. Looks badass
I assume you're keeping the servo arm bits for an upcoming project?

Great stuff once again! Did you manage to magnetise the Striders in the end z or just settle on the one version?

I could not really figure out a way of doing it. The kit only has one body so you would have to have separate magnets for each arm and for the head (Dragoons are Vanguard(ish) Ballistarii are Rangers) and then I could not even begin to work out how to attach the guns on the Ballistarii. Lucky I have 4 of the kits, I think running 2 of each is the way I will go.

Fair enough, I didn't realise they were that fiddly!

With the two Onagers and the Knight providing a healthy amount of long-range firepower, I'd almost be tempted to run them as two units of two Dragoons. Not only do I massively prefer the look of the lancers, but two fast units to press in on a flank while the rest of the army bombards them would be handy to have.

I guess it depends on whether you want to paint 4 similar large models or have some variety in there. Any plans for the Sicarians from the last wave of releases?

The purple + those particular metallics goes together really well. An original take on AdMech, kudos to you sir. Also, good choice on using those feet for your Dunecrawlers, I think they have a very transformative effect and stop it looking like a mini-Defiler.

You're really moving with the Admech stuff. I said it earlier, but I'll repeat myself anyways, the purple color scheme works really well. Big Fan.

 Paradigm wrote:


With the two Onagers and the Knight providing a healthy amount of long-range firepower, I'd almost be tempted to run them as two units of two Dragoons. Not only do I massively prefer the look of the lancers, but two fast units to press in on a flank while the rest of the army bombards them would be handy to have.

Very fair call. I think I am settled on 3 Dragoons and 1 Ballistarii (with 1 more to come in the future?). That way I have the options to both harass flanks or use the Ironstrider Formation, its rules are pretty good plus it comes in at under 150pts so is a bit of a steal.

I am still undecided on whether to run Rustalkers or Infiltrators, there does not seem much in it so it may just come down to aesthetics.

Also having looked at the Codex I have decided that my Skitarii are from the Esteban System Forge World, an advantage of this is that it is right next to the Knight World Orestes and not far from The Maelstrom, so plenty of potential enemies are on the doorstep.

And thank you Sock and Squall, all complements, criticisms and donations are accepted

Neat stuff. I'm still not sure if I'm sold on the walker things from personal taste, but the Onager thing is pretty neat!

Looks like its got dreadnought waddle-walk syndrome the way it's legs are mounted, but it also looks to be built for stability over speed.

Your AM project is going great guns. I really like how the purple scheme comes across. I'd never have thought of it myself, but it really works well.

Dude, you're a machine! (pun intended) Seriously, you are really cranking these Mechanicum forces out! I really like your color scheme, and the bases are simple but really effective and tie the force together well. I look forward to continuing to follow your blog.

Thank you everyone, nice to see a new face in here in the form of pantheralegionnaire too.

Not much in the way of progress but all of the Ad Mech that I currently own are now constructed and on their way to being based. So a blurry army shot:



So painted I have:

1 Imperial Knight
1 Onager Dunecrawler
5 Skitarii Rangers.

Left to paint I have:

15 Skitarii Vanguard
10 Skitarii rangers
1 Onager
3 Ironstrider Dragoons
1 Ironstrider Ballisterii
and finally 5 Sicarian infiltrators:



I do not really know why I went with these over the Rustalkers but there you go. Thank you, as ever, for looking.

That's quite the number of Cog-heads you're amassing there Thraxas.

I saw the Onager at my FLGS and was quite surprised how small they are. The photos from the White Dwarf are quite deceptive as I was expecting something a bit more Defiler sized. I see you've gone for the AA over-kill array on one of them lol.

Coming along nicely

Not much in the way of progress but...whoops:





I like the box and the quality of contents, I still think it should have been about £25 less (or $120 less if you live in Aus or NZ), but i did get it at %20 off so that mitigated that a bit.

The Chaos will all be added to my Iron Warriors (50 unpainted Cultists now I think, hooray!) and the Sorceror will be made as a standard Lord.

For the Assassins I think I will go for a variety of different Camo schemes...that should be fun.

That's a pretty sweet looking "whoops!"

The ad mech stuff looks fantastic. I like the army shot.

Have you had a chance to play the game yet? I was curious as to how it plays.

I bought it myself and got it in yesterday. Didn't have a chance to open it yet. The thing that surprised me was just how heave the box was. Hope you enjoy it!

Agreed on the heaviness. It was a bit of a slog walking home with it!

@Zambro, me and the Missus had a couple of play throughs and have failed to kill Draskk both times. It is very easy to learn and we really enjoyed it. The random events may be a bit *too* random and I do not know how many repeat games it will stand but we did have a good time.

I plan on house ruling some different varieties of Chaos Marines and maybe Terminators too, that should add to it.

Very keen to see the painting take place on the new units, and the assassins especially! Way to go!

So a nice bit of progress on the boxed set with over 60% of it painted (I am including the Familiar in the miniature count to bring it up to 24 for, well, easier maths).

So here are my 15 Cultists. I used some of my models from Dark vengeance for a bit of variety, and also put the odd head swap in as well. But very glad to have my first 15 done, just 35 left now:






Nice quick job on the Familiar (aka Turn Counter):


And a quick WIP on the remaining 4 Renegades:



And Drask's brother, Darsk (Cape to be added and mould line to be removed from axe)



I am quite proud of myself having painted the grunts first and leaving the Assassins until last. But a question, to camo or not to camo on the Assassins?

Looks like you have quite the Iron Warriors army going there now.

Great stuff, the cultists especially.

Thanks gents, so any thoughts on Camo for the Assassins?

I am thinking a nice Urban Camo for the Vindicare, but apart from that I am a bit stumped.

Personally, I'd go with just black and spot colours for the assassins. Not only would they look very striking, but I think it's more applicable to sneaking around temples/spaceships/catacombs than any kind of actual camp. When you can basically disappear just by stepping into the shadows, you don't really need camouflage suits.

I think that may have to be the way to go, maybe with Purple as a spot colour to link them to my Skitarii and Hawk Lords?

The quest for Camo will probably lead me to a 5000 point Imperial Guard (or that other name) army.

Those cultists do indeed look great. If you really want to go camo for the assassins, I reckon they'd look good in Multicam, but you can't go past classic black, either.

Man every time I see those cultists painted up nicely I wonder about getting a set to use for misc riffraff, raiders/mutants, wasteland dwellers... etc.

Yours look great, solid work on the set. Can't wait to see the assassins

I do think the Cultists make great *insert random game or setting here* bad guys. A breeze to paint too.

Have had a bit more progress, excuse the pictures it is quite overcast today and I could not get motivated enough to change the bulb in the lamp.

My dual use Iron Warrior Terminator Lord/ Assassinorum Head Honcho:








My monopose CSM:



And all of the renegades in the proper setting:



I have not forgotten my Skitarii, I have done a unit of 5 Vanguard (extremely poor pic to follow, will get one in a better light later):





next up is either the Assassins, 5 more vanguard or my first Skitarii Chicken walker...decisions...decisions.

As ever, thank you for looking.

Nice work, and excellent volume too

Fantastic! The Lord is awesome, and the purple robed Skitarii remain an epic idea! You've even got the monopose CSM looking good!

Tanks as ever gents, I was looking at all my 40k stuff and was scared to realise that I only got back into it last July...that has lead to 4 armies Hawk Lords, Iron Warriors, Ad Mech and Blood Angels (well the BA are 4 painted models so not an "army" as such). I am quite happy that since July I have painted over 100 40K minis:

Armies of The Imperium:



Iron Warriors:



With this lot to paint:



Oh and these...Kastelans.





I love this guy:



Datasmiths:



So I think what I am saying is that this is a line in the sand. I will lay off purchasing for a bit (the only exception being the Ad Mech HQ and maybe a box of the servitors) and also get back into painting Malifaux and completing what i have left of Deadzone. To the future...

Awesome collection!

Still not 100% sure I like the Kastellans, but the datasmiths are just superb!

Yeah that's some nice stuff, excellent progress in both quantity AND quality.

Head honcho looks awesome! I really like your color choices.

I really like the familiar model. It's cute! In an evil chaos kind of way, of course...

Loving the Kastelan robots. They look to have quite a lot of posing options

Will you be going full on Ad Mech then? Kataphron breacher/destroyer squads and Electro-priests? Maybe a Magos Dominus as well?

@ AOVI am hoping for full on Ad Mech, I am not sure that I like the Katraphon's thatttttt much, basically how most people seem to feel about the Kastellan's but reversed. Magos for sure, but I am not keen on the Electro Priest feet...but we shall see.

The bots are nice and simple to pose, maybe one more kit to make 2 units of 3...but damn that would be a near 450point unit. The possibility of 9 strength 6 Phosphor Blaster shots is very inviting though.

@EyeamRai: That was what I was going for, it is a turn counter in the game so I wanted something quick, easy and fun.

@Grim: I am not sure my quality is improving but my quantity certainly is.

@Para: The Datasmiths are superb, it is a shame that the legs are covered by the robes as they are amazing underneath. I wish there was a bit more poseability too, but they are great miniatures.

Well, that was 13 pages of awesome. Superb painting ability and a joy to read. I'd best go and paint some of my own stuff now though

I'm jealous of your robots. Wish I had a few. Any chance of a pic of ghem next to a Dread or at least a Skitarii?

I'm loving all of your AdMech stuff. If not for AU pricing (and a poor dollar right now) I'd be pouring money into those, and posts like the ones in your P&M here aren't helping!

The chaos dudes from the Assassin boardgame look good as well. I need to dust off my own IW at some stage - and again - yours aren't helping!

Thank you kind Sirs.Would love to see some of your IW Az.

Sure thing barzam:

WIP Kastellan and Dreadnought:








Kastellan and Skitarii Ranger:



I still do not know what to quite do with the visor/dome thing.

How about painting the visor green with some sort of targetting array?

Hmm, the Kastellan is larger then I thought... Almost big enough to turn into a Contemptor Pattern Dread with a bit of creative plasticarding....

Paintwork looks good too!

Well, you're painting a *lot* at a consistently high level of quality, if that gets my meaning across any better. Its impressive work

That robot is cool, purple is doing well. Are you going to paint big goofy eyes in the white part?

Something like:

Would really fit into that space, and it's already primed white

Or maybe something like this?

I may add a nose and a mouth too:

Thanks for the pic. The Kastellan is a bit smaller than I was hoping it would be. The official pictures, as usual, make it look like it'd be at least twice the size of a Dreadnought.

You're right there. The model seems to be a decent size, but the official pics make them look huuuge.

I'll get some IW pics up soon(ish). I need to fill out the squads that I've started for 5-7th edition. And then get Archer or someone to make me some force lists.

 Azazelx wrote:
You're right there. The model seems to be a decent size, but the official pics make them look huuuge.

I'll get some IW pics up soon(ish). I need to fill out the squads that I've started for 5-7th edition. And then get Archer or someone to make me some force lists.

Battlescribe it. Takes very little time at all.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

 Azazelx wrote:
You're right there. The model seems to be a decent size, but the official pics make them look huuuge.

I'll get some IW pics up soon(ish). I need to fill out the squads that I've started for 5-7th edition. And then get Archer or someone to make me some force lists.

Battlescribe it. Takes very little time at all.

Battlescribe all the way. I'm using it to target my painting to get set force sizes done. It's very quick.

I think the Kastelans are about the size I expected, they are not especially bulky though. I have got my first one done though, I am happy with it. Is the battle damage alright? I think i ill continue it on my remaining robots.









Until the next time.

Awesome! The chipped areas look good, all I'd do is maybe darken the metal just a tad.

Yeah they look great. I think the thing is about 2x 28mm model height? Dreads are almost that tall, the trick is nothing looks taller than a straight level horizontal view, but we rarely get those unless testing models eye view Los.

It looks almost like a big Space Marine. The Brass/Purple and steel go very well together on this guy as well. I like what you've done with him, but I'd also go with darkening the metal areas a little. Maybe a touch of thinned black and/or "tin bitz" or the equivalent to make it a bit more subtle and burnt.

A nice bit of progress over the past few days. So firstly I completed the Kastelan's and Datasmith:







I have also finished my first Dragoon:





And have also done 80% of my Sicarian infiltrator unit:






And an army shot:


Phew.

Love those Sicarian Infiltrators and the Kastelans look pretty great too- nice work on the face plates there.

Fantastic as ever!

Crazy machine cult guys are crazy, but really well painted

They look awesome so far

I am so digging your color choices!

You're painting these guys up pretty quickly!

Yeah, the army is coming together fantastically well.

Blimey, feels like an age since I have updated this. I have been on a bit of a jaunt up and down the country watching my favourite band so have basically eat and drank too much and battered the bank account.

But there has been progress, more Ad Mech/Mechanicus to come. I have also recently been reading a lot about Blood Angels and really want to start painting them, my BA army consists of the following painted models :

Dante
Fragioso Dreadnought
2 Assault Terminators.

That would be an...interesting Unbound list. The release of The new Space Marine and Dark Angels codexes (codeses??) have seen BA players up in arms about the army (and there are a lot of valid points) but I am determined to make it work. With Drop Pods and Jump packs.

I have a bit of catching up to do on my P&M blog reading so will soon be looking into all my favourite blogs (any odds on Paradigm having painted 100 minis in the past 3 weeks? ). So I hope to hear from you all soon.

I think BA can definitely still work, especially at a more casual level. SM/DA have more that they can exploit to build gimmicky/tricky/'cheesey' lists, but on the whole most units are comparable across the two. No, we can't quite bring 10 free transports, but that's likely one hell of a boring list anyway, and leaving stuff like that aside it's pretty level. I doubt anyone will have any problems playing BA outside of tournaments even with the new SM book out there.

Not quite 100 minis, but I did pass the 365 and 400 milestones recently!

I think the way to go is to concentrate on the units unique to Blood Angels with a smattering of other things.

To that end Death Company, Sanguiary Guard, Pod Fragioso's and the like.

The one thing I wont be doing is minimising on troops, a Marine army of any variety is not right without at least two 10 man tactical squads.

So have completed a few miniatures over the weekend.

Firstly we have my Tech Priest Dominus replete with Pimp Cane and Pimp Hat, I am quite happy with how he turned out but the robes seem a bit off to me. I just cannot quite put my finger on why:







Also got my first Kataphron Servitor Destroyer done, armed with heavy Grav Cannon:







Finally I have also started to re-visit my Blood Angels and went with a whole 35pt drop pod, I skimped on the interior but it should be fine for the tabletop. Maybe I need to add some transfers? I am not sure on what markings are needed though.









Thanks for looking.

Wow, he's smashing! The robes look good to me, but maybe some simple freehand (a cog pattern around the base or something) would really take it above and beyond!

Yeah the new mechanicus stuff is excellent as we've come to expect from you

The drop pod is great too. The weathering isn't over-the top but it works and appears to be in appropriate places which is always a plus. Plus there's an interior haven't gotten around to doing the interior for any of mine.

@Paradigm: I am THE WORST at freehand but I may give it a go. Hopefully some form of inspiration will visit me soon.

@Grim: The temptation to just glue the doors shut was strong

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
@Paradigm: I am THE WORST at freehand but I may give it a go. Hopefully some form of inspiration will visit me soon.

@Grim: The temptation to just glue the doors shut was strong

Aren't there some cog transfers from the Skitarii kit you can use for the trim on the robes/base?

Really liking the drop pod paint job- nice work! Looks suitably weathered/battered

The doors are ignored in game and I don't think you're supposed to be able to draw line of sight through models anyway even if they do have holes in them, right? Seems fair

I do actually have another drop pod to build, so I may well just glue the doors shut on that one. Also how in the hell is a Dreadnought meant to fit in (and get out of) a drop pod? I does not seem physically possible.

I have undercoated my Stormraven today so I may well continue my Blood Angels "paint anything but troops" tradition. I also noticed that I glued the fin on the tail the wrong way round, luckily it does not look too out of place.

They make a forge world drop pod that specifically addresses that issue... however I think they get special rules that were kind of what? and such. Plus forgeworld is expensive.

ie... this. MUCH MUCH bigger lol.

Woah, that Dread Drop Pod is massive. I "dread" to think of the cost.

Have made a little progress today, finished my Death Company Dreadnought/possibly Cassor The Damned. One of those "the photos look rough but it must be the light" type jobs here. He is not amazing but I am more than happy to say he is done. I do not want to think about painting Death Company Marines though,painting black is such a chore.







On a brighter note I have also completed one of the most controversial miniatures of our time, a Stormcast Eternal Liberator from the new "Age of Sigmar" game. This came free with this weeks White Dwarf.I am happy with how he turned out, very easy to paint too:







Adios.

Great work on the Dread! I like that take on the Sigmarine too, especially that blue!

Kind of jealous you managed to get the WD, everywhere near me sold out before I could get there!

Nice work on Cassor

Loving the new Sigmarite stuff. Are you going for Sigmarites or the Goretide then Thraxas?

@Paradigm: Yup GW Coventry sold out of 50 copies within 4 hours of opening, mental really. I assume that some bought multiple copies for army building, or ebaying...nearly £12 WTF?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stormcast-eternal-brand-new-warhammer-from-white-dwarf-75-/391191515782?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5b14d4d286

@AOV Both probably. I really like the idea of an Elf alliance for the Order of good think. OR maybe just Dark Elves on round bases with WOTR movement trays (or at least the trays available from other retailers).

Yeah, EBay is odd like that! I'd like to think no one would really spend 5x the price of the magazine for a mini that'll be on general release in a week, but you never know!

Elf alliance? Don't tempt me! Between AoS, KoW and the upcoming Dragon Rampant I'm very close to planning a Mantic undead army for the 3 systems, but I do keep looking at the GW elf stuff. Crappy core troop minis always put me off continuing my HE army, but if I could find an excuse to get some WE Eternal Guard or some White Lions without needing a ton of Spearmen or Archers I might just have to!

I dread to think of the cost of non-starter Eternals, but the halberd and archer ones from the video look really, really nice too!

The chance to replace those ancient, ham fisted archers and spearmen with Wood Elves may be too tempting to miss. Speaking of which...today saw me:

*Deep Booming Voice* ENTER THE BITZ BOX (es). Well my fantasy ones anyway.






Basically a collection of WHFB Empire/High Elf/Dark Elf/DwarfOgre/Chaos and Mantic bits. I have owned armies for all of these and promptly sold them on. This got me thinking about my Elf alliance/possible just Dark Elves for AOS and I found these:





probably from around 2010, Not an amazing conversion or anything, but I have enough bits to make another one. I will re-base them onto 25mm rounds and start my "new" fantasy army. I also dragged these out of the cupboard, a present from a confused Uncle a couple of years ago:





I think I will split the Executioner box into two man units, one Executioners and one black Guard.

So add a character and I basically have a very good base for an AOS army. I just need to get growing some pointy ears for the special rules now.

Ok, so I'm a little behind on this blog. First off, your mechanicus stuff is really top knotch. I've seen a lot of people do some good work with the HQ model, and yours is right up there.

I also like your color scheme for the sigmarite. I went with the stock one, and am in the process of trying out a silver / green approach. I won't copy yours, but I'm tempted.

You say bits box, I say army waiting to happen! Looking forward to seeing where this goes; my easily-led-astray wallet is less enthusiastic!

Great stuff these last couple of pages. The BA are looking good as always - I particularly like the DC Dread. And you know how much I love your AdMech. The Sigmarine looks very nice as well, and now the new/old elves look very promising. I look forward to seeing what you do with those DE kits!

Your stuff is looking great! I especially like your Dominus. Those purple robes are fantastic.

Well, that is my night sorted then, picture brought to you by BLUR-O-VISION (tm)

BAHHH. I won't have mine until Tuesday or so. Super jealous. Keep us updated on your progress!

Jealousy is a sin.. I am soo going to hell now!

Joking aside, can't wait to see you crack on with these! What's up first?

Oh nice! Can't wait to see them painted up!

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
Well, that is my night sorted then, picture brought to you by BLUR-O-VISION (tm)

Mother !!!

I won't get mine til tomorrow afternoon :(

Well the set was a joy to put together, just be wary of Vandus Hammerhand as it can be a bit fiddly to get everything to fit together snugly. So dry and test fit everything.

As is often the way I was not originally enamoured with the Khorgorath Skuldrak, but having him in hand I think he will be first up for painting.

We want pics, we want pics!

Any chance you could take some quick shots of the Khorney lord and big demon-thing and the Sigmarite general before you paint them? I'm interested to see them in the bare plastic rather than the gaudy (though decent) GW schemes.

Just on the exercise bike, will get some shots up in an hour or so. And some rear shots, we never get those.


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Lord (sans Flesh Hound)









And the little pre-order bonus:

Look ripe for 40k conversions for darn sure. Neat stuff, thanks for sharing.

Models are simply stunning. The hellbrute thing has really grown on me and I think could look amazing with a different color scheme than GW has been showing.

That's some beautiful plastic right there! Thanks!

Those are awesome looking models! I may have to pick up a set after all.

Had fun painting up the Khorgorath, I went for a more natural scheme and also snipped off the jewellery near its jowls as it made it look like it had been to the salon.









These guys next...probably:

That looks awesome Thraxas!! Really nice job you've made there!

He looks drybrushed-is he?

Sooo much better than the red-on-red-on-red GW scheme!

 Paradigm wrote:
Sooo much better than the red-on-red-on-red GW scheme!

He's actually Red and Screamer pink if you look at the YouTube vids.

It is actually a scheme I used on Chaos Spawn many moons ago.

Aye, he is dry brushed from Doombull Brown-Karak Stone-Ushabti Bone and then a sepia wash and some layering.

I was a bit lazy on the rear so the dry brush looks more obvious but I can quickly go over that with some smoother layers. Have you gents got or sets yet?

That khorgrath is really nice looking, if I filled in the scars on the beast he'd make a cool possessed model for Mordheim.

Typing is hard with migraines..

It'll be a couple of weeks until I can get mine, so in the mean time I'll just be following along here and noting any ideas that I can steal!

A simple wash should neaten the drybrushing easily enough.

I do indeed have my set. Assembling the Dracoth at the moment!

That loosk really good. Far better than the overly-bright official scheme. I like the texture you've given it's skin as well. How did you do that? (The model looks to have smooth skin?)

My copies haven't left the US yet. Hopefully soon. Then a couple of weeks to get here. So.. August?

There is a bit of texture on the skin but it may just be my heavy handedness! And copies Azazelx? Good work.

Well, that was quick. Love the scheme you came up with.

I really like the color scheme you went with here, Thraxas. I like the emphasis on the scar carved into his chest.

Thank you everyone, the stock scheme was just too bright I just prefer neutral colours that are far more abundant in most "nature".

A tiny bit of progress done on the Blood Warriors, I love these sculpts and they should be appearing everywhere in Khornate armies, apologies for the dark photos it is very overcast here today:





And also some bare Bloodreavers:







Until the next time...

Awesome, speedy, and very nice palette; again a bit more muted, but superb!

I still have highlights to do, but I think your muted palette is influencing me as I usually think that my stuff is too bright.

Thus far it is literally a base coat and wash job. Maybe that is the way forward?

Well if it's that simple then that's very impressive! Another highlight wouldn't go amiss just to add some texture to the armour, but so far I love the fact they're not as garish as the GW ones; even with things like Blood Angels and especially in Fantasy stuff, bright armour really doesn't work for me.

Looking good dude!

The new figures look great. Say what you will about GW's practices and rules, but their sculptors have been putting out some gorgeous sculpts.

Great painting on these beautiful sculpts.

Thanks everyone, I do have to agree with the general consensus that these are some great sculpts. I got my first three completed.

I did not want to go overboard so for the armour I did Khorne Red, highlighted with Mephiston Red and then a bit of Wild Rider red on the face masks/around the eye sockets. I do not thinks it makes them too bright but just serves to make the armour "pop" a little bit more, at least I hope it does. Again it is not the brightest of days so apologies for the photography.

Khorne does not want your devotion, wretch. Only your skull!

Nice Blood Warriors, Thraxas .

Super stuff!

Damn, you've got some fancy work going on here!

So a little more progress with the Goretide from AOS:

I finished up my final 2 Blood Warriors:



And here is the completed unit:



I also got the Bloodsecrator and Khorgos Khul done as well:







The Khorne Lord was a real blast to paint, as was his pet Grizzlemaw:









So just the Bloodstoker and 20 Bloodreavers to paint before the Goretide is done, adios.

Superb stuff! That Khorne Lord is such an awesome model!

I think the Bloodreavers are gonna be a hard slog lol.

For clarification: Not difficult, just kinda gruelling as with most line troops.

That sounds like a challenge to me AOV, I reckon I can have them done by saturday...

Weird how I bought it mainly for the Stormcast Eternals but have loved doing the Khorne models, but as Para says the Lord is an excellent miniature.

Don't know about you, but the mould lines on Khorgos' banner were all over the shop.. took me ages to clean that one bit lol.

Bloody hell, Thraxas. Amazingly fast and quality work on those Khornereaper things. I are impress.

Might be worth putting some Nurgle's rot technical paint on there for Grizzlemaw's saliva running out of his chops maybe?

Thraxis, you are doing some simply superb work on these, and at a very fast clip. I haven't even gotten my AoS stuff off the sprue yet. The fleshtones are the warbeast are excellent. They have a softer, more natural looking contrast compared to the armor, which makes it look much more lifelike.

Keep em coming!

Thank you for the comments, much appreciated.

@AOV: No flash at ll on mine, weird how that happens. I will look into Nurgle's Rot (not the nicest prospect).

Failed abysmally to get the 20 Bloodreavers done by today, only managed 10. That said I did work 5 12 hour night shifts this week, you have to sleep some time.

So here we are, again photography is a bit poor due to the lighting:





And my Goretide thus far:





The Bloodstoker is currently on the painting table, so hopefully will have him done by tomorrow. Adios.

Looking good!

Damn. I don't know that I like what they've done with the whole Sigmar stuff... but as an admire-from-afar of chaos for years I gotta say those Khorne dudes are pretty amazing and your excellent paint work only makes them more so.

Thank you very much gents, one of the "fun" things about working nights is that on your nights off you wake up at 4am and can set about painting.

So I got my Bloodstoker done. I was initially quite daunted by this miniature but I actually found him straightforward and fun to paint. His muted flesh tone was easy too, so I will replicate it on my remaining Bloodreavers thus giving them 3 flesh colours. I have since removed the rogue hair attached to the whip:

Vekh the Flayer is looking particularly awesome! Nice work mate!

The joys of having a messed up body clock lol.

Amazing AdMech! I love purple!

Great work, and it's nice to see kind of a chunky dude working for Khorne, reminds me a bit of the Rancor tamer/trainer/whatever.

Great work on all of these Khorne Boys. You've done an outstanding job on them in such a short time.

The bloodstoker is probably my favorite model of the Khorne side of the starter set. I like that theres a fat guy for once in warhammer (thats not nurgle). Pretty cool model.

Beautiful work on all the Khorne models!

Thank you everyone. I have set myself the mini challenge of getting the remaining 10 Blood Reavers done before me and the Missus head to Amsterdam for a little holiday on friday. With 2 more nightshifts, packing, sleeping and eating to do I doubt that I will do it but I will try. Then it is onto the Sigmarite models.

So had a little break from the AOS starter set to paint up some terrain, nothing particularly special here but the pieces will certainly help fill up a table.

Firstly is Deathknell Watch, this is OOP but when browsing my local GW they still had a box so I snapped it up. I have not glued the tower to the base so it can have some dual uses. Firstly as a magical pool/objective:





Then the full works:







I also got a Baleful Realmgate done, I think my other will be a more sandstoney affair with fire in the middle:







Thanks for looking.

Wow. Sweet stuff. I always liked that tower thing.

When did they come up with the realmgate? I guess it was probably part of the end times?

 GrimDork wrote:
Wow. Sweet stuff. I always liked that tower thing.

When did they come up with the realmgate? I guess it was probably part of the end times?

Nope Realmgate is all brand new. There's also the Ophidian Archway (with a rather bitching relief of a Hydra fighting Sigmar sculpted on it)

That realmgate is awesomely painted. I like the green... energy or whatever it is.

I intend to buy the ophidian archway myself but will probably pass on the realmgate, just because the archway can be used in a multitude of games.

Awesome stuff, always good to see someone put as much effort into terrain as minis (though I'm very guilty of not doing that myself!)

The scenery looks really great. I've got a tower still to open up and work on myself, but need to finish other things first. You're tempting me to .. well at least check out the local prices for the realmgates.

Thanks everyone.

@Para: I always find bigger models easier to paint. I spray undercoated these at around 8am this morning and they were done by 4pm. Less than 2 hours painting and they were done, and most of the waiting was for washes to dry.

The sad thing is I am very tempted by the Numinous Occulum as well..

@Grim: yup AOV is bang on the money there.

@Squall: The Archway certainly has more general use but my old LOTR terrain largely covers that for me.

@: Azazel: It would be great to see your take on the tower.

Have finished of the second Realmgate, and also did a spur of the moment miniature.

As I said i wanted the two realmgates to look different, so I did this:









So the completed terrain I did in the last few days:



I have had this Nurgle lord sitting around unpainted (and indeed unbuilt) for ages so I based him appropriately and painted him up...for no real reason:







Right I have some BloodReavers I have been avoiding...

I really like the terrain pieces!

The Nurgle guy is nice and icky. Good work!

Yep! Nurgle dude is spot-on. The second realmgate looks icky. Like khorne warriors should be spewing out of it with bloods and all.

Great work on all three. The new realmgate looks very visceral, but the brownstone, aged bronze and such on it also looks really nice.

I really like the red colour of the stone you have used on your second gateway,

The interior of the second Realmgates was white, black wash and then a layer of "Blood For The Blood God". The Nurgle Lord was also the first time I have used " Nurgle's Rot". I was very happy with the effect.

Have finally got my Goretide done, am very happy with the overall look of the force.

So my 10 final Bloodreavers, with command:



And group shots:





I was very happy to pick up this at my local GW as well, it must have been hidden in the stock room somewhere:



And finally I treated myself to some Chaotic reinforcements, namely some Dragon Ogres. Have already begun work on one:



Until next time.

Great stuff as ever, that's an impressive army indeed! I love the Dragon Ogre models, can't wait to see what you do with them! Did they come with the oval bases, or did you get those separately?

Really nice Khornate army there.

I'll admit I'm a big fan of the plastic Dragon Ogres. Really nice beefy models. Will you be going for a Shaggoth too?

@Paradigm: No, I bought a couple of the base sets for future use, I will get plenty of use out of them.

@AOV: I love the dragon Ogres as well, I like the Shaggoth too but am unwilling to go the Finecast route. I painted one years ago, a cracking miniature.

Future Chaos purchases for me are:

Khorne Skullcrushers.
Chariot
A Maggoth Lord
Plague bearers.

I like the idea of a Khorne/Nurgle unholy union.

If you look in the P&M Tutorials bit, I've posted the GW painting tutorial videos for the Maggoth Lord there. I think you'll find them very useful.

That's an awesome looking force there, mate. The Dragon Ogre kicks arse as well, and looks like he'll fit in perfectly with the Goretide.

By the way thraxas- that Bloodsecrator is badass in game. Slaughtered a lot of my Stormcast Eternals on his own.

Had a clear through of my miniatures to take stock, and boy that was fun. 226 unpainted miniatures all told. And that is just my GW pile, never mind Mantic or Wyrd. So I have a little delivery due saturday/monday and that will take me to the 226 miniatures.

There is no way that I would paint that before buying any new stuff but I have decided to paint 25% of it before allowing myself to buy anything else, so that is 56.5 minis to paint, so say 57.

Any requests for anything on the list that you would like to see me tackle?

Obviously the list is very dull for viewers of the blog but here it is:

Fantasy:

Stormcast Eternals: (20)
1 Lord Celestant on Drakoth.
1 Lord Relictor
3 Retributors
10 Liberators 5 Done
3 Prosecutors
1 Lord Castellant
1 Gryph Hound

Chaos: (20)
1 Maggoth Lord
Gutrot Spume
1 Exalted Deathbringer
10 Plaguebearers
1 Chariot
3 Dragon Ogres
3 Skullcrushers

Dark Elves (39)
1 Dragon
1 Sorceror
1 Assassin
5 Cold One Knights
20 Dreadspears
10 Executioners
1 Bolt Thrower.

Total 79 Fantasy Miniatures.

Warhammer 40k

Chaos (45)
35 Cultists
5 Raptors
5 Chosen

Ad Mech: (32)
1 Onager Dunecrawler
3 Ironstriders
3 Kataphron Breachers
2 Kataphron Destroyers
Kastellan Robots
1 Datasmith
10 Skitarii Vanguard
10 Skitarii Rangers
Blood Angels: (46)

1 Stormraven Gunship
1 Drop Pod
20 Tactical Marines 5 done
5 Devastators
5 Sanguinary Guard
10 Death Company
3 Terminators
Captain Karlaen
5 Scouts
Hawk Lords Space Marines (20)
10 Tactical Marines
5 Terminators
2 Characters
3 Bilkes

4 Assassins

40k minis = 147 so 226 miniatures total.

Wish me luck.

Dayum, that's a nice pile of minis to work on!

Hang on, is that a misguidedly positive way to refer to a 200-model backlog?

Dark elf dragon. Asap

Or whatever Your Ad Mech stuff is really nice too (well everything is so that's why it doesn't matter!).

@Para, I believe so. My backlog of models is a REALLY NICE pile... so it's either very heartening or very discouraging

@Grim: I am sure that one of your Bones pledges beats that amount of minis, so you have a very, very, veryyyy nice pile.

I will get onto the dragon, I am just stumped for a scheme.

@Para: Definitely misguidedly positive! But I welcome the challenge.

Sigh, such a nice pile... some might say *too* nice...


Black. And evil! And dark!

And evil!

All of these things does your dragon need. Little else.

Looking forward to it

I'd like to see all of the Hawk Lords done. With only 20 of them it's a very achievable target, it should bump your existing force quite nicely, and still leave 30-odd figures to select to paint from the rest.

Have painted some Stormcast Eternal Liberators today. Will get pics up Monday.

Good call on the Hawk Lords, some of those and the dragon are next up.

So got my first unit of Liberators done, and I am more than happy with them:











And here they are with the mini they gave away with White Dwarf a number of weeks back:



Have also started work on the Lord Relictor:



And then onto a couple of project requests:

Hawk Lord Bikers:



and the Dark Elf Dragon:



5 of 57 miniatures painted...

Nice work as usual! The Lord Relictor is coming along really well!

DRAGON!

Also that relictor guy with the skull face is pretty neat, the other guys are painted well too.

Which Stormcast chamber did you go for Thraxas

None of the Chambers that exist as far as I know, I just decided to go with a home brew colour scheme. I guess the turquoise is identical to those with the turquoise armour but that is about it.

Storm casts look great, love the color scheme. Then again I have a huge soft spot for Sotek Green (assuming you're using GW paints)

It is indeed Sotek green, a lovely colour it is too.

So...a sad day. My last supply drop for the foreseeable future:





I love the Maggoth Lord kit, but have no idea which of the Lords to go for. And in an interesting note the construction pamphlet only has the Warscroll for Morbidex Twiceborn, none of the others...that is a bit odd.

I suspect they'll throw in Orghotts and Bloab at some point!

Nice haul. I'm in the position of trying to grab the last few things over the next few paydays so I can stop buying as well for the most part, excepting the odd item.

I assume that you have even more to get through than me Azazel...and a greater variety of models too. Anything in particular you are after?

@AOV as the warscroll are available for free it is not an issue...I think it was just spare space they needed to use up.

Have gone through the warscroll for everyone, there is not much in it. Not helping is the fact that I like Bloab's mount the best and Orghott as the best rider and Morbidex's scythe best....grrrrr.

Pretty sweet work going on in here! One fun thing about Stormcast is that you don't have to paint skin!

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
I assume that you have even more to get through than me Azazel...and a greater variety of models too. Anything in particular you are after?

@AOV as the warscroll are available for free it is not an issue...I think it was just spare space they needed to use up.

Have gone through the warscroll for everyone, there is not much in it. Not helping is the fact that I like Bloab's mount the best and Orghott as the best rider and Morbidex's scythe best....grrrrr.

Be sure to check out the GW YouTube videos for painting them. Really helpful!

Wow, you've been making some great progress. Your AoS stuff is top notch, and I especially like the realmgate.

Glad to see you're got your Maggoth lord. I've always wanted one, but can't really justify it, since I've gotten out of fantasy. Looking forward to see what you do with yours, though.

I also think that exalted deathbringer is a pretty cool model.

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
Not helping is the fact that I like Bloab's mount the best and Orghott as the best rider and Morbidex's scythe best....grrrrr.

Then I'd say just use all three of those parts If he's just for AOS, Morbidex is the only one with rules (for the time being? maybe ever?), so your more-or-less generic Maggoth Lord would fit the bill as much as any

- Salvage

They've all got rules. Morbidex is the only one mentioned in the Quest for Ghal Maraz though.

Oh! So they do. I really thought it was just the one. Looking at the rules, they're all quite good, I suppose it'd come down to what rules you like more: Bloab is the wizard but less fighty (with a solid if extra random shooting attak), Morbidex is the tank and buffs Nurglings (with a mediocre shooting attak), Orghotts fights and hurts more as he fails / gets wounded (with a brutal but short ranged shot).

Fakk it, I'd have to go with what looks coolest ... unless I was running Nurglings

- Salvage

I have checked out those tutes AOV, and very useful they are too. And for you Boss Salvage Sir I did go for what I thought was coolest in the end, we have a winner and he is...squelchy drum roll please...

Orghotts Daemonspew...the beast did it in the end:





Orghotts has been left separate for ease of painting:





I also decided to put my Plaguebearers on 32mm bases, of which I seem to have an overabundance, and I think they fill them out quite well:



I really enjoyed working on both kits.

I have not neglected the painting side of things either though, so here is my WIP Dreadlord on Black (tempered) Dragon:

That dragon is looking sweet!

Big lads these Maggoth Lords...

That dragon is looking fantastic mate. Nice work!

Awesome work! Followed!

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
I assume that you have even more to get through than me Azazel...and a greater variety of models too. Anything in particular you are after?

I've gone into a bit of a buying frenzy lately as the AU dollar has been dropping with no end really in sight. 4 AoS boxes, a bunch of WHFB and 40k stuff I wanted to get before they go OOP or GW stops supplying local businesses with product, 2 (more) BA armies, and about 20 boxed WW2 tanks and AFVs due to a sale and deiscovering a local source of Italieri-branded Warlord kits that work out to half the price of buying from any games store. And a bunch of the Zombicide S3 stuff I missed out on from the KS with 3 Gaming Night kits, and X-Wing ships. More paints, War of the Roses figures, and a bunch of non-GW Beastmen stuff. My wife also picked me up a big pile of secondhand plastic bloodletters and horrors (and the khorne daemon cannon) last week from a store while she was at a work conference in town.

Stuff I'm trying to get before I put a bit of a stop on buying - a GW order for Moria goblin stuff that should "finish" that army. Bunch of metal Greeks from Wargames Foundry, a (local) Wargames Factory order for about 15 boxes of various troops, completing a last few KS PMs (Conan, ZCBP, etc), maybe an SS and a Fallschirmjaeger army for BA, another set of Russian Alternative Not-Chaos Dwarves, and then it'll just be the odd purchase after that, unless I finally get the Hirst Arts moulds I've wanted for years.

By that time some more Rubicon HIPS WW2 vehicles will be out as well, so if I find a sale or exceptional price, I'll grab those as well. But no rush on those.

That will probably take a couple opf months. Then I can calm the feth down on my model buying, and spend the extra cash on videogames. Or maybe the mortgage and student loans I'm still paying off.


ahem.

The Nurgle stuff is coming along nicely, and I think I'm going to rip your 32mm base idea off for my own Lesser Daemons after seeing yours. They just work so very well.

That dragon, though.. looks fething outstanding!

I think you should consider a baleful glow for the eyes on the dragon. Like the Dracoth in the Stormcast Eternals (see GW's AoS Tutorial for Vandus Hammerhand)

Blimey Azazel, you have gone bonkers but it makes sense to make hay whilst the currency fluctuations are in your favour.

Have completed the Dreadlord on Dragon, this was a right git to photograph so apologies for the poor pictures, but I am happy with it. I also changed the head having made a complete hash of the previous one, luckily I like this one better:

Damn, that's fantastic! The colours and tones are just superb!

Yeah superb. I always liked that model but you've made it even better. Great stuff!

Is that the base the model comes with now then Thraxas? Looks awesome

Thank you gents, it is a miniature I really like so that always helps with painting.

It has not had a re-pack for AOS yet so it is just a base I took from one of the base packs. It could probably do with being a bit bigger but it was all I had.

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
Blimey Azazel, you have gone bonkers but it makes sense to make hay whilst the currency fluctuations are in your favour.

Actually, the dollar is circling the drain, so I see it as buying up before it's even worse (and then stopping for a good while). It helped that almost all of the tanks were on sale at good local prices which were far better than the usual of importing from the UK as I usually do.

More importantly, that dragon looks

So have got Orghotts Daemonspew done:

















And also got half of a unit of Plaguebearers done:








So 12/57 done in my little challenge, here is to some more.

Holy crap!!! That Maggoth lord is simply stunning. The skin tones are just great. That seems to be something you do very well, as you achieved a similarly awesome effect on the dragon from your previous post as well.

You've been really pumping out some great models lately and a quick speed. You and Paradigm should have a speed painting contest sometime.

 squall018 wrote:
Holy crap!!! That Maggoth lord is simply stunning. The skin tones are just great. That seems to be something you do very well, as you achieved a similarly awesome effect on the dragon from your previous post as well

Agreed, that is just super stuff, quite possibly your best yet! I was never really a fan of the Chaos End Times models, but that piece there is just perfect! And to have done that and and a Dragon, both so well, within a week or so is amazing speed! You're not related to the Flash at all?

You've been really pumping out some great models lately and a quick speed. You and Paradigm should have a speed painting contest sometime.

Pretty sure I'd lose that! I could possibly match speed OR quality, but I think minis this good this fast is a bit beyond me! Certainly game to try it at some point, though!

Thank you very much gents, I think this is just one of those models that is so detailed and well designed that it basically paint itself.

As for going against Paradigm in a speed competition, no way, I would get marmalised.

Loving your paintjob on Orghotts- genuinely disgusting looking as all servants of Papa Nurgle should be.

Man the detail on that Orghotts Daemonspew is brilliant! What is next up on the block!?!?!

No firm plans on what is next POW. Probably the Plague bearers and some more Stormcast Eternals but I am also feeling the desire to do some more And Mech. I just cannot muster the desire to do Marines of any sort at the moment.

Beautiful job on the maggoth in particular - and solid choice going with Orghotts

- Salvage

I vote more Admech!

That Maggoth lord looks crazy good!

I also really liked your black dragon. Can't wait to see what comes up next!

Got the remaining 5 Plaguebearers, including the standard and musician done. Not the best pictures but here is my little Nurgle force:



My favourite Plaguebearer, SnoutyMcSnout, do not approach him in flu season:



And the approaching death:



that makes 17 of 57 miniatures done in my little challenge.

Nice!

Really nice work on these Thraxas . Great stuff!

Snouty McSnout LOL

Bloody hell! I can't believe how fast you are, especially on such big impressive models as that Nurgle Daemonbeastie and then all those Plaguebearers.

I do not know why but I have always found the bigger the model the quicker I tend to paint it, which seems to be the opposite way round for most other people.

Continuing the Nurgle theme I have started work on Gutrot Spume tonight, a cracking little character model.

A bit more progress, have finished off my small Nurgle force no with Gutrot Spume getting done bar a few touch ups here and there. Apologies for the poor lighting but summer seems to have died a death here in Britain:







I also got back into my Ad Mech, my first since page 14 of this blog, with a further 5 Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii Vanguard, these complete a unit of 10:







And up next:



Thanks for looking.

Gutrot looks awesome, as do the Admech guys!

Holy balls, that's wonderfully disgusting. Magnificently pustulent!

Damn you set the bar high

Thank you kind Sirs, the photos really do not do them justice. A bit concerned that since I set myself my challenge of painting the 226 models I have already done a tenth of them (226 divided by 10 is 22.6, and I have done 23 of them.)

Since August 21st I have done:

Dark Elf Dragon
Gutrot Spume
Orghotts Daemonspew
10 Plague bearers
5 Stormcast Eternals
5 Skitarii Vanguard.

I also feel that I have learned a fair bit in that short time thanks to watching the GW "how to paint" videos on the Maggoth Lords. I certainly feel that Orghott's is the best mini that I have ever painted which is nice that I felt like I was in a lull.

And what else have I learned? I can paint Ad Mech infantry, fast,without ccompromising the final results so I may get them
out of the way ASAP.

So onwards and, hopefully, upwards!

Looking good. Gutrot seems a pretty sweet model and looks great here. I think it's time for the army shot! Your AdMech are always great to look at, and you've got some nice poses going on those Castellans.

Nurgle guy is nice and gross.

Love your purple ad mech guys. Good to see them again!

So here is the work I have done thus far on my AOS Khorne and Nurgle combined force:









Have also made a bit more progress on some more Ad Mech:







I am not totally sold on the red visors for the 'bots but will give it a new layer of Blood For The Blood God and see ho it goes.

Thanks for looking.

Wow nice stuff

Purple, gold and red, that's a good scheme. Going back to the previous page that dragon is amazing, well done!

I'm not sold on the red visor either - how about a blue screen like plasma glow.

I think you are right Swara, here are the green visors on my other Kastelan Robots, I think I will stick with this:



@Knightley, it actually a copper rather than gold but I still have quite a bit of work to do on it.

I like the green, I think it fits them nicely.

As ever a little more progress, I had no real intention to paint Captain Karlaen but it just kind of happened, a tiny head and iron halo swap on this one. He has actually inspired me to finish the 3 Terminators I have left to do as part of an assault squad, so that is a good thing:





I have also completed the 2 Kastelan Robots:









On various states of completion currently on the painting table I have:

1 Ad Mech Datasmith
5 Skitarii Vanguard
1 Chaos Exalted Deathbringer
3 Blood Angel Assault Terminators

So as for my "get a quarter of my stuff painted before I can buy any more challenge" I am 26/57 miniatures done.

Thank you for looking.

You'll be buying new stuff before you know it at this rate! Kastellans look great, I definitely prefer the green visor. Cap K is neat too!

Yep, green visors work well. Nice blood angels terminator guy

I am aware that my BA scheme is probably a bit too bright for most modern tastes but I kindof like the old fashioned red-era brightness. Will hopefully get a fair bit more done tonight too.

Doesn't really look too bright to me, just pronounced edge highlights, the rest of the red is pretty dark really. Good stuff either way

Look great!

I like the green visors on the big robots.

Thank you everyone, a little more Blood Angel progress today. They are far from my best work but they are a passable tabletop standard, and the more of them I paint the better they will look. Dare I say it I have the beginnings of a small, elite force here:

The 3 Assault Terminators I had left to do:

Funky Pose McClaw:



Bloodfist Hammerhand:



And Bob:


Putting them together with 2 miniatures I painted aged ago you get:





That gives me a total BA Force of:





As ever thanks for looking.

Those Blood Angels are coming together nicely!

Past few months I haven't really been keeping up with this, so appologies if you have stated this before, but what are you getting next for the Army?

No problem, real life gets in the way!

I have no purchase plans at the moment and am currently trying to paint a quarter of my collection of unpainted minis (it was 226 figures). The list of what I have to do, and have done is on page 17

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/480/583755.page

Currently for my Blood Angels I have quite a lot of stuff to do:

20 Tactical Marines
10 Death Company
5 Sanguinary Guard
5 Scouts
5 Devastators
1 Storm Raven
1 Drop Pod.

So still a fair bit to do...but the last few minis have re-invigorated my love for the army.

It's certainly a great start on those Blood Angels, and a decent chunk of the overall list, really.

Thank you Az. Have done another Ad Mech unit with a 5 man Vanguard unit with an Alpha and the dreaded Arc Rifle. These mark 34/57 miniatures done in my personal painting challenge.

Alpha:



And the unit:





And a bit of very early WIP on my Datasmith:



And have also started on the Exalted deathbringer:



Unit wise next up I think I will do my 10 man Skitarii Ranger Squad and my Sanguinary guard unit.

I think I will leave the wings off of the Sang Guard jump packs, to me they just look daft. Do others think this is an acceptable thing to do? I only ask as the wings are a big part of who they are.

Anyway thanks for looking.

Great stuff as usual! I definitely like the direction that Khorne fellow is heading in, with the bone axe.

I doubt anyone would complain about wingless SG; if a normal JP is good enough for Dante, it's good enough for them!

Those BAs are looking great!

Great work Thraxas!

Bash

Thank you gents, as ever a little more progress. First my 2nd Datasmith, just love this miniature such a great design and a joy to paint:



And here he is with his charges, nigh on 300 points in game terms too:



I have also got 80% of my Sanguinary Guard done too, in the end I went with no wings as I think they just look goofy. Just one with Encarmine axe left to do now:





And here are the 4 of them with Dante, so glad i went with the 32mm base on him:



In truth I do not think they look great in pictures but they look just fine to me in real life, so I am content with that.

I have re-based 5 Devastator Marines for my BA onto 32mm bases so they are good to go and I will start on them soon.

As ever, thank you for looking.

Cracking work! The banner is superb, and I really like that gold you've got on the SG!

You must be pretty near to the target now.

The last Sang Guard will take me up to 40 of 57, so close. More importantly I only started my personal challenge on the 21st of August. So nearly a quarter of my unpainted collection has been painted in under a month which I am very happy with.

Oh wow those sanguinary guard are excellent, awesome

The compact blangels force is nice too, really coming together.

I can't get enough of your purple skittari guys, such a cool scheme. I'll bet they look good across from the blangels too.

Dante looks cracking on a 32mm base. Much more imposing. The Sanguinary Guard look really nice without the huge pinions attached to the jump packs too. I mean come on GW, we get that they're the "Angels of Death" and all but no need to make it literal.

Loving all of the admech, that purple scheme really does pop, nice to see a change from the red, black and white.

How on earth do you find the enthusiasm to keep going, been in a hobby rut for ages now!

Thank you for all the praise, it is not deserved. The enthusiasm comes from the desire to buy more, I am ill! I think really it is nicer for me to have painted stuff rather than not, and I justfind it a lovely way to relax and fill my spare time.

Beautiful work on the AdMech again, and I really love what you've done with the Sanguinary Guard. I don't think I've seen them without their wings before, but they do still look really good - and maybe a bit more practical (but just a bit!)

@ Ignatius-Grulgor: I do not really know, I think a hobby rut is not an uncommon thing for anyone. Just a desire to get things painted up I guess. Good luck in picking up your mojo.

Have had a slow week due to 2 reasons:

1:An epic bout of man-flu, so I felt like doing little but sleep and eat.
2:Buying a PS4 with Destiny:The Taken King, Metal Gear Solid 5 and Fifa 16.

But picked up the brush again yesterday and finished my last Sanguinary Guard:



And the completed unit:



Have started on a unit of Devastators, very early WIP. No conversion work bar a Frag Cannon barrel on the Missile Launcher. I may work on some troops some time this decade:

Excellent stuff, I really like your sanguinary guard.

SanGuard are looking totally awesome! The power weapons are very nice!

Devs are coming along nicely, any particular reason for the ML conversion beyond aesthetics?

Indeed, the Missile Launcher barrel was rescued from a bots box and a bit knackered, so I had to cover up the badness of it. It looks better than I thought it would though,so I am happy with that.

Yeah, it definitely looks decent!

Yeah, it works for me. The last Sanguinary Guard looks great, and they really look different without the wings. I know what you mean about a lack of painting, though...

Some really nice Blood Angels here Thraxas Nice work. I see you're a man who likes to live dangerously- having a Dev squad with 2 plasma cannons