Hi All,

I'm after some advice on alternative colour schemes for nurgle. Green is great (I love painting nurgle miniatures) - but I want something that will stand out as different. My army doesn't have any fluff yet or even any models, apart from a half scratch built palanquin, a few chaos renegades - I thought these would make good initiates and a huge bag of bits (chaos and loyalist).

The plan is to buy one (and only one) extra squad or model (except dedicated transports - these are a must) and build the whole army from my bits box and greenstuff and junk. This may eventually end up going towards the Armies on Parade - but if I just get a new army out of it I will be happy!

First up I will build my chaos terminator lord... Sorry no pics - he's just a pile of bits at the minute.

Cheers Laney

Since I posted this - the thread has pretty much become a random mix of stuff (because I can never concentrate on one project long enough to finish it!).

if you don't want to paint them green try the guide on the gw site. they use brown colors to paint deathguard.
building deathguard from bits sound like fun^^ i built some of mine from berserkers and normal marine kits
i'm looking forward to seeing some pics

Is my Nurgle/Deathguard rhino.

Ok, I now have my colour scheme... go with me on this...

Burnt dark blue metal (it is armour after all) with rusted edges to give a highly corroded metal look. Paint is a long way off as I will build and greenstuff the whole army and then airbrush it in the basecoat - so a lot of converting to do first!

Here's a rough look at the colour scheme on a scenery piece I made... look at the tanks for the dark blue and rust I'm talking about...
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A better pic of the scenery (it will have two extra tanks filled with corpses...
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The Army List:
HQ Daemon Prince of Nurgle Mark of Nurgle, Warptime, Wings) 175
ELITES Chaos Terminators (7) Mark of Nurgle, Reaper AC, Combi-Plasma (2), Combi-Melta (1) 290
ELITES Chaos Terminators (7) Mark of Nurgle, Champions (2), Combi-Melta (3), Combi-Plasma (1), Lightning Claw Pair (2) 310
TROOPS Plague Marines (7) Champion (1), Combi-Plasma (1), Plasma Gun (1), Melta Gun (1), Rhino 241
TROOPS Plague Marines (7) Champion (1), Combi-Plasma (1), Plasma Gun (1), Melta Gun (1), Rhino 241
TROOPS Plague Marines (7) Champion (1), Combi-Plasma (1), Plasma Gun (1), Melta Gun (1), Rhino 241

Total: 1498 Points

This is what I can reasonably make with the bits I have (my one extra purchase is the Daemon Prince and a couple of Chaos Rhinos)

The Bits Box I'm working from...
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One of my chaos marine terminators (very early WIP) - counts as twin lightning claws...
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Plus, just to show you some other nurgley goodness...
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Feedback welcome of course!
Cheers Laney

Looks nice man!

Good start!!

Ok, so here's a quick update...

I've made two of my four allowed purchases (one box - a finecast daemon prince - without any issues! and 3 rhino dedicated transports) and I've sorted my bits into recognisable units linked to the army list - I have just enough parts for the whole list with some creativity and greenstuff. I also have a name - LEGION OF RUST and so does each of the units (each marine in the army will also get a unique name). Proper fluff to follow.

Terminator Squad 1: The Corroded
Terminator Squad 2: The Charred
Plague Marine Squad 1: The Decayed
Plague Marine Squad 2: The Rotting
Plague Marine Squad 3: The Putrefaction
Rhino 1: Morbus Sacer
Rhino 2: Mors Repentina
Rhino 3: Gangraena

The nurgle daemon prince is awesome, but he needs wings (and I can't buy more it's against the 'rules' of this army). So I delved deep into my workshop and came out with a box of old bones - perfect for making demon wings from scratch! Here is my initial effort - I wonder if it needs real feathers over the rough start - any thoughts?
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Here is a little more work on the nurgle terminator test piece.
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Tonight I plan to build at least the basic models for the 3 plague marine squads (minus the greenstuff work) and do the base work on the second demon wing.

As always feedback most welcome

Cheers Laney

02Laney wrote:Ok, I now have my colour scheme... go with me on this...

Burnt dark blue metal (it is armour after all) with rusted edges to give a highly corroded metal look. Paint is a long way off as I will build and greenstuff the whole army and then airbrush it in the basecoat - so a lot of converting to do first!

Here's a rough look at the colour scheme on a scenery piece I made... look at the tanks for the dark blue and rust I'm talking about...
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A better pic of the scenery (it will have two extra tanks filled with corpses...
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Cheers Laney

What did you use to make the tank fluid!?

plus, nice idea for the wing!

The fluid in the tanks is Easy Cast Clear Casting Resin - very easy to use - produces quite a few bubbles if not used properly (I'll post pics of the tanks later to give you the idea).

Thanks for the encouragement on the wings - should they have feathers attached (not covering but scattered, rotting and loose).

1st Nurgle squad almost built!

Cheers Laney

A big update on the army...

The bits box is almost completely drained of parts for making marines (still a few ideas fro other bits though - I reckon I've got another 500+ points in the box still if I'm clever)

I've managed to put together all five squads for my army (3 plague marine units and 2 chaos terminators) - I am now in the process of removing any icons from the models - with an occasional strategic one to remind them of which chapters they've come from - a BA shoulder pad here, a space wolf pelt there etc. The rest will be removed and kept clear - I want this army to look very battleworn, with little time for adornment of their armour.

I have a quick question - I have this old vindicator - in a rubbish state - should I keep it as a vindicator or turn it into a rhino and save myself the cost of buying another rhino (or loyalist razorback kit for the extra stuff)? Here's the pics...
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And here's the rest of the army so far (very WIP)...
Melta gunners - plague marines
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Plasma gunners - plague marines
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Banner bearers - plague marines
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Champions - plague marines
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Bolter marines - plague marines
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Chaos Terminators - Mark of Nurgle
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I'll post more terminator pics later

Feedback always welcome...

Cheers Laney

Subscribed...I love Nurgle....my biggest army is a Deathguard army

Another quick update... Chaos Terminators pics... Much more pipework to add (and fix). I might purchase some more dragonforge cables/pipes (I've lost my last pack - or should I say my wife did!) as the flexible resin ones keep on splitting on me. Anyway here's the pics...
Chaos Terminators Squad Standard Bearers
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Reaper Autocannon (converted from a Space Wolf Assault Cannon)
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Twin-linked Bolter and Power Weapons
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Champions with Lightning Claws
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Combi-Meltas
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Combi-Plasmas
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Still a lot to do, but progress has been rapid this week.

Cheers Laney

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Uhmmm Yes! More of this, please. That AC looks friggin' sweet!

Added some greenstuff to the first terminator squad - they need a bit more physical 'weathering' but are pretty much done...
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The Nurgle boys had their first run out in a game (750 points) and smashed a Grey Knight force with the loss of only one Plague Marine (and that was from the plasma gun GETS HOT! rule) and a rhino (the Grey Knights were completely destroyed).

Cheers Laney

Managed to get some time to add a little greenstuff to an old dreadnought I had. I thought it might be a good addition to my bits box army...

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Slow progress - but at least it's something!

Laney

I'm considering a fourth (and possibly fifth) squad of plague marines, but my bits box is all but empty of marine parts. So, I thought I would re-assign some of my non-marine models to the cause (possibly mix and match with the last few marines I have to corrupt)... Here's the pics of the models I'm thinking of (mostly servitors)...

Apostate Preacher...
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Possessed Guardsmen (would need a new paintjob)
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Medical Servitor
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Some nurgle cultist scouts...
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Some weapons servitors (could easily become marines)
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An astropath/psyker that might make a worthy servant of nurgle...
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The weapons/conversions may need changing to make it work of course.

Any thoughts?

Cheers Laney

Those are some awesome conversions, nurgle would be proud! Although the flamer guy looks like he isnt focusing where his flame is going

What color are you planning for your Nurgle-y bits? Fleshy?

Some lovely conversions, there, especially the apostate preacher.

The flamer guy makes me think that the vomit from a river troll would be a good flamer bit for a Nurgle model.

R.

This looks rather interesting! Especially like those wings!

The whole idea is spot on,its nice to see the bits box getting hammered i know mine is chock full of bits.I'd use the vindicator(sorry GW) save your cash mate.

Keep up the conversions! When do we get to see some paint?

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Cheers Laney

I like the fire on the flamer here, but it looks like his flamer is stuck on "on" and now he's walking around. Maybe give him a more static base and turn his head towards what he's flaming?

-Rawson

I'll try to fix the flamer guys head so he's looking the right way.

Colour wise (no paint yet) - I'm planning burnt metal with heavy rusting (armour) and pale flesh for the 'fleshy bits' - washed with purple/red washes. The whole army will be built and undercoated before they see any real paint - so maybe a month or so. I might produce a test model to see if the concept works though (so might see some paint sooner rather than later).

I've built a chaos sorcerer of Nurgle from some spare bits (mostly grey knight) with a heresy miniatures cyclops head (sorry for the dodgy pics)...
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Cheers Laney

I've spent some time working on a scenery piece - you might like a look at that too - Crashed Thunderbolt Fighter WIP...
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I've finished the first test model for the Legion of Rust terminators (more on the way soon)...
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Here is a finished terrain piece that might be found on their Space Hulk Legion base (A corrupted autodoc/dissection unit)...
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Any thoughts?

Cheers Laney

That's some great looking gore in that terrain piece! What's your recipe?

Cheers,
Rawson

Thanks - the recipe is really simple...

Mix either mechrite red or red gore with a fine sand (I use chinchilla sand because it mixes well to create fleshy bits - plus if you mix it less you can indicate chewed up bone in there too). I have a friend who uses caster sugar as an alternative. Splodge it where you want it and move it round until it looks right.

Then while it is still reasonably wet add fairly heavy washes of badab black (nearer the body) ogryn flesh (the body and a bit further out), then baal red all over and the edges. Let it dry and re-apply if needed.

Last, coat the whole thing with a gloss varnish if you want it to look fresh. If you are after a more arterial look use blood red before the wash stage.

Hope this helps

Laney

This is a bunch of awesome stuff dude. Conversions look great so far. Paint job looks great on that one guy. I hate you for your scenery, you get so much of it done so quickly.

I'm subbing now.

Great i love them all

Awesome is a word that i tend to over use,but in this case its justified.The creativity is brilliant and the rust effect in particular is looking great.
PS,whats the rust recipe?

Brilliant stuff here I'm especially impressed by the Scratch-built Thunderbolt and scenery. Interestingly enough I'm planning to head for the same rusted metal for my Chaos Warriors in the Grim Darkness of the Far Future although I'll be using weathered Bronze.

Thanks for the great feedback guys (always nice to know you're appreciated!).

On the rust recipe... simple (using GW colours)

Undercoat: Black
Drybrush: Dark Flesh
Drybrush: Blazing Orange
Drybrush: Tamiya Colour Acrylic - Medium Blue (XF18) - alternative Shadow Grey or a 1:1 mix of Catachan Green, Ultrasmurf Blue, with a pinch of Chaos Black and Dark Flesh

(I tried some PVA weathering at this stage - but it was a total pain for no real benefit) - you could stipple to create blazing orange areas of simply drybrush the blue less

Drybrush: Blazing Orange again
Light Drybrush: Boltgun Metal
Wash: Gryphonne Sepia
Light Dyrbrush: Boltgun Metal

Selective Wash: Devlan Mud (because any recipe without Devlan Mud is incomplete!) - I use it on the main shoulder pads

So lots of drybrushing and some washing - job done - I chose the scheme to paint an army - otherwise I'll never finish it!

Cheers Laney

SO we are on the same path. I dont like the green plauge marines either. Mine are more of a dirty brown. Love the conversion work that you have been doing. Loooks awesome. How or what did you use to make those white pipes from the faces to the bodies on some of your conversions. looks great but its not guitar strings.

The resin pipes came for Zinge industries - they do all sorts of useful little resin bits - the pipes look great but have a tendency to split if bent too far. I had to use them (because of my self imposed bits box rule). A better alternative are the metal cables from Dragonforge - they are ridiculously easy to use and now my bits box is empty I can order some more!

Cheers Laney

Absolutely love what you've done so far, fantastic sculpting and I really like the colors your using.
Definatly looking forward to seeing more.

A quick WIP shot or two of the first terminator squad (only the armour is finished)...
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I've signed up to the open '40k pimp my wizard' blog and I intend to nurglify the tzeentch chaos wizard into a nurgle (giant) fly raptor CSM (I make a whole squad if the first one works out). After the paint is finished on the termies - the 3 plague marine squads will get their greenstuff treatment.

Any Thoughts?
Cheers Laney

Not quite finished - but close enough to show off. Next up is a nurlgey, wizardy chaos lord!
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Any thoughts welcome!

Here's some WIP shots of the recovered vindicator... Weathering and a touch more GS to go!
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Cheers Laney

Laney, these are awesome! I really like your rusty Nurgle termis. A welcome change from all that green (not that there's anything wrong with green Nurgle stuff). I'm totally surprised you're not getting more comments. Are you gonna rust out that vindicator or will it be green like your CSM lord? Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Brilliant stuff on the terminators and excellent GS work all around great to see.

Thanks for the comments guys - helps to motivate me on this project!

The vindicator will definitely be rusty like the first squad - the whole army will end up that way (I may use the green nurgle lord - as he will really stand out). Lots more models (3 plague marine squads to finish - plus I caved and bought the finecast plague marine box - not allowed to touch it until the bitsbox models are finished though!) and greenstuff to come now that I've shown off the army colour scheme.

Current priorities: Finish crashed thunderbolt fighter scenery piece, finish the details on the terminators, greenstuff 21 power armoured nurgle marines! (and create my chaos lord - code name 'flylord'!)

Cheers Laney

Excellent work, really keep it up I love the unique approach to painting plague marines!

No major updates (been busy). But I thought you might like to see a True Scale Pre-Heresy World Eater... (without ridiculous bunny ears!)

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Ta Laney

THIS

THREAD

IS

AWESOME!!!

Wow! I am really impressed and loving those conversions! I am wicked bummed I didn't find this sooner (quick note to my friends that have already posted here and didn't tell me about this- Gee guys, thanks. ) but I'm glad to be here now. It's cool to see that you decided to keep the Vindicator and not rip it down to a Rhino. I think you'll enjoy playing it and the conversion possibilities are endless. All of your conversions so far are well done. The Terminators are just perfect. So much detail into each model, really great stuff you have here.

My Death Guard started back in the mid 90's and when I got interested in it again in 2010 I kept going w/ a similar color scheme. If I had it to do over again from the start it would be more subdued / mottled drab.

Subbed and looking forward to seeing more. Excellent work so far and I expect everything to come will be as amazing.

I agree with Skalk
Your doing a great job. way to stay on top of the motivation thing. I lost all motivation to finish my DG about a week ago, hopefully this helps me keep motivated. I like the banner bearer. Awesome.

Thanks for the ace feedback!

Here's some more greenstuff with my first regular power armoured plague marines (+1 extra)...

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I plan to greenstuff the other 13 over the next couple of days and then go back to some more terminators (which need a lot of work!)

Cheers Laney

Quick update... Here's a WIP on my saved vindicator... (the dreadnought has the same colour scheme)

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Cheers Laney

More plague marines to come soon!

Hi All!

Minor update on terrain (comments and criticisms welcome!) It's still WIP, but almost there (2 days to finish for a competition on Terragenesis)...
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The next competition is DIG IN! (Fortifying a ruin or non-military terrain - no bunkers!) Any ideas for what I could do? So far I have a crashed warhound shell turned into a mini-fort or a 40k fortified school bus!

On a side question: Anyone know if the chaos lord with death screamer daemon weapon is any good? (I know it's Tzeentch, but I thought in terminator armour it might make a decent nurgle count as, with 'vomit cannon')

Cheers Laney

Some more crashed fighter pics... along with members of an IG squad from the Varangian Gamma Commando Regiment (for scale purposes)...

Sergeant McClane 'The Groom' next to the discovered thunderbolt
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The terrain split up to make a bigger area terrain piece (I need to think of a simple way of limiting this area).
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Close-ups... Major Helios 'Flameboy' Jones (on the thunderbolt) and Private (Sniper First Class) Eli 'Deadeye' Dexter (in the Ghillie suit)
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Major Jones with Flamer Scanlon 'Burn It!' Black and Standard Bearer First Sergeant M.G. 'Booker' Tee
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Top shot of the whole thing...
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I've also base coated two plague marine squads and another terminator (pics to follow - but I off on holiday tomorrow so it may be a while!)

Laney

It's finished!

Back to the Legion of Rust after the holidays...
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Laney

You sir have some really cool stuff in here

Ok - sorry for huge gap between posts - no more to report on the Legion of Rust. However, I've created a new Imperial Guard Squad to play the 40k Skirmish Game Deathsquads with. They are the 41st Britannicus Cluster Reserves: Allansian Regiment 'The No Ones Own'. They aren't quite finished but at least I posted some pics! I'm also playing around with some Tau models (the rules for these aren't out yet - but I can at least build the models and try a different paint style)

Private 'Posh' Barrington-Siddeley, Private 'Deaf' Knell, Lieutenant 'Curious' George
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Other Squad Members: In the Pic below
Rocket Launcher: Private 'Big Bang' Olufsen
Plasma Gun: Sergeant 'Scavvy' Baldrick
Power Fist: Captain 'Tinman' Armstrong
Shotgun (Beret): Corporal 'Punishment' Jones
Medic: Private 'Godfrey' Hart
Shotgun (Bandana): Private 'Bombardier' Fuggles
Lasgun (Beard): Lance Corporal 'JBS' Haldane
Autogun (Eyepatch): Private 'Seven' Blake
Hellgun: Sergeant 'Zulu' Rorke
Lasgun (Cap): Private 'Tiger' Kelly
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More Squad Members:
Private 'Flash' Burns
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WIP on my Afriel Strain Bodyguard/Veteran: Gamma VI
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Squadron Leader 'Spitfire' Bader
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Lieutenant 'Blind' Bull
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Some WIP on the other members of the unit...
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These are painted to tabletop standard and I'm pretty pleased with them, but we always need to improve so...

Comments and criticism welcome

Cheers Laney

Your guys have so much character! And I do appreciate how much effort it takes to name all of the troopers iin an IG army! Any fluff coming down the pipe? Seems like it wouldn't be too hard with all of the effort you've put in so far!

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

As if I have any place to offer this criticism, because I can't pull it off even 1/2 as good as you do, your "gemming" on the scope seems a bit fuzzy / cloudy.

I hate posts that have a "negative" feel to them, so let me rave a moment on your GS and conversions- excellent and inspiring work! Love what you did w/ the Vindicator, looking forward to seeing it painted up when you head back in that direction.

Thanks for the replies guys.

I'll see what I can do on the next model with lenses to make it crisper - thanks for the feedback Skalk!

Here are some more WIP shots (apologies for the pink in the pictures my camera is in the slow process of dying and I need to wait till next month to get another)...

Trooper in Carapace Armour - Possible Sergeant Bastonne Conversion
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The ubiquitous Sergeant Harker conversion: Mostly Marine Scout with a Catachan Body.
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A Chem Dog (might make a Priest) - was a renegade standard bearer...
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Some very pink WIP shots of other guardsmen... I'll try and get some better shots of these guys up soon
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A new flamer guardsman...
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Cheers Laney

A few group shots of the squad so far (including a few almost finished WIP models)...
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Cheers Laney

Cool thread, i love your nurgle termie's. Bits box armys are the best! The IG are cool aswell, really nice camo option you have chosen.

Thanks - it's nice to know it looks ok!

I've built 3 squads like this for Deathsquadsgame and found myself with pretty much an army + bits. So, I've decided to finished the army (only footsloggers at the minute!)...

Here's some more WIP pics...

The Whole Lot...
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The Painted/WIP ones...
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The current WIP painting batch...
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A couple of DKOK based shotgun vets (Heresy Miniatures shotguns)...
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A stormtrooper veteran...
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Cheers Laney

I really enjoy your conversions, and your GS skills are decent! I have worked with GS for a while and have concluded that I'm not the guy that sculpts. You do very good work.

Love the colour scheme on your nurgle termies, and particularly the fantastic and characterful GS work on your IG vets. Your army will be a treat to play against, I've no doubt!

Thanks again!

Here are some models I've being working on recently to round out the infantry portion of a 3000 point IG army...

A veteran with bionic arm (holding the lasgun) - sight indicates improved BS
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Penal Legion overseer (needs repainting)
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Members of my counts as ratlings sniper squad (10 in total)
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A new Sly Marbo counts as with twin Las Mausers
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Veteran with Demo Charge
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Veteran with cigar and improved lasgun sight
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Another veteran
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Vox operator with improved armour (scout legs)
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A basic veteran guardsman
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A squad of mordian style guardsmen minus the heavy weapons team
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Cheers Laney (more soon)

Wow, tht is some amazing work!

some solid conversions here i like what you have, i'll keep an eye on this thread

Missile Launcher Heavy Weapons Teams Conversions (hopefully these will paint up well and give me a chance to practice OSL and smoke weathering)




My new officer of the fleet (reassigned from a skirmish game squad along with his Astropath and the rest of his crew) Ships Captain Lucifer Kidd (still WIP)


All my armies modelling is complete, with the exception of a few backpacks on my infantry and shotguns of four veterans. (Plus one more vet squad to go, still waiting on the parts from maxmini).

I hope to undercoat and start painting the rest of the company command and veterans by next Saturday.

Cheers Laney

Really enjoying the individual character your IG has, even though they are mostly "rank and file" troops. Looking forward to the OSL on the ML.

A few more recent oonversions to finish off the army (white resin bits from Maxmini)

Stormtrooper with Sten Pattern Hellgun (made from an IG missile)... Sergeant Daniel Dare



Stormtrooper with partly scratchbuilt Hellgun 'Sten Pattern'



These are the beginning of a second stormtrooper/veteran unit with plasmaguns

Engineer Veteran (Veteran Squad with Meltaguns and Shotguns)



Cheers Laney

looking cool so far, is that storm trooper head the commando head from maxmini?

Cheers - that is a maxmini head - I bought twenty of them to mix into the army (GW need to add more of these). I'd also like to add the WW2 type soft commando caps to the army but I can't find a decent company that does them other than westwind - I'd love some in resin. Anyone know of any?

Laney

A quick update on my IG army...
Shotgun veterans (shotguns - maxmini, environmental suits - forgeworld)

Veteran Sergeant Daniel P. Dare with Hellgun (Sten Pattern) (semi-succesful OSL attempt)




Feedback always welcome

Cheers Laney

Intense camouflage! Nicely done!

Here's the Company Command Squad Astropath (I'll post a group pic when the last couple of models are finished)...






The Command Squad so far has a finished...
Company Commander (Iron Hand Straken) - Major Helios 'Flameboy' Jones
Sniper - Eli 'Deadeye' Dexter
Company Standard Bearer - Corporal Cain Grayes
Company Vox - Corporal Hector Winterledt
Veteran Sergeant - Daniel P Dare (might join a veteran or stormtrooper squad)
Astropath - Rasha Ve Ulkethwe
Master of Ordnance - Tech Adept Sigma V2: Blessed of Mars
Ogryn Bodyguard (Nork Deddog) - (Private First Class) Alvin Brodingnagian

Models to finish...
Master of the Fleet: Rogue Trader Lucifer Kidd
Priest/Plasma Gunner: Reverend 'Black Sheep' Gunn
Company Medic: 'Paradise' Milton

Cheers Laney


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Some of the guys on the Deathsquadsgame forum suggested that I photograph on white paper, so here's some pics of the whole company command squad...

Back row (left to right): Medic(WIP), Priest(WIP), Ogryn Bodyguard, Officer of the Fleet, Vox Caster
Front row (left to right): Sniper, Standard Bearer, Company Commander (larger base), Astropath, Master of Ordnance, Veteran Sergeant





The medic, priest and rogue trader are still WIP...

Cheers Laney

youve got alot of glowing goin on here, but i think it is nicely done. i normaly HATE big feathered rogue traders but i think you've made him fit into this squad well. Now to the squad, you have really given it alot of character to where i can see this as a squad from a book or a film. the camo is great, you ogryn is one of the best ive ever seen, and i like your red base idea, ive never seen that before. Overall i say 9.5/10 mailny because nothing can be perfect and i feel with all this nice conversion work and cool models that you medic could have been a little more special

Thanks - I really appreciate it. The Ogryn is one of my favourite painted models so far.

I might have an alternative medic that's a little more creative (I was going to use it as something else - but it might just work - no pics yet)

Here are some old models that I am revamping for the Psyker Battle Squad (Overseer and 2 psykers). I'm giving them a matt varnish and then adding a few highlights (sorry for the dodgy pics - my camera hates me)




Some WIP of my Company Priest



Cheers Laney

Not much progress on anything. However I was inspired by an ace Nurgle Blood Bowl team. This led me back to my early days with Warhammer, Roleplay and Blood Bowl! I always loved skaven and had a team, but thought it would be cool to convert my own...

Here are some early WIP pics (I've dealt with the mouldlines) - sorry for the pic quality a daemonette has possessed my camera:

Linerat (converted night runner - paperclip faceguards and marauder/lizardman shoulder pads, helmet and armour is GS)



Thrower (another night runner - also paperclip faceguards and marauder pads) - I carved the hand open and made a greenstuff ball and fingers + helmet




A very dodgy pic of my two stormvermin WIP... the Daemonette killed the camera after this one


Any Ideas for a good colour scheme that isn't red?

The squad will be...
4 gutter runners
2 stormvermin
1 thrower
4 linemen
1 apothecary
3 team re-rolls
(total: 1,000,000)

Cheers Laney

models looking cool so far, im trying to get into blood bowl, but i need to play a few games to see if i want to invest. and for colors.. hmm red would have been my first choice, NOT yellow, green, or orange, possibly brown or purple, or maybie black metal with purple accents?

Man, I miss Blood Bowl. Was part of a League for a while, played Undead. Has been years and years.... I need an older gaming group.

Wow, not sure how i missed this stuff, looks amazing.

I like the ships captain, however, he can possibly be seen from space!

As always thanks for the feedback... I've made a bit more progress on the blood bowl team. In the end I went for a Purple with yellow trim and the team have an official name now...

The Cripple Peak Cutters

The thrower pics are still WIP but you get the idea (I've added more weathering and blood since these pics)... Mirk 'Viper' Warpfang No.10





Here are the other completely modelled members of the team - the other five I have left are waiting for helmets and face masks to be modelled, then I'll finish modelling a helmet on the rat ogre and complete the last four linerat reserves. If I get all that done then I'll complete some sideline additions (coach, wizard, apothecary etc).

A lowly linerat... No.4



My first gutter runner... No.1




Cheers Laney
(Necromantic or Orcs could be next - and then I need to join a proper gaming club - fortunately there is a league near me)

I need to move. I get in a game of 40K every now and then... the expansion games are what I really enjoy. Bloodbowl, Necromunda, Mordheim, etc...

Your Skaven team is excellent and has the aspect of humor that made Bloodbowl so perfect. Sometimes I think the Grimdark has completely taken over GW and it takes itself a tad too seriously these days.

Thanks Skalk,

I've made some progress on the Skaven (enough to take a WIP teamshot of the basic squad - I also have a Rat Ogre, one thrower and three more linemen to model)...



I then thought about my bits box, because this thread was meant to be a money saving venture - so having spent out on some night runners, the orc squad I've gone for next is totally bits box driven - I then plan an empire human team (I have one or two human players from the boxed set to get me started - with an armies worth of empire bits to work from), maybe a norse team and necromantic (that will need a few bits) and possibly a chaos team (that will need a few more). By that time, hopefully I will have contacted the BB league for a friendly or two (having had lots of practice first!)...

Anyway here are the orcs... [b]Da Tituns[/b]

Team Song
We is da red. An we is da black!
We's never retreatin', we always attack!
We is da black. An we is da red!
Yous get in our way and we gonna crush you dead!

Rookie Blitzer (first pick from the Darkthuner Academy) - Gark 'Da Shark' Ripwell (base model: ork stormboy)




Black Orc Blockers (2) No names yet! (base model: ork ard boyz)



Orc Thrower (base model: ork mek with burna)



Gobbos - not in the first team (basic grots), but could be recruited with a Troll Big Guy...


The team so far, including another WIP black orc...


I've got 2 more blitzers part done, 2 linemen and 1 more blocker (in various states). Which leaves me with one more blitzer to start for my starting squad.

The starting team is...
Black Orc Blockers 4
Blitzers 4
Throwers 1
Linemen 2

Not sure if I have room for an Apothecary, but I think I can manage 2 or 3 re-rolls.

Comments always welcome...

Cheers Laney

Yes! Love your bloodbowl stuff, everyone should play bloodbowl!

teams looking cool here, and if you dont mind me asking, on your next IG you paint can you do a step by step on the camo?

Thanks guys!

@Tortured Robot: Some cool renegades - cool paint jobs

@ Rogue Wolves: When I get back to them (no telling when that will be) I'll do a proper tutorial...

In the meantime, my camo recipes (all citadel paints) so far:
Urban Camo Recipe:
Black Undercoat
Adeptus Battlegrey base coat
Chaos black wash
Codex grey camo splodges
Astronomicon grey camo splodges (try to cross other the other areas of camo and be random - odd numbers work well)
Chaos Black dots/flashes
Skull white dots (optional)
Edge armour plates with either codex or astronomicon grey - makes all the difference

Autumn Forest Camo Recipe:
Black Undercoat
Charadon granite base coat
Devlan mud wash
Khemri brown splodges
Macharius Orange camo splodges (try to cross other the other areas of camo and be random - odd numbers work well)
Chaos Black dots/flashes
Calthan brown sploges (optional)
Edge armour plates with khemri brown - makes all the difference

Catachan green also works well in this mix

Jungle Camo Recipe (the one used on the command squad above):
Black undercoat
Charadon granite base coat
Ogryn flesh wash
Khemri brown splodges
Dheneb stone splodges (try to cross other the other areas of camo and be random - odd numbers work well)
Thin devlan mud wash (optional)
Flashes of bleach bone can also be added (optional)
Edge armour plates with khemri brown

Hope this helps
Laney

thanks man, im going to have to try those out sometime

I cracked up when I saw the HUGE brutal cleats that Rookie Blitzer is wearing! 'Cuz dose'r da best fer Humie-stompin'!

Well done!

Blood bowl. Sweeeeet!

Great conversions. You control that GS! *Makes cracking whip noises*

Here's the prototype paintjob on my orc blitzer. The paintjob mirrors a team I used to play for (hence the wall of black) - any hints on highlighting the black without making it dark grey?





Cheers Laney

This looks so cool I love the Plague Marines the colour scheme really compliments them well a Rust coloured scheme a refreshing change from a green colour scheme. The guard also look awesome and the Blood Bowl teams are very inspired.

he looks awsome! and i know cattafish does some black tutorials

That is so perfectQ The monster cleats really crack me up, I love them.

Highlight black? I'd use a very very light drybrush of off-white or even a light brown. But that's me.

I highlight black with necron abyss, i think anyway?

Your blitzer looks great, love his stomper boots!

Thanks for the advice on the black - I think necron abyss is the winner.

Two more black orcs done (sorry no pics) and because I have the attention span of a goldfish some chaos warriors for another team (I have the bitzbox parts for (almost) two full teams - a regular chaos team (or nurgle team) and a chaos pact team - like the Chaos Allstars...

Here are my WIP Chaos Warriors (one for each major power)...


Nurgle




Khorne (would a second claw hand look better?)




Slaanesh - I have thought about using the Sigvald model instead (to differentiate from Khorne)




Tzeentch




Comments welcome
Cheers Laney

02Laney wrote:
Khorne (would a second claw hand look better?)




Slaanesh - I have thought about using the Sigvald model instead (to differentiate from Khorne)




Comments welcome
Cheers Laney

I really like these two guys, but i feel that the slaanesh marine is a bit too brutal looking. Personally i always imagined Slaaneshi to be elegant in the way they do things and look.

How did you make the shoulderpads on these two guys? are they from WHFB models?

Thanks - they look like proper blood bowlers (I have the parts for a couple more - maybe I'll put these together). I also think a skinnier slaaneshi champion might be an improvement, maybe a modelling project for the future?

The shoulder pads are from the Ork Ard Boyz set - they also work great on terminators (if you want a more brutal, or pre-heresy look). The ones on the Khorne blocker are from the Chaos knights kit.

Cheers Laney

Wow, I dont know how I've missed this thread. You have some amazing conversions here Laney i dont even know where to begin so i'll just tell you my favorites, those nurgle scouts, that carapace armor guardsman (how did you do the knee-pads so sharp and symmetrical?) and that recent unit of chaos warriors, all truly inspiring stuff here. Please keep us updated on your work, its a pleasure to see!

I'll have more to add soon...

@genom.cor: Thanks, I did the knee pads on the carapace guardsman using black colour shapers (a flat black one) and an exacto blade to cut the edges to size.

All I've done in the last month is undercoat the chaos warriors. But I do have another WIP that I want to share soon.

The early pics are on this thread (I'll post pics here when I get time)
http://www.deathsquadsgame.com/t2458-laney-s-prisoner-exchange-log

Ta Laney

Good to see an update from you, even if it is just checking in. Everyone takes a break, no worries. Looking forward to seeing what you're working on when you have something to share.

Thanks for the encouragement Skalk!
Ok, so January was a busy month in other ways. So this is all I got done...

Built a corrupted Blood Angel Captain (kitbash of possessed chaos marine and sanguinary guard - grey knight head)



Built and start to paint a regular Blood Angel



Built (still WIP) a mini Diorama for the Prisoner Exchange at Deathsquadsgame...






C and C always welcome
Cheers Laney

All of this = WIN! Good to see you made it through January. Glad you're back and excited to see more.

that looks like a great diorama so far!

More pics of the Captain and a very early pic of Huron (who will be in Blood Angels colours too)...




Huron


Cheers Laney

might i ask if the bits on the back of the guy in the diarama, is that also from the servitor box?

The bit on the back of the servitor bloke is from a Heresy Miniature... the rest are space marine or IG/IGcommand box parts. I had plans for Napalm Ned - but the part was too perfect for my needs...



Cheers Laney

Your painting is so very sharp and the conversions look excellent. Glad to see you back around w/ updates. Really like that Terminator, looking forward to seeing where it goes because it looks horrifically brutal.

Some more stuff to show. I've been working on a Descent of Angels list. I have planned all the minis and built two sanguinary priests, a librarian, a squad of vanguard vets and a few assault squad members. Still got a squad of sanguianry guard, a plastic dante and the rest of two assault squads to build. Once that's built and painted I'm going for a new blood angels army to replace my not so impressive current force.

I plan on playing them as a successor chapter of my own devising, with one of the following names (if you have a favourite please tell me)...

Angels Incruentatus (meaning Bloodless)
Furious Angels
Avenging Angels
Angels Repentant/Penitent
Sons of Lucifer
Shadow Angels
Angels Cimmerian/Black Angels (a little too close to the dark angels)

Anyway, here are the WIP pics...
Librarian (wings not attached to help painting)


Sanguinary Priests



Assault Squad Sergeant and Squad Members


Vanguard Veterans







Cheers Laney

Fantastic lightning claw conversions. I just might have to try that.

Love the lightning claws!

how did you make the blades? I cant quite tell

Thanks - I really dislike the usual lightning claws. Easy to do...

Take a regular power fist and cut the fingers off up to the first joint (leave the thumb), leaving a flat surface.
Take a terminator lightning claw and cut off all the claws (I used wolf claws for the longer claws).
Glue them onto the fingers and adjust to make sure they are evenly spaced.

Job Done

Cheers Laney

02Laney wrote:Thanks - I really dislike the usual lightning claws. Easy to do...

Take a regular power fist and cut the fingers off up to the first joint (leave the thumb), leaving a flat surface.
Take a terminator lightning claw and cut off all the claws (I used wolf claws for the longer claws).
Glue them onto the fingers and adjust to make sure they are evenly spaced.

Job Done

Cheers Laney

sweet, thanks. I'll likely steal it for my chaos termis or chosen, seeing as i love the Chaos termilord lightning claws. I dont like the loyalists so much, they feel.... wrong, to me.

Lightning Claw conversions are excellent. I did something similar for my Raptor's Aspiring Champion.

And finally a few WIP pics with paint (more to follow very soon - honest!)

Vanguard Veterans...





Cheers Laney

Some gamer A.D.D right there. Love all of it though!

It did take a while to get something new to show - but glad you like it! I've been building, just not posting... 2 furioso dreads, 2 assault squads, 4 priests (including a plastic corbulo) sanguinary guard, plastic dante and mephiston and and honour guard (without jump packs) and a stormraven (still in the box that one).

Here are a couple more pics of the Vanguard (someone popped round in the middle of the last post)...



Colour scheme is: red armour, red helmets (for all assault marines), silver detail on veterans, grey on regulars, green eye lenses, bone coloured wings and dark blue blood drops.

Still not sure on the name though (the majority seem to already be a chapter of some description). Avenging Angels, or Angels Incruentus seem to be the best options (Furious Angels seems a little silly and Penitent/Repentant already exist). Any other ideas?

Cheers Laney

Some more pics of progress (3 posts in two days - must be a record for me)...

The finished veteran...






My two dreadnoughts (nothing special)



My Silver Sanguinary Guard Test Piece (WIP)


Plastic Dante


Some other modellling bits and bobs...



CandC always welcome Laney

great looking models! nice ideas for names.. my favorite is the first one though

I've also been working on this 'prisoner' - The Caretaker - a genestealer hybrid left to wander the Space Hulk they are travelling in while the brood sleeps. He is made to be a special character for the 40k skirmish game Deathsquads - check it out if you fancy playing a smaller scale version of 40k (perfect way to justify those truescale marines you always wanted!)








Cheers Laney

beautifully done The OSL is fantastic, the plasma coils look great and the green is awesomely subtle. I like color palette, especially the orange. The one critique I can offer is that all the colors seem a little bright for the mutated denizen of a space hulk, but that's just me. The conversion work done is fantastic, and really rather creepy.

the prisoner looks great and i agree ^ i love that orange

Gotta agree with the others. I really like this prisoner guy. He's got a lot of character.

Cheers guys - I'm quite proud of The Caretaker. My wife is always telling me to paint things brighter so I'll blame her! The Blood Angels will return, but I'm working on another IG squad (this time Praetorian based) and here is the commander... Major Archie 'Iron' Giant, commanding officer of the 75th Kelvian Brigade, Sapper Regiment.

He's still WIP - so C and C welcome...








Here is another WIP - A Fallen Dark Angel Sorcerer...




Cheers Laney

thats one cool guardsmen, where did his bionic leg come from?

Ta Rogue Wolves - His bionic leg is a kitbash of two claws from a furioso dread close combat weapon and two antennae pieces from a battle fleet gothic imperial cruiser plastic kit (they make for great bionics. Though it would be tricky to make a bent leg version of this.

I've just got the laspistol, grenades and servo skull to go and he should be finished.

wow nicley done, thought that was part of some kit

Loving the lightning claw conversions. The prisoner looks awesome as well.

02Laney wrote:Cheers guys - I'm quite proud of The Caretaker. My wife is always telling me to paint things brighter so I'll blame her! The Blood Angels will return, but I'm working on another IG squad (this time Praetorian based) and here is the commander... Major Archie 'Iron' Giant, commanding officer of the 75th Kelvian Brigade, Sapper Regiment.

He's still WIP - so C and C welcome...









Cheers Laney

+1 Like from me meow. this Praetorian IG seeems to comes from Dragoon regiment.
So can you tell me of the backstory on the materials that makes his helmet? hopes that it is shrapnell proof.



=^.^=

@Lonecat: Cheers - the IG helmet is from the Empire Pistoliers plastic set - that set is ace for conversion materials and the horses make good rough riders.
@Biohazard: Thanks - I was quite pleased with how the lightning claws turned out.

Laney

My finished IG Captain and a Skaven Warlord conversion I was messing about with...







Warlord Grizzvetch Wyrdtail (If I can get him painted I hope to enter him in the National Hero Competition at the local GW store...)





C and C welcome
Cheers Laney

IG captain is awsome as crap, and so is this skaven, very characterful, i like it!

Rogue Wolves wrote:IG captain is awsome as crap

It's all the little details that makes it so! My personal favorite: the warning label on the grenade!
Great job Laney! Keep it up!

Rawson

^that label is awsome, is it a transfer or legit painted?

Cheers - it's always good when the little details get noticed! The warning label was made with a little square of blazing orange and then the outline and symbol completed with a very fine (005 I think) archival quality permanent pen. I'd like to see if they do other colours this fine to add writing/diagrams to books more convincingly.

I've handed the Captain over to the GW store now and picked up a Priest of Sigmar to convert into a Crusader/Inquisitor.

Parts used: dark angels terminator sword, right arm, storm shield, cloth and I symbol FW Hector Rex, main body priest of sigmar, purity seal (which is too big and being replaced) for a dreadnought, reliquary on his back - grey knight set.






CandC always appreciated. Any colour thoughts? Is was going to use a bleached bone, dark red and antique gold colour scheme, but that seems a bit boring (maybe a nice rich blue, bone and gold scheme?)

I will go back to the Blood Angels soon - but I'm in a conversion frenzy at the minute...
Laney

wow!
nice job on the priest.
i cant wait to see more of your chaos

progreen10

Excellent work, Laney!

I was scoping out the priest for a conversion, but hadn't come up with anything great. You, however, have

I think the Hector Rex parts fit extremely well, and I'm particularly impressed by the added cloth in the front.

Good call on the purity seal: too big for the model and also in comparison to the other purity seals. Do you have a solution worked out yet?

My only (nitpicky) CC would be on the sword hand: I'm not totally sold on the position yet. I can understand not wanting the architypical "sword raised victoriously" pose, but I'm not sure what you were going for here. His shield arm would suggest a stab, but the angle of the blade doesn't really work with that. What if you reversed the swordhand, creating the "haymaker" equivilent of a sword attack: big and wide. (I hope that makes sense...)

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

PROGREEN10 WANTS MORE!!
WAAAGGGHHH!!

Sorry, my baby-like side took over then.

@Rawson: I was after a sweeping slash (he is at the end of the move). So blood would be coating the blade. I tried the 'haymaker' but for some reason it looked weird at the elbow/gauntlet connection. Thanks for the feedback though - it's always helpful to have a second opinion on models.

Here are a couple more henchmen... (resin bits from maxmini)





Cheers Laney

Those maxmini bits really fit nicely with those IG. Your GS looks great and I'm still envious of that mini gun.

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN these are awsome! The minigunner is badass, and i just love the look of the second one!

What arms did you use on the minigunner? they look perfect for a conversion i am planning

looks catachan to me

Rogue Wolves has it right - Regular Catachan IG arms. If you are planning to buy a box though - the command squad is loads better than the normal guardsman box.

A finished model! - my 'Prisoner' sent out today as part of the Death Squads Prisoner Exchange...











Cheers Laney

i dont know if i'd want to walk foward if i was him....

this is great, painting is awsome as always, and its an interesting minidiarama you have going on

The IG guys I started have inspired me to build a new skirmish sized squad (Imperial Navy Armsmen). I've got 8 so far and they are going to be in a dark blue colour scheme. I was going for a commando/special forces look...









A couple of mouldlines have shown up and I need to sculpt a kneepad or two, other they are ready to paint.

C and C welcome
Laney

^ ok these might be my favorites from you to date, they look awsome!!

Cheers Rogue!

(Looking forward to seeing how your titan works out by the way - a warhound is as big as I've gone).

Here are four more recruits to the unit (just a sniper, special weapon guy (I'd quite like to do a plasma gun conversion) and recruit with autogun to finsh the set)...
Proximity scanner and vox

A grenade launcher (or really big shotgun)

My medic: the 'wizard'

Armsman with 'sten pattern' hellgun


Cheers Laney

Nice work.

Now paint them!!

I like your guard models. They are very inspirational. Consider me subscribed.

hmm i like the grenade laucher conversion, i still have one or two of those musket arms and i think i need to try something like that..

@Progeen - I'll definitely get to painting soon - the plan is a purple/blue/blue-grey scheme (rather than a camo scheme). 3 or 4 more to build first, plus some GS work.

@Rogue - I like the sleeves rolled up look on the grenade launcher - I tried for a WW2 movie feel with him (but that's true of the whole squad)

Here is a little extra I was playing about with yesterday, using an excellent mini from Zealot miniatures... Daemonhost!




Cheers Laney

The daemonhost is looking awesome! There's a sense of menace and power around it that I love

Just stumbled across this blog. Very cool conversions.
Seems like the quality of your work is rapidly improving. Conversions got cleaner and the painting seems to have made a real leap.

As always - feedback much appreciated.

@Baiyuan: Thanks - the prisoner was an attempt to paint a model that stretched my ability (It's now on it way to the Netherlands as a gift for a fellow gamer) and praetorian guardsman was painted for a competition, but all my painting seems to be going right at the minute (if I can stay patient!). It means a lot to have one the people who regularly inspires me to come and post - Cheers

Laney

Later on I hope to post a WIP sniper (quite pleased about him) and a couple of fairly run of the mill death cult assassin conversions (I realise that doesn't sound very inspiring, but they are straightforward dark eldar wytch conversions).

These models are all so cool. You really are a hobby butterfly aren't you i love the painting and modeling and wish i had the time to learn to sculpt as well as you do, thanks for the inspirational work and i will have a look at this death squads game as it looks interesting

Young Logan

02Laney wrote:As always - feedback much appreciated.

@Baiyuan: Thanks - the prisoner was an attempt to paint a model that stretched my ability (It's now on it way to the Netherlands as a gift for a fellow gamer) and praetorian guardsman was painted for a competition, but all my painting seems to be going right at the minute (if I can stay patient!). It means a lot to have one the people who regularly inspires me to come and post - Cheers

Laney

Later on I hope to post a WIP sniper (quite pleased about him) and a couple of fairly run of the mill death cult assassin conversions (I realise that doesn't sound very inspiring, but they are straightforward dark eldar wytch conversions).

You're welcome. Always happy when somebody finds my work inspiring. I'll be a regular on your blog, now that I've discovered it. Of course you're always welcome to drop a line in my blog too.
The prisoner was a real highlight, while the conversion is simple and I personally would never have used such a "tank" for powering a plasma gun (or is it a cooling system? that would make more sense and even be quite inventive), the scene, pose and paintjob make it an absolutely lovely piece with lots of atmosphere.

Just had a look through this entire thread mate. Fantastic painting and modelling, your terrain pieces are awesome as well.

Ta Biohazard - I've have a couple of terrain bits planned - not sure when though (too many projects, too little time).

The servitor as a spacesuit (which is what I was going for with the prisoner) thing, was stolen from a cool blog I came across - but it works well. Weirdly, in the skirmish game I play (in my sig), I intended this guy to have the 'coolant king' skill (reduces gets hot rolls) and for this to be a form of pre-heresy/dark age plasma cutter (it also needed to work as a plasma gun) - so the coolant tank idea works well.

The Caretakers rough history:
Originally a dark age of technology servitor, created from a criminal type. While passing through the warp the ships Geller field was disrupted for a second, allowing a daemonic incursion, which killed the crew, but left the servitors (in stasis) unharmed. After thousands of years floating in the warp the ship merged with the Space Hulk 'Hand of Sorrow'. A mercenary salvage team M32 activated the servitors, but due to various reasons left the Caretaker onboard ship (this story might get rather long). He finally, returned to true sentience following an encounter with xenos (nano type) technology on Deck 4537 of the Hand of Sorrow. To be continued....

I hope that actually made sense!

Cheers Laney

I like the fluff quite a bit. It suits the model well. Can't wait for more

Thanks Prime - call it a very rough draft. I need to write up the full story for my Prisoner. If it wins then he'll be enshrined in the rules (of the Deathsquads Skirmish game) as a special character.

Here are the other models I mentioned a couple of posts ago... Painting may need to wait till next week though!

Deathcult Assassins...



Three more recruits... (The bush hat is going - it looks silly!)



Laney

Cool stuff - that nurgle door is just putrid. I see you are a fan of rust. I like things a little rusty.

that sniper is bad ass

Definitely a rust fan!

Snipers are pretty much always my favourite models (Vindicare are always first on my list - even if they aren't the best tactical choice).

I've been very busy this week, but found a bit of time to play around with an Eversor Assassin conversion (I've wanted to try one of these for ages). He still needs lots of GS work, but I'm pretty pleased with his overall look...

Parts: Skull head (no idea where this is from - it was in my bits box), Torso - maxmini combat armour torso, heavily trimmed (skull taken off a SM backpack and 'controls' from a cadian command squad respirator - I used 2 of these) , Arms - Catachan command squad box, Pistol (SM Bolt pistol, BFG antenna, Scout bolt pistol scope (don't know why I didn't just use a scout pistol!) and the tank off an Infernus pistol, Neuro gauntlet (ghoul hand), Legs (chaos marauder legs - trimmed with GK backpack (teleporter) gubbins added), Backpack - tau fire warrior (with more BFG antennae, catachan sword, GK grenade). Note: I didn't buy any of this stuff to build this - I just found it in my box (hence the random mix of stuff).






Cheers Laney

watch out for the death grip!! this guy is really cool, i like the mixture of bits and that torso suits it really well

Now with added greenstuff and plasticard!








Cheers Laney

he's going to look so cool when he's painted!

Not too fond of the leg armor, but the rest is cool.

@Baiyuan: I know what you mean, it looks 'off'. I think only more GS practice will cure that.

I'm overall pleased with the look (though muscular legs without armour may improve the model) and even happier that this was a bits box creation.

On to Inquisitor Valeria (Her range of kit presents lots of conversion opportunities). She seems quite a bargain for the points (or am I missing something?)... The cube is her Hyperstone maze and the graviton beamer is the huge weapon (pistol!) on her back - other stuff is represented by the various gubbins she is carrying. I'd love to see a GW version of this character.









As always CandC welcome...

Cheers Laney

thats cool, i like how the cloaks turned out and the details on the hood is great

Cool, good sculpting on the lettering. Still looks a little bit to dark eldar like, mainly the gun, the rest is ok.
Is the cloak stiff enough to paint it? Looks delicate, would be a pity if it broke off at the first chance.

I thought with Valeria's fluff that she should be pretty much entirely xeno kitted out (with a few I symbols). I originally wanted a shoulder mounted gun for the gravitron beamer (but I didn't have the parts I needed). If I go for a light colour (bone perhaps) it may make the model more Inquisitorial and less Dark Eldar.

Once the cloak is fully cured I'll rub off the really thin bits, prior to painting. In terms of transport - special/delicate models tend to get their own box (rather than queezing in with the rest of the army). If I'm really paranoid about breakages I will blue tack it to the inside of a plastic jar lid and then screw the model inside the jar - that way the model is safe from the outside and isn't being squashed by packing material.

Laney

Ok, all of that made sense.

Quick update on the armsmen. I've started on the camo pattern (I decided to go with a green camo, rather than the blue I had planned)...





Also some pics of the assassin WIP...



Cheers Laney

ok.. how did you do that camo? your camo scemes always turn out so amazing!

Rogue Wolves wrote:your camo scemes always turn out so amazing!

I agree, very sharp! My only CC would be to get the spot color a little less pinky and a little more red.

Keep up the great work!

Hi Guys,

I love doing camo patterns. Here's the recipe for this camo (some old, some new GW paints used - sorry I don't know the equivalents yet)...

Base Coat: (New) Deathworld Forest (really smooth coat - in one)
Wash: (New) Athonian Camoshade (great tone, but a touch too shiny - I like matt models)
Camo Splodge 1: Catachan Green
Camo Splodge 2: (New) Ogryn Camo (similar to rotting flesh I think)
Camo 'Slashes': Goblin Green
Wash: Thinned Devlan Mud
Highlight (Not Done Yet): Deathworld Forest again (after two washes this works well as a camo highlight)

@Rawson: Thanks for the feedback on the spot colour, I've given the berets a wash of carroburg crimson to try to de-pinkify, not sure it worked fully, but I'm happy enough with the end colour, it marks them out from my other IG squads.

Here are a couple more WIP shots...



Cheers Laney

Minor update: A Dornian Heresy Raven Guard marine (counts as twin lightning claws)...





Starting the paintjob tonight (purple-black, with glowing purple)

Cheers Laney

That dornian Raven Guard there, awesome.

Thanks megabambam...

Painting started... I've also, after too long, started painting the terminator librarian from the Space Hulk set (I considered converting him - but I just couldn't do it!).

Dornian Raven Guard...



Space Hulk Libby...



Cheers Laney

Here's the finished Raven Guard. The fluff for these guys is amazing - I'm surprised I can't find more stuff on them (models etc)...

C and C Welcome...







Cheers Laney

Here's a few more to start to fill out a squad of these guys...







And a duel between the two marines I've done for the great marine swap thread


CandC most welcome (there's always something that can be better!)

Cheers Laney

Ok, more in the Dornian Heresy line...

First attempt at Mk16 style armour (more of a test model - I need to re-stock on greenstuff to do a real version, either based on GW bits or perhaps have another go at sculpting from scratch). This was done purely by carving plastic and liquid GS...





and the inspiration image...


CandC welcome (I need to fix the shoulder pads, abdomen armour and gorget for next time, plus I might modify the backpack slightly)

A Khorne worshipping Space Wolf Champion


Another Plague Angel...


Cheers Laney

MOAR FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MOAR!

I've always wanted someone with skill to do some Dornian Heresy, this is a dream coming true!

I'm with megabambam, those conversions are quite nice! The Dornian Ultramarine is particularly well done! Can you take a picture of the back of the mini so we can see how you made the backpack look like?

Awesome work, your camo on the IG is really nice =)

your mk16 armor is turning out nicely laney

Thanks guys... I plan on doing more on the camo stuff soon and the Dornian Heresy material is great to play with in terms of conversions.

I've done some Ultramarine Mk16 armour (true scale this time)...






WIP




C&C welcome!

Cheers Laney

wow! i'd be the first to say that i have little love for ultra marines, but thats badass, looks exactly like the picture you showed

A force of these guys would look kickass! Good work!

I'm not an ultramarines fan either (This is my second ever Ultramarine) - has to be Blood Angels all the way, but the armour type was too interesting to ignore! I was really pleased with how it worked out. My only regret with it is not being able to get the writing on the gold strips (even my 0.01 pen was too thick for it to work well).

As I play skirmish games primarily, I might build a 5 or 6 marine squad of these guys (definitely, not an army though). I'm really surprised by how few of these armour marks I've seen - I'd love to see more Dornian Heresy stuff for inspiration!

Cheers Laney

Quick update of stuff I've been working on, inbetween checking the Sedition Wars Kickstarter!

Avenging Angels...
Some finished vanguard veterans (the one on the left still needs some work)

Vanguard vets with the first of five SPs

WIP of my chapter master (counts as Dante)



I've also been working on a loyalist truescale Emperor's Child (Dornian Heresy) and a firehawk (which may join my avenging angel army). Pics another time!

c and c welcome

Cheers Laney

Nice update Laney, I especialy like the regal/angelic look of your count as dante!

Dante is fantastic, I also like the Ultrasmurf above to. Great update and I'm subbed...

TSD

Cheers Guys,

I hope to get Dante finished over the weekend. However, in a typical 'can't stay focused on one project for more than a day or two' effort - I've converted a true scale Alpha Legion Marine, using the chapterhouse kit. I've used three of the marines in the kit so far - I have a Dornian heresy Ultramarine, Emperor's Child and Alpha Legionnaire (and a true scale Plague Blood Angel and World Eater made using the traditional terminator legs method and a regular scale Space Wolf and Raven Guard) - I'm working on getting the whole 18 legions at this rate!

Anyway pics...



CandC Welcome

Laney

Excited to see you do this =A= legionaire, as I had always planned to

No updates for a while - but I've been working on a few bits. Here is my latest effort a Tau Battlesuit - still WIP (I've never painted Tau before)...







Cheers Laney

nice to see some updates, nice tau battle suit, very gundum-like color sceme, nice job

Battlesuit now complete (shame the black shading looks rubbish with the flash)







and an IG sniper (needs a matt varnish coat to remove that shine)




Cheers Laney

I like the style you went with for the IG alot, although I think his gauntlets are too close to his skin color (probibly different in person though) nice work as usual

@Rogue: The hands are skin coloured (I painted the wrists as leather only - they are darker in reality)...

Here's another IG sniper (almost finished with lots of camo!)...




And a couple of Deathwatch (which might enter in the Deathwatch comp)... Quite pleased with the bionic arm.






Cheers Laney

WIP Chaos Termie Lord/Sorcerer - Paintwork to follow...





CandC welcome

Cheers Laney

It's been a while...

Here are some projects I have been playing with. Winter Camo JS3 Tank...



Winter Camo Panzer 4...


A Winter Communications Dish...


The Boss of my new squad Shank RipRot...


More to come

Laney

Wow you really went to town on that IG sniper!

Diggin' your work Laney keep it up!

Tanks look great, Laney! So does your Snikrot. Glad to see you back in action.

A few more from an Ork Kommando unit I've been working on for Deathsquads Skirmish...

Da Boys in charge - Flash Git, Big Boss and Sneaky Boss (kommando leader)


Da Boys of Speshul Forces 'Da Green Devils' - Note the sten guns and bren on da Heavy boy (counts as blastas and shootas)




Ork Medik with Injector


Kommandos (with radio packs) and Ard Boys



Ork Speshulists (Demolition Expert Coming Soon)



After game 1 the flash git swapped his shoota for a plasma gun!


Cheers Laney

these commandos are super cool man!

Long wait - but here is some more stuff I've been working on...
Skirmish Squad of Skitarii




Converted Tau Longstrike


Sedition Wars Vanguard


'The Cadian' Sly Marbo Counts As


More Soon
Laney

Some more stuff I've been working on...

Imperial Guard Scout with Melta Carbine (the cloak is from the Empire Pistoliers kit)




Blood Angel Terminator communicating with another squad...


Some more Terminators for my Bloodwing


Some augmetic legs on two more terminators


Cheers Laney (thoughts welcome!)

Awesome builds, Laney! really like the communicating termi and the melta-carbine.

Is a melta-carbine a thing?

That chap with the tiny man on his wrist is going to look cool - is that an epic scale terminator? Great idea.

Cheers Gents,

The melta-carbine is just a counts as meltagun (in the skirmish game I play it counts as a plasma gun), it just needed a different name as part of my Ad Mech skirmish squad.

I'm glad you like the communicating termie - it is an old epic scale termie - works perfectly.

No termies this time, but a few more IG and a Skaven Sorcerer for a Mordheim Warband...

Cyclops


Vuris Crang


Castus Kray - Stormtrooper Sergeant




Sorcerer Skrint Warpsneak




Cheers Laney

Dark Heresy/INQ28 character...

I've finished Castus Kray, stormtrooper veteran sergeant of the Malfian 1st Regiment '1st on the field and last off it'.


Castus prefers to use a combat shotgun, rather than the typical stormtrooper hellgun. He wears carapace armour, with additional armour, including an adamantium plate on the front, which miraculously saved him from a genestealer attack as a young Malfian Whiteshield (during the ill-advised boarding of the Space Hulk Be Forever Fallen. This brought him to the attention of an Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos who recruited him to one of her 'training cadres'.


The skull he wears on his shoulder was the very first heretic killed in her service. The tank on his back is part breather unit and part stimulant injector (hence his extreme musculature). The chainsword was given to him by Commissar Valkenstraum during the Defiance Campaign and on his back he carries a meltabomb 'because you never know when something bit might need to be blown up in the name of the Emperor'.






Comments Welcome
Laney

That dude is a total boss, Laney! Love the emotion and the pose. The pops of color work without crowding the space. Somehow they balance the blocks of camo and skin.

Cheers mate. He is rather a favourite of mine. I've given him a matt varnish, which has got rid of the irritating gloss that citadel washes seem to provide these days.

Laney

A couple more conversion to share (for Dark Heresy)...

Inquisitor Constantine



Interrogator (no name so far)...




Cheers Laney

Some stiff I've been working on recently...

A couple of Necron Deathmarks 'The Twins'...



A Stormtrooper Kill Team WIP







A Chaos Cultists Squad WIP


A few IG Specialists...



Maybe I'll get some paint on these sometime!

Cheers Laney

Wow really cool kill team!
The deathmark look great, they look intelligent and stealthy very cool

Some more additions to the kill team...

Tallarn Swordsman (pretty pleased with his headgear)



Probably my favourite squad member so far...



and a trooper with a hellgun...


I've also added a little paint to the Arbites sniper...

A couple more things...

Imperial Renegade Veteran...



IG Commando...


Cheers Laney

I really like the renegade vet, but all those new builds are super cool, Laney!

Thanks Moltar - I much prefer converting to painting...

I've finally added the last highlights to my Arbites Sniper...




Feedback Welcome! (just be constructive!)

Laney

Awesome stuff here mate.The cigar chomping sniper is my fave painted mini so far.

Well now something a bit different... Tech Priest...






Cheers Laney

There's some fantastic work in this thread. Surprised I never saw it earlier.

I really need to make the jump to green stuff.

Adeptus Mechanicus Priest gets some paint!





Thoughts welcome - keeps me motivated!

Laney

Inquisitor Constantine...





Cheers Laney

He's totally radical!

Definitely some radical elements with this one!

Competition Stormtrooper... WIP Thoughts Welcome!





And a Skaven Standard Bearer... Threek Twintail



Cheers Laney

Here is the start of a Mordheim Eshin Warband (I also have a Bloodbowl team being converted as we speak)...



Some Mordheim basing (I'm using a similar style for the Blood Bowl Team too



The sorcerer is meant as the basis for the same painting competition as the IG above...




CandC welcome! (sorry about the poor quality pics)

Laney

And I've finished my first Skaven Bloodbowl player for the Cripple Peak Cutters: Blitzer (No.7) Mirk Warpfang...







CandC Welcome!

Laney

It's been a while - This IG Sniper is a competition entry for a comp at the local GW store...

Lieutenant Colonel Kruger - Sniper of the 11th Fenksworlders Regiment (Nicknamed the Lucky Aces) - Counts as Vindicare Assassin:











Cheers Laney

Well, he didn't place (oh well), but I've got the next entry in progress - the subject is squads... So, I've got an IG command squad ready for painting (pics to follow). The models are a mix of new and old - with a few non-gw bits replaced to help it 'fit in'.

I never even started the command squad painting and Blood Bowl has taken over my life instead!

So far I have the parts for an Elf and Dwarf team, plus a modelled Norse, Skaven, Dark Elf, Orc and Chaos Pact teams. I've also ordered a Necromantic team from Vortice Miniatures - very pretty looking minis (as a straight painting team - no conversions). I also have my eye on the minis from Black Scorpion, the price is amazing and the minis have great detail (I'm interested in the new Amazon team - if they did a more 'normal' (not quite such big hats) it would be an automatic buy for me).

The Pact team is the one I have got farthest on, with the first XI well on the way (pics below).

The Norse Team (only Boris fully painted)...
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The Dark Elf Team (one runner and lineman fully painted)...


The Skaven Team (just the gutter runners shown)...


The Chaos Pact Team (making progress...)







I'll post a few of my prototype models (human, dwarf etc) at some point. Apologies for the rubbish pics (taken on my phone in poor light!)

Cheers

There is some truly amazing conversions here and totally original looking models, I have only gone back 2 pages and was like

Really loving the IG so much character squeezed into each mini great colour scheme and clever use of individual kits.

As for your blood bowl teams I love the fact you are creating your own from kits, I actually thought the Norse team was actual models at first then realised they were conversions.
Once again you have captured the look of actual game players more so than most of the official models, plus they look like a proper team.
I can't wait to see more and each team expand and grow, I can see some awesome conversion be created from this project.
Plus your posing is very dramatic and the representation of movement is spot on, I have enjoyed what I have seen so far and look forward to reading through this thread properly totally subbed

Thanks for all the positives Lone dirty dog - much appreciated. I love converting models more than painting (and any big army I try never gets finished!). I'll take some picks of my orc team soon. I have a human and dwarf player to show off too.
A few team names for you...

Chaos Pact - Drakwald Strange Attractors
Skaven - Cripple Peak Cutters
Dark Elf - Bad for your Elf
Norse - All the Rage
Orc - Green Crag Smashers

With a necromantic team on the way - The Graveyard Smash (complete with Monster Mash team song).

Cheers

LOL love it I like that you are "going the extra yard" so to speak with the naming, but the "Bad for your Elf "has to be my favourite

Can't wait to see the others and what you have done to create them, how about a mixed team ? All Star Species

I had thought about a 'Good' Pact Team (as a counts as Chaos Pact team) - that could work... The Confederation of Gallant Gentlemen (you're going to get me building a new team!)

Ogre = Ogre
Treeman = Troll/Minotaur
Goblin = Halfling
Dark Elf = Wood Elf
Skaven = Dwarven Runner (not the best fit - but perhaps he wear no armour and is freakishly fast for a dwarf, so doesn't fit in to other teams)
Marauder = Human

Not sure what to make the final big guy from the warhammer world (I have a Mierce Dragonman which might work) - possibly some kind of Dwarven Construct perhaps.

Another possibility is to build and old school dungeonbowl team - but I want something playable.

Cheers (Orcs coming soon)

Could you not build a Dwarf steam runner to fit the role ?

Maybe something along the lines of this picture or you could try Titan Forge, they have some interesting Dwarf steam characters.

Either way looking forward to this getting off the ground along with those Orks

 02Laney wrote:
Some more additions to the kill team...

Tallarn Swordsman (pretty pleased with his headgear)

Very cool, is that just green stuff?

Yes - that's greenstuff on his headgear and a little on his kneepads. I wrapped strips of GS around the head, leaving the eyes clear and then reshaped it with a hard clay shaper - I was pretty pleased with the outcome.

More bloodbowl photos coming soon (Orcs and Necromantic)

Cheers

I thought I was going to see some Orcs then never mind I can wait patiently

Here they are - I had to head off to work this morning and ran out of time to post them!

Orcs and Necromantic

Orcs... (not likely to get paint soon)
Gobbo


Black Orcs


Orc Throwers


Orc Blitzers


The Whole Team (Still needs a Troll)


Varag Ghoulchewer - Star Player


Necros...
Werewolf (Test Piece)



The Whole Team


No conversions with the Necromantic, the minis are lovely - from Vortice Miniatures - super casts, in resin (so much better than metal!). The only thing better would be plastic sprue blood bowl minis, for max conversion potential - I dream of the day when GW do team boxes on sprues for a new, improved blood bowl!

Anyway - that will never happen.

Cheers
Laney