Those of you that frequent Warseer may have already seen this blog, but for those of you that haven't, I'm copying it over in all its glory!
Now, I have something of a penchant for old school models, Chaos in particular... I have a completed old school DG army (pics will be appearing soon...) and I'm working on an old school WE army too (pics to follow soon too!), but my main distraction atm is my old school Daemon army. I've had a blog going on Warseer for a little while, but as I'm new here I thought I'd share it with you guys too... Enjoy and please do comment!
First up, the general of my army Grimjack the Hunter (Bloodthirster):
His uneasy ally Iskard Lustviper (Keeper of Secrets):
Slaanesh's chosen, the Subjugators (Fiends):
Nurgle's tallymen and hardcore objective holders, the Pox-Spreaders (Plaguebearers):
Their equally unglamourous brothers, the Woundlickers (Plaguebearers):
The veteran of many battles, and my namesake, Vomikron Noxis (Daemon Prince):
His twin brother Lothar Bubonicus (Daemon Prince):
A whole bunch of Chaos objectives from my various armies:
And last but by no means least, the unit I'm currently working on (almost finished in fact!), The Danse Macabre (Plaguebearers):
I like old stuff in general, but the Greater daemons have improved over the last 10 years. On the other hand, there's nothing to equal those outstanding Danse Macabre for character. Are they old Mordheim figs? I'm fond of the horned plaguebearer with the armor too - I've seen him used a number of cool ways.
So lets take the RobZombie connection one step further, exactly how influence from his art did you take into consideration with those princes. I certainly see some of his influence with Lothar but Im not sure if thats how the model was molded or if you converted it.
Hey its the nurgle champion with fly head! Really love those carnival guys. I fear this is one archetype of chaos that will fade out in history (it already did i suppose, but people like you keep it alive!)
This is the model that I'll be using as Fateweaver, and it is probably the ugliest model I've ever seen!!
Isn't he adorable?? Also soon to come will be a few Bloodcrushers to make use of Fateweaver's awesome ability. The difference with these guys will be that they are in fact the new plastic models (because they're so damn awesome!)
It's been a little while since I did much work on this army (I'm easily distracted apparently...), but I'm pleased to say I have an update!
I was intending to use the old school LoC to represent Fateweaver (see above), but that idea has been scrapped in favour of using him (and his brother) as Tzeentch Daemon Princes, to lend some cheap firepower to the army. I did some minor conversion work on these two, just filling the holes where their wings should go (60pts for wings?? I think not!) and sculpting some feathers to blend it in. As always, let me know what you think!
Thank you for the comments brother, always nice to read! I'm pleased to have a little update for you this evening...
Been working on my Tzeentch Heralds:
Still very much WIP, but let me know what you think! I'm still going to add Tzeentch symbols to the chariot prows, and add some spiky blades. I seek your advice on one thing though: should I have the Screamers attached to the chariots with chains? I'm reluctant to use real jewellers chain as I think it'll be far too fragile and will irritate me! I was thinking of leaving them unattached, with the idea that they're magically tethered to the chariot... Any thoughts?
It's been a very long time since I updated this blog (for some reason), though I certainly haven't been idle! I've been working hard to update my daemons for the latest codex I'm going to do a rather large pic dump for your perusal so bear with me!
First up, some very dodgy pics of my plaguebearers:
Next up, a new plaguebearer squad made from the 3rd generation models, and including a couple of carnival plaguebearers (in more muted colours this time, to match the overall scheme of the army):
Now the carnival chaps on their own, plus the instrument dudes for each squad:
Finally a WIP pic of a daemon prince and a converted GUO based on a very old champion of chaos:
Thank you muchly chaps! Keep an eye out for much more in the future!
On that note...
I finished off the Daemon Prince! So here he is in all his fetid glory, Festerheart Gutrend:
And a shot of his rear (ooh err):
Gooey Balesword is gooey:
And as a special Christmas gift to myself, I bought myself this rather fancy evil Aegis Defence Line (a shockingly poor pic, but it's just a teaser...):
That's all for now! Merry Christmas one and all, let me know what you think!
I managed to get the other DP finished this weekend. I've had all sorts of problems with this guy, both in building and painting actually, so I'm relieved just to be able to call him done now :S I wont bore you with the details but there have been numerous issues, including one where I had to remove the head to strip and repaint it :Z Not a happy chappy!!
Objectively I'm not 100% happy with him, but given that it looked like I was going to have to dismantle, strip and completely repaint him, I'm at the very least "satisfied". I suppose I could replace him with a version that pleases me in the future, but tbh I doubt I'll ever get around to it! Anyway, enough complaining... Let me know what you think!
Tbh the DP has really grown on me since I got him finished... He fits in nicely with the rest of the army and does look very cool in and of himself. I think I was just frustrated at the time with all the issues I had with him. There are still a few bits that I'd do differently if I did it again, but that's always the way with any model I guess!
So I have a small update this evening; I haven't managed any more painting yet (been working on the mountain of ironing instead... being a grown up sucks!), but I did take a couple of shots of the entire painted force as it stands right now. Bear in mind this isn't all the daemons I have painted (by a long shot in fact), or even all the Nurgle models, but it is everything I have for the current version of the army. Should give you an idea of how it'll all look in the end. As always, comments are much appreciated!
Hmm disappointingly few replies so far... I shall press on regardless however...
A small update on the GUO. I embellished the staff with a few unsavoury items (a suspicious looking pouch, the severed heads of two Imperial servants, and the clawed hand of a rival daemon), and added the curiously phallic Nurgle symbol that is present on the original 80s champion.
Hmm... a very disappointing lack of interest... but I shall press on for now at least...
Got my GUO finished, just in time for a game on Monday My opponent has a really awesome Praetorian army so if there are some cool moments I'll take some pics for you!
In the meantime...
I couldn't get the severed heads to look quite how I wanted them so I swapped them out for a parchment of human skin (made from a bit of thin plasticard) with some evil spells written in the blood of the innocents!
Well it's been a long while since I've updated this thread, but it's not like I've been doing nothing that whole time
I've pretty much revamped the whole list, and it's given me a huge pile of models to build and paint... *sigh*
The first of these is a new Tzeentch Daemon Prince to hold the grimoire:
He's built from the old metal DP model, with original Blue Horror hands and a head made from the body of a Pink Horror.
Next up is a Slaanesh Daemon Prince, built from the same base model, but with the addition of Dark Eldar and Tyranid bits, plus the claw from an original Keeper of Secrets:
Lastly, I picked up this neat little Portalglyph from a seller online (whose shop seems to be sadly closed now):
Let me know what you think!
Also, a shameless plug... I've just started up a blog to encourage me to paint my way through my mountain of lead. Everything I post in this thread will be on there, plus a lot of my inane ramblings... Please check it out if you have time (link in my sig).
Some very cool old school goodies here. Love the tzeentch daemons especially. If you're looking for some more retro chaos metals, shoot me a pm, I've got a fair few kicking about.
Just a quick progress report today. I've got two units of old school horrors assembled and ready for painting:
Just got a few daemonettes left to assemble and then the painting begins! Check out my blog for more pictures and words (link in my sig, below).
Dysartes wrote: Silly question, but what will the portal thing be used for, chief?
Also, woukd I be right in saying that Army Painter dip is in used in some capacity?
The completed stuff you've shown has been cool - did I see Epic Grwater Daemons being used as familiars earlier on?
You're spot on with the dip. I use Army Painter strong tone on everything, I love that stuff. The portal is an exalted reward from the 40k Daemon codex. Basically you toss it down and it allows lesser daemons to pop out at regular intervals. I managed to find this very cool resin version online You're right also about the epic greater daemons. I've got a fair few of them and they get used all over the place!
@Graven: Thanks man. I'll hit you up with a PM in a sec.
I have a massive soft spot for the old school metal chaos models, and your painting really sets them off. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the daemonettes.
I've not posted in a while, but I have been keeping busy... Got the last of my Flesh Hounds finished (for a total of 16), plus a Khorne Herald on a Jugger to lead them:
A bit of a big picture dump from me tonight, I'm delighted to say. I may in fact have to spread it over a couple of posts...
I finished off my first unit of Pink Horrors (first generation). I love these weird little gribblies so much that I had to take individual shots of each of them, accompanied by their names (from the old catalogue). They're a mix of pink and blue horrors, just to get a bit of variety in the unit. Let me know what you think!
Love the use of pieces on that prince, really fits the bill. The DE head is particularly awesome. Its especially good since that base model is not one of my faves, you've definitely improved on it.
Yeh the Mr T style bling seems to have come about in their second iteration... It went away after that and now it's back again. I guess Tzeentch just likes shiny things...
It seems I've been a little lax with my painting and modelling plogs recently, so I'm rectifying that right this second with a WIP teaser of a Slaanesh Soul Grinder I'm working on.
Not much to see atm, but I like where it's going so far. I'm combining the Maulerfiend, Soul Grinder and Defiler kits to come up with something suitably gribbly. Watch this space.
I've got another little update this evening. Now that the missus and I have moved into a bigger place, I actually have room for a table. As a result I've been knocking up a bit of "quick and dirty" terrain for it. These three started life as vivarium ornaments, but they'll be much happier on the battlefields of the far future. I needed some decent LOS blocking terrain for my table and these fit the bill. They're not up the quality of a moulded GW piece of terrain, but they were cheap and they're nice and sturdy too.
Here are a couple WIP pics of the chaos bastion I've been working on. I went with a dark red and silver scheme, to go with my Word Bearers (that I haven't even assembled yet...).
I filed off the imperial eagles and added a few chaos stars, then covered the lot in textured paint. I also began the tedious task of covering the doorway in skulls (because Chaos):
Then I managed to slap some paint on it last night:
Another little update as promised... Got three new flamers painted up:
Not really my best work but I'm happy with them, and they're just for the occasional summoning anyway. Cool little models though; I'm a big fan of all the early tzeentch stuff (before it was all birds and Egyptians).
Cheers dude. They're pretty much as weird as it gets, which is one of my favourite things about the Realm of Chaos era stuff!
I've been unusually productive recently, and my finished Chaos Bastion proves it:
I painted it up in Word Bearers colours, as I'll be expanding my collection to include a bunch of Word Bearers and cultists when I have the time. If anyone would be hanging around with a gribbly horde of daemons, it would be those guys!
This is actually the second version of him that I've painted. The first one was replaced with a metal version (this one) because finecast is the worst thing that has ever happened to anyone. The original is here:
I changed up the colour scheme to match my more recent models, and because I didn't want to paint the exact same thing again.
A delicious side effect of finishing this guy is that I now have a fully painted, and fairly effective, 1500pt army:
Really quite like the yellow|blue scheme for the Carnival of Chaos, especially the tentacled one with the colours split down the centre of his face.
Did you ever find a use for the spare wings from the Fateweaver-Daemon Princes?
Nice idea to use a horror face for a Daemon Prince, did it ever get painted or did it get chopped up again?
The screamers being a mix of blue/pink works really well and the icons are all awesome (especially Enfeeble - creepy!)
The paint work you have done loks great, particularly difficult with some of these older/less refined models (as someone else said, the old juggernaught...)
I see lots and lots of Pink Horros...did the rule of them splitting get changed?
The wings from the old GD/DPs actually ended up going back on them when FMCs became a thing!
The pink horror face DP isn't painted yet, but he is on the to do list, I promise! I keep getting distracted by other projects, but I'm actually looking forward to painting him up as a giant pink horror!
Yeh the old rule for pink/blue horrors got pretty much dropped, although there is a reference to it in the current codex (pink horrors make extra attacks before they die to represent the blue meanies). I love the old horrors so much though so I had to mix in some of the old blue horrors and paint them up as pinkies too. I've actually got another unit of pink/blue horrors in the works for summoning purposes. It just never stops!
My summoned Plaguebearers needed some command models, so I bashed these chaps out. A small amount of conversion work went into three of the four, but nothing too heavy.
It took me a second to realise that both the standards do actually have the pieces connecting the lower two skull-circle-things to the top one as both of them seemed to merge into the background...
...but anyway, really nice work. Have you considered being cheesy and putting three tiny clumps of grass on the base as a nod to papa? :-P
I built up their bases with a bit of cork to bring them more in line with the height of the current models.
To do list:
So much to do... And this is only *most* of the stuff I have undercoated and ready to go. Doesn't even cover the stuff I don't have cleaned or assembled yet... Busy busy!
I am really impressed by your models! not just with how damn cool they look but that you have followed your passion and used all those gorgeous old models and shown us they are still up there with the rules of cool!
nerdfest09 wrote: I am really impressed by your models! not just with how damn cool they look but that you have followed your passion and used all those gorgeous old models and shown us they are still up there with the rules of cool!
Cheers dude
So, it's been too long since I posted anything, but I'm here to rectify that!
I painted up another magic marker, this time for "Misfortune":
I also painted up some Nurglings, since 7th edition made them go from useless to extremely useful:
Nice I recently managed to pick up some of these old Daemonettes got them ear marked along with the Sorceror and Champion I've picked up to act as the final bad guys in an Inquisimunda campaign.
I'm going to do a rather large pic dump for your perusal so bear with me!
My opponent has a really awesome Praetorian army so if there are some cool moments I'll take some pics for you!
