Greetings,

Welcome to my blog-

I'm making a Chaos Spacemarine Renegade force, lets see what happens -









Thanks

The painting is VERY VERY good but where did you get the head from? is it a modded ork head?

heh, well spotted, its a mix of ork, chaosmarine and greenstuff. Thanks for the comments.

Excellent kitbashing and modding! The pink horrors work great with the marine parts.

Thanks! I cant take full praise for the idea, I maybe showing my age , but you got to love these models = http://solegends.com/citcat911/c2107chaosrenegades-h.htm

I like what you have done there.They look nicely warped.

Hail!

Well I made 2 more... wow if I make another thats a squad!

These seem to have a nurgle feel to them, which is always a good thing. Sorry about some of the photos, no idea what happened.

Here is the first guy,





Second guy,





Nurgle together, why not!



.... and how about the full progress! apart from the bases!



Thanks for looking.

Morning, I'm up to five! No paint however, bad times.

Havoc with a missile launcher made from a Slaanesh Champion..... well thats what is said on his base tab, sensual Flyman anyone?

Flies are surely a nurgle thing but here we go!





Thanks!

Old School!

Very cool.

Thanks guys! I'll have to get the paint brush out, running a build one paint one strategy.

Threw a bit of paint on the Fly with the rocket, struggled a bit with him to be honest, he is just about there.

Anyway here is the progress, tried my hand at a bit of freehand on his pad, but luckily its mostly coverd by the launcher I'll finish off his base and move on to number 6!







Thanks/

These are SO cool! Excellent painting. Cant wait to see more of them.

Thanks LordofMuck, don’t worry there will be more

Just to add a little fun I'm thinking about using the old slaves to darkness book for some of my models….



As I'm sure you’re aware, this book has an awesome section on random mutations, mutations from the fantastic to the down right silly! So for my next marine I think I’ll throw him at the mercy of these charts…. Lets hope I don’t roll “silly voice” mutation!!


Lets see what happens.....

I like the guy at the start with the crazy face

dakkagrot187 wrote:I like the guy at the start with the crazy face

Thanks dakkagrot187! however I think I'll have to start using some normal heads soon, I seem to be building up an unhealthy supply of them!

These looks so sick. I like the dude on the far left of the group prick.

tona7 wrote:These looks so sick. I like the dude on the far left of the group prick.

Thanks! yea that one is my favourite so far too, cant beat those old school sculpts!

Okay so I’m giving the random personal attribute table from Slaves to darkness a go. So let fate decide my next Marine.

I rolled 3 times in the end, rolling a d1000 I got-

887 – Teleport (I decided to roll again)

866 – Technology – (84) – Chainsword (I decided to roll again)

837 – Skull face.

I stopped there; I thought that was enough to go on! All 800’s!

If you can check out the table, it is a good read. It is online somewhere…


Thanks!

Hey, nice stuff here TR, great to see some of your work again. Love that first guy with the vomit-standard, lovely job on the head.

Cool to see some more old-skool stuff being used too, and love that you're rolling on the classic d1000 table, takes me back to being a teen

'Hey I just rolled a snake-tail for my guy, you're not going to need all those hydra heads are you?'

Your paint jobs really bring this modles to life. I look forward to watching this thread.

monkeytroll wrote:Hey, nice stuff here TR, great to see some of your work again. Love that first guy with the vomit-standard, lovely job on the head.

Cool to see some more old-skool stuff being used too, and love that you're rolling on the classic d1000 table, takes me back to being a teen

'Hey I just rolled a snake-tail for my guy, you're not going to need all those hydra heads are you?'

Hey thanks monkeytroll, well spotted about the first guy, didnt know how it came out on camera!


I've finished converting the first of the randomly rolled marines (with only a slight bit of cheating, teleport was to hard!).





I kind of went a bit over the top on the Skullface roll and made him a bit more undeady, and raided an ork sprue for his chain sword arm. I spent far to long on his head and I dont know how it looks on film, still you may get a better idea when he is painted up!

Thanks for looking!

Hello again!

I've painted up the undeadish looking guy,







Not the best photos, but you get the idea!

Cheated a little on my next marine, I didnt use the random gift chart, but I just like the model, here is the guy for the painting table!



Thanks for looking!

Great work , want to see more!!!

Wulfgang wrote:Great work , want to see more!!!

Thanks! and hopefully you will see more!!

At the moment I'm painting the pink horror headed marine, before rolling another random marine, fun time ahead!!

I am aproaching enough marines done to try something a little bit fun. I love Vindicator tanks so using these parts below I may have a play after I have made a few more marines



Vindicator, hell cannon bits and a beast of nurgle- I'm thinking of some twist daemon infested thing.

I'm nearly ready to put an order into to GW, I'm after a spray varnish, can anyone recommend a UK brand? Is the GW varnish any goo?

Thanks for looking.

I finished painting the Tzeentch Icon Bearer, however I think i'll mess about with the blue hand and tail, not happy with it yet.





I'll randomly roll the next one, woop!

Thanks for looking.

These are all awesome little quirky models, loving it.

Tzarkahn wrote:These are all awesome little quirky models, loving it.

Thanks for positive comments!

I'm up to my favorite part- converting! I'll roll another marine up tomorrow, The Dice DECIDE!!

This is chaos.

mousespook wrote:This is chaos.

Best way of putting it.

mousespook wrote:This is chaos.

forruner_mercy wrote:

mousespook wrote:This is chaos.

Best way of putting it.

Thanks, I think? ...anyway I'm taking it as a compliment

Okay time to roll up another renegade! Get your copies/print out/photocopies (depending on take on copyright ) of slaves to darkness and your D1000 handy! I think about 3 rolls is enough, but there is no set rules, if he is odd enough after one or two goes I'm happy haha.

Roll 1 - 337, Enormously Fat

Roll 2 - 647, Moronic

Roll 3 - 697, Overgrown body part - Hand


A fat, stupid big handed Spacemarine..... the dice have spoken haha






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Hey,

I had a free afternoon so I attempted the big handed fat stupid marine, pictures below!









It may make more sense when painted, not sure how it comes across on camera. I used the stupidest looking zombie head and added fattness - I thought it needed some thing more so I grafted a nurgling to his shoulder to give him advice on who to shoot.... being Moronic and all!!

I failed with the hand to be honest, doesnt look any bigger haha!.. well 2 out of 3 isnt to bad!

Thanks for looking.

Taking tactical advice from a nurgling? Think you got the moronic part nailed alright

I was wondering about the hand, figured you'd used the extras on the backpack to kind of fulfill that.

monkeytroll wrote:Taking tactical advice from a nurgling? Think you got the moronic part nailed alright

I was wondering about the hand, figured you'd used the extras on the backpack to kind of fulfill that.

Haha, yea he is getting advice, I didnt say it would be good advice .

I was going to redone his hand, but you maybe right, he has extras to make up for it.

coolest way ever to generate your chaos renegades, real slave to darkness! YEAH!
I like you painting as well too, really awesome chaos figs

LordofMuck wrote:coolest way ever to generate your chaos renegades, real slave to darkness! YEAH!
I like you painting as well too, really awesome chaos figs

Hey thanks for that! I'm liking the random generated marines, it means i have to think less which is always a bonus! haha

No picture updates yet, I'm still painting the marine taking advice from the nurgling. I have decided I love Raptors!! This is mainly due to I accidently won 30 Raptor jump packs instead of the 10 i wanted haha, so expect some work on flying freaks in the next marine or so!

Thanks for looking.

Amazing stuff...
Exalted.

Those are some pretty slick conversions...the true horrors of chaos!

Thanks again for the coments.

in my spare time I've been painting the nurgling guy, I think he is about done, here is some progress-





and a close up



I'll roll up another addition later

Thanks for looking!

Everything here is 100% WIN. As if the amazing conversions were not enough, the random generation from StD is simply epic. This is the most purely 'chaotic" CSM thread I've seen in quite a while. Subbed and +1, really enjoying your work and looking forward to seeing what you come up w/ next.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Everything here is 100% WIN. As if the amazing conversions were not enough, the random generation from StD is simply epic. This is the most purely 'chaotic" CSM thread I've seen in quite a while. Subbed and +1, really enjoying your work and looking forward to seeing what you come up w/ next.

Hey thanks for the kind words! however its not me coming up with it, the dice decide!

A little update, I rolled up another Renegade and converted him tonight, rolls where -

Roll 1 - 388 = Fangs

Roll 2 - 196 = Blood Rage (I decided to roll a 3rd time as he wasnt that interesting)

Roll 3 - 813 = Shrink - Half Size (I stopped here).

Haha, the dice have spoken, a short angry fanged nutter!

I jumped right into making this guy, looking through my bits box I found a really old Chaos Dwarf, it was a stroke of luck that the model already had fangs. I was a bit unsure of how to show blood rage, but then I thought dwarves are angry enough right? ... I gave him a khorne berzerker Chain axe just to be sure!!

Pics below







Thanks for looking

Hey all,

I've just about finished the angry dwarf, I'm still looking in to spray varnish, does anyone have any advice which is the best to get? Is gw varnish any good?

Thanks _

Looking forward to it.

Had a bit time to paint tonight, I finished off the little guy, I think I'll roll up one more, then do a planned Champion for the unit, (a nice old khorne model)

pics!





Thanks for looking.

I cracked up when I saw that! I can see him being completely raging on the knees of an Ultramarine.

I have to say the RT feel of this thread is a welcomed departure from most of the stuff I am following. I enjoy the newer stuff as much as I can, but the game I came up with and really enjoyed the most was 15-20 years ago.

Thanks for doing this thread, I'm really enjoying it a lot.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I cracked up when I saw that! I can see him being completely raging on the knees of an Ultramarine.

I have to say the RT feel of this thread is a welcomed departure from most of the stuff I am following. I enjoy the newer stuff as much as I can, but the game I came up with and really enjoyed the most was 15-20 years ago.

Thanks for doing this thread, I'm really enjoying it a lot.

haha, thanks for that, yea I am a bit oldschool it seems

I rolled up another marine and did some modelling, this one was a nightmare haha!!

Roll 1 - 873 = Technology - shuriken catapult -Hrm, roll again

Roll 2 - 988 = "invent your own" - Decided to roll again as I wanted random haha

Roll 3 - 822 = Siamese Twin - haha bingo....

This is the second attempt below, I tried making it out of plastic marines, and it looked well .... wrong, I'll wait to see what this is like painted before I'll know if I'll keep it.





Thanks for looking.

O_O Those are indeed "chaosy". I like them

they look perfectly siamese to me.. and extremely creepy!!

Yep. That's pretty messed up.

Haha, thanks guys- I'm taking your comments as positive . Anyway as always, the random chart is to blame! Haha.

Completely positive. The artwork from the RT days was pretty disturbing and this really has that kind of feel to it for me. Really good call on the weapon, hood, 3rd leg, and tattered clothing.

Hello again,

I havent updated much of late, mainly because the evil twins model was horrendous to paint, so bad I think I painted it 3 times, I just couldnt get it right, I'm still not 100% happy with it but I'm sticking with this effort

pics -







Thanks for looking.

WOW, that is some truly outstanding chaos scum! Subd!

MrMerlin wrote:WOW, that is some truly outstanding chaos scum! Subd!

Viva La Chaos Scum!! hehe, thanks for that.

Been messing with the Khorne unit champion, hopefully i'll get some pictures up tomorrow.

thanks.

The twins are great! really digging it man!

That came out great! Man this thread reminds me of reading White Dwarf magazines that only have double digits on the issue number : )

genom.cor wrote:The twins are great! really digging it man!

Thanks, it was a tough model to paint, without sounding crass, I couldnt get the boobs right.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:That came out great! Man this thread reminds me of reading White Dwarf magazines that only have double digits on the issue number : )

Thanks for your continued support! I really wish I had your energy for completing models!! Your zombie cultists are great.


After what seemed a mile stone of getting the evil twins painted I had a bit of a modeling night, however I broke my rule of build one paint one! .

First up is the Khorne unit Champion, I just love this old model so he wasnt rolled up using the tables, pics-





I then decide to make inroads into the Havoc squad so I rolled up and made 2 more marines -

First Havoc -

Roll 1 - 919 = Tentacle - one arm

Roll 2 - 344 = Enormous Noise (hrm, best give him the autocannon... dakka dakka)

Roll 3 - 977= Zoological Mutation - head - Snake

So a noisey, Tentacley Snakey thing, cool - this is what I came up with, pics.







Even though I kind of promised not to use the standard Chaos Marine mutation sprue, the tentacle did kind of fit well, however I made it a bit longer so it looks like its gripping the cannon.

Enormous noise? errr he Hisssses alot?

Second one up -


Roll 1 - 618 = Massive Intellect

Roll 2 - 285 = Cowardice

Roll 3 - 538 = Levitation.

Haha, what oddball rolls, however I decided to stick with them, The dice have Spoken!! Being very clever I decided to make this guy the havoc unit champion, pics -





haha, I really like this guy, he is the typical villian, super evil genius- yet cowardly, when the going gets tough (i guess he just floats off?). Okay for Massive Intellect I gave him a cone head to house all the extra brains, plus books! books means smarts right? I used some empire model I had in my bit box off some reason, I have no idea what this model was to start with. A slight bent of the feet hopefully did the levitation justice! What super genius wouldnt be complete without a flying turbine driven book stand? (okay was getting late at this point, not totally sure what the thinking was with this haha)

Thanks for looking, I have loads of painting to look forward too haha!

These are all great

JBrehaut wrote:These are all great

Why thankyou!

Plan is to finish off the havoc squad then perhaps try something like a HQ, dreadnought or vindicator before doing more marines. I'm undecided at the minute

Thanks

Wow... just saw this and I really like it, especially the idea of rolling up for various mutations- just one is never enough!. And if I might be so bold, I'd like to suggest the Vindicator, since you've already got some parts going toward it. On the other hand, it'd be interesting to see what you can do for a dreadnought. But just to be clear, you will be rolling for the vehicles too? Because that would be pretty super cool for you to do that, you know.

Kaesar II

Be careful. Building faster than you can paint... has consequences.

Lord Kaesar II wrote:Wow... just saw this and I really like it, especially the idea of rolling up for various mutations- just one is never enough!. And if I might be so bold, I'd like to suggest the Vindicator, since you've already got some parts going toward it. On the other hand, it'd be interesting to see what you can do for a dreadnought. But just to be clear, you will be rolling for the vehicles too? Because that would be pretty super cool for you to do that, you know.

Kaesar II

Thats an interesting idea rolling up vehicles too, I'm not quite sure how that would end up as the tables I have are intended for champions, I have an idea in my head for the vindicator, (I may uploads a sketch) but thats something worth thinking about, thanks for the input!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Be careful. Building faster than you can paint... has consequences.

haha, yes, I am aware how slow I paint, and I think 3 marines to paint is an enough for me!!

I don't think you paint slowly. It's more to do with becoming overwhelmed. I'll be posting an example of that on my Cultist thread a little later. I've built myself into a corner and it's going to take me a loooong time to catch up.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I don't think you paint slowly. It's more to do with becoming overwhelmed. I'll be posting an example of that on my Cultist thread a little later. I've built myself into a corner and it's going to take me a loooong time to catch up.

I hear what your saying, I don't want to get ahead of myself too much or this project will turn into a chore. I must admit I do get a bit side tracked,on one hand I want to actually start playing again, so I'm trying to complete units; but on the other hand this blog is mainly about enjoying the models so I don't care what I make!

just had a look after you brought up that baseproblem on my thread.... wow...highly disturbing and awsomley painted stuff you´re chucking out here... very inventive and quite individual those models...i just love the way how you mix up so many different kits to create unique minis!

very inspiring!


vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:just had a look after you brought up that baseproblem on my thread.... wow...highly disturbing and awsomley painted stuff you´re chucking out here... very inventive and quite individual those models...i just love the way how you mix up so many different kits to create unique minis!

very inspiring!


vik

Hey there, thanks for that , my bits box is as odd is it varied! haha


Big news!! I've painted the Khorne champion, this may not seem like much but it means I have completed a squad!! haha...... tho I am considering repainting the base rims black, not sure about graveyard earth.

anyway, pics -






And a full squad pic, why the heck not!



Thanks for looking.

THAT is what a squad of Chaos Marines SHOULD look like! Brilliant work and so very well done. That squad is all about what drew me to GW in the first place.

Really good work, TR. Absolutely excellent.

How did you accomplish the glow effect on t the blue plasma guy.

Wow, the face... the tones.... the shadows... highlights... very impressive.

In one word: CHAweOSme!

very good squad mate! and i wouldn´t worry redoing the bases rims... i think gaveyard earth works for them... the yelling green some peeps do use for the bases are not working, but subdued colors i think are quite fresh!

Love the champion and love the squad. So cool conversions, i agree with the others it really captures the real, true and original GW chaos-feel!
Just keep on building and painting (and rolling dice on the mutations chart in the RT book !!)

Hey there,

thanks Skalk, Knightley,Wolf_Ov_The_Void and LordofMuck, its always good for feedback and to hear kind words!

medabee wrote:How did you accomplish the glow effect on t the blue plasma guy.

Its just a simplified version of source lighting, I just gave it a little go. You just basically over paint an area which you want to generate light then highlight where you think the light will fall with that colour. I believe all I used was necron abyss and skull white.

Viktor von Domm wrote:very good squad mate! and i wouldn´t worry redoing the bases rims... i think gaveyard earth works for them... the yelling green some peeps do use for the bases are not working, but subdued colors i think are quite fresh!

Okay, I'll stick with it for now, I was thinking maybe a black to kind of frame the models and the bases. But I may just be making more owrk for myself. Thanks for the support!

I had a bit more of a painting effort- I managed to finish of the snake autocannoneer.

When I was making him I didnt realise how hard it would be to paint him, getting the right colour in all parts of the model was tricky due to snake and tentacle bits in the way.... anyway less moaning, pics! -







thanks for looking.

medabee wrote:How did you accomplish the glow effect on t the blue plasma guy.

despite all the difficulties with the paints... a creepy/lovley mini mister! looks frightenly delicious^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:despite all the difficulties with the paints... a creepy/lovley mini mister! looks frightenly delicious^^

I couldn't get my brush is the right hole!


Thanks

Some great conversions going on here , its cool to see more old school styled stuff. the realms of chaos is such a classic , Very ingenious to create you model according to the old random chart generator , which is here btw


really inspiring me to get on with some chaos stuff i started a while back , .. watching with glee ;-)

Hey, thanks for that! That really helps, and may put some reasoning to the random numbers if folks dont have the realm of chaos book. (or print outs )

Hey, did a bit painting last night.

I finished the floating coward-



Here is the progress so far of the havocs-



Only 2 left to do, another missiler and cannoneer, I'll most likely roll them up together.

Thanks for looking.

How did you paint the face on your floating coward? It's excellent!

As always, loving how this is coming together. Keep going and you'll find yourself with a playable army! I'd like to see the face on the first person that plays against you. I hope they have an appreciation for the work you are doing and the massive effort you have put into bring the past back to life!

for some reason the floating coward looks like he is carring a big handbag under his arm...lol

and with that many books around him...isn´t he supposed to be called bookworm or something like a nerdy reader?

good work mate, only teasing^^

Tortured Robot, I love your work!

There is such a RT feeling around your models, remembering that chaos is often grotesque, like in Moorcock's books and the early GW concepts of chaos in WHFB AND 40K.
BTW this snake head reminds me of something...is it from the Great unclean one's tongue?

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:How did you paint the face on your floating coward? It's excellent!

Thanks! if i remember right it was- Base coat Tallarn Flesh, then blended in tentacle pink, then a wash of Baal red and a final highlight of Dheneb stone.

Viktor von Domm wrote:for some reason the floating coward looks like he is carring a big handbag under his arm...lol

and with that many books around him...isn´t he supposed to be called bookworm or something like a nerdy reader?

good work mate, only teasing^^

Handbag? you dare mock the floating turbine driven book stand?.... of Doom?!

Hehe any comments or teasing is welcome, i am used to it- i once painted a whole skeleton army neon electric blue because... well actually im not sure why i did, but much teasing was had

Hyenajoe wrote:Tortured Robot, I love your work!

There is such a RT feeling around your models, remembering that chaos is often grotesque, like in Moorcock's books and the early GW concepts of chaos in WHFB AND 40K.
BTW this snake head reminds me of something...is it from the Great unclean one's tongue?

Hey there, thanks! moorcocks books? hrm i may have to check that out - the snake head I believe was from a jungle swarm, I dont own a GUO....yet!


Rolled up one more Marine, 2 more and I'll have 2 squads!


Roll 1 - 492 = Hunchback

Roll 2 - 160 = bestial face - Goat

Roll 3 - 603= Mane of Hair

Hairy Hunchback Goat - awesome, think He'll get the missile launcher!

Thanks for looking.

i once painted a whole skeleton army neon electric blue because...

... you know that quote from the star trek movie the last frontier... why climb a mountain...because it is there... so...because you could you painted them electric blue^^

the possibly new fresh/rotting meat will be fun to see...^^

I think I should get my Slave to Darkness copy to give a look at the mutation rolls...

It's a really good idea to use it for CSMs

Yeah these are all amazingly inspired. I thought the missile launcher guy was especially FLY.

You must have a sick bits box.

Oh, now that is an awesome bunch of guys to check out after being offline for a while

Excellent work TR, they all look great, definitely have the old-skool vibe, and just generally rock

The floating coward is brilliant mate , best example of the charts genius so far ! where did the books come from ?

Wow....some really great conversions here! Reminds me of the old days when Chaos was "anything goes" instead of "spikey marines".

That most recent Marine you rolled up is too easy. But I suppose after some that you've done recently having something that just falls in your lap is a welcomed "break".

This is amazing! I salute you for using the old Lost and Damned random mutations generator. There was something similar in the old Ere We Go book; it was great fun but a nightmare for modelling. I do miss the madness and individuality of those old lists though. Your bits box must be enormous to pull this off!

Brilliant stuff oozing character. May I suggest looking up the Lost & the Damned and WFRP tables as well? Dark Heresy may be a useful sorce I don't know!

Viktor von Domm wrote:

i once painted a whole skeleton army neon electric blue because...

... you know that quote from the star trek movie the last frontier... why climb a mountain...because it is there... so...because you could you painted them electric blue^^

the possibly new fresh/rotting meat will be fun to see...^^

Haha, true that. I'll do my best to give you some good old rotted fun! - rotting flesh is on the gift table im sure!

Hyenajoe wrote:I think I should get my Slave to Darkness copy to give a look at the mutation rolls...

It's a really good idea to use it for CSMs

Its a really good book, the artwork thru out is just fantastic! Sure play alot at home haha.

monkeytroll wrote:Oh, now that is an awesome bunch of guys to check out after being offline for a while

Excellent work TR, they all look great, definitely have the old-skool vibe, and just generally rock

Hey thanks for that, and welcome back! I'm progress is generaly slow but steady!

neil101 wrote:The floating coward is brilliant mate , best example of the charts genius so far ! where did the books come from ?

Thanks!! To be honest I'm not totally sure about the books, I have just come by them over time, I think the one of the flying book stand was from a priest of sigmar? after than I'm not sure sorry!

SlaveToDorkness wrote:Wow....some really great conversions here! Reminds me of the old days when Chaos was "anything goes" instead of "spikey marines".

Hey thanks for that, and I like your user name

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:That most recent Marine you rolled up is too easy. But I suppose after some that you've done recently having something that just falls in your lap is a welcomed "break".

Hahaha, well the dice have spoken, I have rolled up another, it may be more to your liking -


Roll 1 - 033= Beaked

Roll 2 - 496 = Hypnotic Gaze

Roll 3 - 293 = Crossbread Gaint Frog.

So thats one to look forward to haha.

Doombiscuit wrote:This is amazing! I salute you for using the old Lost and Damned random mutations generator. There was something similar in the old Ere We Go book; it was great fun but a nightmare for modelling. I do miss the madness and individuality of those old lists though. Your bits box must be enormous to pull this off!

Hey there, thanks for that- My bitz box is a nightmare of old fail projects and miss spent money So prefect for this!! I do hawk ebay of the bit'o bits bargin tho.

Llamahead wrote:Brilliant stuff oozing character. May I suggest looking up the Lost & the Damned and WFRP tables as well? Dark Heresy may be a useful sorce I don't know!

Hey thanks- Good idea, I dont have a copy of Lost and the Damned, (I'm sure its online somewhere) But I'll defo look into that if the table becomes tired!

Thanks for the comments guys- Unfortunatly no modelling this weekend as I'm busy booo!!!!

I think I will try making my dread next week tho, I kind of inspired by his blogs defiler - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/510/328126.page


cheers

I meant "easy" comparatively speaking... I know you'll create some sort of horrifically mutated madness that will do complete justice to the model.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I meant "easy" comparatively speaking... I know you'll create some sort of horrifically mutated madness that will do complete justice to the model.

Hehe, that said, you did make me re-do the hunchback- It didnt look horrifically mutated enough, so it got binned and restarted.



Hey all, just a bit of an update, I've finished the Hunchback Goat and the Evil Frog, pics-







As said above, this was the second attempt at the Hunchback, the first was boring. I bastardised a black orks body with a goats head and fur - it still wasnt quite there so I took far to much time greenstuffing his face and neck to look a little more "horrifically mutated" . I'm not sure you can make much of whats going on with these two, hopefully the painting will bring it out.

As promised I have started my Dread- I hope to show a few more wips to document my odd thinking. Anyway... here goes -



I started with a plain Chaos Dread, I had started putting a few bits together but like I said in previous posts, I was quite inspired by Skalks Definer he currently has going on (check it out), and I liked the whole trapped daemon look. I'm glad I didnt pay much for this because- as shown I cut the sacoughagus in 3 parts which was strangely easier than expected. I had made some sort of banner but I decided to change it, I'll fashion a new improved version from a Hellcannon wheel.



Okay this is where I'm up to, my trapped daemon started life as Gobbla squig- onwards and upwards for him then! I cut his back tail off, (which was strangely harder than expected) that isnt the final position of the head, I've just pushed it in there for the photo- I'm feeling a more hunchback look. Oh yea the whirly bit from a SAG? I really like the three globe bits- I'm thinking of pinning them somehow to Gobblas neck, the idea was to paint them to look like them contain some odd liquid that does something daemony!

Heh, thats it for now, thanks for looking.

is that head a converted kroot? looks very good!

that dread is looking promising... and i like the idea of the bubly liguid filled globes...

Oh my, that evil frog is lovely.

In an evil frog kind of way obviously.


Like where you're taking the dread too.

Viktor von Domm wrote:is that head a converted kroot? looks very good!

that dread is looking promising... and i like the idea of the bubly liguid filled globes...

Thanks! Its a plastic Horror head.

monkeytroll wrote:Oh my, that evil frog is lovely.

In an evil frog kind of way obviously.


Like where you're taking the dread too.

Thanks, glad you could make it out, white on white is difficult, He'll get some paint soon.



Hello again, I really wanted to try out what I had in mind for the dreads head- I had a little late night modelling fun, pics-









The head is now in the correct place and 3 globes pinned on. They are not bunny ears, they are very important daemon stabilizing errr magic goo pots?

anyway, thanks for looking!

This is an excellent thread, I love the models back in the RT days. I played a game of rogue trader a months ago with a friend of mine at my flgs, he still has the big book with all the army lists in and the rules. It's quite alot different from 5th Edition but it was very entertaining and nice to know where this game started out. Anyway your stuff looks so fantastic, I want to mutate my renegade guard now.

It actually really cool to see how even the old and goofier looking models of yesteryear can look amazing with some paint, creativity and a touch of the ruinous powers.

Interesting dread head. hard to tell exactly whats going on but I think I like it.

@ninja13 - hey there! thanks for your comments - Please do mutate your guard! I love to see what others come up with.

@I33tninj4 - Welcome! Not all the goofy old models should be saved, some are just terrible, yet some I find are timeless and still relevant.

@genom.cor - I'm not totally sure myself what is going on, after some more cutting and hacking- a ton of greenstuff and some paint I hope it makes some sense!




Okay, I had a little free time so here is a small update, pic-



After some umming and arring I decided to go with a more daemony looking arm- this will need a load of green stuff!

thanks for looking

hmmm... now that you ´ve cut up the globes thingy and put it on...i think it looks rather like this now...
... which i think would work for this model too quite good!

@Viktor von Domm- That is evil, what the heck is that thing??!



Hey, at the moment I'm painting up the two havocs to complete the squad. I've also been playing with the right dread arm -



I fitted a heavy flamer and some smoke launchers. No idea where the claw is from, it was in two bits, I'm not sure its ment to be one claw, but it looks okay so I'll keep it.

I've also been playing with some ideas for his banner-



No idea where the Globey bit is from, it looks simular to the SAG bits so i guess its from some old ork thingy. Anyway I thought it kind of looks like some odd chaos clock thing, just having a play with bits so far.

Thanks for looking.

i have absolutly no idea^^ just used my google fu to come upwith a pic for my thoughts^^

and that clocky thing i liked even in the first pic you showed it and i thought later... oh...he got rid of that cool bit... glad it wasn´t so^^

Damn google unearths pure terror.

The cool bit? do you mean the big Star piece that caps the wheel? Unfortunatly I dont have that bit . :(

this bit i meant...:

Ahh I see what you mean now

I havent stuck it on yet, its pinned just not glued - I really think this is the first model I'll have to paint in bits as its so large.

This thread is excellent. CSM had real personality back in RT, and you've combined that look with contemporary high standards of sculpting and painting like nothing I've seen.

hmm... i guess this could be a good decision... i painted my converted vernerable dreadnought too in parts... otherwise i doubt i could have managed that model...

Not that 'spikey Ultramrines' are doing it wrong per se, just a shame that the CSM range seems focussed on this trope with the freaky stuff like Possessed, Obliterators etc hanging on the periphery.

Every time I see that you've updated this thread I actually get excited to see what you've done, and man I have got to tell you (even though I keep saying the same thing over and over), you put more true Chaos into your Chaos Marines than anyone else on Dakka I've seen yet. You are in a very elite class of converters, and I'm not just saying that because compliments are cheap and easy to hand out, I really mean it. This goes way beyond "wow, cool model". Between you and Llamahead I've reconsidered how I convert my models and I'm taking a new approach to how I do Chaos conversions (CSM and Cultists) in the future. The overall style will still be my own, but the inspiration is due in large part to work I have seen here.

I'm subbed to a lot of threads and I enjoy them all for what they are, but this thread is like reading through The Lost and the Damned all over again. It is what Rogue Trader was all about for me. The fluff and the background of the universe GW -outright stole from other people and marginally changed to narrowly avoid IP lawsuits- created was dark and chaotic and mutated (even "normal" things in the Imperium like Space Marines, Adeptus Mechanics, average Hivers, etc). These models really speak of that time, really connect the "now" to the "what once was", and you have yet to do anything that looks rushed or "good enough".

Stunning work as always.

qoute skalk " Between you and Llamahead I've reconsidered how I convert my models and I'm taking a new approach to how I do Chaos conversions (CSM and Cultists) in the future. The overall style will still be my own, but the inspiration is due in large part to work I have seen here. "

I couldn't agree more, love these conversions , they capture the spirit of 40k chaos perfectly. makes me want to create some stuff based on Ian Millers work actually, all ww1 Raggedy Gothic with heavy stubbers and clanking malformed tanks

Pretty amazing all round

Glory to Chaos

lindsay40k wrote:This thread is excellent. CSM had real personality back in RT, and you've combined that look with contemporary high standards of sculpting and painting like nothing I've seen.

Hello there! Thanks for your comments- I do love the old RT stuff, you seem to hit the nail on the head at what I'm trying to do - by the way, I think your orks are great!!

Viktor von Domm wrote:hmm... i guess this could be a good decision... i painted my converted vernerable dreadnought too in parts... otherwise i doubt i could have managed that model...

Yea, I agree- I've decided to paint it in about 5 bits, he is just too big to miss bits out - I think I have learnt the lesson trying to paint my Snake marine....

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:
Every time I see that you've updated this thread I actually get excited to see what you've done, and man I have got to tell you (even though I keep saying the same thing over and over), you put more true Chaos into your Chaos Marines than anyone else on Dakka I've seen yet. You are in a very elite class of converters, and I'm not just saying that because compliments are cheap and easy to hand out, I really mean it. This goes way beyond "wow, cool model". Between you and Llamahead I've reconsidered how I convert my models and I'm taking a new approach to how I do Chaos conversions (CSM and Cultists) in the future. The overall style will still be my own, but the inspiration is due in large part to work I have seen here.

Wow thanks for that - I do really enjoy this site, I doubt my models would look the way they do if I wasnt a member of this site - Its great seeing what other people with similar interests create - then stealing their ideas naturally!

neil101 wrote:
I couldn't agree more, love these conversions , they capture the spirit of 40k chaos perfectly. makes me want to create some stuff based on Ian Millers work actually, all ww1 Raggedy Gothic with heavy stubbers and clanking malformed tanks

Hey there, yea please do, that sounds a fantastic idea- I'd sub to that!

Pilau Rice wrote:Pretty amazing all round

Glory to Chaos

Haha, Praise be the ruinous powers!! Thanks for your comments.



Okay!

Seems a while since I updated- I did run into my first minor hitch of this project- Living up to his gift, the Evil Frog decided to leap from my workbench, upon his landing he thought he no longer required the use of his feet, or his base. Anyway after some brutal drilling and pinning, I persuaded him otherwise.

I have finished converting the Dread - as mentioned I will be painting him in about 5 pieces, I'll put up some pictures of him when the greenstuff is cured.

I also had a little painting efforts pics-







I have spotted some parts of him I dont like/have missed painting, so I'll do a bit more to him. I also may either file down, or green stuff him some ankle jeweley to hide the breaks .

Anyway

Thanks for looking!

Hey,

Here is the dread- he isnt fixed together so the pose maybe different. pic-



thanks.

Evil frog boy looks great, does need some ankle bracelets or wrapping I think though.

Dread looking cool, but at that angle, with the primer on, it looks even more like that gribbly vik found

lol...^^

Papa Nurgle approves!

There is some really fantastic stuff tucked away in these pages TR, but I think my favorite so far is your first Nurgle marine... with the big eyes so expertly painted... Well done man.

I'm impressed by how the paint managed to turn him from a cool gribbly posessed marine to a cool frog like mutant. That was a brilliant use of painting to highlight the conversions theme.

monkeytroll wrote:Evil frog boy looks great, does need some ankle bracelets or wrapping I think though.

Dread looking cool, but at that angle, with the primer on, it looks even more like that gribbly vik found

Thanks! I'll get around to do the little fixes when I finish paintying the hunchback.... its a shame the frog broke, but I guess better on my work bench than at some game. I may just paint my Dread Viks gribbly colours... embrace the mocking!! hahaha

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Papa Nurgle approves!

Haha thanks! hopefully he'll approve more when it sees some paint! ...did you spot the nurgling?

Gitsplitta wrote:There is some really fantastic stuff tucked away in these pages TR, but I think my favorite so far is your first Nurgle marine... with the big eyes so expertly painted... Well done man.

Hey, thanks for that! I always try my best with the painting side, but I always prefer hacking into models with knives!

Llamahead wrote:I'm impressed by how the paint managed to turn him from a cool gribbly posessed marine to a cool frog like mutant. That was a brilliant use of painting to highlight the conversions theme.

Thanks, he did start purple, but he ended up green.



Hey everyone,

I've done a little painting and this will be my last update until after crimbo.

I have started the Hunchback, he is by no means finished, I just thought I'd share where I'm going, pic-



This is after a few hours painting, so you can understand why I'm so slow haha.

I've also finshed painting the Dreadnought..........s .................................... Legs! pics -






Anyone who automatically thinks of ED-209 after a run in with a Cobra assault cannon wins a prize! Again this was after an afternoons painting, highlighting how slow I am, Damn Skalk Bloodaxe and his freakish army painting skills!!!



Thanks for looking, making sure Santa brings you loads of expensive models!!

Have a good xmas.

Love the work on those leg plates... all those little streaks really make for an authentic look.

Loving the paintwork so far.

And honestly, that sounds pretty fast to me

This blog is frustratingly good! Good as in the quality and inventiveness of your models is amazing. Frustrating as it makes me want to root around for my old chaos marines and try to imitate it. It is hard enough to focus on one army as it is without tempting blogs like this around!

Out of interest, what do you plan to use it as on the battlefield? The army looks very old style chaos renegades to me but you don't seem to see those about much nowadays.

Thanks for the comments guys.

@Doombiscuit : hey there - dig those CSMs out!!always good to see other people's ideas. I.m just planning to use them as codex csm, if I ever get an army finished.

Nice paintwork mate. the dread hunchback and evil frog are cool. very creative.

Tortured-Robot wrote:I.m just planning to use them as codex csm, if I ever get an army finished.

Again I say that you underestimate your ability to finish things. The work you have done here is stunning and if you look back over the time passed since you started and compare to the staggering amount of quality work done on this, you'll have a fantastic looking tabletop-ready army in a few months at most.

Phenominal convert work!

I haven't seen many people attempt solid pewter converts in a long time!

Brings me back to my old days of playing in the early 90's!

Good show!

Hello everyone,

I trust you all had a good xmas and have loads of shiney new things to paint?

Thanks for all the comments, its always good to get some feedback. I had a bit of spare time here and there over xmas, I managed to get the Hunchback finished, however looking at the pics I seem to have forgotten to paint some skulls. pics-






I'll have to go back over the Havocs to finish them off (like sorting the Evil Frogs damaged legs), that said, a little mile stone hit, I have 2 (TWO! ) whole squads completed now! Pic-



Quite please with them tbh. Hopefully next up is a finished Dread and then coming up with a HQ choice, which troubles me (i'll go into that later).

Thanks for looking.

As well you should be... they're fantastic!

checking this blog makes me want to start CHAOS!!!

SelvaggioSaky wrote:checking this blog makes me want to start CHAOS!!!

Hehe, go for it! Tho make sure you post them on dakka!

Hey everyine,

I've base coated some of the upper dread bits, its no where near finished pic-



I've finished his odd Banner clock thingy .



Thanks for looking/.

That banner thing is really cool. How big is it? Couple cm maybe?

Gitsplitta wrote:That banner thing is really cool. How big is it? Couple cm maybe?

Hey, thanks m8. Its fashioned from the hellcannon large wheel so its big -ish, afew centimeters in diameter perhaps?

All the better... beautiful work, should be a nice compliment to the dread.

Merry new year!

Here's to getting an army finished!

I must say I've always been infatuated with the old renegade models. For years I had a promotional catalogue poster featuring the whole range hanging on the wall in my room so I know all of them by heart. It's incredible how good they look even today and how modern models can be made to look so alike those classics.

His Master's Voice wrote:I must say I've always been infatuated with the old renegade models. For years I had a promotional catalogue poster featuring the whole range hanging on the wall in my room so I know all of them by heart. It's incredible how good they look even today and how modern models can be made to look so alike those classics.

Yea I love some of the old models - I've got the old red and blue catalogues from the early 90s. I still have afew left in my bits box, but there are some I truly love yet dont have yet - may eBay help me!

Looks like I missed a few updates. The Havoc squad is excellent and the Dread is coming along nicely.

Everything you have done here so far is so weird and off-the-wall compared to the new Chaos where everyone wears the same armor and spikey spikey spikey. Someone should send this thread to GW and show them how far they have fallen from where they once were.

that dread will be a great addition to your forces...the clockwork thing... i truly envy you!

and happy new year mate!

beautiful work here

at his masters voice...you do realize that you have the utmost coolest name of the world??? damn...i should have thought about that...^^

Those are off the hook dude. I sent the link to my buddy who plays CSM as well. Nice work!

Sweet stuff!

His Master's Voice wrote:I must say I've always been infatuated with the old renegade models. For years I had a promotional catalogue poster featuring the whole range hanging on the wall in my room so I know all of them by heart. It's incredible how good they look even today and how modern models can be made to look so alike those classics.

I feel that HMV, particularly when it comes to the old heavies. If I had ~$1000 I'd love to track down the lot of them and do up a properly renegade bunch of CSM bastards ... but ah well

Tortured-Robot, I've been lurking this thread for a while now, really love what you're up to in it

- Salvage

Banner looks very cool, and I'm digging that flesh tone on the dread - lovely

@ Skalk Bloodaxe - Thanks for that- I really cant take too much credit for the models, its more like I'm updating my own memories of what I remember Chaos to be.

I recall being slightly too young to join in but able to watch (aslong as I didnt touch ) games like chaos warbands.... one memory I clearly remember chuckling in delight as a nearly unstoppable Chaos warrior took a Bolter round to the head and died ( in fantasy this is a big deal).

@Viktor von Domm - thanks, I'll see what it looks like when its finished, not quite sure on the size yet.

@sageheart - Welcome and thanks!

@Jonesyboy12 - Thanks!! the more the merrier. He isnt rich is he?

@bearjrca - Welcome and thanks!

@Boss Salvage- Hey hello there, thanks for posting. Yea I wish I could get more of the old stuff in, they are getting really pricey however!! I get lucky sometimes and pick some up in junk auctions.

@monkeytroll- Thanks, its gone a bit pink... I didnt mean it too?



Hey there!!!

I havent had too much time of models of late, but I've been pushing on a bit with the dread, its taking its sweet time!! haha. pics -





And one with the clock banner placed on -



Sorry if the pictures are a bit off! Its coming on, finishing line in sight?

Thanks for looking.

that tongue is the yuckiest thing i have seen in the recent time! all thumbs down in a good way^^

as for finishing line... what about the chest armor? will this stay that way? looks only primed to me for now...

Hehe thanks- dont worry, the armour and metal bits are just base coated, just been working on the face and arm.

which looks so lovley pinky purplish^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:which looks so lovley pinky purplish^^

Yea, as I said before, I'm not too sure how he ended up this pink - /i dont mind it to be honest it just wasnt the orignal idea.

I had some grand title for him like "The Wyrm of......etc etc etc" and for his skin colour scheme I was following an old picture of some fancy Wyrm/dragon. He was ment to be a Dark fleshy purple but the more I highlighted he turned pink, lol.

delightfully gruesome dread! I am a fan already after a quick look - very funky and fresh

weetyskemian44 wrote:delightfully gruesome dread! I am a fan already after a quick look - very funky and fresh

Hey there, truly nothing better than funky CSMs of the fresh kind- thx for your comments.



I had Friday off - I did a bit shopping, some house work then.... some models yay!!

So I got back to painting the Dread right?... Wrong!! Had a little break from him an decided to start another troop choice - legal army here we come!!!

Btw my next project will be plastic- drilling metal is a tiring sport. I had these 4 guys looking at me for some time from my "special bitz box" - I decided its was time for them to join in the fun. pic-



a marine for each God - ! I still need to green stuff them in places but thats enough for today.

thanks for looking.

Wonderful!

Hyenajoe wrote: Wonderful!

Thanks!! sorry if the photo is rubbish, looked okay before i posted it .

Your Avatar is disturbing

Oh my goddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd, this blog. Pure and unrestrained chaos. It's beautiful. I cannot imagine a more creative and unique army. Your models will stand as testaments of perfection for as long as this blog is up.

@Samus_aran115 - Wow thanks big praise! I'll try not to let you down . Since it seems I'm Avatar Commenting today, lovely dog, do you own him? I have an Akita German Shepherd cross.

Tortured-Robot wrote:@Samus_aran115 - Wow thanks big praise! I'll try not to let you down . Since it seems I'm Avatar Commenting today, lovely dog, do you own him? I have an Akita German Shepherd cross.

No, actually. There was an Akita that showed up in the animal shelter I was working at, and he was just the best dog in the world. No words to describe him. We called him sanchez. This is just a picture of an akita that looks kind of like him. Sanchez was adopted to a loving home, as far as I know.

Akita and German shepherd? That sounds like the perfect dog

I really like the twins. What a great model. What were the bodies based off of? I don't recognize the er... chests.

Funny you should say that I got mine from an Animal Shelter, his previous owners where lithuanian and had to leave the country apparently.... I had to re-train him english which was amusing.

Those chests can be found on Sisters of Repentia, from the sisters of battle, they are pricey but I managed to pick these up ramdonly in a junk ebay auction- always best.

Such beautiful oldschool chaos champions/marines - I'm forever trying to score these minis but they are so rare and expensive these days

weetyskemian44 wrote:Such beautiful oldschool chaos champions/marines - I'm forever trying to score these minis but they are so rare and expensive these days

Isnt that the truth, if I'm lucky i sometimes find them on ebay in a junk lot, or caked in paint. Lucky i still have some that I somehow didnt sell over the years .

They are really getting pricey now, but I really still want-

"Tech Weapon" - http://www.solegends.com/citcat912/c20266rcchnurgle-h.htm

"Jezzail and Sword" - http://www.solegends.com/citcat912/c20270rcchaoswarr-h.htm

Any to be honest - any from this page http://www.solegends.com/citcat911/c2107chaosrenegades-h.htm

The only issue is money, and anyone wishing to part with them haha.

Wow, I think I just found my new favorite thread! This is completely awesome. You've got some amazing conversions, TR! Thanks for sharing!

That Dreadnaught is one of the most disturbingly gruesome models I've seen. Brilliant work!

Tortured-Robot wrote:

Hyenajoe wrote: Wonderful!

Thanks!! sorry if the photo is rubbish, looked okay before i posted it .

Your Avatar is disturbing

The photo is not rubbish, I recognise every model and bits you've used as banners.

Disturbing? My Avatar? Come on, it's a gift from Skalk (who owns one of the biggest collection of Nurgle CSMs and mutants I know), it can't be disturbing!

@Moltar - hey there. Thanks!

@Llamahead - thanks, I didn't think it would take this long but it's getting there!

@Hyenajoe - glad you can make them out, I think it must be because I'm on my laptop.

Yay for squiggy-dreadnought! those havocs are very very nice, I like the funky look on the goat-ish one

Still looking wonderful in pink

The purplish-wyrmy colour you described is exactly what I thought you were doing with him, but I agree the pink works very well. Perhaps a very thin purple glaze over the arm if you wanted to tone it back a tad?

Lovely new bunch, I'm particularly fond of the flail-wielding slaaneshi.


Those old Tzeentch guys were wonderful, another lot I really regret picking up at the time. However, I did bag multiples of the jezzail and sword dude, I'll have a scout about over the weekend as I believe I still have a couple untouched.

@STC_LogisEngine - hey there - shhh its not a squig, its a fearsome daemon wyrm ....of DOOOM! :lol: thanks for your comments.

@monkeytroll - yup I think I'll have to take you up on that purple gaze idea - it maybe a bit too pink,but we'll see. Multiples hrm? Interesting maybe a seedy deal is in order if your willing to part with said item £££

Hey, this stuff is great - I'd love to play an opponent with models like this!

You can imagine them running/crawling/climbing out of the Eye of Terror or the Warp like that!!
Great job.

@RiverTroll - hey there, thanks for your comments, I'd like to play with an army that looks like this :lol: . I do miss playing the game but I've always had a rule never to play with unpainted models

Off topic- With complete pride I take full credit for Hyenajoe's avatar. I specifically searched for it.

Back on topic- Those new models are amazing. I really like the intent / theme behind them. I continue to bow before your absolute mastery of all things Chaos. When Arihman finally assaults the Black Library he's going to find a very lengthy tome written by you.

@Skalk Bloodaxe - what is the avatar from? Looks like some cheesey 80s gore movie. Thanks for the praise about the latest lot of marines - I didn't do a lot to the actual models so I can't take too much credit, I am looking forward to painting them .

Looks like Scanners to me.


And looky here:



I have one undergoing the long, slow process of colourisation and another sitting in one of my chaos boxes, so this one's free to go exploring

seems the shape took up the demand for the color then^^...spooky^^

@Viktor Von Domm- and that colour was neon pink - all hail

@monkeytroll - nice , I'll send a pm.

Unique style, crazy good! Subbed.

thought i recognised your avatar when you commented in my log...

Great work man, i keep seeing this log and every time i do its got some new beutiful alt' chaos models in it! i love both the style and the painting your doing with these guys, they break from the normal 'so realistic basic plastic kit' things most people do to produce some unique wonderful wierdness.

-subbed.

-skrall

WOW why i havent popped by since the first page i dont know, this is just.. WOW, i really admire the fact that you leave the dice roll on what you make, no matter what! (im going to use that chart for things to draw from now on!) not only that but the conversions are top notch and the painting is suberb, you have got a drooling follower from me!

Hey there,

Thanks for the comment guys



Okay, havent been updating of much as late - I have been cracking on tho, the Dreadnought is finished!!!.... apart from his arm, lol - I'll be glad when this guy is done haha, pics -







Getting there.... Getting there

I made another little dude to go with the 4 to be painted pic-



And..... -



Thanks Monkeytroll

cheers for looking.

the greys together with the smaller points of livley colors...very cool composition!

Viktor von Domm wrote:the greys together with the smaller points of livley colors...very cool composition!

Thanks viktor- the base colour is grey for everthing, hopefully this will tie them all together. I was playing about with names and I thought I'd call them the 'grey death legion', however this did sound a bit familiar- it took a while to remember I stole it from battle tech- so they remain unnamed haha.

how about desolation squad or something like that...?

I'm sure a name will come up itself in time- perhaps after I make and name an HQ unit, then they'll just take his name. so if my HQ is called Bob, Bob's Renegades.

awesome paint job TR!

Just call them Grey Legion then eheh

Hrm- yea maybe - has a nice ring to it!

Grey death legion sounds a little stereotypical doesn't it? How about being a little more poetic? Ash is grey and it has that charm of fiery decomposition. Idk children of (the) ash(es)? Their warcry could be "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust!" Would be great for a nurgle themed warband...

Dreads looking really nurgly so far , looking forward to seeing those renegades painted up.

@baiyuan - yea, you're most likely right, it does sound a little cheesey. Maybe something more subtle would be better.

@GiraffeX - hey there, thanks- I try not just to stick to one of the powers- that said alot of what I do seems to go very nurgley. I guess that's not a bad thing tho

How about something more crazed the Phantasmic Freaks of Professor Morell or someting on those lines?

Llamahead wrote:How about something more crazed the Phantasmic Freaks of Professor Morell or someting on those lines?

Haha, sounds fantastic :lol:

How about the Random Name Generator in your SoD book for your Warlord? I know, LatD would be better, but you could still come up with something like Slimerot's Corpsegrinders or DeathWart's Stump Eaters or whatnot.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:How about the Random Name Generator in your SoD book for your Warlord? I know, LatD would be better, but you could still come up with something like Slimerot's Corpsegrinders or DeathWart's Stump Eaters or whatnot.

Ahh yea, forgot about that - I think I'll have to pay that a visit when the HQ choice comes around!



Hey all, I've managed to finish the dreadnaught Hooray!!! Think I'll stick to painting marines for a while, this guy took for ever. "Ommadon, the Brass Beast" Pics -



Rusty Gorey Powerclaw-


Added Brass bits-


Toned down the pink a bit, or tried too -





Thanks for looking.

Very nice!

I think the skin has turned out just right, it's noticeable that you've brought the pink down a bit. Purple glaze?

The claws and the orbs on his head look great.

Great work! Have you considered a gloss varnish on the orbs on his head and on the standard?

monkeytroll wrote:Very nice!

I think the skin has turned out just right, it's noticeable that you've brought the pink down a bit. Purple glaze?

The claws and the orbs on his head look great.

Hey thanks! I gave the skin a wash of a 50/50 mixture of Dev mud and Baal red - so purple-ish yes .


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Gitsplitta wrote:Great work! Have you considered a gloss varnish on the orbs on his head and on the standard?

Hey there - yes tbh, haven't varnished anything yet, I'm a little worried about doing it. I have a new can of purity seal but was planning to hit the orbs with some gloss, along with the slime on the base.

Gloss on the Orbs is a great idea. I'm also impressed by how yucky the tongue and base is.

Well, TR, it's a gamble when you gloss something as there's no going back. In general though, on things that are supposed to be glassy or shiny I've found that makes the highlights come much more naturally because they are honest highlights off the gloss surface. I've lost count of the times I've gotten compliments for my highlights when what people were actually seeing were the natural highlights.

Llamahead wrote:Gloss on the Orbs is a great idea. I'm also impressed by how yucky the tongue and base is.

Thanks! I think I'll have afew practice runs beforehand I varnish anything of note .

i think he looks stunning!

Gitsplitta wrote:Well, TR, it's a gamble when you gloss something as there's no going back. In general though, on things that are supposed to be glassy or shiny I've found that makes the highlights come much more naturally because they are honest highlights off the gloss surface. I've lost count of the times I've gotten compliments for my highlights when what people were actually seeing were the natural highlights.

Thanks for the advice - I have loads more of the glass orb bits so I think a trial run is in order!

Rogue Wolves wrote:i think he looks stunning!

Hey there - thanks! I'm a little glad he is finished, did take some time to get finished.

Loving this, really original model concepts. It really does look chaosy! kudos to you sir, +1!

Thatguy91 wrote:Loving this, really original model concepts. It really does look chaosy! kudos to you sir, +1!

Hey there - Many thanks - cheers for looking.

I love the way that dread turned out Robot! All reservations about it are officially pulled. Well done.

@genom.cor - Thanks! Glad you like it, now i just have to get over its terrible rules!

Love the Old skool vibes, really some hilarious conversions! Painting is top notch as well.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Love the Old skool vibes, really some hilarious conversions! Painting is top notch as well.

Hey there! Thanks for the comments - I'm not sure I was aiming for hilarious but glad you like them

Haha, yeah i meant hilarious in terms of the way that everything is completely wacky, not like the usual chaos you see nowadays.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Haha, yeah i meant hilarious in terms of the way that everything is completely wacky, not like the usual chaos you see nowadays.

There are some great CSM blogs on Dakka, you just have to find them , I'm just re-living the good old days haha.

Glass- for what it is worth, I'd recommend the brush-on kind (I use Tamiya gloss) and just hit the bits you really want to gloss up. I've had some horrid results from spray gloss.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Glass- for what it is worth, I'd recommend the brush-on kind (I use Tamiya gloss) and just hit the bits you really want to gloss up. I've had some horrid results from spray gloss.

Yea, I've got a pot of brush on gloss.... actualy its a very old pot... does gloss go off??



Hey, had a quiet night, been filling forums with words and.... painting!!

I firsted 2 of the new batch, pics -



Always wanted to paint his guy, and now I have!! Wanted to maybe make him a bit more colourful, but also wanted him still to fit in. Havent decided if he is a plasma gunner, or a unit champ.

Next -



Really like this old marine, typical goofy looking model but has something about it - yes one leg appears to be 50% longer than the other, yes his torso appears to be about the same size as his boot, but I like it never the less!

both together? why not -



thanks for looking, happy paintings!!!

Run him as a Champion! Plasma Pistol and Power Weapon!

Man I love that model. Jealous becasue I don't have it.

Excellent work as always!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:
Run him as a Champion! Plasma Pistol and Power Weapon!

Man I love that model. Jealous becasue I don't have it.

Excellent work as always!

Hey, thanks! You know what, yea i'm sold on that, I was wondering what the Staff could be, Power weapon - Also means I can make 2 more plasma gunners (I seem to enjoy melting my own troops).

the horse faced champion actually looks like he is dancing to a joyous tune^^


good painting there again... sub par is something that happens to others, eh?

cheers, vik

Ooooh, I really like the guy on the left.

Those last two mini's are just fabulous, TR!! Old School goodness! Really like the plasma pistol power weapon guy. He turned out great, but love both old minis.

@Viktor von Domm - hehe I know, he does look happy, Melting loyalists has never been so fun!! Thx for your support!

@Gitsplitta - Thanks, he is one of my most favourite RT models, he was an eBay rescue.

@Moltar - Thanks fella! some of the old models are just great! Really fun to paint, I will get back to converting my own but I have a number of RT stuff that needs attention

that skelly one looks sweet!

@Rogue Wolves - Hey, thanks - really still think its such a good model - it was fun to paint.

any plans on rolling up some more characters or are you still working on some

I will be returning to randomly rolling up renegades - I'm just working through a number of rogue trader models first. They have been waiting a long time for paint

Fantastic updates , the dreadnought is EPIC , really liking your painting style too.

@neil101 - hey thanks for that, glad you like the dread, it took forever

Hey there,
Some fantastic work there brother.
I'm loving the old skool ness.
My favourate for me is the havoc champion and obvisley the dreadnought.
Keep this chaosy stuff coming, Subscribed.
Peace

@spudkins- Hey there thanks for having a look. Slight rumour starting but I may make another dread as i seem to have the bits to make a second. Can't decide if to make a similar style daemon infested one or something different

Really nice loving the Skaven marine part of me now really ant's one to convert into a Skyre techno-abomination. Whats the other ones gu mean't to be it looks like a Shuriken catapult?

Just occurred to me... are you going to add vehicles? If you are, you know it has to be the MK1 Rhino and the old Land Raider... so start saving your pennies (pence?) and check eBay, they show up with a decent frequency but are not cheap (unless they are horrifically ruined messes).

Yeah, even the messed up Mk I Rhinos with paint applied by the bucket will go for over $20 USD most times.
Oh, and BTW, your stuff is really awesome! I love the retro look!

@llamahead - are you talking about the last two marines I painted? I thought it was a horses head? Tho I guess it could be a large rat haha. The other guy is just carrying a bolter- in RT times they came in all shapes and sizes!

@Skalk Bloodaxe - if you look on page 2 (I think) I have the bits to make a vindicator, I'm just scared to put the time in to make it in case GW take them off us in the codex update . That said I am after the latest landraider version as I do love the model - and I never had one! Can't be paying £41 tho lol.


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@RSJake- I don't mind a challenge haha. Just about most of my stuff is eBay rescues. Slight plug perhaps but I love Skalks saved vindicator - start and end pictures show an amazing difference!

The dreads looking very nice I like how it turned out, using gloss on the orbs as others have mention would look very cool.

Also the guy with four arms is a great model and I really like how you painted him and his friend.

@GiraffeX- hey thanks, the dread was fun to do, it was also very time consuming - however I maybe tempted to make another, I guess it depends if I come up with a name..... if it has a name it must be made



Vex, the doomed colossus.




Oops.... named?

Some lovely old skool models there. I still have the old termies from that period

Latest two looking awesome, never too much old-skool goodness floating around

Looking forward to Vex

We want Vex!

@commissarKhaine- cheers m8- those old school terms are nice, I haven't got around to thinking about terminators.

@monkeytroll- cheers bud, he is named- so he shall be! Haha.

@selvaggiosaky- Vex VEX VEX! The Colossus awakens!!

Ooo I've got that last guy with the bolter. I should get on and paint him! The Dread is the dude. Bits from an ork shok attak gun?

@weetyskemian44- hey there, aww take your time painting him- don't show me up to soon haha. Thx about the dread - you mean his awesome daemon stabilizing globes of..... yea SAG bits they be . They always seem too neat to be orks made.

Your comment drew me over to your blog, and i'm really glad i did! i love the oldschool vibe, phenomenal stuff, and the dread is great, creepy, love it! Guna stop now before use my entire suppy of adjectives.

@J-paint - hey there, welcome to the blog, thanks for your comments - hopefully I'll have some more pictures to talk about soon

This is my fav plog at the moment, and what spurred me into action digging through my bitz boxes for all of my older stuff.

Keep it coming!

Red

@Red Skullz - hey there, welcome and thanks for your comments! I love the old stuff- please make sure you post it! I enjoy seeing what people come up with.

I already have, link in sig I`ve already updated it once but it was appended in the first post so still stuck at page 2 somewhere..

However, on topic regarding your own plog. What other unit entries can we expect? I would love to see some old jetbikes, raptors and also vehicles of any kind

R

Red Skullz wrote:I already have, link in sig I`ve already updated it once but it was appended in the first post so still stuck at page 2 somewhere..

However, on topic regarding your own plog. What other unit entries can we expect? I would love to see some old jetbikes, raptors and also vehicles of any kind

R

Well well well, now there is a question. I dont like thinking too far ahead but, here is the brief idea of what I'll be doing. -

1. Making the current squad I'm working on up to 10 marines.

2. Building a second Dreadnaught with big rusty smasher Claws.

3. Making 5 more havocs so I have a squad of 4 rockets and 4 auto cannons

4. Making use of the 30 oop Raptor jump packs I have......

5. Some sort of HQ unit.

In what order, im ot sure, but thats the plan haha.

This is amazing work! I love the unique and characterful conversions. I want to acquire that mutations chart now!

This is what chaos SHOULD be.

Gymnogyps wrote:This is amazing work! I love the unique and characterful conversions. I want to acquire that mutations chart now!

This is what chaos SHOULD be.

Hey thanks, as for the mutation chart, someone actually posted it somewhere on this blog- cant remember the page number sorry.

Now that sounds like a good plan, especially the raptors

R

Hello again-

Still plodding on, I havent had much time of late but I hope to pick up the pace again soon

I've finshed painting the Khorne guy with the massive chainsword , pic-





Maybe went a bit OTT with the blood splats... but he is khorne so I dont care haha.

I have also been playing about with the idea of Raptors, I found this old havoc model, dont know why, he just felt raptory? pic-



I know I didnt do much to him but I didnt think he needed it.

I've been working on the Cool guy Monkeytroll gave me, he'll be leading the havocs with auto cannons when I expand the unit into 2. pic -



Thanks for looking!

Love those old minis... used to have that last one myself!

I like the blood on It, looks almost part of the armor

Looking great, TR! Keep it up!

Khorne guy looks cool, it would only have been OTT if you'd covered the entire model, splattering just one half shows considerable restraint

Raptor guy does sem to go with the raptor-pack so all good there.

Jezzail dude looking good - that's actually one of the few mini's I started painting without converting at all as I liked the original so much. But I still have another for choppy-cutty duties

Looks great! I actually thought the blood splats were a subtle weathering effect, like areas of rust and overuse. Works well either way though! The bone effect on the horns is stunning. Love what you're doing with these guys - I've never seen so much potential in the older models as you seem to bring out in them!

Your right the Havoc does go with the pack. I think it's the contrast between the straight lines and the curve combined with the elongated head which make it work. The Jezzail guy is good and the Khorne bloke looks like an utter nutter. Hmm that might be an interesting idea for a posessed squad combining the daemon bitz and the posessed bitz together for a posessed squad for a specific God.

paintjob on that model is great!

massiley repping the old skool stuff.
peace

@ Gitsplitta - Yea, really like that last one, think it'll not be long before I paint that guy.

@ SelvaggioSaky - Hey there, thanks mate- I put both his sides in the pictures so you get the idea from the blood splats to the normal armour.

@ Moltar - Thanks! I will try too haha.

@ monkeytroll - Half covered in gore is okay? I'll remember that! I was unsure if to chop the Jezzail guy as I do love the orignal model, but he had to fit in so....choppy choppy!!

@ Scarper - Hey there, thanks - Blood splats/rust as long as it looks okay it'll do for me haha.

@ Llamahead - hehe sounds like your getting all arty on me there!! thanks for your words !

@ Rogue Wolves - Thanks!

@ Spudkins - Any fan of the old stuff is okay by me! Peace back at you!



To continue my little painting drive I finshed the fat nurgle guy, tho I do have to repaint/rework his tentacles, I spent ages blending them - then spoil it by giving them a massive pink highlight - i'll sort it next time, any who pic -



Thanks for looking

Sweet... classic paint job TR.

Sweet paintjobs on those classic models. Keep it up!

Thanks guys- don't worry I have the painting bug again so I hope to make progress! Which is slightly annoying as I have a work dead line on Monday haha!

I'm afraid the deadline will have to be ignored, this stuff is far too cool. =] Whats next on the painting agenda then?

Fat nurgle guy looks cool - I'm guessing you didn't roll on the SOD chart for that name?

Metallics caught the light a bit better in that pic, shows the nice contrast between it and the armour.

Is the little jester banner from a Mordheim fig?

@J-Paint - heh I'll take that in mind and thanks . Next painted should be the hooded guy with the flail and plasma pistol.

@monkeytroll - yea not one of my better names haha. Now the jester banner - its been in my bits box for years but I believe in came from a wand of an orc shaman wyven rider.

Been away this week, was hoping for an update and you`ve delivered

The havoc-turned-raptor is most excellent!

R

One of my favorite Khorne models of all time:



Swapping the sword for the Chainsword is such a simple but completely powerful conversion. I genuinely think that Khorne would approve.

Very cool.

Great work!

The great work continues!

Hey there again - Thanks for your comments and prodding me in the direction of my painting bench…. Btw Boom, 1000 posts! Where did the letters go?



Okay, Monday came and went so painting time! I finished off the very odd looking Slaanesh champion who decided to go to battle trouser less…. Bless him! . pics-





I painted his skin twice, first time it looked horribly wrong – he had the complexion of an Elf!!

You know how it is, finish five guys… you need the group shot right? Pic –



I will add another 5 Marines to these guys in the future, but I have more pressing matters at the moment, like….. what to do with this thing?-



As I’m sure you’re aware, this is the old Blood Slaughterer of Khorne, it was in a terrible state but after some work it’s come out in great condition. To be honest I’m weighing up my options –

1. Sell it on (anyone know how much these roughly go for on eBay??)

2. Was thinking about using it as a Chaos Spawn until I remembered how truly awful they are….

3. Enhance the parts into a Dreadnought (cons against this are I already have two Dreads and I’m unsure of damaging a classic model)

Or

4. Enhance the parts into a Lord of Khorne on counts as Bike (cons against see 3.), did at one point think lord of Khorne on Juggernaut, but again, Juggernauts are awful!

Anyway,

Thanks for looking!!

Man you've got some cool old minis! Nostalgia-city baby!!

Gitsplitta wrote:Man you've got some cool old minis! Nostalgia-city baby!!

Thanks I'm determined to clear my bitz box of rt stuff. Some models deserve to be painted!

New addition looks cool, like the fact you went for a trouserless look, very slaaneshi

As for that blood slaughterer - sell it on. They go for about 10pence on e-bay these days, but I'll throw you 20p as I like you

It's a cool model, but tricky in a counts-as way. Personally I'd probably use the arms on a couple of marines, the torso/track on another and whels in the bits box if they didn't go with the torso. But that's just me

I like the khornish rider idea though.

Gotta be worth 20 quid - I never liked the model though - what kinda demon has wheels?

A speed demon





I'll get me coat.....

Arty more likely tipsy. Make it and paint it and decide several ways to bodge it into your list depending on what you want at the time is my advice. There is no reason I can see not to use it as both biker lord & juggernaught rider.

@monkeytroll - is that 20p including postage? hehe. I like your thinking, the arms and head are quite nice, could do a bit of mixing about. Maybe use the wheels and tractor parts as some sort of gun platform.

@weetyskemian44- £20? Hrm yea maybe worth selling for around that. I agree trike wheels aren't the best mode of battlefield transport, still some nice bits on the model - I may have to take monkeytrolls advice.


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@llamahead - hrm maybe, could just keep it as a blood slaughterer- with maybe an enhancement here or there

i'd be interested in seeing you chop this bad boy up into something pretty!

Rogue Wolves wrote:i'd be interested in seeing you chop this bad boy up into something pretty!

Its looking likely . I really like some parts of the model- but some of it is questionable ... like why do his arms attach to his ears? Haha.

"A speed demon " tut tut tut


Love the pant-less slannesh dude , so very good and sympathetic to the original materiel

The model is meant to have bare legs I think? Tho you'll all be glad I didn't post a 'area picture' as he is wearing a thong ....... lovely.

I've always considered them to be studded leather stockings as per most of the old-skool slaaneshi guys'n'gals?

Same here, I have it in my chaos box, never painted it, but always thought it's stockings.

Aww well, I thought the stud bits looked like spots or pus filled sores. Nevermind haha.

Look good anyway!
Some says: "You must be able to see things with a open mind to do something unique"

SelvaggioSaky wrote:Look good anyway!
Some says: "You must be able to see things with a open mind to do something unique"

Nice quote, I like it - however my open mind came up with a fat man with a whip wearing a thong

Nobody's perfect ahahahah

Great group shot! I'd go on and on but I think your head would explode from too much praise.

Idea what to do w/ this (if you do not sell it)



What about a "counts as" Terminator Champion? You wouldn't have to hack / slash a classic model, just replace the left arm with an appropriate big shooty Terminator weapon on it. Fluff behind it could be he got knocked about a *lot* in battle and they didn't have any Dreadnought suits available, so the Dark Mechanicus did this to him instead...

Thats not a bad idea, the problem is - he really is an odd size, he doesnt fit on a 40mm base and seems to small for a 60mm, still I'll come up with something



Small update, finished painting (apart for afew touch ups) the new champion of the autocannon havocs, pic -



Big thanks goes to monkeytroll for the model,

thanks for looking.

Like it! Properly grimy, dark and foreboding.

^ that is quite the model!

You know that model looks perfect for a Warhammer champion as well? It would fit brilliantly into both worlds which is one of the great elements about the older chaos range.The wood effect is great and the deep red robes and archaeotech gun as well as thehead give a dark Mechanicus vibe about the model!

You'd almost think I'd be over it by now, but I'm stunned once again. The highlights on the robe and goggles really stand out (in a great way) and the freehand on the banner is excellent.

I hate that I can't Exalt this thread more than once.

Aww man, look at that. Can't say it didn't go to a good home

Very nice, love the look of the stock on the jezzail

The champion of the autocannon havocs is fantastic!