I buy bits from ebay sellers rather than kits usually. I've seen people do great things with the crypt ghoul kit but I've never used it myself. I really love the Wych kit for all the bare arms but those are best on smaller models. The Gor kit is great for big models - big arms and chests especially. Flagellants are a good kit but they are used quite a lot. Often I just hunt out the most unusual bits I can find, using something no-one else has thought of is half the fun, I was very happy to discover that Forgeworld Ork I used for my servitor for example.

I get the feeling that the finecast Techmarine with servitors would be a great kit for various unusual heads and bionic bits, the sort of things that can add a lot of character to a model.

Remember the good old Mail Order Catalogue? That was the best thing ever for conversions, so much fodder without having to buy full kits that you didn't want to get a few bits. I spent so much money through that, I could have had a whole other army!

Yep I remember those, and when you phoned up they used to have random offers like an Empire war altar and a war wagon for £5 each. And sales in store (5 epic Eldar titans at £2 each). I used to have all sorts of random models.

But the plastic kits really changed everything and ebaying for bits is not so bad. So many conversions would just not have been possible in lead even if the parts were around, I would never have bothered pinning each leg to my spider chair guy for example.

But yeah, I do have like 97% of a savage orc boar boy boxed set I am probably never going to need. Damn those pig heads for never showing up on ebay! I've been trying to find a lion head from the elf chariot for months as well.

Yeh plastic has made a huge difference to the possibilities. Especially with size, guys like Guita and Dark_Gear can testify to the scales you can play with with plastic kits. There's no way metal would ever have held up structures like those, even with extensive pinning they'd be frail.

The Swap Shop is pretty handy too sometimes although it's easier to sell what you have than buy what you need.

Thanks for the head up mate!

 Bruticus wrote:
I think it is possible that it was female once, but the mechanicus are barely human at the best of times, and as a Dark Mechanicus surgeon obsessed with experimenting with genetics, concepts like gender probably seem quaint and old fashioned to him/her. Who knows what it looks like under those bandages and that hood? Who knows if any humanity remains, or if it has all be replaced by implants and grafts?

So now the obvious quistion is: ...

IS IT A HYPSTER? , really, after reading: "concepts like gender probably seem quaint and old fashioned to him/her." I couldn´t avoid imaginig it taking fotos of it´s coffe at starbucks

Anyway, thanks for all the info in your recent posts, you´re really helpfull

 buhonero13 wrote:

 Bruticus wrote:
I think it is possible that it was female once, but the mechanicus are barely human at the best of times, and as a Dark Mechanicus surgeon obsessed with experimenting with genetics, concepts like gender probably seem quaint and old fashioned to him/her. Who knows what it looks like under those bandages and that hood? Who knows if any humanity remains, or if it has all be replaced by implants and grafts?

So now the obvious quistion is: ...

IS IT A HYPSTER? , really, after reading: "concepts like gender probably seem quaint and old fashioned to him/her." I couldn´t avoid imaginig it taking fotos of it´s coffe at starbucks

I...just...couldn't resist:




EDIT: Acccording to the little flag next to my avarar, I'm Russian now? Huh, go figure...

I may have a lion head....will check in my bits box

Hey Krauty just think what someone could knock together with a picture of you and chaos lord zhufor! I see you used your glasses on the hipster!

 PDH wrote:
Hey Krauty just think what someone could knock together with a picture of you and chaos lord zhufor! I see you used your glasses on the hipster!

Dude, step away from the Photoshop! Remember Spiderman: "with great power comes great responsibility", and all that


Not my glasses, btw. Mine aren't hipster glasses. I bought them before it was cool

...

...damn, done it again

 KrautScientist wrote:

 PDH wrote:
Hey Krauty just think what someone could knock together with a picture of you and chaos lord zhufor! I see you used your glasses on the hipster!

Dude, step away from the Photoshop! Remember Spiderman: "with great power comes great responsibility", and all that


Not my glasses, btw. Mine aren't hipster glasses. I bought them before it was cool

...

...damn, done it again

Hey maybe you made them cool

A while ago I discovered that PDH spies on me in order to steal my ideas. The amount of similar projects and 'coincidences' can't really be explained otherwise. Perhaps the greatest 'coincidence' was when it was turned out we were both working on a Slaanesh daemonhost based on the same model - the Dark Elf Supreme Sorceress.

Here's the version I am working on. I've had her blutacked together for a while but tonight I got to gluing. To be honest I was a bit worried that our models would be so similar that I wouldn't want to work on her any more. However I think it's going to be OK:



It wasn't very likely that we were going to use the same combination of bits I suppose, after all mine has this head:



Which is probably the first time anyone has done that. Spot the bit?

Also, what the feth at the Hipster Mechanicus. I'm going to have to paint them with little iPods now.

It's even sadder that I've also had a daemonhost based off that model in the works for a while now.

Can we get a clearer image of the head? Otherwise I'll hesitate a guess as steed of slaanesh?

Lovely start. Where are the wings from?

At this stage I have no idea where the head is from although it makes me think of Tyranid carapace so I'd guess that it's part of a limb from wherever the wings came from.

The wings are from a Nurgle fly thing. The head I will keep to myself for now because I really don't think anyone can guess it. Sorry the photo is a bit lame, I might post a better one tomorrow in the light.

Ghosty - work on your model as well then, Slaanesh loves a daemonic ménage à trois.

 Bruticus wrote:
The wings are from a Nurgle fly thing.

You, man, are glorious no, really, it´s the first time i see someone using nurgle bits for slaanesh miniature

PD: the head looks like one of alien (from the scary movies), so i supose it´s some kind of tiranyd? or perhaps from chaos daemons? i dont knooowwwwww!

Awesome!! Should turn out beautifully. I had doubts initially about the wings, but the more I look at her, the more I think they'll be fine

And I think I can name the head.....



Yes?

I think you've got it!

Yeah spot on. Didn't think anyone would get that. 7p, that's cheap, I could make loads.

Fantastic use of bits!

And for 7p each, you really should make loads

 Bruticus wrote:
Yeah spot on. Didn't think anyone would get that. 7p, that's cheap, I could make loads.

so: you actually made a head out of a meatloaf??!?!?!



got no words for that

I gotta say the terrain is breathtaking. Very modular too, can easily be used as a 40K battlefield.

I haven't really posted much of my 6mm stuff on these forums but I have recently been collecting a lot of Epic 40k. I thought I would just mention this crowdfunding source of models as it is about to end and I think it is good value: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/6mm-scale-armies

Oh yeah, 6mm are good to represent the bigger champaign , thought they´re hard to convert , anyway, I wish you luck with the funding , and i´m not giving money because untill next month I just can´t (the hobby is hard to maintain )

Actually it's similar to doing the fine detail on a 28mm figure if you can convert that you can bodge up 6mm stuff easily. Any idiot can do it.

 Llamahead wrote:
Actually it's similar to doing the fine detail on a 28mm figure if you can convert that you can bodge up 6mm stuff easily. Any idiot can do it.

well yeah, but you´ll have to admit that converting with almost no pieces is hard as s..t, I mean, the range is very little and there are almost no "spare parts", so most conversions are made of greenstuff in the end, and making details with GS isn´t preciselly easy...

Actually while you've got to apply more perversity to part use if your willing to be open minded with your bitz box anything can be useful. I've used very little putty on my 6mm stuff and instead use plasticard, sprue, bobbins (rawl plugs are amazing) and components and find it a satisfying challenge.

 Llamahead wrote:
I've used very little putty on my 6mm stuff and instead use plasticard, sprue, bobbins (rawl plugs are amazing)

interesting idea ... I think I´ll test that myself, it´s incredible how, no matter how much I learn about the hobby, there are allways people like you to make me realise there´s still a great amount of new things to be discovered, really, thanks a lot.

Cheers buhenero13 for more 6mm converting try Tactical Command http://taccmd.tacticalwargames.net/viewforum.php?f=119&sid=a762a0ad06635c9cf56d44255c6fe1ae or even my own meagre offerings. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/356363.page

To be honest, the possibilities for converting at 6mm are pretty limited unless you play Orks or Chaos. My armies currently have basically no conversions except to use some 3rd party bits from Shapeways and the like. I do intend to make 6mm versions of my various inquisitor characters though. But for me, 28mm is where I do the conversions and 6mm is some sort of zen collecting and painting thing where I can just make row after row of neat and tiny little soldiers.

I've actually got a load of half built/half painted models to show soon, but for now here is a sneak peak at one of the Dark Mechanicus Fallen Cherubim.

Brilliant stuff , what a great idea.

 Bruticus wrote:
To be honest, the possibilities for converting at 6mm are pretty limited unless you play Orks or Chaos. My armies currently have basically no conversions except to use some 3rd party bits from Shapeways and the like. I do intend to make 6mm versions of my various inquisitor characters though. But for me, 28mm is where I do the conversions and 6mm is some sort of zen collecting and painting thing where I can just make row after row of neat and tiny little soldiers.

I've actually got a load of half built/half painted models to show soon, but for now here is a sneak peak at one of the Dark Mechanicus Fallen Cherubim.

He looks like he needs a job, my servo skull janitors are hiring right now. With his wings he could help by dusting the high places....I know they all could do that, but he has WINGS. Just messing with you...he's great, very creative, looking forward to more moving out

Awww cute little guy. I shall name him Bob and we shall run and play together.

Are Bob's wings from a Night Lords ceremonial helmet?

Just awesome! Exalted!

You might like my Necromundan ash waste nomads as a 40K army, the idea grew out of playing Necro games too, alas the terrain we have is (still) the property of a friend, I would love to build ruins myself!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/537637.page#5808835

OOOOHHHHHH, that´s cute and again, i see nurgle on him , i see most of your caos dudes have nurgle bits on them, is that for som reason or just coincidence?, i prefer tzeentch but i have to admit nurgle is the one with most usefull bits.

PD: I bought festus long ago and since then i had his little partner hanging arroung, so i think i´ll just try and make a mini-servitor myself (with no wings thought, i prefer him to walk)

PD2: thanks for the info llamahead

Ah well just so you don't think I am copying that idea, I already have that model being painted:



They are made with the wings from Nightlord helmets indeed, that was the hardest bit to figure out, couldn't find little feathered wings but then I realised bat wings would be better anyway. I want them to be winged as they are meant to be an evil version of cherubim rather than another kind of servo skull construct.

E: Oh and it's just coincidence that I have used Nurgle bits a lot. Although I do enjoy de-Nurglifying things ever since making Bull Gorg. The Nurgle lord is especially fun to work with.

 Bruticus wrote:
Ah well just so you don't think I am copying that idea, I already have that model being painted:
E: Oh and it's just coincidence that I have used Nurgle bits a lot. Although I do enjoy de-Nurglifying things ever since making Bull Gorg. The Nurgle lord is especially fun to work with.

1-I don´t think anyone would have believed you copied that idae, because it´s actually me who is being inspired by your idea, so, if you were copying an idea it would be the idea of the second nurgle-servoskull-cherubin thing, which is actually yours, and to see if that´s copying or not we would have to get into philosophycal things (but i´m sorry for interfering in your path)

2-yeah, as someone that has de-nurglified both the nurgle chaos lord and festus i have to say that de-nurglifying things is something that feels very good indeed

PD: how many of those little things have you got there? will they be a full squad? aah, it would be great to see a full horde of those mini-servitors on some kind of siege...

Aw, the little evil putti are cute in a weird sort of way!

Oh by the way if you change your mind on Rocksteady I've got a spare Rhinox Head.....

Great models Bruticus!
I especially love the cherubim. Cute little guy!

Bit of a change of direction, this is the start of an Ash Waste Bounty Hunter gang. The Ash Waste rules are a supplement to Necromunda and basically just include the Gorkamorka vehicle rules. So it's Gorkamorka without the Orks. You can have a full gang of bounty hunters, although they are not quite as formidable as the Necromunda hired guns. Here's what I have so far:



This is the Pynkertonne Agency - guilder operatives, bounty hunters, freelance peacekeeping agents, thieftakers muscle for hire. Led by Boris Raskolnikov, former Goliath ganger turned freelancer and his faithful cyber-mastiff Yarrick - named after a great hero of the Imperium. The gang is monitored by Hugo Comstock, the guilder agent and money man, and is rounded out by Mappo, a former scavvy who now works as a turncoat, hunting and tracking his own kind.



This is Boris, he used to be the leader of my Goliath gang when I started out (you can see the original models of him and Yarrick here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/359683-Goliath%20Gang.html?m=2)



This is Yarrick, he's grown a bit since his last incarnation, but seeing as Cyber-Mastiff are like the Land Raiders of Necromunda I think this is a reasonable size.



The guilder agent is a liability on missions, despite having access to the best equipment he is not a skilled fighter and if he gets killed the gang faces the wrath of the guilders



Mappo uses a long rifle, a move or fire weapon with a hefty kick, used in the Ash Wastes to take out the drivers of vehicles. As a turncoat he is reviled by scavvies and mutants everywhere.



The tracked vehicle will eventually gain crew members, and the gang will get some more vehicles, as in the Ash Wastes the entire gang needs to be able to be transported.

I might do a few more details and odds and ends this week, but they need to be ready for a game on Saturday where I hope they will get to bring PDH's scavvie scum to face guilder justice.

Awesome Ash Wastes stuff, Bruticus! Boris is a solid ash waster for sure and loving their ride! Nice conversion, build, and paint on their tracked vehicle.

Never disappointed by your updates! Superb stuff. Very atmospheric and characterful!

Lovely work, been reading up on the Ash Wastes rules myself so this is good timing. The dog's name is brilliant, one of those little details you always do so well. Normally we stray away from using names from the canon but of course people would name there children and pets after famous figures, we do now. It seems so brilliantly obvious when you do it.

Have you written or created anything from a universe of your own divising? Since you have an eye for these human details that bring a universe to life I would imagine it's something you have at keast dabbled in.

Pynkertonne? Comstock? Seems like someone has been enjoying his Bioshock Infinite a little too much!

Seriously, though, these are fantastic! Really enjoying the Outrider/desperado vibe about them Raskolnikov has got to be my favourite -- that's a pretty inspired use for that SW head there!

Hugely impressive and inspiring work, as usual!

Awesome, I like how they look like a cohesive unit, but still retain individual personalities - very nice!

Take it the vehicles based on an Ork Big Trakk really liking the guilder he looks like bureaucratic muscle.

Pynkertonne? Comstock? Seems like someone has been enjoying his Bioshock Infinite a little too much!

I haven't played Bioshock Infinite, not a fan of the bioshock games in general. The Pinkertons were a real detective agency in the wild west - basically muscle for hire. And the comstock was a giant silver mine (and a character from Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle). So Comstock had connotations of money and power to me. I guess that bioshock had the same ideas. I got my inspiration from Deadwood, the best TV show ever.

the guilder he looks like bureaucratic muscle

I am really pleased with how he looks, like a smug little thug who has come into money. Tough enough to survive in the wastes but not nearly as smart or tough as he thinks he is. And yeah that's a forgeworld trakk thing.

The dog's name is brilliant, one of those little details you always do so well. Normally we stray away from using names from the canon but of course people would name there children and pets after famous figures, we do now. It seems so brilliantly obvious when you do it.

This is something I always thought ought to be more common. Look at how we venerate/create heroes in times of war, and in 40k they have larger than life legends just walking around all over the place. I'm sure the story of Yarrick would be repeated ad infinitum in propoganda documentaries, etc. The gang will also have a guy who is a wannabe space marine - in the same way that you might get a mercenary today that is a wannabe special forces type.

 Bruticus wrote:
I haven't played Bioshock Infinite, not a fan of the bioshock games in general. The Pinkertons were a real detective agency in the wild west - basically muscle for hire. And the comstock was a giant silver mine (and a character from Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle). So Comstock had connotations of money and power to me. I guess that bioshock had the same ideas. I got my inspiration from Deadwood, the best TV show ever.

I knew about the Pinkertons, of course, but I didn't realise Comstock did have that other use. Just seemed like an obvious connection to make. Oh well...

That's a great conversion of Creed! You do a great job unifying disparate models with a similar color palette. Boris has a ton of character also!

Comstock is also the brand name of a damn fine pie filling.

Bruticus wrote:

Casey's Law wrote:The dog's name is brilliant, one of those little details you always do so well. Normally we stray away from using names from the canon but of course people would name there children and pets after famous figures, we do now. It seems so brilliantly obvious when you do it.

This is something I always thought ought to be more common. Look at how we venerate/create heroes in times of war, and in 40k they have larger than life legends just walking around all over the place. I'm sure the story of Yarrick would be repeated ad infinitum in propoganda documentaries, etc. The gang will also have a guy who is a wannabe space marine - in the same way that you might get a mercenary today that is a wannabe special forces type.

Genius, your mind holds an embarrassment of riches, sir. The more blogging you do the more I find little gems to hoard away, keep it up!

As usual I love your stuff. Not too fond of the cherub though, but that might change seeing it painted and in context with his owner.
Ash wasters are high on my long list of future projects, so I'm always happy seeing what others imagine them to be like.

 Bruticus wrote:
I got my inspiration from Deadwood, the best TV show ever.

Careful there, Deadwood was awesome no mistake, but for the title of the best there is some stiff competition. Have you seen The Wire? By many it is considered the best show ever and I can see why, even though I'd say that despite the fantastic quality of both shows it's impossible to objectively say which is better.

Careful there, Deadwood was awesome no mistake, but for the title of the best there is some stiff competition. Have you seen The Wire? By many it is considered the best show ever and I can see why, even though I'd say that despite the fantastic quality of both shows it's impossible to objectively say which is better.

Yeah, of those two, usually my favourite is just whichever I have seen most recently. I think Deadwood just about swings it, but the fact it misses a fourth season is a bit of a pain. At least it got further than Carnivale, which would have been so great if they had finished it.

Jake the phrase knocked it for six comes to mind. These guys are brilliant.

I'm so impressed with what you have put together using some clever base models.

Boris just looks hard....but I bet he will cry like a big girls blouse when Gruber smacks him in the face with a rusty chainsword. Really nice shotgun...where is it from? I thik the white hair turned out well from the pictures.

Yarrick - I hope saying down boy works. That is one hell of a mean cyber mastiff.....clever using the cable down the spine.

Guilder agent - Nice explanation to his presence. Really nice free hand on his wanted poster.

Mappo - My favourite. What you have done to the bolg is awesome. His arms and rifle look perfect. Did you sculpt the hat? I knew the Maggot Eating Cheese Farmers should have bunged him in the pot rather than exile him. Oh well they wont make the same mistake twice.

See you Saturday...now I'd better get painting.

 Bruticus wrote:
At least it got further than Carnivale, which would have been so great if they had finished it.

So true, the loss of Carnivale and Firefly are two great travestys.

Naming a best TV show is never going to mean anything though. It's impossible to compare Garth Marenghi's Darkplace to Misfits to Band of Brothers for instance, the genres alone are worlds apart.

Dude! Those are some brilliant conversions and even more brilliant paintjobs!

That gang is beautiful! Boris is awesome, they are all suitably gritty and ash covered, and the vehicle is the best part. Any chance there will be more gear or stowage on that vehicle? No reason to stop there! It gives me the impression of being a rugged machine but I feel like it doesn't feel like home yet

So much character in these guys ... The pipe gun is insane !

Looking forward to seeing my techs scrap that banger for parts though :-)

Wonderful stuff, Bruticus! Ash waste gangers are close to my heart and you've done them beautifully. As always the conversions are seamless and could pass for stock, but favourite bits:
(in no particular order)
- So much character in all of them! They each have a distinct personality that comes through, and that's the most important thing in any gang, so major kudos there.
- Beautiful weathering all round - the ash is perfect without being overdone
- Wanted poster is a great character touch
- Turquoise vehicle is a brave colour choice that worked out really well
- Paint job on Boris' shotgun is absolutely ace. Love the base colours and love the scorch marks

Really can't wait to see the rest of the crew!

PDH - yep, sculpted the hat. Quite a lot of the rest of the gang (the models I have started anyway) have hats, oddly these three guys are the ones with fewer hats and less breathing equipment, the rest ought to look more like they are post-apocalyptic cowboys. Boris is a bit of a legend in my games of Necromunda, he used to just be a murder-machine until he met a grisly end to a melta gun. But then we discovered a loop hole in the rules and like all the best villains that was enough to let him stage a come-back.The shotgun is a forgeworld marine recon shotgun I think.

Casey - yeah my brother always criticises me for making lists, but whatever! I love Deadwood, the only real question is if it is the best TV show EVER or if that honour has to go to the Simpsons. (Yeah I know it is pointless to even try).

Dsteingass - thanks! Ash Wastes is quite similar to Fallout I reckon, but I think the track ended up looking quite Borderlands-ish. Maybe it's the bright colour.

Meade - maybe I should have added more stowage. I just discovered that the real Pinkertons had an awesome banner so I might add that at some point. The truck has a tow hook so I could do a trailer full of gear.

Neil - I actually cut that long rifle down a couple of times, originally it was about 50% longer. It's quite a powerful weapon in Necromunda (he uses up a heavy weapon slot) so I wanted it to look reasonably beefy.

Scarper - I'd love to take out a contract on your gang! I find it hard to not get carried away with quite over the top characters/models though and I admire your more realistic take on things. Luckily I think Bounty Hunters are the ultimate Necromunda badasses so it's OK for them to be a bit larger than life. The gang will only have a few actual bounty hunters, the rest are mercenaries (basically juves).

Funnily enough I barely thought about the turquoise except that I really like how it looks paired with an ash/bone colour, and how I wanted to see how it would look with brown weathering. I just like the colour. I guess at some point, some bounty hunter bought a bright turquoise truck to drive around in, but luckily it looks ok now it is all beaten up.

Great stuff Bruticus, the gang look amazing... Mappo reminds me of one of the Angel gang from Judge Dredd

I could use some advice - I was lucky enough to get given a forgeworld crashed thunderhawk board tile as a birthday present. I want to use it as a movable bit of scenery for my ash waste board, but it is obviously a square tile with about a 1cm lip at the moment. As I don't use a ROB I just want to be able to place it on top of the board without being bothered by the square shape and the 1cm board edge.

I was thinking maybe I could stick it to some thin MDF and then create a smooth incline with some filler. Maybe round off the corners of the tile so it looked less obvious but I am not even sure how to cut the tile as it is both brittle and very hard. And I am not even sure where I could get a big curvy bit of MDF to mount it on from anyway, I don't have a jigsaw I think.

Any suggestions? I guess an alternative would be to make a frame that it could sit inside but it might still look a bit square.

It's going to look pretty cool whatever I do with it. Am I right in thinking that The Imperial Fists are most likely to have a crashed Thawk on Necromunda - as they recruit from there? I do love painting yellow.

That's a tough one, I think the MDF base and sloped egde is the way to go though. You could probably get a local joiner to do it for a couple of bucks or I believe B&Q has the capacity to do some in-house cutting for you.

A razor saw might be strong yet petite enough to lop off some of the corners of the resin before you start adding the slope. I think a jewellers saw's blades would snap constantly and anything else will be too heavy and just cause damage.

How are you going to do the slope? Spackle might be the best considering the quantity, weight, cost and durability. There are lots of similar products that fit that role, No More Nails is something I've used but it's difficult to work with.

Yeh I think the IF are the most likely to be in the area and their scheme rocks so it's win, win.

Trip to B&Q maybe?

Bruticus,

The ash waste guys are blimming perfect!!! Great work sir!

After a bit of a think I realised that I may as well make tiles to go with the thawk tile and then I thought I might just get a ROB, I think the convenience of it being lightweight would make up for the extra cost.

I do have a Zuzzy matt for sale then I think, 4'x6' scourged forest, in the UK.

Sick! Totally fething awesome mate! First thought was when Stalllone Dredd leaves mega-city one and bumps into those wrong'ens in the cursed earth. Captured that feel so well. I'm really happy to see "Chewie" (sorry) re-worked there he looks much better as a good ol'desert boy!

R

An update! I actually have loads of new models to show but I am working on a project that ties everything together and I want to try and finish that before posting them. However I can't resist showing these two as I am really pleased with them:

First up is a true-scale (embiggened) Space Marine of the Sun Titan chapter - a homebrew one with plenty of cool backstory that I will post in time, but suffice to say they are very ostentatious - their armour is as elaborate as is possible



And next is another true-scale marine, this is an Emperor's Children Chosen, he is only tacked to his base so ignore that awkward fit. I realise he may not look like a typical Emperor's Children, but there is plenty of backstory about that coming as well. I really just don't like most takes on Slaanesh that I have seen, I wanted to make something with a few nods to the original rock'n'roll style, but with a bit of really dark horror as well.







PS. I am desperately trying to find the head from one of the mutants that carries the Chaos fantasy warshrine - the jowly fat dopey looking head. If you have one to trade please let me know, I can swap for an equally obscure bit.

that's all I've got.

Yaaay! good to see you back.

This looks very promising. great work!

christ dude, these are fantastic!

GS skills that could kill. Jaw dropping.

Holy crap those marines are awesome!

I really, Really love the Emperors child one...he just looks brutal.

Great work.

Cheers guys, painting is coming on quickly as well - going through an inspired phase at the moment.

A gift from the Dark Mechanicus to the Slaaneshi Pirate Princes, this 'Psychopath' class Murder-Gholam is a masterpiece of the Biologis' genetic art. Though it has no real intelligence or will of it's own, the facemask can be opened and a scroll inscribed with simple instructions can be inserted. The Gholam is built for speed and grace and once it is set to purpose it will execute it's mission with lethal intensity.



Just a quick photo, I intend to get some better pics soon. The two marines are also finished but I'll wait until I can photograph them properly.

Wicked!

And that Emperor's Children chosen is mind-blowing.

I managed to borrow a proper camera and it makes such a difference, although I still haven't quite figured out how to take perfect pictures just yet and had to fix the white balance in Photoshop. I'd really like to photograph against a dark background but couldn't get that to look good at all.

So this is the Slaaneshi Chosen, he is from a breakaway warband of the Emperor's Children called the Violators. Although personally I don't like seeing Slaanesh stuck in purples and pinks I thought that it would be less likely to offend purists if I made him part of a separate warband rather than a 'pure' Emperor's Children. This is my vision of Slaanesh - sort of Silent Hill meets the worst excesses of heavy metal and I know it probably won't be for everyone, but I just really don't like how Slaanesh is all pastel hues nowadays.

I'll be starting a new collaborative blog shortly with Meade and this guy is part of it. I'll post his background and more pictures there probably as I get a bit self-conscious about posting too much on forums!

 Bruticus wrote:




I managed to borrow a proper camera and it makes such a difference, although I still haven't quite figured out how to take perfect pictures just yet and had to fix the white balance in Photoshop. I'd really like to photograph against a dark background but couldn't get that to look good at all.

So this is the Slaaneshi Chosen, he is from a breakaway warband of the Emperor's Children called the Violators. Although personally I don't like seeing Slaanesh stuck in purples and pinks I thought that it would be less likely to offend purists if I made him part of a separate warband rather than a 'pure' Emperor's Children. This is my vision of Slaanesh - sort of Silent Hill meets the worst excesses of heavy metal and I know it probably won't be for everyone, but I just really don't like how Slaanesh is all pastel hues nowadays.T

I'll be starting a new collaborative blog shortly with Meade and this guy is part of it. I'll post his background and more pictures there probably as I get a bit self-conscious about posting too much on forums!

The conversion and GS work on this guy is phenomenal!!

I also see no need for slaaneshi guys to be all pastel shades. The white armour on this guy looks great.

White is interesting, it also lessens the contrast between his own skin and the armor.

Yeah that's true, I've always liked some bare skin on space marines since those old half-dressed Khorne Berserker models. I'd love to do a slaanesh marine with a bare leg, although I suspect it wouldn't work very well in practice.

It will be quite a challenge to get right, especially considering the proportions of a space marine, and the Slaanesh more sleek aesthetic...

Great work on the true scale guys.

That is awesome and I'd love to see it on a darker background maybe a scenic shot. Really baroque and nasty

The Slaneeshi is wonderfully garish, and brutal-looking at the same time.

The rusty white armour is great, but it's the skin tones from the blue shadows through to the cream highlights and bloody spot color that really make him shine.

This is what a Slaneeshi Chaos Marine should look like!

This is my vision of Slaanesh

...And it's a good vision.
Good job on the sculpting and the painting.

I love the use of white for Slaanesh, and the chest/backpack area came out really beautiful.

Thanks for the compliments, I'm very pleased with this guy.

But just to be clear I didn't do so much sculpting on the chest, I adapted an existing bit. I'm still working on sculpting, his loin cloth is really the extent of my skills.

 Bruticus wrote:

I just really don't like how Slaanesh is all pastel hues nowadays.

Very bonny mini! I'm not sure if the pastel-lock thing is nowadays though - 1st ed 40k was pretty darn similar, in fact colour schemes were even more stratified then. It's nice to get away from the 'my god dictates my color scheme' perspective though, I mean, Khorne cares not from whence the blood flows... Or whether the person doing the killing has a thing for puce. If you're able to create characterful minis that portray their alignment in other ways, colour don't matter!

How would you prefer Slaaneshi aesthetics to be portrayed?

OMG this is just awesome !

I love your take on Slaaneshi followers ! I'm subscribing !

Dark Mechanicus 'Geist' servitors. Still a bit more work to go but you get the idea!

What is that weird plate like thing sticking out?

Very nice. Liking them.

On the left one? That is where it's face will be painted on. They don't have real faces just decorative items.

 Bruticus wrote:


Dark Mechanicus 'Geist' servitors. Still a bit more work to go but you get the idea!

Always liked those models - they look like how I imagined the enslavers would look - they also kind remind me of a military version of the hanar from mass effect .or the engineers from Halo - in short i think they are great - really alien , they would make great adversaries in any game.

will be interested to see which way you take the paintwork.

Really cool! Got them lying around too, but I had something different in mind for them, if only I could remember what it was...
Great work as usual.

With my background I can't help but mention that the plural form of the german "Geist" is in fact "Geister" and not "Geists". I don't know if you want to go that way or if you prefer to declinate it like an english word (which would be perfectly fine), but maybe you take interest in that kind of detail.
My students constantly struggle with the wide range of plural endings in German. English is a lot more straight forward in that regard.

Those look wonderfully gribbly and evil.

Always a feast of hobby inspiration

Baiyuan- I like the word geist here because it is a word that has almost made the jump from German to English. I think, it's recognisable at least - from poltergeist and zeitgeist (both of those words have made the jump).

This works because otherwise it would be slightly jarring to have a german word in a 40k setting where most names are based on Latin (in this case that would be animus, like the notorious Silica Animus - AIs of the Dark Mechanicum - I have one of those coming soon).

I liked the idea of conjoining 'geist' with a suitable prefix but I couldn't think of one that sounded right and not too german. Something like 'mechgeist' or 'servitorgeist'. So I think I'll just abandon that.

Anime often borrows words from German, I'm not sure if 'geist' has been used in anything but words like 'jaeger' are pretty common. I mention that because these things are going to have quite an anime/japanese influence when I paint them.

Neil - thanks, they are cool models I agree, plus they seem like good value to me now, 3 giant monsters for £18.50.

It's quite difficult to think of design ideas for the Dark Mechanicus that aren't just things the regular admech would do, except with a bit more demon. I'm hoping that these will look sufficiently different.

When ever I think of Dark Mechanicus, these are the sort of things that pop into my head.

Well, not 100% sure about animé, but there's a fair share of "geists" cropping up in japanese videogames, at the very least

 Bruticus wrote:
I liked the idea of conjoining 'geist' with a suitable prefix but I couldn't think of one that sounded right and not too german. Something like 'mechgeist' or 'servitorgeist'. So I think I'll just abandon that.

Well, seeing how German comes rather naturally to me, what about "Eisengeister" (Iron Ghosts)? Or, indeed, "Eisengeists"? Sounds snappy enough, if you ask me

The models are brilliantly creepy! And I love the plan of painting on their faces! In a way, that's even creepier than them having no faces at all...

Suitably creepy looking fellows indeed! Love the use of the Mieotic Spore Sacks, very original! I'm curious, I've seen a lot of that green stuff piping around and I was wondering what you use to create it? Is it some sort of rolling machine?

I'd like to announce the launch of my new website, a collaborative project with Meade and something we've been working on for a while: http://www.exprofundis.com

It's a collection of models, illustrations and stories relating to the Dark Mechanicus invasion of Profundis.

Amazeballs! Instantly bookmarked (and entered into my blog roll), of course!

I expect great things of you, gentlemen

Nice work on your blog , its cool to see the models in context.

edit : that big brute thrall is brilliant btw

re edit : this is genius

Thanks Neil and Kraut!

Lovely stuff as always Bruticus.

Just to be clear Meade posted the House Tekslav mutants and thralls!

Those servitors are really horrific looking. Amazing conversions, very inspired.

(jaw drop)

Outstanding work with geist. Hats off!

Dark Mechanicus Geist Servitors - loads more pictures here: http://www.exprofundis.com/sinekai-geist-servitors/

They're so beautiful... Complicated, rough, tender, smooth and artsy at the same time.

This pleases my Giger thirst completely.


(MARRY ME)

Edit:
The website is the most awesome thing I've seen in ages

Nice job. Very creepy.

Thanks, I'm very pleased with them and they went together so easily I'm almost tempted to make more. Not that I have any reason to.

Pfft when has that ever stopped most of us? That painted face really makes him look unsettling by the way

They make my skin crawl! Very atmospheric- great job

http://www.exprofundis.com

Excellent work gentlemen. I would love to see some pictures of those models on Neil's Arkke

Nice job that face plate looks familiar

What a feast of a website! Nice to have such a rich basket of ideas gathered.

These two heretek magos are prominent members of House Sinekai, responsible for the creation of all sorts of twisted creatures, chimerics, gholams and even a dreaded silica animus. There are pictures and their backstories at my site: www.exprofundis.com

Amazing! Love the pale colour scheme you're going for! And the site looks great! Really enjoying following this thread and it's providing me with a lot of inspiration for my own projects!

These two and the cyber scorpion are simply two of the most fantastic miniatures I've ever had the pleasure of seeing.

I love the idea that the cyber scorpion is a detachable part of her nervous system.

Are we going to get to see some of the Toymakers toys any time soon?

I made quite a few of those skull headed nurgling cherubs, but other people have since made them better and faster. I don't like making models that other people have seen before so although I do have one of the little dolls painted he is sat in my cabinet in disgrace (along with the swineotaur, who I am also not very pleased with).

I will try and revisit them and salvage them at some point but at the moment I am really excited about the Silica Animus which I think is going to be great.


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Here is a photo from the weekend's gaming:



Dark Mechanicus escape the the Adeptus Mechanicus kill-team, Arco-Evisorators engage in bloody combat with Geist servitors, electro-whips versus chainsaws. Servitors nearby go berserk as they are infected by scrap-code commands and the Evisorators are forced to hack them apart. The Venator himself commandeers a construction vehicle to try and block the road but the hereteks drive through the melee, crushing some unfortunate scribes as they make their getaway.

Great looking image! Right in the thick of it, just where it should be! I'm curious, Bruticus; what game rules do you use?

We were using Inquisitor rules, in 28mm scale. I'm more of a Necromunda player usually though, but Inquisitor is fun too if there are patient GMs.

Really cool conversions! Very inspiring! Thx for sharing

Those buggies look cool great atmosphere in that shot. The scrap code possession by the Campanile is one of the eeriest shorts in Mark of Calth.

Whoa! Those floating chubby buggies really look scary as hell! Dark Mechanicus at its best.

Absolutely gorgeous. I love that image. Your style brings out so much menace and dread to these miniatures. More grimdark than grimdark.

"They say I 'fell to Chaos', as if I were a weak man! Look around you, look at my great works! I alone have the strength to accomplish these things, these acts of illimitable obscenity! And there are worlds like this now, whole worlds, made beautiful by my own hand! I did not fall to Chaos, I rose to it!" - Prince Orlat Vor, The Sin-Eater

Orlat Vor, the self-styled Sin-Eater, The Cannibal Prince of Slaanesh. He is known as the Sin-Eater because he believes that by consuming the wicked he inherits their sins. The more evil the person he eats, the greater the power he gains and the more favour he gains in the eyes of the Prince of Pleasure. Slaanesh is the god of all excesses, and so Vor has adopted gluttony as his personal form of worship. He has eaten so much that he can no longer walk easily and so uses a mechanical palanquin to move, and his twin lightning claws are clumsy and slow weapons, used with brute force. Vor is immensely wealthy and will provide the resources of his fleet and armies to any cause or champion he deems the most corrupt or vile. Sooner or later, everyone that requires his services must pay, and his only price is flesh. The forces of Chaos in the Profundis sector are thought to be largely sponsored by Vor, and his flagship "The Sardanapalian" is frequently involved in the conflict, seemingly spurring on greater atrocities.

Great work on that Greasus Goldtooth model and rather appropriate for a Lord of Slaanesh part of me thinks some form of firearm or even better digital weapon rings would fit him more than Lightning Claws

Wow, nice one!

A particularly vile and repulsive looking character, really fits his description.

An excellent model, looking forward to seeing it painted.

I assume his corpulentness requires the assistance of a number of body guards, have you got anything planned in that regard?

There's two reasons for the lightning claws really, one is that they are the closest weapons to a knife and fork, the other is that it's almost impossible to find arms that would suit his build - ogre arms have too big hands and most bits are too muscled anyway. Using giant fist weapons is a bit of a cheat as they look in proportion.

I have a few people to accompany him, there is the Slaanesh marine I made earlier for one. I think he won't be the brains of this operation though, and the evil mastermind that has enlisted the aid of the Sin Eater (and whose flesh is supposedly forfeit) is yet to come.

So gross! Love the background. Is that a powdered wig on his head? I hope so.

Hey may need a minotaur guard:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gPyCaI0RN0k/Ud7UGIfM5sI/AAAAAAAABls/99eFC8hJ0rg/s1600/Capture4.JPG

Yeah it's a powdered wig, he'll have the whole dandy face powder and makeup too if I can paint it well enough. I think he's pretty vain. That picture does bear a resemblance but I think he'll have to have some smaller guys with him to balance out the retinue somewhat

That dude is amazing. Great build, through concept, use of bitz and final product that guy rules.

Great job Bruticus. Nice build. He looks really unhealthy.

Ah yeah, that Slaanesh marine you created is excellent.

Looking forward to seeing the mastermind.

" Djambi, the chocolate icing! "

 weirdingway wrote:
So gross! Love the background. Is that a powdered wig on his head? I hope so.

Hey may need a minotaur guard:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gPyCaI0RN0k/Ud7UGIfM5sI/AAAAAAAABls/99eFC8hJ0rg/s1600/Capture4.JPG

Two questions:

a) Who made that picture (is it Adrian Smith?)

b) Where is it from?

That's Adrian Smith, no idea where it was first published.

Another new guy:



This is my villain, an Inquisitor turned heretic. You can't tell from the image so clearly but the guy at his feet is dissolving. There is a heavy price for reading from the Pseudomonarchia Slaanesh, and it is not a price the former inquisitor is willing to pay himself. He is summoning the Daemonhost seen earlier in the thread.

I've had this model half finished since the day the Dark Elf corsair first came out but I couldn't get his left hand right, finally found the part that made it work the other day. I have lots of miniatures in this sort of state and sometimes inspiration hits and I actually finish them.

Very nice! The fish jaw collar works great with the hood, and I look forward to seeing how you'll paint the dissolving guy.

The Adrian Smith obese champion piece is definitely from one of the Realm of Chaos books, I *think* from Lost and the Damned and not Slaves to Darkness despite the Slaanesh subject matter.

I'm quite impressed that a guy that fat could be armed with lightning claws. The heretic Inquisitor looks great, too.

Delightful! Slaanesh be praised.

After seeing all the cool Realm of Chaos stuff recently I couldn't resist making a mortal champion of Slaanesh. He is intended to be a fantasy character rather than 40k, my first attempt at one of those. His armour might look a bit futuristic but I think it looks fine, if a bit elaborate. I need to smooth some surfaces down slightly.



My original idea was to paint the cloak as gemstones but now I am not so sure. I am a bit undecided on a colour scheme overall, I don't want him to look like a Necron so I think silver is out.

I'm actually doing some more Fantasy stuff next, with a Mordheim gang. But this guy is really just a one-off.

Aw, man, that Slaaneshi champ is totally fantastic! Like an 80s RoC mini realised with today's technology!

Stop being so awesome, dammit!

Thanks, I am happy that he looks like an 80s RoC miniature because I certainly took some inspiration from those guys, they were some of my first miniatures back in the day, and I always liked how they were both 40k and Fantasy at the same time.

By the way, just saw your miniature in the Visions magazine, good stuff there Kraut.

Thanks, mate! I've been walking on sunshine ever since turning the page and happening upon my model in Blanchitsu yesterday. Finally one of the grownups now

Wow, surprised I missed this thread until now. Really brilliant stuff. I love all your conversions and the new cannibal prince is so creepy and awesome. Subscribed!

Wow... I spent a good few hours just killing time going through this whole blog. Not only is the scope of everything impressive, but the models and paintjobs are a lot of fun to watch as they develop.

Now I'm thoroughly addicted, and am looking forward to more stuff!

I think everyone has a soft spot for Inquisimunda/Necromunda/etc sort of games, as it really lets us go crazy with conversions, and the number of models is thankfully small, so painting doesn't become some crazy leaden goal.

Excellent work, and the terrain boards are just killer.

Carried over the newest post/image for page rollover.

 Bruticus wrote:
After seeing all the cool Realm of Chaos stuff recently I couldn't resist making a mortal champion of Slaanesh. He is intended to be a fantasy character rather than 40k, my first attempt at one of those. His armour might look a bit futuristic but I think it looks fine, if a bit elaborate. I need to smooth some surfaces down slightly.



My original idea was to paint the cloak as gemstones but now I am not so sure. I am a bit undecided on a colour scheme overall, I don't want him to look like a Necron so I think silver is out.

I'm actually doing some more Fantasy stuff next, with a Mordheim gang. But this guy is really just a one-off.

As you say about RoC stuff it looks at place within Fantasy and 40k and I think this fits the bill perfectly.

I really like his pose but I feel he should be holding something in that hand, a still beating heart of the skull and spine of a lesser mortal.

In saying that, he looks so badass it's probably not even worth changing. As he looks like he's calling out a challenge or imploring Slaanesh.

While it's not the intent I think he'd make an excellent companion for your Slaanesh Villain. Perhaps his executor.

As for the cloak, why not paint it gold and have the circles be your gem stones. Have a few different colours representing Rubies, Emeralds and Sapphires? Perhaps Dark purple armour with Pink as the crest. Quite loud, but very Slaanesh.

That is wonderful really ornate and Slaaneshy vibe whats planned to accompany him?

Love the heretic Inquisitor... Did you replace the Corsair's spear-leg ?
The combination of bits is well thought-out !

I'm always jealous of your clever/unusual use of parts. He looks great. Must be fun doing a one off. I like the idea of a gemstone cloak.

How about a pinky copper colour for the armour?

Does he have a flame for a left hand? Did you roll up his mutations?

I think MoD is right, this guy would look great standing next to Orlat Vor declaring his presence/body guard. Sort of like a Royal Court servant..

PDH -

His hand is open like he is orating or serenading or something, it just looked suitably arrogant. I didn't roll up any mutations as I really just wanted to make this exact model and I don't know what I would do if he turned out to be a smelly, one-legged frog with a shotgun penis.

I still really didn't want to use any pink for Slaanesh but actually a very pale pink might look good, like his armour is made from coral or something. But then it might clash with the gemstone cloak, hmm I don't know! Usually I have a much stronger idea of what colours to use.

Although he could serve as a 40k miniature as well the problem is that he is huge and would overshadow Friendless somewhat, or at least make the retinue a band of crazy giants. Even the corsair-inquisitor is tall, must be 6'5 at least.

Yggdrasil -

Yeah I replaced his leg with a greenstuff one, and then it didn't look great so I added a robe on top of that. And then the robe didn't look amazing so I hid it with the kneeling corpse.

Llamahead -

I think he will be a lone fantasy character for now at least, my main goal was to take a 40k mini and make it into a fantasy mini, and I didn't think much more about it than that..

 Bruticus wrote:
PDH -

His hand is open like he is orating or serenading or something, it just looked suitably arrogant. I didn't roll up any mutations as I really just wanted to make this exact model and I don't know what I would do if he turned out to be a smelly, one-legged frog with a shotgun penis.

...well I think we all know what your next conversion project needs to be.

Love your work.

Easily the most imaginitive use of Greasus Goldtooth I have seen.

The Slaanesh champion looks awesome. If all else fails you could maybe make a Mordheim warband for him to lead, or maybe even a Song of Blades and Heroes warband. If nothing else you've got a cracking display model

Your Slaaneshi Champion is fantastic, it did take me a moment to work out what miniature it was based on.

May I ask where the crest came from? I love it!

As for colour suggestions, I always look at various Gw and good illustrations online to see what various shades and hues look the best together.

Perhaps pale turquoise and purples?

Like you'd be lucky enough to roll up that combination!

Many many D1000 tables anything can happen..............It is probably a possible result on the full tables.

Just a thought on the slaaneshi champions colorscheme, it may be fun to try some of those new gw glazes over silver, gives it an nice shade/tint. Just a thought.
And your conversions are beyond the believable spectrum. Consider me inspired/jealous/feeling insignificant...

Here's a quick project, a Mordheim Undead warband:



The ghouls are from Heresy (unconverted, I love these models) and the rest of the warband are relatively quick conversions - there is a Necromancer (I literally cannot type that word without first typing Necromunda) with whom I am pretty happy, a crone, a simpleton, a gravedigger and a cowardly hunchback. The vampire himself was a spur of the moment conversion that I hope will look good, made from a Salamander space marine.

And here they are painted:



The vampire is only half painted at the moment as I thought I should spend a bit more time on him than the others, and he has a totally different colour scheme than the rest. They are all pretty much just tabletop standard but I intend to go back and add more details when I get my zombie horde back - then I will base them all together. I don't think I will need 30 zombies for Mordheim but you never know.

The Ghoul holding the baby is such a delightfully unsettling model.

I really dig the colors, and the universal look of drab and dead. Good work!

Brilliant stuff Mordheim was always an awesome game

Yeah that ghoul with the baby is definitely a grotesque model, so is the child ghoul with the head. I haven't played Mordheim before but I'm looking forward to trying it.

EDIT: I must learn to read!

Great conversions as always.

Jake no wonder you've been quiet for a little while. Terrific work.

The filthy hair on the Necromancer makes it feel authentic.

What I assume is the simpleton is my favourite. The simplicity and the movement.

Really clever grave digger, his necklace is ace. I imagine it running around like Thing.

Hang on a sec has the crone got her boobs out?

The heresy ghouls have so much character. Good ol Paul Muller. I always loved the Ghoul King with spade.

I'm holding off commenting on the Vampire until I've seen him painted. Look at you converting 40k to fantasy.

Are you making terrain for Mordheim or making do with your amazing underhive?

Ah these have been done on the spur of the moment over the weekend really, I was reading a rather gruesome book about ghouls (Throne of Bones) and I remembered I had these ghoul models from a while back that I really just bought because of how hideous they are. You know of the sculptor PDH?

The crone definitely doesn't have a wardrobe malfunction, the ghoul with the baby does though, maybe I should add NSFW in the topic title in case anyone here is browsing while working at the world's strictest kindergarten. A few of the male ghouls are flashing too.

This is actually the second vampire I made, the first was from Maugan Ra, but it didn't quite work out. This guy looks OK, but the problem is there are so many amazing ideas for Vampires and you only get the one.

I have a bunch of catacomb tunnel tiles scenery coming from a kickstarter, I can't be arsed to make something from scratch!

Stop it, Bruticus! I almost laughed myself off my chair at this:

Bruticus wrote:PDH -

I didn't roll up any mutations as I really just wanted to make this exact model and I don't know what I would do if he turned out to be a smelly, one-legged frog with a shotgun penis.

and this:

Bruticus wrote: maybe I should add NSFW in the topic title in case anyone here is browsing while working at the world's strictest kindergarten.

Mordheim warband's looking fab! Paul Muller is a very talented - ex GW - sculptor who also did the fantabulous late 90s Chaos Cultists, right?

Yep that's right and the Goramorka Muties and Diggas if I recall

 Llamahead wrote:
Yep that's right and the Goramorka Muties and Diggas if I recall

That's right, how could I forget those? He seems to be really good at sculpting humans -- or at least, human-based mutants.

These Heresy Dark Brethren were also sculpted by him, IIRC, and have some of the flair of the older chaos cultists, if you ask me.

Can we get some close up shots at all? they look great!

Very nice and creepy! The minimalist palette really works here.

The ghoul with the baby reminds me of Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son, which is a good thing.

Bruticus wrote:Yggdrasil -

Yeah I replaced his leg with a greenstuff one, and then it didn't look great so I added a robe on top of that. And then the robe didn't look amazing so I hid it with the kneeling corpse.

Well you did a nice job !

I also bought that model for conversion, but still struggle to figure out what I'll do with the leg... Hence my questions !

Nice job on the Undead warband too

Here's the Blood Dragon vampire as he stands at the moment:



He's not entirely finished - I hit a snag, the shield I ordered was too small so I need to find a much larger one. I think a chaos knight/warrior shield might work but they are all very obviously chaos, does anyone have any other suggestions? I might just have to file a chaos shield down. His base is not finished, I will do all the bases together. He obviously looks quite different to the rest of his gang which was intentional because the Vampire is really a one-man-gang and the rest are just dross that follow him around. But it is also very tempting to make a strigoi vampire as that would fit in the theme of the group more easily.

Blood Dragon's coming along beautifully!

What kind of shield did you order? From a purely visual standpoint, I think this grave guard shield might work. Or maybe one of the ones that come with the Vampire counts set of resin shields?

Unfortunately I think no shield from the undead range will work, they will all be too small. This guy is pretty big. I tried both a grave guard shield and a cold one knight shield, and they look kid sized, like someone shrunk his shield in the wash. Villagers would just laugh.

The Von Carstein upgrade pack shields are amazing, but I think probably too small, and far too expensive to buy just for a single bit.

Beastman shields might be worth a look and personally I reckon one of the flayed skin numbers from the chaos range would work fine with him.

@ Llamahead: That is an amazing idea! What about this shield from the chaos knights? It should definitely work from a scale perspective, and it looks more like an undead shield anyway?

There's also this one, from the same kit, although it might be a bit much.

I think beastmen just have round wooden shields - I don't think vampires would use wooden shields in case they got a fatal splinter.

The chaos range shields seem like my only option, but I don't much like any of them - they either look tacky like the daemon head one, or are wooden, or are covered in chaos spikes. I would love a large coffin lid or dragon wing type. I think the High Elf dragon prince shields are probably too small.

Phew, you're one tough customer

What about the shields from the old metal Dark Elf Knights? Those were cleary dragon/bat wing styled and should fit: They are not exactly huge, but a test fit shows me they don't look completely lost on a Marine arm.

Bruticus - it might be too 'chaosy', but what about the shield from the old Chaos Archaon on foot?
http://war-forge.com/catalog/product/gallery/id/1021/image/2941/

I bought mine from them, here's a link to their OOP line:
http://war-forge.com/chaos-archaon-on-foot.html

Archaon is at least as big as a Terminator.

Keep up the always great work!

Kraut - Yeah sorry, I'm very fussy. But I don't have a very good knowledge of fantasy bits. I don't know what those shields are, but the current cold one knight shields are about 50% too small, I was going to use the medusa one.

Lamby - ah I think the star is a deal breaker, beautiful shield though

Here, have a comparison pic:



From left to right: plastic chaos knight, OOP plastic chaos warriors, metal Cold One Knights, plastic Cold One Knights, High Elf Dragon Princes (I think...).

Hope this helps!

Thanks Kraut, I think that metal one looks perfect, I'll see if I can track one down.

 KrautScientist wrote:
@ Llamahead: That is an amazing idea! What about this shield from the chaos knights? It should definitely work from a scale perspective, and it looks more like an undead shield anyway?

There's also this one, from the same kit, although it might be a bit much.

I think Kraut's first suggestion would look great !

I also lol'ed at the risk of "fatal splinters" with wooden shield

Although I do quite like the Blood Dragon I have decided to use a strigoi vampire - a ghoul king - to lead my group, because I don't want to mess up the ghoul tribe theme. As I already have a pretty large ghoul (which I can use as a ghast in the Mordheim rules) I needed something pretty huge to use as my leader. I love the strigoi that comes with the Terrorgheist set, but I thought I would have a crack at making my own.



It's the savage orc big boss with a head made from a bloodletter, orc arms and pink horror hands.I spent ages blending the new arms to the body but you can't really see that in this pic. I think he looks suitably scary.

Although I really love the ghoul king and will use him for Mordheim, I couldn't resist making a Lahmian vampire as well. This is a conversion I've had in mind for ages, as I was pretty determined to use my decapitated Isabella for something after I swiped her torso. It's a great head, even if mine was rather miscast. This is a pretty obvious conversion in my opinion, not something I would usually do, but it was such a good fit that I just had to do it.

I feel like the Ghoul King just really wants a hug.

I think I like the Lahmian a lot more, but the Ghoul certainly fits more with the theme of the force. Admittedly he seems a little less exciting than the rest of your conversions. He's dynamic and big, but I dunno. Maybe it'll shift when he gets some paint on him. Still looks good, I just have no idea what I envision when I think 'Ghoul King'.

The ghoul king is probably technically the best conversion I've done I reckon, a lot of his head is sculpted from scratch and blending the hands to the arms, and then the arms to the body took ages, I'm very pleased with how smooth it looks. I still need to add some spines to his arms, but I really love the guy. He does look like he wants a hug though. Here is another angle:

It's great work Bruticus, I agree that technically the ghoul is very pleasing but there is something about his pose that makes me prefer your lahmian, yes it is an obvious kitbash but you have executed it perfectly. With the ghoul it may just be the photo, I often find my models get distorted by the lense and don't sit as well on here as they do in real life.

Fantastic stuff and great to see yet more WFB on here, love it.

Hey Bruticus

The Ghoul king is really well sculpted. I didn't realise you'd worked on the face at all from the 1st shot. I'm really impressed with the smoothness of the arms. But I think there is something missing. Something to tie him in with being a vampire...I'd like to see more clothes I think or perhaps trophy skulls..that literally talk to him. Either way it is still a brilliant conversion.

The Lahmia is a brill conversion. Nice and simple and really feels right. Come on the painting.

 PDH wrote:
I'd like to see more clothes I think or perhaps trophy skulls.

Maybe some skulls or bones dangling from a collar, or from that strap running across his torso? Certainly not the most creative solution, but I think it would make him seem more like a bestial vampire.

Beyond that, it's one of the great occurences of unfairness in this hobby of ours that the technically brilliant and highly sophisticated conversion will sometimes garner less love and positive feedback than the comparably simple kitbash one mostly completed as an afterthought -- I feel for you, brother

That said, both models are absolutely ace!

On a mostly unrelated note, I had a look at your Sun Titans model and background for a blog post of my own today, and I remembered how cool both the model and the fluff were -- any news on that particular front?

Definitely. Not saying the model doesn't look awesome, (the conversion IS awesome), but it seems a little plain. What makes him The Ghoul King and not just The Biggest Ghoul in the Graveyard, ya know?

The sculpting is so clean that it looks smooth in the greyscale pic, which is impressive. I think we might like the Lahmia because she's busier. Or has more fancyparts to paint up. I don't claim to properly understand the twisted psychology of us gamertypes.

The ghoul king is definitely more understated than my usual character models, but the group he will be with are quite understated too. I might add a skull or two, but he is already overdressed for a strigoi, with his wolf pelt. I need to add some spines like the ghoul king from the terrorghiest set has. I think he ought to look good with his ghoul tribe, he is really huge - even though I was trying to keep things me restrained I couldn't resist using the savage orc as a base and he is ridiculously big.

Kraut - the sun titan has been painted for a while but I wasn't very happy with it so didn't post it. I will touch up the paint scheme when I feel inspired but I'm really not in a space marine mood currently! I'm not really in a 40k mood actually, I might stay with fantasy for a bit longer!

I really love that Lahmien vampire. It just screams classic horror. Totally can imagine a Morticia Addams type thing going on with her eyes where it appears the direct area around them is lighter, drawing you in as she approaches.

The Ghoul King looks suitably feral, yet holds on to some part of the former regal glory of Strigoi with his bear pelt.

To be honest I like the Ghoul King he looks appropriately large and aggressive but keeping a unrefined theme, the only issue I can think people have is the leg pose ( which of course is down to GW strange posing designs) otherwise top work and I love the head work especially the ears

Lahmia looks great really has a classic horror vibe, simple conversion maybe but executed perfectly now I think you should paint her in a black and white movie format, greys mostly maybe just add a little blood red just to capture the eye.

Love the Lahmian, that DE model definitely screams "Vampire" !!! And the head swap is clever

Did you sculpt the "scarf" around her arms ?

Yep her scarf/robe thing is sculpted, took quite a few attempts! I am tempted to add a hood to it, or a fur trim, but I can't decide.

Fuuuuur.

Besides being fun to paint, it'll give the Cruella Deville bit of pomp to it. I mean really, what's more luxurious than fuuuuur?

...you know, other than bathing in the blood of virgins.

I'm talking about you Elizabeth Bathory!

So how are the Von Carstein and Necrarch coming along?

Well I wasn't going to make a Necrarch or Von Carstein as neither of them appeal to me all that much, and I don't really need a little family of vampires anyway. I had half an idea to make a Necrarch from a Dark Eldar Haemonculous though I didn't want to buy more models while I have such a backlog to paint. But then I couldn't resist putting together a quick Necrarch when I realised I had some parts that would work well.



Obviously very early days, no greenstuff is done yet and the parts are a bit rough in places. It's the evil flagellent head, Bloodletter torso, Kroot arms, pink horror hands, Dark Eldar hellion legs and a cape from a beastman shaman. I think the collar is a possessed Chaos power fist or something. He's bigger than I had originally planned, but it's hard to stop scale creep when using plastic kits (another reason why I prefer to start with lovely finecast figures). He will be levitating, with the cloak billowing along behind him, it was hard to photograph.

In other news, check out my blog (link in sig) for a gallery of new images from Julian Bayliss, one of my hobby heroes.

He looks suitably ancient. I like the possessed finger cowl and the pink horror arms to give the long fingers reminiscent of Nosferatu. Those Hellion legs certainly evoke that floating feeling.The bloodletter torso is probably too big though, perhaps a fantasy zombie chest to highlight his ancientness?

That Julian Bayliss stuff is simply stunning.

I think this particular one has to be my favourite, hands down.



Reminiscent of Kerrigan from Star Craft.

He looks creepy ..

I must have missed the obese slaanesh lord before , just wanted to say , he is most impressive , tricky to paint up i immagine.

btw the new Julian Baylis gallery

http://www.exprofundis.com/julian-bayliss/#comment-44

is brilliant mate.

Been lurking on the thread for a minute. Good work on your stuff. Glad you posted those Bayliss pics. I had the exact same reaction when I saw those marauders in a WD a while back. I think I literally went right out to the GW store and picked up those Marauder horsemen. Bit by bit I've been tearing up those sprues. Maybe one day I'll actually make a marauder horseman...
Anyways, find your stuff inspiring.

Well I cannot seem to go for long without another project surfacing, or resurfacing. This week I will be working on my gameboard, and possibly my epic scenery too:



It won't all be this flat and grey! If anyone has any epic scenery or models for trade, please let me know. I am hording at the moment.

Necrarch looks cool, the only thing I'm not certain about are the hands in terms of scale, what I normally find is that keeping extremities (head, hands etc) as small scale makes the model sit with others better rather than looking overblown in proportion. Have you thought about hands from the ghoul kit?

I'm pretty sold on these hands as then he is throwing these horns, black magic style. They are very long fingers but I think it looks quite creepy. All his proportions are a bit odd as he has Eldar legs and a bloodletter torso.

I think upon second viewing the Bloodletter torso does work.

I'd love to see some kind of representation of him floating, perhaps in the form of energy or dust and bones swirling around his feet.

As you might notice I jump between projects quite dramatically, so instead of finishing my Mordheim warband, here's some Epic scenery:

Under construction - I used styrofoam for the first time, I've never been able to find an online supplier until now. Great stuff, I hacked it up with a bread knife and used a glue gun to assemble it on the fly, and then used filler and debris to blend the ruin parts in - I really enjoy this sort of thing, much more than 'measuring' or 'planning'.





And here is how it looks after some primer and a dusting of grey paint:






It looks pretty cool like this, almost like black and white Stalingrad photography I thought, so I made a gallery on my site, you can see it here: http://www.exprofundis.com/ruins-forge-world-aria/

Next up, I need to paint this and my Zuzzy matt, then I am about ready to play a few games - I've painted up some Blood Angel, Ultramarine and Guard armies. It's not really Epic unless there are titan legions stomping around though, so I have quite a bit of painting still to do.

Daaaamn. That looks like a lot of fun.

I particularly enjoy the first shot of the one really tall building on top of the mountain/hill. That is wicked.

Do you have a pulled back shot so we can see all of it in all of it's grey glory?

...

Why did you not post THE BEST PICTURE?

That wild look in his eyes means something is going to get pounced on. I'll take more pics when I've got some painting done.

The pic with the cat is a classic

Looking forward to seeing your terrain painted.

A warcat titan on the horizon?

Even an Epic Titan is no match for kitty claws

Wow, that scenery looks amazing, you really managed to capture the grimdark atmosphere of the 40k universe. I haven't seen that much Epic terrain that managed to capture that feeling!

I did one building individually as a test, I think the colours are OK but I might try and get the sandstone a bit brighter on the other buildings, and the fire damage and rust a bit darker. I was tempted to go dark grey and black and just accentuate the features of the first set of photos but I can't help thinking that grey buildings are just a bit boring.







I'm torn though, very tempted to make the ground/rocks a much darker shade of grey.

Agreed on making them something other than grey. The sandstone-look allows the buildings to stand out from the rocky ground a bit, and darkening up the rocks would make the contrast pop just a bit more.

I love the vines! How'd you do that?

Beautiful stuff reminds me of Kitten Kong. Those epic buildings are creating an amazing landscape and the more 6mm stuff the merrier

I love the vines! How'd you do that?

It's some lichen, I stretched it out a bit.

I'm still being quite indecisive about what colours to use for things, I think very dark grey would look more striking for the base/board colour with light buildings, but I wonder if going for a light/sand board might look good too, with contrast coming from black, burned areas and the buildings quite close to the colour of the board. The problem is that I am not sure if I like the idea of a dark grey board as I like quite dark models and they might get lost. Hmm!

How about areas of both? There is no reason a board has to be just one colour. Personally if I'd choose one I'd choose the colour that matches your bases. Any plans for Dark Mechanicum monstrosities in Epic?

Turns out I didn't get rid of the Epic 40k box... it was in my mum's attic.



I was a little worried about the contents....



Orks on sprues, ruins on sprues, eldar in a pile (including some metal tanks) and a load of bases. Plus all the card stock. I now remember that I swapped the space marines for eldar, wish I hadn't as now I fancy making a small death guard force. Oh well never mind it probably wasn't really going to happen.

Jake do you want to trade? Maybe an unpainted murder golem for my Slaaneshii Warband?

After a lot of faffing around I think I am happy with this colour scheme. I do think that a dark grey base would make the buildings stand out more, but I think it would mean that a lot of my minis didn't stand out so well. I'm still quite torn, but I think this looks pretty good.





No plans for Dark Mechanicus at this stage, I'm quite keen to recapture the nostalgia of playing Space Marine as a kid, so I was going for fairly traditional armies to start with.


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And a few action shots. I think the Blood Angels in particular look good on this colour scenery.

Are those Ultramarine Whirlwinds the original models or conversions?

Serious nostalgia alert! I had an epic blood angel army once upon a time. And it really was so much more fun making epic scenery.

It all looks beautiful. I like the color scheme you ended up with for the terrain, particularly the variations in the rock faces.

yeah it's definitely a nostalgia trip.

The launchers on the whirlwinds were a Shapeways bit

Beautiful shots really capture the real world proper battle glory of Epic. I'm also really impressed with the Terminator Assault Cannon and the gritty Ultramarines.

Nothing very interesting today, but I have finally painted the Zuzzy mat I bought months ago. I wanted something that would work for Epic and Ash Wastes. The scale is really not right for Epic but I think it will be OK, there are just some large trees on this planet.





I spent ages messing around with the various hues, I think it still looks slightly off and I think that might be because the colours are inverted - the dry mud ought to be lightest and the other areas would be darker. I'm not sure. It was fun to paint anyway. Really great product, and if postage to the UK wasn't so high I would consider buying different designs. It doesn't bother me that it takes a while to ship, or that the company doesn't communicate very well, I'd say it is a better finish than a Realm of Battle and it packs away to a much smaller space, the only drawback is that it doesn't have built in hills.

I just looked them up, and it seems like an excellent option if you don't have a dedicated gaming space. It looks really good! I'm actually thinking about picking up the Despoiled Reaches one for my Heavy Gear game (and whatever else I want to use it for). Maybe paint it up in a steppes/desert sort of theme.

I know the classy thing to do would be to play it cool, but I am quite excited to see my models in Warhammer Visions this month. www.exprofundis.com/blanchitsu

Visions is a bit of an odd magazine, there's some cool stuff in it (like that Shaggoth duel) but only using the latest models in the studio photographs is pretty boring. It seems like a wasted opportunity to stage some lavish battle scenes on exotic scenery, and draw attention to a wider selection of miniatures.

Congratulations, Bruticus. That was just a matter of time. Is that in the new Ork Visions?

It's the Warhammer Visions that just came out today, it has a giant banana Ork toy on the front

Right on! I'll have to pick it up. That's a real honor.

Your Epic models & Scenery just makes me want to go back to that game again !
Congrats !

I agree with Yggs about the Epicness of your Epic project ;-)

Congrats on Visions too.

Well done bruticus- recognition that is thoroughly deserved!

Mate that is brilliant. Well deserved. Love the Eldar slave.

Oh and its great each and every time one of my models appears. Still a massive treat.

After appearing in Blanchitsu I've felt more inspired to work on the various Inq28 projects I have half finished. This is Inquisitor Hawksmoor, Ordo Malleus:

That is...incredible!

Wow!

I stand here in awe of your skills!

Jake that is the most stunning inquisitor model I have ever seen!

Every bit is perfect and you can tell me what the parts are from. Spotted the base model...you've been trawling ebay again, haven't you! I cannot wait to see him painted next weekend.

Ridiculously good, the hammer just makes him look so badass.

stunning model... Every detail is perfect !

Cheers all, I'm pleased with him. Hopefully I won't screw up the paint job

Wow! That dude is awesome!

Great conversion. Cool pose and character.
But most important question: Where did you get that gun from? The big one on his shoulder.

Really none standard look and pose for that Inquisitor. Makes him a unique character rather than an archetype me likey.

 pfibp wrote:
Great conversion. Cool pose and character.
But most important question: Where did you get that gun from? The big one on his shoulder.

At this point, I humbly submit a request for a complete parts list, please!

He is superb! The balance, the pose, all the little bits! Great!

A parts breakdown:

The body is from Kor Phaeron (the the terminator hood cut off), head from a World Eater Rampager, Ork arms, hands and axe haft from the Nurgle lord, hammer head from the Empire general kit (I think).

The psycannon is made from a Zinge minigun and ammo belt, part of a maxmini backpack (I think), Fabius Bile's toxin injectors (Sanctified oils to purify the shells!) , part of a heavy bolter and some gears from a watch. The targetter on the other side is part of an old stormtrooper backpack.

Think that's everything. It came about due to the fact that Kor Phaeron is just an amazing model, great detail on his archaic terminator armour. I wanted to change his pose as much as possible to make it less recognisable so he had to be holding something two-handed. The gun was the only one I had that was the right sort of size and it seemed to fit pretty well, I hadn't planned on adding it originally.

Wow, thanks for the break down. I look forward to seeing some paint on that model. Great epic scenery too.

Amazing! I love the mini mini-gun and its low-mounted ammo hopper. Combined with the power-pack/gun-mount it makes for a really interesting silhouette. You've totally transformed the base model while preserving all of it's wonderful little details (love the mechanical details on the knees and legs). I was not a fan of those world eater heads but it looks great here; I think they were just too big for regular scale (false-scale?) power armor bodies. And I really like the purity seals. Are they plasticard or a white putty?

Inquisitor Hawksmoor, Ordo Malleus:

Know that men call you liar! Know that men call you heretic! Know that men call you abomination! You dare raise a hand to me? I am the Emperor's Will incarnate, and I am your death!

Hawksmoor is a daemonhunter, and while there are those in the Inquisition that wield their power with the precision of a surgeon and strike from the shadows, Hawksmoor is not among their number. An unsubtle man, a man with furious purpose, a man with no taste for compromise or weakness. Sometimes known as 'the bear' for his vast size, Hawksmoor is almost able to stand eye-to-eye with an Astartes. Hawksmoor is a biomancer, though while most psykers use their warp powers delicately and master them through practice and patience, Hawksmoor's ability is almost instinctive, and is triggered by his focus and and fury in combat. Already powerful, when his biomancer's skill takes effect his skin becomes unbreakable and he can swing his relic hammer with unstoppable force. The years, and the trauma of events on the former hive world of Mageddon have taken their toll on Hawksmoor, and his body is ravaged with multiple savage wounds, none of which can be replaced with bionics due to the nature of his biomancy. After Mageddon, Hawksmoor has become convinced that the God-Emperor himself speaks to him in his mind, and posses his body, and thus is he the Emperor's Will incarnate - the mortal instrument through which the Emperor can lay hands upon Daemonkind. This divine purpose manifests to others as erratic, almost berserk behaviour, where the Inquisitor's usual zeal and ferocity is replaced by an almost mindless destructive impulse.











Brother Mythas, Sun Titan Astartes

Little is known of the insular Sun Titan chapter of Astartes, though their harsher critics might say that they are self-obsessed to the point of narcissism, and that in their arrogance they have little interest in the affairs of the Imperium, viewing themselves as gods, living in isolation apart from the mortals they are supposed to protect. After the events of Mageddon the cry went up for the Astartes to protect Profundis, but the Sun Titans failed to respond in an adequate manner. As the regiments of the Guard and the PDF crumbled, the Sun Titans stood apart, their contributions to the war limited largely to orbital strikes. Brother Mythras is one Sun Titan who saw combat on Mageddon, though rarely speaking, and refusing to follow any plan of battle or relay information on the strategies of the Astartes the Space Marine proved himself a lethal combatant, though perhaps one with an apparent aversion to getting his hands dirty.

Corrr, good stuff, mate!

Excellent models and painting bruticus , love the the background of the sun titans too.

There's a lot more Sun Titan background on my blog somewhere. And a short story I wrote too: http://www.exprofundis.com/luceferous/

Both are cracking conversions followed up with great paint jobs!

The sun Titan in particular is superb - would love a parts run down?

Cheers,

Dante

I'll try to remember: the torso (with head) is from the Word Bearer Ashen Circle marines, the legs are from the Emperor's Children Phoenix terminators. His right shoulder pad is a Legion Praetor and I can't remember where the sword is from but it is forgeworld too, and very bendy. The left arm is from a sanguinary guard, but I forget where the pad is from, and where the backpack is from. The cloak is just greenstuff. The iron halo part is from /www.trolls.cz

Thanks for the comment, have you been working any more on your Inquisitor project recently?

Wow, stunning job on both models...

I'm also intrigued about the story of the Sun Titans... I may have to read your fluff some time...

Keep it up !

Great job, Bruticus. Both look brilliant and nice stories behind them.

That Inquisitor is awesome and brutal. He looks like a crazed cyborg. The Sun Titan is the epitome of Astartes arrogance almost Emperors Children style

Unfortunately not done much of anything hobby wise for the last 2+ years! let alone anything on my inquisitor warband - certainly getting inspiration from here to start up on a few Inq28 pieces again though!

Loving your conversion work. The Realm of Chaos style figures on the previous pages are equally awesome!


Cheers,

Dante

Thanks to PDH I found this blog! Damn Bruticus this stuff is cool

Bruticus these newest models are stunning!

I've made progress with my Mordheim Ghoul Tribe. The basic idea is that there is a vampire civil war in the catacombs, a fight for the possession of the Throne of Bones, a gory artifact fashioned by the ghouls for their king, but which has a power greater than the ghouls could have imagined.

The first warband is the ghoul tribe, formerly ruled by Vomikron Noxis, the largest of the ghouls... until the strigoi arrived. Though ghouls are fierce and cruel, a strigoi is fiercer, and far crueler.



The savage orc big boss is a dynamic base model, but very cartoony - even more so than most orcs. I tried to give him some more texture to disguise his origins somewhat.



The tribe is accompanied by hyenas: their mocking laughter echoes that of the ghouls. These ghouls like to laugh, and ghouls are scavengers, like hyenas. Hyenas are far more repellent than wolves, so seemed a better fit for the warband. Converted from some maxmini necrohounds.



I'm not sure if I will be able to run this warband without any non-ghoul henchmen. I might see if I can think of a good counts-as for a ghoul necromancer.



I wanted the strigoi to look really horrific. While ghouls are pretty grotesque themselves, they are almost cute in comparison to the giant, flesh eating, insane vampire that they follow.

Hmm undead civil war...sounds nasty! Really digging the hounds, just downright creepy!

Hyenas are such horrible creatures, I thought these models looked pretty suitable. Wargs from LoTR might also have worked - a similar hunched back and flatter face.

Dregs are basically humans gradually devolving into ghouls. The Necromancer as a Ghoul Shaman also works.

More good stuff from the master of darkness. I would be intrigued to know your photography teqnique on these latest models .

I just used the camera on my phone, daylight from a window and a black piece of paper, then darkened the background a bit in Photoshop. I wish I could take better photos and not rely on image manipulation, but I can never get this sort of effect naturally - the backing paper looked blue-grey before I desaturated and darkened it, for example.

I spent a long time editing the photos of Julian Bayliss' models which were against muddy white or had no contrast at all, and I think they look pretty great, but I think my stuff looks better against black as it is a bit more forgiving and I am a messier painter than Julian!

I love the inquisitor and the strigoi. They look brilliant!
This blog is great. A great source of insperation.
Can you tell me, where the legs of the gholam are from? This mini looks perfect
And the fluff fits perfectly to the model
Keep up the great work

Tzeentch Sorceror Lord

 Llamahead wrote:
Tzeentch Sorceror Lord

Thanks mate! I searched for them for at least a week...
Think its time to get some glasses

It took me some time, but I've finally read the entire blog; great job! I'm curious what you will come up with next

I forgot to post this WIP, he's about ready but I've become a bit intimidated by trying to paint it.

This is a Silica Animus, a construct of the Dark Mechanicus that has achieved artificial intelligence. Known as an AI (Abominable Intelligence) by the Mechanicus, all practices in this area are outlawed, but then the Mechanicus are always so short sighted compared to their dark brothers and sisters. The Silica Animus uses a fusion of mechanical, demonic and biological elements to achieve consciousness, it's endless curiosity and desire to taste and consume new and unusual substances and experiences is held in check only by it's dependence on the ritual sacrifice it needs to carry out in order to fuel it's warp energies. This fail-safe, a limitation implemented by it's creator the Magos Echidnia, is a puzzle it is is enjoying trying to overcome.



The blank disc will have a face drawn on it, the same as the geists. These masks serve to put a human face on otherwise fairly grotesque, abstract creations. Even the Dark Mechanicus can get a bit put off when trying to talk to a machine that has a dripping matter-grinder for a mouth.

HOLY ! That is utterly brilliant. I can't wait to see it painted. Mainly because of the face disc aspect I think that is genius!

Brilliant model but from the fluff I've just got this image of it as a blissed out stoner.........

Actually it's personality was mainly based on my kitten - endless curiosity, just wants to explore and sample everything, combined with standard casual cat cruelty towards anything small that moves. And held in check only by demonic sacrifice.

I imagine it drifting around (the AI not the kitten) plucking up interesting things (flowers, machines, people) and tossing them into it's sampler-grinder mouth to analyse.

 Bruticus wrote:
Actually it's personality was mainly based on my kitten - endless curiosity, just wants to explore and sample everything, combined with standard casual cat cruelty towards anything small that moves. And held in check only by demonic sacrifice.

I imagine it drifting around (the AI not the kitten) plucking up interesting things (flowers, machines, people) and tossing them into it's sampler-grinder mouth to analyse.

that is so creepy and brilliant ! i like that its evilness is not necessarily malicious - just inquisitive.

I have been thinking about ai a bit , but older stuff left over from the men of iron pre heresy period .. or a game where you play an ai trying to get from one area to the other through the walls and cables etc.. no body though.

Just went through the whole blog and daaam. I've always just played normal 40k and never really wanted to play the other games, but your models and narratives arrre sooo cool actually feeling inspired to get onto this myself. Anyway, everything is awesome subscribed

As soon as I saw the Blightking box I had a clear idea for this conversion, it's quite rare that I ever order the exact bits I want and they fit together with no issues, but this guy basically built himself. I had to remove the corrosion (denurglify) on the armour but I still want it to look battered and dented.

This is Borsus, formerly a Blue Whale Knight, but ever since that order was decimated he has been forced to work as a hedge knight, a hired hand and even a pit fighter. Now he is drawn to the Throne of Bones and tales of treasures.

Very cool, he's going to paint up a dream. Funny enough I read back through your blog just yesterday! Very inspiring a second time round.

I've checked out your website too, stunning work. I'd love to hear more about that, please!?

Beautiful conversion. Great green stuff work.

The GS is pretty easy, it's just to fill in holes really.

The Throne of Bones (Mordheim campaign) is moving forwards, a kickstarter a backed a year ago has finally shipped the scenery I need. I'm also half way through a pretty massive other project, I get distracted easily.

What do you want to know about my site?

Whoa, that is an excellent conversion, Bruticus! Wonderful selection of bitz too!

That just works I like his stockiness as well really gives him a character

I was wondering when you were gonna come back with a Throne of Bones update!

I'm in two minds about the topknot. Never really a fan of them and I think he'd look even tougher without it, but this one is actually quite a nicely sculpted one.

I never liked topknots on CSM but I think it works really well here as it brings out the Pit Fighter vibe.

Do you just se the unaltered Mordheim rules or have you come up with anything new and nasty for your custom campaign?

What's the scenary you're waiting on?

I'm waiting on a lot of hirst arts stuff, but cast in resin. There was a kickstarter selling dungeon sets quite reasonably a while ago, although it's been so long that I am not sure I would have chosen to order it if I had known about the delays.

I haven't thought too much about the game really as there is so much to do still. The original idea was Mordheim with mainly vampire only gangs and additional tunnel rules. But it might also turn into something more like Warhammer Quest with random heroes versus vampires.

He is based on my least favourite body variant in the blight king box . It is nice to see what a little bit of filling and filing can do to make a models dynamic totally change. He looks brilliant as a hedge knight.

Do you still want Antler head?

Nice work on him , the arrow and the base are a nice touch, the gladiatorial aspect is really coming through. was your other fat necromunda pitfighter called borsus ? the name sounds familiar..

It'll be good to see the terrain and how you bring it together. Hopefully it doesn't take too much longer to arrive.

The idea of Knights roaming through a Vampire infested city/dungeons is pretty sweet. Have you got any more Knights planned?

Not sure if just adding some items to the existing Mordheim equipment list like plate armour or something?

Oh I just realised why the name seemed appropriate, Migs used it for his Nurgle lord conversion. I had a feeling I'd heard it before somewhere. In that case his name will be Adon. I might use a smaller base size, I think the blightkings are quite an inbetween size.

PDH - thanks but I found a cheap bits source so I'm sorted. I do love that head though, not sure how many I will end up using in the future.

To be honest this is really the only Blight King body I like, I don't really like all the tentacles and wobbly flesh. Or at least, I think there is too much of that stuff for one unit.


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MoD - It should be here soon but I have such a huge list of things to work on I don't know when I will get around to it.

He is a pitfighter now more than a knight I think, I have always been tempted to make a full pitfighter gang, but for now he is just a hired hand. He can go with the witch hunter that Grag sent me.

A pitfighter ogre is really hard to resist. I seem to be drawn to pitfighters, they were my favourite gang in Necromunda too.

After tracking down the Mordheim Pitfighter list I can see why. They seem like they'd be great and diverse for a modelling project. I assume they're fairly formidable combat masters? The Pit King seems like he could be quite a monster given the right equipment/skills.

He's looking great Bruticus. It would seem all the cool kids are converting the Blightkings . I gotta agree with you about all the more Lovecraftian elements(tentacles and wobbly flesh) although I love the new Blightkings i wonder if they haven't forgotten what (at least I think) was the basis of Nurgle's appeal- organic, down to earth matter, rotting things etc. Rather than supernatural, they should be scarily human. After all, in the Empire Nurgle would surely be equated with the blight of crops,plagues and death itself all very human sufferings, rather than magical beasts. I'd actually like to see some thin Nurgley creatures as well, emaciated skeletons, but jovial and happy, perhaps dancing, bringing to mind some esoteric wood cut of pagan cults activities. But , Im getting of topic...

I thought of one detail, which could be interesting and add a cool Blanchian appeal to the pitfighter.... Nails. Maybe hammered into his armour, or in a crown type arrangement around his helmets forehead. The easiest way to make them would be the bristles of a dish brush(got that one from the Spiky Rat Pack) and slices of a thin greenstuff tube. It would be fairly fiddly work, so I don't blame you if you don't want to try it.

Iv'e been working on some more Mordhiem terrain myself, hopefully for some games soon, so I look forward to what you cook up. If its anything like what you've been describing, it'll be a great show.

I love the hedge knight / pit fighter! One of my favorite blighting conversions so far. The arm positions you chose work very nicely with that stance, and the armor looks great; de-nurglified but still dented and worn.

 Bruticus wrote:

 Casey's Law wrote:
Very cool, he's going to paint up a dream. Funny enough I read back through your blog just yesterday! Very inspiring a second time round.

I've checked out your website too, stunning work. I'd love to hear more about that, please!?

What do you want to know about my site?

Haha, I'm not really sure I just found it quite exciting. When did you set it up? I went through the fluff today, drew me right in, very good work. I guess I would like to know what made you take the leap to setting it up and what are you working towards, if anything?

 Bruticus wrote:
I'm also half way through a pretty massive other project, I get distracted easily.

Who doesn't? What's this massive project that you're keeping secret from us?

He's inspired by Basuzo and some other villains from Berserk (I love Berserk so much). You can see him here but I can only find the clip in German for some reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npm9sk9fCR8

I've been meaning to do pitfighters for a while, I love how they have different fighting styles like 'undead style'. And this conversion just seemed so obvious it had to be done. I don't know about adding nails - sounds like a good idea but honestly I have so much to do hobby-wise that I'm trying to cut corners where possible!

I think the stance is OK, I would have preferred his legs to be a bit squarer. I should probably have fixed them but again, cutting corners!

I think Nurgle works better when it has the grim reaper aesthetic. Skeletal, rusty, withered etc. The occasional big guy is cool, which is why the first Nurgle lord looked great - he was stood next to all these little hunched things (at least, in my mind he was). I'm not sure when all these tentacles started, maybe with Festus? I don't like tentacles or stomach-mouths at all, nor the cartoony monsters.

I need to expand my site to include the other areas - Profundis is the Inq/Necro/40k stuff but I also have Throne of Bones which is Mordheim and the new project. Not to mention all my Epic stuff, but that doesn't really have any narrative to it.

I don't have time to make all the models I want to, I'm really slow at the hobby. I think the site lets me get across more ideas than I could do if I just did a few models. I intend to write more fluff for it all, I mean I have huge amounts of Profundis story and fluff and character designs but it's difficult to process it all. I need an assistant to paint things for me!

Unfortunately Meade seems to have vanished and he was helping motivate me for the 40k stuff, so that's all dried up now. I am focused on the other projects and the secret one is nearly ready to reveal.

What a lot of waffle. TLDR - too many ideas, not enough time.

Wait wait wait, what is "the new project"? :O

Ok, not sure how or why, but for some reason I've not stumbled across this before, even though I've seen Hawkmoor and the Geists before - probably on Peter's or Neil's blogs I'm guessing.

Outstanding stuff here, some really excellent work going on. The Sun Titan marine is very nice, lovely ornate armour. Really, really impressed with the Sin Eater though, that is a great model you've created there.

Going further back, some nice work on the gangers, good refresh of the Van Saar in particular, although I have to confess a soft spot for the pit slaves - bio-mechanical mash-ups are always going to be my bag

Also loved your Slaaneshi marine, although the exarch backpack was a bit annoying as I've had that in mind for some time myself Likewise when I first saw your geists - thought some interesting servitors could come out of those spores...and hey...they did

Great stuff all round, keep it coming, it all makes good feed for the dark-forge