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Yes to me it screamed buy me use me for your confrontation forces and then wait a second I own most of the characters for a Beastman force hmmm how many of these models can I reuse.....
If you weren't aware of the range have a look about theres loads of other beautiful models a lot of which have found a home in my Conclave of Hrin blog.

Great. I need another entire range of models to want.

Ooooo I approve of this, what size pointwise are you aming at? But anyways keep it up man

I know Skalk I stopped after 5 races because they moved to prepaints I might end up getting the other 7 and replacing the models which ended up in my 40k armies and this project..........

Trondheim thanks a lot. I have no real points target prefering to jus add regiments I want and models I want. It'll grow until I get bored and as I've decided to grow it into a Chaos Warrior list as well it'll get a fair bit larger. I've never had a real list and have just ground out rank & file. I prefer making an organic collection with a little of what I fancy than a competitive list. It's got to the stage where I've completed the Beastman book (as in at least one model I can use for every regular regiment) so not much more to add actually.....Certainly no real new regiments from the Beastman book anyway.

Having said that here's another Troll based on the Spawn Kit again.

I've decided to make a far more effective tournament list with the Chaos Warriors and so naturally have decided to add those undisputed powerhouses the Forsaken to my list......
Actually I know there a bit rubbish as a regiment but as an excuse for mutant conversions their ace......

I'll probably do 10 of these and paint them as unique characters while I'm working in Scotland to give me some variety. I've said it before and I'll say it again the Spawn kit is exceptional I've just never used it for a Spawn model.

Llamahead wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again the Spawn kit is exceptional I've just never used it for a Spawn model.

Ha! That was excellent. I have used Spawn bitz in so many of my conversions but I've never built a Spawn.

Your Forsaken model are absolutely perfect and are going to fit in w/ the rest of your army beautifully. Looking forward to seeing how things go.

Thanks Skalk. I'd made a deliberate spawn and an oh yeah I've gone to far to call that a regular Gor and it'll fit fine on a regular base before I got the normal spawn kit. With 7th Ed rules I definitely didn't want more than 2 and with 8th Ed rules while there more tempting I can't really see wanting more than 2. I'd probably recommend investing in a spawn kit to anybody after mutants and Chaos worshippers though.

Forsaken's up to 10 may get a shot before I undercoat them depending on inclination. Got my Razorgor Chariot done up. Quite happy with the job on it. The chariot itself is a Corpse Cart pulled by a Heresy Hell Beast. The regular Gor Crewman has an Ork Slaver whip hand and is an elderly metal Gor. The Bestigor crewman is a Drune Warrior with a Kelt Centaur Double Handed Weapon. This was a blast to paint and I think looks good. Although that Hell Beast must be very strog to pull it around.

Very unique painting style, almost vintage feel to it.

Keep it up!

Thanks I guess the main reason for that is that I started painting in the late 90's and so what was in WD at the time is how I feel they should look. Another aspect to it is the fact I still haven't brought any of the current generation of Beastman plastics objecting to the change fro £18 for 20 to £15 for 10 and so decided to use Ebay and old metals to bulk up the numbers....

It's taken well over a year but here he is the Cygor.

He's far less blue in real life I promise.

Painted up the first of the Forsaken. He's not one I've shown before. I personally find the probosci, claws and maw combo quite disturbing. Hope you enjoy him.

Finished my last two trolls

Both got the mutant treatment. The one with the sculpted leg and chaos giant foot is as I lost the leg it's in my bitz box somewhere. I used that claw arm as I've been meaning to for a while. The other got the Beastman Standard head as I felt like it and received the Giant lump of rock swinging head as I'd been doing soe flail guys to give my Marauders/Beastmen some more flexibility
I've also got some Forsaken for you to enjoy.
The first used a Skaven and Chaos Spawn arm on a Drune Warrior body with a Beastman head. I'm not that happy with the painting but well.....

The second used a Spawn Head and some Ghoul legs thats it it was lovely and simple

I'm currently considering where to go. I'll be cutting down on modelling for awhile as I've got a short contract up in Scotland. I'll bring the Forsaken up which will provide some painting. After that I want to add some Warriors elements. The obvious one is the Knights and the GW kit is too good to pass up on. I've also got my ideas on a few Malifaux characters. Along with these goons I want to source some of the old plastic chaos warriors as they'll suit this project more. As well as that I'm planning on some Chaos Dwarves to be mixed in for fun. Longer term I want some sort of Hellcannon and a Stagecoach based Chaos Shrine. However I might prioritise adding some armour to my Zulus or the models to make the Hrin a battle worthy force. Or to be honest with the Hrin the random models I feel like painting. Decisions, Decisions!

Minor updat just to let people know I'm still around. Been without net access in Scotland for 3 months. Got sme painting done while I was up there and finished of the Forsaken.

Hey, good to hear from you! I was gone for quite a while and you were already gone once I got back. Looking forward to seeing more converted madness from you when you have the chance.

Cheers Skalk and you'll certainly get some. I've been reading the Tome of Corruption and some of the older Nurgle Fluff and I'm planning to expand this force (Basically I've decided the day I was working outside in a gale and it was raining cats & dog's pay is going on fun stuff). I've got some boxes of Chaos Knights on order and I'm also planning on acquiring some of the Mantic Ghouls and Zombies for the Marauders/Plague Victim element. Chaos Warriors will hopefully come in off ebay but I've also got a crazy scheme involving an Ogre Kingdoms Iron Blaster in the Grim Darkness of the Far Future.
Here's a little bit of the painting I did while I was in Scotland for now. I'll be splitting the models up so I can describe them in more detail and so I can post more frequently.

I'm glad you are back and have some projects coming up.

What is the miniature you posted? It looks "wrong" in a really cool and creepy way.

It's Zoraida the Swamp Hag another of my Malifaux models Skalk. It's a great range for slightly more oddball and subtle character models. I've got my eye on some more when finances pick up slightly more.......

Today is a very special day it's my first Compleat Llamahead post ever that means I have something new going up on all 4 blogs.
Check out the Conclave of Hrin (http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/279068.page), the 24th Islandlwanda (http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/252579.page) and the Orky Scratchbuilds (http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/356363.page#3178775) for more.

Here its another of the Forsaken. This wee beasty was created using utter simplicity a pair of the old clanrat legs, a spawn appendage and some eyes. Add glue and hey presto jobs a good un!

I'll be posting up these fairly regularly for a while as I've got several done but I've decided to spread them out a bit.

This next member of the Forsaken was an experiment in skin tones. The nice part about regiments like this is their great to try new techniques. This was given a far greener skin tone and I'm happy with it. The conversion is simple I used a Drune body (Confrontation these spares ended up in the Forsaken as I'd acquired the War-Staff on E Bay for the standard and that was it). The head is a Wargames Factory Orc look which give a nice subtle mutated vibe. Another good result of this was that the difference in how the heads joined the body (Drune heads had necks Orcs didn't) lead to a great sinister hunchback look. The arms are the old Skaven Clan rat tails with Knifes I have several of these as they made the regiment difficult to rank up.

Yep another day another Forsaken. Hans and Hans he uses two Wargames Factory Orc Heads, 1 set of Orc Legs, a set of Celt Rider legs (from the Centigor waaaayyyyy back) and a spawn appendage. Never through anything away!

I've also celebrated my return home with some rank and file these 4 reprobates can either be used as Gor or Marauders. I'm particularly happy with the flail guy the ghoul head WGF Orc torso and Grave cart Zombie legs make a real creepy dual purpose model. To be honest I'm only photographing these guys because I think they show how far I've moved on from the earlier days of the project.

How do you think this stuff up? Do you sort though your bitz box and suddenly *gasp!* there it is, or do you have a clear idea before you srat, or does the model build itself once you start with a part like torso or legs?

Either way, you build some of the most truly disturbing things and I really enjoy that.

Some start off with a relatively clear plan. When I started the Forsaken I knew I wanted a guy with long tentacular arms and the skaven tails was a perfct way to do it. Most however start with a vague idea like a guy with flail and I begin just grabbing things from my bitz box and mixing them until I find a combo which looks good. This is helped by the fact that I chop every part of the sprue as soon as I get it and split them up based on type rather than source. This means I end up being unable to assemble them in a stock manner without a lot of effort. I usually dry assemble as well and try and get interesting combinations. A lot of these admittedly result from wanting to get as many possible models out of my bitz box....


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Agood example of a planned one is my Chrono Gladiator in the Hrin blog. I'd seen the one you'd done and felt like making something similiar. I rummaged through what I had in my bitz box found the Cypher Lurkhan I'd got from Ebay and two old spare ork power klaws. after that it was easy.

Llamahead wrote:It's taken well over a year but here he is the Cygor.

He's far less blue in real life I promise.

Dude! I remember being excited to see this, and then I totally missed when you got around to it. Looks grand as a Cygor, and nice blue

- Salvage

Thanks Boss Salvage in real life its more of a blue green but I'm happy with it and I reckon my repaint looks better than the prepaint so I'm happy. It's one of the counts as decisions I'm still happy with......
Here's yet another Forsaken

A simple combo of ghoul legs, spawn arm and zombie head make an utter nutter.


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Oh and I've managed a Compleat Llamahead for Friday as well!

Here's todays Forsaken

He was made simply by using Wargames Factory Orc legs and torso a Beastman head and a Spawn arm creating a nice one limbed freak effect.

I also caved in and brought two boxes of brand new Chaos Knights as well as a few second hand new beastman plastics from my FLGS. The knights are utterly wonderful kits and great fun although to baroque and ornate for my tastes. I assembled the kit pretty much as is but used a Beastman Axe, Drune Head and Beastman shield to make a less ornate more barbaric model.

I also have the Mantic Undead on order and a bunch of Chaos Warriors winging it's way from the mystical land of Ebay. I'm planning to paint them like this guy. Bronze Armour, Steel Details with Flesh and Greens to taste.

Does this seem like a reasonable scheme?

The Basic plan is to use Marauder/Cultists/ Plague Victims/Diseased Flagellants as Marauders. Centigors will be Marauder Horse while controversially my Trolls will count as Ogres (actually no Trolls). I also have a cunning plan to convert an Ironblaster into bot a Warshrine (Using the Chariot bit) and a Hell Cannon using the Cannon bit. That'll be longer term and I'm cogitating on how to create the carriage for the Hell Cannon, any suggestions?

Its another Compleat Llamahead today with another Forsaken. This bloke uses the bony claws and head from the Spawn kit on a Forsaken body.

Heres another Forsaken just one more to go.

He uses the Torso from the Corpse Cart Halberd, Zombie Guts, a Marauder Head and 2 Chaos Spawn Arms. Hope you like him.

That is exactly what I am talking about! The other night I was trying to make a Mutant that had HUGE arms and withered legs, so it used it's arms to walk. I didn't have the right bitz and the things I tried to do w/ GS failed. I really do love the conversions you do. The one from yesterday is stunning as well, I recognize most of those bitz. The Beastman w/ the one massive arms is another great example. Your conversions are deceptively simple. Just because one may have the right parts does not mean they will put them together in such a fashion to pull of what you have done here.

And I like the color scheme on the Chaos Knights.

Cheers glad you like the colour scheme idea. A lot of it I suspect is practise and to be honest I think it's crucial that I enjoy it. Modelling is the part I enjoy so I spend some time at it playing about rather than a chore so I get good results.

Here's the last of the Forsaken

He was made on a whim I realised that the neck on the ghoul torso was about the same as the end of this tentacle thing and I couldn't resist making a snake thing. I gave him two ombie heads and a scythe. Well thats it the Forsaken are done and heres the group shot......

Just a quick newly painted Troll. I've also got the warriors from Ebay about to go into a Dettol bath to get the paint off it works fine on plastics.




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I've also changed the Blog title to refflect this expansion....