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I click on this thread to see a thundehawk, and I get some awesome guard, then awesome blood angels and then awesome space wolves ( which are my fav) then we get a landspeeder with wheels, and then a thunderhawk. Sir I throw my hat of to you, very impressive blog indeed. Mabye the landspeeder could hav rear wheel turning?

MajorTom11: with such cold winters we have nothing to do but sit inside, curl up and spend many dark hours on the hobby

WarMill: I did not make the tutorial but the guy who did was definately thinking! I'm sure there is less need for it now that the GK kits are out but this is defiately good for bits saving. It was super easy and I didn't even waste a single head. Just take less than more until you get the hang of it.

Regnak : Thanks!

Young_Logan : I imagine the rear wheels would spin on the speeder; at least that is the easiest explanation. Sorry for the thread being so random (I'm all over the place with it) but I do have many projects! The Space Wolves are my favourite small models too and were so fun to make that I'll be doing 5 chaos thousand sons conversions from terminators into oblits. I just have to wait on some parts (though that will likely be 4-6 weeks since I haven't ordered yet and the supplier isn't returning my emails. It may be chaos but I'll toss the stuff in here too, along with the dreadnought conversions I've done when my camera is up.

Nice looking hover bike, I thought about doing a large circular intake on my hover bikes but couldn't figure out how to pull it off so went another route.

Great blog over all - Subbed

I realize this is a completely different topic than my original, but I've had a new desire to work on my chaos army (which was never mentioned here I believe) and as this will likely only be a handful of models (all of which will standin as loyalists anyway with the exception of the daemon princes) I didn't want to start a new thread.

I really wanted to have a daemon prince ever since I started the hobby. After looking through a lot of online images months back I decided that I needed something to make a small unique force that I could add to my existing marines. I've gone down a road where I've sold off all of my xenos and have a large collection of marines and guard now. I've also sold off a lot of my old painting that was sub-par to my current level and worked toward having multiple 'small' armies that can work together and mix and match. As an example, my drop pods, terminators and devastators are all Space Wolves, my tanks and assault marines are all Blood Angels, my fast attack (speeders/bikes) are all Night Hawks and someday I will have tactical marines that are all roman-esque ultramarines or custodes. I see no reason why select groups of marines would not form multi chapter forces and it actually looks cool on the table to see multiple chapters present. Of course I pick 1 codex to pull rules from at any given game and basing all of my models the same helps them mesh well.

Further to this, I really liked my space wolf conversions as it was quite fun to do and I love the look of the beefy shoulder pads. I've ordered a bunch of chaos terminators and conversion parts to make Tzeentch terminator sorcerers which will be my obliterators. I've also put together a few dreadnoughts though none have seen paint. This way, my dreadnought detatchment (see above) will be thousand sons. I dislike tentacles and spikes and the more pre-heresy look of my models will help them in this regard. I don't believe there will be any issue with my Tzeentch dreads looking good beside my loyalist marines in a battle since they're just imperial models painted to the same scheme as my daemon prince. Recent recruits right? The oblits also won't be super chaos like and also should be fine to use along-side loyalists. Giving everything (not the daemon prince) an egyptian look but not painting thousand sons scheme will also help to give the image in chaos games and not pigeon-hole me when they're substituted in. I realize some die-hards may be against this but the hobby keeps getting more expensive.

Anyway onto the model (click to zoom in)


I'm really trying to work on my gold trim and I tihnk it's a sweet contrast with blue. The wings were done with adeptus battlegrey and 2 washes of badab black which gives it some easy texture. I went pretty heavy on the washes here which seemed to turn out alright (the blue is done with astronomicon grey and a blue wash). Since I've never painted blue really (aside from a librarian) I sort of went for a really bright look. I'm not usually a fan of bright colours on 40k models but daemon flesh should stand out I think.

I have a 2nd prince to paint up as well and will post him eventually too. Enjoy.

looking good bro.

I think it's done minus a small touchup on that left shoulderpad where the gold ran over.

I took the same base model of course but I wanted him to have a giant weapon and hated the stupid middle finger that he was giving (with both hands!). So I cut off a significant portion of his middle fingers (I'm not a puritan; but the model just looked dumb). I cut all of the fingers off of the right hand and reattached and green stuffed them to hold the axe. I also wanted him to look suitably magic so he's holding a ball of energy. I'm going to do something similar on the oblits.

My obliterator parts mailed so I should be able to start on those - or my Dystopian ships whichever comes first.

Here's a sneak peak of the oblits (Tzeentch Sorcerers) I'm working on (parts came in today). I have to make some sort of small magical flame or something in his hand.


I don't really think the helmets work in the dread though. They're narrower than a marine helmet but the same height. Maybe that idea will now go out the window and it'll be back to the drawing board on what army to make these 3 dreads part of.


As for the daemon princes, in a very fluff based army, my friend and I (chaos) fought two marine players using 3 daemon princes. Yeah ok so not fluffy at all but at least only 1 of them was lash! We mopped up with them. It was fun to use my first MC ever (Strakken doesn't count).

I love the look of the Tzeentch Sorceror.

I also think that if you put wires that go into the sides of the helmet on the dreadnought, it would look pretty good and bulky.

I've juts sold off a valkyrie and 2 medusa tanks that I had and I'd like to put that money toward some basilisks. I love the image of them and would like to make two Armageddon pattern enclosed cab style. Has anyone ever seen a template for this compartment? I've seen a few scratch builds that looked pretty terrible (and a few good ones) but no templates for it.

If anyone could PM me such a thing that would be great!

I also just finished putting together a cadian-esque Marbo which I'll paint up and share soon.

This is probably the best place to start looking can't remember if their was the Armageddon pattern on there but it's worth a first check http://paperhammer40k.com/

I finally was motivated to build and paint a Cadian Marbo counts-as. He's WYSIWYG and has all of the parts he should. I went with a darker fatigues scheme than the rest of the army but he should still fit right in among the rest. I also tossed on some las burns on the shrine that he's hiding behind using MIG pigments; I really like these things.





Corporal Chevy "Ace" Lampoon
As a veteran of many conflicts Corporal Lampoon found himself in command of his platoon following the untimely death of his platoon leader. Lampoon quickly slew the three gaunts that managed to close on their position with a fury that inspired the surrounding men. Despite this, when the men looked to him for orders he simply froze. Years of following the orders of others while in the personal retinue of his platoon commander had turned him into a man of action; not a chiefan to direct others. Unable to direct the remaining men, the platoon fell into disaray and was quickly overwhelmed. Though the war was not lost, how Lampoon managed to survive this encounter is not known.

Shamed by his actions (though tale of it never did reach high command) the corporal resigned to play a more solitary role on the battlefield in an attempt to attone for his failure without the weight of others' lives on his shoulders. With the ever constant guilt of his former platoon's death haunting him, Lampoon can be seen throwing himself into the most dire of situations in an attempt to turn the tide of battle. Be it eliminating the leader of an enemy warhost, scattering elite troops or destroying key armour, Lampoon appears from the shadows only to draw the attention of entire enemy regiments. How he survives the greivous wounds he inevitably suffers in the aftermath is anyone's guess.

Nice. The fluff is great, perfect for Marbo. That conversion really means business too. Very cool.

Love the fluff, works perfect!
Also the miniature is pretty cool, though I've always been a fan of the two handed grip for rifles and carbines

sc0ttfree wrote:Love the fluff, works perfect!
Also the miniature is pretty cool, though I've always been a fan of the two handed grip for rifles and carbines

Well then good thing that it's a "Ripper Sniper Pistol" and not a rifle or carbine Just ignore where all of the parts came from ha ha ha. Thanks for the comments guys.

TheAmbit wrote:

mmmh, don't really like so much the leg........a rounded one for the up and different way for the low.....use same style, IMHO

FantasyBob I agree with you completely. I'll rip those off. On my other two I actually used inverted round ones so that they meld a bit better. Thanks for the suggestion I'd not noticed how dumb it looked.

I finished off my counts-as Mepheston. I really didn't like the current metal model so I took a Sanguinary Guard model and added on a grey knight rear torso for a psychic hood. The large two handed sword (and his mind power!) should show the Strength 10 beasting and the backpack will show off his other power.

I didn't want a standout blue body with my army (which is mostly an armoured core) so I stuck with a blue shoulder pad.



The only thing I wasn't happy with is the face on the leg. I don't even like this part of the model truth be told but the bits order I placed couldn't provide the one I wanted. I suppose you make due with what you have.

I just noticed I missed the gem on his hilt; will have to fix that. I'll also post a better picture in the future when it's light out. The white balance is all messed up in this one.

I love those GK helm terminators you made! The Terminators boxed set came with like a dozen heads so I had a ton of spares, and started applying them to my Sergeants, veterans, and Chapter Master/Captains.

I wish you had finished some of those Valkyries - some sexy flying machines those are.

Also, thanks for the jetbike tutorial - I was going to do one of those for my bike Captain but didn't know where to start.

I didn't know the terminator box had so many extra heads. I used SW which only had 5 of the helmet variety. Does it look strange on your non terminator models?

The valkyrie just wasn't speaking to me on a modelling standpoint and while it looks awesome, it stands out like a sore thumb on the table and never lived very long. They're a great model but suffer from what I feel is a requirement to spam.

I hope you can make some bikes out of the parts you have. My attempt was very simple (I've seen some awesome ones done with eldar parts) and I tried to avoid having to purchase bits (I had all those left overs).

Better image of Meph:

Wow February?! This army has been done for a few months but I never got around to taking any pictures. I may add a few more long fangs (the remainder of my old devastators are soaking in greenstuff) but as far as I'm concerned this army is complete.

Here is a full shot of the army:


Followed by a left to right pan




My Logan Grimnar


And my favourite of them all:


Also, an amazing excerpt from a 1250 point game I played:
I win the roll to deploy first and set up my longfangs in the 4th floor of a building within my 12" deployment and keep all of my pods in reserve; my Raven Guard opponent sets up across from me with a rhino full of troop and a jump pack squad with Korvydae beside it hidden behind a single floor building.

Depsite his deployment I could see a single marine and the tail end of the rhino with the long fangs though of course conveying cover. I drop pod 10 marines (though these were completely insignificant as you will see).

I split fire my longfangs with 3 on the rhino and 4 on the single marine I can spy. Of the units that shot the rhino only 1 shot got through (attributed to my Wolf Guard Termie)

Two jump pack marines die from krak rounds and the rhino explodes. The exploding rhino kills 5 marines inside and 3 adjacent assault marines. The assault marines fail their leadership roll at the end of the phase and run off the table (with Korvydae) and the rhino squad then fails their 25% loss leadership and falls back off the table as well.

After this single round of shooting (my terminators didn't even fire their combi weapons) my opponent has had approximately 600 points run off the table. Needless to say the game was over at that point and I awarded my Wolf Guard a special Raven Guard decal on the underside of his base to remaind and taunt my opponent. Cried of Long Fang power aside, the whole thing boils down to a single lucky shot from one model with a missile launcher that killed a rhino and 8 marines and my opponent's terrible luck with rolling that game.

Pure win

So I managed to purchase someone's IG collection for the price of 1.5x Leman Russ tanks (like my new monetary unit that transends countries?). The pieces were not in that great of shape but lets say it will be easy to divide up and sell everything for the price of around 4 Leman Russ hulls and get to keep two hulls for myself!

So what have I made? Well I wanted another Vindicator for my Space Marines (of any chapter really) but after making the tank couldn't really paint it as one. Looking through Imperial Armour there is the IG Thunderer which is essentially a vindicator with better armour. So there you have it. I'll paint it up to match my IG army and use it in both my SM games and IG games as either a Thunderer or a counts as Vindicator. I really like the idea of having a combined arms look to a table top army so having some IG in my marine army (not rules wise) will look cool.



The hellstorm cannon from a baneblade I think (found in my bits box) fit exceptionally well with a bit of spacing into the lascannon mount. Paired with a few other additions, including removing the turret ring, it has the profile of a vindicator and a unique look to it.

With the last hull (I would have kept more but didn't really have any ideas - he had a lot of tanks) I decided to give my IG a unique looking vehicle. To match my Space Wolf army and to fit with their old 3rd edition fluff I made a Leman Russ Exterminator. Luckily the tank hull is the old original design which is more boxy (and old means old right?) so it should be the best option for my older looking space wolves that are painted as 13th company. The autocannon gun from the new kit fits perfectly into the old turret. Well done GW.



I squeezed a marine into the copula and added a dark angels tech marine helmet (the symbol was filled in with GS). In game this bad boy will count as Pask in a Leman Russ Executioner which actually explains the BS 4 (just like a marine!). If I use it alongside my Space Wolves there should be no issue among my friends counting it as a Predator with las sponsons.

I'll keep everyone updated with a final painted shot.


In other news I decided to join the blog craze and keep one of my own.
The Hobby Ambit

I doubt there will be much unique there that I wouldn't share with everyone here but it will be a nice way to keep everything sorted and easily searchable for anyone interested in my stuff. I'm going to slowly update it with all of my previous stuff as well.

I really like the Vidicator-counts as. Very creative use of bitz, and a stellar looking model. Looking forward to seeing some paint on it.

Apparently I wasn't finished with them...

I couldn't help but power through painting this thing. I was so happy to make it and then after using it in a game (as a Leman Russ Exterminator with Pask) it has earned a spot in my army. It may not be the best heavy support IG can take but it sure was fun to use and struck fear into my opponent. Painting it was a lot of fun too. I've been going nuts with my new air brush as of late (well it's six months old at least but I haven't bothered or had the courage to use it until a few weeks ago). This guy really fits in with the rest of my Space Wolves too and will play as a Predator in games when its not used as a Leman Russ.


I really wanted the tank to look battleworn but not rusty. Just like it had been shot at quite a few times after a nice fresh coat of paint. I suppose that doesn't fit SUPER well with being 13th company (I read the codex and it does say that they have 'limited' armour so I can have one). Who knows, maybe ceramite doesn't rust? Actually I'm sure someone knows...

I had a spare Dark Angel tech marine head and tossed that on the tank commander. I'd assume he'd be an Iron Priest and all renditions I've seen don't paint him red. I did go with the black and white cog eye piece though which helps to add a bit of colour to a grey model.









Next up, Space Wolves Dreadnought...

Don't forget to check out my blog http://theambit.blogspot.com/

Space Wolf Dreadnought!





He's taller than a normal dread and has a large hammer crafted out of a drop pod missile pod and some old las cannon parts from a leman russ. I also wanted some wolf pelts but wasn't that good at green stuff sculpting so I fit the terminator cloak to him. I did GS the gaps in the pelt and the portion on the rear where the army would have went.

Now that I'm painting this thing (and I feel it is finished) aside from a few small touches... Should the armpits and such be metalic/black/dark etc. or is it ok to match the whole armoured plating? Also, the insides of the chest 'windows' I'm not pro enough to freehand. . . anyone forsee a visual problem with this?

I finished off the last bit of my Space Wolves Dreadnought this morning. After a varnish I'll put a decal or two in the thigh guards to seal the deal but otherwise he should be ready to kick some chaos skulls in. . .

I sponged this guy pretty liberally to make the damage stick out. I also wasn't drawn to the face enough so I painted his nose spike gold to match everything. I was scared of going a bit overboard on the gold and making it look to gaudy but I think this is just enough to fit in with my terminators.

I also use da bit of tausept ochre drybrushing on the roof by the lamp to make it appear on. The arms come off so that I can swap in other weapons. He'll likely end up a rifleman most of the time.

I have two more that I am in the midsts of painting (Iron Fist and Blood Angel) and could likely get another done this week. I'm not really likely the yellow on the imperial fist though but am not sure why. I just am not a yellow guy I guess. Soon enough I'll have a nice little band of dreads to move around. Because of this (and the different chapters involved) I think the 'extra' weapons are going to be painted black and non descript so that they fit on all 3 torsos and don't look out of place.

That dreadnought is awesome.

I finished off the Space Wolves Dreadnought's flamboyant brother. This guy turned out a bit too flashy for my liking but there's little to do about that now. I'm not really a big fan of all of the banners. . .



I do like purity seals but maybe I shouldn't have gone sofar with all of the parchment. Who knows... What can you do! Maybe not take photos so zoomed in

This guy has removable arms like the other and will be used as an ironclad or furioso depending on the army book I choose to use. Eventually finishing off the trifecta will be my Imperial Fist Ironclad though I'm not sold on the in progress painting I've done.

I couldn't find a pattern online for an armageddon pattern basilisk hull so I decided to make my own armoured crew compartment. I really wanted a low profile compared to what was offered so instead of attempting to copy the forgeworld model I improvised. . .

I cut out the typical heavy bolter hull mount and made a craddle for the earthshaker. You can see the tripod it rests on in the picture to the left. I also made the cannon mobile but after I finish it up it won't move anymore. I'm going to add cloth to the opening where the cannon comes out of the hull to cover up the lack of interior. From what I've read this is done with glue and cloth/tissue/gauze so it won't be able to move at that point.

The model now has the height profile of a leman russ without a turret so it looks really slick compared to that ugly shield on the stock model.

I think I'll make one more and sell my third one. Two should be enough for most games I play. That will put me at seven heavy support options using 5 seperate model varients so I already have too many to squadron up. I don't see any need to run 3 of these together.

I made some progress on painting the rest of my armoured company but ran out of graveyard earth. Base coating 8 tanks used up an entire paint pot and I only managed to get a 2nd coat on 4 of them. Off to the store to buy more so I'll have enough to do these basilisks.

Great job on the basilisk. It looks great and still fits in well with the 40k universe.