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Those Tanks are very nicely weathered!

Just read front to back and saw that I posted on page 3. Duh. I must not have subbed the thread before.

Brilliant work! I like this thread a lot. Your GS work is inspired and very well done, a fitting tribute to Papa Nurgle and the spirit of the Death Guard.

I'm all caught up now and really looking forward to more!

@ Flying Pooo - Tah very much buddy!

@ Skalk Bloodaxe - Many thanks mate! Lol I did notice you had posted on here way back, but it was a long time ago. As for inspiration, it was your plog that inspired me, so thankyou very much for kick starting me into this project again. I'd forgotten how much I enjoy modelling as a whole.

Not a lot to report today, though I have been busy scrubbing like an abused housecarl! I got all the troops out of the 'sheep dip' (1/1 solution of Dettol, a household detergent) and went at them with a toothbrush! About an hour later, and they're back in the soak (Ariel washing detergent) to breakdown the Dettol and get them ready for drying and priming.



I'm working on my step-by-step now and that will be on here in a few hours,

Bash


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As promised to CaptainSolstice, I've hammered out a quick step-by-step on how I make my nurgley goodness.

I use an assortment of re-conditioned dental tools (courtesy of my dental nurse missus!):



After mixing a small amount of GS and placing it on the model (I'm using a blank base for demonstration purpose), I take the tool with a ball-tip (it's proper name is a ball-burnisher):



Using this, I dip the tool into some water (to prevent the tool from sticking to the GS) and make a mixture of shallow and deep indentations into the GS. I also use the ball-burnisher to drag the edges of the GS, to give the impression that the GS is part of the model,rather than just slapped on. Here's what I've done so far:



After that, take the pointy tool (called a probe):



And again,dip the tool in water and make small groups of little holes. I also use this to make nurgle symbols in the GS:



And thats it. Dead simple. But looks effective. I did this technique on a Tau Fire Warrior:



Enjoy,

Bash

Wow! Its really simple!!!
I think this is the easiest way I have ever seen
Thanks Bash

@ CaptainSolstice - Yeah it is easy. I don't mess about mate. I can just about operate simple hand-tools on a good day. so an easy to do GS technique is exactly my cup of tea!

So today has been quite productive, in between trying to potty-train my son (he's nearly 3. We've got the #1 bit locked down,it's the #2 bit we're struggling on).

What I got done today:



Dreadnaught base-coated,along with the Drop-pod. All ready for the next stage.

I'm working on a little side project. A friend at work also plays CSMs.After watching him buy and build a vast amount of grey plastic, then proceed to leave them in a cupboard for nigh on 6 months, I thought I'd help him along by painting a tac squad in the colours of 'The Reborn'.
He was chuffed to bits and asked if I would paint his lord. I said yes and after looking at him for a couple of days, I decided to change him about a bit (He was built exactly the same as the lord on the box cover,very boring)

So after fighting through my bits box, I decided to go with this look:





Why is he dragging about a grot? Because he can. Plus it makes me smile. So I'll add a bit of GS to fill some of the gaps and then get priming.

And I also finished my third Rhino today (First on the left)



Bash

All good chaos lords must have a pet of some sort!

Bash the Bosh wrote:@ Skalk Bloodaxe - Many thanks mate! Lol I did notice you had posted on here way back, but it was a long time ago. As for inspiration, it was your plog that inspired me, so thank you very much for kick starting me into this project again. I'd forgotten how much I enjoy modelling as a whole.

Really? Man that is pretty awesome to know I helped you get back on this, because it's a great thread and I'm going to do my best to get some more readers over here!



Mmmmm... Nurgle Stew! Bilious broth and corrupted chunks of plastic goodness! I'll have a bowl, please. Make sure it has a few Bikes in it.

Very cool improv tut on how you do your GS work. I'm going to do the same next time I do a vehicle!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Really? Man that is pretty awesome to know I helped you get back on this, because it's a great thread and I'm going to do my best to get some more readers over here!

Mate, your work is fantastic! Who wouldn't be inspired by the sheer mass of Plague Marines and that LandRaider! I have been following your plog for a few months now. It's mega!

Now that I've said that, I'll have to do something manly, like spitting...

As the the Nurgle Broth, help yourself to a spoonful buddy! You'll stink like a hospital for the rest of your days. I think all the bacteria in my body have suffered exterminatus at the sheer amount of Dettol I've breathed in!

@ CaptainSolstice - Yes they must! It's in the manual 'Chaos Lordship for Dummies'.

As for today, the troops that were soaking overnight in detergent have passed their trial,and so are ready for entering the ranks of the DG:



Now I just need to start prising heads off (I'm using ChapterHouse and MaxMini heads). The Preadator is having an Autocannon instead of the TL Lascannon (I prefer the look). The 2nd Preadator is in detergent as we speak, and should be ready this evening.

And just to remind myself where I am with this project, I took a groupshot of whats been completed (minus a couple of bases):



It's looking pretty good. No rest though. Not yet.

And I didn't show the conversion for my Terminator with the Reaper Autocannon:



Bash

All those minis will look great in your army! I really like the Terminator with the RAC, and those Rhinos look great. That Terminator lord is Bad ass dragging around a grot and all.

@ Flying Pooo - The Autocannon conversion was pretty easy to do. I wanted him to be a bit more 'meaty' like the Space wolf assault cannon terminator. I enjoyed making the CSM Lord. I'm looking forward to getting some paint on him.

No pictures tonight as I really haven't got anything amazing to show you lot. The forth Rhino is base coated and ready to be washed. The fifth Drop-pod is complete (pictures at a later date). My CSM lord side-project is ready to be painted. And everything else is stripped and good to go. It's just a case of waiting for a few bits to arrive (Heads from Chapterhouse and Maxmini,sponsons for one of the Landraiders and a few strips of GS).

My list of what I'm going to be working on:

Raptors
Bikers
2x LandRaiders
2x Predators
2x Rhinos
3x DG squads
Lord (Not sure to put him on a bike or give him a jump-pack)
Boarding Terminators (I love the idea of these guys!)

So quite a bit to get through. For now, it's bed-time!

Bash

That sure is quite a lot!

Nice, I really should get some modelling tools, I have a knife and a toothpick :(

Hey Bash, nice work on the army mate! Love the reflections of the headlights on the rhinos and your very good GS work.

Really looking good.

@ CaptainSolstice - Yeah I've got quite a bit to get through, but then this is a P+M blog, so I'll need material to keep this interesting!

@ Tortured-Robot - Many thanks for looking mate.As for dental tools, look on ebay.They're dead cheap and far better than the overpriced GW stuff.

@ Gitsplitta - What can I say but thanks very much! I appreciate you taking the time to comment on my plog. Thanks mate!

Had to do a bit of shopping today. Replenised my stock of Rotting flesh and Bleached Bone (the paint, not actual flesh and bones!) and I also bought some Vallejo matt varnish (the GW paints have a slight gloss to them,I've found). I've been painting my friend's CSM Lord today, aswell as the 4th Rhino.

Slightly off topic, but I won't be getting much done tomorrow because of this:



YYYYEEEESSSSS!!!

My Axis and Allies Global campaign kicks off tomorrow! I'm playing as Japan this time round (having won the last game as the Brits! Hurrah!). My Brother-in-law is with me as the Axis powers and two mates are the Allies. As this is set-up in my garage (complete with heating and lights! It's my man-lab!) we don't have to worry about packing it away. So plenty of booze and pizza, with good friends and an amazing board game! What more can you ask for on a cold Saturday afternoon.

Bash

I am seriously unhappy at being at he wrong end of blighty to you. I would so crash your man cave. Are you mixing dettol with equal parts washing detergent then? I've been using neat dettol of late bit find it can render superglue a tacky mess.

inmygravenimage wrote:I am seriously unhappy at being at he wrong end of blighty to you. I would so crash your man cave. Are you mixing dettol with equal parts washing detergent then? I've been using neat dettol of late bit find it can render superglue a tacky mess.

It's a shame mate because you'd have a good laugh. We're mega-dorks when the garage door is down. The neighbours have inquired on a number of times about the jeering and hollering going on in the garage! I love it!

As for model stipping, I worked on a 1 part Dettol, 3 parts water using a 750ml bottle of Dettol.Oh btw, I got confused with your wants in the DCM swapshop. Did you want SM tanks or the pointing arm for your Lorek? I left a message saying about an old Mk1 Rhino if you're interested.

As for the rest of you 'orrible little lot!

I'm nearly done with the CSM Lord:





Just a couple more hours work and we'll be all finished.

Bash

Well what a day! The A&A campaign has kicked off. The British are on their knees but somehow clinging on for dear life. The Soviets are struggling to contain an Axis Blitzkrieg (led by the Italians,of all powers!) and I (playing as Japanese) am having a tough time holding onto the Pacific against the US (For each battleship I sink, the b ds build 3!). Buts it's been mega fun and I'm looking forward to next weekend.

On topic, I've been working on my Predator today for a change of pace:





I didn't like the idea of a Rhino with an armoured turret. Plus I'd feel lazy just painting it. I had a play about with few ideas. I changed the position of the lascannon and added a targeting module to the side, plus put on some sheets to change the hull. What do you guys think?

Bash

The CSM Lord is shaping up nicely and the predator is looking great too.

@ Flying Pooo - Thanks mate. The CSM is going fine. I just have to finish his eyes and the final layer of highlights (the OSL is too dark for my liking) and then the base.

As for the Predator, I'm just tweeking a few bits here and there (I'm thinking of adding a 'skirt' around the bottom edge, like on the BaneBlade).

Bash

You need sponson weapons for that bad boy?

@ graven - No thanks mate. I'm not a fan of sponsons. I prised the old ones off. Did you want them,along with the Rhino?

Um... I guess... I'll probably be able to find something to do with them - yeah, trashed traitor predator

I like the idea of a Predator w/ the single turret, they look very cool and more like a "tank". The only downside is it takes just 1 "weapon destroyed" result and you're driving around a Rhino that can't carry troops. I suppose you can Tank Shock or use it as mobile cover for your advancing troops, but (to me) it's 105 points of nothing at that point.

But like I have much to talk about. Every time I've played a Rhino in 5th Ed it's gone by turn 3 at the latest. I have terrible luck w/ them. I haven't played any in quite a while because of that.

@ Skalk Bloodaxe - You're not wrong about the risk of getting a 'weapon destroyed' result. But I prefer the look of my army rather than the performance. I like the profile of the predators without the sponsons on. The same applied to my LRBT when I had IG. Plus I'm not a serious gamer, not by a longshot. I just have a laugh. And I know what you mean with badluck with Rhinos. I usually have them popped by turn 3 aswell. I just need to build more!

Bash

You can always strap em on the side of the turret alternatively, or have a hanger on wielding it/integrated into side. Or not


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Btw, love the contrast of the red on the lord's cloak to the greens.

Nice ideas mate, but I'm sticking by my decision with no sponsons. You already convinced me to build a Blight Drone (Pg 1) at some point. But thats in the 'pending' pile.

And thanks for the comments about the CSM Lord. I gave it back to my friend on Sunday and he was chuffed to bits. I'll get some photos of the finished model and get them up on here.

Bash

It's been a while, but I've finally found time to update my plog!

I've gotten quite a bit done over the past few weeks. On with the pictures!



Here's my WIP Lord w/ Jumpack. He's coming along nicely despite me breaking his scythe as I got him out of the box to take a photo!



Here are my Raptors. Kitbashed and GS'd Sanguinary Guard. It took ages gently removing the BA iconography. The scythes came from the VC wraiths and Zombies kits. I'm really pleased with the way they've turned out.



Bikers. I tried to make the bikes 'less wholesome' compared to the loyalist versions. The helmets are 'Beaky' helmets, with the nose cut off, to try to make them similar to the Ferrum helmets.



Land Raider. Nothing fantastic happening here. Imperial markings were removed, minus the tracks, as I'll be replacing them completely thanks to inpiration from Skalk Bloodaxe's awesome LR conversion. So until the tracks arrive, not much will be going on with this little number.



My DG dreadnaught. I've been quite slow painting him as he's finished in terms of fabrication. But he's getting there.



The DP is finally getting done. It's only been two years since I started him! I started again on the scythe, as I wanted to give it a more solid look. I've also started a tenticle as I felt he wasn't quite corrupted enough.



Four Rhinos. Nuff sed!



The Predators. I really enjoyed the hazard striping as I've had nightmares with them before. But the work paid off and I really enjoy the look of these two. So much so that I got another 2nd ed Predator WIP to take the total up to three.



For my birthday, my son got me an Iron Warriors Warsmith (the missus got the wrong intel!) Anyway, I thought I'd paint him. Then I got thinking...



And gave him a squad! Kit bashed from BA Death Company, Khorne Beserkers, SMs and CSMs! Then I got thinking...



And gave them some wheels! So now I have a Iron Warriors detachment for my DG Company. I really enjoyed painting IWs as it was a nice break from DG. And I'm really fighting the urge to expand them. I will finish this army!

So this is were I left off.



And this is were I am now.



Not bad for a months work. I still have:

1 Land Raider
1 Predator
2 Squads of PMs
3 Rhinos
1 Drop-pod (for the Iron Warriors)
2 (More!) Daemon Princes!

So still a ton of work to do but I'm getting there.

Enjoy,

Bash

The army looks fantastic Bash! Wow! Just lovely... well... not LOVELY actually but you get my meaning.

Great work chief! I really like the effect achieved on the top of the raider. Also, outstanding use of wife fail!

@ Gits - Haha I get your meaning, and thanks very much mate. Still got a way to go but it's coming together nicely.

@ graven - Thanks bud. Yeah I had to capitalise on the epic missus fail! But to be honest, I really enjoy the IWs. As for the weathering on the LR, I used Devlan mud, which had been left under a heat lamp to thicken up, then painted it on with controlled strokes rather than the usual 'carpet bombing' technique that I employ! Oh BTW, Your package will be in the post tomorrow morning.

Bash