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Thanks! Hopefully I'll get the rest of the build complete in the next week or so.

For the smoke I'm planning on using wire wool, and I'm contemplating putting a flickering LED in the rhino to simulate flames....not sure if it'll look decent or not though

Now i need opinions, here is the latest version of the Construction-Bot with different shoulders. Are these a good thing or a bad thing?:

I like how it adds more blocky-ness and bulks him out, but I'm not sure about that asymmetrical point that comes down. Seems a bit too anime or Gundam for my tastes.

Thats fair enough, im not completely convince myself yet. The reason its like that is purely to do with the bits i had (a load of storm raven left overs from making the fire raptor). Ill see where the styling of the other bits of armour and arms goes then see if i want to square those points off a bit. It is pretty gundam at the moment

 Moltar wrote:
I like how it adds more blocky-ness and bulks him out, but I'm not sure about that asymmetrical point that comes down. Seems a bit too anime or Gundam for my tastes.

I agree. It seems to heavy on its right side, like it would fall over from a glancing hit. It may be because the larger weapon (the dozer) and the weapon are both on the same side. Maybe move the weapon over to the left arm and have a combination gun/saw blade weapon, like the heresy chain blades on bolters?

I can see what you mean about the lop-sidedness of it, but there is no way im moving that gun now as there are a million (a slight exaggeration) green stuff cables running out of the back of it now. I think ill have to bulk the beast up a bit more on the other side to even it out, and possible bulk the legs up a bit as it will start to look top heavy.....at this rate it'll end up the size of a warhound!


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Ive been playing around with the pose a little and have come up with this one. Its nice and dynamic, a bit manic, and shows off its weapons. Im trying to tell a story about this beast, something like it was buried and long forgotten, but recently has been rediscovered and brought back into use. The current pilot doesnt know much about the finesse of original digging/construction robot and is now happy to smash things instead!:

What do you think?

Ive had a bit of modelling time today, so i cracked on with starting to put some paint on the constructo-bot/Super heavy demo-servitor. Its very basic so faar but i want the whole model to fit in nicely with my other models, so at present it is pretty stark looking, sorry about the glare etc on the photo:



I also got a peek at the new Horus Heresy Book and the Alpha legion rules look great and i cannot wait to get stuck into making some new models and testing how they perform. As a result i kit bashed a version of Armillus Dynat, an Alpha Legion named captain who runs around with a thunder hammer, power sword , a phosphex bomb and no gun! Heres my effort:




Then while making this model i watched the Grand National (big horse race in the UK) and ended up with one of my backed horse winning! So with the winnings i nipped into town and picked up a few bits and pieces and went into my local GW and had a chat with the manager. He showed me a couple of conversions he had done for his 30k Ultramarines using the GW finecast masters of.... models from the C:SM range. I had completely forgotten these models existed, so i had a look through them and bought a master of relics to convert into an Alpha Legion Saboteur (a new consul type for the centurion HQ choice). Here are my converted efforts:




Ive also put some paint on the fireraptor but only primer and base coat of blue over the whole model so i didnt think it was worth a picture.

Hopefully ill have another update pretty soon with some more detail on the Demolition Servitor of doom

I'm away from my panting desk this week on work and as I can't actually put anymore paint on my constructo-bot my mind is starting to stray to other projects. I've got two models I'm going to try and have a good stab at making in the near future in advance of forgeworld making their own versions.

The two characters I want to make are: Exodus - an alpha legion assassin/sniper special character, and Alpharius - doesn't really need much of an introduction!

So I'm need to compile a bits list to make them, here's what I've got so far:

Exodus -
- Recon marine kneeling body. (For the cloak and the pose
- master of signal head (for the fancy bionics/optics)

Now I need to find a suitably ornate sniper rifle esque weapon called "the instrument" as his main gun. I kind oflike the idea of having something that is xenos or ridiculously ancient I origin.

On top of this I need to be able to show that the man is a survivior , representing his IWND rule,


And then onto Alpharius. I'm really struggling where to start at the moment. Here is the list of iconic bits I need to represent:
- ornate primarch sized armour covered in scales/hydra imagery. I'm thinking something not too bulky, possibly using bits from the dark elf range...?
- an ornate looking spear of ancient design with a ethereal-esque blade, think something like a c'tan phase knife/sword
- a suitably large helmet with barbute stylings and evidence of very high tech comms equipment.
- a master crafted plasma blaster
- probably a cloak of scales that when painted would look translucent.


So where do I start? My sculpting skills are OK, and I'm happy to give things a go. But what do I use as the skeleton/base for the bulk of the model?

Thanks for any help in advance

Off the top of me 'ead:

Exodus: well, what about the master engineer's rifle?

99% sure I have one somewhere.
You could indicate he's a survivor by using really ancient armour: Mk3 or such?

Alpharius:
Chapterhouse bits maybe?
Pads
http://chapterhousestudios.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=85_86&product_id=244
Power Fist
http://chapterhousestudios.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=85_113_121&product_id=183
Shield
http://chapterhousestudios.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=85_114&product_id=180

Kromlech have some nice melee weapons, eg:
http://bitsofwar.com/home/17-stygian-two-handed-weapons.html

For cape, I'd either use Vulkan Hestan or maybe Slaan bits? Or use the one from Sammael and sculpt scales on to it?

Oh, and a proper crazy idea: use an Eldar Avatar for the body, and use dreadnought bits for the armour. Hey, comes with a spear, too

Nice! I like the rifle, i think its a nice place to start, make it a bit more hi-tech looking and i reckon it could work. Im thinking i go for MK IV armour as its the most hi-tech and as an uber-assassin i think it would fit the bill.

The shield is definitely the kind of texture/design im going to look to get on alpharius' armour. The flow of Vulkan's cloak is nice but id prefer to stick to the shield-shaped scales rather than the hexagonal ones. In fact looking at the Sammael cloak, that looks the perfect template to build on.

Ive been looking at 54mm scale models for the base for Alpharius and the one below is interesting me, its a nice neutral pose, which is how i see Alpharius, hes not going to be charging in like a nutter or jumping through the air, and the musculature/armour is bulky enough to imply primarch but not so bulky to start looking slow/gawky. It reminds me quite a bit of the Lorgar model.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Yedharo-Models-War-of-the-Zodiac-Cancer-figure-54mm-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMzQ4/z/XVwAAOxyOlhS-1aW/$_58.JPG

I forgot to post this PIC the other day. After I finished the saboteur I found lokens cloak knocking around and bought i could use it to add some dynamism to the saboteur model, so after a bit of suck it and see work with cutting the cloak in half I managed to position it in a way that, I feel, makes he model much more of a rounded/finished article.



Thoughts?

Love this thread thank you.

Thanks! Always nice to hear people like what I'm doing! Soon enough I should be able to start really getting stuck into the hobby and churn out some more models and finish some of the projects I've got going on, but real life issues are really trying to hold me back at the moment!

I ordered a few little forgeworl bits on ebay and as they arrived yesterday so i squeezed some hobby time in and have made my version of Exodus, the Alpha Legion Assassin. Im pretty happy with it:

S-weet! and I admire anyone who treats fw as a bits merchant

Ha! There are just too many nice FW bits not to play around converting things with. Just wish you could get hold of some of the primarch bits for less than the price of a small house!

I've ordered the basis for Alpharius now, as in the link in the above post, hopeffuly should be here early next week.....then the big task starts.

Well I've had a bit of time in the last few days to get some painting done, so I've cracked on with painting the 3 new characters for my aloha legion and once they are finished I'll post some pics up (shouldn't be too long now).

I have also started fleshing out the painting on my constructo-bot/super heavy serivtor. I've very nearly finished painting the main carapace/beetle back bit. I'm pretty happy with it, just a few touch ups to do and some weathering powders to add in strategic places. See what you think:

Delightfully crusty great job, very stripey.

Looks great so far, but reminds me a lot of the iron warriors' hazard stripes.

Very nice paint work.

Wow, that armor is amazing. The damage on there is perfect: not too much, but enough that makes it look like it's walked through a warzone destroying things. Love it!

Very quick update, ive managed to get some time to paint the rest of the constructo-bot/destructo-bot, here are some shots:







Ive got the base to go and then just a few touches i noticed while faffing around with it this afternoon.

Also managed to get some base colours on my AL fire raptor, and have finished the cockpit/pilot:






As always C&C is very welcome. And if anyone has any particular wishes as to what to see being destroyed on the Constucto-bots base then let me know, as at the moment im drawing a blank beyond its got to tie in with the whole SoB base theme.

Fantastic stuff as always! Great to see someone else who hates flight stands as much as me love the interior osl. Construct bot should be taking down something heretical. Maybe a false idol?

Thanks! Flight stands just look naff, especially the little ones you get with skimmers and jet bikes, can't stand them. Any way of not using them, or hiding is so much better. Also I'm a sucker for using all the available space on a base to tell a better story, the flight stem is just more canvas to play with.

Yeah . This is for my avenger:

Love the over-the-top ness of that flight stand! Really need to get myself an avenger for my SoB, I'm slowly coming over to the fact fliers have their uses. The fire raptor has converted me. Its a beast in game

The avenger's fun, I built mine out of a dark talon (I'd post a pic but I'm loathe to thread jack!) - complex but satisfying build, and after the nightmare of a Storm Eagle I'm loathe to get another fw flyer.

I think I saw it and I remember being impressed. I've heard bad things about the storm eagle, but the fire raptor was pretty easy to put together, I recommend using brute force and lots of metal pins ( I use copper wire) to force resin into shape. But saying that I didn't have to do much of that at all for the raptor. I fancy a storm eagle though.

A friend has a couple of caestus assault rams and has now got two thunderhawks and he said that they are almost too simple to put together for the price. When you pay £400 for a model you want to get a lot of fun out of building it. it only took him 4hrs to put the hawk together including cleaning.

After getting the new HH rules though I really need to get a load more tac marines and rhinos to take advantage of the AL rite of war, before I get any fancy fliers!

I've been really busy with work recently so I've not managed to get much time to crack on with my hobby stuff. So this isn't a massive update just a progress report.

Firstly I've been having a go at a massive freehand piece on the fire raptor - a 3-headed hydra with one head on the top and the other two wrapped around the sides. Here is where its at so far (I'm happy enough with it so far):


I've also finished(bar varnishing) the base for the fire raptor:


Generally when I can't get much time for painting/modelling I'll end up scouring eBay for bargains, recently has not been an exception to that! I managed to pick up two, hardly played with, Contemptor dreads for about the price of 1 new one. They only had two power fists arms between them, but as I wanted to give then volkite Culverins (and fw doesn't make then yet), I set about making my own from the heavy weapon squad guns and a bit of green stuff. Here's the results:



I also gave them both chainfists, and converted them myself, as I think the new fw chainfists is a rare bad/uninspiring part/model from them.

As always c&c are appreciated.

I'm not quite sure about the running pose for the Contemptor. Seems like its going to fall over to the right. IDK there is just something that's just off about it.