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I'm glad you like them - there's more to come with the rock band theme. Just wait till you see the Dark Apostle and the 8 man noise marine squad. It's going to be glorious.

I finished up a pile of the Sedition Wars zombies and got started on a couple of Dreadclaw drop pods. It's a shame they didn't make the new codex, but at least they're in the Aeornautica. They'll be run as Dreadclaws in normal 40k or as normal drop pods in a Legio list (I think Skalathrax World Eaters can still run as a legion). 3 cheers to the guys at Dark Future Gaming for the conversion idea!

They're still very WIP of course - I solemnly vow that nothing in the legion shall deploy without chains and skulls on it. On an aside, I really like the functionality of the dreadclaw. I like the idea that in a ship to ship boarding action, the claw can dig into the side of the ship, open up at the bottom, and give the guys inside the chance to carve through the bulkhead and enter without being exposed to outer space. Groovy stuff.






More to come - I've started on the next marine squad and a champion.

Dan

Zombies look great and I love that Maulerfiend! And I'm glad people have found ways to make a Dreadclaw pod out of the regualr kit. Not many people would pay for the ones on FW.
Looking forward to whats happens next

Holy Crap! Amazing work going on here Wonko!
The blue-haired SW mini with the sniper-rifle is a great model!
The ship has the most amazing swirley paintjob! Excellent stuff!

I'm glad y'all dig the maulerfiend so much. As with most of the newer GW kits, it was both easy and fun to assemble & convert. And thanks for the love on the ship's paint job. I'm self-conscious about it. I don't know why.

After a week on business, I'm back and back to work on the Dreadclaws. I carved down the bases of the struts to make them a bit nastier looking, added a bit of chain to the edging, and I'm currently recasting some World Eaters symbology. I think that's probably okay? It doesn't trigger my moral "don't do that-o-meter" anyway. Here are the current WIP photos.







More to come!

Dan

The morality of recasting would only be an issue if you were going to sell the recasts on
I think once these claws are done I don't think many people will tell the difference between FW and your own the are that good

I finished up the construction of the pods last night - here they are:




I also finished up putting together the Burning Brand of Skalathrax, which is going to be added to Kharn via a magnet. It was assembled using the parts from a flamer, a heavy flamer, a bloodletter, chain, and green stuff:




No calls from any legal teams so far!
More to follow this weekend - I'm off on business for the week:

Dan

So not only have you made awesome assault pods but youalso made an awesome flamer. You are a genius

I don't know about all that - but thanks for the well wishing.

I've got a few more units finished up. The first is a unit of bloodletters that I've rebased and revitalized a bit for 40k use. Here they are:





I've also finished up 10 more World Eaters - the army needs meat for the grinder. I've been kit-bashing a bunch of sources for these guys (wolves, berserkers, CSMs, WoC warriors and green stuff), and I'm pretty happy with the results. The single piece chosen models work well as champions with only a little chopping.





More to come - the Khornish noise marines are next!

Dan

This plog is just so packed with kit-bashing goodness I don`t have a clue on where to start the praise but the Vampire Pirates and Slash does it for me

R

That Khorne army might well be the most metal thing ever, just lettin' you know.

You aint seen nothing yet man - I'm working on the noise marines now. Zealot miniatures makes an awesome set of resin guitars, and they fit the metal head aspect of the army perfectly.
I've got a concept for the doom siren, but I'm still brainstorming a blast-master. Any ideas?
Here are the WIP shots.




Dan

Cool noise marines so far! And those older bloodletters just look so much cooler than the newer version, you have really done them justice with that paintwork.

40K KISS... Those guitars are great, just need some keyboard guitars now...

Hmm - a keyboard guitar might be the answer for the blastmaster. I'll see what I can come up with.
And yeah, that generation of bloodletters is my favorite. I've added a few of the newer guys in for flavor, but I think the big hairy metal guys with axes really do Khorne justice.

The noise marines are coming along - I'm working on adding choppy stuff to the guitars atm. Here are the new pics:



And when the champion rolls dark apotheosis, Slash will step in!

More to come,

Dan

That looks awesome and really original, good job (again)

This oughta do it.

FUQ YES. this blog is so win
1) ur pirate zombies, funny and awesome, i especially love that corspe cart and that model tray where you show'd the sea and the beach and how the zombies gently rose from the waters, its the little things
2) dat warthog, i approve
3) ur space wolves, i approve of greatly, especially that contemplator dread, not too many actually convert those things for some reason
4) THAT DAEMON PRINCE, "YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
5) angron looks a lot better like that i think, i don't like his angry bald face
6) noisey zerkers, i want now
keep it up

Those guitars are excellent! But you need more hair!

Fender, eh... I associate them more as hippy guitars. But dude those BC Rich Beast guitars rule! I've never seen anything like what you are doing here (except maybe a distant ref to the GW Goffic Rokkers, but this is way cooler) and really enjoy the Metal theme here.

Any chance they might be blasting some Bolt Thrower?

I agree about the hippy guitar look on the bass guitars, but as they come two to a sprue, I'm stuck with what I've got. As far as the soundtrack blasting in the drop pods on the ride in, I was thinking of something along the lines of the "Dropkick Murphys", or maybe something really ridiculous like "Cannibal Corpse". We'll see. I'm sure something will jump out at me when I look at the completed army.

And that guitar is perfect for a blastmaster. I see visions of the future.

I finished up the first drop pod today. I painted it in a more traditional fashion rather than the warp-forged look of the storm eagle. I'm not sure which I like more. In the end, one of them is going to be repainted, and it's probably going to be the storm eagle.

Here she is:





So which one needs repainting?

On to the noise marines now!

Dan

That drop pod is simply fantastic and makes me want to build one of my own! Great job!

Personally speaking, I prefer the more "traditional" paintjob you used on the drop pod. It's clear what you were trying to do with the Storm Eagle, but the effect didn't come out that convincing, unfortunately. Plus the overall impression of the model is that it's orange, and you don't want your servants of Khorne to be orange, right?

Anyway, looking forward to the next update!

Yeah, I've been thinking the same thing. I keep wanting to like the storm eagle because repainting it is going to be a pain, but it's got to be done.




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This afternoon was game time with the boy. I dropped 50 bucks on a set of spacehulk with no models, and one of my current side projects is to use the extra half of my Bio-hazard level Sedition Wars purchase and some leftover terminators to refashion the game into Wolves vs. Space Zombies.




As you can see, there are still a few WYSIWYG issues, and the snow & ice bases have got to go, but on the whole, the Sedition Wars zombies look great, and I really hate Blood Angels (space emo!) so the Wolves are a big step up.

You might also notice that my boy's Space Marines managed to burn the control room, so the zombies were foiled today. Better luck next time. At least we ate the Sergeant.

Once the new bases for the wolves come in, I'll finish this project up!

Dan

Great updates! Loving the latest marines, guitars are perfect.

I really enjoyed playing the latest edition of space hulk, while some of the missions seem a bit one sided there is never a dull moment!

The noise marines are finished.

Deep in the bowels of the brassiest castle of brass in all of Khorne's realm rocks Slash. As the front man for Khorne's demonic death-metal band "Warpstorm", his existence is spent in a screaming, fiery rage of bad-ass guitar solos for the listening pleasure of the Blood God. Once defeating "Disaster Area" in a battle of the bands that left the better part of the Segmentus Sector a barren wreck (Hotblack Desiato has quietly contested the victory for some time), Slash has been responsible for Innumerable triumphs for the Skull Throne. Notably, he once turned an entire Eldar Maidenworld into a raging, Fleshhound infested mosh pit when one of his famed, 888 day guitar solos finally cracked the planet's World Spirt open and unleashed Karnak and his pack onto the world's surface. The newly deafened wildlife of the world didn't hear the baying of the hell hounds until escape was impossible.

But Slash wasn't always a daemon prince. It's a little known fact (revealed only when the freak-seer Necrodemus the insane played the octo-platinum "Warpstorm" album "Smell the Glove" backward on his LP player) that Slash achieved his Dark Apotheosis during the battle of Skalathrax. At the the time, "Warpstorm" was the only known noise marine squad in the entire World Eaters' legion. During the battle with the Emporer's Children, their furious solos and screeching musical might had so swung the tides of war in the Eaters' favor, that the Dark Prince himself intervened. As time and reality warped and twisted around them, Slash and his brothers found themselves on a mighty stage surrounded by a hundred million screaming daemonettes. Across the stage stood a towering Keeper of Secrets and his entourage, their androgynous beauty emphasized by their spandex attire, and their long, feathered hair bound in headbands of colors Slash had never dreamed of.

The Keeper laughed, and at his command his nether-keyboard player began playing a melody of such haunting, erotic, beauty that Slash's colon almost collapsed upon itself. For secondsdaysyears the World stood silently, each member wrestling to overcome the power of the Dark Lord's band, and the daemonettes began to crowd the stage in anticipation of a feast. Finally, when all hope seemed lost, and the Blood God's hastily summoned security staff were finally being overrun, Slash arose, and shaking free of the music with fist pumping rage, struck a chord of such hateful power that the keyboard player stood momentarily stunned. In that lull, their viewing screens cleared, and their rage restored, "Warpstorm" struck back. The battle of the bands that ensued was furious, but in the end the stage had collapsed to rubble, the demonettes were all impregnated with brass babies, and the Keeper of Secrets had moved back to his parents basement. Warpstorm reappeared at Skalathrax in an maelstrom of power that shook the world to its very core, and Slash immediately exploded from his armor to be reborn as a Daemon Prince of Khorne.

Nobody knows what the record contract he signed with the Lord of Skulls looks like, but is is almost certainly infinitely long and full of clauses of such treachery that they'd make a skaven blush.

And with that, here are the final pics:










And that's all for today. That unit was a blast to put together.

Hope you enjoyed,

Dan

I was about to post a Youtube video link and refreshed the page before I posted. I am staggered and decided to not post anything but feedback.

The fluff you offered was funny and the models... just wow.

The Slash conversion and paint job has broken my adjective list, so I'll make up some new ones- Superfantalistasomeistic!!! Amazasomesplenderific!!! Gaahhhh!!!

From there the madness continues. Right down the list each model shows the same incredible attention to detail and amazing artistry / craftsmanship.

I am annoyed that I cannot exalt this thread more than once.

ok now that is a sweet drop pod conversion.

Thanks man - I love this drop pod look. It's a reasonable equivalent for the dreadclaw I think, without breaking into forgeworld territory. Cost aside, I really enjoy working with plastic vehicle kits a hell of a lot more than resin ones. The plastic kits fit together in a way resin never seems to without a ton of work.

Anyway, I broke down and repainted the storm eagle over the last few days. Here it is in it's newest (and final) incarnation:








It may get a few markings added - I'm not sure yet - but in essence, she's complete.

More to come - only one day left till I'm off line for a while on business.

Dan

Alright, so I've got time for one last update before punching out.

Here are the WIP shots from a new squad of World Eaters. The heart of the army is going to be Khorne-marked marines with bolters, CCWs and pistols. I like the versatility of the squad, and I can't imagine world eaters deploying without the pistol/ccw combo. I used phobos pattern bolters with chain-bayonets to create a bit more of the 31st Millennium feel - I figure by the time of Skalathrax there is probably a good bit of both old and new gear floating around. Anyway, here they are so far - I've still got pistols, CCWs, and gubbinz to add:
(The guy on the right in the first pic is my favorite - weird how they sometimes come together in just the right way isn't it?)




Alas, poor Yorrick.

See you in a month,
Dan

After a rather long hiatus, I've got an update for the Khornites.

First, another group of world eaters:



And a pack of hounds:




And finally, I've rebased my bloodthirster and another 8 bloodletters (only 40ish to go!)




There's more to come soon - I've got another 10 marines on the table.

Hope you enjoy,

Dan

Very nice! Loving the skull bases.