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Oh I’m not unhappy, but partway through converting I was thinking ‘Have i just screwed this guy up? Is he just a complete mess?’

Same with painting. There is almost always a point where I think I have messed it up, but it came through.

In terms of tidying, there are just a few spots that’s could be neater. But I might just not bother; Nurgle don’t need neatness, and sometimes I overwork stuff and regret it.

Procrastination!
Speeding up! But going slower!
(Sung to the tune of 'Acceleration', a song featured in 'Blaze and the Monster Machines; I have a kid OK!)

So... I have a whole bunch of almost finished Death Guard on my desk. Therefore I decided to assemble the entire contents of Cursed City.

Except this guy. I somehow lost his &*^%ing head. Any vampire based replacements I tried to find were far to big, but it turned out a old Eldar head is a pretty good match.


(I remember at the time thinking this head was unusually gaunt and creepy, even for an Eldar)

I've also started building another Rhino I found in the bits box. This one was part of the same eBay haul as the Landraider. I assume the original owner was going for Dark Angel green?



Just trying to figure out how to build a Havok Launcher, and lamenting the fact I gave a friend almost all my spare rocket/missile launchers for an ork project.

... Where's Morty you ask?
(Kicks undercoated box under desk...)

I had a procrastination phase recently. Somewhat a hobby related issue isn't it on occaision.

Mind, aren't the rockets bit small`?

The missiles are totally too small, but meh, I work with what I got.

So managed to cobble it together. Its undercoated and ready for paint to be thrown at it.

Looks good - what is the plan for colour scheme? Are you tempted to mix it up a bit with it given it seems to have been an unexpected find?

And nice save on the Cursed City Vamp!

 IGtR= wrote:
Looks good - what is the plan for colour scheme? Are you tempted to mix it up a bit with it given it seems to have been an unexpected find?

Nope.



I do think it has a lot more stains than the other Rhino. I guess that counts as variation?

Also, BEHOLD:



I found these pictures whilst going through some old PC stuff.
Zombie Death Company. Not sure where they found the plasma guns, but never mind . . .

Ha looking good

Rhino looks great!

The Zombie Death Company are so cool, I particularly like the leader, the face is awesome.

Newest rhino looks fab - and zombie Death Company seem like a very fun concept that I haven't seen before

Thanks for sharing

Thanks guys.

Those old Plague Marines served me well. Here is their colleague, my old Zombie Dread. Still blunders around with my renegade force trying to munch stuff. Y'know, when I can actually play...



Also I have finished my procrastinating models. Quite pleased to have knocked out a Helbrute, six Plague Marines, a new Chaos Lord, AND fixed a few illegal loadouts. Just shows what you can do when you are trying to avoid doing something else. I'll take some decent photos at some point, but currently I have the in-laws staying (yay lockdown ending... I think...) so that might take a while.

So... started this chap...



Suspect he will take a long time.

However I'm also procrastinating by not finishing the first draft of a novel, so who knows what will happen when the twin forces of work avoidance combine?

You will give way, one way or the other.
still i think that's a promising start for Mortarion

I can see that Morty could take a while - but he certainly seems like the sort of model that rewards hard work

And Death Company Dread looks fab

Thanks for sharing

Thanks guys.

Did a bit more work. Could not quite decide what colour to do his robes. I think red would work?




(See the loin cloth but a bit of a 'bloodier' shade)

A real dark blood red would look good with that cream armour, aye.

Dark red always works Gwyn, it's generally great for CSM tabards.
Looks promising Denny

Been busy the last couple of months with work. But since the work is now with my editor I've been getting back to the hobby desk.

Morty feels like too much to get my head around, so I've started with a Necromunda conversion I've been intending to do for some time.



The lowlive known as Caleb Cursebound (or possibly Curseborn), the Underhive's Ninth Most Dangerous Man.

I just need to figure out how to stuff his backpack with smoke grenades.

Moar WIP



Lowlives tend to come in pairs.

WIP: Undercoat on and ready for some paint.



The sculpting is pretty rough, but that fits TBH.

WIP: Quite pleased so far. Dreading the inevitable hazard stripes.

Moar WIP



Lots of little things to fix, and the base is proving vexing, but I think its coming together.

Wasn't quite happy with my Iktomi sculpt. It was a little too raggedy.

And another go. Still plenty of work but I feel like this is better. More ninja-ry.

Those are some cool Necromunda conversions

Thanks man. I appreciate it.

Well, I have my first game of 9th booked in (thanks pandemic!). No idea how to play this version, and its really weird having a painted 3500+ army to choose from (usually I paint 1000K, play a game, go from there)

I realise I have a few models I didn't take final pics of. So:

Chaos Lord with redundant weapons


Plague Surgeon


Biologus Putrifier



Foul Blightspawn








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Finished the Rhino; now I got two!




'Proper' Hellbrute pic


Chaos Sorcerer in Terminator Armour
This chap was once my Chaos Lord. minor conversion; I dropped the combi-plasma (now illegal) and gave him a fancy Force Spear.



I also reorganised the Plague Marine units (previous builds are now illegal)

Shooty Squad (double Plasma/Blight Launcher)




Combat Squad




'Other' Squad
These guys can be subbed in to the other squads, or act a small squad to be transported with characters.

Forgot to upload them, but manged an actual game of 40K! Its been a while due to the pandemic. In fact, I have never played 9th before.



Orks vs Deathguard. (2000 points)



I went with a bit of everything (well, not everything, but plenty of marines)



The orks include some interesting conversions, including a pretty enormous counts-as Battlewagon (which should probably be a Stomper in future)



Massive as it was, it didn't stand up well to a Daemon Prince. Victory!

No idea when I'm gonna get to this.... but I am super excited it has arrived...

New Year. New... something.

So I have a bunch of projects on the go. I have Morty to finish (which is going to be a while as I am super burned out on Death Guard). I have some old armies to renovate, Hero Quest to start, and three more Creature Caster Greater Daemons.

Plus Necromunda. And a Blood Bowl Team I should really finish.

But I'm not doing any of that. Instead I'm doing some undead.

I love vampires, zombies and anything gothic, and even had a Vampire army back in the day. But it was not well painted and had too many of the old zombies with the giant hands (many of who's vivid skin tone suggesting mutagenic venom as their cause of death).

So I have decided to do a new Soulblight army this year. I already got Cursed City (another incomplete project), so that will be the basis.

So to start we shall have The Wolf



Gave him some hair and a different sword. Debating adding some bats because bats are awesome.

Can never go wrong with bats. I love the hair on him!

Loving your death guard, very inspiring as I start my Mk2 Death Guard army.

I like that you went with dirty white rather than green. The white offers a lot more opportunities for corruption IMHO.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll: Thanks. I do like his hat, but wanted him to look a little more feral and 'classic' Dracula

Kid_Kyoto Thanks! I prefer my Death Guard in white. It helps show up the stains.
(Plus I can never imagine them actively repainting their armour after the fall; seem more likely to me any colour changes would be a result of corruption/infection)

A little bit of WIP. I have built 40 zombies. Now begins the laborious task of applying paint to them. I have painted a fair number of zomibes in my time (100+?), so I have decided not to have a plan and just see what happens.

Knock out a few zombies. I've started with the 'easier' ones (i.e. the ones without gravestones). Quite pleased with the speed I'm getting through them (so far...).







Next I need to figure out how to make their bases a bit more wintery. I have bought some snow effect stuff, but I'm not entirely sure how to use it...
(Any advice/useful links would be greatly appreciated!)



Also I feel like I shouldn’t keep this photo on my phone. Looks... suspicious.