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I've managed to finish the second superheavy.
Since I allready had the turret and sponson-parts this was simply a matter of printing another chassis.

Still took like a week though as the parts are really chonky.

Here's some quick pictures:


The two monsters side by side.


A Khornate tank can't really go without a trophy rack of sorts.



I have a feeling these things are going to be completely bonkers in the new codex.
As it stands I can field a shadowsword, baneblade and a macharius and then add in some infantry and support armour within 2000 points.
Somehow I feel this should make for quite an intimidating force on the table.

A weeks printing for the hull is just nuts! Well worth the filament though, they look great

Great looking tanks, they look fairly similar in style (but cooler) as the new IG tank

Thanks guys,

With the new codex on the way I've been having some plans to add to the army.

The first thing is that I'm working on some field ordnance batteries.
I've got two heavy lascannon thingies more or less ready for painting:


I'll be adding some guitar string (low E) inbetween the powerpack and the cannon.

There's two large barreled field artillery pieces also in the works, but I've ran out of filament for the carriages :(


I've also found a model that can work as a rocket barrage model, but it turned out quite a bit larger than the others.
I'll still paint it up though to see if the size difference is really a problem.


I've ordered up some more infantry models, including two tech priests.
What I was really looking for was a model to proxy that fancy new lord Solar.
Instead of a regal, fancy, highborn leader I was looking for something a lot more heritical.
I ran into this model:


He looks suitably heritcal!

I've got the first of the heavy lascannons nearly finished.
It still needs a little trimming on the base.







I'm really new to this OSL business and I still think it's pretty scary, so be gentle

The second one is nearly done and then I'll start working on the rocket artillery and field gun.

Oh, I love the OSL on the power pack to the side. Looks great!

Very nice, the OSL is very cool.

Yeah, that’s some nice OSL, though maybe the bit on the ground by the cell is a little too close? But the transitions are great And the one from the targeting eye above the barrel is fantastic! It’s the Arch-Lord Solar that I want to see, that mini is a perfect fit I think!

Hey guys, the ordnance batteries are finished.
Took me long enough as I did some interior redecorating at home and most of my hobby stuff is packed.

Also, the lord solar and extra infantry models I ordered on Etsy seem to be stuck at a British post office for A COMPLETE MONTH now.
As if Brexit wasn't bad enough without strikes and incompetance.
Come on my dear Islanders, get your act together.

Anyway...




The heavy mortar is an STL file I upscaled from Epic proportions.
Added some Khorne symbols and artillery shells.

Edit: With the new Arks of Omens detachment surfacing I'm really considering adding a third superheavy tank. Somebody please stop me!




The second Heavy Lascannon also has an external power pack.
I've added a targetting system from (I believe) the Imperial Bastion kit.

Sprinkled some traitor guards on the bases to complete the scene.


Edit: with the new Arks of Omens detachment surfacing, I'm really considering adding a third superheavy tank. Somebody please stop me!

I have one nitpick and I don't know if anyone else has pointed it out, but couldn't you print those field guns on the resin printer instead? They're not that big so it should fit and it should look a little nicer.

I could if I had one

The resin models are bought. I'm kind of hesitant to bring a resin printer with all the chemicals, fumes and extra cleaning work into my home.

I'm waiting for my new traitors to arrive and my third Superheavy to finish printing.

What better to do than convert some Lizardmen into .... well... Lizardmen with guns?



They're Wargames Atlantic Lizardmen armed with lascarbines and a longlas.
I've added some Tyrannid grubbins as armor/decoration.
I've been trying to get some other special weapons on them, but these are simply to big for their thin arms.

No idea what they'll be played as. Perhaps an Imperial Guard killteam.
There's 15 more of them on the sprue, so there's still fun to be had.

Nice work on the space lizards, the skin looks great.

Here's the traitor version of the new Lord Solar:



I haven't figured out the correct base yet, so this is obviously a placeholder.
The guy is a Stationforge STL AdMech alternative, but I figured he'd really fit the bill.

I've made a bit of an oopsie and bought the wrong contrast red, this is Flesh Tearers red and the other models are done in Blood Angels red.
I do think that if I paint some more models with this red they will actually blend in quite well with the rest of the army.

That's a great looking model - I like the play off the Iron Halo he has!

Those lizardmen look cool Denny, I could imagine the chaos aligned guards enlisting some of them as conscripts. As for the chaos solar, he’s a stunning model and I’m impressed you managed to balance him on that tiny base! The Flesh Tearers red looks nice on him too, and the plan to mix the reds between units sounds good

So, it's been a while since I did any hobbying.

Then I came across some very good looking STLs that would really add to the traitor army.

First of these is the Balius Battle Strider, by Nfyema on Cults3d.com.
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/balius-battle-strider

I've added some chaos iconography and the Khorne mandated chains.






I'm not too happy with the base, but I don't really feel like redoing it tbh

There's a second one in the works as I messed up the magnetizing and I'd like to be able to field it with two ranged weapons as well.




Then there's the Superheavy armoured transport:



I've added some old chaos vehicle stuff to this one and the stowage options of the next project:



Nfyema's Durandal heavy tank, https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/durandal-breakthrough-tank
I've got this one fully printed with all the options magnetized, but I'm not looking forward to painting another tank.

There's also a third baneblade fully printed, because....ehh.... why not?

That are some amazingly well done conversions and models.

Also i envy the people that got the space and time for a 3d printer...

Not Online!!! wrote:
That are some amazingly well done conversions and models.

Also i envy the people that got the space and time for a 3d printer...

Thanks! I use an Ender S1 and it really isn't that much of a space investment.
Printing large models does take a lot of time, but once you've got your printer set up correctly it's mostly a hands-off thing.

 DoctorDanny wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:
That are some amazingly well done conversions and models.

Also i envy the people that got the space and time for a 3d printer...

Thanks! I use an Ender S1 and it really isn't that much of a space investment.
Printing large models does take a lot of time, but once you've got your printer set up correctly it's mostly a hands-off thing.

isn't that the plastic filament printer? Is it that smooth or am i missing something?

Not Online!!! wrote:

 DoctorDanny wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:
That are some amazingly well done conversions and models.

Also i envy the people that got the space and time for a 3d printer...

Thanks! I use an Ender S1 and it really isn't that much of a space investment.
Printing large models does take a lot of time, but once you've got your printer set up correctly it's mostly a hands-off thing.

isn't that the plastic filament printer? Is it that smooth or am i missing something?

Yes, it's PLA, not resin. I print these vehicles at the highest quality settings and they generally come out great.
No chemicals and toxic fumes.

Edit: just to be clear, it's only the vehicles that I print myself the infantry models are resin and I usually buy these through Etsy.com.

The walker thing looks cool. I trust khorne approves of the chains!

I surely hope that Khorne approves as there's two more of them on the way

Here's a WIP of the first one. This guy will have two ranged weapon arms.



I printed the legs in their separate parts so that I could easily pose this big boy on the container.

The third one will probably have two melee hands.
The STL comes with a chainsword, but I think that one looks a bit goofy.
I've printed a tentacle arm from the regular GW chaos knight kit, bit that one's a bit too large.
It might be a bit untill you see the melee knight posted I guess

The mechs are awesome. Tempted to track them down, myself. That superheavy is really something. An absolute beast!

Allright, Knight number two is finished.

I'll get some nice photo's with other models and some background up when number three is ready.
That might be some time as my Ender S1 seems to have developed a temperature problem that I haven't been able to fix yet.

Second knight is all ranged. I've printed two of all the weapon options in a left and a right arm variant.
Here you can see him with two thermal cannon blasters.

With tactical rocks being a thing these days I figured a tactical container will also do just fine for a Knight:







The 'face tentacles' are van Saar pony-tails.
The top weapons are also fully interchangable.
I have the double autocannon, a missile launcher top and two 'clean' tops.

The last knight will feature two close combat fists, possibly with a huge chainsword in one of them.

A great looking custom kit!

And here's knight number three, assembled and unpainted:



I've added lots of printed chain to the head and given him a fully close combat loadout.
He's on a printed base with a destroyed armiger to stand on.

I still need to burn the 'PLA-hairs' of some of the parts, I'll do that when my wife's not at home.
Somehow she doesn't like me using the stove to melt plastic in the kitchen. Can't imagine why.

The 'crown of spears' is slightly off-centre and that kind of bothers me.
It's glued on with a combination of pva and superglue though, so there's no way in hell that that is ever coming off again

I'm considering adding another chainsword to the outstretched right arm....

Really awesome prints! I actually quite like the crown being off centre, seems more chaosy and sadistic that way