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 whalemusic360 wrote:
How'd you stick it on the base?

I excavated material from the underside and inserted four magnets - a big one to bear the weight and three small ones to stabilise. I smoothed off the surface and then let four complimentary magnets sit on them. Green stuff sausages 3mm wide were made into a square and the corners squished onto them. When this had cured, I pressed a lump of GS onto it and inserted some paperclip rods to hold it in shape when the craft is not mounted (the magnets pulled together and distorted the first attempt - this all took a lot of trial & error and I didn't bother recording the process as I'd rather keep my iPhone away from neodymium .

Once a solid mount has been cured, it was attached to the top of a flying stand (the four magnets were spaced with this in mind) by putting a thin layer of fresh GS over the join on magnet block, and then pressing this into a coating of superglue on the flying stand. More GS was added to go over the sides and really secure it in place.

I plan to expend my air force and will make a blog of this process once it's down pat

That sounds like quite a chore, but it's cool to see a flyer without the slot for the stand carved into it. Paint looks great too, but that went without saying.

Paintjob on the Hellblade is wicked cool. Really top class stuff.

EDC

 whalemusic360 wrote:
That sounds like quite a chore, but it's cool to see a flyer without the slot for the stand carved into it. Paint looks great too, but that went without saying.

Yeah, the HB is actually a pre-Citadel flying stand model, and you get a generic... lump of resin with a stand slot in it to somehow attach to the model. It's a really clumsy solution, but FW's only alternative would be to commission a stand slot attachment for every existing kit. The only issues I've had with my solution is the time & effort factor, and the fact that the strongest magnet holds so tight that even my Humbrol varnish doesn't prevent paint scratching. Still, worth it

Wonderful work linds... wow.

Right, brothers and sisters of the Word, I've picked up a Favoured of Chaos set. I'm a fan of the Possessed models (though they need kitbashing to really shine), and I'll be picking up another and also another pair of Daemon Princes. Plan is to have a Nurgle Prince buzzing along over a convoy of mechanised Possessed, causing merry hell, whilst the other three Princes will be kept aside for Allied Detachments (to enable FA choices of a single Flyer) or Lords of the Black Crusade.

Now, what to give them? Here's what I've thought about...


Daemon Prince of Nurgle: Lv 3 Malefic Daemonology, Spell Familiar, Wings, Power Armour, Burning Brand of Skalanthrax

If he gets Cursed Earth, the Possessed and their Rhinos get 4++. (3++ on the Tzeentch marked unit - they're facing up against the Plasma/Grav gunlines.) Infernal Gaze and Dark Flame have ok synergy with being a gunship. Summoning more Daemons adds to the horror - especially handy for making a Plaguebearer unit to tank for the Possessed on the turn they dismount.


Daemon Prince of Khorne: Power Armour, Wings, Axe of Blind Fury

Hulk smash! I was pondering on making one of them a foot model (I do like the original FC DP), but if you're going to pay 200pts for a MC it's a terrible idea to make it walk up to the enemy's gunlines to save 40pts (especially with how much Grav there is nowadays).


Daemon Prince of Slaanesh: Lv 3 Biomancy, Spell Familiar, Wings, Black Mace

Who cares about armour when in almost every game they’ll get solid buff and/or regeneration powers?


Daemon Prince of Tzeentch: Lv 3 Telepathy, Spell Familiar, Power Armour, Wings

If Shrouding comes up then shooting her down will be a big priority, so she gets a buff against massed Autocannon and Flakk Missiles. I'm thinking instead of wings, this model will be levitating in a trance.


In big games I’ll take all three, and then the fun starts. Hulk serves as Distraction Carnifex. At least one of Shrouding or Invisibility or Endurance should come up. Psychic Shriek has alright synergy with Terrify, but adding a trio of Helldrakes for more Ld debuffs (and Vehemence Attack Pattern - like having four lascannons each!) makes it downright horrific. Doubly so if Shrouding comes up - 2++ Jinks all round, thank you!


I'm not sure how to make the Nurgle one. I'm happy with the plastic DP kit for the other three, but the FC guy is a great model and easily modified to fly. I'm not a fan of Bayformers, but I'm thinking of Optimus Prime's flight pack made to look like it mutated from a Warp Talon...

Aye - seriously - how is that flyer attached??? Fething ho0bby magic!

So, how about that Traitors Hate and Legions, eh?

Now that I've got my air superiority established, time to fill the skies. And with a faction that specialises in notoriously overcosted Possessed, I'm going to need something really annoying. Enter a flying Nurgle Prince, escorting 3-5 Possessed units in Rhinos, casting Malefic spells to support them. As long as he's alive (with Shrouded Jinking, should be solid), he has a bubble that basically gives them a pair of I5 Lightning Claws. In 2/3 games he'll give the Tzeentch-marked brethren a 3++. Tasty!

I've always liked the Nurgle Prince model and I scooped one up. He's been reposed all dynamic like, and over the past few days I've been making a jetpack for him:



After pinning some tubes in place to position the boosters, I built him a pair of stabilisers. After much doodling I settled on a Warp Talon-inspired design that recalls a mark of Nurgle and leaves room for freehand Legion iconography. His tabard was repositioned with a hot air gun - trickier to time than boiling water, but much less mess.



I made some intakes and put fangs around them, and made some exhausts. To guide my sculpting, I cut out some long thin wedges and glued them along the sides. It then occurred to me to record the progress in shorter intervals



Sculpted detail around the intakes. I used calipers to make sure their diameters matched up.Filled in the gaps between the wedges.



First time modelling an identical pair of regular geometric objects. Applied the GS warm & soft then worked it when it had cooled and stiffened a bit. Mostly used stroking actions and the calipers again, looking down the length to see for bumps. When it had cured, smoothed them with emery boards and carved the exhaust parts with a scalpel. 0.5mm steel rulers rule! Used a technical drawing pen to plan out next steps, referring to Warp Talon jump packs as an example.

More to follow! My army is currently on parade, hopefully get photos of them on display in a week or two.

Jet pack beginning to take shape now. If you want to mount magnets as studs, seal their sides to the surface with a layer of superglue and make the holes slightly bevelled to accommodate, or you'll have them snapping off.

This is going to be amazing!

Looks good so far

Jet engine enclosures mostly done now



I made dozens of the arrow tips, they'll be handy later on. Used an emery board to smooth them to match the form of the enclosures.

Wow, great work.

And a great way to make Chaos arrows, I need to do that.

Awesome, that Nurgle DP is gonna look boss!

EDC

Just spent a pleasant hour reading through this blog, amazing work, sculpting and painting is top notch, really love it, off to check out your other works, subbed to this, so inspirational.

The troops are currently on parade in the Nottingham city centre GW store





Starting to paint the Daemon Prince. Think I'm going to glue the wings on, the magnets just don't want to stay put

When I did my son's hive tyrant, I put two pins in each wing. That way they are very secure but can be removed easily (and the pin holes in the tyrant's body aren't that noticeable). Great looking army Linds, glad it's getting a good showing.

Been having some fun 1K kill points games at my local GW, but I fancy a change from the LR Terminators and trying to fit two Troops in next to them. Considering this:

Raptor Talon
Chaos Lord, Jump Pack, Murder Sword, Dark Glory, VOTLW
5 Warp Talons: Khornate, VOTLW
5 Warp Talons: Slaaneshi, VOTLW
5 Raptors: 2 Melta, Combi Melta, Power Fist, VOTLW
^ this detachment makes disordered charges on deep strike

Allied Detachment
Sorcerer: lv 3 Malefic Daemonology, Dark Glory, Spell Familiar, VOTLW
20 Cultists: Shotgun, Stubber, Flamer, 8 Autoguns
Hell Blade: Helstorm Autocannon
^ a Hell Blade is a flying Land Speeder that has six TL rending Autocannon shots and excels at Dogfighting

The Sorcerer and Cultists stay safe and summon Daemons (+1 to rolls) appropriate to the enemy, the paratroopers jump in and take out key targets, the Hell Blade plays air superiority and picks on units with a key specialist hiding at the back.

I'm converting Valkia into my Lord. Maybe find points to make her Slaaneshi, swing that Murder Sword before loyalist Lightning Claws? Command Warlord traits look best for her - all of them have a use in this army, and the compact play area makes the bubble very effective. I could upgrade her to a 4++ with a Mutation (which would suit her) by dropping a psy level (which would make summoning very difficult when the Warp proves fickle.

Think Khornate WTs are a waste, they'll not get benefits of Rage on their DS charge. Maybe switch to Nurgle instead, tank more OW hits.


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Hmm. Didn't notice that Allied Detachments have to have a different Faction to the Warlord. I'm not splitting the Cultists into two bags of easy kill points, so scratch that.

I also didn't notice that, whereas loyalist Chapters can take each other as Allies, Traitor Legions cannot. Also, there's no option for any Legion to take Fabius Bile as a wildcard, even though he's specifically written as an independent mercenary. Man, Traitor Legions is a mess -.-

Been painting some Nurglings. They're great fun! I'm gonna get more

Nurglings are looking good. Such great little models.

EDC

They're looking mighty fine!

So many amazing ideas here!
Your flying Nurgle Prince, to take just a recent example, is clearly the work of a dangerously tainted dark adept. I'm really loving your work.

That daemon prince is looking very cool!

Brassicus Kohlgebort attained Apotheosis whilst fighting a Pack Leader accompanying Canis Wolfborn. The Space Wolves, having achieved their mission of stalling a Word Bearers advance whilst a servo-skull was retrieved, fell back. The newly-daemonic Prince returned to the fallen Forge World of Ghalmek, boasting of his endurance in the face of a Thunderwolf charge. Not being good with words, he demanded the Warpsmith in charge stop messing around in his workshop and come up with a name that described how his skin was as tough as the brass of the forge and his blade as hot as its coals. And thus was born Brassicus Kohlgebort!









These were my main sources of inspiration for his jetpack and posing:



Not a fan of Bayformers but warming up to them a bit more since Shia Labeouf slapped a Nazi.



Guyver is my favourite sci-fi.



When the casing took shape and I found a perfect Malefic Tome to sit on it, I knew exactly what his Spell Familiar would be doing

He's Lv3 with 2 Nurgle and 3 Malefic. Going to field-test him over the coming weeks; plan is to take a Cultist blob with a Daemonologist, and a Land Raider full of Khorne Possessed. Fly around Vector Striking and Nurgle's Rotting and Summoning, until a Herald of Nurgle with Grimoire gives him 3++ so he come down to ground and get smashing things up. Not going to try the amoeba swarm - I want to Summon stuff that'll give me an edge in the situation. Only thing I'm worried about is Tau.

Well that's certainly.... AWESOME. Really good work on the posing and the paintwork is superb.

Well done buddy!

Really love that figure linds... excellent from top to bottom and you've done the flying thing really well.

Very cool and brutal looking Demon Prince, the choice of wings is brilliant.

Well done! Definitely a very imposing model. What head is that?

 JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:
Well done! Definitely a very imposing model. What head is that?

Thanks, it's the standard Finecast Nurgle DP head

Awesome stuff. That daemon prince is totally epic!

EDC