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It's the "rank and file" troops that really define your armies. Chaos for the sake of Chaos. Mutations everywhere. I really enjoy the work you do here, every model is so uniquie and very different.

Cheers Skalk thanks a lot. It's the thing which draws me to your cult as well.
Heres my second knight (the first too be assembled) he's got an adequate paint job. I've got quite a few others undercoated and my last Trolls have also been done.

This bloke is very much the stereotypical Chaos Barbarian knight so nothing special really.

Heres the birdy Troll

Don't really want to think how long it's taken to get to the painting stage but these should be done fairly soonish. Only another 4 to go.

The Knight is good because (again) it sets a standard to gauge the conversions against. The troll is excellent. Is the right hand / weapon from the WFB Giant set?

Both weapons are from the Troll set it's a simple headswap. Kitbashing and conversions don't need to be complicated at all to get a real change.

Four mor Chaos Warriors very happy with the mutant and the former Brettonian. One of my aims with this part of the army is to keep it looking like a Chaos Force from the Old World rather than an invading Northmen force.

You are definitely reaching your goal. 3rd from left is my favorite. Always impressed by your visions of Chaos.

Cheers third from left is probably my favourite to. The tentacle fit very well in the original headhole.
Today I've got a Knight Musician for you. This guy was given a Brettonian feel. To do this I used the Man-at-Arms head and gave him a Lance. The armour is mean't to be his original suit corrupted save for the Fleur de Lys which will be last to go or alternatively provide the weakspot which kills him. The horns the metal one from the old Chaos Warrior box I reckon.

Llamahead wrote:The armour is mean't to be his original suit corrupted save for the Fleur de Lys which will be last to go or alternatively provide the weakspot which kills him.

That is so perfect. In the Warhammer fluff there are numerous examples of Knights and other warriors following the clarion call of Chaos and as they slowly take on the changes of Chaos they ride the same steed and wear the same armor... his old allegiance is the last part of his former self to leave him. Really enjoy that you're incorporating that kind of WFB history to your force.

It;s something I wouldn't have begun to do without Dakka I've seen it done beautifully by a lot of people on Dakka and thought that these guys deserved a special focus. Chaos Knights and Warriors are all mighty villains with a fell and terrible tale of their own and using it to encourage the modelling is fun.

All of my Chaos Knights are stock models, their "corruption" complete (be that as it may on a stock model). It is making me thing hard about using some Bretonnian Knights or maybe some Empire Heroes. Muuahhhaa!

I haven't worked on my WFB Chaos since Nov '10. It might be time to try again?

Nice work, like the brett head!

Cheers Commissar Khaine the Men-at-Arms heads are great aren't they.
Be good to see Skalk. Warhammer 8th is an odd beast. I like it as you actually get to roll dice for foot troops and I'd like to see your work on it. Especially as a change is as good as a rest it might reinvigorate another project. Personally I wouldn't necessarily start with the Bret or Empire Knights as the Chaos Knight kit is one of the few GW kits worth it's price but a few helms and combined kits would be good. Bare i mind that was using two parts from the kit and it worked. The Empire heroes idea is one I've had as well. I really want to have a corrupted Witch Hunter as well as a field medic who's secretly aligned to Nurgle as well.......I'm looking for them on Ebay currently.

Hey - not sure how I missed your updates. That troll is ace and for some reason I have named him Puss-Crow.

That's great I'll definitely use that at some point!

Wordy update. As I've mentioned I've got a new job only short term but locally based. I'd decided not to spend much money on my hobby but wandered into Wargames Emporium (my FLGS well worth a look if your ever in Sheffield) and saw some second hand OOP Empire cannon crew and the lovely new Ironblaster kit and my mind went hmmmm........The Ironblaster kit becoming a Hellcannon and a Warshrine has been in my head awhile. The plan is to base up the Ogre as the Hell Cannon with the crew (possibly with it being supported by a couple of friendly zombies and use the Charioty bit as the Warshrine. I've got a nice OOP wizard to use and a bunch of Corpse Cart bits as well. The Scraplauncher chucky bit bowl thingy will make a nice Cauldron and I'm planning on some rather nasty Gooey effects along with a variety of body parts and maybe some tentacles. The Gnoblar crew will get a few headswwaps and be deranged mutant attendants. I reckon I've come to my conclusion about GW prices big centrepiece kits are often worth what they charge basic infantry have become over priced. I'e also been drooling over the Avatars of War not warriors kit. A nice big block of Chosen might be on the cards.

Painty update. Razorgor's Chariot done. I've also got a lot of stuff undercoated. Just basic Warriors and Gors but it'll keep me moving forward. With the acquisition of the Iron Blaster there's only one real must acquire model left (Malifaux Horned Rider to use as a mounted Lord) although I'm certainly going to acquire some of the Avatars of War Hordes of the Apocalypse at some point as Chosen. I'd like another block of warriors as well.

You have a really interesting non -traditional way of painting, its a good thing

Not sure style's quite the right word.....Colour it in and ink it over's more accurate.

Birdy the Troll is outstanding - tremendous personality and the parts really work together well. I like the model you used for the razorgor, and nice use of the corpse cart!

Thanks Kestral it's definitely a sign I acheived my main aim when so many people are chiming in with names. That's as if I'm honest with myself the main aim I give myself with all my projects is character. Technical perfection doesn't matter so long as they look real and have personality I don't mind. The Hasslefree Hell beasts are mighty fine models beating GW's Razorgor by a fair way the Corpse Cart is also one of my favourite GW kits and when I saw two second hand when I was doing this I grabbed them. The Zombie Bit's are also great for Mutants and craziness.

Annoyed myself had a set of bitz I put in a pot to one side for the Hellcannon I seem to have mislaid them somewhere. Ah well' they'll turn up eventually. I've got another of my fallen Knight's painted up today. This guys an Imperial Noble with pistol and sword. Nice and simple.

Another of Sigmar's Finest fallen to the whispers of power and glory through Chaos. Nicely done.

Thanks Skalk.....
As the theme seems to be the conversion of the Sigmarites we'll start with this guy;

Who along with this chappy;

Make up the crew for this;



Yes I've got the Hellcannon done. To my mind it's far enough into Chaos to fit the army and I'm absolutely delighted with the head swap on the classic engineer it just works beautifully. I can just imagine him reading out the scroll the dwarves holding......

I've also got this lady finished she's the last of my original lot of Malifaux miniatures which obviously mean's I need to buy more.........No bad Llamahead Confrontation Addiction is bad enough and end of current work project and new glasses leave wallet chronically unwell. Still got plenty of models left from last job's binge as well and there is the shrine to do soon.

Not a great photograph but better than from the blue background.

Like the hellcannon idea, cool stuff!

I've got a bunch of Chronopia Chaos Dwarfs these will stand in for Chaos Warriors. However they are all one pose so some may well be up for trade if anybodies interested.

Crap week end of project, been ill and trouble at work. Trouble seems to be cleared up with the company (the incident involved other contractors) and the job was due to end with no hard feelings anyway. It got cleared up on Friday. Unfortunately I'm still ill and need to be checked up after spending several hours waiting to see a nurse who refused to check up the symptoms of what I was affected by and was utterly aggravatingly rude. This morning on the way to buy a Carbon Monoxide alarm for my flat I had a stroke of luck I found a small plastic yellow toy llama which I'm definitely keeping as a luck piece.

The Llama in these shots is the one I found. I've got a few of the Chronopia Dwarves glued together which should add a nice bit of randomness to the force.

I've also painted up 4 rank and file Warriors. I'm particularly fond of the one with the comedy hat I imagine him rebelling against his Lord after being forced to wear it one time too many......

Just some more minions.

It's a Compleat Llamahead day.
I've got Corporal Forester to reinforce the Conclave http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/90/279068.page
My dabblings into Epic and two new Kroozers here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/356363.page
And the entirety of my Infantry done for the 24th Islandlwanda here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/240/252579.page

This Knight's pretty unusual for me. All it's components come from the GW Chaos Knight kit I just used the flexibility to give a nice dynamic pose although it does mean he'll only make sense on the right side of a regiment.