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This model shows what happens when you clip the parts of a sprue first as you can see you end up having to bodge somethings when you can't actually find a part in this case the foot which comes from that lot of giant spares and got bodged with Miliput. The head and claw comes from a Chaos Spawn while the rest is just Troll!

More basic warriors. Quite happy with the two headed mutant duelist.

This is second to last of my trolls. It's actually a Spawn body using troll arms and head. I imagine this one using the bright light on it's head as either a lure or a third eye.

Got the Knight Standard Bearer done.

He's pretty much pure Knight kit. I'm happy with the freehand extra bits on the banner Chaos Runes not taking much skill.
As the Command group was complete I felt like taking a regiment shot. I've got 4 more to go still though.......

Having these done means I can also field a Chaos Warrior army proper soon.

Some interesting Chaotic minions for your enjoyment

These guys will all be used as regular Chaos Warriors. The dwarves are the Chronopia models and the Standard Bearer is a basic Warrior bodge. The final guy consists of Corpse cart legs, Chaos warrior torso and arms and a Chaos Spawn mouth and eye rather than a normal head so he can join the Forsaken at will as well.

Had my first game with the Warriors book today. The list was two giant hordes one of warriors one of marauders, trolls and a unit of knights with some marauder horse and forsaken running around and yes the Chaos Warrior book is immeasurably better. Having tough combat units with armour and a capability to survive helps hugely. I still lost to the Tomb Kings army I was playing due to a rampaging Sphinx but the improved toughness and durability of the Warriors was appreciated. Having my Exalted hero kill the Tomb King in a challenge also made my day.

Getting the first game in gave me the motivation to finally make that War Shrine I've been going on about. I quite fancy using this in a game soon so painting probably wont take as long as usual.


It's basically the Rhinox cart of the Ironblaster kit with the Scrap Launcher and a Corpse Cart Brazier used to make the central cauldron. The driver is a gnoblar with a human head while the rest ofthe crew are 3 ancient GW chaos sorcerors and mages. I like these cloaked subdued models as they give the evil sorcerors tending a cauldron vibe I wanted.

You have been quite busy. The crew for the Hell Cannon was excellent and it cracked me up a bit. The War Shrine is massive and impressive. I always enjoy the work you do, glad to see you are still working.

Thanks a lot mate glad to hear from you as well.

This nice simple model is a classic Chaos Sorceror and one of my favourite Chaos models ever.

That is a great miniature. Call me nostalgic, but I've almost always liked the "understated" miniatures of days long past over the ultra-dynamic heroic action poses that a lot of character models have now.

Yep it's one of the reasons I'm really looking forward to painting my Warshrines Acolytes

Managed to get two boxes of Chronopia Chaos Dwarves between Ebay and Triples this'll give me options to either make an entire regiment of them. I've also got more 5th Ed warriors in the post so that'll give me more stuff to play with. However it'll be awhile until I aint them as I'm starting another job away from home.

Hope the job goes well for you and looking forward to seeing your newest addition.

Cheers mate

Well Skalk that job went well (dead body on the last day aside). Even better the economy seems to have picked up a bit and I got a new job straight after it ended. This means I'm cash rich and time poor unusually enough for me. As I'm either working from my parents or provided accomodation in Northampton my paintings slowed down a lot. However I'm restarting studying with an Open University course soon and I always find painting between sections of reading and paragrahs in essays is a great way to get modelling completed and make sure the paint has time to dry. Oops I mean to provide small short breaks between studying. Therefore I'm in Sheffield and I've finally got around to photographing my Hellcannon.

Got the first of the Warshrine crew done.

He's an ancient eighties Chaos figure. I really like the subtle sinister look of these guys.

Got another Crewman done for the Warshrine.

Neither of these have come out well in photography. He's the Gnoblar holder with a human head making him a twisted mutant. The idea was nicked from one of PDH's Scavvies.

Good to see you back, condolences on the dead body incident (have run across a few of them myself, it's always unsettling), and congrads on the continued employment. Makes it easier to buy new toys (and to have a home for them). I totally understand not having the time to do as much as you would like. My modeling time has been nearly crushed. I'm looking for a way to change that.

On to the new pieces you're posted. The puking Hellcannon is genuinely foul. That's a compliment. The zombies are an excellent touch and the conversions are well done. The attendant crew is excellent as well, my favorite being the Beastman. It's almost ironic to call him Beastman seeing how he is dressed like a dapper fop and could easily be addressing royal court. Your armies are madness incarnate. Really glad to see you working on it again.

The Warshrine crew are off to a good start. You seem to have a lot of *really* old GW models. Any chance you could ever do a "group photo" again?

Ah I'm an archaeologist and as they're long dead and presumably had full and happy lives it's not bad at all. These were after all skeletons probably between 1500 to 2500 years old any other day on the project I'd have been happy. Theres a huge difference between the long dead and the recently killed.

About the old GW models I've been lucky on Ebay and deliberately targeted the junk lots which have them in. These were selected for the project and are all eighties vintage. A group photo won't happen soon as I'm commuting between work my parents and home. As well as that I'm starting a correspondonce course which'll hopefully lead to more painting as I need the breaks.

Oh yeah, I remember you telling me that way back. All of my bodies were minutes dead (murder in a convenience store parking lot) to months dead (missing person case w/ unhappy ending).

Any chance for that army photo?

Yep figured it's very different. Short answer is not until the Shrines finished and that won't be soon. I'm currently starting a course and working away from home and I've been running about a lot more than normal.. All my painting time at the moment is going on epic as it's easy to carry and quick to do. Equally I've applied for a job where the units based ten minutes from where I live. If I get that I'll bung stuff up fairly quickly.

Good luck on that job! Having more hobby time is an excellent thing. As always, looking forward to the next piece you share. The madness of Llamahead cannot be overstated.

That's sig worthy. I'll probably manage to add a few odds and sods to my Ork blog. The looted Warlords would be right up your street. As for madness my Hrin blog ontains a few corkers including a tribute to your Chrono-Gladiator.

Well my contract wasn't renewed I'd be more upset but frankly I wasn't particularly happy there. I was also annoyed as the boss who prevented it being renewed had only worked with me for two days during an eight week contract. However bright side more time for modelling. I've also treated myself to the new Nurgle Daemon plastics the Nurglings are a bit of a disappointment and the Plaguebearer weapons aren't great. However the bodies with some bodging should provide a far more Nurgley aspect to my mutant hordes and the bone flute is just a sublimely gribbly touch. The heads are also marvellously twisted. Should be fun.

Sorry about the contract, but congrats on not having a jerk boss.

Nice haul you got there. I didn't like the new Nurglings at all. GW did better plastic castings in RT. Ugh. But the new Plaguebearers aren't so bad, a bit goofy (not in the good happy Nurgle way, just goofy). I know you'll do some great stuff w/ it all.

Cheers it took me a week to get back to work. It was only for the past 3 days but it's been extended for another week.....It's also far closer to home allowing more modelling. To celebrate I treated mself to some Flagellants and an Empire book. the Flagellants will end up either here or in my Grey Knights while the Empire book is earmarked for my next big project. I've been planning to use Warlord and Perry twins plastics to make a more realistic Empire army for a while now and as soon as expenses permit I'll begin.

The Plaguebearers are interesting I like most of the heads and the icons and musical instruments are great. The weapons just don't work for me as they don't look practical. I prefer my Nurgle weapons as brutal rusty cleavers than delicate impractical swords. The bodies continue GW's almost forced habit of not making them combine between kits. They take a bit of fudging and I reckon the easiest way is to glue them together then chop them in half. But after this they provide great diseased torsos and mutated legs for Chaos Warriors. It's not their greatest kit but I got them at 20% off at y FLGS so it was at a reasonable price. They're nowhere near the standards of the Chaos Knights or Crypt Ghouls though.

I've seen them up close now and I can say that I won't be getting any unless they are part of a larger lot of other things I'm interested in from an eBay auction. Gluing them first and then cutting them up does make more sense.

I love that Chaos Sorcerer. It is in the top 5 favorite early WFB models. I use mine as a Wyrd in Necromunda.

Oddly enough he was originally brought to use as a Scavvy leader for Necromunda. Can't blaim you about the Plaguebearers as a bitz soure their fine but the total models are far less cool than the older metals you have.

GW's done their usual trick of releasing a new kit when I've just really begun painting the conversion to use as it. Normally I would consider replacing the conversion with the new kit but I don't particularly like their warshrine. It's far too baroque and fiddly rather than brutish. I've got the 4th crewman painted and I've been mucking about with the sprues. As well as that I've got a few Mordheim models to add to the band.