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Very nice stuff! Meltaspam go!

I like Plasma Guns. A lot. Meltas not so much but I'm learning their effectiveness. Flamers... whatever. Ever since the rules for Flamers were nerfed and dumbed down they aren't nearly as effective or fun. I miss the old days where enemy models would run around on fire.

Well hopefully next year they will boost up flamers again. i also hate the gets hot rule, even though i never roll it

amazingtanks! and sooooo many marinessss!!!!!!

Quick update, mostly to show that I'm still grinding away.

New squad ready to go. This is one of the squads that wasn't in the picture but was close to being done. The Aspiring Champion for this squad was was done some time ago and has already been mixed into the rest of the army.



And a shot of the Land Raider, just a bit of work but work nonetheless:



Next up is... you guessed it... more Plague Marines! I'm looking at a busy weekend so I'm probably not going to have a lot done but I'm going to chip away at this as I can.

Thanks for checking in, more updates coming soon!

Looking very good. I cant wait untill you get those Machinator tracks. Will give that LR such an awsome final touch.

O.O I'm loving that land raider so much man! Keep up the good work, still wondering if your going to get back to project X soon?

I've had a few beers and I'm already sick of painting Plague Marines. Green green green. Bronze bronze bronze. Repeat repeat repeat. Bah. I'll get back to work on them before long. I'm just burnt.

So I decided to start on my new Dreadnought instead. It started out as a regular AoBR plastic but as with the Land Raider I ripped and cut and filed and cut off everything that reminded me if Imperial markings, trashed it a bit more just because I felt like it, and then got working on corrupting it. Before it is done it is going to get the complete Nurgle treatment. I wish I had taken more WIP photos to show the work, but I think this is not such a bad place to start:

Overview of the pieces:



The CC arm has had the combi-bolter removed and a Heavy Flamer has been added instead. Good for lighting up densely-packed squads like Boyz and Guard. The CC weapon was converted w/ the same style "claws" as I used for "teeth" on the Land Raider. The center of the CC weapon is another "mouth". When it is done it's going to look pretty decent I think. I have to replace the nozzle on the HF though, I notice I got a bit careless w/ the filing and it's a bit flat on one side.





The main weapon will remain a Multimelta. I'm going with this because of the ST 8 AP 1 w/ Melta special rules, plus it is twin-linked so I get a re-roll if I miss. However, I'm going to try magnetizing the weapon so I can swap it out with other stuff if I choose. For now this is going to be mobile tank killer, and it'll ruin the day of more than a few Nobs I imagine. The spikes are the same spikes I have on my Land Raider and Rhinos, the idea is to tie everything together and create a cohesive feeling throughout the army. And yes I'll be drilling out the barrels better than this.



The main body / hull is really why I wanted to do a new Dread in the first place. A couple months ago I saw a thread where someone linked to a Dreadnought that had the sarcophagus with a clear casing so you could see inside it but the model was poorly done and the CSM inside the sarcophagus was still wearing Power Armor. Great idea, terrible execution. I'm hoping to take that idea in the right direction and with any luck inspire someone else that can actually model / paint to do it on a 10/10 level. For now you're stuck with me. Here's where it is so far. The plastic might have to be changed out if it doesn't hold "air tight" because I'm going to fill this with fluid. I'll be trimming it of course.



And a very loosely joined sum of the parts tro give an idea of where all this is going:



I have a lot of work to do on this but I think it'll be worth it. I'm looking forward to something with this much firepower. Just have to keep it far, far away from my Land Raider. Or anything else in my army for that matter.

More coming later.

the dread looks sweet!
HOWEVER!!!! I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU!!
You tell me quite abit that i didn't know about chaos, but you refuse to tell me about the fifth long forgotten god? Malal?
I know i probably should have found out for him on my own(and sort of did) but you could have at least told me there used to be a fifth god that was hated by the rest.

Lol sorry for the rant just wish I would have known about him. Still looking for digitals of the first three editions*not interested in fourth*

Spikes are awesome, skeleton in the sarcophagus awesome, mega claw with extra mouth awesome, so all in alll awesome job. The fluid in the sarcophagus interests me, what fluid are you gona use? Maybe you could cut the flamer down, so you just have the two tips of the flamer left, as you have filed them a bit flat on one side stick them flat to the side arm in the same place as the flamer is now, then do greenstuff over it like you've done on the claw.

Yeah, I don't like the flamer. It's going to get changed.

I screwed up the sarcophagus idea because I was too impatient and did something stupid so now it won't work the way I wanted so here it is as is now, I'll likely tweak / tear / etc and change it all around again.



Yeah I really hate that flamer. It's coming off.







I should go to bed and leave this alone until tomorrow.

I love that rotting corpse in the dread. It is sooo gross. How did you do those little bubbles in the corpse juice or was that a fortuitous accident? all those curved spikes are nice too

I love it So glad you went with transperant coffin idea, sounded so great. I also have to ask how you did the fluid, looks like he's slowly melting, very distrurbing =) Maybe could try cutting the heavy flamer in half and putting it under the coffin instead? Or have just one of the nozles come out the center of his DCCW (love it btw).
Rank and file marines look awesome too, nothing better than seeing everything from the lowliest nurgling to Daemon Prince fully coated in slime.
I don't like plasmas, the always Gets Hot! (for me atleast)

the dread looks amazing.
the corpse lying in the liquid looks awesome!

very nice work

Wow, love the sarcophagus looks like he's drowning in goo!

The sarcophagus may have failed to turn out as you thought, but it still looks totally wicked, and nurgle. I need to know what liquid you have used, as I want to fill up my puss feeder with the same stuff.

Once again Skalk another one hit out of the park!!!
That dred is so cool!! I love that intombed marine exposed. That really adds tons of originality to you model. Fasteddiexx1, and my brother inlaw had a paint session last night and took a break and saw your latest creation from the warp and was like holy $#!£ that dred is sick!!!
Keep up the great work.

GreyDeathOne wrote: ... and was like holy $#!£ that dred is sick!!!

That comment is great for two reasons xD

@ weetyskemian44- The bubbles were intentional, I used a syringe to pump in the fluid and gave it another blast of air to create the bubbles. Sadly they did not take, as you'll see in the pics. Oh well.

@ Limbo- I'm actually upset w/ myself for not being more patient. If I had waited for the latex caulk I sealed the interior with to cure it would have worked, but no I had to push it and it made a mess and the only way I could clean it up was go in through the clear cover and rinse everything. Maybe I'll do another Dread in the future. This one is what it is, there's no going back at this point.

@ rubirub & Rose_Mountainz- Thank you, always appreciate feedback from folks.

@ tipios- This is what I used:



@ GreyDeathOne- Thank you. What I can't accomplish with highlights and shading I'll accomplish with piles of GS and gallons of washes.


Short update as I don't have much done to show. These are just base colors being mixed in, blending and detail will come later. This entire weekend has been... lackluster. It is what it is. Moving on. You'll notice the Heavy Flamer is gone. I'm going to put a tank on the arm, run some hoses, and call the center of the DCCW the nozzle for the flamer. The people I play w/ are pretty cool and no one is going to have a fit about it.

The color scheme is the same as the Rhinos, Land Raider, Terminator Lord, etc. Going to keep that theme running.









No more bubbles. Or anything else. I'm going to inject a sealer and let it set a couple days then try refilling it for that "1/2 full of fluid" look.

That's it for now. Next update will likely be another squad of regular Plague Marines. The Dreadnought is a fun distraction but the Plague Marines are what need to be done. I'll be gone all next weekend so I'm going to try to get another update posted this week before then.

Thanks for checking this out, your comments are really motivating.

Nice

I think I'm gonna hurl.

Nice job.

Great conversion work and themed painting!!!!!
Must say I have a "soft" (pus?) spot for the old school style plague marines with the piked helmets!

Yeah.... this makes me want to vomit in a good way... if that is possible.

@ Daichallar- Thanks.

@ wolfshadow- I finally went with a bit of the OTT Nurgle rot vile puke nastiness. I have to say that I'm liking it.

@ Cable- You pointed out somehting I have really been slacking on, putting spikes on the helms of my Plague Marines. I'm going to go back and make that happen on a lot of them, just haven't done it yet. Sometimes I skip right past little things like spikes on helms or drilling barrels, then go back a month later after the model is "finished" and actually finish it.

@ Rabid Ferret- Hey, welcome back! The PIP gas mask heads were a bust for the Plague Marines, the scale was just a bit off for my liking. The good news is I have a sick Traitor Guard being put together here and there between all the other projects I'm doing. I'll have some stuff to show once I get more of what I have in front of me done.



Quick update. The Oppressor tracks from Machinator are here.





My social life has been interfering with my modeling time. I don't think I'm going to get much else done this week.

Those tracks are BRUTAL! Can't wait to see them on your filthy land raider

Me too. I need a couple hours with nothing else going on. That's not going to happen for a few days at the earliest.

Those things need to add killer rules to tank shock!

Wow, just when I think you have reached the pinnacle of disgust, you go and do something like this. A rotting corpse inside the Dready, truly sick and disturbing stuff Skalk.
Your entire army is an awesome example of everything Death Guard / Nurgle. The spikes & claw on the Dready look awesome and the fact that it started life as a normal AoBR model makes it even better.
As always, Great Work and can't wait to see what is next.

that dred is DOPEEEEE!!! would say more but got to runto class now!

Skalk, that dread looks amazing! You need to finish it. Glad to see you got your tank treads. They're quite menacing.