Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

lost wrote:whos the guy on the far left?

Not sure. I guess it could be a herald or just a normal plague bearer.
I need to do his thighs and work on the arms. He has a plagued looking halberd as well.

E: you can see it in the background behind the BT.

More stuff:




Horah for Dakka Galleries

why is he holding a mirror??????

Hey, I finished.

Still on their amazing paint rigs(need some cleaning up on backpacks and hands):



And their old school ride (rigged from spare parts, still needs cleaning up, but feth it for now):




Now, more daemon sculpting, or should I jump on my assault squads?

Hmm, that's some cool stuff. Nice painting. As to your question, I'd like to see more on that daemon. What are you sculpting him with? The gray parts, I mean.

I'd like to see that sculpt finished off, it looks very promising.

Yeah, I decided to finish up the Bloodthirster, I am just at a loss for how to get wings on him at this point.

I totally forgot that BTs have wings when I thought him up, so I more or less have no space for them. I am thinking he might end up with only one wing or I might just say he jumps really fething high.

Hah.

WIP Assault squad:


And some deamons:

I need some advice.
Should I keep working on the wing as it is, or just buy some plastic ones? I still need to smooth it out a bit. It got wrinkled and I plan on just thickening it up over the wrinkles then detailing it with more rips and tears. The "arm" needs to be sculpted but I am way less worried about doing that than I am about the actual membrane. The "fingers" need work too, but again, I care more about the membrane.

nice thirster

Here's more progress:

The wings still need cleaning up and sculpting. Detailing. Yeah.


I think I will end up buying some resin wings from Ultraforge or something, I am not happy with these at all.

Here's my Plaguebearers in progress.
I am not sure what I can do for the weapons. I am going to work on the heads and bases next. I think the Demon army will get cobble stones/stairs for their bases.
Might also trim the quills off them.


E: and there is a big ole fether up in the top left corner there. I think he will get a slug body.

Here they are. I am pretty much done with everything but more facial detailing, horns, and finishing up their weapon arms.

I am happy I got them done in about three days of work. An entire unit might take me like...three weeks to convert normally.


sorry last photo is blurry.

Also I hate posting three times in a row with no comments.

If you guys hate this gak at least tell me so.
:/

The Thirster looks great. I especially like how you beat up the wings a bit. The Plaguebearers look like they have a good start, I am a big fan of the faces. Any Ideas for basing on those? To end my praise of your sculpting I'd like to bring that hooded BEASTY to attention. Very dark and mysterious and very awesome. That thin line of GS around the weapon is made of win. VERY COOL! KEEP GOING!

Hi

I like what you've done. The BT wings can work with a little more effort I think.

What are you constructing the PBs from? They work quite well...

Yes. I am a bit more happy with the wings, but I just wanted...bigger?

Basing: cobble stone for the troops, crazier stuff for the greater demons and heralds. I guess the "story" I'm trying to tell is that the troops are surging through a city while the commanders are standing on rocky bluffs around the city.

The PBs are Kroot.

And the hooded guy is some sort of Tzeench DP or GD...his staff is supposed to looks sort of like a dream catcher.

Thanks for all the comments!

Amazing models....inspired me to do a 40k demons army...excellent work.

Still working on these guys.
I'll take some better shots tomorrow in daylight. Here's two teasers:




Automatically Appended Next Post:
I said I'd update, here's a whole bunch of stuff:

Here's a squad of plague bearers along with WIP Bloodletters, both on Microart studio bases:


My second Bloodthirster, along with his bigger brother. Both need wings, I think I might just grab the LotR Balrog wings for them.


WIP shots of the Bloodletters, I think they are pretty bland now so I am going to push the brown a bit further. They were painted using artists inks watered down with some FFW thrown in (that's why they appear glossy).



A Nurglish thing:




Another Nurglish thing:





Yet another Nurglish thing (who might hold an army standard):




Some Flamer test sculpts, I don't like them:


And finally, the crown jewel:


I got this guy with a bunch of other bitz I bought off someone. He got it from an awful ebay auction. Best chaos spawn ever..

Update on the bloodletters:





And a group shot:



Automatically Appended Next Post:
I feel like the more updates I post the less input I guess.

Anyway, here's a PB after a wash of brown ink and some pretty sloppy work with green and yellow.

Finished some stuff up.





and then this guy, with the custom wings. I go back and forth between liking and hating them.

Cool stuff you're doing here!

Thanks for the comment!

here's three options for their bases:


any opinions?

I will post the finished Bloodletter unit tomorrow, but for now, have some wings:




I am pretty okay with them, they need some cleaning up, especially the larger pair. I also see tons of little tweaks for both of these guys, but I need to start painting them at some point!

I may be breaking etiquette here, commenting on this project on several boards.
But hell, it merits repeated praise! I love the 'thirsters. I fear the 'thirsters. I cannot take my eyes off the thirsters!

I am really enjoying the thirsters, I can't wait to paint them up. Even though they are so close from being where I would like my sculpting to be, I think I learned a lot and it's time to paint them both up.

That being said, I am going to be gone for the next six weeks, so this is the last photo update until I return, at which point I will hopefully finish up the plague bearers a second unit of blood letters, and the two thirtsters.

Still left for modeling are the soulgrinders. I have done a lot of concept sketches for them, so if I have access to a scanner I will try to get some concept work for them uploaded.

I also have two nurgle beasties that deserve some paint.

Here's some images as a parting gift:

This one came out a bit blurry.

The wings were done a bit differently for this BT, which was good and bad. First off, they are larger and more impressive as well as being more textured. That's nice. However, they are also heavy. That's not so nice. I am trying to come up with a better way to add some mass to the base, but it's not going to be a big deal really.

The basic process was pretty simple. I took some copper wire, bent the general shape from the "socket" to the end of the first "digit". Next I took a shorter piece of copper wire and used a bit of GS to hold it in place. To strengthern the joint and give the clay something to stick too, I wrapped thin electrical wire around the joint and copper wire. The same thing was done for the last digit. After the "skeleton" dried, I added some aluminum mesh to create the wing membrane, this was pretty simple and necessary since I wanted to work in sculpy and not GS, like the smaller wings. Next time I think I will stick to GS since it is lighter and has more plasticity. The only downside is that I can't carve GS and I can't use isopropyl alcohol to thin it out.

After getting sculpey on the basic frame, I baked it then attacked with my exacto knife and sculpting tool, carving some texture into the wing. I added GS in places where I wanted to do some finer stuff, or smooth out imperfections.
I still need to clean them up a bit, but I took away a lot from the second pair.

Here's this guy, who I think I showed before:

He will serve as a army banner bearer/ objective marker. I am pretty excited to see him finished up. The miniature has been sitting around in various states of completion for almost four years.

It's going to be hard not to steal ideas from tinfoil's excellent soulgrinders



Automatically Appended Next Post:
If anyone was wondering how this chaotic horde will be spending the next month and a half:

Wow - what a huge amount of work you've put into these!

They look excellent.

Any idea on why you will start painting them?

tallmantim wrote:Wow - what a huge amount of work you've put into these!

They look excellent.

Any idea on why you will start painting them?

Not for another month, I am away from home.
I will be posting some concept sketches in a week or so, so I'll try to keep you guys interested

Holy crap my old site is spamming this page with password requests. I will try to fix that.
Here are some updates:





I think I cut all the photos that wee giving me trouble so this thread shouldn't be a pain in the ass to view.

Sad news: I think I lost the catchan that was sitting on the soulgrinder.

Good news: I have a pretty bichin' idea that will hopefully get some work this weekend.

I'm all about the grinders right now.

Speaking of Soulgrinders:







These two guys just need a little clean up and gap filling on the defiler chassis, then they will get an undercoat!

I also dug up this dude; after three or more years in the bitzbox, I remembered I had some extra spawn arms. He is pretty much done aside from his sword, which needs to be detailed with some tormented souls. The GS work is mediocre, to be honest, but I just want him finished at this point.