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nice stuff by far one of the best traitor armies I've ever seen!

I'd be tempted to add gunfire and explosion damage to the loyalist markings on the Chimera. It looks excellent although I have to agree that the Valkyrie makes more sense in the masters livery.....A Valkyrie would also be able to escape the Zombies rather to easily. I can't quite imagine them capturing one in usable condition.....I'd just fly the hell away if I saw a bunch of Zombies after my brains!

normally i grow annoyed with traitor guard blogs but im digin the zombies, i use them myself as lesser demons. keep up the good work and eat some loyalist brains!

For the valk I would either go with the evil black and red look or have it broken looking but still flyable and filled to the brim with members of the legion of the undead.

Also this is my favorite idea for an army i've seen on dakka so keep up the great work.

I know it's been over a week since the last update; sorry! But it's for the best of reasons; after 4 months without work, I'm finally back on the nine to five. So yay me, boo for time crunches.

Having said that, the bases are in and done; as I had hoped and prayed, I think they do tie the commandos/zombies together nicely!

Another picture barrage tomorrow if I can get my roommate/brother/photographer to give me a hand (it's one dude, I promise).

Can't wait to see them!!!

Good luck w/ your job uh!!!

Alrighty folks. Firstly, my finished tech bases:


Who doesn't love a little hazard striping...


I think that back left zombie is my new favourite; poor guy got eviscerated!

Also, my WIP Valkyrie; I decided to use it as the fluff ride for my commandos (in 90% of my lists, a CCS and vet squad), though one of them will likely be the passengers in most games anyway. Now, keep in mind a lot of the detailing, weathering and nose/wing art is still on the way.

You can somewhat see the gunner in the cockpit, illuminated by his targeting computer. (much easier to see "eye are elle" )


I think the grey edging might be a little too strong.... what do you think?


Here you can see the Multiple Rocket Pod loadout, though I have everything magnetized to swap over to a Vendetta. As a matter of fact, there're almost 20 magnets in this darn thing! (both wing mounts, both nacelle mounts, and the flying stand and cockpit both detach from the frame; I don't mess around )


Enough from me, I'd like to hear what people think! Primarily I'm looking for input on what other people think would look good for wing art. The nose is likely to be similar to the teeth found on the Forgeworld Valkyrie Decal Sheet, and for the wings I'm so far thinking some stylised bird wings. Somewhat similar to those on the FW sheet, but likely blood red and coming to a point rather than a flat end. Perhaps some skeletal bat wings like the ones at the bottom though obviously a different scale/pose. I might have to goof around with photoshop for a bit to see what I like.


So that's my update for last week's work! Coming up: 2 russes to churn through, a second infantry squad to finish (just finishing base colouring now), and a CCS to construct/paint. I'm looking forward to them, I've got some ideas...

if you can pull off the bat wings that would be amazing! good luck!

Looking good!

The models look rocking on those tech bases, and you gotta love such a nice clean black with red OSL I do dig how the zombi troops are so starkly differentiated from the elite black armor dudes too.

- Salvage

DUDE THOSE ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! seriously I love them the first few before the zombifacation were alright but once you added that papa touch it was great. Keep up the great work look forward to seeing more.

i really love that chimera

the whole army looks great......makes me miss my LaTD'd army.
keep up the great work...look forward to updates.
Rick

Your army looks awsome. I love your stormtroopers, or vet zombies. they're great.

I love you veterans dude... and I'm actually planning on starting a guard army based off of the helghast from killzone (I can tell you got inspiration from it) so I was wonder what colors were used and what technique that you used for the glow in the eyes.

bat wings on the valkyrie would be totally BA...
and not blood angels...

Just looked through here, and your zombified Guardsmen are fantastic. You've done a great job with them!

As for the Valkyrie, I'd say go with the bat wings - they'd look much more menacing than bird wings, and if you wanted, you could also add some torn and bloody wing membranes to them as well - a zombified bat, perhaps!

How'd you do the eyes on the (i assume)Stormies?I wanna try that with some members of my ccs... Nice work so far!

infilTRAITOR wrote:

The Chimera looks great

I second that.
Nurgle traitor guards seem to become a force to be reckoned with. *insane-laughter *gurgl

You can use the zombie cadians as plaguebearers in a death guard CSM army
just a thought...

You can use the zombie cadians as plaguebearers in a death guard CSM army
just a thought...

Not the "best" traitor guard army i've ever seen (by that i mean i've seen some EPIC painting and modeling) But yours is by far the coolest traitor guard i've seen and probably ever will see.

Bat Wings make sense to me for a 40k option why not paint them as Gargoyles instead?

Threadomancy much?

They're looking great. I really like that Valk, nice clean and simple. Very cool.

Loving the osl in particular, but everything looks awesome. This kind of DIY convert almost everything project appeals to me a lot more than more conventional armies. Keep it up!