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I knew there was something i needed to do before starting on the Forgeworld stuff. Glad I haven't started to put them together yet.


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Well, I have reached something of a setback. I was planning to prime Captain Tripps this weekend, but the right arm broke off about five minutes ago while I was working on it. I'm going to try and rectify the issue, but I may just have to sculpt another limb out of greenstuff.

I finally took pictures of the terminators that I'm converting, as well as some other stuff.

Here's a normal marine who needed to look a bit more, "khornagraphic", as Metallifan's sig says. So I cut some parts off of a Terminator trophy rack and attached it to him.


Now for the Terminators
A Group Shot


I decided to make each one dedicated to a different God, and then one Undivided
Here's the Khornate Terminator



The Trophy racks are made from the Khorne Icon in the CSM command sprue, a Terminator trophy rack, and a random bit from the CSM box



Tzeentch





This picture is a bit blurry, but I was trying to make it look like there were a bunch of screaming faces on the armor. I'll probably redo this bit of GS later


This was supposed to be fire. I mostly put it there to cover up the spot where the purity seal was, since there's still some plastic from it left.

Now for the Slaanesh



I had to convert this, since I didn't have enough gun arms left over from the last box of terminators I bought, and I didn't realize it until after I'd ordered the other bits from the Warstore.

I used the forearm and gun from one of the AoBR terminators, and I cut the lightning claw off of a spare from the Terminator Lord, and glued those together. Then I just used the blade of a CSM chainsword, although I just realized that it might be a little bit too big. I also had to sculpt a power cable on the arm.


I was trying to make leather, like what they show you in this article: Modelling and Painting Chaos Details, but I don't think It really works.

That article also shows a good way to put studs on the armor, and I think that it came out a lot better than the leather.


Undivided


Nothing all that interesting about this guy. I don't know if I'll be doing any special details on him yet.

Now for the Nurgle Terminator




I had to make this power axe out of the Sorcerer Arm from the Chaos Lord, and the axe from one of the AoBR Nobz. It still needs a cable going to the arm, though.





I'm not really sure why I magnetized this guy. I was going to have a bunch of different weapon options for him, but then I realized that I didn't have enough pauldrons to do it. I might get more, though.

Now for a look at the newest version of Captain Tripps.




I'm not sure about the head. It looks too big, but maybe if I bulk the shoulders up enough, use some larger pauldrons, then it might work. I'm just not sure whether I should attach the mask and sculpt a hood with GS, Merge the mask with his flesh, or what.


And I made the CCW on the Dread a lot more Nurgle-y





EDIT:

Here's a preview of the Defiler. I don't know how much detail for any of the Gods I will be using, but I have hit a bit of a snag. See, the Codex says that the Defiler can take a Twin Linked Lascannon. But the damn thing doesn't come with an option for that. I was thinking of using Tau bitz, just because I like how their guns look, but does anyone else have any ideas?

oh man, I just got a chaosgasm! The Nurgle termie is the coolest where did you get that head for him?

I bought a bunch of Chaos knights heads from the internet

Ah the international network, where would we be without it?

So, finally got around to priming some of the minis. The two Terminators that I didn't prime with the others from the box are done, as is the Khornate Terminator conversion. I also primed Typhus, and all the unfinished CSM that I had.

Only problem is, I'm using white primer this time. The last couple times that I've primed minis, I had black primer, but I ran out of it recently. I'll have to see how this batch looks.

And on a more interesting note, I am almost done with Captain Tripps. I put the Skull Mask from the Defiler on his head, which was bulked up with GS. Then I gave him a hood, also made with GS. I'll put more robes and a second Pauldron on him later today. Pics will be up soon, if I can find the camera charger.

Cool! Just to let you know, the models primed white will be brighter than blacked primed.

I did the basecoats and a second layer on some of them last night.

Typhus






Khornate Terminator







and Captain Tripps. All that I need to do is wait for the wings to get here in the mail. I'll probably magnetize them, so I'll have to get some supplies for that.





Oh, and I took the little vent things off a CSM backpack, and I'm putting speakers on the Slaaneshi Terminator's shoulders.

ooh, swell idea!

terminators: awesome
Typhus paintjob: just as awesome
Captain Tripps: ...... not really liking the head all that much. Otherwise, awesome

This is just me, but I would reverse the color scheme on the Khornate term., as well as the other terminators.For example, making the Khorn-minator primarily scab red/red mix and the shoulder pads that nice green funky look, to make the terminators look more devoted to the other gods

I'm agreeing with Ex on all points. my favourite tripps head was that bulb one.

ShadowAngel159 wrote:
Captain Tripps: ...... not really liking the head all that much. Otherwise, awesome

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I'm still not sure about the head, but I didn't want it to look like the nightbringer with wings and Nurgle rot, but I tried sculpting some sort of face a few times...the results looked pretty bad.

ExtremeMetalFTW wrote:This is just me, but I would reverse the color scheme on the Khornate term., as well as the other terminators.For example, making the Khorn-minator primarily scab red/red mix and the shoulder pads that nice green funky look, to make the terminators look more devoted to the other gods

That's actually not a bad idea. I'll test it out with the khornate, and then post pics.

Also, I really need to clean the FW Deathguard conversion kit that I got, and reshape some of those shoulder pads.

Big news. I finally figured out how to attach the wings, so the modeling stage of Captain Tripps is DONE.







As for how I attached the wings...
Originally, I was just going to magnetize them, but the magnets weren't strong enough. So I made a "hump" out of GS, and then I put the magnets in there.


After that, I put 2 pieces of wire in each wing, on either side of the magnet, and drilled matching holes on the "hump".


And I also did a bit of work on the Khornate Terminator

Nice job. Now all you gotta do, is finish painting those guys. Tripps is coming along nicely.

Wings came out spectacular, the mound was a good idea.

I really like the Khornate terminator with this new color scheme

This conversion was quite time consuming, but I'm quite happy with it. I was thinking about making a Lash Prince, since you really can't go wrong with one of those. I'll probably just use a normal Daemon Prince, or perhaps an Inquisitor scale model. First, though, I need to get everything painted.

Ok, so I'll try and get pics of Captain Tripps up later today, since he's primed and partly painted.

But I wanted some input on an idea that I had earlier today. I'm going to try and make 2 Lash Princes, but I don't want to just use a normal Daemon Prince model. I'm going to do a fair amount of conversion work on whatever I decide, but here are my two ideas:

I'll either use the Severina and Sevora Devout minis from Inquisitor, since I can get them both for $30, whereas other large minis would be more expensive for only one. Only problem is that I'd rather not work with metal.

My second idea would use the Chaos Spawn sprue, since that comes with 2 spawn. But they wouldn't just be 'counts as' or anything. I was thinking of using the spawn torsos, but sculpting a snake-like lower body. The wings would look less like actual wings, and more like a hang-glider grafted to the DP's back.

Which one do you guys like more?

Cool.

Here is the most recent picture of Captain Tripps

TempusCorvus wrote:Here is the most recent picture of Captain Tripps

I like the head a lot more than the previous choices

You should get a razorback kit for that twin-linked lascannon for your defiler..

ghastli wrote:You should get a razorback kit for that twin-linked lascannon for your defiler..

Actually, I already put the 'torso' together, and I noticed that the Lascannon replaces the Autocannon, not the flamer/ccw/bolter. Still, I'll do that if I ever get a second one.


I'm still unsure about the Lash Prince, so that's probably going to go on the back-burner for a little while. Instead, I'm going to see if I can convert a box of Berzerkers into Raptors. The only thing I'll realy need is some plastic tubing for the jump packs.

next pics should be of the Forgeworld Plague Marines. I'm giving some of them the "crucified skeleton" backpacks that came with the Chirugeon, and the Plague Champion will get the Chirugeon itself, but without the mechanical arms.

Captain tripps is nearing completion. I need to do a bit more with the Devlan Mud wash, and the wings need more color. I can't quite decide what I want to do with the metal parts (Mask, Pauldron, and Scythe), but I have narrowed it down to two choices. I'll either do bronze with a patina (the greenish stuff that you get on copper and brass statues and coins), or I might do silver with bronze runes (which would just be little squiggley lines)

The 'rot' on the wings is going to look like normal flesh, although some parts will be yellow-white, kind of like an ingrown fingernail or toenail.

That's all for now. I have an essay to get back to.

Wow, It's been a while since my last post. Well, I have some new stuff to post pics of, and I'll get more pics tonight, I think.

First, here's my new Aspiring Champion, made with a Chaos Knights head, CSM arms and pauldrons, a Dark Angels body, and Chaos terminator powerfist.





This is the only one of my Forgeworld Plague Marines that's painted at the moment. I'm really happy with how I got the eyes to look like they're glowing.










And here's one of my raptors, who will be holding a flamer when I'm done with him.






And now for an update on the army's status:
-Dreadnought is gone. The Chaos dread isn't a very good unit choice, so I'm going to use the dreadnought body as part of a defiler conversion.
-Obliterators are being created from terminator bodies and legs, plastic tubing, spawn bits, stuff from AoBR, and GS
-Raptors are on hold until I decide what I want to do with them
-Need to make another normal CSM with a melta
-Lash Prince needs to be finished

looking alot better! Is this with primer?


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btw, loving the skeleton on the backpack.

I make sure to Prime all my minis before I paint them. The backpack is one of the ones from the Chirugeon set. The Plague champion has the Chirugeon itself, without the extra mechanical arms

Allright, I put more stuff in the gallery, so here it is.

Undivided Terminator










Nurgle Terminator








The New Icon Bearer

More pics of the Icon Bearer







Now some of the Slaaneshi Terminator (that's the Doom Siren that came with my Defiler on his back, by the way)

The half & half paint scheme on the Slaanesh termie is quite appealing, and the slight conversion work is quite fitting.

Man, It's been a while. Well, now that I'm done with AP exams, and I probably have a summer job lined up, I can try and make more regular updates.

First, we have the completed Captain Tripps.




Next, my Obliterator Conversions. These pics are all kind of old, so I'll try and get some more recent ones tomorrow.










This is my WIP Lash Prince Conversion. I was going to give him the Dragon Wings, like Captain Tripps, but he's not tall enough. Luckily, I found a bunch of feathered wings that are the right size at my somewhat local FGS.



And last, but not least, my converted Abbadon the Despoiler. Because we all know that the official model sucks. It's smaller than the plastic Terminators, for Nurgle's sake!






I'm working on his Pauldrons, and after that I'm going to sculpt a cape for him.