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The top right and bottom left shotties are my favs. The bottom right one kind of looks like a bean bag gun to me. I also like the guy with the CSM head. I think his pose is fine. There aren't too many practical ways to dynamically wield a shotgun anyway.

Absolutely love these models. My modelling skills are awful, so I can definately appreciate the good work here. Keep it up, really nice work so far.

@ Phoenikuz- Thanks for the compliments. I know what you mean about the Stubber idea, when I first cut that Flamer down I was looking at it and all I could really think of was a B.A.R. I'd seen once at a gun show, it had been converted into a much shorter weapon and was being used for VIP Limo security (w/ the understanding that that the BAR turns "bullet-proof" glass and body armor into confetti). But then I looked again and saw a SPAS-12 variant, so I'm still calling it a shotgun. The old Goliath is likely the best conversion I've ever done w/ one of them. I used to have a few dozen of them, not sure where they all wound up, the mysteries of the Warp are many. I really think the bit that made the entire piece is the Chaos Warrior helm. Very soon I'm going to sit down and put some genuine work on that model, finish him up, and have a "name that Warlord" contest.

@ Moltar- Yeah, bottom right is my least fave of the batch as well, but I'm going w/ it. Top right was pretty easy to make and I have a lot of Flamers (thank you eBay bitz auctions) so I'll be putting together more shotguns. I was surprised that the CSM head was as good a fit (scale wise). Of course almost every model in this army has scale issues because there's so many bitz from so many kits from so many time periods... but of course I prefer to think of them as physical aberration and genetic mutation.

@ Sioni The Chin- I appreciate the compliment and am glad you are liking what I am doing here. Knowing that other people are digging on the things I am doing is a real motivator to push through the flat spots, and adds another layer of fun to all of this for me. I have literally said "wait 'til the guys see this" before when I've been doing a conversion or finishing up a model. Thanks for being part of that, and there's a lot more coming!



One thing I've never really explained in any detail is the "behind the scenes" intent on this project, which is to use what I already have in my collection and buy as little as possible. Every model in this force so far has either been in my collection for some time or has been given to me. Quite a few of them have been rescued from the Shelf of Shame. Ever since I started the Death Guard blog my intent has been to paint old models and finally get them on a tabletop. I got a bit carried away w/ the Death Guard and wound up buying quite a few things to fill it out. I have more unpainted Terminators now than I did when I started the project! I'm not doing that with this project. I'm digging deep in my storage cases and finding models 1/2 done from 15 years ago. I'm digging through junk boxes and finding miniatures I would have never even considered using for anything, but now they are absolutely perfect. I'm sorting through my bitz boxes looking for things that will help give each model an individual personality. I know at some point I will wind up buying some troops for this project because I really like the gas mask look. Absolutely perfect for any Cult. Pig Iron Productions has two different kinds that I like a lot and already have some of ( HD.1 Kolony Rebel head sprues and HD.3 Kolony Inner guard head sprues ), but there's also some other companies that have really good stuff that I'd like to try out, like Maxmini ( Tox Guardsman heads and Biohazard Heads) and West Wind Productions ( US Gas Mask Heads and German Gas Mask Heads ) and really I could buy most of the head set at MM and WWP because they are so awesome. I'll be buying heads from those companies directly, but the rest of my future purchases (IG, Zombies, etc) will be from eBay.


Going to start off the photo updates with yet another group shot. You'll see some new faces in the crowd again, and some old faces with new arms / weapons. And of course you'll see some of the same faces you've seen from the beginning that haven't changed since the very first photo was taken of them. They'll get there eventually, but I have no idea when because they keep getting passed over for other models. Sometimes I think about why I start a model but then paint and finish 20 others before I go back to it, and the only thing that keeps coming to mind is that it reminds me of the same situation as that last kid picked to be on the kickball teams at recess.




See them wayyyy in the back? They look so sad. Can I get a collective "Awwwwwwww " ? Maybe someday they'll get to play with the "cool kids". Until then.... whatever.

Here's a gallery of new faces and a bit of work I've done on things. I have only 1 model finished for this update, and the funniest thing (to me anyway, re: above) is that I hadn't profiled it here yet, just painted it and *done*.



Model on the left is the "new" model, but w/ exception to the left arm chainsword, it's a complete RT Imperial Guard plastic. I probably should have gone with 100% RT plastic, but for some reason when I was building it I thought it would be cool to span the decades and connect the earliest release with the latest release. Model on the right is nothing more than an old plastic WFB Chaos Warrior with a Necromunda Goliath Autogun, but here's the coolest part of it- I put this together and painted it in 2008, long before I got back into wargaming or modeling. Story for that guy is that one day I was bored, and for no apparent reason decided I was going to build some terrain. Terrain for a game I haven't played in years and have no intention of playing again. But I felt like it, so I did. Along the way I decided to use a miniature for scale purposes and most of my stuff was buried in a closet or in storage or who knows where, but I had this guy kicking around in a drawer, he'd been converted back when I was running my Necromunda League in the late 90's and had never been painted, so I painted it up a bit to give it contrast etc and then finished the terrain piece. I saw him again on my shelf last night when I was looking for miniatures to add my new shotguns onto. I'm going to leave him "as is" except for flocking the base.



Model on the left is an old metal Cadian from the Mortar crew, has a RT Imperial Guard plastic arm and Laspistol. Going to paint him up in the same colors as my regular IG because he could have a home there as well at some point. Model on the left is from a friend of mine, was part of his attempt to put together a WFB Chaos Marauders army but wanted all of his models to have a bizarre mutated look about them. He lost interest in it after a while and end result is that model made it over to me w/ instructions to do whatever I wanted with it. Legs are Ork, body is plastic Marauders, left arm I have no idea, and he's carrying on of my newly converted / created shotguns.



Brother Immolatius has been out recruiting (and got a bit more paint on him). The left and right models are from the old Imperial Militia set. I have them all here somewhere, a couple are painted already and likely hiding in Necromunda case, I'll be dragging them out soon.



L to R- Shotgun I made a few days ago on Cadian body and CSM head. I'm liking this model more and more. Next is a model that keeps showing up with changes. This is likely the last one. I gave him the "bean bag" shotgun, hopefully it'll work out. If not, I'll rip it off and he'll be back later. Last model had a WFB zombie are and a Lazpistol. Tore that off and replaced w/ a Necromunda Orlock Stub Pistol arm. I like this a lot better and I'm glad I took a closer look at that model for continuing on.

And finally, a series of pics for "Gramps" Thuston.





Yes, I did his eyes like that on purpose.

That's it for this one, won't be back today and likely not tomorrow, but we'll see how my plans work out. As always, thanks for checking this out and I'll be back with more Cult madness soon!


*edit edit edit... geez, you'd think I'd have gotten back on track w/ this by now*

Great work,your putting together a really unique looking force.

Skalk loving on how your making each cultist different with it's own personality. This give the viewer lots of eye candy to look at and see each model is unique.
Keep up the great work as usual and good to see you back on the boards.

Cheers I'd been wondering what that Fiir model was. I'd painted one up recently to bung in my Beastmen. Lots of iinteresting rando bits and bobs and I'm jealous of you forowning those old chaos cultists. Lovely characterful models indeed.

Great work your 40k zombies look Awesome.

@ shingouki- Thanks for the compliment, that's exactly what I'm shooting for and it's been a lot of fun so far!

@ GreyDeathOne- I have enough bitz in my collection that there's no excuse to NOT have everything look different. Running low on the basics (legs and torsos) but I've got a lifetime of heads, arms, weapons, and misc stuff. I haven't really started "converting" much yet. Once I get the GS out and focus on this project a bit you'll see what I mean. And thank you, I like being back.

@ Llamahead- Have my buddy Fionn to thank for those old Cultist models. Part of me feels a bit guilty for chopping them up w/o painting a single one "stock", but I'll get over it for sure.

@ Flying Pooo- Thank you, I really like the idea of Plague Zombies a lot. When I was Arbitrator for the Necromunda League I ran back in the day I had a massive Zombie Plague break out and it was a pretty frequent "random event" for Plague Zombies to shuffle onto the board. More will be coming w/o a doubt, I'm planning on having at least 50 of them before they are done.



It's been a while since my last update. I've been working on stuff, just haven't been posting my work. I have a handful of distractions going on right now. But I'm back tonight, and there's more coming.

Staring out with a "Skalk... dude, clean up your desk!" shot, bunch of WIP there, and the crates / barrels you see in the background is one of my current distractions, have been going nuts on making more terrain. I have dozens and dozens of terrain bits that never see the table because no one wants to fiddle around with a handful of loose barrels when setting up terrain / scenery. So I have been basing them on plasticard and making them more usable.



And a group shot of everyone that has graduated from WIP status to "done". One thing I won't be doing much of anymore is drybrushing after a couple beers. These looked a lot better at the time, if you catch my drift. Not completely happy w/ them but it is what it is and I don't hate them enough to repaint them. I might wash them a couple more times, not sure yet. In any case, they are playable.



I really like these, I'll be making more of them. It's pretty basic, just WFB Zombies, W40K Cadians, and PIP gas masks. I could do an entire army just like this.



Something else I expect I'll be doing more of- Beastmen heads:



The model on the left is from the original batch of models I converted back hen the PIP heads arrived. Not a bad use of an old Blood Bowl Empire Quarterback. The middle and right models have no conversion whatsoever, they are from the old Imperial Militia pack.



Posting this because I finally got someone to play Necromunda w/ me the other day and I'm starting to get excited about my Redemptionists again. The big guy w/ the Flamer was from the 2nd batch of miniatures I converted for the Cult.



And finishing up this update w/ a group shot of the rest of what's left. I notice this bunch seems to grow every now and then.



I found my WFB Chaos Marauders and Ghouls earlier tonight. The temptation to spend the next few hours converting them is pretty strong, but I'm going to hold off on that. No more new additions to the Cult until I paint what's on deck.

That's it for this one. As always, many thanks for the compliments. I really appreciate knowing that people are checking this out and enjoying what I am doing. More coming soon.

Barrels and crates look good and I like your beastmen-headed dudes. There are def some dudes in your WiP shot that I want to see finished. Keep up the good work, Skalk!

@ Moltar- Thanks, I pride myself on hosting a decent table. Which miniatures are you looking fwd to specifically? Those will get moved to the top of the list.



Short update: I've been working on stuff, just haven't been posting.

Overall desktop WIP shot. You'll see a few new faces in the group on the right.



Here's the batch of models getting attention right now. Nothing is done but a few are close and everything has more work done on it. Once again, changes to color schemes. I really do just make all this up as I go along, I have only the most basic general outline of an idea in my head when I start something like this.



And in groups of three, closeups of where things are at:









And here's two conversions I threw together the other night when I was sick of painting but didn't want to go to bed yet:


(Necromunda plastic Goliath head taken from the body I'm using for the Warlord, plastic Beastman body, plastic Necromunda Orlock laspistol, current IG chainsword arm, tubing is from CMS Plasma rifle, bits are from current IG plastics. GS is supposed to be a cowled cloak that is ripped up / worn)


(head from current CSM set, not sure which one as I bought this in a bitz lot on eBay, plastic Beatmen body, current IG Lasgun and backpack. GS is supposed to be a frock / tabatd / whatever.)

That's it for this one. Thanks for reading.

That's a nice assortment of muties and cultists. Really nice kit-bashing and conversion work.

Those 3 dudes with that Heroquest femur looking guy in the middle of that previous wip pic and now your two new dudes. All of it's looking good, though.

nice conversions

Going well I see the first guys cloak is excellent.

@ The Good Green- Thanks, I appreciate the compliment! I'm making an effort to have a very unique force and trying to avoid uniformity. I have a pretty decent bitz collection so I have a lot to draw from. I've been making as best use of it as I can so far, and there's a lot more to come.

@ Moltar- Noted and moved (closer) to the top. I've been lost in conversions since my last post. Staying focused on task is not working out so well for me. So I'm making sure to do "something", even it is with a hack saw and a bitz box.

@ xXH0LYCRUSAD3Xx- Thanks for checking this out.

@ Llamahead- Thank you. My GS "skills" consist of the following process- mix / splat / spread / hope for the best. I've had some very fortunate accidents and better-than-expected results from things I have done. I cannot think of many instances where what I envisioned actually wound up on the model. I go with whatever I get for results. In this case I'm mostly happy. We'll see what it looks like when it is painted before much longer.



It's been a while since my last update. I've been working on this project but not getting anything "done" so the satisfying feeling of accomplishment is eluding me once again. Sometimes I forget that I am doing this simply for fun with no specific goal in mind. When I start feeling that I move around, do terrain or convert models. Or I just don't do it. I've sat at my desk for hours just trying to figure out what I want to do. I generally make a huge mess and have very little work to show for it when I finally decide I'm done, and that is the perfect segue into tonight's first photo, the overall "WIP shot":



There's a lot going on there but not a lot getting accomplished. I did get a few things done since the last time I posted, though. Namely I have some pretty decent conversions done. I did these over the last week or so, but the heads all went on today (unless otherwise noted) because I just picked them up at the PO this morning. I took individual pictures to make my update look bigger.



This has "Necromunda" all over it to me. I enjoyed doing this and I was pretty excited at having found my Chaos Marauders set in storage. I was going to convert up the entire box, but as I kept working on this one it became obvious that wasn't going to happen because of scale between bitz and the main model. I put a set of Space Marine arms on him and they looked perfect. Closest I could come to that was Catachan arms. The rope around his waist is real string. Rest of the bits are a combination of Catachan and Cadian sets.



Easiest kind of conversion- head swap. Orlock plastic ganger from Necromunda and Ghoul head from current WFB Ghouls box set.



This was a brutal conversion and was a lot of work. I won't go into all the details because it's just a "rank and file" loser, but the bits are Orlock plastic torso / legs from old Necromunda set, head from current WFB Ghoul set, right arm from original IG plastic set, left arm from current Cadian IG set, and Autogun from Orlock Necromunda set. He'll likely wind up a Scavvy.



Easiest conversion ever- just use a different head. Entire model is Current Cadian IG plastic except head which is current WFB Ghouls.

This next bit is a series of shots taken during the process of converting a WFB Ghoul from hunched over to standing upright. I got the idea from Lord of Death Mountain and his Crypt Ghouls thread. I like the models a lot but they are (to me) worthless in WFB and they aren't exactly 40K ready unless you count them as generic Summoned Daemons in the CSM list. But as Plague Zombies, maybe a different strain of the virus... anyway, whatever the fluff, I made mine stand up and offer me more options to work with. Here are the "before", "conversion", and "after" photos.


Original model


Chopped In Half


Torn To Pieces


Standing tall. Let me know what you think of the "tall ghoul" idea and if you thin it translates into Plague Zombie or does it look too weird for that? I'm thinking Ghoul arms are going to start showing up on some new conversions but not so sure about the legs. Also not sure about giving them guns. Still have a lot of options, need to think them through. Feedback appreciated.



I really like the converted Flamer into a Combat Shotgun thing. Here's another version of it, head is from Wargames Factory and the rest is current IG Cadian plastic set w/ conversion to the Flamer.



Another convert of the Redemption. He used to be this guy:



... but I saw that "chainsword into chainsaw" idea on another thread that I'm not going to bother to link back to because that idea was the only reason to go there and I think I did it better anyway so I'll save you the time. Anyway, I saw the conversion and HAD to try it. Could not find the right model. Then I had 2 ideas at once- my Redemptionists do not have a Zealot w/ an Eviscerater because I cannot find my model, and I have a perfectly good model for this project being wasted on a Laspistol and lame CC weapon. I am loving this model.

This next bit is a series of light conversion but very strong theme, is the "highlight" of this update.







Heads are from Wargames Factory (Greatcloaks) and bodies / everything else is current IG plastic except for officer, his sword is from the original Citadel plastic skeleton set, right arm from original IG plastic set, and Bolt Pistol from the 2nd Ed Space Marine weapons sprue.

I'm going to paint them in a different style. Not part of my current IG look, but not so far out that I could not put them on the same table as my Loyalists.

Still no vehicles.

That's it for this one. I'll be back. Thanks for reading.

*edited because I forgot to include picture for "easiest conversion ever" in original post*

Check these mutants out, might be a nice expansion to your force.

Will you also be added vehicles?

Some awesome, ragtag band here Skalk!!!

I love how you manage to get this RT/2nd Ed Chaos-y feel, with the sheer number of references / ranges...

Yet each mini seems to belong in here, that's a nice feat!!

My favourite so far are the *humble* zombies with Beastmen heads, terrific!!!

Nice job, the cadian heads seem a little off size IMHO.

New additions look great, skalk. I am jealous of the amount of "workspace" you have. I dig the new conversions you've busted out. I think the upright ghoul looks good, he kind of reminds me of Pumpkin Head, but I don't think you should give him any weapons.

@ Malika2- Thanks for the link. Right now I'm absolutely swamped w/ this project but when I get to the point where I'm ready to buy something new I'll be looking very closely at those models again because they are very cool. I expect to be adding some vehicles to the force but it won't be for quite some time.

@ Yggdrasil- Hey Yggs, thanks for stopping by! I am really enjoying this project, it's the perfect companion for my Death Guard (or any CSM) army. I'm looking forward to the day when these models are cut down like bananas on the beach and are removed in handfuls each turn. Ha. Thanks for the compliment. I'm really trying for that old RT / 2nd Ed / Necromunda feel and it's really cool to get positive feedback that I'm actually hitting that goal. There will be more Beasties coming as soon as I can convince a buddy of mine that he will never paint all the Beastmen he has.

@ Haonn- I agree, but the scale is just off enough where I think it'll work. I put the same heads on a few CSM bodies I have and they were just off in a "too small" way. Scale is such a subjective issue in this game anyway, I'm ok w/ the heads being a bit large because it is a helm and a gas mask. I know the PIP gas masks I have are much better in scale, but I can't seem to find the "gas mask and helmet" combination I want other than Forge World and there's no way I'm doing that unless I find a deal on eBay or something.

@ Moltar- I should send you a picture of the room. Yes, I have an entire room. Behind my workspace is a 4X8 gametable and shelves of terrain. My wife is amazingly awesome and I say that every opportunity I get (on that note- honey, if you're reading this- YOU ARE AWESOME!). She gave me the largest room in the house for a game / hobby room. She's completely supportive of all of this, understands why I like it so much, gets along with all my friends... I'm the luckiest man I know. And thanks for the feedback on the Ghoul. I'll be doing more of them in the future but for now I'm going to clean up the mess of a project I already have.



It's been a while since my last update. Couple of reasons behind that, none the least of which is that the warm season has returned (be that as it may) and I've been spending as much time as possible with my 2nd favorite distraction:



Yes, I'm bragging. I used to ride many years ago but stopped for a bunch of reasons. This spring I decided it was time to get back in the saddle, and I've been making up for lost time since then. It has drastically cut into my eBay funds, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing because I already own more models than 5 people would ever paint in their lifetime so I don't "need" anything new. But since I bounce between projects I'm always looking for bits and troops and whatnot so I buy more stuff. Which is a great segue into the other reason I've been gone for a while.

I've been completely overwhelmed. There is just too much. Too many new models, too many ideas, too many distractions within the same project. I do this every time I start a new project- have an idea, get all excited, and crank on building those ideas. The problem is that I lose focus because it becomes so much so fast. I've sat down at my desk before and spent an hour just looking at the chaos (no pun intended) and no matter how hard I tried I could not get motivated. In fact the harder I tried the less I wanted to even be there, and ultimately walk away from it all because I'm sick of it.

To rectify this issue I have split up my models into groups and put the majority of them away. I'm keeping my focus on what is left, and I've been able to get a lot of work done as a result.

For now, this is what is left of what still needs to be done. If it's not in this picture, you won't be seeing it for a while because it's been cut from the project until the next round of miniatures comes up:



Yup, only 10 of them. That's how I'm going to be doing batches. I've gotten some work done on this batch today and I'll be doing more later, taking a break for now and updating Dakka because it's been a while.

I also have some things complete finished and ready to join the ranks of the Cult. I'm really psyched on a couple of these so I took a few extra photos. Here's the group shot of what's done:



Groups of three:




Another angle:



And a profile of my favorite models from this batch. First up is my Scavvy Leader. I bought this model when it first came out, slapped a basecoat and a couple colors on it to meet League rules of 3 color minimum for a playable WIP, and meant to finish it up "someday". Someday was today. I put a bit more work into this than I have in my recent models, and while I know I could have labored over it more I'm happy where it is and I'm looking forward to seeing him on a tabletop very soon.


Next up is my Warlord. Of all the conversions I've done for this project so far, this is (in my opinion) is the most epic and powerful one yet and will be difficult to top. From such simple beginnings it turned into such a massive and imposing figure. Painting this wasn't as much fun as I had hoped because the pressure to give it the paint job it deserved was more than I wanted to deal with, especially the Power Axe. After really looking at the model and going over all the options, this is where he wound up. I went for a more simplistic look, but I don't feel I "settled". I feel the basic color schemes really tie the model together and add to the imposing presence this model projects.


I'll be working on this as time allows, and I'll be back when I have something new to share. Your comments are appreciated, and thanks for looking.

Looking good!

***Transmission*** Planet is lost my lord. Request for exterminatus of the infectious populace. ***End Transmission***

Looking good Skalk and nice hog!! you will make Fasteddiexx1 jealous! He use to ride also.
You gotta move out to the west coast buddy!

Skalk, good looking stuff, man. The scavvy leader is pretty awesome and such a fun model. I remember when I painted mine and went more towards the 'eavy metal style with red jacket over green robes. However, I like the colors you've chosen better. That other dude with the WoC helm is just awesome. Imposing indeed. If you were to do anything else, it should be to make his pants blue and white striped. I think that would make him pop without being OTT and pay a little homage to GW.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:
I've been completely overwhelmed. There is just too much. Too many new models, too many ideas, too many distractions within the same project. I do this every time I start a new project- have an idea, get all excited, and crank on building those ideas. The problem is that I lose focus because it becomes so much so fast. I've sat down at my desk before and spent an hour just looking at the chaos (no pun intended) and no matter how hard I tried I could not get motivated. In fact the harder I tried the less I wanted to even be there, and ultimately walk away from it all because I'm sick of it.

Glad to see I'm not the only one! I think you really need a break, and you've got the perfect 2nd hobby for that (mine is cooking, which mean that I gain weight every time I'm trying to get away from modeling ).

You've got some really nice conversions (and an impressive bitz box!).

Scavvy boss looks right...
Good luck getting back into the groove. A bit of a break often helps. Its not as if you've got a deadline so relax and enjoy it!


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Just thought of something for gas mask helms you have checked out these guys haven't you http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/

I am really liking this!! Thanks for letting me know about this, Ilook forward to seeing more of your work!

Loving what you've done so far Skalk and as always looking forward to seeing what else you come up with.

Really great work. I fully admit that every model I create ends up with a backstory (at least in my mind). I love to have an army of individuals rather than a faceless horde of nobodies. I appreciate your vision and applaud your work.

@ kenshiro620- Thanks for the compliment, and thanks for following this thread. It’s nice knowing people are enjoying my work.

@ GreyDeathOne- Exterminatus? You’re making me blush! By the time the Imperial Fleet shows up I’ll have ripped open a new Eye of Terror on this planet. And don’t start talking about CA, my wife is from there and you can believe she’s had just about enough of VT winters. Maybe when I’m older and creakier I’ll think about moving. Maybe.

@ Moltar- I appreciate the compliment. I was never a fan of the color schemes or “neon sign” highlights that most GW models were sporting in WD back in the day. I like the dirty gritty look. Or maybe it’s just my excuse to not paint bright and clean because my fast and dirty painting style is more suited towards Chaos and Undead. Ha. Overall I have been feeling more and more drawn to painting my old Necromunda stuff lately. I’ve recently picked up a 4 X 4 piece of plywood and have started building Necromunda-specific terrain for it. I will likely do a project blog on it once I get everything together. So many ideas, so little time…

@ Hyenajoe- I’m so torn, I want to model and paint, I want my time spent with something tangible and have a finished project to show for my efforts. But at the same time I want to turn my brain off and kill a few hundred people in GTA. When I first got back into the hobby I traded out a lot of time-eaters (video games, surfing online, watching TV, etc) and was really happy with the payoff. Now I’m just feeling the burnout of too much too many etc. Right now I do what I can when I feel the inspiration hit me. I don’t have a lot “finished”, but I have a LOT of little achievements and progress that will come together later. Even 30 minutes sitting at the bench helps move everything along that little bit more. I’ll take a pic of the bitz bins I have. It’s obsessive and ridiculous. Ha.

@ Llamahead- I’m reminding myself of that. No deadline, no expectation, this is for fun. Once I have the current batches done I’m thinking about pushing limits with conversions, break out the GS and the bitz box and create models that would never be “legal” in current game rules just to enjoy the modeling aspect. And thanks for the link, I’ve been interested in their stuff for a while but have never bought anything from them. It will likely be winter before I buy anything new because all my summer $$$ is being spent on gas and beer.

@ aidangunn- Thanks for checking this out, I really like your work (especially the Zombies for your VC and the converted Servitor, really good stuff!) and I appreciate the compliment on my work. Stay tuned because more is coming!

@ FITZZ- Hey man, glad to see you again. I am still creeped out by your avatar. Ha. I have some decent stuff on the way but I’m holding back a bit trying to get some stuff done before I start hammering out more conversions. Trying to clean up the mess I’ve already started.

@ The Faded- Thanks for checking this out, and for the highest compliment. You really “get” what I’m going for here. I really enjoy the “story” aspect of all this, and would sooner roleplay my army to a crushing defeat than “min / max” stats and ignore 25 years of fluff. More is coming, and I’ll likely include backstories again soon because of the inspiration I felt to create the models in the first place.



Ok, finally time for another update. I’ve been really distracted recently for all of the reasons I’ve stated in previous posts and for general lack of attention. I want to model, I want to paint, but I can’t focus for any amount of time. I made some progress towards resolving that at least to a degree by reducing the overall amount of work out in the open; keep my areas clean and clear, etc. But one of the things I’ve learned over time about how I model is that I can’t “force” myself to do something, I have to go with what works when it works. One major accomplishment is I’ve based almost all my miniatures of this project. I still have a few left to do but I’m really happy to have gotten that done.

Anyway… remember that grand declaration of “I’m working on this batch of models and only this batch of models”? Yeah. Well, I started working on the batch again the other day, and I noticed these guys in the front:



They are the old RT IG, so old in fact that they used to be part of the Imperial Army (before the name was changed to Imperial Guard. The tags on them simply say “ARMY”.). I really like the look of these older models a lot, and I have a *lot* of them. Most of them wound up in my Genestealer Cult that I was raging across countless battlefields with in the late 90’s. The three in the picture came with a batch of other RT stuff I picked up on eBay a year or so ago and I decided to put them into my current Cult project because they are so very cool and look distinctly different from the current range. I started painting them up initially because they looked easiest to finish and I’m really into the color scheme (credit to Rabid Ferret for inspiration on the colors) but as I kept working w/ them more and more one thing lead to another and a staggering idea hit me that would not go away. I had to follow through on it. I dug through my Genestealer Cult and IG until I found the right models, and this is what has happened so far:





Oh yeah. I am so completely loving this one. I have a decent idea for the backstory for them, and while I haven’t worked out all the details yet, the inspiration for this step of the project is that the Guardsmen are Enforcers (similar in concept to the law enforcement provided by Arbites / Watchmen) and the “Commissar” is a Judge that leads the Enforcers (sort of in a Judge Dredd kind of way, except with more backup and doesn’t have a really cool bike). The Enforcers have the full IG kit, and I'm thinking about coming up with stats for the book the Judge is holding for a "counts as" Power Weapon or a "one shot" ST 4 AP 1 12" ranged weapon (literal application of "throwing the book at them").

Their job, simply put, is to hunt down bad guys. I’ve noticed this theme has been coming back again and again during this project (like when models wind up in my Redemptionist gang instead of the Cult). I’m really looking forward to playing a Necromunda scenario where they figure prominently, like a Purge w/ Enforcers and Redemptionists hunting down Scavvies and / or Plague Zombies. Good times are coming.

But not everything is a WIP. Here is a pic of the Enforcers I have finished:



And a little credit to my original plan, here’s two models from the original batch that are done as well. I’m not happy with the photo, I’ll take a better one and repost later:



That’s it for this one. More is coming, I just don’t know when. The weather has been miserable here lately, so while that affords more opportunity to sit inside and work on this stuff it also messes with my mood so it’s a wash as far as getting things done goes. I’ve been trying to get things done at night after the family has gone to bed but I’ve been beat tired so even that isn’t as productive as it normally is. Bottom line is I’m still digging this project and will return to it as often as I can. Thanks for reading and I always appreciate your feedback

These are great!I love mutants and freaks. One of these days I really want to do some!!