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While I was waiting for some green stuff to harden on my Blood Throne conversions, I went to work on this guy:


and turned him into:


I want to try and bring out the flaky nature of his skin more but even a lot of drybrushing didn't work on that. I'll have to high-light the edges manually it seems. The model is quite chunky and not all the details are crisp (the skulls on the flail).


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Some more high-lighting:

Was distracted further by some other minis on my workbench:


Simple mini, but very nice.



Still working on the Masque, but man what a fiddly model. Wire-thin pieces, very small details. It makes me afraid to even pick it up for fear of bending it.

With these 2 nearly done I only have Epidemius lying somewhere in a box. I don't think there's a metal Blue Scribes model so I'll have to bash something together myself.

Nearly finished the Masque:



Started work on the first Blood Throne of Khorne (or rather Chariot of Khorne):

Some work on the chariot itself:

Was a bit miffed that despite the fact that I green-stuffed the gaps and smoothed them they still show up here and there. Oh well.

Base-coats on the Juggers:

Coated, washed, brushed again.

Some work on the Juggernaut:



Mostly needs cleanup + details now.

The other one is still red. I was just trying out my color scheme I used for the bloodletters etc on this one. Kinda hard to paint all the details since I glued the legs already. But since they had to be green-stuffed for the gaps I didn't have much choice.

Nice to see the "old" metal chariot again. I used to have 2 of those in my chaos army. The paintjob on the juggernaut looks ok to me.

I probably should not say this...but it's a bit sad that you get so little replies.

Take care.

Thanks!

Don't worry about the lack of the response though, I'm mostly using this thread to keep myself painting at a steady rate. And to keep track of how much time it cost. I think I have about 3000 points of each god to paint so I'll be here for a while.


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Finished the Chariot, just need to paint the herald on it (and the on-foot version) and make a base:

I'm planning to add some stuff to the base of the chariot:



The banner bearer/musician will be magnetised so I can use them in my squad as well (if needed or if I expand it further). I'll full up the area around them with green-stuff/filler to level it out. Even with the biggest base GW has (the 150x100mm large monster one) it barely fits. It's a lot bigger than normal chariots/monster one (100x50mm) but it would be fiddly to have the juggernauts half off the base.

I also started on the Herald on foot:


I've been finishing my purchases for the other gods, picked up another few old metal Seekers of Slaanesh to get enough mounts for both my 20-woman seeker squad and my chariot. One thing I've not had much success with is finding suitable heralds. Since they have to be metal and I don't want duplicates I've been scrounging in non-GW miniature lines. I already have the Avatars of War not-Khorne and not-Nurgle ones, but does anyone have any suggestions for Slaanesh/Tzeentch?

For Khorne I have:
* Skulltaker (can double as normal herald)
* Avatars of War not-Khorne herald
* 4 bloodletter champions on foot in a pinch (although they are too puny to be real heralds)
* 2 heralds of Khorne on Juggernauts

For Nurgle I have:
* Epidemius (can double as normal herald on palanquin)
* Avatars of War not-Nurgle herald
* 2 plaguebearer champions on foot

Tzeentch:
* Changeling (can double as normal herald)
* Tzeentch Sorceror on foot (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440108a&prodId=prod1050018) might put him on a chariot with 2 screamers pulling.
* Tzeentch lord on disc (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440108a&prodId=prod1710164a), going to put a newer type metal flamer on his disc, since he's too humanoid.
* 2 Pink Horror Champions on foot

Slaanesh:
* Masque (can double as normal herald)
* Dechala the Denied One (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440108a&prodId=prod2020002)
* 2 Daemonette Champions on foot

Especially the unit champions are just too tiny. A Herald should be big, on a 40mm base and be a focal point of the unit/army.

And it's done:



The 2 bloodletters at the back (Musician and Banner Bearer) are magnetised so I can take them off for use in a squad (or as Hull Point counters?)

I picked up an old box of Flesh Hounds at the local shop today (14 of the 2006 ones now, 6 to go) and this dude:


It's an Avatars of War Sorceror of Pestilence. I'll use it as a Herald of Nurgle. I spent some time with base coats, washes to make it murky.

The 2nd Blood Throne has been base-coated Khorne Red rather than brown. I want to paint it rather contrasting to the first one, but still fitting with my color scheme.

Some more work on the not-Nurgle herald:


Originally it came with a bunch of tentacles you're supposed to fit in the big holes on the hunch, but I didn't like them much.

Also working on the 2nd chariot:



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While painting the chariot and waiting for things like washes to dry I dug up my 2 Demon Princes:

Legs and torsa are stll unglued because I need to green-stuff/ping them.

For the wings I use sets of Bloodthirster wings that I've scrounged up via Ebay, they need pretty big and heavy pinning:

That's 1.5mm brass rod.


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Some more drilling:


Big pings:


The gap is going to be filled/smoothed with green stuff.

Amazingly, it's pretty balanced and won't tip over by itself. The picture above only has the legs glued together (and pinned) and the torso glued (2 parts tarso + 2 arms). The wings are still loose and the torso isn't glued to the legs either. Big gaps anyway, so lots of green-stuff needed.

Finished most of the work on the chariot itself:


2 Juggernauts will be next!

Work on the Juggernauts nearly finished:



Base-coated the herald and the herald on foot for it, washed and drying...

Will start on the base, time permitting.

The 2nd chariot is done!



The bases embedded at the back can be removed (magnetised) and the banner-bearer & musician I still have to find on Ebay can eventually find their place there.

Both side-to-side for comparison:


Next up: a tale of 2 metal demon princes and their wings...

First one takes:


Some green-stuffed, sanding and priming later:



I'm fairly confident that with the 2 thick pins in each wing they'll stand up to the rigors of battle. My bloodthirster had 2 small pins and I pick it up with the wings regularly without problem (but of course he was designed for the wings).


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Some initial work done on the prince:

And done:

This one was a base-coat of Blood Red, then washed with Carrobourgh Crimson and dry-brushed with Red Sunz. Scarlet

Working on the 2nd daemon prince now, which will have a darker base colour (much like my Bloodletters are split into two base colours). After a wash I'll dry-brush it to lighten it.

The 2nd prince is done as well:

Sadly enough the bits I had gathered to convert it a bit didn't really fit (I had an extra bloodthirster axe/whip) so I went with the standard model.

Brothers next to each other:


Down to my last big Khorne character, the 2nd bloodthirster:

The extra axe I had over from buying all the wings for the princes came in handy! Sort of a flying Skarbrand feel to it. I though about magnetising the wings but they are just too heavy in metal.

After this I only have 2 more units to paint for Khorne, a unit of Bloodcrushers + 2 heralds and a Skullcannon! Edition Khorne is nearing its end. (I am not counting Chaos Furies but I'll probably paint those in a khorney colour scheme as well).

Some green-stuff later:

When it hardens out a bit I can sculpt it a bit into a semblance of muscles (not my strong point unfortunately).

Dude, these are so cool, love the old bloodletters, Bravo!

Some beautiful chaos there my friend. I really like your Khorne models I always tend to over do mine with red but yours have a lovely balance.

Thanks! I'm kinda sad I'm running out of Khorne models soon, but also excited to swap over to the next Chaos God.

Still, I saved the best for last, I really like the Bloodcrusher models and having a squad of 9 with 2 heralds will surely be hard-hitting (although chaos is fickle with my Grimoire rolls..)

Some work done on the 'thirster:


Brighter base-coat and lighter-coloured armour this time (much in keeping with the theme of the army I have 'dark' and 'light' versions of each unit to separate them).

Awsome dude! Your red is nice and crisp, perfect for the chosen of blood!

Keep up the amazing stuff!

Cheers,

I've noticed that having 4 days off with nothing else to do (and crap weather outside) makes for a lot of painting. Some more work on the 'thirster:




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Well, some more painting and it's finished:


Next up:

Skullcannon of Khorne, as played by Mr. Hellcannon, Mr Juggernaut and their friendly Bloodletter crew.

The skullcannon was quite horrible. Since it's metal and quite warped it took a lot of filing, bending and green-stuff:


Especially the mouth and rear entrance:



Just noticed it's been another month since I started. This month's panting result was:
10 bloodletters
3 flesh hounds
The Changeling
The Masque of Slaanesh
2 heralds of Khorne on Blood Thrones + crew
Skulltaker
2 Daemon Princes
1 Bloodthirster
2 Heralds of Nurgle


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Primed and ready for paint:


Dry-fitting just to see how it works out. Need to fashion some sort of chain still for the Jugger to pull the cannon. The crew will be magnetised so I can remove them for use in the squads/transport.

Some work done on the cannon:




Dry-fitted it again to check the colour and it rubbed off some at the connecting holes. I'm going to paint the cannon, 2 mounting pieces and the fiddly piece that goes in between first and seal it. Then when I try the wheels I won't have to repair everything each time.

Some progress:



Had some more time this afternoon:



Just need to finish the chains that hold up the big skull on the cannon's mouth and I'm done. Well with the cannon. Juggernaut and crew are next!

Most of the work done on the Juggernaut and the base:



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Nearly done:


Just need to make some sort of chains to have the Jugger pull the cannon now. I bought some smallish chain cheaply via Ebay but it's a bit too flimsy.

Need to search on!

A tale of weak ankles and heavy metal:

The 11 metal bloodcrushers I have (9 + 2 heralds) all have the same problem. They are heavy. HEAVY! And the ankles are thin. It's supposed to stand on that one foot. So naturally I noticed the connection is weak and the metal brittle. Most snapped off with barely any force needed.

The foot is supposed to go here:


I resorted to some heavy pinning. About 1 cm into the leg and all the way through the foot:


(note: the last picture has the foot not all the way through yet)

Lastly, I glued it to a base and pinned the foot from the bottom as well:


The front leg was pinned to the base as well (not through but will have a blob of green-stuff keeping it in place):


The head gets a pin too:


And with the herald:


Head and herald not glued yet since I need to paint it first. Only need various bits and pieces to khorne it up now.

This makes me relieved Ive only got one of those metal crushers.
Really nice conversions for the chariots.

Cheers,

They aren't too bad compared to some of the metal models I've assembled now, but they are up there with Penitent Engines or so.

Finished both heralds:


Simple weapon swap to give one an axe instead of a sword.

In a slight detour from the Khorne business, some goodies from Forgeworld arrived today. In anticipation of the Eldar codex I'd splurged a little bit on stuff I'd wanted for a while:

Now I have the set of 3 complete (Rogue Trader, 2nd Edition and FW)!



I may use these for normal games as the new Crimson Hunter. I was surprised how small they are and that the body is cast in one piece! Especially the Interceptor.

My Sisters also got some reinforcements:

I'm going to convert this into a second Avenger Strike Fighter.