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Wow! This thread is pure conversion/painting gold - even for a diehard loyalist like me

That drop pod is soooo cool! (Waits for call from the inquisition...) Great work, gluing those rivets must have been soul destroying (read gratifying). Cannot wait to see that painted up!

Refurbed some of the minis I had during sixth form to join some of my Word Bearers in my BaC set:









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There’ll be better pics of the Contemptor in the near future. If you like my Smurfs, check out their thread.

Added something to my Summoning sideboard:









Her body is green stuff on a copper frame. I referred to photos of cattle and power athletes and plus-sized lingerie. If you examine her hands, you'll notice her digits are in a bovine arrangement rather than an ape's. Her sword is carved from 3mm clear acrylic; shave it with a fresh scalpel and apply thin poly cement (I used Tamiya brand) and you get a glass-like finish (it even polished away some accidental scratches). A hundred heresies to whomever can decipher her name!

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A few closeups on those hands:

That is looking blooming fantastic. Well done. Really great work.

She's really quite a unique spin on the old Keeper design. When I first saw her I started playing the guess the manufacturer / bits game, but then you spoiled that you sculpted her around the time I assumed you must have

Sword is a particularly Chaotic touch, with how its aesthetic cuts so strongly against the rest of the model. Extremely cool

- Salvage

That is amazing work from top to bottom Linds. The sword is a show-stealer but the detail you've taken with the rest of the model design is really impressive.

Thanks y’all!

I was intending to sculpt a bovine face with an 80s deathhawk for her. But I got so attached to the skull I made that I couldn’t bear to put flesh and skin over it

Nicely done. Good sculpt.
Liking the "clear" sword too.

I decided my Chosen units don’t stand out enough. So, here’s a Squad of Breachers, ready to board:









I made some of the left-handed to emphasise the elite unit’s individuality, fit the shields better, and break put heir outline a bit.

How do you deliver ten Heretic Astartesgunners with a 12” sweet spot? With a Dreadclaw:









Main problem with this is it’s not very ergonomic. Only fits in the really big figure case. Might have to make the next one with a closed profile.

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I like the idea of the demon possessed shields. Cool squad for sure.

The Nid spore turned Dreadclaw is a fantastic conversion. Simple, but highly effective and thematic. The last pic with the guys face poking through the mouth did make me laugh though.

I made it so that everyone either has a snappy mutant shield, or a bayonet. 2A each

I’ve had combo-Flamers recommended as equipment for Havoc Champions. Got three of them done, along with a couple of pairs of gunners. Five- or-ten-member Heretac squads aren’t that bad, you know. For a backfield unit that both screens and takes potshots, they do an alright job.

My best friend collects space wolves. The banner says ‘Fenrisians, go home’.









Not sure what happened to the saturation on that last pic.

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All just so good. Really awesome work. Dreadclaw is stunning. Fairly disgusting but stunning. As usual so inspired by your work.

Looks like I forgot to shower accolades on your dreadclaw too - which is dumb because it deserves the praise! Great paint on its flesh, and gotta love the little CSM face poking out

Squads are impressive too, and the Havoks remind me I really should dig into the new 30k plastics next time I make a CSM army. Fluffy on top of giving nice variation to the tired CSM kit.

- Salvage

Really like the job you did on the "hot" weapons. Very convincing.

Loving all this, but that drop pod is beautiful...

The marines are beautiful!
The dreadclaw is so horrific that I can't even look at it - so good work!

Got some Spawn done:









In-game, they're pretty good! I've taken them as Brigade fillers a few times, and as a horde in their own right. Both work well enough for what they are. Reposing them to break up their silhouette uniformity was great fun, and painting them was a blast

But... is it really Lorgar, to whom their loyalties lie?

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I love ratd in any form. Nice work Linds.

Been playing some Nurgle Daemonkin games, so it felt appropriate to add Epidemius to my collection:









Not a fan of the Finecast version and had a Poxbringer and Skull Throne to spare, so here he is

The banner’s an amalgam of bits box stuff. Sculpted a new face and torso and his hourglass.

He!s been doing pretty well so far! His last outing saw me face off against a Knight and a Spartan full of Blood Claws. That was some fierce firepower! Even the overwatch killed a fresh Daemon Prince :(

BUT when the Death Guard allies did get into combat, things started to turn. Havocs dominated the emptier half of the board and farmed Tactical Objectives whilst Sorcerer did a diving tackle with Smite to free up my Obliterators from being entangled with Space Wolves. A re-roll on my Fleshmetal D value plus VotLW meant the half-dead Spartan took fifteen wounds. Boom! Up it went and took out the Long Fangs. The momentum shifted in my direction and Epidemius actually stepped up and got his hands dirty driving away the Imperium’s last banzai charge. The garden was well watered that day

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Very nice work!

Beautiful work!

Always a pleasure seeing new models from you lindsay40k.

I've been considering adding breachers to a list myself, because I'm a fan of models with shields, which is obviously difficult because Chaos doesn't actually allow you to add shields to any models as far as I'm aware!

I had been considering some kind of Nurgle unit, where I can model the shields as being a representation of the FNP save... What have you fielded your breachers as?

Bookmarking your build log, as you have several unit conversions that would work perfectly for my potential army idea. (I came here from your post on my thread about also being inspired by the Mhara Gal model!)

Lindsay, there is some really amazing sculpting, converting, and painting going on in this Blog, I especially love that Dreadclaw conversion. Brilliant! You even put a chaos marine peering through the sphincter, ready to start the boarding assault!

@Niiru - I use my Breachers as Chosen, it feels right for a short ranged firepower squad that can look after themselves in melee (free Chainswords as of latest FAQ) and are first into a breached hull - but I can see shields working well as a look for ponderous and unstoppable Plague Marines

I noticed you made a land raider, I'm curious to know what you run inside it? If you actually use it in games that is.

I'm considering running a vehicle conversion, and not sure if I should run it as a basic rhino or as a land raider (or even a spartan).

Erm... truth be told, I’ve barely run it in this edition. I’ve mainly gone with Nurgle or Slaanesh daemonkin, only transports I’ve regularly fielded are the Dreadclaw and rhino. Games I’ve played with it, it’s felt underwhelming. BUT these are games where I’ve been Warptiming something else - at some point I’ll try filling it with Berzerkers or Possessed then park it on the enemy’s lawn. Flame Rubricae are on the to-try-in-it list, when I’ve got tired of Epidemius.

Spartan is amazing this edition. My friend runs it with her Space Wolves and it makes me cry. Being able to cast 5+++ on one then move it again and always get full overwatch will be brutal. Surprised we don’t see more on them in the tactica thread, especially now it’s got PotMS. I’d build mine up right now if it weren’t going to be Khornate and a bad fit for my current play style.

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Erm... truth be told, I’ve barely run it in this edition. I’ve mainly gone with Nurgle or Slaanesh daemonkin, only transports I’ve regularly fielded are the Dreadclaw and rhino. Games I’ve played with it, it’s felt underwhelming. BUT these are games where I’ve been Warptiming something else - at some point I’ll try filling it with Berzerkers or Possessed then park it on the enemy’s lawn. Flame Rubricae are on the to-try-in-it list, when I’ve got tired of Epidemius.

Spartan is amazing this edition. My friend runs it with her Space Wolves and it makes me cry. Being able to cast 5+++ on one then move it again and always get full overwatch will be brutal. Surprised we don’t see more on them in the tactica thread, especially now it’s got PotMS. I’d build mine up right now if it weren’t going to be Khornate and a bad fit for my current play style.

Interesting! How many models/units does she usually fit into it? Slightly concerned about putting basically my entire army into a single eggbox lol.