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A room full of seated people. One man stands up.
'My name's John, and I'm a modelholic...'
Guess most of us suffer from various modelling disorders, mine tend towards the 'it's almost fully undercoated..Next.' end of the ADD spectrum. A shot of my workspace to demonstrate


Having multiple projects on the go personally keeps me interested creatively, but I have started a blog on my cyborks and want to keep that pretty clean as that's a project I'd like to keep motivated on. I didn't want to start a dozen or so different blogs and update each one almost never, so figured I'd start one focusing on the chaotic stuff, and then maybe another featuring Imp stuff, and keep the orks as my main project. So here's a bunch of stuff lying about the desk - all in various states, some of the paint very old(but that's not neccesarily the worst paint-jobs), some broken over the years, some -dare I whisper it- almost finished.

Slaaneshi beastmen lost and damned. Started not long after the codex came out, and progressing err, not very quickly tbh Have a few in various stages of construction, and plans for some guys using tau legs. Was part of an overall PLAN, oh yes The idea revolved around a bio-mechanical Slaanesh demon and it's entourage and various followers. Had plans for demons made from Rackham wolfen torsos paired with ravener/red terror tails, kind of a pleasure-mech cult thing going on, and involved various units that could be used in different armies and all sorts of crazy stuff that was never gonna happen. Although obviously all those ideas are still congealing up in the brain

A test scheme for some Slannesh CSM
Which naturally is going to be out of focus on the figs with any paint on.

Renegade troopers
Meant to be multi-purpose, renegades/traitors possibly even imp, as theres more a lack of Imp iconography than overtly chaotic.

And a slavering horde of mutie scum
More of the bio-mechnical hybrid - or at least guns stuck in place of arms and gave a few figures a slaanesh feel, so it could fit with the above beastman. I have a lot of love for these guys, even if I don't show them my brushes enough.
some gibbering hordes.
and some big muties, one with gun and dodgy looking skin disease. It looks like moss, especiaslly with the skin colour, but it was meant to be scales I'd been messing with sand and flock as hair/fur and had made a patch that looked really good as scales, so instantly put it on my then latest model and hey presto...low-rent swamp-thing Oh, well.

So that's my 'current' chaotic wips, I do aim to concentrate on green-skins for now, but I will throw some love this way as and when I do something(well, I'll try to limit it to the more interesting stuff, as opposed to ' I spent a few hours staring vacantly at a box of arms before sanding down a gobbo's foot')
edited for missing pic

Hey, thanks. But I'm not sure what you mean by too yellow, it matches my reference picture almost exactly, hang on whilst I dig it out. Ahh, here we are, yep, 'Homer and Marge - Average American Couple'
Well, when I started the first few guys way back they ended up with that yellow tint - not QUITE as bad in rl, but still yellow - and then when I started a few more, for some reason I made a few of the new guys a bit yellowy instead of re-doing the first few. No idea why. I can just put it down to chaos jaundice anyway

So, finished off a few of the muties - that's my definition of finished by the way Pics were taken pre-varnish.


Some chaos hounds (only 4 in the works for some strange reason)
Inspired by some fluff describing them as having muscles etc visible through ripped skin I promptly threw some flock onto some DE warp-hounds, job done Apart from the one whose missing a tail end, the painting and the missing hound

Just need to do a bit of tidying on test piece for Slaanesh marine
second picture auto-adjusted. Dry-brushed this one as I was thinking of a variety of armour shading - some stippled, some drybrush etc, trying to convey sense of different textures without vastly over-reaching my painting ability. (plus it was quicker ) Reasonably happy with the basic scheme, but ended up dropping the shield onto the shoulder pad after several free-hand attempts looked more like Nurgle taking the proverbial out of Slaaneshi symbols Thinking more along the lines of a warband rather than chapter, but don't like the blank shoulder pad look for these guys. May just end up messing with some decals, or may have come up with something by the time I get around to doing some more.

And finally, found this guy lurking about (excuse the 20 year old enamel paint job)
Was part of a planned undead 40k band but I only got around to making a couple, most of who got pulled apart years ago, the last surviving guy having been looted by my cyborks recently. But when I found this one it immediately jumped into position in another floating project and is now tempting me to open up another of my wip boxes

Thanks Lord Kaesar, that's the kind of compliment I like to receive They're currently based around Lost and Damned list, but to be honest I haven't really played since Rogue Trader so.... I just have this weird OCD that compels me to build legal armies rather than whatever the grud I want, c'est la vie.

Thanks guys!

Samus - Thank you, as i said to Lord Kaesar that's pretty much the response I'd like

wizard12 - not sure I'd class it as epic but thank you, I'll certainly take the compliment Yeah, I'm resigned to them having yellow skin as I mentioned earlier, but as more guys get added I'll move away from the simpson look and hopefully the few that are in there will just look tainted - or maybe I'll just say I let Matt Groening paint 'em I had to check which model you were mentioning as I couldn't remember using a camera on any of these guys (but lego bits often find their way into my stuff ), I can see what you mean, but that's actually an older bolter model

Morgrim - Thanks a lot man, I'll admit I'm probably over-fond of the guns as bodypart look myself, but I do like to have some variety with chaos. Chaos mutations should be just that, chaotic and mutated I tend to let my inspiration back-track to the old-skool chaos minis, before spikes and skulls were all the rage, and other old-skool stuff like the original Stronty Dog stuff, in fact the one you picked has a head based on McNulty and if I recall correctly there were a couple of 3-limbed brothers who Alpha took out at some point.

Thanks Scarper, I was trying to get away from the mutant=he's got a big claw look, although I do use that as well Different skin colours for muties just seemed right to me, part of their mutations - probably goes back to some of the fluff from the old slaves to darkness/lost and damned books ( I think there was anyway-too late to be checking now) and my old genestealer cult which was vari-coloured, in my mind due to costant shifting of gene pools or something.

Pretty much all kit-bashed, apart from the dwarves head which is an old milliput attempt from whenever those mini's were released, it was a chaos dwarf in an old warband, and I just stuck some grenades on his belt to stick him in with theses guys . I aim to slowly increase my GS skills so that I can do a bit more with later versions, hopefully I'll get a bit of practice in with my cyborks.

That's not a bad analogy vent, there are various sub-sets of minis scattered about the table I'm in awe of those peeps who work in a tidy, organised space but personally find it limits me somewhat. Finding stuff on the table's not really a problem, it's trying to remember in which box in which of the 2 cupboards various bits are in. Having a random pile of bits sets off all sorts of trains of thought for me, especially as my main project at the moment is my cyborks - can't be a proper mek and stay organised A lot of ideas come from just seeing a couple of pieces next to each other that you wouldn't expect to see in that configuration.

And speaking of rummaging through boxes, came across these in my DE box, probably the only DE models I have any interes in right now.



They were part of an army that I've pretty much given up on at this time. Don't like the paint scheme on the warriors, or the models themselves now, although I had a fondness for them when they came out, and not sure I want to do anything with them now. The unbuilt/partially built raiders are being looted bythe orks, my converted grotesques are slowly morphing into muties, but I still like these, just need to find something to do with them. Maybe I'll just get them finished and then leave them on a shelf for a decade or so till a new line comes out I can add them too

Nah, too much other stuff to do to start up the DE again Although I will no doubt pick up a few of the new bikes at some point Yeah the yellow was a bit flat on most, they'd only had the one coat, just picked 'em up and decided to take a couple of pics, there's a couple with ink shading and highlights, but they are VERY much wip.

As are these 2 guys:



Decided I'd finally make a start on my Hell Legion - basically a form of traitor guard, a twisted mockery of the Imperium. The triple-breasted whore of Eroticon VI will become a commissar, once she gets her filthy mitts on a bolt-gun, and the other guy's a sniper. There's a few old-skool mini's like these to go in there (and some of those who follow my blogs may have noticed my love for these guys is such that one only gets a pistol added and the other gets NO conversion work at all) and a bunch of skaven who've been mouldering in a box waiting for their chance to become ratlings The current blitz of 'RAAATTTSSS IIINNN SSSPPPAAAAACE' is probably to blame for this project re-surfacing, but as always (so far) I will still be prioritising my cyborgs. Actually wanted to get more done on these guys but tiredness meant I couldn't keep at it for any length of time at a stretch, which coupled with my modellers ADD meant, well not much done basically

I'd say most of the mutant bits are fairly easy to get hold of mano, most are just kit bashes from popular ranges, any in particular you were looking at?

Perkustin - Thank you, yep the Eye of Terror was the start of most of these guys. Lord Kaesar has the avatar pegged

Llamahead - And thank you sir. Indeed, it is nice to see something other than big claw and spikes, then some more spikes. Not that you won't ever see that sort of thing coming from me, but there should be a mix, don't want all those muties looking similar now do we?

LK - Your eyes do not deceive you, although that pic has now been replaced thanks to the new character generator gubbinz which meant we all had to re-design our avatars. More realistic, less funky bitz to play with. Raque there is now much darker, with thick, reddish dreads, no tats and no cats eyes

And so onto some pics (which really aren't all that considering the last pic update was last year sometime)



Take one old chaos sorceror. Add a sprinkle of krootox, a pinch of old saurus then stir in some putty using bits of wire.



And you may get something a bit like that. The sorceror is undergoing re-painting, the robes will stay red, may keep the blue as I'm thinking his wee timorous beastie may be of a blue hue. A chance to work on my gs skills, fairly unsure as to how I'll do, just thought a little stand-alone piece would be nice.

Maybe even a small series of vignettes..



Classic old marine in robe that I've been missing for ages. Finally picked him up the other week and finally realised he wouldn't work for my Bloodfists as I want them all helmeted. So he loses his hand (gains a tentacle/claw/something) thinks about upgrading his sword, and goes off to plan unspeakable acts against helpless young ladies. An all too familiar tale I'm afraid..




And a minor update on the hell legion - enginseer, commissar and sniper.

Absolutely no promises what-so-ever, but I'd quite like to get somewhere with the little diorama type things in the coming weeks

Thanks guys! The lizrd-beast has had a first layer of GS put over the milliput and is currently undergoing sanding, before filling any dodgy areas, and then I'll put the under-belly part of the tail in. Neck has been filled awaiting detailing.
Everbody else in the same state as previously, but a newcomer has arrived on the scene with unprecedented haste:




The bits had been blu-tac'd together for a LONG time, but I was avoidng doing anything with it as I really wanted the parts to go elsewhere. Specifically the winged backpack to a squad of raptors, but it was waiting till I had several more. Well, got bored waiting Had a go at painting it within an hour time limit, using only white and washes. Didn't quite manage it, and today it got a dryrush and another set of washes, then a base which was also painted using only washes. It's far from perfect but I'm relatively happy with it considering prep, build and paint took less than 2 hours, which by my standards is phenemonal, it can easily take me over that to basecoat

Is it?

No, surely not?

An update? Here?

Well, small and sort of, yeah

neil - that is a small overlook, still trying to find some good bark to use as the cliff face itself. The sorceror is pretty much the colours he had, still working on the beast ( obviously ), snd I'll make a final decision then, but I'm not thinking skinless at this stage.

Scarper - Thanks! Hey, if I can do it that quickly, it must be like it's Barry Allen painting for others

jack - say's the creator of Gonk and Inflatus Don't worry, I took it that way

vik - I like to try different ideas now and again, keeps things interesting Thank you, and I think I've answered your query elsewhere now, still a little late though. I'll see what I can do about providing similar stuff for you

RSJ - Good old Eccentrica Gallumbits Cheers, and where do you keep finding my stuff, I never remember where I leave it?


So are there any goodies at the end of this literary rainbow? (Yeah, I know, pretty poor metaphor, what can I say, it's past midnight on a Sunday/Monday )

Kind of :


The warlock for the maiden dio



Still needs the tentacle tidying up a bit, forgot that when I undercoated. But this is what he'll look like, at present I'm thinking deep red armour and blue robes, possibly greenish power sword, fleshy-purply tentacle.


And the maiden



Basic colours down, reckon there'll be a pentagram type thing srawled on the bare rock, or maybe a brazier.


And another piece using different media, this one using inks and washes. Well, mainly inks so far, there will be more inks and more washes in the future, the guy above has forseen it.



He'll be getting Ahriman's bacpack (I think - it has four nozzles on arms?), and possibly some companions painted in a similar manner.


That's all for now, who knows, there may be another update in less than 2 months this time

neil - it's slow, but it ain't dead The green worked better than I thought, may end up keeping that as is.

medabee - Cheers, glad you enjoy.

vik - well, you know, I don't think it's too much effort to keep track with this one, it's not exactly the fastest moving of blogs And thanks. Yeah, hard to resist a maiden chained to a rock. Even harder if it's a freebie

A Sunday evening quickie for your pleasure



Two more converts to the ink and wash brigade. Figure I'll end up with a small squad and a leader like this.

The newer guy with a splash of colour has the old yellow ink as a base, the last of my supply has started to gain a bit of viscosity, and comes out a darker yellow than it should, whish is a shame as I used it as a base for a tranquility sniper for Gits. I was hoping for the nice bright yellow and then use some washes to shade it, but I'll have to use some paints now (on the sniper). The blue, purple and red are all GW washes, given one layer, with a second going on at the same time.

The pale guy just has a delan mud wash and a white drybrush over a white undercoat, as does the backpack on the guy you've already seen with some colour.

He's had a lot of layers of Windsor & Newton inks, canary yellow and plum. At least 8 coats so far, and one thing I discovered about these inks is they're not waterproof. Easy to disturb a previous layer, and in some areas you can see where the yellow has picked up a bit of the purple, there were always several hours between colours, sometimes over a day. This will be useful for some blending techniques I'll try on some of these guys, but a pain when you want clean delineations. I ight try another like this, but do all of one colour, 10 or so layers to build up a nice depth, then seal before moving on to the next colour. That should be interesting as I usually like to see how various colours are working as I go.

Told you it was a quickie, but hey you weren't hanging on for several months this time..

Hmm, could do with a bit of a dusting around here....



Zombies and stuff - rising from the dead, just like this thread...

So been a while since much was done in my chaos hordes, and the craving to do a little chaos has been tugging at my ADD, so I've started throwing a few things together. Mainly one-offs and some pieces for playing with paint on, so quite a random selection - as if it isn't anyway

These bits have been seen on my cybork blog, apologies for the repeat -




And there was a tentacular thing inspired by some banter with King Cracker.




Which has now been painted:





Really enjoyed making that, there'll be variations on that theme appearing again


And a few chaos sorts that are awaiting colour



Torso and head from an old Kaleb Daark figure.




Based on an old khornate champion - technically not waiting for paint, as I just noticed he hasn't had a pack built yet.




Arms were hold-overs from my ancient rat-marines (all deceased now) and I just built a basic guy to stick 'em on - I think this guy will be a rusty armour test.



And the guys being worked on atm:



I want this guy to be pushing his fingers into an opponent's chest, Judge Death style - either this arm or a 'stealer one. Trying to find the right figure to be his victim before I go further with him.




Switching between the claws and some kind of pus-cannon at the moment. Been meaning to use some thrall bits as csm for a while now, felt it was bulky enough to use as a termie-type. I see nurgle stylings in this one's future...




Gun arm is still undecided. I was playing with assault cannon arms at first, then decided on some kind of auto-cannon in place of an arm, looking at it now I'm thinking some kind of power lance might be an idea...




Variation on the halberd weilding geezer above, as that one has a pole-arm I might switch to guns for this one, but having difficulty in finding a pose I liked with firearms. These guys I might actually try to link with my beastmen lost/damned - I've just picked up the new CSM 'dex, so I'll have a browse later and see what that stirs up.




Another floaty guy, this one more technological than sorcerous - thinking nhe might become some sort of tech-marine, possibly working at a console.




Rough concept - think I'll switch out his left arm, not sure what with yet though, took a while before I went with that one.




The weapon was another rescue from the rat-marines, and another basic build to stick it on - may switch the head out.




Killing off my DE and seeing what can be done with the archon's (?) body.



And dropped some ink on this guy, hoping to fade down through green into blue, possibly contrasting with a red fading to black.


Few more guys being assembled, but they're not in any state to show themselves yet.

Thanks for stopping by, hopefully I'll be back shortly.

weety - hope you haven't got a numb bum from sitting there all that time, and cheers on Mr Yellow, I really need to sort out my lighting in the workshop as what little paint was on him looked really smooth in there, and didn't once I moved him to the living room for pics - the curse of our wonderful British winter strikes another modeller.


vik - uh-huh, and if I'm not careful it'll get covered in dust again

Cheers, he is staying the same, and has progressed to grey-scale so far - I skipped the pack, I have another plan for that - similar to the dude with the hovering crackle ball (sort of)

The gun is formed from the back of an old RT ork bolter, the needle gun part from a combi-bolter belongingto an old RT-era Inquisitor in termie armour, a scope from the space crusade scouts, and I can't quite recall where the magazine came from. Ahh, wait a minute - it may be from the old one piece plastic gretchin.

Yep, bone thrall from the Cryx faction - always thought they'd be great for chaos parts.

Legs are from a tau battlesuit - possibly the stealth suit?

That'll have to do till we get an eye-rolling orkmoticon He's still as is atm, I'm letting him stew for a while.

Hadn't crossed my mind till you mentioned it, but yes I see it

More will be coming, please be patient whilst..uhh, sorry, forgot what I was going to put there - blame the evil alcohol for that.


Llama - Just as I like it I suspect that there'll be more bits mutating into the dreddiverse than dred bits heading grimdark, but you can never be too sure.



Progress on pretty much everything has slowed immensely right now, trying to deal with some relationship issues at the moment (probably not very well as might be guessed by all the alcohol references that have suddenly appeared in posts by a tee-totaller ), normal (?) service will be returned shortly. I was actually going to post a few pics of progress from last week, but failed to do so after realising that I couldn't find the pics becuase I hadn't actually uploaded them yet

On the plus side that might portend that there will be plenty o'pics when I do update next...

Thank you for hanging on, I'll be back......

LoneLictor - Thanks ma, hopefully ther's plenty more to come...

Llama - Cheers for the support fella Don't worry, although I've been teetotal for at least 15 years I'm well acquainted with alcohol and it's effects Purely anaesthetic reasons were the call of the day - and my state of mind over those couple of days wouldn't have been at all useful in the workshop - far more likely to have wrecked stuff than created anything new...

Anyway, nothing further to report as since then I have been struck down with the Mayan Flu which took out half our staff, flu's all gone but now sore throat and bit of a cough...on the mend though and not back to work till the 2nd - I can't believe that...I've not had more than 2 days off over christmas for nearly 20 years... Now you need to get cracking to make up for the absence we'll note In Jan Various supply drops needing to be looked at too - hopefully there'll be a bit of progress.

I did mention there were some pics floating around from a few weeks back, might as well bung 'em up now hey?




Some detailing to the termie, and wondering if I should use that possessed arm instead of one of the lightning claws?




Concept for some kind of flying beastie...like the idea of 'jets' on the shell while the body hangs off with a weapon below...I'm tending towards dakka as I couldn't come up with any good close combat options for him....more thought required here....





Gotta love a guy with tentacles for eyes hey? Always thought the necron chests could be used with marine parts,...




Started on the rusty armour, been a while but think it was a mix of khemri and calthan, devlan wash and some dabs of macharius..





Was going to use that as base and throw some crackle over it, but forgot tha was the plan and drybrushed a bit of umm, leadbelcher?, can't recall over it.

May still get crackle on the pads, we'll see how it goes, as usual

That'll do for now, stay frosty people.....

At the moment it's just a talos body with jets from...umm, I think a stormtalon? Just concept at the moment...

Yeah, I get you...I'll look into it.

Yeah, what would I do that for...

Oh there's more to come on that for sure...several of these guys are for various rusty/weathered armour tests more than anything else....

Yeah blight drone was kinda where it came from...along those lines. Go ahead..it's why it's up here I'd say there'll be more varieties to come..but you might not want to wait...

No worries Dr H - I don't know half the current range....10 years ago I would have recognised most bits...not now
This dude's just getting the two...but don't worry there'll be plenty more tentacle madness coming....

Digging deep for archeo-tech, we stumble blindly into a dark, malodorous cavern. After several attempts we get a servo-lamper to stay lit, and gradually the brightness grows to unveil...monkeytroll's old Lost and Damned thread....ye gods, look at the state of this place, no servitors have been near here for aeons....

Hmm, well looking at the last few posts it seemed I was trying to be mindful not to let this place slip into disrepair...nope, didn't manage that

Well, let's try a bit harder this time hey?

In search of my long-lost modelling mojo I decided to return to my old stomping grounds and look up my first true love - Khaos, in all it's many splintered glory.

With chaos I know I can still let my madness loose as with the orkses, just need to keep a slightly darker tone to it....and all that's grim-dark is good..or something....


I've also strayed a little from my usual in that I'm not following my old OCD-ish dependence on building units that can be used in a game that I haven't played for nearly two decades, and just building stuff. Some of it fits into a codex, some of it won't. Oh well.


Let's take a peek at what's been brewing in the warp then shall we....take a seat, make yourselves uncomfortable, take a sip of the hemlock and help yourselves to those pretty coloured berries on the plate there.....


Kiss my axe:



Some kind of Slaanesh champion or chosen type. Was going to get a much larger pole-arm type affair originally with an empty left hand, but then I found that axe arm and decided i liked it on him. He'll probably be getting that base too.


Where there's a whip, there's a blade:



There's a definite skew towards Slaanesh amongst the latest offerings, but there'll be a bit of digression too . The serpent-bodied look may become prevalent as I continue - I once had designs on a 'nid force built in a similar style, variations on ravenors across the board, but I've plundered the bits I was stock-piling there for the greater evil. Army painter white undercoat came out a little grainy as can be seen here, I kept it for texture rather than strip and re-spray (that's what I tell myself, not that I was too lazy to do that and wanted to see some sort of progress ).


Made to measure:



Look, see....one of those guys is certainly more nurgly than slaaneshi surely. Even if he has forgotten his trousers....think Grommit has got himself in a world of trouble elsewhere.....


Whip it out big fella:



Who can resist a sensation-seeking dude in a giant suit of powered armour with a massive electric whip arm thing?
Not me!


Scream for me baby:



And because I enjoyed the last one so much I decided I needed another Slaaneshi screamer.
I have several more sets of those winged backpacks on route to me as I type...ostensibly for a 5 'man' raptor squad, but possibly for more screamerage type shenannigans....


The Lancer:



It took quite a while to finda ranged weapon I was happy with for this guy, for a long time he had various versions of assault cannons blu-tacked to his torso, and for a while he almost became a purely close combat type, but in the end the lancer was born. Almost tempted to have a joust type mini diorama if I come up with a suitable opponent....


Night stalker:



The Stalker here almost certainly fits into the 'doesn't-fit-in-a-codex' category, but I like him, just not sure how I'm going to base him.....


"He...took...my...face...off...":



Another dude who's been hanging around for a while, finally got another arm onto him and added the hint of a back-pack. Did forget to re-do his pointy-toed pixie boot though....
Also still debating trophy spikes on his shoulders....


Never aneasy life:



Oh, the trials and tribulations of being a figure in my possession. Originally an inquisitor, he didn't last long before I turned him to the side of chaos. Then a few years back I ripped off his tentacle and spiky backpack in order to let him serve the glory of the false emperor once more. And then just the other day.....


The worm turns:



See, said there'd be more serpentine bodies. Not convinced with the tentacle arm though, may need to re-think that....


Put it back in your mouth:



Never enough beefy Slaaneshi dudes around, so here's another one.


Give me an 'S':



And another. This time dual-wielding spiky blade things like an evil, armoured cheerleader from the future. Coz it's fun, right?


See no ebil, hear no ebil, speak no ebil:



More pustulent action for all you plague fans out there.

Step lively:



Well, it could be magick...but I'll probably give him the rest of the strap to hold his bolter in place.


Stop. In the name of love:



Was going to give him some kind of visor/eye slit, but then decided I like it better without. More spooky...


"We're gonna need bigger guns...":


Tentacle and a big rotary cannon. 'Nuff said.


Just like his dad:



Spiky arm and slightly smaller rotary cannon. Hey, what can i say? I like tentacles, spikes and rotary cannons


You got me, I ran out of snappy title ideas a while back, just hoped you wouldn't notice:



Not sold on the arm choices here, may swap out the firearm once I take delivery of some new arms/weapons. We'll see....



Phew....that took longer than I thought, may have been a bit brief with some of the descriptions

Don't be fooled into thinking that pic dump means I have got my mojo back...remember I've been off dakka for about 6- weeks now, that evens out to not a lot

Plenty more power armour types on the chopping board though, along with an unhealthy selection of culty types, and possibly some mounts or vehicles...as always, we'll see.


Thanks for stopping by, hope the snacks went down ok, don't worry about any internal pains as the gribblies hatch inside your organs, just take an aspirin and have a lie down.....



edited for some truly egrecious errors...but I've no doubt there's still a few lurkers.....

Dr H - Less tentacles today I'm afraid. But I have prepared a small selection for later use, so you'll get your tentacle fix soon Or, you know, you could go watch Urotsukidoji....

Yeah, I'm happy with Axe's pose. Like I said, originally he was going to have a long polearm with massive blades and I wanted him to look like he'd just leapt down from somewhere, but whilst I was still trying to find the third blade for his weapon I realised that axe arm would be a pretty good fit.
Those stalker legs are from the Arachnid warriors from Mongoose Game's Starhip Troopers. They were originally grabbed to be used in another 'nid army, this one to be much more bug-like, with at least 8 limbs on each creature....like the serpentine 'nids, I figure the ideas being hanging around for so long I may as well loot, err...corrupt, the bits now
The tentacle arm just looks a little off to me somehow, too chunky for what I had in mind possibly. I'll leave it for now and see how it looks when it gets a bit of colour added.

Rotary cannons and tentacles - check, both on the list for many future appearances


Llama - It is good to be back, hopefully I'll stay engaged this time Yep, chaos is not just spikes and skulls


Neil - And nice to see you again mate

Eye tentacles requires a bit of surgery at the moment...I managed to knock off one arm and botth his tentacles somehow More are ready to go in their place though. That face is from a Space Hulk hybrid, I beleive one whose body was looted by the meks Toilet head? That, my fine fellow, is no mere receptacle for bodily waste but an integral part of the drive system for the NCC-1701


So....



Was working on a conjoined marine but cut back a little too far, so that body became a flyer...obviously Couldn't get a good look with any ccw, so went the dual pistol route instead, but not sure on the tail...figure it'll probably be one of the first two, but there's something about making the tail a weapon that has an appeal.....




Fairly sure this little dude will end up with the guns. I thought he'd look good as a scuttling little brawler, but think I'll need to do a longer legged version to pull that off. These legs were supposed to be longer actually - I started with claws from either gaunts or ravenors with part of the fleshy connector still attached, but couldn't get the fit to look right, and in the end chopped down the claws and used the tips - if I'd realised that was where I was going to end up I'd have just carved some sprue to start with and saved the claws for something else
Think he'll get a smaller backpack too, was going for a multi-limbed feel but it's too much on that little body.




And you know, just 'coz. Evil kinky space nun is better than a space nun, right?

Llama - Cheers mate. I'd forgotten Sid's creations, there's some inspiration there


Dr H - Evil kinky space nuns FTW

Still undecided on that one, I'll leave him for a while then try somemore loadouts....


weety - Ripe and juicy khaos is always the best sort What is this 'painted' you speak of though

I do intend to put some colour on these guys at a faster rate than I normally do (which isn't saying a lot I know ), but this wind is making things a wee bit unsteady on the boat at the moment - when there's a real danger of stuff falling off bookcases then delicate brushwork should be avoided. That's what my nan used to say anyway. But hopefully soon - I'm beginning to enjoy the modeling again now so I want to try and carry that momentum over to the painting side too....



So....



Started looking through the pile of kits I've accumulated in the last few months, and decided that these little buggers might have some potential. 1/72 Tachikomas from Ghost in the Shell, came with a helicopter kit that might become a speeder-bike/hunter-killer type thing, or might get thrown to the meks. Three of these to play with, thinking first one I'll use the leg unit to base a terminator on, maybe some kind of warpsmith.




Caught this guy walking on the beaches, looking at the peaches....
Legs came from some Dropzone Commander walker with a bit of re-posing, and as he ended up with a couple of blades figured a FW Emporer's Children Palatine Blade head fitted the bill...





Big guy who almost ended up with the three-barreled ork pistol from the FW bikers, but got swapped for a storm/combi bolter at the last moment. Legs from chaos Forsaken, torso from EvilCraft, who also do some very nice heads and backpacks, axe from FW.




Warpsmith type blokey. First thing I wanted to do with the stuff that came from Anvil's Afterlife kickstarter, although I ended up using the missile launcher and the gatling gun first (on the night stalker and the guy with no real head respectively). The tractor units are very cool, and I got ten of them, so expect to see more...can't resist a good set of little tracks me The rear servo arm is from Zealot miniatures, need to fill a couple of air bubbles in that, the two mech-arms are from a WM Crysis starter set. Debating whether to add another set of work-arms to the backpack - part of Fabius Bile's pack.





And lastly, playing with an idea for a steed. Thinking one mechanical foot, one bestial, some kind of weapon mount on the tail.


Laters....


edited to make children out of choldren....

Dr H - The 'Stand Alone Complex' Jigabachi AV helicopter kit from Kotobukiya has three of these in

Yeah he's pondering the futility of conflict within a post-human community based on such outdated concepts as 'Good' and 'Evil'. And then wondering whether the incoming follower of the false emperor should be met with a hail of bolter shells or a whirring axe blade.

Ah, that's just my bog-standard bionic used on the cyborks - didn't want a helmeted head, but still felt he needed something a bit techy. I'd like the steed to have some nice blending from mechanical to biological, so that'll be a good push for my meagre GS skills a bit - gotta practice if we want to improve right?


weety - Yeah, I just put on my kite-suit and jump....get blown ashore nicely Well, if it's reminiscent of Doom that's a good thing by me



So quick update whilst I lunch...




Legs from an old epic paladin knight (hey, that's topical right?), claws from Zealot minis, skull-filled pad is an old-skool pad. Not sure what to do with the buckle plate - try and sculpt something or attempt to paint a design....trying to avoid the default stick-a-skull-on-it and don't think I have anything else worthwhile putting there that size.....




That necron gun bit was going to be part of a hover unit, but then I realised that sticking a tentacle out of it would make a great non-standard head May still add something to the back of the claws.


That's it, short and sweet this time, but wind has stopped, there's actual daylight around and I have undercoated the earlier guest stars, so may go to the colouring stage for some of them rather than the chop-shop for more. We'll see.....

Littletower - Cheers dude, chaos should have a touch of the unique about it don't you think

Yeah, we'll wait and see whether I ruin the steed with some shoddy gs work I do love those little tractor units


Ruglud - Thanks dude


So, ended up doing a bit more chopping anyway



Feel more sensation if you don't wear your full armour, right? Plus it's hard to get the arms to fit those elbow blades...all very well getting gifts from the gods, but it can cause havoc with one's wardrobe.




On the other hand, if your armour warps to accomodate your nifty mutation then it can be a bitch getting that sleeve off....

Need to do a bit of gs where the blade meets the wrist on this one, and just remembered I was going to add some scars to both of them...gonna get cut without your breastplate




About time the beastmen got some kind of armoured troopers I figure. Been meaning to use the Tau legs for just such a thing for ages now, original idea was to use cadian bodies and beastmen heads.




Was going to be, and might still end up as a warpsmith type dude, but once I'd put the face-torso on the base I couldn't resist this.... Might keep it, might not.


And did splash a little colour about...not much, and not well, but it's a start....




Cheers for stopping by.......

So, decided the ratkin needed a couple more companions...





Second guy needs either some shoulder pads or some gs work on the shoulders..arms didn't fit quite right and I was intent on getting them in place there and then. Think a hellstrider pad should do the trick. I know I could have done a much better job, but at the moment I'm just happy to be modelling again and staying interested - I'll accept a certain amount of shoddiness in return




Your bog-standard general purpose Slaaneshi marine.... The head's been sitting around for a while, but each time I made a marine I decided on a different head to this...finally got his chance




...and a companion. I think he ended up with an axe as I'd been admiring krautscientist's khornate gladiators




Very simple daemonette conversion - she was originally going to have double claws, but then I decided I liked the whip, and having just one claw, slightly hidden behind her leg looked more fitting somehow.




Some tentacles to keep Dr H happy Planned to give him an armoured head, but then picked up the tentacled head and realised it would suit an arms out, screaming type pose...may yet swap the arms out, but I doubt it.




And just for a bit of fun, some sort of plague ogryn was called for...still looking for a suitablr left arm, toyed with tentacles, but thinking I might use the old zoat powerfist i have lying around...


And no great progress/pics, but proof the brushes are seeing some kind of action:



That'll do for now....

Moltar - Glad to hear it - does that mean your new hobby area is almost prepped and ready to go?


Dr H - Just for you buddy Can't takecredit for the daemonette pose, all I did was bend the whip and add a claw


emperor bacon - That came from the Afterlife KS from Anvil, same as the little tractor unit - not sure when they're due to hit retail, but some nice stuff there.

PDH - Another mention of Sid's toys I have to admit that the resemblance had completely escaped me, but I will be re-visiting the film for research reasons Far too long since I watched it.

Now that I take as high praise indeed, coming from you Peter

I love the tentaball, really enjoyed making it, and will do some more soon...I'm also thinking of a tiny version as a familiar type thing.


Llama - Cheers! Yeah, kept looking at the vermyn for the cyborks, some of the drills and such-like looked promising. The legs on Kiss my Axe are from a dreadball vermyn, have a team of those kicking about for conversion purposes, but not got round to picking up ay of the warpath ones yet.


Moltar - Ouch!

Yeah, buy more....buy more...no time for painting...buy more

Hope it all goes smoothly whe you finish moving, and look forward to seeing you back in action.


Dr H - Thanks bud, that really means a lot to me


Ok, quick update time...




Took a while to find a left arm forhim, none of the swords or guns looked rightuntil I realise tat obviously a guy with no eyes, or indeed a real head, should be pointing at something




Nothing sophisticated here, just a weird head and some claw things...your standard khaos.


The rest are more wip than done...



The tachikoma termie...was originally going to be some kind of warpsmith based guy with your average four legged locomotive device, but after adding the torso to the searchlight bit that didn't feel quite right. A hasty swivelling of the body before the glue set and the addition of a head at a much lower level suddenly made much more sense. And of course, freed up some valuable space for tentacles I'm thinking some kind of rotary cannon (obviously ) for the right arm, still undecided on the left...and probably some kind of mecha-dendrites coming from the leg unit just as a nod back to the original warpsmith idea.




These cute little guys were going to be added to the screamers, but now I'm going to use them as familiars for some dudes, so leaving the tails till then...I see the bat-winged one with it's tail wrapped round an outstretched arm of some kind of freaky falconer. The other jump-back will also see service as some kind of gun-drone I suspect, but first things first....needed a snake headed version to start.




And a slightly bigger version....may try mounting an old-skool daemonette on there, but still deciding on whether there'll be a 'firearm' or a 'blade' at the end of the tail...


That's it from Sid's workshop for now....sweet dreams everyone.....

Littletower - Sleep little mortal, sleep and let slaanesh bring you dreams you couldn't imagine.....


Dr H - Cheers! Got those jump packs to use as jump packs, but think they're likely to all end up as drones/familiars


Llama - They would make great epic scale flyers..........



Sun came out today, so most of the previous guys have been primed now

So, what else is new...




Renegade trooper...had a different pose decided for him, but whilst trying to find a suitable pistol arm I ended up putting the shotgun in place. May try and pick up another sniper to try out the original pose as I really liked the idea.


Troupe D'Basqueville:








These were once dancers until the D'Basqueville family doctor turned them into psychically linked combat servitors for cultist Lady Isabella D'Basqueville to use as bodyguards/enforcers.

And a servitor skull managed to sneak into their dressing rooms too....


I'll have a think about adding some colour to the next update.....

sennacherib - Thanks a lot dude! Yeah, I have tentacle makers from Masque Miniatures and Green Stuff Industries - both good, but the GSI ones edge out the Masque as they're easier to use, don't need to have something to steady them.


Llama - Yeah, now I'm back to chaos I'm digging through some of the 'saved' stuff.

Hmm, yeah, he might make a good Lord D'Basqueville - I was planning on using some old Hunters/Brats for the males, but then they'd all be a lot shorter than the females There'll be a few other companies work appearing probably, as obviously there's little in the way of decent female conversion fodder from GW


Dr H - Cheers! Originally they were going to be cultists, with firearms and mutations, then I decided I preferred the idea of dancers chosen by Lord D'Basquville for their agility and used for his pleasure/rituals before being passed to the family doctor for mind-wiping/re-programming.



So, anything new?




Just needs a bit of gs work on his backpack and he's good to go.




Done.




Concept for a dark magos. Pretty sure he'll be keeping the eldar glove, just messing around with what I want on his back....




Figured out the weapons for the tachikoma termie...just need to make his feet as I decided not to use the originals, bit of gs around the head, and probably a couple of mecha-dendrite type thigs coming around from the back....




And playing around with this guy...can't figure out a weapon set for him yet, not even sure if he's going to get a second CCW or something with a bit of range to it....




And to work on my gs skills a bit I decided to start on a daemon.


Few other little bits done, mainly matching' torsos' to 'legs', and tiny bits of colour applied sparingly, nothing else worth looking at though...

Stay frosty peeps....

Dr H - Cheers! There was a lot of different torsos going back and forth on those legs At various points it was a marine, a termie and a magos (using an old genestealer hybrid), marine won out in the end, but I might get a similar set of legs for a magos yet


Llama - Actually no - you are mistaken young padawan The four legged version is from Malifaux - a steamborg, and the three legs are from Urban War - some kind of syntha. Glad ypou approve though



So, been a bit slow recently, but I have a couple of rough concepts for Lord D'Basqueville's bodyguard types....




Obviously there's a lot of clean-up to get a good fit required, and some weapons need to be finalised, but I'm liking the basic idea. Serpentine female cyborgs produced by the good doctor - I'm still umming and ahhing over the figure and name for him (or even her, or possibly them ) as a counterpart to Isabella's terror troupe.

GiraffeX - Thanks dude, always pleased to hear the word disturbing in relation to any of my stuff Hope I can keep them coming for you...


Dr H - Yeah, you would


Moltar - That was the idea Should be more in that ilk along sometime soon....



So, robo-snake-ladies awaiting GS work - and two waiting on another arm to go with the gs

What can I entertain you with in the meantime......


How about a champion/prince type fellow to point you in the right direction?



Lord Vortinex the Lustgrabber has been mightily blessed by Slaanesh during his long career
Thinking the spiracles on the tail may get some tiny tentacles added, and before the shoulder gun gets wired in I may have a fiddle with it - not convinced by it at the moment. Also considering replacing the other shoulder spike with a semi-mechanical manipulator/claw arm...not sure if that makes it a little too busy though, as I think that's what's annoying me about the shoulder-pistol.



Or maybe you're more susceptible to a nice daemonette to help take your mind off your worries?



Shardclaw Glitterleg was inspired by some of JB's sketches in the Liber Chaotica....been perusing that and the old Realms of Chaos books for inspiration recently


Or possibly some weird many-legged thingy is more your bag?



I suspect the legs will get inverted and the claws reversed to bring the legs out more sideways, similar to some kind of techno-scorpion, which is obviously what this is going to become....


Hopefully that'll tide you over for now.....