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I would say go with the tail. In my opinion it brings more balance to the figure.

I'm still pondering about the tail - anyway, the back is pretty much done, it was quite a bit of work, but turned out pretty good, I think:

I'd go without tail it looks too Dark Eldar.

I say tail, but re-position it.

personally, i feel the DP is a bit too heavily Dark Eldar looking. The head is perfect, but my issue comes in with the Dark Eldar talos arms on him. While they are appropriately brutal for world eaters, i feel they look too surgical to be appropriate. Other than that he is an awesome mini.

Personally, id leave off the tail and do some modifications on the Talos arms to make them look less like surgical tools and more like weaponry.

defonatly no tail, it looks too slanneshy with the tail

I'll probably go with no tail for now, I can always put it on later if I decide to - it's harder taking it off.

Obidian Raven: I can see where you're going, but I kinda like the weapons - I think they'll stay.

I could really use some ideas for the flesh colour, though - anyone? Should I just use the same (very pale-ish) skin tone as my berzerkers? Or?

Excellent work again! I love the DP so different looking but great pose compared to the normal DP kit. How about adding Khorne 'bunny ears' to the DP mask, since you have used the traditional helmets for a lot of your berzerkers, also a few khorne symbols or chains may finish him off nicely?

Can't wait to see more progress.

Killmaimburnkillmaimburn wrote:Excellent work again! I love the DP so different looking but great pose compared to the normal DP kit. How about adding Khorne 'bunny ears' to the DP mask, since you have used the traditional helmets for a lot of your berzerkers, also a few khorne symbols or chains may finish him off nicely?

Can't wait to see more progress.

Hmmm... Maybe it would be cool with bunny ears? I'll look into it.

All the sculpting is now done - now it needs some detailing with chains n stuff.

Nice sculpting! I really like the hooves, he looks badass. By bunny ears I meant the crests on khorne berzerker helmets (dunno the real name for them ) Some chains would look cool like he has just been set free to cause mayhem.

This guy is amazing. He just reeks if pure aggression. Nice job on the sculpting as well. I'm not to sure the Khorne head dress would really work on this model. Personally I would go with either a simple Khorne symbol on the forehead or maybe add some horns.

defonatly the pale skin tone you used on your berzerkers but maybe with a red tone in the receases?

This is the kind of blogs that gives me inspiration to continue collecting! Thank you!
Even though i do envy your modelling skills way to much..

Yeah, a pale red tone for the skin. The musculature sculpting is very good as well.

Perhaps you could fill in the three arrowhead "vents" in his helmet and change them to a khorne symbol cut-out? Either way it looks great.

Thanks a lot guys! I'll try the pale red-ish skin tone on him.


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Oh yeah, and I've finished the second slaughterfiend - I really like it - it's such a beast:

Great use of the old raider bits! Everything looks amazing as usual.

I love the Scorpion Look, you get this army and board finished and I would not be surprised to see it featured on Armies on Parade!

Cutthroatcure wrote:I love the Scorpion Look, you get this army and board finished and I would not be surprised to see it featured on Armies on Parade!

Thanks a lot! However, I've unfortunately decided that I don't have the time to finish these guys in time for the danish armies on parade (26th this month) - it would be a rush job, and I really want them to look the absolute best they can - including the display board. Also, I'll probably have a few more great ideas before the next one, so it'll be next year. Oh well, lots of time to work on it then.

GuitaRasmus wrote:
All the sculpting is now done - now it needs some detailing with chains n stuff.

love this concept! really amazing!

Ooh, new stuff!

RE photography: I go outdoors, on a day with a white overcast sky, and take loads of shots with a macro lens, delete the bad ones, and increase the exposure with iPhoto on the remainder. That usually gets me enough good shots to work with

RE Daemon Prince tail: bit late, but I'd have gone for a rudder-like tail extended behind him. Look at velociraptors and greyhounds; they use this to throw their bodyweight around breakneck turns. Tyrannosaurs would also be a good reference point.

lindsay40k wrote:Ooh, new stuff!

RE photography: I go outdoors, on a day with a white overcast sky, and take loads of shots with a macro lens, delete the bad ones, and increase the exposure with iPhoto on the remainder. That usually gets me enough good shots to work with

RE Daemon Prince tail: bit late, but I'd have gone for a rudder-like tail extended behind him. Look at velociraptors and greyhounds; they use this to throw their bodyweight around breakneck turns. Tyrannosaurs would also be a good reference point.

Thanks - unfortunately it's starting to turn to winter here in Denmark, so we only get a few hours of daylight, inconveniently the same time I'm at work, so I have to find other ways.

Reg the tail: I know what you mean, but I think that sort of tail would make him too reptilianlike - he needs to look like a daemon, thats also the reason why I avoided the talos tail.

A tail could work, but it would have to be posed differently. I'm loving the face mask and the whole four arms thing. It looks pretty fly for a demon guy.

Cool thread , lots of vibrancy and movement in your models , great sculpts/ conversions and even better paint work , hard to choose a fave so far , but i think the green stuff cable guy is pretty cool. and of course the champion riding the mechanical spider thingumabob. Ohh yes and the latest dudes back is fantastic.

Thanks - I appreciate the kind words.

I've gotten a lot done on the slaughterfiend tonight, and am almost done on the basecoat - it went a lot faster than the last one, probably because I learnt a lot on that.

Oh, and if these rumours are true, I will be such a happy chaos-camper:

Quote from: theDarkGeneral

I'm glad ghost21 was able to confirm my early reply about Warsmiths and Dark Apostles, and World Eaters w/Bolters...


Here's more tidbits over a few shots of bourbon and some cigars...

*Chaos Dreads: No longer crazed or deranged, and new plastic (FINALLY) sprue to incorporate some new/old dreadnought close combat weapons types (chainfist, thunderhammer, power scourge, etc.)...but i'm more excited about being able to have Marked Dreads!!!

*Assault Berzerkers! Finally, Berzerkers with jump packs counting as Fast Attack!

*Slaughterfiends from Apoc will make their way into the Codex, along with versions for "Marked" type ones for other Legions.

*HQs making a return (lil' salt): Droomrider, Doombreed, Cypher :eek:, along with 5 newish guys.

*Unit size changes: Oblitz can come in up to 4, while most Daemon Engines can be 3 for 1...

might have to start buying some chaos stuff of my own then

Okay, I know chaos bikes sucks, but I've just come up with an idea for them that is so cool, that I HAVE to make some.

GuitaRasmus wrote:Thanks a lot guys! I'll try the pale red-ish skin tone on him.


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Oh yeah, and I've finished the second slaughterfiend - I really like it - it's such a beast:

I think for this guy, it will look much more realistic/cool if the hand that was holding the chain is turned fingerside up

Rogue Wolves wrote:

GuitaRasmus wrote:Thanks a lot guys! I'll try the pale red-ish skin tone on him.


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Oh yeah, and I've finished the second slaughterfiend - I really like it - it's such a beast:

I think for this guy, it will look much more realistic/cool if the hand that was holding the chain is turned fingerside up

By golly, you're right! I'll have to fix that! Thanks for the idea.

If it weren't for being a spot late on this, I'd be inclined to suggest 2 tails, to bring the appendage count up to 8- ever a sacred number, which would also move from keeper of secrets look with extra arms. Otherwise, that's one nice DP with some very nice gs work.

Kaesar II

Lord Kaesar II wrote:If it weren't for being a spot late on this, I'd be inclined to suggest 2 tails, to bring the appendage count up to 8- ever a sacred number, which would also move from keeper of secrets look with extra arms. Otherwise, that's one nice DP with some very nice gs work.

Kaesar II

Thanks! I don't think I'll go with two tails, but I'm still thinking about giving him one. I'll have to experiment a bit.

Btw, Slaughterfiend nr. 2 is almost finished! I'm slowly but surely nearing completion - I still need to finish and paint my dreadclaw, landraider and 14 berzerkers, but then it's time for my first 1750 points game.