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Chenkov isn't so much Khornate as not all that smart.

And the Banelord is beautiful; the eviscerated Marines are a nice touch and I especially like what you've done with the talons.

Sorry for the lack of updates, but finding less time to work on the Banelord, even as I come into the home stretch of the project. I was able to get some work on the tail and specifically the Tail Weapon itself. As the game rules make it both a shooting weapon and a close combat weapon, I went with a power blade and lascannon combo. I still have some details to pick out, but I'm hoping to have it done and attached to the model shortly.



I wanted a color that contrasted well with the red, so went with a dark purple with extreme highlights. Luckily it also contrasts well with gold, so will be doing the detailing in gold as well.



The rivets were originally painted red, but the tail was looking too flat. I went back and did each rivet in silver and will try and add some weathering.



I still have details on the torso to complete before I can put on the tail...so hopefully I can get alot done before the next update.

I love that tail!!!

how did you make it?

DC

deadly chicken wrote:I love that tail!!!

how did you make it?

DC

It looks like a seriously daemonised Drop Pod wing. Awesome!

That, my friend, looks amazing.

Outstanding!

Khorne is proud of your work now go slaughter millions.

That's amazing. Seriously, the time and effort you must've put into it....Kudos to you, and a whole lot of other things ...Amazing...

Awesome purple. I don't think I've ever seen anything that big painted with extreme highlights, or red to orange layering/highlight.

Oh, I can clearly see a mental image of this Banelord go frenzy. Awesome kitbash, nice use of vampire counts bits, and to mention the paintjob: loving it!

At first, I found the legs a bit big for the body, but the more I looked at them, the more I liked the overall picture. The addition of the tail balances the whole model nicely, so this is a 12 out of 10 build.

And those eviscerated loyalists marines, they should be lucky and cheering with joy to be hung up as trophies on such a beautiful War-Engine dedicated to Khorne!

Good sir, I salute you for doing such an awesome job on building this magnificent death-dealing behemoth!

FI

Thanks for the comments everybody.

@Deadly Chicken - Cosmic is correct, I took the fin off the drop pod, and filed the edge down to make a blade. It's held together between Predator Lascannon sponsons and random bitz. The tail itself has a aluminum rod base with the segments made of plasticard and plastirod. Rectangles and triangles pieces were cut in decreasing size and finished off with plastirod rivets and chaos icon spikes.

@ Person Person - I think the dramatic reds and purples definitely make the model stand out compared to some of the more drab titans. Although once you see the model in person the large segments aren't very forgiving and you can see the paint transitions aren't that smooth.

@ FerrumIgnatus - Thanks for the comments...the legs are a bit crazy, but once all the other limbs are attached I think it should work pretty well.

I'll be moving and on vacation over the next two weeks, but hopefully I'll be able to get a few more updates before then.

Amazing work, How long has this taken you so far?

this is friggin epic ..

Are you gonna sell or keep it ?

Don't worry folks, neither I nor this project is dead yet.

After a month of sitting idle, I decided to finish the tail and cannon arm painting and pin those suckers onto the body. While all the detail work hasn't been painted, trying to get everything was holding this project back. I figure, no one would be able to see the parts I'm worried about anyways, so I'm putting together whatever I can to speed to the finish.







Assembly on the doom fist still has a little ways to go...and then it's just a bit of painting before this sucker's done!

And apologies for not answering the last few questions:

@ WillFrost - I started around February of this year, so about nine months that I've been working on the Banelord.

@ Gretar - I'm planning on holding onto this for a while, I may bring it to the Los Angeles Battle Bunker and see if there's a spot in their display case in the future, but it'll be in my game room for the time being.

Simply awesome. I pitty the fools who battle against this beast... and those who go to battle WITH it. I mean, it suffers similar to the "Insane-Sane" table as a Chaos Dreadnought, but hey, that brings just more fun on the table!

Man you're totally crazy! Your work is soooooooooooo amazing! I think papa Khorne would be happy to have a so wonderfull skull reaper dedicated to him!

I'm waiting for more, going crazy in the same time...

ratmkith wrote:

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?


Awesome work. Can't wait for the doomfist!

That is... pretty damn awesome.


But why is it in your bathroom, may I ask?

I want to see that thing go head to head with a warhound, that would be sweet!

It's looking pretty outstanding, well done

I want to see that thing go head to head with a warhound, that would be sweet!

You do know this is a 2500pt model right?

this is .................... bad ass

Thanks again everyone, the comments are always greatly appreciated.

@It - The photos are taken in the bathroom because I don't have a lightbox that can fit the model. Since I tend to paint at night, the mirrors help in lighting the photos.

Exceptional work.

Awesome stuff!

Lookin good.

I've just found this , I even read through all the pages, and already my brain is being liquified by the sheer awesomeness...............................

Yep...Face is thouroughly melted.

If i had to fight this... i would put up a good fight.

FOR ULTRAMAR!

It may be coming slowly, but you can't rush art!