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Sigil is on and a bunch more oxidized. Getting to where I need to be to apply powders I'd say, just going to look over it a few more times for anything I missed. Of course the interior is only just begining.






Thanks for looking! Happy Hobbying!

And here's the interior so far. Still lots to do. As soon as I start looking I always find something else *raspy wheeze*

Icky.

I like it.

My Lords,
With this model I am launching my commission painting service! I decided that it's time for me to try to make some money at what I've been doing since 1992. With that said I am ACCEPTING OFFERS on this titan (keeping in mind that it is still not quite finished yet BUT we're close) as well as commissions for any sized projects at any level. Please pm me to discuss any offers or projects ideas you may have! I'd love to turn my hobby into my profession and I know you'll love my forges grim dark style for your project. I'm posting here on my hobby plog first, but I will officially be launching a website and social media soon. Im looking forward to bringing your army to life!

So, back to the blog. This is a massive update of the Warhound Titan. It is a big model so be warned, lots of pictures inbound:
Accessing
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Sexy.

Is there a random pic of some fans in a wall mixed in or is that part of the Warhound too?

Thanks Exterminatus. Yup those are the interior walls.

Aw no! You left it outside and it’s got all rusty! Man, it looks like it’s been decaying for ten thousand years!

Thanks lindsay40k! You always know just what to say!

Greetings my Dread Lords. The Scar of Dishonor cometh ever closer.

Excommunicatus* haha.

How you describe the building of this thing? Is it a pain in the posterior or relatively simple?

Oops my bad Excommunicatus, i blame that on autocorrect! t's certainly not easy. In fact its one ofnthe most difficult models ive ever done. Do you enjoy 3D puzzles? Because that's the best way to describe it. Thats said, if you've worked with resin and arent afraid of doing some pinning, using your brain and taking your time, a warhound is an amazingly well designed model. I suppose it depends if you enjoy a challenge or not. I guess it is a pain in the ass... but a good pain


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Well. The Titan is pretty much finished. I need to do a photo shoot for it but that was a fun one. Daddy Mort's next. Here we go.

Got a few quick shots of the Warhound today setting up my photo area. Not happy with these pictures at all though. I'll keep working on it.






Thanks for looking. Happy Hobbying!

Sexy. Yeah, they're a bit flat, eh? The photos?

Looking forward to seeing how you improve them.

EDIT - Are you using your phone? What do you have your resolution set at? In my experiments, I've noticed that Dakka tends to compress anything over 4.9MP which leads to blurry, grainy and generally crappy photos.

Still looking good ! But yeah, setting up the lighting and getting the depth of the model is surely not an easy task !
Congrats on finishing that beast !

@Excommunicatus: Thanks for the tip! I'll play around with the resolution now that I know that. Basically I need to set up a photo studio

@KernelTerror: Thanks KT! I appreciate it! It was alot of fun, just as you predicted!

With the titan competed, I'm moving on to another big project, rebuilding my Deathguard! Able to be seen earlier in this blog, I'm going to be doing a complete revamp of the army.

This army is centered around the special characters Mamon and Necrosius (and of course Mortarion). Previously the two led individual warbands but since the release of 8th it seems like Necrosius has been retconned to the ... I would say mortal or non-daemonic but I mean... anyway, he is now the High Sorceror of Tainted apparently and his Apostles of Contagion got reconned into Codex Deathguard. So, being the fluff bunny that I am, the plan is to rebuild the whole army incorporating the new 8th ed models. Aestheticly this presented a challenge as my army goes all the way back to 3rd, meaning both the scale and level of nurgles rot differs from model to model. This is especially apparent with the old 3rd ed plague marines and some of my older conversions. Even my FW conversion pieces look less tainted by comparison. After much scratching my head while pouring over the next models, I realized that the new plague marines with tentacles and Daemonic mouths all over the place could still match the rest of army's, primarily Vraks era aesthetic, by being Champion's of Nurgle. Obviously their increased size and many blessings of nurgle denote their favored status by Grandfather. Plus they look properly blessed enough to base conversions on for all the new Codexs officers and elites.
Enough Blabbing WORM!! Here is the paint scheme progression for the army.

I'd love to know what you think about them so far. More to come as I get work done on individual squads and characters. Grandfather's blessings upon you!

I'd advise taking a butcher's at Tyranid Horde's plog and the lightbox he/she just bought. Comes with a bunch of backgrounds and lights.

It's $9.20 CAD on Amazon.ca so it'll probably be even cheaper on the American site.

Might be too small for a Warhound, though.

Warhound turned out good

The touch of chaos has many blessings, Papa Nurgle's treats are varied. Marines of all sizes and states of mutation are welcome.

@Excommunicatus: Good Looking out! I think you are absolutely right about the light box. I've definately added some things to my Amazon cart that should help. Thanks!

@monkeytroll: Cheers! Thanks monkey!

I had an epiphany and decided to turn the 2nd and 3rd edition models into a 30k army. They may not be corrupted enough for current era but they are definately post-infection. I think they'll actually match pretty well for late war era 30k DG in any case they are already mostly painted. Plus, there is a bunch of them so putting an infantry army together to pair with the 40k armor should be quick. Many of them bear the same Cthonian runes as the rest of the army and can be thrown in for Apoc level games. *dusts hands* *nods head*

Anyway, on to these new guys. Batch painting is underway.

The inexorable advance continues on the champions. More chaos runes added around and most of the batch got the forst layer of verdigras. More to come.

Another Champion getting the rune treatment. Rust weathering and osl details next. Love to know what you think. Happy Hobbying!

Very cool runes, well done !
I wonder how the nurgle language sounds...

@KernelTerror: Thanks! I imagine it being like a phlegmy gurgling Anglo Saxon or Sumarian.

Incoming vid capture from servo skull 54e.79. Hostile Traitoris Titanticus identified. All units reroute and eliminate with extreme prejudice.








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More of the Tainted Champions getting the rune treatment..

I really like the pics of your warhound walking through the ruined city

@Syro_ : Thanks! I'll ppst more as I do some rebuilding in the city.

Still chugging away on plague marines




Thanks for looking!

While I don't hold myself out as an expert in these matters, I think your photos would benefit massively from some editing.

I'd recommend whacking down the Brightness/Light and whacking up the Contrast/Clarity, both of which you can do pretty easily even in the software that bundles with *spits* Windows.

If you can grab a copy of GIMP (which is freeware) you can add filters to get that sci-fi green 'pict-capture' look and start trying all kinds of mad stuff.

Have you seen KrautScientist's photoshop efforts?

@Excommunicatus: Yeah I need to work on getting better lighting is the main thing but yeah playing with settings is the name of the game for sure.

I've been working on putting the buildings back together in my fallen Industrial Sector. The Scar of Dishonor is ever present to ensure the will of the Dark Mechanicus is met with haste while ensuring efforts to retake the manufactorum by the lap dogs of the corpse god will be extreme and costly.



The first of the restored buildings is the Aquila Chapel. Shown here in both configurations, the 2nd config in the plaza is completed with the crashed Aquila lander from macragge which I'll post tomorrow.

Here's the Shrine of the Aquila, complete with the crashed ... Aquila




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Wow those photos look like they are out of White Dwarf, your set up is very nice.

Wow thanks Syro_! That's the highest praise! I have forgone several armies for this table lol

I've got a bunch more buildings refinished that I'll be posting up over the next few days. Still cracking along on the death guard too but anyway here's the lab. Thanks for looking!

Next up to get tlc was this Administratum. Needed lots of work actually.