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I vote you finish that land raider or begin skalking that defiler ^^ Of course, cleaning your desk may help too

Bah - the man is clearly a genius. The fact that his desk makes mine look tidy in no way affected my statement there.

I have to admit that I am personaly looking forward to seeing what you come up with for the Vindicator...but enjoy seeing all your projects.
On a side note...a cluttered desk is a sign of genius at work...mine is only slightly less messy than yours.
Keep it coming Skalk...

@ Lord Kaesar II- Ha. Leave it to the Slaaneshi cultist to go for the most extreme option possible. It's all about the experience. I'll admit that instead of simply dismissing the idea I actually thought about how I could make one. In a time far in the future I'd love to do something like that. As it stands right now I don't even have the materials for basic framework. I've researched on Dakka many times looking for process / procedure, and while I've seen some great ideas, if you've followed my work for any amount of time you know the very first part of the project I abandon is the plan itself and just let the Warp take me where it will.

@ Lord of Death Mountain- I have 2 very Nurgly Chaos Spawns right now, I don't think I've ever shown them because I've had no application for them. I've thought about a Nurgle Sorcerer but man the psychic powers for CSM are so lame (unless yo have the Mark of Slaanesh, then you get one of the best psychic powers in the game...) and (in my opinion) unless you have your Sorcerer kitted out to be a close combat monster and has a retinue of ablative wounds to keep him alive he's a whole bunch of points tied up into a nice tidy package for your opponent.

@ sennacherib- Total before beefing things up and moving things around- 5,920. I could easily field over 6K with a few upgrades here and there.

@ Moltar- The voice of logic and reason. Somehow I knew you'd say to finish the Land Raider.

@ inmygravenimage- Usually my desk looks like this:


@ FITZZ- I'm wicked looking forward to it as well, especially the 24" ST 10 AP 2 Large Blast part.




Yay! Democracy in action! No one agreed on a single thing!

Shew! I don't feel so bad about having left this morning at 8:30am to go for a "short ride" and not getting home until around 4pm. From there I passed out on the couch for a while, got up, lit off some fireworks w/ the kids, small bonfire, and that brings us up to date with me typing this out.

I'm going to go pick up my workspace a bit and figure out what to do next. I'll be back.

Well, I'm inclined to say you deserved it, considering the sorts of people who visit this forum, and thereby this thread... but, for the sake of being that one guy who sides with someone else's side just because, I'm changing my vote to defiler. The important part is that I got you thinking- ambition is the desire for something, and desire is the essence of He/ She/ It who/ which thirsts.

And, on a side note, no clean workspace for you! Makes me think a little too much on the logistics of cleaning mine Kaesar II

Lord Kaesar II wrote:Well, I'm inclined to say you deserved it, considering the sorts of people who visit this forum, and thereby this thread...

WHAT??? You TROLLED me? And here I thought it was a genuine suggestion. That said, I do accept responsibility and this is all my fault. I assumed that by displaying the things I had on my "to do" list and then asking people what they thought I should work on next, logically they would pick from that list. Apparently I left it too open-ended.

Lord Kaesar II wrote:but, for the sake of being that one guy who sides with someone else's side just because, I'm changing my vote to defiler.

It's likely next on the list of "big" projects, I've been reading the stats on it again and it is pretty disgusting. I'm surprised I haven't fielded it before. And I need two of them.

Lord Kaesar II wrote: The important part is that I got you thinking- ambition is the desire for something, and desire is the essence of He/ She/ It who/ which thirsts.

Chaos is symbiotic. I suddenly have a strong desire to build a big killy thing. The big killy thing changes the way I model (affecting other projects in ways unknown). On the field of battle the big killy thing helps my army shed the blood of a thousand thousand foes. Famine, misery, and death follows in the wake of the big killy thing. We all get something out of it.

Lord Kaesar II wrote: And, on a side note, no clean workspace for you! Makes me think a little too much on the logistics of cleaning mine

Muuahhaha hahhahha hahhahha!!! I snatch a small victory from all of this!



Annnnnddd.... I reorganized my bits and paints!!!





I am off to do something productive. I have no idea what it is, but I'll steer my own destiny for a while. I think. It's so hard telling. Man I hate Chaos sometimes.

Can we have a TUT, on how to clean the work space
Then finish Landraider

You realise of course that what your are displaying to us here is NOT chaos. I am going to have to vote for the vinidcator starting NOW. mess that work space up. How un chaotic of you. Tut tut.

I'll have you know that I wasn't joking about the titan, but that I figured something oughta get on the list, especially if it's something with a high coolness factor. But I'm still counting on seeing a titan of some sort on this thread eventually- get working.

And on your view of chaos, I agree. Though I still side with Slaanesh- just what I do.

On the final side note, I also agree with other people- get to working and getting stuff all over that desk again! Do something that turns out to be wack, disgusting, awesome, and a slew of other adjectives!

Kaesar II has spoken.

Skalk!! Simply breathless brother!! That LR conversion is tops. I've never seen anyone take someone's crappy reject and turn it into something so friggin cool You've definatly been blessed by John Blanche, because your conversion look like they come right out of his artwork.

sennacherib wrote:You realise of course that what your are displaying to us here is NOT chaos. I am going to have to vote for the vinidcator starting NOW. mess that work space up. How un chaotic of you. Tut tut.

Actually, it could be quite chaotic.

Tzeentch strikes me as the sort who goes for law and order just to confuse people for fun. The state of the desk itself is clearly in decay though.

@ tipios- Sure! First, you get a HUGE empty box and a dust broom. You sweep everything on your desk into the box. Wash the table with a rag and you're done!

@ sennacherib- There is madness to the order. Chaos need not always be overt (think Alpha Legion...)

@ Lord Kaesar II- After thinking about the how, and when, and reading various tutorials / WIP blogs, I've decided that the Great Beast will eventually break through the Warp and make planetfall here at Trollskogen. But it will take a mighty effort and is not on the schedule currently. But fear not, more corrupted gifts for Father Nurgle are coming.

@ fasteddiexx1- Hey man, good to see you again! The funniest thing (to me) about your comparison to John Blanche is that I absolutely hate his artwork. A visionary without doubt, but his presentation has alwasy turned me dead off. Ha. But I understand it for how it was meant, and you, good sir, humble me.

@ DarkStarSabre- My Death Guard came from a much larger Black Crusade force that included an aspect from many different legions. In my purest form I am Chaos Undivided, but the call of Father Nurgle has been too strong to deny.



Short update tonight. I've been taking the opportunity to paint at work during breaks and lunch and was able to finish three Plague Marines with Melta Guns. I put a bit extra effort into these because they were the only models I had and I was really focused. I think I did a decent job on them (meaning I didn't skip any glaringly obvious details, etc)









My attempt at OSL failed but I left it because I'm going to try to get better at painting and reach a new level. I feel I did a pretty decent job at clean lines, minor conversions, and solid color scheme.

Two things are really starting to bother me and will likely result in a significant change in my modeling. First is unit identification. Almost all of my rank & file Plague Marines look exactly the same, meaning no specific differences. When I am playing smaller games it is not such an issue, but when I am playing a large force and two squads assault the same target, it gets pretty tricky keeping track of who belongs to which squad. I'm thinking about going back through my models and either painting identifying marks on their backpacks or on a pauldron. This will help keep me honest and help my opponent know who's left.

The other thing that is really starting to hit me is I don't like the flock I am using for my bases. Back in the day that is what my tabletop looked like (I had a 12 X 6 table covered with the same stuff I have my Death Guard based with) but especially since I have been doing my Cult with "ash waste" bases, my Death Guard just seem... less awesome. It would be a major undertaking to re-base every one of those models, but it would be worth it no doubt. It's wearing on me. But it could just be a moment I'm having? What do you folks think? Keep it the same for nostalgia, or give them all a new 2011 look?

Comments always appreciated. Thanks for looking. I'm on call this weekend so I have to say home, which means modeling time! I'll be back again soon with more love from good 'ol Papa Nurgle.

I'd call for a new base-- if I were going for nostalgia, my models would still have the goblin green base, with the slotta bases having a strip of metal as well, whereas my newer urban bases are a lot cooler (as well as adding uniformity to my armed forces). You know you want the more modern spin on your death guard, especially if the cult is already on the newer rotation.

You know you wanna. Kaesar II

PS. And with the markings, that's always a very good idea. I remember back when I started the trend of having individual squad markings for each of my marine squads, which carried over into my vet guard. It makes for some very easy identifitication. Even just putting a different sort of triangle or something on their backpacks would really help out their looks. Using different nurgley symbols would win some favour in my books.

Threadjacking you now, dude!

Someone noticed that I used garlic bulbs as mycetic spores in the last game we played. Well, here's what SHOULD have been in that picture. YEAH, nasty!!

@ Lord Kaesar II- Yes, I do want to. I was sort of hoping that someone would talk me out of it, but it's already too late. I've been thinking about it for a while and when I was basing the Havoc Missile Launcher team I posted a week or so ago I knew I was sick of the flock I am using. Basing those Metal Guns w/ the same flock is what prompted me to ask. It's just so much. I have, what... 140+ models or something like that? It's a project I know needs to happen but wow, it is going to be the least fun thing I have done with my Death Guard to date (yes, even worse than finishing Squad Excermentum). The markings / etc will be a lot more fun and a lot easier. I've been going back through my Plague Marines and while the paint scheme is solid there's more than a few of them that are just Chaos Marines with Nurgly armor. I need to make at least some of them look more corrupted and defiled. Going back through them and making a few changes here and there (like GS the pauldrons, etc) will really make them stick out more, and also assist greatly w/ unit identification.

@ Feldenglas- I have to admit, after seeing those it's making me think about making some drop pods for my Death Guard. Would be (mostly) mechanical instead of biomass, but the drippy goo slime ick you have on those Mycetic Spores has got me thinking about yet ANOTHER project to put on the list. At this point I'm starting to believe that my only hope of finishing all these project ideas is to achieve immortality.



So yeah. Looks like I have some really tedious work ahead of me. I've been thinking about it for a long time, thinking more about it recently, posted it as a question last night even though I already knew the answer. I'm going re-base my entire Death Guard force. It is going to suck and I hate the idea already but I know when it is done it will be so much more awesome than it already is. I'll be doing it over time, meaning all new models coming in will get the new Chaos Wastes basing, and I'll do old models here and there. It won't be something I finish in one go.

One happier news, I'm going to start working on my Possessed later tonight. I'm breaking out the GS for this project. I don't know how far I'll get (have been up since 6 and I'm beat, plus I'm splitting my attention w/ my Cultists because I have some new zombies I'm working on) but I have beer and Metal and Possessed Plague Marines! Crank the Bolt Thrower and crack another Black IPA!

Will post pics of whatever I have done before I go to bed or when I wake up, whichever happens first.

I'll be back!

You could add some static grass or snow to your bases to make them look better.

Your models are great btw.

@ moonshine- I am going to scrape the flock on them, superglue the ballast rock I'm using for my Cult, drybrush Ash Waste, and done. It's more a cohesiveness thing than anything else. And thank you for the compliment, I truly do appreciate it.



Muuahhahhaa!! Ok, beer and Metal is doing the trick. Here's my Possessed squad (holy number 7 of course) w/ some GS. I'll be doing more w/ these as far as detail but the GS they have is what they are getting. Used a range of different things to make these. Should be looking pretty awesome in a few hours. Off to paint some Undead Guardsmen while I wait for the GS to cure.



Sorry for the photo quality. Something is wonky w/ my cameras focus and I'm in no mood to mess around w/ it.

I'll be back!

Your possessed are looking good so far Skalk...shame the current rules for them aren't worth a gak...but still, nice job.

@ FITZZ- Thanks. They have been pretty fun to work on so far. Here's an update:





I haven't figured out what it is exactly that I'm doing, I'm just going with whatever happens. Probably done for the night though, things are getting hazy and I'm making unnecessary mistakes.

I'm going to go clean stuff up and start again tomorrow.

Oh my goodness yes. Those guys are going to be awesome. That fleshy yuck all over them... that's going to be like the meat on your vehicles, yes?

I LOVE the idea of nurglypods. I briefly toyed with the idea of yucking up a conventional marine pod with loads of GS, but discarded the idea as impractical and ultimately making the finished product look too derivative. There would be a lot of work to eliminate the space marine silhouette of the machine, but that wouldn't be a problem for your Death Guard, now would it?

Hmmmm, I am sitting here checking the scanners and they are detecting a high concentration of awesomeness radiating from this blog !

Brilliant stuff Skalk I'm slightly ashamed it's taken me so long to go back and read this whole thing. Great work producing a really characterful army, I particularly like the mouth Heavy Flamer on the Chaos Dread I can just imagine the screams as it pukes all ther the enemy. If your going to do the rebasing I recommend taking it a squad at a time and doing it throughly mixed in with other projects literally while your waiting for the paint to dry.....

Wow Skalk you been busy! Those plague marines and possessed marines look real nasty and intimidating you gotta do a group shot of all your completed models .
Man keep up the great work and btw how is the airbrush shopping coming?

@ Feldenglas- Yes, it's going to be the same meat as the vehicles. I think it's time to revist some of my other models as well, specifically my Terminators and Aspiring Champions. The older the Plague Marines, the more profound the mutation / corruption should be. Not going to happen today or tomorrow, but you'll likely be seeing some more foulness on the models that are supposed to be venerable. As for Nurglepods, I have a decent idea what I want them to look like and how to make them. I'll explain later. Also just a heads up, I won't be diving into that project anytime soon that I am aware of, but you know how distracted I can get someti...look, a squirrel!

@ moonshine- I checked out the work in your gallery and liked a lot of it. I appreciate the compliment and thanks for following my work!

@ Llamahead- You just read through ... 8 months of posts? Wow. That's pretty awesome and I'm psyched to know someone "newer" to the project has gone back to see where all this started. That's a lot of stuff to go through, I did it myself just the other day to regain perspective on all of this. Your advice on the rebasing is solid and I know that's the direction I'm going to take. It doesn't have to happen today or tomorrow, but I should set some sort of schedule of I'll never get it finished. Maybe before the next time I play out instead of at home.

@ GreyDeathOne- I'm just maintaining my recent pattern. Extended periods of inactivity punctuated by short bursts of intense production. I posted a "full army" pic a page or so back, but here's the main photo. Current point value came to just shy of 6,000 with no upgrades or additional wargear, just plain WYSIWYG. And the hunt for the airbrush is on full stop right now until I take care of some other obligations. But it is on the roster and I appreciate the assistance you gave.




Quick update because I want to keep things rolling. Working on the Possessed squad, I think it's coming along nicely and it's going to look awesome when it is finished.

Group shot:


Individual closeups (numbered for your convenience in case anyone cares to mention anything specific)

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I read the fluff on them again before I built them, and really wanted to give them all a purely individual look while still maintaining a distinct connection with the rest of the army. So far so good I think.

And as usual with most of my projects, these are eBay rescues. None of the above were fresh off the sprue, they were all abused and unloved by someone else before they found their way to the loving embrace of Father Nurgle.

To give you an idea of exactly what I mean, here's the box where I keep those not yet initiated to the Death Guard yet:



The "shoulder pad counts as face shield" models are just horrific. Who thought that was a good idea? It is a small matter. Once they find their way to me, they find a home. It might take a while to get out of that box and onto the tabletop, but it will happen eventually.

Ok, back to work, thanks for looking!

Good luck with your rescues, and keep up the good(if disgusting... it pleases Nurgle) work.

Looking good I am glad you like my gallery, did you see the death guard ? I should probably get a picture of my new death guard. I use earthy tones, most people use green, you got the green spot on it is not too light but not too dark but I don't get why nobody paints their plague marines the traditional earthy tones anymore.

Nice Possessed. Almost makes me forget how crappy their rules are.

Seriously, I usually don't care about effectiveness, but the CSM 'dex is just full of bad choices.

Oh would it be mean to suggest a Plague Tower as the next project?

@ JoeyHeadwounds- I'm all about rescues. Almost every model in my Death Guard that has been added since Nov '10 has been an eBay rescue. The Land Raider, most recent Rhino, all of my Aspiring Champions, all of my newer plastic CSM, etc.

@ moonshine- I did and I like the tones a lot. If I were doing my Death Guard from the very start right now the tones would be darker and more subdued. I like the color scheme i have though, it certainly is distinct!

@ Anung Un Rama- Yeah, I can't say I'm looking forward to fielding them, but maybe I'll get lucky and roll something good for Daemonkin.

@ Llamahead- Yes it would be. Stop it.



Just a text update. Everything is coming along quite well, I'm staying motivated and have made a lot of progress on the last bits for the Land Raider, and the Possessed are likely going to get some photo updates soon. One thing I am trying on the Land Raider is doing the "lens effect". I saw a technique last night that seems amazingly easy, but of course I am having issues with making it look just right. Practice practice practice.

I'll be back with more Nurgly goodness soon!

Ah. Rescues. Nurgle armies are great homes for rescues. Bit of GS and they start to fit right in!