Mala Renegades Guard & more. - Giant Bird Rough Riding Update

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**JoeyFox**

I'm back to work on this stuff. Yay~
Welcome to the wonderful workings of Papa Nurgle & Friends.

Group Shot of whats going on so far. (07-12)

Zombies

Painted one in group is old paint job...ignore it.

Conscripts

For Papa Nurgle! (Main theme of the army)

**Depraved**

Looks like a great start. I like the concept of mix matched units

**JoeyFox**

Depraved wrote:Looks like a great start. I like the concept of mix matched units

Thank you good sir.

**Sin_Un_Nombre**

These look familar...../tg/ maybe? They look really nice so far. I like the amount of variety you're building in to the army from the very start. Can't wait to see more.

Jon

**daxx367**

Looks good. Maybe for tzeentch you can have some pykers in there just for some different in games.

**JoeyFox**

daxx367 wrote:Looks good. Maybe for tzeentch you can have some pykers in there just for some different in games.

Perhaps, if I can find ways to represent them beyond psyker battle-squads.

Sin_Un_Nombre wrote:These look familar...../tg/ maybe? They look really nice so far. I like the amount of variety you're building in to the army from the very start. Can't wait to see more.

Jon

Aye /tg/

Figured I needed to bring it to beyond /tg/ for proper feedback.

Thank you.

**JoeyFox**

Updating my blog with my latest failure(?)

Tried to use Necrons to make a Heretek squad for use as Stormtroopers (Tech priest w/ Men of Iron salvaged drones) ... did not come out as I wanted. I have some people saying finish it up, but I already cut one Necron leg set up to the point its unuseable. I know bulking it up might help "lose" the necron look, even if I cut the shoulder pads off...but I still don't think it will work. Opinions?

Heres what I've done as a rough concept prototype... Don't feel to happy with it, I do like my discovery of the "50s/60s" robot scanner-eye head...hidden in the upside down of a marine head!

But I don't think any ammount of GS or Plasticard work would make them un-necron-ish. Even if the actual MoI look necron-ish. I would literally need to find something else I guess...

I think even giving it a chain-sword arm (even if well converted) and a weapon arm, will make it look like Necrons with bits thrown on.

**dsteingass**

Awesome! I think you should use the necron test for more aof a Cylon-ish force of stormtroopers. Keep it up!

**Depraved**

Sorry I couldn't help it.

But really that guy looks really cool. Not sure how to fit it into a renegade theme...

**dsteingass**

Haha..by your command

**JoeyFox**

The back. I will run guitar wire and stuff and form an actual neck...and remove the obviously marine face bit too.

I decided since waking up to continue based on some of /tg/'s suggestions.

Also, the knees not having any real kneecap throws it off too. maybe keep the side part where it looks like a mechanical joint, but steampunk it up with a seam like the top of a screw?

I'd say to make sure that the arm that holds the gun is more servitor-like so it appears to be Imperial and nothing else. Maybe have a rectangular peice come down from the join to the elbow and a round rod on the back side along with a small cable of sorts representing a power feed to the gun. The gun could be las gun without the stock on it and a powercell made from a sentinel mulit-laser pack cut down. You may also consider simply adding some crude rectangular plastic armor plates to the front of the legs. It will look similar to really tiny titan but it should do the trick.

It will lose the Necron look if you cut off the shoulderpads. If you didn't, clear of the spines on the back too.

Try fitting some guard shoulderpads on instead.

No need to bulk the legs up, just use some greenstuff to make the lower half of the lower leg as thick as the upper half. 'Skinny' is fine; it's 'skeletal' that's making 'em look like 'crons.

At some point you ought to glue some knives, pouches as grenades on em.

**JoeyFox**

These images inspired me to buy 10 DKoK Rough Riders to convert with FW Renegade torso/bits...you read that right.... my wallet cried a single tear - but I think it will work.

These will probably be my only rough riders, if I do more, they wont be forge world... (240-ish dollars a squad?)

I have 30 conscripts, 26 are primed. I'll have pictures next week of their progress.

I also acquired two Leman hulls, unassembled, for a Dark Mechanicus project.

**JoeyFox**

Oh boy oh boy oh boy!!!

I got me some Death Riders!

Time to convert.

Also, yes, these come from internetz. Yes, I wonder if they are 'Legit.' No, they have ONE caste line. They came with copper pipes, counterfeit doesn't usually do that. Yes, their detail is perfect and forge world quality compared to the things I've ordered directly from FW...so I'm confident I got legitimate products. But again...buying not from FW, there is always the risk.
Personally I don't care. I'm going to have a BLAST making me some chaos rough riders.

Eitherway... I am happy.

**dsteingass**

D00D! Nice supply drop! dig in!

**bunnygurl**

Those Rough Riders are sweet lookin'. Like dsteingass said - Dig in!

**JoeyFox**

Currently trying to figure the cut-marks...so...painful.

**Rayvon**

i like your work,
Looking forward to seeing what these Death riders look like when your done.

**JoeyFox**

Also....when is to much detail...TO MUCH DETAIL.

... I mean serious.

**deadmeat85**

LOL

**Flying Pooo**

This blog looks quite promising, SUBSCRIBED.
And lol that is some serious detail.

**JoeyFox**

Note to self: Resin breaks easily under pressure.

Currently I am considering chaos brands for the horse, possibly a little rot, and maybe repeat the barbed wire idea from that games day figure.

**JoeyFox**

New zombies! Been touching up old ones (adding in necks with GS) and making new ones.

I also gave my old zombie a delvin mud wash, I think it brought him more into "line" - maybe not perfect, but good enough to move on with.

Platoon Standard. WIP. Need to add green stuff ripped fabric on the arms, etc.

Wash'd up!

Something I must admit. I've been color-correcting all my photos. I accidently bought a yellow light and have not had a chance to get a white one. Its been good enough as I have not been doing extensive painting-shots with it...

**bunnygurl**

JoeyFox wrote:[img]Also....when is to much detail...TO MUCH DETAIL.

... I mean serious.

I belive there's a book out there entitled "Everybody Poops". Suppose this holds true to undead horses as well?

That is hilarious though. How are you gonna paint that one?

**JoeyFox**

bunnygurl wrote:
I belive there's a book out there entitled "Everybody Poops". Suppose this holds true to undead horses as well?

That is hilarious though. How are you gonna paint that one?

I see no reason not to

**Killmaimburnkillmaimburn**

The Deathrider looks badass can't wait to see the full unit completed. How do the zombie and guard kits fit together scalewise, yours look great but do you have to file them down to get a good fit?

**RSJake**

I like what you have going here! I am particularly interested in the "heretek" stormtoopers! I am always all for major conversions!

If you chopped the skeletal part of the legs off, and just glued the upper shin to the anlke, and then removed one of the vertebra of the spine, I think it would make it more IG height, and look less like a necron.
(See the altered photo attached.)
I love the head idea!, and always more cables and wires!

**JoeyFox**

Killmaimburnkillmaimburn wrote:The Deathrider looks badass can't wait to see the full unit completed. How do the zombie and guard kits fit together scalewise, yours look great but do you have to file them down to get a good fit?

Actually other way around! The heads fit fine, but theres no neck, you have to green-stuff in necks. I glue the back of the hair or skull, or sometimes the lower jaw if it is open-mouthed head...or depending on how I position it. Then just GS in the gaps.

Arms are smaller than guard arms, and shaving off the end of them allows for different but solid arm positioning. One just needs to use some greenstuff to add some fabric or something to hide the fact that its a slender arm glued to an open, empty, guard joint.

Overall it fits very nice.

RSJake wrote:I like what you have going here! I am particularly interested in the "heretek" stormtoopers! I am always all for major conversions!
If you chopped the skeletal part of the legs off, and just glued the upper shin to the anlke, and then removed one of the vertebra of the spine, I think it would make it more IG height, and look less like a necron.
(See the altered photo attached.)
I love the head idea!, and always more cables and wires!

I found ways to do this better, however... Necrons were making so much on ebay, I put them in with my scarabs and made a good chunk of cash to pay bills.

I still have the one in the photo however and, in the future, will continue to try and finish him. Someday, I will make a proper squad of them, but I have enough projects to do now that it might be some time.

**LeetBix**

Subscribed

**sluggaslugga**

I'll be waiting for the rest of your Renegade rough riders to be done...

**BloodGenisis**

Subbed, but man...TMD (Too much detail)