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Hi guys, as you can see, I joined this site a quite a while ago, but since then I've mostly been a lurker, more active on Warseer and Ammobunker.

But I've always admired the strength of the Dakka community and would like to join in and show some of my stuff off. This project has been on the go for a while, hence the first post being a sort of a recap. If you want more pics and explanation of the earlier part of the process there's more in my blog.

Blog found here! Forlorn Hope.

The army is being built and painted to run at a local tournament (Quartermaster, Brisbane Australia), and so should have plenty of updates for the next month as I try and complete the army in time.

Here's a couple of pics to hopefully get you in the mood.

Counts as Astorath:


Dreads WIP:


Dread pods:


Stormraven WIP:


Finished x2:


Thanks for looking an I hope you like what you saw.

Aaron

Nice. Like those chaos stormravens.

wow yeah the stormravens are win so of the drop pods

Wow. That red is a very nice shade. I'm liking the raptor/ lord. Very cool conversion.

Curiosity makes me ask what the general plan for this army is?

I was looking at your blog on Warseer yesterday so many excellent models. You should post your Terminators and Thunder wolves as well, they will go down a storm.

I'm planning on doing a similar thing for my Dark Wolves that you've done but I wont give it away.

WOAH, nice models

Incredible stuff! Loving the Astorath counts as, might have to pick up a squad of raptors for my own use

Stormravens look very cool, how easy were the Chapterhouse kits to include in the GW kit?

Drop pods are a very good conversions, liking the plasticard details!


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Forgot to mention how cool the dreads were, great stuff!

Thanks everyone

Shadow Nugz wrote:Wow. That red is a very nice shade. I'm liking the raptor/ lord. Very cool conversion.

Curiosity makes me ask what the general plan for this army is?

The army list is:
Astorath
Chaplain
10 Death company Power fist & thunderhammer
10 Death company Power fist & thunderhammer

Death company dreadnaught w/bloodfists & magna grapple
Drop pod
Death company dreadnaught w/bloodfists & magna grapple
Drop pod
Death company dreadnaught w/bloodtalons & heavy flamer
Death company dreadnaught w/bloodtalons & heavy flamer
Stormraven
Stormraven
-1850

The plan is to smash face, its a very unsubtle army, and with no scoring will struggle in objectice, playing for the draw. But it will scar the beejesus out of most armies

The red was all done with an airbrush, I started with a grey primer, then pre shaded with chaos black, then highlighted with pure skull white. once that was dried I gave the whole model a coat with blood red. Then the chipping was added, blazing oranage followed by scorched brown.

GiraffeX wrote:I was looking at your blog on Warseer yesterday so many excellent models. You should post your Terminators and Thunder wolves as well, they will go down a storm.

I'm planning on doing a similar thing for my Dark Wolves that you've done but I wont give it away.

Thanks man, you mean these ones?

Commander Cain wrote:Incredible stuff! Loving the Astorath counts as, might have to pick up a squad of raptors for my own use

Stormravens look very cool, how easy were the Chapterhouse kits to include in the GW kit?

Drop pods are a very good conversions, liking the plasticard details!

Forgot to mention how cool the dreads were, great stuff!

The CH kits were very easy to work with, and make an otherwise lack luster model great

Cheers

Dude those "Thunderwolves" are just plain awesome!!!

yeah and nice use ofthe ogre gutplate

Love it they look awesome !

Sheep wrote:Thanks man, you mean these ones?

That's them, really nice conversions and painting

Awesome work! The conversions are very well done and the paint work pulls them together perfectly.

The zombie on the termies staff is a cool idea, really stands out from the rest of your paint pallet also.

Keep it up!

.Looks awsome exept khorne can't have sorcerers. If that termie with the staff is not a sorcerer I apoligise lol.

Whoa, good stuff man. Splendid conversions and paint job.

Thanks for the kind words gentlemen.

risewiththefallen wrote:.Looks awsome exept khorne can't have sorcerers. If that termie with the staff is not a sorcerer I apoligise lol.

You'll hate me then It was done originally as a joke army, I copied a mates army word for word, because he said I wouldn't but he hates chaos, so I did it as khorne, including using the guy with the staff as Njal. A complete fluff abortion, but it pissed him off no end so I count it as a great success

AAAAAWSUM! I generally dislike CSM, but your dudes can really make one want to start the army!

Thanks man

So I'm another 2 models closer to finishing this army. There was a varnishing disaster though, which I only just managed to save :(







There's lot more angles in my blog if you're interested.

Thanks for looking.

That red is outstanding!! I would really love to know how you did it. Everything else is amazing

Thanks mate

Well its a pretty simple, if slightly convoluted way of doing it.

1. Grey undercoat
2. Black preshade w/airbrush
3. White highlights w/airbrush
4. A couple of light coats of blood red w/ airbrush til solid colour
5. weather.

Hope that helps.

Amazing looking dread! The head is so cool!

I've subscribed to 2 awesome khorne blogs this week. What is going on!?!?!?!

This is omg amazing!
The chaosification of the drop pods and stormraven are particularly tasty.

best chaos ive seen in ages. love the paint job

The dred is absolutely outstanding!

Where did you get the rocks for your bases?

Thanks guys

Cutthroatcure: the rocks are broken up slate from a tile I got from the DIY store.


So its been a bit slow on the modelling front recently, what with the distractions of work, drinking and women, not necessarily in that order.

But I managed to force myself to assemble the first squad of 'Zerker/Death company infantry, and with 10 days to paint them all plus finish the last of the vehicles its going to be tight.





Now 6 of these blokes will be pulling double duty in my 400pt list as vanguard vets, so I still have to add a couple of stormshields to 2 of them, but they have all be magnetised ready for their raptor jumppacks to be added.

Cheers

These are fantastic. Loving the movement you have gotten from the metal Dreds. Ill be keeping an eye on this.

What do you use to glue the base and the stones together?

Those Dreads are sickly sweet...well really everything is, but your Dreads have to be my favs so far.