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Hey guys, first post here. Been out of the game for a while but with the new edition and new CSM book, i thought this might be a good chance to try to jump back in. Fair warning, i neither a great painter or modeler, so... don't get your hopes up. Here we go!

I plan to do some more bloated stuff, but i have the DV set, so i thought i might as well make use of it. Heres what i've got going so far from that:







Anyone have any advice on how to make the Hellbrutes face look more like its lit up and less like he's just oddly purple?

heres a PM i'm working on from one of the dark angels in the set:



Didn't know they had come out with a plastic Plaguebearer set in the time when i wasn't playing, so i bought some bloodletters to make into PBs... and now am regretting it:



and finally, i'm a big bioshock fan, and the build of terminators pretty perfectly fits that of Big Daddys, so i thought i'd try my hand at making them. The idea behind the paint job was a super grimy, rusted out version of the one of the other troops, but it turned out looking pretty bad, so i might just strip it all off and paint him the same way as the rest of them:



and a couple more WiP Big Daddy termies:

Just finished up my counts as Typhus: Mortanius the Ferryman. Made him out of bits from several sets, namely CSM Termies, Chaos Knights, and Blood Letters. His fingers on his left hand are from the Hellbrute. I ripped off his head design from the fantasy Nurgle Lord, and his sword and giant clawed hand are inspired by Nightmare from Soul Calibur. He's been given some extra width and height, but i don't think i went far enough on either front, because at first glance, he doesn't really seem to be much larger than a normal termie. Hope you guys like him, Critiques are welcome.

Some really cool stuff here!

Can't wait to see more Dark Vengeance conversions! Digging the scheme too, nice and Nurgle-y.

How'd you make that Plague Marine helmet, by the way?

Your painting is better than mine! looking great and liking the big daddies!

Hey thanks for your replies guys.

@Cryo: I just sculpted it around the existing head with a spike added from the fodder bin.

Up next i have a WiP champion for my Plague Marines, converted out of the DV Tactical Sergeant. I'll just say it now... i'm hopeless at painting power weapons.

Nice work man! I like these conversions and your DV chaos stuff like great in Nurgle livery. Thought that sword looked familiar heheh...love soul calibur it's an excellent fighting game.

Love your greenstuff work and the colors. That dirty green is the absolutely perfect shade!

Thanks guys. Heres a couple more DV Plague Marines. Pretty much done with these three minus the bases. Ignore the terrible flocking and stuff on one of them, that was an experiment gone horribly awry.














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Double update. Finally worked out a pose for the final Big Daddy, started putting some paint on some cultists, and finished up a Plague Marine Sludge Rifleman (plasma gun). Plus, i just realized that with him done, i have, for the first time ever, painted an entire legal unit. Obviously I'm not going to field a 5 man PM squad, but still... its a big step for me.

I really need to repaint the eyes on all 4 of the PMs though, they're looking pretty sloppy. My detail brush called it quits, so i've been trying to make due with a bigger one, but its just not cutting it.