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agree with others on that hair, really effective. Good to see that knight progressing and nice conversion on the pit slave

Thank you, guys.

tzurk, don't get me wrong, I love the old Assassins, they just don't fit in anymore with the plastics. I even have another set squirelled away to paint in a color other than black someday.

Couple quick WiP pics. Zoats and my Chaplain, finally built. Sort of. A quick conversion again too long in the planning.





Hope to have pics of Belit and the Assassins later today. Need to clear out the photo booth.

Thanks for looking!

Muh Powa Fist es bigga den Urz!

Oooh, are we getting purple and black zoats?!? Or perhaps just their undercoat prior to green?

Theo, it's a whammer, for sure!

gobert, the leader will be purple-ish, but the darker one is dark green washed with purple prepping to be brought up to green.

Finished pics. First Belit, Pirate Queen of the Black Coast. From Monolith's Conan boardgame, or more accurately, one of the artist boxes from the KS. The King Conan one. She should be paler. Eh. Also, all the DC going on lately had me looking at her as Diana in some gladiatorial situation.





And now for the new Assassins. A love for Imperial Assassins going back to Jaku Dihardis and Tarik Gortsuker in Chapter Approved gets new life in the latest versions of my two favorite temples. First up, the Callidus, Nine-Wraith-Alpha.



And then the Culexus, One-Dragon-Omicron. I thought the new Assassins were rad when they were released in WD, but when the Culexus came out at the end of 2nd with Codex:Assassins, my mind was blown. Glad to have a reason to update this soulless maniac.



Bonus pics of the Animus Speculum, because it has a ton of detail.







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Assassins look quite different from what I expected and the Pirate Queen is quite the looker from all angles. Amazing attention to all the little details. Keep em coming can’t wait to see what you paint up next.

Wow, great stuff. The skin tone is amazing on belit. The assasins look good as well, I especially like the way the blue bulbs turned out and the subtle purple highlighting on his clothes.

Both Belit and the assassins look nice, I think the purple goes well with the gold and plasma-like accessories.

The face of the Culexus is great, very menacing, definitely soulless.
Belite looks like she got a tan while pirating around the coast.

Some nice completions there youwashock.

Cheers,

CB

Colour me intrigued with the use of purple on the zoats. Assassins came out aces. The culexus is pretty sweet, but the hair on the callidus, wow!

Thank you very much, all.

Couple quick WiPs. Zoats and the Knight progress.





Thanks for looking!

Man that pirate queen is looking good! If I was a miniature...

youwashock,

Nice eyes on the Knight head.

Cheers,

CB

Liking the purple zoat, and it seems your getting lots of front page love of late your culexus being the latest one! Keep the great minis coming

Thank you!

@gobert: Indeed? Cool. How is what shows on the front page determined? I usually come straight to the forums, so I don't see the front page often.

Thanks again for the comments!

Your Callidus is up on the front page now. Never looked there myself before Gobert mentioned it and no idea how things get chosen but that model deserves to be seen, good work. Pirate queen looks great too and good job on the knight's eyes.

My shortcut is just to the front page and it often puts me on to cool pics and blogs. No idea how its chosen. it seems to be sporadically updated which suggests to me that a mod picks them, but there’s often quite old images on there so there may be some bot involved too?

Purple Zoat is awesome. I think that’s my favorite so far .

Thank you, Maharg, Theo.

gobert, who knows? I will just appreciate the exposure when it happens, I guess.

Slow going, but the Zoats are almost done. Quick pic of the gems.



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ThanoZoat? Love it, that knights head is awesome too. How long have you had the zoats? I think they came out in the late 80’s.

Thanks!

My Zoat collection ranges from models I bought while Rogue Trader was current to a couple months ago bought off eBay. I am up to 10 Fantasy Zoats and 13 40K Zoats. I don't see myself picking any more up, but may try to do something with the remnants left after converting up the purple Zoat. He would be separate from the current group though. An independent bounty hunter or something.

I hope you make sure, that zoat never opens his fist Gems are looking great.

And now the purple zoat makes complete sense! Looking forward to the full frontal and the required group shot of your whole zoat collection (please!)

gobert wrote:My shortcut is just to the front page and it often puts me on to cool pics and blogs. No idea how its chosen. it seems to be sporadically updated which suggests to me that a mod picks them, but there’s often quite old images on there so there may be some bot involved too?

It think it is selected on the number of visits over some short time period...or completely random. As soon as it happens you tend to get a number of gallery votes.

youwashock wrote:Slow going, but the Zoats are almost done. Quick pic of the gems.



Thanks for looking!

youwashock,

Those coloured gems are not in honour of a particular Marvel villain's glove are they?

Cheers,

CB

Great stuff! I love the purple highlights on the Culexus.

Thanozoat is great, the gems absolutely glow. Too bad he’ll get punked.

Thank you, everybody! Comments much appreciated.

Cap'n, to quote Donald Sutherland, "It's a distinct possibility."

Theo, it's because he knows he isn't really worthy...

After far too long, the Zoats are done.



The hall was eerily silent. Two Eldar Seers stood before the Webway portal, each staring intently for signs of their visitors' arrival.

"They are late," spoke the male.

"Patience, Fiannadar, " spoke the woman at his side, her voice a touch removed from annoyance. "They will arrive in plenty of time."

"But, Farseer Malaethe, we do not have much time left to before Khaine rises. We cannot tarry waiting for these mercenaries. Our preparations must be complete."

"They will be. We will prevent the mon-keigh from spoiling the Lilaethan. We will minimize the loss of Eldar lives. We will... Look."

The runes framing the portal blazed with light and its surface rippled like a pool of water disturbed by a slight breeze. From its depths stepped a group of six massive reptillian forms escorted by a small group of Rangers. Each strode forward on four thick legs and a powerfully muscled torso sat upright above the front-most pair. Each wore a kind of rebreather or mask, and they held a mix of strange weapons that looked as organic as they did technological. Their scaled hides were a mix of greens, with the exception of the first to step through, who was purple in color, the scales lightening around the face and chest. He (presumably) carried a weapon in his right hand and his left fist was encased in a large gauntlet, upon which set five roughly-hewn gems of different colors. They surveyed the chamber calmly as the portal behind them again went dormant. The purple creature looked down Warlock Fiannadar for a moment, his single visible eye narrowing for a moment before he turned to the Farseer.

"I am Jugger Grimlock. Herd-Thane of the Cantus Wastes of Lothal. I am told you have a proposition for us." The creature's voice was low and rumbling, filled with age and authority.

"Yes," spoke Malaethe. "We, the Eldar of Sceariyuden Craftworld have heard tell of your strength, and combat prowess. Also of your determination and tenacity in completing a contract. We..."

"I have been told. You wish for us to stand with you in your coming conflict. A conflict in which you feel that you need our aid. Arrogant Eldar asking for help against the wave of Mankind that threatens to drown your precious Maiden World. Nothing with you pointed-ears is ever that simple."

Fiannadar's mouth hung open. He had never heard anyone address his superior in this fashion.

The Farseer bristled at the interruption. "Let me speak as simply as I can. Lord Grimlock, our Craftworld is small, and the forces arrayed against us great. We cannot let this world fall to the humans. We need your strength to support us. Is that simple enough?" The corner of her mouth turned up in a smirk.

"No. You hide something. Your witch-sight is strong. You seek to conceal something about this conflict. My own witch-sight is also strong." The Zoat flexed his left hand and the stones set upon it glowed. A wave of outward psychic pressure made the Farseer furrow her brow as if in intense concentration. The Warlock stepped back half a pace.

"You dare..." Fiannadar gripped his staff tightly. "Wait, what is this? Those gems...this energy...waystones? How?" He turned to Malaethe, indignation upon his face.

"Five of your kind, wanderers like the ones that brought us here. They fought by our side." The Zoat's voice was far away. "The battle went poorly. Your nemesis, the opponent. No hope for their survival, for the enemy burned the air with poison around the gateways, but not strong enough to kill us. Left on the field, they could not allow their spirits to be. They asked me to take them. Return them if we could. But their worldship was broken. So I have kept them, as I have sworn. They channel my witch-sight, I soon found. Make it clearer. Let me see through the mists you would conjure. And more."

"This is sacrilege! An abomination! Farseer, how can we let this savage...?"

The Zoat leader continued, "There is something upon this world that you want more than the world itself. Something the humans cannot have. And there is more. Your dark kin know. They make ready for war. You fear they will find it. The battle will be terrible with them involved. Carnage. Losses sure to be grievous. You need our strength, and you need us to serve as a buffer against the other Eldar while you see to your true agenda. Pointed-ears, think they are so different from each other. Only the ones with the pretty-lights speak plain, even if it always sounds like riddles."

Fiannadar spoke, "We know you have served our cousins in Commoragh. We also know that your loyalty is bought, Zoat. You can accept their offer, act as if you serve them, but when the time comes, turn your weapons against them. We can compensate you handsomely of this."

"Betrayal paves a short road, Seer. My people are also not great in number. I would not turn traitor and sour the arrangements between us and your kin. We have enemies enough. If we fight at your side, it will be in full view of all who oppose you. Knives in the back are your province, not ours. We will send word of our decision. Two revolutions of Lothal." The Zoat turned to go.

"Wait! You cannot just leave here with...Farseer, we can't let him take..."

Malaethe's mouth turned up again and her eyebrows lifted, "Do YOU want to try to take them?"

With that out of the way, on to the pictures:









And to commemorate finishing all the Zoats (pretty much) and for gobert, some group shots:

First the Space Zoats.



And with their WHFB brothers.









Nice to see them all together. Happy bringing paint to a conversion I was excited about. Paint at the end could have been a little tighter, but the it always seems that way seeing it all blown up. Gems worked out. Nice and vibrant. Onward to Knight and other things.

Thanks for looking!

Zoatastic YWS! Great to see them all together as one. Thanks Zoat has turned out fantastic, a leader to be proud of. His purple skin is especially good. Looking forward to the Knight progress.

Those really bring back some fond memories when I first got into the hobby. You’ve done a fantastic job painting them plus I really enjoyed the story!