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fantastic job on the blue armour - really stands out, vivid as it should be

Needs tubing. Ridiculous amounts of tubing. And cables! Lots of cables!

I like the concept alot but you are forgetting one very important person Tzeentch need to change and thats Marneus Calgar......... what are you waiting for get to it

Haahahahahahah.... You got a solicitor. I want one too!!!!!

it all looks great. so far the only thing i dont like is the bright green bases other then that those are some sweet figs you got there.

Thanks again for the comments!

Shumagorath: are you referring to the models in general or the dred?

Zhetsuken: I am wrestling with that one now a well. I have the Marneus and honor guard box, but I converted everyone else from scratch. So I am debating making mods to the Marnues model itself or just working from the ground up. I still haven't decided which to go for. Before this is done one of the two will happen.

Ok, some updated pics of the dred. I didn't realize my primer was almost out until I started spraying ... so I had to stop part way through as I didn't want to get to the very last dregs that sometimes splatter on with a rough texture. It also went on shinier than usual, it is usually a pretty flat color but I noticed it was shiney on the front this time.

I exteneded the arms to about double their thickness and left a recess where the piping could go into the arm. I also magnetized the arms so they can switch out to whichever configuration that I want. Oh and I added some eye symbols and one of the chaos upgrade plates with the face writhing in the metal, as well as the back skull spines. I also added more leg plates to the back of the legs. And built the missile launcher from a spare whirlwind missile part that I only had the front missile piece to, as well as an Iron clad seismic hammer and grenade launcher arm from scratch.


anyway, on to the pics.

i just kinda noticed your terminators and now your dreadnought like to wobble from side to side.

Nice job on the dred, are those arms magnetized?

its not wobbling... its shifting center of balance . that things do when they are in motion.

His termie and dred are either marching or winding up for an attack its realistic and nicely converted.

Its been a while since my last update. I diversified my army plan and now am working on a little of all 4 of the main chaos cults at once, instead of just tzeentch. I think that much of one color just got to me and well anyway!

Still working with layering and such, still not the best at it but I am liking the results I am getting. So here are my berzerkers and their WIP Rhino as well as a WIP chaplain(who also has a spare combi flamer arm to become chaplain cassius when I run my chaos as marines if the fancy takes me.

Oh yeah, the weapons started out with the intention to be non metal metal, but obviously that didn't work out. I did however think they ended up looking kinda kewl anyway and decided to highlight and finish them like that anyway.

Next up is a plague marine squad, their rhino and a converted nurgle DP.

Wow! they look really cool! I especially like the Rhino...very converted.

like the chaos cult!
what are they made from?

love the last pics
just the old warriors of chaos box mixed with a few 40k arms, very effective and works well.

There goes any hope I had of having the prettiest Chaos Army in the area. Your work is amazing, Meph. I'll be keeping a close (and somewhat envious) eye on this thread. Keep up the good work!

The rhino made me crap my pants.

Krusha 123: Thanks! I hate using things straight out of the box (one of the reasons I haven't really done my full sisters army, there is just so much work you have to do to convert them!)

Deadly chicken and JD: Thanks! Like JD mentions they are the first plastic run of chaos warriors(not counting the one from hero quest and warhammer quest. These were Chaos warriors with Halberds, plus a few arm swaps, and pistols added to their shield arms. They are old figures, and in some areas (like detail) they pale to modern plastics, but in other regards(their extreme coolness) I like them better than current plastics. I had them lying around because I bought them when they came out and were one of the first multi-part kits available in plastic for fantasy and they just had sheer coolness from being able to pose them, etc without chopping them to pieces.

Fatal_Grace: Thanks, but no worries. Keep posting your stuff for critique and I'm sure you'll surpass me in no time.

Golden Eyed Scout: Thanks. Be sure to clean up. The crew compartment comes out and can be replaced with a razorback top(still converting it), or a predator turret.

Meph

Here are some pics of the Tunnel Sniper that didn't make it into the final image. I exteneded the rifle a bit as the regualr lasgun didn't look right, and added some green stuff to the arms to get the rifle position correct.

I experimented with rust on the grate on the side ... turned out ok, if not as neat as Grey Deaths rust on his orcs/tutorial.

More chaos to soon follow, I am painting up a Slaaneshi Terminator champ for a paonting contest on anther website, and that needs to be done by the 13th. Also mean to get some work done on my nurgle DP, hehas all his basic greens done and I just need to take a photo of him to post up.

Sweet! Nicely done.l

Some pics of my tzeentch thunder hammers and storm shields. Still need to finish the hammer that is flaming, it doesn't quite look like it is engulfed in flame yet.

I like the burning shields. Very cool effect.

The sniper is top notch! Very cool!

love the sniper idea.
did 1 just like that but in a ghillie suit

Thanks! The sniper was super fun to do. I had considered a ghillie suit, and mine has a very teeny tiney one on his back, but since he represents a tunnel fighter I didn't go overboard on it. More like a ghillie shawl. I'm sure some sniper in RL just keeled over as the thought of a Ghillie Shawl entered the world just now and in a random fit of paradox made his logical existence obsolete.

Anyway ... I have had an IG army for quite a while and the new dex has got me a little fired up to make some conversions. So I tore apart a Russ hull that I got in a trade(its construction was done less than well, and I only made a few quick attempts to clean it up. My main goal here is to see an envisioned alternate form. Many of my additions are crooked at the moment. I was more interested in seeing the overall effect than in perfect neatness, since I am not sure of anythings permanent placement yet. I will probably trade or sell this one away when I'm done rather than fixing it, and make mine from new kits. I just don't think the effort of going back and cleaning everything up would be worth it. I am making templates of the pieces as I go so making new ones should be a cinch.

I still have a decent bit of work to do with this ... need to green stuff the magnet on the turret, right now it is sticking out awkwardly, need to put some detail on all of the gun barrels, magnetize a heavy bolter to switch out with the lascannon that is already magnetized, add some armor plates to the top and the sides toward the rear, as well as glue in the top portion and cover the gaps, add rivets everywhere, etc. But please do point out anything you see or think should be different, added, etc.

I also play warmahordes, and I recently purchased a Scout model for Cygnar. When I dry fiteed the peices he looked just to squat, so I started working on his legs to give him a little more dynamic positioning.

Anyway, on to the pics.

good work but there seems to be a gap between the turret and the armnent.

are those the magnets? if so i reccomend drilling a hole for them in the turret. if the plastic is too thin then build it up with GreenStuff & sprue.

p.s. what does the first cannon represent, y'know the gatler

p.p.s can you post me the gatler stats. ty

POOOOO! double post
soz all

Yea I remember a FLGS employee telling me about that new tank. It was.... if I remember correctly STR5 AP- heavy20. Yea thats right 20 shots! Sure everything gets an armor save but damn!
My only gripe really is.... please dont tell me that in the middle of your gatling gun that extended part isnt a barrel. Simply because it being in the middle just doesnt make sence. If it is an extended barrel, put it either on the top or bottom barrel.

wow!

cant wait to see your nurgle stuff

Deadly Chicken: Yep. There currently is a gap. The magnet that I put in the turret was not strong enough when I started making additions to the barrels, so I glued on a second one. I'll either replace the original with it or build up around it so it is flush with the guns.

And yep, that will be my Punisher cannon with the stats King Cracker mentions above.

King Cracker: RL Gatling guns revolve around a central axis.

From Wikipedia: Although the first Gatling gun was capable of firing continuously, it required human power to crank it; as such it was not a true automatic weapon. Each barrel fired a single shot as it reached a certain point in the cycle after which it ejected the spent cartridge, loaded a new round, and in the process, cooled down somewhat.

This configuration allowed higher rates of fire without the problem of an overheating single barrel. Some time later, Gatling-type weapons were invented that diverted a fraction of gas from the chamber to turn the barrels. Later still, electric motors supplied external power.

I will probably make a small armature that comes off the bottom of that longer central piece. Thanks for pointing it out though, If one person looks at it and thinks "wierd" then people I play against might do the same. WHen I'm done with it it should look normal.

Thanks for the comments.

phillippowel: I will be posting some nurgle conversions in a few days, and a PIP of my Nurgle Demon Prince. Thanks!

Congratulations on kicking formidable quantities of butt.

Since MK II warmachine has had my interest a little, so I bought and built a Hammersmith. I don't like the way the model is kind of closed in on itself, so I altered its pose to be stepping up onto a rock(this also made him stand a little straighter rather than the leaning forward look of the original model. I extended the hammers with brass tube since they looked silly with no haft at all. I also switched his shoulders so that his arm positioning would be different, which cause the back of his torso not to fit on so I had to saw it down to make it fit. :( Finally I gave him some eyes so that he can glare at other models while he bashes them around!