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@ J-Paint: Thanks! Ill take some new shots of the GUO, he has had work since those pictures and looks alot better. But im working under a bit of deadline here on the Apostles
@Lord Magnus: Thank you!
@Cpatinsolstice: Give that man a prize!

I havn't gotten around to posting new pictures. Today though, i promise.

Hmm prize? I like prizes

I'd love to see a traitor russ. That would look epic with a big nurgle banner and corrupted sandbags on the cupola.

Well killy since you asked, ill take pics of the armor soon and get them up here too. Right now I got a few pics of two of the army's four weapon teams. The other teams are still under construction, they are the last things the army that need primer. I'm moving at a decent clip considering my work and college load and i do expect to get this entire army painted to tabletop standard by the end of the month. Pictures of the fighter squadron and tanks still to come.



More shots in the gallery, Thanks for checking my Plog out.

Beautiful traitor guardsman! I want to get some Elysians to combat those buggers! Meh, for now my desert camo tau will do.

More fantastic stuff. I love the dirty effect you get on your guardsmen, sorry if its already been posted but, what colours do you use?

Thanks Robot! Here's my recipe for the fatigues: Black undercoat, liberal vermin brown base coat, followed by a snakebite leather/vomit brown 50:50 and a wash of your favorite dark wash. Vary the wash depending on how dark you want your shadows, more sephia for lighter, add badab black for darker. Then a final light drybrush of pure vomit brown.

Where's that armor, then?

Ah, Sorry Killy lol! This weekend was really busy and I haven't gotten time to take good pictures however i have gotten a bunch of work done on the infantry and the vehicles, i'll post pics of the armor and the infantry that are going to hit the field at the tourney. I did snap some shots of a game I got in tonight though and the boys are feeling good. Seized the initiative, laid on a horrific first turns shooting and to make a really long story short, in turn 7 I tabled my opponent, when the Exalted Champion (counts as Col.Straken) took the head off the last Necron Lord who decided to stay down. SO Nuff talking, heres some pics!




so not really a proper update but you can see a whats going on in the big pic. As always C&C is most welcome

Why do you use the IG codex? There is a great codex for renegades on the net! If youre up for using scribd, If not (Vraks)IA volume 3 has a nurgle one, IA volume 2 has a Khorne one and IA volume 1 has a plain one

Awesome work so far you've inspired me to start a nurgle army of my own

Nice blood effects on the big guys.

Those tanks are amazing! I see now that you have a mech army, and I do too.

Say, do you play WHFB, because I swear I have seen some Lizardmen that have a very similar painting style to yours.

@Captainsolstice: Yup yup, actually the book in the back ground of a lot of the shots is my scratch built (ie. Cannon printed) Codex:Servants of Decay lol. I built this army based off of that list from Vraks 3 to be Necrosius's Apostles of Contagion, thus the fighter heavy support and the plague marines, i've still got to finish converting up the zombie horde though for Necrosius's special furious charge zombies . Im using the IG list for the upcoming tourney, which im assuming won't allow IA rules but it motivates me to get paint on both the infantry for this army and the armor for the Blood Pact. I keep trying to show and tell people that the IG codex is actually scarier but some people still wont play IA lists even in pickup games, even if i don't field the flyers, go figure. I dont mind running them counts as: IG though, i get to make up amusing chaos variations on "Col. 'Iron Codpiece' Straken" lol
@AirborneAnto: Awesome! Good to hear that the Garden of Great Grandfather grows. Ah the loving embrace of decay
@Cuddlysquig: Thanks!
@Killy: Yeah i do, not lizardmen however, Daemons and Warriors of Chaos. I havn't got many games in this new edition though, both my armies got kind of boned, I play Nurgle Daemons and Knights of Chaos with all mounted units. I need to get some foot warriors now or my knights get eaten by rat slaves and other little things that should go smush...grumble grumble.

I'm planning on getting some painting in tomorrow, so i'll update with shots of the Armor. Come to think of it, i might as well post shots of the Blood Pact too while i'm at it. Thanks for stopping by!

Oh, I see.
Could you do me a favor and send some more shots of the flyers, especially hell blades? I am planning on getting one and would like to see how it looks up close and inside the cockpit...

Did you play against lizard men last october?

@Captainsolstice: sure thing, i get some shots of the flyers up next
@killy: no, i didn't get to play more for the whole league but i know at least 1 lizardmens player. Speaking of local leagues, did you know i run the annual 40k escalation league? I'd love to have you join the next one!


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Okay, this update we have something a little different. Since i had so many parts left over from the Apostles i put this Blood Pact Death Brigade together with the idea of them being an elite armor company. I'll post more shots as i finish up the Muties and armor but that will prolly have to wait until after i get the Apostles painted up for the tournament. I'll be reinforcing these guys with valkries at some point down the line as well. These guys are super WIP, i only just finished getting them put together, so there is lots of work to be done on them. Im also looking for suggestions on pain schemes, i want some of the vehicles will look old and worn while others should like they were more recently stolen. Im not set on the paint scheme for the infantry yet either, though i do want a somewhat cohesive look. Since these guys are independent operators i want to try something different than the usual red fatigues and black armor, i was thinking black or grey fatigues with weathered/bloody bone armor, since i do want them to be recognized as Blood Pact, if the grotesques and masks dont give it away. C&C is more than appreciated on these, what do you lot think?
Command Hq (the bolters with scopes count as sniper rifles)

Slatek Etogaur

Chaos Ogryn (ca Nork)

Dermin Snekgaur (ca Sgt.Harker)

The soldiers of Death Brigade Slatek (ca Veterans)








One of Three Basi's

One of Two Hellhound's

One of Two Leman's


Thanks for stopping by! Happy Turkey Day!!

Harker is so cool! What's that model from?

Great looking....gross looking army. I really like the way these look. If i ran with Chaos i would only hope to have an army this nasty.

This project is very well done and shows a great deal of thought and effort has gone into it. I really enjoy the wide variety / diversity that you have accomplished but still maintain a connective thread throughout the different characters / units to keep them cohesive.

There's a lot of inspiration for me here so I am subbed and will be back for sure. I'll be linking this thread from my Cult as well, hopefully you'll get a few more readers.

And a complete off-topic question- Do you game / hang out at Other Realms? I used to go there all the time. I was in HI until 1996 and used to game there as much as possible. Ran a Genestealer Cult and played Necromunda when I could. Played Orcs in WFB once right before I left. Talked to the guys there a few times after I left but it's been years now. Also used to go to Just For Fun a lot. Jelly's was cool for clearance stuff but I never felt like they were part of the game community, they just had gaming stuff. Same with Gecko's. There's a few other places I remember going to but can't remember the names of. Ahhh... memories.

Back on topic... absolutely amazing work. Can't express how much I am liking this, and I'm really looking forward to seeing more from you.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:.

And a complete off-topic question- Do you game / hang out at Other Realms? I used to go there all the time. I was in HI until 1996 and used to game there as much as possible. Ran a Genestealer Cult and played Necromunda when I could. Played Orcs in WFB once right before I left. Talked to the guys there a few times after I left but it's been years now. Also used to go to Just For Fun a lot. Jelly's was cool for clearance stuff but I never felt like they were part of the game community, they just had gaming stuff. Same with Gecko's. There's a few other places I remember going to but can't remember the names of. Ahhh... memories.

Back on topic... absolutely amazing work. Can't express how much I am liking this, and I'm really looking forward to seeing more from you.

Geckos closed almost a decade ago. Now, its just Jellys and OR. OR is the only one that still has a gaming community. The hobby's dying out here, man.

killykavekommando wrote:Geckos closed almost a decade ago. Now, its just Jellys and OR. OR is the only one that still has a gaming community. The hobby's dying out here, man.

That's really too bad. I played my first games of 40K and WFB in HI and I really enjoyed the camaraderie in that community. The whole spirit of what I had there is what made me want to find it again when I moved.

Sorry to hear things are dying off there. At least OR is still going. I left a few of my miniatures in their display case when I moved. I wonder if they still have them? Ha.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

killykavekommando wrote:Geckos closed almost a decade ago. Now, its just Jellys and OR. OR is the only one that still has a gaming community. The hobby's dying out here, man.

That's really too bad. I played my first games of 40K and WFB in HI and I really enjoyed the camaraderie in that community. The whole spirit of what I had there is what made me want to find it again when I moved.

Sorry to hear things are dying off there. At least OR is still going. I left a few of my miniatures in their display case when I moved. I wonder if they still have them? Ha.

What minis are they? I've seen some really old ones there once in a while.

@deathshed4twen: Thanks bro! Stay up !
@stalk bloodaxe: Thanks alot man, thats some high praise. Its cool to know so many people who pass through our community. Actually there are a few stores still around and kicking but Other Realms is by far the most active. Actually the community has grown since i was a squirt in 96. And yeah which mini's would they be?
@Killy: I would kind of have to disagree about the scene dying, while there are slow days, for the most part the community is actually growing. For the past few years we have had annual 40k and fantasy leagues (i run the 40k league), annual Fantasy and 40k tournaments and OR's has a full gaming room every monday for pickup games with warmahordes/40k/Fantasy/Malifaux/FOW and all kinds of RPG's ect and they do their quarterly Games Day event. Jellys has great terrain, you just got to organize a game with someone. We dont have a huge scene, but we get good quality regulars and like bloodaxe here a lot of people passing through for awhile. You really should find time to come down Killy! Its actually pretty happening. Check out Hawaiigamers.net for more local current events.

I like the blood pact heads

Those aren't the actual miniatures, just examples of the ones I had in the display. I'm not looking for them back (they were my "going away" present to OR for permanent display). It would be neat to know if they were still there or not. The Ettin and Shokk Attak Gun won 1st Place Fantasy and Honorable Mention Sci-Fi at one of the OR Games Day painting contests. And I still have my award plaques to prove it.

I linked your blog from mine, I hope people check your work out, it deserves the attention.

@Killy: I would kind of have to disagree about the scene dying, while there are slow days, for the most part the community is actually growing. For the past few years we have had annual 40k and fantasy leagues (i run the 40k league), annual Fantasy and 40k tournaments and OR's has a full gaming room every monday for pickup games with warmahordes/40k/Fantasy/Malifaux/FOW and all kinds of RPG's ect and they do their quarterly Games Day event. Jellys has great terrain, you just got to organize a game with someone. We dont have a huge scene, but we get good quality regulars and like bloodaxe here a lot of people passing through for awhile. You really should find time to come down Killy! Its actually pretty happening. Check out Hawaiigamers.net for more local current events.

They look cool, keep up the amazing work!

@captainsolstice: yeah they are too awesome not to start an army for
@Skalk Bloodaxe: i'll look for them, you know i remember that Shokk attack gun from the display case when i was a runt! i think it might still be there... ill let you know though
@Killy: Definitely come down, any monday. Also, Dec 3rd is the tournament if you want to just check out the armies. There's sure to be lots of eye candy.
@Arm.chair.general:Thanks! Will do.

I'll try to get some work done tonight, and post a little paint update on the Infantry.

I'll be sure to go to Dec. 3rd tournament! At OR I assume?

I'll spectate this one, and enter in the next.