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Im attempting to do First Claw now, using resin Mk 5 armour and bits from the medic bits... need to find a BA power sword.

I love the WoC cloaks.

Miss Dee - I'm interested to see your take on First Claw - check Aaron Dembski-Bowden's Blog for some WIP sketches of the bad-arse crew for his books

SilverMK2 - Thanks!

The First Claw would be interesting to do as they have so many different armour types in each suit.

got a link sweet?

Miss Dee - http://aarondembskibowden.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/636/

A very nice bunch of kitbashings here, I'll keep an eye out for you in the near future.

Vargtass - Thanks!

~ Upload intel from the *CLASSIFIED* AO...

Wow... i mean.. wow..
i think, honestly! that is the best chaos terminator i have ever seen!
the helmet, the head protector, the pose!
all great!
the one thing i dislike is the ork chainswords on the end, they look a bit to bulky to fit in there.
maybe another spear or a halberd? just my opinion but otherwise great!


Cheers// Tobi

LiveforFun666 - Thanks!!! (I'm just hoping my painting will do them justice!)


Astartes Sniper *CLASSFIED* data-feed reports another sighting:



C+C Welcome and required to keep pushing the conversion/construction envelope!!!

Your standard CSMs look great, but your terminators really take the cake! I like the scout servitor and astartes sniper fluff of your pictures, it adds suspense to your updates

Did you pin the spear of your WIP Chaos Lord? The blade looks a bit crooked. Easily fixed at this stage I hope.

When are we going to see some paint? Do you have a scheme worked out yet?

Keep up the good work! Suscribed!

Cheers,
Rawson

Rawson - Thanks!

Some answers for you:

Did you pin the spear of your WIP Chaos Lord?

The spear is pinned but I fluffed the job and yep, it's bent - however that guy is receiving a re-construction because:
1 - I'm not that fond of him overall,
2 - He doesn't look 'right' to me when lined up with the other Stormbringers, and
3 - He's about 3mm shorter than everyone else! (seems common with the older metal models)
So he's back to WIP... pics soon!

When are we going to see some paint?

Haha - paint... after I finish 5 Blood Raven's Terminators for Captain Tylerius (aka my son Tyler...)!!!

Black metallics with a greenish zenithal highlight - I'm not fond of the generally garish chaos color schemes

Had a request from a Warseer user for a 'how-to' on the Terminator cowls:

That Terminator Armour looks amazing!!!

Thanks Malika2!


So - talking color schemes and fluff (hellooo any fluff guru's out there?) would it be too far a stretch to have the Legion of Thorns be a World Eaters splinter faction, allowing me to use the pre-Heresy World Eaters scheme of white and blue?

One reason to go this way is because blood splatter looks awesome on white - and what's a Chaos army without blood splatter?

Best chaos marines I have seen- totally menacing without being OTT. The terminators are bloody brilliant, I absolutely love the brutal looking chain-halberd thingies, wonderful stuff.

Da Boss - Thanks!

The chain-halberds (nice descriptor) I call Mournblades (there's a nerdy reference there) however I would like to say that the original idea is not mine but comes from the amazing Warseer modeller Synapse aka Vorro from Minus1Modifier.

(I would put up a link but it appears his pics aren't working anymore.)

Transmission relay from *CLASSIFIED* Company (Imperial Guard detachment) Scout Sniper Pair (Current status: MIA)
to Imperial Scout Detachment Intel Section (*CLASSIFIED* AO):

* Transmission begins *
* Data feed indicates spotter on-scope *
Spotter: “... Movement at three-zero-zero, range 2100.”
* Data feed indicates sniper on-scope *
Sniper: “Scope on... three-zero-zero, range 2100... Nope, just another fethin bear.”
Spotter: “Feth! Again?”
Sniper: “Yeah - and they said this place was dangerous.”
Spotter (Laughing): “Only if a fethin bear decides to take a crap on us - ”
Sniper (WHISPER): “Shut it - Movement, Danger Close!”
Spotter (WHISPER): “... Gak... how'd he get so fethin close... sorry - Danger Close, possible Heretic."
Sniper (WHISPER): “Confirm - Heretic Marine, range 130... feth, look at those chain-axes...”
Spotter: “Angry looking bastard...”
Sniper (WHISPER): “Quiet, he’s... Get down! I think he heard you."
* Data feed indicates spotter off-scope *
Spotter (WHISPER): "...Sorry! "
Sniper (URGENT WHISPER): "Freeze! No sound! He's looking at us!"
* SILENCE for 32 seconds *
Spotter (WHISPER): "Has he... "
Sniper (almost inaudible): "O crap - he's moving toward us."
Spotter (almost inaudible): "He can't see the hide... can he?"
* Silence for 4 secs *
Sniper: "O feth it!"
* Sniper Rifle fires *
* Sniper Rifle fires *
* Sniper Rifle fires *
* Laser carbine repetitive firing - ceases after 21 pulses *
* Mechanized sounds / Wet sounds *
Sniper (SCREAMS): INDECIPHERABLE
* Laser carbine repetitive firing - ceases after 5 pulses *
Spotter (SCREAMS): INDECIPHERABLE
Unknown (Laughing): INDECIPHERABLE
* Wet sounds cease *
* Mechanized sounds cease *
* Silence for 13 secs *
* Transmission ends *

Love the idea for the cowls for the terminators, I am tempted to try one myself using the skull chaos knight pad



I think it would look like the terminator's head was inside a daemon's mouth

Asylum_Inmate - Thanks! - I was unable to source those particular Chaos Knight shoulder pads as they were my first choice... be interested to see how they come out.

So talking color schemes, I'm leaning toward the Legion being a mid-Heresy splinter faction of the World Eaters and therefore use the pre-Heresy WE paint scheme, but making the white a dirty bone like the shoulder pads on my Blood Ravens.
I had thought of a dirty metallic but with the new Grey Knights out there's just too many metallic mini's getting around imho!

... and segue to current standard rant re: Metal replaced by resin... A converter's dream - unless of course you've already bought the mini(s) IN METAL!!!

The bone colour sounds like it might look really cool, and if you are basing them mid-heresy it would make sense that they wouldn't have time to stop to clean and polish their armour as there is more important stuff happening, so the dirty look would fit perfectly

Asylum_Inmate - Thanks - a 'volunteer' is shortly to undergo paint testing, bone white and regal blue as per pre-Heresy WE

Workbench - bitz!

And a new subject undergoing surgery - aka more bitz!

its weird seeing your pictures without a green glaze over them lol.

Cheers bigfish - let's fix that then:

And here (if you like) are some un-Photoshopped WIP group shots of the Legion of Thorns so far:

The group shot of them all together is just awesome.

Very nice indeed.

bigfish, SilverMK2 - Thanks!

Intel feeds from *CLASSIFIED* AO are down due to localised solar coronal ejection particle debris in the upper ionisphere - (translation: My camera is dead and my wife has the charger and she's away for a few days!)

Data feed from *CLASSIFIED* AO incoming
~Adeptus Mechanicus coginator virus introduced into enemy artificer modules
~Img upload x 2
~Mournblade Captain Terminator armour and weaponry under repair after *CLASSIFIED* engagement