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Nope. I like to imagine that everyone who turns to Chaos doesn't automatically get all sorts of "gifts" and mutations or even any more power. Its like if you go and obtain American citizenship, someone doesn't automatically give you a free gun. Or if you become a Dallas Cowboys fan, you don't get a free uniform, pads, football or a million dollars.

I just finished modeling my Valkyrie to compliment my Vendetta. I decided to model on the Hellstrike Missiles, Multilaser and the Heavy Bolter sponsons. I don't think this is optimal, but I wanted a little variation in the models. Additionally, maybe having 2 battle-cannon-esque missiles shots with the new vehicle rules might be sweet, who knows.
As far as the model goes, I went "no spikes", kept it dedicated to Khorne with two of the cool icons (one on the nose one on the tail) and went with some chains and hooks. Chains and hooks look awesome. Also, I didn't like how they wanted to use gunners at the side doors for the sponsons, so I mounted those under the wings also. Stay tuned!

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Brymm wrote:

Now since the new rules are out, how should I run that Daemon Prince? It looks like in the FAQ, they are only Mastery Level 1 even if they get the Mark of Tzeentch (which is TOTAL BULLSH!T!). If that is the case, then I guess they can't use Warp Charge 2 powers? Lame. O

They way I interperated it (I could be wrong here) is that you can take and use Warp Charge 2 powers... Only every 2nd turn :(

As for the models, looking good so far and keen on seeing more!

Yes that seems right in my opinion as in the white dwarf the daemon prince used molten beam, a warp charge 2 power.
Loving the models by the way.

Psychic powers are for sissies. Run a Khornate DP!

The Death Guard are going to look great! I love those models anyway, seeing them with a decent Brymm paintjob will be the finishing touch!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

The Death Guard are going to look great! I love those models anyway, seeing them with a decent Brymm paintjob will be the finishing touch!

Thanks! I have painted more Deathguard than I care to admit and I unashamedly stole the paint scheme from White Dwarf 300. Eitherway, thanks!

Always admit to painting Death Guard. Always.

Love the freehanded 8 pointed stars on your vehicles, what image did you use for inspiration?

Darkkt pointed me towards this link, a quick 'how to' on free handing those exact stars. Simple enough that even I could do it!
http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Chaos%20Stars

I just switched white on red with red on bone. As far as weathering it, I just sponged on a bunch more bone over the red in various places then even dry brushed some bone on there too. I am pleased.

*Crushed*
Well I'm not that upset but after working on that Valkyrie, I found out that Hellstrike Missiles are TERRIBLE! I thought they were St8, AP3 Ord Lg Blast but they are in fact St8 AP3 Ord... no large blast! It is only slightly better than a one shot missile launcher!!! CRAP!
Ah well, I can just pop them off and put on the rocket launchers. Anyone use these?

It is looking good, my one suggestion is just to add a small chaos star to the Sargent shoulders. You could add it to every guy's shoulder, but that would take a while. Right now the rank and file guys do not seem that chaos to me. I think the star would help tie the army together and give it a more complete look. My 2 cents at any rate.

As for the missile pods, use them. I am not sure if they have changed with 6th, but in 5th, they where the bees knees. Two large strength 4 temples puts the hurt on hordes and even stands a decent chance of forcing saves on MEQs. Plus you get to fire the main weapon (at least you did in 5th).

Thanks for the advice. I was thinking of doing something for the seargents, including some head and weapon swaps. Since the blod squad appears to be dead, I think that I might just have regular old pistol/ccw guys with some wicked looking heads. I have a simple free hand design I had in mind for all of the shoulder pads, I just need some time to do it.

I'm excited (I think) about the rocket pods. They seem good. Thanks for the information!

My last four Terminators to round out my options with the new rules. I added three more and primed them that are already at my house.
Of the other 3, I have another combi-melta/power fist, reaper autocannon/power sword and a lightning claw/lightning claw. The conversion was fun on the auto cannon guy because I used a heavy weapons team autocannon. Looks great and HUGE!
For these 4 jabronis, 3 of them are the old metal ones. Of my now 10 Terminators, 4 of them are the old metal kind. The old metal ones are about a 1/4 inch shorter than the newer plastic ones. Does this matter? Not really.
I might run the unit big in my next few games with the Icon of Tzeentch and give my autocannon guy the "champion" tag so I can Look Out Bro! him. Anyways, stay tuned!
Oh! And I took the suggestion and added some chaos stars on my characters. I will get pictures up tonight or tomorrow.

sweet project, loving the colour scheme...red is my favourite too man, blood for the blood god, skulls for the throne of Khorne.

rustproof wrote:sweet project, loving the colour scheme...red is my favourite too man, blood for the blood god, skulls for the throne of Khorne.

Something about red. My buddy always says red is his favorite because its the color of blood. I like it. Thanks for the support, stay tuned for more.

I would have to say that 6th edition is my favorite edition of the game thus far. I started in 2nd edition with my buddy in early highschool and this is just the bees knees now. I used to have a desire to play all sorts of armies and now you can sort of mix and match and dabble in whatever you imagined playing. I usually just sit and grin at work while thinking about what I want to build or paint next because now the possiblities are literally endless. Good work Games Workshop!

Nice work with those chaos stars - the red on the beige/bone colour is very striking.

Looking forward to your next pics

Looking forward to seeing your new Terminators. Oddly enough I was working on my Terminators last night. I'm getting ready to do a magnet conversion which will necessitate tearing the arms off my finisged models, drilling the metal, and attaching magnets. I'm not excited by the process but I know the results will be awesome and allow me a lot more flexibility w/ my Death Guard Terminators w/o having to have 40 of them painted up. I can just buy add'l weapons, magnetize, paint, ready for war!

Here are the 7 new/old Terminators, all primed up. I am super happy how they are coming along.

Im working on my Deathguard as we speak, stay tuned for updates. I will get them in each stage.

Also, here are the free hand shoulders I have been slowly adding.

Worked a little bit on the Plague Marines while at work today, made some progress, got their primary colors done on the armour.

The process, as pictured:
Primed with black spray
brush on beastial brown
overbrush (not quite dry brush, but not layering) on dark green
overbrush on goblin green
dry brush rotting flesh

I didn't do any washes and I probably won't highlight the armor. I really like the effect.
Up next, I need to paint up the trim brown and then paint the guns grey, then wash them both in earthshade. Lastly, any horns and skulls will be bone, washed in sepia and highlighted.
Looking to find a little more time while at work (I work on the ambulance tonight and might have some downtime) to finish them up.
Stay tuned!

The plagues are about done!
I will get some updated pictures as soon as I get my models back. My good friend is housing my models while me and the family move to a new city. We are looking to close in 30 days or so and then plan on getting out of dodge! The place is a fixer-upper so I expect to be busy around the house for a bit. Stay tuned and see you in a month!!!

Brymm wrote:I would have to say that 6th edition is my favorite edition of the game thus far. I started in 2nd edition with my buddy in early highschool and this is just the bees knees now. I used to have a desire to play all sorts of armies and now you can sort of mix and match and dabble in whatever you imagined playing. I usually just sit and grin at work while thinking about what I want to build or paint next because now the possiblities are literally endless. Good work Games Workshop!

^^This +1, i started round third..then was gifted with the 40k rouge trader book with all the RPG elements, always wanted to include all the crazy weapons and rules etc, now with 6th and its old dusty smell of nostalgia, we iz exited..need to play a damn game.

Plague marines look great, keep it up!


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p.s good luck with the move!! May the omnissiah bless your models for a safe journey!

Your Plague Marines look excellent!

In between closing, packing, ordering carpet, researching how to replace siding and paint a house, I managed to kit-bash a Decimator Engine. I think it is close to the size and looks reasonably like a Decimator from FW.
Is this thing worth it in standard 1850ish points games? I plan on keeping it cheap with the Seige Claws/Heavy Flamers and Mark of Nurgle to keep it running about.

Hey that decimator looks fantastic! man i havent been around here in some time and your getting alot of work done. Excellent stuff. If you have the need to convert check this out! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/465722.page

Thanks! Its been a labor of love. I've hit a snag with the move but I do believe I will hit the ground running again as soon as I set up shop. Exciting!

I will be sure to enter the Objective Marker contest too.

WHOA!
The move is complete.
I have successfully moved a family of 5 from a rental house 20 miles away to my new house with all of our belongs and most of our sanity intact. I am offically a home owner and quickly becoming a handiman in the process.
My models and modeling supplies are unpacked and itching to be used... and use them I will!

On the slate for tonight:
Take my stripped-bare-bones wreck of a Leman Russ from Ebay and chaos-ify it and hopefully prime it.
Take my stripped-bare-bones wreck of a Basilisk and finish converting it to my kitbashed Manticore, chaos-ify it and hopefully prime it.
Take my Imperial-primed-black-missing-pieces Vindicator, chaos-ify it and hopefully prime it.
Pick up my half of the Dark Vengence Box set and see what goodies await me (I can't wait to see the HellBrute)

Stay tuned and its good to be back

Congrads on the move and the new digs

Seems like a bunch of folks I know / follow on Dakka are moving these days. I never knew hobbyist were migrational.

Looking forward to seeing what you offer up next.

Update:
Finished building the Russ and the Manticore. The manticore was a wrecked "looted basilisk" I got off of Ebay that I attempted to strip and redo. Came out okay I think.
The Russ was just a gakky Russ from Ebay that appears to have been painted by oil based painted. Took a few coats of primer after stripping/cleaning to get good coverage. To make matters worse, I switched primers because my local hardware store doesn't carry the same type I have been using. For being "ultra flat, no shine" finish, its quite shine-y.
Eitherway, it will do.
On the slate, I need to hit these guys with Sepia wash, dry brush with bleached bone then do some red. I trust it will all be okay.
Stay tuned.

Washed both tanks and my built and primed Valkyrie from a few months back. I'm getting worried (but not really) about the fact that I used a new primer AND I'm using a different wash. My Sepia wash from GW busted in transit (also making a big mess of my paint box), so I ended up using my old container of Ogyrn Flesh mixed with Delvan mud. Looks about the same, but you never know until the model is done.
After the washes dried, I hit each model with a moderate dry brush of bleached bone over all of the washed areas. Turned out pretty good IMO.
Up next: Paint the grey on the guns and "metal" areas, then find out what details I want to do in the chipped-off-red, then paint the windows (! never done this before), then the misc. details and finally free hand some sweet chaos stars on them.
Still waiting to meet up with my buddy to grab my chaos half of the dark vengence box set. Anyone already have the models that they have anything to share about them?

All I can share about the models is that they are amazing. Don't excpect to much customization though!

I figure as much. I love the price/quantity of the starter set models, plus I love the original sculpts. I bet we are going to see lots of Chaos Lords that look EXACTLY the same in the near future, especially if the new Dex has Lords being usable again.
Anywho, here are the Manticore and Russ, done for now.
I still need to finish up the Valkyrie and figure out how to paint the windows. Anyways, talk to you all soon!