"...and doom shall stalk a thousand worlds." Death Guard at dawn of the Heresy

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**ciuncky**

Quick update here guys

Worked on a base for the drop-pod. It will sit in place via magnets. Interestingly, it fits perfectly on the new 130mm round bases that GW released, so i'll need to stick one under all the cork

Also, more damage, some pin washing and oxidising added to the Deredeo. Short of working on the eye lenses, it's pretty much done

Next updates, as soon as possible
Alex

**Azazelx**

Great work on Eddy and the Pods. Your Death Guard models are always inspirational to see!

**ciuncky**

Cheers mate, much appreciated. I feel the quality lately dropped a bit, probably because of all disappointment caused by the plasma cannonade. I am still not 100% happy with how it turned out, and my skills are the sole reason

**BlackCadian**

Hey! Stumbled onto your log by accident, it was featured at the side oft the front page! I really like the pre heresy death guard color scheme, and your Deredeo looks cool! Great job on the battle damage, I'm still trying to figure that out myself.

As a suggestion I'd add some OSL to the gun barrels - right now they look kinda flat imho.

Keep it up!

**ciuncky**

Sadly that's how i ruined the first paintjob on the guns. OSL. My airbrush has a quite large pattern that's not suitable for this, and i'm terrible at doing it by hand.

Also, the yellow that can be seen on the guns was a light OSL, but majority of it got hidden by the exhaust smoke

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Mostly rainy Saturday, so i managed to lay down a bit more painted.

Continued work on the command squad.
First, the standard - really happy to see the text is readable. Sadly i wasn't able to get rid of those thick margins around. Thinking of using a cotton bud dipped in nail polish, but a bit risky...

And the rest of the work

Thanks for looking!

**ruprecht**

I love everything in this thread. Gorgeous work.

**Gitsplitta**

Nice progress. Excellent work on the banner.

**Azazelx**

Yeah, your fantastic work continues to impress. I also agree with you that not everything needs to have OSL.

**ciuncky**

Thank you all, guys. by today i should have a few more updates for y'all. Most probably completed stuff

Trying to wrap up, the Grave Wardens will be delayed. I need a break from this scheme, and 40k Mechanicus will follow

**ciuncky**

Right! So, bank holiday here in UK, so a bit more hobby time.
I hope you'll all forgive missing photos from intermediary stages.

First, a group shot of the last few weeks' work

The drop pod is not really finished, needs the plastic base glued and a few touchups, but it made for nice decor

And if Forgeworld teached me something, it's that they are incredibly good at designing BACKS

A few more pictures can be found on the Completed thread, here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/653941.page

As for the Deredeo's head, i snapped it off and will repaint, without OSL. Too small of an area for airbrushing

Anything to say, shoot!
As usual thanks for looking

**Gitsplitta**

I think your weathering looks fantastic... most notably on the drop pod.

**ciuncky**

Thanks mate! I am quite happy with how that turned out as well.
I tried not to apply as much on the smaller figures as it's quite easy to turn them into moving pieces of rust (as i have done with some old Grey Knights)

**Gitsplitta**

The only army I currently spend much time weathering is my orks... and even with orks it's pretty easy to get carried away.

**Plains of War**

looking great! love the dread! I do think that the cables need to be a different colour than then the armour. just a minor pet peeve of mine. Otherwise those models came out extremely well!

**ciuncky**

Gitsplitta wrote:The only army I currently spend much time weathering is my orks... and even with orks it's pretty easy to get carried away.

Haha, tell me about it. Here's my (offtopic) second painted squad of termies, and first attempt at rust and weathering. I call them The Forgotten Brethren

Anyway, no updates on your Bad Moon orks in a while

Plains of War wrote:looking great! love the dread! I do think that the cables need to be a different colour than then the armour. just a minor pet peeve of mine. Otherwise those models came out extremely well!

Tried black before, but wasn't really fitting the overall scheme. Red or green were out of question, as those would provide too much contrast. I'd probably end washing the cables two or three times more, to darken them more than the armour

**Gitsplitta**

I think those look fine man. My stuff is way too squeaky clean to be believable... but I have so many painted figures I just can't bare the thought of re-doing all of them.

**ciuncky**

Shameless self-promotion

The Mechanicus thread is now live. Feel free to stop by and throw cookies!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/663053.page

On-topic, i have started work on the 5 Grave Wardens and the Contemptor - which sadly still misses his hands, and i can't decide how to outfit him

I really like the fist+keres combination. Whaddya say?

**ciuncky**

A bit more work done today. Some green laid out, Mechanicus Standard Grey for the metals and all washing done

Next step will probably be bronze on both Contemptor and Wardens

**Knightley**

'hunngh' that weathering on the death guard I can't handle it.... it's too good!

**ciuncky**

Thanks mate, appreciated! Nothing like your clean Grey Knights, eh?

**ciuncky**

All right everyone, quick update here.

Decided to arm the big guy with a melta and claw, specific to Death Guard.
The idea is to model him with the fist clenched, holded backwards, gaining momentum to bury someone's face

And a side capture, for a better view, of course final pose will slighly differ as nothing is glued yet

Bronze is pretty much finished, just needs an agrax wash and some verdigris locally

And a close up, showing work completed on the sculpted battle damage

Remaining battle damage will be done as on other models, with a sponge and powders
Next up, more washing and touchups

No advancement on the Wardens as of yet

**Gitsplitta**

Nice progress!

**ciuncky**

Pf.... I've just realised i forgot to paint the molecular studs. They were just sitting there...

Thanks Gits, appreciated as always!
Seems i got myself a loyal customer lol

**Gitsplitta**

Absolutely ciunchky! And darn glad to be so!

**Knightley**

Agreed with Gits, a very worthy blog to be a loyal reader of

really liking the Contemptor specially how you are weathering it!

**Stormwall**

Loving your dreadnoughts. The damage and weathering came out nicely.

**ciuncky**

Thanks gang, glad to see people enjoy my work!
Now i just need to find some acolytes

And some minions to pedal on the air compressor

**Brennonjw**

these look amazing, though I am partial to my own death guard...... most of whom are not all that well painted

If you don't mind me asking, how are you doing the off-white color? I've seen it done so many ways that by this point, I'm just curious

**ciuncky**

Thanks dude!
It's basically FW's paint scheme with a twist

So, white undercoat, then local spots painted with Ushbati Bone to darken the wash.
The wash is then applied, 50/50 Sepia with Medium for small figures and 20/80 for large models such as the contemptors and the pod.
Last step is to add a layer of watered down Ushbati on the middle of the plates, and an additional one - more of a thin line - on top of that, once it dried.

Granted, i skipped the last step on large modes as the Sepia was already watered a lot.

Then weathering, damage was done using pigments and dirt on the bottom was done using FloriModels wash.

Hope this helps, and best of luck with your huge DG force!

**Azazelx**

The WIP stuff is looking great!