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There's some exciting goodies, and baddies, there. But I'm loving the skittering evil in the final pic.

Nice use of the Armiger chassis, that is gonna be a warpish conversion!

Big pipe tank looks quite steam punkish to me . Walker... crawler... scuttler? is coming along very nicely too. I'm always amazed at your creativity. Doesn't always do it for me, but when it does, well, that's why I frequent your work . Don't let it stop you completing your Dakka Painting Challenge boys in time though!

Some really splendid conversion work there monkeytroll.

Cheers,

CB

Nice builds you have going.

tinfoil - Many thanks! Interested myself - I started that one purely because I knew I had to get some Nurgle love going for the armigers, and all I knew was it needed more that 2 legs

graven - Cheers chief! I mean, I love me some tank action, but it can't compete with giant skittering things right

Viterbi - Warp-forged and pox-ridden!

Arakasi - I'll happily take a steam-punk vibe - there's the odd touch here and there in my nurgle boys. Totally get that - if everyone liked everything I did then it probably wouldn't be me doing it Let's face it he main draw on this thread is probably just to see what the feth I'm going to do next - good or bad And I'm planning on getting them done - the whole point of entering this year was to make sure I competed something

CB - Thanks a lot!

Doc - Cheers!


So a bit more on the Nurgle brothers...




Had to go back over the studs - I washed them all with contrast gulliman flesh rather than flesh wash - it spread a bit too far out, although doesn't look that bad in the pics. Also spilled the whole pot of gulliman, luckily I was just in tracksuit and that absorbed all of it.

Need to go back over the reds - after I'd highlighted them I thought it loked a bit stark for cloth - wanted a kind of velvet feel, so I tried a 'wash' with the other contrast paint I own (well, only one now), volupus pink. Toned it down too much, so need to highlight back up again. Also contemplating what to put on the badges,

And have 2 colours I'm still debating - the barrel on the rifle and the edge strip on the glove. I was thinking either black or green for the glove, but not sure as it's next to the black/green robe. No idea on the barrel - I've veered from gey to black to various metals to green.

Then just need to finish all the shading/highlighting, tidy up the details, and decide on bases. Sensible choice only going for 2 figures this month


Whilst I had paints out I made a start on the tank hunter..





Early days still - and I forgot that I was going to have some green panels on there before I started on the first round of weathering. May go back and make a couple of panels on the track units green - or may keep it all black, not sure yet.



Go some armour on the salamander variation...



Including making a gap for the main weapon - which is a bit backwards as I haven't decided which piece I'm using yet.... The gaps in the reinforcement strips have since been filled.


And started to figure out what next for the big scuttler

Two main options presented themselves for the carapace. First one was previewed back when I first started looking a the armigers, using tyranid carapaces.




So started thinning down the front edge so that it would be a closer fit to the torso.




I like this one a lot, and the 'nid carapaces tie in with the blight drones that use them, but with the legs I feel might be a bit too much 'nid...


Other option that first occurred was a bit more...fleshy



Whole carapace got a layer of Bugmans glow, a few splodges of red, then a coat of good old Tim Holtz crackle paint over the majority - leaving a few bits like vents free.




This then got an application of yellow ink - I'm using W&N calligraphy ink here as that gives the best result on this scheme I've found - but it's not water-resistant, so needs to be sealed before letting an other paints come near for fear of bleeding colours. Got some large cracks in this time that haven't filled with the ink so well - not surprising as I went for a nice thick layer. May try a thinned white int there before another ink wash, but not convinced - that may just spread white under the layer too. Might try a very careful painting of white in just the largest, may just do another ink wash.

Pretty sure this is the version I'm going to use with the fly head - original plan was to add three thin strips of armour going back from the front to around the mid-point, and have the suppurating flesh showing between them, but I think I'm just going to go with the bare flesh now.



Thanks for stopping in...

 monkeytroll wrote:
Whilst I had paints out I made a start on the tank hunter..

You call that a start? It almost looks done! (I'll be back to comment on the rest)

Plenty more to go, even if I don't go back for the green panels

And as an added bonus, that little skiff thing I showed a couple of updates ago...






Of course it wasn't a skiff, it's a third blight drone. Slightly different configuration to the other two - originally I was aiming to make it closer, but just wasn't feeling it, so went this way. It did end up a bit bigger than planned - I kept adding length to the body when I should have been starting the tentacles. Oh well.

So much fantastic work and inspiration, gods I've missed you, that drone is looking amazing.

Brilliant progress ! The nurle brothers are full of personnality and the tanks are starting to make me consider starting an armored company based on that chassis...

I love the third blight drone You do know, that you have to hold it flying over the battlefield all the time and making buzzing noises when playing, right?

Oh lord your bugs are nasty
Those Wings are stunning

Wow. Does that magos have legs from the ol' Mongoose Starship Troopers ABS bugs? How long have you had those knocking around?

monkeytroll wrote:Not just tanks getting the love though.

Spoiler:

Johnny Five is alive!

Love the quality and sheer quantity of kitbashes and conversions here. Heck of an exhibition.

Cool idea using the Mechanicus terrain as a cannon! It looks suitably over complicated and inexplicable to mesh well with the grimdark future of warfare. The weathering looks good, too.

And I agree, those wings and the flying bug are top notch.

Cam - Hey buddy, thanks for popping in. Good to be back, and feeling good about my hobbying again.

Kernel - Thanks, but I think the personality lies more with the sculpts than my colouring Think of all the fun you van have with an armoured company....

Viterbi - Cheers, it didn't come out as planned, but hey-ho Have to put him down sometimes so I can woosh the big one overhead...

graven - Can take zero credit for the wing effect, that was just the plastic. And I've never seen it do that before, must have caught the light just right as I was shooting...

Vermis - He does indeed - to tie in with the blight crawlers he oversees Sadly I'm running low on them now - not sure I have enough for another trio of skittering things, so have to ration them out now. Thanks a lot!

Riddle - After all, what is a laser but a very bright exhaust... Again, can't take credit for the wings, and they'll never look like that again now anyway - they got covered to fit in with the other 2 drones. I have a few sets of those wings, so there'll probably be a transparent set somewhere along the line - just need to shade it carefully.



Didn't quite finish the nurgle brothers, but getting closer - confident they'll be done in time.












Not the best pics as they were taken in bright sunlight. There's been a little more progress since.

Still to do : highlight the glove band - went for black in the end. Highlight all the studs. Possibly re-touch silver edge highlights on bits of the armour - it doesn't all show well. Brass bands on the rifle. Haft of the scythe.Clean up some overspills. Inner hood of scythe bro. Highlights on rifle stock. Potentially some powders.

And finish the bases.



These have also now got some colour on - plan was't to decide on bases til tomorrow anyway, so technically I could say I'm ahead of schedule


Drone started to see some colour too..



Not so happy with the build on this one, but he'll do. I'll try and finish painting the trio before starting in on another flight, but that might be tricky, plenty of ideas buzzing around at the moment...


Salamanders both ready for paint.






Actually - still needs a trigger for the autocannon - technically not a legal loadout with the flamer, but I couldn't find a heavy bolter that worked - and that bothers me no longer anyway.

Whip aerial is a bit dodgy - couldn't find any suitable wire, so went with some thin plastic rod - not sure how well that will hold up over time..
Hooks on the side will be supporting spare track links. There will be a bit of stowage, and several things hanging of the frame-work.







Again - needs a trigger. And also needs the hinges finished on the little folding table - keep forgetting those.

As with the other, there will be more stowage and equipment on the sides and the framework - all added post-painting.


And started work on the weaponry for Fly-Head Armiger



Let's start with a bit of bio-tech for the barrel.




And we'll need to make those ammo containers look a bit more like liquid containers - a couple of .80 plastic strips (had to double to get it proud of the surface) should form a band to hold the container in place. A quick search through some EMA bits finds an end cap that fits with a bit of cutting, and a thinner strip to hide the join.





Then we can chop away at this Nurgle guy's backpack - get rid of those odd bits of armour to get a smoother join, and get rid of the gubbins on the side to get a thinner profile.




Then we can attach that to the back of the gun. Add a bit of wire to sculpt the rest of the feeder pipe onto later - not going to be able to sculpt that as I go.

And there we have a suitably nurglitch weapon. It's a little large, but not overly so.

That is...until we remember we're using 4 legs on this guy - the rear legs do get tangled with the pipe and heads hanging from the rear storage container

Option 1 - remove the rear container and feed a pipe from the under storage tank to the rear of the gun.

Option 2 - leave it as is and use on another guy. Stat a new gun for Fly-Head, and this time take note of where it's actually going...


I'll probably go with option 2


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Great gun, and option 1, tbh.

I disagree, I love the rear canister, I think the gun is worth saving in it's present form!

Great work on all the things.
Tank hunter has really come together with some paint.

Does the tank have to be attached to the gun? Could it be positioned elsewhere and longer hoses run to the gun?

Bummer. The gun looks awesome, though. I say go for option 2.

graven - Cheers. And I think you're right. Came back to it in reminding and it just didn't feel quite right, so off it came!

Gwyn - Thanks appreciate it, but see above - plenty more options for that tank though, it'll re-appear.

Doc - Thanks bud! Still haven't decided whether to go back and add the green panels - I'll probably wait until the salamander scouts have some colour on and see how it fits with them. Good question - after pulling it apart I toyed with the idea of having it on the back of the torso, but wasn't feeling it for this guy. It's a possibility for his gestating bipedal brother though.

youwas - Not to worry, these things happen a fair bit when you just dive in and start cutting and sticking bits. Not the first time and certainly won't be the last I've made mistakes like that


Nurgle bros pretty much complete now, pics are from earlier...









Actual bits left at present are the small matter of scythe bro's head... ...still need designs for the badges, maybe add some bronze or brass to the broken star, a faint glaze on the big rock, and a touch of dead grass. Easily accomplished tomorrow. He says confidently...



The little bloat drone for a bit more work



Get him to the same stage as his big brothers and then I can finish them all together and figure out how to base them.


Whilst in the frame of mind of repurposing tanks and that - pulled out two more chimeras belonging to those foolish lackeys of the corpse-throne - I also started changing allegiance of a few random marines I had floating around...







And whilst the colouring set was in play also pulled out this guy...





Remember me?

Yeah, he's getting some love again - although as I was working on bits I found I probably need to look at rd-doing the turquoise, it's fairly shoddy in places.


Obviously some time was spent playing with bits, a few bits stuck together, but not much to show just yet.

Apart from maybe this guy...



Some sort of Nurgle land-strider...

Concept is a mount for a 'Herald' type character - likely a corrupted or even demonic one in this case. I have a few similar character ideas floating around - a marine type in a waking platform, possibly using the big primaries type dread from Conquest (I have to find something to do with that monstrosity), a more human type - part of the Filth Columnists - riding a Leman Russ popemobile, you know, the usual stuff.

monkeytroll,

Your two entries for the Painting Challenge are looking very nice.

Is that an old metal Chaos Dreadnought in the centre of that...[imperial officer speak]"thing"[end imperial officer speak]

Cheers,

CB

Keep on fiddling with your bits sir! Looking ace. Love seeing that whippy dread again. Your nurgle bros just make me want to get the new Herald on Horseback fig all the more.

Dang, love love *love seeing that old school chaos dreadnought head in play!

CB - Thanks! Indeed it is - hellbrute legs with old chaos dread torso.

graven - Always It's been staring at me and judging me for lack of progress... There's a herald on horseback? Damn figure producers and new figures...

tinfoil - Cheers! It is a fun sculpt.



Nurgle bros complete. Some minor work done since these pics - proper photos tomorrow.











Chopped up a few bits of tubing...




Grabbed some wheel type bits




And now we can make a little platform for some weapons...




And some star mines...





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Wheels were a bit chunky, so filed them down a tad...





Glued the wheels together - this is why they needed filing down a bit - and added a strip of plasticard





Thicker tubes glued to little tubes, then attached to the wheels...




Then all put together





And a little wheelie car...where's Chorlton?





And the other classic walker...



Just playing, but there's some potential there...



And legs in place...



Exhausts and feet just placeholders for now.


And the other body...





And a wee skittering beastie...





And a really wee skittering thing...



This will be a companion for Fly-Head, will be getting a similar broken flesh effect.



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Nurgle bros came out great! Looks like some stiff competition this month. Love the walkers, especially watching it come together. You move so fast...

You build like lightning! And, if you're doing Chorlton, I demand a Fenella The Witch!

Great work on the Nurgle guys and their bases! Love the walker with the little metal body, looks a bit like the out-of-water fish in Futurama

It’s scary how your mind works to create these critters. All in a good way, but still scary.

That weee little bug at the end needs to look like a mutant lady bug. Nurgle colored of course .

Arakasi - Cheers! As always I look at the finished pics and spot a load that could have been better - but I'm loving the fact that I am compelled to finish models Fast to get the basic build down - now it all slows down as I try to get the details right and get sidetracked by the 40,000 other ideas tugging a my mind

graven - I partially build like lightning See, now you've started another sidetrack running in my head - reckon a goblin head would make a good basis for the little old lady - maybe even go for a gritty re-boot version

Viterbi - Thanks a lot! That would actually make a good basis for some sort of aquatic nurglesque thingummy...

Theo - But surely it's obvious those bits should go together? And you know that's exactly what I like to hear - flattery will get you everywhere Well, that one is going to be a test for the suppurating skin with crackle medium on a tiny scale - I have some plans for it on shoulder pads etc if it works okay in tiny patches. But that's not to say that will be the only version - I'm thinking these are little mechanic servitors, possibly adding them on bases for certain bigger models.


And the two champs finished, with pictures as promised..

J'aq and D'aq Grimspite - mercenaries who joined up with The Scourge a couple of centuries ago.

J'aq the Pruner:








D'aq the Hunter















Rims could do with being a bit neater, lenses weren't the best, J'aq's boots could have down with another was to pull them out of the base, straps could have done wit another highlight - and one bit of strapping was missed. But I'm fairly happy with them, and as mentioned above, his is helping keep me motivated on actually getting stuff finished, which was my main motivation for joining the challenge this year, so in that regard, very happy

In the three months I've been back I'm fairly sure I've actually finished more than I had in the previous several years - long term followers will be well aware of that

Still need to drag out my lightbox and start to get better pictures too.


Next round's theme is retro - so plenty for me to play with there, time to start thinking on what to do...

Little skitterer is precious. The brothers are superb. Also loving the work with the old Sentinels.