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**Gathering Storm**

Hmmm... I'm normally a Tzeentchian guy, but Thunder Baron sounds fun. I'm looking forwards to see what kind of a gruesome demise you shall grant me.

**whalemusic360**

Your DA and Blackhand pad, along with the DA Techmarine pad for DSS, are on the way.

**Miss Dee**

Left power Sword

**inmygravenimage**

Hola peeps,
I've updated the list, but I'll leave that in a spoiler block for those that wish to peruse, and leave the pics after.

Chaos legions

Spoiler:

And a few dodgy pics to boot:
Horns for the Horned Locust (former Mantis Warrior)

A couple of views of the Night Lord - can't decide which way up I prefer, though the sword kindly offered by Miss Dee may resolve that:

Some bits for the Black Legion for giraffex, who I think is going to be a pile of severed parts:

And WM360's Fallen Angel (I can't believe I have a whole SM on this base. That messes with my head).

The shoulder pad's just a maybe, depending on what WM360 has winging my way! Not sure about the bolter, does it work?
I did a detail shot, which vaguely shows the great big hole in his chest, but it was pretty rubbish, so I won't bore you with it.

Later,
graven

**GiraffeX**

inmygravenimage wrote:Some bits for the Black Legion for giraffex, who I think is going to be a pile of severed parts:

Looking good, that is a nice long tounge!

**DarkStarSabre**

*Whistles*

Very nice work so far mate...

But the bolter on WM's Fallen Angel?

Hmm....possibly cut the arms more and make it look more slack, otherwise it looks more like a statue than a corpse!

**inmygravenimage**

^ I agree; too static. Will be rectified!

@giraffeX glad you like tongue

**Miss Dee**

Power Sword in the post

**Reaper Man 2020**

Looking good! They will be a nightmare to pack into a carry case! Can't wait to see my depiction, sounds particularly Reapery!

**inmygravenimage**

Reaper Man 2020 wrote:Looking good! They will be a nightmare to pack into a carry case! Can't wait to see my depiction, sounds particularly Reapery!

Too true!
Funnily enough just did your shoulder pad. I'm anticipating a lot of skulls...

**monkeytroll**

Nice work. I assume this means your little nurgling is letting you get some sleep now.

Like the idea of GiraffeX being a pile of severed parts (in model form anyway

)

I think Miss Dee looks better face up

WM's left hand should be posed to lie slack on the thigh rather than still grasping the bolter methinks.

**inmygravenimage**

^ I agree on all counts. Miss Dee will be slightly less nut-blasting though. Also, simply by virtue of balance, WM's left is more under the thigh, though I've remodelled the thumb accordingly; I've swapped the right arm for an outstretched one with hand flamer, which looks far better. L'il ones are generally sleeping rather more, indeed, thank goodness (waits for Fate to slap me with a large fish...)

**logg_frogg**

haha! This thread is awesome!

I'm sad that I'm only joining in now!

Since my primary "Black Legion" is already spoken for I would quite happily be slain as a World Eater if you would have me

my second choice going to The Purge

Keep up the awesome work! I didn't think I would ever say that about slain chaos warriors

**inmygravenimage**

Logg_frogg, I really appreciate that you think my meanderings are awesome. The World is yours to Eat! Even though I think a frog themed nurgle csm would be cool... Dear old papa nurgle actually seems woefully underrepresented just now, come to think of it. Hmm.

Not much new to report - debating swapping WM's other arm a power fist, gs'd some wings onto the skull on Miss Dee's Noght Lord, bout all really. I'm going to try to get some basing materials on to all done so far to date. I am working on a complex trade just now for a Defiler, which is partly for bits but also for a project I've had planned for... oh, years really, but have never been able to justify. Like I need another distraction!

Later peeps,
Graven

**Miss Dee**

The power sword has a pad and icon on it so just wait until it arrives

**inmygravenimage**

Quick late update:
Had kids all day, herself doing work stuff, got an hour ish at end there to do some odds and ends, might update before work (boooooo!) tomorrow.
Status (brief!)
Progress:
Fallen Angel remodelled again - possibly move, on apothecary base? Would they take the gene seed from one?
Cabling etc on Violator
Thunder Baron built
Angel of Ecstasy built
Work on Extinction Angel pad
Black Legion built

In bits:
Skulltaker
Extinction Angel
Thousand Sons

Still to start:
Red Corsair
World Eater
Word Bearer
[Khorne Possesesd]
Dark Wolves
Death guard

Until tomorrow,
Graven

**whalemusic360**

They may be interested in why such a DA looking fellow would be so corrupt. Typically the only chapter dealing with fallen da are the da themselves.

**Gathering Storm**

Looking good there. Also, I shall return the favour of you having a mutilated Thunder Baron represent me. Choose a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter and I'll turn it into my Dark Mechanicus "Experiments" (lovely cabling and Chaos Iconography).

**inmygravenimage**

Mentor legion, my friend. Go team owl! Sounds cool, btw. The thunder baron has certainly had experiments on him, too. I tried a totally random idea, and it really worked. Pics later assuming kids bed down ok.

**Miss Dee**

They must be a whoot

**BLACKHAND**

Looking awesome Graven, I love my corpse!

...wait that didn't come out right....

**inmygravenimage**

Miss Dee wrote:They must be a whoot

BLACKHAND wrote:Looking awesome Graven, I love my corpse!

...wait that didn't come out right....

Glad you approve

Another day, another excuse not to prepare for an interview.

So...

You'll notice this batch of terminators have the worse case mould lines ever. Truly, truly shocking. Anyway, I'm much happier with the Fallen Angel on the base of this guy. And for some reason, in my head, beakies always have power fists (it's no RTB1, but still), so this arm loadout feels better, too.

Angel of Ecstasy - minus back detail (repaired shortly).

More pics later guys, need to make some food,
graven

**monkeytroll**

There seems to be a distinct lack of base under that Fallen

Probably why he fell in the first place.

**inmygravenimage**

Ok, I'm back.
Speaking of which:

In one of life's little quirks, the gs has shaped itself oddly... Appropriately

Thunder Baron - this guy just came together in my head:

And this was just a whim, here's the underside:

Black Legion fella, not happy with the angle of the pistol hand.

Bit more progress on the Violator and his psnoiser.

A shot that I forgot to do: the Emperor's Children termie on his base -

And finally, some progress on the extinction angel's pads:

Hey Ho gang,
Graven

**monkeytroll**

Nice work again

Love the cables coming out of the Thunder Baron.

The psnoiser looks fantastic.

Where's that scythe from? Rackham?

**inmygravenimage**

Glad you like amigo. That was actually v3 of the sonic weapon - after a hk tube one & a really odd attempt made from a chimera dozer piston - figured that I owed the conversion king something special

Scythe is from a Cryx Soul Hunter, a relic of my former gaming days. I think I need to thin out the gs haft a little on the pad. I'll also try another version with the pad from WM360.

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Oh and expect to see more corpse cabling

**monkeytroll**

Ahh, Cryx was my first guess, then I decided it looked more Rackhamesque, not enough peforated metal

HK and dozer piston are both good bases to go with those chaos weapon heads. And that makes it sound like me too, trying a variety of different weapons to get the right one. I also like he way he looks as though he's only mildly perturbed by being halved. "Ok, so that'll slow me down a bit I guess. On the other hand I've got an excuse to get those Robianno 13" Slim-line robo-heels fitted. They're just so lush."

Have you tried making a handle for the pad scythe out of wire?

And always good to see some classy corpse cabling

**inmygravenimage**

^ Laughed so hard wife wanted me to explain that.
...

Joke failed to translate well :(

Corpse cabling will appear on many of these guys, though I might mix it up with a variety of gauges of wire - and, yeah, will try that on handle. Yeah, it is quite rackham esque, actually. Loved confrontation, hated to part with mine (still got a tarascus!) but dirz make excellent dark eldar gribblies to the right buyer.

Anyone would think that gw took advantage of their demise to blatant rip sculpts.

But not me.

Oh no.

That would be slander.

Yes.

**monkeytroll**

Oh, now I have to make a marine in power-heels, I have just the parts to make it outrageous

If I'd only known that earlier when I made a bits order, I'd have got some pwetty-boy BA heads

Yeah, I liked the dirze stuff, never really picked much of it up, but have a bunch of the 'wolfen' (I've forgotten their real moniker), destined someday to become part of my slaaneshi beastmen.

**Gathering Storm**

They look fantastic, Graven. That Violator is just brilliant, with that amazing Psnoiser which ties model together, and I think the way that you have connected the weapon to the marine is rather clever.

Now, the Thunder Baron! It looks brilliant. It's as though he was ripped apart before being finished off by the GK. Nice use of cabling and neat posing have created a rather cool model.