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Love the Keeper of Secrets build and the Herald on Chariot. Very cool stuff.

- Blackbone

Hey guys, been slow going with real life and all.

Let me know what you think of this, I was trying to get something going for seekers or fiends.

Hmmm. I want to reserve judgment until it is painted. I see a lot of things I like (the claw, the icon on the gutplate) but it feels a bit... lumbering?

Somnicide wrote:Hmmm. I want to reserve judgment until it is painted. I see a lot of things I like (the claw, the icon on the gutplate) but it feels a bit... lumbering?

Yeah-to be honest I don't like the thing as a whole because:
-it does not mesh well
-it has no appearence of speed

I think the idea is cool, and I like trying to connect it to the soulgrinder, but I can't really make this work that well. When I have more time I may rehaul his legs. I am not sure what do do for seekers/fiends. The models are pretty uninspiring for both and I really don't want to buy metal models that I don't like if I can avoid it.

I like this model but im goin to agree with Somnicide, it doest seem lumbering and arent Slaanesh supposed to be graceful and such?

Well, you see pretty good with green stuff so I will share my idea for seekers with you - I am cutting daemonettes at the torso and then using a bit of wire and green stuff turning them into naga like snakes on a cav base.

I don't have any pics yet but I have one test model down and it is okay.

If you need to make seekers then maybe some of the new ravenor parts may help?
The whole snake like body with a daemonette on it would work well, and shouldnt need much GS work.

Yeah, I can't wait to see them - still a bit of green stuff is much cheaper than 15 dollars per ;-) Why, that is almost a dollar a point!

Update: sawing ogre in half.

I think this might be cool..I dunno I'll have to do it before I know.

Hey, this thing grew a snake sail.

I dunno:


also eyes.

Well- despite some luckwarm replies to the snake/ogre/demonette, and my own apprehension, I went ahead and prepped five more of them. I think they will look pretty cool as a unit. And they fit the rest of this army rather nicely.

I also started (read: have been working on/off for a few weeks) on a Great Unclean One. I found an old metal monster I had (from VOR maybe?) and went to town.

That being said I think I have almost every unit I am interested in. I am going to bite the bullet and buy another ~40 bases from MAS for the demonette unit (6x2=12 strong, I would have liked them at 6x3=18 strong, but I used 6 for the seekers), 8 more bloodletters (armored ala Psychosis PPC), 14 more plaguebearers (these are left over kroot and bloodletters I have, I am not gonna waste them, but it'll be awhile before I get to converting another batch)

The only thing I MIGHT want at this point is another unit of horrors. I really want to finish what I still have before buying more though.

I should type out a full model list at some point. It's pretty ridiculous how fast I accumulated these dudes.

And of course, pictures will be forthcoming

Wow. I failed with the pictures.

Here's what I am working on most recently. I need a bit of feedback though.

Which leg/torso layout looks best?
1.


2.


or
3.


In 1&2 the legs are "upright" but the rotation of the torso varies. In version 3, the legs are backward bending. The torso also has one cannon arm built. I am not sure if I want the other arm to be a CC weapon or another big cannon.

I like the backward-bent legs. They give the model more of a hovering, swaying, hunting feel, making it look more animal.

tinfoil wrote:I like the backward-bent legs. They give the model more of a hovering, swaying, hunting feel, making it look more animal.

Glad you think so, that's what I ended up doing:




All magnetized. I just need to clean a few mold lines and do a bit of gap filling. I think a few areas need more cabling/chain to complement the rounded forms of the demon/robot head.

Here's the individual bits, with less blur








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Here's some stuff that I finished and may not have posted:
Bloodthister:




Soulgrinder:



Undercoated Bloodcrushers:




And a WIP GUO (I can't help myself):

Whoa-been a long time.

I finished six seekers and thew together some demonettes. I just need to clean up the seekers a little here and there (mostly covering up the neck nub with some spikes or cables or whatever tech junk).













I also started (and mostly finished) a Slannesh DP. He is a really simple repose of a Confrontation model. I really like the look and didn't want to change it too much.


Next up is a unit of armored Bloodletters, eight strong of course (ala PsychosisPPC).

I dig the slug bodies!

Galloping worms!

they seem a bit thick.

enmitee wrote:they seem a bit thick.

Sort of, they are not consistent in thickness, which is mildly troubling, but to be honest I really am proud of how the whole unit came together. They look pretty dynamic and sell the "rushing forward" thing pretty well. It makes up for their sort of lumbering bodies.

Thanks for all the comments guys. I am going to try to finish the armored blood letters pretty quickly. I am not sure I needed a third (!) unit, but they are fun. I would totally pay for an upgrade that let me armor them with a 4+ armor save, that'd be pretty sweet if broken. At least it will look cool and I can pretend they are higher up in the demon hierarchy.

Also the GUO is coming along slowly. I need to make him a big rusty sword or nasty flail.

So here's those armored Bloodletters, first two torsos:


(I actually finished all eight but the rest are less exciting. I am gonna put some more armor plates on them I think)

And some heads:


The arms are coming from the Warmachine Bastions:

But those are still in the mail.

What are those wings from?

Morgrim wrote:What are those wings from?

The Chaos Spawn sprue

Here's the fully painted army (actually the Horrors need their rims painted):



I also did a lot of work on the armored/upright blood letters, but the bitz for their arms have not come in so I am sort of sitting on my hands.

Smallish update:

(testing my light box)

Here's some 'crushers. The contrast looks really off. I am still working out the lightbox. Anyway-I think they are pretty much done. Still deciding if I want to do the trim in bronze or silver. I sort of like it red.

Quick (pictureless) update:
The Herald on Piranha is about 95% done. I did some really neat work using gauche; I am not sure my camera can do it justice, but we'll see.

I finished three bloodcrushers. I thnk I might go back and do some more of the trim in gold/brass, particularly the shoulders on the front legs.

I guess I haven't posted any progress shots, but I am just about finished with my demonette horde. The Seekers are still in progress. Similarly, I started on the KoS.

On the assembly/conversion table, the elite bloodletters are just flopping about. I got burned pretty badly by the ebay store I got the bits from and they haven't come in. I have been waiting for over a month; all bitching aside I guess I might as well just extend the Hellblades with some brass rod and call it a day. The GUO (which I think might have some progress shots in this thread) is coming along, I worked on the wireframe arm but still not much progress on his weapon. The Slannesh DP is done and ready for an undercoat. I still need to make a disc for my other Tz Herald. Still in the pipeline are more plague bearers. I think that covers everything I have purchased. I am pretty sure it also covers everything I plan to purchase for this army.

Which brings me to my next point: I am hopefully going to wrap this up over the summer and finish off my Flesh Eaters with the release of the new BA 'dex. I know I will be dropping at least 100$ on the new boxsets, because I am a blind idiot. I am going to try to unload some WHFB stuff, but I don't think I am going to manage to let go of my Lizardmen, which are legitimately the only army I ever finished and my first army.

Anyway, if you dudes have some comments on my painting, my conversions, or my planning, let me hear it!


edit: OH MAN! I forgot the Soulgrinders, one is finished (pictured above) one is primed and the last is still only assembled. I think I am going to plop all three on CD bases, mainly because the upright 'grinder is so top heavy and I want to have them consistently based.

Too many words, here's an update. Just need to do the bases.

And we are finished with another troop choice!

What up dudes.

Have some Bloodcrushers:

I think I have a bit shy of 2000 points in that picture.

Still have a ton to finish.

My latest modeling project is the "armored bloodletters" which I am now thinking of using as "Paladins of Malal". Basically I want to have them stand in for any troops choice. On that note, I am also painting up a soulgrinder of malal. Black and white halved schemes own.