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Lots of pics today -

I finally picked up a new batch of aquarium plants and finished up 6 weapon teams:



And the finished product on Inquisitor Coteaz - still working on Catachan fluff for this guy:


And a pair of warriors for the Inquisitor's retinue. Basically, I'm stretching the Catachan model range to its limits here to include every pop culture icon that looks anything like a Catachan in the unit. Any guesses as to who these two are? It shouldn't be too hard to figure out.


And I've started on the next army project - a World Eaters list. I've had a large Khorne Daemon army that's been sitting on the shelf for a while, and it's going to be rebased while I put together a World Eaters contingent to join it on the table. The premise of the list is as follows: There's an overlap between Khorne and Slaanesh that neither likes to acknowledge - particularly Khorne. And that overlap is Heavy Metal Music! (from the year M2 Year 982 or so on the Imperial calendar).

Skulls, beards, leather pants, fire, rage, homoerotic guitar solos, and amps that go to 11 combine to form an extravaganza of hate and anger that Khorne can't resist! I'm not sure what this overlap says about metaphysics of Khorne and Slaanesh, but I would guess that the new Daemonic Hatred: Khorne and Hatred: Slaanesh rules actually have a little Attraction: Khorne & Slaanesh wrapped up in them too.

But enough theory. The army's going to be all Khorne, with Khornish noise marines thrown in for the sound track. The daemon prince in particular is going to be a badass - he's based on the forgeworld model and this model:
http://loudwire.com/slash-riff-lord-award-at-2012-revolver-golden-gods/

The first few terminators are here - I'm using lots of beastmen parts and fur pelts to capture their bestiality.



Expect more over the top skull-o-riffic awesomeness.

That's all for today though,

Let me know what you think,

dan

Billy Lee and Jimmy!

I think you mean Bimmy and Jimmy Lee:





But moreover this is an awesome plog with some of my fav conversions, units, and armies ever!

Keep up the great work, I demand more awesome minis to look at when I should be working!!!

That didn't take too long. Yep, the double dragon brothers are officially in the regiment now. Now, if I can just find an Abobo model.

Thanks for the comments - I'll happily continue to dredge the depths of American 80's culture to populate my armies.

Dan

Whoa, this thread is really chock full of creativity! Subscrined.

Loving the pirates! And the Catachans are great too! As for Jimmy and Billy: You'll definitely need Lance and Bill (of Contra fame) as well. And an objective marker recalling a particular scene from Platoon (if you haven't done that already). And maybe a Predator as an Eversor assassin? Just saying...

As for the Khorne models: Some very nice ideas there! I especially like the guy with the Ungor head! One thing, though: As it stands, the other guy's banner pole is still clearly recognisable as an icon of Nurgle, so you might want to use something to cover that Nurgle symbol there.

Looking forward to seeing more!

Lots of crazy convertions and awesome army's in here, maybe the count as inquisitor is an catachan who joined an space marine chapter but got banned for some reason and got back to his old friends

I've got a trio of predators done up already - I was using them as antagonists in my kill team missions. I should perhaps rebase one to use as an assassin.

And consider the Contra guys done - that's an easy one.

Yeah, that is a Nurgle icon - I'll cover the center with something Khornish when my bits shipment gets here.

Here are today's updates - a trio of vending machines dsteingrass sculpted. FOB devil was getting a bit thirsty, so their amigos at Brawndo, Nukacola, and the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation installed nutrient dispensing flavor boxes. The Americana references just keep coming.



As any Doug Adams fans know, while the Brawndo and Nuka Cola machines produce a variety of things, only one things comes out of the Nutri-matic.

Hope you enjoy,

Dan


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And you get a second update today - I got a pile of work done on Slash, the Demonic Frontman for the World Eaters' speed metal band. Here are the WIP pics of him and his "axe". Of note, his mike is made of the drilled out head of a Blood Angels terminator. Acoustically, there's nothing quite like it.






More to come,

Dan

More work completed on Slash - He's almost complete now.





And a close up of his guitar "Intravenus de Milo"


By the way, I'm in search of ideas for the cultists for this army - I'm inclined to using hordes of female groupies. I'm leaning toward the blood vestal models, or maybe waiting for plastic GW witch elves, but both look a bit too fantasy. Any ideas?

This has been great fun - I've got a few details left and then the base, which should be arriving in the mail shortly.

Comments & criticism are welcome, except for "this is ridiculous and over the top" which is too obvious to be entertained.

Dan

If he didn't have the hat I'd say he could be the frontman for a Death Metal band. Or GWAR. Or Lordi. Ha.

Nice soda machines. They look oddly familiar...

The daemon prince is about done, but while the paint was drying I've put together a few more World Eaters marines:







The berserker kits are fun to work with as long as you have a decent bits box to church them up a bit. The terminators on the other hand disappointed me. The kit felt like it needed another sprue or two's worth of bits - there weren't many assembly options at all. There's definitely a huge difference between the GW kits of 3-4 years ago and those of today - much more value in the new stuff.

Dan

Another update for the World Eaters.

I finished converting the DV hellbrute today, as well as finishing most of the brushwork on Slash and starting my maulerfiend. Here are the pics:








And here's a groovy extra for the army. Brass dice for the Blood god! They're heavy, but they can be used as a projectile weapon in a pinch.


Let me know what you think.

Dan

Wow. The paint went on quickly and looks great! I'm really impressed!

The dice... just too cool. You could clear a pretty wide path swinging that dice bag around.

Yeah, the dice bag weighs about 10 pounds with 20 dice in it.

More World Eaters today - I finished up 3 mutilators.






Fun models to paint, although I didn't do much converting with them as you can see.
I'm almost finished with the first 8 marines - they were actually much more work to get together than the mutilators, as there's plenty to chop & sculpt on them.

I'm debating picking up a Storm Eagle for these guys - there's just something about land raiders I don't like - so they may be getting an air force in the near future.

More to come - the marines should be done tonight.

Dan

So I chopped up an Angron model. It hurt a little at first, but it got more fun as it went.

Anyway, I've developed my World Eaters idea a bit - it's going to be the legion at the site of their last battle on the Daemon world of Skalathrax.

With that being said, I wanted to put together a really impressive Kharn model - the original isn't much to look at - and Angron's model fit the bill. With Kharn having pioneered the rabbit-hat look, I knew the model needed one, but I didn't want to lose the Butcher's Nails or the great face on the original model. I think this helmet changes the look substantially, while still keeping the parts of the models I like. I left the pre-heresy armor untouched for the most part, except for the collar and the belt.
The collar looked a bit ridiculous, so I replaced it with a slightly expanded cloak, and the imperial belt was carved off in favor of more skulls (I'm a GW fanboy after all).

Finally, I lost the second axe in favor of a severed head - skulls for the skull throne and such.

Here he is, WIP:




I also ended up with a derth of valkyrie parts (apparently the FW vulture kit comes with a pile of extras) so I decided to rework some of my scratchbuilt thunderbolt "The Hell's Belle". She was rocking engines made of tampon applicators, and while they performed well enough, the actual engine parts look much better. In honor of her tendency to die ingloriously in most games, I've given her pilot the handle "goose".




Let me know what you think - there's more to come.

Dan

Kharn has his mouth set far too low to be natural looking. He's a also a it... Big. Other than that they all look great. Keep up the awesome painting and conversions!

Man the daemon prince is rockin'! if he didn't have an axe before his defiantly got one now

I'm offering this as constructive feedback, please don't take it as critical or negative.

I feel the Khornate helm looks way too low and should cover the nose of the model. That would also address the mouth being too low. Because the rebreather is too low, the cables going to it look more like chops (as in facial hair) than tubes. The skull in his hand could be a flamer instead since you are recreating a specific incident when Kharne flipped out and started killing everyone.

Other than that it looks really good! The model on top left getting hacked by Gorechild and falling away is brilliant! I really like how both Marines he is killing are completely unnoticed and disregarded by Kharn, they are simply incidental and effortless kills as he strides ever forward. I know that is similar to the original model but I can see where you've made changes and they work very well with the rest of the scene.

I think you are an insanely talented modeler, and you get waaay too much done very quickly

That Slash Daemon Prince is the most awesome thing I have ever seen on DakkaDakka.

Seriously. It deserves some kind of award.

You have earned a subscriber.

Hey all - it's been a bit. I've been visiting sunny Eloy, Arizona for the last few weeks; it's is a lovely place if you like rocks and desolation.

At any rate, on to the painting.

Skalk: you (and the others) are right about Kharn - the nose looks weird with the rebreather. I chopped it up and fixed it, and I'll have updated pics tonight. Additionally, I've started putting together a custom demonic flamer that's going to be slung behind his back, as it was used at Skalathrax.

Others: thanks for the love & comments on Slash - he's been brewing in the back of my brain for a while.

Here are today's pics:

First, I finished the guitar strap on Slash, so he's done. The only base work left on him is to add some demonic grass - I figure it'd be red on one of Khorne's demonworlds:


Second, I finished the unit of terminators for the World Eaters:



Fun guys to work on, although I liked chopping up Space Wolf terminators a lot more than working with the terribly out-of-date chaos terminators.

Next up, I'm finished with the Thunderbolt. The new parts worked wonders on sprucing her up, although I'm still not thrilled with the cockpit.



And that's all for today. Next up on the list, I've started work on Sedition Wars, and I've got a pile more World Eaters to finish.

Hasta Luego amigos!

Dan

Hah, love the new stuff!

My only criticism is that the facemask on Angron looks a little far forward. Could just be the perspective of the camera.

That Slash looks awesome! I wasn't sure about it until you painted it then I was like "Oh yeah that's the good stuff"

Alright, so Kharn is finished - minus a bit of mucking around with the casualties' shoulder pads and the addition of his flamer, which is still WIP. I'm happier with the face now - thanks for the C&C on the rebreather.






And one for scale - he's a big lad.


I'm stoked with the model. Characters are always fun to work with, but this guy was something else. For starters, he's huge! He really stands out in a squad, with or without the scenic base. Secondly, the quality of the model is incredible. I was pretty apprehensive about shelling out that much dough for one guy, but it was worth it. They really put some time into the details on his axe, armor and cloak, and with a bit of tweaking to Kharnify him, he's perfect - a real step up from the GW Kharn model, which is dated at best.

Anyway, I also finished up the test model for my Sedition Wars Samaritans. I opted for a Khaki color, with Marinesque epaulettes. I'm happy enough with the scheme, so I'll start work on the rest of them ASAP.


And that's a rap. I'll post more when it's ready.

Let me know what you think of Kharn!

Dan

Lots of progress on the Sedition Wars front today. I'd like to get the initial load finished so I can get a few games in - I'm OCD about playing with painted stuff.

The Samaritans are finished. They were easy enough, being smallish, generally armored models, and thus not requiring too many colors or too much time. No golden demon stuff here mind you - just nice, solid paint jobs for daily gaming use.







The sculpted bases that came with the game were a particularly nice touch. I can see the Samaritans being used as excellent Imperial Guard stand-ins, if you're into the Techno sort of trooper.

I've got a World Eaters Storm Eagle drying outside at the moment - expect to see update shots of it as well as the zombie half of Sedition Wars miniatures in the near future!

Dan

I've got WIP shots of both the World Eaters maulerfiend and Storm Eagle today. The Storm Eagle is a royal pain to assemble by the way. None of the long, straight lines lined up very well, and the doors & ramps all took a good bit of work to attach in an aesthetically pleasing manner. The finished model is awesome, but it took some doing.

As you can see, the multi-melta sponsons have been redone with pieces from the forgefiend kit, the driver has been replaced with a hard-wired juggernaut (complete with feeding trough!), and the rest of the ship has been tastefully redecorated in a "skulls and chains" theme, complete with a crossed axes icon on the wing that is going to become the warband's standard.







The maulerfiend was fun to assemble. I decked him out with pelts and icons to fit in with the boys, then gave him an Emperor's Children marine to chew the arm off of. He's happy.




Let me know what you think,

Dan

Well, after much work, the storm eagle is finished. It ended up being quite an undertaking.

I opted to stipple the whole thing to try for a warp-forged look, and I generally think it looks good. The camera didn't do it any favors, as it made the yellow top-coat much more distinct than it looks in real life. I guess I should invest in a shadow box. Whatever the case, the rest of the bird is done up in a Khornish sort of way, with chains and skulls aplenty.








In the end, it's a great looking kit from FW, although as I said earlier, it's a pain in the ass to assemble.

More to come! I'm working on the maulerfiend next, as well as more marines and the zombies from Sedition Wars.

Dan

I finished up a bit more stuff today - the Company continues to grow. Fluff-wise, I'm going to grow this army into an actual company, rather than the usual World Eaters warband. At the time of Skalathrax, there still should have been a pretty solid task organization in effect, albeit without any librarians.

First up, Kharn got some more love - another couple of highlights and some symbology finished on the dead World Eater. He still needs his flame thrower, which I'm almost finished with.


Next, I finished basing the first squad of 8 and added a few muzzle flashes to their pistolas, and I finished weathering the Storm Eagle. Here are both of them.


And here are a few terminator close-ups to see the muzzle flashes applied elsewhere. Heretic miniatures produces them in a translucent orange color that's pretty easy to make look awesome.



And here is the hellbrute I chopped up a while back. He's red, angry, and ready to draw plenty of fire.


And finally, here's the Company as she currently stands. There's still plenty of work to go, but she's coming along.


Well, that's all for today. I've got the maulerfiend under the brush now, so he'll be ready next, and then it's off to work on more marines.

Until next time,

Dan

Thats a sweet Kharn model. Nice to see Angron getting another use You have some really interesting ideas on this blog. I will be watching to see how it unfolds. Keep it up

I finished up the maulerfiend last night. As you can see, he's in the process of disarming an Emperor's Child.

The only thing that might be left on this guy is adding snow on his base - a step that would involve the entire army. I'm not sure if Skalathrax is only cold at night, or cold all the time but only cold enough to kill space marines at night. It's a fluff question I'm sure nobody can answer, so I'll figure out what looks better and go that way.

Anyway, here he is:





I'm not super happy with the warpforged look of the Storm Eagle, so the rest of the war machines (not being space-borne) will get a more traditional red paint job.

Dan

Your models overflow with greatness, please keep putting stuff up. Love the rock show and that maulerfiend is pure greatness

I love that Mauler! Especially the base.