Building " the Bloodborn" a grand army of chaos.(13/03/15)

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**Adamski Alders**

Personally in my opinion the gold outline around the Chaos Star on your Rhino's rear door makes it look a lot better but also a tad more ornate. Your Newborn looks very angry and about to hurt somebody so I'd say its a brilliant job you've done on him. Cant wait to see more.

**tomcat31**

Cheers dude. I'm thinking that the possessed dread needs to be tackled next. Also I have a desperate plea for help.
I've looked everywhere I can think of for images of "notha etassay " and slaaneshi blade dancers, only to draw a complete blank.
Unfortunately they make up a significant part of honsou's army, so leaving them out isn't an option.
Does anyone know of any images that could help me?

**Adamski Alders**

I'd love to see your work on the possessed dread as your work on the other parts of the Bloodborn have been awesome. With regards to Notha Etassay I've drawn a complete blank, google has nothing at all so I think its time I reread my Ultramarines and Iron Warrior Omnibuses and check the descriptions of them.

**tomcat31**

Tell me about it. Although I'm seriously considering ordering the finecast callidus assassin and converting that. Then using dark elves/dark eldar combinations for the blade dancers
Tbh it kind of makes my job a bit easier if there are no images. That way I'm not tied to a particular look

**Adamski Alders**

That is a very good point there actually, you could certainly make them your own. For the Bladedancers my first thought was Dark Elves/Dark Eldar Wyches or similar. Its kind of hard not too when they are described as Slaanesh worshipping Bladedancers. Just had a look at that Callidus Assassin and think you'll be on to another winner if you do decide to go down that route. I'm definitely going to be looking forwards to your next updates.

**tomcat31**

Ordered the assassin and some eldar/dark eldar bits last night. Hopefully they'll be here for weekend so I can crack on.

**tomcat31**

Well. My assassin arrived today. So I've begun work on notha etassay.
I started by removing the pistol. And rotating the wrist. I then removed the sword arm and the long pony tail thing as one piece.
Then came the tricky bit. I cut the hair away from the arm, repairing some of the detail as I went, then re attached it at a different angle.
Added a small plume to the head, and some modified elder swords. Hey presto, phase 1 complete.

**tomcat31**

Also started m'kar the thrice born. The Daemon prince in the possessed ultramarine dreadnought.
He's still very much wip, and only tacked together but it should give a rough idea of what I'm doing.

**Adamski Alders**

Wow and Wow for both of those mate. That Dread just looks so ridiculously awesome. Much better than the image I had in my head after reading the novels. Can't wait to see more updates on these two.

**tomcat31**

Ok so this guy isn't really a relevant part of my army, he's basically only for dark apotheosis rolls on the chaos boon table.
He's basecoated shaded and stage 1 of the layering is done. I'm pretty much using him for practice before tackling my possessed dread.
As ever all comments appreciated

**Adamski Alders**

Another awesome job so far mate, especially those eyes on that second picture. It makes it seem like he has a very piercing gaze that can see right through you, its brilliant. You have got to tell me the colour or colours that you used for them.

**tomcat31**

It's actually very easy dude. It's white scar with west design blue calligraphy ink over the top. I tend to use a lot of calligraphy and drawing inks instead of gw washes, they're cheaper and you get more per bottle.

**tomcat31**

Today I've been dividing my time between m'kar and the daemon prince. The dp now has a decent base, and most of the painting done. I'm just waiting for the rain to stop so I can seal him before the final highlighting.

With m'kar I've finished the build and started the painting, he's in pieces ATM so some imagination is required.

**Adamski Alders**

I'm not usually a big fan of deep dark reds as the main colour but it works brilliantly on your Daemon Prince. I feel like I'm running out of adjectives to describe the awesomeness of your work so far because M'kar looks like he's going to be another fantastic conversion for your Bloodborn as well. Can't wait to see more.

**tomcat31**

Thanks dude. Due to work commitments I haven't been able to get much done today. However I can offer up another sneak peek of m'kar. And a slightly better image of notha etassay as he currently stands. Plus a gratuitous group shot of my favorite characters so far.

**Bobaram**

Much better image of the Notha, what kind of paint scheme are you going to give her?

**tomcat31**

Erm. Him. Lol. I still need to de- feminize him a little. Although, breasts on a slaaneshii male would not be out of character.
In the books he is described as wearing a black leather bodysuit, so I'm going to go down that route. However I have an idea to slaanesh it up a bit. Maybe an " oil on water" kind of black?

**Bobaram**

That would be a good look, I'm loving the warpsmith by the way, I still want to see the Doc Oc version you said you were going to make for your son.

**tomcat31**

I'm afraid he's had to go on the back burner for a while. He'll be back though. I just need some killa kanz to finish him off.

**tomcat31**

Full progress report on m'kar. Blu tac really does make the world go round

**Adamski Alders**

That Dread looks bloody awesome mate. Between him and the others I will admit that I'm now officially jealous of your conversion skills.

**tomcat31**

Lol. Tbh dude I'm not doing anything you couldn't do. It's just trial and error really. Once I get an image of the finished model in my head It comes easily.
Will post update pics tomorrow once I've done some more detailing. Today has been mostly layering and shading.

**tomcat31**

Well, I'm at the stage where m'kar is ready to be glued properly. Sealing and highlighting are still nneeded. Sorry for the poor images but im currently stuck using my ipod

**Bobaram**

Very Come at me Bro! I like it.

**tomcat31**

Cheers dude. I'm not too sure about the blue. Loyalist colours aren't my strong point. Lol.

**Bobaram**

It's quite vivid, which is more than a normal Ultramarine according to the ways some people paint them. But he's a Demon! He's allowed to have altered the tone a bit for more awesomeness!

**tomcat31**

Well. My blue palette is fairly limited dude. I have macragge blue, which I can tint up or down, and a cobalt blue ink. That's pretty much it.

**Bobaram**

Like I said, works for me man!

**tomcat31**

Thanks dude. Now I just have to build up the detail.

**tomcat31**

M'kar is nearly finished now. Just clearcoating and some final highlights to go. Plus I started notha etassay by applying several coats of irridescent medium. Over which I will apply a black ink wash.
Will upload better images once my ipad is charged
Again, all c& c welcome