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...So you were all like, 'i don't know what to do for DE objective narkers.' So you just made something incredibly cool. Frak you, dude.

Seriously they look great, man.

Went through this whole thread in two days. I was amazed at your work man!

So, here's the Kabal of the Drowned Gardens on display at the Kowlooon City Plaza mall here in Hong Kong! There are some White Scars in the case too but we all know who the stars of this showcase are . I was too busy with work to help with the display setup but the FLGS staff did a great job in arranging all the mini's in a cinematic battle scene. The reflective glass made it difficult to take good photos, but I was told that some people showed up with fancy photo equipment and took some better shots (I'll try to put a link to those up once I find out where they've been uploaded). All in all it was fun to see my mini's on display in such a public space and watch all the people going up to have a closer look!

Fantastic Jon, must be really exciting to see your work up on display for thousands of people to see!

Mate, that is brilliant! Congratulations!!

Congrats Jon! This is quite the achievement and also a very high level of praise from your FLGS. I can imagine how getting such an opportunity to showcase your work must serve as great motivation to keep painting. Now that your favourite army is encased in glass, what do you intend on working on next so you can actually still the game?

He's going to do Infinity or face my wrath, DG.

Seriously though, new Infinity painting competition starting very soon. I was wondering if you'd be applying this time, Jon? It's been a year since the last one.

Awesome work mate. Wish I was there to see them in the flesh.

That looks awesome. I need one of those display glass box for my man cave.

Wait, you were talking about the models not the display glass. Just kidding, of course. Great models deserve great places. Well done Jon.

Great work Jon, I have been through that Mall a few times, and all I can say is the sheer number of people that travel through there on a daily basis is just phenomenal, its great that you have this opportunity to promote the hobby to such a large amount of people.
I was wandering, also, what your next project might be? do the new Tau kits take your fancy? Because I would love to see you paint a Tau army, I think you would take the blue men to new levels of awesomeness!!!

Congrats on the awesome display. The white scars look nice too. Have you ever battled against that particular army? I'd love to see a battle rep with those two armies!

Damn.... I just read this entire thing....

Coolest blog thing ever

10/10

Inspired my CSM.... Thank you


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 Tech Guard wrote:
Great work Jon, I have been through that Mall a few times, and all I can say is the sheer number of people that travel through there on a daily basis is just phenomenal, its great that you have this opportunity to promote the hobby to such a large amount of people.
I was wandering, also, what your next project might be? do the new Tau kits take your fancy? Because I would love to see you paint a Tau army, I think you would take the blue men to new levels of awesomeness!!!

Agreed 100%

Agreed 100%

Thats two requests Jon, don't want to let us down.

aaaaaaaand I'm back! I blame the combination of Borderlands 2 and a few good friends who have made career changes that allow them more free time . But wow that game is fun to play with a group of people ! On a related note, a few of you dear readers wondered if I would think about painting some Tau. Borderlands 2 has actually given me a bit of a urge to paint up some Tau in the bright yellow Hyperion color scheme from that game (led by Handsome Jack as an Ethereal ). The rumors of new Eldar models in June also raise interesting possibilities.

Anyway, before anything new I wanted to paint these guys up because I like the conversions so much that it seems a shame to let them sit unpainted.

Good to have you back Jon.

Looking great as always!

Jon, have you been playing the expansions for borderlands 2? My wife and I have been really sucked into the newest True Vault hunter mode in combination with the downloadable stuff. It is a fantastic game. On top of that, its hilarious! Pretty soon they'll be releasing another class to play as, then we'll have to play it all again!

Hooray - almost done !

Still need to do the fur, the rust and some minor details. At first I thought the ratio of copper to turquoise parts on the liquifier grot was a bit high but it all turned out fine after I applied washes to everything.



@IceAngel: I haven't bought the Season Pass yet but definitely plan to!

looking good
btw if you want more rat ogres i have a few of the IoB ones I'm not gonna use

Looking good, Jon. I really like the one on the bottom with the mechanical hand. It looks very sinister. Your DE really are a gem. Your new stuff never ceases to impress. Any chance of seeing a few more character models?

Yay! Glad you are back into it. Those beasts are looking top notch.

These two guys are complete! The fact that my Mechromancer is now level 61 did contribute significantly to the delay . I still really like how the fur looks in photos. I don't know if I've said this before in this thread but in my head these Grotesques are so furry because they were originally captured Space Wolves .







@CalasTyphon216: Thanks for the generous offer but I'm done with the Grots for now. I've got eight of them and am pretty much out of ideas on how to make them look unique! What I would appreciate is any spare Battlesuits if you've got any lying around since I'm thinking seriously about that Borderlands 2 Hyperion Tau army idea .

@Darth Bob: I've got a stock GW Haemonculus model but haven't painted him up because I like the way Sara (my Haemonculus conversion) looks so much more. But I may paint him up eventually since I often find myself having to using a Wrack model as a proxy second Haemy.

@Casey's Law: Thanks, I hope they look even better now!

Another major victory for all Jon-kind!

Nice work mate... they are as spectacular as the rest of your force!

Looking as good as the rest of the army. It's a really nice scheme.

Everything is nicely done, from the skin tones to the worn armour to the scars/wounds/stitches to the fur and the metals.

On that last one, the metal of the blades, a kind of dull steel look that's been used but not corroded, what's your recipe/technique?

Looking as great as the rest! A really phenomenal army!

Your grot with the two blades really makes use of being on a raised base. Makes him really imposing!

Excellent work Jon, the wounds and fur look amazing.

This is definitely one of the best DE threads around. Great painting and great conversions.
Kudos for using old DE parts, I've never found any use for them.
And the wounds on the grotesques look properly angry. Brilliant.

Lovely to see them all finished up. They look great, as always.

Will this post title help this thread over 200k views ? Let's just leave Dakka's tastes aside and say that whatever's under that bodysuit probably requires a NSFL tag . On a different note, I am really grateful at all the continued support this thread has received. I know that 200k isn't in the neighborhood of a Gitsplitta thread , but it is an indication that several hundred people around the world are consistently following along. I still think that's pretty amazing given how niche our hobby is. Anyway here are the Haemonculus boobs you all came here for. As always, all comments and criticism welcome !



You can all credit/blame Darth Bob for this one since he commented on wanting to see another character. As I said in a previous post, I needed to paint up another Haemonculus for games so I was going to do a quick job on the stock GW model. So I chiseled it out of the sheet of "Finecast" flash it was encased in and started cleaning up the parts and test fitting them. But after a while it occurred to me that I really wasn't very keen on the stock pose and I wasn't very excited to paint it. The main problem being that the Haemonculus is just sort of holding stuff out like floating coat rack.

So, seeing that the "corset" on the model looked a lot like the one worn by my first female Haemonculus conversion I decided to try and make a sister for her. It was after I had hacked away the top half of the model and was whittling away at the upper torso of a Wych that the whole conversion started to seem a little ridiculous. I was trying to "dock" a set of miniature breasts into the upper torso of a male model and they weren't fitting very well ! I thought I'd gone and ruined a model on a whim and also realized that Finecast models are a bit too expensive to chop up without a plan.

But after several hours of careful fitting and rummaging through my bits box I think the result was worth the effort! The pose I settled on is the Haemonculus getting ready to casually jab a syringe into a Grotesque to regulate the chemical cocktail raging through its body.

I'm sure "Haemonculus Boobs" will receive lots of attention

Looks like an excellent model in fact I prefer this to the original version, looking forward to see her with a lick of paint