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Thanks a lot guys, I really appreciate all the kind comments - It definitely makes it worth taking all the pictures and updating.

I messed around in PS with my army list, just for fun:

Love your work as does just about everyone I know :-) although slightly bummed as I was planning something very similar with the decimator and forgefiend parts myself! Oh well, I just now have an excuse to go back through your entire catalog of amazing conversions and see if something inspires my own twisted mind! this is going to be simply an amazing project you're undertaking again Guita and each update I'm happy to see something else so creative, it appears you are Dakka's premier warped converter and Dark_gear is our Tyranid specalist, imagine if you two had kids together! omg! the models......

 nerdfest09 wrote:
...it appears you are Dakka's premier warped converter and Dark_gear is our Tyranid specalist, imagine if you two had kids together! omg! the models......

I lolled. Particularly since just a couple of days ago I was writing to DG that very thing. Well... up to the baby making bit!

Awesome work. Those kit bashed demon engines are just amazing. And everything seemingly goes together as if those bitz and pieces where made for this and not from different kits.

If i had the money to spare i would steal many of your ideas instantly as those beasts are what i envisioned my chaotic warmachines to look like.

Argh now i'm tempted to spend a lot of money to kitbash build my own still unbuilt defiler ...

some really inspiring work here, I really like your take on a lot of the engines, dreads on sentinel legs always look good, your use of the leg plates make them not look to spindley.

cant wait to see some paint on them.

Absolutely fantastic work! Prepare to be plagiarized repeatedly.

Thanks a lot guys.

You should feel free to steal any and all of my ideas for your own creations - that's the whole purpose of having this blog, to inspire others. I do appreciate a link to this blog, if you copy a whole concept, though.

GuitaRasmus wrote:

You should feel free to steal any and all of my ideas for your own creations - that's the whole purpose of having this blog, to inspire others. I do appreciate a link to this blog, if you copy a whole concept, though.

Well that's good, because I'm definitely going to be making my own version of those brilliant Possessed you did a few pages back.

Stop it Guita! You're killing me! This stuff is so amazing!

The Demon Prince is wonderful. I really didn't know what to do with the shoulder pads from the Forgefiend, but you make it work so well. The face with the mechanical mandibles (that's the word, isn't it?) is my favourite part.

The Defiler is the most awesome take on the concept I have EVER seen. It's clearly a Defiler, because it has the multiple legs and the huge cannon. But the way to use those tentacles make it look less like a a warmachine with a tank cannon and more like a deep sea monster about to tear someone's face off.

The Maulerfiend is easily one of the most vicious 40k walkers I've seen so far. I love how you used the unimpressive body of the FW Slaughterer and made it so much more menacing just by putting it on some real legs.

I'm a sucker for Dark Mechanicus projects anyway, so I'm in love with the the Terminator Lord . Though I'm wondering: Why a T-Lord and not a Warpsmith?

And those bikes. Oh my Gork those Bikes. I'm surprised the Doomwheel fits so well on Bike bases. I might have to use that fact for something.

The least impressive thing is the Squid, but that's only because I've already seen it done. However, since you switched it around and now have engines exhausts where the eyes could be, I can't wait to see the finished product.

That Hellbrute.... It's not the first time I see a Dreadnought-torso on Sentinel-legs, but it looks awesome everytime anyway. I'm almost surprised you went with the regular head. IMO it's the weakest part of the Hellbrute.

And lastly, the Decimator looks a lot less goofy with the Forgefiend guns. Gotta find something to put mine on as well.

 Anung Un Rama wrote:
Stop it Guita! You're killing me! This stuff is so amazing!

The Demon Prince is wonderful. I really didn't know what to do with the shoulder pads from the Forgefiend, but you make it work so well. The face with the mechanical mandibles (that's the word, isn't it?) is my favourite part.

The Defiler is the most awesome take on the concept I have EVER seen. It's clearly a Defiler, because it has the multiple legs and the huge cannon. But the way to use those tentacles make it look less like a a warmachine with a tank cannon and more like a deep sea monster about to tear someone's face off.

The Maulerfiend is easily one of the most vicious 40k walkers I've seen so far. I love how you used the unimpressive body of the FW Slaughterer and made it so much more menacing just by putting it on some real legs.

I'm a sucker for Dark Mechanicus projects anyway, so I'm in love with the the Terminator Lord . Though I'm wondering: Why a T-Lord and not a Warpsmith?

And those bikes. Oh my Gork those Bikes. I'm surprised the Doomwheel fits so well on Bike bases. I might have to use that fact for something.

The least impressive thing is the Squid, but that's only because I've already seen it done. However, since you switched it around and now have engines exhausts where the eyes could be, I can't wait to see the finished product.

That Hellbrute.... It's not the first time I see a Dreadnought-torso on Sentinel-legs, but it looks awesome everytime anyway. I'm almost surprised you went with the regular head. IMO it's the weakest part of the Hellbrute.

And lastly, the Decimator looks a lot less goofy with the Forgefiend guns. Gotta find something to put mine on as well.

What a wonderful comment - thank you very much, I really enjoy when someone gets inspired from my work. My thanks!

WARNING! WARNING! EVIL SCIENTIST ALERT!

Your creations are amazing and I really enjoy how sinister they look, and the skitari look particularly evil with those gasmasks.

THEY'RE ALIVE!

Thanks a lot.

I've played a few games, and I feel like I wanted to change up a few things - this is the new list:



So these questions remain:

1) How do I make an awesome biker lord that looks great with my evil wheels?

2) I'm going to use Thallax cohort for my noise marines - what do I about terminators then?

Any inspiration, links or thoughts are welcomed!

1) You could make the lord a counts as Lord on a juggernaut, and fashion some beasty means of locomotion.... whether they be tentacle or leg. An added benefit is that the jugger has a huge dreadnought base to work from.

2) thallax are huge, make them your terminators/oblits... make for noise marines some other shock troops with weird looking guns.

 Meade wrote:
1) You could make the lord a counts as Lord on a juggernaut, and fashion some beasty means of locomotion.... whether they be tentacle or leg. An added benefit is that the jugger has a huge dreadnought base to work from.

2) thallax are huge, make them your terminators/oblits... make for noise marines some other shock troops with weird looking guns.

Actually, they're not that much bigger than a space marine, according to the forge world pics - I would rather have them be a bit bigger than space marines, and make the terminators even more bulky.

GuitaRasmus wrote:

 Meade wrote:
1) You could make the lord a counts as Lord on a juggernaut, and fashion some beasty means of locomotion.... whether they be tentacle or leg. An added benefit is that the jugger has a huge dreadnought base to work from.

2) thallax are huge, make them your terminators/oblits... make for noise marines some other shock troops with weird looking guns.

Actually, they're not that much bigger than a space marine, according to the forge world pics - I would rather have them be a bit bigger than space marines, and make the terminators even more bulky.

Well I couldn't argue with that.. bigger is better! Looking at those pics they certainly seem a bit larger than terminator size.

I imagine forgeworld will come out with a bigger model for mechanicus, i think I saw a preview somewhere.

They have some robot things planned, depends how long you want to wait.

 Meade wrote:

GuitaRasmus wrote:

 Meade wrote:
1) You could make the lord a counts as Lord on a juggernaut, and fashion some beasty means of locomotion.... whether they be tentacle or leg. An added benefit is that the jugger has a huge dreadnought base to work from.

2) thallax are huge, make them your terminators/oblits... make for noise marines some other shock troops with weird looking guns.

Actually, they're not that much bigger than a space marine, according to the forge world pics - I would rather have them be a bit bigger than space marines, and make the terminators even more bulky.

Well I couldn't argue with that.. bigger is better! Looking at those pics they certainly seem a bit larger than terminator size.

I imagine forgeworld will come out with a bigger model for mechanicus, i think I saw a preview somewhere.

I promise, I'm not trying to argue, but I'm usually pretty good at seeing things like that, and I was convinced that they are about the same size - I got curious, and I jotted this size comparizon together - they really are EXACTLY the same size as terminators:



They don't look as heavily armoured though (as I recall, they have a 4+ armour save in the Heresy book), so I thought they were more fitting as an Astartes like robot.

Perhaps do it the same way you've done with your bikers, with those wheel-y things. It just has to be bigger and look more evil, as well as have more tentacles.

Man, this bike lord is a difficult concept to pull off - I've made a VERY rough mockup, and could really use some opinions - am I on the right track, or should I go another route?

I'm not sure Guita. From the front it looks very cool... but the plasma cannon on the far side seems odd. From the driver's side it just looks kind of confusing, but that situation might resolve with good paint job. I'm just not certain that the big wheel and the bike mesh well together. One or the other... OK, both... meh.

I'm liking the asymmetry of it- makes it feel more like I think true Chaos ought. Though I do somewhat agree with the plasma cannon's positioning being off- perhaps just front mounted before the marine, or possibly hanging off the smaller side of the bike- then have a forward swept scythe blade or lashing tentacle out where it's mounted now.

First, I've been lurking on this thread for forever... amazing work. I'm totally ripping off your ideas as I type...

As for your biker lord mock-up... thank God its a mock-up! LOL

If you want to follow the same stylistic theme as the bikes, just throw a hydraulic arm opposite the weapon housing with the appropriate close combat weapon of choice.

If I were you, I'd take that evil looking Tron bike the marine there is standing on, hack off the marines torso, and fuse him to the bike. Kinda like those filthy loyalist AdMech dudes with tracks for legs, but this is a wicked evil Tron bike and inherently superior in every possible way.

PS: If you want to do a parts breakdown on that bike, I'd gladly have your virtual children... well, find a good surrogate mom for your virtual children , seeing as how I lack all those girl parts...

Very inspiring work, these are great creations, the daemon engines are awesomely unique!

The tentacles on the Heldrake have bamboozled me.. why haven't more of these appeared, they are sick!!!. It fills in da gaps A perfect MISSING LINK.

I'd have to agree with Gitsplitta. One or the other. Having seen your mockup, I'd say that perhaps the lord being suspended between two wheels or something along that train of thought may work.

I'm with Gits on this one. I love the wheel, and I love the bike but, I feel that it's going to be hard to sell the two together. I like the idea of cutting him to fit the bike and a GS cloak over some biker legs.
If you want to keep the wheel, try rotating the plasma to the other side to see if you can balance it out with some trophies or other fabrications.

Hmm, I seem to be the only one actually liking the mockup a lot, precisely because it's so unconventional...

- the huge wheel itself is already perfect. Those huge spikes would make for a rather bumpy ride, of course, but reality be damned - Rule of Cool and all that

- I also like the smaller, "bike like" construction to the side. It makes for a good base for the champ and immediately communicates the fact that this is not just another regular "bike".

- I think the Chosen model could really work well, depending on what you are going to do on its right side: What about building a fusion between pilot and machine there, having cables originate from the Chosen's body and plug into the workings of the huge wheel? That would support the already asymmetrical build and go towards the Dark Mechanicum look you are going for. You may also want to add some crazy cabling to the back of the champ's head, just because

- I also think the Plasma cannon could work, although I feel it needs more chaos: a huge daemon maw for a muzzle, or something like that. And maybe some additional cabling could represent how the champ is controlling the weapon less like a machine and more like a part of his own body?

Anyway, I seem to be in the absolute minority here, but I think it's a concept you don't see every day, and it really has a lot of potential!

EDIT: Come to think of it, you could easily replace the champ's powerfist with a wicked, multi-segmented weapon/arm hybrid, another lasher tendril from the fiend kit, or something similar...

If we go by the lore style of thinking, I think it could work. The wheels by themselves seem to be just robots specifically tailored to the purpose of driving around and gunning people down; with this the case, it would seem out of place to have one in this style and shape leading an army. More so, if he's supposed to be the armies progenitor, being a wheel seems a bit... well I don't think he'd be readily able to tinker with things much. Your current idea kind of reminds me, at least in concept of Krauts Biker Lord? A guy driving, and the Lord sitting in a sidecar? In this case, a giant spinning wheel machine, with a sidecar for the Lord attached?

Not 100% convinced just from the mockup, but hell! From your previous works, I know it's going to be awesome! Just make sure the Lord looks appropriately Mechanicus, and make sure his sidecar meshes well with the death wheel, and it'll look fantastic.


So what's going to happen to your previous lord? Could he work as a mockup for your Terminators, seeing as you're looking for ideas? Like, 5 mechandrite giants that look like him?

List looks fun and the army looks fantastic!

I would have had it so the entire bike and lord rider was inside of a slightly bigger wheel with space on the sides so he could still attack with melee weapons as well as being able to run things down with the spiked tracks. Sort of like a those cage's where you get moter bikes riding inside and they go near verticle but just fliped so the bike would still be the right way up. (sorry if that made no sense)

My first thought was that I absolutely loved that biker lord, I figure the right arm was all snarled up in tentacley goodness within the wheel. I can imagine him using it to bash things up on his merry travels. That got me thinking though, what if you put him inside the wheel and give him some new ridiculously large cc weapon or tentacles? Hard to say without see the concept but it could be fun.