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Hi guys, minor update mainly cos Im a bit peeved. A friend was round with her kid the other day and he decided he was going to 'play' with the Gorehound while my back was turned. Cue the model being dropped and the head being trampled on ( by me I might add as I went to investigate the noise) Well......frack!

Messed about a little tonight and changed the leg plates to something a little more substantial looking and tried my best with the head. The StormTalon and Dread bits that were on there are usless now as they took the brunt of my size 10's. :(






Also made a very quick start on a possible weapon. Ill need to order a few more bits but I think it may work. Basically Im gonna mirror what I have already done here with the Landraider engine parts and the Ork gun. Hopefully itll resemble a Flamer/Plasma type weapon

Let me know what you think?

Ouch! I've always said that a kid's capacity to destroy and crush should place them on top of the war weapon list...

The new legplates are looking very good. Perhaps should you fill the slots with some plasticard, but otherwise they're great!

Biohazard wrote: The StormTalon and Dread bits that were on there are usless now as they took the brunt of my size 10's. :(

Do you have pics of these poor broken bits or did you dump them in an acess of rage? If anything can be done to restore them, I'd be glad to help you (there's not many thing that heat, pliers, plasticard an GS can't cure )

How awful!

Biohazard wrote:A friend was round with her kid the other day and he decided he was going to 'play' with the Gorehound while my back was turned. Cue the model being dropped and the head being trampled on ( by me I might add as I went to investigate the noise) Well......frack!

Yikes! I physically cringed at that description...

That said, the "improvised" head looks kind of interesting as well! My only nitpick would be the rather expressionless eyeslit, but apart from that, there's definitely something there!

Hope this ends well, buddy! As a small consolation, I plan on finally getting those Marine bitz out the door and in your direction tomorrow

Thanks guys. Hyenajoe, I've managed to somewhat salvage the dread part but the Storm bit was a goner. I'll order another one at some point and try again. The Plates on the shin will be filled in. All the defiler plates and LR plates will be. I think for now though I'm going to put this on the shelf (a high one) for a bit as I'm kinda burned out with it. I'll come back to it in a while and who knows what changes I'll make with fresh eyes. For now I need to start making time for painting.

Kraut, I know exactly what you mean about the eyeslit. Like I say I'll come back to it later.

Oh and also I meant to say I've sent a few things your way. Nothing like the major bits dump I sent last time but a few things you could possibly use in your Traitor Guard / Inq 28


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Knocked up another Skull Champ for the 2nd Squad of Zerkers (yet to be built) And started a really rough Skull Champ for the Teeth of Khorne (Havocs) I have planned. The havocs will have mostly ML and HB's.





And the 3 Skull Champs still obvioulsy WIP. I need to GS the 1st Squad Champ and add a couple of Deteails, 2nd squads Champ needs a lot of clean up and the Havoc Champ is very very WIP.



Rough Tooth, Needs Khornifying.

Biohazard wrote:Oh and also I meant to say I've sent a few things your way. Nothing like the major bits dump I sent last time but a few things you could possibly use in your Traitor Guard / Inq 28

Awesome! Thanks, mate!

Those skull champions are coming along nicely! I love the head of the left guy, that archaic Chaos Warrior faceplate works so well with the bunny ears! The Havoc is looking great as well. Seems I will not be able to resist building my own teeth of Khorne much longer...

I hope your painting exploits extend to Krueger the Undying. Simply cannot wait to see that guy finished!

Poor Gorehound...Ouch...

Anyway, good work so far!

Thanks buddy, a quick update before I start painting.
Built another rough Havoc these arent finals just basically a proof of concept.
'Shoot over there!!'



Skull Champ Krixus
'Imma Skull Champion, Imma stand on something and look awesome!'




I should add Krixus will have some skulls in his left hand and his sword will probably be changed for a chainblade.

Krixus and Khorda

Awesome! Khorne Havocs sound awesome to me.

Also, I had a brainwave, in case for some whacky reason you wanted a Sorcerer Lord: the War Priest of Khorne.

Basically, he doesn't use psychic powers or sorcery, but rather he prays, bellows and screams praise to Khorne, and if he is lucky Khorne answers his prayers in the form of a fireball in the enemy's general direction.

Biohazard wrote:Skull Champ Krixus
'Imma Skull Champion, Imma stand on something and look awesome!'

And he does

You know what would look awesome in his left hand: The severed Daemonette head from the GK kit!

Squigsquasher wrote:Awesome! Khorne Havocs sound awesome to me.

Also, I had a brainwave, in case for some whacky reason you wanted a Sorcerer Lord: the War Priest of Khorne.

A Sorceror Lord!? In Khorne army! Blasphemy!! Nice name for a Khornate Chaplain though

Krautscientist Im going to be using that bit with one or two more heads attached Its on the Havoc Champ at the moment.


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Krueger the Undying, Paint in progress

Absolutely stellar kit bashing in here!

I loooooove the daemon princes and have quite enjoyed the evolution of the titan over the course of the thread!

Cheers!

The big guy is coming along nicely, mate!

Those claws are looking brutal. Looking forward to seeing the finished piece!

Great work, Bio!

I find it kind of funny that some of the most inspiring blogs I follow are all chaos - you, KrautScientist, tipios, GiraffeX, GuitaRamus.... What is it with you guys?

Thanks for joining us Logg_frogg.

Yellowbeard, its not just Chaos threads that are appealing to you. Its Worldeaters threads! You know what you have to do Thanks for the kind words, I take just as much inspiration from those guys as well.

Heres where I left the painting of Krueger tonight. Thoughts on the claws?







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Looks great! One thing it might benefit from is some verdigris on the brass to go on the brass.

If the Chaos Codex is any good I might start a CSM force for my second army-Emperor's Children, mind you. So many opportunities for disturbing Noise Marine conversions.

Looking good, buddy! The highlights on the claws could be even bolder, in my opinion. Personally, I wouldn't try painting lightning dancing across the claws, though: The chances of it ending up looking goofy are simply too big. But that's maybe just my cowardice speaking

What are you planning for the panel to the right of his head? Screams for a World Eaters symbol or something like that

Great work so far!

Squigsquasher, Thanks man Im not too keen on the while verdigri look as I m pretty sure Id screw it up Id love to have a force from each of the 4 Legions, especially obviously Khorne and my second favourite Nurgle. Im not into fat tentacled Nurgle though. :/ Ill just have to wait and see if the other legions get some new plastics

Krautscientist, Ill give the Claws another pass of highlights soon, Im the same with the hesitation to do the lightning. I cant get a decent picture of Krueger yet though it always seems to bright and washed out. The panel to the right will have a WE symbol in the same style as Wade Pryces as I really like the simple glyph style. Ill wait until Ive practiced that a bit though. :0

Great idea about the symbol! Definitely looking forward to that! Concerning the photos, try taking them in front of a slightly darker background (light grey or light brown instead of white). I noticed that white background tends to badly screw up my photos, so maybe it's the same problem here

WIP on the DP axe.



And unfortunately these guys are still on my painting desk.


Hopefully I'll have them finished soon.

Great Work Bio! That DP is looking awesome.

Ps. the claws on the dread turned out really well

Biohazard wrote:And unfortunately these guys are still on my painting desk.
Hopefully I'll have them finished soon.

Don't feel bad about it, mate! I usually find Termies a chore to paint as well

The models are coming along nicely, although you might want to focus on getting the Dread done first: When I managed to get my first Dread completed, that gave me a boost in morale that lasted for a while and carried me through some less interesting projects

Looking forward to seeing more!

Not bad advice that mate. Ill try and get time to finish him up and get some decent pics, I swear that red is nowhere near as bright irl. I had run out of blood red so switched to what is supposed to be the match Evil sunz scarlet. Im not so sure they match lol.

*Just checking in*

Nice progress

 Biohazard wrote:

Heres where I left the painting of Krueger tonight.

Ever thought about going for a black head instead of the red? You've got a lot of red on him already and black would look pretty sinister...

This shows the reds slightly more true to life, I just changed my phone and for some reason its having a hard time getting the reds right. I thought about changing the colour of the head but Im not too keen tbh. I am possibly thinking of painting the inserts behind the Khrone symbol and the other shoulder black though. Just to break up the wall of red. Thanks for the tip though Rawson.

I have to admit though that these guys are on the back burner just now and when I can get time Im working on my Star Phantoms instead. I WILL get back to them soon though.

The most up to date pic of the dread.


Due to a case of insomnia I've switched DoW2 off and started throwing bits together again,

Something wicked this way comes.....





NOW, I'm not exactly sure about this mock up, part of me likes it and part of me thinks it's cheesy as all hells nut sacks. I'm looking for some feedback as usual. Usual apologies apply for making another head mockup

I should also add that I've placed an order for a certain set of bits from the Ork Stompa kit. I'm not too sure of the scale but I thought I may as well see how it looks. As to what 'it' is, I'll leave you to guess among yourselves.

Do something to get rid of the extra eyes, and blend the whole thing into the muzzle more (maybe turn the eyes into nostrils?) and I think you'll have a winner. Add a little drool, some paint, and it'll look awesome.

You could be onto something there with the nostril suggestion. I really like the advancing pose of it in the last pic. I'm thinking I carrying on the serrated trim on the faceplates to other parts ie the LR 'shoulders' and possibly the hip plates.

 Biohazard wrote:

Something wicked this way comes.....

You know me, I love everything you do, Biohazard. But not this time. That thing has got to go! It doesn't fit the style of the rest of the titan at all: it's organic, has tusks, and stone trinkets tied on with rope. Now, the overall idea isn't so bad (I think you were even discussing a mouthy part earlier in the thread), but it needs to be more teeth "a la FW chaos Reaver" and not WHFB Great Maw.

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

Wow! Just wow, buddy!

While I understand some of Rawson's concerns, I think that this looks fething awesome! I would definitely keep the design, maybe with some slight alterations. But it's basically a representation of the World Eater's legion badge -- what's not to love?

Here's a couple of suggestions:

1.) I agree 100% with Anvildude: The eyes need to go! The nostril idea could go over nicely, although it could already be enough to get rid of the eyes. I took the liberty of doing a quick and dirty mockup in Photoshop:



I think it's great how the focus changes back to the single eye. Still, it will be a challenge to make the eye pop enough, but it should be possible. It also looks much better without the goofy face
You could even sculpt an eye socket serving as a connection between the maw and the rest of the face for an even more cyclopean look. LIke so:



(Please excuse the horrible drawing!)

2.) Rawson is right that the mouth seems a bit too organic for a Titan, but then that could easily be worked out by painting it in bronze or brass, to show that it's an ornament and not an organic part. And after all, it's a Chaos Titan we are talking about here -- there's quite a bit of design leeway, methinks

3.) I would get rid of the stones hanging from the tusks. You could maybe replace them with something more fitting (trophies, icons, chains, whatever). As it stands, the stones are one of the things screaming "Ogre Kingdoms".

All in all, the design may need a little work, but it really clicks with me. Where some of the other ideas were interesting but incomplete "design studies", this really has the look of a finished head.

You've got me on the edge of my seat again, buddy. Good job!

P.S. It's a pity the Dread gets relegated to the backburner again, since he's coming along rather nicely