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Very nice minis, the Gorehound is imposing and menacing, though you may be right about the chain blade...what if you made a longer arm for it?? And you nailed the Smith, with his mecha-tendrils and everything (never thought of that use of necron arms).
I still get to wonder where his head comes from...

Thanks guys, I'm really happy with how Zephon has turned out. The Gorehound is closer to the image I had in my head when I first started this project but there's still a way to go yet. I figure it's taken over two years to get it to this point there's not much sense in rushing it now.

Legio Ultra, it was Krautscientist who originally used the Necron legs as arms for his awesome Warpsmith. As for the head it's a standard berzerker helmet with the faceplate from a Storm Talon pilot. Sorry I took so long to answer that.

You know, there's a disappointing lack of crushing or hacking weapons for very large walkers. You know, axes or maces or hammers...

You do have a point, there really aren't any blunt titan sized weapons these days but I'm sore back In the Titan Legion days there were.

Now I've started adding a few bits and pieces to the Gorehound, I still have a lot of trimming/sanding/filing before I can even think about paint but to see it taking it's almost final form is very rewarding to me. Like I said before this has been a labour of love/hate. It's been rebuilt more times than I care to remember after various accidents or me simply changing my mind.

Here's how it stands just now.





The back I still need to trim The Lord of Skulls bits to fit on the rear of the shoulders and fill a few gaps. Not big jobs, just ones I haven't gotten around to you yet.


I also made a quick WIP for a new Skull Champ who if I ever play him will run as a Lord in PA. This guy will be Lord Deimos Headtaker known only as 'The Grizzly'. This guy was built to return the favour of Dorns_fist over on B&C. He made an awesome Mk6 Crimson Fist Vet and named him after myself a while back and I've been meaning to return the favour ever since. Like everything in my life though I'll get to it 'eventually' I haven't sorted out the full backstory for him yet but as soon as I do you will be the first to hear/read it.

Gore Hound is looking great. You should get some kind of mesh going on behind those big vents at the back if you aren't already planning to!

New Character looks great. Reminds me of Gabriel Seth, which is only a good thing.

I have some mesh that I'll add behind the vents, good shout. I just need to finalise the build first. Thanks for the comment on the Grizzly. I'm happy with how he's coming along.

Time for a really random update. I was asked on Instagram if I could build an Ork Warboss in Megaarmour, I've never built any orks apart from the boyz that came with gorkamorka (awesome game) back in the day so I was really curious to see if I could pull this off. I spent the day yesterday trawling through my bits boxes for anything remotely orky and came up with this. Obviously still WIP but thought I'd share it here as well as he's been received quite well on insta.

Warboss Noname

yes!!!! that's awesome!!!!

Seems like you didn't sit idle for long, great job mate!!!
That Gorehound is very nice, and it's great to see it on the final road to getting finished. I think it will really stand out on a battlefield!!
The character is very nice as well, I like the aggressive pose and the great chainsword. Oh and how do you manage to always get these great heads??? Where does this one come from??
The Warboss looks great too, and congratulations for making this scratch-built mega armour from a Sentinel, a Centurion, a Deff Dredd and I dare not guess what else. I particularly like his collar being an Horizontal space marine tank commander's body
Keep up the good work!!!

Thanks guys,

Legio Ultra, the head on the Champ comes from decorative skulls that come with the Khorne Skull cannon from the Daemons range. I like to look at unusual heads and splice them with the Zerker heads so that al my models have unique helmets at least.

As for the Warboss, good eye for bits but its the arms from a Dreadknight I used not the Centurions.

No no no, buddy -- no getting distracted by the greenskins, now. You've got enough on your plate as it stands!

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....however, I have to admit that your Waaaghboss is amazing! One of my main gripes with the new Meganobz is that it feels rather hard to use the kit to build a hulking, highly dynamic Boss in mega armour, and now you make it happen without a single Meganob bit -- nuts! If I were to change something about the model, I'd probably move the decorative jaw closer to the bosss actual face -- it looks slightly disjointed as it is. The feet should also be slightly more clunky, if you ask me, although I'd keep the sharp toenails Oh, and that neck is indeed a genius touch!

What about a small detachment of allied Orks? They are battle brothers, after all? Maybe they could even have a slightly Khornate touch...?

P.S. Did you get my PM?

Hey, you could make Stormboyz of Khorne!

Kraut, I know I have a lot to get on with but like I say ive been having a lot of fun building this. I did get your pm mate I'll reply when I have a few more minutes. If I do build an ork force it will probably be deathskulls or bad moonz. I like the crazy yellow.

Today I spent a bit of time rebuilding the legs so they were a little aturdier.

Just read through your whole blog - and wow. And then I get here and I see delicious Greenskin boss? Too much, too much! I need to go to Ebay for bits now, too many ideas!

Everything's awesome, especially that labour of love the Gorehound. I wish you the best!

Thanks buddy, I spend at least an hour or two everyday on eBay looking at bits. It's almost an obsession haha.

I decided the Warboss wasn't lookin as bulky as he could be after rebuilding the legs so added another couple of small bits to widen him a little, I think he looks more proportionate now. I broke down and have ordered a few bits though to finish this. I going for a new more armoured head and an actual Ork jaw bit, I may have another look at the klaw now as well. Hmmmm I just can't leave things alone!

Wow that guy is taller than a Dreadnought...Imposing to say the least, and really well made!! Two minor observations though:
the first is that now that i see him nest to that nob, his head looks a bit tiny
the secon is what's that Skaven pitchfork thing on his sholder supposed to be??
Real nice job though, well done and keep up the good work!!

 Legio Ultra wrote:

the first is that now that i see him nest to that nob, his head looks a bit tiny
the secon is what's that Skaven pitchfork thing on his sholder supposed to be??

I agree that his head is a bit small, but for the build it really works. Plus most Ork nob heads are, sadly, not as expressive as boy ones. Dammit GW!
The shoulder thing is actually a Grot-prod from the Ork grots kit, so I'm assuming it's somefink noice an' zappy!

I just noticed that his shoulder sockets are made out of tank hatches from the battlewagon kit - damn that's genius! What is his jaw bit from though?

Thanks guys, the head issue will be addressed. And the Jaw piece is from the Ogre Kingdoms. It was on the mantrap from the Stonehorn kit I believe?

I like his head they way he is. Just shows how much armour he's got

Love that Gorehound and the Skull Champ. Can I ask you where the skull part of his helmet comes from?

Thanks guys, no more progress on the Warboss as I've had to work the past few days, I have a few bits that I should receive next weekend then I'll start back on them. Hoping to have some more WE related updates in the next day or two though.

Cap'n Facebeard, the skull is one of the decorative skulls from the Daemons Khorne skull cannon.

Prettyy Kkooolll BigGg Bosssaa !¡!
Love it !

Wot da zog? Dat ain't a World Eata! Orks actually fit your habit of looting and tinkering really well, and the world needs more dreadnought-sized MegaBosses. Well done. Also, the WE with the two-handed chainsword looks awesome and the Gorehound is amazing as usual. Dying to see paint on it and it's great to hear it's nearing completion, but for the love of skulls don't feel like you need to rush it, it's waited this long.

Thanks folks, RazXIII sorry for the delay in replying, just shows I'm not rushing it

No further on the pilot section of the Gorehound but I do have some progress to show on other parts. Have a look and let me know what you think. I'm not sure if I'll cut the exhausts off the back or leave them as is. I like them but can't help wonder how it would look without them.






There's also a slightly panicked Scout behind the barrier the Gorehounds about to flatten. He will be replaced with a crying Guardsman once I get a hold of some kneeling IG legs.


And I also started throwing together a Typhus model.

You know, I've always thought that the Gorehound needs chunkier front toes. The current ones just aren't... Toe-ey enough.

Ughhh ok. Any suggestions?

I added a different banner after a discussion with Krautscientist, I think I still prefer the Minotaur one but let me know your thoughts folks. I also messed about adding some pennant things I had in my bits box as a nod back to the old Epic Imperial Knights.





The one bit of this build that I'm struggling with is finding a piece to cover the gaps at the end of the shoulders. I really need to hunt through my bits to find something suitable.

Really great work on the Gorehound thus far, wish I had the time to put towards something like that.
IMO, the old minotaur banner looks slightly better than the khornate one.

Ah, sorry for not making myself clearer there: I prefer the Minotaur banner too, but I think it needs to be the other way around. I don't think it would actually mess with the model's composition and sense of movement that much, and the design on the banner makes it very clear with side is the correct front

The pennants are an awesome little touch! Maybe they'd be even cooler if they looked somewhat more tattered?! But it's just the kind of eclectic, archaic little detail a Titan needs!

Keep up the great work, buddy!

Its cool buddy I was just showing the alternative Id knocked up. I quite like the pennants and agree they need to be more tattered. I might see if I can add some banners on the top. I have another couple of bits ordered to try and hide the Land Raider bits even more. They should be here in the next few days hopefully. If it works how I think it will I should be able to get everything fixed and glued so I can start the filling and cleaning process. The head will be the most time consuming in that respect I think.

...and don't forget the cockpit, y'hear?

Seriously, though, if my Knight is anything to go by, sorting out the cockpit until you're completely happy with it will feel like a herculean task while you're working on it, but once you've finished, you'll feel like a king -- at least that's what happened to me