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defiantly like your recent models... the poses are really working!

Little bits done, pit slave reaching completion, needs some bits and bobs

Started work on the affor mentioned requested minigun











Nathanie1 out.

That's more maxi than mini love it!

did you add a patch to the minigunner? looks cool!
but the gun needs some felshing out...

and that head on the other fella with that bionic arm... very cool looking!

Hey vik, na that patch is on the original head. Yeah the gun has lots of work to be done in it for it to even make sense, don't worry

well i was not sure about that head

Hello ladies and gents,

I must apologise for my absence, I needed to step away from the hobby for a little while to attend to other things and have not been around for a bit. It is frustrating as I felt I was building some momentum with this thread. I will post soon. I still am keen to create my Rogue traders and then who knows. Maybe my first ever 40k army. Am planning to set aside some modelling time so I hope to be posting again soon. Miss you all.

Welcome back ol chap! It has been way too long.

I hate that stupid life stuff that keeps interrupting quality time. I wish someone would invent a way to deal with it. We all have those spots when we need to step back and re-evaluate where we are at and what else needs to be done. No problem mate, we'll be here when you return, even more eager to see your ideas after our withdrawals are satisfied.

I'm back!






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And where the bloody hell have you been then

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I can't believe I ate the whole thing

@ LDD I can only apologise, I have been lurking the whole time but had a break from making things, lost my mojo for a while. Aside from that I've been stock piling models and desperately telling myself I can't afford to start collecting dark elves

@ Theophony hahahah awesome he really has eaten all the pies

I managed to pretty much finish this guy tonight





I have been rolling the idea around in my head for a while, ever since I one the plague ogryn for a steal on eBay. I actually bought a plague bearer a kit for my scavvy's but fell in love with it so I decided to make this guy and a unit to sit around him. I will be able to use them either as allies for my WOC or proxy warriors with mark of nurgle

He was a really fun build. The arms on the original body were much longer and separated into two crocodile jaws, I had to shorten them, remove the teeth and mould them back together. His claw was restiched in the same way. When it came to the other hand I started off by restiching the separated halves on the original model and then cutting the finger joints to close it around the haft of his spear.





However the fist looked too bulky, even though it match the one on the other side so I changed it for Belakor's daemon sword.

I have gone with one of the more basic heads on the kit rather than the more ornately horned choices. I am still unsure on whether that was the right choice but. It will be really easy to swap if I change my mind. I'm also considering adding plague drone wings but I don't own any yet so this will also have to wait.

Nathanie1 out

Good to see you back to the real work nate!
I am a bit uneasy towards anything nurgle related... As I have here the least knowledge of the whole thing... Thus the small head still looks akward to me, but as I said, I don't know nuffin

That's okay Vic. My intention us for it to look odd, like his torso is bloated and malformed but it is still a good spot, may well change the head up

I like that model a lot. Sword hand did look a bit small at first, but your explanation put it into perspective for me and totally works now.

Glad to see you back at it. Any work you offer is worth the wait.

nate...don´t make my unknowingness change your mind!... you have a masterplan!

Aw shucks guys you are making me blush. Ordered a festus the leech lord that I am going to convert into my herald shamelessly ripping off the conversion featured in last months white dwarf. I really liked it and it kind of inspired this new kick into gear

pics mate... i haven´t had my nose in a WD for ages...

hmm I only have a digital copy. Let me see what I can do

Hi there folks. Did some mild changes today and some basing. Started off by shortening his claw arm as it was a little too long and looking slightly ape like. This also gave me the chance to reposition the hand into a slightly more dynamic pone. I also fleshed out the back of his neck and hinted at a spinal coloumn, I may make this more prominent but not sure if I have the requisite GS skills to achieve what I have in my head, have surprised myself before though.

I know cork basing is everywhere but I wanted to give it a try. I'm most excited about building up layers that spill into ah ascent bases, using height to allow for an overlap. It's early days but I think this could look really effective

Cork basing looks really cool which is why people use it so much. I've never tried it myself but my first concern is how effectively the cork bonds w/ the base, and how well the model bonds to the cork. I've seen too many great models become random bitz when the plastic base and covering (cork / PVA / etc) separated.

i think the trick with bonding cork to the base is to mix glues... PVA alone wouldn´t be working for eternity... but once you add superglue or even some plastic glue to break the base surface a bit...it would last...

at nate...don´t fear the basing... the tiers you did look very cool!
as for the abomination... ´orrible

I have swapped the head on the Daemon Prince again. I really can't decide what decision to stick with. The previous head is too small, but that has an aesthetic which I like. This new head is certainly a better scale but it looks a bit generic. Any thoughts and criticism welcome.





I also started working on the Herald. Festus was an expensive mini t cut into pieces so I am hoping it works out.

New head looks decent! As far as being generic, the paint will define it and make it different. just 1 man's opinion, take it for what it is worth to you.

I like the two horn head myself.

The nurgling behind the demon prince looks like he's reaching up for a snack...someone aught to tell him. "it's not a baby Ruth candy bar he's hiding there."

the two horned head makes the whole head look bigger... which in truth he isnt really that much...but it looks more...er...right...

the herald is something i look forward to...where is that helmet bit from?

@ Skalk, theo and Vik cheers guys I think you are right the new head is the better choice. Vik the head is one of the plague bearer options mate

Ye more changes today, if I change my mind any more on this model I am at risk of doing some irreversible damage.





Still not finished, even though I am back to the original weapon hand I want to close it around the pole more and probably change the blade as well as hang chains / trophies.

Sorry progress is so slow, a lot of fight work this week but trying to do a little every chance I get.

On a completely separate note I went to see 'Knightmare Live' tonight. If any fellow Brits remember this awesome show from their youth I can not recommend this enough. Here is me wearing the helm of Justice!



Nathanie1 out

Nice work although not much of a nurgle fan myself, some interesting takes on the minis though and keen to see the paint work.

Now Nightmare dam that takes me back and now they are doing it live Left, left ,no stop Stop STOP!!! Arrggghhhh

@LDD - haha so many fond memories heard again on stage tonight. You should check it out if you can