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There are two diameter tubes. THere is an inner piece that measures 3/4 inch outside diameter and the outside tube is 1". I did it that way because I wanted to have the inside of the thigh visible. It can be done with the 1" tube, though, I am sure.....

looking sexy with them legs

So I went to the Hobby Town USA near me today to pick up some styrene tubing a few paints, pictured here.



However, on my way to the checkout I saw a large section of Warhammer Stuff that was all 50% off ... and well ...



It was just too good of a deal to pass up.

So it looks like I may get around to starting the Daemons Army after all, but for now they'll just have to be a nice little compliment to my APOC forces. Plus, with all 4 Greater Daemons there was some kind of APOC formation called "The Four Have Come" or something like that...anyone remember what I am a talking about?

I believe its the tetragon of darkness of somesuch.

I'll see if i can dig it up, was from apocalypse reload iirc.

That was the one, you're a gentleman and a scholar.

Nice haul, TME....

I notice, however, that that is acrylic rod. What do you plan with that?

Is that my imagination or is it clear, too?

That's what it is and it is transparent. I'm using it to make bases for all my Blight Drones. I should have progress pictures of something by Monday.

Bases! Good idea....

Well the stems for the bases would be more correct, I have some scenic bases on the way here from across the pond.

Hey how are the blight drones working for ya in your list anyway?

No consensus yet as I haven't been able to play them yet, but I have enough for two squads and my plan is to send them up the flanks early to soften up the other guy divide the firing power/distract while bloodslaugterers and defilers drive up the center and everyone else deepstrikes/dreadclaws in off the main charge. I might get to play today, so we'll see.

Get a batrep, please...

So later than I promised, like usual, by a week I think this time. Anyways here is the current progress on the blight drones, I believe I will have them finished tonight. Otherwise I've been assembling the daemons I bought as well as buying more stuff...but I've self-imposed a buying ban. I don't get to buy any more models/supplies until I've finished working on everything I have on plans currently. I have some stuff in the mail to do two custom daemon princes once they get here thursday-ish. So some projects should be getting some work over the next two weeks. Blathering aside here is my work.


Based them all white then painted with a thinned down Vermin Brown, an older color.




Now with a thinned coat of Warpstone/Loren Forest. It was probably something like 6 Loren : 1 Warpstone, just a smidgen to help brighten it up.


Of course I tried to leave the recessed corded areas showing through to mimic rust.


2nd of coat of the same.




Now with the eyes black and the cabling silver.


After a bath in that new brown wash Agrax Earthsade. The green/rusted carapace parts got a 100% wash strait outta the pot as did the boltgun metal areas. The white bodies got a watered down 50:50 mix to sulley them up a bit without drowning the white. I like the more traditional Death Guard colors.


Here is the whole crew. They are only temporarily based on some spare bases with hot glue for painting and while I finish the scenic bases. So far I like how they are turning out, I like the more toned down nurgle scheme since I feel like its really easy to go overboard with the pus-spewing-rot that is nurgle. More to come this evening.

Also mxwllmdr, here is a quick snap of the battle report for the Blight Drones. I'll try to post the details up in the next day with the play by play photos. Suffice to say the Blight Drones were a huge game changer, they are my new favorite unit.


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So here is that battle photo I forgot to put.


Some more work.



Fan housing and freshly cast scenic bases.


Ready for some rust dusting and a wash.


Fan housing is ready for a wash, bases have been painted and pus cannons are ready for a bath as well.

....Almost there.



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I'll just have to put the finishing touches on tomorrow, they all need those little spikes on top and bottom of the fan blades and the other gun/probe/autocannon thing. Then some clear coat and gloss varnish over the eye lens.

Some amazing work here!

So..... many....... FW......... Models......

So many Blight Drones and is that more I spotted in bags to be assembled? This force is gonna be insane when it comes together, wish I had your disposable income. Keep the awesomeness coming

really interested in the tutorial! sub'd

I do have 3 more blight drones to be assembled at a time where I feel like I'll need them or just want to do it. The other stuff would be the other bits to a plauge hulk, which is soon to be on the painting plate. The other bags are bits I'll be using to construct two more daemon princes and will be my first real goes at conversions. Otherwise I spent the majority of my day working on these dudes. Despite the enormity of hours poured in, they still don't look like much. I've quickly decided I hate painting defilers.


A Defiler Flower in full bloom.





I did all the work on the legs first, trying to finish them. But looking at them more I feel they are lacking good highlights, but the shining gold doesn't pop enough, not the silver, on the colors I currently have (base coat of 50:50 tin bitz and shinning gold, then a layer of shining gold with a brown wash. The silver is boltgun/chaos black with a black wash) so I may have to look at all those fancy new paints Citadel has and see if I can't find anything. Then I just finished the gold base coat on the hulls and upper body/autocannons. What do you guys think? What are they missing?

Anyways, once the daemon prince box comes in, today hopefully, I should have everything I need and will probably take break from painting.


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Wooohoo! Conversion time!

Ummmmm, yeah.....






So.......









Where is the conversion? just curious to know your ok, bud.....

Yeah, where are you man?

Hey dudes! I am in fact alright Mxwellmdr, I was in Japan with my brother for a month, then I had to move again to my final new place once I returned as well as started school again so I've been a bit busy of late I suppose. I've done meager work, if any really, while making all the adjustments, however I'll be back at it this week so some progress should be along. In regards to the DPs, they are both rough ideas, I haven't really fleshed them out yet but here are the very beginnings posed with some putty.


This will be a Slaanesh DP, the idea taken from GuitaRasmus as he did an awesome conversion. Mine will be a bit different though. The white parts are some castings of some Keeper of Secrets bits. I don't think I'll use the head and I do like the three pronged claws, however four arms seems too busy to me. I may use a soul grinder claw arm for one side, and do the whip and a smaller claw on the other, I need to check the scale though. I also think I'll scratch the wings. I don't really know.


This guy will be a Tzeench DP. I got some necrosphinx bits to base it off of. The body is the only for sure part now, which will have long robes sculpted out of GS down the pole he's mounted on. I may keep the claw arm on the right side, but I think I want to cut and re-position it. The left I'm not sure of. I can't pick between a staff, the scythe arm, some form of wing arm....again I'm not really sure. Also I dono about the face.

All that aside I think I"m actually a bit chaosed out. It may be due the fact that I have so much I want to work on and so much that needs to be done. So what's my idea of a cure?






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CRONS!!!!

I've actually always wanted to play these guys and just decided to start some up. This will get the army going. But I'm going to try and be smart about them. Unlike my Chaos, I won't build them all willy-nilly, no, I plan to build a box, paint it, and move on to the next box and only allow myself to play with what is completely finished. We'll see how the strategy pays off. Once they done I hope my Chaos palet will be cleansed and I'll have a taste for them again. Once I get going on the crons I'll start a new blog for that army I suppose. So look for some stuff this weekend, that is if Mobile doesn't drown in Hurricane Isaac....(I doubt it)

Youve returned!!! I quite like the 4 arms myself, and i cant wait to see what you do with the crons.

Glad to see you back. And nice job on the conversion stuff. Paint well, my friend.....

Extraordinary work! Keep it up!

Would you be so kind as to post a link to the new necron forum here?

Wouldn't want to miss it now!

As requested The Crons. Although not much to show on it yet.

Hey man beautiful work. Especially love the titan. I have never used molds / casts. would you be willing to list what products you use for these? The drop pods are excellent too



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NVM man. Looking back thew I found you post about polytek stuffs. thanks! Im off to figure out how to mold stuff now

Thank you for the kind words keltikhoa.

I have a small portion of my Dreadclaw Tut that talk about molds/mold making plus there are some excellent topics on it around here. Just use the search and you'll find some good info, but here is the little bit I talk about at the end of the tutorial.

Hi there, I have a quick question about your rivets you do, how are you making the holes to make the rivets with? I'm sure its something simple my brain just isn't firing on what you are doing to make them...

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Hi there, I have a quick question about your rivets you do, how are you making the holes to make the rivets with? I'm sure its something simple my brain just isn't firing on what you are doing to make them...

I just use a leather punch for the big ones.

And I use really small styrene tubes for the smaller rivets, if you click the link to the Dreadclaw Tut in my above post there is a little section showing/explaining it.