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I thought that army on the frontline battle report looked ruddy familiar, big bonus on using the hellblades for drakes is that the hellblades just got rather good (looking at IA13 right now) for when you don't want the extra blades on. One of these days I'll have to drag myself to one of those tournaments I always get a little jealous looking at the reports after.

 Ignatius-Grulgor wrote:
I thought that army on the frontline battle report looked ruddy familiar, big bonus on using the hellblades for drakes is that the hellblades just got rather good (looking at IA13 right now) for when you don't want the extra blades on. One of these days I'll have to drag myself to one of those tournaments I always get a little jealous looking at the reports after.

Yes! That was one of their first outings!

And double yes - I got the new IA13 book at WHFest and they've become quite good. Just a simple change that suddenly makes them worth their points. Still fragile, but 6 S7 AP4 TL Rending shots is pretty good...

So, the next batch is in-progress. I've got a bit of green stuffing to do, and then out with the pink...

Finally finished the Spawn, made from various bits. They need some GS to blend in the various parts.



And they've got some Chaos Hound buddies. The one at the back is a Bones mini. Useable as more spawn or combat familiars until I get my Ogryn Brutes up and running.



Speaking of Renegades, here are the parts for their Heavy Weapon Teams. Six auto cannon, three lascannon and three mortars. Some of the wheels had to be recast to make up numbers.



I converted some kneeling gunners for the mortars and lascannons, using Highlander legs.



And recast some gunner bodies for the auto cannons



And then made some more random guys from anything with a cloak, including a couple of loaders.




I then drilled 26mm holes in all the 60mm bases.



These cheap MDF bases are slightly smaller, and will fit inside the plastic ones.



Which means that I can make the loaders removable!!



Now to GS and then to spray...

cool on the removable loaders, I'd been intending to try that myself at some point, glad to see the nice execution.

I'm late, but love the look of the army you took to Nova! Do Chaos get to put their dreads in drop pods? Seems to make SM dreads way more viable (imo).

 RiTides wrote:
I'm late, but love the look of the army you took to Nova! Do Chaos get to put their dreads in drop pods? Seems to make SM dreads way more viable (imo).

They get Dreadclaws now, which are good, but pricey at 100-ish points!

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MORE STUFF DONE - I used the Hounds, Beastmen and Spawn as attempts to paint skin tones using only the airbrush and oil wash - no real brushes involved. I'm trying to figure out the recipe for my daemonettes, and I don't think I've got there yet. The spawn are closest but still too dark, and the beast men/hounds I think suffer from a lack of differentiation in the colours used on them.

But yes, all done! Next!

Chaos Hounds




Beastmen, for use as Cultist characters and champions




Chaos Spawn, converted mostly from Mantic Ogres and Trolls with various other mutation bits thrown in

I think what I love most about you armies is the way you re-purpose all these old miniatures and end up with a unique army full of character.

Bravo Sir, BRAVO!

 Regnak wrote:
I think what I love most about you armies is the way you re-purpose all these old miniatures and end up with a unique army full of character.

Bravo Sir, BRAVO!

Thanks! I think, with this army, the point was very much to use up all the old random models I had lying around, and not just buy a load of new ones.

I've still ended up buying cool new toys ANYWAY, but it's kinda working out....

Tried out the new Spawn and Dogs against Panic's Greencrons at the weekend. Dogs helped by being Spell Familars..

And more Cultists finally finished! The Renegades section of the army is growing by the day...

First up, some leaders and a Rogue Psyker



Then, some loaders for the Heavy Weapon Teams. These are made from Empire Flagellants and MotN heads.



Then, the Heavy Weapon Teams! I have three Lascannons, three Mortars and six Autocannon Teams in total. Here's the first Lascannon, and how it looks with the loader removed.





And the whole Lascannon squad.


And then some Mortars




And some Autocannons

Those are excellent... truly.

Next stage has begun. The Cultists need a ride, so I've started construction on the Renegade Chimeras from a load of old models, bits and plasticard.




The lasguns ports are filled in with black card - I don't like the pokey Lasguns sticking out.


The front hull weapons are magnetised (some bits taken from my old Suicide Legion vehicles), so I can swap in Heavy Flamers if I want - might be useful on BS2 renegade tanks!



Some Chaosification was achieved using these old Terminator trophy racks on the turrets.



And I had to reconstruct the underside of some of the turrets. I'll aim to have a selection of different turret pieces.



I've also rescued these side skirts from an old project




Which will attach to these rails on the sides of the tanks, made from bits of sprue.

Nobody is responding, but I BUILT MORE STUFF ANYWAY!!!!

Hellhounds! I was inspired by this conversion, but I'm not as good with plasticard and rivets.



So, built my own version using spare hull weapon mounts from the Leman Russ kit, and the back of the 'turret' section bulked out with the Chimera side boxes I didn't use.





Added some Chaossy chains to the sides using jewellery chain and flagellant weapons.



And also built another four Chimera turrets. Two heavy flamers, one auto cannon and one massive twin-linked Heavy Bolter for my command tank (using the old Hellhound turret bits.



Now, off to find some sandpaper...

Great work, nice to see some 2nd Edition and Necromunda fugures getting some love

Nice variety in those chimera turrets.

They are looking good so far, I think they will really shine once they are painted.

yeah,
Dude they look great but I'm calling it your modelling for disadvantage!
HellHounds should have 360 fire!

I have the rear metal fuel tank parts for another hell hound if you want them?

Have you thought about the FW ones?


Panic...

Ooh maybe on the third Hellhound. I might have to see what Chimera bits I have left after all the Basilisks! Three Basilisks, a Medusa and a Griffon to go, and then I'll build the rest out of whatever is left over!

I have two of the fancy FW ones but they're getting wheels attached for the Arbites

Yeah,
Lol crowd control in the grim dark doesn't involve water!

Panic...

 Panic wrote:
Yeah,
Lol crowd control in the grim dark doesn't involve water!

Panic...

cleanse with fire, they are really Sisters at heart.

I don't know....I think there's always a place for tesla coils and water in a riot control situation....

Great work on the chimeras and hellhounds.

Very nice work indeed! The Hellhounds have a Crassus feel to them.

The Hellhounds and Chimeras are painted and just awaiting the final washes. While the varnish dries, I've been setting up some head recasting.

I got a hold (at great expense) a set of the newer-model Redemptionists with the separate head and weapons. They're really hard to find now, as they were never really released for very long.



Anyway, I want to use their pointy heads for my Veteran section, so I'll need to make some more. I've lined them all up on a lollipop stick with sprue as the funnel. You get a huge selection of heads for only eight miniatures.



And cast using these cool not-Lego blocks I found in a Japanese hobby store. They're in a one piece mold - hopefully I'll be able to get them out again easily!

I'm very anxious to see how your recasting attempt turns out. Looks like a good set-up from here.

Oh, you bugger! Now I need to find me some of those heads, that is a good selection you get there.

yeah,
This looks promising.
I think if you give the resin long enough to set proper hard you should be able to pop them out with out breakage.
Just lube the mold up slightly.

I really like the juves in that set. very nice.

Panic...

Actually, the moulding has gone wrong. All cast nicely, but I can't seem to get anything in without air bubbles. I've even widened all the entry points, but no success.

Might have to try insta-molding it. Or redoing them as a two-part with escape channels cut in.

:/

To distract from the casting woes... TANKS! First up, three Chimeras, marked by their old Imperial owners as A, B and C for easy recognition. The side skirts are actually just made from mounting board - if I was making them now I'd use plasticard and do a bit more detailing, but I made them years ago for a different army and just wanted to get some use out of them.










And with some alternate turrets. Twin heavy bolter leader turret converted from the old Hellhound base and still legal as per the FW rules.


Some weathering detail on the rear hatch and the side skirts. I decided to try some actual airbrush graffiti since I just started using a 0.2mm Iwata. It looks pretty convincing!



And the Hellhounds - the hull conversions blend in much better with all the weathering. The main weapon and hull weapons are all magnetised, though I haven't assembled any Chem-cannons yet.







And got them finished just in time to play some games with them at the Overlords Christmas Party!




Which then inspired me to start the next batch - the Leman Russ hulls! Five tanks in total - three regular Russ bodies, one with side skirts and track guards and an old FW Laser Destroyer!

Chimeras turned out great. Side skirts look good indeed, seeming a later addition to a "recovered" tank. Re-turreted Hell Hounds are spot on as well.

And nice "next batch" too, will be waiting to see what comes up with those!

Those look great Ian. Really gritty... just right for the feel of it.