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I love how glowy the letters feel in this picture


Kudos to you

Thanks man :thumsbup:

And now to today's disappointment.

Face probably won't get better until I get to the point where I work more on the skin...

 n0t_u wrote:
Not quite the cultists I was planning, and still sort of are planning, but my brother got Dark Vengeance and I figured may as well cobble together the ranged cultists and see what I could dig up from the random bits around. Turns out it was an easy 10 more.

These will probably end up in the misc section, some of them are alright but not a fan of most of them.

The bitz box extravaganza is always fun Though I think your "cobbled" cultists could use some more chaos-i-fying. On another note, who is the guy back row, a bit to the right with a sweet mustache? I need that head for my Vostroyans! Where does it come from? Looks Empirey.

Cheers,
Rawson

Yep from the Empire handgunners box.

well... that face still hints scarecrow for me

Who is the metal dude with the cultists? Is it Solar Marcharius?

i think so!

Squigsquasher wrote:Who is the metal dude with the cultists? Is it Solar Marcharius?

Yep with plastic Empire state troops arms

I love the cultists!
So does that mean a possiblity of allies?

Possibly, though more likely if I were to have some I'd make some different cultists a bit later instead. Sort of on the fence about taking any with the Daemons. Out of those I'm keeping the robed guys and Macharius. First thing they bring to mind is Mechanicus. Wishful thinking, but it'd be nice if the eventual cultist box had the parts to make a decent amount of those guys.

And yep it's Macharius, he was surprisingly amongst some IG bits we ended up with, well all except his bolt pistol arm so had to replace both or one would look out of place. The arms are also from the handgunner box (easy to tell when I've only ever brought one Empire box before I noticed how horrid most of the models looked and ended up not getting more ).

noticed how horrid most of the models looked and ended up not getting more

*gasps* there is much good converting on these fellas....*shudders*

IMO there's loads of great conversions that have been wasted on lesser models... Not that these look bad, but had these conversions been done on models that already looked great in the first place, they would have been even better... Oh well. At least you've got some good cultists now, anyway.

 p_gray99 wrote:
IMO there's loads of great conversions that have been wasted on lesser models... Not that these look bad, but had these conversions been done on models that already looked great in the first place, they would have been even better... Oh well. At least you've got some good cultists now, anyway.

I think you are pretty much required to add some sort of helpful direction or idea following criticisms like this, instead of saying "I think this could be really good, but you've gone and botched it up". If I was n0t_u, I'd probably feel a mix of discouragement and confusion, which is pretty much the exact opposite of why people make PMblogs for their projects. It isn't so hard to say "This is the part I like. This is the part I don't like, what about this other idea" Let's take the CC up a notch, shall we?

It's fine, I know the tone that was there anyway. Besides, I already said I'm not keeping these guys. Just painting them.

If it comes to the time I do start my own cultists, I'd probably have them so they'd fit in a bit more with my Daemons. Which is why I seem to keep looking to the Wood Elves time and time again. Oh, and so it seems I actually have some sort of update I finally got some more green stuff. Letting my ideas stew around for a bit and I think I'll get back to the flamers shortly. Throw together some more concept as I work on Macharius after this horror then try to pump them out at a reasonable pace.

Edit: Also I apologise if I seem ungrateful Rawson, that wasn't the intention.

 n0t_u wrote:
It's fine, I know the tone that was there anyway. Also I apologise if I seem ungrateful Rawson, that wasn't the intention.

Hey, if you're fine, I'm fine I would just hate to get a comment like that on one of my blogs, so I thought I'd say something. And there is certainly no need to apologize

Sorry, I'll try again. The part I like is the conversion. The part I like less is that such conversions were done on meatshields, when they could have been done on, say, daemonettes, or sisters of battle, where they would have stood out even more because each one is important enough to be a model in its own right rather than simply a rabble... I mean, it's a very good-looking rabble, but it could have been a very good-looking squad, or something...
I'll shut up and go away now, rather than continuing to try and say good things and failing each time...

Got it the first time then. "effort is nice, but too much for such an expendable unit".

You have to remember, not all of us have gaming first and foremost on our minds. Some of us don't even game, we just enjoy the conversion and hobby work.

That's true, though even in the fluff they're expendable, at times they're even more expendable than guard!
But still, cool conversions, whatever it was that was converted.

That's what's got me looking at them in the first place. Something to take so they can get shot at instead. Just have to figure if they're expendable enough to even be worth it.

There's a couple of Catachan and Scouts in there somewhere. Macharius has been pulled from the group, may have mentioned already.

p_gray99 wrote:Sorry, I'll try again. The part I like is the conversion. The part I like less is that such conversions were done on meatshields, when they could have been done on, say, daemonettes, or sisters of battle, where they would have stood out even more because each one is important enough to be a model in its own right rather than simply a rabble... I mean, it's a very good-looking rabble, but it could have been a very good-looking squad, or something...
I'll shut up and go away now, rather than continuing to try and say good things and failing each time...

Sorry, Gray. Maybe my comment was a bit harsh, especially since n0t_u didn't have a problem with it. Truce?

And now for an actual update.
Added the initial pink then a heavier wash instead of brightening it up a bit more then adding a lighter one.

 Rawson wrote:

p_gray99 wrote:Sorry, I'll try again. The part I like is the conversion. The part I like less is that such conversions were done on meatshields, when they could have been done on, say, daemonettes, or sisters of battle, where they would have stood out even more because each one is important enough to be a model in its own right rather than simply a rabble... I mean, it's a very good-looking rabble, but it could have been a very good-looking squad, or something...
I'll shut up and go away now, rather than continuing to try and say good things and failing each time...

Sorry, Gray. Maybe my comment was a bit harsh, especially since n0t_u didn't have a problem with it. Truce?

Sure, truce. Although I probably should think a little more before posting at times...

I liked the glade hooded heads. I made a few cultist with them, but now I see they are not playable, because they don't list las guns as an option (come on! as a Yanky I just cant wrap my head around the idea that cultist wouldn't be able to get there hands on contemporary or decommissioned military arms. Las guns have been manufactured for over 10,000 years!). You can now only equip the champion with shot guns, and all cultist must have autoguns or autopistols. Before this new codex you could use the Vrax books lists which allowed the renegades to have a mixture of weapons, but their leadership was at random. I'm hoping that they will release a cultist line soon. If I ever built a chaos army again I would like to be allied cultist with traitor guard. A new cultist would allow for great conversion for Necromunda, chaos, rouge traders and planetary defense forces easily, but of course the sky is the limit if you have an imagination, GS, and a jewelers saw.

It's good to see your still doing great work as always. loving the cultists keep it up

Will do.
And MS, just use them anyway. Their weapons are just S3 AP- so really they could be whatever they seem to get their hands on and go with it. I might get lazy with the WE ones if I do get to them and give them bows.

The Horror is starting to improve as well.

Well getting there. The glint in the mouth is more or less a reflection from the ink in there, probably do the tongue pink or something but still need to do the leaves as well.

well the face is definitly better looking now... and specially the eyes!!!

Agreed, thats starting to really look good

Thanks
Just need to get the base done I think.

Did the tongue quickly and like how it comes out. Also put gloss varnish on the eyes and in the mouth.

And one of the seldom pictures of a supply drop.

Leftover from some really old school project, had dust on it and everything. It even has modelling in its name.
Along with some more greenstuff as I basically went through that much on everything thus far. The cheaper clay I figure is probably like plasticine, which means it can have use as practice and will become more stiff the cooler it is. Hence if I end up with something I like the look of, I can probably add the greenstuff as a shell and hold it. I think it should work as a filler clay anyway. Plus I can brag about them being filled with rainbows...