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Looks better.
Cloak of chains would be badass!

That's a fantastic model Kraut, the chain cape idea sounds really cool too, definitely worth thing out,

Also love the whole army shot, with out a doubt one of the best armies I've seen!

This guy is brutal, I was following the creation without say a word 'cause I knew You'd deliver a great miniature, kudos to You!

Thanks for your kind words, people!

I did some final detail work on Huntmaster Deracin, and I believe he is ready for painting now. Take a look:





The main changes were to the model's back, though:



I added some cabling to the claw arm. The main addition is the aforementioned "chain cape", dangling from his backpack and obscuring the "chainmail ass" Igandris pointed out

So, let's hope that when we next see this guy, he'll have some paint on him. Until then, C&C always welcome!

Very nice, KS. The dangling chains look great.

He looks absolutely perfect. Can't wait to see how you paint him.

This is really quite the best conversion I have seen in many a month. Fantastic stuff. Wish I had a model like that!

Ah man, your Decimator and Deracin are mindblowing. I may have to borrow the Decimator idea

Just perfect!
Happy painting

Just read through this whole thread and am astounded by all of your conversions and ideas!

Everything in here is awesome dude!

Definitely want to see more!

I still think that the servo arms holding the weapons are slightly to thin. The added cables offset that a little so why not add another one running along the thinner arm parts to get them more bulk? Tentacle maker, guitar wire or just some smooth isolated cables would work there.

Other than that he really look awesome. And i like the chains on his backpack. Are those from the vehicle upgrade sprue? Becuase i'm thinking on stealing the idea.

Thanks for the positive feedback, people! I am indeed rather taken with Deracin at the moment, if I do say so myself!

@ btldoomhammer: Cheers, mate! Since I don't have a reliable way of shaping cables from GS, and since I really don't fancy touching that backpack again (yes, it was that fiddly to convert ), I guess I'll just leave it that way. There's a very real danger of having the whole model look too busy and bulky (Deracin is already huge, even taller than Lord Captain Lorimar), so enough is enough

The chains are mainly from the Bloodcrushers, btw, with a chain from the Chaos Marauder flails thrown in. Using the fantastic chain cape from the Chaos Lord on manticore would have been the best option, but I already used that one on a different model, so I had to improvise.

I would really love to get some paint on both Deracin and the Decimator/Dreadknight, but the temperature outside makes painting impossible In order not to feel completely useless, though, I've been lazily messing around with a couple of bitz.

One of the things I've been doing is to take another look at my ongoing project of building a squad of World Eaters Havocs - or "Teeth of Khorne", as it were. My plan for these guys is that I'll try to build them mainly from leftovers.

Here's an early WIP of a first test model, using one of the metal Havoc Autocannons:





The weapon isn't all that great, if you ask me, so my plan is to build some more autocannons from plastic parts. The head is pretty cool, at least -- a conversion that was given to me by Biohazard (cheers, buddy! ).

Here's another test model, with an autocannon kitbashed from different bitz:







And here are both models together:



These guys may lack the flashiness of my latest conversions, but they're the best I can come up with in this weather

C&C always welcome!

Hmm. The arms look too big on the Berzerker bodies. Probably 'cause the Berzerker models are so damn old, but it looks a bit awkward.

Hmm, it may look strange because I didn't pay attention (after all, the arms are just tacked on for now), but the parts themselves are not to blame: The berzerker bodies and legs are 100% the same size as those of the regular CSM, so they should be compatible enough

I also experimented with some new Traitor Guard models, trying to slightly emulate the fantastic look of PDH's traitor soldiers :





The model uses Marauder legs, a FW enforcer torso, a chaos cultist head and some scout arms. Not nearly finished, of course, but this guy may end up leading a squad of elite traitor troopers. Here are the humnle beginnings of he squad, using some FW torsos kindly sponsored by PDH (thanks, mate!):



On a somewhat related note, I think I deserve a medal for managing to separate this FW head and torso with minimal damage to either:



The head will be used on a Heretek, taking inspiration from Bruticus' fantastic rogue genetor. The torso will most likely see use in the aforementioned traitor squad.

So yeah, that's the kind of hobby work I am relegated to until the temperature drops slightly

Well done on the decapitation seems you have a knack for it

I started something similar to this after PDH posted his AWESOME models, I to used the Marauder legs but stopped as got stuck with the head choices nice call on the Cultist head wish I thought of that one.

Cant wait to see where you go with these

Cultists for scouts?

Cheers, people!

@ lone dirty dog: I did quite a few head swaps on my DV cultists to add some variety, so having a few heads lying around was a very happy coincidence in this case

@ Miss Dee: Hmm, since I play my World Eaters using the regular Chaos dex, there's no way to use scouts. So these troopers will probably end up in my allied detachment of traitor guard and be used as stormtroopers (or regular traitor soldiers). That said, I may actually use some more scout parts for the models, in order to bulk them out a little and make them look more like the elite part of the traitor force.

Right, another smallish update: I picked up a used Aegis Defense Line from cousin Andy quite a while ago, and seeing how these fortifications can become rather useful in the game, I began to convert the parts to make them fit the overall look of my army. So far, I have been mostly experimenting with a couple of bitz and have built some “proof of concept” pieces, yet I believe I may be on the right track:



Some of the armour plates from the chaos vehicle kits are a perfect fit for the Aegis Defense Line. All the aquilas will have to be shaved off (which is quite a bit of work) or covered with bitz, though. The Hydra Flak Cannon was in a pretty sorry state when I got the kit, so I mainly contented myself with cleaning it up and adding a spiky bit here and there (as well as a brass icon of Khorne at the base of the weapon).

For the rest of the pieces, I have begun to add some details and trophies:



Well, I think we can all agree that this thing “NEEDS MOAR SKULLZ!”



I also experimented with adding a Space Marine torso, impaled on the front of the wall.

Getting the fortification completely sorted out will be quite a bit more work, but it’s a fun little kitbashing project that can keep me occupied when other activities are not an option.

In other news, Huntmaster Deracin has been disassembled into several sub-assemblies. All the parts have been cleaned (to get rid of all the modelling putty and any grime that may have built up). A base has also been constructed. And all of the parts are now awaiting undercoating and then - finally - painting. Here's the sub-assemblies, laid out to dry:



I am rather stoked for finally getting this guy painted, so let's hope it happens soon!

Looks awesome kraut, and yes, that aegis needs a lot more skulls!
Keep it up.

The Aegis is looking good buddy. One thing if always wanted to do with a piece like that is just have a load of skulls and possibly ribcages/torsos piled up against the defence line.

Cheers, guys! I agree that the aegis lacks a huge amount of trophies as is

@ Biohazard: Great idea, buddy. But alas, where to get so many ribcages?

In other news, it has begun:





A PIP of Huntmaster Deracin with just the base colours and a first coat of washes. And shortly afterwards:









The lighting on these last pictures is substantially worse, though, so you'll just have to take my word for it: The body is mostly finished at this point. The bad news is that it's crazy hot again, so I'll have to continue painting this guy after dark. Let's see how that turns out...

 KrautScientist wrote:
@ Biohazard: Great idea, buddy. But alas, where to get so many ribcages?

Use the bodies from warhammer fantasy skeletons:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1050046
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat570033a&prodId=prod1210014a

And maybe add some zombie parts in the mix as well:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat720004a&prodId=prod1050054

or maybe chop those up:
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/latest/77001
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/latest/77017
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/latest/77018
Athough they might not have the right scale. But i think if you just pile them together with other bitz and cut up zombies there won't be a problem.


And Huntmaster Deracin looks really promicing. I can't wait to see him with his backpack painted as well.

Ah, well, it was a bit of a rhetorical question, to be honest: While I like spending huge amounts of money on plastic crack as well as the next guy, I have always felt reluctant to buy lots and lots of undead kits just for "decoration", as it were. That said, the corpse cart kit may be an interesting option. Hmmm...

While it's 36 degrees Celsius outside, I keep plugging away on Deracin. And I believe we are getting there:





Next up, his backpack. It's so huge and complex that it's really a model of its own

Anyway, C&C always welcome!

Mantic would probably be a better bet than GW for cheap Undead. Also maybe some badly assembled ebay bodge lots might be a good source. Deraci really looks like an ornate twisted chaos technician the type of mind who'd come up with a Doomblaster.

 KrautScientist wrote:

Anyone able to identify what kit the Terminator on the right's shoulder pads comes from?

I think those are the armor plates from the heldrake legs.

You're right. Knew they looked awfully familiar. Wonder if I can assemble my heldrake decently without them...

Or a parts site

Ill send some skeletons over buddy. I've got a few that aren't gonna be used any time soon.

Deracin is looking excellent Kraut! Like an imposing island of sanity in a sea of bloodcrazed lunacy.
The traitor guard look gerat too.

Deracin looks fantastic. A lot of the tweaks that I was going to suggest you did before I managed to comment All I would say though was did you consider putting the mace head at the base of the axe's handle?