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Great stuff Bruticus, the gang look amazing... Mappo reminds me of one of the Angel gang from Judge Dredd

I could use some advice - I was lucky enough to get given a forgeworld crashed thunderhawk board tile as a birthday present. I want to use it as a movable bit of scenery for my ash waste board, but it is obviously a square tile with about a 1cm lip at the moment. As I don't use a ROB I just want to be able to place it on top of the board without being bothered by the square shape and the 1cm board edge.

I was thinking maybe I could stick it to some thin MDF and then create a smooth incline with some filler. Maybe round off the corners of the tile so it looked less obvious but I am not even sure how to cut the tile as it is both brittle and very hard. And I am not even sure where I could get a big curvy bit of MDF to mount it on from anyway, I don't have a jigsaw I think.

Any suggestions? I guess an alternative would be to make a frame that it could sit inside but it might still look a bit square.

It's going to look pretty cool whatever I do with it. Am I right in thinking that The Imperial Fists are most likely to have a crashed Thawk on Necromunda - as they recruit from there? I do love painting yellow.

That's a tough one, I think the MDF base and sloped egde is the way to go though. You could probably get a local joiner to do it for a couple of bucks or I believe B&Q has the capacity to do some in-house cutting for you.

A razor saw might be strong yet petite enough to lop off some of the corners of the resin before you start adding the slope. I think a jewellers saw's blades would snap constantly and anything else will be too heavy and just cause damage.

How are you going to do the slope? Spackle might be the best considering the quantity, weight, cost and durability. There are lots of similar products that fit that role, No More Nails is something I've used but it's difficult to work with.

Yeh I think the IF are the most likely to be in the area and their scheme rocks so it's win, win.

Trip to B&Q maybe?

Bruticus,

The ash waste guys are blimming perfect!!! Great work sir!

After a bit of a think I realised that I may as well make tiles to go with the thawk tile and then I thought I might just get a ROB, I think the convenience of it being lightweight would make up for the extra cost.

I do have a Zuzzy matt for sale then I think, 4'x6' scourged forest, in the UK.

Sick! Totally fething awesome mate! First thought was when Stalllone Dredd leaves mega-city one and bumps into those wrong'ens in the cursed earth. Captured that feel so well. I'm really happy to see "Chewie" (sorry) re-worked there he looks much better as a good ol'desert boy!

R

An update! I actually have loads of new models to show but I am working on a project that ties everything together and I want to try and finish that before posting them. However I can't resist showing these two as I am really pleased with them:

First up is a true-scale (embiggened) Space Marine of the Sun Titan chapter - a homebrew one with plenty of cool backstory that I will post in time, but suffice to say they are very ostentatious - their armour is as elaborate as is possible



And next is another true-scale marine, this is an Emperor's Children Chosen, he is only tacked to his base so ignore that awkward fit. I realise he may not look like a typical Emperor's Children, but there is plenty of backstory about that coming as well. I really just don't like most takes on Slaanesh that I have seen, I wanted to make something with a few nods to the original rock'n'roll style, but with a bit of really dark horror as well.







PS. I am desperately trying to find the head from one of the mutants that carries the Chaos fantasy warshrine - the jowly fat dopey looking head. If you have one to trade please let me know, I can swap for an equally obscure bit.

that's all I've got.

Yaaay! good to see you back.

This looks very promising. great work!

christ dude, these are fantastic!

GS skills that could kill. Jaw dropping.

Holy crap those marines are awesome!

I really, Really love the Emperors child one...he just looks brutal.

Great work.

Cheers guys, painting is coming on quickly as well - going through an inspired phase at the moment.

A gift from the Dark Mechanicus to the Slaaneshi Pirate Princes, this 'Psychopath' class Murder-Gholam is a masterpiece of the Biologis' genetic art. Though it has no real intelligence or will of it's own, the facemask can be opened and a scroll inscribed with simple instructions can be inserted. The Gholam is built for speed and grace and once it is set to purpose it will execute it's mission with lethal intensity.



Just a quick photo, I intend to get some better pics soon. The two marines are also finished but I'll wait until I can photograph them properly.

Wicked!

And that Emperor's Children chosen is mind-blowing.

I managed to borrow a proper camera and it makes such a difference, although I still haven't quite figured out how to take perfect pictures just yet and had to fix the white balance in Photoshop. I'd really like to photograph against a dark background but couldn't get that to look good at all.

So this is the Slaaneshi Chosen, he is from a breakaway warband of the Emperor's Children called the Violators. Although personally I don't like seeing Slaanesh stuck in purples and pinks I thought that it would be less likely to offend purists if I made him part of a separate warband rather than a 'pure' Emperor's Children. This is my vision of Slaanesh - sort of Silent Hill meets the worst excesses of heavy metal and I know it probably won't be for everyone, but I just really don't like how Slaanesh is all pastel hues nowadays.

I'll be starting a new collaborative blog shortly with Meade and this guy is part of it. I'll post his background and more pictures there probably as I get a bit self-conscious about posting too much on forums!

 Bruticus wrote:




I managed to borrow a proper camera and it makes such a difference, although I still haven't quite figured out how to take perfect pictures just yet and had to fix the white balance in Photoshop. I'd really like to photograph against a dark background but couldn't get that to look good at all.

So this is the Slaaneshi Chosen, he is from a breakaway warband of the Emperor's Children called the Violators. Although personally I don't like seeing Slaanesh stuck in purples and pinks I thought that it would be less likely to offend purists if I made him part of a separate warband rather than a 'pure' Emperor's Children. This is my vision of Slaanesh - sort of Silent Hill meets the worst excesses of heavy metal and I know it probably won't be for everyone, but I just really don't like how Slaanesh is all pastel hues nowadays.T

I'll be starting a new collaborative blog shortly with Meade and this guy is part of it. I'll post his background and more pictures there probably as I get a bit self-conscious about posting too much on forums!

The conversion and GS work on this guy is phenomenal!!

I also see no need for slaaneshi guys to be all pastel shades. The white armour on this guy looks great.

White is interesting, it also lessens the contrast between his own skin and the armor.

Yeah that's true, I've always liked some bare skin on space marines since those old half-dressed Khorne Berserker models. I'd love to do a slaanesh marine with a bare leg, although I suspect it wouldn't work very well in practice.

It will be quite a challenge to get right, especially considering the proportions of a space marine, and the Slaanesh more sleek aesthetic...

Great work on the true scale guys.

That is awesome and I'd love to see it on a darker background maybe a scenic shot. Really baroque and nasty

The Slaneeshi is wonderfully garish, and brutal-looking at the same time.

The rusty white armour is great, but it's the skin tones from the blue shadows through to the cream highlights and bloody spot color that really make him shine.

This is what a Slaneeshi Chaos Marine should look like!

This is my vision of Slaanesh

...And it's a good vision.
Good job on the sculpting and the painting.

I love the use of white for Slaanesh, and the chest/backpack area came out really beautiful.

Thanks for the compliments, I'm very pleased with this guy.

But just to be clear I didn't do so much sculpting on the chest, I adapted an existing bit. I'm still working on sculpting, his loin cloth is really the extent of my skills.

 Bruticus wrote:

I just really don't like how Slaanesh is all pastel hues nowadays.

Very bonny mini! I'm not sure if the pastel-lock thing is nowadays though - 1st ed 40k was pretty darn similar, in fact colour schemes were even more stratified then. It's nice to get away from the 'my god dictates my color scheme' perspective though, I mean, Khorne cares not from whence the blood flows... Or whether the person doing the killing has a thing for puce. If you're able to create characterful minis that portray their alignment in other ways, colour don't matter!

How would you prefer Slaaneshi aesthetics to be portrayed?

OMG this is just awesome !

I love your take on Slaaneshi followers ! I'm subscribing !

Dark Mechanicus 'Geist' servitors. Still a bit more work to go but you get the idea!