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Nice Death Company team there Levi . Great work!

Nice looking stuff there. What's next?

@Camkierhi @Meph @angelofvengance: Thanks a lot guys!

@Nashbashem: You asked for it

Right, let’s kick this off officially. Behold the rise of da stompiest Warboss of the GrimDark™!


WAAAGH! BLACK'EART
Da Tyrant of Badab, da Blood Reava, Boss of da Maelstrom, Masta of da Red Corsairz
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+++Vox message fragment recovered
+++Last recorded location of sender: near the Maelstrom zone

+++Fragment begins+++

The rumours we have been receiving of increased Ork activity in the Maelstrom Zone are true. The rumours of Grimtoof's Death Skulls, a splinter group of the Ruff Ridaz and several minor Freeboota clans banding together are true. But I fear it's far worse than that. They apparently flocked under the banner of a more powerful warlord. W-we've heard a name. The ships we've encountered only dared to whisper it. The Orks call hi-

[Missing segment]

Our fleet was attacked by them not long ago. A rather organised attack. The foul Xenos appeared out of nowhere it seemed. Our sister ship was slightly ahead of us and was the first to fall -she was carrying supplies for the Imperial Guard, how did they know? While the Orks raided her, more of them appeared and began to attack our flanks. They were operating with extraordinary ferocity and...to an extent, tactical discipline. If we weren’t in this dire situation I’d probably laugh at myself right now, but that’s how it was. While the Orks tried to board our spacecraft, we received several confusing vox messages coming from the Orks themselves. They were chanting a name. We quickly realised in what kind of situation we were in, so we transferred all our power from the guns to the main drivers to attempt a warp-jump. The Orks withdrew but they were barely gone or the vox crackled again. It was a deep and rasping voice and it spoke in perfect Low Gothic.

"Know this worm; your Empire is dead."

The vox died abruptly and we successfully made a warp-jump and escaped.
Now we've been drifting in the warp for the Emperor knows how long. We're lost, trapped in this endless hell hole. That vox message is still spiralling through my head. And that name... That name that the Orks chanted...

"Huron Black'eart"

Why does that name sound so familiar?

+++Fragment ends+++
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Right, wots diz den?
For all of you who don’t know what this fuss is all about: Waaagh! Black’eart is a conversion project! It’s an alternate take on the birth of Huron Blackheart. This time he is not saved by Chaos, but by Orks and chosen by Gork and Mork to drown the Maelstrom in endless Waaagh! (and steal a planet here and there to satisfy his own greed)! Sparked by the insane ramblings of fellow Dakkanaut Ezra Tyrius (see page 5) and it’s my task to convert and paint ‘em! So, sit back and enjoy the ride. I hope it’s gonna be an awesome one and that my conversion *cough*skills*cough* are up to the task!

Wots da plan boss?
Besides Huron Black’eart himself, here’s what’s coming more:
- A squig (the alternate Hamadrya) I call him Hammy for now ;
- Painboy Gutzsnik, who fixed up da boss;
- 1 Nob with Waaagh! Banner;
- 4 Red Corsair Boyz;

So! Most of the bitz and kits are in (still waiting for the squig, the Waaagh! banner and some bases though).



Next step: wash and scrub all the resin parts and start on the Bosspole! Stay tuned folks! The project starts now!

So get yer Orks ready galz and ladz and join Waaagh! Black’eart!
(I let your Orks join in for convenience sake Ezra, and I don’t even know if they reside near the Maelstrom or not )

IT BEGINS!

Can't wait to see how they turn out, especially Huron himself (although the squig certainly caught my attention as well - a rather fitting steed for the man )!

The Waagh!'s icon is pretty pimpin' as well, your computer-aided drawing skills never cease to amaze

And the Ruff Ridaz are more than happy to join Huron, as long as they get their share of the loot (I hadn't really decided what system they were from yet, thanks for solving that little issue for me by the way )




Oh, and one more thing.

JUST AS PLANNED.

Cheers Ezra! Really excited to start with the project myself

The squig acts more like a familiar, giving Huron awesomesauce psychic powers, thanks to a brain transplant

!!Pic heavy update!!

Hello guys! It's been a while since I posted some updates. Real Life(tm) kicked me in the butt and had no motivation to hobby at all last month. But even bad things come to an end and I'm kicking things back into gear!
I worked on several projects last two weeks; painting and converting wise! Check it out below!

Painting:
Gretchins! Still a lot of WIP here but they are coming along nicely. The weapons are as good as done and I'm blocking in the blue colour and all the cloth needs to be basecoated. Pics!







Like I said, they are still work in progress as I got distracted by this guy:







When I saw the Lizardmen in a GW catalogue back in 2006, I fell in love with the models and the bright colours they have! I always wanted to paint some and I finally bought a box of Temple Guards. I don't know if I'm gonna play Warhammer Fantasy... you know with all dem rumours about the 9th and particulary the ones about the Lizzies... but painting a few won't hurt right? Had fun painting this guy, but it's really some thing else than painting Orks and Space Marines!

Conversions:
Yes, besides painting I've worked on some conversions too! First up; Corien Sumatris, captain of the Astral Claws 2nd Company, the Tyrant's Champion. I had a cool idea for this guy a few days ago and wanted to try it out! Everything is held together with glue tack so the proportions might be a bit off, but it gives you a good idea what he's gonna look like. He still needs a servo arm on his backpack with attached bolter and I'm gonna try to sculpt a fur cloak for him. Still not sure about his head choice though... I do want him to be bare headed (I think that helmeted characters tend to get a bit bland) but I'm still on the look out for a better one.









And last but not least.... Huron Black'eart, warboss of the Red Corsairs! BEHOLD!



His boss pole and trophy pole done with some awesomesauce MasterTools chains! Got some green stuffin' to do for the cables and gotta make his head look like he's actually in the suit.

And now some pics with arms and custom made gubbinz!



KAPOW! Looking brutal (and kunnin'). It was a tricky job to sculpt a proper jaw piece since his head is so tiny!



This thing on his back is a psychic energy converter (it's gonna be a bit different later but this is just a scale test). His pet squig is able to transfer psychic energy to Huron so he can manifest certain psychic powers without loosing his mind. (Pretty spiffy huh?!)
But I'm still not sure about the size... It looks pretty big and it makes him even more top heavy then he already is. So I have to see if I can fix that. Pics from an other angle:





With legs:



See what I mean? He's quite top heavy. So I hope I can tone it down a bit. But then again, he looks like a real monster now! Perhaps you guys have some ideas or tips on that thing on his back?

Last pic for today; a Red Corsair Boy! Of course if you are a bunch of space pirates, someone must have a wooden leg!



So! Enjoy the updates and thanks for watching! And as always, C&C welcome!

Whoops! Double post!

Whoops! Triple post!

Fantastic work Levi! Glad that real life (as in Huron, who noticed you weren't working like a good little slave) managed to release its hold on you for a while

Speaking of the glorious bastard, I like how Black'eart is coming along, not sure how you could fix the top-heavy problem though. Maybe he could be leaning on a wall, his hand resting on a broken doorway in a 'Here's Johnny!' kind of way?
I feel like he could use a bit more human elements though, he's a bit all Ork-tech at the moment (which isn't bad of course, given the situation )

Your other models are looking pretty damn sweet as well, Corien Sumatris really sells the 'Tyrant's Champion' look
I personally like the head, it has a great expression of pure rage on it

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
Fantastic work Levi! Glad that real life (as in Huron, who noticed you weren't working like a good little slave) managed to release its hold on you for a while

Thanks Ez! Glad it's over (Take that Lugft! HAH! )

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
Speaking of the glorious bastard, I like how Black'eart is coming along, not sure how you could fix the top-heavy problem though. Maybe he could be leaning on a wall, his hand resting on a broken doorway in a 'Here's Johnny!' kind of way?
I feel like he could use a bit more human elements though, he's a bit all Ork-tech at the moment (which isn't bad of course, given the situation )

Welp, my initial idea was that Huron was placed in a dreadnought-like suit, but he's free to move his head so his not a sardine in a tin can (da Dok actually had to chop off his good leg to make him fit in ). So that's why he's all techy-like. I could drop that jaw armour thing I sculpted so his head would be more visible.

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
Your other models are looking pretty damn sweet as well, Corien Sumatris really sells the 'Tyrant's Champion' look
I personally like the head, it has a great expression of pure rage on it

Thanks! Glad you like the head. Perhaps I'm being too nitpicky

Hello guys! Time for another update! This time, painted bases from Dark Arts Miniatures, for my Astral Claws. The quality of the casts is suberb and there are lot's of details and I'm really happy with them.
They are still a bit bare but I want to add grass tufts and other things after I glued on the Astral Claws themselves. Anyway on to the pics!







And now, with an actual Astral Claw:







Thanks for watching!

I use Dark Art urban and tomb bases for some of my models, great company with excellent products, nice to see someone else using them. Very well painted, too. Nice neutral basing to help make the well done Astral Claws really stand out.

Really like the work on your Death Company, too. Clean, high contrast paint job of the kind that I really like and try to do with my own stuff.

Gotta agree with sockwithaticket, those are some nice bases Might have to get a few of those for my Death Ravens

Nice work with your Astral Claws marine looks awesome

WAIT A MINUTE.

The warboss is a human?!

sockwithaticket wrote:I use Dark Art urban and tomb bases for some of my models, great company with excellent products, nice to see someone else using them. Very well painted, too. Nice neutral basing to help make the well done Astral Claws really stand out.

Really like the work on your Death Company, too. Clean, high contrast paint job of the kind that I really like and try to do with my own stuff.

Thanks for the complements! I think that Dark Art's bases are amazing! And definitley want some of those urban bases for my Orks.

Ezra Tyrius wrote:Gotta agree with sockwithaticket, those are some nice bases Might have to get a few of those for my Death Ravens

Cheers! I can really recommend them.

angelofvengeance wrote:Nice work with your Astral Claws marine looks awesome

Thanks!

Illogical_Blox wrote:WAIT A MINUTE.

The warboss is a human?!

And not just any human, Huron Blackheart to be precise!
This time he's not saved by Chaos but by Orks! It's a crazy what-if conversion

That marine looks awesome. Great scheme too.

@bebopdrums2424: thanks!

Another day, another update. I've continued my work on the gretchins and finished three of 'em:

















Four done, seven left to go. But that's not all, I raided my bitz box two days ago and assembled yet another Badab War character (I'm on a roll!). This time it's Astral Claws apothecary Iscario Seneca. His picture is actually in the campaign book, so it was easy to build him. Here he is, on a prowl for fallen space marines:



With accompanied picture from the first Badab War campaign book:



His torso is different from the pic, as I used most bitz of the Space Marine Command set. But I like the extra bottles and things on his belt. I'm planning to field his as apothecary with the Astral Claws and Corpse Taker when he's with the Tyrant's Legion. I have some servitors from the Techmarine kit laying around so they could tag along with him. Here are some more pics:





For some reason, I really want to paint this guy. But he'll have to wait till the grots are finished. Anyway, thanks for watching and C&C as always, welcome!

Great work on those Gretchin, the blue tattoos are a nice touch

Also, good to see more Astral Claws! How are you going the base the Apothecary?

Love the Grots.

Ezra Tyrius wrote:Great work on those Gretchin, the blue tattoos are a nice touch

Also, good to see more Astral Claws! How are you going the base the Apothecary?

I'm gonna use one of those Dark Art bases, perhaps with a skull or helmet on it

Cleatus wrote:Love the Grots.

Thank you! Glad you like them

They are finally done! Probably spend too much time on these guys but oh well, I'm pretty pleased with the result! Here are some pics:

























The basing will come later (I still need to decide what the basing's gonna look like for my Orks). So, painting's done, back to the conversions!

Cheers!

Lovely work. I especially like the Astral Claws, but then I would, wouldn't I?

Is that chainmail with mithril silver highlights for the Astral Claws? Is there a wash?

Thanks Fifty!

I gave him a basecoat with boltgun metal (in my case leadbelcher) then a overall wash with nuln oil, then gradually highlighted him with ironbreaker (chainmail) and then highlighted the edges with runefang (mirthril).

Those are some gorgeous grotz! You even took the time to add some great details like the streaked horn effect on the helmet horns and a nice shiny glass effect for the goggles.

I also like the metallic technique you used on them. Simple, but the highlighting makes it jump out.

Great work! Now, if you would just ditch those worthless beakies and focus on the greenskins, this would be an A+ blog! Ha ha.

Dem poor beakies!

Thanks for the comment Riddle! Like I said, probably spend too much time on these buggers but doing the details was so much fun! Glad you like them!

Oh and I'll be definitely following your blogspot blog!

I'm glad you checked out my blog. It's been pretty slow going these past couple of months as I've been working on my Mega Trukk, my most ambitious project so far.

When are you going to start painting that awesome sentinel kan conversion? The face reminds me of something IronDog would do (in a good way)! I can't wait to see it finished.

The Riddle of Steel wrote:
I'm glad you checked out my blog. It's been pretty slow going these past couple of months as I've been working on my Mega Trukk, my most ambitious project so far.

When are you going to start painting that awesome sentinel kan conversion? The face reminds me of something IronDog would do (in a good way)! I can't wait to see it finished.

The sentikan is next on the Ork painting list. I can't give an exact date though too much on my plate atm.

Good evening everyone! Got a small update for you guys. I've worked on some boys for Waaagh! Black'eart







They are just the snap fit ones so nothing really special. I might give the bare headed ork a bandana or an eye patch just to emphesise the pirate part a bit.
I used some bases from Dark Arts Miniatures to make it look like their in a spaceship hunting for loot!

And here are some WIP shots of Huron's pet squig









With that fancy antenna he's able to tranfer psychic energy to da boss (just like his Hamadrya counter part... only wee bit different). I'm not really sure about the space marine helmet... should I keep it?

In other news, I'm hopping on the Skitarii bandwagon and I'm preparing my own small allied force of Ad Mech! The painting scheme is going to be the Forge World Metalica one. I really liked the white robes and I think it really pops on the table! So, here's a work in progress of my test Skitarii Ranger:



Holy moly! So many fiddely bits! I'm too used to space marines and orks Anyway, I'm stoked about this release and can't wait till I have my own little force!

Oh and does this colour scheme look familiar to you? Welp, I used it on one of my test marines to test out a scheme for my homebrew chapter (a few pages ago) I'm starting to dislike it, I think it doesn't work as well on space marines as it does on the Skitarii. But I already have a new idea for my own chapter and gonna test it out in the near future (and they finally have a name!). So stay tuned for that

Thanks for looking guys!

Sorry been awhile.

Excellent stuff, love the orks, of course I am bias. Keep the helmet, all good squigs should have a chew toy.

Skit looks great, I like the colours myself, great job on the paintwork.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Sorry been awhile.

Excellent stuff, love the orks, of course I am bias. Keep the helmet, all good squigs should have a chew toy.

Skit looks great, I like the colours myself, great job on the paintwork.

No worries

Thanks a lot for the comment Cam!

Alright, worked on project Waaagh! Black'eart some more. This time, it's a Ork Nob honoured to carry the Waaagh! Banner.







He was fun one to put together. I used the flag from a fantasy Ork kit and had to cut off the choppy part of the Big Choppa and put them together. A simple conversion but I like how he came out!

Here's a group shot with da boyz! Say Waaaagh!



Right, I need your help again guys I've been busy with Hurons claw and I wanted to give him a flamer just like the Huron Blackheart model. So I tried to make something with plasticard tubes... but I'm not really pleased with it:


It's a bit "meh" and it's not very practical as he can't even close his claw properly so I might drop the idea. And just slapping a flamer on that arm was not really an option as there is not much room for extra dakka.

But then I looked at his left arm, the big shoota:


I think this one lends it self very well to become a flamer! His load-out will look more like the one Huron had when he was still a loyalist, but I think it will look better and make more sense.

So, what do you guys think? Should I keep the claw flamer or chop up that big shoota?