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Add the flamer ala Spiderman, small tank on inside of forearm, nozzle mounted slightly lower on the wrist. An dthe bit you are missing is a primer, small pilot light thingy, bit of bent wire will do.

That big shoota is too awesome to chop up.

But it is your call.

Love the banner carrier.

Thanks for your input Cam! I've been thinking about that idea too but I'm not sure if I can make it work. But I'll keep it in mind. Thanks again!

Here's a little painting update. The test Skitarii Ranger is done!









He was a fun one to paint albeit a little tricky sometimes (fiddely bitz and all). Only downside; I had to free hand all the markings on his robe and will have to do that again for the rest of the lot *gulp*.
But I can't wait to do the rest of 'em! I did give em a martian base although he's actually from the Forge World Metalica and their planet has a metal surface. But I thought a red underground would contrast the white robes better and his metalic feet would also be better visible.

C&C always welcome and thanks for stopping by!

Looks brilliant bud. Nice model, with great paint, spot on.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Looks brilliant bud. Nice model, with great paint, spot on.

Cheers my friend!

And update on the Waaagh! Black'eart conversion:



Welp, here he is then, the big boss himself is done! It feels like I've been working on Huron for ages but when you add up the time I've spent on it, it isn't all that much.
There are some things in this project that I could have done better. Especially the flamer in his hand (dropped that idea as you can see and chopped up the gun instead- sorry Camkierhi!!!! ). I really wanted to mirror the Chaos version of Huron but my conversion skillz were not really up for the task and I was afraid it might ruin the claw all together.

Close-up pics:






In the end, the flamer looks pretty good methinks.

All that boring grey plastic and resin irks me to no end so I can't wait to paint this guy and see him in full glory! So I will basecoat and start painting these guys asap and they will all look so much better

In other news, GW released some new Adeptus Mechanicus stuff (I'll soon have a small allied force of Skitarii on my own ) namely the Kastelan Robots. Now, I didn't like them at first but they grow on you I guess. Yes, they do look a bit out of place next to all the other Ad Mech stuff, but I take that for granted (they are ten thousand years old machinery you know ). Those heads on the other hand, are terrible and look very goofy! So, since I want a couple of these buggers in my Ad Mech force, I've started to think about a way to fix this obvious gripe.

Forge Wold has some excellent Ad Mech stuff so I dropped by their site for some inspiration. The Thanatar Siege-Automata and Castellax Battle-Automata the caught my interest.

I really like those bronze "heads" and to tie the Kastelans more to Forge World's releases, I'll be going for that look. My idea is to keep the heads nice and clean looking. Here's a sketch I made from that idea:


I think this idea could work and is not that hard to pull off conversion wise. So wadda you guys think? Let me know!

Well the big guys looking pretty awesome. Even if you did chop up a beautiful gun. Flamer looks good though.

Thank you Cam! Now I can finally paint the guy. Looking forward to it

Hiya guys! Last Sunday I started converting the dreaded Kastelan Robot heads Not the hardest job fortunately. On to the pics!

So first up, I began my work on the greenstuff:


Second, some plasticard is glued on...


and I cut some small pieces to function as bolts.


Current result:


Aww, look at 'em, they're almost cute. Still need to sand the greenstuff a bit more to get an even and smooth coverage. So, last thing to do; the air vents. For now, I find them a bit "meh" but it's hard to tell how they are going to look when finished since they're still WIP.

Anyways, I'll try to finish the heads this weekend!

C&C welcome!

Heya guys! Painted some Blood Angels for a competition.
 
Pics:











 
I've changed the basing style this time. The previous brown stone base didn't work very well, so I went with the grey stones for better contrast.
 
Thanks for looking!

Those Assault marines look great! The highlights really make it pop a bit more, as does the base

How'd you paint the yellow for the helmets by the way? It looks pretty amazing, especially in combination with the reds (kind of makes me want to see you paint an Imperial Fist though )

Thank you Ezra!

The yellow is as follows:
- Averland Sunset (thin the heck out of this thing, it gets chalky very easily);
- Overall wash with Reikland Fleshshade;
- Clean up with Averland;
- Mix Averland with White scar, or any white for that matter, for the edge highlights (2/1 mix);
- Mix Averland again with a white (1/2 mix) and do the tips of the edges;
- Done, and done!

How's life going Ez? Did you have time to do some hobbying?

Wow, that's quite the process Going to have to try that some time

Life-wise, well... I study architecture, I don't have a life Been picking up some second-hand Chaos goodies for my The Remnants warband though, trying to save those poor Chaos marines from ending up in a bin somewhere
I'll get an update out one of these days, if I don't go mad the coming weeks; exams aren't the best time of year for wargaming!

Look forward to an update, but more importantly, good luck with the exams!!

I like the kastellan conversions. Your helmets look fantastic. The blood angels are quite nice, too.

All looking good, the heads turned out very good. Nice paint work on the assault crew.

Had a bit of an inspirational burst, which led me to write a little short story about Blood Angels; guess those Assault marines kicked my mind into fluff-writing territory
Let's hope this story is as inspiring to you as the Huron Black'Eart one

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/651568.page

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:I like the kastellan conversions. Your helmets look fantastic. The blood angels are quite nice, too.

Cheers Warboss! Glad you like it.

Camkierhi wrote:All looking good, the heads turned out very good. Nice paint work on the assault crew.

Thanks Cam!

Ezra Tyrius wrote:Had a bit of an inspirational burst, which led me to write a little short story about Blood Angels; guess those Assault marines kicked my mind into fluff-writing territory
Let's hope this story is as inspiring to you as the Huron Black'Eart one

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/651568.page

I enjoyed that little read! Very well written and an excellent representation of the Black Rage And now I'm gonna name one of my Death Company dudes Ervelo

Hello everyone! So, the Sanguinary Priest is done. The white armour came out a lot better then I expected fortunately! And I'm particularly proud of his cloak.

On to the pictures~!






I used some GW's Blood for the Blood God technical paint to get the blood effect on the chalice. Mind you, it looks better and more blood-like in real life

Next up, I want to paint my Furioso Dreadnought! After that, the Blood Angels get a little break and I will continue to paint Waaagh! Black'eart and some of my Deathskulls Orks In the mean time, the Skitarii mini army will get assembled in one go (still gotta get me two Dunecrawlers though), so that they are ready to get painted too! (I hope to finish them this year *gulp*)

Thanks for looking!

Awesome paint job Levi- nice work! Looks awesome!

That's one great looking Sanguinary Priest Can't wait to see the Furioso (although I'm keeping an eye out for Waaagh! Black'eart of course)

Cheers lads!

Just read through the entire blog, and I've got to say you've got some great stuff percolating here. I really like the Waaagh Blackheart Project, and I'm also really liking the starts of your Astral Claws and AdMech as well. Great stuff!

Cheers Azazelx! And thanks for looking through! After I finish a Dreadnought for my Blood Angels I'll continue project Waaagh! Blackheart and will start to assemble my AdMech force so hope to have more updates on that soon!

Hello everyone! Painted up a Furioso Dreadnough and it's done now! He was a fun one to paint although I had to apply several thin coats of red to get a smooth coverage, so that was kinda tedious. Anyways, he's done and I'm pretty proud of it. So, time to continue the work on Waagh! Blackheart and assemble all of my Skitarii to get them painted too!

Pics~!













Enjoy! C&C welcome ^^

Love that red, really nice, really nice clean paint job.

Lovely, clean work

Cheers fellas! Thanks for the support!

Alright, a small update of what I've been up to:



I'm finally starting to assemble my Skitarii in earnest now. And as you can see I've already put a few together. The unit of five Ruststalkers (the black ones in the front) are done and already primed. I will hold off painting the Skitarii 'till Waaagh! Blackheart is out of the way though. So you will see updates of grey plastic for a while. Please bear with me.
On a side note, I will be magnetising a lot of stuff and do little conversion work here and there, so I hope these post will be interesting and informative for you guys. Perhaps my findings and little how-to's will help out my fellow gamers!

And as for Waaagh! Blackheart:









The Boyz are coming along nicely! They are nearly done, 'cept for a few highlights, checkers (the white parts) and the bases. Better pictures will come when they are finished!

Stay tuned for more and thanks for looking!

Warning: loads of pictures!

Got some updates on the Skitarii and Waaagh! Black'eart for you guys:

Da Red Corsair are finished!! I''m still trying to find the right set-up of the light box for the pictures so some are better then others. Enjoy none the less!














A close-up of one of the bases. Again, excellent bases from Dark Arts Miniatures!

There are a few more images on my gallery

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As for the Skitarii, I've assembled the Tech-Priest Dominus!



I also did a little conversion; He got a robot claw from the Infiltrators/Ruststalkers box instead of his hand that was holding a rod (also known as the pimp-cane). I thought it was weird having him lean on two staves. Now it looks like he's pointing malevolently at his next target. Much better IMHO!

On to the magnetized parts...




When you drill the Tech-Priest you have to be careful not to drill through his thin arms (especially the ones holding the pistols). Fortunately it isn't something you can't fix with green stuff, but it can save you some time. Here are the two area's I've put the other magnets in:





Magnetizing is always an extra step, but I'm glad I did it. No more proxying for me!

Anwyays, next up for the orks: the Nob with Waaagh! Banner! As for the Skitarii, the Kastelan Robots will be next. The Tech-Priest Dominus is ready to get primed!

Stay tuned for more and thanks for looking!

The Red Corsair Nob is done! What's left now is the Waaagh! banner and the base.





Pictures of the finished model will come this weekend!

Thanks for looking and C&C appreciated!

Finished the flag and base today! So the Nob is now finished!





Few! Freehanding that flag was a pain but the end result looks pretty good!

Thanks for looking and C&C welcome!