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And the whole thing together so far.

I'm loving it! Looks so unique and brutal!

 ThunderFury 2575 wrote:
I'm loving it! Looks so unique and brutal!

Thanks, Thunder! Always with the compliments!

Got some good work in on a Drop Pod.. erm, make that "Dread Claw."

I'm quite liking this dreadclaw! I need to get off my butt and update my own blog!

 ThunderFury 2575 wrote:
I'm quite liking this dreadclaw! I need to get off my butt and update my own blog!

Update it! I'm pumped to see what dark chaosy warmachines you come up with next.

Up next are some Wolf Guard Bikers. These guys are converted from the Chaos Biker kit as well as some Warp Talon and other random bits. One guy sports a Power Fist and the Champion wields a Power Sword.

Started working on some Fenrisian Wolves! Used the WHFB Dire Wolves kit, straight outta-the-box. Figured they would have that nice chaosy, grimdark that the Dark Mechanicus needs. Paint the bones in a metal color and give the eyes a nice glow (maybe the rib cages too?) to drive home the "mecahicus" aspect of the daemon-engine-beasts thing.

I very much like the idea of using the dire wolves.
I used fenrisian wolves as chaos spawn in my iron warriors, looks like i may be picking up ten more chaos spawn as i really like these dire wolves of yours, only the warp knows why i didn't pick some up in the first place O.o

 ThunderFury 2575 wrote:
I very much like the idea of using the dire wolves.
I used fenrisian wolves as chaos spawn in my iron warriors, looks like i may be picking up ten more chaos spawn as i really like these dire wolves of yours, only the warp knows why i didn't pick some up in the first place O.o

Thanks, Thunder. I know! They're so much better than the WHFB vampire counts wolves. I had no idea these were so large until I got them in the mail... they're great for Spawn (or Khorne doggies)! Oh well.

Made some progress on the Chaos Knight. He's ready for basecoating.

Hi right arm is fairly set in place, only being able to swap out the front gun and side clip. He'll never do the two CC weapon variant.

The left arm is magnetized at the shoulder so his weapon arm can rotate however looks coolest during the game. Also, I never really liked the "sword IS the arm" thing with Imperial Knights so I converted the fist to be holding a chainsword. Looks a bit more killy to me.

Wow, this is magnificent, I love what you did with the hand held chainsaw, after all you might need to plunge it in an enemy knight, leave it there to punch the bastard some more, and take it back while spraying knight entrails everywhere.
The work on the back is also brilliant, from afar it reminds me of the imperator titan's walking cathedral look.

Great work, will be a pleasure to see how things go from here.

That Knight is certainly a spectacular conversion! Forgeworld's own Chaos Knight looks like a joke compared to this monster. Brilliant!

There's just one thing that I'm not sure about: I am trying to make up my mind as to whether or not your lenthening of the middle section has resulted in slightly messed-up proportions. Now of course the stock Knight hardly has "realistic" proportions to begin with, but maybe you should have lengthened the legs along with the torso...? I am not sure. Any cance of a photo taken from straight on, so one can get an idea of the Knight's "true" proportions?

Amazing conversion on that knight, mate!
I particularly like the chainsword workaround and the carapace-mounted cannon and its handler.

Also the wolves look cool, i'm really interested to see how the glowing ribcages will turn out, if you decide to do that

Looking forward to those layers of paint

Absolutely stunning stuff. Cannot wait to see it all painted. That's some of the best conversion work I've seen.

God almighty!!! this thread is epic! from the Helldrake to this monstrosity that is a Chaos Knight! you have really went above and beyond! The execution on your work is excellent! I can't wait to see what comes next!

Thanks, everybody. I had no idea this would be such a hit! I'll keep you posted on the painting, though I imagine this guy will take some time...

KernelTerror wrote:Wow, this is magnificent, I love what you did with the hand held chainsaw, after all you might need to plunge it in an enemy knight, leave it there to punch the bastard some more, and take it back while spraying knight entrails everywhere.
The work on the back is also brilliant, from afar it reminds me of the imperator titan's walking cathedral look. Great work, will be a pleasure to see how things go from here.

Such an awesome description of the Knight in action.

ciuncky wrote:Amazing conversion on that knight, mate! I particularly like the chainsword workaround and the carapace-mounted cannon and its handler. Also the wolves look cool, i'm really interested to see how the glowing ribcages will turn out, if you decide to do thatLooking forward to those layers of paint

The turret mount was something that struck me from day one as being needed on a Knight. You don't get a good sense of scale without seeing a human equivalent somewhere on the model. Not sure how I'm going to go for painting the wolves!

Januine wrote:Absolutely stunning stuff. Cannot wait to see it all painted. That's some of the best conversion work I've seen.

Plains of War wrote:God almighty!!! this thread is epic! from the Helldrake to this monstrosity that is a Chaos Knight! you have really went above and beyond! The execution on your work is excellent! I can't wait to see what comes next!

Thanks guys! It's always great to get good feedback. I'm glad you both like the conversions. Keep coming back!



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 KrautScientist wrote:
That Knight is certainly a spectacular conversion! Forgeworld's own Chaos Knight looks like a joke compared to this monster. Brilliant!

There's just one thing that I'm not sure about: I am trying to make up my mind as to whether or not your lenthening of the middle section has resulted in slightly messed-up proportions. Now of course the stock Knight hardly has "realistic" proportions to begin with, but maybe you should have lengthened the legs along with the torso...? I am not sure. Any cance of a photo taken from straight on, so one can get an idea of the Knight's "true" proportions?

Thanks for the feedback and that's a fair critique. I was a bit hesitant to lift him up so much and I may have overdone it in the end. I'll take some shots with a less busy background from a few straight-on angles; hopefully he'll look a bit better.

I've been watching your Chaos Knight progress for some time (and may have directly stolen the battlecannon bit idea). You're truly a master!

Wow! That is one insane chaos knight
Hot damn, call the police and the fireman

I'm already looking at using similar conversion parts when i get my knight crusader (or whatever the super gun knight of doom is) now! I'll be dissecting how you built this knight too

Keep up the excellent work!

That is a stunning imperial knight conversion. Beautiful!

 ThunderFury 2575 wrote:
Wow! That is one insane chaos knight
Hot damn, call the police and the fireman

I'm already looking at using similar conversion parts when i get my knight crusader (or whatever the super gun knight of doom is) now! I'll be dissecting how you built this knight too

Keep up the excellent work!

Awesome! I really look forward to seeing what iron warriors madness you come up with. Your Helbrute and Obliterator conversions indicate that a Knight will just be absolutely bonkers!


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 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
That is a stunning imperial knight conversion. Beautiful!

Thanks, Warboss!

Knight looks great man!

Ok, here are some straight on shots. Hopefully these give a better idea of his torso height.

He's all base coated up and ready for some paint!

EDIT: the pictures failed when I posted from my phone. Let's try this again. Let me know what you think!


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 GoatboyBBMA wrote:
Knight looks great man!

Is this THE Goatboy? Holy Crap! I've read your blog posts for years now. Always insightful stuff. Please keep it up!

This machine is looking glorious! Can't wait for a coat of paint

Sorry to wait so long in giving an update. All the feedback on the Knight has been great but, sadly, I haven't had much hobby time recently. And, to be honest, I've gotten a bit burned out on the project. He's been sitting with just a few colors of paint for weeks now.

HOWEVER, I did finish up another project recently. Never posted pictures of him because--like the Knight--I lost motivation midway through and never finished. But nothing like an upcoming game to push a deadline. We played a Literal 40k game (40,000 ppoints on the table!!!!) and I wanted to use him. Thing is, all models had to be painted! ARGH. So, needless to say I finally finished. Here he is: Fateweaver!

AAAANND the finished model:

I think my head just imploded..
This is absolutely fantastic
Words cannot describe how stunning this is...

Bravo sir! Bravo!!

Oh yeah, after seeing a Tzeentch demon prince made out of bird bits I've always wanted to do one. However after seeing yours I won't need to, you've made one so much better than I ever could.

 JeffyP wrote:
Now up..... Greater Unclean One!

Did you take this from Monster's Inc.?

Thanks, guys! It felt great finishing a long-overdue project. There's so many of them sitting around my desk!

 The Internet is for Khorn wrote:

 JeffyP wrote:
Now up..... Greater Unclean One!

Did you take this from Monster's Inc.?

Not sure what you mean.

Another long-lost project resurrected for the 40,000 point game. I give you: the Chaos Bastion of DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!