Matthew's old plog

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**jreilly89**

Great start! Hope your Daemonkin don't stop your Orky army too much.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Paint the blue squishes, come on, massive robots with massive guns! What's not to like?

**Matthew**

I'll be running the Daemons as Khorne Daemonkin.

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CREEEEEEEEED wrote:
Paint the blue squishes, come on, massive robots with massive guns! What's not to like?

KILLA KANZ YA GIT!!

**Matthew**

Not really an update, just have a question I need to ask: I remember using a Daemon painting software, similar to the ones you can use for digitally painting Marines. It looked exactly like a Bolter And Chainsword painter. Any idea where I can find it?

**Matthew**

Oi mates, sorry for a lack of real updates. I've been lazy! Someone requested a picture of my musketeers, so here's the first one!

Please forgive me for the blurry and dark picture, not my proudest moment.

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and also, if someone could find that Daemon painter, that'd be great.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Well, I can't give you a daemon painter, but I can pester you for a squigoth update.

**Matthew**

CREEEEEED, you called and I answered. Dadadadada, dadada dadadadaaaa! Dadadadaa dadadadadaaa...

I didn't like the current armour plates, so I thought stacking tons of popsicle sticks might brink the bulk up, plus look a bit better. What do you guys think?

Also, daemons. I'll be ordering some Bloodletters tonight, don't worry. Also, can someone give me a good name for the whole Plog? I just cant come up with one.

**Ezra Tyrius**

It sort of looks like it's wearing a skirt now

I think the armour plates could work if they formed the sides of the howdah as they went higher up on the Squiggoth, instead of following the curve of the Squiggoth's side (I hope that makes any sense to you)

**Matthew**

Ah, I get it! I'm thinking about making a few smaller pieces sticking out, looking like it's attaching the side to the Howdah. But is it too ugly?

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Just some pictures. made from primarily coffee stirrers and popsicle sticks. As you see, the howdah has been decorated and riveted.

Anything else I can do on the Squiggoth? I'm not sure what to do with its head, looks silly...

**Matthew**

Just ordered a bunch of Bloodletters, plus a special surprees! Stay tuned!

**Ezra Tyrius**

It looks a lot better with the howdah on top

Amazing work Matthew!

The armour reminds me a bit of the Cataphractii used in ancient times, which were awesome armoured horses by the way

**Matthew**

Thank you! I was actually going for a Cataphract look on it, but I'm not sure if I can add anything else. I've been sticking bitz to the howdah, and it's starting to look finished! Now I just need a base...

**Matthew**

I was searching through my old toy boxes when I found this bad boy:

A cheap chinese plastic pistol. Aw yeah.
Yeah, might not seem like much, but I'm bored, so I've decided to make this into a 40k-esque thingy.

I want it to be a Khornate Cultists Stub Pistol, stolen from a manofactorum. I will hopefully upload some updates on the Squiggoth soon, I need to re-prime it again with the wood and all.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Why not chop the barrel off and put on the howdah of that now awesome squiggoth.

**Flame-Rage**

CREEEEEEEEED wrote:
Why not chop the barrel off and put on the howdah of that now awesome squiggoth.

That could be awesome, but I think you should still convert to the dark gods first

Stolen from a manufactorum for khorne, then stolen from chaos for orkiness!

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Ooh, sounds very grimdark

**lliu**

Greenstuff for the Greenstuff pile! Orks for the Waaaagh!

**geargutz**

heres an idea, if your going with snakebites try getting your hands on a godzilla toy and convert him into a mega dread (i have bought a fairly good sized one myself and plan to do the same myself).

you could say its either a strange squigoth or some creature the orks found on a death world.

**Matthew**

Although I'm not doing Snakebites, I have actually been thinking about using say a DV Helbrute + Green Stuff as a Deff Dread, although the Godzilla idea sounds awesome.

By the way, Daemonkin can ally normal Daemons! Nurgleeeeee!

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Please forgive me for not updating this plog for a while, I'm still waiting for the Daemons to arrive. While waiting, I've started thinking about scratch building an Ork Trukk out of cardboard. Now, this gives me one little question: Does cardboard warp when primed?

**Matthew**

Check that guide out, he's the one who inspired me. Why doesn't he have that many viewers? His stuff is awesome!

I STILL have no excuse for not updating! Yay? Nay.

I have, on top of the gazabajilinon other projects I've got going, I have decided to start scratchbuilding a Trukk. Oh no. The Daemons I ordered haven't arrived yet, although I did order them last wednesday, and it's been over 7 workdays )they said it would take 3-5). Anyone else been having that kind of experience with Wayland Games?

This is just the basic frame.

Me trying to build up the cockpit. Heh. Pit.

This was an early WIP, when I wanted to make an enclosed cockpit. (What's it even called? dunno)

Since I can't make wheels myself and don't have enough toy wheels, I'm making this into a Half-Track... Or Half-TRUKK
Get it? Because Trukk, and Ork and...

My attempt at an exhaust. I'm trying to make pipes running all over the thing. Straws are nice for this.

**Matthew**

Uploading from my phone, os I can't writr too much. Trukk almost finished, just needs rivets

**Ezra Tyrius**

Trukk's looking good! Can't wait to see it painted

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Same, I like the use of straws, I'll have to remember that one.

**lliu**

Does it worry anyone else that straws flex when painted?

**Matthew**

Oh, right... Thanks for that. If I slathered them in superglue, would they be a bit more solid then? I don't want to end up with them flexing...

**CREEEEEEEEED**

They might flex when painting, I don't know, but if you coat them in super glue it probably won't create a nice surface, whereas if you just spray it black it should be ok to paint on.

**Matthew**

I... suck at P&M. I've been painting a little, but I haven't uploaded in, like, a week.
For some reason, my shipment from Wayland Games haven't arrived yet. It's been 15 days, the money has been taken from the bank account, but no e-mail. Nothing.

I don't have any finished models for you guys, but I do have some WIPs:

I'm painting the DV Helbrute like I want to paint my Daemons.

Squiggoth! Painting it grey like an... an elephant???

For those who want to stalk me, here's a photo of my painting space. Beautiful, innit?

Also, this guy. An 'Ard Boy. He's in Paradigm's contest. I will fail.

**nflagey**

Nice progress on the squiggoth!
Don't get distracted with Chaos though, greenskins are waaaagh more important

**Matthew**

Why thank you! The Chaos stuff is just a sice thing, tha WAAAAAGH!!! is way more importnant

**Matthew**

I've been having some fun today. I saw a cool tutorial from Paint-Forge which showed me how to make trees out of wire.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

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Boom! That's what I've been doing!