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I definitely like the idea behind the fusion of flesh and metal, the wings really help the model. I'm not 100% sold on the head choice, but I think it would grow on me.

Certaintly striking! Love how all the bitz that should clash work very nicely together!

Awesome thread. So many inspirational conversions.

Keep up the great work.

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Thank you fellas, glad you like that poor bastard.

@Knightley : Actually I was not either and it was definitely not the first candidate head, but then I remembered Mad Max Fury Road That is why the idea of a flying mad blind guy with a very dangerous gun stuck ^^ !

Allright, short WIP update this morning. So it has already been established that demons with guns are cool. But what of demons that are also guns ? On paper, obliterators should be the freaking cool. But when I first read of the in their codex, their models look like this.

Not the worst model ever produced, but it just looks awkward to me. The body does not look tough enough to carry that many guns, and make justice to an unit worth a lot of points. Plus, it lack the crazed demonic aspect it should have.
On another hand, it is a grea kit. With it, I can build :


A Morgenstern for the Silent Reap


A requisitor for Procello's basterds


Some kind of techno gladiator


And a guy that might end up as an obliterator...or not...

Thanks for watching, remarks are always welcome, especially at this stage of building.

You know, I always liked the original obliterators. They were stiff, awkward and didn't look like they had completely thought this whole "made of guns" thing through before they signed up. Just guns coming out of all their bits and pieces, like they were guns first and people second. Neat uses for the bits.


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Loving the WIP of the sound-chapel dreadnaught.

 bossfearless wrote:
You know, I always liked the original obliterators. They were stiff, awkward and didn't look like they had completely thought this whole "made of guns" thing through before they signed up. Just guns coming out of all their bits and pieces, like they were guns first and people second. Neat uses for the bits.

I see what you mean, and the illustration of an obliterator shouting in pain while firing a mortar from his belly in the 2nd ed codex would I think illustrate that. Don't get me wrong, there are also a lot of good stuff about that design, like the fact that they were not in power armor, or the unique design of their weapons. Anyway, I made sure they were still easily found on ebay before slicing him in four, so no regrets there ^^ ! Now that I think of it, rebuilding an obliterator by sticking to these designs, but scaling him up could be an interesting project...

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Loving the WIP of the sound-chapel dreadnaught.

Thanks ! I am a bit stuck on the modeling of the bass guitar player right now, but I should be able to post an update on the dancer pretty soon...

Short update, got some work done on the new Requisitor. Not sure about the head yet, it is a recycling from an old project...But on another hand, when your hand is also 5 machine guns, you need to shoot them with a big smile on your face ! He will also get a hat, since the Requisitor's boss is Procello, and in the grim darkness of the far future, only the leaders are allowed to go without a helmet/hat.

Yea, the head is a bit... off? A genestealer head would provide the same aesthetic but bettererer.

Alright thanks, yeah a genestealer head would work nicely...Now always the same problem when needing a precise bit, should I get one on its own, buy a sprue, or the entire box ^^ ???

Get the one with no eyes! AND BUY A BOX!!!!!!

 KernelTerror wrote:

 bossfearless wrote:
You know, I always liked the original obliterators. They were stiff, awkward and didn't look like they had completely thought this whole "made of guns" thing through before they signed up. Just guns coming out of all their bits and pieces, like they were guns first and people second. Neat uses for the bits.

I see what you mean, and the illustration of an obliterator shouting in pain while firing a mortar from his belly in the 2nd ed codex would I think illustrate that. Don't get me wrong, there are also a lot of good stuff about that design, like the fact that they were not in power armor, or the unique design of their weapons. Anyway, I made sure they were still easily found on ebay before slicing him in four, so no regrets there ^^ ! Now that I think of it, rebuilding an obliterator by sticking to these designs, but scaling him up could be an interesting project...

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Loving the WIP of the sound-chapel dreadnaught.

Thanks ! I am a bit stuck on the modeling of the bass guitar player right now, but I should be able to post an update on the dancer pretty soon...

There are a lot of guitar bits at 28mm svale suutable for this project. What part are you stuck on? Maybe I can offer advice.

Moar Classic Models, Just received that bloke, apparently named BloodletterHead. Ran into the miniature while looking for classic Bloodletters, and had to get it.

 bossfearless wrote:


There are a lot of guitar bits at 28mm svale suutable for this project. What part are you stuck on? Maybe I can offer advice.

That would be very much appreciated. I am not stuck on a specific part, this is more of a case of blank page syndrome.
This was the banshee body I intended to use. The idea was to keep the lower half of the head, with the sirens, and replace the upper half. The picture shows the last experiment, with an eternal stormcast upper half, but it won't do imo, too big.

At this stage I am considering getting a guitar player kit rather than building one.


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You know what. Just by talking about it I am starting to locate what I thought wrong with it. With such a pose that crazy gal is jumping off the platform...

YAY MOAR CLASSIC MODELS! Any nurgle ones?

That Bloodletter head model is very cool. What are you planning on doing with it?

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@LeCacty : I am afraid not for now, but you are right, my Nurgle guys are starting to fall behind in terms of numbers. I'll get started on their Dread once I finish the Sacrifice to Sin one...


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Thanks Dr Cheese, well if you are concerned for his wellbeing I am not planning in slicing him apart ^^. Nor even modifying him actually, I'll let the model as is and just paint it.
He will join the Silent Reap as the leader of a non Astarte stealthy band of killers. On the longer run, I am thinking of making him some followers, maybe by Khornifying some eldar scorpions ?

Where do you find most of your oldhammer? E(vil)bay?

Yup, evilbay !
I am afraid they won that battle, even stores with dedicated websites now redirect to their ebay store.
The counterpart for selling you soul can be interesting though, for example I subscribed to researches such as "Rogue Trader Era" or "Chaos OOP" and receive a daily digest. It is a very effective way to hurt your wallet ^^ !

Between your super old school models and your crazy conversions, this warband is coming out really cool!

 KernelTerror wrote:
Yup, evilbay !
I am afraid they won that battle, even stores with dedicated websites now redirect to their ebay store.
The counterpart for selling you soul can be interesting though, for example I subscribed to researches such as "Rogue Trader Era" or "Chaos OOP" and receive a daily digest. It is a very effective way to hurt your wallet ^^ !

*subs to those*

Thanks Warboss !
And thanks LeCacty, the more you buy before I do, the lesser the chance of me having to decide which kidney I like the least...

The right one. It's the right choice!



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*evil grin* Try searching oop citadel. Lots of chaos stuff isnt labelled as chaos and is left out

Oooh good call, yeah, lots of interesting results there...

Nice looking models, utterly insane but that's a good thing!
With the banshee, maybe a blood angels head with a chaos or ork topknot? Same as the stormcast, mostly, but smaller

Thanks Kurnost ! I had no scale information about the BA head so that could work. For now I'll keep ideas and model the left arm first.
The other option I was considering was to ditch the banshee in favor of a classical noise marine (If I can get my hands on one).


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Well, while I was making up my mind regarding the guitar player I was able to finish the other Chapel !



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Wow, just noticed that silly sculpting mistake near the shoulder. Fixed.

Awwwright, modeling update time on the latest guys with parts of obliterators in them, all close to completion.

The CyberGladiator guy received a head and another weapon from the AOS box, and some heretical wiring to power him up...



I also received the genestealer sprues LeCacty suggested....And ended up finding the head to be too big for the requisitor (Am I going through a head size complex phase I wonder ?). Sorry Cacty, but no worries, having the sprue in my hand gave me some ideas, including a Nurgle guy... And as I already had planned what I intended to do to that poor genestealer head, I did it instead to the lower half of the original head, and I think it works, kind of an ArchoFlagellant look.


The Morgenstern got himself a servo weapon and some armor plate work...


And Built an hand flamer for the Asylum Knight, happy with the way the spiked plate protects the combustible tank from incoming fire...


Thanks for looking, as always, interested in what you think !

Been working on lots of models in parallel these last days, but I just finished the last Requisitor.

Morhiachi is one of the oldest requisitors still not dead or repurposed, and as such has always behaved with pride and morgue among his brothers. He has especially been challenged by his younger companion Malatesta for the rank of best swordsman in the warband. That rivalry unexpectedly reached an end on hive Belenos where the requisitors were cornered and outgunned for several days. This already bad situation took a darker turn for Morhiachi when an heavy weapon fire took his sword hand. Rather than repairing him anew, Procello took a gamble and injected the stump with a mutated, less degenerative version of the obliterator virus he had been trusted with by the Cult for field testing. Within a few hours, the stump had turned into a demonic multibarrelled weapon capable of absorbing dropped weapons, that Morhiachi soon named the bullet flail. Since then, he has secretly been training to fight left handedly, and take revenge on Malatesta, that he believe is responsible for his loss.

Nice to meet you

Updated group shot



And some WIP for the Chapel Dread, added two blade arms from the Genestealer sprue, and started modeling his left arm, that includes a scythe.


Thanks for watching fellas !

The requisitors are very interesting!

Dammit, stop being so awesome all the time!

Real bond villain look with this guy.