KernelTerror wrote:That is beautiful, but I am affraid I do not know...maybe a light pink base, white on top then some dirt wash ?
Quite possible, i will probably experiment with white primer + Apothecary + vallejo white and Ulthuan grey for drybrushing/ highlighting, ontop of agrax earthshade
tzurk wrote:Looking crazy and wonderful as always mate! Love the primal build/pose of the defiler and I will never say no to a cannon as a head.
New warband excites me - looking forward to more!
A cannon hold together and withing the body by a mass of writhing cables no less
Yorkright wrote: Again you have put together some amazing conversions. Those space marines are outstanding can’t wait to see how they will look with some paint.
Thanks, not yet finished, now i am working on the Honor guard for Phyraxes warband.
Overall, i checked how far i have come during 2020 in regards to painting, and realised that from P 14 middle up to basically P20-21 is all 2020 stuff
I may need soon to make a group shot for my warbands.
Now with 100% more Maceing arguments as to why resistance is fuitile
And now , a small forray into historical plastic kits to avoid paying GW prices for GW resin.
As with all historical kits, it's better to let some stuff away, especially smaller and more fidly parts.
however, as you can also see, it's a perfect fit for an earthshaker / medusa and at half the price
Options ? Sorry, been a busy weekend, I might be a bit slow.
In terms of what tool to slaw the corpse emperor's servant with ? Probably one of the machine in the back depending on the mood !
Also nice renegade artwork above, do you plan on making such helmets/masks ?
KernelTerror wrote: Options ? Sorry, been a busy weekend, I might be a bit slow.
In terms of what tool to slaw the corpse emperor's servant with ? Probably one of the machine in the back depending on the mood !
Also nice renegade artwork above, do you plan on making such helmets/masks ?
Well, i was asking where to start, however i remembered that i want to make hazard stripe cowls so, yellow it is.
Also it's a cap, more preciscly it's General Meinel staring at industrial output. Still glad you like it, isn't finished yet.
Also i did start on the magma knight, Standard black trim applied.
I am going to soon (hopefully) get 60 WW1 germans from Wargames atlantic.
As above, i am planning the next project.
On one hand i really like the new CSM and experience would be dictating that with the next step in getting my painting game up would serve me well.
However, i also want another type of army, i did toy around with GSC as cultists (some good fits, ) and with the removal off R&H as an actual faction it would be the closest to adapt and count as. Bonus points for getting 60 neophytes with stahlhelm on the cheap , when they then arrive.
HOWEVER, the painting scheme is non negotiable, as in i will attempt my hand at white + brass + purple. (and of course Chaos symbols instead of GSC... )
Further , it allows me to tie in daemon units, considering i'd make a summoner cults i could use the Skulltaker as an "abominant".
Bloodletters as hybrids?.
Neophytes i 'd use the germans, the assasins i can build out of the other models i get, certainly getting some bikers.
Yorkright wrote: Great use of the fiend parts, I think GW should make the chaos knights look more like this. Are the hoods of the chaos troops going to be yellow?
I wanted to give them Danger strypes ala IW. focus on wanted
Ahh well, i will still try to achieve that but ...if need be, yes they will remain yellow.
As for the chaos knights, i do think it's mostly the amirigers and other non Chaos knight bits that suffer from this since they are in essence just knights with spikes beyond the few specific chaos options.
I allways wanted a plasma fiend, not because they are good, but because having what is in essence a 3 headed hydra spitting plasma at your enemies is an interseting concept.
Things to do on him: Words and runes?
Also, soon, Not online will start painting white, and purple, soon. ...
I got some rudimentary plans, but first i finish the last batch for Phyraxes warband and the 31.st.
Mr Nobody wrote:I like those model tanks. It can be difficult to find vehicles with a scale that meshes nicely with 40k models. A good find.
Thank you, 1: 35 tamaya, meassured pre buy thanks to some nice chap in the historical kits for 40k use thread in News and rumor i believe?!? Also, tamaya means slightly over detailed for 40 k use so taking a fastlane and skipping some bit is adivsed for the gun, other than that i can get 2 of these for 1 basilisk...
Captain Brown wrote:I like those mobile guns Not Online!!!.
Cheers,
CB
Many thanks CB.
NotSkilledHere wrote:Those look super cool!
Much appreciated!
tzurk wrote:Hey mate, some great stuff going on in here.
Artillery fit right into the 40k world - that is often hard to get from scale kits, so nice find there!
Yellow hoods are a nice touch on the Chosen, and I am looking forward to seeing No-heads-only-guns come to life!
The german 21cm mortar ? personally the best find i had in a long time, same with the wasp. I did decide though that i will add them as a "brood brothers" unit to my Daemoncult i am building
The chosen i like quite a bit, first time i painted yellow aswell for other then flames, multiple thin coats as the god of painting states.
As for the horrorclass, yeah that is the next bit of my project, after that i will need to redo my group shot for Phyraxes warband.
Then i will finally maybee finish up the valkyries and make a groupshot of the 31.
and then i will go forth and conquer the white for my Daemonworshiping cult.
KernelTerror wrote: Quite the majestic sight ! But don't you need more tanks ?
well, it was planned at one stage, before GW decided to pull a "no rules for thee but for every marine colour ever!" .
I wanted 2 full griffon mortar strike batteries (6 griffons) and have a full company of infantry which would've meant another 3 chimeras full of models aswell as finishing off a 3rd leman russ vanquisher... So yeah overall 8 tanks and another 24 infantry men are missing in essence.
As it stands though i just fail to see why i should further expand it, i can't legally run this formation due to the snipers and stubbers as an IG army, and even though i could easily turn it into a guard army that would be legal, it would also do not a good job representing it or the baseline vision i had when i started the army as it stands.
That leads to the legends ruleset... The legend ruleset is frankly put an insult for everyone that ever collected some vraksian models or wanted to build up a R&H army.( not even from a competitive standpoint, it's just fething nonsensical and shows off how much GW cares about internal balance.)
The GSC ruleset does lend itself well, but the whole daemoncults / mutant cult you can represent even better with it , both aspects i always wanted to toy arround with , however nothing that has to do with the 31.
So yeah, i think i finished it. Not out of my own will but at the end i am still a player AND collector/ hobbyist. And the first part does play a significant role for the other parts for me atleast, especially if i feel i can't put a vision down and enjoy it on the field anymore.
Congrats on finishing the project man! The Horror-class Defiler turned out reaaaally cool, way nicer than the GW model. They look fantastic together, really evocative and dark.
It is a bit disheartening the way they've let R&H go as they are such an awesome part of the lore. Even mixed in with CSM the only love the range gets is those 5 monopose cultists...
You are in a bit of a tough spot. I can see counts as guard being the closest rules match but it does leave a bit lacking in fluff/theme for your dudes.
GSC is an interesting idea. Maybe the bigger daemon engines could counts as big Tyranid monster allies...might take some finagling and won't be as satisfying as pure R&H but something to look into.
Thanks for sharing the progress along the way! It has been a fun ride. Any word on what comes next?
tzurk wrote: Congrats on finishing the project man! The Horror-class Defiler turned out reaaaally cool, way nicer than the GW model. They look fantastic together, really evocative and dark.
thanks , that reminds me, i completely forgot tomake the pics for Phyrax's warband together
It is a bit disheartening the way they've let R&H go as they are such an awesome part of the lore. Even mixed in with CSM the only love the range gets is those 5 monopose cultists...
Well that and when they remember that Alpha legion exists you might even get rules to work with them...
Still not a candle as to what the old R&H could represent lorewise.
You are in a bit of a tough spot. I can see counts as guard being the closest rules match but it does leave a bit lacking in fluff/theme for your dudes.
GSC is an interesting idea. Maybe the bigger daemon engines could counts as big Tyranid monster allies...might take some finagling and won't be as satisfying as pure R&H but something to look into.
Thanks for sharing the progress along the way! It has been a fun ride. Any word on what comes next?
Well,yeah you people already should know that i intend to go through with that whole daemoncult thingy.
A theme that i always felt came out short from GW's lore writting perspective, was the view upon the longterm effects of a rebellion like the 31. which succeed in undermining the IoM's authority to the point that even after being crushed reintegration of territory must be a massive chore.
I'd imagine that the patron of the first rebellion would kind of take center stage, and even though daemonic intrusions were limited within the 31. the auxilia allready showed signs of mutations, the Chaos marines especially. Now assume a revolt succeeds on multiple planets and achieves dominion over multiple star systems, the IoM's regular surpression would make any uprising that removes the oppressors look like the good guys. All these planets of course would've then still had garrisons. Not to mention that punishment would be handed out by the IoM galore for heresy and collaboration after a crushing defeat of the Rebels.
Now if the main faction/leader that ties this revolt together, as IA 13 told us, dies off, well, infighting ensues and fragmentation, right?
but wouldn't a last stand f.e. idolize the leader of the rebellion as a martyr against unjust rule from far away? Now imagine what would happen when that center stage figure, let's say Meinel, not only has such a last stand but also manages to impress his Patron god? Now add to that and assume he has impressed his patron well enough, so that instead of dying he "ascends" into daemonhood?
I love the army shots for Phyraxs warband and the 31. They both look fantastic, and as other have said the defiler is a real work of art! Can’t wait to see how you get on with your daemoncult
gobert wrote:I love the army shots for Phyraxs warband and the 31. They both look fantastic, and as other have said the defiler is a real work of art! Can’t wait to see how you get on with your daemoncult
Well, i'd say on with the show?
Yorkright wrote: Wow that’s an impressive army! All of your conversions and hard work has got you a one of a kind army. Looking forward to the new additions.
Thanks much appreciated, it is indeed one type of an army.
Now behold some write nonsense in spoiler:
Spoiler:
Somewhere in a damp room with a singular overly bright light, a single General sits at a table, reading a report. A door opens and a pale looking Astartes aswell as a singular Inquisitor enters.
"Your thoughts General Grant?" The inquisitor takes a seat in front of the general and indicating in a swift motion the report the General shortly after the entrance of the Inquisitor and his bodyguard had put down.
"Why, i like it, especially the " Due to the heroic intervention of the Star Sabres Chapter the losses have been minimal and controll over the subsector reestablished. The losses have been so minimal that we have decided to reward the regiments and chapter with the World of Darnos as theirs. " Yadda yadda ya, the emperor protects... But, one thing i am curious about, well actually i am not , since i can count one and one together, why ...?"
" What can you tell us about General Meinel"
" Assuming i haven't heard from him in a while, and assuming that it was the subsector he ended up in. The subsector in question, and considering i am in an inquisitorial ..."
"Answer the blody question!" The first participation of the astartes in the interrogation, including the table being dented in due to it. General Grant seemed unpertubed beyond a slight sneering twitch.
"Again what do you know about General Mei.."
"Drop it Inquisitor, i can tell you all you want to know about the good general, but don't pretend you have a say about anything here. The truth is, you lot, fethed up. You underestimated him, and i assume he destroyed Darnos with most of your chapter on it aswell as the reinforcements in guard regiments. Isn't that right astartes?" A hand sign of the inquisitor prevented the Generals swift operation into something resembling at most the now dented in table in the midst of the group.
"What gave that away?"
"Son, i have been longer in the guard then you have been obviously in your profession, you don't get that luxury if you can't smell bs a mile away... and that "report" smells worse then a whole industrial level grox farm. "free retirement for valiant service", including a recently formed chapter getting the privilege of a world more or less for free aswell, the same world no less."
These guys are coming together fantastically, I’m amazed how well the two themes mesh together. Will they be full on khornate red or have you something else in mind? I think white might look cool
KernelTerror wrote:Wooow, these works really well, well done !
Much appreciated Kernel
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:Ok I'm very here for this concept! Can't wait to see how it works out!
Hopefully good, TBF, GSC are easy to toy and tinker around with, and the acolyths make for really good Possessed imo.
gobert wrote:These guys are coming together fantastically, I’m amazed how well the two themes mesh together. Will they be full on khornate red or have you something else in mind? I think white might look cool
They will be white, mostly, purple for regal stuff. Fur will be dark grey. Except Meinel he will have grey greatcoat skirt like he was. The daemonic bits will be black themed with a red wash/ drybrush.
So, first 5 finished, 10 more from the neophyte bodies incoming.
I also allready have a nice idea for a Nexos. Sanctus and kellermorph aswell. As a magus i will use the BSF psykers
Whoa, these are off to a flying start. What an awesome concept! So glad that it came together for you - the kits are a perfect match. Looks like a good opportunity to flex the green stuff muscles too.
Really loving this project already, and you are flying through the builds - looking forward to more!
Loving these conversions! The Kellermorph is great. No way of sticking a third gun on him though is there? Servo-arm around his side or something? No, would likely be too busy
Yorkright wrote: Whoa, great bunch of conversion Not Online! I love your green stuff cloaks, again another great addition to your army.
Well, they are easy to make Well easier then this little thing here...
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:Loving these conversions! The Kellermorph is great. No way of sticking a third gun on him though is there? Servo-arm around his side or something? No, would likely be too busy
actually the third arm drawing a pistol always irked me, also this dude uses autopistols so probably no need for a 3rd one
Anyway...
Whilest i am still visibly at heart a maddoc / Madmek boy i do and can kitbash, quite well i'd say(?)
but erm
Painting, especially white and other "light colours"
yeah
literally me
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tzurk wrote: Whoa, these are off to a flying start. What an awesome concept! So glad that it came together for you - the kits are a perfect match. Looks like a good opportunity to flex the green stuff muscles too.
Really loving this project already, and you are flying through the builds - looking forward to more!
thanks, it's a very easily enjoyable concept, so it helps.
Also, it's another step at improving my painting skills ... with hopefully decent results
First bunch:
I certainly need to get tidier.
Other than that? Highlighting to be done. then on to the daemonic bits...
Good start, the white looks pretty good. As for being neat, it’s better to just slap on the primary basecoats quickly. Neatness is for adjoining colours then! I find good old Agrax and Nuln oil hide most of my sins
gobert wrote: Good start, the white looks pretty good. As for being neat, it’s better to just slap on the primary basecoats quickly. Neatness is for adjoining colours then! I find good old Agrax and Nuln oil hide most of my sins
I doubt i'll shade beyond the recesses on fabric and skin this time, (well beyond human flesh, agrax OPpls nerf)
Your thoughts' are appreciated on these fellows, this time i am testing the skin for the daemons.
I really like the overall diffrent shades i got from the red. Makes them less uniform which is always good for possessed imo..
Great red-brown there. Lots of room for variation. You could even use skin colour variation to show how "daemony" any specific unit is, with the more red, the closer to Bloodletter, the more brown, the less the mutation.
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote: Great red-brown there. Lots of room for variation. You could even use skin colour variation to show how "daemony" any specific unit is, with the more red, the closer to Bloodletter, the more brown, the less the mutation.
I dare say they are probably my best work and the most ammount of skill i poured into 2 units of troops.
Not too shabby for a centerpiece for a daemonkin army
gobert wrote: Nice progress Not Online, the purple on the banner is really good as is the symbol. The white seems to be working well for you too
i am a bit unhappy with the one on the nexus and will need to clean it up a bit with more corrax, but other than that, it takes me longer but i like it's look.
Also another neophyte squad:
And my first attempt to carve the armor
gotta say Wargames WW1 germans are a really great kit . Still needs some more bits and bobs to make a bit more chaotic, but overall i am quite content.
Ridgerunners are cute. Like, really cute, i need another 1-2 And some more bikers.
On another note, has anyone of you galore of viewers which lead seemingly to a completely exploded view count (for no apparant reason i think no seriously go look at kernels stuff, or denny or the whole galore of better painters / wierder builders), any experience in turning a leman russ into a casemate?
Not Online!!! wrote: I do need some help, i 'd like to build some casemate leman russes, has anyone experience with such a conversion?
I've made a few, but they're mostly pretty quick and dirty, its been a bit, and I think they mostly use the last edition kit. Mostly I put the main gun in the usual hull gun spot, and fill the turret ring with paper, plasticard, or greenstuff, and a hatch, though I also used some of the side wings off the a barrier old Aegis Defense Line kit for one or two. Usually hull gun gets mounted as a co-ax, pintle, or some odd mount like a pod. That said, there are much better ones out there if you're willing to kitbash wider or do some plasticard construction work.
Not Online!!! wrote: I do need some help, i 'd like to build some casemate leman russes, has anyone experience with such a conversion?
I've made a few, but they're mostly pretty quick and dirty, its been a bit, and I think they mostly use the last edition kit. Mostly I put the main gun in the usual hull gun spot, and fill the turret ring with paper, plasticard, or greenstuff, and a hatch, though I also used some of the side wings off the a barrier old Aegis Defense Line kit for one or two. Usually hull gun gets mounted as a co-ax, pintle, or some odd mount like a pod. That said, there are much better ones out there if you're willing to kitbash wider or do some plasticard construction work.
Ooh, the Blackstone Fortress Rogue Psyker is perfect for this army! The ridge runners look cool with the chaos star on them, looks like you found a perfect piece to slot in there.
Those Acolyte Daemon Hybrid cultists are such inspired conversions - great job, they really look the part Can't wait to see 'em painted up!
Well, they are nearly done Some bits and bobs i need to add still, but for the most part, beyond the teeth and a bit of drybrushing on the claws, they only lack the unit signifier.
In the case of the acolythes it'll be just a khorne symbol, for the neophytes it will be numbers in the style of the former 31.
Yorkright wrote: More great conversion NotOnline, the idea of using genestealer cultists and khorne parts is something only a chaos lord would come up with. ;-)
Now onto further waiting for the next 30 count as neophytes. Thanks brexit, and taiwanese shipping company and covid... it's just 6 months now and half of the stuff you delievered.....
Anyways:
Now i am at bit off an conundrum as to how to build the list:
Generally: I'd like to get another SCGSC box to create another 16 acolythes, if only to take advantage of the psychical call stratagem/ having more 3 attack mainline units. Nevermind the conversion bits and the second ridgerunner.
I'd also like to have a bigger squad off Jackals to complement the small bomb carrier squad and have something forward.
Otoh i'd also should get some goliaths or convert something into a count as goliath (i have a chimera, it should be easy relatively to stapple some CSM autocannons in the turret and remove the roof, or find an alternative model (which takes in general time)
Another thing is that i could alternatively focus more on infantry and add in a broodbrother detachment for some pieces of heavy artillery aka the german 21 cm mortar which would turn the cult more into a WW1 shock army, which isn't necessarily a bad theme to have for a khorne cult? but neophytes just kinda, suck in melee
I guess i will get myself another SCGSC and create another 16 possessed acolyths.
gobert wrote: You’ve put these guys together nice and quickly! They look even better, altogether they’re a great crossover Army
then you are in luck, i got my hands on a deal on another SC for GSC, which means i get another 15 Acolythes and a ridgerunner. Aswell as anothr Iconward for further conversion work. I also found a chimera which i will turn into a converted Goliath, (basically i will remove the lasgunrows and roof over the back and modify the turret to carry a CSMAC) which makes this army pretty complete, well.. barring the 30 Neophyte WW1 Germans i wanted to create with mining lasers... which still didn't show up.....)
Cool plan, have I read it right that you plan for it to be going backwards? As in the transport compartment at the front? That should fit the ww2 vibe, very landing crafty
gobert wrote: Cool plan, have I read it right that you plan for it to be going backwards? As in the transport compartment at the front? That should fit the ww2 vibe, very landing crafty
Yeah, i thought about initially.
Needs some chaosifying ...
Generally though i like this better for the paramilitary nature of my little project.
Yeah I think you'd have to flip the tracks around for that to work, plus the hull is tilted towards the front, so that's clearly the end that's intended to take fire. Versus the AdMech transport which angles the front and doesn't have tracks because tracks aren't cool anymore I guess
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote: Yeah I think you'd have to flip the tracks around for that to work, plus the hull is tilted towards the front, so that's clearly the end that's intended to take fire. Versus the AdMech transport which angles the front and doesn't have tracks because tracks aren't cool anymore I guess
Yeah, maybee i will get some Adeptus sororitas tanks for cult leman russes, chaosifying them shouldn't take me long at all and would look decently baroque
I like the sun roof, but the change of direction needs work. Maybe the tracks, but there needs to be an angled ramp, doing away with the door entirely? Perhaps move the turret so it’s not overhanging the crew compartment?
gobert wrote: I like the sun roof, but the change of direction needs work. Maybe the tracks, but there needs to be an angled ramp, doing away with the door entirely? Perhaps move the turret so it’s not overhanging the crew compartment?
I actually won't be turning it.
I'd have needed to switch the threads which i didn't to Make that work.
Yes, I was thinking about the one on the left of this last pic. And true, the pose on that sithclaw one is indeed quite awesome !
Can't wait to see paint !
So, i stumbled over Turnip28.. and ... I like What if a stagnant napoleonic world got taken over by magical roots....
Also never really did historicals but i have for personal and study reasons related a high interest in the time period.
Behold the planning, basically it's a pun with Morgarten yeah that supposed famous swiss battle, except Moor means bog or swamp etc. And Füsiliere are just your average swiss conscript riflemen.
Basically, Grass, dirt, Clams, and mud... With a dark blue uniform and red manschetten aswell as white and black. INclduing of course some medieval bits.
Hey Not Online, your green stuff work is very impressive, also great job on that Chimera!, you have an amazing army, incredible! ( only slightly jealous ).
Clouds wrote: Hey Not Online, your green stuff work is very impressive, also great job on that Chimera!, you have an amazing army, incredible! ( only slightly jealous ).
Well. I guess if you want to be Welcome to my average insanity btw
Clouds wrote:Haha, im just kidding but i would love to have your army, thanks for the welcome . Keep up the excellent work!
Much appreciated
Flapjack wrote:Did someone mention turnips?
Also, you've got an impressive count of models. I like the gasmask dudes a lot. Nice work!
Yes, and which ones.
Kid_Kyoto wrote:Love the Chimera with a bayonet, that's how you know it's an evil one.
Looking forward to your Turnip28 dudes.
not the shitton of spikes with skulls on it? Then i have too few spikes As for the turnip dudes:
Behold: Yes they are real and collected today from a lake nearby.
My dude, you are absolutely killing this project. It makes me happy from the inside out. I can't believe I haven't seen this concept explored before - it makes so much sense!
Chimera turret is a super sweet piece of work. Beardy McBeardface (is it a chainmail 'veil'?) has a sweet hat. Colours coming together now as well.
Keep it up mane, this is gonna be a brilliant army.
tzurk wrote: My dude, you are absolutely killing this project. It makes me happy from the inside out. I can't believe I haven't seen this concept explored before - it makes so much sense!
Chimera turret is a super sweet piece of work. Beardy McBeardface (is it a chainmail 'veil'?) has a sweet hat. Colours coming together now as well.
Keep it up mane, this is gonna be a brilliant army.
many thanks you inspired me a bit on the chimera, respectively to work on it
Some highlightning done, needs more metal scratches though
And since i was working with white i also did some bits and bobs on the first squad of aberrants, which i also did the metal on.
Attemped today to build a hotshot lasgun out of normal lasgun because i don't want to buy Scions because for one the core model sucks and for two the audacity of that pricetag is too much. Didn't work out that well
tzurk wrote: Busy, busy busy in here! Impressed you manage to keep tabs on all the painting projects!
I dig the hotshot mate, haven't seen a converted one before but it looks like it packs a punch.
Here's to hoping with the new Be'lakor drop we get an easy way to run daemons and mortals together in 9th!
Thanks mate.
He is kind of a prototype.
I have found some old way smaller cables, which will make this even look better, and unlike with a GW miniature i didn't just waste 3CHF / model because i was unhappy.
Albeit my toying around with cables has brought to attention that i have a bit of a low ammount of bits i'd need for powersources.
But i think i found a way to bypass that aswell
A full IA13 Renegades grenadier squad, including 2 Hotshot volley guns, and 2 plasma guns.
I used the gasmask canisters for the Hotshot lasguns, will need some more cleaning up and chaosification but after that and the cabling is done i think i have a fully functional squad more to paint in my old schme
Yorkright wrote: Cabling may be a pain but I think it’s going to pay off big time. Your army is really one of a kind with all your conversions.
did some fixing, and yeah it is. It's also doubly usefull since i didn't want carapace vets.
Also it's a great cost saving meassure, i mean, have you seen what GW demands for 5 scions over here? It's positively nuts, nevermind that these fit the esthetique of my army far more.
Also, chaos special weapons bits kitbashing activated: Another 2 melta grenadiers for the next squad.
Also i have run out of lasguns... somehow... to modify, which means that i will probably get another squad of cadians.
They will need some more chaosifying and some of the hands need some grenstuff as need the arms at some joints, but overall i am quite happy for my Future back to 5-6th edition grens.
Captain Brown wrote:I must say Not Online!!!, you really like building and converting your models.
Cheers,
CB
As a matter of fact. it's for some of the core point of the hobby. Sadly GW doesn't think that way anymore... and rarely shows off conversions nowadays.
KernelTerror wrote:Niiice, I never doubted it, but these helmets really work for evil chaos army men !
I'd have gone with the swiss m18 helmet if i'd had a plastic one that would've fit since it's more in line with the aggressive look being made like a medieval Sturmhaube specifically. but try find one Hence why the german m16 /18 helmets will need to serve and they do it well. As did the kit in general.
Someone pointed me to Warhammer armies project. And me, remembering that i wanted at some point to get into WHFB and therefore owning technically a army , somewhere, dug this out:
Summary:
1 x 24 Chaos warriors
1 x 11 Chaos warriors
1 x 20 Marauders with shields
1 x 15 Marauders with flails
1 x 10 Marauder horsement with spear and shield
1 x 5 Chaos knights
1 x sorcerer
1 x exalted champion.
First damage assessment, being 10 years in an open box means dust... and also a far less experienced Not Online!!!
here i seem to have worked well, bit of cleaning up to do
Well , i only seem to rock half an exalted champion... Whelp.
Also one can appreciated how far my painting skills have come, from attrocious harrassement of eyes too, well , semi competent and field able
Both marauder units look decently workable..
This knight lost his shield, that one lost half the standart and there a musician attempts to ride solo i guess.
Wellp... According to 9th age the only thing i'd need for this army to go to 2000pts more or less is a chaos lord
Internally i am debating if i should do Chaos warriors, would need a box of varanguard thou to get my hands on a lord and some more bits and bobs to fill out my poor exalted champion again.
Alternatively i'd have gone with soulblight on square bases, i really like the new skeletons and the new wight king especially.
Another alternative i started to consider was going with Pike & Schotte English civil war and landsknechts kits to build either an estalian force or an empire force, since warlord games pike and Schotte range fits well with especially the older states troops.
Another consideration was Goblins, indeed i kinda fell in love with some of the mantic ones, the normal ones that is.....
Well, i started on the army... Still need some bits for the half exalted champion but ehh..
Started out with the banners
Also, test mini, faded red laque ontop of metal, probably light grey mantle and more brass.
Also brownish washed out boots and probably light blue runes if i can bother myself.
Ooh, cool, good to see your taint is making its way to the old world. The test minis looks cool, nice and vibrant fits the old world well. A dark wash may help though?
gobert wrote: Ooh, cool, good to see your taint is making its way to the old world. The test minis looks cool, nice and vibrant fits the old world well. A dark wash may help though?
Well not finished indeed.
For one yes a dark wash will be over the armor and metal, for two will attempt to make the fur darkbrown and the mandle with a light brown with agrax.
Also, some runes in light blue will cover some armor plates.
Finis, some cleaning the bases but finis, beyond the lack of runic symbols..... oh boi... time to learn freehanding , i reccomend you therefore to look one last time at the nearly finished but still good looking Warriors in ranks
A very organised Chaos Warrior unit their raggedy cloaks look particularly well done. I’m to be convinced by the purple banner, it looks nice and all, but not sure it works with the red. I seem to recall them all having purple banners so it might work on the Army level. Just seeing 1 unit I fell red, black or brown might work better? Just my outsider opinion so feel free to ignore
gobert wrote: A very organised Chaos Warrior unit their raggedy cloaks look particularly well done. I’m to be convinced by the purple banner, it looks nice and all, but not sure it works with the red. I seem to recall them all having purple banners so it might work on the Army level. Just seeing 1 unit I fell red, black or brown might work better? Just my outsider opinion so feel free to ignore
many thanks, i am proud of the cloaks too.
As for the banner, well it is intended to either get runes on it aswell in that light blue i imagine infront of my imagination.
Also yes, all the units have these purple banners. I do think it has to do with me needing lightning for the picture, normally the purple is rather dark as is the red armor. The brightest point indeed is the bone and the cloaks, so the purple ties in with the red, it's also a bit of the intention to have the banner stand out
You should definitely invest in a cheap lightbox, I would love to see your miniatures in better lighting! It's hard sometimes to see them against your table, especially when the pictures are uncropped.
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:You should definitely invest in a cheap lightbox, I would love to see your miniatures in better lighting! It's hard sometimes to see them against your table, especially when the pictures are uncropped.
Gotta admit, i haven't taken really care for the photos, still though goes to show that the tool is still dependant upon the fool behind it my bad on the bad lighting there, thought i couls skimp on it thanks to the new camera.....
gobert wrote:It’s tough to see, it what’s can make out the glowing ties look great as for the glory eye holes. Nice work
Yeah it seems dakka didn't like that pic somehow, did make a bunch of new ones, also the next bits.
KernelTerror wrote:Niice, I really love seeing these chaos warriors in line, like a wall of steel. Nice runes too !
Aye. the old chaoswarriors had a really nice flair to them, i also i have yet to meet an opponent that hadn't anything but respect torwards them as a unit.
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:There really is something special about rank and file, isn't there, that just hits different!
Aye, and good news aswell. The next bits will be an all ogre oldschool foot ogre army (which also will double as the occaisional chaos ogres) and then i will make an estalian army probably, because warlord games parliamentarian models with their nice pikemen and hats look amazing... will probably have to source some perry muskets though.
tzurk wrote:They look super intimidating all together mate. An avalanche of steel! The runes were a brilliant idea, they really pop out of the armour.
Excited to see progress on the knights - and then the rest of the army!
Ha knights are 3 / 5 metalised... After that, i need to paint the horses and then i need to do runes again and metal splinters and well washing.
Also found an old giant i could add aswell
Also the more perceptive of you will realise the uniformity in the headwear on the chaff.
That is because they represent the equivalent to Landjäger. Technically police forces organised militaristic in rural regions. For some rural Kantons they were also fast response units.
Well then the new orks look quite faboulus, except most of the squig stuff....
Anyways, new koptas with options means i took a look at my first collection ever (including my first painted unit in the shoota boyz down there)
Things i wanna add to this, 20-30 more nu boyz with shootas. 20 Commandos. atleast two squads of Koptas and an Bigmek as leader. (probably also some nobs because of course.)
What iz got!
Needs more boyz.
Needs more Kommandoz to parachute in.
There's no Choppa to go to.
the bosses lads are a bit thin i guess .
Anyways, green paints... looking up how to decal.... ride of the valkyrie?
So, well this project i aim to finish before the orks are coming in. Should be possible. Anyways, here is the next squad, metal and brass done, aswell as black and grey, will need some white highlighting to make them pop a bit more and fixing up, aswell as the eyes and dynamite..
Anyways:
And here the metal phase:
For the curious, this will be a 1500 pts list with additional options to switch in, for those that want i can add the list
Not Online!!! wrote: So, well this project i aim to finish before the orks are coming in. Should be possible.
Good luck Not Online!!!
You know what they say about the plans of mice and men (English saying that basically means no matter how carefully a project is planned, something may still go wrong with it.)
I like to think I always consider it before getting more figures and forcing myself to finish some of those I already have.
Not Online!!! wrote: So, well this project i aim to finish before the orks are coming in. Should be possible.
Good luck Not Online!!!
You know what they say about the plans of mice and men (English saying that basically means no matter how carefully a project is planned, something may still go wrong with it.)
I like to think I always consider it before getting more figures and forcing myself to finish some of those I already have.
Cheers,
CB
You see, i have reason to be confident , because the whole army has a model ammount i did some time back in a weekend challange.
But yeah, the curse of the hobbyiest... is something we all suffer i think.
Anyways on with the show:
Basically only needs some washing and cleaning up:
Neophyte regulars Squad 2
Acolythes, this time Bombsquad
Seems like lightnening does swallow all the acentuations i did...
Always forget about that...
Loved the recap of your projects, they look great on their shelves… some of those bases look like the could do with some chaotic love though? These new guys in gas masks look the business!
KernelTerror wrote:Ooooh yes, gasmask and spikey helmets and giant guns ! Can't go wrong with that !
Thanks yeah. Spikes make them look rather decent
gobert wrote:Loved the recap of your projects, they look great on their shelves… some of those bases look like the could do with some chaotic love though? These new guys in gas masks look the business!
Army shots on the shelf look fantastic mate, well done! Always nice to see the end result of some hard work and patience.
Newest batch of demonazis are looking good - I love how the infantry's heavy weapon poses are reminiscent of the big guys with the mining weapons like - look at me, I'm blessed by the Dark Ones too!
Progress is progress and it's being made! Can't wait to see this batch done.
tzurk wrote: Army shots on the shelf look fantastic mate, well done! Always nice to see the end result of some hard work and patience.
Newest batch of demonazis are looking good - I love how the infantry's heavy weapon poses are reminiscent of the big guys with the mining weapons like - look at me, I'm blessed by the Dark Ones too!
Progress is progress and it's being made! Can't wait to see this batch done.
Ha yeah, i always was kinda a procrastinator.. this blog kept me through some lows aswell as motivational problems. Gotta admit the Dakka P&M community is awesome and always helpfull. And yes the Daemonic elements do look good, it establishes this project as a splinter of the 31st whilest also making it something that can stand on its own merits.
As for the Demonazis... I actually always wanted to avoid that, and it was one of the things that always kept me away from going full on bloodpact due to how they get too close for my tastes to nazi iconography especially in some of the fan portrayals, despite being a "fan" of them during gaunts ghosts novels and as a concept of an Anti-IoM.
And whilest i certanly play with the elements in both my projects (31st and the Daemoncult which is more or less a former garrison of the other), and one could even see an increasing fanaticism overall in my story of the 31st and its progressing insanity and daemonification, for me the more important elements were more inline with the rampant ideologification inherent in overbearing Militarism and the danger of that authoritharian militarist society of turning against the rest of itself and the fracturing into warlords... in a way not too disimilar to imperial Japan with its cliques and coups and countercoups.
i also really like Stahlhelm type helmets, owning an american one, an swiss 1917 modell and even a WW1 german one. Also the IoM helmets of other factions just never intrigued me..
which after the R&H modell line got removed, more or less made my decision for a look for me first with the anvil models and later with these.
It was therefore always an Aesthetic choice first. However like the IA13 list states, that Daemonhood and therefore immortality were open to anyone having the strength to walk the dark path... In many ways that is a highly social darwinian concept of a "meritocratic" cut throat society.. one could argue therefore that chaos always has such implications BUT with a higher degree of personal achievement and egality in that regard, if you can compete with the other champions..
Well, did some recess shading and highlighting. The Neos need their Red bits and bobs aswell as guns painted, the sarge needs his hat to be pruple like the rest and these acos are only a wash and yellow eyes away of completion.
But nows time to interupt the scheduled programz and introduce some Grot tankz
Got myself some kromlech scrap tanks, because look and content are awesome.
Endproduct.. Quite happy.
Not onlines !!! s chaos rating:
Look: 9/10 Not enouff dakka... otoh there's never enouff dakka.
Building: 3 /10 .... seriously who thought putting the kromlech logo for the sprue under the free treads.... yes i now have to improvise them on basing since i destroyed 2/ 4 treads....
Price: 7/10 cheaper than FW but still pricey.
These are the trench maps of the ww1 frontline, somewhere between France and Belgium... Better send a couple of armored divisions up north in case NotOnline is planning something...
gobert wrote:Cool job on the map, was it a printed one of soemwhere in particular?
Just a printed map ontop of the same paper to get some thickness to it
KernelTerror wrote:These are the trench maps of the ww1 frontline, somewhere between France and Belgium... Better send a couple of armored divisions up north in case NotOnline is planning something...
Correct, a british sector to be excact.
but maybee i merely want you there, whilest i make a souther thrust.
gobert wrote: Looking good not online!!! I’d like to see their bases match your terrain though Is that a squadron of Ork airforce I spy in the background too?
Not on this army, i am still cautious with basing.
However beyond the old sentimental ork boy first painted unit you can probably expect a lot of more baseing on my orks.
Also, yes, i always was more of a proponent of "big mek waagh" and Dakka > choppa, so naturally i own a full squadron of ork planes. (2 dakka 1 burna bomba)
Kinda funny that i restart my first army again come to think of it, i guess one never escapes the green orky way.
Honestly, Shoota boys look better. Also i miss ard boy option, the one with sum armor.
And yes, these are prepared for an escalation league against a decidedly crusade army.
May or may not convert some SoB new tank thingy into a Looted wagon.
gobert wrote:Rapid progress as usual not online, you’ll have the waagh up to strength in no time!
nana, this is for an escalation campaign with a close person. This i will take slowly
The Riddle of Steel wrote:Really great job on those bikers. They look great on the table.
Looking forward to see how the Orks turn out.
Thanks, yeah the bikers look really snazy.
As for the orks, very, very mekheavy.
If Not online were an ork i probably were a parade exemple of an aviation enthusiastic mek.
If i find a nice helicpopter stand in i might even build a chinork The black bits and the burna bomba are the first 500 pts.
to the left, my first ever painted unit of 40k
Cap'n Facebeard wrote:Yeah Chinorks were pretty rad, they should come back properly. Also the bomma is very interesting, I like the wing formation.
The question is now, where do i find an helicopter model i could convert....
Anyways, first time contrast and nailing down a scheme:
Right side, is for armor plates with colour and uniformz
Left side is for ork skin with a drybush and some pink for lips and maybee some slight yellow to highlight
Looks funky imo, black and white orks
Will use the normal green to lighten it up a bit, alas, contrast greens are awesome so far.
Afterwards doing some metal bits, the schpecial mek forcefield for protection of his favourite toys and chip damage aswell as the pistons in metal.
I like the look, some red bits for the additional teef metal scraps and maybee one or the other glyph.
Then a camo theme.
gobert wrote: Ha! The black and white Orks look cool! The contrast though looks much more orky, and gives a nice effect.
yeah, i kinda need the white to apply the green. on the plus side, i only need to be accurate with the white, in order to make the model bits nice green.. Which is beneficial for my skillless being
Looking cool, the Contrast Paints are working really well for you Not Online, a real step up I’d say. It’s not often you see green armoured Orks, but it works well on the MekBoss
gobert wrote: Looking cool, the Contrast Paints are working really well for you Not Online, a real step up I’d say. It’s not often you see green armoured Orks, but it works well on the MekBoss
The Red Hobbit wrote: That's an impressive bit of progress!! My most recent Orks acquisition are still on the sprue along with the rest of the Kill Team box.
oh, kommandos...
I wanted some 20 odd lads of these aswell, until once again GW decided to not give em shootas.
gobert wrote:These boyz are turning out to be some of your best work not online. Keep it up mate!
Will try Many thanks, means a lot to me.
Captain Brown wrote:Good work Not Online!!!
The improved painting is showing in each batch.
Cheers,
CB
Well it seems that people really dig it. Still prefer building and customizing though but that is helping. Now i ranked up to "terrible" painter, not anymore horrific
AustonT wrote:Really digging your waaagh! I especially like your stormboyz; a really good kit well painted.
TBF, contrast makes my live really easy, the scheme being also on the simple side does so either. Then of course ample liquid skill and a blog worth of improved experience through help, selfteaching and the quite awesome dakka p&m community.
also the residue is quite literally thik army painter black applied with a tiny sponge, really easy to do
Anyways.
Started fixing up my first ever truck and my burna bomma
Have the red and yellow left over to strengthen on some parts. then the cockpit.
I was too busy admiring the painting to notice the Ladz are based! They look an extra 10% better now I’ve spotted that! . Lovely looking flyer, they’ll be glad of the air support!
gobert wrote: I was too busy admiring the painting to notice the Ladz are based! They look an extra 10% better now I’ve spotted that! . Lovely looking flyer, they’ll be glad of the air support!
Maybee i will go back and base the rest of my armies...
KernelTerror wrote: Very nice plane, makes me want to improve my air force as well !
Victory through airpower
Anyways , got me the last orks for the full army, and fixed up my nobs:
Yep the big choppa approach to truck boys specialists, for maximum choppa.
Also i never liked the new Flashgits kit, the weapons look too cartony for my taste, especially compared to the 4th? edition art in the dex, therefore i decided to turn the dakka options for the nobs with some kitbashing and good old count as into a squad of flashgits, now with 2 underslung stickbomb launchas.
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. Keep up the excellent work!
