A New Nightmare - WIP

 I originally picked up a Cryx helljack to make Malice from, but I got a better idea.  This left me with a spare helljack, so I decided to convert a plastic Nightmare.  Not that there is anything wrong with the stock model (I have plans for that mini) but it wasn't scary-ghost-robot enough.

 A quick dig through the bitz boxes unearthed some large dark eldar blades, talos tails, daemon horns, and the spikes from the Anima mini I made into a warwitch.  Since I envisioned him as a mini wraith engine, I did away with the legs, using the helldriver as a tail.  The dark eldar blades replaced his claws, as he has "wicked claws" with reach.

 Like most of my minis, he got a fancy base with a nice chunk of cork to stick the pin through.  With five pins total, he is a pretty stable mini.  The metal spikes are glued into holes drilled into the shoulders, instead of trying to make a hole in the spikes, which worked extremely well.

Until next round, be well.

Space Hulk Flesh Tearers - Chaplain

 I really enjoyed this mini, although I am a fan of chaplains.  He was sent to me as part of the Flesh Tearers project, already converted!  All that was left was to give him a fitting paint job.

 Black armour, a scattering of dark red, and a marble crozius. Check.

Until next round, keep painting!

Flesh Tearers - Librarian Dreadnought

 Now that the relocation is over, it's time to catch up on painting, and blogging! First up, the Flesh Tearers' librarian dreadnought.

 He got all done up in blue, akin to his terminator brother.

 I like the look of the force weapon conversion, I think it gives him a fist, of sorts.

More to come, until next round.

Nightwretches - Boom and Drang

 Here are a couple of chickenjacks fresh out of Hellzforge.  These are the Nightwretch variant, sporting a short-ranged, but decent POW, possibly blast gun.  Just give one to a warwitch siren and you're good to go.  And I can run a tier four Denehgra list now...

 These two were originally Deathrippers from the starter box, but since I had the cards from the Cryx deck, some simple conversion was needed.  They were assembled properly, except the lower jaw.  Two plastic tubes form the gun and are mounted in the 'chin', which is made with putty.  The two big teeth were removed from the jaw and attached to the sides, because it looked cool.

Until next round, be well.

Flesh Tearers - Chaplain Dreadnought

 This is the first of two dreadnoughts for the Flesh Tearers, a chaplain.  I really like painting dreads, so when this guy showed up, I couldn't keep my brush off him.

 I tied to keep lots of red on the hull, which is very similar to the Death Co., which keeps it from looking like a big black block.  It is also similar to the old color schemes for the chaplains and librarians which still have their chapter colors displayed prominently.  The librarian dreadnought will look something like this, but with blue.

 The base is pre-molded, and rather simple, so some stripes were added to spice it up.  The arms are also kept separate, to be glued at the client's leisure.

Halfway through the second (libby) and tackling the second land raider, until next round.

More Warriors, More Pain

 Here is my second squad of warriors, the mostly female close combat unit.  I plan on adding one warrior to each unit and giving them a venom to ride on.  Like the other unit of warriors, this unit will used to support other units when they charge, like the wracks and grotesques.

 The sybarite, with agonizer and grenades.

 Although the rifles will be rarely used (likely from the back of the venom), the shredder will...

 Well that was a quick post wasn't it?

Until next round.

The Shadow of Death

 I picked this guy up on a whim.  The poor fella was lurking in a CCG store, surrounded by MTG and Pokemon, I had to save him.  It was that and my complete inability to resist awesome undead minis.  And it was about time I had a tank-caster.

 What is there to say about Terminus?  He is a huge model, and full of awesome details, like the puffy sleeves and interesting vents.  Assembly was a pain in the @$$.  The sculptors did try to make things a little easier, with bits that are supposed to fit, but needed putty and pins anyways.  Painting the monster was just as finicky, between the weight (he weighs a ton) and the inside/under details.  Once he was done, it was totally worth the trouble.

 I have used him a couple times on the table, and he is a beast.  With a useful feat (all your souls are belong to me) he can be running around with over 20 ARM, not bad.  His true power lies in Shadow of Death, which gives all undead near him (including him) tough.  And guess what, the wraith engine is undead, mull that over for a second...

I'm off to the forest for artistic endeavors, so I will return next week revived!
Until next round, roll well!

Flesh Tearers - Death Company Redux

 Just a short post for this one.  Some of you may remember these guys when they were all black.  That didn't sit well for my client (or myself), so I made the armour more red.

 It was finiky, but they look much better (imo).

 The skin was also redone, a paler tone to match the librarian, more vampy.

I hope these guys fit the bill now!
Until next round....

The Unkind Doctor

 The Kabal of the Unkind (very) slowly grows.  One of the newest additions is the Haemonculis Ancient, Ulycis.

 He was made from the standard mini, with arm swaps (talos kit) and a head swap (venom kit).  There are a couple extra vials added (from the talos kit as well).  I liked the mini, but not the hugging....

 This was the first finecast I have fully painted and I still prefer metal.  There was only one big bubble, which I may yet still fix, and nothing else wrong with it, just the weight.  It doesn't feel like a model to the hand, it feels too light.

 I continued with the electric blue color, with the addition of some lighter green and purple skin tone.  I selected the accent colors (green, purple, turquoise) because they were part blue themselves and keep a cohesive look.

My apologies for the bout of silence on the blogosphere, it happens.  The good part is that I have a ton of posts on the way, stay tuned.

Until next round...

Sorcerer of Tzeentch

A long time ago, when Storm of Magic came out, I realized that my Tzeentchian horde only had a single spellcaster. This was because when I made my army the holy mark of the god of magic turned my champions into wizards. This is no longer the case.

This is my second sorcerer, but unlike Fel-Ur-Ket, this one was born from the bitz box. He is a true son of Tzeentch.

Only afterwards did I realize that he will have issues standing in units, oh well.
Dryad armour = win.
Until next round.