Khorne's Eternal Hunt - KrautScientist's chaotic WIP thread: Fine-tuning Eightbound...

[KrautScientist]

Cheers, Midnight Runner! I'm glad there's at least one person who has something to say...o_O

[Teetengee]

Very nice, well executed. (Now I need to paint Escharon...)

[thamier]

i really like the knee pads of bloodlether faces so gonna steal that

all i need now is all your chain axes and chaos maruder arms maybe a torso or tree

[Flint13]

I agree with Midnight, he is exceptionally yelly.

 

Great job K-Sci!

Edited April 3, 2015 by Flint13

[KrautScientist]

Thanks a lot, everyone! I am really proud of him, if I do say so myself.

 

Seeing how this has been a bit of a collaboration between Biohazard and myself, I whipped up a little something to commemorate the occasion:

 

 

There's also a less stylised version:

 

[Flint13]

I want to make a "Clash of the Titans" pun, but I'm in reboot mode from awesomeness overload atm.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Wow he looks brutal. Especially great job on the cape and his face.

 

And those glamour shots of him and Biohazard's guy look cool too. I'm so happy you finished this guy in the Arena event too, considering how long he was in the works before. 

[Bryan Blaire]

KrautScientist, I really enjoy all of your work, especially the face off between Lorimar and BioHazard's guy! They are both looking mighty fierce and ready to bleed enemies in Khorne's name.

 

On the Skulltaker, what if you used two trophy racks and positioned them as if they were the beginnings of wings? Almost like they are anchor points where the flesh will be reformed around the trophies when he becomes a Thirster.

[Midnightmare]

That just became my new desktop, have my most 'likey' like of the day.

 

Very cool work by both of you 

[KrautScientist]

Thanks a lot, guys! :)

 

@ Augustus b'Raass: The event really seemed like the proper occasion, mate! ;)

 

@ Bryan Blaired: That is actually a pretty cool suggestion -- even if I have to admit tha I am tempted to just leave the model like it is. In any case, thanks for sharing the idea!

 

So here's a picture of Lorimar with his personal retinue, Lorimar's Fist. I am not 100% happy with the photo, but it'll have to suffice for now:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/4/6/702385-Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Lord%2C%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Khorne%2C%20Khorne%27s%20Eternal%20Hunt.JPG

 

As always, let me know what you think!

[Flint13]

I think this is more evidence that terminators are the superior bodyguard choice.

 

Great work!

[deathspectersgt7]

AWESOME!!!! 

[BrotherCaptainArkhan]

10/10 would duel each and every one of those bodyguards. Foreground right is especially badass. Love it.

[ElDuderino]

So, how many terminator lords have you bought through the years?:)

 

Lorimar looks great, it's nice to finally see him with some paint on. Well worth the wait. Those final touches really made him pop, especially the wolf pelt. I'm glad i don't have to choose between him and Deimos as both you and Bio have produced the two best termie lords i've ever seen:)

[Augustus b'Raass]

So, how many terminator lords have you bought through the years?

 

Lorimar looks great, it's nice to finally see him with some paint on. Well worth the wait. Those final touches really made him pop, especially the wolf pelt. I'm glad i don't have to choose between him and Deimos as both you and Bio have produced the two best termie lords i've ever seen:)

I just now realize that except for the dude on the front left (that's me right?;) ) they all use the same pair of legs! Goes to show the versatility of the Chaos Termie lord kit and your conversion skills, Kraut, because I had never found out about this had it not been for the dude's comment. 

[AJB2K3]

I have run out of positive things to say about such excellent work that I am struggling here.

So jelious!

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/00/004a044e1927a979dbf090ba65323894381708169d8592afbb7b70100f3e244a.jpg

[K0rtmer]

Wow, both your and Biohazard's Lords are seriously awesome. In fact, I'm not quite sure which one I like better, but both of you absolutely nailed it. The standoff picture you've produced is outstanding. I shall have it as my desktop wallpaper too.

You, Sir, are a true artist. Consider me a huge fan.

[Kythnos]

Wow, your Lord and his retinue are looking really impressive! All of them have their own individual style and still function visually as a unit of scary killers. This unit really highlights one of the strong points of the Chaos Astartes looks. Great work!

[Biohazard]

Congrats on the completion buddy, Lorimar looks awesome and you already know I love the images. I will get some more pics to you ASAP. :tu:

[KrautScientist]

Again, thanks for the kind words, everyone! Finally having finished this model feels like a bit of a breakthrough, to be honest ;)

 

For today, here are the better pictures I promised: I think they come quite a bit closer to how the model actually looks when seen firsthand:

 

 

“Your Emperor is no god. He is a lost soul, forever trapped within an oubliette of his own decaying flesh. If there is any justice in this world or the next, he must be howling for release somewhere in there. When one of us comes for his shriveled skull, on that last day, it will be a mercy.”

Lord Captain Lorimar of the World Eaters’ 4th assault company

 

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And here's another picture of Lorimar and his Terminator retinue:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/4/7/702766_sm-Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Lord%2C%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Chaos%20Terminators%2C%20Khorne%2C%20Khorne%27s%20Eternal%20Hunt.jpg

 

 

But wait, there’s more! Because with today’s update, you actually get two models for the price of one, so to speak!

 

In addition to my 40k version of Lorimar, I have also been sitting on a 30k version of the same character for a good long while: Some of you may remember when I picked up some models from my fellow German hobbyist AgnostosTheos a while ago. The two of us had been engaging in a little project where AT was going to build 30k versions for some of my World Eaters. But then he sold off his army, unfortunately, and left me with no other choice than to pick up some of the pieces. Among those pieces was a converted Terminator model that I thought would be a rather nice fit for a 30k version of Lorimar:

 

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As you can see, the model was already basically finished, save for the hands and weapons — so it was really easy to choose fitting weapons to make the character resemble his 40k incarnation. I also built a base for the model (and, again, made it subtly similiar to the 40k version). And here’s the result: Captain Baltus Lorimar circa M32:

 

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Again, just to be perfectly clear: I can merely claim responsibility for the hands, weapons and base. The rest of the model was beautifully painted by AgnostosTheos! Oh, and I did add a chain decal to Lorimar’s right vambrace:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/4/7/702755-30k%2C%20Captain%2C%20Cataphractii%2C%20Centurion%2C%20Horus%20Heresy%2C%20Lord%20Captain%20Lorimar.jpg

 

This is a sign of him having won his captaincy in the fighting pits by slaying his commanding officer — a rather important part of his backstory!

I am also rather happy with the arid ground on the model’s base, created by a generous helping of Agrellan Earth:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/4/7/702756-30k%2C%20Captain%2C%20Cataphractii%2C%20Centurion%2C%20Horus%20Heresy%2C%20Lord%20Captain%20Lorimar.JPG

 

And here’s a comparison shot with both the Pre- and Post Heresy versions of the character:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/4/7/702768_sm-30k%2C%20Captain%2C%20Cataphractii%2C%20Centurion%2C%20Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Lord%2C%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines.jpg

 

I am really happy with those two guys, to be honest ;)

And finally, after having met so many of Lorimar’s subordinates and after having seen the man himself, all that remains is to take a closer look at his personal background:

 

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Lord Captain Baltus Lorimar, commander of the World Eaters’ 4th assault company and Master of Khorne’s Eternal Hunt

 

Baltus Lorimar has been the 4th assault company’s commander ever since the days of the Great Crusade. A divisive figure among the officers of his sundered legion due to his actions at the battle of Skalathrax, Lorimar has nevertheless managed to stay in command of one of the biggest World Eaters warbands, and one of the few still managing to maintain some kind of discipline and order.

 

Born on the blasted plains of Europa in the aftermath of the Unification Wars, Lorimar was indentured into the growing Legiones Astartes as part of the tithe the Terran clans had to pay to the Emperor who had defeated them. He became a legionary of the XII Legion, quickly rising to the position of a line officer during the Great Crusade. When the legion was reunited with its Primarch, Lorimar had been stripped of his command and incarcerated by Valna, Captain of the War Hounds’ 4th assault company, because he had refused an Imperial noble’s order to execute a squad of abhuman auxiliarii after a battle. Once the Primarch came across Lorimar during his inspection of the legion flagship, he freed him and offered him another chance to prove himself. This act made Lorimar fiercely loyal to Angron, and he would continue to follow the Primarch unquestioningly, even as his fellow legionaries grew more and more wary of the Red Angel. Lorimar later won his captaincy in the fighting pits, killing his former captain Valna and taking command of the 4th.

 

During the latter days of the Great Crusade, the 4th fought in the Eastern Fringe at the side of the Word Bearer’s Piercing Gaze Chapter. Lest the 4th evade the corrupting influence of the ruinous powers, First Chaplain Erebus of the XVIIth tasked the Chaplain of the Piercing Gaze Chapter, Belzas Azalon, with introducing warrior lodges and the covert worship of the Primordial Truth to the 4th assault company. Azalon brought Lorimar into contact with the Cult of Cron, a warrior cult the young captain eagerly adopted in order to provide his company with an identity and a code of martial honour.

 

Once the 4th was reunited with the rest of the legion, Lorimar was very pleased to see that a similar warrior culture had begun to form all across the legion, with the legionaries accepting their Primarch’s gladiatorial origins and cobbling together a mongrel culture from it.

 

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The Heresy itself went by in a red haze, with Lorimar, like many of his battle brothers, growing more and more into a frenzied madman. He and his company were on their way to madness and damnation until the Skalathrax campaign. During the Long Night of Skalathrax, Lorimar suddenly came to and realised, in a terrible moment of lucidity, that the actions of 8th Captain Khârn were about to shatter the legion and wipe out the company he had sacrificed everything for.

 

In a move nearly unprecedented for a World Eaters officer, Lorimar and the remains of his company withdrew from Skalathrax before the battle was over. While Lorimar’s actions saved a substantial part of the company and made sure it would continue to function as a fairly coherent fighting force, they also earned him the disdain, if not enmity, of many of his fellow officers, who still refer to him as “Lorimar the Craven”.

 

Ever since, the 4th has been just as threatened by the corrupting influence of chaos and the madness of the Butcher’s Nails as every other World Eaters warband. To combat the effects of this decline and in order to keep the madness at bay, Lorimar used the ancient warrior codes of his company to formulate an ethos strictly based on honour and martial pride: His company embarked upon an Eternal Hunt, endeavouring to kill the strongest warriors and run down the worthiest prey.

Even though the 4th has remained a fairly large and coherent force, the legionaries always have to fight against the encroaching madness, with infighting and rampant frenzy all too common within the company. So far, Lorimar has managed to quell these uprisings with an iron fist.

 

When not on the battlefield, the Lord Captain is given to bouts of dark brooding, filled with resentment at the ruination of his legion, with disgust at the depths to which many of his former brothers have sunk, and with burning hatred at Khârn, whom he considers the destroyer of the XII Legion.

 

 

As always, let me know what you think! :)

[Kythnos]

Again, beautiful stuff. Especially the presentation of your models with these artwork-photos is top-notch! Would it actually be possible for you to create one of these pictures for my Warsmith? Only if it's no hassle to you, of course :)

[Augustus b'Raass]

Argh, ran out of likes for the day.

 

Dude. Duuuuude. This is fantastic. If Lorimar wasn't already a cool mini, that 30K incarnation of him, coupled with his back story, make him not only a superb addition to your warband and a joy to look at and read about, but also an inspiration to us all. Thank you.

Edited April 7, 2015 by Augustus b'Raass

[KrautScientist]

Cheers, guys!

 

@ Kythnos: Hmm, I'd be willing to give it a try, although I would need a very good photo of your Warsmith, taken against a neutral (white or black or beige) background.

 

@ Auggie: Urgh, what is it with your likes? I told you to keep saving some in case I updated my thread ;) Thanks for the kind words, though! :)

[thamier]

that is awesome KS, and really nice with the backgrounds on, it creates a very lively atmosphere, ill even send you a personal message to ask more about how you make those backgrounds

[Kierdale]

Truly outstanding work.