++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[MrBear]

Looking slick aswell! You deliver quality as always.

[Flint13]

The black blood letters look just as cool as I knew they would!

 

Those screamers are super interesting. I can't decide exactly how to describe them... Juicy maybe? They look really livid and colorful, like delicious demonic candy.

 

Great job!

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks you two, for always commenting on my updates! It's awesome to have so many people encouraging me, and I can only hope I return the favor sufficiently. Also delicious daemonic candy. 

 

SO! 3436 points completed this ETL. I made a picture of all my completed units together, and am quite pleased by the result!

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Showcase%20Night%20Lords/temporary_zpslxq6etxn.jpg

 

Hope you like, and once again, thank you all for commenting. :)

[sockwithaticket]

I keep saying it, but the volume of your output combined with the quality of painting and modelling defies belief. Truly, a pact must have been made with the ruinous powers and time function differently inside the Eye.

The Black Bloodletters and their blue swords are particularly well executed. Would love to see a whole army of them!

[Augustus b'Raass]

Haha thanks SWaT! Your post made me go "hmmm, I wonder how much I've painted since I started my Night Lords". All my models are kinda hidden away in a wooden cupboard, but it doesn't have space anymore since before the ETL. The above completions just stand on top of the cupboard now.

 

So I decided to make a pic of my entire army and calculate how many points it is on my BattleScribe accout. And it's kinda embarrassing and baffling. My painted chaos army now stands at 14235 points. Which is even crazier when you consider that I started it in March 2013. I blame my airbrush...

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Showcase%20Night%20Lords/temporary_zpsyr4dfhmw.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Showcase%20Night%20Lords/temporary_zpsgvkjwoqu.jpg

 

Ok so from top to bottom and from left to right:

 

• Helblade, Heldrake, Brass Scorpion, Fire Raptor, Warhound, Lord of Skulls, Heldrake
• Vindicator, 3x Predator Annihilator, 2x Land Radier, Magna Melta Predator, Plasma Destroyer Predator, Vindicator
• 2x Maulerfiend, Forgefiend, COnrad Curze, Daemon Prince, 4x Contemptor, Helbrute
• 2x Land Speeders, Sorcerer on Jet Bike (disc of Tzeentch), Be'Lakor, Keepers of Secrets, 3x Obliterators, 3x Rapier Quad Heavy Bolter Battery
• 3xRhino, Bike Squad with biker lord , Nurgle Bike Squad with Nurgle biker lord, 2x Nurgle Rhino's
• (in front of the bikers) Terminator Lord, Dark Apostle, Lord, Typhus, Abbadon, Khârn, Cypher, Dark Apostle, Lord
• 10 Missile launcher Havocs, 10 Autocannon havocs, 10 shooty CSM, 10 assault CSM, 6 Plague Marines, 6 Plague Marines
• 5 assault terminators, 5 shooty terminators, 5 FW raptors, 7 raptors, Spawn
• 5 assault terminators, 5 shooty terminators, 5 Warp Talons, 5 Chosen with plasma guns
• 5 Thousand Sons, 5 Thousand Sons, 5 Khorne Berzerkers, 5 Khorne Berzerkers, 5 Flesh Hounds
• 10 shooty DV cultists, 10 servitor cultists, 10 assault DV cultists, 10 assault abhuman cultists, 14 shooty FW Cultists
• 3 Plague drones, 9 Screamers, 3 Bloodcrushers, 5 Gal Vorbak Spawn
• 10 Plaguebearers, 10 Plaguebearers, 10 Pnk Horrors, 10 Bloodletters, 10 Bloodletters, 10 Bloodletters 

Edited August 3, 2015 by Augustus b'Raass

[Augustus b'Raass]

I really should start a new army...

[Aasfresser]

Oh your god... I'm speechless. 

[ShVagYeR]

Over fourteen thousand points in a little over two years... you sir are a cyborg.

 

But seriously, awesome collection!

Edited August 2, 2015 by ShVagYeR

[Kizzdougs]

Wow...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Super, super impressive! The mind bogles at the volume and quality of your hobby output. Outstanding! :tu:

[GhostMalone]

I really should start a new army...

So what's that I hear about this new hame called 30k?

 

 

[Augustus b'Raass]

@Aasfresser: Me too.

 

@ShVagYer: To be fair, almost 7k was painted during ETLs III and IV, so my medial speed is less productive than during the last couple of months. Also, Daemons are super easy to paint with an airbrush and washes, so I feel like I cheated. :) 

 

@kizzdougs: Yeah, I kinda wonder how I hold a job, and maintain a romantic relationship and have a social life...

 

@Kurama: No way man. I can already use my Night Lords as 30K. I'm starting an Imperial Fists 30k/40k army.

 

ANYWAY! 

 

With the ETL over, I can finally sit down and reward myself with some actual converting. The ETL had me paint mostly pre-assembled and -converted tanks and daemons, the last of which are hardly converting material. At least not the kind I'm into. So I really missed sitting down and saw, bash, cut, and glue away at a Space Marine character...

 

About three or four years ago, I bought the Corpse Cart, thinking I could use it for Nurgle somehow. I planned on using the corpses on some kind of Nurgle vehicle, but never got around to it. Then, during this ETL, inspiration struck: I could use the cart itself as a Palanquin of Nurgle! This is the result of the last couple of hours. What do you think?

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpsa8aw400i.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpspcztgsk8.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpsnsnxqni7.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpsgqjdwqsa.jpg

 

Feedback very welcome. Also on the stupid camerawork I cannot seem to get into proper focus. Anyone?

 

Cheers and thanks for looking.

[Aasfresser]

I like it! But the Lord/Sorcerer looks like he could use some more bling.

[Quixus]

That is an awesome idea.

[codyrstuart]

I love the two nurglings just sitting on the back, almost laughing at the others that are actually doing work. If only they had beers, then you could call them Billy Ray and Bubba!

[Teetengee]

I love that corpse cart palanquin so much!!!

[Vel'Cona]

That is an insanely large force of heretics!  Awesome army shot, can't wait to see what you do with Nurgle cult troops.

[Augustus b'Raass]

I like it! But the Lord/Sorcerer looks like he could use some more bling.

Thanks Aasfresser. I agree with you - the Lord should be something 'special'. So I made some changes:

• added an Icon of Nurgle to his backpack;
• gave him a chain loincloth;
• gave him a chain around his belt, plus a Blight Grenade hanging from it; and
• put a Death Guard symbol made from the CSM vehicle sprue's Slaanesh symbol to his Storm Bolter.

Also, the cart itself got imporved with

• another Nurgle Icon between the bell pole;
• the bell is now swinging the other way, so as not to interfere with the silhouette of the model and the backpack in particular;
• the back of the cart has three spikes added; and
• the nurglings have pooped some PVA glue, so as to cover up the damage from the shortening of the corpse cart's 'coffin lid' base.

 

I'm still not sure about him though. I don;t like the storm bolter as a weapon option for him (although this model is probably for display purposes only, as I see no use for it in competitive games). Also, even though his torso is one of the FW plague marine torso's, I think I could do better. So I'm thinking of actually greenstuffing a complete torso with a normal MkIII torso as a base, and maybe one of the Plague Marine bellies with a mouth. This way, I can also give him a Plague Bearer head,which I catually prefer, as this guy should reflect the moniker I came up with for him: "the Harbinger of Decay" Suggestions for an actual name for him are welcome, btw! 

 

Here's some pics of him, which hopefully look good enough:

 

Clear shot of his new backpack icon and his chain loincloth

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpsgf7azs45.jpg

 

close up of the above

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpsd33i7tf8.jpg

 

clear shot of his back, with the chain belt and the blight grenade

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zps5dt280mc.jpg

 

the back, with the added spikes and the PVA pooping nurglings

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpsodicuigp.jpg

 

Replies:

@Quixus: copy away, buddy!

 

@codystuart: haha I'm so glad you caught that, that's exactly what they're intended for! ;)

 

@Teetengee: and it loves you! ;)

 

@Vel'Cona: The nurgle cult troops are done! They're featured here in my showcase. :)

[Dantay VI]

Could you snip the storm bolter off his arm, and carve the said arm up a bit? Then use some of your GS skills to turn the mutilated arm into some kind of tentacle??

 

I have no clues for names.... I am saving Hector Brocklebank for one of my own legionnaries :)

[Augustus b'Raass]

That's actually not a bad idea, Dantay. Cheers.

Also, I see your siggy still has a 'Bring it On'-banner from the Augustus Arena event. You can copy-and-paste a Victor badge from this post, and update your siggy with it. You earned it, buddy!

[Aasfresser]

I love him! Now he looks simply awesome. All the nice little details comming perfectly together.

 

The greenstuffed torso + plaque bester head could make him look to demon-y. This can be a nice thing, because you could use him as a herald, like your moniker for him suggests. And he could lead your PBs into battle. Don't remember if nurgle herald can get a palaquin. Also: count as Epidemius (should he have any worth in the table top).

 

If you are going for lord or sorcerer, that could be a bit too much. But still, nurgel sorc with Prophet of the voices + palaquin or a very crazy fast corps cart aka 'plaque bike' or sumfin. I really like it.

[Soldier of Dorn]

It looks lovely, Aug. Flows very well.

 

As for a name suggestion, how about Sisiphus Arloth. I've got a big stack of names in a Word doc that I'll never use, and he looks just like how I imagined a Astartes of that name would be.

 

Also, can we get a pic of the little icon on his storm bolter, if you haven't cut it up yet?

[GhostMalone]

Dude Fists!?!

 

Ohlala I'm excited for that

[Dantay VI]

Thanks and yes I have updated the banner... Imperial Fists eh??

 

Please make them 30K, you would be most welcome in the AoD forums

 

In the meantime, the corpse cart is loking too clean inside, needs some detritus... Also was having a weird thought, but do you have any of thse nurgle ffoot knights (blightkings or whatever they are called) from WHFB kicking around? Was thinking that swapping the right leg with one of their swollen legs would look cool, if it scaled correcly...

Edited August 4, 2015 by dantay_xv

[Augustus b'Raass]

Cheers guys!

 

@Aasfresser: I hear you on the daemon head might make him look too daemon-y argument, so I stuck with the plague marine torso. :tu:

 

@The Psycho: Sisiphus Arloth it is! Thanks for the suggestion! I'd name a character in my army after you, except you just named one for me. So I'll give you creds when I finish him, and award you a non-refundable, irredeemable, one-time digital high-five. How's that? ;)

 

Also, I destroyed the icon the bolter had, but here's a picture that shows how you can make a pretty much perfect Death Guard symbol from the Slaanesh symbol on the Chaos Vehicle Sprue. Just cut along the red lines. :tu:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zps08o0qxqy.jpg

 

@Kurama: Yes, the hated VI Legion! 

 

@dantay_xv: They will be 30K, but my heart lies with Chaos so next year I'll probably be vowing the Chaos. I'd have to join in the attempt to get a repe3tion of being Primus Inter Pares next year ;) About the suggestions you made - yes, I agree the cart is too 'clean', so I put in some whitehead pustules on it. Here's a picture of it how it is right now, with a white basecoat on it (I can still add things though).

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpsdqmhvsq6.jpg

I'm not going to change around the legs, as I am particularly satisfied with the way I converted them to stand on the cart itself. I have replaced his left arm with a tentacle, though, so I hope you like that.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpscbkzahqq.jpg

Also, I gave him a bolt pistol and some grenades.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpsiwmgjuse.jpg

 

Tomorrow is painting time!! :D

[Brother Heinrich]

Jesus Augustus, you make the 15th Company look just as shabby and ragtag as the 10th lol. Truly the winds of Chaos have favored your band with fortune aplenty. Amazing work and an impressive collection as always.