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

[Augustus b'Raass]

First of all: Happy New Year to everyone reading this! Thank you for another great hobby year, filled with inspiration, feedback, comments, beautiful pictures, great events - and another Chaos ETL win (sorry, I had to rub it in your loyalist scummy faces one more time )!

 

I finished the second part of the first of three ten-man squads I plan on doing with the Blood Warriors. 

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zps61plyjy2.jpg

 

The Dark Vengeance Chosen really have the exact same proportions as the Blood Warriors (what a coincidence, geedubs! ) and they work quite well with each other. I used two DV Chosen for the special weapons dudes in this squad, but of friend of a guy at my local GW store, who saw the first five above, was kind enough to give me two of the bolter-toting DV chosen! So I now have three full sets of 5 DV chosen. I bought another set of ten Blood Warriors, which together with the two I didn't use from the previous set, gives me 12 Blood Warriors. I also have all the Khorne Bloodbound miniatures from the AoS set (bought when they came out). So I think I have enough miniatures to make three more full squads! 

 

I already put together the first ten, which I'll start painting this evening. 

 

As you probably figured out right now, I'm pretty focussed on my KDK at the moment. And a real army needs dedicated objective markers. So I made those too:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zpsigflrbqy.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zpsculfmmox.jpg

 

Thanks for looking and for your comments and feedback. :)

 

Replies:

@ The Traitor: Yeah the Dozer Blades are a real treat. They are very simple to build too. I can't say I agree with you on the exhausts. The soot comes from within, so the insides should be black, right?

 

@ KrautScientist: Wow, thanks for the awesome, exhaustive and constrictive reply, dude. :) I'm glad you like your miniature in the Imperial Fists army, for sure. :) I am also glad and humbled you recognized my preference for contemptor builds. You are absolutely correct. I just love building dreadnoughts. I'm glad both the SM and Chaos versions got a buff - which will probably see them actually get some play time. I love your idea of combining fluff between Volt Gerbrandt and Lorimar! What do you suggest? Were they friends-turned-rivals during the Siege?

 

As you already read, your idea of a squad of converted DV chosen with those wrathmonger heads are a wish I interpreted as a post hoc command. ;)

 

@ Scion of Ferrus: Wow, that is quite the involved backstory there. You're also making me add a lightning claw, which wasn't initially my idea for the Assault Squad sergeant, but we'll see what we can do. Thanks! He's added to the list. Don't worry on the spelling on Schaefer, I 40K-ified that name to Scafir anyway. 

 

@ Bryan Blaire: Keep a lookout in the couple weeks - I did find a way to mix-n-match the DV Chosen with the Blood Warriors without the boots. :)

 

@ Midnight Runner: Thanks! Yeah, fistyclaws indeed is hard. It's why I chose the LCs with actual hands for it. On a bike, I've found it best to use a closed power fist to handle the steering, and then the LC in the open hand. Here's an example of what I mean. 

 

@ The Hydra: Thanks buddy! I'm glad you like everything. Sorry for all the hobby butterflying between projects ;)

 

@ hushrong: I know, right? The ancient, ugly Khorne Berzerkers and Chaos Space Marines kits are the prime reason I stayed away from doing any sort of Chaotic Marine infantry for so long. But they are so demotivational to paint. The Blood Warriors really just are inspirational. They're just a joy to paint, and I can't really stop myself! The leather boots are just a minor annoyance in that regard, and I'll just swallow my annoyance at them and paint them anyway - choosing between them and the fugly CSM and Bererker kits is no choice at all!

 

@ Viarocanum: I agree! See my reply to hushrong for a more elaborate answer. I hope you like the second half!

 

@ Carrick: You are very, very welcome, buddy! Thanks!

[Dolchiate Remembrancer]

I know your on Khorne right now Augustus but I would love to see you do some Thousand Sons :)

 

Also, any chance the Arena makes a return in 2017?

[Dragonlover]

It all looks stunning, and I'm intrigued to see how you do booted Blood Warriors. Where are the bowls of blood you used for the objective markers from?

 

Dragonlover

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks guys!

 

 

I know your on Khorne right now Augustus but I would love to see you do some Thousand Sons

Also, any chance the Arena makes a return in 2017?

Thousand Sons? Been there, done that! About a rerun of the Augustus Arena event, it's funny that you mentioned it, because today I contacted Forté if he'd be willing to make some new banners etc. for it. :) I'm going to ask Kurgan and Semper too. :) Most likely it'll happen in April, before the ETL.

 

It all looks stunning, and I'm intrigued to see how you do booted Blood Warriors. Where are the bowls of blood you used for the objective markers from?

 

Dragonlover

Well, there's ten of them finished already :) To tell you the truth, I have no idea where the blood cauldrons are from, as I've had these bits for years and years. My guess is from a Dark Elf or Dark Eldar kit? 

 

Just to let you guys know, I'm not completely abandoning the Fists, I do have a Typhon that is ready for paint. :)

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/temporary_zpsinj1yjwv.jpg 

 

:D

[Maarten]

I used two DV Chosen for the special weapons dudes in this squad, but of friend of a guy at my local GW store, who saw the first five above, was kind enough to give me two of the bolter-toting DV chosen! 

You're welcome buddy. They really do look great after you're done with them and I had no immediate use for them.

Love the two corpse objective markers btw!

I should probably post newer pics of the Macharius Vulcan sometime soon like I promised weeks ago........ 

[Daemon2027]

@ The Hydra: Thanks buddy! I'm glad you like everything. Sorry for all the hobby butterflying between projects ;)

Don't apologise, that's one of my favourite things, every update is little surprise. Looking forward to seeing that Typhon in yellow.

[The Traitor]

As I said with the other five they look great except for the boots. I actually think that they'll fit a Daemonkin army better than usual CSM, their armour being more ornate and full of symbols of Khoene.

About the exhaust I'm not saying that I don't like them being black, I'm saying that I think that the weathering is excessive to be in the same colour, but I can see that I didn't express myself very well.

Also I think that the Blood Cauldron is from the Dark Elf kit which is a big chariot that contains a medusa or three vampires. The rest of the markers look cool by the way, I specially like the jail one, but are you going to number them in any way for maelstrom missions? Where?

[KrautScientist]

The second batch of boot-wearing berzerkers is looking great! Given the standard we have seen so far, the finished army should be a sight to see!

 

 

 

It all looks stunning, and I'm intrigued to see how you do booted Blood Warriors. Where are the bowls of blood you used for the objective markers from?

 

Dragonlover

Well, there's ten of them finished already To tell you the truth, I have no idea where the blood cauldrons are from, as I've had these bits for years and years. My guess is from a Dark Elf or Dark Eldar kit?

 

The cauldron trailing flames is from the Skaven Doombell kit, IIRC, and the other one is from the Vampire Counts Coven Throne kit -- those are just the old WFB names, mind you.

[Race Bannon]

Paint.

 

That.

 

Tank.

[Machine God]

Paint.

 

That.

 

Tank.

YELLOW;-)

[Augustus b'Raass]

I suddenly realized I hadn't posted a picture of the entire squad of Khorne marines yet! So here is the first squad in all its glory:

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zpselc5nl3r.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zpswuym7hph.jpg

 

And with their sweet, sweet ride:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zpsjimazlg2.jpg

 

Hope you like! Thanks for looking

 

Replies!

 

@ Maarten: Duuuude thank you so much for the two Chosen. I'm almost finished painting them, actually, as part of another five-man half-squad Khorne Marines. Hopefully I can post those tonight.

 

@ The Hydra: Cheers, buddy! Well, your wish is my command!

 

@ The Traitor: Meh, the boots. Think of them as having a Spanish accent and purring when they're having a good time. Mind you, they are part of a Khorne Daemonkin army, so I hope that alleviates things a bit. Your point about the numbering of the objective markers was very on point: I forgot that they are neccesary. I think I'm just going to put some plasticard squares on there, paint them black, and put some white roman numerals on them. Not the most elegant, but hey, it's Khorne.

 

@ KrautScientist: Thanks! I hope you like them with their ride too. Also, thanks for clearing the bits issue up.

 

@ Race Bannon: Yeah, yeah, relaaax! I'm in a Khornate mode right now. I vowed the tank as part of my January vow in the Tale of 20 Hobbyists, though, so he'll be done within three weeks, tops!

 

@ Scion of Ferrus: Of course! It's really the only colour a Typhon can be painted in, right? Oh wait:

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http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Iron%20Warriors/temporary_zpsej6t1kft.jpg

Edited January 5, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[Teetengee]

Black and yellow, of course ;)

[Dantay VI]

The Khornate marines are looking epic, all veterans if you go by the fluff for the bunny ears :)

 

If i is for Khorne, why not use skulls for your numbering? For example the cauldron of blood could have a shaved down skull or 3  on the surface of the liquid, floating around "Yummy skull & eyeball soup!!" Objective number 3

 

The bowl with he eerie smoke? Graft a single skull to the the end of the smoke, like a soul being consumed by Khorne, objective 1.

 

6 skulls below a banner, objective 6... And so on :)

[Augustus b'Raass]

Next five finished!

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zpsdaez05c2.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zps5wbbls1q.jpg

 

I used the DV Chosen models with bolters again for the special weapons specialists. These are the onesd that a friend of frater Maarten gave me this weekend. Thanks again, friend of Maarten!

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zpskaq5yjg3.jpg

 

It's surprisingly easy to get an effective different look for these guys, with different heads; angles of the heads; different backpacks; and by shaving off the horn on the left shoulder pad! Take a look:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zpsdulilgh7.jpg

 

i hope you like them! Feedback most welcome, as are all your comments. Thanks for looking.

 

Replies:

 

@ Teetengee: OF COURSE yellow and black. And a bunch of other colours. But not too much of those.

 

@ dantay_xv: that's a really cool idea actually! I wonder though if that makes reading them easy enough. I don't think so, unfortunately - these are purely game pieces that are meant to match my KDK aesthetic. So I think I'll be going with white numbers on a black field. Thank you very much for thinking along and letting me know, though! Much appreciated indeed!

Edited January 5, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[deathspectersgt7]

DAMN !!!!!! 

[The Traitor]

Nice! It is amazing how well the DV chosen fit with the blood warriors, they're so similar!

[Aasfresser]

Those Khornate Marines are amazing. Think I need some more of the DV chosen...

[Grizzly_bear]

My word of Satan....

[MrBear]

Khorne should be pretty damned pleased with you for painting these followers of his, they really look the part. They almost make me like the DV chosen some of them are based on 

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks guys!
 

Just finished five more Khorne Marines! These are based on the five Blood Warriors from the Age of Sigmar starter set, which I got my hands one when it just came out. A girl walked into GW Amsterdam South, expressed interest in getting into the hobby and to buy the set - but admitted she had no interest in the Khornate miniatures. So I offered to pay 45% of the price and take the Khornate mini's off her hands. She accepted, and lo and behold they actually got painted almost two years later! :)

 

So that's twenty Khornate Space Marines painted in seven days. I think that's a new record for me.... oh my. I don't think I've ever been so absolutely stoked to paint a certain type of miniature. My guess is I was held back all these years by the horribly, horribly outdated CSM range and just didn't find the right components to make proper Khornate marines. I was loosened a bit by my recent 1250 list, which has 30 Khornate CSM in it - so not Khorne Berzerkers. I guess this loosened my steadfastness to have them look super-Khorny a bit - which led me to loosen my absolute resistance to use the booted Blood Warriors (which I had purchased for this reason about 8 months ago). I'm really glad I did, because it spurred me on and by this time next week I will probably have between 30 and 40 chaos marines! Hurray!   

 

These conversions are really quite simple: just replace the Bloodfist arm with a SM arm with a pistol, put a blob of Greenstuff on the back and push the backpack on. Wait for the GS to dry, peel the backpack off, cut the blob into a rectanguular shap resembling the normal backpack potrusion, and glue the backpack back on.

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zpsc2dloj3a.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/temporary_zpseajgzwkn.jpg

 

Thanks for looking again and for your C&C! ALl is most welcome :)
 

Replies!

 

@ Deathspectersgt7: Haha 

 

@ The Traitor: Aren't they? It's amazing how similar the scale of those things are. It's almost if this was done intentionally ! ;)

 

@ Aasfresser: Get some! They're quite cheap on eBay.

 

@ Grizzly_bear: Yes, my son? 

 

@ MrBear: Thanks, buddy! The DV chosen are pretty cool miniatures in their own right. The problem with them is that they stand out so incredibly hard from the rest of the Chaos range, that they just look out of place. The fact that there's two of the same in the set, hasn't helped in their popularity. But there's plenty of other examples of how to make them the basis for absolutely spectacular conversion. Just look at KrautScientist's Iron Warriors apothecary!

[Soldier of Dorn]

Jesus... Age of Sigmar came out two years ago? ​I remember buying a couple boxes for almost the exact purpose you're using the Blood Warriors for now... still haven't gotten 'round to it. :P

 

But they do look absolutely brilliant. Far better than anything I could have done myself. :tu:

 

(Also, I will get 'round to dealing with the Tale in the next few days... that has been a bit of a mess, and it's time I cleaned up after myself...)

[MrBear]

20 marines in seven days... 20 marines painted to a great standard in seven days... If I'm correct I think I painted like 37 marines over the whole of last year!  I've said it before, but I can say it again: You're a machine mate!

 

You're probably right about the chosen, they don't really look like they are part of the same range as the normal CSM. Probably doesn't help that I'm not the biggest fan of the warped and corrupted style either.   

[Augustus b'Raass]

Jesus... Age of Sigmar came out two years ago? ​I remember buying a couple boxes for almost the exact purpose you're using the Blood Warriors for now... still haven't gotten 'round to it.

 

But they do look absolutely brilliant. Far better than anything I could have done myself.

 

(Also, I will get 'round to dealing with the Tale in the next few days... that has been a bit of a mess, and it's time I cleaned up after myself...)

Yeah, I guess it was almost two years ago? September 2015, right? About the TO20H, you say that every time! :p And I'll keep suggesting that you pick on fixed day/hour of the week wherein you do all the updates. It will greatly keep the participants dedicated to the event. :tu:

 

20 marines in seven days... 20 marines painted to a great standard in seven days... If I'm correct I think I painted like 37 marines over the whole of last year!  I've said it before, but I can say it again: You're a machine mate!

 

You're probably right about the chosen, they don't really look like they are part of the same range as the normal CSM. Probably doesn't help that I'm not the biggest fan of the warped and corrupted style either.   

Haha thanks buddy! To tell you the truth, I actually finished 5 more today. But as it's dark out now, I can't take any good pictures... And about your meaning on the warped and corrupted style - you and me both, brother! 

[Teetengee]

Well, I will happily take all your warp corruption. I love these guys! (except perhaps the boots)

[KrautScientist]

Like I said elsewhere, you're on fire at the moment! The KDK army is looking fantastic, and interestingly enough, the leather boots are much less of an issue when looking at the project as a whole. And once again, I simply cannot get over how cool those Blood Warrior helmets look on the DV Chosen bodies!

 

If I may offer one piece of criticism, you've maybe gone a bit too solid gold on those Chosen breastplates: I think they might look even better if you were to pick out the cables and jewels in a different colour.