Daemon2027 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Hey good folks of the B&C, I have long been jumping around armies for the last few years, never really settling on anything. I hoping that will now change with the start of this new army, a Heresy era Death Guard army. I'm hopefull this will stick, I've painted a few different test models, I've given it a month cooling off period, and no desire to change focus. Fingers crossed then. Don't want to bore you all with lots of text but a quick out line of my vision. Squads of Terminators and Contemptors, backed up by tanks and artillery, bringing their unique blend of stoic footslogging and chemical warfare to a battlefield in off white and green. In the future I would like to expand on the army, add Breachers, tactical squads, destroyers, maybe ever delve into the chaosy side of things. To start with, as I like building characters, the Praetor. I wanted him to really push the 'walking tank' look of Terminator Armour. I also wanted him to feel like a battlefield commander, an individual that's in command of thousands of marines, which is why I've stayed away from heroic and action poses. Built into his left wrist is a combi flammer, the tubing is to represent the chem munition upgrade. I based the Chen flammer on that of the Calas Typhon model, only tried to make it smaller. There is no where for ammo to go on the bolter side which slightly annoys me, as I decided to build somewhere for empty cases to eject feeling this was a more important detail, and that the ammo could be loaded internally. Let me know what you think on him. Looking at the pics I see I need to do a little more work on some areas which I'll straighten out before I undercoat. On my desk I have 5 Deathshroud almost ready for painting. I really want to take the squad up to a fluffy 7 so I may hold off for now, especially as the quality of some of the scythes are poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Wow, even I wasn't brave enough to chop up the TDA praetor. Good job! PS: I hope you stick with this Legion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 The fact that I was thrashing out to Bloodsport's To The Death when I first saw this was just icing on the cake, lol. Awesome work so far, man. I'm really looking forward to seeing some paint on this beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Thanks guys, I've tidied up the worst gs offenders and undercoated just before the rain hit. I think I can get away with some gs roughness, it gives the impression that the armour is cracked and warped on the top which I think suits the Death Guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCaptainArkhan Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Wow. That's a hell of a badass Praetor. I'm a bit in awe of your GS skills, about to tackle a big GS segment for my own Praetor at the minute and it's slightly daunting. Very keen to see where this force goes. edit: Also, more breachers ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disease Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Well that's badass, cant wait to see paint on him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Cheers fellas. Brother-Captain Arkhan thanks a lot, I've really been trying to improve my GS ability, I still working on getting smooth finishes first time. The best thing I think I've developed is patients, which will hopefully help me stick with this army. So a bit of painting done, armour, and oil wash. My test models have had a lot heavier washes, I didn't want to go so heavy this time, although I purposely overloaded the bottom of the legs. Tomorrow I plan to highlight the armour and get the greens and metals done, then it's down to weathering :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThtsTheJoke Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Great job on the painting and modeling. LOVE the moment when you finish a conversion, and this is a damn fine one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Thanks ThtsTheJoke. A little update on the Praetor. There are a few areas I'm not happy with, the belt area in particular. I have to quite figured out the sword. I feel something to fancy wouldn't suit the model and would distract. Not sure on colour for the eyes either, but that's a small detail at the moment. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disease Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Orange / red eyes in my opinion (colour contrast) looking forward to the deathshroud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infyrana Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 That guys pretty rugged, very unique with that helmet and definitely a great gritty start. Approved of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Awesome Praetor, bro! Really nice conversion, greenstuff, and paint work. You've made a really unique character. Fingers crossed that you remain motivated to continue with the Death Guard. They're an awesome Legion :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Dude love love live the praetor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Long time no update. In fact I started and dropped several other legions, wasting money and generally feeling a bit lost. I've left things for a while to try and find something I wanted to work on and I've been playing with an idea for a while, campaign hardened veterans, sporting bionics and battle damage, personalisation to armour, carrying all the gear for a protracted campaign. Now I could do this with any legion and I've been painting a few tests models (and a primarch) and I realised I really enjoyed the weathering I did on the Death Guard, although I do think I went a bit OTT with some of it. Anyway onto models, starting with a veteran Sgt I went with a power axe and combi flamer, with chem munitions of course. I have enough legs and torsos to build another 9, but I might build a few paint them, build a few more, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Looking great, really liking the pose and chains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBA Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Bad ass pose, brother! Great use of bits :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brother tycho Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 love that pose, what inspired it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col.hertford Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Wow, just wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzilla Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Utterly brilliant posing on both these guys. Really capture the stoic look of the death guard here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Very nice, love how unique he looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Long time no post. I've decided just to make this a general WIP place, cos I just tend to work on small projects. Might keep my inq stuff desperate though. Anyway, built this guy over the last few days, was trying to make a model that was trasitioninng from ranged to close combat, I'm a little disappointed with how he came out but don't think there's much I can do. He became a Night Lord cos I found the terror helm and went with it. I think it works though, I see the Night Lords as eager to get into close combat after firing a few shots to throw the enemy off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Possibly a good thing no comments, the model was bugging me, just wasn't what I invisioned. So when I got home I reworked, I'm much happier now. He's no longer a Night Lord though.... I've had a few ideas today, tempted by the Heresy Knight Errants, I came up with a concept, an attempted recruitment of one of the exiled XIX legion by the Malcador. Thinking a small task force for Raven Gaurd, hard hitting, mobile, led by a Knignt Errant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vairocanum Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Wow that first terminator is amazing! As is the latest model too, the angle of the open hand makes it look a little like ironman flying though. Can't wait to see more of your work in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna707 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Great green stuff work! The raven guard legionary looks fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyroclast91 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Your conversion work it's fantastic makes me want to put down my brush and go back to sculpting. But that's why I have so many green and grey models. Keep up the awesome work I can't wait to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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