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[Excessus]

Cell #379

 

"It is the slow knife that cuts the deepest"

-quotation from ancient vigilante imagos document.

 

 

 

With all the gorgeous CSM releases this year, and the ETL coming up soon, it seems that a part of my Alpha Legion cell #379 has finally returned from their mission into the Eye of Terror. Corrupted and weary, but with new allies and equipment, the Preator of cell #379, Felix Jaeger "The Eternal" again commands the cell in person. Morale is high, and "the plan" moves into it's next phase. With all these new things, I decided to start a new WIP thread as I have mostly retired my old stuff...

 

 

...and what have I been doing since the release of Shadowspear? I have built...stuff...

 

 

Chief apothecary of cell #379, "Dr." Zed.

 

 

Warpsmith Theta-5702

 

 

Exalted Champion Orrin Zahl, former sergeant of tactical squad sigma during the heresy.

 

 

Characters are fun, and there are more coming...

 

...but in other news, squads!

 

Lernaean Terminator squad (with volkites, counts as twin bolters):

 

 

CSM squad with plasmas:

 

 

 

That's all so far...more to come. I'll be keeping track of my ETL vows in here and just generally my chaos stuff...

 

[PowerHungryMonkey]

Really digging the Warpsmith and Apothecary, especially the Boarderlands ref

[Darnok]

Those characters are fine conversions, liking them all. Looking forward to more...

 

 

 

 

 

... especially some Fallen.

[hushrong]

Awesome work on the characters and squads! The warpsmith and apothecary are great and I am looking forward to what comes next.

Hydra Dominatus!

[Excessus]

Thanks guys, it's difficult to convert models when they look really awesome from the start!

 

 

But here is a "Dark Apostle" tacticus, ready to relay commands from Alpha Legion HQ:

 

[Leviathus]

Awesome! Looking great.

[Shovellovin]

Rad! Excellent use of the GSC kit.

[Custom Hero]

Very nice conversions. Do you plan yours out or just go with what comes to mind? Both ways have pros and cons, but whatever your method, these guys are top notch!

[hushrong]

I’m really digging that dark apostle! Awesome conversion for that HQ unitt for the AL.

[Gederas]

Okay, I love that Dark Apostle. I'm so stealing that idea for my Dark Angels (Master of Signal for the 30k version, Lieutenant or Master for the 40k version)

Edited by Gederas, 25 May 2019 - 01:32 AM.

[Excessus]

Thanks guys! There are going to be a truckload of "standard" guys as well because the models themselves are awesome, but I dislike duplicates so that's gonna change quickly, hehe

 

@Custom Hero: As soon as I saw the havoc set, the cogs in my head started to turn, and the same with the executioner model. The "apostle" I have wanted to do since they released the GSC kit (though I had to improvise his two friends)! I had a vague idea about what I wanted to do in my head and it just built up from there with a lot of rummaging through bits boxes...

 

@Gederas: Steal away mate, can't wait to see the result!

[Sagentus]

amazing looking army thus far, really eager to see how this comes on and will be keeping a keen eye on this thread  

[Gederas]

Thanks guys! There are going to be a truckload of "standard" guys as well because the models themselves are awesome, but I dislike duplicates so that's gonna change quickly, hehe

 

@Custom Hero: As soon as I saw the havoc set, the cogs in my head started to turn, and the same with the executioner model. The "apostle" I have wanted to do since they released the GSC kit (though I had to improvise his two friends)! I had a vague idea about what I wanted to do in my head and it just built up from there with a lot of rummaging through bits boxes...

 

@Gederas: Steal away mate, can't wait to see the result!

Will do. I just need to know, how'd you deal with the Nexos' hand being molded onto the holo-table? Can we get a shot of what you did for that?

[Excessus]

Tried getting a picture of it for you but the GS is too flaky and you couldn't actually see anything worthwhile. It has been annoying me from the moment I finished it and it's probably gonna be re-done a bit better before I paint it. I'll take a picture of it when it's done properly...

 

But what I did was basically build up a marine glove with GS on top of the hand. He's turning a knob and I wanted to have that in the model. The GSC guy's hand is long and gnarly and actually is good proportions for a marine hand.

 

Don't make my mistake and do the whole posing thing and fitting the hand to the arm in one sitting! I basically did him in an evening when I was tired but I was too into "the zone" to leave it to dry...

[Gederas]

Tried getting a picture of it for you but the GS is too flaky and you couldn't actually see anything worthwhile. It has been annoying me from the moment I finished it and it's probably gonna be re-done a bit better before I paint it. I'll take a picture of it when it's done properly...

 

But what I did was basically build up a marine glove with GS on top of the hand. He's turning a knob and I wanted to have that in the model. The GSC guy's hand is long and gnarly and actually is good proportions for a marine hand.

 

Don't make my mistake and do the whole posing thing and fitting the hand to the arm in one sitting! I basically did him in an evening when I was tired but I was too into "the zone" to leave it to dry...

Ahhh, okay. I was planning on removing the Nexos' hand entirely and replacing it with one of the spare Devastator open-ish left hands I have, or this one random metal marine hand that can be bent to shape.

[Excessus]

Well, now that the new colours are here, I'm all in with the painting...but as usual with me it goes slooowly...

 

[hushrong]

That looks ace!

[Excessus]

1 done, plenty to go...

 

Sorry ADB, but one of your guys got "captured"...

 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

He's great - I don't like the original model much, but I sure like what you've done to it.

[KrautScientist]

I really love what you have done with the model: Getting rid of those tacky bone shoulder pads does wonders for the overall look! This also strikes me as a great starting point for a Fabius Bile conversion -- actually, your model is almost there.

 

I also really like the look you have managed on the skin. Excellent work all around!

[hushrong]

Sweet paint job!

[Excessus]

Thanks guys, it's all coming along nice and slow (emphasis on slow). 

 

I started on my termies now...

 

 

Wierd light, they have the same colour on their blue as Dr. Zed before...

Edited by Excessus, 22 July 2019 - 01:58 PM.

[Brother Ambroz]

Looking good excessus! The new models look great in AL colors.

[Ugolino]

Love the style- may I ask for how you go about basing too?

[Excessus]

Thanks guys, Ugolino, I use structure paint and sand to build the basing. .

 

The corruption continues! Here are the results of the ETL: