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Chaos, Gallery, Space Marines, Warhammer 40K

Daemons and Resin bases – Why do you hate me so?

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Well I’m still trying to pin down what I want to do next. I wanted to do daemons. Not because they are really good ATM, I don’t bandwagon armies. In fact I have a full Tzeentch Daemon horde for fantasy that I could just use in 40K if I wanted to bandwagon. No, I wanted to paint a whole new daemon army using all the new sexy plastics. I even picked up some new resin bases from Dragon Forge to mount them on. Those plans may be dashed…

Daemonic troops, as a whole, have delicate little ankles and pinning them is difficult to say the least. If you are not careful you can end up drilling through the leg or, if using a dremel, melting the plastic from friction. Even if you get them mounted, the ever-present fear of breakages is a serious concern. When the do break, they will break above the pin section leaving the whole leg, ankle and some of the shin still attached to the resin base. So irritating!

While I try to figure out what to do with my commission payment (2000pts of Tzeentch Daemons), I dug up some of my old CSM from my Iron Warrior days and started to kick around the idea of painting CSM again with a new scheme. I have not abandoned the Tzeentch daemos, but the idea of mounting 30+ horrors that I know are going to break and piss me off just seems unwise. If this army takes root, and it looks like it will, I’ll splice the daemons in via allies and still get to paint some of the new stuff.

Dragon Forge Bases

First up, here are the bases I got from Dragon Forge. They are from Jeff’s Desecrated Lands line and they are sexy as hell. I first tried painting them black with a orange glow, but that ended up looking like crap. These are airbrushed using the same colors I used for Dave’s Vet Contemptor (Deathwing colors) and the cracks are filled with Tamiya gore. I’ll post a tutorial on this technique later. I gave the bases a black trim to accentuate the detail.

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Here’s my template model. This guy kind of painted himself on Saturday. I especially like how the eyes turned out. I’ll have to experiment more with that look. This scheme looks good but needed polish. That’s where the 2nd marine came in.

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This is the same scheme with more bone color and red as a contrast. The red is highlighted strangely (elf flesh) and I love it! Looks good on the base as well. And easy to pin…

I’ll be working on these as well while I work on Dave’s Dark Angel commission; I think the next two will be a sorcerer and a dark apostle.

Shawn G. (SoI)

Chaos, Gallery, Warhammer 40K

Dreadnought Feeva! – Dark Vengence Hellbrute

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I’ve come to the realization that painting dreads is pretty damn fun. Most have just enough detail to be interesting without being excessive.

The new Dark Vengeance starter box is chocked full of amazing chaos models and I’ve been trying to hammer out a scheme. After a failed attempt using whites, I came across this masterpiece – Star Forge Smith’s Hellbrute

That thing is the best Hellbrute I’ve seen so far. It inspired me so much; I had to try to replicate it. This is my take on that brilliant piece:

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Back when GW had the terracotta and tanned flesh paints, I developed a flesh tone technique that I’ve grown very fond of. Those 2 colors were some of the best shades GW ever released and I was very disappointed that they were discontinued. Vallejo produces excellent replacements so I’ve been able to develop it further.

All the flesh parts have been glossed to over emphasize the tech/organic nature of the Hellbrute, and gore was used for the exposed spine. I may add more gore to the fist, like from the original work, but that will be later. I’m even sure how to base this monster.

All-in-all, it was fun to work on it. I’ll pick at the other DV models while I work on my commissions.

Shawn G. (SoI)

Chaos, Demons of Chaos, Gallery, Warhammer 40K

Big Hoss Complete! – Forge World Nurgle Daemon Prince

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Big Hoss
Big Hoss
Big Hoss
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Big Hoss
Big Hoss
Big Hoss
Big Hoss

Big Hoss

I can’t get around how good this model looks. Nurgle styled painting has been a Everest of mine for years. Finally I know the method to making something look disorderly and orderly at the same time!

All credit goes out to Les Bursley of AwesomePaintJob. I found a video of him painting a Ultraforge Great Plague Demon (now OOP) and it filled in all the gaps in my painting style that was preventing me from painting Nurgle units.

Thank you Les!

I will be sending him a personal thank you via Dakka shortly.

I’m still working on Bubba, but Hoss is done. Painting Achievement Unlocked!

Shawn G. (SoI)

Chaos, Demons of Chaos, Warhammer 40K

Moar Daemons!

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Well my Daemon mojo continues. Here are some new additions.

Herald of Tzeentch

First up is the sorcerer I painted using one of the new Storm of Chaos sorcerers. I like the results, but I feel more could have been done with their armor. I may pick up 2 more for further attempts.

Nurgle Daemons WiP

Next up, Big Hoss and Bubba. I placed a Forgeworld order with some friends a little over a week ago and they arrived yesterday. Nurgle has always been difficult to paint for me because it requires a messy style to look good and that is the polar opposite of how I learned to paint. I try to paint neatly and stay within the lines; those rules don’t apply to Nurgle units so I’ve always avoided them. But no more! I will get this fat bastard done and he will look horribly awesome!

I’m also working on a template model for my Seekers. I’ve finished the mount but not the rider. I’ll post her when it’s up to snuff.

Shawn G. (SoI)

Chaos, Demons of Chaos, Warhammer 40K

40K Daemons

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~I had to recover my blog last night after an update killed my theme. So this is a repost.~

Well, it’s been a while and I’m back into painting. I kind of burned through that plethora of hobby mojo with my Tomb Kings army and knocked out a good 2200pts. I still have a great deal to do with that army but WHF isn’t doing anything for me at them moment.

To alleviate my boredom I’ve gone back to my old faithful army: Daemons (40K this time). I have been a fantasy buff for so long and found 40k boring but I have to say that Fantasy has gotten somewhat crazy at the moment and the game is not challenging anymore.

So I’ve been painting/playing Daemons lately for 40k and it’s been great. Here are few models that I’ve completed recently.

Herald of Tzeentch on Chariot

Herald of Tzeentch on Chariot

Here are two heralds I did using my my disk design. I was really happy on how they came out. I mounted them on my resin bases as well. Sadly the heralds I got for these two heralds came from the Blue Scribes conversion I made last year. I found the conversion broken in the case it had been resting in for months. The original herald I built for this project has been completed as well but I need to replenish my resin supplies so I can make more bases.

Herald of Tzeentch
Herald of Tzeentch
Herald of Tzeentch
Herald of Tzeentch
Herald of Tzeentch

Herald of Tzeentch

Here’s one of those new sorcerers from the Storm of Chaos WHF event. It makes for a damn good looking herald! I’m about to start on the second SoM Chaos Sorcerer to add him in as a herald. Can’t wait to get started on him.

Pink Horror Mock-up

Pink Horror Mock-up

Finally, here’s a Pink Horror I did as a mockup. Painting it was really easy so after I fine tune my process a little I think I’ll crank out a tutorial for painting them.

That’s all I have for right now. More to come as I progress.

Shawn G. (SoI)

Chaos, Demons of Chaos, Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Fantasy, Warriors of Chaos

Hobby Project – Herald on Disk/Chariot

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With the Necrosphinx finished (sort of) it’s time to revisit a project I started back in February.

For the new readers – I came up with a new design for the Disk of Tzeentch as the current model is uninspired. After a few attempts, one successful, I came up with a design that I had to replicate. And I did!

I came up with an idea for a modular disk rider that can be converted to a chariot on a whim. If this works out, and it should, it will be pretty cool.

Herald on Disk/Chariot
Herald on Disk/Chariot
Herald on Disk/Chariot
Herald on Disk/Chariot

Herald on Disk/Chariot

And since we are on the topic of Disk Riders here’s a new scheme/rider for a chaos mortal’s army that I’ve been playing with. (Aekold Helbrass was the coolest character evar…)

Tzeenchian Disk Rider

Tzeenchian Disk Rider

Shawn G. (SoI)

Chaos, Demons of Chaos, Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Fantasy

Hobby Project – Herald on Disk of Tzeentch Part I

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Now that my disk/bases are done I’ve started to put them to use. The bases will get their debut here in a few days. My first (and easiest) project will be a new Herald of Tzeentch on a disk. I’m also designing some modularization into this project to allow me to transfer the disk/rider to a large base to serve as a chariot.

Herald on Disk/Chairot

I sat down this weekend and hammered out a paint scheme for these resin disks of mine. I think it will take a few more attempts before I have something satisfactory but this design looks solid.

Resin Disk
Resin Disk

Resin Disk & Base

After painting, I mounted the disk on a Dragon Forge base I had waiting. 60mm Sanctuary in case you are wondering. Prior to painting a drilled/Dremel’d a two holes in the top and bottom to accommodate magnets for the rider and base. Unfortunately my dremel’ing was not level so the magnet set at a slight angle. It looks cool but it’s not ideal.

Herald on Disk/Chairot
Herald on Disk/Chairot

Herald on Disk/Chairot

The Herald is made from the new plastic Pink Horror kit. I chose the champion and tweeked it to my liking. I added some brown apoxy putty to the bottom of his tail for the magnet. I filed it level and added the magnet. The polarity is aligned to the magnets installed in the acrylic rod of the base and the one in the disk. They should hold nicely.

The herald will be white so he stands out but I could not wash him on the disk so I set this little rig up.

Dragon Forge Base

Here’s the resin base I’ll be using for this new disk design. Again of Dragon Forge make, Temple 60x100mm this time. Damn I love his bases!!

I’ll need to place another resin base order this week come to think of it…

Stay tuned!

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Custom Disk of Tzeentch Part II – Molding & First Cast

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Part II of my Disk of Tzeentch project! I worked on this disk for about 2 days sanding, gap filling, and filing and sanding again. It took a while for me to get it to a acceptable standard for casting. I’ve never been more pleased with a projects outcome.

Custom Resin Disk of Tzeentch
Custom Resin Disk of Tzeentch

Custom Resin Disk of Tzeentch

It did have some points of serious concern for molding. First of all, I was not completely sure it was watertight. I really didn’t want rubber flowing into the disk and screwing every thing up so I gap filled with Apoxy-Sculpt and filed it smooth where I could.

Second, it has a considerable undercut. This could pose a real problem with air bubbles and getting the resin out of the mold. The undercut does taper/slope towards the center so air bubbles were not a problem. The longer set time for the resin REALLY shined here and I was glad I made the switch. The rubber I chose is very strong so the undercut should was not an issue.

Molding was easy. I discovered there was a trapped air bubble in the rubber after demolding but I could see this would not be a problem.

Custom Resin Disk of Tzeentch
Custom Resin Disk of Tzeentch
Custom Resin Disk of Tzeentch
Custom Resin Disk of Tzeentch
Custom Resin Disk of Tzeentch

Custom Resin Disk of Tzeentch

I dared a cast last night, and it came out perfectly. I’ll need mold release as this resin sticks to my tiles with a death grip. I was lucky to get this off the tile while it was still barley soft. The first cast of my bases did not survive. They could not be removed from the tile. Had to throw it away. /sadpanda

I can’t wait to paint this up!!!!