mechanicus WIP at BoLS

don't want to double post... so here is some of my recent Mechanicus WIP army that i just posted at BoLS.
Enjoy!
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?p=75686&posted=1#post75686

Snapshots from the Warzone

These are all snapshots from a recent game between Eric and I. I think I managed to capture some cool pictures, so here they are. I was thinking I might submit one to BoLS for their daily Gallery post. Any suggestions?

The Return of Gorgog Smashskul

Sometimes, when a set of options in your Codex really suck, you let a model fall into disuse. This exact thing happened to my Warboss, Gorgog Smashskul. To deepen his shame, his choppa arm had busted off and he had gotten all chipped up. He had remained dormant, broken and degraded in a storage case for at least 2 years. Luckily, as I rummaged through projects to work on I decided to get him back into display case shape. Some repairs and some touch ups last week got him back in order. I would like to go back and redo his eyes. Even in this distant shot I can tell his eyes are kind of piss poor. I'll try and get to that this week just because. Gorgog and the model directly next to him were both painted roughly 10 years ago. The Ork Boy was another repair needly sitting storage.

Last week, I didn't just work on repairing broken models though. Here are 2 brand new Ork Trukk Boys that I completed.
Both of these models have some very subtle conversions. If you look closely at the choppa arm of the model on the right you will see a plastic Ork glyph that I shaved off of a Slugga or something and glued onto the arm band.
In the picks above and below you can see I added 3 large rivets onto the top of his helmet to make him look a little more unique. As far as his paint job goes, I'm really stoked on his piercing eyes and the dags on his pant leg.
In the below picture you can see that I used a tiny bit of plastic tubing to extend the barrel of this Ork's slugga. I also glued a glyph plate on his back. Many of my Trukk Boys have bitz on them that would be suitable for making emergency repairs.

This final image is of a Scavvy from Necromunda. I have long used them as the Grots manning my Big Gunz because I don't have enough Grots to go around. This particular model was sitting in the storage case without its base done for at least 7-8 years. I figured it was time to finish him off and get him in the display case as well.

Models completed last week towards the painting challenge: 3 (2 Ork Boyz and 1 Scavvy).

Nick: 17 pts

Scott: 14 pts

Later this week I'll post some images from a game I played against Eric's Death Guard army.

Derg Corra Amnon: Chaos Sorcerer

My chaos sorcerer is finally done. It's on a 40mm base, so technically, I should only get 2 points for the painting race. However, Nick said he thinks this miniature deserves more.

Therefore, I earn 3 points and Nick and I are tied.

Here are some more pictures.



I haven't seal it yet, so it looks very shiny. Also, there are some touch-ups I'd like to do (particularly the halberd), but don't want to get too bogged down in one miniature. I'll do the touch-ups soon, but I need a break for a couple days from this mini.



Also, there are in-progress shots along with more detailed pictures of the base on my personal blog.

Progress Comes Slowly...

A few weeks back I posted the Blood Angels dreadnought that I had roughly completed for Adepticon (actually a couple of days after.) Since Adepticon I returned to my painting table and really wanted to drop a bomb on Scott. I had a firm lead in our painting competition and he promptly smothered me with his 11 point Daemon unit. My Blood Angels' dread reduced that lead somewhat, but I really needed to make up some ground. Luckily I've been stockpiling!

Today I'm striking back hard by dropping 6 more points. I'm hitting back with 3 Angels of Absolution models - a Dreadnought, a Devastator Squad Sergeant, and a Counter.

Sergeant 0f the 9th Devastator Squad of the Fifth Company:

Side view to get a good shot of his squad marking.

Hidden Set-Up Counter #4

Eros of the Fifth Company, originally of the 5th Tactical Squad before interment. Still frequently acting in support of them as if he never left.

Close Up of the little bit of weathering I did on the legs.

Nick: 14

Scott: 11

But I already know Scott has 3 more points dropping any day now. Time to step it up.

More Crimson Fists...

Hey all. Its been a quite time on the blog since adepticon... haven't even gotten in a game yet (but hope to remedy that asap!) I've mainly been working on my new Mechanicus army and haven't really gotten anything photo ready, but i've just about finished my first squad, so soon. In the meantime though... the following pictures are from a couple of 95% complete projects that have also been on my plate for a while now. First up, six veteran marines... most likely will be played as Pedro's honor guard. Highlighting is a bit rough still and just primed the back packs this weekend, so still some work to go, but overall im pretty happy with em. I think they'll do very nicely inside a landraider with Pedro. actually will probably try and do up 4 more, just to make it a nice point sink...



Next up... a red scorpion forgeworld dread that i got last year at adepticon and (sadly) defiled it to make a Crimson Fists venerable dread. This one i'd say is about 99% done. Just need to touch up a couple highlights and i'll be pretty stoked on it. The one thing Im not really that excited about was, my attempt at a modified chainfist... i thought that it would look so cool to convert 4 chainswords (as claws) into a chainfist and perhaps with some better sculpting, it would look awesome.. but mine... eh mediocre at best.



Anyhow.. i've got grandiose plans for my up and coming mechanicus project... (ebay bids left and right) so stay tuned!
-Brose

mechanicus skitarii

hey all...
well usually after adepticon i don't touch a paint brush for weeks, but some reason (probably all the amazing models and armies that were displayed there) i still have some inspiration. One of the 'themes' that has always intrigued me was the Mechanicus (even though i did not see any armies like this this year) Especially after reading Dark Mechanicus and Titanicus. After many a google search and seeing other peoples conversion ideas, one in particular caught my attention for the basic mechanicus troop (Skitarii). So without further ado... here is my first attempt at a conversion. Basically all it so far, is an older metal scout, with some green stuff added. Will probably add some guitar string wires that go out of the head and straight to the gun.. something like an advanced targeting array or something. but for now here are my first blurry pictures..






Please forgive the shoulder pad cog... it looks quite silly right now, but I am working on a greenstuff mold/stamp that i will be able to mass produce the shoulder pad cogs/skulls.
Anyhow, late for work once again, so its time for me to head out!
ps.. I have also have 8 Crimson Fist honor guard that are near completion, will be posting more blurry pictures soon!
-brose