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Whitehorn
09-01-2009, 03:25 PM
Hail the great bell!

Yes, I am a Meshuggah fan (picture evidence to follow later perhaps).

I start many a project so prefer to label my thread something a little more generic than '6th Company Space Goats' as they'd probably get forgotten about after 3 weeks once I conjure up my plans to field a horde of were-squigs.

I'm a big fan of everything Pre-Heresy, so that has taken much of my attention for the best part of 18 months now. I dabble in most GW games and Flames of War - I love gaming in its entirety, but GW has captured my imagination and my wallet for 20 years.

After 20 years (my brother got me involved in the hobby with Space Hulk!), I've probably experimented with every army the collective Warhammer multiverses have to offer, so I do struggle to focus on single tasks. Heck I can't even bring my introduction to a point.

Currently I am rushing to complete my army for a Pre-Heresy campaign held by the Tempus Fugitives: Sons of Horus with a Khorne daemon contingent. I've also built a PH Salamander army and am working on Dark Mechanicus and Forge of Souls forces on the side. This means I'm very focused on 40k for the forseable future!

I don't yet have 10 posts here, so I'll have to link a couple of pictures until I atone for my absence.

Please, please give me constuctive feedback and comments. I appreciate postiive words, but prefer to aspire to greater efforts with my models and paiting.

Here's a WIP conversion that is to be my Mechanicus Magus:

http://fulgrim.com/minis/dm/magus_built.gif

Robo-daemons!:

http://fulgrim.com/minis/fos/bl02.jpg

Dusk Raider prototype:

http://fulgrim.com/minis/dr/dr01.jpg

Dherkarst Dreadnought:

http://fulgrim.com/minis/SonsOfHorus/dherk-comp.gif

Kristov
09-01-2009, 03:29 PM
I love that dreadnought. Had never thought of that....

Drunken Friar
09-01-2009, 03:40 PM
Some nice stuff here. I'd like to see more of it painted.

Whitehorn
09-01-2009, 03:45 PM
I bought the Inquisitor model thinking it would be a good size for a Primarch but it turne dout to be too big! Fortunately I spotted the artwork for Dherkarst in the Collected Visions book and it's a pretty close match even before my edits.

I have some WIP pics of bloodletters, but nothing special yet:

http://fulgrim.com/minis/SonsOfHorus/DSC00040.jpg

Siquid
09-01-2009, 04:04 PM
Love it! The dread is especially nice

shags_j
09-01-2009, 04:06 PM
Very nice. Is that the warmachine machine wraith for the techmarine?

Whitehorn
09-01-2009, 04:23 PM
Very nice. Is that the warmachine machine wraith for the techmarine?

Aye, Cryx Iron Lich was used for the 'skirting'

http://fulgrim.com/minis/dm/mp01.jpg

pagumb
09-01-2009, 09:34 PM
That's an excellent dark magos. Looking forward to seeing more of your conversions. I hope and pray for the day that the mechanicus and their dark bretheren officially make it to the tabletop.

Kais10
09-01-2009, 09:55 PM
that magus is awesome looking, can't wait to see it painted up

Datadep5
09-01-2009, 10:40 PM
I love the dread, a very cool model.

The tech marine isn't my favorite, but it slowly grows on me as I think about Black Library's Mechanicum. I like your green stuff work, and getting the top of the model, and the backpack, must have been hard to get them all to stay on.

Fantomex
09-01-2009, 11:17 PM
As an afficionado for all things mechanical, I can safely say I love the Magos, and I eagerly await seeing more of your work! :D

splnes
09-02-2009, 02:43 AM
dude i totally understand when you mention project jumping! i have huge problem with that myself! but i made this pledge to myself to start and finish project before i leap to others. its almost worked ha!!

Whitehorn
09-02-2009, 03:12 AM
I love the dread, a very cool model.

The tech marine isn't my favorite, but it slowly grows on me as I think about Black Library's Mechanicum. I like your green stuff work, and getting the top of the model, and the backpack, must have been hard to get them all to stay on.

I've been pinning models for over a decade now, so it's pretty straightforward to keep bits together when there's a rod of metal joining them.


As an afficionado for all things mechanical, I can safely say I love the Magos, and I eagerly await seeing more of your work!

Thank you! I shall post some more:

WIP Combat Ogryn. Simple change of weapon (gotta love those Ork Nob gubbinz!) and some extra pipes:

http://fulgrim.com/minis/dm/DSC00020.jpg

WIP Techmarine adepts:

http://fulgrim.com/minis/dark-mechanicum/mech-marines.jpg

Menials! Found a use for my few hundred spare goblin musicians:

http://fulgrim.com/minis/dark-mechanicum/menials01.jpg

Whitehorn
09-03-2009, 02:28 AM
Returning to my AOTE project...

I snook in a small 1k game of Planetstrike yesterday - was originally planned to be 2k but I had a brand new copy of Space Hulk distracting me!

I took a bit of a small, perhaps daft force.
10 Justaerin: 2 Multimeltas, 2 Chainfists, 1 TH&SS. Used in 2 combat squads of 5, half including Falkus Kibre, the other with:
Abaddon
8 Blood Letters
Dreadnought in Lucius pattern Drop Pod

It didn't fare too well, largely because it lacked the full 2k force which included my speedier units and beacons.
The drop pod died before it landed due to a Interceptor shot!
Abaddon and Falkus died to some lucky (or in my case terrible) dice at the hands of Besenmut!
The Bloodletters held out against a Scarab Occult for most of the game, killing half a unit (much more than their value).
We held 1 objective each, so I failed on the kill points losses.

The Terminators pack a punch but a few bad rolls really are unforgiving. I rolled so many 1s for saves - I'm tempted to get a certain Apothecary character involved for backup.

http://fulgrim.com/minis/SonsOfHorus/DSC00042.jpg

Whitehorn
09-04-2009, 02:49 AM
Got some decent progress done last night and hopefully should have 4 complete lists by end of the week.

Finished building and undercoated:
Classic Predator
Abaddon
5 Justaerin, including Multimelta, 2 chain fists and Falkus Kibre
Added another Vanguard marine - swinging a huge thunder hammer

Next to do:
Add 8 more Bloodletters once my Necron bits arrive
Build/convert Ekaddon
Write my Planetstrike lists

Considering:
Do I need more tanks? Sons of Horus are typically drop-pod assaults.
Shall I convert my Jetbikers to SoH?
Do I have time to finish the Kaban machine and do it justice?

I'm probably going to leave my Daemons at 3-colour for now, which will involve painting their horns at least:

http://fulgrim.com/minis/SonsOfHorus/DSC00040.jpg

oni
09-04-2009, 07:10 AM
That Mechanicus Mage looks awesome.

Whitehorn
09-04-2009, 08:09 AM
That Mechanicus Mage looks awesome.

Thanks oni. My Ad-mech are on hold til after September due to the rush of getting my Sons of Horus done, but I plan to take them to the Siege of Terra event, so they'll see a lot of love from October.

Whitehorn
09-19-2009, 04:33 AM
The Admech return! After a successful thrashing of the Lion's Angels on Diamat last weekend, my Sons of Horus project comes to a close while I jump back into the dabblings of the Omnissiah's disillusioned followers.

I am still participating in a Tale of project, so the daemons will continue at least until January. The current list includes:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3599/rossmonth1complete.jpg
I've added 8 Bloodletters, Khorne Daemon Prince, 3 Blood Crushers, 3 Flamers and a Soulgrinder to these since. Pictures pending! These will act as a resource pool to aid my Admech in the next campaign - likely stealing the Bloodletters and Plaguebearers in most games.
I'm not sure what the next 3 months entail, but I do know December will be an Apocalypse choice, so I shall be picking up a little project that's been on hold:
http://fulgrim.com/minis/CHAOS/bs/body01.gif

However, full focus is on my Dark Mechanicum now, until May. I've been toying with a few lists and seem to be favouring a 'walker' theme. Myrmidon Assault walkers, Biologis Land crawler, Soul grinders, Brass Scorpion, Sentinels and more! I wonder if I can retrofit the Kaban machine to have legs too!

I've settled with using Krieg troopers as Skiitari. A simple conversion (blasphemy!) cutting off their helmet and sculpting on a hood works really well for these. The main consequence of this choice is that my old skiitari models are 'chunky' compared to Death Corps models!

New pictures pending!

Whitehorn
11-13-2009, 05:20 AM
New pictures pending!

Pending indeed!

I have some progress on my prototype Skitarii, which is made from a slightly modified Krieg Grenadier!

http://fulgrim.com/minis/skitarii/skit01.jpg
http://fulgrim.com/minis/skitarii/skit02.jpg

Aldramelech
11-13-2009, 06:39 AM
Awesome conversions.

emperorsaxe
11-13-2009, 09:12 AM
I'm not a big fan of the pre-heresey fluff, although I do have the first three books in that series but have yet to start them as I'm catching up on other SM books at the moment. Your pre-heresey looks very well done with all the conversions, I also like how you've included some of the old old school mini's into your army as well. One thing about chaos they do lend themselves well to conversions. The Ad-Mech army is looking good as well.
Respects, Emperorsaxe

Lord Inquisitor
11-13-2009, 11:37 AM
That Magos is awesome. Really looks like a Mechanicus guy. I also really like the Dusk Raider.