Binary's workshop

[Binary77]

Welcome to the workshop

Now that we've moved and I have a dedicated hobby room (henceforth referred to as "the workshop") I thought it was time I got myself organised, and setup a proper blog.
It also occurred to me while unpacking that my armies all need updating, whether it was the list, the bases, the paint scheme or details (I think my IG regiment were started waaay back in 2004).
So where am I going with this you may ask? Well this is where I'm going to show the updates, as well as any side projects I happen to get distracted by.

Let's start with where we are now.

This is each of the armies starting points.

The Patrian 121st Royal Light Infantry.
The army list
Command squad with standard, 2x grenade launchers, primaris psycher
Ogryn squad
Storm trooper squad, 2x meltagun, taurox
Infantry platoon-command section, standard, 2x flamer, squad with grenade launcher, squad with grenade launcher, squad with grenade launcher, heavy weapon squad with las cannons
Infantry platoon-command section, standard, 2x flamer, squad with grenade launcher, squad with grenade launcher, squad with grenade launcher, heavy weapon squad with heavy bolters
Rough rider squad
Rough rider squad
Leman Russ
Basilisk





Big parts for this is building the basilisk and taurox and matching them to the steampunk style of the army. I'm also going to rebase the army as the static grass and gravel looks a little tired. I'm also repainting all the skin tones (why 2004 me thought dwarf flesh followed by flesh wash was a good look 2017 me will never know)

World Eaters 128th company
Chaos Lord, terminator armour, 2xchainfist, terminator retinue with landraider
Hellbrute, 2x power fists, combi bolter, heavy flamer
8 chaos marines, plasma gun
8 chaos marines, plasma gun
5 chaos marines, flamer
5 chaos marines, flamer,
5 havocs, 4x missile launcher
5 havocs, 4x meltagun, rhino
3 obliterators





So with these guys I need to build 3 more marines (and having plastic mkIV makes this so much easier), weather everything to match the landraider, finalise the rhino, and rebuild the hellbrute. I was never truly happy with the design I started with and after Commissar Molotov's post I knew what route to take....cue converting a leviathan.

White Scars 6th company
Captain, bike, relic blade
Librarian, bike
Command squad, standard, apothecary, champion, 2plasma pistol, bikes
Bike squad, 5 marines, 2 meltagun guns, attack bike with multimelta
Bike squad, 5 marines, 2 meltagun guns, attack bike with multimelta
Bike squad, 5 marines, 2 meltagun guns
Tactical squad, sergeant with power fist, heavy bolter, razorback
Landspeeder squadron. 2 landspeeder switch assault cannon and heavy bolter
Storm hawk interceptor
Predator annihilator
Relic Sicaran





Now these guys were originally built as a Ravenwing force using the 2008 DA codex, so have undergone the biggest changes. Out goes Sammael, and in comes a Captain, an apothecary, a company champion, 3 more bikers, another attack bike and conversion work on the "stormhog" to make it a wysiwyg Stormhawk and Landspeeder vengeance to make it my Sicaran.

So let's start with where I am.

Patrian 121st
WIP Basilisk.



Built the main body she'll for the gun carriage, based it on the AM onager dunecrawler, the basilisk (duh!) and a sentinel for the cab to match my Leman Russ. Now to start detailing the armour panels and adding a bucket load of rivets

Thanks for looking.

[Binary77]

So. First update and its for the white scars.
WIP pics of the captain, apothecary, company champion and the second attack bike. Painting will start shortly as I'm desperate to try out my new airbrush.





Also finished changing the stormhog into a stormhawk by swapping the heavy bolters to assault cannons



Thanks for looking
Binary

[Binary77]

Busy weekend so far. Since I've been going through my older armies seeing what needs updating I realised that the dreadnought/helbrute for my truescale world eaters doesn't have the oomph to match the size of my marines.


Now commissar molotov inspired the change in direction with a post over on bolter and chainsword.

After a few hours work this is the new version. Based on the forgeworld leviathan with the scarcophagus and underslung weapons from a box dread. Still needs detailing and riveting but it's a good start.




Feedback always welcome
-Binary

[Binary77]

So, another update on the box dread. Decided that the leviathan body looked too plain and needed some decoration. Taking inspiration from the pre release pics of the red scorpion leviathan this is what I've finalised






Decided to arm him with a combi bolter on one arm and a heavy flanker on the other



Hopefully he should see some paint this weekend.

[Binary77]

In other news, started building the obliterators. Decided that as these guys aren't very far down the crimson path that I could use Centurions as a mobile weapon platform. Hence the "Obliterator pattern war suit"




And a scale shot


I've also started on my truescale rhino. I call him "tankasaurus jnr"

[Binary77]

So onto the new stuff (that's what you came here for anyway isn't it?)

Commolt, former Gladiator Champion 64th company XII legion, now now resident of the Hellbrute class dreadnought chassis is finished.





New version compared to old


Compared to my truescale world eaters


And with a normal mkIV marine